March 30th, 2023

 ~ News and updates for AJPW [Champion Carnival Tour], DDT [KING OF DDT 1st Round Matches], ZERO1 & A-TEAM

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AJPW NEWS

~ The event cards were updated for the upcoming "Champion Carnival 2023" tour which begins on April 8th show at the Korakuen Hall.

AJPW "Champion Carnival 2023 / Jr. TAG BATTLE OF GLORY ~ Opening Day", 4/8/2023 [Sat] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() Jr. TAG BATTLE OF GLORY Special 3WAY Tag Match: Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura vs. Naruki Doi & Naoki Tanizaki

() Jr. TAG BATTLE OF GLORY Match: Ryo Inoue & Ouji Shiiba vs. Kaito Ishida & Kotaro Suzuki 

() B BLOCK Match: Rei Saito vs. Takao Omori
() B BLOCK Match: Shotaro Ashino vs. Manabu Soya
() B BLOCK Match: Suwama vs. Yuma Anzai
() B BLOCK Match: Shuji Ishikawa vs. Hokuto Omori

() A BLOCK Match: Jun Saito vs. Cyrus
() A BLOCK Match: Yoshitatsu vs. T-Hawk
() A BLOCK Match: Ryuki Honda vs. Satoshi Kojima
() A BLOCK Match: Kento Miyahara vs. Yuma Aoyagi

~ Then on the May 4th show at Korakuen, it was announced that the Triple Crown champ Yuji Nagata will team with Shotaro Ashino to take on the team of Minoru Suzuki and Hokuto Omori.

AJPW "Champion Carnival 2023 ~ Jr. TAG BATTLE OF FLORY Final", 5/4/2023 [Thu] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() Yuji Nagata [NJPW] & Shotaro Ashino vs. Minoru Suzuki [Pancrase MISSION] & Hokuto Omori
() Shuji Ishikawa, Yuma Anzai & Takao Omori vs. Suwama, KONO & Rei Sato

() Jr. TAG BATTLE OF GLORY Final Match: 

() A BLOCK Match: Ryuki Honda vs. Jun Saito
() A BLOCK Match: Yuma Aoyagi vs. Yoshitatsu
() A BLOCK Match: Satoshi Kojima vs. Cyrus
() A BLOCK Match: Kento Miyahara vs. T-Hawk

AJPW Event Cards 2023
https://projectpuroresuspirit.blogspot.com/p/ajpw-event-cards-2023.html

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DDT NEWS

~ The first round matches were announced for the upcoming "KING OF DDT 2023" which will begin on May 6th.

DDT "KING OF DDT 2023 1st Round", 5/6/2023 [Sat] 12:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

(1) 1st Round Match: Yusuke Okada vs. Kazusada Higuchi
(2) 1st Round Match: Shunma Katsumata vs. (Winner of 4/1 match)
(3) 1st Round Match: Sanshiro Takagi vs. Yukio Sakaguchi
(4) 1st Round Match: HARASHIMA vs. Chris Brookes
(5) 1st Round Match: Jun Akiyama vs. Tetsuya Endo
(6) 1st Round Match: MAO vs. Takeshi Masada
(7) 1st Round Match: Kotaro Suzuki  [Free] vs. KANON
(8) 1st Round Match: Yuki Ueno vs. Naruki Doi [Free]

DDT Event Cards 2023
https://projectpuroresuspirit.blogspot.com/p/ddt-event-cards-2023.html

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ZERO1 NEWS

~ Updated event cards for the April tour of shows. Chris Vice has also put forth the challenge for the World Heavyweight belt. He mentioned that his plan was to make the challenge at the Yasukuni Shrine show, but due to the show being canceled due to weather, he has his desire known through a message to the champion Masato Tanaka instead.

ZERO1, 4/12/2023 [Wed] 18:30 @ Hirosaki City Kasai Sports Center in Aomori

() Takuya Sugawara vs. Takumi Baba
() Satsuki Nagao vs. Rikiya Fudo
() Masato Tanaka vs. Yuki Toki
() Shoki Kitamura & Ryo Hoshino vs. Tsugataka Sato & Astro
() Jaguar Yokota & Junya Matsunaga vs. Chris Vice & Yoshikazu Yokoyama

ZERO1, 4/13/2023 [Thu] 18:30 @ Aomori City Hamanasu Hall

() Satsuki Nagao vs. Junya Matsunaga
() Tsugataka Sato vs. Ryo Hoshino
() Astro vs. Yuki Toki
() Jaguar Yokota & Takuya Sugawara vs. Shoki Kitamura & Takumi Baba
() Masato Tanaka & Rikiya Fudo vs. Chris Vice & Yoshikazu Yokoyama

ZERO1, 4/14/2023 [Fri] 18:30 @ Hirono Town Taneichi Gymnasium in Iwate

() Chris Vice vs. Yuki Toki
() Takumi Baba vs. Ryo Hoshno vs. Rikiya Fudo
() Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. Satsuki Nagao
() Masato Tanaka & Takuya Sugawara vs. Astro & Junya Matsunaga
() Shoki Kitamura vs. Tsugataka Sato

ZERO1, 4/15/2023 [Sat] 13:00 @ Shin-Hakodate Hokuto Station Square in Hokkaido

() Takumi Baba vs. Ryo Hoshino
() Tsugataka Sato vs. Satsuki Nagao
() Shoki Kitamura & Yuki Toki vs. Junya Matsunaga & Astro

ZERO1, 4/16/2023 [Sun] 12:00 @ Gateau Kingdom Sapporo in Hokkaido

() Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. Yuki Toki
() Sayaka Unagi vs. Manami Kanda
() Junya Matsunaga vs. Chris Vice
() Aja Kong & Satsuki Nagao vs. Takuya Sugawara & Rikiya Fudo
() Shoki Kitamura & Ryo Hoshino vs. Astro & Takumi Baba
() Masato Tanaka & Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Tsugataka Sato & Noriyuki Yoshida [Free]

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A-TEAM NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the April 16th show. The WEW Tag belts will be in defense on the show at Tomohiko Hashimot and Super Tiger take on the team of HASEGAWA and Hashinosuke.

A-TEAM, 4/16/2023 [Sun] 12:30 @ BASEMENT MONSTAR in Tokyo

(1) Kosaku Tozaki vs. Bambi
(2) Daisaku Shimoda & Rion Mizuki vs. Hora-chan & Momoka Hanazono
(3) Kota Nagashima vs. Hiroshi Yamato

(4) WEW Tag Championship Match: [42nd Champions] Tomohiko Hashimoto & Super Tiger vs. [Challengers] HASEGAWA & Hashinosuke
~ 3rd title defense.

(5) Tokonatsu Sunshine vs DEMON MADDER Loser Dissolution Match: Raiden, Takumi Sakurai & Joji Otani vs. Bryan Ishizaka, Iori & Jin

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