January 31st, 2024

~ Results for Best Body Wrestling & Sportiva
~ News and updates for DRAGON GATE [2/4] & Ganbare [Going independent as of 3/31]

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Best Body Japan Pro-Wrestling, 1/31/2024 [Wed] @ Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo
500 Spectators (overcrowded)

(1) Luxury Yoshida, Makoto Oishi & Hiroshi Yamato vs. Hiromitsu Kiba, Tatsuya Suzuki & Yasuhiro Higuchi
 ◆Winner: Luxury (8:36) with a Modified Indian Death Lock on Higuchi.
(2) ActWres Girlz Offer Match: Erina Yamanaka & Allen vs. Naru & Marino Saihara
 ◆Winner: Allen (9:52) following the Yatozen on Naru.

(3) BBW World Super Bodyweight Championship Battle Royal: Antonio Koinoki vs. Keisuke Ishii vs. Takashi Enomoto vs. Sho Karasawa vs. Masatsugu Kimura vs. Satoru Suzuki vs. Masahiro Takanashi vs. Danshoku Dieno vs. Taichi Mizunuma
 ◆Winner: Masatsugu (9:08) with a School Boy on Mizunuma.

(4) Seiya Morohashi & Gabai Ji-chan vs. Tetsuya Endo & Kuishinbo Kamen
 ◆Winner: Gabai (10:57) following the Gabai-ton Bomb on Kuishinbo.
(5) Toru Owashi Best Body Japan Return Special 6-Man Tag Match: Toru Owashi, Abdullah Kobayashi & Gota Ihashi vs. Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei & Shuji Ishikawa
 ◆Winner: Ishikawa (11:34) with a Splash Mountain on Ihashi.

(6) First BBW Joshi Tag Championship Match: Aja Kong & Hitomi Otake vs. Cherry & Sanae Takebayashi
 ◆Winner: Takebayashi (14:10) with a Fisherman's Suplex Hold on Otake.
~ Cherry & Takebayashi become the 1st champions.

(6) BBW Openweight Championship Match: [5th Champion] Tomokazu Taniguchi vs. [Challenger] Nabeyakan
 ◆Winner: Nabeyakan (15:45) following an Argentine Buster.
~ Champion falls on his 1st title defense. Nabeyakan becomes the 6th champion.

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Sportiva "Wednesday Curry Pro-Wrestling", 1/31/2024 [Wed] 20:00 @ Nagoya City Sportiva Arena in Aichi

(1) Shinya Ishida vs. Sae vs. Madeline
 ◆Winner: Ishida (11:40) via double pin-fall.
(2) Kenta Kosugi & Tomoki Hatano vs. Konaka = Pale One & Kenichi 801
 ◆Winner: Kosugi (13:18) following a Short-range Lariat on Kenichi.

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DRAGON GATE NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the February 4th in Wakayama. Among the announcements is that Hyo will defend the Brave Gate belt against Punch Tominaga. Punch made the challenge for the belt at the 1/30 show after pinning a former champion in Jason Lee.

DRAGON GATE "MEMORIAL GATE 2024 in Wakayama", 2/4/2024 [Sun] 15:00 @ Wakayama Prefectural Gymnasium 

(1) Madoka Kikuta & Dragon Dia vs. Genki Horiguchi & Kagetora
(2) Ryoya Tanaka vs. Strong Machine J
(3) Kota Minoura, Ben-K & BxB Hulk vs. Don Fujii, Takashi Yoshida & Hoho Lun
(4) Jason Lee & U-T vs. Shun Skywalker & Gianni Valletta
(5) M3K Final Road in Wakayama: Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Mochizuki Junior vs. Ultimo Dragon, Luis Mante, YAMATO & Dragon Kid

(6) Open The Brave Gate Championship Match: [51st Champion] Hyo vs. [Challenger] Punch Tominaga
~ 3rd title defense.

(7) Open The Triangle Gate Championship Match: [88th Champions] KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato vs. [Challengers] Kzy, BIG BOSS Shimizu & JACKY "FUNKY" KAMEI
~ 3rd title defense.

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GANBARE NEWS

~ It was announced that Ganbare Pro-Wrestling will be leaving CyberFight Co., Ltd / CyberFight at the end of March and will become an independent group afterwards.

~ Shinichiro Tominaga will also become a dual member of Ganbare as of February 1st, as he is also manages CWP (Come on Wrestling Party), which is an amateur wrestling group in Tokyo.
~ Yumehito Imanari will also become a dual member of "Ibushi Pro-Wrest Lab" as of February 1st.

~ Though 3 wrestlers will be leaving Ganbare at the end of March. Those being Shota, Yoshiko Hasegawa, and Riara. It was mentioned that all of them will continue competing as freelance wrestlers once their contracts are done.

~ Sanshiro Takagi stated that he will like to keep GanPro on WRESTLE UNIVERSE but he cannot make a confirmation on that at this time.

~ Also it was mentioned that freelance wrestlers Takuya Wada, Tyson Maeguchi, Moeka Haruhi, and Banny Oikawa will continue to compete for the group in April.

Ganbare's roster will look as follows...

Ken Ohka [Representative]
Shuichiro Katsumura
Yumehito Imanari
Keisuke Ishii
Shinichiro Tominaga
Mizuki Watase
Munetatsu Nakamura
HARUKAZE
Yuna Manase
YuuRI
Shuhei Washida (on indefinite leave)

Michiyoshi Mishima [CEO]

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