September 28th, 2023

~ Results for NJPW & BJW [Kato Retirement]
~ News and updates for ZERO1 [10/27] & Prominence [10/4]

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NJPW "Road to DESTRUCTION", 9/28/2023 [Thu] 18:30 @ Tokorozawa Civic Gymnasium in Saitama
747 Spectators

(1) Satoshi Kojima vs. Oskar Leube
 ◆Winner: Kojima (6:20) following a Lariat.
(2) Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, Tomoaki Honma & Boltin Oleg vs. Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan, HENARE & Callum Newman
 ◆Winner: HENARE (9:50) with the Streets of Rage on Honma.
(3) Yuji Nagata, Shota Umino, Master Wato & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Minoru Suzuki, Ren Narita, El Desperado & Yuto Nakashima
 ◆Winner: Umino (11:31) following the Death Rider on Nakashima.
(4) Tiger Mask IV & Kevin Knight vs. Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney
 ◆Winner: Moloney (8:16) following the Full Clip on Tiger.
(5) Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Hikuleo, El Phantasmo & Jado vs. David Finlay, Chase Owens, Alex Coughlin, Gabe Kidd & Gedo
 ◆Winner: Owens (12:30) with a Crossface on Jado.
(6) Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii, Lio Rush & YOH vs. Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI
 ◆Winner: Ishii (12:58) following a Sliding Lariat on BUSHI.
(7) SANADA, DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku vs. EVIL, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
 ◆Winner: SHO (14:04) following the Shock Arrow on TAKA.

NJPW Event Cards 2023
https://projectpuroresuspirit.blogspot.com/p/njpw-event-cards-2023.html

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BJW "Special Show ~ I don't know what to do", 9/28/2023 [Thu] 18:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
305 Spectators

(1) Daichi Hashimoto & Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Kankuro Hoshino & Tempesta
 ◆Winner: Kazuki (10:14) with the Shin Taiheiyo Unyagatame on Hoshino.
(2) Road Constuction Site Tag DeathMatch: Abdullah Kobayashi & Yuko Miyamoto [666] vs. Yuichi Taniguchi & Minoru Fujita [Free]
 ◆Winner: Fujita (11:24) with a School Boy on Abby.
(3) Barbed-wire Board Tag DeathMatch: Yuki Ishikawa & Kazumi Kikuta vs. Ryuji Ito & Daiju Wakamatsu [2AW]
 ◆Winner: Wakamatsu (12:10) with the Tenshin Ranman (Blue Thunder Bomb) on Kikuta onto a barbed-wire board.
(4) Yuya Aoki & So Daimonji [LAND'S END] vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Kazumsa Yoshida
 ◆Winner: Sekimoto (11:26) with the Big Bang Catastrophe on Daimonji.
~ Yuya accepted Sekimoto to be the challenger for the World Strong belt on October 22nd.
~ Sekimoto also challenged Daimonji for the Asia Heavyweight belt. As he declared that he seeks to become a double champion.
(5) Kota Sekifuda & Rekka [Free] vs. Ender Kara & Leyton Buzzard
 ◆Winner: Buzzard (12:03) with a Firebird Splash on Sekifuda.
(6) Takuho Kato Retirement Match: Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe [Free] vs. Takuho Kato & Hiroyuki Suzuki
 ◆Winner:Takuya (18:46) with the Ryoudegatame on Kato.

~ Kato ends his in-ring career and now begins the next chapter of his life.

-- Upcoming --

BJW "NEW STANDARD BIG "B", 10/22/2023 [Sun] 15:00 @ Chateraise Gateau Kingdom Sapporo in Hokkaido

() BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [8th Champion] Kaji Tomato vs. [Challenger] Yusuke Kodama
~ 3rd title defense.

(7) BJW Tag Championship Match: [58th Champions] Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe vs. [Challengers] Hideki Suzuki & Hikaru Sato
~ 10th title defense.

() BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship Match: [21st Champion] Yuya Aoki vs. [Challenger] Daisuke Sekimoto
~ 4th title defense.

() BJW DeathMatch Heavyweight Championship Match: [48th Champion] Yuki Ishikawa vs. [Challenger] Daiju Wakamatsu
~ 3rd title defense.

BJW Event Cards 2023
https://projectpuroresuspirit.blogspot.com/p/bjw-event-cards-2023.html

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ZERO1 NEWS

~ Several matches were officially announced for the "Tenkaichi Junior Tournament Finals" show on October 27th show including two title matches. The IC Tag match is of specific interest though as the Kubota brothers are currently sitting at five successful defenses and seek to tie the record against Masato Tanaka, who currently holds the defense record at six along with Takashi Sugiura back in 2014.
Tsugataka Sato has positioned himself as the following challenger for the belts which the Kubota brothers have agreed to being their potential and seventh record setting defense.

ZERO1 "Tenkaichi Junior Tournament 2023 Finals", 10/27/2023 [Fri] 18:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

() Rikiya Fudo vs. Yoshikazu Yokoyama
() Takuya Sugawara & Satsuki Nagao vs. Tsugataka Sato & Yuki Toki

() Intercontinental Tag Championship Match: [47th Champions] Yasu & Hide Kubota vs. [Challengers] Masato Tanaka & Daisuke Sekimoto
~ 6th title defense.

() World Heavyweight Championship Match: [32nd Champion] Chris Vice vs. [Challenger / Fire Festival 2023 Winner] Junya Matsunaga

() Tenkaichi Junior Tournament Final Match:

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PROMINENCE NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the October 4th show at the Shinkiba 1stRING.

Prominence 17th Round "Kara Kurenai no Kyoji", 10/4/2023 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

() Miyako Matsumoto vs. Kizuna Tanaka
() Hardcore 3WAY Match: Yuki Miyazaki vs. Akane Fujita & Takahiro Katori
() Hardcore 6-Mixed Tag Match: Miss Mongol, Kankuro Hoshino & Super Hardcore Machine vs. Natsumi Mochi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda
() Kurumi Hiiragi vs. Nao Ishikawa
() SMS Part 3: DeathMatch: Violento Jack vs. Risa Sera

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