December 22nd, 2022

~ Results for NJPW & WAVE
~ News and updates for Osaka Pro, HEAT-UP, Hard Hit & TJPW

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NJPW "Road to TOKYO DOME", 12/22/2022 [Thu] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
1,205 Spectators

~ Oskar Leube missed today's show due to posting a high fever. Honma replaced him in the match against Cobb.

(1) Kosei Fujita vs. Francesco Akira
 ◆Winner: Akira (8:04) following the Speed Fire.
(2) Yuto Nakashima vs. Aaron Henare
 ◆Winner: Henare (9:23) with the Ultima.
(3) Ryohei Oiwa vs. Great-O-Khan
 ◆Winner: O-Khan (8:43) with a Katagatame.
(4) Tomoaki Honma vs. Jeff Cobb
 ◆Winner: Cobb (8:53) with the Tour of the Island.

~ It was announced that "KOPW / KING OF PRO-WRESTLING" will be getting its own title belt in 2023.

(5) Togi Makabe, Satoshi Kojima & Shota Umino vs. Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi & SANADA
 ◆Winner: Takagi (11:51) with the Last of the Dragon on Makabe.
(6) Tomoaki Honma & Ren Narita vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi
 ◆Winner: Taichi (10:41) following the Yokozuna style Elbow on Jado.
(7) Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato vs. Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Taiji Ishimori & Gedo
 ◆Winner: Desperado (8:48) with the Pinche Loco on Gedo.
(8) Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi & YOH vs. Minoru Suzuki, Lance Archer & DOUKI
 ◆Winner: YOH (20:51) with the DIRECT DRIVE on DOUKI.

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WAVE, 12/22/2022 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
155 Spectators

(1) Tsubasa Kuragaki, Suzu Suzuki & Yuko Sakurai vs. Miyuki Takase, Kakeru Sekiguchi & Riko Kawahata
 ◆Winner: Tsubasa (16:53) with a Hayabusa inherited Falcon Arrow on Kawahata.
(2) SAKI, Hikari Shimizu & Aiger vs. Hirota Sakura, Yuu & Haruka Umesaki
 ◆Winner: Hirota (17:51) over Aiger.
(3) DUAL SHOCK WAVE 2022 Tournament Final Match: Yuki Miyazaki & Rina Amikura vs. Kaori Yoneyama & Cherry
 ◆Winner: Yoneyama (13:14) with the Guruncho on Amikura.
~ Yoneyama and Cherry win the DUALSHOCK WAVE 2022.
(4) Regina di WAVE Next Challenger Decision Tournament NEXT Final: Kohaku vs. Risa Sera
 ◆Winner: Sera (14:10) with the Risa Scissors.
~ Sera wins the NEXT Tournament and moves on to challenge Shida on Jnauary 1st.

-- Upcoming --

() Regina di WAVE Challenger Decision Tournament [NEXT] Final Match: 

WAVE "New Year 2023 ~ GO WAVE", 1/1/2023 [Sun] 16:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

() Regina de WAVE Singles Championship Match: [19th Champion] Hikaru Shida vs. [Challenger] (NEXT Tournament Winner)
~ 3rd title defense.

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OSAKA PRO NEWS

~ It was announced that Ares will be leaving the promotion at the end of the year. Though he is also currently sidelined due to a neck injury. (Side note: Ares is Yasutaka Oosera from Michinoku Pro. So assumption points to him going back to the Tohoku area.)

~ Then the full event card was announced for the December 25th show.

Osaka Pro-Wrestling, 12/25/2022 [Sun] 13:00 @ Azalea Taisho in Osaka

(1) Tigers Mask vs. Soran Sano
(2) The Bodyguard & Osaka Banpaku Machine vs. Quiet Storm & Joe-ichi-ro Osaka
(3) Takoyakida vs. Yuto Kikuchi
(4) Tsubasa & Ultimate Spider Jr. vs. Black Buffalo & Tatsuya Matsufusa
(5) Zeus, Shigehiro Irie & Kuishinbo Kamen vs. Billyken Kid, Kazuaki Mihara & Ebessan

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HEAT-UP NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the December 25th show...w

 

HEAT-UP "2022 Event of the Year", 12/25/2022 [Sun] 13:00 @ Shinyuri 21 Hall in Tokyo

(1) Shingo, Kotaro Nasu & Tomoki Hatano vs. Masahiro Takanashi, Sebastian Bouillet & Ender Kara
(2) Nobutaka Moribe & Deunk Andy vs. Reimu Imai & Daichi Sato
(3) Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Hiroki Sakai
(4) Special Match - Absolute Ace vs Dojo Strongest Winner: TAMURA vs. YUJI KITO

(5) HEAT-UP Universal Tag Championship Match: [7th Champions] Akira Joe & Yusaku Ito vs. [Challengers] Hitamaru Sasaki & White Moriyama

(6) HEAT-UP Universal Championship Match: [8th Champion] Daisuke Kanehira vs. [Challenger] Karou Ito

~ Then a special tag match was announced for the anniversary show on January 31st at the Korkuen Hall.

HEAT-UP 10th Anniversary Show, 1/31/2022 [Tue] @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() 10th Anniversary Match "Shonen yo, NEVER GIVE UP!" Tag Match: Tatsumi Fujinami & Daichi Sato vs. Masato Shibata & Masashi Takeda 

() TAMURA Debut 20th Anniversary Year Special Match ~ Repayment to Ax Bombers: TAMURA vs. Takao Omori 

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HARD HIT NEWS

~ A couple more matches were announced for the December 31st show at the Shinjuku FACE.

Hard Hit "Fight After Fight", 12/31/2022 [Sat] 18:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

() Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Tsuyoshi Okada [TK Esperanza]
() Takatoshi Matsumoto [Physical Design Works] vs. Kenta Hattori [Free]
() SUSHI [Free] vs. KURO-BI [Tri-Force BJJ Academy]

() Koshigaya Kakuto Tanteidai Rule: Fuminori Abe & Dan Tamura vs. Yutaka Kobayashi & Akira Jumonji
() Takuya Wada vs. Hidetaka Monma
() Hikaru Sato & Ryo Kawamura vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Junior
() Tyson Maeguchi vs. Soma Watanabe
() Main Event: Minoru Suzuki vs. Ouji Shiiba

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TJPW NEWS

~ 10 teams were announced to compete in the 3rd “Futari wa Princess” Max Heart Tournament. Which will begin on January 15th and conclude on February 11th at the Korakuen Hall.

☆ Saki Akai & Yuki Arai
★ Rika Tatsumi & Miu Watanabe
☆ Miyu Yamashita & Maki Ito
★ Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao
☆ Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta
★ Yuki Kamifuku & Maya Kiryu
☆ Yuki Aino & Raku
★ Suzume & Arisu Endo
☆ Moka Miyamoto & Juria Nagano
★ Neko Haruna & Kaya Toribami

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