Genichiro Tenryu talks Ray Paloma

26th December 2021
AERA dot/Yahoo.co.jp

"The most impressive thing about the Tenryu Project this year, was a wrestler named Ray Paloma. That guy was shocking! At first, I didn't know him at all and thought they had booked a foreign wrestler, and so I was surprised to see a little old Japanese man doing something flashy! What's more, his admission song is Kenji Sawada's "Stripper" and he goes around the ring with a spotlight on him before he enters. This small old man, who is only as tall as a chair at the venue, is cool (laughs).

During the match, his butt popped out with perfect timing*. When I first saw it, I thought "What is this playful guy?!" But before I knew it, I was addicted to him. My relatives seem to be watching me during Ray Paloma matches, as I am watching them with so much fun (laughs)"

*A somewhat embarrassed Referee Yoshino said "the pants came down. In front of Mr Tenryu"

Translated from Aera.dot/Yahoo Japan
GIF taken from Dove Pro Official

(DOVE) Ray Paloma - The mask is torn and sudden chance

11th November 2021

Docomo.ne.jp

*This is about an event which happened in July 2009*

Hey! Como estas! Nine years have passed since Dove wrestling started, and with the belt the "Dove World Heavyweight" established as the pinnacle, the battle over the belt was unfolding.

The first champion was Yuko Miyamoto. Sakigake defeated Miyamoto in the second title defense, and reigned over Dove as the ace. His uncouth fighting style fascinated fans. 

In 2009, a number one contenders match was set up with the winner winning the right to challenge for the belt. It was Ray Paloma vs Kabuki Kid. Suddenly, Ray was on fire at this chance as at that time Sakigake had overtaken him in both popularity and ability. But, should he win this match, then he should be back in the mainstream again! Inspired, he was able to defeat villain Kabuki Kid, and won the right to challenge the belt in a match at Club Chinatown. 

However, at the moment when he pinned Kabuki Kid, the champion Sakigake rushed in and tore Ray's mask and ripped it off. For the masked man, masks are more important than life. Sakigake said, "Hey! Former ace! Do you think it is possible to challenge so easily? If I am putting this belt on the line, you put something too!" The important thing is, of course, the mask to which Ray replied "Hey, Sakigake! I will put this mask on the line when I challenge you!" Thus on July 19th 2009, the title match that would significantly change Ray's pro wrestling life took place at the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Exhibition Centre (to be continued).

*Born February 20th 1975 in Hiroshima, after Sanyo High School, he graduated from the Osaka Resort & Sports College. At the age of 25 he moved to Mexico alone and made his debut in April 2000. After returning to Japan, Dove Pro Wrestling was launched in his hometown of Hiroshima, and he is currently active in other promotions. His main title in Dove is the World Heavyweight Championship. He runs a Mexican restaurant "Acapulco" in Hiroshima.

Translated from docomo.ne.jp

Picture credit docomo.ne.jp

(DOVE) "Don't underestimate corona" Active pro wrestlers disclose their fear of infection.

Yahoo.co.jp\TSS Television Hiroshima

11th June 2021

Pro wrestlers are disclosing their fear of the coronavirus infection. The interviewee is an active pro wrestler based in Hiroshima, who revealed his life for more than two weeks with medical treatment at home, hotel and hospital.  

"I felt unexpectedly weak. Hahaha. Don't mess with corona, it is formidable". 

Ray Paloma, a 46 year old pro wrestler who lives in Hiroshima, and has thrilled audiences with intense and splendid fights and aerial attacks with a trained body, was suddenly stricken with coronavirus. 

"My temperature was 37 degrees Celsius at that night, and it rose to about 38.3. The next day, on the 20th, I had a PCR test at the hospital and was judged to be "positive". I was instructed to "isolate at home" because of the large number of patients. Since I was at home I shut myself up in a room, and when I went to the bathroom I disinfected while moving around. As my family were at risk, meals were placed outside my room". 

Fortunately, his wife and their two children who live at home tested negative, but he was worried about the household being infective. 

"The children had to take a break from school for about ten days, and my wife also had to take a break from work. During that time, my eldest son was playing soccer and there was an important championship. I felt sorry for him that he couldn't play in the match."

On the 4th day after waiting at home, Ray moved to the medical treatment hotel by the car that came to pick him up. 

"The car picked up four patients and took us to the hotel all at once"

However, even after he entered the hotel his fever did not go down at all and the difficult situation continued, so he at the hotel he had an online medical examination and then went to the hospital. 

"I already had a pain in my lungs at that time, and when I had a x-ray, a blood test and a urine test, it was pneumonia and I was hospitalized. To lower the fever, I took 9 tablets of Avigan* in the morning and other medicine each morning, and was put on a drip infusion after lunch."

After over seventeen days of overcoming painful medical treatment, he was discharged on the 4th of the month. At the hospital he was supported by a certain concern. 

"The nurse bought a mask every morning and I took it with the message that I was grateful to have recovered and will do my best in pro wrestling. In that word I thought I was healed, and my heart was cleansed. However, I regret that I let my guard down and let Corona attack me as I had trained every day to defeat strong opponents. To be honest, in my case I am a pro wrestler and I am trying to recover. People shouldn't be weak and not care about disinfection, I think they should be pretty strong. Don't underestimate corona, it's tough, and there are mutant strains"

Translated from Yahoo.co.jp\TSS Television Hiroshima

Picture credit: Yahoo.co.jp\TSS Television Hiroshima

*antiviral medication used to treat influenza in Japan. 

(DOVE) Notes from "BAR BRAWL IN NAGOYA 2021" Nagoya Sportiva Arena, 2nd May 2021

"It was another day when I fell in love with Dove" 

Kyohei Kinoshita

The event took place in the hometown of the Kubota brothers, one of whom started a day in Dove with a breakfast of coffee and sweet bread. 

Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the venue was only allowing 50 people in, YASSHI said even if there were only 20 people, it was more valuable to them than the Tokyo Dome being packed out. I am afraid I don't know the full attendance figure, but event itself took place in a bar.  

Kyohei Kinoshita is currently injured due to his shoulder, and so Jun Masaoka was drafted in to replace him. Kinoshita was still at the venue however, during the event he served as photographer\camera man, and put up a sign before the event saying "Kyohei Kinoshita Aid" and signed autographs. 

Shoichi Uchida handed out child support envelopes with his merchandise.

Shoichi Uchida entered by poking his baby doll through the curtain first, it was then handed to referee Yoshino. The doll was subject to pranks by Hide Kubota, who kidnapped it at one point, and didn't get in the ring until the count of 19. After the match Uchida stayed at ringside to second the others in their matches, and fans praised him for his efforts of sterilizing everything that the wrestlers came in contact with such as tables etc. 

Jun Masaoka and Naoki Tanizaki had a fight outside the ring almost immediately, with Tanizaki using a stool against Masoka, and Masaoka fighting back with (what looked like) an umbrella. At one point Tanizaki got rolled up in the outside mat as Yasu Kubota somersaulted on to him. 

The main event (which YASSHI called "painful", which wasn't surprising), also went to the outside and featured beer, which he and GUNSO toasted with, downed and then attacked each other with the empty cans. They slammed each other onto a pile of chairs and at the end cut their promos while lying on them (YASSHI) or sitting next to them (Gunso). 

There couldn't be the usual Tequila celebration (the wrestlers hand out shot glasses to fans, and everyone toasts together), but the usual celebratory circle was held. Instead of handshakes, Naoki Tanizaki put sterilizer on peoples palms.

Card & Results

Kabuki Kid vs Shoichi Uchida vs Hide Kubota

Winner: Hide Kubota vs Schoolboy pin on Kabuki Kid

Jun Masaoka vs Naoki Tanizaki vs Yasu Kubota

Winner: Naoki Tanizaki with the Libido on Jun Masaoka

Brother YASSHI vs GUNSO 

Winner: YASSHI with the Nice Jamaica (onto chairs outside the ring)

Picture credit: Dove Pro Wrestling

(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

(DOVE) VAPER wrestler Naoki Tanizaki's Handle with Care Battle News! ~ Dove's fight

17th February 2021

Battle News.com 

This is Naoki Tanizaki from Dove Wrestling. The second round of the rivalry between Dove Wrestling and STRONGHEARTS has begun. 

On the 14th, the form became a box office on the part of STRONGHEARTS, with each match being heated to the highest level. It was said to be like Style Wars, where unyielding pride collided. This was something that was said to be relentlessly transmitted by both the local group and on TwitCast. As expected, the fight burned. Even as a second, I feel like fighting. 

Don't misunderstand me, I didn't really care about the outcome of the day. When the Dove tune hits in the middle of the main event in the enemy's home, I felt the heat of the venue rise and accelerate in a moment, and become Dove style. I wondered if it wasn't only the customers, but also the opponents T-HAWK and El Lindaman also, that were all crazy and with a happy expression. 

They also got into the Dove style. With the raising of the tension of the customers, when the tension of the opponent explodes, and the anger comes out, I thought this was Dove, and a Dove style win regardless of victory or defeat. 

As it happens, El Lindaman and CIMA will challenge Yasshi and TiiDa for the tag belts on the 28th February. I believe that they will be sure to defend. 

(The rest of the article goes on to talk about Colega Studio, a venue, and doesn't mention Dove, so I have omitted it). 

Translated from Battle News.com

Picture Credit: Battle News.com

(DOVE) EVENT RECAP: THE GYM WARS #54 ~ RAY PALOMA'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

As ever with these dojo shows, I don't have a card or many results, but today there was a special celebration held at the Tiger Gym dojo, as Ray Paloma celebrated his 46th birthday on February 20th (no, he's not 460 as Naoki Tanizaki seems to think, although this could have been a drunken typo), and Dove held a birthday party for him on the 21st. Ray was suffering a gout attack at the time of the party, but vowed to "celebrate even if I have to crawl". I think there must have been a tag with Shoichi Uchida and Ray, as Naoki Tanazaki said they were "in love" with each other. 

The roster paid tribute to Ray in their own different ways. 

~ BROTHER Yasshi turned up (cigarette in mouth, smoke blowing in the breeze) with a present in hand. 

~ Naoki Tanizaki spoke of a legend that when Ray walks through Hiroshima, people gaze at him in affection (this means Ray is a God, who cannot walk the streets without being mobbed).

~  "The dojo was full of love. It was Ray Paloma love" (Kyohei Kinoshita)

~ Shoichi Uchida said that since Ray was "descending on Osaka", he was taking the chance to increase his stamina. 

Tetsuya Goto (who we saw earlier at GymWars 53) was excited to be back in Dove, although he was pinned by Kabuki Kid in a singles match. He says he is frustrated to lose to a technique he currently uses. The referee of the event was Kenichi Yoshida (the other one had fled far far away to FREEDOMS, probably out of long experience of being at these types of events, especially when Ray and Uchida team together.)

At the end of the event, the Dove roster posed in the ring with Ray for a commemorative picture (Gunso was not in it, so perhaps he took the picture, as he was definitely on the card). Ray was given gifts by the fans (wine, what looked like a candle, flowers etc) and from the roster he received a cake. The last words on the event should go to Ray, who said that despite his gout and at the age of 46, he was still "bouncing and dancing in the ring". 

Lets leave the talk of his thong out of it.

The event can be viewed through TwitCasting, and will cost you 460 yen. You will get unlimited viewing until the event expires on Sunday March 7th 2021 at 23:59 JST. 

GIF taken from NicoNico broadcast of DOVE vs STRONGHEARTS 31st January 2021 

(DOVE) Event recap: The Gym Wars #53

13th February 2021

Tigre Gym, Osaka

"I was terrified of the technique I saw for the first time! A big smile while screaming and giggling, ran round the opponent Gunso in circles who had sat down, and then unsteadily spun round in circles"

...lets just say Dove had a very special little guest visit.

I don't really have too much information on today's show apart from a few bits of information. There wasn't any continuation of the earlier storyline, probably because Ultimate Spider Junior was not in attendance. Due to the ongoing Coronavirus Pandemic, attendance was limited to twenty people only (and they all turned up with beer). The event was streamed through TwitCasting (350 yen). You can view this until Saturday, February 27th 23:59 JST.

I'm not really too sure of the card, but Yuto Kikuchi was excited to be back in Dove, and Shoichi Uchida won the tag match he was in with "BROTHER" Yasshi (I am unsure as to who the other person was, but they fought against Tetsuya Goto. 

Kabuki Kid was also a referee during the event. 

With thanks to: Yuu, Namba 

(DOVE) Dove vs STRONGHEARTS "THE COLLISION" (31st January 2021)

"The clash doesn't end today"

(Kyohei Kinoshita)

Event was sold out on the door, with the show being streamed live on TWITCH as a PPV. Dove & STRONGHEARTS had a skirmish the day before on the 30th. 

Kabuki Kid was not actively on the card, but he came to the venue and participated as an announcer. He drank a Highball on the way home, reflecting on the future possibilities of Dove video and distribution.

Gunso & "brother" YASSHI vs Shoichi Uchida & Kenshin Chikano 

YASSHI got on the microphone after the match, and inflamed the war between Dove and STRONGHEARTS, in which he declared the start of the battle between the two teams. 

WINNER: Gunso with a diving headbutt on Shoichi Uchida (9 minutes, 27 seconds)

T-Hawk vs Ray Paloma

~ Ray has turquoise colored hair, which matched his turquoise Dias De Los Muertos themed tights. 

~ Was said to have been a very one sided match

WINNER: T-Hawk with the Night Ride (11 minutes, 43 seconds)

Issei Onitsuka & Jun Masaoka vs TiiDA & Kyohei Kinoshita (Part 2)

Winner: Kyohei Kinoshita with a German Suplex on Issei Onitsuka (13 minutes, 10 seconds)

CIMA vs Naoki Tanizaki

Brawls between the seconds broke out, which caused the match to go "No Contest" when the brawl entered the ring and long suffering referee, Yoshino, was dropkicked from behind. Match closed out with both Dove & STRONGHEARTS facing off, Dove were all holding chairs, and Naoki Tanizaki had a chair duel with CIMA. As the venue faded to black, both sides left the ring leaving their weapons in a pile. The war will be continued on 14th February. 

Winner: No contest, match was abandoned after 19 minutes and 15 seconds. 

LINKS

Gunso & "brother" YASSHI vs Shoichi Uchida & Kenshin Chikano (Part 1)

T-Hawk vs Ray Paloma (Part 1)

T-Hawk vs Ray Paloma (Part 2)

Issei Onitsuka & Jun Masaoka vs TiiDA & Kyohei Kinoshita (Part 1)

Issei Onitsuka & Jun Masaoka vs TiiDA & Kyohei Kinoshita (Part 2)

CIMA vs Naoki Tanizaki

CIMA vs Naoki Tanizaki (Part 1)

CIMA vs Naoki Tanizaki (Part 2)

With thanks to: KanKan

Picture credit: BBM, Dove Pro Wrestling

(DOVE) VAPER wrestler Naoki Tanizaki's Handle with Care Battle News! ~ Dove pro wrestling and rivalry

20th January 2021

Battle-News.com

This is Naoki Tanizaki from Dove Pro Wrestling. 

The state of emergency in Kanto and the other major areas has finally been issued. I wince at the report of the number of infected people in the daily news, but be firm with yourself and take all possible measures against infectious diseases.

In Osaka, Gunso was exclaiming the declaration of the state of emergency before Governor Yoshimura (see his Twitter). Relax, there was no coercion just because he shouted about it, (laughs). I was depressed in 2020 because Osaka Mixture, an on-the-spot decision-making event, couldn't be held due to Coronavirus. I hope we can see all the signs of recovery this year.

Finally, the curtain of the fight rose! 

It was a battle between us, Dove Pro Wrestling VS STRONGHEARTS, but one of the opponents, El Lindaman, was found to be positive for Coronavirus. The other members, who had been in close contact, were negative. It was a situation of taking care and refraining from activities, so the curtain did not rise on the rivalry. There are other wrestlers who say they have been infected with corona, and I feel that the wave of infection is approaching the pro wrestling world.

When the war started, an invisible enemy blocked us, and so that this heat does not cool down I would like to keep the tension until the fight, and challenge with that. Regarding the competitive fight with STRONGHEARTS, when I comes to the opponents I think each wrestler has various opinions and thoughts, but I personally have many of my own about the VS industry. I also think of it as a fight against fans who don't know VS Dove Wrestling. I want to let them know that such an intense and exciting fight is taking place in a corner of the pro wrestling world which is a world that seems to be wide, but in reality it is smaller than expected. I want to take that stimulus to Dove. I want to release more and more stimulus and heat than I had felt in the battle against BASARA.

There is a relative competition with promotions who are passively seen in the papers, on the WEB, SNS etc in their struggles. I want to create a fight and a wave of energy that can only be felt here. I want as many people as possible to actively know about Dove wrestling! I want you to come to the venue!

I have an idea. 

As I mentioned earlier, we have been competing against BASARA, led by Isami Kodaka, each summer. There was no particular relationship between the two promotions, but the number of wrestlers, the scale of the two promotions, both have the wrestler-manager heading them etc. With people so alike and so cool, we fought with each other for pride, not wanting to lose to those guys. At the time it was held in a crowded venue with the atmosphere of being completely drunk, and the event was held in heat and wild abandon. Due to the atmosphere created by that space, each match must have been classed as best bout. 

I will never forget the summer of 2018. The event at Shinjuku Face at BASARA, was sometimes said to have been a part of DDT'S Beer Garden Wrestling week. The sale of alcohol was by far the best in the week, and I heard that the alcohol prepared was not enough, and had to be added from the nightclub. For this, both the Dove and BASARA sides were secretly pleased! I think it was emotional to say the least. The Dove World Heavyweight title match vs Fuminori Abe was also stimulated by his potential, and the Dove style sound. It was uplifted by the cheers of the seconds, and the seismic like cheers from fans, still remains in my body. The situation, the timing, the atmosphere, and everything that had led up to that point, made it one of my best bouts. 

Although time has passed since the beginning of the fight, I strongly want to spread that intensity that seems to ascend to the heavens, and I want to spread it more and more to opponents, fans and others. I hope you will come to a Dove venue, which has a special underground aura that everyone in the know knows, which gives it the feel of a unique promotion. I feel like progression has been delayed since the beginning of the fight, but please come and feel this energy!

Link to original article from Battle News.com

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(DOVE) VAPER wrestler Naoki Tanizaki's Handle with Care Battle News! ~Dove, a grand finale, STRONGHEARTS and New Years~

6th January 2021

BattleNews.com

This is Naoki Tanizaki from Dove Pro Wrestling. Happy New Year! We look forward to seeing you again this year!

At the end of 2020 there was a Dove event in Hiroshima. There was a time when the event was in danger of not happening, and there were various restrictions, but thank you very much to everyone who came!

Champion Kenshin Chikano won the fierce battle, and defended the belt. BROTHER & Tida's Ghetto Playerz were also able to get revenge, and thanks to all of you, the last performance of Dove in 2020 became a grand finale. The balance of the DJ linked to the fight, was also the best this time as well.

The intense cries of the soul from the Dove fans, were truly in the ring. At the same time there is a thank you to everyone who watched the guerrilla delivery of the Hiroshima event, which commemorated the number of subscribers to the Dove YouTube channel reaching 1,000! I would like to increase the number of subscribers, so please spread it.

And there is also VS #STRONGHEARTS. 

At J-STAGE in Tokyo, I came to their event to ignite the hellfire. After all, the act of intruding raises the tension. The people who enjoy irregularities, the people who know who we are, the people who wonder who we are, the people who welcomed us with a feeling of anticipated, and those who booed; by sensing the feelings of each fan there and then, we can create both energy for our opponents and the match venues. Furthermore, the world these days is something you can get a sense from direct from the web. The attitude of having to take a stand by talking is frustrating, after all, I am a pro wrestler.

We are Dove. From this point on the result of the fight is everything. Whether you meet us in the ring, on the street, in the waiting room, or in the bar, at all times we will be ready to fight, and unknown to them, they will be sunk into the Dove style swamp. 

Of course, like many people, pro wrestlers are also deeply packed with docu-drama. Some people know the past of others, there are some who know the future. There is no doubt that the competition will accelerate continuously, as each wrestler on STRONGHEARTS also has their own feelings and thoughts. So, with that in mind, it's a good time to delve into the docu-drama behind the filter of entertainment. Enjoy the fight in front of you, and dive into the hellfire of this rivalry in style!

On December 30th, Kobe Kasuro Pro Wrestling put an end its history, and evolved into the promotion, KOBE Meriken Wrestling. 

Kobe Kasuro Wrestling was sponsored by Mr Fujimaga, the owner of Cafe Bar Ring Soul in Motomachi, Kobe. The atmosphere was very similar to Dove, and each time I enjoyed the match more than the customers. I was desolate that it was the last one, but it was from the last Kobe Kasuro Pro to the true next stage. 

On the 31st, it was the annual New Years Eve pro wrestling. The event occurs each year, but due to the situation with the virus, it was held in two parts in the morning and in the evening. I took part in the evening. I have missed this twice in the past due to influenza and food poisoning, but this time I was able to participate healthily. It was a match that Dove provided, and so I was fighting against members. Everything ended well, and I was able to rise at the end of 2020. I think in various ways a lot of things were suppressed last year, but let's start the New Year hoping that things will erupt!

Translated from BattleNews.com

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(DOVE) Notes from "Bump Bump Revolution 16" (20th December 2020, Hiroshima Hop Marina)

"Dove's champion never sleeps" Do you remember this phrase?" ~ "brother" YASSHI

Dove attracted new fans, for one fan it was their first time in watching wrestling live, before that they had only seen on TV. 

RESULTS

REAL HIPSTARS (Kyohei Kinoshita & Ultimate Spider Jnr & Jun Masaoka) vs Shoichi Uchida, Gunso & Naoki Tanizaki 

WINNER: Gunso with the Diving Gullotine drop to the back of the head on Kyohei Kinoshita (12 minutes, 51 seconds)

Ray Paloma vs Kabuki Kid

WINNER: Ray Paloma with the Backslide (11 minutes, 58 seconds)

DOVE Tag Title Match

GHETTO PLAYERZ ("brother" YASSHI & TiiDa) vs HUB & GAINA (Champions)

WINNER: TiiDa with a Swanton Bomb on HUB (17 minutes, 17 seconds)

DOVE World Heavyweight title match

Ryota Nakatsu vs Kenshin Chikano (Champion) 

WINNER: Kenshin Chikano with the Buzz Saw Kick (21 minutes, 20 seconds)

*This was Chikano's first defense

THE EVENT

~ As they weren't teaming together, both Shoichi Uchida and Ray Paloma kept their pants on. However, while this was true of Uchida, Ray stood up from his chair, which was near Referee Yoshino and let's just say, parts of the back of the pants were down. Yoshino muttered why "this person had to stop here and start doing something", and that it was probably a mistake for him to be wearing pants. Ray said a picture was 500 yen. 

~Shoichi Uchida came out with his baby doll (he's a divorced father of four and is honked constantly for child support), and handed it to referee Yoshino, who wore an undisguised look of disgust. Then a fight broke out, and Referee Yoshino put it very gently in the corner. Fans found it creepy looking. 

~Fans called the first match a "generational struggle". 

~ Kyohei Kinoshita and Ultimate Spider Jnr, danced on entry. Naoki Tanizaki said he was doing a shuffle dance with them. Jun Masaoka didn't dance, but Ultimate Spider Jnr hinted that this was because he hadn't practiced with them.

~ Gunso came out with his trademark knives, but as this was not a hardcore match, he didn't use them (not that it has to be a hardcore match)

~ The second match was called "Dove's Smart Criminal" (Kabuki Kid) vs "Dove's City Pop Star" (Ray Paloma, who is from Hiroshima...he claims the Atomic Dome). 

~ Kabuki Kid was told off for raking Ray's eyes, poking them, low blow back kick, and punching with a closed fist. Outside the ring, he sprayed disinfectant at him. 

~ Ray was scolded for dancing through the customers by the long suffering referee. "The Long Suffering Referee" later found his hotel room had been upgraded to two single beds, and a strange looking sofa. The bed was so comfy and he was so tired, he fell asleep immediately. 

~ YASSHI, shall we say, did a kind of reverse cupcake to his opponents.

~ TiiDa apparently fainted after the match, and had no idea that his team had won. He said he was immensely grateful to YASSHI for coming to check on him.

TRIVIA

~ According to YASSHI, the Dove tag belts are made from beer cans. 

LINKS

To celebrate 1,000 subscribers to the Dove YouTube channel, they released the event in full and for free. I don't know how long this video will stay up, but if you are reading this and you haven't subscribed, please do. Hopefully we will get more free events that way. 

Picture credit: Dove Pro Wrestling

GIF taken from "Bump Bump Revolution 16" posted to the official Dove Pro YouTube Channel 

(DOVE) VAPER wrestler Naoki Tanizaki's Handle with Care Battle News! ~Dove wrestling and the course of the belts~

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

16th December 2020

"I have a lot to talk about, but I would like to talk a little about Dove's upcoming Hiroshima event in four days time. As the number of people infected with Corona increases in Hiroshima, although we feared that the event would be threatened, we continued to review the situation and we will hold it with perfect measures!

"BUMP BUMP REVOLUTION 16"

The event is titled this, but it is literally a passive revolution. This means that we are going to revolutionize by being passive, which is a skill unique to professional wrestlers. Receive, receive, endure, endure, find a way out, turn it into a revolution. It seems like a microcosm of life, being passive in the attacks of a spreading virus. Endurance is not the end, turn around and make a revolution!

The title match of the 11th champion Kenshin Chikano vs Ryota Nakatsu, for the Dove World Heavyweight, is the featured highlight of this time.

The former champion, Naoki Tanizaki, held the belt for about a year and a half, and won a belt vs belt match with Isami Kodaka, who I think of as my nemesis. Kenshin was the one who took the belt, which has an increased value by repeated defense battles overseas, and became the current champion and bought his history to it. Kenshin, who used to be dominant in a tag team with YO-HEY as the GinGin Boys, has emerged as a singles wrestler as his partner has left. Nowadays it seems that his ego and his determination to stand out as a single wrestler and to carry the promotion has come out. His opponent, Ryota Nakatsu, is the young leader who leads a unit called Sparky in Pro Wrestling BASARA. In BASARA we are teammates, and he is a powerful person who has regained UNION MAX for himself. There is also a sense of balance that makes me cannot believe he has only a six year career. Yes, both are wrestler who defeated me (laughs). Since they are equal in strength, I really don't know the result of this match.

The hot souls suit the words "Good Rival" who wrap the venue in enthusiasm each time. In the process I want you to burn. 

Kenshin took the belt at the end of last year, but due to the influence of the Coronavirus, this will be his first defense. 

There is also the Dove Tag Championship that has currently flowed out. 

The moment when the belt was lost, members of Dove Wrestling (Naoki Tanizaki, Kenshin Chikano, Jun Masaoka and Kyohei Kinoshita (REAL HIPSTAR), put their names forward, but it was BROTHER Yasshi who declared "Your rival will take the image of this asshole". As they had declared, the team of BROTHER & TiiDa (note, formerly known as Tida Heat), won the 3 WAY match at the Shinjuku FACE event in September, and now they will stand before the team of GAINA & HUB again. In the 12th tag team, they are perfect in that there is no gap in the individual ability of the career and their teamwork, there is the closeness of BROTHER and TiiDa (Ghetto Playerz), BROTHER'S passion. I want you to take the belts with the momentum of TiiDa who left Ryukyu Dragon Pro wrestling to become a freelancer! 

This will also be the first defense of the champions. 

Of course, there are other good cards at Dove Wrestling, which will challenge your feelings with a big match each time. Everyone who is planning to watch the event, please come and take all possible measures to prevent infection."

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

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(DOVE) A place that screams excitement with tears and laughter, Hiroshima's Dove will hold a big event on the 20th

6th December 2020

Yahoo.co.jp\Daily.co.jp

Pro Wrestling promotion "Dove" from Hiroshima, will hold their big end of year event "Bump Bump Revolution" on December 20th at Hiroshima's Marina Hop (starts at 2pm JST)

This will be the 16th time the event has been held, with more than a dozen wrestlers such as Ray Paloma and GUNSO participating. 

The DJs play music during the match, and they devote themselves to video production as they develop a pro wrestling that is thoroughly focused on entertainment. 

A title match will also be held, with Ryota Nakatsu challenging Kenshin Chikano, the DOVE World Heavyweight champion. The DOVE Tag Championship will also be held. 

Ray Paloma said, "We will bring a place that screams excitement with tears and laughter. We have taken sufficient measures against Corona, such as spacing the seats, taking temperature at the entrance, and disinfecting and ventilating thoroughly, so please enjoy pro wrestling with confidence."

Link to original article from Yahoo.co.jp 

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

(DOVE) Handle with care! Battle News of vaper wrestler, Naoki Tanizaki ~ Pleased to meet you, Dove Wrestling~

"Nice to meet everyone who reads Battle News. I am Naoki Tanizaki, a wrestler who enjoys using VAPE, who belongs to Dove Wrestling. For those who are old or new readers, and those who are not familiar with me, I will be responsible for writing a column here every other week, I thank you for your continued support.

I think it would be quicker if you referred to Wikipedia for background etc. However, although there are some subtle differences in the Wiki (laughs). By nature, I don't hate writing, so with some trial and error I want to send this off while having fun. By the way, in the past, I wrote a column each week at a promotion that I belonged to for many years, and at the DDT sponsored Bastard Z produce, there was the Erotic Novel Deathmatch, where I participated in the match by reading it out loud. I have also been informed that the short story I wrote is one of the most highly rated works that has passed the second screening in the Gentosha contest, and I have been contacted to take charge of it. 

I will talk about that matter and VAPE again. 

Although this introduction is long, I would like to write an intro about the about the encounter with a promotion called Dove Wrestling, to which I currently belong. 

I first encountered Dove in 2015, about five years ago. Until then, I had only participated in DragonGate and a few other promotions, but when I first saw the video, it was love at first sight. It was the same impact as seeing pro wrestling for the first time in the second year of Junior High School!

It's not large, but it has an underground atmosphere of a live music club which is crowded with closely packed spectators. During the match, I was fascinated by how the DJ was enthusiastic about the sound, and the quality of the matches were not that of an indie group. I fell in love at first sight. It was an atmosphere that was filled with my favorite elements. Even though I still belonged to DragonGate at the time, I wanted to fight in this ring! Through a drinking buddy I got in touch with "Uchi" (Shoichi Uchida), who belongs to Dove, and my wish came true with the first offer*. 

At Club AgeHa (formerly the Dotonbori Arena, and now a hostel), I had a singles match with YO-HEY (who currently belongs to Noah) on August 23rd 2015. From that first participation, the urge of the libido still remained, and so I asked a friend who is a GOGO dancer to enter with me. 

I can't say that there were many customers, but the tightly packed crowd who were very drunk and in an atmosphere where amazing things like the sound from the DJ, the lighting, and the extraordinary pro wrestling was accelerating further, I left satisfied, refreshed with alcohol and excited. It felt good.

Dove Wrestling broadcasts past matches on YouTube every Wednesday from 21:00 JST, and also has live broadcasts with guest commentary. Search for "Dove Wrestling" (or ダブプロレス), watch, click the like button and subscribe to the channel".

*Japanese publishing company

*In English we would term this as a "try-out"

Translated from Battle-News.com

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(DOVE): GYM WARS #53: Devil's Acre

21st November
Tiger Gym, Hiroshima

Card

Gunso & Kabuki Kid vs Ultimate Spider Jnr & Hiromasa Koyama

"brother" YASSHI & Kyohei Kinoshita vs Shoichi Uchida & Tatsuya Matsubo 

Information is sparse, so this is only a brief outline of what may have happened. Some details may be missing or incorrect, but I have tried to get as much information as I can. 

Ultimate Spider Jnr and Hiromasa Koyama started the match attacking young Kyohei Kinoshita who was at ringside, only to get chased off by Gunso and Kabuki Kid.  

During the match Gunso suddenly stopped Kabuki Kid using a chair, and then attacked him, and opened his jacket (with a big grin) to reveal he was wearing a tank top with the word "DEVIL" written on it. It was later discovered that Kabuki Kid was also wearing the same tank top, which caused everyone to recoil in shock with "Otosan!" ("Father"). 

I'm not too sure on the next details as they are vague, but it seems like there is some kind of connection between Kabuki Kid and Ultimate Spider Jnr, with Spidey telling him to "Take responsibility!" and "Do what you like with me!" Kabuki Kid said that as whatever had happened was a long time ago, let's just forget it, but Ultimate Spider Jnr refused to be mollified and got a chair and sat in the middle of the ring and refused to move. No amount of pleading would make him. 

So in the end Gunso and Koyama picked him up in his seat, and tipped him out of the ring.

With thanks to: Yoshio Chief, Hina.