Red Character Bracket
Minor Bracket
Hello, and welcome to the Red Character Bracket: Minor Bracket. This is how it’s gonna work- 64 contestants. Double elimination. Only one will make it out victorious. Now, for our contestants:
Apple White (Ever After High)
Hua Cheng (Heaven Official’s Blessing)
707/Saeyoung Choi (Mystic Messenger)
Matsuno Osomatsu (Osomatsu-san)
Riddle Rosehearts (Twisted Wonderland)
Opera (Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun)
Ikuyo Kita (Bocchi the Rock!)
Cromdo Face (Bugsnax)
Courtney (Dead End: Paranormal Park)
Char Aznable (Mobile Suit Gundam)
Alucard (Hellsing)
Anna Akagi (Kiratto Pri☆Chan)
Taiga Kagami (Kuroko's Basketball)
Tokiwa Anzai (Mewkledreamy)
Fuuta Kajiyama (MILGRAM)
Strawberry Shortcake (Strawberry Shortcake)
Ringo Akai/Mew Ringo (Tokyo Mew Mew)
Reimu Hakurei (Touhou Project)
Jibanyan (Yo-Kai Watch)
Shotaro Kaneda (Akira)
Jake Long (American Dragon: Jake Long)
Akito Takagi (BAKUMAN。)
Ruby (Battle for Dream Island)
Red Blood Cell/AE3803 (Cells at Work!)
Blast (Club Penguin)
Rosemaster (Cucumber Quest)
Honey Kisaragi/Cutie Honey (Cutie Honey)
Lilith (Darkstalkers)
Lina (DotA)
Red (Everhood)
Jack of Blades (Fable)
Wilt (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends)
Major Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)
Nobuo Akagi/AkibaRed (Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger)
Ib (Ib)
Padparadscha (Land of the Lustrous)
Sally Yumeno (Sally the Witch)
ProtoMan.EXE/Blues.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network)
Dianite (Mianite)
Flain (Mixels)
The Spanish Inquisition (Monty Python's Flying Circus)
Orko (He-Man and the Masters of the Universe)
Camille Severin (Muted)
Tom Servo (Mystery Science Theater 3000)
Pop Harukaze (Ojamajo Doremi)
Scarlett (Papa Louie)
Pucca (Pucca)
Ranma Saotome (Ranma 1/2)
Benson Dunwoody (Regular Show)
Mira Hanayashiki (Sekko Boys)
Corporal Giroro (Sgt. Frog)
Kate (Shadows House)
Crow (SHOW BY ROCK!!)
Stereo Monovici (Space Goofs)
King Kazma (Summer Wars)
Lloyd Irving (Tales of Symphonia)
James the Red Engine (Thomas & Friends)
Captain Red Rackham (The Adventures of Tintin)
Clover Ewing (Totally Spies!)
Gold Ship (Uma Musume: Pretty Derby)
Rika Kawai (Wonder Egg Priority)
Pyra (Xenoblade Chronicles)
Yona (Yona of the Dawn)
Yugiri (Zombie Land Saga)
Polls will be posted every day at 12am EST, starting on April 2, 2023. The Major Bracket will be revealed at a later date. Good luck to all of our contestants ❤️
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Golden Week Winds Down: DDT, STARDOM, Dragon Gate Results; Hayato “Jr.” Fujita Announces Return to Wrestling After 5 Years Away; NJPW Strong Episode 89 - 5/7/2022
Golden Week is winding down, and as far as the scope of this particular blog, a little slower weekend as far as major shows in Japan. Which is good, because I need to breathe sometimes too! NOAH was originally scheduled to have a show Saturday but that got cancelled due to earthquake activity in Fukushima. There have been shows, however!
DDT / Tokyo Joshi
DDT held a couple of shows over this weekend.
DDT Audience 2022 Tour In Shinjuku
- 5/6/2022, Tokyo Shinjuku FACE (Wrestle Universe)
Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku [Burning] d. Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida (Koroku > Ishida, Chickenwing, 12:25)
Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dino [Pheromones] d. Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata (Iino > Honda, Sexy Giga Slash, 9:10)
Children’s Day Special! DDTeeeen!! Challenge Match: Yuki Ueno [The 37KAMIINA] d. Ilusion (Frog Splash, 7:48)
Children’s Day Special! DDTeeeen!! Challenge Match: Tetsuya Endo [Burning] d. El Unicorn (Swivel Torture Rack Bomb, 14:14)
46th KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Tournament 1st Round: Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani [Eruption] d. Akito, Hikaru Machida & Thanomsak Toba (Okatani > Toba, Northern Lights Suplex, 12:19)
46th KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Tournament 1st Round: Daisuke Sasaki, MJ Paul & KANON [DAMNATION TA] d. HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi & Naomi Yoshimura [DISASTER BOX] (Sasaki > Yoshimura, La Mistica, 18:18)
Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi d. MAO & Shunma Katsumata [The 37KAMIINA] (Takanashi > Katsumata, Everclear, 18:42)
CDK get a win leading into the various title challenges between them and The 37KAMIINA coming up. It comes down to Eruption v. DAMNATION TA to become the next KO-D 6-man tag champions. The current DDT generation get opportunities against the participants of the last KO-D Openweight title match, but come up short in both cases.
DDT FRIED Yamada Festival Is It Fried!
- 5/8/2022, Kagoshima Shibushi City Unagi Station
Hideki Okatani [Eruption] d. Kazuiki Hirata (Double Arm Suplex, 8:51)
3-Way Tag Match: Sanshiro Takagi & Toru Owashi [DISASTER BOX] d. Yuki Iino & Danshoku Dino [Pheromones] and Chris Brookes & Saki Akai [Eruption] (Takagi > Dino, Sanshiro Stunner, 11:56)
Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul [DAMNATION TA] d. Soma Takao & Shunma Katsumata [The 37KAMIINA] (Sasaki > Katsumata, Crossface, 9:48)
Shinya Aoki & Yuki Ueno [The 37KAMIINA] d. Kazusada Higuchi [Eruption] & Yuki Ishida (Ueno > Ishida, BME, 15:05)
Tetsuya Endo [Burning], Jun Akiyama [Burning] & Naomi Yoshimura [DISASTER BOX] d. Shiro Koshinaka, MAO [The 37KAMIINA] & Toi Kojima [The 37KAMIINA] (Endo > Kojima, Swivel Torture Rack Bomb, 13:39)
FRIED Yamada Festival Deep Fried Food! Special 6-Man Tag Match: Shishamo Power, Unagi Power & HARASHIMA [DISASTER BOX] d. Yuji Hino, Yukio Naya & Akito (Shishamo > Akito, Fisherman Suplex, 20:06)
A special show sponsored by Yamada Fisheries. It’s a thing.
Both Konosuke Takeshita and Yuka Sakazaki lost their AEW Rampage matches. Takeshita was expected, and he is having some matches on the US indies coming up that are pretty mouthwatering. Sakazaki, I am not sure what the point of flying her in special to lose to Riho in a tournament qualifier was.
STARDOM
The Golden Week Fight Tour wrapped up with shows yesterday and today, including a title match main event at today’s show.
Golden Week Fight Tour 2022
- 5/7/2022, Osaka EDION Arena Subarena
Saya Kamitani [Queen’s Quest] d. Rina [Oedo Tai] (Star Crusher, 8:08)
Natsupoi & Thekla [Donna del Mondo] d. Hanan & Saya Iida [STARS] (Natsupoi > Hanan, Rolling La Magistral, 10:38)
AZM, Utami Hayashishita, Minami & Lady C [Queen’s Quest] d. Tam Nakano, Mina Shirakawa, Unagi Sayaka & Waka Tsukiyama [Cosmic Angels] (Minami > Tsukiyama, Love Shark, 15:08)
Syuri, MIRAI, Ami Sorei & Konami [God’s Eye] d. Saki Kashima, Ruaka, Starlight Kid & Momo Watanabe [Oedo Tai] (Syuri > Ruaka, Suzaku, 14:12)
Giulia, Maika, Himeka & Mai Sakurai [Donna del Mondo] d. Mayu Iwatani, Koguma, Hazuki & Momo Kohgo (Sakurai > Koguma, Modified Clutch Hold, 19:31)
- 5/8/2022, Aichi Nagoya Congress Center
Hina [Queen’s Quest] d. Waka Tsukiyama [Cosmic Angels] (Gedo Clutch, 5:54)
Captain’s Fall 3-Way Match: Tam Nakano, Mina Shirakawa & Unagi Sayaka [Cosmic Angels] d. Utami Hayashishita, Saya Kamitani & Lady C [Queen’s Quest] and Maika, Thekla & Mai Sakurai [Donna del Mondo]
Order of Falls:
- Hayashishita > Thekla, German Suplex Hold, 4:59
- Shirakawa > C, Implant DDT, 7:53
- Hayashishita > Sakurai, Frankensteiner, 9:17
- Nakano > Kamitani, OTTR, 11:31
Syuri, MIRAI & Ami Sorei [God’s Eye] TLD Giulia, Himeka & Natsupoi [Donna del Mondo] (15:00)
Mayu Iwatani, Saya Iida, Hanan, Hazuki & Momo Kohgo [STARS] d. Saki Kashima, Rina, Ruaka, Starlight Kid & Momo Wanatanabe [Oedo Tai] (Iida > Rina, Vertical Drop Brainbuster, 15:11)
High Speed Championship: AZM [Queen’s Quest] © d. Koguma [STARS] (Numero Uno, 11:35)
- AZM succeeds her 3rd defense
Post-main, Thekla challenged AZM for her title.
The next show is New Blood 2 on Friday.
Dragon Gate
Contrary to my earlier assumptions, NOW the Gate Of Passion tour is complete after this weekend’s events. These were non-streamed house shows but select matches end up on the YouTube channel.
The Gate of Passion 2022 Night 20
- 5/7/2022, Fukui Sangyokaikan
Kota Minoura, Naruki Doi & Kaito Ishida [Gold Class] d. YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Keisuke Okuda [HIGH-END] (Minoura > Okuda, R-301, 12:02)
Diamante & Shun Skywalker [Z-Brats] d. Takuma Fujiwara & Ishin Iihashi (Skywalker > Ishin, SSW, 8:02)
Eita, Takashi Yoshida, Strong Machine J & La Estrella d. Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda, GEnki Horiguchi & Susumu Mochizuki (J > Horiguchi, Machine Suplex, 11:40)
Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka [D’Courage] d. Ben-K & Kagetora [HIGH-END] (Dia > Kagetora, Double Cork, 13:39)
Kzy, U-T & Jason Lee [Natural Vibes] d. KAI, BxB Hulk & HYO [Z-Brats] (Kzy > HYO, Running Elbow Smash, 14:13)
The Gate of Passion 2022 Night 21
- 5/8/2022, Mie Yokkaichi Kusuryokuchi Gym
Kota Minoura, Naruki Doi & Kaito Ishida [Gold Class] d. Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Ishin Iihashi (Minoura > Ishin, R-301, 12:35)
3-Way Match: Ho Ho Lun d. Masaaki Mochizuki & Konomama Ichikawa (Lun > Ichikawa, Reverse Figure-4 Leglock, 5:27)
Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka [D’Courage] d. Madoka Kikuta & Takuma Fujiwara (Dia > Fujiwara, Front Cradle, 9:08)
Kzy, U-T & Jason Lee [Natural Vibes] d. Don Fujii, Eita & Strong Machine J (Kzy > Fujii, Running Elbow Smash, 10:40)
YAMATO, Dragon Kid, Kagetora, Ben-K & Keisuke Okuda [HIGH-END] d. KAI, BxB Hulk, HYO, Shun Skywalker & Diamante [Z-Brats] (YAMATO > HYO, Galleria, 15:09)
Susumu Yokosuka Mochizuki and Genki Horiguchi begin their post-Natural Vibes lives. And with that, the tour is over. King Of Gate 2022 starts Wednesday with a livestreamed show.
King Of Gate 2022
- 5/11/2022, Tokyo Korakuen Hall
King Of Gate 2022 1st Round: KAI [Z-Brats] v. Shuji Kondo
King Of Gate 2022 1st Round: SB KENTo [Z-Brats] v. Hip Hop Kikuta
King Of Gate 2022 1st Round: YAMATO [HIGH-END] v. Yuki Yoshioka [D’Courage]
King Of Gate 2022 1st Round: Eita v. Shun Skywalker [Z-Brats]
This week’s NJPW Strong were matches from Lonestar Shootout in Dallas during Mania Weekend. I’ve already posted results here, but now that it has aired, why not post again.
Hikuleo & Chris Bey [Bullet Club] d. Bateman & Barrett Brown [Stray Dog Army] (Hikuleo > Brown, Chokeslam, 12:16)
JONAH d. Blake Christian (Tsunami, 6:56)
“Filthy” Tom Lawlor, Royce Isaacs & JR Kratos [Team Filthy] d. Fred Rosser, Alex Coughlin & The DKC (Isaacs > DKC, Super Powerslam, 11:12)
In other NJPWWorld news, Friday’s TAKA Taichi Mania 2.5 event is now on NJPWWorld, but as a PPV event for about $24. At some point NJPWWorld decided to pivot to PPV events for actual monies. Windy City Riot was one, and both Capital Collision and the Tatsumi Fujinami 50th Anniversary event (that Fujinami himself can’t wrestle at now) are also such events.
For free, on the other hand, is the 60th Anniversary of Korakuen Hall event that was a join NJPW/AJPW show, so go check that out. (Well, free, with a subscription).
Other News
Earlier today in Michinoku Pro, wrestler Hayato “Jr.” Fujita made his first appearance in a ring in almost five years. He suffered a knee injury in 2017, and whilst recovering, a cancerous tumor was discovered on his spinal cord in 2018. He has been recovering from these ever since. Today, he announced he will be returning to the ring, and challenged MUSASHI for the Tohoku Junior title.
Tenryu Project ran a special charity show on Saturday from Tokyo that had only two matches, but also a “talk battle” between Genichiro Tenryu, Kenta Kobashi and Akira Taue.
ZERO1 also ran another anti-bullying charity show in Niigata Saturday.
Sendai Girls ran shows this weekend, featuring matches against Prominence talents, as that promotion looks to make war with every joshi company imaginable.
AEW’s Hikaru Shida was a surprise wrestler at OZ Academy’s show at Shinjuku FACE earlier today.
BURST ran their first anniversary show today in Saga Kanzaki Base, featuring talents from AJPW, BJW and other promotions.
I don’t see a lot of shows happening by Tuesday, so Tuesday’s post may just be an Upcoming Events one. There definitely will be one this week.
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