Category Archives: PURE-J

News Round-Up (August 29 – September 5)

2AW: Kengo Mashimo & Tatsuya Hanami defended the Tag Team titles against Tank Nagai & Ayame Sasamura on 9/4 (21:19).Ayato Yoshida defends the Openweight title against Kaji Tomato on 9/22. On the same show Kengo Mashimo & Tatsuya Hanami defend the Tag Team titles against Shu Asakawa & Taishi Takizawa. ZERO1: New Heavyweight champion TamuraContinue reading “News Round-Up (August 29 – September 5)”

News Round-Up (August 10 – August 15)

BJW: Takayuki Ueki returns to action on 9/9 at Shinkiba 1st RING. Meanwhile Frank Atsushi announced he’ll take an indefinite break from wrestling/refereeing at the end of September for personal reasons. He mentioned that his second child was born in June.Daichi Hashimoto defended the Strong Heavyweight title against Akira Hyodo on 8/10 (17:28), Shigehiro IrieContinue reading “News Round-Up (August 10 – August 15)”

News Round-Up (July 27 – August 2)

FREEDOMS: Toru Sugiura defended the KFC title against Masashi Takeda on 7/28 via Referee Stoppage after 12:31. Takeda couldn’t continue to wrestle because he got a bad cut on his back. The rematch was set immediately for 8/31. Yuya Susumu also defended the UWA World Junior Heavyweight title against Kengo (11:18). The show drew 441Continue reading “News Round-Up (July 27 – August 2)”

News Round-Up (July 24 – July 26)

BJW: Daichi Hashimoto defended the Strong World title against Yasufumi Nakanoue (23:00) on 7/24 at Korakuen Hall in front of 415 fans. Afterwards Hashimoto picked Akira Hyodo as the next challenger, the match will take place on 8/10. Shunma Katsumata (DDT) announced that he’ll take part in this year’s Saikyou Tag League teaming up withContinue reading “News Round-Up (July 24 – July 26)”

News Round-Up (June 27 – June 29)

DDT: Chris Brookes beat Daisuke Sasaki on 6/27 to become DDT UNIVERSAL champion for the second time.Yuki Ueno challenges Tetsuya Endo for the KO-D Openweight Title on 7/23 at Korakuen Hall. On the same show HARASHIMA, Antonio Honda & Riho challenge Eruption (Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Saki Akai) for the KO-D Six Man TagContinue reading “News Round-Up (June 27 – June 29)”