List of Big Japan Pro Wrestling tournaments

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Big Japan Pro Wrestling has held a variety of different professional wrestling tournaments, mainly in deathmatch format, competed for by sports entertainers that are a part of their roster.

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Sporadic tournaments

BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament (1998)

The BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament was an eight-man single-elimination tournament conducted on March 2, 1998, to crown the inaugural BJW Junior Heavyweight Champion. [1]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Yoshihiro Tajiri Pin
Gran Naniwa
Yoshihiro TajiriPin
Minoru Tanaka
Minoru Tanaka Pin
Minoru Fujita
Yoshihiro TajiriPin
Gedo
Ryuji Yamakawa Pin
Masayoshi Motegi
Ryuji Yamakawa Pin
Gedo
Gedo Pin
Tomoaki Honma

BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship Tournament (1998)

The BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship Tournament was held to crown the inaugural BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Champion from June 8 to August 9, 1998. [2]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga Pin
Jason the Terrible 14:29
Mitsuhiro MatsunagaPin
Shadow Winger 10:21
Shadow WingerPin
Shoji Nakamaki 7:29
Mitsuhiro Matsunaga Pin
The Great Pogo8:36
The Great Pogo Pin
Kung Fu Lee 9:23
The Great PogoPin
Shadow WX 15:02
Shadow WX Pin
Tomoaki Honma 16:22

BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament (1999)

The BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament was a round-robin tournament for the vacant BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship held between June 14 and June 30, 1999. [3]

Final standings
Masayoshi Motegi 9
Abdullah Junior Kobayashi 8
Men's Teioh 7
The Winger7
Fantastik7
Super Perro4
Jun Kasai 0
Final
   
Masayoshi MotegiPin
Abdullah Junior Kobayashi 13:19

Grand Prix Tournament

The Grand Prix Tournament was a single elimination tournament which took place between January 2, 2000, and February 22, 2000. [4]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Mike SamplesPin
Daikokubo Benkei 10:12
Mike SamplesPin
Tomoaki Honma 16:35
Ryuji Yamakawa Pin
Tomoaki Honma*23:45
Mike SamplesPin
Shadow WX 10:36
Crazy Sheik Pin
Jun Kasai 7:53
Crazy Sheik Pin
Shadow WX10:18
Shadow WX Pin
The Winger 12:28

Super J-Cup qualifying tournament

The Super J-Cup Qualifying Tournament was a tournament for junior heavyweight wrestlers with the winner qualifying for the 2000 Super J-Cup, representing BJW in the tournament. The tournament was held between February 23 and March 3, 2000. [5]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
      
Guerrero del Futuro Pin
Men's Teioh13:02
Ryuji Ito Pin
Men's Teioh 11:00
Men's TeiohPin
Masayoshi Motegi 8:50
Masayoshi Motegi Pin
The Winger 15:22
Masayoshi MotegiPin
Fantastik 9:55

2000 World Extreme Cup

The 2000 World Extreme Cup was a round-robin tournament contested under deathmatch variations. The tournament consisted of three blocks with each block consisting of four wrestlers and a total of twelve participants in the tournament. The top three scorers of each block qualified for the knockout stage of the tournament. [6]

Final standings
Block ABlock BBlock C
Tower of Doom6 John Zandig 6Mike Samples6
Ryuji Yamakawa 4 Crazy Sheik 4 Shadow WX 4
Mustafa Saed 2Winger2 Tomoaki Honma 2
Harley Lewis 0Terry Bull0 Wifebeater 0
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Shadow WX
Tower of Doom
Shadow WX
Crazy Sheik
Crazy Sheik
Mustafa Saed
Shadow WX
John Zandig
Tomoaki Honma
Mike Samples
Tomoaki Honma
John Zandig
Ryuji Yamakawa
John Zandig

BJW Heavyweight Championship Tournament

The BJW Heavyweight Championship Tournament was held between March 18 and March 20, 2001, to determine the inaugural BJW Heavyweight Champion. [7]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Wifebeater Referee stoppage
Ryuji Yamakawa 8:33
Wifebeater Pin
KAMIKAZE5:50
KAMIKAZEPin
Mad Man Pondo 6:33
KAMIKAZEPin
John Zandig 5:38
Shadow WX Pin
Daikokubo Benkei 8:48
Daikokubo Benkei Pin
John Zandig4:09
John Zandig Pin
Daisuke Sekimoto 7:12

BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2001)

A tournament was held to crown a new BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Champion after previous champion Tomoaki Honma left the company in March 2001, thus vacating the title. The tournament was held between April 28 and May 4, 2001. [8]

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
            
Justice Pain
KAMIKAZE
KAMIKAZE
Jun Kasai
Justice Pain
John Zandig
John Zandig
Mad Man Pondo
John Zandig
BYE
John Zandig
Kintaro Kanemura
Abdullah Kobayashi
Kintaro Kanemura
Kintaro Kanemura
BYE
Kintaro Kanemura
Winger
Winger
Shadow WX
Winger
Wifebeater

Six-Man Maximum Tag League

The Six-Man Tag Team League was a round-robin tournament featuring four trios with each trio consisting of three wrestlers and the tournament featured six-man tag team matches. The tournament was held between October 15 and October 25, 2001. The tournament was won by the trio of KAMIKAZE, Hideki Hosaka and Shunme Matsuzaki. [9]

Final standings
KAMIKAZE, Hideki Hosaka and Shunme Matsuzaki5
Men's Teioh, Daisuke Sekimoto and Ryuji Ito
(Men's Club)		4
Jun Kasai, Mad Man Pondo and Ruckus 2
Daikokubo Benkei, Abdullah Kobayashi and Naoki Numazawa
(Skinheads)		0

2002 World Extreme Cup

The 2002 World Extreme Cup was the second version of the World Extreme Cup tournament consisting of four blocks and four wrestlers in each block, a total of sixteen participants in the tournament. The top two wrestlers from each block qualified for the knockout stage of the tournament. [10]

Final standings
Block ABlock BBlock CBlock D
Tower of Doom4 Homicide 4Mamushi6 Abdullah Kobayashi 6
Seiji Yamakawa 4 Bad Boy Hido 4 Kintaro Kanemura 4 Mad Man Pondo 4
Winger4 2 Tuff Tony 2 O.D.D. 2Biomonster DNA2
Mike Samples0 Shadow WX 2Mark Manson0 Axl Rotten 0
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Winger
Homicide
Winger
Seiji Yamakawa
Seiji Yamakawa
Bad Boy Hido
Seiji Yamakawa
Kintaro Kanemura
Shadow WX
Mad Man Pondo
Shadow WX
Kintaro Kanemura
Abdullah Kobayashi
Kintaro Kanemura

Hayabusa Cup

The Hayabusa Cup was a round-robin tournament which took place between April 14 and May 6, 2002. [11] The tournament was held as a homage to Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling superstar Hayabusa, who had recently retired from wrestling due to a severe injury which left him paralysed for the rest of his life.

Final standings
Ryuji Ito 8
Satoru Makita8
Daisaku Shimoda7
Katsumasa Inoue2
Naoki Numazawa 2
Yuji Kamijo1
Final
   
Ryuji ItoPin
Satoru Makita 10:39

Six-Man Tag Team Tournament

A knockout tournament was held on June 13, 2004, featuring six-man tag team matches. [12]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
      
Kengo Mashimo, Manabu Hara and Shiori Asahi
Kudo, Daichi Kakimoto and TA*KU
Kengo Mashimo, Manabu Hara and Shiori Asahi
Hero!, Jaki Numazawa and Super-X
Hero!, Jaki Numazawa and Super-X
Kunio Toshima, Katsumasa Inoue and Mineo Fujita
Hero!, Jaki Numazawa and Super-X
Daisuke Sekimoto, Futoshi Miwa and Kyosuke Sasaki
Daisuke Sekimoto, Futoshi Miwa and Kyosuke Sasaki
Shuji Ishikawa, Hajime Moriyama and Kent
Daisuke Sekimoto, Futoshi Miwa and Kyosuke Sasaki
Kazuhiro Tamura, Masanori Ishikura and Yuji Hino

Number 1 of Japan Tournament

The Number 1 of Japan Tournament was held on September 5, 2004. [13]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
      
Ryuji Yamakawa Pin
Jaki Numazawa7:47
Abdullah Kobayashi Pin
Jaki Numazawa 11:05
Jaki Numazawa Pin
Daisuke Sekimoto7:13
Katsumasa InoueDQ
Shadow WX 9:08
Katsumasa Inoue Pin
Daisuke Sekimoto 8:24

New Generation Battle Tournament

The New Generation Battle Tournament was a tournament held on January 9, 2005. [14]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Daisuke Sekimoto Pin
Kunio Toshima 10:02
Daisuke SekimotoPin
Mineo Fujita 6:12
Masanori Ishikura Pin
Mineo Fujita 6:12
Daisuke SekimotoPin
Hero! 12:32
Kyosuke SasakiPin
Jaki Numazawa 4:37
Kyosuke Sasaki Pin
Hero!12:01
Manabu Hara Pin
Hero! 5:32

Dainichi Dash

The Dainichi Dash was a tournament held on July 1, 2009. [15]

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
            
Takuma Obe
Ryuichi Kawakami
Takuma Obe
Masashi Takeda
Daisuke Sasaki
Masashi Takeda
Daisuke Sasaki
Atsushi Ohashi
Daisuke Sasaki
BYE
Masashi Takeda
Shinya Ishikawa
Shigehiro Irie
Satoshi Kajiwara
Shigehiro Irie
Yuji Okabayashi
Yuji Okabayashi
Shinya Ishikawa
Shinya Ishikawa
Daisuke Masaoka
Shinya Ishikawa
BYE

1 Day Tag Team Tournament

The 1 Day Tag Team Tournament was a three-team tournament held on August 5, 2013.

Semifinals Finals
      
Jaki Numazawa and Yoshihito Sasaki
No. 8 Right Takeda and Hoshino Japan
Jaki Numazawa and Yoshihito Sasaki
The Brahman Brothers
The Brahman Brothers (Shu and Kei)
The W*inger and La*Panda

8-Man Tag Team Tournament

The 8-Man Tag Team Tournament was a deathmatch tournament featuring eight-man tag team matches on August 19, 2009.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
      
Team 666 (Yuko Miyamoto, Onryo, Shinobu and Dynasty)
Young Chango Bloods (Chango, Yuki Sato, Atsushi Ohashi and Ryuichi Kawakami)
Team 666 (Yuko Miyamoto, Onryo, Shinobu and Dynasty)
Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto, Yoshihito Sasaki, Shinya Ishikawa and Yuji Okabayashi)
Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto, Yoshihito Sasaki, Shinya Ishikawa and Yuji Okabayashi)
Death Match Champions (Shadow WX, Jaki Numazawa, Abdullah Kobayashi and Ryuji Yamakawa)
Death Match Champions (Shadow WX, Jaki Numazawa, Abdullah Kobayashi and Ryuji Yamakawa)
Death Match Young Bloods (Masashi Takeda, Isami Kodaka, Kankuro Hoshino and Mototsugu Shimizu)
Death Match Champions (Shadow WX, Jaki Numazawa, Abdullah Kobayashi and Ryuji Yamakawa)
Team FREEDOMS (Jun Kasai, Takashi Sasaki, The Winger and Kamui)

D-Dash Tag Team Tournament

The D-Dash Tag Team Tournament was a tag team tournament held between November 3 and December 23, 2009.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Daisuke Sasaki and Yuki Sato
Satoshi Kajiwara and Amigo Suzuki
Daisuke Sasaki and Yuki Sato
Yuji Okabayashi and Atsushi Ohashi
Yuji Okabayashi and Atsushi Ohashi
Ryuichi Sekine and Kim Nam Seok
Yuji Okabayashi and Atsushi Ohashi
Shinya Ishikawa and Ryuichi Kawakami
Masashi Takeda and Takuma Obe
Shinobu and Taro Yamada
Masashi Takeda and Takuma Obe
Shinya Ishikawa and Ryuichi Kawakami
Shigehiro Irie and Shun Kasagi
Shinya Ishikawa and Ryuichi Kawakami

BJW Tag Team Championship Tournament

A tournament was set up for the vacant BJW Tag Team Championship after previous champions Shinya Ishikawa and Yoshihito Sasaki vacated the titles due to Ishikawa suffering a leg injury. The tournament was held between March 19 and April 28, 2010.

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
      
Daisuke Sekimoto and Yoshihito Sasaki Pin
Abdullah Kobayashi and Takashi Sasaki 19:11
Daisuke Sekimoto and Yoshihito SasakiPin
Shuji Ishikawa and Yuji Okabayashi 17:56
Daisuke Sekimoto and Yoshihito Sasaki Pin
045 Junkies21:11
045 Junkies (Jun Kasai and Jaki Numazawa)Pin
Isami Kodaka and Masashi Takeda 19:46
045 JunkiesPin
Ryuji Ito and Shadow WX 16:11

Dainichi-X (2011)

The 2011 Dainichi-X was a round-robin tag team tournament which took place between February 2 and October 26, 2011. [16]

Final standings
Abdullah Kobayashi and Yuji Okabayashi 13
Yoshihito Sasaki and Ryuichi Kawakami 13
Jaki Numazawa and Shinya Ishikawa 13
Kankuro Hoshino and Takumi Tsukamoto 13
Daisuke Sekimoto and Kazuki Hashimoto 13
Yuichi Taniguchi and Masked Genbei6
Shadow WX and Atsushi Ohashi6
Ryuji Ito and Masashi Otani4
Semifinals Finals
      
Yoshihito Sasaki and Ryuichi KawakamiPin
Kankuro Hoshino and Takumi Tsukamoto 12:44
Yoshihito Sasaki and Ryuichi Kawakami Pin
Abdullah Kobayashi and Yuji Okabayashi11:50
Abdullah Kobayashi and Yuji OkabayashiPin
Jaki Numazawa and Shinya Ishikawa 15:13

Dainichi-X (2012)

The 2012 Dainichi-X was a round-robin tournament with the top two teams advancing to the final round. [17]

Final standings
Jaki Numazawa and Kazuki Hashimoto 10
Shinya Ishikawa and Jun Ogawauchi*10
Ryuji Ito and Takumi Tsukamoto 9
Yoshihito Sasaki and Kankuro Hoshino 7
Shadow WX and Amigo Suzuki6
Abdullah Kobayashi and Yuichi Taniguchi5
Daisuke Sekimoto and Masashi Otani2
Yuji Okabayashi and Hideyoshi Kamitani 2
Final
   
Jaki Numazawa and Kazuki Hashimoto Pin
Ryuji Ito and Takumi Tsukamoto13:18

Strong Style Rising Tournament

The Strong Style Rising Tournament was a tournament held between May 24 and June 5, 2013. [18]

First RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
        
Yuji Okabayashi Pin
Madoka 9:52
Yuji OkabayashiPin
Jake Crist 10:32
Jun Ogawauchi Pin
Jake Crist 7:06
Yuji OkabayashiPin
Yoshihito Sasaki 12:59
Kazuki Hashimoto Pin
Shinobu 11:38
Kazuki Hashimoto Pin
Yoshihito Sasaki9:04
Abdullah Kobayashi Pin
Yoshihito Sasaki 10:01
Yuji Okabayashi Pin
Ryuichi Kawakami17:55
Shinya Ishikawa Pin
Yuichi Taniguchi 9:18
Shinya IshikawaPin
Jack Anthony 10:28
Atsushi Ohashi Pin
Jack Anthony6:32
Shinya Ishikawa Pin
Ryuichi Kawakami12:31
Masato Inaba Pin
Amigo Suzuki 7:43
Masato Inaba Pin
Ryuichi Kawakami9:05
D. J. Hyde Pin
Ryuichi Kawakami 8:16

BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship Tournament (2017)

A round robin tournament was held for the newly created BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship, distinct from the previous version. [19]

Final standings
Kazuki Hashimoto 8
Shinobu 6
Tatsuhiko Yoshino 6
Toshiyuki Sakuda 4
Takuya Nomura 4
Yuya Aoki 2
Results Kazuki Hashimoto Shinobu Takuya Nomura Tatsuhiko Yoshino Toshiyuki Sakuda Yuya Aoki
Kazuki Hashimoto XKazuki
(12:56)		Kazuki
(12:35)		Yoshino
(11:57)		Kazuki
(11:24)		Kazuki
(8:09)
Shinobu Kazuki
(12:56)		XShinobu
(9:38)		Shinobu
(11:55)		Shinobu
(9:28)		Aoki
(7:11)
Takuya Nomura Kazuki
(12:35)		Shinobu
(9:38)		XTakuya
(12:50)		Sakuda
(10:38)		Nomura
(7:13)
Tatsuhiko Yoshino Yoshino
(11:57)		Shinobu
(11:55)		Takuya
(12:50)		XYoshino
(9:26)		Yoshino
(8:02)
Toshiyuki Sakuda Kazuki
(11:24)		Shinobu
(9:28)		Sakuda
(10:38)		Yoshino
(9:26)		XSakuda
(9:22)
Yuya Aoki Kazuki
(8:09)		Aoki
(7:11)		Nomura
(7:13)		Yoshino
(8:02)		Sakuda
(9:22)		X
Final
   
Kazuki Hashimoto Pin
Shinobu13:18

BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender's Tournament

A tournament was set up to determine the #1 contender for Shinobu's BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship, taking place between June 13 and July 17, 2018. [20]

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
         
Kota Sekifuda Pin
Tsutomu Oosugi 9:35
Kota Sekifuda Pin
Kazuki Hashimoto6:57
Kazuki Hashimoto Pin
Fuminori Abe 8:48
Kazuki HashimotoPin
Banana Senga 11:57
Yuya Aoki Pin
Kankuro Hoshino 9:04
Yuya Aoki Pin
Banana Senga5:49
Hercules Senga*Pin
Tatsuhiko Yoshino 2:17

6-Man Sacred Ground City of Forest Sendai Tournament

The 6-Man Sacred Ground City of Forest Sendai Tournament was a six-man tag team tournament, in which the Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championship was defended. The tournament was held on August 5, 2018. The defending champions Abdullah Kobayashi, Ryuji Ito and Jaki Numazawa lost the titles to Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda, who would successfully defend the titles in the final round to win the tournament.

Semifinals Finals
      
Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yoshihisa Uto
Daisuke Sekimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Daichi Hashimoto
Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yoshihisa Uto
Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda (c)
Abdullah Kobayashi, Ryuji Ito and Jaki Numazawa (c)
Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda

Saikyo Tag League

Saikyo Tag League is a professional wrestling round-robin hardcore tag team tournament annually held since 1999.

Dates and venues of finals

EventDateCityVenueWinner
1999 November 8, 1999 Sapporo, Hokkaido Teisen Hall Tomoaki Honma and Ryuji Yamakawa
2000 October 30, 2000 Tokyo Korakuen Hall
2001 September 23, 2001 Men's Teioh and Daisuke Sekimoto
2002 October 31, 2002 Yokohama, Kanagawa Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse
2003 November 8, 2003TokyoKorakuen Hall Daikokubō Benkei and Abdullah Kobayashi
2009 May 28, 2009 Masashi Takeda and Isami Kodaka
2011 November 22, 2011 Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi
2012 November 24, 2012 Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto
2013 November 22, 2013
2014 November 21, 2014
2015 October 29, 2015 Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi
2016 October 31, 2016
2017 October 15, 2017 Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani

Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor

Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor is an annual professional wrestling round-robin hardcore tournament to determine the best wrestler of BJW's deathmatch division.

Dates and venues of finals

EventDateCityVenueWinner
2011 April 18, 2011 Tokyo Korakuen Hall Takashi Sasaki
2013 April 10, 2013 Shin-Kiba 1st Ring Ryuji Ito
2015 April 19, 2015 Sapporo, Hokkaido Teisen Hall Abdullah Kobayashi
2017 April 8, 2017Susukino Mars Gymnasium Masaya Takahashi
2019 April 14, 2019 Sapporo, Hokkaido Susukino Mars Gymnasium Isami Kodaka

Ikkitousen Strong Climb

Ikkitousen Strong Climb is an annual professional wrestling round-robin hardcore tournament to determine the best wrestler of BJW's Strong BJ division.

Dates and venues of finals

EventDateCityVenueWinner
2012 March 26, 2012 Tokyo Korakuen Hall Yoshihito Sasaki
2014 July 26, 2014 Shuji Ishikawa
2016 April 10, 2016 Sapporo, Hokkaido Susukino Mars Gymnasium
2018 April 15, 2018 Hideki Suzuki
2020 April 26, 2020 Chiba, Tokyo 2AW Square Daichi Hashimoto

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  2. ↑ "Big Japan Death Match Title Tournament 1998". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Big Japan Junior Heavyweight Title League 1999". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Grand Prix Tournament 2000". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "J Cup Big Japan Qualification Tournament 2000". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "World Extreme Cup 2000". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  7. ↑ "Big Japan Title Tournament 2001". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
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  9. ↑ "Big Japan Six Man Tag League 2001". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  10. ↑ "World Extreme Cup 2002". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  11. ↑ "Hayabusa Cup 2002". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  12. ↑ "Big Japan Six Man Tag Tournament 2004". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  13. ↑ "Number 1 of Japan Tournament 2004". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  14. ↑ "New Generation Battle Tournament 2005". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  15. ↑ "D-Dash Tournament". Wrestling Data (in German). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
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  17. ↑ "Dainichi-X Tag League 2012". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  18. ↑ "Strong Style Tournament Rising 2013". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
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  20. ↑ "#1 Contender Tournament (BJW Junior Heavyweight Title)". Wrestling Data (in German). Retrieved 24 September 2018.
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