White Canvas Grappling ~ The Comeback [CVerse]

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『RISE.30』– April 7^th, 2021
Shinjuku REX (Tokyo, Kanto) [WCG Global]

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 Just three days after crowning a new S-1 Festival champion it was time for RISE again. The 30th episode of the subsidiary was headlined by the two new acquisitions Tatsuya Toshitara and Munemitsu Senmatsu who took on the young boy team of Haru Shionoya and Ryobe Saji. The latter fought pretty well but had no chance against the veteran team.

After having just a few matches this year, Captain White Canvas made his very last appereance on this show for White Canvas Grappling in a losing effort to REAL BLOOD's Takenori Doi. The masked man made his debut a few years ago as a comedy character and did nothing more than being in such matches. "Who's the captain? We'll never know.", said WCG Colour Commentator Ryuzaburo Sugiyama.

Results~!
1. Akira Arato def. Akihiro Hisato (8:47)
2. Too Young 2 Die (Nobuhiko Serizawa & Shuzo Utagawa) def. Chomei Fuwa & Kentaro Kawai (9:41)
3. Morimasa Kato def. Daisetsu Yanagi (6:08)
4. Billy Robinson def. Hiroshi Mishima (9:56)
5. Takenori Doi def. Captain White Canvas (9:53)
6. Munemitsu Senmatsu & Tatsuya Toshitara def. Haru Shionoya & Ryobe Saji (14:58)

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『PRIDE Of Tsushima』– April 16^th, 2021
Tsushima Vegetable & Fish Market (Tsushima, Kyushu) [WCG Global]

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 Once in a year the WCG roster comes to the island of Tsushima to bring some of the best wrestling on the planet to the friendly people of the Nagasaki prefecture. The "PRIDE Of.." series was quite a success since it's launch three years ago. 

Today the show was held on the biggest Vegetable & Fish Market on the island with many people just stopped by from their grocery shopping trip. Shows like that are always fun and a welcome change to the traditional schedule. Despite now being a heel on the mainland of Japan Hitomaro Suzuki was also being cheered here and thanked the fans for coming after the main event. The next "PRIDE Of.." show will be held in June when WCG will come to Kagoshima.

Results~!
1. Chomei Fuwa, Daisetsu Yanagi & Haru Shionoya def. Hiroshi Mishima, Kentaro Kawai & Ryobe Saji (7:34)
2. REAL BLOOD (Tsuneyo Yanagimoto, Jinzaburo Kakinomoto & Takenori Doi) def. Hachigoro Maeda, Billy Robinson & Akihiro Hisato (8:37)
3. Reiwa Ishingun (Kiyotaka, Omezo Shikitei & Azumamaro Kita) def. xDREAM (Kuemon Hotta, KATOU & Motoyuki Miyake) (12:03)
4. Rogue Squad (Pavel Vanzycha, Sterling Whitlock & Animal Harker) def. Jayson Van Pelt, Munemitsu Senmatsu & Morimasa Kato (11:43)
5. Burning Hazard (KC Glenn, Zeshin Makioka & Heihachiro Sakai) def. Gonkuro Kamioka, Tatsuya Toshitara & El Mítico Jr. (13:33)
6. Fujio Narahashi, Yasunobu Masuno, Tadakuni Toshusai & Koshiro Ino def. Rogue Squad (MATSUMOTO, Logan Diaz, Ernest Youngman & Greg Gauge) (14:56)
7. REAL BLOOD (Yuta Isono, SUKI & Hitomaro Suzuki) def. Akira Arato, Brandon Smith & Bunrakuken Torii (15:02)

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The famous "Golden Week" is upon us and White Canvas Grappling is on the traditional "S-1 Revenge season". When Japan hits the 5th day of May the whole country is on holiday because of the "Children's Day" (Kodomo no hi) and that's when WCG has always their show Pro Wrestling Love right next to the Imperial Palace of Japan's Emperor.

After a winning the S-1 Festival, Fujio Narahashi has earned the chance to challenge WCG World Heavyweight Champion Bunrakuken Torii in the shadow of the emperor. Despite being eligible to challenge the champ made an enquiry to challenge for Narahashi's tag titles before the big clash on May 5th. The latter accepted and replied that Torii can choose a partner of his choice. The match was set for a televisided "Road To" show in Kobe.

SUKI grabbed the opportunity after beating RISE Openweight champ Koshiro Ino and challenged him to a match at Chiyoda Kokugikan. The member of REAL BLOOD stated that after beating "The Kobra" once made him aware how susceptible Ino actually is. Also the GCG World Heavyweight title will be on the line when Tadakuni Toshusai defends the championship against Burning Hazard's Zeshin Makioka while Yasunobu Masuno will protect the WCG US Heavyweight title against Rogue Squad's Ernest Youngman.

Prior to the show at the Sumo Hall there will be three televisided "Road To" shows where the Junior Heavyweight Tag, the RISE Openweight Six Man Tag & the WCG World Tag Team titles will be on the line, too.

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『WCG Pro Wrestling Love In Chiyoda 2021』 – May 5^th, 2021
Chiyoda Kokugikan (Tokyo, Kanto) [Emperor Choice, WCG Global & Aichi]

0. Akihiro Hisato, Daisetsu Yanagi & Hiroshi Mishima vs. Kentaro Kawai, Kichibei Ezakiya & Yuta Isono
1. Akira Arato, Gonkuro Kamioka & Munemitsu Senmatsu vs. Reiwa Ishingun (Kado Kamisaka, Omezo Shikitei & Azumamaro Kita)
2. Sotatsu Sarumara, Shogun Watoga, Danny Cavangh & Tatsuya Toshitara vs. Burning Hazard (Kiyonari Genji, Taheiji Konoe, Ieyoshi Shimakage & Heihachiro Sakai)
3. Ryobe Saji & Burning Hazard (Yoshii Shiomi & KC Glenn) vs. Billy Robinson, Magnum Kobe & El Mítico Jr.
4. REAL BLOOD (Jinzaburo Kakinomoto, Takenori Doi, Tsuneyo Yanagimoto & Hitomaro Suzuki) vs. xDREAM (Noburo Ikoma, Tanyu Toshusai, KATOU & Motoyuki Miyake)
5. GCG World Heavyweight Championship: Tadakuni Toshusai  vs. Zeshin Makioka [2nd Defense]
6. WCG US Heavyweight Championship: Yasunobu Masuno  vs. Ernest Youngman [3rd Defense]
6. American Demolition (Brandon Smith & Findlay O'Farraday) & Morimasa Kato vs. Rogue Squad (Pavel Vanzycha, Logan Diaz & Greg Gauge)
7. RISE Openweight Championship: Koshiro Ino  vs. SUKI [3rd Defense]
8. WCG World Heavyweight Championship: Bunrakuken Torii  vs. Fujio Narahashi [3rd Defense]

Edited July 14, 2023 by CGN91

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『Kyanbasu Gurappuringo Gappei ~ Canvas Grappling Union』

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An important press conference was announced on WCG’s social media accounts just a week before the start of the next tour. WCG president & CEO Junnosuke Fukazawa, WCG Of America CEO Fumihiro Ota and Eisaku Konumasu  sat alongside Pride Glory Honor Wrestling president Nobuatso Tatsuko at a table to announce a creation of a special partnership. „We’re proud to announce the creation of the Canvas Grappling Union. A formation of White Canvas Grappling as a patron, with our subsidiaries WCG Of America and the now newly created promotion DIASPORA. We’ll share details about DIASPORA later at the press conference. We can also announce that we acquired the majority of percentages of PGHW, the company will continue as an entity and remain as it exists right now.“, said Fukazawa to the wrestling world. A real shocker!

Nonetheless the companies will become an union where WCG founder Junnosuke Fukazawa will be the head of the umbrella between the companies. The biggest question wrestling fans around the world have is, „will there be cross promotional shows?“ Fukazawa replied: „Yes. We have plans to have a yearly supershow with wrestlers from WCG and PGHW competing.“

The next update was about DIASPORA. The promotion will serve as a typical child company of WCG where wrestlers compete who didn’t get many matches the last months, young wrestlers and wrestlers from other companies/freelancers who are potential signings for WCG. Fukazawa stated that Eisaku Konumasu will be operate as the president of DIASPORA.

White Canvas Grappling, WCG Of America, DIASPORA & Pride Glory Honor Wrestling sounds like a strong bound with WCG partner’s OLLIE from Mexico, VWA from Europe and TCW from the United States remain as their partners.

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Still on holidays! Don't expect any updates until this Friday or Saturday.

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『Road To PRO WRESTLING LOVE - Tour Recap』

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When White Canvas Grappling is heading towards Chiyoda you can feel the crisp and heat in the air while attending a show prior to the big show next to the Emperor's garden. With three titles on the line before the show at the Sumo Hall, WCG had even more to offer!

Nagoya were witnesses of two title matches. The Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship were on the line when The Revengers, Musashi and Japanese Phoenix, took on the team of Silver Tiger and Hachigoro Maeda. Phoenix splashed on Maeda to successfully defend the titles for the third time, poor Tiger he loss yet another titlematch on WCG turf. The RISE Openweight Six Man Tag titles changed hands in the main event when the Burning Hazard trio of Kiyonari Genji, Ieyoshi Shimakage and Taheiji Konoe beat Shogun Watoga, Shiba Mizoguchi and Morimasa Kato after sixteen minutes to become the fifth champion trio.

In Kobe the WCG World Tag Team titles were on the line when Team 220kg, Gonkuro Kamioka and S-1 Festival winner Fujio Narahashi, took on the team of WCG World Champ Bunrakuken Torii and Akira Arato. The champions partner of choice seemed a bit odd but Torii explained that Arato has fire in his eyes and boy oh boy did he. Arato bled, sweat and fought like a mad man but it was a step too far for him. Narahashi choked him out and promised that Torii will be next.

Brandon Smith wants Greg Gauge as soon as possible. After beating the WCG Intercontinental Champion during the S-1 Festival the "Bulldozer" set another exclamation mark by remaining undefeated in all "Road To.." shows against Gauge. Smith declared himself as the next challenger althought he knows that a Intercontinental titlematch won't happen at Pro Wrestling Love. Traditional the IC title won't be defended at Chiyoda but one months later in Fukuoka at Strong Energy.

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『Pro Wrestling Love In Chiyoda 2021』 – May 5^th, 2021
Chiyoda Kokugikan (Tokyo, Kanto) [Emperor Choice, WCG Global & Aichi]

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The rain began to pour down from the sky a couple of hours prior to the start of the show, the queue before the entrance looked like an army of umbrella's and the start of the show needed to be delayed because of an issue on the hands of the tv stations due to a lightining strike. Nevertheless the crowd came in droves to see the big golden week event of White Canvas Grappling.

With the big tournament win under his belt, Fujio Narahashi looked better than ever before. The "Strong Pitbull" threw big bombs at the champion but he wasn't able to get the "Machine Gun"'s shoulders down for straight three seconds. However Bunrakuken Torii seemed to be baffled by Narahashi's fighting spirit and was nearly beaten down after a big hit on the chin. After all Torii picked Narahashi up after hitting a dangerous brainbuster to end the fight with his spinning forearm smash to defend his title for the third time. After the fight Torii wanted to thank the fans for coming in this special weather condition when the music of Heihachiro Sakai hits and the latter challenged Torii to a match at the next possible date.

The dispute between American Demolition and the Rogue Squad continued after today's six man tag team match although a much more important moment happened after the match. After celebrating their win the three faces were attacked by the Rogue Squad which got a slightly majority over Morimasa Kato and the two americans. Just in time when Greg Gauge wanted to curb stomp Kato a music hits in Chiyoda, a music we didn't heard for 15 months. YOSHINAKA TAKU returned to WCG after his broken neck indicent in an Intercontinental titlematch against Motoyuki Miyake in February 2020. The roar of the crowd were so loud that you couldn't hear anything in the ring, Taku stared at the Squad and eventually kicked Diaz out of the ring to the delight of the crowd. Welcome back!

We had three more championship matches tonight in which two titles even changed hands: RISE Openweight Champ Koshiro Ino successfully defended his title against REAL BLOOD warrior SUKI in a grueling battle while Tadakuni Toshusai lost the GCG World Heavyweight title to Burning Hazard's Zeshin Makioka and Yasunobu Masuno lost the United States Heavyweight title to forme champ Ernest Youngman. 

The participants and blocks of the upcoming Grand J-Challenge were announced and will be posted in a seperate post. However the Grand J-Challenge is going to be sixteen men tournament in a four block system. Each winner of each block will be qualified for the semi-final.

Results~!
0. Kentaro Kawai, Kichibei Ezakiya & Yuta Isono def. Akihiro Hisato, Daisetsu Yanagi & Hiroshi Mishima (8:09)
1. Reiwa Ishingun (Azumamaro Kita, Kado Kamisaka & Omezo Shikitei) def. Akira Arato, Gonkuro Kamioka & Munemitsu Senmatsu (9:01)
2. Burning Hazard (Kiyonari Genji, Taheiji Konoe, Ieyoshi Shimakage & Heihachiro Sakai) def. Tatsuya Toshitara, Danny Cavanagh, Shogun Watoga & Sotatsu Sarumara (9:46)
3. Magnum Kobe, Billy Robinson & El Mítico Jr. def. Ryobe Saji, Yoshii Shiomi & KC Glenn (11:32)
4. REAL BLOOD (Takenori Doi, Jinzaburo Kakinomoto, Tsuneyo Yanagimoto & Hitomaro Suzuki) def. xDREAM (Tanyu Toshusai, Noburo Ikoma, KATOU & Motoyuki Miyake) (12:48)
5. GCG World Heavyweight Championship: Zeshin Makioka def. Tadakuni Toshusai  (15:56) - TITLE CHANGE!!
6. WCG US Heavyweight Championship: Ernest Youngman def. Yasunobu Masuno  (20:09) - TITLE CHANGE!!
7. Morimasa Kato & American Demolition (Findlay O'Farraday & Brandon Smith) def. Rogue Squad (Pavel Vanzycha, Logan Diaz & Greg Gauge) (14:45)
8. RISE Openweight Championship: Koshiro Ino  def. SUKI (21:04) [3rd Defense]
9. WCG World Heavyweight Championship: Bunrakuken Torii  def. Fujio Narahashi (31:23) [3rd Defense]

[Scottie]

Taku! Great to see him back! Fun show

[TheSmoothLefty]

This is a great read. Keep it up

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The third edition of the Grand J-Challenge will be seperated in four blocks where the top wrestler of each block will qualify for a semi final match to fight for a spot in the ultimate final match which will take place at the Kyoto Prefectural Gymnasium. Let's have a look at the blocks!

   

A-BLOCK
With Joffy Laine and Billy Robinson in the block, the inaugral tournament from 2018 will have a replay when Laine and Robinson on the second night of the block. The other two will be REAL BLOOD's Yuta Isono and newly acquired Hijo Del Relampago, who joined WCG after his Burning Hammer contract expired.

  

B-BLOCK
Just like his Rebel X Gun mate Relampago, Jin Miyamoto jumped ship to White Canvas and will be one of the four participants in Block B. He'll face also former BHOTWG wrestler Crimson Ghost on the very first night of block action. With three time WCG Junior Heavyweight Champion Japanese Phoenix and former title challenger Magnum Kobe two big favourites are going to fight for a place on top.

   

C-BLOCK
Former Junior Heavyweight Champion KC Glenn seeks to become champion again but for that he needs to get past current Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champ Musashi. The latter will face his EXODUS enemy Tsuneyo Yanagimoto of REAL BLOOD and former Junior Tag Champ Nichiren Amagawa.

   

D-BLOCK
The current Junior Heavyweight titleholder El Mítico Jr., and last year's Grand J-Challenge winner, is going to have some nightmares when he'll face two former tag champs in Masa Kurata and Konrad Mäkinen. Both men will try to top the group alongside Hachigoro Maeda.

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『Grand J-Challenge 2023』 – May 22^nd, 2021
Kyoto Prefectural Gymnasium (Kyoto, Kansai) [Emperor Choice, WCG Global & Aichi]

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After ten nights of action in just two weeks, the 3rd edition of the Grand J-Challenge ended with a banger, but first things first. Four blocks with four wrestler each for every block and we've got not big surprise in the group stage whatsoever. Japanese Phoenix injured himself on the first night of block action which resulted that he was forced to withdraw from the competition with zero points. What a shame for the three time WCG Junior Heavyweight Champion. However the four first group leader were Billy Robinson, Magnum Kobe, KC Glenn and Masa Kurata. The latter pinned the current Jr. Champ El Mítico Jr. on the last night of the group stage to advance to the semi final stage.

Magnum Kobe and Billy Robinson fought for twenty minutes to reach the final of the tournament and with Magnum Kobe advancing Robinson's dream of being a tournament winner once again got crushed. The other semi final was won by KC Glenn who could defeat the champion killer Masa Kurata. In the heart of Kyoto the final was being held in front of a packed crowd, a crowd which desperately wanted to see KC Glenn win the tournament. Magnum Kobe still was being labelled as an outsider while Glenn, despite his allignment with Burning Hazard, was one of them. To the delight of the WCG fans KC Glenn was able to overcome the brutal strikes of Kobe to win his first ever Grand J-Challenge.

Althought the focos of the tour was cleary on the junior heavyweights and the tournament itself, several confrontations happened. Koshiro Ino and Tatsuya Toshitara had their issues over the tour, they had met at the final night of the S-1 Festival and drew each other - Both men got eliminated through that draw. Toshitara issued a challenge for Koshiro Ino's RISE Openweight title. Ernest Youngman and Morimasa Kato for the US Heavyweight title was also announced after today's show for STRONG ENERGY! GCG World Heavyweight Champion Zeshin Makioka may won tonight's match for his team but Danny Cavanagh challenged Makioka for the title, the latter accepted the challenge. 

Results~!
1. Reiwa Ishingun (Kado Kamisaka, Maro Shimizu, Omezo Shikitei & Azumamaro Kita) def. Naozane Goto, Akira Arato, Kichibei Ezakiya & Sotatsu Sarumara (8:39)
2. REAL BLOOD (Jinzaburo Kakinomoto, Takenori Doi & SUKI) def. Daisetsu Yanagi & Team 220kg (Fujio Narahashi & Gonkuro Kamioka) (9:58)
3. xDREAM (Tanyu Toshusai, KATOU & Motoyuki Miyake) def. Akihiro Hisato & REAL BLOOD (Tsuneyo Yanagimoto & Hitomaru Suzuki) (11:31)
4. Shiba Mizoguchi, Shogun Watoga & Tatsuya Toshitara def. Ryobe Saji & Shocking Kobra (Koshiro Ino & Tadakuni Toshusai) (12:41)
5. Burning Hazard (Taheiji Konoe, Zeshin Makioka & Heihachiro Sakai) def. Danny Cavanagh, Hiroshi Mishima & Bunrakuken Torii (12:56)
6. Rogue Squad (Killer Shark, Roderick Remus, Konrad Mäkinen & Ernest Youngman) def. Hachigoro Maeda, El Mítico Jr., Munemitsu Senmatsu & Morimasa Kato (14:45)
7. Yasunobu Masuno, Findlay O'Farraday & Brandon Smith def. Rogue Squad (Logan Diaz, Pavel Vanzycha & Greg Gauge) (16:45)
8. Grand J-Challenge Final: KC Glenn def. Magnum Kobe (26:47)

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WCG is heading down south to the island of Kyushu more precisely to Fukuoka, famous for excellent seafood, kind people and Japan’s biggest festival during Golden Week. A big festival is also upon us when STRONG ENERGY will be held at the Fukuoka Stadium in front 30,000 people.

WCG fans know that Bunrakuken Torii is a fighting champion, a champion with pride and honour, a man who wants to defend his title against anyone, however he didn’t seem to be that interested in a fight with Burning Hazard leader Heihachiro Sakai. „For me it’s a bit strange that he’s challenging me after his loss in the final of the S-1. Sure, he has beaten me during the tournament, but only at a time when I took a small injury with me. So what’s the point of challenging me now?“, stated Torii. Sakai smirked and called Torii a coward: „You see champ, you‘re only talking about an injury nobody spoke about before. So right now I only hear an excuse from you, complaining and nothing more. Let’s bring your A-game to Fukuoka and we’ll see what will happen“.

Sure all eyes may be on the WCG World Heavyweight title match between „Machine Gun“ Bunrakuken Torii and Heihachiro Sakai, but traditionally Fukuoka is the host of the match between the WCG Junior Heavyweight champ El Mítico Jr. and the recent winner of the Grand J-Challenge. KC Glenn was quite confidently: „I have beat him before, it’s not like that he’s unbeatable as you could see during the tournament. He lost against Kobe while I beat Kobe 1-2-3.“ The mexican knows that Glenn is a dangerous opponent, so he went back to his motherland and trained with some of the greatest mexican champions ever in Axxis Jr. „It was a great camp for me, I made progress in game areas I was a bit weak the last matches. Since he left EILL his schedule is a bit smaller so it was possible to visit him at the OLLIE dojo.“

The never ending story between Brandon Smith and his former allies of Rogue Squad continues when Greg Gauge needs to defend his Intercontinental title against „The Bulldozer“. „This is my title. I made this piece of metal, took it to international heights and I won’t lose it in Fukuoka to a man who betrayed his brotherhood.“, said Gauge. Smith wasn’t keen to reply to „that crappy stuff the blond crybaby told you before“.

This is not enough! Four titles will also be on the line at „road to“ shows. GCG World Heavyweight Champ Zeshin Makioka has to defend the title against the humongous Danny Cavanagh, the RISE Openweight Six Man Tag titles will be on the line when the Burning Hazard trio of Ieyoshi Shimakage, Kiyonari Genji and Taheiji Konoe take on the tag champs Fujio Narahashi & Gonkuro Kamioka and Tadakuni Toshusai. On the very same night Ernest Youngman puts the WCG US Heavyweight title on the line against „KILLING MACHINE“ Morimasa Kato. The RISE Openweight championship will be defended by Koshiro Ino against Tatsuya Toshitara in Osaka.

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『WCG Strong Energy In Fukuoka 2021』 – June 12^th, 2021
Fukuoka Stadium (Fukuoka, Kyushu) [Emperor Choice, WCG Global & Aichi]

1. Silver Tiger, Billy Robinson & Magnum Kobe vs. Burning Hazard (Yoshii Shiomi, Jin Miyamoto & Hijo Del Relampago)
2. Morimasa Kato, Munemitsu Senmatsu & Tatsuya Toshitara vs. Burning Hazard (Brute Kikuchi, Taheiji Konoe & Zeshin Makioka)
3. xDREAM (Tanyu Toshusai, KATOU & Motoyuki Miyake) vs. REAL BLOOD (Yuta Isono, SUKI & Hitomaro Suzuki)
4. Yasunobu Masuno, Koshiro Ino & Yoshinaka Taku vs. Rogue Squad (Pavel Vanzycha, Logan Diaz & Ernest Youngman)
5. WCG World Tag Team Championship: Team 220kg (Gonkuro Kamioka & Fujio Narahashi)  vs. Burning Hazard (Kiyonari Genji & Ieyoshi Shimakage) [4th Defense]
6. WCG Junior Heavyweight Championship: El Mítico Jr.  vs. KC Glenn [3rd Defense]
7. WCG Intercontinental Championship: Greg Gauge  vs. Brandon Smith [5th Defense]
8. WCG World Heavyweight Championship: Bunrakuken Torii  vs. Heihachiro Sakai [4th Defense]

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『Road To STRONG ENERGY - Tour Recap』

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The road to STRONG ENERGY can be a bit rocky at times for some protagonists, but the competition in White Canvas Grappling is getting better, bigger and more dangerous. With the lastest additions of guys like Toshitara, Senmatsu or the junior heavyweights Kobe, Hijo Del Relampago and Miyamoto the roster is stacked as never been before.

At a road to show in Zeshin Makioka’s hometown of Tsu in the Mie prefecture, the „Mad Dog“ had to defend the prestigious Golden Canvas Grappling World Heavyweight Championship against „Mighty“ Danny Cavanagh. The former US Strongman isn’t as good as Makioka in the ring nor on the mat but Cavanagh is as dangerous due to his raw power. The former PGHW title challenger nearly shocked Tsu when he had Makioka’s shoulders down for 2.9 after a Spinebuster. Makioka came back, put on a strong performance and ripped Cavanagh’s head off with two lariat strikes to protect the title of the golden lions.

Just three days later WCG held a show in Hamamatsu with two titles on the line. Ernest Youngman had his hands full with „KILLING MACHINE“ Morimasa Kato, who tried desperately to add yet another title to his trophy case. Kato already won the WCG World, WCG Intercontinental, RISE Openweight (which makes him the only triple crown champion in the history of the company) and RISE Openweight Six Man Tag Champ. Kato’s gameplan was plain and simple: Get Youngman to the ground and choke him out. The former INSPIRE man did that almost but eventually Rogue Squad ally Logan Diaz interfered in the fight and rescued his friend as well as helped him to win the fight. Diaz distract the referee which lead Youngman to kick Kato in the crown jewels and roll him up for three. Backstage Kato was furious about it and said that Logan’s uncle Raymond, who was also a former INSPIRE man, should be ashamed of his son’s antics. The reigning tag titleholders couldn’t capture the Six Man Tag belts alongside Tadakuni Toshusai, the champion trio from Burning Hazard defended successfully and announced that they’ll win the tag titles too in Fukuoka.

Osaka was the place for Koshiro Ino and Tatsuya Toshitara to settle their differences after their draw on the final block night during the S-1 Festival. „The Kobra“ put his RISE Openweight title on the line in a fight between two former Burning Hammer Of The Wrestling Gods wrestler. After a hard fought battle Ino was able to pin Toshitara after 23 minutes with his Kobra's Bite. Afterwards the two rivals even shook hands but still there was something between them.

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『RISE.31』– June 7^th, 2021
Shinjuku REX (Tokyo, Kanto) [WCG Global]

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 A few days before the big show in Fukuoka there was a RISE show where Motoyuki Miyake went toe to toe with young boy Ryobe Saji. Miyake stomped him into the ground but was quite happy with Saji's performance and invited him to train with him in the future. 

With the creation of the Kyanbasu Gurappuringo Gappei, engl. Canvas Grappling Union, the need of having a rookie show like RISE isn't neccessary when a development promotion like DIASPORA is starting. WCG president Junnosuke Fukazawa announced that RISE will have their last two shows next months but there will be some news regarding an other subsidiary coming forward. Stay tuned!

Results~!
1. Takenori Doi def. Edo Phoenix IV (7:41)
2. REAL BLOOD (Jinzaburo Kakinomoto & Tsuneyo Yanagimoto) def. Kuemon Hotta & Daisetsu Yanagi (9:02)
3. SUKI def. Hiroshi Mishima (8:03)
4. Infamy Inc. (Nichiren Amagawa & Masa Kurata) def. Pain Game (Toshiaki Kotani & Sumiyuki Samura) (17:45)
5. El Mítico Jr. def. Akihiro Hisato (10:39)
6. Motoyuki Miyake def. Ryobe Saji (14:18)

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『PRIDE Of Kagoshima』– June 9^th, 2021
Kagoshima Event Center (Kagoshima, Kyushu) [WCG Global]

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 The Kagoshima Event Center was today's venue where over 2,000 people came to see the stars of White Canvas. WCG World Heavyweight Champion Bunrakuken Torii closed the show after his win in the main event. Torii thanked the people for coming and he's also inviting them to come to Fukuoka to see his match with Heihachiro Sakai. The next "PRIDE Of.." shows will be held in September when White Canvas Grappling is going on a special tour in Hokkaido.

Results~!
1. Reiwa Ishingun (Kado Kamisaka & Kiyotaka) def. Jayson Van Pelt & El Héroe Mexicano (13:02)
2. Morimasa Kato & Team 220kg (Fujio Narahashi & Gonkuro Kamioka) def. Kentaro Kawai & REAL BLOOD (Yuta Isono & Hitomaro Suzuki) (9:48)
3. Rogue Squad (MATSUMOTO, Logan Diaz & Greg Gauge) def. Akihiro Hisato, Findlay O'Farraday & Brandon Smith (11:39)
4. Daisetsu Yanagi & xDREAM (KATOU & Motoyuki Miyake) def. Kichibei Ezakiya & Reiwa Ishingun (Omezo Shikitei & Azumamaro Kita) (12:49)
5. Hiroshi Mishima, Koshiro Ino & Bunrakuken Torii def. Ryobe Saji & Burning Hazard (Zeshin Makioka & Heihachiro Sakai) (19:31)

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『STRONG ENERGY 2021 IN FUKUOKA』 – June 12^th, 2021
Fukuoka Stadium (Fukuoka, Kyushu) [Emperor Choice, WCG Global & Aichi]

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30,000 people were inside the Fukuoka Stadium for one of the biggest wrestling shows ever to be on Kyushu soil. You could feel a gently breeze while being in the open air stadium where usually the baseball team Fukuoka Fighting Magpies and the football (soccer for you yanks) team Fukuoka United are playing their matches.

Bunrakuken Torii was able to defend his title yet again against an opponent he lost to in the recent months. Torii and Sakaid had a match on equal footing but still „Machine Gun“ went into champion mode and took the fight over the thirty minute mark to finally beat Heihachiro Sakai with a Spinning Forearm Smash, the move came after a sequence of rapid fire chops to the chest and a big lariat which knocked Sakai to the ground. Torii was interupted yet again after the thanked Fukuoka for their emotional cheering and this time it was a music we didn't know before: A man with a mane like a lion came down the aisle, accompanied by a loud roar of the Fukuoka crowd and speaking of lions.. HIROYASU GAKUSHA is here! The former Golden Canvas and Burning Hammer star gated at Torii and at the belt over the latters shoulder and Gakusha made pretty clear what his intensions are.

Fukuoka were witnesses of the longest WCG Junior Heavyweight championship match in history! The two rivals fought over thirty minutes for the biggest junior heavyweight crown in professional wrestling and they absolutely smashed it. Glenn and Mítico put on a grappling clinic, two world-class wrestlers amazing at their work. Glenn looked like he was about to pass out when the mexican had him in a rear naked choke, but then while in the hold, he turned it around and grabbed Mítico's ankle and swinged the momentum around. He tuned up the sunshine band later and beat the champ with that move to tie their rivalry 1-1. 

Greg Gauge has defeated his former friend with a whole bunch of interference on the Rogue Squad side and many other shenanigans. Smith's partner Findlay O'Farraday took control of some members but was also ejected by referee Shunko Nakada. Typical for Rogue Squad antics Gauge won the match when he hit Smith with a low blow when the referee couldn't see it and then put Smith into the Proton Lock for the win. Afterwards Yoshinaka Taku came out to challenge Greg Gauge and to rescue the pride and honour of the WCG Intercontinental title.

One of the longest lasting stables in the history of White Canvas Grappling is done. „The Dreamcatcher" Razan Okamoto made his first appereance after his injury when he came out after the third match where his xDREAM mates lost a match to REAL BLOOD. Okamoto not only announced that he'll compete again on the next tour but he also announced that xDREAM is no longer. Okamoto explained to a  shocked crowd that the main task of xDREAM is over with Motoyuki Miyake, KATOU and Tanyu Toshusai are being very good wrestlers and the big enemy Black Terror Unit is long gone...

... and then the music of Pride Glory Honor Wrestling went on and Masaru Ugaki came to the ring alongside PGHW president Nobuatsu Tatsuko! After the creation of the Canvas Grappling Union Ugaki felt a bit disrespected by WCG and he's officially challenging Razan Okamoto to a match at WRESTLING IMPERIUM!

Results~!

0. Takenori Doi, Jinzaburo Kakinomoto, Tsuneyo Yanagimoto & El Hèroe Mexicano def. Akihiro Sato, Daisetsu Yanagi, Hiroshi Mishima & Kichibei Ezakiya (6:02)
1. Silver Tiger, Billy Robinson & Magnum Kobe def Burning Hazard (Yoshii Shiomi, Jin Miyamoto & Hijo Del Relampago) (8:41)
2. Morimasa Kato, Munemitsu Senmatsu & Tatsuya Toshitara def. Burning Hazard (Brute Kikuchi, Taheiji Konoe & Zeshin Makioka) (9:34)
3. REAL BLOOD (Yuta Isono, SUKI & Hitomaro Suzuki) def. xDREAM (Tanyu Toshusai, KATOU & Motoyuki Miyake) (10:45)
4. Yasunobu Masuno, Koshiro Ino & Yoshinaka Taku def. Rogue Squad (Pavel Vanzycha, Logan Diaz & Ernest Youngman) (11:40)
5. WCG World Tag Team Championship: Team 220kg (Gonkuro Kamioka & Fujio Narahashi)  def. Burning Hazard (Kiyonari Genji & Ieyoshi Shimakage) (13:59) [4th Defense]
6. WCG Junior Heavyweight Championship: KC Glenn def. El Mítico Jr.  (32:33) - TITLE CHANGE!!
7. WCG Intercontinental Championship: Greg Gauge  def. Brandon Smith (22:21) [5th Defense] 
8. WCG World Heavyweight Championship: Bunrakuken Torii  def. Heihachiro Sakai (33:01) [4th Defense]

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The fifth edition of WRESTLING IMPERIUM is upon us and we might see the biggest and best matchcard we've seen so far for a WRESTLING IMPERIUM show. Toyota Stadium is officially a sell out with 50,000 people inside who'll see the first ever interpromotional match between WCG and PGHW, four title matches and even the comeback of the INSPIRE Rules match.

„Just walking in and immediatly getting a shot at the most prestigious championship in the world is just not right. What’s up with that, huh? Fukazawa? I won’t discredit the accolades he [Gakusha] had but he didn’t do sh*t in WCG.“, a furious Bunrakuken Torii at the press conference. The former GCG and BHOTWG star is scheduled to fight Torii for the WCG World Heavyweight Championship and the champ is cleary not a fan of the decision. Gakusha was pretty calm during the presser, he stated that Torii is a great champion but he’s simply afraid of him.

A 18 months long waiting period will end at WRESTLING IMPERIUM V when Yoshinaka Taku is going to challenge for the WCG Intercontinental Championship. It was in February 2020 when Taku broke his neck in a IC title match against Motoyuki Miyake, the referee stopped the fight and Taku lost his title due to an injury stoppage. „You see, technically I’ve never lost that championship. Miyake did a great job representing the title and so did Gauge right? Nah he didn’t. I’ll take from him what is mine.“, Taku said. Gauge laughed him off and called Taku an idiot for having the „false japanese pride“. „I made this championship. When I came to WCG it was only a National Championship, I took it to international heights and made it the belt it is today. Don’t forget that sweet little Taku-chan.“

It was big hit for Razan Okamoto that he missed this year S-1 Festival due to an injury. „The Dreamcatcher“ is still waiting for a win in the prestigious tournament and the 6-year long dry spell is at least continuing one more year. At least the match with PGHW’s Masaru Ugaki is feeling like a cup final for him: „Yes indeed it’s like a cup final. It’s WCG versus PGHW, so yea this feels like something similar.“ Razan Okamoto just ended a successful run of his faction xDREAM, which was one of the longest lasting factions in the history when Masaru Ugaki and Nobuatsu Tatsuko came to the ring to issue the challenge. Ugaki felt disrespected: „Since the launch of the partnership between our respective companies there was a lack of respect for PGHW. I had the feeling we’re just second class and I want to prove something by stepping in the ring with the best WCG has to offer.“

The issues between Motoyuki Miyake and Hitomaro Suzuki started already months ago but it went a bit hotter when they met each other in several tag matches during the Pro Wrestling Love tour in May. Suzuki’s frustration about the fans, the office and more lead to the creation of REAL BLOOD and the change of his character while being in the ring, Miyake isn’t a fan of the new Suzuki: „He’s not that Genius anymore. He’s a different kind of man, we see it each and every time when he’s stepping into the squared circle. It’s a disgrace to his past.“ The former Intercontinental and RISE Champion had an idea and pitched it to WCG president Fukazawa and he made it official: INSPIRE Rules match! Suzuki was an inaugral member of the former INSPIRE group and thus the match makes all the sense in the world althought the latter isn’t happy about it: „It’s a real shame to be honest. I’m not interested in fighting under those rules but nevertheless I’ll teach that kid a lesson.“

Koshiro Ino’s reign as the RISE Openweight Champion is now seven months long and the champion feels pretty comfortable. „The Kobra“ attended the press conference and announced some sort of an open challenge: „The first one who’s coming through that door will be the next challenger.“ And there came someone in who’s having a string of great losses under his belt: Heihachiro Sakai. The leader of Burning Hazard lost all big matches this year starting at the Anniversary show and lastly against Torii in Fukuoka but Sakai is desperated to win something. „I CHALLENGE YOU INO-SAN.“ was the only words Sakai yelled at Ino before leaving again. After having a match on the last day of the S-1 Festival, where those two drew, they both want to beat the other now more than ever.

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『WCG WRESTLING IMPERIUM V』 – July 10^th, 2021
Toyota Stadium (Tokyo, Kanto) [Emperor Choice, WCG Global & Aichi]

1. Naoji Azumi, Masa Kurata, Magnum Kobe & ??? vs. El Heroe Mexicano, Billy Robinson, Silver Tiger & El Mítico Jr.
2. Brandon Smith, Findlay O'Farraday, Morimasa Kato & Sotatsu Sarumara vs. Burning Hazard (Kiyonari Genji, Taheiji Konoe, Zeshin Makioka & Ieyoshi Shimakage)
3. KATOU, Tatsuya Toshitara & Tadakuni Toshusai vs. Rogue Squad (Pavel Vanzycha, Logan Diaz & Ernest Youngman)
4. WCG Jr. Tag Team Championship: The Revengers (Musashi & Japanese Phoenix)  vs. Rebel Run X (Hijo Del Relampago & Jin Miyamoto) [4th Defense]
5. Reiwa Ishingun (Azumamaro Kita, Omezo Shikitei, Maro Shimizu & Kado Kamisaka) vs. Yasunobu Masuno, Munemitsu Senmatsu & Team 220kg (Fujio Narahashi & Gonkuro Kamioka)
6. INSPIRE Rules Match: Motoyuki Miyake vs. Hitomaro Suzuki
7. RISE Openweight Championship: Koshiro Ino  vs. Heihachiro Sakai [5th Defense]
8. Special Singles Match: Masaru Ugaki  vs. Razan Okamoto
9. WCG Intercontinental Championship: Greg Gauge  vs. Yoshinaka Taku [6th Defense]
10. WCG World Heavyweight Championship: Bunrakuken Torii  vs. Hiroyasu Gakusha [5th Defense]

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『WRESTLING IMPERIUM V』 – July 10^th, 2021
Toyota Stadium (Tokyo, Kanto) [Emperor Choice, WCG Global & Aichi]

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Just two weeks before the big summer Olympics will kick off in Tokyo, White Canvas Grappling hit yet another milestone with their third consecutive sell out at the legendary Toyota Stadium. And what it a show it was with one of the biggest junior heavyweight legends joining WCG, an interpromotional match, a shoot style rules fight, title matches all over the place and many more.

The World Heavyweight Champion Bunrakuken Torii showed absolutely no respect to the former Golden Canvas Grappling Champion Hiroyasu Gakusha. It seemed like Gakusha was in Torii's head after joining WCG just last month and immediatly getting a shot at the prestigious title, which upset "Machine Gun". While fighting each other, the champ began to understand why Gakusha was having the match. "The Golden Lion" may be a bit old but still he's a top notch competitor and he showed it to the WCG faithful and Torii. Nevertheless the latter came out of a Gakusha Golden Strike at two-nine and turned the tables around with brutal forearm strikes and headbutts to retain the championship for the fifth time.

It's the perfect cinderella story, a story fans all over the world love and are into. Yoshinaka Taku broke his neck in February 2020 and lost the WCG Intercontinental Championship due to an injury stoppage, today he regain the title he technically never lost. It was an intense match with a man who knows every trick of the heel textbook and isn't ashamed of using those tricks. Greg Gauge record breaking reign as Intercontinental Champ had ended after 322 days when Taku hit the Full Nelson Bomb and immediatly locked in the Lion Vise, Gauge had no chance and had to slap to the mat. While celebrating the win, Yoshinaka Taku got attacked and was  caught with Gauge's finisher the Proton Lock by the unknown man. He turned out to be as Gauge's brother MATTHEW KEITH! The Gauge brothers are unified in WCG!

When you fight for yourself is one thing, but if you are fighting for your company is the other. Razan Okamoto as well as Masaru Ugaki didn't wanted to lose the fight, didn't want to bring shame to their respective companies. Especially if it's the first ever match between PGHW and WCG since the creation of the Canvas Grappling Union. And thus you really felt how special the match was between former two time champions of their companies. Ugaki and Okamoto did something they rarely do and this was a fight without doing much of defensive stuff, these two men slapped each other across the whole body and didn't care about being injured. When "The Dreamcatcher" hits his famous knee strike everyone in the building knew that the Brainbuster Suplex will end Ugaki and so it was. After the match the two showed respect to each other althought Ugaki wasn't very keen to shake Okamoto's hand.

He finally did it! After being on the losing end on three big matches this year, Heihachiro Sakai was able to overcome "The Kobra" Koshiro Ino to win his first ever title since his arrival at White Canvas Grappling. Afterwards "Headhunter" Sakai showed a different attitude and thanked Ino for their matches and even applauded to the crowd. Just a match prior we saw the comeback of an INSPIRE Rules match when former INSPIRE man Hitomaro Suzuki took on Motoyuki Miyake. Althought Miyake seemed like a great fit to the shoot style rules, he was definitely the underdog here and was stopped by Suzuki in a brutal submission choke. Referee Yoshitora Shigemitsu, also a former INSPIRE employee, had to stop the fight.

Also a very special moment happened when arguably the best junior heavyweight of Japan joined the team of Naoji Azumi, Masa Kurata and Magnum Kobe in the opener to made his WCG debut. Emerald Angel came to the ring, the fans went nuts and Magnum Kobe wasn't very happy to see his longtime WLW rival alongside him in the match. However Angel won the match for his team by pinning Héroe Mexicano after the Angel Fury. Welcome!

During the fifth and sixth match it was announced that WCG will return to the United States on August 21th this year for "INVASION ATTACK". It'll be the first time that the promotion is heading to Los Angeles for a big show and of course their partner of Total Championship Wrestling will provide matches, too. Stay tuned!

Results~!

0. Crimson Ghost & REAL BLOOD (Yuta Isono, Takenori Doi & Tsuneyo Yanagimoto) def. Akihiro Hisato, Daseitsu Yanagi, Kichibei Ezakiya & Ryobe Saji (8:21)
1. Naoji Azumi, Masa Kurata, Magnum Kobe & Emerald Angel def. El Héroe Mexicano, Silver Tiger, Billy Robinson & El Mítico Jr. (9:03)
2. KATOU, Tadakuni Toshusai & Tatsuya Toshitara def. Rogue Squad (Pavel Vanzycha, Logan Diaz & Ernest Youngman) (9:34)
3. Sotatsu Sarumara, Findlay O'Farraday, Morimasa Kato & Brandon Smith def. Burning Hazard (Kiyonari Genji, Taheiji Konoe, Ieyoshi Shimakage & Zeshin Makioka) (9:56)
4. WCG Jr. Tag Team Championship: Rebel Run X (Hijo Del Relampago & Jin Miyamoto) def. The Revengers (Musashi & Japanese Phoenix)  (11:40) - TITLE CHANGE!!
5. Team 220kg (Gonkuro Kamioka & Fujio Narahashi), Munemitsu Senmatsu & Yasunobu Masuno def. Reiwa Ishingun (Kado Kamisaka, Maro Shimizu, Omezo Shikitei & Azumamaro Kita) (11:11)
6. INSPIRE Rules Match: Hitomaro Suzuki def. Motoyuki Miyake via TKO (9:21)
7. RISE Openweight Championship: Heihachiro Sakai def. Koshiro Ino  (22:26) - TITLE CHANGE!!
8. Special Singles Match: Razan Okamoto def. Masaru Ugaki  (24:32)
9. WCG Intercontinental Championship: Yoshinaka Taku def. Greg Gauge  (24:12) - TITLE CHANGE!!
10. WCG World Heavyweight Championship: Bunrakuken Torii  def. Hiroyasu Gakusha (30:31) [5th Defense]

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After an eventful show in Tokyo, White Canvas Grappling is heading north to one of the biggest port cities in the country: Niigata is the traditional host of the post WRESTLING IMPERIUM season with SURVIVOR BATTLE! Just a stone's throw away from the Sea of Japan, the show will be held at the Niigata Prefectural Gymnasium.

Azumamaro Kita knows how he can beat Bunrakuken Torii. The Reiwa Ishingun man has done it before and is eager to prove it again. „It's not an easy task, that's for sure. Torii has beat guys left and right the last months but he couldn't finish the job in March against me. Let's see how it turns out this time.“, Kita told at the press conference. "Machine Gun" has lost in Niigata before this year, is this a bad omen? „No it's not. I don't care if I defend my title in Tokyo, Niigata or outside of Japan.“

Yoshinaka Taku was smiling and just happy at the press conference. His time of suffering after the grueling injury seems to be over and he can carry on from now on. Althought Matthew Keith attacked him after the title win, Logan Diaz emerged as the newest challenger for him. It'll be Diaz' first singles titlematch in WCG and the nephew of Raymond Diaz wants to bring the gold back to the Rogue Squad.

The Hanami Cup is back! The third episode of the young boys tournament will began at the Road To Survivor Battle but due to scheduling issues the tourney will finally end in October at EXCITING BATTLE in Nagoya. More information will come over the next days including the announcement of the participants.

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『WCG SURVIVOR BATTLE 2021 IN NIIGATA』 – August 14^th, 2021
Niigata Prefectural Gymnasium (Niigata, Chubu) [Emperor Choice, WCG Global & Aichi]

1. Sumiyuki Samura, Naozane Goto & Morimasa Kato vs. KAZ, Noburo Ikoma & Koshiro Ino
2. Sotatsu Sarumara, Tatsuya Toshitara & Infamy Inc. (Nichiren Amagawa & Masa Kurata) vs. Burning Hazard (Jin Miyamoto, Hijo Del Relampago, Zeshin Makioka & Heihachiro Sakai)
3. KATOU, Hiroyasu Gakusha & Motoyuki Miyake vs. Rogue Squad (Ernest Youngman, Matthew Keith & Greg Gauge)
4. Shogun Watoga, El Mítico Jr. & Razan Okamoto vs. REAL BLOOD (Tsuneyo Yanagimoto, SUKI & Hitomaro Suzuki)
5. WCG Jr. Heavyweight Championship: KC Glenn  vs. Billy Robinson [1st Defense]
6. WCG World Tag Team Championship: Team 220kg (Fujio Narahashi & Gonkuro Kamioka)  vs. Munemitsu Senmatsu & Yasunobu Masuno [5th Defense]
7. WCG Intercontinental Championship: Yoshinaka Taku  vs. Logan Diaz [1st Defense]
8. WCG World Heavyweight Championship: Bunrakuken Torii  vs. Azumamaro Kita [6th Defense]

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『WCG SURVIVOR BATTLE 2021 IN NIIGATA』 – August 14th, 2021 Niigata Prefectural Gymnasium (Niigata, Chubu) [Emperor Choice, WCG Global & Aichi]

1. Sumiyuki Samura, Naozane Goto & Morimasa Kato vs. KAZ, Noburo Ikoma & Koshiro Ino

2. Sotatsu Sarumara, Tatsuya Toshitara & Infamy Inc. (Nichiren Amagawa & Masa Kurata) vs. Burning Hazard (Jin Miyamoto, Hijo Del Relampago, Zeshin Makioka & Heihachiro Sakai)

3. KATOU, Hiroyasu Gakusha & Motoyuki Miyake vs. Rogue Squad (Ernest Youngman, Matthew Keith & Greg Gauge)

4. Shogun Watoga, El Mítico Jr. & Razan Okamoto vs. REAL BLOOD (Tsuneyo Yanagimoto, SUKI & Hitomaro Suzuki)

5. WCG Jr. Heavyweight Championship: KC Glenn XDdjFCe.png vs. Billy Robinson [1st Defense]

6. WCG World Tag Team Championship: Team 220kg (Fujio Narahashi & Gonkuro Kamioka) XDdjFCe.png vs. Munemitsu Senmatsu & Yasunobu Masuno [5th Defense]

7. WCG Intercontinental Championship: Yoshinaka Taku XDdjFCe.png vs. Logan Diaz [1st Defense]

8. WCG World Heavyweight Championship: Bunrakuken Torii XDdjFCe.png vs. Azumamaro Kita [6th Defense]

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『4th Hanami Cup Participants』

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The fourth edition of the Hanami Cup, the tournament where the young guys shine, finally starts on this tour. Eight participants will battle it out who's the best young wrestler of White Canvas Grappling. Due to an injury WCG true born Ryobe Saji can't compete, that's why Gidayu Sugimura is going to replace him. For the very first time a true born of the american WCG Dojo will participate with Glenn Dewees.

Former winner of the Hanami Cup were Nobuhiko Serizawa in 2017, Akira Arato in 2018 and Yuta Isono recently in 2020. 


Akihiro Hisato
19 Yrs. - Kyoto, Japan
Debut: August 2020 (Indy Show Kyoto)


Daisetsu Yanagi
19 Yrs. - Osaka, Japan
Debut: August 2020 (WCG)


Gidayu Sugimura
20 Yrs. - Higashiosaka, Japan
Debut: May 2021 (Indy Show Osaka)


Glenn Dewees
22 Yrs. - Syracuse, New York, USA
Debut: May 2021 (WCG Of America)


Hiroshi Mishima
23 Yrs. - Yokohama, Japan
Debut: March 2021 (WCG)


Kentaro Kawai
21 Yrs. - Tokyo, Japan
Debut: March 2021 (WCG)


Kichibei Ezakiya
20 Yrs. - Sendai, Japan
Debut: May 2020 (WLW)


Tasaku Tabuchi
20 Yrs. - Kobe, Japan
Debut: May 2021 (WCG)

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『Road To SURVIVOR BATTLE - Tour Recap』

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After having a killer show recently with the fifth episode of WRESTLING IMPERIUM, White Canvas Grappling is on the road to Niigata. Five titles were on the line just before the big SURVIVOR BATTLE show and one of them changed hands, too. 

Former xDREAM member KATOU got his second ever singles titleshot in White Canvas Grappling by facing WCG United States Heavyweight Champion Ernest Youngman in Saitama. Since the demis of xDREAM, Katou joined the Hontai wrestler to face the Rogue Squad in different combinations and was quite successful and was awarded a titlematch. However Youngman's crafty attitude was too much for him and the Chicago native defended his title once again. On the very same night the freshly crowned Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, Rebel Run X, also successfully defended the championship against KAZ and Jayson Van Pelt of Pro Wrestling SAISHO.

The RISE Openweight Six Man Tag Team titles changed hands in Sendai when the Burning Hazard trio of Kiyonari Genji, Taheiji Konoe and Ieyoshi Shimakage came short out of their match against the bruising trio of Brandon Smith, Findlay O'Farraday and Danny Cavanagh. The beefy group  were the clear fan favourites and let the crowd roar after the winning pinfall. With this titlewin Brandon Smith has now won three different championships in WCG after winning the Intercontinental title in 2019 and the US title in 2020.

When White Canvas returned to Saitama Sports Field once again for a televised "Road To" show two titles were on the line yet again. After having an unsuccessful challenge to Youngman's US title in the first week of June, Morimasa Kato had the chance to win a singles title once again by facing GCG World Heavyweight Champion Zeshin Makioka. Unlike to his match with Youngman this match was a real fight between two hard hitting guys, a fair contest between two real fighters. However Kato wasn't able to capture the title and came out as the loser once again. The semi main event of the night was when Heihachiro Sakai defended the RISE Openweight title in a lackluster fight against former xDREAM member Noburo Ikoma. It was Sakai's first defense of the RISE Openweight Championship.

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『RISE.32』– August 12^th, 2021
Shinjuku REX (Tokyo, Kanto) [WCG Global]

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 The Hanami Cup started with four matches for the penultimate episode of RISE! The best of those four matches was the opening bout between Akihiro Hisato and Daisetsu Yanagi. A real eyecatcher was the fight between Razan Okamoto and Akira Arato which went almost twenty minutes. Afterwards Okamoto thanked everyone who watched the shows of RISE, supported the upcoming WCG talent each and every show. 

Results~!
1. 4th Hanami Cup Block Match: Akihiro Hisato [2] def. Daisetsu Yanagi [0] (7:28)
2. 4th Hanami Cup Block Match: Kentaro Kawai [2] def. Gidayu Sugimura [0] (5:31)
3. 4th Hanami Cup Block Match: Kichibei Ezakiya [2] def. Tasuku Tabuchi [0] (8:11)
4. 4th Hanami Cup Block Match: Hiroshi Mishima [2] def. Glenn Dewees [0] (5:09)
5. El Héroe Mexicano & Crimson Ghost def. Pain Game (Sumiyuki Samura & Toshiaki Kotani) (11:40)
6. Razan Okamoto def. Akira Arato (19:37)

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『RISE.33』– August 13^th, 2021
Shinjuku REX (Tokyo, Kanto) [WCG Global]

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 Two men are still unbeaten in the Hanami Cup! Hiroshi Mishima and Akihiro Hisato both won their second tournament match and could be potential tournament winners if they streak is going to continue. This was the final episode of RISE after thirty-three episodes on White Canvas Global. WCG President Junnosuke Fukazawa came out to thank the fans, the athletes and everyone who contributed to the show. Fukazawa announced that a new subsidiary will be created and an announcement will be out soon.

Results~!
1. 4th Hanami Cup Block Match: Gidayu Sugimura [2] def. Glenn Dewees [0] (5:41)
2. 4th Hanami Cup Block Match: Hiroshi Mishima [4] def. Kichibei Ezakiya [2] (8:45)
3. 4th Hanami Cup Block Match: Akihiro Hisato [4] def. Kentaro Kawai [2] (6:57)
4. 4th Hanami Cup Block Match: Daisetsu Yanagi [2] def. Tasuku Tabuchi [0] (5:56)
5. Motoyuki Miyake def. Akira Arato (14:45)
6. El Mítico Jr. def. El Héroe Mexicano (16:51)

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『SURVIVOR BATTLE 2021 IN NIIGATA』 – August 14^th, 2021
Niigata Prefectural Gymnasium (Niigata, Chubu) [Emperor Choice, WCG Global & Aichi]

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Busy weeks are ahead of White Canvas Grappling when titles were on the line today in Niigata and just a week later it'll be INVASION ATTACK in Los Angeles with talents of Total Championship Wrestling, WCG Of America and others. But still that is not enough, just five days after the US adventure the annual White Canvas Trophy tournament kicks-off.

WCG World Heavyweight Champion Bunrakuken Torii went to war against Reiwa Ishingun member Azumamaro Kita in one of the best matches of the year. Kita and "Machine Gun" nearly brought the fight to the thiry minute mark but just a minute before that mark Torii's Spinning Forearm Smash landed perfectly and was key for Torii's sixth' straight title defense. This brought "Genius" Hitomaro Suzuki to the table who came out to the ring to challenge the champ to a match at next week's USA show "INVASION ATTACK". Suzuki stated that they both got sixth title defenses in their respective reigns as the World Champion and Suzuki wants desperately stop Torii for overcoming him. 

Yoshinaka Taku successfully defended the WCG Intercontinental Championship for the first time since coming back and winning it at WRESTLING IMPERIUM. However Taku had some problems to get his things going on and Logan Diaz felt that. Taku is still not at his 100% level where he was before his long injury but still after getting punched for a while he managed to put Diaz down with his dangerous Full Nelson Bomb and immediatly put Diaz in his Lion Vise for the win. A pretty exhausted Taku grabbed the microfon and told the crowd he'll be in the United States for the upcoming show althought he's happy for the rest during the upcoming White Canvas Trophy shows.

Like the WCG World and Intercontinental titles, the World Tag Team and Junior Heavyweight Championships did not changed hands in Niigata. Fujio Narahashi and Gonkuro Kamioka made their fifth defense against a tough team of Munemitsu Senmatsu and Yasunobu Masuno. They emerged no challengers afterwards but Narahashi was confronted by the Reiwa Ishingun backstage where he cut a promo. The Ishingun told Narahashi that he's just a tag team wrestler despite winning the S-1 this year. Narashi just referred to the upcoming White Canvas Trophy. Junior Heavyweight Champ KC Glenn defeated Billy Robinson and announced that he'll defend the title in the USA next week against an opponent from WCG Of America.

The WCG United States Heavyweight Championship wasn't on the line today but after Hiroyasu Gakusha pinning the current titleholder Ernest Youngman, the latter was challenged by the Golden Canvas Grappling legend to a titlematch at INVASION ATTACK!

Results~!

1. Sumiyuki Samura, Naozane Goto & Morimasa Kato def. KAZ, Noburo Ikoma & Koshiro Ino (7:45)
2. Sotatsu Sarumara, Tatsuya Toshitara & Infamy Inc. (Nichiren Amagawa & Masa Kurata) def. Burning Hazard (Jin Miyamoto, Hijo Del Relampago, Zeshin Makioka & Heihachiro Sakai) (10:09)
3. KATOU, Hiroyasu Gakusha & Motoyuki Miyake def. Rogue Squad (Ernest Youngman, Matthew Keith & Greg Gauge) (9:54)
4. REAL BLOOD (Tsuneyo Yanagimoto, SUKI & Hitomaro Suzuki) def. Shogun Watoga, El Mítico Jr. & Razan Okamoto (10:27)
5. WCG Jr. Heavyweight Championship: KC Glenn  def. Billy Robinson (20:34) [1st Defense]
6. WCG World Tag Team Championship: Team 220kg (Fujio Narahashi & Gonkuro Kamioka)  def. Munemitsu Senmatsu & Yasunobu Masuno (18:01) [5th Defense]
7. WCG Intercontinental Championship: Yoshinaka Taku  def. Logan Diaz (24:23) [1st Defense]
8. WCG World Heavyweight Championship: Bunrakuken Torii  def. Azumamaro Kita (28:11) [6th Defense]

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The sixth edition of the White Canvas Trophy will be the biggest tournament so far. Instead of only sixteen wrestler competing for the trophy there will be thirty-two men fighting not only to win the silver trophy but also to get a WCG World Heavyweight Championship match at FIGHTING SPIRIT In Osaka. WCG President Junnosuke Fukazawa announced that the winner of the tournament isn't allowed to choose a date on his own, instead WCG will go back to their original plan of going to Osaka for the titlematch.

 „We had the feeling that it'll be better when the White Canvas Trophy holder will go to Osaka as the challenger instead of waiting for Anniversary in January, which was the case on the last three occasions.“, Fukazawa told at the press conference. Singles champions aren't allowed to compete in the tournament, also Junior Heavyweights won't be in the tournament.

The sixteen first round matches are:

Animal Harker vs. Shiba Mizoguchi
Findlay O'Farraday vs. Logan Diaz
SUKI vs. Kado Kamisaka
Kiyotaka vs. Tatsuya Toshitara
Yasunobu Masuno vs. Gonkuro Kamioka
Omezo Shikitei vs. Morimasa Kato
Hitomaro Suzuki vs. Ieyoshi Shimakage
Razan Okamoto vs. Motoyuki Miyake
Akira Arato vs. Pavel Vanzycha
Shogun Watoga vs. Tanyu Toshusai
KATOU vs. Noburo Ikoma
Taheiji Konoe vs. Koshiro Ino
Tadakuni Toshusai vs. Munemitsu Senmatsu
Maro Shimizu vs. Greg Gauge
Fujio Narahashi vs. Azumamaro Kita

Before the White Canvas Trophy will kick off, WCG is going to the United States for INVASION ATTACK! The matchcard will be announced soon..

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It's this time of the year, it's time for INVASION ATTACK right out of the V. Thompson Arena in Los Angeles, California. It'll be the last US show for this year and we've a stellar main event for the american fans, a big title defense of the Total Championship Wrestling Championship and much more.

It's one of the biggest rivalries in White Canvas Grappling history and for the first time ever it'll be a fight between them on american soil. Hitomaro Suzuki desperately wants to defend his personal defense record against the current champ Bunrakuken Torii, who will surpass him if successful. These two already had two singles matches this year and both fighter are sharing a win over the other. „I have to say, and trust me I'm not happy to say it, but it's like fighting a brother. I know him very well and he knows me very well.“, Torii stated. "Machine Gun" knows that it'll be one of the toughest fight of his reign as the champion. „It'll be my ticket to get a spot in the main event of Anniversary, staying in the best possible spotlight at Toyota Stadium. I don't care what he's saying about me or his reign, I'll stop him and crown myself as the greatest wrestler ever.“, said Suzuki to the journalists.

For the first time ever, the TCW World Heavyweight Championship will be defended at a WCG show. The defending Champion is Aaron Andrews, who is very excited to take part at INVASION ATTACK. His opponent will be Wolf Hawkins, the "Wolf" is eager to get the title back around his waist after now two and a half year without being the champion. Andrews and Hawkins are enemies for ages, filling arenas in the United States and now want to share their rivalry to japanese fans also.

The show will also be shown on American Option, a american PPV provider. It'll be the debut of White Canvas Grappling on american tellies, previously north american fans needed to subscribe to WCG Global to see the big events on their devices.

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『WCG INVASION ATTACK 2021 IN AMERICA』 – August 21^th, 2021
The V. Thompson Arena (Los Angeles, California, USA) [American Option, Emperor Choice, WCG Global & Aichi]

1. Devil May Care (Acid II & Stuntman) vs. The Revengers (Japanese Phoenix & Musashi)
2. Team Warrior (Doug Peak & BB Colossus) vs. White Justice (Kimitada Yanagita & Sotatsu Sarumara)
3. Maverick  & Marc Speed  vs. Mad Dogs (Taheiji Konoe & Zeshin Makioka)
4. WCG American Openweight Championship: Nelson Callum  vs. Yasunobu Masuno [4th Defense]
5. WCG Jr. Heavyweight Championship: KC Glenn  vs. Aldous Blackfriar [2nd Defense]
6. Reiwa Ishingun (Azumamaro Kita, Omezo Shikitei, Maro Shimizu & Kado Kamisaka) vs. Fujio Narahashi, Yoshinaka Taku, Tatsuya Toshitara & Munemitsu Senmatsu
7. WCG United States Heavyweight Championship: Ernest Youngman  vs. Hiroyasu Gakusha [3rd Defense]
8. Motoyuki Miyake, Koshiro Ino & Razan Okamoto vs. Rogue Squad (Pavel Vanzycha, Logan Diaz & Greg Gauge)
9. TCW World Heavyweight Championship: Aaron Andrews   vs. Wolf Hawkins  [4th Defense]
10. WCG World Heavyweight Championship: Bunrakuken Torii  vs. Hitomaru Suzuki [7th Defense]

Edited October 31, 2023 by CGN91

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1. Devil May Care (Acid II & Stuntman) vs. The Revengers (Japanese Phoenix & Musashi)
2. Team Warrior (Doug Peak & BB Colossus) vs. White Justice (Kimitada Yanagita & Sotatsu Sarumara)
3. Maverick  & Marc Speed  vs. Mad Dogs (Taheiji Konoe & Zeshin Makioka)
4. WCG American Openweight Championship: Nelson Callum  vs. Yasunobu Masuno [4th Defense]
5. WCG Jr. Heavyweight Championship: KC Glenn  vs. Aldous Blackfriar [2nd Defense]
6. Reiwa Ishingun (Azumamaro Kita, Omezo Shikitei, Maro Shimizu & Kado Kamisaka) vs. Fujio Narahashi, Yoshinaka Taku, Tatsuya Toshitara & Munemitsu Senmatsu
7. WCG United States Heavyweight Championship: Ernest Youngman  vs. Hiroyasu Gakusha [3rd Defense]
8. Motoyuki Miyake, Koshiro Ino & Razan Okamoto vs. Rogue Squad (Pavel Vanzycha, Logan Diaz & Greg Gauge)
9. TCW World Heavyweight Championship: Aaron Andrews   vs. Wolf Hawkins  [4th Defense]
10. WCG World Heavyweight Championship: Bunrakuken Torii  vs. Hitomaru Suzuki [7th Defense]