Wrestle-1 Grand Prix

Wrestle-1 Grand Prix was a professional wrestling tournament run by the Wrestle-1 promotion in Japan. It was inaugurated in 2015.

The tournament takes its name from a similar tournament done by the Wrestle-1 joint venture cards in 2005; however that tournament never finished, as the promotion broke up in October 2 of that year, before the semifinals could take place.

Results

List of winners

• 2015: Manabu Soya
• 2016: Manabu Soya
• 2017: Jiro Kuroshio
• 2018: Shotaro Ashino
• 2019: Daiki Inaba

2015

The 2015 Wrestle-1 Grand Prix, was held from held from August 2 to August 30. The tournament featured 21-man single-elimination tournament The first two rounds were held on individual nights, with round one and The winner of the tournament get a shot for The Wrestle-1 Championship.^[1]

First round (August 2)

Second round (August 2)

Quarter-finals (August 8)

Semi-finals (August 30)

Final (August 30)

Kazma Sakamoto

Bye

Kazma Sakamoto

Pin

Kazma Sakamoto

Pin

Jay Freddie

6:26

Kaz Hayashi

10:15

Hiroshi Yamato

Pin

Akira

Pin

Kaz Hayashi

14:20

Kazma Sakamoto

Pin

Kaz Hayashi

8:13

Shuji Kondo

10:44

Mazada

Pin

Mazada

Pin

Shuji Kondo

13:05

Shuji Kondo

Pin

Hiroki Murase

8:43

Minoru Tanaka

23:34

Minoru Tanaka

Bye

Minoru Tanaka

Sub

Shuji Kondo

Pin

Andy Wu

9:00

Manabu Soya

20:42

Kai

Pin

Yasufumi Nakanoue

Pin

Jiro Kuroshio

16:43

Jiro Kuroshio

Pin

Jiro Kuroshio

13:51

Tajiri

16:13

Tajiri

Pin

Masayuki Kono

Pin

Koji Doi

8:22

Jiro Kuroshio

Pin

Koji Doi

6:05

Manabu Soya

13:22

Manabu Soya

Pin

Kumagoro

Pin

Ryota Hama

5:30

Manabu Soya

Sub

Ryota Hama

1:38

Shotaro Ashino

11:08

Shotaro Ashino

Bye

Shotaro Ashino

Pin

Nosawa Rongai

7:52

2016

The 2016 Wrestle-1 Grand Prix is scheduled to take place between June 15 and July 1.^[2][3]

First round (June 15)

Second round (June 18, 26)

Semifinals (July 1)

Final (July 1)

Manabu Soya

Pin

Kazma Sakamoto

23:10

Manabu Soya

Pin

Daiki Inaba

12:31

Hiroki Murase

Sub

Daiki Inaba

6:49

Manabu Soya

TKO

Shotaro Ashino

0:27

Shotaro Ashino

Sub

Jiro Kuroshio

11:56

Shotaro Ashino

Sub

Akira

10:09

Koji Doi

Pin

Akira

9:41

Manabu Soya

Pin

Yuji Hino

15:00

Yuji Hino

Pin

Ryota Hama

10:49

Yuji Hino

Pin

Yasufumi Nakanoue

9:14

Yasufumi Nakanoue

Pin

Kumagoro

5:20

Yuji Hino

Pin

Kaz Hayashi

5:16

Kaz Hayashi

Pin

Minoru Tanaka

3:05

Kaz Hayashi

Pin

Masayuki Kono

8:09

Masayuki Kono

Pin

Seiki Yoshioka

8:02

2017

The 2017 Wrestle-1 Grand Prix took place on July 12.^[4][5]

First round

Semifinals

Final

Masayuki Kono

Pin

Daiki Inaba

3:44

Masayuki Kono

Sub

Takanori Ito

4:49

Shuji Kondo

Pin

Takanori Ito

6:05

Masayuki Kono

Pin

Jiro Kuroshio

15:30

Manabu Soya

Pin

Kumagoro

6:15

Manabu Soya

Pin

Jiro Kuroshio

7:41

Jiro Kuroshio

Pin

Koji Doi

6:01

2018

The 2018 Wrestle-1 Grand Prix took place on July 1 and July 18.^[6]

First round

Semifinals

Final

Kuma Arashi

Pin

Takanori Ito

11:07

Kuma Arashi

Sub

Koji Doi

7:03

Shuji Kondo

Pin

Koji Doi

11:07

Koji Doi

Pin

Shotaro Ashino

21:30

Shotaro Ashino

Pin

Kaz Hayashi

11:57

Shotaro Ashino

Pin

Jiro Kuroshio

14:04

Jiro Kuroshio

Pin

Masayuki Kono

13:24

2019

The 2019 Wrestle-1 Grand Prix took place on June 2 and July 2.^[7]

First round

Semifinals

Final

Kuma Arashi

Pin

Pegaso Illuminar

8:05

Kuma Arashi

Sub

Daiki Inaba

11:39

Masayuki Kono

Sub

Daiki Inaba

9:32

Daiki Inaba

Sub

Shotaro Ashino

22:05

Shotaro Ashino

Sub

Seigo Tachibana

15:35

Shotaro Ashino

Sub

Koji Doi

14:37

Koji Doi

Pin

Manabu Soya

16:07

See also

• Japan portal

• New Japan Cup
• Ōdō Tournament

References

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