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[DRADITION NEWS] Tatsumi Fujinami held a joint conference along with Keiji Mutoh to announced the full event cards for the upcoming shows on October 27 at the Korakuen Hall and then the 30th in Osaka.

The main event of the Korakuen Hall show will feature Fujinami and Mutoh teaming with Mil Mascaras in a dream card. The trio will be taking on the team of The Great Kabuki, Jinsei Shinzaki and KAZMA SAKAMOTO. This will mark the first time in 15 years that Mutoh and Mascaras have teamed together in a pro-wrestling ring. The last time being for All Japan back on July 20, 2002 at the Nippon Budokan. Fujinami himself stated that he wants to aim to relive a dream trio moment that was achieved back in August of 1978 when he teamed with Jumbo Tsuruta and Mascaras during an All-Star show. Fujinami wants to offer a taste of what that time meant to the fans at the time.

Then there will be a following show to be held in Osaka on October 29, as the main event will feature Fujinami teaming with Mascaras and Riki Choshu to take on the team of Kabuki, Shiro Koshinaka and AKIRA.

The full event cards, at this time, are as follows...

DRADITION 2017 SKY HIGH DRAGON TOUR TOKYO, 10/27/2017 [Fri] 19:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) Kazuhiro Tamura & Ryota Hasumi vs. Noboyuki Kurashima & Tsubakichi Sanshu (2) Ryota Hama & LEONA vs. Super Tiger & Shogun Okamoto (3) Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. AKIRA & Super Delfin (4) Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Shiro Koshinaka vs. Mitsuya Nagai & Hiro Saito (5) Special 6 Tag Match: Tatsumi Fujinami, Mil Mascaras & Keiji Mutoh vs. The Great Kabuki, Jinsei Shinzaki & KAZMA SAKAMOTO

“DRADITION 2017 SKY HIGH DRAGON TOUR OSAKA“, 10/29/2017 [Sun] 12:30 @ ATC Hall, C Hall in Osaka

(1) Kaisen Pro Offer Match: Bushi-katsuo & Destroyer vs. Fugu Kamen Desrler & Evilman (2) Jun Gang Chul vs. Nobuyuki Kurashima (3) LEONA vs. X (4) Takumi Sano & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Koji Kanemoto & Super Delfin (5) Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Takaku Fuke vs. Mitsuya Nagai & Hiro Saito (6)  Special 6 Tag Match: Tatsumi Fujinami, Mil Mascaras & Riki Choshu vs. The Great Kabuki, Shiro Koshinaka & AKIRA

The first ever person to involve himself in wrestling was the former sumo wrestler Sorakichi Matsuda (born 1859), he became a feature attraction in America but failed to bring the sport to Japan. It wasn’t until 1951 that Japanese Korean Rikidōzan became the ‘Father of Wrestling’ in Japan. Rikidōzan bought nightclubs, hotels, condo’s and boxing promotions and started the very first professional wrestling promotion ‘Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance (JWA)’ in 1953. His death came early in 1963 at age 39 after he got in an altercation with a Yakuza member, who stabbed him. Rikidōzan could have survived if he had followed the doctors orders after surgery. Drinking and eating rapidly made him ill and he developed an inflammation of his abdomen which took his life. After his death many more wrestlers joined the scene and the matches have always been televised greatly in Japan.

  Puroresu

Of course there are a variety of rules within the puroresu, which varies in each country though there is a general standard to avoid confusion.

Matches are held between two or more sides (“corners”). Each corner may consist of one wrestler, or a team of two or more. Most team matches are governed by tag team rules (see below).

The match is won by scoring a “fall”, which is generally consistent with standard professional wrestling:

Pinning an opponent’s shoulders to the mat for the referee’s count of three.

Submission victory, which sees the wrestler either tap out or verbally submit to their opponent.

Knockout, the failure to regain composure at the referee’s command

Countout, the failure of a party to return to the ring at the referee’s command, which is determined by a count of twenty (some federations use ten, but in Japanese wrestling they use twenty).

Disqualification, the act of one wrestler breaking the rules.

Additional rules govern how the outcome of the match is to take place. One such example would be the Japanese Universal Wrestling Federation, as it does not allow pinfall victories in favor of submissions and knockouts; this is seen as an early influence of mixed martial arts, as some wrestlers broke away from traditional wrestling endings to matches in favor of legitimate outcomes. Another example is that most promotions disallow punches so a lot of wrestlers utilize open handed strikes and stiff forearms.

Besides these rules there are different types of wrestling,  Shootstyle (Full contact), Lucha Libre (Mexican form of freestyle wrestling with colorful masks) and Hardcore (Most rules don’t apply to hardcore wrestling, often taking place in unusual enviroments and ‘weapons’ such as tables, hammers, glass and other items are allowed.) are the main divisions withing the promotions.

Websites and streaming services

New Japan Pro Wrestling All Japan Pro Wrestling Wrestle 1 Pro Wrestling Zero1 Pro Wrestling Noah Michinoku Pro Wrestling Dragon Gate DDT Pro-Wrestling Big Japan Pro Wrestling

And more to find on wikipedia