January 25th, 2023

~ Results for NJPW, Sportiva, Marvelous & Ice Ribbon
~ News and updates for GLEAT & OZ Academy

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NJPW "Road to THE NEW BEGINNING", 1/25/2023 [Wed] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
670 Spectators

(1) Oskar Leube vs. Aaron Henare
 ◆Winner: Henare (8:44) following a Backspin Kick.
(2) Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano vs. KENTA & Gedo
 ◆Winner: Yano (10:40) with a School Boy on Gedo.
~ KENTA continued to attack Tanahashi following the end of the match.
(3) Togi Makabe & Master Wato vs. El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori
 ◆Winner: ELP (9:42) following the Sudden Death on Makabe.
(4) Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI & Yuto Nakashima vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste & Kosei Fujita
 ◆Winner: Kosei (14:06) with an Arm Lock on Nakashima.
~ Kosei celebrates his first win after joining TMDK.
(5) Great-O-Khan & TJP vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & TAKA Michinoku
 ◆Winner: O-Khan (10:50) with the Ozora Subaru-shiki Hitsuji Koroshi on TAKA.
(6) Will Ospreay & Francesco Akira vs. Taichi & DOUKI
 ◆Winner: Ospreay (10:47) following the Hidden Blade on DOUKI.
(7) Tomoaki Honma & Shota Umino vs. Tetsuya Naito & SANADA
 ◆Winner: Naito (14:32) with a Jacknife Hold on Honma.
~ After the match, Naito took out Umino with a Destino.
(8) Kazuchika Okada, Ryusuke Taguchi & YOH vs. Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi BUSHI
 ◆Winner: YOH (14:01) with the DIRECT DRIVE on BUSHI.

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Sportiva, 1/25/2023 [Wed] 20:00 @ Nagoya City Sportiva Arena in Aichi

(1) Sae & TAMURA vs. Masashi Kimura & Shinya Ishida
 ◆Winner: TAMURA (13:59) with a Fiugure Four on Kimura.
(2) Yu Shimizu & Kengo Takai vs. Konaka = Pale One & Kenta Kosugi
 ◆Winner: Konaka (13:38) with a European Clutch on Shimizu.

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Marvelous, 1/25/2023 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(1) Leo Isaka vs. Dragon Libre [FREEDOMS]
 ◆Winner: Isaka (11:24) following a Vertical Drop style Brainbuster.
(2) Kaori Yoneyama vs. Rina Amikura vs. Sayaka Unagi
 ◆Winner: Yoneyama (11:27) with the Gruncho on Amikura.
(3) Tomoko Watanabe vs. Mio Momono
 ◆Winner: Watanabe (13:05) following the Health Smasher.

~ Takumi Iroha announced that she will be returning to competition next month. Unagi confronted her as well.

(4) 3WAY Tag Elimination Match: Chikayo Nagashima & Ai Hozan vs. Maria & Riko Kawahata vs. Itsuki Aoki & Maya Yukihi
~  (4:06) Nagashima over the top rope.
~ Itsuki pinned Kawahata (8:56)
~ Maria with the Snake Trap on Hozan (11:43)
~ Itsuki sent over the top rope (13:16)
 ◆Winner: Yukihi (15:58) with the Snow Storm on Maria.

~ Yukihi and Itsuki made the challenge for the tag belts.

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Ice Ribbon "Princess Party #18", 1/25/2023 [Wed] 19:00 @ Ice Ribbon Dojo in Saitama

(1) Asahi & Saran vs. Momo Tani [PURE-J] & HisokA [JTO]
 ◆Winner: Tani (11:06) with the Momohashidate on Saran.
(2) Ibuki Hoshi & Kaho Matsushita vs. Chie Ozora [PURE-J] & Uminotsuki
 ◆Winner: Matsushita (11:12) with an Oklahoma Roll on Uminotsuki.

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GLEAT NEWS

~ Kaito Ishida was announced to defend the G-REX belt against KAZMA SAKAMOTO on March 21st in Osaka. KAZMA made the challenge on the 1/18 show at the Shinjuku FACE. As he stated that he was interested when Lindaman was champ, but now that his former R.E.D. (DRAGON GATE) teammate

 

GLEAT "G PRO-WRESTLING Ver.47", 3/21/2023 [Tue] 14:00 @ GORILLA HALL OSAKA

() G-REX Championship Match: [2nd Champion] Kaito Ishida vs. [Challenger] KAZMA SAKAMOTO
~ 1st title defense.

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OZ ACADEMY NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the February 12th show at Shinjuku FACE.

OZ Academy "Restricted-18", 2/12/2023 [Sun] 12:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

(1) U-30 OZ Openweight Next Challenger Decision Tournament 1st Round Match: YAKO vs. Kohaku
(2) U-30 OZ Openweight Next Challenger Decision Tournament 1st Round Match: Hikari Shimizu vs. Rico Kaiju
(3) U-30 OZ Openweight Next Challenger Decision Tournament 1st Round Match: Itsuki Aoki vs. Momoka Hanazono

(4) Kaori Yoneyama & Ram Kaicho vs. Maya Yukihi & Saori Anou
(5) 3WAY Match: Sonoko Kato vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi vs. Mayumi Ozaki
(6) AKINO & Tsubasa Kuragaki vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto & Rina Yamashita

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