May 25th, 2023

~ Results for FREEDOMS [World Death Match: Hirata vs Sakuda], TJPW & SEAdLINNNG
~ News and updates for ZERO1 [Fire Festival] & LAND'S END [All Asia Heavy 6/6]

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FREEDOMS "Go Hard or Go Home 2023", 5/25/2023 [Thu] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
328 Spectators

(1) Kamui & Kengo vs. Dragon Libre & Takahiro Katori
 ◆Winner: Katori (13:24) with the KARMA on Kamui.
(2) Jun Masaoka, Yuya Susumu & Drew Parker vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa, GENTARO & Rekka
 ◆Winner: Jun (10:22) with the Ambitions on Rekka.
(3) Minoru Fujita & Isami Kodaka vs. Violento Jack & Dobunezumi Fukky
 ◆Winner: Fujita (11:32) with a Samson Clutch on Fukky.
(4) kill or be killed ~ Mixed Martial Arts Rules DeathMatch: Masashi Takeda vs. Takayuki Ueki
 ◆Winner: Takeda (8:58) via KO.
~ Ueki gave Takeda an offer to join E.R.E.
(5) Free Weapon Downhill 6 Man Tag DeathMatch: Takashi Sasaki, Mammoth Sasaki & Jun Kasai vs. Toru Sugiura, Daisuke Masaoka & Yusaku Ito
 ◆Winner: Ito (16:58) with a Takowana on Kasai.

~ Toru & Daisuke made the challenge for the KFC Tag belts.

(6) KING of FREEDOMS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ~ Fluorescent Light-tubes + Human Meat Slicer Board + Alpha DeathMatch: [18th Champion] Tomoya Hirata vs. [Challenger] Toshiyuki Sakuda
 ◆Winner: Hirata (25:51) with a German Suplex Hold.
~ 2nd successful title defense.

~ Fujita came forward to make the challenge for the belt for the July 6th show at Korakuen, Fujita declared that he will relieve Hirata of the burdon of carrying the belt.

-- Upcoming --

FREEDOMS "Shonan Festival 2023", 5/28/2023 [Sun] 13:00 @ Chigasaki City Southern Beach in Kanagawa

() Tomoya Hirata vs. Dragon Libre
() Jun Kasai vs. Takahiro Katori
() Takashi Sasaki & Toru Sugiura vs. Violento Jack & Jun Masaoka

FREEDOMS "Tono no Yabo 2023 ~ NEW GENERATION IS HERE ~", 6/9/2023 [Fri] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

() Yuya Susumu & Jun Masaoka vs. Tatsuya Hanami & Takuro Niki [both 2AW]
() Hardcore 6-Man Tag Match: Masashi Takeda, Takumi Tsukamoto & Yusaku Ito vs. Mammoth Sasaki, Daisuke Masaoka & Minoru Fujita
() DeathMatch: Takashi Sasaki & Abdullah Kobayashi vs. Kazumi Kikuta [BJW] & X
() DeathMatch: Tomoya Hirata, Hideyoshi Kamitani [BJW] & Daiju Wakamatsu [2AW] vs. Jun Kasai, Yuki Ishikawa & XX

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SEAdLINNNG SHINIBA SERIES Vol. 3, 5/25/2023 [Thu] 18:45 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
130 Spectators

(1) Leon vs. Kakeru Sekiguchi
 ◆Winner: Leon (9:44) with a Mad Splash.
(2) Tae Honma vs. Riko Kawahata vs. La Piditia
~ Pidita & Tae (9:40) via pin-fall on Kawahata.
 ◆Winner: Pidita (13:07) with a 120% School Boy on Tae.
(3) Arisa Nakajima & Ryo Mizunami vs. Itsuki Aoki & Misa Kagura
 ◆Winner: Itsuki (19:17) following a Lariat on Arisa.
~ Itsuki challenged Arisa for the Beyond the Sea Championship, Arisa accepted. The match will take place on June 28th at Shinjuku FACE.
(4) Asuka vs. Rico Kaiju
 ◆Winner: Asuka (17:41) with a Michinoku Driver II.
(5) Makoto vs. Ayame Sasamura
 ◆Winner: Makoto (17:18) with the Moritsuya no Uneri.

~ Both tag challengers suffer losses before the tag challenge on June 28th. Though the vowed to capture the tag belts next month.

-- Upcoming --

SEAdLINNNG, 6/28/2023 [Wed] 18:30 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

() SEAdLINNNG BEYOND THE SEA Tag Championship Match: [11th Champion] Makoto & Asuka vs. [Challenger] Ayame Sasamura & Riko Kawahata
~ 1st title defense.

() SEAdLINNNG BEYOND THE SEA Single Championship Match: [9th Champion] Arisa Nakajima vs. [Challenger] Itsuki Aoki
~ 3rd title defense.

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TJPW "Hyper Mi Self-Produce Show ~ HYPE!", 5/25/2023 [Thu] 18:30 @ Kitazawa Town Hall in Tokyo
202 Spectators

(1) 2nd Generation Hyper Mi Audition: Miu Watanabe, Raku, Yuki Kamifuku, Moka Miyamoto & HIMAWARI
 ◆Winner: Suzume (11:38) sent Watanabe over the top rope.
(2) Special Single Match: Shoko Nakajima vs. Yoshihiko
 ◆Winner: Yoshihiko (12:26) via pin-fall.
(3) Rika Tatsumi & Arisu Endo vs. Yuki Aino & Mahiro Kiryu
 ◆Winner: Tatsumi (11:46) with the White Dragon Sleeper on Kiryu.

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ZERO1 NEWS

~ Several wrestlers were announced to be competing in this years Fire Festival 2023, which will be held throughout the month of July. The tournament will kick off on July 1st in Yamanashi and conclude on July 29th at the Korakuen Hall. No matches will be announced until all 12 wrestlers involved are announced.

"23rd annual ZERO1 Midsummer Fire Festival 2023"

Masato Tanaka [2006-2008, 2012, 2017 Winner, also Current World Heavy Champion]
Takuya Sugawara [2021 Winner]
Chris Vice
Rikiya Fudo
Tsugataka Sato
Junya Matsunaga
Daisuke Sekimoto [2011, 2022 Winner] (BJW)
Fuminori Abe (Free)
Yuko Miyamoto (666)
X (to be announced)
XX (to be announced)
XXX (to be announced)

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LAND'S END NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the June 6th show in Yokohama, as well as the match to determine the new All Asia Heavyweight champion.

LAND'S END YOKOHAMA FUKUSHIMANIA, 6/6/2023 [Tue] 18:30 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa

(1) Azul Dragon & Kim Su Bin vs. Andy Wu & Joji Otani
(2) Shiori Asahi vs. Hora-chan vs. FG Mask
(3) Minoru Fujita, Kabuto Mitomi, HASEGAWA & RYO vs. Tomohiko Hashimoto, Fugofugo Yumeji, Revlon & Naka Shuma

(4) All Asia Heavyweight Championship Decision Match: Dylan James vs. So Daimonji
~ Winner becomes the 11th champion.

(5) Ryoji Sai, Daisuke Sekimoto [BJW] & Ayato Yoshida [2AW] vs. Koji Doi, Kumaarashi & John Hamin

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