January 25th, 2024

~ Results for GLEAT [B.G.I. Produce/G-INFINITY] & HARD HIT
~ News and updates for NJPW [2/23, FANTASTICA MANIA tour], FREEDOMS [2/8], GanPro [2/23] & WAVE [2/4]

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BLACK GENERATION INTERNATIONAL "PURO NEGRO 2024", 1/25/2024 [Thu] 18:30 @ TOKYO FM Hall
220 Spectators

(1) BULK ORCHESTRA 3WAY Battle: Hayato Tamura vs. Ryuichi Kawakami vs. Check Shimatani
 ◆Winner: Tamura (7:07) following a Lariat on Shimatani.
(2) B.G.I. Tag Battle: Keiichi Sato & Black Andromeda vs. HANAOKA & Action Jackson
 ◆Winner: Andromeda (10:25) with a Firebird Splash on Action.
(3) T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Takehiro Yamamura vs. Issei Onitsuka, Takuya Nomura [BJW] & Fuminori Abe [Free]
 ◆Winner: Lindaman (11:02) with a German Suplex Hold on Onitsuka.
(4) 6-Man Tag 3WAY Match: Hartley Jackson, MAZADA & Emperador Azteca vs. SBK, TAKUMA & Jun Tonsho vs. KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Quiet Storm & Galeno del Mal
 ◆Winner: Azteca (15:45) following a Package Driver on Tonsho.

(5) G-INFINITY Championship Match: [3rd Champions] Jun Saio & Rei Saito vs. [Challengers] Kotaro Suzuki & El Bendito
 ◆Winner: Jun (13:36) following the Psycho Break on Kotaro.
~ 11th successful title defense.

(6) Premium Single Match: Kaito Ishida vs. Flamita
 ◆Winner: Ishida (21:27) with the Half Tiger Suplex Hold.

~ Ishida declared that B.G.I. is the center of GLEAT and everyone should be keeping close watch on them.

GLEAT Event Cards 2024
https://projectpuroresuspirit.blogspot.com/p/gleat-event-cards-2024.html

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HARD HIT "PRO WRESTLING JIU-JITSU", 1/25/2024 [Thu] 19:00 @ Oji BASEMENT MONSTAR in Tokyo

(1) Cerejeira [MAGIC BOX] vs. Takahiro Tababa [IMPACT]
 ◆Winner: Tababa (2:58) with an Armbar.
(2) Yutaka Kobayashi [Yugetsudo Honpo] vs. KURO-OBI [Tri-Force JJ Academy]
 ◆Winner: Draw (10:00) Time Limit Expired.
(3) Ender Kara [Sweden/BJW] vs. Ryo Inoue [AJPW]
 ◆Winner: Kara (5:47) with a Front Choke.
(4) Exhibition Match: Takatoshi Matsumoto [Physical Design Works] vs. Yuu [EVE]
 ◆Winner: No winner () exhibition rules.
(5) Ryo Kawamura [Pancrase ISM] vs. Kentaro Nasu [P.P.P. TOKYO]
 ◆Winner: Kawamura (7:57) with a Kimura Lock.
(6) Hikaru Sato [Pancrase MISSION] vs. Dan Tamura [AJPW]
 ◆Winner: Draw (2R 5:00) Time Limit Expired.

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NJPW NEWS

~ It was announced official that EVIL will defend the NEVER Openweight belt against Shota Umino on February 23rd in Sapporo. Also announced for the show is a special non-title singles match between El Desperado and SHO. Also the event cards for the tour have been updated to reflect upon Master Wato being out with a knee injury.

NJPW "THE NEW BEGINNING in SAPPORO", 2/23/2024 [Fri] 17:00 @ Sapporo City Hokkaido Prefecture Sports Center, Hokkai Kita Yell

(0) FRONTIER ZONE: Toru Yano & Tomoya vs. X & XX
() Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. SANADA, Taichi, Yuya Uemura, DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku 

() Special Singles Match: El Desperado vs. SHO

() NEVER Openweight Championship Match: [43rd Champion] EVIL vs. [Challenger] Shota Umino
~ 1st title defense.

() NJPW WORLD TV Championship Match: [2nd Champion] Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. [Challenger] Matt Riddle
~ 1st title defense.

() IWGP GLOBAL Heavyweight Championship Match: [1st Champion] David Finlay vs. [Challenger] Nic Nemeth
~ 1st title defense.

~ Then Strong Machine J [DRAGON GATE] and MUSASHI [Freelance, formerly of Michinoku Pro] have been announced to be taking part in the "FANTASTICA MANIA" tour of shows as well. They will be taking the place of Master Wato in his previously scheduled matches. Strong J will compete on the 2/12 show with MUSASHI filling in the for the rest of the tour.

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

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FREEDOMS NEWS

~ Four more matches were announced for the upcoming show on February 8th at the Korakuen Hall, which now makes up the full event card.

FREEDOMS "Go Beyond the Limit 2024", 2/8/2024 [Thu] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() Tatsushito Takaiwa & GENTARO vs. Rekka & HAKKA
() 6-Man Tag Match: Jun Masaoka, Yuya Susumu & Gaia Hox vs. Toru Sugiura, Dragon Libre & Kengo
() Hardcore 8-Man Tag Match: Takashi Sasaki, Mammoth Sasaki, Minoru Fujita & Takahiro Katori vs. Violento Jack, Toshiyuki Sakuda, Kyu Mogami & Dobunezumi Fukki
() Death Match: Daisuke Masaoka vs. Yusaku Ito
() Death Match: Jun Kasai vs. Crazy King

() KING OF FREEDOMS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Death Match: [20th Champion] Masashi Takeda vs. [Challenger] Takayuki Ueki
~ 1st title defense.

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GANBARE NEWS

~ Yuna Manase return match was announced for the February 23rd show at the Yokohama Radiant Hall.

Ganbare Pro-Wrestling 2024 Desire, 2/23/2024 [Fri] 12:00 @ Yokohama Radiant Hall in Kanagawa 

() Yuna Manase Return Match: Yumehito Imanari & Yuna Manase vs. Minoru Fujita & Sayaka Unagi

() EVE International Championship Match: [7th Champion] Yuu vs. [Challenger] Yoshiko Hasegawa"
~ 11th title defense.

(-) Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Championship Match: [6th Champion] Shuichiro Katsumura vs. [Challenger] Takuya Wada
~ 2nd title defense.

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WAVE NEWS

~ The full event card was listed of the February 4th show at the Korakuen Hall.

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

() Secret wave: Cohaku vs. X
() 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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