May 27th, 2022

~ Results for FREEDOMS [World Title Death Match: Masaoka vs Sakuda], ZERO1 [IC Tag: Takafumi & Matsunaga vs Kitamura & T. Suzuki] & Colega
~ News and updates for Stan Hansen [Japan trip cancelled], Michinoku [7/1 Korakuen Card], Ganbare & BASARA

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FREEDOMS "We love FREEDOMS! We are FREEDOMS 2022", 5/27/2022 [Fri] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
414 Spectators

(1) Dragon Libre, Takahiro Katori & Rekka [Free] vs. VentVert Jack, Yousei Estrella & Seiki [all OUR WAY]
◆Winner: Seiki (10:54) following the 0933 (Okay Thirty Three / Backflip) on Libre.
(2) Mammoth Sasaki & Kamui vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa [Free] & GENTARO
◆Winner: GENTARO (9:18) with a Henkei Haragatame on Kamui.

(3) UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [40th Champion] Kengo (Free) vs. [Challenger] VentVert Negro
◆Winner: Kengo (11:11) with a Frog Splash.
~ 1st successful title defense.

(4) Gang Board Deathmatch: Toru Sugiura vs. Kyu Mogami [2AW]
◆Winner: Toru (16:16) with the Soul Driver.
(5) Battlefield full of weapons ~ Bring Your Own Weapons Deathmatch: Jun Kasai & Takashi Sasaki vs. Violento Jack & Dobunezumi Fukky
◆Winner: Jack (16:01) following the Amatlan on Kasai.

(6) KING of FREEDOM WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Fluorescent Glass Board Needle Hell Death Match: [15th Champion] Daisuke Masaoka vs. [Challenger] Toshiyuki Sakuda
◆Winner: Masaoka (21:44) following a Fire Thunder.
~ 2nd successful title defense.

~ Sakuda suffered a nasty flesh wound to his side following a high-speed slam into glass in the corner. 

~ The next FREEDOMS show will be on June 9th at the Shinkiba 1stRING. Currently no matches are announced.

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ZERO1, 5/27/2022 [Fri] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
232 Spectators

~ GM Megumi Kudo announced that Hartley Jackson would be moving on from ZERO1 and his role as a head trainer of the up-and-coming talent.

(1) Astroman & Shoki Kitamura vs. Takumi Baba & Leo Isaka [Marvelous]
◆Winner: Baba (12:22) following the BB Bomb on Astroman.
~ Baba called out Astroman for the next challenge for the junior double crown belts.

(2) Masato Tanaka & Takuya Sugawara vs. Ryo Hoshino & Kazumasa Yoshida [BJW]
◆Winner: Sugawara (11:36) with a Boston Crab on Hoshino.
(3) Chris Vise & Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. Hide Kubota & Yasu Kubota
◆Winner: Yasu (14:02) following the Yasuton Bomb on Yokoyama.
(4) Satsuki Nagao vs. Fuminori Abe [BASARA]
◆Winner: Abe (13:37) with the O-Manjigatame.

(5) Intercontinental Tag Championship Match: [46th Champions] Takafumi & Junya Matsunaga vs. [Challengers] Tsugataka Sato & Toshiyuki Suzuki [NPW]
◆Winner: Matsunaga (20:59) following the Bee Sting on Suzuki.
~ 1st successful title defense.

-- Upcoming --

ZERO1 "ZERO1 21st Anniversary Nagoya Show", 5/29/2022 [Sun] 12:30 @ Nagoya Diamond Hall in Aichi

(1) Junya Matsunaga vs. Ryo Hoshino
(2) Astroman vs. Satsuki Nagao
(3) Takafumi vs. Takumi Baba
(4) Shoki Kitamura & Tsugataka Sato vs. Chris Vice & Yoshikazu Yokoyama
(5) Yasu Kubota & Hide Kubota vs. Masato Tanaka & Takuya Sugawara

Osu PREMIUM ONE TEAM ZERO1! Shhinjiro Otani Aid! Stand Up and Up Again", 6/4/2022 [Sat] 16:00 @ Ota Ward General Gymnasium in Tokyo

(1) Astroman, Yuko Miyamoto [666] & Ren Ayabe [JTO] vs. Fuminori Abe [BASARA], Yuki Ishikawa [BJW] & Kosuke Sato [BJW]
(2) Yumehito Imanarai [Ganbare], CarBell Ito, Naoshi Sano [Sano-Damashii] & Tomohiko Hashimoto [A-TEAM] vs. TARU [Free], Chris Vice, Yoshikazu Yokoyama & Shogun Okamoto [Free]
(3) Takuya Sugawara, Hide Kubota & Ryo Hoshino vs. Kengo Mashimo, Tatsuya Hanami & Shu Asakawa [all 2AW]
(4) Aja Kong [OZ Academy], Yuna Manase [Ganbare] & NATSUMI [Ch-Hanabi] vs. Jaguar Yokota [Diana], Chihiro Hashimoto [Sendai Girls] & Asuka [Free]
(5) Takumi Baba, Tsugataka Sato & Junya Matsunaga vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Yoshiki Inamura & Kinya Okada [all NOAH]
(6) Shoki Kitamura vs. Naomichi Marufuji [NOAH]
(7) Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin [Free], Koji Kanemoto [Free] & Tatsuhito Takaiwa [Free] vs. Kenoh [NOAH], Manabu Soya [Free], Tadasuke [NOAH] & Hi69 [NOAH]
(8) Takao Omori [AJPW], Yoshitatsu [AJPW] & Takashi Sasaki [FREEDOMS] vs. Takafumi, Hirotaka Yokoi [TRIBE SHIZUOKA YAMAGUCHI DOJO] & TAJIRI [Free]
(9) Yuji Nagata [NJPW], Togi Makabe [NJPW], Tomoaki Honma [NJPW] & Satsuki Nagao vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, Daichi Hashimoto, Kazuki Hashimoto & Yasufumi Nakanoue [all BJW]

(10) World Heavyweight Championship Match: [30th Champion] Takashi Sugiura vs. [Challenger] Masato Tanaka
~ 4tht title defense.

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Colega Pro-Wrestling, 5/27/2022 [Fri] 19:00 @ Colega Studio in Osaka

(1) UEXILE vs. Takeshi Michibata
◆Winner: Michibata (5:40) with a Kumogatame.
(2) Ryoji Sai vs. Daisuke Kanehira
◆Winner: DRAW (15:00) Time Limit Expired.
(3) RYO & FG Mask vs. So Daimonji & Michio Kageyama
◆Winner: No Contest (13:22) referee lost control of the match.

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Stan Hansen Update

~ It was announced today that Stan Hansen will be unable to arrive in Japan this weekend due to a positive PCR test in preparation for his arrival in Japan. Thus this means he will miss all upcoming appearances, from the chairman position for the upcoming Triple Crown match between Miyahara vs. T-Hawk on the 29th, Jumbo Tsuruta 23rd Anniversary Memorial Show on the 31st, a scheduled talk show that was going to be held on June 5th, and lastly an appearance at Kenta Kobashi's Fortune Dream show on June 15th.

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MichiPro

~ The full event card was announced for the July 1st show at the Korakuen Hall.

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling "2022 Tokyo Shows Vol.1 ~ Live Up To One's Words", 7/1/2022 [Fri] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Rasse vs. Yamaya Ringo
(2) Gatoh Move Offer Match: (to be announced)
(3) Jinsei Shinzaki & Manabu Murakami vs. GAINA & Taro Nohashi
(4) The Great Sasuke & Ultraman Robin w/ Pretty Ota vs. Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei w/ X
(5) Ayumu Gunji, Koji Kawamura, Yasutaka Osera & Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Rui Hyugaji, Ken45°, Yapperman #1 & Yapperman #2

(6) Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [26th Champion] MUSASHI vs. [Challenger] Hayato "Jr" Fujita
~ 4th title defense.

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GanPro

~ Updated event card for the June 7th show at the Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo.

Ganbare Pro-Wrestling "Pumping Iron 2022", 6/7/2022 [Tue] 18:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

() Ganjo Special Tag Match: HARUKAZE & YuuRI vs. Riko Kawahata & Maria
() Shuichiro Katsumura & Tusyoshi Okada vs. Kouki Iwasaki & Tyson Maeguchi
() Soma Takao vs. Chris Brookes
() Road to SEKIGAHARA ~ ROMANCE DAWN vs CDK Single 2nd Match: Shota vs. Masahiro Takanashi
() Road to SEKIGAHARA Special 6 Man Tag Match: Yumehito Imanari, Keisuke Ishii & Yuna Manase vs. Ken Ohka, Mizuki Watase & Moeka Kasuga

~ Then a couple matches were made official for the Ota Ward show on July 10th.

Ganbare Pro-Wrestling "WRESTLE SEKIGAHARA", 7/10/2022 [Sun] @ Ota Ward General Gymnaium

(-) Special Single Match: Yuna Manase vs. Sayaka Unagi [Stardom]

(-) Special Tag Match - CDK vs ROMANCE DAWN: Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi vs. Shota & Soma Takao

(-) Spirit of Ganbare World Open Weight Championship Match: [2nd Champion] Yumehito Imanari vs. [Challenger] Ken Ohka
~ 1st title defense.

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BASARA

~ It was announced that Ryota Nakatsu will be defending the Union MAX belt against Isami Kodaka at the Shinkiba 1stRING.

BASARA, 6/21/2022 [Tue] @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(5) Union MAX Championship Match: [16th Champion] Ryota Nakatsu vs. [Challenger] Isami Kodaka
~ 7th successful title defense.

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