The 16 participants are divided into four blocks this year, similar to last year’s Strong Climb. The tournament opens on March 3rd at Shinkiba 1st RING with the semi finals and final happening on May 13th at Korakuen Hall.
Block A:
– Violento Jack (FREEDOMS)
– Abdullah Kobayashi
– Masaya Takahashi
– Jaki Numazawa
Block B:
– Drew Parker
– Takumi Tsukamoto
– Yuko Miyamoto (TripleSix)
– Shunma Katsumata (DDT)
Block C:
– Ryuji Ito
– Masashi Takeda
– Minoru Fujita
– Kankuro Hoshino
Block D:
– Hideyoshi Kamitani
– Akira Hyodo
– Yuki Ishikawa
– Isami Kodaka
Full Schedule:
March 3rd:
Abdullah Kobayashi vs. Masaya Takahashi
Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Shunma Katsumata
March 8th:
Violento Jack vs. Abdullah Kobayashi
Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Yuko Miyamoto
March 24th:
Masaya Takahashi vs. Jaki Numazawa
Drew Parker vs. Yuko Miyamoto
March 27th:
Violento Jack vs. Jaki Numazawa
Yuko Miyamoto vs. Shunma Katsumata
March 28th:
Abdullah Kobayashi vs. Jaki Numazawa
Drew Parker vs. Shunma Katsumata
March 31st:
Violento Jack vs. Masaya Takahashi
Drew Parker vs. Takumi Tsukamoto
April 2nd:
Masashi Takeda vs. Minoru Fujita
Yuki Ishikawa vs. Isami Kodaka
April 3rd:
Minoru Fujita vs. Kankuro Hoshino
Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Yuki Ishikawa
April 4th:
Ryuji Ito vs. Kankuro Hoshino
Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Akira Hyodo
April 12th:
Ryuji Ito vs. Minoru Fujita
Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Isami Kodaka
April 19th:
Masashi Takeda vs. Kankuro Hoshino
Akira Hyodo vs. Yuki Ishikawa
April 26th:
Ryuji Ito vs. Masashi Takeda
Akira Hyodo vs. Isami Kodaka
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