October 17th, 2023

~ Results for Tenryu Project [UN Tag / WAR 6 Tag]
~ News and updates for NJPW [11/4], DDT [KO-D 6 Tag 11/16] & Strong Style [10/30]

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Tenryu Project "STILL REVOLUTION Vol. 7", 10/17/2023 [Tue] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(1) Kenichiro Arai [DRAGON GATE] vs. Kazumasa Yoshida [BJW]
 ◆Winner: Arai (6:22) following a Piledriver.
(2) Rey Paloma [DOVE] vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani [BJW]
 ◆Winner: Kamitani (7:18) following a Backdrop.
(3) Naoki Tanizaki [DOVE] vs. Fuminori Abe [Free]
 ◆Winner: DRAW (15:00) Time Limit Expired.
(4) 3WAY Tag Match: Hikaru Sato [Pancrase MISSION] & Mizuki Watase [Ganbare] vs. Yuya Susumu [Free] & Keita Yano [Wallabee] vs. Koji Iwamoto [Free] & Takuro Niki [2AW]
 ◆Winner: Hikaru (13:39) over Susumu.

(5) UN Tag Championship Match: [2nd Champions] Suwama & Dan Tamura vs. [Challengers] Kohei Sato & SUSHI
 ◆Winner: Dan (21:59) following a Death Valley Bomb on SUSHI.
~ 3rd successful title defense.

(6) WAR World 6-Man Tag Championship Match: [21st Champions] GAINA, Kengo & Koki Iwasaki vs. [Challengers] Masayuki Kono, Yusuke Kodama & Kumaarashi
~ GAINA (20:57) with a Triple Team Piggy Back Press on Kumaarashi.
~ Kengo (2:07) via pin-fall on GAINA.
 ◆Winner: Kono (5:35) following a Running Knee Attack on GAINA.
~ Champions fall on their 3rd title defense. Kono, Kodama & Kuma become the 22nd champions.

~ Kamitani came forward to challenge the new champions.

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NJPW NEWS

~ The US Heavyweight belt was announced to be in defense on the November 4th show as Ospreay takes on Umino. Then two singles matches were also announced as Great-O-Khan takes on Jon Moxley and Tanga Loa takes on David Finlay.

NJPW "POWER STRUGGLE ~ SUPER Jr. TAG LEAGUE 2023", 11/4/2023 [Sat] 17:00 @ EDION Arena Osaka

() Tanga Loa vs. David Finlay
() Great-O-Khan vs. Jon Moxley

() US Heavyweight Championship Match: [18th Champion] Will Ospreay vs. [Challenger] Shota Umino
~ 3rd title defense.

-- Previously announced...

() SANADA & Yuya Uemura vs. Tetsuya Naito & Yota Tsuji

() NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Championship Match: [26th Champions] Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomohiro Ishii vs. [Challengers] Zack Sabre Jr., Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste
~ 4th title defense.

() IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [93rd Champion] Hiromu Takahashi vs. [Challenger] Taiji Ishimori
~ 7th title defense.

() SUPER Jr. TAG LEAGUE Final Match: 

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

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DDT NEWS

~ It was announced that the KO-D 6-Person Tag belts, held by Yukio Sakaguchi, Hideki Okatani, and the retiring Saki Akai, will be relinquished on November 12th and that new champions will be determined with a 1-day tournament a couple days later.

DDT "Get Alive 2023 TOUR in SHINJUKU", 11/16/2023 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo

() KO-D 6-Person Tag Championship Decision Match:
~ Winners become the 53rd champions.

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STRONG STYLE NEWS

~ Several matches were announced for the October 30th show at Shinjuku FACE.

The First Tiger Mask Strong Style Pro-Wrestling SPECIAL Vol. 26, 10/30/2023 [Mon] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() Dump Matsumoto & ZAP vs. Miyuki Takase & Ayame Sasamura
() Jaguar Yokota, Kyoko Inoue & Kaoru Ito vs. Dark Tiger, Dark Cheetah & Dark Unagi
() Tiger Queen & Sayaka Unagi vs. Nanae Takahashi & Sae

~ Also announced to compete: Tatsumi Fujinami, Super Tiger, Hayato Mashita, Masakatsu Funaki, Ikuto Hidaka, Hideki "Shrek" Sekine, Yuko Miyamoto, LEONA, Shingo, Check Shimatani, and more...

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