July 24th, 2024

~ Results for FREEDOMS, Tochigi Pro [Fire Festival] & Sportiva
~ News and updates for TAKAYAMANIA [9/3], DDT [Oishi leaves in October] & MichiPro [8/17]

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FREEDOMS "Jun Kasai Produced Show Shinkiba Death Match Carnival 2024 vol. 1", 7/24/2024 [Wed] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
201 Spectators

(1) Scramble Bunkhouse Death Match: Minoru Fujita, Rina Yamashita & Rekka vs. Takayuki Ueki, Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
 ◆Winner: Yamashita (10:07) with a Jacknife Hold on Kei.
(2) Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Gaia Hox
 ◆Winner: Takaiwa (7:15) with a Death Valley Bomb Hold.
(3) Jun Masaoka & Yuya Susumu vs. GENTARO & HAKKA
 ◆Winner: Susumu (10:53) with a Figure Four style Jacknife Hold on HAKKA.
(4) Takashi Sasaki & Kengo vs. Takahiro Katori & Dragon Libre
 ◆Winner: Takashi (10:49) following the D Geist on Libre.
(5) Barbed-wire Board 6-Man Tag Death Match: Masashi Takeda, Toru Sugiura & Yusaku Ito vs. Violento Jack, Kenji Fukimoto & Mammoth Sasaki
 ◆Winner: Ito (15:11) with the Onimaru on Fukimoto.
~ Takeda and Ito made the challenge against Jack & Fukimoto for the KFC Tag belts.
(6) Fluorescent Light-tubes Tag Death Match: Jun Kasai & Daisuke Masaoka vs. Toshiyuki Sakuda & Kyu Mogami [2AW]
 ◆Winner: Kasai (17:27) following a Cross Arm Stimulation on Mogami.

~ Jun Kasai versus Daisuke Masaoka in a scaffold death match was made official for the August 29th show at the Korakuen Hall. 

Jun Kasai Produced Tokyo DeathMatch Carnival 2024 vol. 2, 8/29/2024 [Thu] 18:45 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

() Ending the Summer crazy ~ 2024 Natsu no Kurui-osame ~ High Altitude Scaffolding & Fluorescent Light-tubes + Glass Board Death Match: Jun Kasai vs. Daisuke Masaoka

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Tochigi Pro-Wrestling "ZERO1 Midsummer Fire Festival 2024", 7/24/2024 [Wed] 16:00 @ Orion Square in Tochigi

~ Tatsuya Hanami missed today's show due to being put on a 2 week probation by 2AW for misconduct.

(1) A Block Match: Satsuki Nagao vs. Fuminori Abe
 ◆Winner: Nagao (2:36) via pin-fall.
~ Nagao [2 wins, 2 losses = 10 points]
~ Abe [3 wins, 2 losses = 15 points]
(2) B Block Match:  Yuko Miyamoto vs. Blazer Tannai
 ◆Winner: Miyamoto (8:58) with a Moonsault Press.
~ Miyamoto [1 win, 2 draws, 2 losses = 11 points]
~ Tannai [1 dra, 4 losses = 3 points]

(3) Takumi Saito, Ryuya Takekura & KAMIKAZE vs. Leo Isaka, Takumi Baba & Yuki Toki
 ◆Winner: Takekura (13:03) following the Ikazuchi on Toki.

(4) B Block Match: Chris Vice vs. Koji Doi
 ◆Winner: Doi (12:22) following the Hitogoroshi Lariat.
~ Doi = 2 wins, 2 draws =  20 points
~ Vice = 3 wins, 1 draw, 1 loss = 18 points.
~ Doi claimed the #1 spot in the B Block.

(5) A Block Match: Ender Kara vs. Fuminori Abe
◆Winner: Abe (11:02) with an Assault Point.
~ Abe [3 wins, 2 losses = 15 points]
~ Kara [1 win, 2 losses = 5 points]
(6) A Block Match: Junya Matsunaga vs. Tsugutaka Sato
 ◆Winner: Tsugutaka (15:02) following a Lariat.
~ Tsugutaka [3 wins, 2 losses = 15 points]
~ Junya [2 wins, 2 losses = 10 points]

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Sportiva "Wednesday Curry Pro-Wrestling", 7/24/2024 [Wed] 20:00 @ Nagoya City Sportiva Arena in Aichi

(1) Shigehiro Irie & Mikiya Sasaki vs. The Intellegence Sensational Grand Passion Mask No.4 & Tomoya Hasegawa
 ◆Winner: Irie (10:39) with a Diving Body Press on Passion Mask.
(2) Shinya Ishida & 801 Kenichi vs. Keito Murota & Michio Kageyama
 ◆Winner: Ishida (14:21) following the Kushii Drive on Murota.

(-) Blind Rookie Exhibition Match: Kengo Takai vs. Yuta Odate
 ◆Winner: Draw (10:00) Time Limit Expired.
(-) Exhibition Match: Kenta Kosugi vs. Ari Nakajima
 ◆Winner: Draw (5:00) Time Limit Expired.

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TAKAYAMANIA NEWS

~ A 6-person mixed tag match was announced for the September 3rd show at the Korakuen Hall.

TAKAYAMANIA EMPIRE 3, 9/3/2024 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

~ Newly announced...

() Team 300kg Showdown: Masao Inoue, Chihiro Hashimoto & Yuu vs. Jun Akiyama, Shuji Ishikawa & Hiroyo Matsumoto

~ Previously announced...

() Meiko Satomura vs. Shin Sakura Hirota (aka Shin Yoshihiro Takayama)

() Hard Hit vs Hardcore: Hikaru Sato & Takayuki Ueki vs. Hideki Suzuki & Jun Kasai

() Minoru Suzuki vs. Katsuyori Shibata

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DDT NEWS

~ Makoto Oishi announced that he will be leaving DDT following the October 3rd show at the Shinjuku FACE. Oishi has been active in DDT since 2011 beforehand he was a member of KAIENTAI DOJO. After leaving DDT, Oishi plans to move to Miyagi Japan to focus on being a father to his family. Oishi is married to former joshi wrestler Misaki Ohata and they have a couple children together.

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MICHINOKU PRO NEWS

~ The Tohoku Tag belts were announced to be in defense on August 17th.

Michinoku Pro-Wrestling "Summer Vacation Series 2024", 8/17/2024 [Sat] 18:00 @ Hiorosaki City Kasai Taiiku Center in Aomori

() Tohoku Tag Championship Match: [35th Champions] Rasse & Ringo Yamaya vs. [Challengers] Manjimaru & Ken45

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