January 19th, 2024

~ News and updates for NJPW [Okada going freelance, 1/24, 2/11 changed], Ice Ribbon [1/27] & WAVE [2/4]

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NJPW NEWS

~ New Japan announced that Kazuchika Okada will be going freelance from the promotion as of January 31, 2024.

Due to him leaving the promotion, the previously announced NEVER 6-Man Tag match that was to be held on February 11th will now be taking place on January 24th at Korakuen. Though February 11th, Okada will now be taking on Hiroshi Tanahashi in a special singles match.

NJPW "Road to THE NEW BEGINNING", 1/24/2024 [Wed] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(0) Toru Yano & Katsuya Murashima vs. Boltin Oleg & Shoma Kato

(1) Tiger Mask IV vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
(2) Hikuleo, El Phantasmo & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. KENTA, Chase Owens & Taiji Ishimori
(3) Tama Tonga, El Desperado, Master Wato & Tomoaki Honma vs. EVIL, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
(4) Great-O-Khan, HENARE, TJP, Francesco Akira & Callum Newman vs. David Finlay, Alex Coughlin, Gabe Kidd, Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney
(5) Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji & BUSHI vs. Taichi, Yuya Uemura & TAKA Michinoku
(6) Tetusya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi vs. SANADA & DOUKI

(7) NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Championship Match: [26th Champions] Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomohiro Ishii vs. [Challenger] Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste & Kosei Fujita
~ 8th title defense.

(8) Shota Umino vs. Ren Narita

NJPW "THE NEW BEGINNING in OSAKA", 2/11/2024 [Sun] 17:00 @ EDION Arena Osaka

(1) Toru Yano & YOH vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Boltin Oleg
(2) Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Great-O-Khan & Callum Newman
(3) Shota Umino, El Desperado, Tomoaki Honma & Master Wato vs. EVIL, SHO, Ren Narita & Yujiro Takahashi
(4) Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. SANADA, Taichi, Yuya Uemura, DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku

(5) Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanhahashi

(6) IWGP Tag Championship Match: [110th Champions] Hikuleo & El Phantasmo vs. [Challengers] KENTA & Chase Owens
~ 1st title defense.

(7) Special Singles Match: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Bryan Danielson

(8) Cage Match: Will Ospreay, Jeff Cobb, HENARE, TJP & Francesco Akira vs. David Finlay, Alex Coughlin, Gabe Kidd, Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney

NJPW Event Cards 2024
https://projectpuroresuspirit.blogspot.com/p/njpw-event-cards-2024.html

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ICE RIBBON NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the January 27th show at the Korakuen Hall.

Ice Ribbon ~ Winter Story 2024, 1/27/2024 [Sat] 11:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Sumika Yanagawa [JTO], Misa Kagura [JTO] & YuuRI [Ganbare] vs. Yu Hanaya, Nanae Furukawa & Yuuki Minami

(2) RIBBON-1 Tournament Match: Yappy vs. Tsukina Umino
(3) RIBBON-1 Tournament Match: Hamuko Hoshi vs. Arisa Shinose
(4) RIBBON-1 Tournament Match: Yuuri vs. Kaho Matsushita

(5) RIBBON-1 Tournament Match: Totoro Satsuki vs. Miho Ashida
(6) RIBBON-1 Tournament Match: Saran vs. Asuka Fujitaki
(7) RIBBON-1 Tournament Match: (Hoshi/Shinose) vs. (Yuuri/Matsushita)

(8) Ibuki Hoshi, Yoshiko Hasegawa [Ganbare] vs. Anncham [Shinshu Girls] & Mayuka Koike

(9) RIBBON-1 Tournament Semi-final Match:
(10) RIBBON-1 Tournament Semi-final Match: 

(11) Yuki Mashiro's Return Match: Makoto vs. Yuki Mashiro 

(12) RIBBON-1 Tournament Final Match: 

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WAVE NEWS

~ Several more matches were announced as official for the February 4th show at the Korakuen Hall. Among the announced is the WAVE Tag belts being in defense as Kizuna Tanaka and Honoka make their first defense of the belts against SAKI and Risa Sera.

WAVE "Valentine wave 2024", 2/4/2024 [Thu] 11:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() Generation wave ~ 2017 vs 2023 class generation struggle: Itsuki Aoki, Kakeru Sekiguchi & Miyuki Takase vs. ZONES, Chi Chi & Riara
() Gokigen scramble wave: Yumi Ohka & Yuko Sakurai vs. Kaori Yoneyama & Cherry
() Elizabeth triangle wave: Sakura Hirota vs. Kaoru Ito vs. Tomoka Watanabe

() DUALSHOCK WAVE ~ WAVE Tag Championship Match: [33rd Champions] Kizuna Tanaka & Honoka vs. [Challengers] SAKI & Risa Sera
~ 1st title defense.

() Regina di WAVE Singles Championship Match: [21st Champion] Yuki Miyazaki vs. [Challenger] (to be announced )
~ 1st title defense.

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Major Upcoming Shows (Updated 1/19/2024)
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