#shuji goto

[anamon-book]

地上最強のカラテ PART2 松竹株式会社 監督＝後藤秀司／出演＝大山倍達、大山茂、大山泰彦、芦原英幸、ウィリー・ウィリアムス ほか

#The Strongest KARATE PART2 #地上最強のカラテ PART2 #地上最強のカラテ #shuji goto #後藤秀司 #masutatsu oyama #大山倍達 #willie williams #ウィリー・ウィリアムス #anamon #古本屋あなもん #あなもん #映画パンフレット #movie pamphlet

[kopw]

hi ryan. blade and finish for the wrestling asks ^.^

blade: the bloodiest wrestling match you’ve ever watched?

drew parker vs ryuji ito ikkitousen deathmatch survivor 2021 finals!

the thing is, there are a few matches that involve blading in a more conventional sense that might have had flashier blood spots. kenny during fd2 looked like he got dunked in red goop at one point, but that still felt more... controlled? drew busts his upper back open in this match and starts gushing so bad they have to tape him up multiple times. which does not work because there's so much blood the tape doesn't stick to his skin. it's incredible

though i got recommended an abdullah kobayashi vs shuji ishikawa match recently, so this answer might change when i watch that... expecting lots of blood

finish: top 5 favorite finishing moves?

ushigoroshi (goto). when i learned that it's just part of cole's regular move set i got so unreasonably mad. i don't even dislike cole but... not for you. yoh can keep doing it though

one-winged angel (kenny) / syu-sekai (syuri). NOT the same move but they both involve an electric chair set-up which is one of my favorites

tour of the islands (cobb). SPECIFICALLY when he does a super tour of the islands... there's a mind-blowing one in his match against ospreay at the g1 supercard

rainmaker (okada). no further explanation needed. i do have to say that i don't like when people say jamie's hayterade is just a rainmaker. no it's not... they're both ripcord lariats but there's a difference. and the rainmaker is better. sorry women

stormbreaker (ospreay). funny how people on the indies copy ospreay's entire move set at times but don't even attempt this one. bonkers move

#hello jackie... hope these are good answers

[pwrestlingxpress]

Official Match Card Order for "All Together Again"

After the shocking news from "Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-Jo Hall" (new David Finlay version Bullet Club members, new LIJ member, Pro Wrestling NOAH's Kaito Kiyomiya participating in G1 Climax 33) and all that has happened in the past week leading to Osaka-Jo Hall, we now have the official match card order of "All Together Again" where NJPW, AJPW, and Pro Wrestling NOAH unite for a one night event fans are sure to remember for a long time. With that said, here's the match card order.

Kickoff Match: Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka, Alejandro, and Super Crazy (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. Ryo Inoue, Black Menso-re (AJPW), YOH and Ryusuke Taguchi (NJPW)

Opening Match: Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba, and Yoshiki Inamura (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW/Chaos), Hirooki Goto, and YOSHI-HASHI (NJPW/Bishamon)

Match #2: Chris Ridgeway (Pro Wrestling NOAH/Stinger) and Sean Legacy (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. Kosei Fujita and Zack Sabre Jr. (NJPW/TMDK)

Match #3: Yoshitatsu (AJPW) vs. Shota Umino (NJPW)

Match #4: Go Shiozaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima (Pro Wrestling NOAH/AXIZ) vs. Hokuto Omori and Shuji Ishikawa (AJPW)

Match #5: Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, and Junta Miyawaki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, and Ren Narita (NJPW/Strong Style)

Match #6: Jun Saito, Rei Saito (AJPW/Voodoo Murders), Ryuki Honda, Hikaru Sato, and Dan Tamura (AJPW) vs. Jeff Cobb, Great O-Khan, Aaron Henare, TJP, and Francesco Akira (NJPW/United Empire)

Match #7: Yuji Nagata (NJPW), Suwama and Yuma Anzai (AJPW) vs. Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, and BUSHI (NJPW/Los Ingobernables de Japon)

Match #8: Jake Lee, YO-HEY, and Tadasuke (Pro Wrestling NOAH/GLG) vs. SANADA, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, and Taka Michinoku (NJPW/Just 5 Guys)

Semi-Main Event Match: Master Wato (NJPW), Rising Hayato (AJPW), and HAYATA (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. Hiromu Takahashi (NJPW/Los Ingobernables de Japon), Atsuki Aoyagi (AJPW), and AMAKUSA (Pro Wrestling NOAH)

Main Event Match: Kazuchika Okada (NJPW/Chaos), Yuma Aoyagi (AJPW/Zennichi Shin Jidai) and Kenoh (Pro Wrestling NOAH/Kongo) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW), Kento Miyahara (AJPW/Zennichi Shin Jidai), and Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH)

All Together Again airs on NJPW World PPV this Friday June 9th at 6:00 PM Local Time/5:00 AM Eastern/4:00 AM Central/2:00 AM Pacific. Go to timeanddate.com and type in the city you're currently living for the start time in your area. Also, if you choose to watch the event, you must order it for the event is a separate purchase from the official streams of NJPW World.

Again...All Together Again airs this Friday on NJPW World PPV

#NJPW #AJPW #Pro Wrestling NOAH #All Together Again #Match Card

[kenro199x]

Blood Fight (1989)

Blu-ray MVD Visual 2020

Bloodfight is one of those easy to dismissed movies. On the surface, it looks like Bloodsport ripoff. It has more of a plot and far more character development than Van Damme's movie. My only issue is that the dialogue is in English, which would be great if that were everyone's primary language, but it's not. The performances can be clunky because of it, but Simon Yam is a great actor. The others aren't Shakespearian level performers, but they're experienced enough character actors to get the point across. Bloodfight is a very good movie from the era of VHS weekend rentals. It's a gem. I bought the film on tape, DVD and now on Blu-ray. I like this movie a lot, and it's a very nostalgic watch that triggers some great memories.

Unfortunately, it's not the most exceptional HD transfer I've ever seen, but it's the best the movie has ever looked on home video. It probably doesn't help that I have my Gamera 4K remaster set from Arrow Video on the brain. Anyway, I'm happy this is in my collection.

#yasuaki kurata #bolo yeung #simon yam #meg lam #Yoshiaki Kashigawa #shuji goto #bloodfight #blood fight #martial arts #blu-ray #film #movie #gallery #vhs era gem #mvd visual

[videoreligion]

Bloodfight (1989)

#bloodfight #80s #fight #bolo yeung #shuji goto #fainaru faito - saigo no ichigeki #gif #my gif #my gifs #cinema #film #movie #cult #cult films #action #kung-fu #kung fu #martial arts #kungfu

[gdwessel]

New Japan Cup 2022 Night 2 - 3/6/2022; NJPW Strong Episode 81 - 3/5/2022; Dragon Gate Champion Gate in Osaka Nights 1 & 2; GLEAT LIDET UWF Ver. 2 - 3/5/2022; NOAH, TJPW, STARDOM, ZERO1, BJW, Osaka Pro Results

New Japan Pro Wrestling

The New Japan Cup first round continued here today, and you can see it now on NJPWWorld. As stated previously, Great O-Khan has a bye into the second round due to Kota Ibushi’s withdrawal, where he will face Taiji Ishimori on 3/12/2022.

- 3/6/2022, Fukushima Big Palette

Yuji Nagata d. Kosei Fujita (Nagata Lock II, 7:36)

Chase Owens, El Phantasmo & Gedo [Bullet Club] d. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Tiger Mask IV (ELP > Honma, Thunder Kiss ‘86, 9:03)

Ryusuke Taguchi, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Master Wato d. EVIL, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club] (Tanahashi > Yujiro, Roll-Up, 9:59)

Shingo Takagi, SANADA, Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables] d. Tomohiro Ishii, Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & YOH [CHAOS] (SANADA > YOH, Skull End, 13:23)

Bad Luck Fale & Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club] d. Jeff Cobb & Great O-Khan [United Empire] (Fale > O-Khan, Grenade, 11:12)

New Japan Cup 2022 1st Round: Aaron Henare [United Empire] d. Yuto Nakashima (Rampage Tackle, 8:40) 

New Japan Cup 2022 1st Round: Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG] d. Ryohei Oiwa (Heel Hook, 10:35) 

New Japan Cup 2022 1st Round: Will Ospreay [United Empire] d. BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] (Hidden Blade, 12:48) 

There should be absolutely no surprises as to who advanced on this show, given we had two Young Lions in Cup matches, and they never give BUSHI anything anyway. The second round matches for today’s winners look like this:

- 3/12/2022, Aichi Dolphin’s Arena

New Japan Cup 2022 2nd Round: El Phantasmo [Bullet Club] v. Will Ospreay [United Empire]

New Japan Cup 2022 2nd Round: SANADA [Los ingobernables] v. Aaron Henare [United Empire]

New Japan Cup 2022 2nd Round: DOUKI [SZKG] v. Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG]

New Japan Cup 2022 2nd Round: Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club] v. Great O-Khan [United Empire]

More TBA

Yesterday also had the first NJPW Strong from the Rivals taping in February, from the Vermont Hollywood in LA.

TJP [United Empire] d. Brogan Finlay (Pinoy Stretch, 9:06)

Christopher Daniels [FREE] d. Karl Fredericks (Best Moonsault Ever, 11:40)

JONAH & Bad Dude Tito d. Juice Robinson & David Finlay Jr. (Tito > Finlay, Frog Splash, 8:16)

Bad night for the Brothers Finlay, I guess.

Elsewhere, last night at Impact’s Sacrifice PPV event, Jay White beat Alex Shelley, whilst Eric Young & Joe Doering, now with Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa aligned with Violent By Design against Jay’s Bullet Club faction, beat The Good Brothers for the Impact World Tag Team titles.

The Cup’s final 1st Round matches take place tomorrow.

- 3/7/2022, Tokyo Ota Ward Gymnasium

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma v. Will Osreay, Great O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Aaron Henare [United Empire]

Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] v. Yujiro Takahashi, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano, Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH [CHAOS] v. El Desperado, Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

New Japan Cup 2022 1st Round: Chase Owens [Bullet Club] v. Jado [Bullet Club]

New Japan Cup 2022 1st Round: Ryusuke Taguchi v. EVIL [Bullet Club]

New Japan Cup 2022 1st Round: Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables] v. SHO [Bullet Club]

New Japan Cup 2022 1st Round: Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS] v. Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables]

Dragon Gate

The two nights of Champion Gate 2022 in Osaka have taken place, and you can see them now on DG Network. The opening matches of both cards (I think) are on YouTube, so do check those out. Many title matches were had across the two nights.

Champion Gate 2022 in Osaka Night 1 - 3/5/2022, Osaka EDION Arena Subarena (Dragon Gate Network)

Open The Brave Gate Championship: Dragon Dia [D’Courage] © d. Takuma Fujiwara (Double Cork, 11:00) - Dia succeeds his 1st defense

Masaaki Mochizuki, Gamma, Shuji Kondo & Churaumi Saver [Ryukyu Dragon] d. Dragon Kid [HIGH-END], Ben-K [HIGH-END], La Estrella & Gurukun Mask [Ryukyu Dragon] (Kondo > Estrella, King Kong Lariat, 10:13)

Yuki Yoshioka [D’Courage] d. SB KENTo [Z-Brats] (DQ, 8:31)

HYO & Diamante [Z-Brats] d. Eita & Yosuke Santa Maria (HYO > Yosuke, Schoolboy, 4:17)

YAMATO, Kagetora & Jason Lee [HIGH-END] d. Don Fujii, Takashi Yoshida & Jason Lee (YAMATO > Fujii, Frankensteiner Of The Almighty, 11:21)

Big Boss Shimizu, Susumu Yokosuka & Genki Horiguchi [Natural Vibes] d. KAI, BxB Hulk & Shun Skywalker [Z-Brats] (Shimizu > KAI, La Magistral, 9:29)

Open The Triangle Gate Championship: Naruki Doi, Kota Minoura & Kaito Ishida [Gold Class] d. Kzy, U-T & Jacky “Funky” Kamei [Natural Vibes] © (Minoura > U-T, Gang, 14:30) - Kzy/U-T/ Kamei fail their 1st defense - Gold Class are the 77th champions

I mean, once Gold Class had their name and look, it was obvious they were winning these titles. Almost seems a bit facetious now to have had that tournament a few weeks back, but I am not a pro wrestling booker. Takumi Hayakawa is still Minorita, and accompanied the unit to the ring. It’s also pretty obvious that KAI will retain at tomorrow’s show, given Big Boss Shimizu now has another direct win before the title match. It’s just pro wrestling rules and logic; AEW gave away a few finishes for tonight’s PPV on Dynamite on Wednesday too.

Takuma Fujiwara showed out on this show, showing heavy young Jun Akiyama vibes in his title challenge against Dragon Dia. He and Ryu Fuda are gonna be good ones, just wait.

Z-Brats were in a good spot on this show. Gurukun Mask and Churaumi Saver (I thought it was Sabre but apparently it is Saver) from Ryukyu Dragon appeared today too. Gurukun Mask & YAMATO fell to Jun Kasai & Takashi Sasaki at the RDPW show in Shinjuku on Friday. However, Kzy & U-T did win the Twin Ryuo Tag Team titles from Churaumi Saver & Minoru Fujita, becoming the 4th champions of those titles. NOAH’s Kendo Kashin was also on that show, beating Hibiscus Mii.

 Champion Gate 2022 in Osaka Night 2 - 3/6/2022, Osaka EDION Arena Subarena (Dragon Gate Network)

Naruki Doi, Kota Minoura & Kaito Ishida [Gold Class] d. BxB Hulk, Shun Skywalker & Diamante [Z-Brats] (Minoura > Hulk, Engranaje, 10:35)

Masaaki Mochizuki & Ho Ho Lun d. Shuji Kondo & Ryu Fuda (Mochizuki > Fuda, Twister, 6:59)

Takashi Yoshida, Strong Machine J & Gurukun Mask [Ryukyu Dragon] d. Don Fujii, Gamma & Churaumi Saver [Ryukyu Dragon] (Gurukun > Gamma, Gurukun Leg Roll Clutch, 8:43)

Ben-K [HIGH-END] NC Jason Lee (10:15)

Kzy, Susumu Yokosuka, U-T & Jacky “Funky” Kamei [Natural Vibes] d. YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Kagetora & Keisuke Okuda [HIGH-END] (Kzy > Kagetora, Running Elbow Smash, 10:08)

Open The Twin Gate Championship 3-Way Match: Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka [D’Courage] © d. HYO & SB KENTo [Z-Brats] and Eita & Yosuke Santa Maria - Yosuke > KENTo, Inside Cradle, 14:12 - Yoshioka > Eita, Pinfall, 16:27 - D’Courage succeed their 2nd defense

Open The Dream Gate Championship: KAI [Z-Brats] © d. Big Boss Shimizu [Natural Vibes] (Authorized Gannosuke Clutch, 18:23) - KAI succeeds his 2nd defense

I’ve not had a chance to watch any of this show, so no idea who if anyone challenged KAI to be the next defense. D’Courage did retain their belts, however Yosuke got some measure of revenge over the two members of Z-Brats who usurped Eita’s position in R.E.D., so maybe that will take this Eita/Yosuke thing somewhere. Kota Minoura continues to be the one who wins for Gold Class, and I can’t help thinking there is a storyline thing here somewhere; Minorita was there as well this time too. Ben-K v. Jason Lee ended due to Z-Brats interference, leading into this 3-way match for I guess the rights to Jason Lee’s unit membership? I don’t know, seems a bit goofy.

The next show is on Saturday, a house show from Okayama. Eita has a title match challenge in NOAH next weekend, as does Masaaki Mochizuki, so I wouldn’t expect them on the Sunday 3/13/2022 show at least. The next livestreamed event is on 3/19/2022 from Kyoto KBS Hall, and the next one after that is not until 4/7/2022 from Tokyo Korakuen Hall, the retirement match for K-Ness.

GLEAT

GLEAT came back to action yesterday, with an all-Lidet-UWF-Rules show, which makes it an automatic must-see. The event was live on YouTube, so check it out.

GLEAT LIDET UWF Ver. 2 - 3/5/2022, Tokyo Shinjuku FACE (YouTube)

UWF Rules: Kaz Hayashi & Soma Watanabe d. TAKA Michinoku [JTO] & Akira Jumonji (8:30)

UWF Rules: Madeline d. Michiko Miyagi (4:55)

UWF Rules: Daisuke Sekimoto [BJW] d. Rionne Fujiwara (8:40)

UWF Rules: Takanori Ito & Minoru Tanaka d. Kengo Mashino & Takuro Niki (KO, 14:02)

UWF Rules: Daisuke Nakamura d. Daijiro Matsui (7:28)

UWF Rules: Tetsuya Izuchi d. Yu Iizuka (Referee’s Decision, 0:39)

That’s a… short main event there.

DDT / Tokyo Joshi

Tokyo Joshi ran their final prelude show on Saturday before Grand Princess ’22 on 3/19/2022 from Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan. It was announced that Hidekazu “Kero” Tanaka, the former NJPW ring announcer who was just at the 50th Anniversary Show on Tuesday, will be at that event; apparently he just had a brink-of-death recovery from COVID-19 recently, so glad to hear he is OK from that!

Tokyo Joshi 2022 Winter - 3/5/2022, Tokyo Ryogoku KFC Hall (Wrestle Universe)

Mahiro Kiryu & Haruna Neko d. Nao Kakuta & Kaya Toribami (Kiryu > Toribami, Spinebuster, 10:34)

3-Way Match: Hyper Misao d. Yuki Aino & Arisu Endo (Misao > Endo, La Magistral, 7:53)

Hikari Noa & Yuki Kamifuku d. Raku & Pom Harajuku (Noa > Harajuku, Blizzard Suplex, 8:50)

Nodoka Tenma d. Marika Kobashi (Killswitch, 9:12)

Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh, Yuka Sakazaki, Mizuki & Suzume d. Shoko Nakajima, Yukai Arai, Rika Tatsumi, Miu Watanabe & Moka Miyamoto (Itoh > Arai, Ioth Punish, 23:45)

Maki Itoh gets a direct win on her challenger on 3/19, as the champions team beat the challengers team. Hope this isn’t any sort of omen. Nodoka Tenma and Marika Kobashi are both leaving TJPW around the same time, after having started around the same time, and now Tenma has beaten Kobashi as they both are on the way out.

TJPW also ran some sort of gimmick show today from Itabashi Green Hall that won’t be on Wrestle Universe until Wednesday, so no idea what all these gimmicks are.

TJPW Universe Member Box Office – Pure Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling 6 - 3/6/2022, Tokyo Itabashi Green Hall

Cooking Match – Rice You Want To Make On White Day: Arisu Endo d. Yuka Sakazaki (Omelet Rice > Napolitan Rice by Daisuke Kiso Judgement)

Banned Act Lost Point System Tag Match: Miu Watanabe & Moka Miyamoto TKO Miyu Yamaashita & Maki Itoh (11:03)

Foot Sole Reading Anagram 5-Way Match: Shoko Nakajima d. Mizuki, Yuki Kamifuku, Raku & Kaya Toribami (11:01)

Hyper Misao & Haruno Neko d. Mil Nodcaras & Yuki Caras (Misao > Nodcaras, Jackknife Hold, 9:53)

Costume Change Match: Rika Tatsumi, Marika Kobashi & Suzume d. Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Mahiro Kiryu (Tatsumi > Kiryu, Torso Squeeze Dragon Sleeper, 13:59)

I am making a wild guess that the “Caras”es in the semi-main were Nodoka Tenma & Yuki Aino in Mil Mascaras masks.

DDT has announced that Kazuki Hirata is back from COVID-19, and will be in a 6-man tag match on DDT’s 3/13/2022 show. They also announced that a match inside a moving train from Goi Station to Yoro Valley Station, both in Chiba Prefecture, will take place on 4/2/2022. The trip usually takes an hour and a half, if Google Maps is to be believed. 32 fans will be aboard this train as well.

Tokyo Joshi is done until Ryogoku, whilst DDT runs next weekend.

STARDOM

STARDOM, another joshi promotion heading to Ryogoku later this month, ran two shows this weekend themselves.

- 3/5/2022, Osaka Rinkai Sports Center

Saki Kashima [Oedo Tai] d. Hanan [STARS] (Kishikaisei, 6:59)

Natsupoi [Donna del Mondo] d. Momo Kohgo (9:34)

Giulia, Himeka, Thekla & Mai Sakurai [Donna del Mondo] d. Tam Nakano, Mina Shirakawa, Unagi Sayaka & Waki Tsukiyama [Cosmic Angels] (Thekla > Tsukiyama, Toxic Spider Death Drop, 11:47)

Syuri, Maika & MIRAI [Donna del Mondo] TLD Mayu Iwatani, Koguma & Hazuki [STARS] (15:00)

AZM, Utami Hayashishita, Saya Kamitani & Lady C [Queen’s Quest] d. Rina, Ruaka, Starlight Kid & Momo Watanabe [Oedo Tai] (C > Rina, Chokeslam, 17:06)

- 3/6/2022, Shizuoka Kira Messe Numazu

Saki Kashima [Oedo Tai] d. Waka Tsukiyama (5:16)

AZM [Queen’s Quest] d. Hanan [STARS] (German Suplex Hold, 8:54)

Utami Hayashishita, Saya Kamitani & Lady C [Queen’s Quest] TLD Tam Nakano, Mina Shirakawa & Unagi Sayaka [Cosmic Angels] (20:00)

Ruaka, Fukigen Death, Starlight Kid & Momo Watanabe [Oedo Tai] d. Giulia, MIRAI, Thekla & Mai Sakurai [Donna del Mondo] (Ruaka > Thekla, Freezer Bomb, 16:05)

Syuri, Maika, Himeka & Natsupoi [Donna del Mondo] d. Mayu Iwatani, Koguma, Hazuki & Momo Kohgo [STARS] (Syuri > Kohgo, White Tiger, 16:26)

I’m confused as to what unit Momo Kohgo actually belongs to. Maybe none, and she’s an unaffiliated rookie or something? It’s possible. Ruaka gets a direct win over the SWA champion, so I am expecting a title match to come from that pretty soon. STARDOM’s English Twitter account really liked AZM v. Hanan, so check that one out when it hits STARDOM World I guess.

STARDOM’s next show is on Friday 3/11/2022, New Blood v1, which will have the debut of Miyu Amasaki against Utami Hayashishita. The company also runs on Saturday and Sunday next weekend too.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

NOAH held another N Innovation show yesterday, from Yokohama Radiant Hall.

N Innovation - 3/5/2022, Kanagawa Yokohama Radiant Hall (Wrestle Universe)

Super Crazy [Perros del Mal de Japon] d. Yasutaka Yano (9:03)

Tadasuke & Nio [Kongo] d. Alejandro & Kai Fujimura (Nio > Fujimura, Stuka Splash, 11:22)

Kaito Kiyomiya & Daiki Inaba d. Kotaro Suzuki & Ikuto Hidaka [Perros del Mal de Japon] (Inaba > Hidaka, DDD, 15:00)

NOSAWA Rongai [Perros del Mal de Japon] d. YO-HEY (9:47)

HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa & Yuya Susumu [STINGER] d. Daisuke Harada, Hao & Junta Miyawaki (Ogawa > Miyawaki, 22:15)

Atsushi Kotoge d. Hajime Ohara [Kongo] (KIllswitch, 24:15)

Kotoge gets a win over his now-former Momo no Seishun Tag partner Hajime Ohara, whilst NOSAWA Rongai gets one over on the guy he kicked out of Perros del Mal de Japon. There’s a lot of other NOAH-related news down at the bottom of this post, as a bunch of NOAH talents worked ZERO1 today.

NOAH’s next show is a big one, Grand Voyage in Yokohama, next Sunday, which will be shown live on Wrestle Universe. The GHC Heavyweight Tag Team vacancy will be filled here, and there’s a GHC junior title match as well.

Great Voyage 2022 in Yokohama - 3/13/2022, Kanagawa Yokohama Budokan (Wrestle Universe)

Junta Miyawaki v. Kinya Okada

GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Tournament 1st Round: Naomichi Marufuji & Masaaki Mochizuki [M’s Alliance] v. Kaito Kiyomiya & Daiki Inaba

GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Tournament 1st Round: Kenoh & Masakatsu Funaki [Kongo] v. Takashi Sugiura & Hideki Suzuki [Sugiura-gun]

HAYATA [STINGER], Yoshinari Ogawa [STINGER] & Yasutaka Yano v. Tadasuke, Hajime Ohara & Nio [Kongo]

Atsushi Kotoge, Hao & Alejandro v. NOSAWA Rongai, Super Crazy & Ikuto Hidaka [Perros del Mal de Japon]

YO-HEY v. Kotaro Suzuki [Perros del Mal de Japon]

Go Shiozaki v. Manabu Soya [Kongo]

Kazuyuki Fujita, Kazushi Sakuraba & Kendo Kashin [Sugiura-gun] v. Masato Tanaka [M’s Alliance], Masa Kitamiya & Yoshiki Inamura

GHC Juniorheavyweight Championship: Daisuke Harada © v. Eita [Perros del Mal de Japon]

GHC Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Tournament Final: TBD

Other News

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 ran today in Tokyo Korakuen Hall billed as “Shinjiro Otani Debut 30th Anniversary Year – ZERO1 21st Anniversary Launch.” ZERO1, founded by Shinya Hashimoto & Shinjiro Otani, did run their first show on 3/2/2001 from Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan, the main event of which had NOAH’s Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama beating Shinya Hashimoto & Yuji Nagata. The debut show was a Who’s Who of Japanese wrestling at the time. In today’s ZERO1, NOAH’s Takashi Sugiura is their World Heavyweight Champion, and remains so, having beaten Takuya Sugawara today. Post-main, none other than Shinjiro Otani challenged Sugiura for that title. There was also a title change, as Junya Matsunaga & Takafumi beat Gajo & Tomohiko Hashimoto for the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship. Masato Tanaka also beat the Big Tank Yoshiki Inamura. If you want to see this one, it was shown on Wrestle Universe, so have at it.

Speaking of the Hashimoto family and title changes, Big Japan also have new tag team champions, as Okami (Daichi Hashimoto & Hideyoshi Kamitani) beat Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji OKabayashi) in the main event of their Korakuen Hall show today. That will be on Samurai! TV soon enough. That does actually sound like a good main event. I still think BJW has done wrong by Kamitani (and maybe Hashimoto) over the years, but to their credit, they’ve stuck by BJW regardless.

Osaka Pro held a Pre-Launch Battle card, before their relaunch, earlier today in Osaka, oddly enough. The main event had Black Buffalo, Kazuaki Mihara & Quiet Storm beating Ares, Billy Ken Kid & Zeus. Some of the other Osaka Pro standbys of old including Tsubasa, Ebessan, Kuishinbo Kamen and Tigers Mask were on the show too.

Other promotions that ran this weekend include 2AW, 666, Ice Ribbon, Diana, HEAT UP, Michinoku Pro, PURE-J, Marvelous, ChocoPro, as well as some one-off shows.

AJPW begins their tour tomorrow. See you Tuesday.

#new japan pro wrestling #NJPW #New Japan Cup #njcup #great o-khan #united empire #njpw strong #NJPWStrong #rivals #new japan pro Wrestling of America #Jay White #impact wrestling #Dragon Gate #championgate2022 #kai #dragon dia #yuki yoshioka #d'courage #gold class #kota minoura #naruki doi #kaito ishida #ryukyu dragon pro wrestling #yamato #guruken mask #kzy #u-t #eita #yosuke santa maria #gleat

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Bloodfight trailer (Shuji Goto, 1989)

#bolo yeung #80s action #bloodfight #movie trailer #direct to video #gif #movie titles

[closetofanxiety]

Wrestlequest: Tokyo

Hey everyone! I’m back from Japan. What a trip! I will post a bunch of stuff about it in a bit (still unpacking, jet lagged, etc), but as a baseline, here are the shows I attended while I was there, courtesy of Cagematch. I thought 10 shows was a lot, but I met a bunch of fans from overseas who were going to 20+. If it wasn’t clear before, it should be now: I am a fake wrestling fan. I might as well wear be wearing a Dolph Ziggler t-shirt and have a Twitter screen name like “WokenCloset316.” 

Anyway, here’s the list:

December 28, 2019

DDT

“D-Ou Grand Prix 2020: The Final!”

Korakuen Hall

Taped for Abema TV 

Attendance: 2,019 

Chihiro Hashimoto and Yuki Ino defeat Keigo Nakamura and Keisuke Ishii

One Count Rule Gauntlet Match: Antonio Honda, Danshoku Dino, Hiroshi Yamato, Kazuki Hirata, Mad Paulie, Masahiro Takanashi, Mizuki Watase, Toru Owashi, Yoshihiko, vs. Makoto Oishi (Makoto Oishi wins)

Saki Akai defeats Sakura Hirota

Three-Way Tag Match: Nautilus (Naomi Yoshimura and Yuki Ueno) defeat ALL OUT (Akito and Shunma Katsumata) and DAMNATION (Nobuhiro Shimatani and Soma Takao)

Shinya Aoki defeats Super Sasadango Machine

Tag Match: Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Sakaguchi defeat Bull James and Yukio Naya

Four Way Match: Konosuke Takeshita defeats Chris Brookes, Daisuke Sasaki, and HARASHIMA

D-Ou Grand Prix Final Match: Masato Tanaka defeats Tetsuya Endo 

December 30, 2019

Gatoh Move

“GTMV #26″

Ichigaya Chocolate Square

Attendance: 77

Hagane Shinnou defeats Lulu Pencil

Chris Brookes defeats Mitsuru Konno

Six Man Tag Match: Antonio Honda, Baliyan Akki, and Mei Suruga defeat Masahiro Takanashi, Rin Rin, and TAMURA

December 30, 2019

Big Japan Wrestling: The World Is Not Enough Round 2

Korakuen Hall

Taped for Samurai TV

Attendance: 1,150

Six Man Tag Match: Kazuki Hashimoto, Shinobu, and Yuya Aoki defeat Koju Takeda, Kota Sekifuda, and Tatsuhiko Yoshino

Tag Team Match: Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami defeat Kankuro Hoshino and Masaya Takahashi

Daisuke Sekimoto defeats Kosuke Sato

Six Man Tag Match: Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani, and Takuya Nomura defeat Freddie Krueger, Leatherface, and Raijin Yaguchi

Six Man Tag Match: Masashi Takeda, Takumi Tsukamoto, and Toshiyuki Sakuda defeat Koji Kanemoto, Shinjiro Otani, and Tatsuhito Takaiwa

Six Man Tag Match: Akira Hyodo, Yuji Hino, and Yuji Okabayashi defeat Hideki Suzuki, Takuho Kato, and Yasufumi Nakanoue

Six Man Tag Match: Strong Hearts (El Lindaman, Shigehiro Irie, and T-Hawk) defeat Abdullah Kobayashi, Yuko Miyamoto, and Masato Tanaka 

January 1, 2020

YMZ Pro Wrestling

“The 7th Sunrise”

Basement Mon Star

Attendance: 120

Tag Team Match: Manami Katsu and Mari Manji defeat Eito and Kaji Tomato

Tag Team Match: ASUKA and Hagane Shinnou vs. Daiki Shimomura and Tsubasa Kuragaki (Time Limit Draw)

No English Allowed Match: Cherry defeats Kakeru Sekiguchi 

Six Man Tag Match: Kuishinbo Kamen, Syuri, and Yuko Miyamoto defeat Daiki Shimomura, Hikaru Sato, and Kaori Yoneyama (w/Matsuzawa-san)

January 2, 2020

All Japan Pro Wrestling

“New Year Wars 2020, Day 1″

Korakuen Hall

Streamed live on AJPW.tv

Attendance: 1,445

Six Man Tag Match: Akira Francesco, Danny Jones, and Rising HAYATO defeat Atsuki Aoyagi, Dan Tamura, and Yusuke Okada

Six Man Tag Match: Fuminori Abe, Jake Lee, and Naoya Namura defeat Black Menso-re, Jun Akiyama, and Takao Omori

Six Man Tag Match: Masanobu Fuchi, TAJIRI, and The Great Sasuke defeat Abdullah Kobayashi, Frank Atsushi, and the Great Kojika 

New Year Battle Royal: Danny Jones defeats Akira Francesco, Atsuki Aoyagi, Black Menso-re, Chikara, Dan Tamura, Fuminori Abe, Jake Lee, Naoya Nomura, Osamu Nishimura, Rising HAYATO, Takao Omori, and Yusuke Okada

Eight Man Tag Match: Izanagi, Lucas Steel, Shigehiro Irie, and UTAMARO defeat Hokuto Omori, Kento Miyahara, Yoshitatsu, and Yuma Aoyagi

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal Match: Hikaru Sato defeats Kagetora

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal Match: Susumu Yokosuka defeats Koji Iwamoto

AJPW World Tag Team Title Match: Violent Giants (Shuji Ishikawa and Suwama) defeat Ryouji Sai and Zeus by KO - Title Change! 

January 2, 2020

World Wonder Ring Stardom

“New Year’s Stars, Night 1″

Shin-kiba 1st Ring

Attendance: 408

Tag Team Match: Queen’s Quest (Hina and Leo Onozaki) defeat Rina and Ruaka

Three Way Match: Leyla Hirsch (debut) defeats Itsuki Hoshino and Saya Iida

Six Man Tag Match: Queen’s Quest (Bea Priestly, Momo Watanabe, and Utami Hayashishita) defeat Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora and Natsu Sumire) and Zoey Skye

Tag Team Match: Andras Miyagi and Giulia defeat Oedo Tai (Jamie Hayter and Martina)

Tag Team Match: Kagetsu and AZM defeat STARS (Starlight Kid and Mayu Iwatani)

Eight Man Tag Match: Tokyo Cyber Squad (Death Yama-san, Konami, Jungle Kyona, and Hana Kimura) defeat Saya Kamiani and STARS (Arisa Hoshiki, Saki Kashima, and Tam Nakano)

January 3, 2020

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

“Happy New Freedom 2020″

Shin-kiba 1st Ring

Attendance: 215

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Match: Kenji Fukimoto defeats Masashi Takeda

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Match: Takashi Sasaki defeats Rina Yamashita

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Match: Yuko Miyamoto defeats Kamui

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Match: Chikara defeats Takumi Tsukamoto

Two On One Handicap Elimination Match: Naoki Kamata and Tomoya Hirata defeat GENTARO

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Semifinal Match: Takashi Sasaki defeats Kenji Fukimoto

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Semifinal Match: Yuko Miyamoto defeats Chikara

Tag Team Match: Mammoth Sasaki and Violento Jack defeat Toru Sugiura and Yuya Susumu

King of FREEDOM World Title #1 Contender One-Day Tournament Final Match: Yuko Miyamoto defeats Takashi Sasaki 

January 3, 2020

World Wonder Ring Stardom

“New Year’s Stars, Night 2″

Shin-kiba 1st Ring

Attendance: 453

Three Way Match: Starlight Kid defeats Natsu Sumire and Ruaka

Three Way Tag Match: Itsuki Hoshino and Saya Kamitani defeat Leyla Hirsch and Rina and Queen’s Quest (Hina and Leo Onozaki)

Tag Team Match: Andras Miyagi and Giulia defeat Natsuko Tora and Zoey Skye

Six Man Tag Match: Tokyo Cyber Squad (Death Yama-san, Konami, and Jungle Kyona) defeat Bea Priestley and Oedo Tai (Jamie Hayter and Martina)

Six Man Tag Match: Queen’s Quest (AZM, Momo Watanabe, and Utami Hayashishita) defeat STARS (Arisa Hoshiki, Saya Iida, and Tam Nakano)

Oedo Tai Reunion (Hana Kimura and Kagetsu) defeat STARS (Mayu Iwatani and Saki Kashima) - Saki Kashima betrays Mayu and joins Oedo Tai

January 5, 2020

Tokyo Joshi Pro

“New Year Dish”

Itabashi Green Hall

Streamed live on DDT Universe

Attendance: 223

Tag Team Match: BAKURETSU Sisters (Nodoka Tenma and Yuki Aino) defeat Mizuki and Sena Shori

Akemi Daredasore defeats Pom Harajuku 

Three Way Match: Shoko Nakajima defeats Mahiro Kiryu and Yuki Kamifuku

Six Man Tag Match: Miyu Yamashita, Raku, and Suzume defeat Haruna Neko, Hikari Noa, and Natsumi Maki

Six Man Tag Match: Miu Watanabe, Rika Tatsumi, and Yuka Sakazaki defeat Mina Shirakawa, Mirai Miumi, and Yuna Manase

International Princess Title Match: Thunder Rosa defeats Maki Itoh - Title Change!  

January 5, 2020

New Japan Pro Wrestling: 

“Wrestle Kingdom 14, Night 2″

Tokyo Dome

Streamed live on NJPW World

Attendance: 30,063

Dark Match: NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title Gauntlet Match: Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, EVIL, and Singo Takagi) defeat Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, and Yujiro Takahashi), CHAOS (Robbie Eagles, Tomohiro Ishii, and YOSHI-HASHI), Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Taichi, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) and Ryusuke Taguchi, Togi Makabe, and Toru Yano - Title Change!

Tag Team Match: Hiromu Takahashi and Ryu Lee defeat Jushin Thunder Liger and Naoki Sano (w/Yoshiaki Fujiwara) - Liger’s final match

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match - Roppongi 3K (Sho and Yoh) w/Rocky Romero defeat Bullet Club (El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori) - Title Change!

RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Title Match - Zack Sabre Jr. defeats SANADA

IWGP US Heavyweight Title Match: Jon Moxley defeats Juice Robinson (w/David Finlay)

NEVER Openweight Title Match: Hirooki Goto defeats KENTA - Title Change!

Jay White (w/Gedo) defeats Kota Ibushi

Chris Jericho defeats Hiroshi Tanahashi

IWGP Heavyweight/IWGP Intercontinental Title Match: Tetsuya Naito defeats Kazuchika Okada - Title Change! (also Title Retention!)

#making towns #Wrestlequest Tokyo

[recentanimenews]

Project Anima Unveils Key Visual And Website for Sakugan TV Anime Set For Fall 2021 Premiere

The official social media channels for Project ANIMA, an animation initiative launched in 2017 by  DeNA, Nippon Cultural Broadcasting, Sotsu, and MBS to jointly produce an original TV anime that reflects the spirit of the coming decade, has announced the launch of the official website and social media presence for the latest work under the project's banner in Sakugan. The series is described below:

  One day in the distant future. Humans live shoulder to shoulder in “colonies” separated by rock. Outside the colonies, a dangerous undeveloped area called “the Labyrinth” is expanding. Those who risk their lives to develop “the Labyrinth”, who mark out the undeveloped areas, are known as “Markers”.A young girl, Memempu, who wants to be a Marker one day, and a man, Gagumber, who used to be one.This mismatched father and daughter now take on the Labyrinth! “If there's no path, dig one!”

    The Sakugan TV anime was first announced in 2019 as one of the pilot works under Project ANIMA and will be helmed by anime studio Satelight under the "SF / Robot Anime Category" of the production initiative after being selected from hundreds of submitted entries, with staff confirmed below:

  Director / series composition: Junichi Wada

  Scriptwriters: Shingo Nagai, Mariko Mochizuki, Toshizo Nemoto

  Character drafting: Yuji Iwahara

  Concept design: Kazuma Koda

  Monster concept design: Shoji Kawamori

  Mecha design: Brunet Stanislas (Studio No Border)

  Sound Director: Eriko Kimura

  Music: Tatsuya Kato

  Animated character design: Shunpei Mochizuki

  Kaiju mechanical design: Hiroyuki Taiga

  Prop design: Takahiro Ishimoto Kenichi Morioka

  Art setting: Ryu Sakamoto (BIC · STUDIO)

  Art director: Minoru Oonishi (BIC · STUDIO)

  Color design: Miho Hasegawa (Hiyori)

  Cinematographer: Tsuyoshi Shimura (T2 studio)

  Assistant director: Tenpei Mishio

  Editing: Shuji Matsumoto

  3DCG Director: Hiroyuki Goto

  2D Works: Noriko Nakamura

  Sound producer: Tohokushinsha

  Music producer: Lantis

  Animation producer: SATELIGHT

  Drafting: Inui Nekotarou “Sakugan Labyrinth Marker” (EVERYSTAR)

  Original work: Colony Congress

  The Sakugan TV anime's cast will also reflect the aims of Project ANIMA to nurture new talent not just on the animation and story front, but on the voice actor ftront as well, with 2019 audition contest winner Kanon Amane making her TV anime debut in the role of Memempu and joining veteran voice actress Kana Hanazawa, who will be playing the role of Zackletu, with Hiroki Touchi and Toshiyuki Toyonaga playing the roles of Gagumber and Yuri, respectively.

  Finally, Project ANIMA will hold a livestream event on January 19th 2021 to reveal more details about Sakugan as well as introduce key members of the staff and cast, along with introducing the opening and ending theme performers Masaaki Endo and MindaRyn, respectively. The event will be streamed worldwide via Project ANIMA's YouTube and Periscope channels.

    SOURCE: SAKUGAN Anime Official Site

By: Humberto Saabedra

#Anime #News #Latest in Anime News by Crunchyroll!

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格闘技世界一 四角いジャングル 松竹株式会社事業部 監督＝後藤秀司／原作＝梶原一騎、中城健／出演＝アントニオ猪木、モハメド・アリ、ベニー・ユキーデ、ウィリー・ウィリアムス、藤原敏男 ほか

#kings of the square ring #格闘技世界一 四角いジャングル #shuji goto #後藤秀司 #ikki kajiwara #梶原一騎 #ken nakajo #中城健 #antonio inoki #アントニオ猪木 #モハメド・アリ #ベニー・ユキーデ #ウィリー・ウィリアムス #藤原敏男 #anamon #古本屋あなもん #あなもん #映画パンフレット #movie pamphlet

[thelegendaryvhs]

Krwawa walka

aka Fainaru faito - Saigo no ichigeki

aka Bloodfight 

aka Final Fight

Director: Shuji Goto 

1989

imdb 

Imperial Entertainment

#fainaru faito saigo no ichigeki #bloodfight #final fight #imperial entertainment #martial arts #action #tape #cassette #cover art #vhs #video

[pwrestlingxpress]

Match Card so Far for "All Together Again"

Coming up on June 9, 2023 will be one of the biggest collaboration events in Pro Wrestling as New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), Pro Wrestling NOAH, and All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) join together for a one-night event entitled "All Together Again".

The event will air on NJPW World PPV on June 9th with both English and Japanese Commentary starting at 6:00 PM Local Time/5:00 AM Eastern/4:00 AM Central/2:00 AM Pacific. Down below is the match card so far.

So far, only nine matches have been announced yet the order has not. Down below is my predicted order of these nine announced matches.

Chris Ridgeway (Pro Wrestling NOAH/Stinger) and Sean Legacy (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. Kosei Fujita and Zack Sabre Jr. (NJPW/TMDK)

Yoshitatsu (AJPW) vs. Shota Umino (NJPW/Blackpool Combat Club)

Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura, and Junta Miyawaki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. Ren Narita, El Desperado, and Minoru Suzuki (NJPW/Strong Style)

Jun Saito, Rei Saito (AJPW/VM), Ryuki Honda, Hikaru Sato, and Dan Tamura (AJPW) vs. Francesco Akira, TJP (NJPW/Catch 2/2) Aaron Henare, Great O-Khan, and Jeff Cobb (NJPW/United Empire)

Daiki Inaba, Masa Kitamiya, and Yoshiki Inamura (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto (NJPW/Bishamon), and Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW/Chaos)

Go Shiozaki and Katushiko Nakajima (Pro Wrestling NOAH/AXIZ) vs. Hokuto Omori and Shuji Ishikawa (AJPW)

Master Wato (NJPW), Rising HAYATO (AJPW), and HAYATA (Pro Wrestling NOAH) vs. Hiromu Takahashi (NJPW/Los Ingobernables de Japon), Atsuki Aoyagi (AJPW), and AMAKUSA (Pro Wrestling NOAH)

Yuji Nagata (NJPW), Suwama, and Yuma Anzai (AJPW) vs. BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, and Tetsuya Naito (NJPW/Los Ingobernables de Japon)

Kazuchika Okada (NJPW/Chaos), Yuma Aoyagi (AJPW), and Kenoh (Pro Wrestling NOAH/Kongo) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW), Kenta Miyahara (AJPW), and Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH)

Note that as of right now neither the reigning IWGP World Heavyweight Champion (SANADA) or the reigning GHC Heavyweight Champion (Jake Lee) are on the card for the "All Together Again" event yet the Triple Crown Champion (Yuji Nagata) is as well as all 3 reigning Junior World Champions.

Will that change after tomorrow's "Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-Jo Hall" remains to be seen. Most people are expecting 1-3 more matches to be announced. I'm expecting one more at least. Please stay tuned to all social media for match order as well as finding out if either the reigning IWGP World Heavyweight Champion and the GHC Heavyweight Champion will be competing in this big collaboration event coming June 9th in Ryogoku Kokukigan.

#NJPW #Pro Wrestling NOAH #AJPW #All Together Again

[puroresulist]

Puroresu Best Bout Listing for January 2017

All Japan Pro Wrestling

Kento Miyahara, Jake Lee & Naoya Nomura vs. Suwama, Joe Doering & Hikaru Sato, 1/2 @ Korakuen Hall Zeus & The Bodyguard vs. Takao Omori & Manabu Soya, 1/3 @ Korakuen Hall Keisuke Ishii vs. Yuma Aoyagi, 1/3 @ Korakuen Hall Kento Miyahara vs. Takao Omori, 1/15 @ Hakata StarLanes

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Kohei Sato & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi, 1/2 @ Korakuen Hall Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Yoshihisa Uto, 1/29 @ Nagoya Diamond Hall

DRAGON GATE

Shingo Takagi, T-Hawk & El Lindaman vs. Masato Yoshino, Ben-K & Kotoka, 1/18 @ Korakuen Hall

Dramatic Dream Team

HARASHIMA vs. Mike Bailey, 1/3 @ Korakuen Hall Jun Kasai vs. Akito, 1/3 @ Korakuen Hall Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kazusada Higuchi, 1/7 @ Kasukabe Fureai KUDO, Yukio Sakaguchi & Masahiro Takanashi vs. Makoto Oishi, Shunma Katsumata & MAO, 1/7 @ Kasukabe Fureai KUDO Vs. Tetsuya Endo, 1/8 @ Aichi Sports Center Konosuke Takeshita & Mike Bailey vs. Masakatsu Funaki & Yukio Sakaguchi, 1/9 @ Osaka Oyodo Center HARASHIMA vs. Daisuke Sasaki, 1/9 @ Korakuen Hall Konosuke Takeshita vs. KUDO, 1/29 @ Korakuen Hall DNA - Kouki Iwasaki vs. Ryota Nakatsu, 1/7 @ Kasukabe Fureai BASARA - Isami Kodaka vs. FUMA, 1/6 @ Shinkiba 1stRING BASARA - Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Ryuichi Sekine & Ryota Nakatsu, 1/8 @ Osaka Oyodo Center Ganbare - Kenshin Ohka & Osamu Nagamaguchi vs. Ken Ohka & Shuichiro Katsumura, 1/21 @ BASEMENT MON☆STAR

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega, 1/4 @ Tokyo Dome Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, 1/4 @ Tokyo Dome Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata, 1/4 @ Tokyo Dome Hiroshi Tanahashi, Manabu Nakanishi & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. SANADA, EVIL & BUSHI, 1/5 @ Korakuen Hall Volador Jr. vs. Ultimo Guerrero, 1/22 @ Korakuen Hall

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Takashi Sugiura, 1/7 @ Korakuen Hall Go Shiozaki & Maybach Taniguchi vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Atsushi Kotoge, 1/7 @ Korakuen Hall Hajime Ohara vs. Taji Ishimori, 1/7 @ Korakuen Hall Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Kenoh, 1/9 @ Korakuen Hall Takashi Sugiura vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, 1/9 @ Korakuen Hall Takashi Sugiura vs. Atsushi Kotoge, 1/11 @ Yokohama Radiant Go Shiozaki & Maybach Taniguchi vs. Kenoh & Masa Kitamiya, 1/21 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd Hajime Ohara vs. Daisuke Harada, 1/21 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Kohei Sato vs. Yusaku Obata, 1/1 @ Korakuen Hall Kohei Sato & Shogun Okamoto vs. Yusaku Obata & KAI, 1/14 @ Shinika 1stRING Masakatsu Funaki vs. Masato Tanaka, 1/22 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd

WRESTLE-1

Masayuki Kono vs. Manabu Soya, 1/8 @ Korakuen Hall Kaz Hayashi & Kotaro Suzuki vs. Daiki Inaba & Yusuke Kodama, 1/8 @ Korakuen Hall MAZADA vs. Andy Wu, 1/8 @ Korakuen Hall Koji Doi & Kumagoro vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi, 1/25 @ Shinjuku FACE Daiki Inaba vs. Shinjiro Otani, 1/25 @ Shinjuku FACE

MISC/INDIES

FREEDOMS - Daisuke Masaoka vs. Yuya Susumu, 1/3 @ Shinkiba 1stRING HEAT-UP - Kazuhiro Tamura vs Rocky Kawamura, 1/19 @ Shinyurigaoka 21 Hall VKF - Koji Kanemoto vs Masamune, 1/21 @ Osaka Fukushima Center Guts World - Keizo Matsuda & YUJI KITO vs. Masked Mystery & Daisuke, 1/24 @ Shinkiba 1stRING Guts World - Mr. Gannosuke, Guts Ishijima, Michio Kageyama vs. Masao Orihara, Dick Togo, Amigo Suzuki & Liang Ping, 1/24 @ Shinkiba 1stRING FREEDOMS - Yuya Susumu & HAYATA vs. Takashi Sasaki & Dyna Mido, 1/29 @ Moriguchi Gym K-DOJO - Ayato Yoshida & Kyu Mogami vs. Kengo Mashimo & Ayumu Honda, 1/29 @ Blue Field

JOSHI SELECTION

OZ-A - Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Kyoko Kimura, 1/8 @ Shinjuku FACE OZ-A - Hikaru Shida & Syuri vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto & Kagetsu, 1/8 @ Shinjuku FACE WAVE - Misaki Ohata & Ryo Mizunami vs. Kyoko Kimura & Kagetsu, 1/8 @ Shinjuku FACE Sendai Girls - Chihiro Hashimoto vs. Aja Kong, 1/9 @ Shinjuku FACE Stardom - Io Shirai vs. Viper, 1/15 @ Korakuen Hall Stardom - Yoko Bito & Kairi Hojo vs. Kay Lee Ray & Nixon Newell, 1/15 @ Korakuen Hall Tokyo Joshi - Yuu vs. Shoko Nakajima, 1/21 @  BASEMENT MON☆STAR Kyoko Kimura Retirement - Kyoko Kimura, Hana Kimura & ISAO vs. Minoru Suzuki, Aja Kong & Meiko Satomura, 1/22 @ Korakuen Hall SEAdLINNNG - Nanae Takahashi vs. Arisa Nakajima, 1/26 @ Korakuen Hall WAVE - Yumi Ohka & Yuki Miyazaki vs. Misaki Ohata & Ryo Mizunami, 1/28 @ Shinkiba 1stRING JWP - Hanako Nakamori vs. LEON, 1/29 @ KFC Hall Stardom - Kairi Hojo vs. Nixon Newell, 1/29 @ Shinkiba 1stRING

[puroresuroad]

There was a crazy amount of good puro to enjoy this January. NJPW obviously takes the headlines with the Tokyo Dome and the first of the New Beginnings tour underway, but we also had the DDT Grand Prix to enjoy as well as many other promotions starting the year off with a bang. Here’s a look at the most must-watch Puroresu from the month of January…

ZERO1 World Heavyweight Title Match               

Masato Tanaka (c) vs. Yusaku Obata 

From Zero1- Happy New Year at Korakuen Hall- 1st January

One day into 2018 and we have one of our first match of the year candidates. This has a little of everything. They start with the basic grappling before Tanaka decides “nah! lets do this in the crowd”. What follows is a chaotic brawl complete with mad table dives and insane chair shots. This is more then just some hardcore brawl though and it soon settles into a hard hitting puro match with an awesome closing stretch. If you like pro wrestling you should give it a watch.

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title Match 

TAJIRI (c) vs. Kotaro Suzuki 

From AJPW- New year wars- 2nd January

Tajiri isn’t far off his 50’s, looks in his thirties, wrestles like he’s in his 20’s and dresses like an outcast teen, it’s incredible really. Both he and Suzuki rule from a technical standpoint and they use this to slowly build towards a hard hitting closing stretch, with Suzuki seeming to have worked out how to dismantle the champion. It may not be as flashy as the NJPW or the NOAH junior matches you see these days, but in many ways it showcases what those matches often lack with its brilliant pacing and psychology. The finish will put some people off but it’s actually kind of cool when you look at it. Some people have gone completely off Tajiri but this is a good showing for him.

Triple Crown Title Match 

Joe Doering (c) vs. Zeus                         

From AJPW- New year wars- 2nd January

Nothing fancy here just two bulls smashing into eachother. Joe establishes early that he’ll win in a straight up striking exchange and there’s a great moment in the match where the realisation seems to dawn on Zeus and his face tells the story. With his hand forced, Zeus throws caution to the wind in an attempt to take out the bigger man. Every bump feels big and every lariat feels stiff, all adding up to a great main event to bring AJPW into the new year.

AJPW World Tag Team Title Match 

Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori (c) vs. Shuji Ishikawa & Suwama 

From AJPW- New Year Wars- 3rd January

Nothing flashy or fancy at all here, just four guys slapping, kneeing and power bombing each other into oblivion. The build is slow and things sort of just plod along at times. These four make up for it though, in brutality and a great closing stretch, in which there are multiple believable endings.

IWGP Tag Team Championship

Ropongi 3K (c) vs the Young Bucks

From NJPW- Wrestle Kingdom 12 4th January

The Bucks are chasing their 7th IWGP Junior Tag Titles here with Ropongi 3K now taking the place of their usual rivals. This match is a spinal practitioner’s nightmare with both teams essentially each losing a member early on to back issues. The rest of the match essentially build upon this story with both teams doing an awesome job of selling. No amount of back pain is gonna stop them doing some crazy spots mind. Awesome opener to this year’s Tokyo Dome show

Cody Vs Kota Ibushi 

From NJPW- Wrestle Kingdom 12 4th January

Cody’s “sports entertainment” style and tactics give him huge heat in NJPW but to this point he hadn’t had any standout matches. Ibushi on the other hand is the prototypical NJPW star and fan favourite, so this match provides the purest heel vs face match on the card. Cody does a lot of his dastardly heel stuff but brings the goods when needed, including an apron cross-rhodes that is just completely devastating. The crowd are super-hot for the beloved Ibushi as he desperately tries to fight back, and this feels every bit like a big main-event match as a result. There’s a great underlining Kenny Omega subplot too. It’s a big shame this doesn’t go on very long but considering some people thought it would be a dud, this overachieves in many ways.

Never Openweight Championship, Hair vs Hair Match 

Minoru Suzuki (c) vs Hiroki Goto         

From NJPW- Wrestle Kingdom 12- 4th January

Goto had a very quiet 2017 where he went from lower end main eventer who couldn’t quite get the big one to a complete afterthought. Here he’s down to only having his hair left to offer. Suzuki straight up dominates Goto here. He beats him up, chokes him out and just breaks Goto down piece by piece. He also pulls out a dropkick Okada would be proud off and a vicious headbutt in reference to Goto’s pal Shibata. He’s just completely vicious, which is what you want from Suzuki. As for Goto, who knows what they want from him in 2018, what you get though is a lot of what we’ve seen before which is the only real downside here. Great stuff and obviously the post-match is interesting too

IWGP JR Heavyweight Championship Match

Marty Scrull © vs Will Ospreay vs Hiromu Takashi vs Kushida 

From NJPW- Wrestle Kingdom 12- January 4th

Oh yeah, it’s time for some flips. Marty Scull officially wins the Tokyo Dome’s best entrance gear competition. He also does a great job as the clever heel avoiding trouble and picking his moments to strike. He’s literally got a bag (ok well a box) of tricks waiting to unleash on the opposition too. Of course everyone produces some crazy cool spots but they never fall into the junior match pitfall of looking choreographed. Nobody ever seems like their waiting for a spot or wandering into the right position. There’s a few moments late in the match where things clearly don’t go quite to plan but nothing unrecoverable. For those who love their high flying action and big spots this was essentially match of the night, though it doesn’t quite match up to some of the previous singles match combinations between these four. Still a must watch mind.

Mike Bailey vs. Shuji Ishikawa

From DDT- D-Ou Grand Prix 2018- 5th January

The match that had a lot of DDT fans talking and easily stole the show on night one of the Grand Prix tournament. This David & Goliath tale looks like it might turn into at squash early on, but Bailey fights back with his speed and innovation to put a hurting on the (much) bigger Ishikawa. Credit to both of these guys for making this match work as well as it did.

GHC Heavyweight Title Match 

Kenou (c) vs. Kaito Kiyomiya

From NOAH- Navigation for the future- 6th January

Kiyomiya is 21 years old and has only two years of experience behind him. In reality he doesn’t have any business being anywhere near this match. He sure makes the most of it though, as Kenou leads the youngster through to a strong showing. They play off the fact it’s somewhat of a mismatch early on, but Kiyomiya builds momentum as things progress. They don’t try to make it anything it’s not and the match is better for it. Cool finish to boot.

Shuji Ishikawa vs Kazusada Higuchi

From DDT- D-Ou Grand Prix 2018- 14th January

What’s that? You like watching big dudes beat each other up? Well then you need this match in your life! Nothing fancy here, just big chops, lariats, powerbombs, piledrivers and all that good hearty stuff. Higuchi had a good if mostly quiet tournament, but he’s one of the most underrated guys out there on the Japanese Indies and he puts in a star performance here.

Dezmond Xavier & Zachary Wentz vs. Flamita & Bandido 

From Dragon Gate- Open the New Year Gate- 16th January

If your in need of some crazy flippy action to get you through those winter blues, then you can’t do much better then this. Xavier & Wentz are getting a lot of Ricochet, Ospreay and Sydal comparisons, and while they’re far from finished products they put on a heck of a show here. Even if you not into this style of match, its still worth a viewing.

IWGP Intercontinental Title Match

Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki 

From NJPW- New Beginnings In Sopparo- January 27th

NJPW produce their second real MOTY candidate and it’s only January! Tanahashi has defeated Suzuki before but he’s enters with months worth of injuries. Suzuki’s psychopathic tendencies hit an all time high, as he goes for the leg. Like at Wrestle Kingdom against Goto, Suzuki wants to brake Tanahashi, but whilst at Wrestlekingdom most people just enjoyed watching Suzuki put a beatdown on Goto, here you feel great sympathy for Tanahashi. Tanahashi sells amazingly, some guys will sell an injury only for it to magically disappear when they make their comeback, but not Tanahashi. It’s painful and even a little sad to watch at times, but ultimately provides a gripping story. A must see.

DDT Grand Prix Final 

HARASHIMA vs. Shuji Ishikawa

From DDT- D-Ou Grand Prix 2018- 28th January

HARISHIMA needs to create space to stand a chance against Ishikawa, pity for him the ropes are in a state of disrepair. Ishikawa just mauls him over like a bear. HARISHIMA’s heart keeps him in it but despite everything he throws Ishikawa’s way, Ishikawa just keeps on coming like some horror villain. HARISHIMA’s facial expressions sell the story towards the end in this brilliant tournament finale.

        Recommended Puroresu for January 2018 There was a crazy amount of good puro to enjoy this January. NJPW obviously takes the headlines with the Tokyo Dome and the first of the New Beginnings tour underway, but we also had the DDT Grand Prix to enjoy as well as many other promotions starting the year off with a bang.

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New Japan Cup 2022 Night 3 - 3/7/2022; NJPW Strong Taping in Philly 5/15/2022; AJPW Dream Power Series 2022 Night 1 - 3/7/2022; Full Card for TJPW Grand Princess ‘22 3/19/2022

Happy International Women’s Day. The full card for Tokyo Joshi’s Grand Princess ‘22 show at Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan will be down at the bottom part of the post.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

The final batch of 1st Round matches for the New Japan Cup 2022 took place yesterday, in a show you can see now on NJPWWorld.

- 3/7/2022, Tokyo Ota Ward Gymnasium

Will Ospreay, Great O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Aaron Henare [United Empire] d. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Ryohei Oiwa (Henare > Oiwa, Rampage Tackle, 9:48)

Yujiro Takahashi, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club] d. Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] (ELP > BUSHI, CRII, 10:10)

El Desperado, Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG] d. Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano, Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH [CHAOS] (Sabre > YOH, Cross Armbreaker, 12:01)

New Japan Cup 2022 1st Round: Chase Owens [Bullet Club] d. Jado [Bullet Club] (C-Trigger, 7:13)

New Japan Cup 2022 1st Round: EVIL [Bullet Club] d. Ryusuke Taguchi EVIL STO, 7:26)

New Japan Cup 2022 1st Round: Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables] d. SHO [Bullet Club] (Inside Cradle, 15:45)

New Japan Cup 2022 1st Round: Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] d. Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS] (Last Of The Dragon, 23:32)

I do recommend the main and semi-main from this show. Some good stuff on here. So now the last of the 2nd Round matches have been determined:

- 3/13/2022, Hyogo Baycom Gymnasium

New Japan Cup 2022 2nd Round: Minoru Suzuki [SZKG] v. Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables]

New Japan Cup 2022 2nd Round: Tama Tonga [Bullet Club] v. EVIL [Bullet Club]

New Japan Cup 2022 2nd Round: Tiger Mask IV v. Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

New Japan Cup 2022 2nd Round: Tanga Loa [Bullet Club] v. Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables]

More TBA

Hiromu v. Suzuki will be something.

Another NJPW Strong taping has been announced, at the good ol’ ECW (2300) Arena in Philly for 5/15/2022. Tickets go on sale for that on Friday at 10am EST.

The 2nd Round begins tomorrow, which will be live streamed. Only three Cup matches due to Hiroyoshi Tenzan’s withdrawal, with Taichi advancing to the 3rd Round on a bye.

- 3/9/2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tiger Mask IV v. Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] v. Gedo & SHO [Bullet Club]

Will Ospreay, Great O-Khan, Jeff Cobb & Aaron Henare [United Empire] v. El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori, EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club]

Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & SANADA [Los Ingobernables] v. MInoru Suzuki, Taichi & DOUKI [SZKG]

New Japan Cup 2022 2nd Round: Hirooki Goto [CHAOS] v. Dick Togo [Bullet Club]

New Japan Cup 2022 2nd Round: Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG] v. CIMA [#STRONGHEARTS]

New Japan Cup 2022 2nd Round: Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] v. Master Wato

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan began the Dream Power Series 2022 tour yesterday, with a lot of prelude tag matches to coming title matches.

Dream Power Series 2022 Night 1 - 3/7/2022, Kanagawa Yokohama Hodogaya Public Hall (AJPW.tv)

Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising HAYATO [NEXTREAM] d. Takao Omori & Ryo Inoue (HAYATO > Inoue, Boston Crab, 9:04)

Shu & Kei Brahman [FREE] d. Izanagi & Black Menso-re (Kei > Izanagi, Acai DDT, 8:14)

Yoshitatsu d. Seigo Tachibana (10:01)

TAJIRI & Yusuke Kodama [TOTAL ECLIPSE] d. Shotaro Ashino & Dan Tamura [Evolution] (TAJIRI > Tamura, La Magistral, 10:38)

Ryuki Honda & Hokuto Omori [TOTAL ECLIPSE] d. Suwama & Hikaru Sato [Evolution] (Omori > Sato, 12:48)

Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi [NEXTREAM] d. Shuji Ishikawa & Kohei Sato (Miyahara > Ishikawa, 22:39)

Wrestling logic says Miyahara is not retaining the Triple Crown but it is but the first show of the tour. Hikaru Sato took a direct loss to his World Juniorheavyweight title challenger too.

The tour resumes Saturday at Korakuen Hall, with an All Asia Tag Team Championship title match main event between champions Hokuto Omori & Yusuke Kodama v. Dan Tamura & Abdullah Kobayashi.

Tokyo Joshi

As promised, here is the now-revealed full card for Grand Princess ‘22, Tokyo Joshi’s big show at Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan on 3/19/2022. It will be shown live on Wrestle Universe. Juria Nagano’s debut is now a tag match, and another interpromotional match has been added, an 8-person match between TJPW & the other DDT sub-brand that I don’t report on, Ganbare Pro Wrestling.

Grand Princess ‘22 - 3/19/2022, Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan (Wrestle Universe)

Juria Nagano Debut Match: Suzume & Arisa Endo v. Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling v. Ganbare Pro Wrestling: Nao Kakuta, Mahiro Kiryu, Haruna Neko & Kaya Toribami v. Yuna Manase, Moeka Haruhi, HARUKAZE & YuuRI [Ganbare Pro]

Hyper Misao v. Sanshiro Takagi

Yuki Kamifuku v. Asuka

Nodoka Tenma v. Yuki Aino

Sakisama, Mei Saint-Michel, Martha & Yukio Saint Laurent v. Marika Kobashi, Raku, Pom Harajuku & Ram Kaichow

Hikari Noa v. Hikaru Shida [AEW]

International Princess Championship: Maki Itoh © v. Yuki Arai

Princess Tag Team Championship: Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki © v. Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe

Princess of Princess Championship: Miyu Yamashita © v. Shoko Nakajima

Back on Thursday.

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