W-1 News

It was announced that Manabu Soya has suffered a shoulder injury and will be unable to compete at the upcoming Yokohama show on August 11. Due to this, W-1 held a last minute contendership match at today’s show in Odawara to determine a replacement challenger. Shuji Kondo and Daiki Inaba were placed in the match in which the super rookie Inaba emerged victorious with a wrenching Manjigatame (Octopus Hold).

This is a quick replacement for such a big show, but Inaba at one point was one of the more over competitors at even still being a rookie. Though following his injury and return he has seemed to have lost some ground, but has quickly began to climb back up to where he now stands. This will mark the biggest moment in Inaba’s career as well as a big moment for the champion KAI as he continues to prove that he is not a one and done fluke champion.

The event card for the Yokohama show has been altered to reflect upon the changes, with Inaba’s originally scheduled 8 man tag now being left completely open for the time being.

Below is the announced card at this time…

WRESTLE-1 “Pro-Wrestling LOVE in Yokohama”, 8/11/2016 [Thu] 15:00 @ Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Kanagawa

(-) Hiroshi Yamato’s Return 6 Man Tag Match: Hiroshi Yamato, Seigo Tachibana & Jun Tonsho vs. NOSAWA Rongai, MAZADA & KIKUZAWA
(-) 8 Man Tag Match: Andy Wu, Seiki Yoshioka, Kohei Fujimura & (to be announced) vs. Hiroki Murase, Ken Ohka [Ganbare], Shota [GUTS] & Masayuki Mitomi [Ehime Pro]
(-) Hardcore Tag 4WAY Match: Minoru Tanaka & TAJIRI vs. Masayuko Kono & Jake Omen vs. Jun Kasai & MIKAMI vs. Yuji Hino & KAZMA SAKAMOTO

(-) Special 6 Man Tag Match: Kaz Hayashi, The Great Sasuke & Dick Togo vs. Shuji Kondo, “brother” YASSHI vs. Toru Owashi

(-) Ikemen Single Match Series, 6th Bout: Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Kota Ibushi (FREE)

(-) WRESTLE-1 vs AJPW Special 6 Man Tag Match: Keiji Mutoh, Koji Doi & Kumagoro vs. Jun Akiyama, Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi

(-) WRESTLE-1 Cruiserweight Championship Match: [4th Champion] Kotaro Suzuki vs. [Challenger] Yusuke Kodama

(-) WRESTLE-1 Championship Match: [8th Champion] KAI vs. [Challenger] Daiki Inaba
~ 2nd title defense.