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Partisan Forces

**Partisan Forces** (ぱるちざん ぶたい, *Paruchizan butai*), was a professional wrestling stable in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). Formed by Minoru Suzuki was the one of the heel group in AJPW.The stable was founded after won the triple crown heavyweight championship in May 2010.The stable was disbanded 2011 when Minoru Suzuki leave AJPW.

## History

The stable was founded after won the triple crown heavyweight championship in May 2010.
On July 4 2010 Taiyo Kea & Akebono defeated Suwama and Ryota Hama for the AJPW Tag Team Championship. On August 29 2010 Suzuki lost the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship to Suwama. Funaki and Suzuki finished the 2010 World's Strongest Tag Determination League with 11 points with 5 victories and 1 draw and 2 losses but they lost in the semifinal to Ryota Hama and Suwama. Akebono and Kea finished the 2010 World's Strongest Tag Determination League with 10 points with 5 victories and 3 losses. On January 4 2011 the stable was disbanded when Suzuki left AJPW to NJPW.

## Championships and Accomplishments

* **All Japan Pro Wrestling**
	+ Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (1 time) - Suzuki
	+ World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - Akebono and Kea
Scandal Gate (2014)

**Scandal Gate 2014** was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and GAORA TV event promoted by Dragon Gate. The event took place on August 5 at the Korakuen Hall and it was the first event under the Scandal Gate name.

The main event was a four-on-one Handicap macth for the Open The Dream Gate Championship between Mad Blankey and BxB Hulk.

## Background

Scandal Gate 2014 featured professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre-existing feuds and storylines that played out on the Dragon Gate's television program. Wrestlers portrayed heroes or villains as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.

## Event

The first match featured a six-man tag team match between We Are Team Veteran (Dragon Kid, Gamma and Masaaki Mochizuki) and Jimmyz (Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!, Jimmy Kanda and Mr. Kyu Kyu Naoki Tanizaki Toyonaka Dolphin) were We Are Team Veteran were the winners. The second match featured a tag team match between Don Fujii and Ryotsu Shimizu and Yosuke♥Santa Maria and Yuga Hayashi were Fujii and Shimizu were the winners. After the second match Tanizaki attacked Maria and declared himself #1 Contender for the Open The Brave Gate Championship in Flamita's absence. The third match featured a six-man tag team match between Jimmyz (Jimmy Susumu and Jimmy Kagetora) and Kotoka defeated We Are Team Veteran (K-ness, Kenichiro Arai) and Shachihoko BOY were Jimmyz and Kotoka won. The forth match between Monster Express (Shingo Takagi and Akira Tozawa) and Mad Blankey (Punch Tominaga and YAMATO) ended in a disqualification. After the match Tominaga started a feud with CIMA due to the the match that he lost to Kotoka that the loser hould have a punch perm haircut and that was CIMA idea and but agreed to a No disqualification on August 17 and CIMA attacked Tominaga. The fifth match was a tag team match between Millennials (Eita and T-Hawk) and Monster Express (Masato Yoshino and Uhaa Nation) were Millennials won. The sixth match or the main event was a Four-on-One Handicap elimination match for the Open The Dream Gate Championship between Mad Blankey (Cyber Kong, Kzy, Mondai Ryu and Naruki Doi) against BxB Hulk. Hulk manage to defeated Ryu, Kong but ended up bein eliminated by Doi. Since Doi pinned Hulk Doi was named the provisional champion. Masaaki Mochizuki and the General Manager Takayuki Yagi agreed that the title would not change hands under these conditions. Thus Doi wasn't regonized as the 21st champion in the history of the title. The champion would be regonized on August 17.

### Results

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### Four-on-One Handicap elimination match

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Rekka

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Taipei, Taiwan

**Rekka** is a Taiwanese professional wrestler, currently working for Dramatic Dream Team (DDT).

## Professional Wrestling Career

### Early Career

Rekka made his debut in a local wrestling promotion in Taiwan on January 23, 2003. He would spent there a couple of years before heading to Japan, where he was trained by Gurukun Mask. He would then compete in Gurukun Mask's Ryukyu Dragon Pro Wrestling until 2016, before moving to DDT Pro-Wrestling.

### DDT Pro-Wrestling (2016-Present)

Rekka debuted in DDT Pro-Wrestling asking DDT's President Sanshiro Takagi to join DDT's sub-brand DDT New Attitude. Takagi revealed he’s been in contact with New Taiwan Pro Wrestling and was impressed with Rekka. Rekka entered in a feud with KENSO who also wanted to join DDT full time, but Takagi refused. This led into a match where the winner would be DNA. Rekka made his debut in DNA on April 1, 2016 defeating Guanchulo. In the following day, Rekka lost to KENSO. Despite losing to KENSO, Rekka was still a full time member of the DNA roster. In May Rekka took part of Kaientai Dojo's K-Metal League, finishing with a record of two wins and two losses. In October Rekka took part of the DNA Grand Prix, finishing with a record of one win and four losses. On July 26, 2017 Rekka took part of Wrestling Koshien 2017 Qualifying tournament, losing at the finals to Dai Suzuki. On June 11, it was announced that DNA would be suspended, leading to Rekka being transferred to the DDT main roster. During the DNA Rekka announced he will be leaving Japan for a while so he will not be transferring to another brand.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ Cross Armbreaker
* **Signature moves**
	+ Belly-to-Back Suplex
	+ Elbow Strike
	+ Kimura Lock
	+ Lariat
* **Entrance Themes**
	+ **“Sweetest Vengeance”** by Pay Money To My Pain

## Championships and accomplishments

* **New Taiwan Wrestling**
	+ NTW Championship (1 time)
* **Other**
	+ UWC Openweight Championship (1 time, inaugural)
Power Struggle (2011)

Promotional poster for the event, featuring Shinsuke Nakamura, Toru Yano, Hirooki Goto, Togi Makabe, Tetsuya Naito and Hiroshi Tanahashi

## Information

### City

Osaka, Japan

**Power Struggle (2011)** was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on November 12, 2011, in Osaka, Osaka, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium and featured eleven matches, five of which were contested for championships. It was the first event under the Power Struggle name.

## Production

### Storylines

Power Struggle featured eleven 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

During the event all five champions were successful in their defenses. Davey Richards, one half of the No Remorse Corps, who successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against Kushida and Tiger Mask, challenged Prince Devitt, after he had successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Taka Michinoku, to a future title match. The match took place on December 4 and saw Devitt emerge victorious. The semi-main event saw Bad Intentions (Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson) make their tenth successful defense of the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Suzuki-gun representatives Lance Archer and Minoru Suzuki. This would turn out to be the final successful defense of the team, which set the record not only for most defenses, but also the longest reign. In the main event, Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Toru Yano for his ninth successful defense of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, regaining possession of the title belt, which had been stolen by Yano.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Power Struggle  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-10-18.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Power Struggle 2011 . *Pro Wrestling History*. Retrieved on 2015-08-14.
3. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed. How Pro Wrestling Works . *HowStuffWorks, Inc.*. Discovery Communications. Retrieved on 2014-09-13.
4. ↑ New Japan Alive 2011  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-10-18.

## External links

* The official New Japan Pro Wrestling website
Scandal Gate (2015)

**Scandal Gate 2015** was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and GAORA TV event promoted by Dragon Gate. In 2015 Dragon Gate three events under the Scandal Gate name;**Scandal Gate in Kyoto** on August 1, **Scandal Gate in Kobe** on August 2 and **Scandal Gate in Tokyo** The event took place on August 6, 2015 at the Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto, in the Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe and the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.

The first two days the event feauted six matches and third event featured seven matches. The main event of third night saw a Losing Unit Disbands Survival Elimination Match between Jimmyz, Mad Blankey and Millennials lost Millennials and they had to disband.

## Production

### Storylines

Jimmyz, Mad Blankey and Millennials started feuding with each other with was later announced that the 3 stables would later face each other and the members of some stable being pinned or submit would had to disband and the match was announced to be at the Scandal Gate in Tokyo and also on August 2 Masato Yoshino argued with Shingo Takagi and suddenly BxB Hulk kicked Yoshino and Takagi and with was set a three way match between the three.

## Results

### Scandal Gate in Kyoto

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* (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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### Scandal Gate in Kobe

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

## References

* http://www.iheartdg.com/results/generation15/
* http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=135396
Royal Quest

The official Royal Quest logo

**Royal Quest** is a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event was established in 2019 and is part of NJPW shows promoted in the United Kingdom. The event is also aired internationally in the NJPW's worldwide internet streaming service, NJPW World and FITE TV streaming services.

Initially the Royal Quest was held on a single event, but was turned into a serie of events in 2022. The event usually is held in October after the G1 Climax.

## See also

* Strong Style Evolved UK
* Honor Rising: Japan
* Global Wars
Sakatako Intercontinental Tag Team Championship

The **Sakatako Intercontinental Tag Team Championship** is a one of the secundary tag team title defended in the Michinoku Pro Wrestling promotion. The championship was created and defended as secundary tag team championship in the Big Japan Pro Wrestling promotion. The title moved to Michinoku Pro Wrestling in 2017 after the titles were not seen in BJW.

## Gallery

* Champions

Daisuke Sekimoto and Kazuki HashimotoAbdullah Kobayashi and Takayuki Ueki
Ruaka

Ruaka in September 2021

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Tokyo, Japan

**Ruaka** (ルアカ, *Ruaka*) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is a former Future of Stardom Champion.

## Professional wrestling career

#### World Wonder Ring Stardom (2016–present)

Ruaka made her professional wrestling debut at the early age of 12, at *Goddesses Of Stars*, an event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom on November 20, 2016 where she teamed up with Arisu Nanase in a losing effort to AZM and Natsuko Tora.

At Stardom Yokohama Dream Cinderella 2021 on April 4, she teamed up with fellow Oedo Tai stablemates Natsuko Tora, Konami, Saki Kashima and Rina to defeat STARS (Mayu Iwatani, Saya Iida, Starlight Kid, Hanan and Gokigen Death) in a Ten-woman elimination tag team match in which Death was eliminated the last and was forced to join Oedo Tai. Ruaka took part in all three of the Stardom Cinderella Tournament 2021 tournament's nights. In the first one from April 10 she fell short to Giulia in a first-round match, on the second one from May 14 she fell short to Mina Shirakawa in a tournament for the vacant Future of Stardom Championship and on the third one from June 12 she teamed up with her stablemates Natsuko Tora, Konami, Fukigen Death and Saki Kashima to defeat Stars (Mayu Iwatani, Starlight Kid, Hanan, Koguma and Rin Kadokura) in a Ten-woman elimination tag team match and since Kid was eliminated the last she was forced to join Oedo Tai. In the Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix 2021, Ruaka fought in the "Blue Stars" Block obtaining a total of zero points after compting against Syuri, Saya Kamitani, Takumi Iroha, Konami, Utami Hayashishita, Tam Nakano, Maika, Unagi Sayaka and AZM. At Stardom 10th Anniversary Grand Final Osaka Dream Cinderella on October 9, Ruaka defeated Unagi Sayaka to win the Future of Stardom Championship. She lost the title to Hanan on December 29.

## Championships and accomplishments

* **World Wonder Ring Stardom**
	+ Future of Stardom Championship (1 time)
	+ Top Unit Trios Tournament (2017) – with Natsuko Tora and Saki Kashima
Open The United Gate Championship

### Most reigns

(as a team) All teams (1 reign): (as an individual) CIMA, Masato Yoshino and Ricochet (2 reigns)

### Longest reign

The Bravado Brothers (Harlem Bravado and Lancelot Bravado) (302 days)

### Heaviest winner

The Bravado Brothers and Premiere Athlete Brand (191 kg)

### Lightest winner

Blood Warriors (156 kg)

The **Open The United Gate Championship** was the top tag team championship in the Dragon Gate USA promotion. The first champions were World–1 (Masato Yoshino and PAC) and were crowned at *United: Finale* in the tournament final, which was held in Union City, New Jersey. It aired on March 11, 2011 on pay-per-view tape delay entitled *United We Stand*. The title is also recognized by Dragon Gate USA's parent promotion, Dragon Gate, and it has been defended at a Dragon Gate show in Japan. The title is also recognized by the Evolve promotion. On May 30, 2015, Gargano retired the titles after a title defense.

## Title history

### Tournament

A three day round robin tournament was held from January 28–30, 2011; which involved four teams. The four teams were WORLD-1 members Masato Yoshino and PAC, Ronin members Johnny Gargano and Chuck Taylor, Blood Warriors members Naruki Doi and Ricochet, and Blood Warriors members CIMA and Dragon Kid. CIMA and Dragon Kid didn't face Ricochet and Naruki Doi due to Ricochet being sidelined with an ankle injury and both teams didn't receive points.

The tournament was a points based tournament with wins getting two points, a draw one point, and a loss was zero points.

Final standings
 CIMA and Dragon Kid | 0

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## Notes

1. Both teams didn't face each other, due to Ricochet being sidelined with an ankle injury, since that they didn't recieve any points.

## Gallery

* Gallery
* Champions

Naruki Doi and Masato Yoshino vs. CIMA and AR Fox - October 7, 2012Jimmy Susumu and Mr. Quu Quu Toyonaka Dolphin vs. CIMA and AR Fox - October 8, 2012

Masato Yoshino and PACRicochet and CIMAMasato Yoshino and RicochetAR Fox and CIMAMatt Jackson and Nick JacksonHarlem Bravado and Lancelot BravadoAnthony Nese and Caleb KonleyJohnny Gargano and Rich Swann
One Night Ten Man Tag Tournament

The **One Night Ten Man Tag Tournament** was a 10 man single-elimination tournament held in Dragon Gate to determine the strongest 10 man tag team in that night. The tournament would be held over in one night. It was formely known as **One Night Tag Team Tournament** in Toryumon Japan, it was also a single-elimination tournament to determine the strongest team in that night.

It was discontinued following the Toryumon split a few months after the last tournament in 2004. It would be succeeded in Dragon Gate and it was produced once in Dragon Gate.

## Tournament Winners

* 2001: M2K (Darkness Dragon and Susumu Mochizuki)
* 2002: Crazy MAX (SUWA and TARU)
* 2004: Final M2K (K-ness, Kenichiro Arai, Masaaki Mochizuki, Second Doi and Susumu Yokosuka)
RO&D

## Roughly Obsess and Destroy

**Roughly Obsess & Destroy** (abbreviated in writing as **RO&D**, spoken as **R.O.D.**) is a professional wrestling stable founded in 2003 in All Japan Pro Wrestling by Taka Michinoku, and later reformed in Pro Wrestling Noah. The stable's name is generally believed to be a mistranslation of "Obsessed with roughly destroying."

## History/career

RO&D began in AJPW in mid-2003 as heels, often clashing with the likes of Keiji Mutoh. Taka Michinoku was the only Japanese member of RO&D, with all the rest being gaijins (foreigners). Some experts do not consider Taiyō Kea to be gaijin, despite the fact that he is Hawaiian, because he trained in the AJPW dojo and has spent nearly all of his career in the promotion. Later, RO&D became faces and feuded against the Voodoo Murders. At one point, they held almost all the titles in AJPW (see championships and accomplishments).

Later, members of the stable would rejoin in NOAH, with D'Lo Brown and Buchanan capturing the GHC Tag Team Championship on one occasion.

## Members

* Taka Michinoku
* Taiyō Kea
* D'Lo Brown
* Buchanan
* Jamal
* Rico Constantino
* The Gladiator
* Gigantes
* Matt Morgan
* RO'Z
* KAZMA
* Masahiro Chono (one-night member)
* PSYCHO (honorary member)
* BLUE-K (honorary member)

## Championships and accomplishments

* **All Japan Pro Wrestling**

* All Asia Tag Team Championship (1 time) - Buchanan and Rico Constantino
* Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (1 time) - Taiyō Kea
* World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) - Taka Michinoku
* World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - Taiyō Kea and Jamal
* Champion Carnival (2006) - Taiyō Kea
* World's Strongest Tag Determination League (2004) - Taiyō Kea and Jamal
* January 2 Korakuen Hall Heavyweight Battle Royal (2004) - Jamal

* **Hawai'i Championship Wrestling**

* HCW Kekaulike Heritage Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Taiyō Kea and Jamal

* **Kaientai Dojo**

* Strongest-K Championship (1 time) - Taka Michinoku
* FMW/WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Taka Michinoku with TOMO Michinoku

* **Michinoku Pro Wrestling**

* Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) - Taka Michinoku

* **Pro Wrestling Noah**

* GHC Tag Team Championship (1 Time) - D'Lo Brown and Buchanan
* Global Tag League Technique Prize (2008, 2009)- D'Lo Brown and Buchanan

* **Tokyo Sports**

* Technique Prize (2005) - Taka Michinoku

## References

1. ↑ http://www.100megsfree4.com/wiawrestling/pages/alljap/ajtourn.htm
2. ↑ http://www.purolove.com/noah/history/globaltagleague08.php
3. ↑ http://www.purolove.com/awards.php
Real

The official logo of the stable

**Real** (レアル, *Rearu*), is a professional wrestling stable primarily appearing in the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH (NOAH).

The group was formed by Hideki Suzuki, Saxon Huxley and Timothy Thatcher on April 22, 2023, following their departure from Sugiura-gun, which they subsequently named "Real", with Suzuki being appointed the leader of the stable. Huxley and Thatcher quickly brought the GHC Tag Team Championship to the stable and they shortly after added Shuhei Taniguchi to the stable.

## History

On April 16, 2023, at Green Journey in Sendai, Saxon Huxley and Timothy Thatcher began teaming with each other, and the two developed a good chemistry with one another. Later that night, Hideki Suzuki on the behalf of Huxley and Thatcher challenged Shuhei Taniguchi and Takashi Sugiura to a title match for the GHC Tag Team Championship. After the relationship between Sugiura-gun members had just fizzled out over the previous months, Suzuki stated that Sugiura-gun wasn't working and was over, leading Sugiura to confirm that the stable had disbanded. On April 22, their stable was named "Real". On May 4 at Majestic, Huxley and Thatcher defeated Sugiura and Taniguchi to win the GHC Tag Team Championship. On June 17 at Green Journey in Nagoya, Suzuki defeated Shuhei Taniguchi. Afterwards, Suzuki grabbed a Real t-shirt, looked to be putting it on, but then handed it to Taniguchi, who snatched it from him, and then put it on, signifying that he had joined the stable. In August, both Thatcher and Huxley took part in the 2023 N-1 Victory, wrestling in seperate round-robin blocks. Both were left behind in the final standings, after failing to win their respective blocks. On September 24 at Grand Ship In Nagoya, Thatcher and Huxley lost the GHC Tag Team Championship to Good Looking Guys (Jack Morris and Anthony Greene).

## Championships and accomplishments

* **Pro Wrestling NOAH**
	+ GHC Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Thatcher and Huxley
Rookie Ranking Tournament

Promotional image featuring the participants of the tournament

The **Rookie Ranking Tournament** (若手トーナメント, **Wakate Tōnamento**, lit. "Young Generation Tournament") was a single-elimination tournament held in Dragon Gate to decide the top rookie in the promotion, similar to NJPW's Young Lion Cup. The tournament was held from January 12 until January 16 and will feature the seventh place until the fifth-place finish.

## Announced competitors

In the end of 2018, Dragon Gate announced a singles tournament named Rookie Raking Tournament. Also, it was the dates for the tournament were announced to be from January 13 until January 16 and the participants for the tournament. The tournament will feature one unaffiliated wrestler, four wrestlers from Mochizuki Dojo and one from MaxiMuM and Tribe Vanguard and the format of the tournament would be a single-elimination format. The tournament was to determine the top rookie in the promotion.

## Participants

### Non-Tournament matches

#### January 12

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#### January 13

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#### January 14

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#### January 16

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## See also

* King of Gate
* Early Christmas Tag Team Tournament
* New Years Unit War 6 Man Tag Team Tournament
Renaissance

***Renaissance*** (ルネサンス, *Runesansu*) it was a stable formed in Dragon Gate, the stable an from 2006 to January 7, 2007. During its run, the group consisted of Magnum TOKYO, Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, and Yasushi Kanda.

## History

The group was conceived by Magnum TOKYO as a means of proving that the elder members of the Dragon Gate roster could still compete at an elite level. He was inspired by the progression of Kanda after returning from a three year retirement due to a broken neck. Magnum was responsible for gathering together the elders who bought into the premise, even if they were already affiliated with other units active at the time (Magnum with Do FIXER, Masaaki Mochizuki with Final M2K, Don Fujii with Blood Generation). Genichiro Tenryu was an associate whenever he competed in the promotion. Shortly after the group got together, Magnum suffered a bad eye injury and was forced to sit out for the remainder of 2006.

Mochizuki took temporary leadership and the group would seemly accomplish their goal in short order with Mochizuki and Fujii winning the I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship in August and then Fujii shocking the world by winning the Open The Dream Gate Championship in November. However, the group suddenly reached a premature end just as they were rolling. On January 6, after dropping the I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship to the visiting Jado and Gedo, Mochizuki announced that Renaissance would fold. Some found this peculiar given that the unit was seen as a Magnum project.

However, Magnum's condition was not fairing any better. He would eventually leave the company later in the year. Mochizuki and Fujii would stick together for the rest of the year, picking up K-ness. along the way and being dubbed the Veteran Army. Kanda would occasionally team as an associate before joining the Muscle Outlaw'z.

## Championships and Accomplishments

* **Dragon Gate**
	+ Open the Dream Gate Championship (1 time) – Fujii
	+ I-J Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – Mochizuki and Fujii
Pro-Wrestling A.C.E

***Pro-Wrestling A.C.E***
 **Headquarters** | Tokyo, Japan

**Pro-Wrestling A.C.E**, often referred to simply as **A.C.E**, was a promotion and a division of the entertainment company Wrestle-1. It is based in Tokyo.

While its primary purpose is to serve as a developmental division for Wrestle-1, A.C.E has come to be viewed by the fans as its own distinct entity - effectively serving as a second brand complementing Wreslte-1 himself.

## History

On March 30, 2016, Wrestle-1 held a show to celebrate the conclusion of the first term of the Puroresu Sōgō Gakuin, while also announcing the graduation of Hana Kimura, Jun Tonsho, Reika Saiki and Seigo Tachibana. With two women graduating from the class, Keiji Mutoh teased the possibility of starting a women's division in Wrestle-1. After that Wrestle-1 decide to create a developmental sub-promotion which is made for the rookies like WWE NXT to become their wrestling school. Thier first event was on November 12 after that wrestlers from the sub-promotion started to wrestle in the main roster receiving shots at their main titles.

On February 29, 2020 Wrestle-1 president, Kaz Hayashi announced that all activities of the promotion would be suspended indefinitely after April 1 with all of the contracted wrestlers being released on March 31.
The Bomber

**The Bomber** is a professional wrestling tag team in the Japanese promotion All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) formed on September 24, 2018 Dylan James and Joe Doering, where they are the winners of the 2018 World's Strongest Tag Determination League.

## History

On September 24, Dylan James turned on Sweeper and formed a team with Joe Doering later named The Bomber. From November 13 to December 11, Doering and James took part in the World's Strongest Tag Determination League, finishing the tournament with a record of seven wins and three losses, advancing to the finals of the tournament. On December 11, Doering and James defeated Suwama and Shuji Ishikawa in the finals to win the tournament.

## Championships and accomplishments

* **All Japan Pro Wrestling**
	+ World's Strongest Tag Determination League (2018)
The Iihashi Brothers

Ishin (left) and Riki Iihashi (right) in February 2022

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Musashino, Tokyo, Japan

**The Iihashi Brothers** (飯橋兄弟, *Iihashi Kyōdai*) were a Japanese professional wrestling tag team, consisting of real life brothers, who are known by their ring names Riki (理貴) and Ishin (偉進) Iihashi, respectively. The due were trained and signed to Dragon Gate (DG).

Riki and Ishin both are the first thoroughbred professional wrestlers in Japan, being the sons of former sumo wrestler turned professional wrestler Koji Ishinriki, and former joshi wrestler Utako Hozumi. On June 6, 2022, the duo disbanded after Riki decided to retire from professional wrestling, while Iihsin continues to wrestle.

## Professional wrestling career

### Dragon Gate (2021–2022)

Riki and Ishin trained for their professional wrestling career in the Japanese promotion Dragon Gate's wrestling school called "Dragon Gate Nex", being part of the Dragon Gate Future class, wrestling several exhibition bouts before officially debuting against Dragon Gate veterans Don Fujii and Yasushi Kanda on September 20, 2021 at Dangerous Gate in a losing effort. Due to their parents being professional wrestlers, Riki and Ishin reference their parents, Riki using similar ring gear and moveset to his father's, while, Ishin tributes her mother with her Juliana's-style accessories, a hot pink feather boa and matching fan ring gear.

As is customary for most professional wrestlers, Riki and Ishin spent most of his matches losing to other, more experienced wrestlers, which would help put over other wrestlers while at the same time give Riki and Ishin some in-ring, televised, experience. On February 20, 2022, Riki and Ishin along with fellow Dragon Gate Future rookie Takuma Fujiwara took part in the tournament to crown the new Open The Triangle Gate Champions, being defeated in the first round by finalists, Z-Brats (H.Y.O, BxB Hulk and Shun Skywalker). Following their match, General Manager Ryo Saito announced that the rookies of class of 2021 would be facing each other at Memorial Gate in Wakayama in a five-way match, with the winner receiving a title match for the Open The Brave Gate Championship against Dragon Dia on March 5 at Champion Gate in Osaka. At the event on February 23, they eliminated fellow rookie Takumi Hayakawa, before being both eliminated by the eventual winner Takuma Fujiwara. In May, Ishin took part in the 2022 King of Gate, being eliminated in the first round after drawing with Takuma Fujiwara. Following a recent abscence due to an injury, on June 6, Riki decided to retire from professional wrestling.

## In wrestling

* **Signature tag team moves**
	+ Double octopus hold
	+ Double wheelbarrow suplex
* **Riki's signature moves**
	+ *Alcatraz* (Chickenwing facelock/seated camel clutch combination)
	+ Belly to back suplex
	+ Dropkick
	+ Knife edge chop
* **Ishin's signature moves**
	+ Abdominal stretch
	+ Octopus hold
	+ Springboard dropkick
* **Entrance themes**
	+ "Future Dreams" by Yatsuka Nakagawa
	+ **"Brothers"** by Yatsuka Nakagawa feat. Utako Hozumi, Ishinriki, and Jon Underdown
The Three Musketeers

(left to right) Masahiro Chono, Keiji Mutoh and Shinya Hashimoto

**Toukon Sanjushi** (闘魂三銃士, *Tōkon Sanjūshi*) was a trio consisting of Shinya Hashimoto, Masahiro Chono, and Keiji Mutoh. The Japanese name of the trio literally translates to "Fighting Spirit Three Musketeers", but in English they are commonly known simply as **The Three Musketeers**.

## Careers

Shinya Hashimoto, Masahiro Chono, and Keiji Mutoh were part of the Class of 1984 of the New Japan Pro Wrestling Dojo, which included Jushin Thunder Liger and Akira Nogami. Hashimoto would be the first to make his debut in September 1984, while Chono and Mutoh face each other in their debuts a month later.

In 1988, while on an excursion in Puerto Rico, the three formed **Toukon Sanjushi** or **The Three Musketeers**. They had one match in NJPW as a team together on July 29 against Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, and Shiro Koshinaka, before Mutoh returned to North America for more seasoning. Hashimoto and Chono would remain a tag team for a couple years, with their most notable match against Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi in February 1990 at the Tokyo Dome.

In 1991, Toukon Sanjushi solidified their status as the next generation of NJPW, at the first-ever G1 Climax tournament. A year later, the trio would begin to have more success, as Chono won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, and Mutoh, as The Great Muta, won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. It temporarily left Hashimoto out in the cold, until he won the IWGP title from Muta in September 1993.

In August 1994, Toukon Sanjushi disbanded as a team, as Chono turned heel shortly after the G1 Climax.

In the early 2000s, NJPW began promoting the trio of Hiroshi Tanahashi, Katsuyori Shibata and Shinsuke Nakamura as the new Three Musketeers.

Between 2001 and 2005, the three would reunite on special occasions, mainly press conferences, occasionally with Mitsuharu Misawa.

Tragedy struck the group when Shinya Hashimoto died on July 11, 2005, from a brain anerysm, at the young age of 40. Hashimoto's death dashed hopes for Hashimoto's return to New Japan Pro Wrestling and the upcoming Tokon Sanjushi reunion on July 26. Chono and Mutoh were deeply affected by the loss of Hashimoto.

In January 2007, after defeating Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima at the Tokyo Dome, Chono and Mutoh paid tribute to Hashimoto by wearing his trademark white headband and exiting the ring to Hashimoto's theme music.

In March 2011, Shinya's son Daichi debuted, and Chono and Mutoh served as his first opponents.

## Championships and accomplishments

* Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship - Mutoh (3) and Hashimoto (1)
* IWGP Heavyweight Championship - Mutoh (4), Hashimoto (3), and Chono (1)
* NWA World Heavyweight Championship - Chono (1), Mutoh (1), and Hashimoto (1)
* G1 Climax - Chono (1991, 1992, 1994, 2002, 2005), Mutoh (1995), and Hashimoto (1998)
* Young Lion Cup - Chono (1987)
Ryo Inoue

Inoue in August 2023

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Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan

**Ryo Inoue** (井上凌, *Inoue Ryo*, born August 18, 2002) is a Japanese professional wrestler who works currently for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW).

## Professional wrestling career

### All Japan Pro Wrestling (2022-present)

Inoue, an esteemed amateur wrestler for three years in high school passed the All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) dojo entry test in December 2020, alongside future AJPW wrestlers Jun and Rei Sato. making his debut on January 2, 2022, facing Dan Tamura in a losing effort, before taking part in the January 2 Korakuen Hall Junior Heavyweight Battle Royal later that night. As is customary for most professional wrestlers, Inamura spent most of his matches losing to other, more experienced wrestlers, which would help put over other wrestlers while at the same time give Inamura some in-ring, televised, experience. On August 14, Inoue and Takao Omori unsucessfully challenged Voodoo Murders (Minoru and Toshizo) for the All Asia Tag Team Championship. From November to December, Inoue took part of the 2022 Jr. Battle of Glory, finishing the tournament with a record of one win and four losses, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament.

On February 4, 2023, Inoue, Yuma Anzai, Shuji Ishikawa, alongside former Nextream members Rising HAYATO, Yuma Aoyagi, Kento Miyahara, and Atsuki Aoyagi formed a stable dubbed "Zennichi Shin Jidai" (New Age of All Japan in English), as a reaction against the influence of wrestlers from other promotions, who appeared or held titles in AJPW making them an anti-invader stable. In April, Inoue and Oji Shiiba took part in the 2023 Jr. Tag Battle of Glory, finishing the tournament with a record of one win and four losses, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament. On July 2, after El Lindaman won the World Junior Heavyweight Championship from Atsuki Aoyagi, Inoue challenged him to a title match, after taking offense to Lindaman being careless with the title belt. On July 23, Inoue unsucessfully challenged Lindaman for the World Junior Heavyweight Championship. From November 12 and December 6, Inoue took part of the 2023 Jr. Battle of Glory, finishing the tourmanent with a record of two wins, four losses and a draw, failing to advance to the finals of the tournament.

## In Wrestling

* **Signature moves**
	+ Bridging high-angle German suplex
	+ *Kazushizashi Elbow* (Flying elbow strike)
	+ Missile Dropkick

## Championships and accomplishments

* **All Japan Pro Wrestling**
	+ January 2 Korakuen Hall Junior Heavyweight Battle Royal (2024)
Katsumasa Inoue

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Osaka, Japan

**Katsumasa Inoue** (井上勝正, *Inoue Katsumasa*) is a Japanese retired bodybuilder, boxer and professional wrestler best known for his work in Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW).

## Career

A former bodybuilder and boxer, Katsumasa Inoue made his pro-wrestling debut quite late, at 32, in 2002. After a couple of years he spent on the lower card in ever company he was, Inoue started to regularly team up with Hiroyuki Kondo. He would appear regulary in New Japan Pro Wresting on their LOCK UP events. In the course of years, Inoue gained a strong reputation in Big Japan Pro Wrestling, but he was never able to win a major title. In April 2009 Inoue was forced to undergo knee surgery and on August 2 of the same year he announced his retirement from pro-wrestling.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ Tiger suplex
* **Signature moves**
	+ Young Buster
* **Entrance themes**
	+ "Inner Light" by Shocking Lemon
Kinta Tamaoka

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Sanda-shi, Hyogo, Japan

**Koichi Tamaoka** (玉岡 孝一, *Tamaoka Kōichi*, born August 17, 1977) is a Japanese professional wrestling referee and occasional wrestler, best known for working for Dragon Gate under the ring name **Kinta Tamaoka** (玉岡 金太, *Tamaoka Kinta*).

## Biography

Tamaoka joined the Toryumon system as a wrestler, but dropped out of the dojo for unknown reasons. He then became a referee.

In May 2006, he joined heel unit Muscle Outlaw'z to act as their own personal referee. He used fast counts and allowed rule breaking to give them an advantage. He also would simply refuse to count for MO'z opponents, and occasionally go so far as to attack them. A particular trick of his was to throw "protein" in the opponents' faces.

Come September 2007, Tamaoka's relationship with the MO'z began to disintegrate after he cost the MO'z several matches with misaimed protein attacks. He was challenged to a banishment match by Gamma on September 22. The MO'z surprisingly aided Tamaoka against Gamma, causing Gamma's brief departure from the federation. However, Gamma returned to Dragon Gate and MO'z a month later, and Tamaoka was mobbed and kicked out of the unit upon doing so.

After his exile from MO'z, Tamaoka briefly had an active schedule as a wrestler, but he stopped wrestling abruptly and returned to refereeing. As of May 2008, his profile was placed under the regular referee section on the Official Dragon Gate website [1]. He continues to referee, but no longer plays a role or shows a distinct personality.

On March 20, 2009, Tamaoka won the Open The Owarai Gate Championship from "Hollywood" Stalker Ichikawa. The title match was actually between Stalker and Masaaki Mochizuki, but Tamaoka won more fan support than either of them, so he became champion. He then vacated the title immediately afterwards since he wasn't a full-time wrestler.

On April 5, 2011, Dragon Gate announced that they had fired Tamaoka, when it was learned that the night before he had been arrested for public drug use in a Kobe area restroom. The drug in question has been identified for now as simply a stimulant. The company had initially announced that he had been in violation of his contract when they announced his firing and the real reason had not been revealed until April 22 when the story received some mainstream press. As of that date, he was still in police custody. [2]

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**

* Belly-to-back inverted mat slam
* Brainbuster
* Frog splash

## Championships and accomplishments

* **Dragon Gate**

* Open The Owarai Gate Championship (1 time)
Summer Struggle (2004)

Promotional poster for the tour featuring various NJPW Wrestlers

**Summer Struggle** was a professional wrestling tour, produced by the Japanese New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. The tour would take place between July 4 and July 24, 2004, with shows taking place in Tokyo, Saitama, Mie, Gifu, Yamagata, Hokkaido, Aomori, and Iwate.

The tour featured Kazuyuki Fujita defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Katsuyori Shibata. This was the eleventh tour under the *Summer Struggle* name.

## Production

### Background

The Summer Struggle (2004) 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

**The New Beginning** is an annual professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event has been held since 2011 as a pay-per-view (PPV). From 2013 to 2014, the event also aired outside Japan as an internet pay-per-view (iPPV). Since 2015, the event has aired worldwide on NJPW's internet streaming site, New Japan Pro Wrestling World. The event is held in February, the month following NJPW's biggest annual event, the January 4 Dome Show, usually the culmination point of major storylines. As the name of the event suggests, it marks the beginning of a new year for the promotion. On December 10, 2018, NJPW announced The New Beginning in USAevent, that took place between January 30 and February 2 and following 2018 event the event would become an annual event.

## Notes

1. ↑ The event was held behind closed doors due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the United States.
Summer Struggle (2003)

Promotional poster for the tour featuring various NJPW Wrestlers

**Summer Struggle** was a professional wrestling tour, produced by the Japanese New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. The tour would take place between July 4 and July 24, 2003, with shows taking place in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Gifu, Tayama, Osaka, Kishiwada, Shiga, Ishikawa, Akita, Aomori, Hokkaido and Asahikawa.

The tour featured Kazuyuki Fujita defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Katsuyori Shibata and Tiger Mask defending the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Masahito Kakihara. This was the tenth tour under the *Summer Struggle* name.

## Production

### Background

The Summer Struggle (2003) 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.
Team Destruction

**Team Destruction** (ちむ はかい, *Chimu hakai*), was a professional wrestling stable in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW). Formed by Suwama was the one of the face group in AJPW.The stable was founded in 2011.The stable was disbanded 2012 when Suwama decided to disband the stable and create a new stable called last revolution.

## History

The stable was founded in 2011 and also have feud with stack of arms and Get Wild. On October 23 2011 Suwama lost the triple crown heavyweight champion to Jun Akiyama.
Suwama and Soya finished the 2011 World's Strongest Tag Determination League with 6 points
with 3 victories and 5 losses. Suwama finished the 2012 Champion Carnival with 7 points with 3 victories and 1 draw and 2 losses but he lost in the final to Taiyo Kea. Soya finished the 2012 Champion Carnival 2 points. In 2012 the stable was disbanded when Suwama decided to disband the stable and create a new stable called Last Revolution.

## Championships and Accomplishments

* **All Japan Pro Wrestling**
	+ Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship (1 time) - Suwama
Shunji Kosugi

**Shunji Kosugi** (小杉俊二, *Kosugi Shunji*), is a retired Japanese professional wrestler, who was based in New Japan Pro Wrestling.

## Career

Shunji Kosugi made his debut on January 11, 1981. He was known for his technical prowess in the ring, influenced by Karl Gotch. He was the last man to defeat Satoru Sayama, before Sayama became Tiger Mask. He was also the very first opponent of the future Jushin Thunder Liger, Keiichi Yamada.

Kosugi's biggest accomplishment came in April 1985, when he defeated Keiichi Yamada to win the very first Young Lion Cup.

As time went on, Kosugi suffered a severe back injury, which forced him to retire on April 10, 1988. His last recorded match as an active wrestler occurred on March 18, teaming with Don Arakawa, losing to Hiro Saito and Norio Honaga.

## Retirement

After retiring from the ring, he returned to his hometown to run a liquor store, owned by his wife's family.

In September 2010, after over 22 years since his last match, Kosugi made a surprise return in a battle royal, held by Tatsumi Fujinami's Dradition promotion. Although he lost, he received a standing ovation by bodyslamming Kikutaro.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing and signature moves**
	+ Oklahoma Stampede

## Championships and accomplishments

* **New Japan Pro Wrestling**

* Karl Gotch Cup (1976)
* Young Lion Cup (1985)
The Gate of Origin (2023)

Promotional logo for the event

**The Gate of Origin (2023)** was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and GAORA TV event promoted by Dragon Gate (DG). The event took place on October 9, 2023, in Sendai at the Sendai Sun Plaza Hall. Previously held under the Memorial Gate in Sendai name, this marks the fourth show under The Gate of Origin name. The event aired on GAORA and Dragon Gate Network streaming service.

## Production

The Gate of Origin (2023) 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 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 aired worldwide on Dragon Gate's internet streaming site, Dragon Gate Network.

### Storylines

The Gate of Origin (2023) 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 Dragon Kid, Punch Tominaga and YAMATO defended the Open The Triangle Gate Championship against Z-Brats (H.Y.O, KAI and Shun Skywalker). On October 6, 2023, Tominga, Dragon Kid and YAMATO defeated Gold Class (Kota Minoura, Ben-K and Naruki Doi) and D'Courage (Madoka Kikuta, Yuki Yoshioka and Dragon Dia) in the finals of a tournament to win the vacant Open The Triangle Gate Championship. Afterwards, Z-Brats attacked Kid, Tominaga and YAMATO and challenged them to a title match, setting up a match at Gate of Origin.

On September 24, ISHIN faced Ryu Fuda in a winning effort. Afterwards, he stated that he would give Fuda a rematch for the Open The Brave Gate Championship in Fuda's hometown in Sendai at Gate of Origin. However, on October 7, it was announced that Fuda would be unable to compete in the match due to Fuda breaking three of his fingers. ISHIN looked to name a new challenger, but instead was challenged by Kzy, after failing various times to win the Open The Dream Gate Championship he was interested in the Open The Brave Gate Championship, but ISHIN implied that the Brave Gate was a step down.
The New Beginning (2013)

**The New Beginning (2013)** was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) promoted by New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on February 10, 2013, in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, at the Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall. The event featured nine matches, four of which were contested for championships. It was the fourth event under the New Beginning name.

## Production

### Storylines

The New Beginning featured tem 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

All four champions were successful in their defenses. Time Splitters (Alex Shelley and KUSHIDA) successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship against the previous champions, Forever Hooligans (Alex Koslov and Rocky Romero), Prince Devitt successfully defended the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Apollo 55 partner Ryusuke Taguchi, K.E.S. (Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer) successfully defended the IWGP Tag Team Championship against previous champions, Tencozy (Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima), and Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Karl Anderson for his seventh successful defense of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

## 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 新日本プロレス「The New Beginning」  (in Japanese). *Sports Navi*. Yahoo! (2013-02-10). Retrieved on 2013-10-18.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Show results - 2/10 NJPW "New Beginning" PPV: Anderson challenges for IWGP Title, Shelley & U.S. stars in title matches . *Pro Wrestling Torch* (2013-02-10). Retrieved on 2013-10-18.
4. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed. How Pro Wrestling Works . *HowStuffWorks, Inc.*. Discovery Communications. Retrieved on 2014-09-13.