August 26th, 2025

~ Results for Ganbare [Spirit/Watase 10th Anniversary], Tenryu Project [IJ Tag/UN Tag], BJW & WAVE
~ News and updates for NJPW [9/28], BASARA [8/31], ZERO1 [9/13], TJPW [Maki Ito's Contract Expired] & Diana [9/3]

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Ganbare Pro-Wrestling "Mizuki Watase's Debut 10th Anniversary Show ~ Riding on Summer Film 2025", 8/26/2025 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
707 Spectators

(1) Sentaro Motojima's Debut Match: Munetatsu Nakamura, Shota Kawakami & Sentaro Motoshima vs. Kazumasa Yoshida [BJW], Takeru Inoue & Rukiya [DDT]
 ◆Winner: Yoshida (11:29) with a Boston Crab on Motojima.
(2) Yuna Manase & YuuRI vs. Moeka Haruhi & Hanako Nakamori [PURE-J]
 ◆Winner: YuuRI (7:48) following a Swanton Bomb on Haruhi.
(3) GanPro vs FREEDOMS: Ken Ohka, Shuichiro Katsumura & Shinicho Tominaga vs. Toru Sugiura, Tomoya Hirata & Dragon Libre
 ◆Winner: Toru S. (8:26) with the Swift Driver on Tominaga. 
(4) Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie [Freelance] & Takuya Wada vs. Fuminori Abe [Kakuto Tanteidan], MAO [DDT] & Tyson Maeguchi
 ◆Winner: Keisuke (12:49) following a High Angle Double Arm DDT on Maeguchi.

(5) Spirit of Ganbare Openweight Championship Match: [8th Champion] Yumehito Imanari vs. [Challenger] Masaaki Mochizuki 
 ◆Winner: Masaaki (12:49) with a Dragon Suplex Hold.
~ Imanari lost on his 6th title defense. Masaaki now holds the reign as the 9th champion.

~ Masaaki named Katsumura to be his first challenger for the title. The two have known each other since their younger years in Shidokan karate and Shooto.
~ Ohka though intervened and made it known that he wants to challenge for the belt as well. Ohka and Katsumura will have a match to decide upon the next challenger.

(6) Mizuki Watase Debut 10th Anniversary ~ Fluorescent Light-tube Death Match: Mizuki Watase vs. Jun Kasai 
 ◆Winner: Kasai (19:24) following the Cross-Arm Stimulation. 

~ After the match, Kasai gave his approval of Watase continuing down the deathmatch fighter path in the future, if he so chooses that path.

 

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Tenryu Project "LIVE FOR TODAY vol.5", 8/26/2025 [Tue] 18:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo

(1) Hideyoshi Kamitani [BJW] vs. Satsuki Nagao [Tochigi Pro]
 ◆Winner: Draw (15:00) time limit expired.
(2) DASH Chisako [Sendai Girls], Ayame Sasamura [2AW] & Jun Masaoka [Freelance] vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto, Maya Yukihi & Koki Iwasaki [Freelance]
 ◆Winner: Hiroyo (13:52) following the Rock Drop on Sasamura.
(3) Hikaru Sato vs. SUSHI
 ◆Winner: Hikaru (13:33) with a Cross Armbar.
(4) Kenichiro Arai [DRAGONGATE] vs. Keita Yano [Wallabee] vs. Ayumu Honda [2AW]
 ◆Winner: Honda (10:05) with a Double Jacknife Hold on Arai and Yano.

(5) United National Heavyweight Tag Championship Match: [4th Champions] Kohei Sato & Masayuki Kono vs. [Challengers] Naoki Tanizaki & Koji Iwamoto
 ◆Winner:  (8:34) following a Brainbuster on Tanizaki.
~ 3rd successful title defense. 

(6) International Junior Heavyweight Tag Championship Match: [26th Champions] Yuya Susumu & Kengo vs. [Challengers] Yusuke Kodama & Takuro Niki 
 ◆Winner: Kengo (18:31) following a Chokeslam on Kodama.
~ 3rd successful title defense.

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BJW, 8/26/2025 [Tue] 15:00 & 18:30 @ Ueno Park Outdoor Stage in Tokyo
55 & 103 Spectators

(1) Kosuke Sato vs. Ryuma Sekimo
 ◆Winner: Kosuke (8:01) following a Bloody Sunday.
(2) Kankuro Hoshino & Kazumi Kikuta vs. Leyton Buzzard & Yuya Aoki
 ◆Winner: Hoshino (11:05) with the G-Shocklutch on Yuya.
(3) Daichi Hashimoto vs. Abdullah Kobayashi
 ◆Winner: Kobayashi (:00) via foul, Daichi wouldn't drop a weapon.
~ Rematch
 ◆Winner: Daichi (7:07) via referee stop.

(1) Yuichi Taniguchi's Birthday Match: Brahman Shu w/ Brahman Kei vs. Yuichi Taniguchi
 ◆Winner: Yuichi (:55) via foul.
~ Rematch
 ◆Winner: Yuichi (9:37) with a School Boy on Kei.
(2) Takumi Sakurai [A-TEAM] vs. Jacob Crane
 ◆Winner: Sakurai (11:29) with a Moonsault Press.
(3) BJW vs OSW: Daichi Hashimoto & Ryuma Sekimto vs. Shota Kofuji & Reiya Igarashi
 ◆Winner: Daichi (10:18) following a Piledriver on Igarashi.
(4) Water Balloon ~ Men of the Sea: Ryuji Ito, Kankuro Hoshino & Yuya Aoki vs. Brahman Shu, Brahman Kei & Leyton Buzzard = Brahman Ley
 ◆Winner: Leyton (20:33) over Hoshino. 

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WAVE "Summer Festival ~ Dead or Smile ~ DAY TWO", 8/26/2025 [Tue] 19:00 @ TOKYO SQUARE in Itabashi 
81 Spectators

(1) Memorial Scramble wave: Yuki Miyazaki & Shin Sakura Hirota vs. Tae Honma & Maika Ozaki
 ◆Winner: Hirota (12:45) with a Jacknife Hold on Tae.
(2) Mexican Wind wave: Saran & Kaho Kobayashi vs. Dark Silueta & Sumika Yanagawa
 ◆Winner: Silueta (13:18) with a Cristo Negro on Saran.
(3) Deluxe Kingdom wave: Yumi Ohka, Kaori Yoneyama & Cherry vs. SAKI, Momoka Hanazono & Yuko Sakurai
 ◆Winner: Cherry (19:50) following the Cherryton Bomb on Hanazono.

(4) NEW ERA wave ~ DAY TWO: Cohaku, Haruka Umesaki & Manami vs. Itsuki Aoki, Kakeru Sekiguchi & Rina Amikura
 ◆Winner: Draw (20:00) time limit expired.

~ Tae Honma and Maika Ozaki both gave up after brawling against one another for 24 hours and 55 minutes.  
~ The two will have a rematch on 9/1 at the Shinjuku FACE.

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NJPW NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the "DESTRUCTION in KOBE" with the IWGP World and NEVER Openweight titles added to the show. The winner of the IWGP World title match will then go on to face the winner of this years G1 CLIMAX in KONOSUKE TAKESHITA on October 13th.

NJPW "DESTRUCTION in KOBE", 9/28/2025 [Sun] 16:00 @ Kobe World Memorial Hall in Hyogo 

(1) Shota Umino, Yuya Uemura & YOSHI-HASHI vs. EVIL, SANADA & Dick Togo
(2) Hiroshi Tanahashi's Retirement Road: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Great-O-Khan

(3) NEVER Openweight Championship Match: [48th Champion] Boltin Oleg vs. [Challenger] Don Fale
~ 2nd title defense.  

(4) IWGP Tag Championship Match: [110th Champions] Tomohiro Ishii & Taichi vs. [Challengers] Yuto-Ice & OSKAR
 ~ 1st title defense. 

(5) Special Singles Match: Hiromu Takahashi vs. Taiji Ishimori
(6) Special Singles Match: Yota Tsuji vs. David Finlay

(7) IWGP GLOBAL Heavyweight Championship Match: [5th Champion] Gabe Kidd vs. [Challenger] Shingo Takagi
~ 2nd title defense. 

(8) IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match: [13th Champion] Zack Sabre Jr. vs. [Challenger] Ren Narita
~ 2nd title defense. 

 

NJPW "KING OF PRO-WRESTLING 2025", 10/13/2025 [Mon] 16:00 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo

() IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match: [Champion] (Winner of 9/28) vs. [Challenger] KONOSUKE TAKESHITA 

NJPW Event Cards 2025
https://projectpuroresuspirit.blogspot.com/p/njpw-event-cards-2025.html 

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BASARA NEWS

~ Daichi Kazato was announced to take on Guts Ishijima for his 15th anniversary match on August 31st.

 

BASARA, 8/31/2025 [Sun] 18:00 @ Takashimadaira Community Center in Tokyo

() Takeru Inoue vs. Shota Kawakami [Ganbare]
() Daichi Kazato Debut 15th Anniversary Match: Daichi Kazato vs. Guts Ishijima [TTT]
() Isami Kodaka & Keisuke Ishii vs. Lil Kraken & Munetatsu Nakamura
() 4WAY Match: SAGAT vs. Daiki Shimomura vs. Takato Nakano vs. Yasu Urano
() 4 vs 4 Elimination Match: Ryota Nakatsu, Ryuichi Sekine, FUMA & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Hiroshi Trans Am, Masato Kamino, Tsutomu Oosugi & Banana Senga

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ZERO1 NEWS

~ The full event card was announced for the September 13th show. The main event will see a special Tanaka vs. Hayabusa tag elimination match.

 

 ZERO1 "KEEP ON RUNNING 2025", 9/13/2025 [Sat] 18:30 @ TOKYO SQUARE in Itabashi

() Hide Kubota vs. Jake Braddock
() Yasu Kubota vs. Kota Sekifuda
() Yuki Mashiro vs. VENY
() Junya Matsunaga & Yuki Toki vs. Takuya Sugawara & Chris Vice
() Elimination Match: Masato Tanaka, Daisuke Sekimoto & Chris Vice vs. Hayabusa, Mammoth Sasaki & Yuko Miyamoto 

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TJPW NEWS

 

~ It was announced that Maki Ito's contract with the promotion expired as of August 23rd and she will not seek to re-new it. Ito stated that she will be continuing to compete in the ring elsewhere as she is now free to do so.

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DIANA NEWS

~ Three title matches were announced for the  

Diana, 9/3/2025 [Wed] 19:30 @ POST DI AMISTAD in Kanagawa 

(1) W.W.W.D Single Championship Match: [22nd Champion] Haruka Umesaki vs. [Challenger] Kuumu

(2) W.W.W.D Single Championship Match: [Winner of 1st Match] vs. [Challenger] Shanshan

(3) W.W.W.D Tag Championship Match: [Champions] Sato & Debbie Keitel vs. [Challengers] Miran & Risa Sera

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