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Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Global Localization: How Big Can NXT Get in the Pro-Wrestling Industry?

Pro-wrestling companies based in the United States having working relationships with pro-wrestling companies based in other countries is nothing new. ROH works with NJPW, a Japan-based company that has existed for 46 years and is continuing to grow. However, NXT has the potential to become the most international professional-wrestling promotion in the industry since World Championship Wrestling. WCW was not as recognized worldwide as WWE, but WWE usually focuses on only their own expansive roster and only has events outside of the United States on occasion. In the 1990's, WCW simultaneously had a working relationship with not only NJPW, but also AAA, one of the biggest pro-wrestling companies in Mexico. WCW and NJPW co-produced many PPV events, WCW took part in an NJPW-produced supercard in 1996, and the two companies traded talent on a regular basis. Meanwhile, WCW co-promoted a lucha libre PPV with AAA in 1994, and booked AAA talent for WCW events frequently in the mid-1990's. Out of all of the companies that defined themselves as being of worldwide status, WCW best represented that definition.

Now, NXT has positioned themselves where they can potentially be established in the same manner that WCW was as being a true GLOBAL promotion. At the 2018 Business Partner Summit, NXT producer Triple H introduced "Global Localization", his plan of creating NXT brands in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and South America. This plan began taking shape with NXT UK, and with the birth of this brand began relationships with PROGRESS and ICW, two major companies in the UK. This relationship enables NXT UK to present fans outside of the UK to names that they are familiar with as well as talent that they currently are unaware of but should know about. Not only does this legitimize NXT as a global brand, but it also gives PROGRESS and ICW increased exposure as well.

As the NXT brand continues to expand globally, NXT could be used to provide the unpredictability that pro-wrestling fans enjoy, and opportunity that all pro-wrestlers desire. With NXT currently having an NXT North American Championship, the NXT Championship could be elevated to world title status. The blueprint of NXT could be different from traditional pro-wrestling governing bodies, where the main brand stands at the top of the heap, while the affiliates are treated as the minor-leagues. In NXT, each territory could be treated as an equal. The next NXT World Champion could come from NXT. They could come from NXT UK, where Pete Dunne is making an impact. Or they could come from one of the other NXT brands than will be created as a result of the Global Localization project. NXT could feature a form of surprise and excitement that has not been seen in the industry for quite some time.

I look forward to seeing the Global Localization project continue as NXT expands worldwide. I currently reside in Japan, and there many promoters and talents here who would be a great for WWE/NXT. It is only matter of NXT coming into contact with those people. Like I had mentioned in my blog post about WWE shining the spotlight on independent wrestling, every time NXT expands to a different area, people with knowledge of that pro-wrestling scene will need to brought in if the Global Localization project is going to be a success, which of course WWE has the resources to accomplish.

Sunday, December 9, 2018

[Blu-ray][PREVIEW] WWE: NXT Greatest Matches Vol.1

"WWE: NXT Greatest Matches Vol.1" presents NXT's picks for the best matches of 2017. Matches on this Blu-ray disk are as follows:

NXT Championship Tournament Final
Seth Rollins
vs.
Jinder Mahal

NXT Championship No Disqualification match
Seth Rollins (NXT Champion)
vs.
Big E Langston

Chris Jericho
vs.
Bray Wyatt

NXT Women’s Championship Tournament Final
Paige
vs.
Emma

Best 2 Out of 3 Falls match
Sami Zayn
vs.
Antonio Cesaro

William Regal
vs.
Antonio Cesaro

NXT Championship Ladder match
Bo Dallas (NXT Champion)
vs.
Adrian Neville

NXT Women’s Championship Tournament Final
Charlotte
vs.
Natalya

Sami Zayn
vs.
Tyson Kidd

NXT Championship match
Adrian Neville (NXT Champion)
vs.
Sami Zayn

NXT Women's Championship Fatal Four-Way match
Charlotte (NXT Women's Champion)
vs.
Sasha Banks
vs.
Becky Lynch
vs.
Bayley

NXT Championship match
Sami Zayn (NXT Champion)
vs.
Kevin Owens

Adrian Neville
vs.
Cesaro

Hideo Itami
vs.
Tyler Breeze

Enzo Amore
Colin Cassady
Carmella
vs.
Blake
Murphy
Alexa Bliss

NXT Championship match
Kevin Owens (NXT Champion)
vs.
Finn Bálor

NXT Women’s Championship match
Sasha Banks (NXT Women's Champion)
vs.
Bayley

Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic Tournament Final
Finn Bálor
Samoa Joe
vs.
Baron Corbin
Rhyno

CM Punk
Seth Rollins
vs.
Antonio Cesaro
Kassius Ohno

Best 2 Out of 3 Falls match
Adrian Neville
vs.
Corey Graves

Paige
vs.
Becky Lynch

NXT Women’s Championship match
Sasha Banks (NXT Women's Champion)
vs.
Charlotte

Apollo Crews
vs.
Tyler Breeze

[DVD][PREVIEW] WWE: Best of NXT 2017

"WWE: Best of NXT 2017" presents NXT's picks for the best matches of 2017. Matches on this DVD are as follows:

NXT Tag Team Championship match
#DIY (NXT Tag Team Champions)
vs.
TM61

NXT Tag Team Championship match
#DIY (NXT Tag Team Champions)
vs.
The Revival

NXT Championship match
Shinsuke Nakamura (NXT Champion)
vs.
Bobby Roode

NXT Women’s Championship match
Asuka (NXT Women's Champion)
vs.
Peyton Royce

Eight-Person Mixed Tag Team match
Sanity
vs.
Roderick Strong
Kassius Ohno
Tye Dillinger
Ruby Riot

Drew McIntyre
vs.
Oney Lorcan

Steel Cage match
Tye Dillinger
vs.
Eric Young

#1 Contender’s Match
Hideo Itami
vs.
Roderick Strong

United Kingdom Championship match
Tyler Bate (United Kingdom Champion)
vs.
Pete Dunne

NXT Tag Team Championship Ladder match
Authors of Pain (NXT Tag Team Champions)
vs.
#DIY

Hideo Itami
vs.
Oney Lorcan

NXT Women's Championship Last Woman Standing match
Asuka (NXT Woman's Champion)
vs.
Nikki Cross

NXT Championship match
Bobby Roode (NXT Champion)
vs.
Roderick Strong

Ruby Riot
vs.
Ember Moon

#1 Contender’s Match
Drew McIntyre
vs.
Killian Dain

Aleister Black
vs.
Kyle O’Reily

Johnny Gargano
vs.
Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas

Johnny Gargano
vs.
Raul Mendoza

Undisputed Era
vs.
Sanity

NXT Championship match (Special Guest Referee: Shawn Michaels
Drew McIntyre (NXT Champion)
vs.
Adam Cole

NXT Championship match
Drew McIntyre (NXT Champion)
vs.
Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas

War Games match
Undisputed Era
vs.
Sanity
vs.
Roderick Strong
Authors of Pain

Thursday, November 29, 2018

[Choshu Power Produce][PREVIEW] "POWER HALL 2018 Year End Special" 12/28/18

Riki Choshu presents, "POWER HALL 2018 Year End Special" on December 28 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The card will be as follows:

AKIRA (former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion)
Akitoshi Saito (GHC Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Tokyo Gurentai
MAZADA (AJPW Junior Tag League 2006 winner)
FUJITA (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)

Yoshitatsu
Ryo Kawamura
Ayato Yoshida
vs.
Hikaru Sato (former All Asia Tag Team Champion)
Tomohiko Hashimoto
KAZMA SAKAMOTO

Yoshiaki Fujiwara (former IWGP Tag Team Champion)
Gōta Ihashi
vs.
Minoru Tanaka (former All Asia Tag Team Champion)
Mitsuhiro Yoshida

Shiro Koshinaka
Yukio Sakaguchi (KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion)
Dinosaur Takuma
vs.
Daisuke Sekimoto (former Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champion)
Kengo Mashimo
Kota Umeda (former KO-D Six Man Tag Team Champion)

Shinjiro Otani
Yutaka Yoshie (Triathlon Survivor League 2002 winner)
Takuya Nomura (former Yokohama Shopping Street Six Man Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Kendo Kashin
Kohei Sato
Katsuhiko Nakajima
Tomoya Hirata

Riki Choshu (Six Man Tag Team Cup League 1988 winner)
Tatsumi Fujinami
Masa Kitamiya
vs.
Nosawa Rongai
Jun Kasai
Kaito Kiyomiya

Monday, November 26, 2018

[Michinoku Pro][PREVIEW] "Space Great War ~ Impossible Challenge" 12/21/18

Michinoku Pro presents, "Space Great War ~ Impossible Challenge" on December 21 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The card will be as follows:

Yasutaka Oosera
Koji Kawamura
vs.
ZERO1
Towa Iwasaki from ZERO1
Syouki Kitamura from ZERO1

Asian Dream Mixed Match
Greg Glorious
Riho from Gatoh Move
Mei Suruga from Gatoh Move
vs.
Emi Sakura from Gatoh Move
Masa Takanashi from DDT (former KO-D Six Man Tag Team Champion)
Baliyan Akki

Michinoku Legends
Ultimo Dragon
Dick Togo
Kesen Numajiro
vs.
BADBOY
Manabu Murakami
Ken45°
Kengo

Kenbai (former Tohoku Tag Team Champion)
Rasse (former Tohoku Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Rui Hyūgaji
Ayumu Gunji (former Tohoku Tag Team Champion)

Great Space War 13
The Great Sasuke
Brahman Shu
Brahman Kei
Gorgeous Matsuno
Ultraman Robin
vs.
Yapper Man #1
Yapper Man #2
Yapper Man #3
LGBTaro
GAINA

Saturday, November 24, 2018

[AJPW][PREVIEW] "Real World Tag League 2018" 12/11/18

AJPW presents, "Real World Tag League 2018" on December 11 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The card will be as follows:

Zeus
The Bodyguard
Osamu Nishimura
vs.
Naoya Nomura
Yuma Aoyagi (Nemuro Shokudō Cup 6-Man Tag Tournament 2017 winner)
Yohei Nakajima

Atsushi Aoki
Hikaru Sato (former DDT Jiyugaoka Six-Person Tag Team Champion)
Yusuke Okada
vs.
Masanobu Fuchi
Koji Iwamoto
Último Dragón

Atsushi Maruyama (Jr. Tag Battle of Glory 2017 winner)
Kotaro Suzuki (former All Asia Tag Team Champion)
vs.
TAJIRI (Jr. Tag Battle of Glory 2018 winner)
Gianni Valletta

Real World Tag League 2018 match
Kento Miyahara (former World Tag Team Champion)
Yoshitatsu
vs.
Parrow (FIP Tag Team Champion)
Odinson (FIP Tag Team Champion)

Real World Tag League 2018 match
Jake Lee (former World Tag Team Champion)
Ryoji Sai (former World Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Kengo Mashimo (former World Tag Team Champion)
KAI (former World Tag Team Champion)

Real World Tag League 2018 match
Jun Akiyama (former World Tag Team Champion)
Daisuke Sekimoto (former World Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Takao Omori (former World Tag Team Champion)
Manabu Soya (former World Tag Team Champion)

Real World Tag League 2018 match
Suwama (World Tag Team Champion)
Shuji Ishikawa (World Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Joe Doering (former World Tag Team Champion)
James Raideen (former World Tag Team Champion)

Friday, November 23, 2018

[BJW][PREVIEW] 11/27/18

BJW comes to the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on November 27. The card will be as follows:

Shinobu (former Open the Triangle Gate Champion)
Tsutomu Oosugi
Tatsuhito Senga
vs.
Brahman Shu
Brahman Kei (former Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champion)
Yuichi Taniguchi

Kazuki Hashimoto (former Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champion)
Yuya Aoki
Takuho Katoh
vs.
Tatsuhiko Yoshino
Kōta Sekifuda
Akira Hyodo

Ryūichi Kawakami (former Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champion)
Takuya Nomura
Fuminori Abe
vs.
Daichi Hashimoto (former Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champion)
Hideyoshi Kamitani (former Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champion)
Yuki Ishikawa

Barbed wire board Tag Deathmatch
Yuko Miyamoto (BJW Tag Team Champion)
Takayuki Ueki
vs.
Minoru Fujita (NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)
Kankurō Hoshino

Hideki Suzuki (BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion)
vs.
Kazumi Kikuta

Special Tag match
Daisuke Sekimoto (former BJW Tag Team Champion)
Yuji Okabayashi (former BJW Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Ryota Hama (BJW Tag Team Champion)
Yasufumi Nakanoue (BJW Tag Team Champion)

Tag Deathmatch
Masaya Takahashi
Toshiyuki Sakuda
vs.
Masashi Takeda (former BJW Tag Team Champion)
Takumi Tsukamoto (former BJW Tag Team Champion)

Wire Mesh / Fluorescent Tag Deathmatch
Ryuji Ito (BJW Tag Team Champion)
Ryūichi Sekine (NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Abdullah Kobayashi (former BJW Tag Team Champion)
Yoshihisa Utoh

Saturday, November 10, 2018

[STARDOM][PREVIEW] "BEST OF GODDESSES 2018" 11/23/18

Stardom presents, "BEST OF GODDESSES 2018" on November 23 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The card will be as follows:

JAN
Kaori Yoneyama (Artist of Stardom Champion)
Ruaka
Leo Onozaki
vs
Hanan
Rina
Hina

STARS 3 Way Battle
Starlight Kid (Future Of Stardom Champion)
vs.
Shiki Shibusawa
vs.
Natsumi

STARS
Saki Kashima (former Goddesses Of Stardom Champion)
Tam Nakano
vs.
QUEEN'S QUEST UK
Bea Priestley
Chardonnay

OEDO TAI
Kagetsu (former Goddesses Of Stardom Champion)
Hazuki
vs.
Hana Kimura (former Goddesses Of Stardom Champion)
Mari Apache (former AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion)

Mayu Iwatani (former Goddess of Stardom Champion)
Arisa Hoshiki
vs.
Konami
AZM

Goddesses Of Stardom Championship match
Jungle Kyona (Goddesses Of Stardom Champion)
Natsuko Tora (Goddesses Of Stardom Champion)
vs.
Momo Watanabe
Utami Hayashishita

Friday, November 9, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] "BIG SHOW in 大阪" 11/17/18

Sendai Girls presents, "BIG SHOW in 大阪" on November 17 at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka. The card will be as follows:

Ayame Sasamura
Mei Suruga
vs.
Hana Kimura (former Goddesses Of Stardom Champion)
Ami Sato

Manami
vs.
Cherry

Sakura Hirota
Eiger
vs.
Heidi Katrina (former Sendai Girls Tag Team Champion)
Alex Lee

Dash Chisako (former Sendai Girls Tag Team Champion)
Hiroyo Matsumoto (former Goddess of Stardom Champion)
vs.
Hikaru Shida (former Sendai Girls World Tag Team Champion)
Ryō Mizunami (former WAVE Tag Team Champion)

Mika Iwata (Sendai Girls Tag Team Champion)
Sareee
vs.
Cassandra Miyagi (former Sendai Girls Tag Team Champion)
Aja Kong (former WWWA World Tag Team Champion)

Sendai Girls World Championship match
Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls World Champion)
vs.
Meiko Satomura (former Sendai Girls World Champion)

[BJW][PREVIEW] "RYOGOKUTAN~2018" 11/11/18

BJW presents, "RYOGOKUTAN~2018" on November 11 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. The card will be as follows:

Yuichi Taniguchi
vs.
Atsushi Ōhashi

Akiyori Takizawa
Akira Hyodo
vs.
Takuho Katoh
Yuki Ishikawa (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)

Takuya Nomura
Fuminori Abe (NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Champion)
vs.
666
Shinobu (former BJW Tag Team Champion)
Koju Takeda

Strong BJ
Daichi Hashimoto (Saikyo Tag League 2017 winner)
Hideyoshi Kamitani (former BJW Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Yoshihisa Uto
Kazumi Kikuta

Great Kojika
Shiro Koshinaka
Brahman Shu
Brahman Kei
vs.
Tsutomu Oosugi
Tatsuhito Senga
Tatsuhiko Yoshino
Kōta Sekifuda

Barbed wire board 6 Tag Deathmatch
Yuko Miyamoto
Takumi Tsukamoto (former Yokohama Shopping Street Six Man Tag Team Champion)
Kyu Mogami
vs.
Minoru Fujita
Kankurō Hoshino (former Yokohama Shopping Street Six Man Tag Team Champion)
Ryūichi Sekine

Yuji Okabayashi(fomer BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion)
vs.
Ryuichi Kawakami

Table match for the BJW Tag Team Championship
Ryota Hama (BJW Tag Team Champion)
Yasufumi Nakanoue (BJW Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Takayuki Ueki
Toshiyuki Sakuda

BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship match
Kazuki Hashimoto (BJW Junior Heavyweight Champion)
vs.
Yuya Aoki

Madness Massacre Returns
Abdullah Kobayashi (BJW Tag Team Champion)
Ryuji Ito (BJW Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Jun Kasai(former BJW Tag Team Champion)
Jaki Numazawa (BJW Tag Team Champion)

BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship match
Hideki Suzuki(BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion)
vs.
Daisuke Sekimoto (former BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion)

BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship match
Masashi Takeda (BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Champion)
vs.
Masaya Takahashi (former BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Champion)

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

[NOAH][PREVIEW] "GLOBAL LEAGUE 2018" 11/8/18

NOAH, "GLOBAL LEAGUE 2018" continues on November 8 at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The card will be as follows:

A Block
Naomichi Marufuji (former GHC Heavyweight Champion)
vs.
Kenoh (former GHC Heavyweight Champion)

A Block
Katsuhiko Nakajima (former GHC Heavyweight Champion)
vs.
Kohei Sato from ZERO1 (former World Heavyweight Champion)

B Block
Takashi Sugiura (former GHC Heavyweight Champion)
vs.
Kaito Kiyomiya

B Block
Go Shiozaki (former GHC Heavyweight Champion)
vs.
Kazusada Higuchi from DDT

A Block
Masa Kitamiya
vs.
Mitsuya Nagai from Dradition

B Block
Muhammad Yone (former GHC Openweight Hardcore Champion)
vs.
Atsushi Kotoge (former GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion)

14 Wrestlers Battle Royal
Maybach Taniguchi
Cody Hall
Kazma Sakamoto
Hi69
Minoru Tanaka
Daisuke Harada
Tadasuke
Yo-Hey
Hajime Ohara
Hitoshi Kumano
Yoshinari Ogawa
Masao Inoue (Joikaru Cup Scramble Battle Royal 2013 winner)
Junta Miyawaki
Yoshiki Inamura

Akitoshi Saito
Kotaro Suzuki (One Day Jr. Heavyweight Six Man Tag Tournament 2008 winner)
Chang Jian Feng
vs.
Quiet Storm
Hayata
Lin Dong Xuan

Tuesday, November 6, 2018

[HEAT UP][PREVIEW] 11/24/18

HEAT UP comes to the Miyamae Sports Center in Kanagawa on November 24. The card will be as follows:

Yusaku Ito
vs.
Keito Murota

Yu Iizuka
vs.
Kenta Hattori

Kenichiro Arai (former Dragon Gate Open the Owarai Gate Champion)
vs.
Joji Otani

Tetsuhiro Kuroda (former Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion)
vs.
Prince Kawasaki

Masked Mystery
vs.
Keizō Matsuda

Hiroshi Watanabe
vs.
Guts Ishijima

TAMURA (former HEAT UP Universal Champion)
vs.
Tetsuya Izuchi

Daisuke Kanehira (HEAT UP Universal Champion)
vs.
Akira Jō

[ZERO1][PREVIEW] 11/11/18

ZERO1 comes to the Masuda Civic Gymnasium in Shimane on November 11. The card will be as follows:

Syouki Kitamura
vs.
Yoshikazu Yokoyama (former ZERO1 United National Heavyweight Champion)

Gabaiji-chan
vs.
Chris Vice (former ZERO1 United National Heavyweight Champion)

Hiroyo Matsumoto (former Sendai Girls World Champion)
vs.
Aoki Itsuki

Shinjiro Otani (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)
Super Tiger
vs.
Kohei Sato (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)
Daisuke Ikeda (former FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Champion)

Nobuchika Terado
vs.
Shōta Takiya (former KRUSH 55 kg champion)

Towa Iwasaki
vs.
Masato Tanaka (World Heavyweight Champion)

Ikuto Hidaka (NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Champion)
Takuya Sugawara (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Tatsuhito Takaiwa (former NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Champion)
SUGI (former NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Champion)

Sunday, November 4, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 11/16/18

Sendai Girls comes to the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on November 16. The card will be as follows:

Manami
Chikayo Nagashima (former AJW Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Mio Momono (WAVE Tag Team Champion)
KAORU (former Sendai Girls World Tag Team Champion)

Sakura Hirota
Hikaru Shida
Aja Kong (former KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Heidi Katrina
Alex Lee
Cherry

Cassandra Miyagi
vs.
Sareee

Sendai Girls Junior Championship match
Ayame Sasamura (Sendai Girls Junior Champion)
vs.
Mikoto Shindo

Meiko Satomura
Mika Iwata (Sendai Girls Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Hana Kimura (former Goddesses Of Stardom Champion)
Hiroyo Matsumoto (former Goddess of Stardom Champion)

Dash Chisako (former Sendai Girls Tag Team Champion)
Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Hazuki from Stardom
Kagetsu from Stardom (former Goddesses Of Stardom Champion)

Saturday, November 3, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 11/4/18

Sendai Girls comes to Hakata Starlanes in Fukuoka on November 4. The card will be as follows:

Ami Sato
vs.
Mikoto Shindo

Alex Lee
Heidi Katrina
vs.
Mio Momono (WAVE Tag Team Champion)
Manami

3 Way match
Sakura Hirota
vs.
Cherry
vs.
Eiger

Dash Chisako (former Sendai Girls Tag Team Champion)
KAORU (former Sendai Girls World Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Cassandra Miyagi (former Sendai Girls Tag Team Champion)
Hana Kimura (former Goddesses Of Stardom Champion)

Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls Tag Team Champion)
Mika Iwata (Sendai Girls Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Meiko Satomura
Chikayo Nagashima (former AJW Tag Team Champion)

Friday, November 2, 2018

[HEAT UP][PREVIEW] 11/4/18

HEAT UP will be at the HEAT UP dojo in Kanagawa on November 4 with three great matches.

In the first match, Yu Iizuka will face Keito Murata. With Iizuka being at 22 years of age, and Murata being at 27 years of age, this will surely be an interesting match between two men who will be a part of pro-wresting's bright future.

In the second match, Red Eagle will face Inadaman. Red Eagle is currently doing his second tour of Japan, previously touring Japan this past June via HEAT UP.

In the third match, Tetsuya Izuchi will face Joji Otani. Both are currently HEAT UP mainstays, with both Izuchi and Otani also appearing this year in well known promotions including ZERO1 and WAVE.

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Friday, October 26, 2018

[ZERO1][PREVIEW] 10/27/18

ZERO1 comes to Mid Garden Shibata in Niigata on October 27 with two great matches.

In the first match, Tatsuhito Takaiwa will face Yoshikazu Yokoyama. It will be a very interesting match, as Takaiwa puts his 26 years of in-ring experience up against Yokoyama's unorthodox style.

In the second match, Shinjiro Otani & Syouki Kitamura will face Shima Shigeno & Makoto Maeda. Otani is bringing impressive tag-team experience into this match, being a former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion. Kitamura will be a part of pro-wrestling's bright future. Shima Shigeno & Makoto Maeda are familiar faces to fans who live in the Niigata area. Shigeno has appeared on Niigata shows of many major promotions, and Maeda is a member of the Niigata Pro-Wrestling roster.

Sunday, October 21, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 11/2/18

Sendai Girls comes to Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo on November 2. The card will be as follows:

Meiko Satomura
Manami
vs.
KAORU (former Sendai Girls World Tag Team Champion)
Mikoto Shindo

Sakura Hirota
vs.
Eiger (former Ice Ribbon Triangle Ribbon Champion)

Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls Tag Team Champion)
Mika Iwata (Sendai Girls Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Alex Lee
Heidi Katrina

Hikaru Shida (former Regina Di WAVE Champion)
vs.
Cassandra Miyagi

Dash Chisako (former Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
Hiroyo Matsumoto (former Goddess of Stardom Champion)
vs.
Mio Momono (WAVE Tag Team Champion)
Ayame Sasamura

Saturday, October 13, 2018

[ZERO1][PREVIEW] "Happy Halloween Night" 10/26/18

ZERO1 presents, "Happy Halloween Night" on October 26 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. The card will be as follows:

Towa Iwasaki
vs.
Syouki Kitamura

Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Super Tiger
Hiroshi Yamato
vs.
Laito Shimizu
Asahi Urahiro
Yuta Suzuki

Shinjiro Otani (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)
Yoshikazu Yokoyama
vs.
Shogun Okamoto (NWA Intercontinental Tag Champion)
Chris Vice (NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)

SUGI (former NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Champion)
Yuko Miyamoto (former All Asia Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Ikuto Hidaka (NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Champion)
Fuminori Abe (NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Champion)

Takuya Sugawara (former Zero1 International Junior Heavyweight Champion)
vs.
TARU

Masato Tanaka (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)
Yuji Hino (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Kohei Sato (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)
Daisuke Sekimoto (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

[ZERO1][PREVIEW] 10/13/18

ZERO1 comes to the Kumamoto Shintoshin Plaza in Kumamoto on October 13. The card will be as follows:

Tatsuhito Takaiwa (former AWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion)
vs.
Chris Vice (former ZERO1 United National Heavyweight Champion)

3 Way match
Ikuto Hidaka (former NWA United National Heavyweight Champion)
vs.
Syouki Kitamura
vs.
Yoshikazu Yokoyama (former ZERO1 United National Heavyweight Champion)

Kyoko Inoue (former WWWA World Tag Team Champion)
Takako Inoue (former WWWA World Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Aja Kong (former WWWA World Tag Team Champion)
Sareee

Kohei Sato (former Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Champion)
SUGI
Yuko Miyamoto
vs.
Masato Tanaka (former FMW World Street Fight 6-Man Tag Team Champion)
Takuya Sugawara
Yuji Hino (former KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion)

Shinjiro Otani (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)
Koji Kanemoto (former NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Shiro Koshinaka (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)
Kirinowaka Tarō (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 10/14/18

Sendai Girls comes to Sendai Sun Plaza Hall in Miyagi on October 14. The card will be as follows:

Ami Sato
Mei Suruga
vs.
Mikoto Shindo
Mio Momono (WAVE Tag Team Champion)

Dash Chisako (former Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
Hiroyo Matsumoto (former Goddess of Stardom Champion)
vs.
Millie McKenzie
Rhia O'Reilly (making her first visit from the UK)

Sendai Girls World Junior Championship
Manami
vs.
Ayame Sasamura

Meiko Satomura
Aja Kong (former AJW Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Mika Iwata (Sendai Girls Tag Team Champion)
Hana Kimura (former Goddesses Of Stardom Champ)

Sendai Girls World Championship
Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls World Champion)
vs.
Cassandra Miyagi

Monday, October 1, 2018

[ZERO1][PREVIEW] 10/08/18

ZERO1 comes to Pachinko Tamasaburo Itoigawa in Niigata on October 8 with two great matches.

In the first match, Yoshikazu Yokoyama will face Chris Vice. It will be a very interesting match, as Yokoyama puts his unorthodox style up against Vice's strength.

In the second match, Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa will face Ikuto Hidaka & Syouki Kitamura. Having had made his debut this past February, Kitamura will be a part of pro-wrestling's bright future. The other three competitors are bringing an impressive amount of tag-team experience into this match, with Otani being a former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion, Takaiwa being a former NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Champion, and Hidaka being a current co-holder of the NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Championship.

Monday, September 24, 2018

[ZERO1][PREVIEW] 9/30/18

ZERO1 comes to the Korakuen hall in Tokyo on October 30. The card will be as follows:

Ikuto Hidaka (NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Champion)
Takuya Sugawara (NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Tatsuhito Takaiwa (former NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Champion)
Syouki Kitamura

Yoshikazu Yokoyama (former ZERO1 United National Heavyweight Champion)
vs.
TARU

NWA UN Heavyweight Championship match
Shogun Okamoto (NWA UN Heavyweight Champion)
vs.
Shinjiro Otani (former World Heavyweight Champion)

Kohei Sato (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)
SUGI (former NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Champions)
vs.
Yuko Miyamoto (former All Asia Tag Team Champion)
Isami Kodaka (former NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Champion)

Hartley Jackson (former NWA United National Heavyweight Champion)
vs.
Chris Vice (former ZERO1 United National Heavyweight Champion)

Masato Tanaka (former NWA International Tag Team Champion)
Takashi Sugiura (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Yuji Hino (former NWA International Tag Team Champion)
Daisuke Sekimoto (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)

Saturday, September 22, 2018

Hikaru Shida Celebrates her 10th Anniversary with, "REvenge"

On October 9, Hikaru Shida will present her own event, "REvenge" which will celebrates her 10th anniversary in the pro-wrestling industry. At this event, Shida will face former GHC Heavyweight Champion Naomichi Marufuji. In a match between the two last year at a Hikaru Shida-produced event, Shida came out on the losing end. It will be very interesting to see what takes place during their rematch.



During Hikaru Shida's 10-year career, she has wrestled in many top Japan-based promotions, including WAVE, where Shida has been Regina Di WAVE Champion. While in WAVE, she wrestled talents who are familiar faces to many fans outside of Japan, such as Asuka, and Hiroyo Matsumoto (a participant in this year's WWE Mae Young Classic.



Hikaru Shida has also wrestled overseas in UK-based promotions, Mexico-based CMLL and AAA, as well as the US-based SHIMMER Women Athletes, where she has wrestled current WWE Superstar Ember Moon (then known as, "Athena").



As mentioned earlier, the October 9 event is not the first one to be produced by Hikaru Shida. She has been producing events since 2014, and wrestled Asuka on one of them that year.



This year's Hikaru Shida-produced event will take place at the legendary Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. It will be her first event there, so "REvenge" will be Shida's biggest show yet. Tickets can be purchased here.

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 9/24/18

Sendai Girls comes to Yokohama Radiant hall in Kanagawa on September 24. The card will be as follows:

Manami
vs.
Mikoto Shindo

Ami Sato
vs.
Ayame Sasamura

Mio Momono (WAVE Tag Team Champion)
Alex Lee
vs.
Dash Chisako (former Sendai Girls Tag Team Champion)
Hiroyo Matsumoto (former Goddess of Stardom Champion)

Cassandra Miyagi (former Sendai Girls Tag Team Champion)
Hikaru Shida (former Sendai Girls World Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Sakura Hirota (former WAVE Tag Team Champion)
Eiger

Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls Tag Team Champion)
Mika Iwata (Sendai Girls Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Meiko Satomura
KAORU (former Sendai Girls World Tag Team Champion)

[ZERO1][PREVIEW] 9/23/18

ZERO1 comes to Morioka Gymnasium in Iwate on September 23. The card will be as follows: The card will be as follows:

Ikuto Hidaka (former NWA United National Heavyweight Champion)
vs.
Hartley Jackson (former NWA United National Heavyweight Champion)

Takuya Sugawara (former Zero1 International Junior Heavyweight Champion)
vs.
SUGI (former WWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion)

Shinjiro Otani (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)
Kohei Sato (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Shogun Okamoto (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)
Yoshikazu Yokoyama

ZERO 1 vs Michinoku Pro Wrestling
ZERO 1
Tatsuhito Takaiwa (former NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Champion)
Syouki Kitamura
vs.
Michinoku Pro Wrestling
Yasutaka Oosera
Koji Kawamura

NWA International Tag Team Championship match
Masato Tanaka (NWA International Tag Team Champion)
Yuji Hino (NWA International Tag Team Champion)
vs.
TARU (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)
Chris Vice

Thursday, July 19, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 7/22/18

Sendai Girls comes to Mori no Hospital Aoba in Miyagi on July 22. The card will be as follows:

Manami
vs.
Alex Lee

Cassandra Miyagi (Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
Heidi Katrina (Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
vs.
Ami Sato
Chihiro Hashimoto

Hiroyo Matsumoto (former Goddess of Stardom Champion)
Mika Iwata
vs.
Meiko Satomura
DASH Chisako (former Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)

Friday, July 13, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 7/16/18

Sendai Girls comes to Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama on July 16. The card will be as follows:

Manami
vs.
Ami Sato

Sakura Hirota
vs.
Heidi Katrina

Mika Iwata
Alex Lee
vs.
DASH Chisako (former Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
KAORU (former Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)

Cassandra Miyagi
vs.
Hiroyo Matsumoto (former Sendai Girls World Champion)

Meiko Satomura
Chihiro Hashimoto
vs.
Mio Momono
Nyla Rose

Saturday, June 30, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 7/1/18

Sendai Girls comes to Kaiko Messe Shimonoseki in Yamaguchion on July 1. The card will be as follows:

Manami
vs.
Ami Sato

Alex Lee
vs.
Eiger (former Ice Ribbon Triangle Ribbon Champion)

Meiko Satomura (former Sendai Girls World Champion)
vs.
Mio Momono

(Winner of the first match)
Nyla Rose
vs.
DASH Chisako (former Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
KAORU (former Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)

Mika Iwata
Chihiro Hashimoto
vs.
Cassandra Miyagi (Sendai Girls Tag Team Champion)
Chikayo Nagashima (former AJW Tag Team Champion)

Friday, June 22, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 6/30/18

Sendai Girls comes to the BLUELIVE HIROSHIMA in Hiroshima on June 30. The card will be as follows:

Manami
vs.
Ami Sato

Mio Momono
vs.
Nyla Rose

(Winner of the first match)
Alex Lee
vs.
DASH Chisako (former Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
KAORU (former Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)

Cassandra Miyagi
vs.
Chikayo Nagashima (former Oz Academy Openweight Champion)

Mika Iwata
Meiko Satomura
vs.
Hiroyo Matsumoto (former Goddess of Stardom Champion)
Chihiro Hashimoto

Monday, June 18, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 7/11/18

Sendai Girls comes to the Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi in Sendai on July 11 with two great matches.

In the first match, DASH Chisako will face Manami. DASH can take punishment in the ring just as well as she can dish it out, and at only 13 years of age, Manami will be a part of pro-wrestling's bright future. So it will be very interesting to see what takes place during their match.

In the second match, Mika Iwata & Chihiro Hashimoto will face Cassandra Miyagi & Heidi Katrina. Miyaji and Katrina are the current Sendai Girls Tag Team Champions. Katrina's career began in the UK, but since last year, she focused her career on Sendai Girls, which apparently has been paying off. Miyagi, along with being talented as a wrestler, is also talented as performer, presenting a persona that reminds me of the late Luna Vachon. Iwata has seen a lot of tag-team action over the past year, and recently faced the Champions quite a few times with different partners. With her impressive strength, technical ability, and speed, Hashimoto is the most similar to Meiko Satoumura out of everyone who Satomura has trained, and will surely be a great partner for Iwata in this match.

Saturday, June 16, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 6/17/18

Sendai Girls comes to the Sendai Miyagino Ward Cultural Center in Sendai on June 17. The card will be as follows:

Manami
vs.
Hikaru Shida (former Regina Di WAVE Champion)

Alex Lee
vs.
Nyla Rose

Meiko Satomura (former Sendai Girls World Champion)
vs.
Ami Sato

Cassandra Miyagi (Sendai Girls Tag Team Champion)
Heidi Katrina (Sendai Girls Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Chihiro Hashimoto
Mika Iwata

DASH Chisako (former Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
KAORU (former Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
vs.
Mio Momono
Hiroyo Matsumoto (former Goddess of Stardom Champion)

Friday, June 1, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 6/16/18

Sendai Girls comes to the Niigata City Gymnasium in Niigata on June 16. The card will be as follows:

Manami
vs.
Mio Momono

Mai Mizuochi (Niigata Pro Wrestling)
vs.
KAORU (former Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion)

Sakura Hirota
vs.
Eiger (former Ice Ribbon Triangle Ribbon Champion)

Ami Sato
Manami Katsu
Hiroyo Matsumoto (former Artist of Stardom Champion)
vs.
Nyla Rose
Rydeen Hagane
Aja Kong (former KO-D 6-Man Tag Team)

Chihiro Hashimoto
Meiko Satomura
vs.
DASH Chisako (former Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
Io Shirai (former Goddess of Stardom Champion)

Monday, May 21, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 5/26/18

Sendai Girls comes to the Sendai City Miyagino Ward Cultural Center on May 26. The card will be as follows:

Ami Sato
vs.
KAORU (former Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion)

Alex Lee
vs.
Cassandra Miyagi

Mika Iwata
vs.
Heidi Katrina (former REINA-CMLL International Champion)

Manami
Meiko Satomura
vs.
Mio Momono
Hikaru Shida

Chihiro Hashimoto
Hiroyo Matsumoto (former SHIMMER Tag Team Champion)
vs.
DASH Chisako (former Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
Nyla Rose

Tuesday, May 15, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 5/20/18

Sendai Girls comes to Yamagata Big Wing on May 20. The card will be as follows:

Manami
vs.
Ami Sato

KAORU (former Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion)
vs.
Eiger (former Ice Ribbon Triangle Ribbon Champion)

Mika Iwata
Chihiro Hashimoto
vs.
Hana Kimura (Goddesses Of Stardom Champion)
La Jarochita

Nyla Rose
Reyna Isis
vs.
Cassandra Miyagi (Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
Heidi Katrina (Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)

Dash Chisako (former Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
Meiko Satomura
vs.
Alex Lee
Mio Momono

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 5/13/18

Sendai Girls comes to Azalea Taisho in Osaka on May 13. The card will be as follows:

Manami
vs.
Ami Sato

Meiko Satomura (former Sendai Girls World Champion)
vs.
Eiger (former Ice Ribbon Triangle Ribbon Champion)

Reyna Isis
Chihiro Hashimoto
vs.
La Jarochita
Hiroyo Matsumoto (former SHIMMER Tag Team Champion)

(Winner of the first match)
Mika Iwata
Alex Lee
vs.
Cassandra Miyagi
Heidi Katrina
Aja Kong (former KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion)

Sendai Girls World Championship match
Ayako Hamada (Sendai Girls World Champion)
vs.
DASH Chisako (Pure-J Openweight Champion)

Sunday, April 29, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 5/6/18

Sendai Girls comes to Ito-Yokado in Hirosaki-shi, Aomori Prefecture on May 6 in celebration of Children's Day with two great matches and a special pro-wrestling class. Admission will be FREE.

At 11am, Mika Iwata & Ami Sato will face Cassandra Miyagi & Heidi Katrina, who are the current Sendai Girls Tag Team Champions. Iwata has seen a lot of tag-team action over the past year, and recently faced the Champions in a match with Alex Lee as her partner. It will be interesting to see how she fares this time against Miyagi & Katrina with Sato in her corner.

At 11:30am (as well as at 2:30pm), there will be a Children's Pro Wrestling Class. This will be an excellent opportunity for young fans, because Sendai Girls has been responsible for training many of the talented members of its roster, including former Sendai Girls World Champion Chihiro Hashimoto, current Sendai Girls Tag Team Champion Cassandra Miyagi, and former Pure-J Openweight Champion DASH Chisako.

At 2pm, Manami & Chihiro Hashimoto will face DASH Chisako & Cassandra Miyagi. This will be a reunion of sorts as Chisako and Miyagi were briefly a team in 2017 and even had captured the Sendai Girls Tag Team Championship. They were never defeated for the title- it was vacated when Miyagi suddenly ended her partnership with Chisako.

Click here for directions to the venue.

Monday, April 23, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 4/24/18

Sendai Girls comes to the Aizu Wakamatsu Bunka Center in Fukushima on April 24. The card will be as follows:

Mika Iwata
vs.
Mio Momono

Manami
Cassandra Miyagi (Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
vs.
Alex Lee
Eiger

Chihiro Hashimoto (former Sendai Girls World Champion)
vs.
KAORU (former Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion)

Meiko Satomura
Solo Darling
vs.
Aja Kong (former AJW Tag Team Champion)
Sammii Jayne

Hiroyo Matsumoto (former Goddess of Stardom Champion)
Yuu Yamagata (former WAVE Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Dash Chisako (former Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
Heidi Katrina (Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)

Saturday, April 21, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 4/22/18

Sendai Girls comes to the Susukino Mars Gymnasium in Hokkaido on April 22. The card will be as follows:

Solo Darling
vs.
Mio Momono

Eiger (former Ice Ribbon Triangle Ribbon Champion)
vs.
KAORU (former Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion)

Yuu Yamagata (former Regina Di WAVE Champion)
vs.
DASH Chisako (former Pure-J Openweight Champion)

Aja Kong (former AJW Tag Team Champion)
Sammii Jayne
vs.
Chihiro Hashimoto
Meiko Satomura

Sendai Girls World Tag Championship match
Cassandra Miyagi (Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
Heidi Katrina (Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
vs.
Mika Iwata
Alex Lee

Friday, April 20, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 4/21/18

Sendai Girls comes to the Miyagino Ward Cultural Center in Sendai, Japan on April 21. The card will be as follows:

Solo Darling
vs.
Sammii Jayne

Ami Sato
Chihiro Hashimoto
vs.
Manami
Meiko Satomura

Dash Chisako (former Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
KAORU (former Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
vs.
Yuu Yamagata (former WAVE Tag Team Champion)
Heidi Katrina (Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)

Mio Momono
Cassandra Miyagi (Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
vs.
Alex Lee
Mika Iwata

Friday, April 13, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 4/19/18

Sendai Girls comes to the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan on April 19. The card will be as follows:

Manami
vs.
Ami Sato

Solo Darling
KAORU (former Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
vs.
Sakura Hirota (former WAVE Tag Team Champion)
Eiger

DASH Chisako
Mio Momono
Alex Lee
Hiroyo Matsumoto
vs.
Cassandra Miyagi
Heidi Katrina
Sammii Jayne
Aja Kong

Mika Iwata
vs.
Hana Kimura (former PURE-J Princess Of Pro Wrestling Champion)

Meiko Satomura (former Sendai Girls World Champion)
vs.
Io Shirai (Wonder of Stardom Champion)

Sendai Girls World Championship match
Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls World Champion)
vs.
Ayako Hamada (former AJW Champion)

Saturday, March 31, 2018

[STARDOM][PREVIEW] "DREAMSLAM 2018 Nagoya" 4/1/18

Stardom presents, "DREAMSLAM 2018 Nagoya" on April 1 at the Aichi-Nagoya International Conference Center. The card will be as follows:

Tag Team Explosion Death match
Io Shirai (former Goddess of Stardom Champion)
Tam Nakano
vs.
Kagetsu (Goddess of Stardom Champion)
Natsu Sumire

World of Stardom Championship match
Toni Storm (World of Stardom Champion)
vs.
Mayu Iwatani (former World of Stardom Champion)

SWA Title match
Jungle Kyona
vs.
Viper (SWA Champion)

Saki Kashima (former Artist Of Stardom Champion)
Natsuko Tora
Shiki Shibusawa
vs.
Mary Apache (former AAA World Trios Champion)
Faby Apache (former AAA World Trios Champion)
Natsumi

Queen's Quest Single Series
HZK vs. Hana Kimura (former PURE-J Princess Of Pro Wrestling Champion)
Momo Watanabe vs. Bea Priestley

Future of Stardom Title match
AZM
vs.
Starlight Kid (Future of Stardom Champion)

IPW:UK Women's Championship match
Konami
vs.
Xia Brookside (IPW:UK Women's Champion)

Future of Stardom Tag match
Ruaka
Leo Onozaki
vs.
Hanan
Nao Yamaguchi

Thursday, March 29, 2018

[STARDOM][PREVIEW] "DREAMSLAM 2018" 3/31/18

Stardom presents, "DREAMSLAM 2018" on March 31 at Osaka Edion Arena No. 2 in Osaka. The card will be as follows:

Goddess of Stardom Championship match
Kagetsu (Goddess of Stardom Champion)
Hana Kimura (Goddess of Stardom Champion)
vs.
Mary Apache (former AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion)
Faby Apache (former AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion)

Wonder of Stardom Championship match
Io Shirai (Wonder of Stardom Champion)
vs.
Bea Priestley

Mayu Iwatani (former Goddess of Stardom Champion)
Tam Nakano
vs.
Toni Storm
Xia Brookside

Elimination match
QUEEN'S QUEST
Viper
HZK
Momo Watanabe
AZM
vs.
Kaori Yoneyama
Jungle Kyona
Natsuko Tora
Konami

Visual 3WAY battle
Saki Kashima
vs.
Shiki Shibusawa
vs.
Natsu Sumire

Future of Stardom match
Starlight Kid
Hanan
Natsumi
vs.
Ruaka
Nao Yamaguchi
Leo Onozaki

Monday, March 26, 2018

[STARDOM][PREVIEW] "DREAMSLAM 2018 Tokyo" 3/28/18

Stardom presents, "DREAMSLAM 2018 Tokyo" on March 28 at the Korakuen Hall. The card will be as follows:

Saki Kashima Return match
Mayu Iwatani (former Artist of Stardom Champion)
Tam Nakano
Saki Kashima (former Artist of Stardom Champion)
vs.
Kagetsu (former Artist of Stardom Champion)
Hana Kimura (former Artist of Stardom Champion)
Natsu Sumire

SWA World & ICW Women's Championship match
Toni Storm (SWA World Champion)
vs.
Viper (ICW Women's Champion)

Hiromi Mimura Final Shout!
Hiromi Mimura
Konami
vs.
Jungle Kyona(former Goddesses Of Stardom Champion)
Momo Watanabe

Natsumi Debut match
Natsumi
vs.
Io Shirai (former World of Stardom Champion)

Future of Stardom Championship Tournament finals
Shiki Shibusawa
vs.
Starlight Kid

Gauntlet match
Mary Apache (former AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion)
Faby Apache (former AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Hiroyo Matsumoto (former Goddess of Stardom Champion)
Natsuko Tora
vs.
HZK (Artist of Stardom Champion)
AZM (former Artist of Stardom Champion)
vs.
Kaori Yoneyama (former AJW Tag Team Champion)
Keneisha Moon
vs.
Xia Brookside
Bea Priestley

Future of Stardom Tag Team match
Leo Onozaki
Hanan
vs.
Nao Yamaguchi
Ruaka

Thursday, March 22, 2018

[STARDOM][PREVIEW] "Grows up STARS 2018" 3/25/18

Stardom, "Grows up STARS 2018" continues on March 25 at Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo. The card will be as follows:

Shout Countdown Gauntlet match
Hiromi Mimura
vs.
10 opponents

Artist of Stardom Championship match
Io Shirai (Artist of Stardom Champion)
HZK (Artist of Stardom Champion)
Viper (Artist of Stardom Champion)
vs.
Toni Storm
Bea Priestley
Xia Brookside

Mayu Iwatani (former Artist of Stardom Champion)
Mary Apache (former AAA World Trios Champion)
Fabi Apache (former AAA World Trios Champion)
vs.
Kagetsu (former Artist of Stardom Champion)
Hana Kimura (former Artist of Stardom Champion)
Natsu Sumire

Tam Nakano
Starlight Kid
Keneisha Moon
vs.
Konami (former Artist Of Stardom Champion)
Jungle Kyona (former Artist of Stardom Champion)
Ruaka

Future of Stardom Championship Tournament semifinals
AZM
vs.
Shiki Shibusawa

Reo Onozaki Debut
Reo Onazaki
vs.
Natsuko Tora

Momo Watanabe
vs.
Nao Yamaguchi

Monday, March 19, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 3/24/18

Sendai Girls comes to the Miyagino Ward Cultural Center in Sendai, Japan on March 24. The card will be as follows:

Manami
vs.
Alex Lee

Meiko Satomura
Mio Momono
vs.
DASH Chisako (former Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
KAORU (former Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)

Cassandra Miyagi (Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
Heidi Katrina (Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
vs.
La Jarochita
Reyna Isis

Chihiro Hashimoto
Mika Iwata
vs.
Hiroyo Matsumoto (former SHIMMER Tag Team Champion)
Hana Kimura (Goddesses Of Stardom Champion)

Sunday, March 11, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 3/11/18

Sendai Girls comes to Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo, Japan on March 11. The card will be as follows:

Sakura Hirota
vs.
Eiger (former Ice Ribbon Triangle Ribbon Champion)

Meiko Satomura (2016 King of Trios Champion)
Ami Sato
Manami
vs.
Aja Kong (former KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champion)
Hikaru Shida
Mio Momono

Mika Iwata
vs.
Hana Kimura (former PURE-J Princess Of Pro Wrestling Champion)

Chihiro Hashimoto
Hiroyo Matsumoto (former Goddess of Stardom Champion)
vs.
Alex Lee
Ayako Hamada (TNA Knockouts Tag Team Champion)

Sendai Girls World Tag Championship match
DASH Chisako (Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
KAORU (Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
vs.
Cassandra Miyagi (former Sendai Girls World Tag Champion)
Heidi Katrina

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

[STARDOM][PREVIEW] "Grows up STARS 2018" 3/21/18

Stardom, "Grows up STARS 2018" continues on March 21 at Kanazawa Ryutsu Kaikan in Ishikawa. The card will be as follows:

Toni Storn
Mayu Iwatani (former Artist of Stardom Champion)
Tamu Nakano
vs.
Kagetsu (former Artist of Stardom Champion)
Hana Kimura (former Artist of Stardom Champion)
Natsu Sumire

QUEEN'S QUEST
Io Shirai (former Goddess of Stardom Champion)
HZK (Artist of Stardom Champion)
vs.
Mary Apache (former AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship)
Faby Apache (former AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship)

Viper (Artist of Stardom Champion)
Momo Watanabe (former Artist of Stardom Champion)
AZM (former Artist of Stardom Champion)
vs.
Jungle Kyona (former Artist of Stardom Champion)
Natsuko Tora
Konami

Shiki Shibusawa
vs.
Bea Priestley

Hiromi Mimura
vs.
Yamaguchi Nanao

Friday, March 2, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 3/10/18

Sendai Girls comes to Azeria Taisho Hall in Osaka, Japan on March 10. The card will be as follows:

Manami
vs.
KAORU (former Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion)

Cassandra Miyagi
vs.
Alex Lee

Mika Iwata
vs.
Hiroyo Matsumoto (former Sendai Girls World Champion)

Ami Sato
Meiko Satomura
vs.
Mio Momono
Hikaru Shida (former Sendai Girls World Tag Team Champion)

Chihiro Hashimoto
Heidi Katrina
vs.
Rina Yamashita (former REINA World Tag Team Champion)
DASH Chisako (Sendai Girls World Tag Team Champion)

Sunday, February 25, 2018

[Sendai Girls][PREVIEW] 2/28/18

Sendai Girls comes to Diamond Hall in Nagoya, Japan on February 28. The card will be as follows:

Sakura Hirota will be in action.

DASH Chisako (former Pure-J Openweight Champion)
vs.
Heidi Katrina (former REINA-CMLL International Champion)

KAORU (former Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion)
vs.
Cassandra Miyagi

Meiko Satomura
Hikaru Shida (former Sendai Girls World Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Hiroyo Matsumoto (former SHIMMER Tag Team Champion)
Mio Momono

Chihiro Hashimoto
Mika Iwata
vs.
Hana Kimura (Goddesses Of Stardom Champion)
Aja Kong (former AJW Tag Team Champion)

[STARDOM][PREVIEW] "Grows up STARS 2018" 3/3/18

Stardom, "Grows up STARS 2018" kicks off on March 3 at the Kasukabe Convention Hall A in Saitama, Japan. The card will be as follows:

QUEEN'S QUEST
Io Shirai
HZK
Momo Watanabe
AZM
vs.
Mayu Iwatani
Tam Nakano
Jungle Kyona
Starlight Kid

OEDO TAI
Kagetsu
Hana Kimura
Sumire Natsu
vs.
WORLD SELECTION
Toni Storm
Bea Priestley
Xia Brookside

Konami
vs.
Hiromi Mimura

Shiki Shibusawa
vs.
Hanan
vs.
Kaori Yoneyama (former High Speed Champion)

Natsuko Tora
vs.
Ruaka

Friday, February 23, 2018

[ZERO1][PREVIEW] "Dream Series" 3/4/18

ZERO1 presents, "Dream Series" on March 4 at the Korakuen Hall. The card will be as follows:

Yoshikazu Yokoyama (former ZERO1 United National Heavyweight Champion)
vs.
Akira Kitamura

TARU
KAMIKAZE
Hartley Jackson
Chris Vice
vs.
Tatsuhito Takaiwa
Super Tiger
Towa Iwasaki
Shoji Fukushima

NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Championship match
SUGI (NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Champion)
Masamune (NWA International Lightweight Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Takuya Sugawara (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)
ASUKA

ZERO1 17th Anniversary Special Tag match
Shinjiro Otani (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)
Naomichi Marufuji (former GHC Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Ikuto Hidaka (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)
Yuko Miyamoto (former AJPW All Asia Tag Team Champion)

NWA World Junior & International Junior Double Championship match
Sean Guinness (NWA World Junior & International Junior Double Champion
vs.
Isami Kodaka (former BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Champion)

NWA Intercontinental Tag Championship match
Shogun Okamoto (NWA Intercontinental Tag Champion)
Yutaka Yoshie (NWA Intercontinental Tag Champion)
vs.
Masato Tanaka (former NWA Intercontinental Tag Team Champion)
Yuji Hino (former KO-D Tag Team Championship)

ZERO1 World Heavyweight Championship match
Yusaku Obata (ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion)
vs.
Kohei Sato (former ZERO1 World Heavyweight Champion)

Thursday, February 22, 2018

[NOAH][PREVIEW] "Navig Of Dash 2018" 2/23/18

NOAH, "Navig Of Dash 2018" continues on February 23 at the Fukushima City National Memorial Gymnasium in Fukushima, Japan. The card will be as follows:

Kenoh
Takashi Sugiura (2003 One Night Junior Heavyweight Six Man Tag Team Tournament winner)
Akitoshi Saito
vs.
Go Shiozaki (2007 One Night Six-Man Tag Team Tournament winner)
Atsushi Kotoge (former UWA World Trios Champion)
Kaito Kiyomiya

Muhammad Yone (GHC Tag Team Champion)
Quiet Storm (GHC Tag Team Champion)
vs.
Katsuhiko Nakajima (2013 and 2014 Global Tag League Outstanding Performance Award winner)
Hitoshi Kumano

Masa Kitamiya
vs.
Jay Bradley (TNA Gut Check winner)

Naomichi Marufuji (2007 One Night Six Man Tag Team Tournament winner)
Taiji Ishimori
Hi69 (Freedoms 2013 New Year Six Man Tag Tournament winner)
vs.
Daisuke Harada (forner UWA World Trios Champion)
Tadasuke (2012 Osaka Pro Wrestling 6 Person Tag Tournament winner)
YO-HEY

Maybach Taniguchi(2007 Mauritius Cup winner)
vs.
Cody Taylor Hall

Yoshinari Ogawa (former GHC Tag Team Champion)
Minoru Tanaka (2003 NJPW Naeba Cup Tag Tournament winner)
vs.
Hajime Ohara (former GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion)
Masao Inoue (2011 Global Tag League Technique Prize winner)

HAYATA (former GHC Junior Heavyweight Champion)
vs.
Junta Miyawaki