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The New Beginning (2011)

**The New Beginning (2011)** was a series of two professional wrestling pay-per-views (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The events took place on February 15 and 20, 2011. The first was held in Tokyo at Korakuen Hall and the second in Sendai, Miyagi, at the Sendai Sun Plaza Hall. They were the first events held under the New Beginning name.

## Production

### Storylines

Both of the New Beginning events featured nine professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

## Information

### City

Tokyo, Japan

The first event, which mainly built to matches on the second event, featured nine matches. During the event, the IWGP Tag Team Champions Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson defeated their upcoming challengers Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man in singles matches. In the main event, IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Prince Devitt defeated their upcoming challengers, Kojima-gun representatives Satoshi Kojima and Taka Michinoku.

## Information

### City

Sendai, Japan

The third match of the event saw Tiger Mask and Tomohiro Ishii conclude their storyline rivalry in a Mask vs. Mask match; for the match, Ishii donned a Black Tiger mask. All three champions retained their titles during the event; Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson) successfully defended the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Muscle Orchestra (Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man), Prince Devitt successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Taka Michinoku and Hiroshi Tanahashi successfully defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against previous champion Satoshi Kojima. The event saw the NJPW debut of former WWE wrestler MVP. He was originally scheduled to team with Nosawa Rongai, however, just prior to the event, Nosawa was arrested for stealing a taxi and later announced he was taking a break from professional wrestling.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 The New Beginning  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-10-18.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 The New Beginning  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-10-18.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The New Beginning 2011 . *Pro Wrestling History*. Retrieved on 2015-08-14.
4. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed. How Pro Wrestling Works . *HowStuffWorks, Inc.*. Discovery Communications. Retrieved on 2014-09-13.
5. ↑ Caldwell, James 2011-02-20. Japan News: MVP's Japanese wrestling debut hits speed bump - tag partner arrested, replacement match announced . *Pro Wrestling Torch*. Retrieved on 2013-10-18.
6. ↑ *ja:論外タクシー盗む前に酒10杯　謝罪会見 記事を印刷する* (in Japanese). *Nikkan Sports* (2011-02-22). Retrieved on 2013-10-18.
Takumi Honjo

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Tokyo, Japan

**Takumi Honjo** (本庄 拓海, *Honjō Takumi*, born March 6, 1992) is a retired Japanese professional wrestler was trained and signed to New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW).

## Professional wrestling career

### New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2016)

Honjo began training with New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) in 2015, and made his in-ring debut on February 25, 2016, losing to Pro Wrestling NOAH veteran Maybach Taniguchi. Honjo made his televised debut on March 8, 2016, losing to Captain New Japan. Honjo once again would lose to fellow rookie David Finlay on March 10. After that would later feud with fellow rookie Hirai Kawato which was always on the low card with tying two matches. Months after his second match against Kawato he retired from professional wrestling.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ Boston crab
	+ Dropkick
	+ Lariat
Sho Shindo

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Chiba, Japan

**Sho Shindo** (進藤翔, *Sho Shindo*, born August 25, 1990), is a Japanese professional wrestler who worked for Wrestle-1 on their sub-promotion Pro Wrestling A.C.E.

## Professional wrestling career

On August 27, 2016 Shindo made his wrestling debut. After that he started to losing matches as usual for a rookie. On November 12 it was announced that Shindo would be joining his rookie mates to Pro Wrestling A.C.E. On March 31, 2020, Shindo was released by Wrestle-1, after the promotion suspended its activities on the following day.
The Gate of Origin

**The Gate of Origin** is an annual professional wrestling event promoted by Dragon Gate (DG). Originally known as **Memorial Gate in Sendai**, the event has been held since 2017 and aired domestically as a pay-per-view (PPV).

Following the Dragon Gate restructure, the event was renamed to The Gate of Origin, replacing the original scheduled Memorial Gate in Sendai, which was supposed to be held in November and was turned to an annual pay-per-view, while also airing worldwide on DG's internet streaming site, Dragon Gate Network.
Summer Struggle (2000)

**Summer Struggle** was a professional wrestling tour, produced by the Japanese New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. The tour would take place between June 25 and July 20, 2000, with shows taking place in Tokyo, Niigata, Shizuoka, Hyogo, Toyama, Gifu, Shiga, Kanagawa, Ibaraki, Yamagata. Fukushima, Miyagi, Akita, Aomori, Iwate, Aomori and Hokkaido.

The tour featured Kensuke Sasaki defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Takashi Iizuka and Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa defending the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against Junior Stars (Minoru Tanaka and Koji Kanemoto. This was the eighth tour under the *Summer Struggle* name.

## Production

### Background

The Summer Struggle (2000) involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Memorial Gate (2007)

The **Memorial Gate 2007** was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and GAORA TV event promoted by Dragon Gate. The event that took place on March 25 2007, in Mie at the Tsu City Gym and was the only event under the Memorial Gate. The event was later brought back in 2012 and was renamed to the Memorial Gate in Wakayama.

The event featured 7 matches with two of Dragon Gate's sixth championships on the line. The main event was Don Fujii against Jushin Thunder Liger for the Open The Dream Gate Championship

## Production

The Memorial Gate (2007) aired in Japan through Dragon Gate's internet streaming site, Niconico, with Japanese language commentaries. The Japanese commentary was provided by Katsuya Ichikawa. The event also aired on tape delay on Japanese TV Gaora Sports to be lauched in Dragon Gate's ~ Infinity ~ Series.

### Storylines

Memorial Gate (2007) featured seven professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
The New Beginning in Hiroshima

**The New Beginning in Hiroshima** was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on February 9, 2014, in Hiroshima, Hiroshima at the Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall. The event featured ten matches, three of which were contested for championships. It was the fifth event under the New Beginning name.

## Production

### Storylines

The New Beginning in Hiroshima featured ten professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

## Event

Several matches during the event built to matches taking place at The New Beginning in Osaka two days later. The event also featured the NJPW debuts of National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) representatives Michael Tarver and Big Daddy Yum-Yum, who unsuccessfully challenged Satoshi Kojima for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in the first title match of the event. The two other title matches were rematches from January 4's Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome event; in the first Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson made their first successful defense of the IWGP Tag Team Championship against K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) and in the main event Hiroshi Tanahashi made his first successful defense of the IWGP Intercontinental Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 The New Beginning in Hiroshima  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2014-02-09.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 新日本プロレス「The New Beginning in Hiroshima」  (in Japanese). *Sports Navi*. Yahoo! (2014-02-09). Retrieved on 2014-02-09.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Meltzer, Dave 2014-02-09. New Japan The New Beginning live coverage from Hiroshima . *Wrestling Observer Newsletter*. Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved on 2014-02-10.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Namako, Jason 2014-02-12. 2/9 NJPW iPPV Results: Hiroshima, Japan . *Wrestleview*. Retrieved on 2014-02-13.
5. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed. How Pro Wrestling Works . *HowStuffWorks, Inc.*. Discovery Communications. Retrieved on 2014-09-13.
6. ↑ 2月9日広島で棚橋vs中邑!!　後藤＆柴田が初タッグ!! 2月11日大阪でオカダvs後藤! 内藤vs石井! 飯伏vsデスペラード! グレイシー再上陸!!  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2014-01-06). Retrieved on 2014-01-06.
Super Shenlong 50 Match Trial Series

**The Super Shenlong 50 Match Trial Series** is a fifty-match trial series Super Shenlong II undertook in Dragon Gate from October 2008 through May 2011.

## Overview

Seemingly inspired by the success Akira Tozawa achieved when he underwent his seven-match diet series, Super Shenlong made the bold statement that he wanted to partake in a fifty match series. Whether he was actually joking or not, his wish was granted. Thus began a wild, bizarre journey that would take over two and a half years to complete.

The matches took place literally all over the map. From regular tours to dark matches to Dragon Gate NEX to independent performances such as Buyuden. One match was even for a championship when Turboman defended the Mexico City Welterweight Championship against Shenlong. The finale took place in Shenlong's hometown of Toki, Gifu. In the end, however, it seemed that it was all for naught.

Shenlong managed to achieve one victory and one draw throughout the series. Furthermore, his performance evaluation resulted in a lack of improvement in rank or perception. Shenlong continued to go nowhere for a year before snapping and transforming into Mondai Ryu and joining MAD BLANKEY. But even then he still remained at the same position he had been all his career.
TARUcito 2

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Japan

**Yasuhiko Dogan** (道菅康彦, *Dogan Yasuhiko*, born January 24, 1981) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his stage name TARUcito 2 the replacement of the old TARUcito. Dogan is famous for his appearances in Toryumon.

## Professional Wrestling Carrer

### Toryumon (2003-2004)

Before he joined the Ultimo Dragon Gym he went to Mexico after that he joined Toryumon. He would replace the old TARUcito but he would wrestle for two years in Toryumon X and he would later in the following year.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ *TARU Driller* De Chaparito (Over the shoulder sitout belly to belly piledriver) - adopted from TARU
Wrestling World 2014

Promotional poster featuring various NJPW Wrestlers

**Wrestling World 2014** was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on April 12 and 13, 2014. Wrestling World 2014 was the tenth Wrestling World held by NJPW. The first night drew 2,000 while the second night drew 1,600 spectators. Main event of the first night was match between Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tetsuya Naito and Togi Makabe and CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura and Yujiro Takahashi) while the second night was Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tetsuya Naito and KUSHIDA and CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura and Tomohiro Ishii). It was the first Wrestling World show outside of Japan as part of NJPW's international expansion.

## Production

### Background

Wrestling World was perviously part of the January 4 Tokyo Dome Show which is NJPW's biggest annual even and has been called "the largest professional wrestling show in the world outside of the United States" and the "Japanese equivalent to the Super Bowl". In 2014, Wrestling World returned as part of the "New IWGP Conception", a global expansion strategy centered on their international partnerships as well as holding more shows in Thailand, Singapore, and Taiwan.

### Storylines

Wrestling World 2014 featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.
Union MAX Championship

The **Union MAX Championship** is the top singles championship in Pro Wrestling BASARA (BASARA). The title was named the MAX Championship to represent Union’s passion to go full force towards its goals. The title was before part of DDT's sub-brand Union Pro Wrestling (Union Pro).

## Overview

The title was established on October 23, 2013 after it was announced that the Get The Glory Tournament winner Shuji Ishikawa would face Ivan Markov to crown the inaugural champion. On December 11, 2013 Markov defeated Ishikawa to become the first champion. The title was before part of DDT's sub-brand Union Pro Wrestling (Union Pro).

After Union closed in October 2015, the title was sealed along. After one year on December 2016 the title was revived to be the main championship of Pro Wrestling BASARA. On December 25, 2016 Isami Kodaka defeated Trans-Am★Hiroshi to resurrect the title.

## Gallery

* Champions

Ivan MarkovIsami KodakaHikaru SatoFUMATrans-Arm★RyuichiNaoki TanizakiRyota NakatsuRyuichi SekineMasahiro TakanashiFuminori AbeTakumi Tsukamoto
Wrestle Princess

**Wrestle Princess** is a annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event, held by the Japanese professional wrestling *Joshi* promotion Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (TJPW) in autumn. Since the creation of the event in 2020, Wrestle Princess became available on CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe. The first event was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan, which limited the attendence for the show.
The Gate of Origin (2020)

Promotional poster featuring the Dragon Gate roster

**The Gate of Origin (2020)** was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and GAORA TV event promoted by Dragon Gate (DG). The event took place on November 28, 2020, in Sendai at the Sendai Sun Plaza Hall. Previously held under the Memorial Gate in Sendai name, this marks the third show under The Gate of Origin name. The event aired on GAORA and Dragon Gate Network streaming service.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event had some restrictions in the attendance, after the Japanese Government lifted the State of Emergency.

## Production

The Gate of Origin (2020) aired in Japan through Dragon Gate's internet streaming site, Niconico, with Japanese language commentaries. The Japanese commentary will be provided by Katsuya Ichikawa. The event also aired on tape delay on Japanese TV Gaora Sports to be launched in Dragon Gate's ~ Infinity ~ Series. This would mark Dragon Gate's second September Sendai Sun Plaza Hall show under its new name. The previous event was held under the name Memorial Gate in Sendai name. The event will air worldwide on Dragon Gate's internet streaming site, Dragon Gate Network. On August 24, it was announced the full card of the event.

### Storylines

The Gate of Origin (2020) featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

The event was main evented by R.E.D (BxB Hulk and KAI) defending the Open The Twin Gate Championship against Dragon Gate (Kzy and YAMATO). On November 15 at Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival, Hulk and KAI defeated Kota Minoura and YAMATO to win the vacant Open The Twin Gate Championship. After the match, KAI and Hulk began attacking Minoura and YAMATO, until their Dragon Gate stablemate Kzy made the save. Afterwards, Kzy and also on YAMATO's behalf challenged KAI and Hulk to a title match at Gate of Origin. KAI had previously turned on Dragon Gate at Dangerous Gate during the six-way steel cage survival match.

Also at Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival, R.E.D (Kazma Sakamoto, Takashi Yoshida, and SB KENTo) successfully defended the Open The Triangle Gate Championship against Dragon Gate (Ben-K, Yosuke♡Santa Maria, and U-T) and Toryumon (Dragon Kid, Kagetora, and Masato Yoshino) in a three-way match. Afterwards, SB KENTo began berating Yoshino's retirement, before entering in a heated confrontation with the rest of Yoshino's Toryumon stablemates, who felt disrespected by R.E.D. Yoshino's Toryumon stablemates Genki Horiguchi and Susumu Yokosuka also made their intentions of challenging for the Open The Triangle Gate Championship.
Toukon Shidou Chapter 1

Promotional poster featuring the NJPW Wrestlers

**Toukon Shidou Chapter 1** was a professional wrestling event produced by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It took place on January 4 in the Tokyo Dome. Toukon Shidou Chapter 1 was the fifteenth January 4 Tokyo Dome Show held by NJPW. The show drew 31,000 spectators. The main focus of the 11 match show was the IWGP championship defenses in the semi-main event and the main event. In the semi-main event Masahiro Chono and Hiroyoshi Tenzan successfully defended the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Shiro Koshinaka and Takao Omori; while the main event featured Brock Lesnar retaining the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura. For only the second time in the history of the January 4 Tokyo Dome Shows, no title changed hands.

## Production

### Background

The January 4 Tokyo Dome Show is NJPW's biggest annual even and has been called "the largest professional wrestling show in the world outside of the United States" and the "Japanese equivalent to the Super Bowl".

### Storylines

Toukon Shidou Chapter 1 featured rofessional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Toukon Shidou Chapter 1 . ProWrestlingHistory.com (2006-01-04). Retrieved on 2010-04-13.
2. ↑ GFW News: New Japan Pro Wrestling "Wrestle Kingdom 9" press conference details . *Pro Wrestling Dot Net* (2014-12-23). Retrieved on 2017-10-09.
3. ↑ Keller, Wade 2016-12-13. New Japan's WrestleKingdom 11 to air on AXS TV starting Jan. 13 in four weekly special episodes with Ross & Barnett on commentary . *Pro Wrestling Torch*. Retrieved on 2017-10-09.
4. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed. How Pro Wrestling Works . *HowStuffWorks, Inc.*. Discovery Communications. Retrieved on 2017-10-09.
The New Beginning in USA (2022)

Promotional poster for the event

**The New Beginning in USA (2022)** was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling's sub-brand New Japan Pro-Wrestling of America (NJoA). The event took place on January 15, 2022 at the Washington Hall in Seattle, Washington, United States. The shows were also part of the *NJPW Strong* televisions series. This was the thirteenth event under the New Beginning name and the fourth under the New Beginning in USA name.

## Production

### Storylines

The event featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portray villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.

## Results

### Night 1

 2
 3

* (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
* – refers to the video of that match

### Night 2

 2
 3

* (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
* – refers to the video of that match

### Night 3

 2
 3

* (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
* – refers to the video of that match

### Night 4

 2
 3

* (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
* – refers to the video of that match
Wrestling All-Star Battle

Promotional poster for the event, featuring Abdullah the Butcher and Giant Baba

The **Wrestling All-Star Battle** or **Giant Baba Death 20th Memorial show** was a professional wrestling event promoted by Japan's biggest promotions; All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) and Wrestle-1 (W-1) on February 19, 2019 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan to honor the 20th anniversary of Giant Baba's death and Abdullah the Butcher's retirement. In addition to AJPW, BJW, NJPW, Noah and W-1 wrestlers, various wrestlers from Dragon Gate, freelancers and legends also took part of the event. The event was broadcasted by Fighting TV Samurai. It also featured no storylines or championship matches, instead they were booked as "supercards", putting together combinations of wrestlers from the three promotions that fans would normally not see. This was the second and last Wrestling All-Star Battle held by *Tokyo Sports* magazine in the Heisei era.

## Production

### Background

On October 16, 2018, *Tokyo Sports* magazine announced the show would be held on February 19, 2019 at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan to honor the 20th anniversary of Giant Baba's death and would be held by Japan's biggest promotions; All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah) and Wrestle-1 (W-1). The last Wrestling All-Star Battle had been held by AJPW and NJPW on August 26, 1979, celebrating the 20th anniversary of *Tokyo Sports*, where Antonio Inoki and Giant Baba had teamed with each other for the last time defeating Abdullah the Butcher and Tiger Jeet Singh. In the following years, AJPW, NJPW and NOAH would promote two shows in 2011 under the name All Together in response to the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, which the first show held on August 27, 2011 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, was a huge success, with representatives of the three promotions handing a check of ¥58,273,560, made up of ticket, PPV and merchandise sales, to Japanese Red Cross and a second show was held on February 19, 2012 at the Sendai Sun Plaza Hall in Sendai, Miyagi, which was the nearest major city to the epicenter of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and suffered major damage in it and the following tsunami.

On November 1, it was announced the first names for the event, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Tomoaki Honma from NJPW, Kento Miyahara, Jun Akiyama, Takao Omori and Masanobu Fuchi from AJPW, Daisuke Sekimoto and The Great Kojika from BJW, Naomichi Marufuji from NOAH and freelancers, Kazushi Miyamoto, Tomohiko Hashimoto and Taiyo Kea. On January 11, 2019, it was announced a partial card for the event as well legends such as Dos Caras and Mil Mascaras. The full card for the event was announced on January 31.

## Results

1. ↑ Order of eliminations: Kim Duk, Stalker Ichikawa, TARU, Masahito Kakihara, Ryuji Hijikata, Tamon Honda, Yasu Urano, Joel Deaton, Yuto Aijima, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Abdullah Kobayashi, Men's Teioh and Masao Inoue.
UWF Super Welterweight Championship

The **UWF Super Welterweight Championship** was a secondary singles championship in Universal Lucha Libre (ULL) later Federación Universal de Lucha Libre (FULL) promotion. The title's middleweight nature, a division more common in Mexican professional wrestling, means that wrestlers under 82 kg (181 lb) and 87 kg (192 lb) are eligible to challenge for it. In 1995 After ULL folded the title was later defended in Michinoku Pro and Osaka Pro before becoming inactive.

## Inaugural tournament

The inaugural tournament to crown the first champion took place on June 14 and 15, 1992.
UWA World Welterweight Championship

The **UWA World Welterweight Championship** was a championship that is primarily contested for in various Lucha Libre promotions in Mexico. In 1993, the championship was recognized by the Japanese professional wrestling promotion Michinoku Pro, following Super Delfin's victory over then champion Celestial. In 1995, Gran Hamada was stripped of the championship, because he exceeded the weight limit. The championship returned to being primarily contested for in Mexico, and it wasn't until Taiji Ishimori's victory over Super Crazy in 2003 that a Japanese wrestler would hold the championship again.

## Gallery

* Champions

The Great SasukeSuper DelfinTakeshi Minamino
World Extreme Cup

**World Extreme Cup** was an annual singles league tournament held in Big Japan Pro Wrestling to determine the strongest wrestler in the promotion for the year. The tournament would be held over the course of several shows in April, May and August.

## Tournament Winners

* 2000: Shadow WX
* 2002: Seiji Yamakawa

## 2000 World Extreme Cup

The first World Extreme Cup took place over the course of twelve days from April 25-May 14, 2000. In this year's league, there were thirteen participants separated into three blocks. The points leaders from each block received entry into the tournament. Before the tournament it was done a tournament to decide the third participant on block C. The winner of the tournament to decide the third participant was Tomoaki Honma.

## 2002 World Extreme Cup

The second World Extreme Cup took place over the course of thirteen days from April 4 - August 18, 2002.

**Block A Decision Match:** Seiji Yamakawa defeated Tower of Doom and The Winger (April 14 - 1:34)
UWA World Tag Team Championship

The **UWA World Tag Team Championship** was a championship created by the Mexican Universal Wrestling Association (UWA) and defended there until the UWA closed in 1995. After the UWA's closing, the title was inactive until 2008, when El Dorado revived the title. On March 26, 2008, Kagetora and Kota Ibushi won the title in Tokyo, Japan at El Dorado's *Eye of the Treasure* event, defeating MAZADA and NOSAWA. It has since been defended in several promotions, including Kohaku Wrestling Wars, Michinoku Pro Wrestling and Union Pro Wrestling.

## Gallery

* Champions

Men's Teioh and Hirosh FukudaFUMA and Isami KodakaMasato Shibata and Shuji IshikawaBrahman Kei and Brahman ShuIkuto Idaka and Minoru FujitaAyumu Gunji and Rui HyugajiGaina and Taro NohashiEisa8 and HUB
Toryumon X

***Toryumon X***
 **Parent** | Toryumon Mexico

**Toryumon X** was a spin-off promotion consisting of the third class graduates of the Ultimo Dragon Gym. Unlike its predecessors Toryumon Japan and Toryumon 2000 Project, Toryumon X was not able to take off and closed within months of its launch. Virtually none of the talent in this group were initially brought into Toryumon Japan, save for Naoki Tanizaki.

## History

On August 22, 2003, a third Toryumon promotion was put together made up of students who graduated from the Ultimo Dragon Gym. As a means of separating them from Toryumon Japan and Toryumon 2000 Project, Toryumon X had a greater emphasis on the actual lucha libre-style of wrestling in general as opposed to a collective mix.

It has been implied that everyone in the group was brought up sooner than they were supposed to and were immediately pressured to be at the level Toryumon Japan and T2P were at. Some of whom never even made their debut at all. Poor decision making, bad booking, and the obvious inexperience of the talent was all too apparent and Toryumon X was closed in early 2004, though they would have a final show on September 9 of that year.

Of all of the talent in the group, only Naoki Tanizaki was initially brought into Toryumon Japan while everyone else scattered. The group's inability to take off has been seen as one of the reasons for the split in 2004 that resulted in the formation of Dragon Gate.

## Championships Promoted

Toryumon X recognized one champion with origins primarily from Mexico and Japan.

 UWA World Trios Championship | 2004
Wrestling Dontaku 2010

**Wrestling Dontaku 2010** was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on May 3, 2010, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center. The event featured nine matches (including one dark match), four of which were contested for championships. It was the seventh event under the Wrestling Dontaku name.

## Production

### Storylines

Wrestling Dontaku 2010 featured nine professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

## Event

In the third match, NJPW veteran Jushin Thunder Liger defeated Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) representative Negro Casas to win the CMLL World Middleweight Championship. The event also featured the continuation of a three-way tag team rivalry between Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson), No Limit (Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi) and Seigigun (Wataru Inoue and Yuji Nagata), with Seigigun capturing the IWGP Tag Team Championship from No Limit. Pro Wrestling NOAH's Naomichi Marufuji successfully defended his IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Ryusuke Taguchi during the event. In the main event, Togi Makabe, a decade after his first Wrestling Dontaku appearance, defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the first time.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 *ja:レスリングどんたく2010* (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-10-18.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wrestling Dontaku 2010 . *Pro Wrestling History*. Retrieved on 2015-08-14.
3. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed. How Pro Wrestling Works . *HowStuffWorks, Inc.*. Discovery Communications. Retrieved on 2014-09-13.
Wrestling Dontaku 2013

Promotional poster for the event, featuring caricatures of several NJPW wrestlers

## Information

### City

Fukuoka, Japan

**Wrestling Dontaku 2013** was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on May 3, 2013, in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center. The event featured ten matches (including one dark match), four of which were contested for championships. It was the tenth event under the Wrestling Dontaku name.

## Production

### Storylines

Wrestling Dontaku 2013 featured ten professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

## Event

Two titles changed hands during the event, first the Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero) defeated Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and Kushida) for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship and then Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima) defeatedK.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. andLance Archer) for the IWGP Tag Team Championship in a four-way match. The event featured two matches in the storyline rivalry between the Complete Players and G.B.H. In the first Complete Player Masato Tanaka successfully defended the NEVER Openweight Championship against freelancer Tomoaki Honma, while in the second G.B.H. leader Togi Makabe defeated Yujiro Takahashi to end their three-month-long rivalry. Other successful title defenses saw IWGP Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura defeat Shelton X Benjamin and IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada defeat Minoru Suzuki. Post-match, Okada was challenged by Makabe, setting up the main event for Dominion 6.22. The event also saw a surprise appearance from Tetsuya Naito, who announced he was going to be returning from his knee surgery and wrestling his first match on June 22 at Dominion 6.22. In a major storyline development, Karl Anderson turned on Hiroshi Tanahashi after their match against each other and came together with Prince Devitt, Bad Luck Fale and Tama Tonga to form Bullet Club.

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 *ja:レスリングどんたく 2013* (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-10-18.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *ja:新日本プロレス「レスリングどんたく２０１３」* (in Japanese). *Sports Navi*. Yahoo! (2013-05-03). Retrieved on 2013-10-18.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Show results - 5/3 NJPW Dontaku PPV: U.S. stars lose titles or title matches, Okada's first IWGP Title defense, more . *Pro Wrestling Torch* (2013-05-04). Retrieved on 2013-10-18.
4. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed. How Pro Wrestling Works . *HowStuffWorks, Inc.*. Discovery Communications. Retrieved on 2014-09-13.
World Tag League (JWA)

The **World Tag League**, also known as **NWA World Tag League** was a professional wrestling tournament annually held by Japanese Wrestling Association from 1970 until 1972. The 1973 edition was not held as JWA folded that year. Wrestlers from all over the world participated in the various editions of the tournament, as it was meant to be a world tournament. It was created in 1970 as the tag team counterpart of World Big League.

Its prestige led Antonio Inoki and Giant Baba to create in their respective promotions, New Japan Pro Wrestling and All Japan Pro Wrestling, tournaments which were presented as the direct followers to the JWA World Tag League. Therefore, respectively, the G1 Tag League for the NJPW and the World's Strongest Tag Determination League for the AJPW are the indirect descendant of the original World Tag League. In fact, in 2012, NJPW renamed the G1 Tag League to World Tag League.

## List of winners

 1972 | Akihisa Takachiho and Seiji Sakaguchi (2) | 1

## 1970

The 1970 World Tag League ran from September 25 to November 5, 1970. The participants teams were splitted in one block of gaijins and the japanese the other. The round robin part of the tournament consisted of the Japanese wrestling the foreigners.

Round one
 Frankie Laine and Bud Ratelle | 6 | Kintaro Ohki and Kotetsu Yamamoto | 10

 InokiHoshino | InokiHoshino
 OhkiYamamoto | OhkiYamamoto
 YoshimuraKojika | YoshimuraKojika

Finals

 BockwinkelQuinn

## 1971

The 1971 World Tag League ran from September 24 to November 1, 1971 The participants teams were splitted in one block of gaijins and the japanese the other. The round robin part of the tournament consisted of the Japanese wrestling the foreigners twice in three fall matches where each fall was worth one point. Laine commited a sexual assult after his last match with Bob Ellis against Kintaro Ohki and Mitsu Hirai, and Laine was departed from Japan.

Round one
 Jim and Jack Dalton | 5 | Shniya Kojika and Umanosuke Ueda | 8

Finals

 KowalskiAustin

## 1972

The 1972 World Tag League ran from September 25 to October 31, 1972. The participants teams were splitted in one block of gaijins and the japanese the other. The round robin part of the tournament consisted of the Japanese wrestling the foreigners twice in three fall matches where each fall was worth one point.

Round one
 Mitsu Hirai and Haruka Eigen | 4

## Gallery

* Gallery
* Winners

Trophy

Kantaro Hoshino and Antonio InokiSeiji Sakaguchi and Antonio InokiAkihisa Takachiho and Seiji Sakaguchi
Unchains

Shuhei Taniguchi (left) and Kaito Kiyomiya (right)

**Unchains** was a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Kaito Kiyomiya and Shuhei Taniguchi formed on May 4, 2019, where they were signed to Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH). The team disbanded on December 27, 2020.

## History

On May 2, 2019, Maybach Taniguchi promised he would reform himself. Aftwerwards, Taniguchi reverted to his old name Shuhei Taniguchi changing to his old ring attire and also formed a team with Kaito Kiyomiya, later named the "Unchains". On June 27, Taniguchi and Kiyomiya challenged AXIZ (Go Shiozaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima) to match for the GHC Tag Team Championship. Nakajima accepted Taniguchi and Kiyomiya's challenge for their titles on the condition that Kiyomiya would defend the GHC Heavyweight Championship against him. On July 21, Taniguchi and Kiyomiya unsuccessfully challenged AXIZ for the GHC Tag Team Championship. Six days later, Kiyomiya successfully defended his title against Katsuhiko Nakajima.

On January 4, 2020, at New Sunrise, Kiyomiya lost the GHC Heavyweight Championship to Go Shiozaki in his seventh title defense. In April, Taniguchi and Kiyomiya took part in the 2020 Global Tag League, finishing the tournament with a record of one win and two losses. On December 27, Taniguchi disbanded the team, after agreeing to form a team with Muhammad Yone.

## Championships and accomplishments

* **Pro Wrestling Noah**
	+ GHC Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Kiyomiya
Wrestling Marvelous Future

***Wrestling Marvelous Future***

**Wrestling Marvelous Future** was a hardcore pro wrestling promotion based in Tokyo, Japan

## History

Wrestling Marvelous Future was formed in the wake of Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling and World Entertainment Wrestling, co-owned by Hayabusa. It was a mix of hardcore and standard Japanese style professional wrestling. After several years of financial problems, the company folded in 2008.

## Notable alumni

* Amigo Suzuki
* Daisaku Shimoda
* GENTARO
* GOEMON
* Hi69
* Kyoko Kimura
* Mammoth Sasaki
* Masamune
* Mr. Gannosuke
* Onryo
* Ricky Fuji
* Taka Michinoku
* Tarzan Goto
* The Great Sasuke
* Yuki Sato
* Yuko Miyamoto
Grand Ship In Nagoya 2022

Promotional poster featuring Kenoh and Kaito Kiyomiya

**Grand Ship In Nagoya 2022** was a professional wrestling event promoted by CyberFight's sub-brand Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah). The event took place on September 25, 2022, in Nagoya, Japan, at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium. The event aired on CyberAgent's AbemaTV online linear television service and CyberFight's streaming service Wrestle Universe. This was the first event under the Grand Ship In Nagoya name.

The event featured nine matches with four of Noah's five championships on the line. The main event featured 2022 N-1 Victory winner Kaito Kiyomiya defeating Kenoh to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship. Other top matches included Satoshi Kojima and Takashi Sugiura defeating Sugiura-gun (Hideki Suzuki and Timothy Thatcher) to win the GHC Tag Team Championship, and Atsushi Kotoge and Seiki Yoshioka defeated Stinger (Chris Ridgeway and Yoshinari Ogawa) to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship.

## Background

### Storylines

The event featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

The Grand Ship In Nagoya 2022 was main evented by Kaito Kiyomiya defending the GHC Heavyweight Championship against 2022 N-1 Victory winner Kaito Kiyomiya. On September 3, Kiyomiya defeated Hideki Suzuki in the finals to win the 2022 N-1 Victory and earn a shot at the GHC Heavyweight Championship. On September 16, Kenoh and Kiyomiya faced each other in a tag team match. Kenoh picked up a direct victory over Kiyomiya by mocking both him and Keiji Mutoh, by doing his own *Shining Wizard* for the pin.

On September 3, in a post-match interview, YO-HEY challenged HAYATA to a title match for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. Afterwards, he was confronted by HAYATA, who announced him as the next challenger. On September 15, YO-HEY attacked HAYATA after their match, who stated that attacking HAYATA, felt like a switch had flipped, a feat he repeated shortly after. On September 21, YO-HEY pinned HAYATA, before their match.

On July 16, at Destination, Hideki Suzuki and Sugiura-gun stablemate Timothy Thatcher defeated Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura to win the vacant GHC Tag Team Championship. On September 16, Suzuki and Thatcher's Sugiura-gun stablemate Takashi Sugiura and Satoshi Kojima challenged them to a title match. Three days later, after Thatcher defeated Kojima in a match. Sugiura went to shake hands with Thatcher who put him in a Fujiwara Armbar, while Suzuki slammed Kojima.

On May 21 at Dream On Final, after Stinger (Chris Ridgeway and Yoshinari Ogawa) retained the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, Atsushi Kotoge and Seiki Yoshioka challenged them to a title match, before Stinger attacked them, setting up the title match for the event.
Ultimo Dragon 20th Anniversary

**The Ultimo Dragon 20th Anniversary** was an Ultimo Dragon Productions event. It took place on July 22, 2007 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. It drew roughly 1,120 fans.

## Overview

The show was one of two events to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Ultimo Dragon as a professional wrestler. The first occured in Toryumon Mexico on May 13, 2007 with DragonMania II. This event would serve as the Japan-based celebration while the earlier was Mexico-based.

Kanjuro Matsuyama served as the special guest referee in the singles match between Mima Shimoda and Yumiko Hotta. Matsuyama would be accused of sexually harrassing the competitors, at one point feeling up Shimoda in the guise of performing a full body check. He would fast count Shimoda's pin over Hotta in an attempt for appeasement. However, hardly any one was happy about his actions and it was decided that there would be a Three-Way Dance with all three involved. While this would be seen as giving Matsuyama a pass to continue with his actions, Shimoda would ultimately pin Matsuyama for the victory. Shimoda herself would be celebrating her twentieth anniversary as a professional wrestler the following month.

Kazuchika Okada was given a graduation ceremony following his match as he would be joining New Japan Pro Wrestling and moving up in weight class from junior heavyweight to heavyweight.
Shoko Nakajima

Shoko in March 2022

###

Niigata, Japan

**Shoko Nakajima** (中島翔子, *Nakajima Shoko*, born July 19, 1991) is a Japanese female professional wrestler, who wrestles for Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling.

## Professional wrestling career

### Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling (2013–present)

She made her ring debut with Miyu Yamashita against Chikage Kiba and KANNA as a dark match of "DDT World Expo-Progress and Harmony in pro wrestling" held at Ryogoku Kokugikan on August 17, where she took the loss for her team after being pinned by KANNA. Nakajima was part of the main event of Tokyo Joshi's first Korakuen Hall event, where she and Miyu Yamashita fought to become the inaugural Tokyo Princess of Princess Champion. After a nearly 20 minute match, Yamashita was able to pin Nakajima to claim the title.

On January 4, 2016 at TJP's biggest show to date, the main title of the Korakuen Hall tournament bets the first title of the newly established Tokyo Princess of Princess Championship, and confronts with Yamashita, and a fierce battle of nearly 20 minutes would lost to Yamashita. Some time later, Nakajima teamed with Yuka Sakazaki to defeat Maho Kurone and Rika Tatsumi, crowned as the first Tokyo Princess Tag Team Champions.

On May 3, 2019, at *Yes! Wonderland 2019 ~ Opportunity Is There ~*, Nakajima defeated Miyu Yamashita for the Tokyo Princess of Princess Championship. On November 3, 2019 she would lose the title to Sakazaki. On March 19, 2022, Nakajima defeated Yamashita for the second time to regain the Princess of Princess Championship. On October 9, at Wrestle Princess III, Nakajima lost the Princess of Princess Championship to Yuka Sakazaki.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ Bridging northern lights suplex, sometimes while rolling
	+ Diving senton
	+ *Rider Kick* (Single leg missile dropkick)
	+ *Unmanned Local Train Hold* (Inverted lotus hold can opener)
* **Signature moves**
	+ Backflip from the turnbuckle as a counter to an Irish whip to the corner
	+ Diving crossbody
	+ Double underhook DDT
	+ Dropkick
	+ Flying forearm smash
	+ Frankensteiner, sometimes from the top rope
	+ Hurricanrana
	+ Japanese leg roll clutch
	+ Neckbreaker
	+ Rope hung Boston crab
	+ Running bulldog to the turnbuckle
	+ Running somersault neckbreaker to a seated opponent
	+ Suicide dive, sometimes transitioned into a senton
	+ Tiger feint kick
* **Nicknames**
	+ **"1.47m Big Kaiju"**
* **Entrance themes**
	+ **"Fireball"** by typhonKAZ

## Championships and accomplishments

* **Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling**
	+ Tokyo Princess of Princess Championship (2 times)
	+ Tokyo Princess Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Yuka Sakazaki
	+ Tokyo Princess Cup (2015)
	+ Tokyo Princess Tag Team Title Tournament (2017) – with Yuka Sakazaki
Wrestle-1 Result Championship

The **Wrestle-1 Result Championship** was a secondary championship in the Wrestle-1 (W-1) promotion. The title was meant for the promotion's younger wrestlers.

## Overview

On January 8, 2017, Wrestle-1 announced the creation of the Wrestle-1 Result Championship, meant for the promotion's younger generation of wrestlers, which includes wrestlers from its sub-promotion Pro Wrestling ACE.

### Championship tournament

A tournament to crown the inaugural Wrestle-1 Result Champion took place between January 15 and February 22, 2017. The tournament was mainly made up of Wrestle-1 and ACE wrestlers, but also included Ehime Puroresu representative Masayuki Mitomi.

## Gallery

* Champions

Koji DoiTakanori ItoSeigo TachibanaJiro KuroshioGanseki TanakaKuma Arashi

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *ja:新プロジェクト「Wrestle-1リザルトチャンピオンシップ」設立及び初代王者決定トーナメント開催のお知らせ* (in Japanese). *Wrestle-1* (2017-01-08). Retrieved on 2017-01-13.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 ja:土肥 孝司 (in Japanese). *Wrestle-1*. Archived from the original on 2017-02-22. Retrieved on 2017-02-22.
3. ↑ *ja:【会見】W-1リザルト王座初代王者決定トーナメント出場者がコメントを発表！「このベルトになんの価値があるかわかりません」* (in Japanese). *Battle News* (2017-01-12). Retrieved on 2017-01-13.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 「Wrestle-1 Tour 2017 Sunrise」  (in Japanese). *Wrestle-1* (2017-01-15). Retrieved on 2017-01-15.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 「Wrestle-1 Tour 2017 W-Impact」  (in Japanese). *Wrestle-1* (2017-02-22). Retrieved on 2017-02-22.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 「Wrestle-1 Tour 2017 Sunrise」  (in Japanese). *Wrestle-1* (2017-01-22). Retrieved on 2017-01-22.
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