| Ganbare☆Climax | |
|---|---|
| Promotions | CyberFight |
| Brands | Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling |
| First event | Ganbare☆Climax 2017 |
| Event gimmick | Single-elimination tournament |
The Ganbare Climax (Japanese: ガンバレ☆クライマックス, Hepburn: Ganbare Kuraimakkusu, stylized as Ganbare☆Climax) is a single elimination professional wrestling tournament held by CyberFight in their Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling (GanPro) brand.
The first two editions in 2017 and 2018 had no stakes other than bragging rights. In 2021, the tournament made a comeback with LEC, Inc. as a sponsor. This edition crowned the inaugural Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Champion.[1]
Tournaments
| Year | Winner | Times won | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Ken Ohka | 1 | 16 |
| 2018 | Yumehito Imanari | 1 | 8 |
| 2021 | Tatsuhito Takaiwa | 1 | 14 |
Results
2017
| Ganbare☆Climax 2017 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Promotional picture featuring the 16 participants | |||
| Promotion | DDT Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Brand(s) | Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | August 11–13, 2017 | ||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Venue | Various Final: Tokyo KFC Hall | ||
| Ganbare☆Climax chronology | |||
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The 2017 Ganbare☆Climax was held from August 11 to August 13. The first two rounds were held on individual nights, with round one taking up the entire card on August 11.[2][3]
| Round 1 August 11 | Round 2 August 12 | Semifinals August 13 | Final August 13 | ||||||||||||
| Kazma Sakamoto | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Thanomsak Toba | 7:37[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Kazma Sakamoto | 14:59[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Ohka | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Ohka | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Yumehito Imanari | 13:35[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Ohka | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Gentaro | 6:44[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Hollywood Gota | 4:39[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Takafumi Ito | Sub | ||||||||||||||
| Takafumi Ito | 11:02[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Gentaro | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Shinichiro Wakita | 6:35[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Gentaro | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Ken Ohka | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Kenso | 16:08[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Shuichiro Katsumura | 13:36[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Shinichiro Tominaga | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Shinichiro Tominaga | 16:11[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Crist | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Crist | Pin | ||||||||||||||
| Yukihiro Abe | 9:12[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Dave Crist | 10:57[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Kenso | Sub | ||||||||||||||
| Kenso | Sub | ||||||||||||||
| Ben McCoy | 9:58[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Kenso | CO | ||||||||||||||
| Kendo Kashin | 12:20[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Chikara | 6:07[4] | ||||||||||||||
| Kendo Kashin | Sub | ||||||||||||||
2018
| Ganbare☆Climax 2018 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Promotion | DDT Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Brand(s) | Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | August 11–12, 2018 | ||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Venue | Various Final: Itabashi Green Hall | ||
| Ganbare☆Climax chronology | |||
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The 2018 Ganbare☆Climax was held from August 11 to August 12, and featured only eight participants. Two of the first round matches were held under No DQ & No Ropes rules.[7]
| First round August 11 | Semifinals August 12 | Final August 12 | ||||||||||||
| Ken Ohka | 13:10[8] | |||||||||||||
| Survival Tobita | Pin† | |||||||||||||
| Survival Tobita | 3:24[9] | |||||||||||||
| Shinichiro Tominaga | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Shinichiro Tominaga | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Yuu Yamagata | 6:03[8] | |||||||||||||
| Shinichiro Tominaga | 19:08[9] | |||||||||||||
| Yumehito Imanari | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Yumehito Imanari | KO† | |||||||||||||
| Shin Mokujin Ken | 8:10[8] | |||||||||||||
| Yumehito Imanari | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Shota | 15:00[9] | |||||||||||||
| Shota | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Mitsuo Momota | 7:23[8] | |||||||||||||
† This was a No DQ & No Ropes match.
2021
| Ganbare☆Climax 2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Promotion | CyberFight | ||
| Brand(s) | Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling | ||
| Date | October 24–November 23, 2021 | ||
| City | Tokyo, Japan | ||
| Venue | Various Final: Itabashi Act Hall | ||
| Ganbare☆Climax chronology | |||
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On September 25, 2021, GanPro announced that the Ganbare☆Climax was returning for a third edition sponsored by LEC Cleanpa! that would run from October 24 to November 23.[1][10][11] The tournament featured fourteen participants (two of which would receive a bye to the second round) and was won by Tatsuhito Takaiwa who was then crowned the inaugural Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Champion.[12]
| Round 1 October 24 | Round 2 November 7 | Semifinals November 23 | Final November 23 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tetsuhiro Kuroda | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ken Ohka | 14:21[14] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ken Ohka | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shota | 15:24[13] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tetsuhiro Kuroda | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yumehito Imanari | 10:57[12] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Keisuke Ishii | 2:31[13] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shinichiro Tominaga | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shinichiro Tominaga | 19:06[14] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yumehito Imanari | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yumehito Imanari | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Baliyan Akki | 8:56[13] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Yumehito Imanari | 12:37[12] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tatsuhito Takaiwa | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kouki Iwasaki | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nobuhiro Shimatani | 11:40[13] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kouki Iwasaki | 13:47[14] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shuichiro Katsumura | TKO | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shuichiro Katsumura | Sub | ||||||||||||||||||
| Seiya Morohashi | 15:18[13] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shuichiro Katsumura | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tatsuhito Takaiwa | 13:36[12] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tatsuhito Takaiwa | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tyson Maeguchi | 7:50[13] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tatsuhito Takaiwa | Pin | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mizuki Watase | 9:38[14] | ||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
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