October 27th, 2022

~ Results for NJPW [TV Tournament 2nd Round], FREEDOMS, DRAGON GATE & Colega
~ News and updates for GLEAT [10/30 card change] & 2AW [Ricky Fuji Aid 11/6]

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NJPW "Battle Autumn '22", 10/27/2022 [Thu] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
700 Spectators

(1) Aaron Henare vs. Ryohei Oiwa
 ◆Winner: Henare (7:43) with the Rampage.
(2) Toru Yano & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Ren Narita & Yuto Nakashima
 ◆Winner: Ishii (8:37) with a Boston Crab on Nakashima.
(3) Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb vs. Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe
 ◆Winner: Cobb (10:08) with the Tour of the Island on Honma.
(4) Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI & Titan vs. TJP, Francesco Akira & Gideon Grey
 ◆Winner: Titan (9:08) with the Angel Immortal on Grey.
(5) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hikuleo, Master Wato & Alex Zayne vs. Taichi, El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & TAKA Michinoku
 ◆Winner: Wato (9:03) with the Vendaval on TAKA.

~ CMLL FANTASTIC MANIA was announced to return in February of 2023.

(6) Tetsuya Naito & SANADA vs. KENTA & Gedo
 ◆Winner: Naito (11:27) with a Jacknife Hold on Gedo.

(7) NJPW WORLD Certified TV Championship Tournament 2nd Round: YOSHI-HASHI vs. EVIL
 ◆Winner: EVIL (11:48) following the EVIL.
(8) NJPW WORLD Certified TV Championship Tournament 2nd Round: David Finlay vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
 ◆Winner: Sabre (13:03) with a Jacknife Hold.

~ Great Muta was announced to compete on the "Historic X-over" on November 20th.

NJPW x STARDOM "Historic X-over", 11/20/2022 [Sun] 17:00 @ Ariake Arena in Tokyo

() STARDOM Rumble: 

() Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Tam Nakano & Natsupoi vs. El Desperado, DOUKI, Starlight Kid & Momo Watanabe
() Hiroshi Tanahashi & Utami Hayashishita vs. Hirooki Goto & Maika
() Tom Lawlor & Syuri vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi

() IWGP Joshi First Championship Decison Tournament Final Match: Mayu Iwatani vs. KAIRI

() Great Muta NJPW Last Match: Great Muta. Toru Yano & Kazuchika Okada vs. Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare

NJPW Event Cards 2022
https://projectpuroresuspirit.blogspot.com/p/njpw-event-cards-2022.html

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FREEDOMS, 10/27/2022 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
151 Spectators

(1) Toshiyuki Sakuda & Mataro Aoki w/ Takayuki Ueki vs. Brahman Shu & Yusaku Ito w/ Brahman Kei
 ◆Winner: Shu (9:21) with a School Boy on Mataro.
(2) GENTARO vs. Dobunezumi Fukky
 ◆Winner: GENTARO (9:29) with a Ground Manjigatame.
~ GENTARO stated his intentions to not compete in the upcoming Junior Title Tournament. Leaving the field open for the new generation.
(3) Kamui & Dragon Libre vs. Jun Masaoka & Leo Isaka
 ◆Winner: Isaka (10:57) with a Hurricanrana on Kamui.
~ All four man stated their intentions to compete for the junior title.
(4) Drew Parker & Violento Jack vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Minoru Fujita
 ◆Winner: Parker (11:23) following the Azumi-Sushi on Fujita.
(5) Fluorescent Light-tube + Alpha Tornado 6 Man Tag DeathMatch: Jun Kasai, Masashi Takeda & Daisuke Masaoka vs. Toru Sugiura, Tomoya Hirata & Takashi Sasaki
 ◆Winner: Takeda (18:02) following the Reverse U Crash on Takashi onto fluorescent lights.

~ Takeda stated that he wants to challenge Parker for the KING OF FREEDOMS belt.

-- Upcoming --

FREEDOMS "Kariya Jiyujin-ka Keikaku 2022", 10/30/2022 [Sun] 17:30 @ Kariya City Sangyo Shinko Center Aioi Hall in Aichi

() GENTARO & Dyna Mido vs. Kengo Takai & Takaya Shibayama
() Dragon Libre & Shinya Ishida vs. Mataro Aoki & Konaka = Pale One
() Scramble Bunkhouse DeathMatch: Kamui & Michio Kageyama vs. Gunso & Toshiyuki Sakuda
() DeathMatch: Masashi Takeda vs. Yusaku Ito
() Hardcore 6 Man Tag Match: Drew Parker, Violento Jack & Dobunezumi Fukky vs. Rina Yamashita, Minoru Fujita & Takashi Sasaki

() KING OF FREEDOM WORLD TAG Championship Match: [19th Champions] Toru Sugiura & Tomoya Hirata vs. [Challengers] Jun Kasai & Daisuke Kanehira
~ 8th title defense.

FREEDOMS, 11/9/2022 [Wed] @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

() KFC Junior First Champion Tournament 1st Round Matches: 

() KFC Junior First Champion Tournament Semi-final Matches: 

FREEDOMS, 11/16/2022 [Wed] @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() KFC Junior First Champion Tournament Final: 

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DRAGON GATE "THE GATE OF VICTORY 2022", 10/27/2022 [Thu] @ Nanao City Shiroyama Gymnasium in Ishikawa

(1) Kota Minoura, Ben-K & Minourita vs. Kzy, U-T & Jason Lee
 ◆Winner: Ben-K (10:21) following a Spear on Lee.
(2) Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Konomama Ichikawa
 ◆Winner: Masaaki (:06) following a Flying Kick.
~ Rematch
 ◆Winner: Masaaki (7:43) following a Twister.
(3) Punch Tominaga vs. Ryu Fuda
 ◆Winner: Tominaga (5:56) with a Cross Armbar.
(4) Eita & Shachihoko BOY vs. Dragon Kid & Genki Horiguchi
 ◆Winner: Shachihoko (10:12) with the Orion on Genki.
(5) Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda, Junior Mochizuki & Ishin Iihashi vs. KAI, BxB Hulk, HYO & Diamante
 ◆Winner: Susumu (9:14) with a Small Package Hold on HYO.
(6) Yuki Yoshioka, Madoka Kikuta & Takashi Yoshida vs. BIGBOSS Shimizu, Strong Machine J & JACKY "FUNKY" KAMEI
 ◆Winner: Kikuta (14:20) following a Vertical Drop High Speed Piledriver on KAMEI.

-- Upcoming --

DRAGON GATE "THE GATE OF DESTINY 2022", 11/6/2022 [Sun] 17:30 @ EDION Arena Osaka 

(1) Ultimo Dragon, Don Fujii, Naruki Doi & Shuji Kondao vs. Kzy, U-T, Jason Lee & JACKY "FUNKY" KAMEI
(2) Genki Horiguchi & Kaito Nagano vs. Yasushi Kanda & Ishin Iihashi
(3) Gurukun Mask, Konomama Ichikawa, Shachihoko BOY & Mondairyu vs. Takashi Yoshida, Punch Tominaga, Yosuke Santa Maria & Hoho Lun
(4) Kota Minoura & Ben-K w/ Minourita vs. BxB Hulk & Diamante
(5) Eita vs. Takuma Fujiwara

(6) Open The Twin Gate Championship Match: [59th Champions] Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta vs. [Challengers] BIGBOSS Shimizu & Strong Machine J

(7) Open The Brave Gate Championship Match: [45th Champion] HYO vs. [Challenger] Dragon Kid 

(8) Open The Triangle Gate Championship Match: [82nd Champions] Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Junior Mochizuki vs. [Challengers] Shun Skywalker, KAI & Mask de Z
~ 4th title defense.

(9) Open The Dream Gate Championship Match: [35th Champion] Yuki Yoshioka vs. [Challenger] YAMATO

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Colega Pro-Wrestling, 10/27/2022 [Thu] 19:00 @ Colega Studio in Osaka

(1) Momoka Hanazono vs. RYO vs. So Daimonji
 ◆Winner: DRAW (15:00) Time Limit Draw.
(2) Michio Kageyama vs. Andy Wu
 ◆Winner: Wu (12:12) via pin-fall.
(3) Katsumi Oribe vs. Dylan James
 ◆Winner: Oribe (11:46) via ring out.

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GLEAT NEWS

~ The event card for the October 30th show was updated to reflect upon the absence of Hayato Tamura and Ryuichi Kawakami. Hayato's absence changes the previously announced G-INFINITY defense as the match has now been changed to an "Interim" title decision match. Meaning the winners of the match will hold the belts until Hayato Tamura and Check Shimatani can compete and challenge the claim.

GLEAT "G PROWRESTLING Ver.37", 10/30/2022 [Sun] 14:00 @ Sapporo ii-one Stadium in Hokkaido

(1) Tetsuya Izuchi & Keiichi Sato vs. Check Shimatani & Hartley Jackson
(2) Michiko Miyagi vs. Maya Fukuda
(3) Minoru Tanaka & Soma Watanabe vs. Noriyuki Yoshida [Free] & Yu Iizuka
(4) Jun Tonsho vs. Kaito Ishida
(5) El Lindaman  Issei Onizuka vs. Takanori Ito & Masato Kamino [BASARA]

(6) G-INFINITY Interim Championship Match: T-Hawk & Shigehiro Irie vs. Kaz Hayashi & CIMA

GLEAT Event Cards for 2022
https://projectpuroresuspirit.blogspot.com/p/gleat-event-cards-for-2022.html

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2AW NEWS

~ The full card was announced for the "Ricky Fuji Aid" show that is scheduled to take place on November 6th. For those who may not know, Ricky suffered a stroke in September of 2022 and he has been undergoing treatment and rehabilitation since.

2AW "Ricky Fuji Aid Show", 11/6/2022 [Sun] 13:00 @ 2AW Square in Chiba

(1) Taishi Takizawa, Ayumu Honda, Kotaro Yoshino vs. Kunio Toshima, Chojin Yusha G Valion [BRAVES] & Hiroki Sakai [HEAT-UP]
(2) Naoshi Sano [Free] & Fuminori Abe [BASARA] vs. Daiju Wakamatsu & Chicharito Shoki
(3) Shiori Asahi & Trans Am Hiroshi [BASARA] vs. Ayato Yoshida & Takuma Joshiba
(4) Hardcore 6 Man Tag Match: Violento Jack [FREEDOMS], Dobunezumi Fukky [FREEDOMS] & Kyu Mogami vs. Jun Kasai [FREEDOMS], Raijin Yaguchi [Free] & Michio Kageyama [Team Dera]
(5) Masato Tanaka [ZERO1], Hikaru Sato [Pancrase MISSION], Kengo Mashimo & Noriyyuki Yoshida [Free] vs. Takashi Sasaki [FREEDOMS], GENTARO [FREEDOMS], Isami Kodaka [BASARA] & Shu Asakawa

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