February 7th, 2022
~ Results for NJPW
~ News for Osaka Pro-Wrestling (Press conferece for 3/6 show), AJPW (World Jr. Match set for 2/23), ZERO1 (Title matches set for 3/6), FREEDOMS (Updates for 2/10 & 3/29), Ganbare (Full card for 2/27), 2AW (Event Card Updates), and Hana Kimura Memorial Show on 5/23.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling "LEC Cleanpa! Presents New Year Golden Series", 2/7/2022 [Mon] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
602 Spectators
(1) Yuto Nakashima vs. Great-O-Khan
◆Winner: O-Khan (5:54) following an Elbow Strike.
(2) Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa vs. Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI
◆Winner: Hiromu (7:12) with a Boston Crab on Oiwa.
(3) Tiger Mask IV & Tomoaki Honma vs. Yujiro Takahashi & Gedo
◆Winner: Yujiro (10:08) with the BIG JUICE on Honma.
(4) Toru Yano, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata vs. Minoru Suzuki, Taichi, TAKA Michinoku & DOUKI
◆Winner: Taichi (10:24) following the Black Mephisto on Kojima.
(5) Tomohiro Ishii & YOH vs. EVIL & SHO
◆Winner: SHO (12:00) via foul,YOH with a weapon strike.
~ SHO brought out a wrechn to use on YOH, but YOH countered and used it himself on his former tag partner.
(6) Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Togi Makabe vs. Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & Shingo Takagi
◆Winner: Takagi (15:40) with the Last of the Dragon on Makabe.
(7) Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
◆Winner: Taguchi (23:16) with the #9 on Kanemaru.
~ Following the match, Wato declared that he will become the new IWGP Jr. Champion and he will be a pioneer for the futre of New Japan.
~ Then a retirement honoring ceremony was held for ring announcer Kimihko
Ozaki, who said his final goodbyes to New Japan after being apart of the
promotion for 20 years. He joined New Japan as a staff member in 20002
and became a ring announcer for them in 2006.
-- Major Upcoming Show --
NJPW "New Year Golden Series", 2/11/2022 [Fri] 17:00 @ Xebio Arena Sendai in Miyagi
(-) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [91st Champion] El Desperado vs. [Challenger] Master Wato
~ 2nd title defense.
NJPW "New Year Golden Series", 2/13/2022 [Sun] 17:00 @ EDION Arena Osaka
(-) NEVER Openweight Championship Match Lumberjack Deathmatch: [35th Champion] EVIL vs. [Challenger] Tomohiro Ishii
~ 1st title defense.
NJPW "New Year Golden Series", 2/19/2022 [Sat] 17:00 @ Sapporo City Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kitayell
(-) IWGP Junior Tag Championship Match: [68th Champions] Tiger Mask IV & Robbie Eagles vs. [Challengers] Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo
~ 2nd title defense.
(-) IWGP Tag Championship Match: [92nd Champions] Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. [Challengers] EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi
~ 1st title defense.
(-) IWGP US Heavyweight Championship Match: [12th Champion] Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. [Challenger] SANADA
~ 1st title defense.
NJPW "New Year Golden Series", 2/20/2022 [Sun] 12:30 @ Sapporo City Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kitayell
(-) KOPW 2022 Match: [KOPW 2022 Holder] Minoru Suzuki vs. [Challenger] Toru Yano
(-) NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Championship Match: [22nd Champions] EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & SHO vs. [Challengers] Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & YOH
~ 2nd title defense.
(-) IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match: [4th Champion] Kazuchika Okada vs. [Challenger] Tetsuya Naito
~ 1st title defense.
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Osaka Pro-Wrestling
~ A press conference was held to announce the card for the pre-launch show scheduled to be held on March 6th. The president and CEO Zeus aims to bring back the exciting an entertainment that Osaka Pro used to be known for in the past. With his focus on revitalizing the platform that Osaka Pro used to exist on and building it up to something that everyone throughout Japan can enjoy. His ultimate goal is to make Osaka Pro a major pro-wrestling promotion. He aims to be apart of the "World Expo 2025" that will be held in Osaka, Kansai.
Among the details of the press conference is that Kazuaki Mihara will be relinquishing the Osaka Pro-Wrestling Openweight Championship, as Zeus will be re-introducing the originally name Osaka Pro-Wrestling Championship with a new belt in the process of being made. A light Heavyweight belt is also being introduced, named the Osaka Light Heavyweight Championship. Currently he plans to hold a tournament in either June or July to crown the new champions.
Black Buffalo, along with competing in the ring, will be serving as a sales manager for the promotion, Keigo Yoshino will be the head referee as well as facilitator, and Shinjiro Miyao serving as both the ring announcer and general manager.
Two new masked wrestlers will be making their debut on March 6th, first being a student of Tiger Mask in Joichiro Osaka and another in Ares.
Osaka Pro-Wrestling "Pre-Launch Battle", 3/6/2022 [Sun] 13:00 @ Azalea Taisho Hall in Osak
(1) Tsubasa vs. Ryuya Matsufasa
(2) 3WAY Match: Bodyguard vs. Kushinbo Kaman vs. Ebessan
(3) Takoyakida & Ultimate Spider Jr. vs. TORU & Yuto Kikuchi
(4) Joichiro Osaka Debut Special Single Match: Tigers Mask vs. Joichiro Osaka
(5) Ares Debut Match: Zeus, Billyken Kid & Ares vs. Black Buffalo, Quiet Storm & Kazuaki Mihara
~ The next round of shows are scheduled to be held on April 29th, April 30th, and May 1st at the Azalea Taisho, then on June 12th at the Osaka Yodogawa Citizens Center, June 26th and July 31st at Azalea Taisho.
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All Japan Pro-Wrestling
~ It was made official that SUGI will be putting the World Junior Heavyweight belt on the line against Hikaru Sato on February 23rd at the Korakuen Hall. Then a prelude tag match will be held on February 17th show at the Shinkiba 1stRING.
All Japan Pro-Wrestling "2022 EXCITE SERIES", 2/17/2022 [Thu] 18:30 @ Yokohama City Hodogaya Public Hall in Kanagawa
(-) Shotaro Ashino vs. Black Menso~re
(-) Shigehiro Irie & Izanagi vs. Takao Omori & Isami Kodaka
(-) Kento Miyahara, Atsuki Aoyagi & SUGI vs. Suwama, Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato
~ 2nd title defense.
All Japan Pro-Wrestling "2022 EXCITE SERIES", 2/23/2022 [Wed] 11:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) GOARA TV Championship Match: [20th Champion] Shigehiro Irie vs. [Challenger] Isami Kodaka
~ 2nd title defense.
(-) World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [60th Champion] SUGI vs. [Challenger] Hikaru Sato
~ 3rd title defense.
(-) World Tag Championship Match: [89th Champions] Suwama & Shotaro Ashino vs. [Challenger] Koji Doi & Kumaarashi
~ 4th title defense.
(-) Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship Match: [65th Champion] Kento Miyahara vs. [Challenger] Abdullah Kobayashi
~ 1st title defense.
AJPW Event Cards 2022
https://projectpuroresuspirit.blogspot.com/p/ajpw-event-cards-2022.html
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ZERO1
With the postponement of the "Ossu Premium" show on February 12th, ZERO1 will be heading on to their next scheduled show on March 6th at the Korakuen Hall. A World Heavyweight match was originally scheduled for the Ossu show between NOAH's Takashi Sugiura and Fire Festival 2021 winner Takuya Sugawa. Which will now be taking place on March 6th instead.
Also the show will see the IC Tag belts in defense as Tomohiko Hashimoto and Gajo will take on the up-and-comer team of Takafumi and Junya Matsunaga. Takafumi originally made the challenge for the belts on the New Years Day show and following the A-TEAM show on 2/6, he announced his partner to be Matsunaga to officially make the challenge.
Then another match that was postponed for the Ossu show, to follow up the on-going story, a VOODOO MURDERS showdown match will be happening, as the leader of the group TARU has taken offense to how Yokoyama and Vice have been running things in his absence. Though Yokoyama himself claims that he has protected the group in the wake of TARU's absence.
Then the postponed Ossu Premium show has now be scheduled to be taking place on April 10th at the Ryogoku Kokugikan.
~ Below are the currently announced matches for the March 6th show...
Pro-Wrestling ZERO1 "Shinjiro Otani 30th Anniversary Year ZERO1 / 21st Anniversary Tournament Launch Anniversary", 3/6/2022 [Sun] 11:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() Shoki Kitamura & Genta Hiriki vs Tsugutaka Sato & Takumi Baba
() VOODOO MURDERS Showdown Tag Match: Yoshikazu Yokoyama & Chris Vise vs. TARU & Shogun Okamoto
() Yasu Kubota & Hide Kubota vs. Yuko Miyamoto & Hartley Jackson
() Intercontinental Tag Championship Match: [45th Champions] Tomohiko Hashimoto & Gajo vs. [Challengers] Takafumi & Junya Matsunaga
~ 2nd title defense.
() World Heavyweight Championship Match: [30th Champion] Takashi Sugiura vs. [Challenger] Takuya Sugawara
~ 2nd title defense.
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FREEDOMS
~ The full event card was announced for the February 10th show at the Shinkiba 1stRING. The show will feature Takaiwa defending the UWA World Jr. belt against Toshiyuki Sakuda and a prelude tag match between Kasai and Masaoka leading into the KFC title match on March 29th.
Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS "No Pain, No Gain 2022", 2/10/2022 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
() Takahiro Katori, Leo Isaka & Recca vs. Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei & Kengo
() Takashi Sasaki & GENTARO vs. Yuya Susumu & Dragon Libre
() Hardcore Match: Mammoth Sasaki, Kenji Fukimoto & Kamui vs. Violento Jack, Takayuki Ueki & Orca Uto
() UWA world Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [39th Champion] Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. [Challenger] Toshiyuki Sakuda
~ 4th title defense.
() Jun Kasai, Minoru Fujita & Rina Yamashita vs. Daisuke Masaoka, Toru Sugiura & Tomoya Hirata
Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS "The Gekokujo 2022", 3/29/2022 [Tue] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(-) KING of FREEDOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Match: [14th Champion] Jun Kasai vs. [Challenger] Daisuke Masaoka
~ 2nd title defense.
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Ganbare
~ The full event card was announced for the February 27th show.
Ganbare "BAD COMMUNICATION 2022", 2/27/2022 [Sun] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
() Katsumura Army vs Hitodenashi BLUES: Shuichiro Katsumura & Tsuyoshi Okada vs. Nobuhiro Shimatani & Tyson Maeguchi
() BAD COMMUNICATION 2022 Special Bout: Ken Ohka, Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie vs. Shota, Soma Takao & Shinichiro Tominaga
() Ganjo Special Tag Match: Yuna Manase & YuuRI vs. Moeka Kasuga & Maya Yukihi
() GanPro Famous Hardcore Mixed Tag Match: Mizuki Watase & HARUKAZE vs. Shunma Katsumata & Akane Fujita
() Unleash the Spell of the Great Prophecy: The Great Sasuke vs. Yumehiro Imanari
~ 2nd title defense.
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2AW
~ Tank Nagai, who missed this weekends shows due to illness (not corona), has added himself to a fourth match on the next show scheduled for February 11th at the 2AW Square. This will mark the final time he competes at his home arena and he is going all out in covering every base possible before his full retirment that is scheduled to take place a couple days later.
2AW "Tank Nagai Complete Combustion", 2/11/2022 [Fri] 14:00 @ 2AW Square in Chiba
(-) Tank Nagai Retirement Road ~ Spring and Bright Landscape:Tank Nagai vs. Tsukushi Haruka (Ice Ribbon)
(-) Tank Nagai Retirement Road ~ One Country, One Castle ~ 3WAY Match: Ricky Fuji vs. Yuma24 (FREE) vs. Kyu Mogami
(-) Tank Nagai Retirement Road ~ Shine Bright as the Sun ~ 6 Person Tag Match: Tank Nagai, Kotaro Yoshino & Ayame Sasamura vs. Taishi Takizawa, Shu Asakawa & Chicharito Shoki
(-) Tank Nagai Retirement Road ~ World Peace ~ 8 Man Tag Match: Tank Nagai, Shiori Asahi, Kaji Tomato & Ayumu Honda vs.Tatsuya Hanami, Takuro Niki, Kengo Mashimo & Kunio Toshima
(5) Tank Nagai Retirement Road ~ Complete Combustion: Tank Nagai vs. 2AW Roster
2AW "GRAND SLAM in TKP Garden City Chiba", 2/13/2022 [Sun] @ TKP Garden City Chiba, 4F Concerto
(-) Ricky Fuji, Shiori Asahi & Tearan Seaser vs. Taishi Takizawa, Kyu Mogami & Ayame Sasamura
(-) Super Tiger (Strong Style) vs. Naka Shuma
(-) 2AW vs ZERO1 8 Man Tag Match: Tatsuya Hanami, Kunio Toshima, Kunio Toshima & Takuro Niki vs. Masato Tanaka, Takafumi, Shoki Kitamura & Genta Niki
(-) 2AW vs ZERO1 6 Man Tag Match: Shiyu Asakawa, Daiki Wakamatsu & Chicharito Shoki vs. Takuya Sugawara, Tsugataka Sato & Junya Matsunaga
(-) Tank Nagai Retirement Road - Soul Inheritance - Final Match: Tank Nagai vs. Kotaro Yoshino
(-) 2AW Tag Championship Match: [9th Champions] Ayato Yoshida & THE Andrew "King" Takuma vs. [Challengers] Ayumu Honda & CHANGO
(-) 2AW Championship Match: [5th Champion] Shigehiro Irie vs. [Challenger] Kaji Tomato
~ Then a couple matches were annopunced for the 2AW Infinity show scheduled for February 23rd.
2AW "2AW INFINITY ~2022 WINTER~", 2/23/2022 [Wed] 16:00 @ 2AW Square in Chiba
() Shu Asakawa & Daiki Wakamatsu vs. Tsugataka Sato & Genta Hiriki (both ZERO1)
() Taishi Takizawa vs. T-Hawk (GLEAT/STRONGHEARTS)
() Tatsuya Hanami vs. Yuma Aoyagi (AJPW)
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Then Kyoko Kimura held a press conference, along with Saori Anou, to announce further details regarding the special memorial show for her late daughter Hana Kimura. The name of the show will be "Bagus" which means good/best in Indonesian and it will be held on May 23rd at the Korakuen Hall, in the honor of the second year anniversary since her passing.
As for talent involved they are as follows, Menso~re Oyaji, Saori Anou, Asuka, Kaori Yoneyama, Sakura Hirota, Ram Kaicho, Super Delfin, then PURE-J, Sendai Girls, WAVE, and Triple Six will be offering wrestlers to compete on the show. Then two of her close friends in Jungle Kyona and Kagetsu will be present as special ambassadors.
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