Pro Wrestling SEM

***Pro Wrestling SEM***

**Pro Wrestling SEM** (プロレスリング・セム, *Puroresuringu Semu*) was the developmental branch of Pro Wrestling NOAH founded by Mitsuharu Misawa, being its junior affiliate of NOAH with the name coming from the biblical figure Shem, the eldest son of NOAH. The branch was officially announced in January 2006, and held its first show on November 11, 2006. In addition to NOAH wrestlers, wrestlers from promotions such as Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), Dragon Gate (DG), DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT), Diamond Ring, New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Ring of Honor (ROH) have also taken part in SEM's shows.

The events are held at Tokyo's Differ Ariake Arena. Similar to New Japan Pro Wrestling's "Young Lions" system, SEM functioned as a training facility for rookies, with Naomichi Marufuji and KENTA acting as trainers. Noah rookies Akihiko Ito, Atsushi Aoki, Genba Hirayanagi and Ippei Ota have made their official debuts at SEM's shows. SEM stopped promoting events since 2015.

## History

In January 2006, Pro Wrestling NOAH Board of Directors member Ryu Nakata proposed the idea of holding shows just for wrestler who were making their debut for the promotion, with four wrestlers who ended their training in December 2005 would also take part of the event. Noah's President Mitsuharu Misawa inspiration for the venture came from the German Westside Xtreme Wrestling promotion, where he wrestled in March 2005. The presentation and close proximity of the fans to the ring impressed Misawa enough to recreate them, thus matches in Sem take place on a pink ring mat and the audience seats are limited to a few hundred, so that all fans can sit close to the ring. Naomichi Marufuji and KENTA headed as coaches for the rookie competitors.

Since 2006, the number of wrestlers that took part of the shows had gradually decrease and the concept of giving a chance to rookies with a limit number of wrestlers started to end. As part of NOAH's working relationship with AAA, the two promotions co-promoted a Pro Wrestling SEM event called Triple SEM on September 9, 2007. Despite another two shows being co-promoted with DDT Pro-Wrestling (DDT) and Diamond Ring in 2008, the four original wrestlers that debut in the promotion that were Akihiko Ito, Atsushi Aoki and Ippei Ota eventually left and the number of promotiong shows dropped in 2011, a new rookie Hitoshi Kumano was supposed to debut at for Pro Wrestling SEM, but debut in Noah, leading in 2015 the brand ceasing its operations due to NOAH's bad reputation following the Yakuza crime scandal that promotion had in 2012 and the promotion's lack of funds to continue to host events.

## Information

### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The first Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on November 1, 2006, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at Differ Ariake. The event featured five matches, including the debuts of Atsushi Aoki, Ippei Ota and Tsutomu Hirayanagi. The main event featured Aoki, Muhammad Yone and Taiji Ishimori against SUWA and AJPW wrestlers Voodoo Murders ("brother" YASSHI and Shuji Kondo).

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Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The second Pro Wrestling SEM event was held under the name **SEMful Gift In Differ** on December 12, 2006, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at Differ Ariake. The event featured nine matches, and one championship match, with the main event featuring Takashi Sugiura defending the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship against Tatsuhito Takaiwa.

## Information

### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The third Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on April 4, 2007, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at Differ Ariake. The event featured six matches and also featured participations from Ring of Honor Bryan Danielson and freelancers Daniel Cross, Joe Legend and Ted DiBiase Jr.

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### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The fourth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held under the name **SEM Childen's Day Special** on December 12, 2006, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at Differ Ariake and the event featured five matches.

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### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The fifth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on June 6, 2007, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at Differ Ariake and the event featured five matches.

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## Information

### Venue

Kasukabe Onsen 2nd Parking Lot Special Ring

### City

Kasakabe, Saitama, Japan

The sixth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on August 4, 2007, in Kasakabe, Saitama, Japan at Kasukabe Onsen 2nd Parking Lot Special Ring and the event featured four matches. This was the first event held outside of the Differ Ariake.

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## Information

### Promotion

Pro Wrestling NOAH
AAA Lucha Libre Worldwide

### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The seventh Pro Wrestling SEM event was co-prmoted with AAA and was held under the name **TripleSEM** on September 3, 2007, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at Differ Ariake and the event featured five matches. Wrestlers from AAA – with whom Noah had a partnership – also appeared at the event.

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### City

Osaka, Japan

The eight Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on September 30, 2007, in Osaka, Japan at the Osaka World Hall and the event featured four matches.

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### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The eight Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on December 23, 2007, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at Differ Ariake and the event featured seven matches.

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Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The eight Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on February 25, 2007, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at Differ Ariake and the event featured five matches.

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### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The tenth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on March 5, 2008, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at Differ Ariake and the event featured five matches.

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### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The eleventh Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on March 26, 2008, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at Differ Ariake and the event featured five matches.

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## Information

### Promotion

Pro Wrestling NOAH
Kensuke Office

### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The **Pro Wrestling SEM/Kensuke Office** was co-promoted event with Kensuke Office held on April 30, 2008, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at Differ Ariake and the event featured five matches.

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### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The thirteenth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on May 16, 2008, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at Differ Ariake and the event featured six matches.

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### City

Sapporo, Japan

The fourteenth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on May 28, 2008, in Sapporo, Japan at the Sapporo Concarino and the event featured five matches.

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### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The fifteenth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on June 5, 2008, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at Differ Ariake and the event featured five matches.

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### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The sixteenth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on July 1, 2008, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at Differ Ariake and the event featured five matches.

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### City

Akita, Japan

The sixteenth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on July 1, 2008, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at Differ Ariake and the event featured five matches.

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### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The eighteenth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on July 16, 2008, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at Differ Ariake and the event featured five matches.

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### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The nineteenth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on August 7, 2008, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at Differ Ariake and the event featured six matches.

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### City

Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

The twentyth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on August 14, 2008, in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan at Miyagino Gymnasium and the event featured six matches.

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### City

Minase, Akita, Japan

The twenty-first Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on August 14, 2008, in Minase, Akita, Japan at Village Office Ground Special Ring and the event featured six matches.

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### Promotion

Pro Wrestling NOAH
Kensuke Office

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Tokyo, Japan

The twenty-second Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on August 17, 2008, in Tokyo, Japan at the Korakuen Hall and the event featured four matches.

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### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The twenty-third Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on September 8, 2008, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at the Differ Ariake and the event featured six matches.

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### Promotion

Pro Wrestling NOAH
Kensuke Office

### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The twenty-fourth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on October 2, 2008, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at the Differ Ariake and the event featured five matches.

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### City

Osaka, Japan

The twenty-fifth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on October 12, 2008, in Osaka, Japan at the Osaka World Hall and the event featured five matches.

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### Promotion

Pro Wrestling NOAH
Kensuke Office

### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The twenty-sixth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on November 6, 2008, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at the Differ Ariake and the event featured five matches.

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### City

Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

The twenty-seventh Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on November 25, 2008, in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan at the Sapporo Teisen Hall and the event featured five matches.

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### City

Akita, Japan

The twenty-eighth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on November 30, 2008, in Akita, Japan at the JR Akita Station Building 1st Floor and the event featured four matches.

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### Promotion

Pro Wrestling NOAH
Kensuke Office

### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The twenty-nineth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on December 15, 2008, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at the Differ Ariake and the event featured five matches, which three featured the semi-finals and the finals of the 2008 VolcanoxSEM Tag Team Tournament. The event was notable for being the debut of Takashi Okita.

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### Promotion

Pro Wrestling NOAH
Kensuke Office

### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The thrityth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on January 16, 2009, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at the Differ Ariake and the event featured five matches.

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### Promotion

Pro Wrestling NOAH
Kensuke Office

### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The thrity-first Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on March 11, 2009, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at the Differ Ariake and the event featured five matches.

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### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The thrity-second Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on May 18, 2009, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at the Differ Ariake and the event featured five matches.

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### City

Akita, Japan

The thrity-third Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on July 20, 2009, in Akita, Japan at the JR Akita Station Building 1st Floor and the event featured five matches.

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### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The thrity-fourth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on August 18, 2009, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at the Differ Ariake and the event featured four matches.

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### City

Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

The thrity-sixth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on August 18, 2009, in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan at the Sapporo Concarino and the event featured four matches.

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### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The thrity-seventh Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on Novemer 13, 2009, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at the Differ Ariake and the event featured five matches.

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### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The thrity-eighth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on January 19, 2010, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at the Differ Ariake and the event featured four matches.

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### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The thrity-nineth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on January 28, 2010, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at the Differ Ariake and the event featured four matches.

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### City

Osaka, Japan

The fortyth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on February 19, 2010, in Osaka, Japan at the Osaka World Hall and the event featured five matches.

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### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The forty-first Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on March 8, 2010, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at the Differ Ariake and the event featured four matches.

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### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The forty-third Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on May 12, 2010, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at the Differ Ariake and the event featured four matches.

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### City

Osaka, Japan

The forty-fourth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on July 18, 2010, in Osaka, Japan at the JR Akita Station Building 1st Floor and the event featured four matches.

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### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The forty-fifth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on February 8, 2011, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at the Differ Ariake and the event featured four matches.

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### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The forty-fifth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on February 23, 2011, in Ariake, Tokyo, Japan at the Differ Ariake and the event featured six matches.

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### City

Ariake, Tokyo, Japan

The forty-sixth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on March 15, 2011, in Osaka, Japan at the Minami Move On Arena and the event featured six matches.

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### City

Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

The forty-seventh Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on July 27, 2011, in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan at the Chigusa Bunka Center Mini Theater and the event featured six matches.

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### City

Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

The forty-eighth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on August 22, 2011, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan at the Lazona Kawasaki Plaza Sol and the event featured five matches.

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### City

Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

The forty-nineth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on August 23, 2011, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan at the Lazona Kawasaki Plaza Sol and the event featured five matches.

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## Information

### Date

02013-11-12-0000November 12, 2013
02013-11-13-0000November 13, 2013
02013-11-13-0000November 13, 2013

### Attendance

Day 1:160
Day 2:150
Day 3:120

### City

Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

The fiftyth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on November 12, 13 and 14, 2013, in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan at the Lazona Kawasaki Plaza Sol and the event featured six matches on the first night while the other two nights had five matches.

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Tokyo, Japan

The fifty-first Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on April 16, 2014, in Tokyo, Japan at the Shinjuku FACE and the event featured eight matches.

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Tokyo, Japan

The fifty-second Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on August 12, 2014, in Tokyo, Japan at the Shinjuku FACE and the event featured eight matches.

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Tokyo, Japan

The fifty-third Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on October 2, 2014, in Tokyo, Japan at the Shinjuku FACE and the event featured eight matches.

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Chiba, Japan

The fifty-fourth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on November 30 2014, in Chiba, Japan at the Chiba Blue Field and the event featured six matches.

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### City

Tokyo, Japan

The fifty-fifth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on May 21 2015, in Tokyo, Japan at the Shinjuku FACE and the event featured six matches.

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### Date

02015-07-13-0000July 13, 2015
02015-07-14-0000July 14, 2015
02015-07-19-0000July 19, 2015 (aired)

### Attendance

Day 1:178
Day 2:205

### City

Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

The fifty-sixth Pro Wrestling SEM event was held on July 13 and 14, 2015, which aired on tape dealy on July 19, 2015 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan at the Lazona Kawasaki Plaza Sol and the event featured six matches on the first night while the second night had five matches.

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Tokyo, Japan

The fifty-seventh Pro Wrestling SEM event was the last SEM show held on August 10 2015, aired a day later and took place in Tokyo, Japan at the Shinjuku FACE and the event featured seven matches.