International Deathmatch and Hardcore Wrestling Update for March 12th, 2018
IWA Midsouth’s Deathmatch season starts, Masashi Takeda defends successfully, GCW announces tons of new matches and much more
Edit: An earlier version said that Tom Lawler would be pulling out of the Bloodsport show but that is not the case. Sorry for any confusion.
IWA Midsouth really seems to be on fire in a lot of ways at the moment. They have a secure location and have been putting on 6-8 shows a month and a streaming deal with Powerbomb TV that broadcasts twice a month. Because they can put on multiple shows a weekend your seeing more 2-day storylines to set up matches and attendance seems to be up while they’re bringing in larger stars like Michael Elgin.
Truthfully it is almost too much to keep up with.
This past weekend they held their Prince of the Deathmatch show, this is the precursor to King of the Deathmatch, which is May 12th and 13th, and the winner is entered into KOTDM. Amazing Maria won and became the first female to win as well. She, as well as JC Rotten and Mike Roach, have been entered into the KOTDM with the first match announced as JC Rotten vs. Nick Gage.
During a match with JC Rotten Tripp Cassidy was severely injured on his left shoulder after taking a bump into a pane of glass that wasn’t tempered. He wrote that it almost severed a main artery and looked like it. His shoulder was entirely flared out.
The IWA MS King of the Deathmatch Tournament has announced most of the 16 competitor. They are
Nick Gage
Masada
Aeroboy
Markus Crane
Shlak
Eric Ryan
Dale Patricks
Rickey Shane Page
G-Raver
Miedo Xtremo
Ciclope
Neil Diamond Cutter
Amazing Maria
JC Rotten
Mike Roach
It will be a two day event as in previous years but I have to comment and say the previous few KOTDM events have been littered with 4 ways in the first round. I personally don’t like multi-man deathmatches. They remove any of the drama and degenerate into car crashes where the camera can’t even catch all of it. If they have 2 full nights of events hopefully it will be all singles matches. It is this idea that helps GCW develop stars in my opinion.
Many thanks to Twitter user @vicvonerich for these IWA MS results and notes. He has a PWTees store at Prowrestlingtees.vom/indypower and you can find his blog at travnvichorror.WordPress.com.
Any promoters who want to send news or upcoming cards/results to be included please email me at theculturebum@gmail.com or contact me on Twitter @intlwrestling.
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***Japanese Deathmatch News***
On March 1st Out Deluxe on Fuji TV did a highlight reel of deathmatches focusing on Freedoms. They showed clips from an older Masada match, the Mad Dog vs. Fukimoto match from Bloody Christmas and other Kasai matches.
Masashi Takeda defeated Ryuchi Sekine on March 12th for his 5th defense of the BJW Deathmatch Title. Based on interviews his nest challenger should be Abdullah Kobayashi but that won’t likely be for 6 weeks or more. The only person on the roster I could see as a real candidate to win the title is Masaya Takahashi who he won the belt off of in August of 2017.
At the March 11th Freedoms show in Osaka Masashi Takeda debuted a new gimmick called “The Great Fisherman” where he is a businessman.
The March 22nd Freedoms Korakuen Hall main event between Kenji Fukimoto and Masashi Takeda will be a 4 Corners of Pain + Alpha Deathmatch. The last time they had a singles match was the infamous scissors board match.
They’ve also announced the Freedoms vs. BASARA 6 amn tag match will be a TLC + Lighttubes Deathmatch.
Masashi Takeda, along with Yuko Miyamoto, will compete on the Hagure IGF International Hataage-sen show at Shinjuku Face on April 4th.
On April 30th there will be a WWS Mr. Pogo Rememberance show featuring Jun Kasai.
Freedoms and Basara will have a feud of some sort starting with the March 22nd Korakuen Hall show that will feature a 6 man deathmatch between Jun Kasai, Takashi Sasaki & Daisuke Masaoka vs Isami Kodaka, FUMA & Ryūichi Sekine
On February 26th Masashi Takeda was victorious at Capture Tokyo, a worked MMA event at the MONstar Basement. The next Capture Tokyo show will be April 25th.
Jun Kasai and a mystery partner will wrestle in a “drinking deathmatch” for DDT at Shinjuku Face on March 14th.
Pro Wrestling Tees is now selling Big Japan merchandise that you can find at https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/bigjapan. They launched an English store based in Japan last year but the shipping charges were too much for most fans.
Yuji Okabayashi isn’t wearing his sling anymore so thats a good sign of recovery.
Big Japan is following through with their emphasis on health as Daisuke Sekimoto, Jake Numazawa and others attended a seminar on how to take better care of their bodies.
Yuko Miyamoto was in attendance at the BJ-X store so they are selling merchandise for non-contracted wrestlers.
Abdullah Kobayashi doesn’t have matches listed for this month.
Stardom is promoting an exploding bat match in the future, It will be Oedo Tai vs. Tam Nakano and her partners.
Here’s some cool photos of the man.
***Japanese Deathmatch Results***
J-STAGE 9th, 2/21/2018 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
231 Spectators (crowded)
(1) Akiyori Takizawa & Shunsuke Sayama (both ASUKA) vs. Daiki Shimomura (DNA) & Tetsuya Ido (HEAT-UP)
◆Winner: Akiyori (11:10) following the SlengTeng on Ido.
(2) Tatsuhiko Yoshino (BJW) vs. Seigo Tachibana (W-1)
◆Winner: Yoshino (8:00) following a Spear.
(3) Kazuki Hashimoto (BJW) vs. Koju Takeda (666)
◆Winner: Kazuki (10:16) with a Manjigatame.
(4) 3WAY Tag Match: Jun Kasai & Gunso vs. Masato Tanaka & Masashi Takeda vs. Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
◆Winner: Masato (:35) following a Sliding D on Kei.
~ Rematch
◆Winner: Masato (7:54) following a Sliding D on Kei.
(5) Naoki Tanizaki (DOVE), Hi69 (NOAH) & Takuya Sugawara (ZERO1) vs. ‘brother’ YASSHI (FREE), Chikano Kenshin (DOVE) & Kengo (FREE)
◆Winner: Tanizaki (11:55) with the Cassanova Aratame on Chikano.
(6) HAYATA (NOAH), YO-HEY (NOAH) & Yuya Susumu (FREEDOMS) vs. Minoru Tanaka (FREE), Seiki Yoshioka (W-1) & Jun Tonsho (W-1)
◆Winner: YO-HEY (21:26) following the Super Ganmen G on Tonsho.
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Bar 045 2/24/18
Yokohama
Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto defeated Mogami 9 and Toru Sugiura
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DDT “Into The Fight 2018”, 2/25/2018 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
(5) DDT EXTREME Championship ~ Hardcore + Alpha Match: [40th Champion] Yuko Miyamoto vs. [Challenger] Shunma Katsumata
~ Weapon for Miyamoto is a barbed-wire bat & Weapon for Katsumata is thumbtacks.
◆Winner: Miyamoto (11:45) with a Moonsault Press.
(7) Special Tag Match: Konosuke Takeshita & HARASHIMA vs. Shuji Ishikawa (FREE) & Daisuke Sekimoto (BJW)
◆Winner: Ishikawa (18:34) with the Splash Mountain on Takeshita.
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BJW, 2/27/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
802 Spectators
(1) Kazuki Hashimoto & Masaki Morihiro vs. Yuya Aoki & Takuho Kato
◆Winner: Kazuki (8:00) with the Sankyakutome on Kato.
(2) Tsutomu Oosugi & Hercules Senga vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Kota Sekifuda
◆Winner: Oosugi (5:55) with the Tenrankainoe on Sekifuda.
(3) Great Kojika, Minoru Fujita & Kankuro Hoshino vs. Shu Brahman, Kei Brahman & Jaki Numazawa
◆Winner: Kojika (7:27) following the SAYONARA Fujita on Kei.
(4) TLC Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto (666), Isami Kodaka (BASARA & Ryuji Ito vs. Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda
◆Winner: Miyamoto (10:01) following a Fire Thunder on Sakuda through a table.
(5) Concrete Block & Fluorescent Light-tubes Death Match: Masashi Takeda (FREE) & Takumi Tsukamoto (BASARA vs. Ryuichi Sekine (BASARA) & Abdullah Kobayashi
◆Winner: Kobayashi (12:11) with a Gannosuke Clutch on Takeda.
~ Kobayashi with the win over the DeathMatch Champion, as he stated that he will not forget this loss. Though he is still scheduled to defend the belt against Sekine on March 12.
(6) Ikkitosen Special 8 Man Tag Match: Daisuke Sekimoto, Hideki Suzuki (FREE), Yoshihisa Uto & Kazumi Kikuta vs. Ryota Hama, Ryuichi Kawakami, Hideyoshi Kamitani & Takuya Nomura
◆Winner: Sekimoto (12:15) with a Ground Cobra Twist Hold on Kawakami.
(7) BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [1st Champion] Shinobu vs. [Challenger] Fuminori Abe (BASARA)
◆Winner: Shinobu (14:05) with the S.E.X.
~ 6th successful title defense.
(8) BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship Match: [11th Champion] Daichi Hashimoto vs. [Challenger] Yasufumi Nakanoue
◆Winner: Daichi (21:40) following the Rising DDT.
~ 2nd successful title defense.
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Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS “This is our era 2018”, 3/1/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
(1) Dragon Libre vs. Tomoya Hirata
◆Winner: Libre (10:55) with a Modified Triangle Hold.
(2) Yuya Susumu & Masamune (FREE) vs. Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
◆Winner: Masamune (9:27) with a Japanese Leg Roll Clutch on Kei.
(3) Minoru Fujita (FREE) vs. Chikara (RikiEnterprise)
◆Winner: Fujita (7:50) with a Samson Clutch.
(4) Masashi Takeda (FREE) & Gunso (DOVE) vs. Mr. Gannosuke (GUTS) & Kamui
◆Winner: Takeda (13:45) following the Reverse U-Crash on Kamui.
(5) KING of FREEDOM WORLD TAG CHAMPIONSHIP Match: [13th Champions] Mammoth Sasaki & Toru Sugiura vs. [Challengers] GENTARO & Kenichiro Arai
◆Winner: Mammoth (19:05) with a Gannosuke Clutch on GENTARO.
(6) Scramble Bunkhouse + Fluorescent Light-tube Death Match: Takashi Sasaki & Daisuke Masaoka vs. Jun Kasai & Kenji Fukimoto
◆Winner: Takashi (16:21) following the Migi-ashi on Fukimoto with a fluorescent light-tube.
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BASARA, 3/3/2018 [Sat] 18:30 @ Seijo Hall in Tokyo
300 Spectators (overcrowded/sold out)
(1) Daichi Kazato & Yoji “Dokonjo” Kondo (HEAT-UP) vs. Kazuhiro Tamura (HEAT-UP) & Daiki Shimomura
◆Winner: Kazato (8:45) over Shimomura, following the AnnaCutter from Kazato and Pyonkichi Splash from Dokonjo.
(2) Gyakuten Pro-Wrestling Trial: (Defense) Goma Ryu vs. (Prosecutor) Hercules Senga (FREE) vs. (Suspect) Sanshiro Takagi (DDT)
◆Winner: Takagi (9:38) following a Double Stone Cold Stunner on Goma and Senga.
(3) Ryuichi Sekine & Yuji Hino (FREE) vs. Takato Nakano & Akiyori Takizawa (ASUKA)
◆Winner: Sekine (9:51) with the Let’s Combine on Nakano.
(4) Hardcore 6 Man Match: FUMA, Yusuke Kubo & SAGAT vs. Takumi Tsukamoto, Masashi Takeda (FREE) & Yasu Urano (FREE)
◆Winner: Tsukamoto (15:42) following the Zudon on SAGAT, onto cans and a chair.
(5) Trans Am ★ Ryuichi (BJW) vs. Fuminori Abe
◆Winner: Ryuichi (12:28) with a Perfect Plex.
(6) Ryota Nakatsu vs. Manabu Hara (FREE)
◆Winner: Hara (13:04) with a Chicken Wing Arm Lock.
(7) Union MAX Championship Match: [9th Champion] Isami Kodaka vs. [Challenger] Tsutomu Oosugi (FREE)
◆Winner: Kodaka (18:20) following the Isami-ashi-zan.
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DNA 42, 3/7/2018 [Wed] 19:30 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
147 Spectators
Ethan Page vs. Tomoya Hirata (FREEDOMS)
◆Winner: Page (9:30) following the Spinning Dwayne.
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BJW “Ikkitosen 2018 ~STRONG CLIMB~”, 3/8/2018 [Thu] 19:00 @ Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo
311 Spectators (overcrowded)
(1) Hideyoshi Kamitani & Taishi Takizawa (K-DOJO) vs. Kazumi Kikuta & Takuho Kato
◆Winner: Kamitani (7:47) with a Boston Crab on Kato.
(2) Shinobu (666), Kankuro Hoshino & Yuya Aoki vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino, Kota Sekifuda & Fuminori Abe (BASARA)
◆Winner: Yoshino (7:57) following the Zessho on Hoshino.
(3) Daisuke Sekimoto & Ryota Hama vs. Ryuichi Kawakami & Yasufumi Nakanoue
◆Winner: Hama (11:42) with the Ookido Press on Nakanoue.
(4) Barbed-wire Board 6 Man Tag Death Match: Ryuji Ito, Isami Kodaka (BASARA) & Ryuichi Sekine (BASARA) vs. Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda
◆Winner: Sekine (11:23) with the Let’s Combine on Sakuda, with a barbed-wire board.
(5) Ikkitosen ~ B BLOCK: Yoshihisa Uto vs. Kazuki Hashimoto
◆Winner: Uto (10:07) following a Lariat.
(6) Ikkitosen ~ A BLOCK: Daichi Hashimoto vs. Takuya Nomura
◆Winner: Daichi (15:07) following a Shining Wizard.
(7) BJW Tag Championship ~ EXCUSABLE HOMICIDE ~ 4 corner of pain Deat Match: [45th Champions] Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. [Challengers] Jaki Numazawa & Kenji Fukimoto
◆Winner: Takeda (17:15) via referee stop on Numazawa, Takeda with a Cross Armbar with a saw blade.
~ 1st successful title defense.
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Pro-Wrestling FREEDOMS, 3/11/2018 [Sun] 12:00 @ Hirano Kumin Hall in Osaka
(1) GENTARO & Chikara (Riki Enterprise) vs. Yuya Susumu & Dragon Libre
◆Winner: GENTARO (10:01) with a Lou Thesz style Backdrop on Libre.
(2) Takashi Sasaki & Dyna Mido (B168) vs. Masamune (FREE) & Idea (NPW)
◆Winner: Mido (13:00) following a Diving Headbutt on Idea.
(3) Tomoya Hirata vs. Masashi Takeda (FREE)
◆Winner: Takeda (9:23) with a Modified Cross Armbar.
(4) Hardcore 6 Man Tag Match: Mammoth Sasaki, Toru Sugiura & Kamui vs. ‘brother’ YASSHI (FREE), Naoki Tanizaki (DOVE) & Kouhei Kinoshita (DOVE)
◆Winner: Kamui (12:04) following a Swanton Bomb, from off a ladder, on Kinoshita.
(5) Jun Kasai & Gunso vs. Brahman Shu & Brahman Kei
◆Winner: Kasai (11:46) following a Vertical Drop style Tiger Driver on Kei.
(6) 4 Corners of Pain Death Match: Kenji Fukimoto vs. Daisuke Masaoka
◆Winner: Fukimoto (16:40) following a Package Driver onto a fluorescent light bundle.
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BJW “Ikkitosen 2018 ~STRONG CLIMB~”, 3/11/2018 [Sun] 13:00 @ Hakata StarLanes in Fukuoka
568 Spectators (overcrowded)
(0) 5 Min. Exhibition Match: Takuho Kato vs. Akira Hyodo
~ Hyodo will be making his debut on 3/26.
(1) Kazuki Hashimoto & Yuya Aoki vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Kota Sekifuda
◆Winner: Kazuki (6:55) with the Ground Sankyakutome on Sekifuda.
(2) Daichi Hashimoto & Yoshihisa Uto vs. Ryota Hama & Takuya Nomura
◆Winner: Hama (8:54) with the Ookido Press on Uto.
(3) Barbed-wire Board Tag Death Match: Ryuji Ito & Jaki Numazawa vs. Yuko Miyamoto (666) & Minoru Fujita (Gurentai)
◆Winner: Fujita (8:32) with a Samson Clutch on Numazawa.
(4) Fluorescent Light-tubes 6 Man Tag Death Match: Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki & Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Ryuichi Sekine, Isami Kodaka & Takumi Tsukamoto (all BASARA)
◆Winner: Sekine (11:53) following the Ryukiri on Ueki, with a Fluorescent Lights.
(5) Ikkitosen ~ B BLOCK: Ryuichi Kawakami vs. Kazumi Kikuta
◆Winner: Kawakami (8:24) with a Hurrican Driver.
~ Kawakami [1 win = 2 points]
~ Kikuta [1 loss = 0 points]
(6) Ikkitosen ~ A BLOCK: Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue
◆Winner: DRAW (20:00) Time Expired.
~ Kamitani [1 draw = 1 point]
~ Nakanoue [1 draw = 1 point]
(7) Ikkitosen ~ B BLOCK: Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Hideki Suzuki (FREE)
◆Winner: Sekimoto (12:27) with a German Suplex Hold.
~ Sekimoto [1 win = 2 points]
~ Hideki [1 loss = 0 points]
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BJW “Ikkitosen 2018 ~STRONG CLIMB~”, 3/12/2018 [Mon] 18:30 @ Hiroshima Industrial Hall, East Building
(0) Exhibition Match: Yuki Ishikawa vs. Takuho Kato
(1) Kazuki Hashiumoto & Kankuro Hoshino vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Kota Sekifuda
◆Winner: Kazuki (7:19) with a Manjigatame on Sekifuda.
(2) Barbed-wire Board Tag Death Match: Ryuji Ito & Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Minoru Fujita & Toshiyuki Sakuda
◆Winner: Ito (11:28) with a Dragon Splash on Sakuda.
(3) Daisuke Sekimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani & Kazumi Kikuta vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue, Ryuichi Kawakami & Yoshihisa Uto
◆Winner: Nakanoue (9:13) following a Lariat on Kikuta.
(4) Fluorescent Light-tube Tag Death Match: Yuko Miyamoto (666) & Isami Kodaka (BASARA) vs. Masaya Takahashi & Takayuki Ueki
◆Winner: Miyamoto (9:44) following a Fire Thunder on Ueki, onto fluorescent lights.
(5) Ikkitosen ~ A BLOCK: Ryota Hama vs. Takuya Nomura
◆Winner: Hama (7:13) with the Ookido Press.
~ Hama (1 win = 2 points)
~ Takuya (2 losses = 0 points)
(6) Ikkitosen ~ A BLOCK: Daichi Hashimoto vs. Yuya Aoki
◆Winner: Daichi (12:33) via KO.
~ Daichi (2 wins = 4 points)
~ Yuya (1 loss = 0 points)
(7) BJW Death Match Heavyweight Championship ~ Fluorescent Light-tubes + Setouchi Lemon Blood Hell Death Match: [36th Champion] Masashi Takeda (FREE) vs. [Challenger] Ryuichi Sekine (BASARA)
◆Winner: Takeda (18:07) following the Reverse U-Crash.
~ 5th successful title defense.
***Japanese Deathmatch Upcoming Shows***
Ryukyu Dragon Wrestling 3/14/18
Shin-Kiba
Takashi Sasaki
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Live Bar Deathmatch 3/21/18
Hino City
Freedoms Talent
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BJW “Ikkitosen 2018 ~STRONG CLIMB~”, 3/21/2018
Korakuen Hall
Tokyo
Ikkitosen ~ B BLOCK: Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Kazuki Hashimoto
Ikkitosen ~ B BLOCK: Hideki Suzuki vs. Yoshihisa Uto
Ikkitosen ~ A BLOCK: Takuya Nomura vs. Yuya Aoki
Ikkitosen ~ A BLOCK: Ryota Hama vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue
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Live Bar Deathmatch 3/21/18
Hino City
Freedoms Talent
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Freedoms 3/22/18
Tokyo, Korakuen
4 Corners of Pain + Alpha Deathmatch: Kenji Fukimoto vs. Masashi Takeda
KFC Tag Team Champions: Mammoth Sasaki and Toru Sugiura vs. Yuko Miyamoto and Mr. Gannosuke
TLC + Lighttubes Deathmatch: Jun Kasai, Daisuke Masaoka and Takashi Sasaki vs. FUMA, X, X
Gentaro and Kenichiro Arai vs. Gunso and Brother Yashi
Kamui vs. Kaz Sakamoto
Dragon Libre and Tomoya Hirata vs. Brahman Shu and Kei
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BJW “Ikkitosen 2018 ~STRONG CLIMB~” 3/25/2018
Nagoya Diamond Hall
Aichi
Ikkitosen ~ B BLOCK: Hideki Suzuki vs. Ryuichi Kawakami
Ikkitosen ~ A BLOCK: Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Yuya Aoki
Ikkitosen ~ A BLOCK: Daichi Hashimoto vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani
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BJW “Ikkitosen 2018 ~STRONG CLIMB~” 3/26/2018
Shinkiba 1stRING
Tokyo
Double Debut Match: Akira Hyodo vs. Yuki Ishikawa
Ikkitosen ~ B BLOCK: Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Kazumi Kikuta
Ikkitosen ~ B BLOCK: Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Yoshihisa Uto
Ikkitosen ~ A BLOCK: Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Yuya Aoki
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Mr. Gannosuke Production 3/27/2018
Shin-Kiba
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BJW “Ikkitosen 2018 ~STRONG CLIMB~” 3/28/2018
Shinkiba 1stRING
Tokyo
Ikkitosen ~ B BLOCK: Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Kazumi Kikuta
Ikkitosen ~ A BLOCK: Ryota Hama vs. Yuya Aoki
Ikkitosen ~ A BLOCK: Hidetoshi Kamitani vs. Takuya Nomura
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Freedoms 3/31/2018
Kawasaki
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BJW “Ikkitosen 2018 ~STRONG CLIMB~” 3/31/2018
EDION Arena, 2nd Stadium
Osaka
Ikkitosen ~ B BLOCK: Hideki Suzuki vs. Kazumi Kikuta
Ikkitosen ~ B BLOCK: Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Ryuichi Kawakami
Ikkitosen ~ A BLOCK: Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Ryota Hama
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BJW “Ikkitosen 2018 ~STRONG CLIMB~” 4/1/2018
Sendai PIT
Miyagi
Ikkitosen ~ B BLOCK: Yoshihisa Uto vs. Kazumi Kikuta
Ikkitosen ~ B BLOCK: Ryuichi Kawakami vs. Hideki Suzuki
Ikkitosen ~ A BLOCK: Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Takuya Nomura
Ikkitosen ~ A BLOCK: Daichi Hashimoto vs. Ryota Hama
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BJW 4/5/18
Korakuen Hall
Ikkitosen ~ B BLOCK: Ryuichi Kawakami vs. Yoshihisa Uto
Ikkitosen ~ B BLOCK: Hideki Suzuki vs. Kazuki Hashimoto
Ikkitosen ~ A BLOCK: Daichi Hashimoto vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue
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Evolve 4/6/18
New Orleans, LA
Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Matt Riddle
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Freedoms 4/12/18
Tokyo, Shin-Kiba
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BJW “Ikkitosen 2018 ~STRONG CLIMB~” 4/14/2018
Susukino Mars Gym
Hokkaido
Ikkitosen Semi-final Match: (B BLOCK #1) vs. (A BLOCK #2)
Ikkitosen Semi-final Match: (A BLOCK #1) vs. (B BLOCK #2)
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BJW “Ikkitosen 2018 ~STRONG CLIMB~” 4/15/2018
Susukino Mars Gym
Hokkaido
Ikkitosen Final Match:
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BJW, OZ Academy 4/17/18
Sapporo
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Shonana Beach Pro Wrestling 4/28/18
Kanagawa
Freedoms talent
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WWS 4/30/18
Kumagaya
Jun Kasai
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Freedoms 5/2/18
Tokyo, Korakuen
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Freedoms 5/4/18
Yokohama
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Freedoms 5/6/18
Shizuoka
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BJW 5/13/18
Korakuen Hall
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Freedoms 5/20/18
Miyagi
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Freedoms 5/24/18
Tokyo, Shin-Kiba
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Freedoms 6/2/18
Fukuoka
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Freedoms 6/9/18
Yokohama
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Freedoms 6/10/18
Yokohama
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Freedoms 6/14/18
Tokyo, Shin-Kiba
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BJW 6/20/18
Korakuen Hall
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Freedoms 7/4/18
Tokyo, Korakuen
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Freedoms 7/22/18
Tokyo, Iwate
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Freedoms 7/29/18
Osaka
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Freedoms 8/6/18
Korakuen Hall
Indie Showcase
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Freedoms 8/11/18
Tokyo, Shin-Kiba
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Freedoms 8/19/18
Hiroshima
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Freedoms 8/28/18
Tokyo, Korakuen
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Freedoms 9/17/18
9th Anniversary
Korakuen
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Freedoms 9/22/18
Akita
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Freedoms 9/27/18
Shin-Kiba
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Freedoms 10/24/18
Tokyo, Shin-Kiba
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Freedoms 11/21/18
Tokyo, Shin-Kiba
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Freedoms 12/6/18
Tokyo, Shin-Kiba
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Freedoms 12/25/18
Bloody Christmas
Tokyo, Korakuen
***North American Deathmatch News***
The Chicago GCW Show on May 11th is going to be a joint show with Freelance Underground putting each side against the other in a series of matches. It’ll be at the Baderbrau Breery. The night after on arch 12th will be a full GCW branded show with deathmatches.
GCW has added Penta 0M vs. Nick Gage to the Spring Break show which is a pretty big announcement.
GCW has entered into a sponsorship with “A Shot of Wrestling”, a podcast.
GCW will be hosting meet and greets with the Great Sasuke during Wrestlemania weekend.
GCW will in fact be running the NGI 3 in September.
A new home location for GCW is very close.
Walter vs. Filthy Tom Lawler was added to Bloodsport. Lawler broke his arm since then but is still committed to the event.
Scotty Vortex has been added to the Red Means Green Compound show on March 17th. Vortex is a CZW veteran who was big in the deathmatches for the company. This is classic GCW, bringing back talent that fans always wondered why CZW stopped booking them.
Joey Janella’s Spring Break has sold over 900 tickets so far.
Matt Riddle’s Bloodsport and Spring Break have added matches that are listed below.
GCW announced a location and date for the Tournament of Survival 3 event. It’ll be June 2nd at “Slaughtrhouse Farms” in Freehold, NJ. This will be an outdoors show and they’re already promising a unique spectacle. Zandig is still listed as being involved so we might see that Shlak vs. Zandig match.
Sage Sin won the Goddess of Gore Women’s Deathmatch tournament defeating Ludark Shaitan in the finals. Sage Sin is the daughter of XPW wrestler Supreme.
Conor Claxton defeated Aiden Baal & Jimmy LLoyd in a 3 Way Lightubes House of Hell match to become the new H2O Hybrid Champion at the Subterranean Violence Vol. 2 show. Conor will defend the Title April 6th at Sweet Dreams against Mike Del.
The Vicious Outcast Wrestling show on April 13th is shaping up to be an insane event as usual. They’re announcing tons of matches and each match has a pretty unique stipulation attached.
Whacks, the former CZW photographer who also wrestled in deathmatches, lost a large portion of his thumb while working in his house. He has a Gofundme campaign here https://www.gofundme.com/56k65k0
***North American Deathmatch Results***
IWA MS 2/22/18
JC Rotten defeated Chase Holliday
AJ Gray defeated Steve Sanders
Calvin Tankman defeated Eddy Only
Aaron Williams, Joe Acer and Trey Miguel defeated Jimmy’s Angels, Gymnasty Boys/Rob Killjoy and Gymnasty Boys/Rob Killjoy
Ace Romery and Larry D went to a double TKO
Roni Nicole defeated Shotzi Blackheart and Amazing Maria
Maxwell Jacob Friedman defeated Myron Reed
Michael Elgin defeated Nick Gage by DQ
Mance Warner defeated Jake Crist
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IWA MS 2/23/18
Trey Miguel defeated Rob Killjoy
Roni Nicole and Timmy Lou Retton defeated JC Rotten and Amazing Maria
Pay Monix defeated Joe Acer and Chase Holliday
Dale Patricks defeated Tripp Cassidy
Shotzi Blackheart defeated Harlow O’Hawa
Steve Manders and Bryan Convel defeated Kalam and Shain Bender
Myron Reed defeated Sage Cainan
Michael Elgin defeated White Mike
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IWA MS 2/24/18
JC Rotten defeated Dr. Daniel C Rockingham
Jack Andrews and Chris Copeland defeated Frankie Flynn and Derek Director
Amazing Maria defeated Billy Matten
Trey Miguel defeated Tre Lamar
Eddy Only defeated Calvin Tankman
Dale Patricks defeated Alister Wilde and Frank Wyatt
Tripp Caddisy defeated Cole Roderick
Mance Warner and Michael Elgin went to a 60 minute time limit
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IWA MS 3/2/18
Trey Miguel over Aj Gray
Amazing Maria over Laynie Luck
IWA rules: JC rotten over Shain Bender
Jake Parnell over Gary Jay
Hudson Envy over Allie Cat
Hysteria over Jimmy’s Angels (Dale and Ace) and Chase Holiday/jah-c
Calvin Tankman over Marko Stunt
Larry D over Ace Romero
Ladder match: Myron Reed over Sage Cainan
Iwa world title: Mance Warner retained vs MJF
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IWA MS 3/4/18
The Awesome Odyssey over Featured Attraction
Rain Victoria over Sophia King
Trey Miguel over Donnie Primetime
MJF over JC rotten
Justin Storm over Austin West and lights Cameron Action
Brad Cash over Zanders
Gym Nasty Boys over The Dirty
IWA world title: Mance Warner retained over Michael Elgin
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Goddess of Gore 3/5/18
Randi West beat Brittany Wander
Sage Sin beat Marriah Moreno
Ludark Shaitan & Kikyo beat Amazing Maria
Sage Sin beat Randi West
Ludark Shaitan beat Kikyo
Homeless Jimmy beat Aidan Blackhart
Sage Sin beat Ludark Shaitan
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IWA MS 3/9/18
Chase Holiday over Gary Galaxy
Eddie Only vs Marco Stunt-no contest
Calvin Tankman over sugar dunkerton
Shotzi Blackheart over Allie Kat
Ace Romero over AJ Gray
Texas death match: Hudson Envy over Su Yung
Jake Crist over Anthony Henry and Aeroboy
IWA Tag Title Match: Trey Miguel and Myron over The Unfortunate Pairing of Elliot Paul and Pat Monix to win the titles
IWA World Title: Mance Warner retains over Larry D
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IWA MS 3/11/18
Prince of the Deathmatch
Electrified lightbulbs: JC Rotten over Cash Borden and Alister Wilde
Barbedwire bat, barbedwire board 4 corners of pain: Tripp Cassidy over Kody Rice and Orin Veidt
Home run derby: Justin Storm over Mike Roach and Gary Galaxy
Thumbtack madness: Amazing Maria over Marko Stunt and Eric Wayne
Drunken tai pai: Amazing Maria over Justin Storm
Fans bring the weapons: JC Rotten over Tripp Cassidy
World Series of glass: Amazing Maria over JC Rotten
***North American Deathmatch Upcoming Shows***
DTU 3/15/18
Veracruz, Mexico
Violento Jack, Ciclope and Miedo Xtremo vs. Erick Ryan, G-Rave and Kenji Fukimoto
Crazy King vs. Jimmy Lloyd
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DTU 3/16/18
Cuernavaca, Mexico
Jimmy Lloyd and G-Raver vs. Ciclope and Miedo Xtremo
Violento Jack vs. Kenji Fukimoto vs. Eric Ryan
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DTU 3/17/18
Hidalgo, Mexico
GCW and Freedoms talent
KFC Title, 4 Corners of Pain Deathmatch: Kenji Fukimoto vs. Violent Jack
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GCW 3/17/18
Blackwood, NJ
Red Means Green
Joey Janella vs. Markus Crane
Shlak vs. Jeff Cannonball
Extreme Title: Tony Deppen vs. X
Scotty Vortex vs. Alex Colon
Eddie Kingston vs. Mance Warner
GCW World Title: Nick Gage vs. John Wayne Murdoch
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OPW 3/17/18
Blackwood, NJ
Xavier Cross vs Sebastian Cage vs Damien Smith vs Steve Scott
KTB vs Pelle Primeau
Unbreakable Andy vs Jason Furious
Four Corners of Pain
Rob Marsh vs Lowlife Louie
Danny Damanto vs Sanchez
Drew Blood vs. Joey Janella
Nick Gage vs. Tony Deppen
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DTU 3/18/18
Cuautla, Morelos Mexico
GCW and Freedoms talent
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UWA 3/18/18
San Jose
History of Violence 6 Deathmatch Tournament
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GCW 4/5/18
New Orleans, LA
Matt Riddle’s Bloodsport
Chris Dickinson vs. Dan Severn
DOMINIC GARRINI vs KTB
Eddie Kingston vs. Tracy Williams
Nick Gage vs. Timothy Thatcher
Matt Riddle vs. Low-Ki
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H2O 4/6/18
Williamstown, NJ
Mickie Knuckles
FMW Street Fight: Chainsaw Tony Myers vs. Lowlife Louie Ramos
Boards of Brutality: Dale Patrick vs. Josh Crane
H2O Championship, Bullrope Match: Jeff Cannonball vs. Monsta Mack
No Roped Barbed Wire: Matt Tremont vs. Jimmy Lyon
Falls Count Anywhere: Mickie Knuckle vs. Maria Manic vs. Terra Calloway
H2O Tag Team Championship: The Extricated vs The Awakening vs Notorious INC
H2O Hybrid Championship: Connor Claxton vs. Mike Del
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GCW 4/6/18
New Orleans, LA
Joey Janela Spring Break
Mike Quackenbusch vs. David Starr
Walter vs. Pierre Carl Ouellet
Joey Janela vs. The Great Sasuke
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EVOLVE 4/7/18
New Orleans
Keith Lee vs. Nick Gage
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VOW 4/12/18
Shinston, West Virginia
No Turnbuckle Pad, Weapon Lottery Deathmatch: Insane Lane vs. Conor Claxton
No Roped Barbed Wire Lighttube Deathmatch: Scotty Vortex vs. Josh Crane
Thumbtack and Cheese Grater Deathmatch: Colt 45 vs. X
2 out of 3 Falls Deathmatch: Adam Bueller vs. Markus Crane
VOW Anarchy Championship, Panes of Glass and Cinder Blocks Deathmatch: G-Raver (C) vs. Dale Patricks
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IWA Deep South 4/27/18
Kellyton, AL
Super Stiff Iron Man Tournament, Night 1
1. Gary Jay vs. Jake Parnell
2. Anthony Henry vs. Reed Bently
3. John Wayne Murdoch vs. Brad Cash
4. Jeremy Flynt vs. Mance Warner
5. Insane Lane vs. Chuey Martinez
6. Freakshow vs. Blaine Evans
7. Corporal Robinson vs. Keylo Green
8. Larry D vs. Izzy Rotten
9. Brandon Lee vs. Chip Day
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IWA Deep South 4/27/18
Kellyton, AL
Super Stiff Iron Man Tournament, Night 2
Non Tournament: John Rare vs. Jay Impact vs. X
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Battleground Championship Wrestling 5/5/18
Feasterville, PA
4 Corners of Pain: Matt Tremont vs. Dan Maff
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IWA Midsouth 5/18/18
Memphis, IN
King of the Deathmatch, Night 1
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IWA Midsouth 5/19/18
Memphis, IN
King of the Deathmatch, Night 2
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GCW 6/2/18
New Jersey
Tournament of Survival 3
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H20 Wrestling 6/8/18
Williamstown, NJ
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CZW 6/9/18
Townsend, DE
Tournament of Death
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Unsanctioned Pro Wrestling 6/30/18
Columbus, OH
Lego Deathmatch: Markus Crane vs. Adam Bueller
Space Monkey vs. Myron Reed
The Rejects vs. Dale Patricks and Mance Warner
Street Fight: Shlak vs. Devon Moore
Company Websites
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http://pw-freedoms.co.jp/
Company Twitters
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https://twitter.com/H_2_0WRESTLING
https://twitter.com/IWAMidSouth
Credit for results and upcoming news go to BahuFMW at bahufmw.com, pro-wrestling365.com, purolove.com and puroresuspirit.com, Dramatic DDT at https://dramaticddt.wordpress.com/ as well as the promotions websites. Sorry for bad formatting and possibly bad translations, I am simply collection information from a lot of sources on “Independent” and deathmatch promotions. I like to shine a spotlight and what isn’t covered elsewhere so there won’t be any NJPW, WWE, DDT, etc. talk.
Watching the Japanese deathmatch scene has never been easier but it isn’t perfect. Obviously the Real Hero Archive (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B5rK95X3mRiiSDNvTnQ0aUhWODg) has most every show you could ever imagine up there including most all Freedoms shows and a ton of classic hardcore puroresu.
The Mutton and the Ham Youtube Channel for a lot of classic FMW, IWA, BJW and also current BJW, Freedoms and odd show spots (https://www.youtube.com/user/MuttonAndTheHam)
The Official BJW Youtube Channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/bjwmovie) goes through moods of uploading a LOT of content. During the 2017 Ikkitousen they were uploading 2 or 3 tournament matches a day.
You can find a lot more Youtube channels by searching for the Japanese name of any of your favorite wrestlers (such as this match featuring Takeda and Kasai https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWU-NWQt_GI from an indy), a lot of handicam/phone footage or those notorious DVD only shows but there is little consistency.
BJW has a subscription streaming service called BJW Core and is 888 yen a month (about $8 USD) located at http://www.bjwcore.com
IWA Midsouth is available on http://powerbomb.tv
Bahu sells a TON of classic, hard to find hardcore puro as well as current Freedoms DVD’s. You can contact him at http://fmwwrestling.us/FMWLibrary.html
Freedoms shows are harder to get. The smaller shows, despite having crazy matches on the regular, are only filmed half the time and are only sold as DVD exclusives at shows (that I would buy if I had owned a DVD player in the past 6 years) so they rarely make it to Youtube or Real Hero. The larger shows from Korakuen are broadcast on Samurai TV on a 2-3 week delay without commentary and with muted music entrances and only 1 camera shots but for whatever reason these only appear sporadically on the normal avenues so good luck.
You can direct any questions, comments or thoughts to me on Twitter at https://twitter.com/intlwrestling
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