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NOAH, AJPW, STARDOM, Dragon Gate Supercard Results for Emperor’s Birthday Holiday 2/23/2022 With Title Matches & Changes Galore; DDT’s COVID-19 Woes Continue To Wreak Havoc On Ultimate Tag League, DDT/TJPW 2/23/2022 Results

Today is the 62nd birthday for the Reiwa Emperor Naruhito. It is a national holiday in Japan, so there is a bunch of wrestling happening, with a bunch of title defenses across a bunch of promotions.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

NOAH ran Gain Control 2022 in Nagoya today, live on ABEMA and Wrestle Universe. Two title defenses, and a match to fill a third title, took place on this show.

Gain Control 2022 in Nagoya - 2/23/2022, Aichi Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall (ABEMA, Wrestle Universe)

King Tany & Muhammad Yone [Funky Express] d. Akitoshi Saito & Masao Inoue [Funky Express] (Yone > Inoue, Kinniku Buster, 11:58)

Nio [Kongo] d. Kinya Okada (Stuka Splash, 9:58)

NOSAWA Rongai & Kotaro Suzuki [Perros del Mal de Japon] d. Yoshinari Ogawa [STINGER] & Yasutaka Yano (Suzuki > Yano, Excalibur, 6:42)

Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & ALEJA [Kongo] d. Hao, Junta Miyawaki & Kai Fujimura (Tadasuke > Fujimura, Fuyuki Special, 14:42)

Masato Tanaka [M’s Alliance] DCO Kendo Kashin [Sugiura-gun] (11:01)

Naomichi Marufuji [M’s Alliance] & Takashi Sugiura [Sugiura-gun] d. Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura (Sugiura > Inamura, Olympic Qualifying Slam, 20:22)

GHC Juniorheavyweight Tag Team Championship Decision Match: Atsushi Kotoge & YO-HEY d. HAYATA & Yuya Susumu [STINGER] (YO-HEY > Susumu, Super Face G, 26:58) - Kotoge/YO-HEY are the 49th champions

GHC Juniorheavyweight Championship: Daisuke Harada © d. Super Crazy [Perros del Mal de Japon] (Hurricanrana, 18:57) - Harada succeeds his 2nd defense

Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya & Daiki Inaba d. Kenoh, Masakatsu Funaki & Manabu Soya [Kongo] (Kiyomiya > Soya, Double Armlock, 21:21)

GHC Heavyweight Championship: Kazuyuki Fujita [Sugiura-gun] d. Katsuhiko Nakajima [Kongo] © (Powerbomb, 21:11) - Nakajima fails his 5th defense - Fujita is the 37th champion

Good golly, Miss Molly. Kazuyuki Fujita can now be one of the all-time worst IWGP *and* GHC Heavyweight Champions of all time. What can I say, besides, CyberFight love their 50+ year-old champions. I really don’t know what purpose this serves to NOAH. God I hate Kazuyuki Fujita.

So I guess Hajime Ohara is part of Kongo now. I can’t keep up with the changes in that stable anymore. YO-HEY comes good for Ohara’s old partner Kotoge, as they now fill the vacant junior tag belts. Hope this reign lasts more than a week, given the vacations of the belts the last month. One day BIG TANK Yoshiki Inamura will beat Takashi Sugiura. Super Crazy does not get to hold two promotions’ junior titles in the span of a couple of months. Masao Inoue returned to the ring in an inter-Funky-Express match.

NOAH’s next show is on Friday from Yokohama Radiant Hall.

All Japan Pro Wrestling

A Triple Crown match highlighted today’s Korakuen Hall rally for AJPW. Three other title matches took place on this one too. Hokuto Omori and Yusuke Kodama were pulled from this show as being close contacts to an undetermined positive COVID-19 case.

Excite Series 2022 Night 5 - 2/23/2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (AJPW.tv)

Ryuki Honda [TOTAL ECLIPSE] d. Ryo Inoue (Lariat, 4:00)

Dan Tamura [Evolution] & Ryuji Hijikata d. Takuho Kato & Kazumasa Yoshida (Tamura > Yoshida, 6:49)

Shuji Ishikawa, Takao Omori & Black Menso-re d. Yuma Aoyagi, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising HAYATO [NEXTREAM] (Ishikawa > HAYATO, Fire Thunder Bomb, 9:02)

KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Takayuki Ueki & Seigo Tachibana d. Yoshitatsu, Izanagi & Devil Murasaki (KAZMA > Yoshitatsu, Schoolboy, 8:22)

GAORA TV Championship: Shigehiro Irie © d. Isami Kodaka (Flying Headbutt, 10:22) - Irie succeeds his 2nd defense

World Juniorheavyweight Championship: Hikaru Sato [Evolution] d. SUGI © (Cross Armbreaker, 9:51) - SUGI fails his 3rd defense - Sato is the 61st champion

World Tag Team Championship: Suwama & Shotaro Ashino [Evolution] © d. Koji Doi & Kuma Arashi [TOTAL ECLIPSE] (Ashino > Doi, T-Bone Suplex, 18:26) - Runaway SUPLEX succeed their 3rd defense

Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship: Kento Miyahara [NEXTREAM] © d. Abdullah Kobayashi [BJW] (German Suplex Hold, 16:06) - Miyahara succeeds his 1st defense

I don’t think there were any surprises here today, including the junior title change. AJPW will not put the Triple Crown on a wrestler contracted to Big Japan. Sato is far superior a wrestler to SUGI. But hey, Shigehiro Irie retained his title, and we like him a lot around these parts.

It would not surprise me to see Shuji Ishikawa challenge Kento coming up either.

The Excite Series wraps up Sunday in Chiba.

STARDOM

STARDOM held Cinderella Journey in Nagaoka today, live on PPV. I don’t think you can still get it; both links I tried, failed. Four title matches on this one.

Cinderella Journey 2022 in Nagaoka - 2/23/2022, Niigata Aore Nagaoka (PPV)

Future Of Stardom Next Challenger 3-Way Match: - Rina [Oedo Tai] d. Waka Tsukiyama [Cosmic Angels] & Mai Sakurai [Donna del Mondo] (Rina > Tsukiyama, Gory Bomb, 6:09) - Mai Sakurai [Donna del Mondo] d. Waka Tsukiyama [Cosmic Angels] (8:06)

Future Of Stardom Championship: Hanan [STARS] © d. Momo Kohgo [Queen’s Quest] (Backdrop Hold, 5:20) - Hanan succeeds her 2nd defense

Ruaka & Momo Watanabe [Oedo Tai] d. Utami Hayashishita & Lady C [Queen’s Quest] (Ruaka > C, Freezer Bomb, 7:34)

Mayu Iwatani [STARS] & Tam Nakano [Cosmic Angels] d. Saki Kashima & Fukigen Death [Oedo Tai] (Iwatani > Kashima, Moonsault Press, 10:04)

Syuri, Maika & Himeka [Donna del Mondo] TLD Giulia, MIRAI & Thekla [Donna del Mondo] (20:00)

Goddess Of Stardom Championship: Koguma & Hazuki [STARS] © d. Mina Shirakawa & Unagi Sayaka [Cosmic Angels] (Koguma > Shirakawa, Diving Body Press, 12:28) - Koguma/Hazuki succeed their 2nd defense

High Speed Championship: AZM [Queen’s Quest] d. Starlight Kid [Oedo Tai] © (Numero Uno, 17:03) - Starlight Kid fails her 6th defense - AZM is the 22nd champion

Wonder Of Stardom Championship: Saya Kamitani [Queen’s Quest] © d. Natsupoi [Donna del Mondo] (Phoenix Splash, 21:55) - Kamitani succeeds her 2nd defense

Immediately after retaining her title, Saya Kamitani nominated both her table leader Utami Hayashishita, and Cosmic Angels’ leader Tam Nakano, as challengers to her title for both nights at Ryogoku on 3/26 & 3/27/2022. Momo Watanabe challenged Koguma & Hazuki for their titles, with a special mystery partner to team with her. The crux of the opener is to determine the challengers for Hanan on both nights of Ryogoku, which will now be Rina and Mai Sakurai, both. Seems like an awfully busy time for STARDOM.

STARDOM return this weekend with shows Saturday and Sunday.

Dragon Gate

DG held Memorial Gate 2022 in Wakayama today, which you can see now on Dragon Gate Network. Featured today was the first defense of the Open The Twin Gate titles for Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka.

Memorial Gate 2022 in Wakayama - 2/23/2022, Wakayama Prefectural Gymnasium (Dragon Gate Network)

Susumu Yokosuka, Big Boss Shimizu & U-T [Natural Vibes] TLD KAI, BxB Hulk & Shun Skywalker [Z-Brats] (15:00)

Takashi Yoshida & Ho Ho Lun d. Strong Machine J & Shachihoko Boy (Yoshida > Boy, Release Powerbomb, 3:49)

SB KENTo & Diamante [Z-Brats] d. Yosuke Santa Maria & Punch Tominaga (KENTo > Yosuke, SB Shooter, 0:34)

YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Ben-K, Keisuke Okuda & Kagetora [HIGH-END] d. Ultimo Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Yasushi Kanda & Shuji Kondo (Kagetora > Kanda, Kagenui, 12:24)

Open The Brave Gate #1 Contender 5-Way Match: Takuma Fujiwara d. Riki Iihashi, Ishin Iihashi, Takumi Hayakawa & Ryu Fuda (Fujiwara > Ishin, Schoolboy, 7:32)

Naruki Doi, Kota Minoura & Kaito Ishida d. Kzy, Genki Horiguchi & Jacky “Funky” Kamei [Natural Vibes] (Minoura > Horiguchi, Gang, 9:58)

HYO [Z-Brats] d. Eita (Schoolboy with ropes, 7:37)

Open The Twin Gate Championship: Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka © d. Jason Lee & La Estrella (Yoshioka > Estrella, Frog Splash, 17:58) - DiaYoshi succeed their 1st defense

Dragon Dia remains a double-crown champion after he & Yoshioka beat Dia’s former MASQUERADE mates in Lee & Estrella. I don’t know if DiaYoshi is the name, but it sounded good and DG-esque. Dia will now face Takuma Fujiwara to defend the Brave Gate title after Fujiwara beat his dojo class fellows. I was kinda rooting for Ryu Fuda actually. That match will be at Champion Gate in Osaka on 3/5/2022.

Naruki Doi’s Unit With No Name gets a good prelude win over Natural Vibes, as we head for that Open The Triangle Gate match, also on 3/5/2022.

HYO gets another one over on Eita, the man he deposed to turn R.E.D. into Z-Brats. In other Z-Brats goings on, after a week or so of Big Boss Shimizu beating HYO in prelude matches, and getting a direct win over KAI, now Z-Brats is starting to get one over on Shimizu, first with KAI interfering to cause Shimizu’s loss to Jason Lee on Sunday, and now a time limit draw in the opener to add some intrigue to the KAI v. Shimizu Open The Dream Gate title defense that is coming 3/6/2022 in Osaka.

The Truth Gate 2022 tour wraps up Saturday in Tsushima, and on Sunday with another streamed show from Kobe.

DDT / Tokyo Joshi

The COVID-19 issues for DDT continue, as Hideki Okatani has now tested positive as well. Eruption are now effectively out of the tournament – their match that was to take place today v. Yuji Hino & Yukio Naya is a forfeit, and due to Kazuki Hirata being out, the Eruption v. Hirata & Shuji Kondo match for the Final on Saturday will be a double-forfeit. Neither team were in the running at this point as it was. So today’s Ultimate Tag League show had no actual Ultimate Tag League matches on it. Yuji Hino & Yukio Naya end the League with 4 points, not in the running for the Final as that will come down to Burning v. The 37KAMIINA on Sunday for A Block.

DDT Ultimate Tag League 2022 In Fukushima!! - 2/23/2022, Will Fukushima (Wrestle Universe)

Kazusada Higuchi d. Yuki Ishida (Brain Claw, 10:00)

Danshoku Dino & Yuki iino [Pheromones] NC Toru Owashi & Naomi Yoshimura [DISASTER BOX] (13:08)

Chris Brookes d. Yukio Naya (Death By Roll-Up, 12:41)

HARASHIMA [DISASTER BOX] & Antonio Honda d. Yukio Sakaguchi [Eruption] & Gorgeous Matsuno (Honda > Matsuno, Crushed La Magistral Cradle, 13:07)

Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul [DAMNATION TA] d. Yuji Hino & Akito (Sasaki > Akito, Crossface, 12:43)

Tetsuya Endo, Jun Akiyama & Yusuke Okada [Burning] d. Yuki Ueno, Shunma Katsumata & MAO [The 37KAMIINA] (Endo > Katsumata, Best Burning Star Press In The Universe, 19:27)

Burning get the win in a prelude match to the Final on Sunday against The 37KAMIINA. Post-main, Endo and Akiyama basically said The 37KAMIINA ain’t shit without Konosuke Takeshita. Endo says he will beat Takeshita at Korakuen Hall Sunday, and for the KO-D Openweight title at Ryogoku. Endo also ripped MAO’s favorite Gorgeous Matsuno shirt, for which MAO swore revenge. Speaking of Gorgeous Matsuno, at age 60, given CyberFight’s proclivities towards titling up older wrestlers, he may like his chances here soon.

Current Ultimate Tag League 2022 Standings:

A Block Akiyama/Endo – 6pts (3W 0D 0L) Takeshita/Ueno – 4pts (2W 0D 1L) Hino/Naya – 4pts (2W 0D 2L) Higuchi/Okatani – 2pts (1W 0D 3L) Kondo/Hirata – 0pts (0W 0D 4L)

B Block HARASHIMA/Yoshimura – 4pts (2W 0D 1L) Sasaki/Paul – 4pts (2W 0D 2L) Iino/Imanari – 4pts (2W 0D 1L) Brookes/Takanashi – 2pts (1W 0D 2L) MAO/Katsumata – 2pts (1W 0D 2L) The Final show is Sunday from Tokyo Korakuen Hall. Block A comes down to Burning v. The 37KAMIINA. Block B is still up for grabs between DISASTER BOX & Pheromones; DAMNATION TA are out, having had 4 matches (One of them was a forfeit win however). The Final will be the Block winners in the main event. Hopefully this card stands.

DDT Ultimate Tag League 2022 The Final!! - 2/27/2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (Wrestle Universe)

Soma Takao, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku v. Toru Owashi, Toi Kojima & Yuki Ishida

3-Way Match: Danshoku Dino [Pheromones] v. Antonio Honda v. Hiroshi Yamato

Daisuke Sasaki, Minoru Fujita & MJ Paul [DAMNATION TA] v. Yuji Hino, Akito & Yukio Naya

Ultimate Tag League 2022 B Block: Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi v. Shunma Katsumata & MAO [The 37KAMIINA]

Ultimate Tag League 2022 B Block: HARASHIMA & Naomi Yoshimura [DISASTER BOX] v. Yuki Iino & Yumehito Imanari [Pheromones]

Ultimate Tag League 2022 A Block: Tetsuya Endo & Jun Akiyama [Burning] v. Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Ueno [The 37KAMIINA]

Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai [Eruption] v. Sanshiro Takagi & Maya Yukihi

Ultimate Tag League 2022 Final: WINNER A Block v. WINNER B Block

Tokyo Joshi also ran today, a second show this week from Tokyo Ryogoku KFC Hall. Miyu Yamashita and Maki Itoh are still out due to positive COVID-19 tests.

Tokyo Joshi 2022 Winter - 2/23/2022, Tokyo Ryogoku KFC Hall (Wrestle Universe)

Yuki Kamifuku & Mahiro Kiryu d. Hikari Noa & Kaya Toribami (Kamifuku > Toribami, Famouser, 9:10)

3-Way Match: Suzume d. Haruna Neko & Moka Miyamoto (Suzume > Neko, Jackknife Hold, 9:52)

Hyper Misao d. Marika Kobashi (Hypami Returns, 10:51)

Shoko Nakajima, Nodoka Tenma & Yuki Aino d. Raku, Pom Harajuku & Yuki Arai (Aino > Harajuku, Bakuretsu Bulldog, 14:40)

Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Nao Kakuta d. Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Arisu Endo (Tatsumi > Endo, Twist Of Fate, 16:28)

Tatsumi cut a post-match promo about how great it was that she and Yuka Sakazaki joined TJPW as classmates, and how Daydream will beat the Magical Sugar Rabbits at Ryogoku. Nodoka Tenma will have a singles match at Ryogoku as well against her Bakuretsu Sister, Yuki Aino, as we head towards her retirement. Hyper Misao will also face Sanshiro Takagi at Sumo Hall. Misao also protested Marika Kobashi’s “graduation from TJPW” before their match.

BJW, Ice Ribbon and Gatoh Move also held shows today. There may have been even more I don’t know about.

No post tomorrow. I am going to try to do an Upcoming Events post on Saturday, then back to the regularly scheduled posts on Sunday.

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heatpotatoes · 7 years

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Today marks the 11th Anniversary of the death of John Tenta aka Earthquake. He was a force in the early 90s WWF almost ending Hulk Hogan's career. He went on to win the WWF Tag Team Championships with Fred Ottman aka Typhoon as the Natural Disasters. He also "crushed" Damian. Earthquake instilled fear in us fans that a lot of can remember. He died of bladder cancer on June 7, 2006 at the young age of 42. #RIP to our fellow Canadian.

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bunny12me · 4 years

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pro wrestling

Professional wrestling or pro wrestling is a form of performing art and entertainment that is a combination of the art's athletics and theatrical representation. The unique way of showing the fight, which is the evolution of classical and catch wrestling, which some added modern techniques of attacks, holds, throws, and acrobatic maneuvers. Pro wrestling is derived or influenced by international martial arts. An additional aspect of combat with improvised weaponry is also included sometimes. Most of these fights are based on martial art moves and athletics.

The concept of the fight is to win titles such as the world heavyweight championship and many other titles. The fighter fights in a wrestling ring until the opponent is exhausted and cannot fight more. It is not always like only two wrestlers are wrestling; sometimes the fight category is tag teen in which two teams compete for the title.

Currently, United States-based WWE is the largest professional wrestling company worldwide. Some of its primary US competitors World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), also got a chance to become famous in the wrestling era after WWE. Some other prominent professional wrestling companies are entertaining people worldwide with their wrestling skills and dangerous moves. US-based wrestling companies Impact Wrestling, formerly known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), All Elite Wrestling (AEW), and Ring of Honor (ROH) are entertaining people on tv. The wrestling shows from Russia are Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), and Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA). And there are some Japanese wrestling shows like New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), and Pro Wrestling Noah leagues.

These shows are evidence of the popularity of professional wrestling. People like to watch muscular wrestlers fighting in a ring; these shows are entertaining and exciting to watch.

There is also a famous pro wrestling show called MMA or Mixed martial art. This show is a top-rated, and extremely popular show watched worldwide as an entertainment purpose. The fighters have to fight only using their hands. The wrestlers are bound with rules to compete. This form of wrestling is highly dangerous.

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biggoldbelt · 2 years

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Fusion Preview: Ladder match, Davey Richards vs. ACH, AJPW tag team debuts

Major League Wrestling’s flagship show FUSION heats up this Thursday at 8pm ET featuring a World Tag Team Championship bout, and streaming worldwide for free on MLW’s YouTube channel and Saturday nationwide on cable and dish on beIN SPORTS. Ladder Match for the World Tag Team Championship: 5150 (C) vs. Los Parks Davey Richards vs. ACH Saito Bros vs. Gnarls Garvin and Budd Heavy The war between…

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#ajpw #all japan pro wrestling #Jacob Fatu #Major League Wrestling #MLW #MLW Fusion #Pro Wrestling #Show #Test #title #Wrestling #YouTube

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shitloadsofwrestling · 6 years

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AJPW World Tag Team Champions Dan Spivey and Stan Hansen [April 18th, 1991]

The team of Terry Gordy and Steve Williams, known together as Satsujin Gyorai and as The Miracle Violence Connection, were the first duo of American wrestlers to win the AJPW World Tag Team Championships. Their 132-day reign was challenged by numerous teams, but until they met the team of Stan Hansen and Dan Spivey, they hadn’t met their match. The former Skyscraper Dan Spivey would gain success in AJPW following his duo with “Mean” Mark Callous overseas, so he brought his partner Hansen to WCW where his career would end as he was asked to lose a tag team match to Tom Zenk. Refusing to take the fall due to being a World Tag Team Champion, Spivey and Hansen would part ways with WCW and return to AJPW, where they reigned as the champions for 79 days.

#dan spivey #stan hansen #ajpw #pro wrestling #1990s #1991

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kayfabeconspiracy · 3 years

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1993 - After a few months back in AJPW, where he won the World Tag Team Championship with Stan Hansen, Ted DiBiase quietly announced his retirement due to sustaining an injury to two cervical discs in his neck and returned to the United States

#ted dibiase

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mccooley · 6 years

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@fullmetalturtle requested I talk a bit about AJPW.

The company is currently experiencing a resurgence. Most notably known in the western world for their 90s era with Misawa, Taue, Kawada and Kobashi, All Japan is far removed from those times. Still, they managed to survive, providing that same hard-hitting style with a good crop of both veterans and young up and comers. They recently announced a streaming service to come some time this year and I urge everyone to give them a shot.

All Japan Pro Wrestling was established October 21st, 1972, just a few months after NJPW. The death of Rikidōzan in 1963, the founder of the first Japanese wrestling promotion (JWA), caused a rift inside the company. Shohei "Giant" Baba (AJPW) and Antonio Inoki (NJPW) left the JWA to start their own promotions. Both AJPW and NJPW were wildly popular from their beginnings but both would stumble in the 2000s. When Baba passed away in 1999, another rift was created. The board of directors could not agree on which direction to take the company. This caused a mass exodus where most of AJPW's top stars left to create NOAH, only leaving a couple of stars remaining. Both hurting at this time, All Japan and New Japan began working with each other from 2000-2002. That is until Keiji Mutoh decided to make the jump from New Japan to All Japan and took Satoshi Kojima and Kendo Kashin with him. Mutoh would become president of AJPW until 2011. In 2013 he was promised to have regained his position but this did not happen. Angered, Mutoh lead another exodus, creating his own promotion, Wrestle-1. Since July 1st, 2014 Jun Akiyama has been the president of AJPW and had lead the promotion on a resurgence. The talent pool is somewhat limited and AJPW is a shell of its former self but they remain active and have several promising young wrestlers who hope to bring the promotion back to its former glory.

Owner: Jun Akiyama

Ace: Suwama Budding Ace: Kento Miyahara

Championships: - Triple Crown Heavyweight - Established 1989 by merging the PWF World Heavyweight, NWA United National and NWA International Heavyweight Championships (Current Champion: Joe Doering) - World Tag Team - Established 1988 by merging PWF Tag Team and NWA International Tag Team Championships (Current Champions: Kento Miyahara & Yoshitatsu) - World Junior Heavyweight - Established 1986 replaced the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship (Current Champion: Atsushi Aoki) - All Asia Tag Team - Established 1955 by the JWA. Abandoned in 1973 but brought back in 1976. The oldest active championship in Japan. (Current Champions: Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata) - Gaora TV - Established 2012. Gaora is a TV station that promotes wrestling. (Current Champion: Jun Akiyama)

Tournaments: - Champion Carnival - Established 1973, inactive from 1983 to 1990. Double block round-robin tournament held to determine the best singles wrestler. Older than the G1 Climax by one year. (2017 Winner: Shuji Ishikawa) - Jr. Battle of Glory - First held in 1983 as the NWA International Junior Heavyweight Title League. Wasn't used again until 1998. Has happened every year since 2014. Now is held as a double block round-robin tournament like the Champion Carnival. (2017 Winner: Koji Iwamoto) - Jr. Tag Batlle of Glory - First held in 1984 as the International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team League. Wasn't used again until 2002. Has happened every year since 2008. Single block round-robin tournament. (2017 Winners: Atsushi Maruyama & Masashi Takeda) - Ōdō Tournament - Established 2013, this is a singles single elimination where the winner receives a shot at the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship. (2017 Winner: Suwama) - Real World Tag League - Established 1977 and has run every year since. Round-robin (sometimes single block, sometimes double). (2017 Winners: Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa)

#ajpw #njpw #wrestling #puroresu

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keepingthespiritalive · 6 years

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[AJPW NEWS] All Japan held a press conference today to highlight the upcoming title matches scheduled for the Yokohama show on February 3.

Though among the updates is that Takao Omori will be out of action as he is dealing with a herniated disc in his neck. Omori fought through two tag title matches in the beginning of the year, but due to the World Tag title loss and the defeat in the Asia Tag the veteran has decided to take a much needed break. Omori stated that he is currently undergoing consultation in regards to the state of the injury, which he has been dealing with since the World Tag League, but that he could be out for an extended period of time given his age and prior injuries. The remainder of the January event cards have been updated to reflect upon Omori’s absence.

Jun Akiyama then announced his intentions of going back after the Asia Tag belts at the Yokohama show, as he will be teaming with New Japan’s Yuji Nagata to challenge Naoya Nomura and Yuma Aoyagi. Akiyama and Nagata being no strangers in the past have been both together and at odds at several points in the past. Which much can now be appointed to Nagata and Aoyagi who have faced each other at New Japan’s LION’S GATE shows. Aoyagi has found himself on the losing end in challenging the New Japan veteran but aims to finally prove himself as a fighting champion. The Asia Tag Champions currently hold a twin win edge over Akiyama in recent matches as they now look to defend their belts in what is their toughest challenge yet.

Suwama and Ishikawa and then Kento Miyahara and Yoshitatsu took part in the signing ceremony for their World Tag match at the Yokohama show. Suwama kicked off the press by stating that he is not fully certain that the challengers deserve the right to challenge. This coming from the World Tag League in which the Suwama and Doering claimed the win over them, 12/12. To Suwama there is no merit in a rematch taking place, but the challengers have been adamant in their recent provocations to them. Before the title match, Suwama and Yoshitatsu will have a singles encounter on 1/14 as Suwama aims to break the challenger before hand. All four men look to make 2018 their year and this match will indeed be a strong statement for just that.

Then lastly, Joe Doering and KAI took part in their signing ceremony for the Triple Crown title match. KAI stated that he is thankful and eager to be allowed the chance to make the challenge in his hometown area. Then also that he even finds the timing of this challenge strange as his former ally and rival in SANADA also gets a chance at the IWGP Heavy belt the following week. Doering and KAI go back many years from when the two shared time together in the dojo over 10 years ago now. Both have went down different paths but it can now be a sense of destiny that they would meet now. Doering stated that he hopes that KAI brings his best in challenge because he will have to be just that if he plans to take the belt from him.

Below is the current event card for the Yokohama show...

All Japan Pro-Wrestling "2018 YOKOHAMA TWILIGHT BLUES SPECIAL", 2/3/2018 [Sat] 17:00 @ Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Kanagawa

(-) Asia Tag Championship Match: [103rd Champions] Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi vs. [Challengers] Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata ~ 5th title defense.

(-) World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [46th Champion] TAJIRI vs. [Challenger] Atsushi Aoki ~ 4th title defense.

(-) World Tag Championship Match: [78th Champions] Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa vs. [Challengers] Kento Miyahara & Yoshitatsu ~ 1st title defense.

(-) Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship Match: [59th Champion] Joe Doering vs. [Challenger] KAI ~ 3rd title defense.

AJPW Event Cards for January & February 2018 http://puroresuspirit.net/2017/12/ajpw-event-cards-for-january-february-2018/

#all japan pro wrestling #ajpw #all japan #takao omori #jun akiyama #yuji nagata #puroresu #ajpw asia tag #kai #joe doering #triple crown #ajpw world tag #ajpw all asia #kento miyahara #yoshitatsu #shuji ishikawa #suwama #naoya nomura #yuma aoyagi

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wrestlingmgc · 2 months

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AJPW World Tag Team Champions Gungnir of Anarchy

#AJPW #AJPW World Tag Team Champions #Shotaro Ashino #Ryuki Honda #Gungnir of Anarchy #AJPW World Tag Team Championship #All Japan Pro Wrestling #Puroresu #Tag Team Title #Pro Wrestling #20s

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pwrestlingxpress · 11 months

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New Predictions for "Green Journey 2023 in Nagoya"

Back on June 5th, I made my official predictions for Pro Wrestling NOAH's "Green Journey 2023 in Nagoya" (click here to read those original predictions which does include the match card for the NJPW event taking place that very same day) . Due to the injury though to Junta Miyawaki that occurred at "All Together Again" last Friday, I'm making down below a new prediction list here. Some predictions could remain the same while other will change.

With that said, here is the new set of match result predictions for "Green Journey 2023 in Nagoya"

Opening Match prediction: When I originally made this match prediction, I said I was going with the team of Mohammed Yone, Super Crazy, and Alejandro for the win. But since this match has been changed and moved from the #2 position to the opening position, my prediction has changed. Going with Akitoshi Saito, Stallion Rogers, and Seiki Yoshioka with the win as Taishi Ozawa will be pinned in the new opening bout.

Match #2 prediction: What was the original opening match is now the second match and right now...my prediction for this one stays the same. Hiroki already lost to Kenoh in dominating fashion. I don't expect the same here but I do expect Hajime Ohara to come out victorious over the former Kongo member.

Match #3 Prediction: When this match was originally announced as Kaito Kiyomiya, Junta Miyawaki, and AMAKUSA vs. Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. , Yoshinari Ogawa, and Kai Fujimura; my first impression was this could be a preview to who the next challenger would be for the GHC National Championship. Then when Kaito Kiyomiya was announced for NJPW's G1 Climax 33 starting on July 15th; kind of leaned towards his team winning so that he can make a statement. Now...with this match being changed and moved, the prediction for this one does not change. I expect Kaito Kiyomiya, AMAKUSA, and Super Crazy (who is replacing Miyawaki in this match) to win with Kiyomiya sending a strong message to Yota Tsuji who is claiming that Kiyomiya is somewhat weak. In this match, the Supernova will send a strong message to "Gene Blast" and that message is...don't underestimate the power of Pro Wrestling NOAH.

Match #4 Prediction: Another original prediction that'll somewhat remain the same. Hideaki Suzuki still wins in dominating fashion and should Jake Lee emerge victorious in the main event, could be the next challenger for the GHC Heavyweight Championship.

Match #5 Prediction: Consider this one to now be a match under the radar for once it was announced, has barely been talked about. The prediction here remains somewhat the same. Eita and Marufuji with the surprise victory as the crumbling of Atsushi Kotoge continues.

Match #6 Prediction: The original prediction for this match also remains the same with YO-HEY getting pinned here instead of Tadasuke. Jack Morris will show a strong performance but it'll be Chris Ridgeway and Daga that'll have the last word in this next to last tune-up match before June 22nd.

Match #7 Prediction: My original prediction for this match was AXIZ was going to win and as of right now, that prediction stays the same. The question now is will this match continue the downfall of Kenoh now that he has not had to witness 3 departures from Kongo but now is coming to Nagoya with no gold around his waist. This match is one that has to be must-see and must-win for Go Shiozaki here and in Korakuen Hall on June 22nd. Again, he's never beaten Kenoh in singles competition and with the way Kenoh is now...got the feeling this is the once chance that AXIZ has to take advantage of. Again...the original prediction here remains the same. Just going to be interesting on the mindset of Kenoh and Manabu Soya who have to rebound after losing the AJPW World Tag Team Titles 2 nights before.

Match #8 Prediction: Still a hard match to predict but based on what I read and heard from Dante Leon, it's kind of clear to me who'll win this match. HAYATA has stated that this match will truly decide who is the GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion. If HAYATA wins, then it'll be him. If Dante wins, then it'll be him. As of right now, I can't see HAYATA retaining because there's this sense that Dante has something in his back pocket. Feel like tomorrow, a new Junior Champion will be crowned in Nagoya.

Semi-main Event match Prediction: Though this match is still hard to predict, I'm sticking with my original prediction here in which we're getting new Tag Team Champions. Feel like it's time for Yoshiki Inamura to become Champion though there's the feeling that this reign could be short-lived because I feel like whoever wins between AXIZ and Kongo two matches earlier will be next in line and many including myself are ready for another AXIZ Tag title reign. Again, Kitamiya and Inamura with the win but their reign will be very short.

Main Event Prediction: The original prediction for this match was Jake Lee over Takashi Sugiura. Despite the encouraging words Sugiura received from Shinjiro Otani and the overwhelming praise heading into this match, I'm still going with the result. Still feel like nothing will stop Jake Lee until the N-1 Victory 2023 begins this August. And...again, whoever wins this match, believe their next challenger will be Hideaki Suzuki.

So...as all read here, based on the original predictions and the new predictions...two have changed as seen above.

"Green Journey 2023 in Nagoya" comes this Saturday (June 17th) at 4:00 AM Eastern on ABEMA in Japanese and Wrestle Universe in English. Go to timeanddate.com and type in the city you live in to find the start time to the event in your area.

#Pro Wrestling NOAH #Match Predictions #Green Journey 2023 in Nagoya

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gdwessel · 2 years

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New Year, New Format & Schedule; NOAH The New Year - 1/1/2022; AJPW New Year Wars Night 1 - January 2, 2022; More FanFyte Articles By Me, Other News

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Yesterday was Pro Wrestling NOAH’s mega show at Tokyo Nippon Budokan, NOAH The New Year. You can see this now on Wrestle Universe, for which you should have already been charged if you signed up for the 3-Months Free Deal back in October (it costs around what NJPWWorld does, and now you are able to cancel if you wish).

NOAH The New Year - 1/1/2022, Tokyo Nippon Budokan (Wrestle Universe, ABEMA)

Junta Miyawaki & Kinya Okada d. Kai Fujimura & Yasutaka Yano (Miyawaki > Fujimura, Falcon Arrow, 8:39)

King Tany, Muhammad Yone & Akitoshi Saito [Funky Express] d. Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & Nio [Kongo] (Yone > Tadasuke, Kinniku Buster, 8:45)

Hao & ALEJA [Kongo] d. Seiki Yoshioka & Yuya Susumu [STINGER] (Hao > Yoshioka, Firebird Splash, 11:44)

Ultimo Dragon [Dragon Gate], Dausuke Harada, Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara d. NOSAWA Rongai, Eita, YO-HEY & Kotaro Suzuki [Perros del Mal de Japon] (Ultimo > NOSAWA, La Magistral, 13:51)

Kazuyuki Fujita & Kendo Kashin [Sugiura-gun] d. Masakatsu Funaki [M’s Alliance] & Ikuto Hidaka [Perros del Mal de Japon] (Fujita > Hidaka, Powerbomb, 12:17)

GHC Juniorheavyweight Championship: HAYATA [STINGER] © d. Yoshinari Ogawa [STINGER] (Pinfall, 20:54) - HAYATA succeeds his 8th defense

GHC Tag Team Championship: Keiji Muto & Naomichi Marufuji [M’s Alliance] © d. Masato Tanaka & Masaaki Mochizuki [M’s Alliance] (Muto > Mochizuki, Figure-4 Leglock, 20:50) - Muto/Marufuji succeed their 1st defense

Takashi Sugiura [Sugiura-gun], Kazushi Sakuraba [Sugiura-gun] & KENTA [Bullet Club] d. Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura (KENTA > Inamura, Go2Sleep, 25:46)

GHC Heavyweight Championship: Katsuhiko Nakajima [Kongo] © d. Go Shiozaki (Northern Lights Bomb, 30:10) - Nakajima succeeds his 3rd defense

No titles changed hands during this megashow, meaning Nakajima and Kenoh both main event Wrestle Kingdom 16 in Yokohama Arena with their titles in hand against Los Ingobernables de Japon. I fully recommend the top 4 matches on this show, however the junior title match was alright too, and has some tension behind it, being between not only stablemates but shared GHC junior tag champions. In fact, Ogawa threw down his tag belt post-match. The M’s Alliance all shared a moment in the ring after one side defeated the other. KENTA wins his first “real” match back in NOAH since going to WWE, beating Yoshiki Inamura, who is a massive tank of a man. Takashi Sugiura and Masato Tanaka had a busy night, as they wrestled each other earlier at Tokyo Korakuen Hall for Pro Wrestling ZERO1’s Happy New Year show, with Sugiura defeating Tanaka to retain the ZERO1 World Heavyweight title. That show is also on Wrestle Universe. This is a show you should check out overall, the setup was fantastic in Nippon Budokan.

NOAH runs their next show on January 4, 2022, during WK16.

NOAH New Sunrise 2022 - January 4, 2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (Wrestle Universe, ABEMA)

Kai Fujimura v. Yasutaka Yano

King Tany & Muhamma Yone [Funky Express] v. Junta Miyawaki & Kinya Okada

NOSAWA Rongai & Eita [Perros del Mal de Japon] v. Nao & Nio [Kongo]

Atsushi Kotoge v. Seiki Yoshioka [STINGER]

Takashi Sugiura, Kazushi Sakuraba & Kazuyuki Fujita [Sugiura-gun] v. Masato Tanaka [M’s Alliance], Masaaki Mochizuki [M’s Alliance] & Daiki Inaba

Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya, Tadasuke & ALEJA [Kongo] v. Naomichi Marufuji [M’s Alliance], Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura, Daisuke Harada & Hajime Ohara

Go Shiozaki v. Kaito Miyomiya

GHC Juniorheavyweight Tag Team Championship: HAYATA & Yoshinari Ogawa [STINGER] © v. YO-HEY & Kotaro Suzuki [Perros del Mal de Japon]

All Japan Pro Wrestling

AJPW ran their first show of the year today from Tokyo Korakuen Hall. You can see it now on AJPW.tv. It was supposed to be headlined by Jake Lee defending the Triple Crown against Big Japan’s Abdullah Kobayashi, however Lee was forced to vacate the title earlier this week, after suffering fractured nasal and orbital bones in a match on 12/26/2021 against Ryuki Honda. No word on his return, nor what will become of the Triple Crown in the meantime.

New Year Wars - January 2, 2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (AJPW.tv)

Ryo Inoue Debut Singles Match: Dan Tamura [Evolution] d. Ryo Inoue (Boston Crab, 6:24)

Shuji Ishikawa & Jun Saito d. Rei Saito & Rising HAYATO [NEXTREAM] (Jun > Rei, Boston Crab, 9:45)

Masanobu Fuchi, Takao Omori, Black Menso-re, TAMURA & Andy Wu d. Yoshitatsu, Seigo Tachibana, Takayuki Ueki, Baliyan Akki & Raimu Imai [Yoshitatsu Kingdom] (Omori > Tachibana, Ax Bomber, 7:15)

Super Crazy, TAJIRI & CIMA [STRONGHEARTS] d. Izanagi, SUGI & MASASHI (Crazy > SUGI, Powerbomb, 10:01)

New Year Battle Royale: Rising HAYATO [NEXTREAM] d. Shigehiro Irie, Raimu Imai [Yoshitatsu Kingdom], Ryo Inoue, Takao Omori, Dan Tamura, TAMURA, Jun Saito, Rei Saito, Andy Wu, Black Menso-re, Shuji Ishikawa, Yoshitatsu [Yoshitatsu Kingdom], Baliyan Akki [Yoshitatsu Kingdom], Takayuki Ueki [Yoshitatsu Kingdom], Seigo Tachibana [Yoshitatsu Kingdom] & Devil Murasaki (7:54)

Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Atsuki Aoyagi [NEXTREAM] d. Suwama, Shotaro Ashino & Hikaru Sato [Evolution] (Yuma > Ashino, Spin Kick, 11:44)

Abdullah Kobayashi, Ryuji Ito & Daisuke Sekimoto [BJW] d. Koji Doi [TOTAL ECLIPSE], Kuma Arashi [TOTAL ECLIPSE] & Ryuki Honda (Kobayashi > Arashi, Diving Back Elbow Drop, 9:19)

All Asia Tag Team Championship: Hokuto Omori & Yusuke Kodama [TOTAL ECLIPSE] d. T-Hawk & El Lindaman [STRONGHEARTS] © (Omori > Lindaman, , 14:40) - T-Hawk/Lindaman fail their 3rd defense - Omori/Kodama are the 112th champions

Representing TOTAL ECLIPSE, Omori & Kodama won this chance through winning the Jr. Tag Battle Of Glory one-day tournament on 12/26/2021. NEXTREAM gets a direct pin on Evolution, leading into tomorrow’s World Tag Team Championship match, with Runaway SUPLEX defending against the 2021 World’s Strongest Tag Determination League winners Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi. The card below is not the final order.

- January 3, 2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (AJPW.tv)

Ryo Inoue v. Seigo Tachibana [Yoshitatsu Kingdom]

Dan Tamura [Evolution], Hikaru Sato [Evolution] & Ryuji Hijikata v. Black Menso-re, Hiroshi Yamato & Andy Wu

Hokuto Omori [TOTAL ECLIPSE], Yusuke Kodama [TOTAL ECLIPSE] & Ryuki Honda v. Atsuki Aomori [NEXTREAM], Rising HAYATO [NEXTREAM] & Yu Iizuka

TAJIRI & Kuma Arashi [TOTAL ECLIPSE] v. Izanagi & Devil Murasaki

Shuji Ishikawa, Takao Omori & Ren Ayabe [JTO] v. Yoshitatsu [Yoshitatsu Kingdom], Jun Saito & Rei Saito

Other News

Big Japan ran today at Korakuen Hall as well, with Yuji Okabayashi winning the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship for the 4th time, defeating Takuya Nomura on his 4th defense of the title.

GLEAT ran a show on 12/30/2021 that included the first half of the show being all Lidet UWF matches, all of which I highly recommend. Featuring the likes of Minoru Suzuki, Chihiro Hashimoto and Shuji Ishikawa, that half of the show slapped, so go watch it now on YouTube (honestly, the G-Pro Wrestling portion of GLEAT I can take or leave).

Minoru Suzuki also main evented at Hard Hit’s show yesterday at Shinkiba 1st-RING, beating Hikaru Sato after 40:28.

A lot of shows have run over the holiday period. I cannot list all of them.

So as you can tell, I’m trying something different with this blog thing. I am going to post on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays… I think. Special occasions (i.e. Wrestle Kingdom Week) will prompt more. I may end up hating this format very soon, and revert back to how it was before. NJPW is still my primary focus, but I wanna talk other wrestling too on my wrestling blog.

In the meantime, I’ve had not one but two 2021 In Review articles posted at FanFyte – one all about Shingo Takagi rescuing NJPW’s 2021, but also how Matt Cardona was the heel of the year based on his work in Game Changer Wrestling. Please take a look at these, as well as other great pieces on the site covering the best of 2021 in pro wrestling.

@damascenocs and I recorded the penultimate episode of the podcast yesterday, and I’ll be editing and posting that later today.

Hope you like this new format, and I do too.

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The world is mourning the loss of Joe Laurinaitis aka Animal of the Road Warriors/Legion of Doom. He died today (September 23).

Animal was best known for teaming with Hawk as the Road Warriors/Legion of Doom throughout the duration of their careers. They won titles in seemingly every major promotion they were in such as WWF. AWA. AJPW, Jim Crockett Promotions/WCW, and Georgia Championship Wrestling.

It was legendary trainer, Eddie Sharkey who seen Animal while he was working in a bar as a bouncer in the Twin Cities. He thought that alongside Hawk, Rick Rude, and Barry Darsow; that they could make it big in wrestling thus trained all four.

They became one of the most dominate and popular tag teams of all-time with their high intensity and powerhouse moveset. Only twice in his career did Animal not win titles without Hawk. He only turned heel twice in his career by turning on both Heidenreich and Matt Hardy.

Animal died ten days after his 60th birthday and one day after his wedding anniversary with his wife Julie. Rest in peace, Animal.

#Animal #Road Warrior Animal #The Road Warriors #Legion of Doom #Rest in Peace #RIP #What a Rush

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theallianceblog · 4 years

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If you blinked, you might have missed this @nwa world tag team championship team of Kazushi Miyamoto and Rob Terry. Road Warrior Animal wad in their corner when they defeated the Iron Empire (Matt Rivieria and Rob Conway) in Japan for DSW. The duo defended the titles At NWA Mid South event on June 17th, the Heat Seekers won the NWA World Tag Team Championships for a 4th time from Rob Terry and Kazushi Miymoto. #nwa #nwatagteamchampions #nationalwrestlingalliance #animal #tagteam #ajpw #dsw #worldtagteamchampion (at Tokyo, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-XsiwxJXyI/?igshid=19vsgsnh7xd20

#nwa #nwatagteamchampions #nationalwrestlingalliance #animal #tagteam #ajpw #dsw #worldtagteamchampion

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noromannet-blog · 4 years

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Tokyo Sports celebrates its awards ceremony for the best of 2019

The famous Japanese newspaper Tokyo Sports has held the awards ceremony for the best of pro-wrestling in Japan during the year 2019. To do this, several of the magazine's critics voted for a series of nominees based on their performance throughout the year, the success they have had and the development under their character, among other factors. This has been the 46th edition of the awards and took place on Thursday, January 16, 2020, from the Grand Prince Hotel Takanawa in Shinagawa, Tokyo. The winners and some legends of pro-wrestling such as Kenta Kobashi or Genichiro Tenryu attended the gala. There was also the presence of the idol Jurina Matsui. The companies representing the winners made an appearance. It should be remembered that the winners of the prizes were the following: Best Wrestler/MVP: Kazuchika Okada (NJPW) Best Female Wrestler: Mayu Iwatani (STARDOM) Best match: Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA, in King of Pro Wrestling 2019 (NJPW) Best tag team: Violent Giants (Shuji Ishikawa and Suwama) (AJPW) (Third consecutive year) Best technique/skill: Kota Ibushi (NJPW) Fighting Spirit: Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH) (Second consecutive year) Best overall performance award: Kento Miyahara (AJPW) The debut of the year: Strong Machine J (Dragon Gate) The prize for his professional career: Atsushi Aoki (AJPW) Special mention to the medalists of the Greco-Roman Wrestling World Championships in Kazakhstan 2019: Risako Kawai (57 kilos category), Kenichiro Fumita (60 kilos category) and Shinobu Ota (63 kilos category) All the winners received their trophies and made speeches for the public: Jun Akiyama and Kasumi Obata, wife of Atsushi Aoki, collected the prize given posthumously to the wrestler. Akiyama took the floor, noting that Aoki was the best worker in All Japan and highlighted the number of things he did for the company. Collecting the prize in memory of his apprentice has been one of his last duties as president of All Japan, indicating that he will return to work as a fighter to do what he can to help the wrestlers. Akiyama commented that Aoki was a pro-wrestling fan since childhood. Strong Machine J was introduced remembering that he was the son of Super Strong Machine, a star from NJPW and that he debuted last April 2019. Since then he has had the opportunity to have great meetings at Dragon Gate, winning the Open the Championships Triangle Gate He thanks NJPW for allowing him to fight with the same mask design as his father. As for Dragon Gate, it will strive to do more things and keep the company moving forward. Mayu Iwatani thanked the support of STARDOM President Rossy Ogawa, who has never stopped believing in her. The World of STARDOM Champion recalled that it was her second time attending the awards ceremony, having previously accompanied Io Shirai. She felt it was a remote place for her, but she has finally received the award. The fighter made a request for Tokyo Sports, she wants women to also aspire to win prizes such as Best Tag Team or Best Combat. He recalled that there are many female wrestlers and companies that are doing great things and do not like the perception that women are considered as something less than what men do. Kota Ibushi received his prize, mentioning that he did not understand very well what was valued to give him the trophy since he did not remember having demonstrated his ability during 2019. He also indicated that he will try to become the MVP of 2020, working both individual ways as in the tag team. Kaito Kiyomiya commented that he managed to bring light to a stage of darkness for NOAH. This is his year (according to his zodiac sign) and he will continue to strive while NOAH continues to look for the way to return to the Nippon Budoukan. He adds that his personal goal is to bring NOAH back to Tokyo Dome. Kento Miyahara started remembering that he has started the year as Triple Crown Champion and will seek to break the title defense record. He wants to continue being the symbol of All Japan and continue rewriting the history of his company. Miyahara had words for the president of Tokyo Sports, Osamu Sakai, telling him that he wanted to see him more at AJPW events, which caused the audience to laugh. Miyahara said goodbye indicating that the history of Japanese pro-wrestling will continue to advance this year. Suwama and Shuji Ishikawa took the stage. Suwama was delighted to win the trophy for the third consecutive year and called Osamu Sakai to come up with them. Suwama joked with the president of Tokyo Sports. For its part, Ishikawa added that Violent Giants will continue to show their unlimited potential in 2020. SANADA mentioned that the fact that his match was chosen as the best of the year gives him the confidence to continue and continue to evolve. Kazuchika Okada celebrated remembering that he has been re-elected MVP, won the Heavyweight Championship and got married in 2019, so he had a great year. As for 2020, it is the year of the Olympic Games in Tokyo and he wants the spirit to spread pro-wrestling so that they continue moving forward. He wants to make 2020 the year of pro-wrestling and that is why he proposes a great event with several companies from Japan, demonstrating Japan's talent with all its best available wrestlers. Read the full article

#AJPW #AllJapanProWrestling #DragonGate #NewJapanProWrestling #News #NJPW #NOAH #ProWrestlingNOAH #Stardom

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