#shuji fujiwara

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Open The Introduction To Dragongate by Scar The Skelly [UNAFFILIATED PART 3]

I can see the finish line, let's goooo!

Presentation Notes:

Ryu Fuda

Fuda and Mocchy had a wonderful match on the 6th of March this year in Korakuen, would recommend.

Daiki Yanagiuchi

The package Daiki gave Yoshioka was a challenge for the Dream Gate from Ben-K, including a note that proclaimed his intention and a golden rose.

Konomama Ichikawa

He’s actually from Kakamigahara City, Gifu. Yes, he’s from the same prefecture as Shun.

He’ll lose to moves you never should lose to in times you’d only see in squashes. Sometimes he even taps out during a move that isn’t a submission (like when he’s being held in a powerbomb position).

Kancho - a prank performed by clasping the hands together in the shape of a gun and attempting to poke the victim’s butthole.

Some of the people who have answered Ichikawa’s open challenge include Jun Akiyama, Yuji Nagata, The Great Sasuke, Necro Butcher, Akebono (rip king), Kensuke Sasaki, Abdullah The Butcher, Atsushi Onita, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Keiji Muto, Shingo Takagi (returning from New Japan in a special only once a year appearance).

Ichikawa has only wrestled once this year so far, taking it easy and letting his body recover from getting beaten up mercilessly for about 25 years?

La Estrella

Should mention, the dates here on this slide are set up in DD/MM/YYYY order, as that is what I am familiar with.

Estrella was a talented amateur wrestler before getting into Dragongate, which is why he’s a bit older than you would expect something who debuted in 2020 to be. Does he use his amateur wrestling skills in the ring? If you make him, but for the most part, he’s flipping all over the place like you forgot to turn gravity on.

Estrella splits his time between DG and North America, wrestling in the U.S and Mexico.

Shuji Kondo

Kondo only has one championship reign in Dragongate (with it being a very recent Twin Gate reign with Kenoh as members of Kongo) as he was fired in December 2004 alongside the rest of Aagan Iisou for alleged behavioural issues. He only returned to Dragongate in 2019.

Kenichiro Arai

Just last year Araken had a match with GENTARO that got a bit of buzz in the English-speaking puro scene on Twitter. I haven’t seen it myself, but I heard a lot of good about it.

Araken is also a proud supporter of the Hanshin Tigers and was thrilled when they broke the Colonel Sanders statue river curse (look it up if you don’t know what I’m talking about, you won’t regret it).

Ryo Saito

SaiRyo has been in both Real Hazard and JIMMYZ (the same as Horiguchi). I don’t think I need to really explain how impressive it to be able to be in both one of the heel units and the face units, and it not feel weird at all. Genki and SaiRyo are amazing.

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[ sms ]: this isn’t really a conversation to have over text. // also shuji @ yasu

What sort of conversation could he be referring to? She had only asked if she had done something to upset him. Shuji had been quiet, which was not out of the ordinary. But turning down Yasu's invitations for tea and chess was not. Even if he'd dance around it and claim he was doing so to spare her from boredom, he'd comply.

She must have upset him very much...

[ sms: fujiwara, shuji ] Understood. When are you free to talk?

She pauses, fingers hovering over the keyboard as she ponders whether her trauma is speaking for her now. She's not certain but types a follow up message regardless.

[ sms: fujiwara, shuji ] Though, preemptively, if I've done something so egregious to upset you this much, I sincerely apologize.

@fablewrote // assorted text prompt

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my day be so fine,,,,then boom,,,,,,,,,

new bastard oc

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AJPW results for May 21, 2018

AJPW results for May 21, 2018

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 SUPER POWER SERIES”, 5/21/2018 [Mon] 18:30 @ Minami Tohoku Sogo Oroshi Center in Fukushima 360 Spectators (crowded)

(1) Atsushi Maruyama vs. Rionne Fujiwara (FREE) ◆Winner: Maruyama (5:30) with a Hurricanrana. (2) Hikaru Sato vs. Keiichi Sato (FREE) ◆Winner: Hikaru (5:20) with a Single Leg Crab. (3) Jun Akiyama, Takao Omori & Yohei Nakajima vs. Suwama, Shuji Ishikawa…

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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.

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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!)

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Joe Shishido in A Colt Is My Passport (Takashi Nomura, 1967) Cast: Joe Shishido, Jerry Fujio, Chitose Kobayashi, Ryotaro Suji, Kanjuro Arashi, Shoki Fukae, Eimei Esumi, Jun Hongo, Akio Miyabe, Toyoko Takechi, Takamaru Sasaki, Asao Uchida, Zeko Nakamura, Kojiro Kusanagi, Zenji Yamada. Screenplay: Hideichi Nagahara, Nobuo Yamada, based on a novel by Shenji Fujiwara. Cinematography: Shigeyoshi Mine. Production design: Toshiyuki Matsui. Film editing: Akira Suzuki. Music: Harumi Ibe. I didn't see any Colts in A Colt Is My Passport, but there are several rifles, pistols, and shotguns, some dynamite, and the protagonist carries a Beretta, so I suspect the title is a bit of poetic license designed to make the Japanese gangster into the equivalent of the gunfighter of the American Wild West. Harumi Ibe's music score, with its guitar, harmonica, and whistler evoking Ennio Morricone's scores for Sergio Leone's spaghetti Westerns, seems designed for the same effect. But why court comparisons? The Japanese gangster movie is its own well-defined genre, and Joe Shishido is its superstar. In A Colt Is My Passport he's Shuji, a hit man hired to off a crooked businessman, which he does with cool efficiency. Unfortunately, the guys who hired him immediately turn against Shuji, so he's soon on the run, along with his sidekick, Shun, played by the Anglo-Japanese actor and singer Jerry Fujio. (Fujio even gets to croon a ballad at one point in the movie, slowing down the otherwise non-stop action.) The movie is filled with James Bond-like gadgets and car chases: At one point, Shuji and Sun find themselves kidnapped and thrown into the back seat of a car that they have had rigged with an extra braking system, apparently just in case they find themselves in such a predicament. Engaging the brake causes the car to skid, throwing the bad guys into the windshield and knocking them out. And so it goes until Shun is captured and beaten to a pulp, whereupon Shuji bargains with the bad guys, giving himself up to them so Shun and the pretty motel waitress Mina (Chitose Kobayashi), who has helped them, can escape. Apparently the bad guys trust Shuji enough that he has time to work on a way of defeating them: He rigs up some booby traps for the showdown they have arranged on a landfill, and the movie ends with Shuji staggering away from the carnage. It's all great fun in that peculiarly heartless and mindless way that such thrillers have.

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#DemonSlayer #KimetsuNoYaiba #DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba #滅の刃 #KimetsuNoYaiba #DemonSlayingBlade #VizMedia #simulpublished #Shueisha #KingDevinJoseph #キングデビンジョセフ #おたく #Otaku #オタク #GotoJobin #後藤Jobin #デヴィンジョセフ王 #Weeb #WeebDar #王デヴィンジョセフ 1. Episode 11 The House of The Drum Storyboard: Toshiyuki Shirai Director: Shuji Miyahara Animation director: Kaori Endo, Kayo Onizawa, Masato Nagamori, Ikumi Kawamura and Shogo Fujiwara The next place of the demon extermination told by the crow is south-southeast. Along the way, He meets a synchronized swordsman, Yoshitsu My wife, who survived in the final selection. When He went to the depths of the mountain, while burning his hand to the passive attitude of good ness, I met two children who had taken my brother away in front of the mansion. Then, good ness was to hear the sound of the drum which resounded from somewhere. 2. Eleventh story Drum House Storyboard: Toshiyuki Shirai Production: Shuji Miyahara Drawing director: Endo Kaori, Onizawa Yoshiyo, Nagamori Masato, Kawamura Atsumi, Fujiwara Masaki The land of the next extermination of demons told from the south-southeast-. On the way, Anjiro Jiro meets with the synchronized swordsman, Mr. Waga, who survived the final screening. While he burns his hand in a negative attitude of good deeds, he goes to the back of the mountain, We meet two children who had their brother taken away in front of the house. So, good deaf listened to the sound of the drum rumbling from somewhere .... https://www.instagram.com/p/B0jWI1LHadpfhrPyz2UCErlEV-Wu1Lvjl6GTZk0/?igshid=h0tybpj274sv

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//Slowly moving my muses over here My current muses on this blog will be Cinna ‘Cinnamon’ Loftin - sweet femboy baker Dava Flynn - serial killer Niul - demon prince Shuji Fujiwara - restless soul shinobi Grail - Dying witch Starfigher OCs; Hypnos (Emil Hertz) and Thanatos (Feliks Tsukino)

And the canon muses Shirasu Kinjou/Kotaro Fuuma of Donten Ni Warau Anri Yoshiwara of Adekan

They’re not all properly set up for now, the multi muse aspect of this blog is under construction. Threads starting on of the original blogs will be moved here. This blog will now be a home for my OCs and canon muses that are as about as well known as OCs(as in theres no fandom for them)

I’ll change my setup over the next few days

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Bookshelf Overload: March 2017

Well then, I managed to acquire a rather large number of books in March. Unexpectedly, most of them weren’t even manga. In part this was due to a bunch of comics that I had previously backed on Kickstarter showing up last month. I can also thank both online retailers and my local comic book store for offering some massive discounts throughout March. (On top of that, I have a tendency to buy books when I’m under stress. Seeing as I’m in the process of transferring from one job to another, there’s been a fair amount of added stress lately, too.) But as for the manga I picked up in March: I was particularly delighted to come across Mitsuru Adachi’s Short Program, which has been out of print for a while now. I also decided to give Kazune Kawahara’s High School Debut a try since I’ve been enjoying My Love Story!! so incredibly much. I was admittedly a little surprised to come across The Secret Devil-chan, Volume 1 by Emu, the first book to be released under Digital Manga’s new PeCChi imprint. The book has actually been available since September I think, but only directly from Digital Manga; I wasn’t sure if any of the publisher’s titles were still being released outside of it’s own web stores. And while 100 Manga Artists isn’t manga it certainly is manga-related. I didn’t realize it at first but it turns out the volume is actually a revised and updated edition of Manga Design which was released back in 2004 (and which I also own). I haven’t had a chance to closely compare the two, but 100 Manga Artists is nevertheless an interesting resource.

Manga! Bungo Stray Dogs, Volume 2 written by Kafka Asagiri, illustrated by Sango Harukawa Crimson Shell by Jun Mochizuki Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, Volume 16 written by Yuto Tsukuda, illustrated by Shun Saeki Hana & Hina After School, Volume 1 by Milk Morinaga High School Debut, Volumes 1-5 by Kazune Kawahara Kaze Hikaru, Volume 24 by Taeko Watanabe Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl, Volume 1 by Canno Maid-sama!, Omnibus 3 by Hiro Fujiwara New Lone Wolf and Cub, Volume 8 written by Kazuo Koike, illustrated by Hideki Mori One-Punch Man, Volume 11 written by One, illustrated by Yusuke Murata The Prince in His Dark Days, Volume 3 by Hico Yamanaka Persona 3, Volume 3 by Shuji Sogabe Prison School, Omnibus 6 by Akira Hiramoto The Secret Devil-chan, Volume 1 by Emu Scum’s Wish, Volumes 1-2 by Mengo Yokoyari Sherlock: A Study in Pink by Jay Short Program, Volumes 1-2 by Mitsuru Adachi Sweetness and Lightning, Volume 4 by Gido Amagakuure That Wolf-Boy Is Mine, Volume 2 by Yoko Nogiri

Comics! Ancestor by Matt Sheean and Malachi Ward Arclight written by Brandon Graham, illustrated by Marian Churchland The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui Big Mushy Happy Lump by Sarah Andersen Bones of the Coast edited by Shannon Campbell, Jeff Ellis, and Kathleen Jacques Check Please!, Year 2 by Ngozi Ukazu Crossed Wires, Volume 1 by Iris Jay Compass South written by Hope Larson, illustrated by Rebecca Mock Daughters by Bianca Bagnarelli Extended Play by Jake Terrell For the Love of God, Marie! by Jade Sarson Hit: 1955 written by Bryce Carlson, illustrated by Vanesa R. Del Rey Honor Girl by Maggie Thrash Ignition Zero, Volume 1 by Noel Arthur Heimpel Lafcadio Hearn’s The Faceless Ghost and Other Macabre Tales from Japan written by Sean Michael Wilson, illustrated by Michiru Morikawa Larimar by Michael K Last Man, Volume 4: The Show by Bastien Vivès, Michael Sanlaville, and Balak Letters for Lucardo, Volume 1 by Noora Heikkilä No Exit by Annie Mok O Human Star, Volume 2 by Blue Delliquanti Perfect Hair by Tommi Parrish Power & Magic by Joamette Gil Pretty Deadly, Volume 1 by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Ríos Princeless: Raven the Pirate Princess, Volume 1 written by Jeremy Whitley, illustrated by Ted Brandt and Rosy Higgins Sakana, Volume 1 by Mad Rupert Secure Connect by Carta Monir Spacejinx, Volumes 1-2 by Ocicatsy and Wensleydale Sprawling Heart by Sab Meynert Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero by Michael DeForge Wayward, Volume 4 by Jim Zubkavich and Steve Cummings The Whipping Girl by Nuria Tamarit Wilde Life, Volume 1 by Pascalle Lepas Witchlight by Jessi Zabarsky The Woods, Volume 1 by James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas The Worrier’s Guide to Life by Gemma Correll The Worst by Molly Mendoza

Artbooks! 100 Manga Artists edited by Amano Masanao and Julius Wiedemann Infecta by Michael K Otomo: A Global Tribute to the Mind Behind Akira by Various

Novels! Dream of Ding Village by Lianke Yan The Graveyard Apartment by Mariko Koike Orbital Cloud by Taiyo Fujii Pachinko by Min Jin Lee The Silent Dead by Tetsuya Honda

Anthologies! Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales by Yoko Ogawa

Anime! Kyousougiga directed by Rie Matsumoto

By: Ash Brown

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AJPW results for May 19, 2018

AJPW results for May 19, 2018

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 SUPER POWER SERIES”, 5/19/2018 [Sat] 18:00 @ Sunrec Kitakami in Iwate 382 Spectators (crowded)

(1) Keiichi Sato (FREE) vs. Rionne Fujiwara (FREE) ◆Winner: Rionne (4:41) with a Wakigatame. (2) Takao Omori & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (FREE) vs. Ultimo Dragon & Kotaro Suzuki (FREE) ◆Winner: Dragon (9:59) with a La Magistral on Kikuchi.

(3) GAORA TV Championship Match: [Champion]…

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Dragon Gate The Gate of Passion Night 3 4/6/2022 + Final Burst-Out! K-Ness Forever 4/7/2022: K-Ness Retires After 26 Years, Kobe World 2022 on 7/30 & 7/31/2022; NJPW Hyper Battle ‘22 Night 4 - 4/7/2022

Dragon Gate

Today was the retirement ceremony of K-Ness, also known at various times as Darkness Dragon, MAKOTO, Jimmy K-Ness JKS, and his government name Makoto Saito. Beginning his career in 1996 in Michinoku Pro, he would go around the various indies until falling in with Toryumon in 1999 as MAKOTO as part of Crazy Max, but would be kicked out, returning in 2002 as Darkness Dragon in M2K. He would also be a part of the Final M2K, Real Hazard and World-1 units before falling into the extremely popular Jimmyz unit, who were forced to disband in 2017.

His most consistent partners through the years were either Susumu Mochizuki/Yokosuka/Jimmy Susumu and Masaaki Mochizuki, winning multiple trios and tag team titles between those two partners, and in one Open The Triangle Gate reign, both of them. He also was a former Open The Brave Gate champion, as well as NWA World Welterweight champion during the Toryumon days, in addition to being a 3-time Open The Triangle Gate and 2-time Open The Twin Gate champion, and two Toryumon-era UWA World Trios reigns.

His career ends today, retiring due to lingering neck injuries, nine days shy of his 48th birthday.

DG’s Gate of Passion 2022 tour resumed yesterday, so we’ll look at yesterday and today’s shows. Today’s was shown live on DG Network, however it seems there was a technical snafu on the English feed so that one is not available sadly. Yesterday’s was not shown live, but was also a homecoming show for both Open the Dream Gate champion KAI, and Strong Machine J, the son of NJPW legend Super Strong Machine, Junji Hirata.

The Gate of Passion 2022 Night 3 - 4/6/2022, Kanagawa Yokohama Hodogaya Public Hall

Kota Minoura, Naruki Doi, Kaito Ishida & Minorita [Gold Class] d. YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Ben-K & Keisuke Okuda [HIGH-END] (Minoura > Okuda, R-301, 12:53)

Masaaki Mochizuki d. Konomama Ichikawa (Slap, 0:08)

Masaaki Mochizuki d. Konomama Ichikawa (Countout, 6:25)

Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka [D’Courage] d. BxB Hulk & SB KENTo [Z-Brats] (Dia > KENTo, DQ, 6:59)

Jason Lee d. Kagetora [HIGH-END] (Crucifix Hold, 7:39)

Eita & Strong Machine J d. Genki Horiguchi & Jacky “Funky” Kamei [Natural Vibes] (J > Horiguchi, Machine Suplex, 11:35)

Kzy, Susumu Yokosuka, Big Boss Shimizu & U-T [Natural Vibes] d. KAI, HYO, Diamante & Shun Skywalker (Yokosuka > HYO, Yokosuka Cutter, 13:32)

Final Burst Out! K-Ness Forever - 4/7/2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (Dragon Gate Network)

Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka [D’Courage] d. U-T & Jacky “Funky” Kamei [Natural Vibes] (Dia > Kamei, Firebird Splash, 9:45)

Eita, Strong Machine J & Ryu Fuda d. Takashi Yoshida, La Estrella & Ishin Iihashi (J > Ishin, Machine Suplex, 11:22)

BxB Hulk & HYO [Z-Brats] d. Mondai Ryu & Punch Tominaga (HYO > Tominaga, Bamishiri no Wa, 2:28)

Diamante [Z-Brats] d. Takuma Fujiwara (Vuelta Finale, 7:19)

KAI, Shun Skywalker & SB KENTo [Z-Brats] d. Big Boss Shimizu [Natural Vibes], Ben-K [HIGH-END] & Jason Lee (Skywalker > Lee, SSW, 9:54)

Kota Minoura, Naruki Doi & Kaito Ishida [Gold Class] d. YAMATO, Keisuke Okuda & Kagetora [HIGH-END] (Minoura > Okuda, R-301, 7:42)

K-Ness Forever 10-Man Tag Team Match: Ultimo Dragon, Genki Horiguchi [Natural Vibes], Kenichiro Arai, Yasushi Kanda & Konomama Ichikawa d. Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Super Shisa, Shuji Kondo & Shachihoko Boy (Ichikawa > Kondo, DQ [mask removal], 9:35)

K-Ness Retirement Match: Dragon Kid [HIGH-END] & Kzy [Natural Vibes] d. K-Ness & Susumu Yokosuka [Natural Vibes] (Kzy > K-Ness, Running Elbow Smash, 22:56)

K-Ness Retirement Ceremony

Among the guests for the retirement were Yutaka Yoshie & Nanae Takahashi (through Animal Hamaguchi’s gym), Gamma, Masaaki Endo and reps from Wrestle Dream Factory. K-Ness thanked his longtime friend and partner Susumu Yokosuka, and wished to see him become a singles champion once more.

Ultimo Dragon’s 35th anniversary as a wrestler will be on 7/30/2022 at Kobe World Hall; this coincidentally will be Kobe World 2022, which appears will be another two-day event this year, 7/30 and 7/31/2022.

After their match, Gold Class were beset upon by a masked Metal Warrior trio who had a roughed-up Minorita in tow. So we may get an actual feud for Gold Class and the Open The Triangle Gate belts now. Shun Skywalker gets a direct win over Jason Lee, in a match that also had members of Natural Vibes and HIGH-END, the other two units vying for Jason Lee’s services. Shun still says he owns Lee. I dunno, the team of Lee & Ho Ho Lun have been hot, and now Eita is teaming with Strong Machine J, so that could be something too? Who knows.

Genki Horiguchi will guest on DDT’s 4/24/2022 show in Kobe, teaming with Toru Owashi (himself a recent guest in DG) & Kazuki Hirata against Danshoku Dino, Yuki Iino & Antonio Honda.

The 4/25/2022 show from Korakuen will have the Jason Lee Negotiation Rights 3-way Trios match between Natural Vibes, HIGH-END & Z-Brats, as well as a singles match between Minorita and one of the mystery Metal Warriors.

The tour continues all through the weekend, with Friday’s show in Nagoya being a homecoming for both U-T and SB KENTo (seems like they just did that?) and Sunday’s from Kurashiki being Shachihoko Boy’s (I KNOW they just did that one). Saturday’s is from Shizuoka Act City Hamamatsu, and I guess nobody is from there. The next streamed show will be on 4/17/2022 from Fukuoka.

Today was the final spot show for NJPW’s Hyper Battle ‘22 mini-tour, which was not streamed.

- 4/7/2022, Saitama Tokorozawa Citizen Gymnasium

Yuji Nagata & Kosei Fujita d. Satoshi Kojima & Ryohei Oiwa (Nagata > Oiwa, Nagata Lock II, 8:59)

Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, Gedo, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club] d. Tama Tonga [GoD], Tanga Loa [GoD], Jado [GoD], Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato (Gedo > Jado, pinfall, 9:57)

SHO & Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club] d. El Desperado & TAKA Michinoku [SZKG] (SHO > TAKA, Snakebite, 8:50)

Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] d. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tiger Mask IV (Shingo > Tiger, Pumping Bomber, 10:33)

Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito [Los Ingobernables] d. EVIL & Dick Togo [Bullet Club] (Hiromu > Togo, Nameless Hiromu Roll, 9:18)

Jeff Cobb, Great O-Khan, Will Ospreay & Aaron Henare [United Empire] d. Hirooki Goto [CHAOS], YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS], Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma (Ospreay > Honma, Stormbreaker, 11:15)

Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi & DOUKI [SZKG] d. Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & YOH [CHAOS] (Sabre > YOH, Wakigatame, 13:10)

Sabre once again declared he and Taichi will both be singles winners on Saturday. Hiromu KO’d both EVIL and Togo with the NEVER belt, meaning there is no way Hiromu is beating EVIL on Saturday, boo.

The next show is of course on Saturday, from Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan, with a whopping six title matches happening on this one. This will be streamed live on NJPWWorld. Saturday’s a big day for All Japan as well, with Champion Carnival 2022 kicking off. I was half-tempted for a second to post on Saturday instead, as Tokyo Joshi also has a big show from Korakuen on Saturday. However, Sunday also has the continuation of STARDOM’s Cinderella tournament, as well as a Korakuen DDT with Tetsuya Endo’s 10th Anniversary match, so maybe I will just stick to the schedule. NOAH resumes tomorrow too. Have a good weekend.

- 4/9/2022, Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan (NJPWWorld)

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tama Tonga [GoD], Tanga Loa [GoD] & Jado [GoD] v. Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Gedo [Bullet Club]

Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] v. Will Ospreay & Aaron Henare [United Empire]

IWGP Juniorheavyweight Tag Teag Championship: Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato © v. Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

Provisional KOPW2022 Championship: Toru Yano [CHAOS] © v. Taichi [SZKG]

NEVER Openweight Championship: EVIL [Bullet Club] © v. Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables]

IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] © v. Jeff Cobb & Great O-Khan [United Empire]

IWGP Juniorheavyweight Championship: El Desperado [SZKG] © v. SHO [Bullet Club]

IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] © v. Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG]

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Puroresu Best Bout Listing for August 2017

All Japan Pro Wrestling

Atsushi Aoki & Yusuke Okada vs. Kotaro Suzuki & Keiichi Sato, 8/3 @ Shinkiba 1stRING Jun Akiyama vs. Takao Omori, 8/11 @ Hakata StarLanes Ultimo Dragon, Jun Akiyama & Calistico vs. Joe Doering, Danny Jones & Sam Adonis, 8/19 @ Korakuen Hall ☆Shuji Ishikawa vs. Kento Miyahara, 8/27 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi vs. Naoya Nomura & KAI, 8/27 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Ryuji Ito & Abdullah Kobayashi vs. Masaya Takahashi & Takayuki Ueki, 8/11 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd Stadium Shinobu vs. ZERO, 8/11 @ EDION Osaka, 2nd Stadium KakiAid - Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Masahiro Kakihara, 8/14 @ Korakuen Hall ☆Masaya Takahashi vs. Masashi Takeda, 8/19 @ Nagoya International Hall Hideki Suzuki vs. Daichi Hashimoto, 8/19 @ Nagoya International Hall

DRAGON GATE

YAMATO, BxB Hulk, Kzy & Yosuke SantaMaria vs. Shingo Takagi, T-Hawk, Takashi Yoshida & El Lindaman, 8/8 @ Korakuen Hall Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino vs. Jimmy Susumu & Jimmy Kagetora, 8/8 @ Korakuen Hall Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino vs. YAMATO & BxB Hulk, 8/20 @ Hakata StarLanes CIMA, Dragon Kid, Eita & Takehiro Yamamura vs. Shingo Takagi, T-Hawk, Takashi Yoshida & El Lindaman, 8/20 @ Hakata StarLanes

Dramatic Dream Team

☆ Konosuke Takeshita vs. Tetsuya Endo, 8/20 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan HARASHIMA & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Shigehiro Irie & Kazusada Higuchi, 8/20 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan Konosuke Takeshita vs. Daisuke Sasaki vs. Ken Ohka, 8/25 @ Shinjuku FACE Shigehiro Irie vs. Kazusada Higuchi, 8/25 @ Shinjuku FACE Ganbare - Ken Ohka vs. KAZMA SAKAMOTO, 8/12 @ Ryogoku KFC Hall BASARA - Isami Kodaka vs. Kenshin Chikano, 8/24 @ Shinkiba 1stRING BASARA - Trans Am ★ Ryuichi vs. Yusuke Kubo, 8/24 @ Shinkiba 1stRING

New Japan Pro Wrestling

☆Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi, 8/1 @ Kagoshima Arena Yuji Nagata vs. Tomohiro Ishji, 8/1 @ Kagoshima Arena Satoshi Kojima vs. SANADA, 8/5 @ EDION Osaka Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii, 8/6 @ Act City Hamamatsu Kazuchika Okada vs. EVIL, 8/5 @ EDION Arena Osaka Hirooki Goto vs. Kota Ibushi, 8/11 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, 8/11 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan Satoshi Kojima vs. EVIL, 8/12 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Daisuke Harada vs. Hajime Ohara, 8/12 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall ☆Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Eddie Edwards, 8/26 @ Korakuen Hall Naomichi Marufuji & Maybach Taniguchi vs. Go Shiozaki & Atsushi Kotoge, 8/26 @ Korakuen Hall Taiji Ishimori & Hi69 vs. HAYATA & YO-HEY, 8/26 @ Korakuen Hall

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Masato Tanaka vs. Masakatsu Funaki, 8/20 @ Act City Hamamatsu Masato Tanaka vs. Kenoh, 8/31 @ Korakuen Hall Kotaro Suzuki vs. SUGI, 8/31 @ Korakuen Hall Ikuto Hidaka & Takuya Sugawara vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Keisuke Okuda, 8/31 @ Korakuen Hall

WRESTLE-1

Koji Doi & Kumagoro vs. Masayuki Kono & Shuji Kondo, 8/11 @ Korakuen Hall Takanori Ito vs. Seigo Tachibana, 8/11 @ Korakuen Hall

INDIE/MISC

FREEDOMS - Daisuke Masaoka vs. Miedo Xtremo, 8/27 @ Korakuen Hall FREEDOMS - Jun Kasai vs. Violento Jack, 8/27 @ Korakuen Hall GUTS World - Guts Ishijima vs. Daisuke, 8/15 @ Shinkiba 1stRING HEAT-UP - Kazuhiro Tamura vs. Daisuke Kanehira, 8/12 @ Korakuen Hall K-DOJO - Kotaro Yoshino vs. GO Asakawa, 8/6 @ Blue Field in Chiba K-DOJO - Isami Kodaka vs. GO Asakawa, 8/19 @ Shinkiba 1stRING K-DOJO - Kaji Tomato & Taishi Takizawa vs. Tank Nagai & Ayumu Honda, 8/19 @ Shinkiba 1stRING TAKA & Taichi Produce - TAKA Michinoku & Taichi vs. Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI, 8/28 @ Shinjuku FACE

JOSHI SELECTION

Ice Ribbon - Tsukasa Fujimoto, Risa Sera, Kurumi Hiragi & HanaDATE vs. Manami Toyota, Hamuko Hoshi, Mochi Miyagi & Karen DATE, 8/13 @ Ryogoku KFC Hall Ice Ribbon - Risa Sera vs. Maya Yukihi, 8/27 @ Korakuen Hall Ice Ribbon - Tsukasa Fujimoto & Arisa Nakajima vs. Ryo Mizunami & Misaki Ohata, 8/27 @ Korakuen Hall OZ Academy - Nanae Takahashi vs. Manami Toyota, 8/6 @ Saitama Industry Center Oz Academy - Hiroyo Matsumoto vs Hikaru Shida, 8/20 @ Korakuen Hall OZ Academy - AKINO & Kaho Kobayashi vs. Yumi Oka & Alex Lee, 8/20 @ Korakuen Hall SEAdLINNNG - Nanae Takahashi vs. The Great Sasuke, 8/24 @ Korakuen Hall Stardom - Mayu Iwatani vs. Kagetsu, 8/13 @ Korakuen Hall Stardom - Io Shirai, Viper & HZK vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto, Kaori Yoneyama & Jungle Kyona, 8/13 @ Korakuen Hall Tokyo Joshi - Reika Saika vs. Yuka Sakazaki, 8/26 @ Korakuen Hall Tokyo Joshi - Meiko Satomura vs. Miyu Yamashita, 8/26 @ Korakuen Hall WAVE - Asuka vs. Yumi Oka, 8/12 @ Ota Ward Gym WAVE - Hiroe Nagahama & Kaho Kobayashi vs. Cherry & Kaori Yoneyama, 8/12 @ Ota Ward Gym WAVE - Hiroe Nagahama & Kaho Kobayashi vs. Rina Yamashita & Sumire Natsu, 8/30 @ Shinjuku FACE