(DOVE) "I want to show a pro wrestling that excites everyone, from young children to adults" Kyohei Kinoshita from the pro wrestling children's club, wins the CCW throne!

14th March 2021

Pro Wrestling & Kakutogi News Site\Yahoo.co.jp

On the 13th March, TTT Pro Wrestling held "ARRACK3" at Shinkiba 1stRING in Tokyo, where Kyohei Kinoshita of Dove Wrestling was crowned the CCW Canadian Heavyweight Champion. 

TTT (Total Triumph Team) was launched in January of last year by Guts Ishijima, who was influenced by Tarzan Goto, who with Mr Gannosuke as his teacher, launched the promotion in January last year with the idea of "unifying indie wrestling." Immediately after its launch, it suffered from the hardship of now holding events due to the epidemic of the new Coronavirus, but since resuming in July last year almost all events have been sold out. With the support of fans, it was decided to go to ShinjukuFACE for the first time on June 13th this year. 

At the time of writing, TTT has the CCW Canadian Heavyweight Championship belt as it's highest throne. The belt has a connection to the now defunct New Tokyo Pro, as Bad News Allen (who has been active in New Japan and WWF) and Shigeo Okumura (currently known as OKUMURA, and who is currently active in CMLL), have a history of holding the belt. 

In January of this year, TTT ace, Shunsuke Sayama, held the belt but at the February event, Kyohei Kinoshita of Dove, took the pinfall directly from Sayama and announced his challenge for the CCW title. In the main event, a match was held which would predict the future of the indie wrestling world where the 24 year old Sayama, took on the challenge of the 23 year old Kinoshita. Sayama, from the PANCRASE dojo, attacked with a sharp kick and a submission technique. Taking advantage of his lightness, Kinoshita developed a concentrated attack on Sayama's neck and making use of a dropkick, he developed this towards a German Suplex Hold. Kinoshita, who suffered from Sayama's crossface in the middle stage of the match, showed his strength as the same crossface was repeated in the final stages. Even if Sayama goes for a winning pattern with a buzz kick and a steep backdrop, Kinoshita screamed and kicked out with guts. Dodging the high kick by Sayama, who was growing impatient for the win, he won with two German Suplex holds in a row. 

Guts Ishijima, who is currently absent due to injury, appeared and announced to Kinoshita, who was delighted to have his first singles belt, both his return and his challenge to the CCW title. 

Kinoshita who weighs about 70kg to Guts 120kg, which is a difference of 50kg, acknowledged Gut's challenge and showed his dignity as a champion saying, "I am on a tremendous roll right now. No matter who the enemy is, I feel like I will be able to do it! I am telling everyone here that I will throw Guts in a German Suplex. Look forward to next month."

Dove is a promotion that is actively mainly in Hiroshima and Osaka, with the theme of a "fusion of pro wrestling and music". With club music playing at the events, and the crowd all standing, Dove have established a uniqueness called "Dove Style". The founder, Gunso, made his name in deathmatches with his tag "Unchain" with Jun Kasai, while Ray Paloma has gained enthusiastic fans with his solid technique and sexy fight style that he learned in Mexico. In addition, the former DRAGON GATE "brother" YASSHI, Naoki Tanizaki, Kenshin Chikano and others also belong to Dove. The ability as a promotion is also certified in producing YO-HEY and HAYATA, who are currently active in Noah. 

Kinoshita learned pro wrestling by attending a class held by Osaka Pro from an early age, and after joining Dove, molded by his seniors he grew to be a wrestler who can handle all styles from orthodox to comical. With his solid technique, and spirited fight, his small physique and friendly personality, has established his popularity as a "little brother character". 

Kinoshita, who is sought after with offers and travels all over the country, talked about his dream of communicating the appeal of pro wrestling to children, saying, "When I was little, I saw pro wrestlers and thought they were "cool", and so I became one. Nowadays, I think there are fewer opportunities for small children to see that. The matches in Osaka, Tokyo, Hiroshima and Kobe have been arranged for TTT next month, so everyone from small children to adults who have been watching pro wrestling for a long time can say, "This young man has a belt!". I want to make pro wrestling exciting!".

Translated from Pro Wrestling & Kakutogi News Site\Yahoo.co.jp

Picture credit: Pro Wrestling & Kakutogi News Sits\Yahoo.co.jp

(DOVE) Event recap ~ "STRUGGLE FOR PRIDE 2021" (Marina Hop Mermaid Space, Sunday March 7th 2021)

"My way of life, or rather, the way of life now, is different. I want you to see me. Me."

Ray Paloma

Ray Paloma has challenged three times for the Dove championship; the first was in 2009 when he challenged Kaoru, the second was in the 2015 when he challenged GUNSO, and now seven years later this is his third, and judging from the reaction of both the fans and the Dove wrestlers at ringside, this may well have been his last, and because of that and how much Ray gave of himself, fans were reduced to tears. 

Ray was joined before the match by old Dove friend, Tsuyoshi Okada, who also acted as his second, with the rest of the Dove roster on the outside. 

"One-on-one combat between the man who has been supporting Dove, and the man who carries the current Dove"

Although Kenshin Chikano is younger than Ray (and does not have gout), Ray refused to either give up or give in, and even pulled a moonsault of the drawer. However, the match came to a time out draw at 25 minutes. So far, a new challenger has not come forward. 

The event was streamed on Twitcast. This was not a free stream, however, and it can still be viewed for 1,500 yen until Sunday, March 14th 2021, 23:59 JST. Once purchased you can view it as many times as you wish before the deadline. 

Results

"brother" YASSHI vs Tsuyoshi Okada 

(YASSHI won in 6 minutes and 52 seconds, Figure Four Leglock)

GUNSO & Kabuki Kid vs Shoichi Uchida & Toru

(Shoichi Uchida defeated Kabuki Kid in 14 minutes and 34 seconds, Styles Crash)

Hiroaki Taniguchi & Jun Masaoka vs Kyohei Kinoshita & Naoki Tanzaki

(Naoki Tanizaki defeated Jun Masaoka in 16 minutes and 9 seconds, Cross Face Lock)

DOVE World Heavyweight Title Match: Ray Paloma vs Kenshin Chikano (c)

(Time out draw, 25 minutes)

Other notes

~ Yasshi wrestled in short pants, not the usual chaps

~ Fans would like an Shoichi Uchida and TORU to do a "Divorce " Seminar" in Hiroshima (they want them to tag again)

~ There was a melee fight in the first match, in which Kabuki Kid ended up face first in a pillar

Links

Ray Paloma filmed a few videos leading up to the match with Kenshin Chikano, they can be viewed on the official Dove YouTube. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLDxE0siTgo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rsLaxFiyfU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3twppy_a6Q

BREAK ON THROUGH 2021

ABOUT: Twelve man junior heavyweight tournament

DATE: 5th & 6th April 2021

VENUE: Umeda TRAD, Osaka

BROADCAST will be via digital ticket. 

Dove's crowdfunding for "Break on Through 2021" finished at 167% 

Target amount: 500,000 yen

Final amount: 835,000 yen

TOURNAMENT PARTICIPANTS

Block A

Naoki Tanizaki

Keita Yano

Rina Yamashita

HUB

Kouhei Kinoshita

Kengo

Block B

Ryota Nakatsu

TORU

"brother" YASSHI

El Lindaman

Tiiida

Yuko Miyamoto

LINKS

Picture credit: Dove Pro Official

(DOVE) "Life as a wrestler on the line", challenger Ray Paloma to challenge the Champion, Chikano, at Dove's Hiroshima event on the 7th March

2nd March 2021

Yahoo.co.jp\Daily.co.jp

Dove will hold their Hiroshima event, "STRUGGLE FOR PRIDE 2021", on March 7th at the Hiroshima Marina Hop. Doors will open at 15:00. 

In the main event, Dove will hold the World Heavyweight Championship, where Ray Paloma will challenge Kenshin Chikano, the 10th champion. Ray, who is aiming to regain the title for the first time since December 2016, expressed his heroic decision saying, "This may be my last challenge, and I will challenge with my life as a wrestler on the line". 

GUNSO, YASSHI, Naoki Tanizaki, Shoichi Uchida, Kabuki Kid and Kyohei Kinoshita will also participate. The venue is reducing the number of seats and taking measures against Corona. Advance tickets are on sale.

Translated from Yahoo.co.jp\Daily.co.jp

Picture credit: Yahoo.co.jp\Daily.co.jp

(DOVE) EVENT RECAP: Dove VS #STRONGHEARTS "Collision The Collision" (Oji BASEMENT MONSTER, Tokyo, February 28th, 2021)

Results

Ray Paloma & Keita Yano vs Kenshin Chikano & Naoki Tanizaki

Winner: Kenshin Chikano with the Buzzsaw kick on Ray Paloma (14 minutes, 16 seconds)

 

T-Hawk vs Shoichi Uchida 

Winner: T-Hawk with the Night Ride (12 minutes, 2 seconds)

Issei Onitsuka vs Kyohei Kinoshita

Winner: Kyohei Kinoshita with the schoolboy pin (12 minutes, 3 seconds)

DOVE TAG TITLE MATCH

TiiDa & "BROTHER" Yasshi (champions) vs CIMA & El Lindaman (challengers) 

Winner: TiiDa & "BROTHER" Yasshi (YASSHI with the Nice Jamaica on El Lindaman, 16 minutes, 44 seconds)

The event

"The best way to end February" ~ Kyohei Kinoshita

The event was broadcast live by NicoNico as a PPV. You can watch a little of the show however, but only the opening and about ten minutes or so of the first match. You may need to be a subscriber to the service. 

The night started with Dove ("BROTHER YASSHI", Tiida, Kyohei Kinoshita, Naoki Tanizaki, Shoichi Uchida, Ray Paloma and an unsmiling Kendo Kashin), made their way to the ring in front of a sold out crowd.  GUNSO and Kabuki Kid (both decked out in suits and ties were not on the card much to CIMA'S disappointment), where in the arena but did not join the others until the end, when to celebrate a successful show, they did the traditional Dove ending. Earlier, CIMA had also commented on the "pungent" smell of cigarettes and liquor coming from the Dove dressing room, which had spilled over to the STRONGHEARTS one. YASSHI kicked things off by using fighting words against STRONGHEARTS and the upcoming title challenge, STRONGHEARTS came to the ring for a verbal showdown. 

The first match seemed to be a surprise one, as Ray Paloma when travelling down to Tokyo, had commented that his own card had not been announced. During the match, Ray tried to menace Kenshin Chikano (who had new ring gear, which people commented on\thirsted over) with his hip swivels, Chikano remained unimpressed and Naoki Tanizaki blindsided Ray. Ray was to lose the pre-match, but swore in the microphone afterwards he would win the title match, which will take place in Hiroshima on the 7th March. 

Shoichi Uchida (described as "the wrestler who makes you feel sorrow"), came to the ring clutching his baby doll figure, where it sat in the corner surrounded by Kenshin Chikano (who apparently played with it's feet), and Naoki Tanizaki. Later, the fight went into the crowd. Later in the evening, Tanizaki helped film part of the main event, in which the champions retained, and TiiDa came away with a slight (but working) knee injury. 

Other links

The official "STYLE WARS" (Dove vs STRONGHEARTS) t-shirts are available via the official Dove merchandise page. The T-shirts come in S,M,L & XL and are ¥ 4,400 (with shipping fee of 500 yen per order). Those not in Japan, please use "White Rabbit" to order. Trans-Am Catie advises "I'd also recommend giving White Rabbit a back-up size on the shirt as Dove usually prints a very limited number in each size, so if it sells out  in one size they won't have to contact you to find if you prefer another and risk it selling out completely" 

Gifs taken from NicoNico