Wrestle 1 news & notes

WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2015 UPDRAFT, 10/31/2015 [Sat] 18:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

~ Daiki Inaba announced his return to be at next month’s Korakuen Hall show on 11/27.
~ All the groups tried to entice Inaba to join their groups, but Inaba left the ring without accepting any of their offers.

(1) Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Hiroki Murase
◆Winner: Nakanoue (8:23) following a Diving Elbow Drop.
~ Doi came out to a new theme song as well as new tights.
~ Kono, Kondo, and Ashino came out after the match to officially announce their new group name as “TRIGGER”.
Media preview(2) TAJIRI & Minoru Tanaka vs. MAZADA & Koji Doi
◆Winner: MAZADA (11:44) with a School Boy on TAJIRI.
~ MAZADA made it known that he wants a chance at the Cruiserweight belt.
(3) Andy Wu vs. Hiroshi Yamato
◆Winner: Andy (12:24) with the Feihong.
(4) KAI & Shota Shota [GUTS World/Sano-Damashii] vs. KAZMA SAKAMOTO & NOSAWA Rongai
◆Winner: KAZMA (12:31) following the Gory Bomb on Shota.
~ KAI came out in a t-shirt and jeans, showing shades of his idol Atsushi Onita, as he and NOSAWA got into a chair battle that saw NOSAWA getting cracked in the head in the end.
~ Though KAI got taken out out the match with a shot to his knee which allowed KAZMA to pick up the win over Shota.

(5) Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & LEONA [both DRADITION]
◆Winner: Fujinami (14:35) with the Dragon Sleeper on Seiki.
(6) Kaz Hayashi, AKIRA & Kumagoro vs. Masayuki Kono, Shuji Kondo & Shotaro Ashino
◆Winner: Ashino (17:43) with a Standing Ankle Hold on Kumagoro.

(7) WRESTLE-1 Championship Match: [6th Champion] Manabu Soya vs. [Challenger] Ryota Hama
◆Winner: Soya (15:06) following the Wild Bomber.
~ 1st successful title defense.
~ Soya managed to get Hama onto his shoulders and dropped him with a big slam during the final moments of the match.
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WRESTLE-1 TOUR 2015 AUTUMN BOUT, 11/3/2015 [Tue] 18:00 @ Nagoya International Conference Hall in Aichi

() Minoru Tanaka vs. Koji Iwamoto [Sportiva]
() Hiroshi Yamato vs. Ryota Hama
() AKIRA & Kumagoro vs. KAI & Shota [Sano-Damashii]
() Andu Wu & Kaz Hayashi vs. Masayuki Kono & Shuji Kondo

() UWA World 6 Man Tag Championship Match: [47th Champions] “Jackets” Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio, Yasufumi Nakanoue & Seiki Yoshioka vs. [Challengers] “REAL DESPERADO” KAZMA SAKAMOTO, NOSAWA Rongai & Koji Doi
~ 1st title defense.

() WRESTLE-1 Tag Championship Match: [2nd Champions] Manabu Soya & Jun Kasai vs. [Challengers] Hiroki Murase & Shotaro Ashino
~ 1st title defense.