{"id":87067,"date":"2021-03-19T16:48:13","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T20:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=87067"},"modified":"2021-03-20T17:18:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T21:18:30","slug":"shuji-ishikawa-gaora-tv-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/03\/19\/shuji-ishikawa-gaora-tv-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"#AndNEW: Shuji Ishikawa Captures the GAORA TV Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AJPW<\/strong>&#8216;s (All Japan Pro Wrestling) <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/12\/04\/beginners-guide-ajpw-championships\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>GAORA TV Championship<\/strong><\/a> has become one of the major aspects of the promotion&#8217;s revival. The recent champion, <strong>Jun Kasai<\/strong>, has been one of the clearest examples of a shift in the title&#8217;s formula. Kasai defeated <strong>Yoshitatsu<\/strong> to become the GAORA TV Champion. Afterward, Kasai expressed that he wanted to bring the deathmatch scene to AJPW. He did this while competing against Yoshitatsu and later <strong>Black Menso-re<\/strong>. Kasai&#8217;s next defense would see him battle against a deathmatch veteran in his own right: <strong>Shuji Ishikawa<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>After Jun Kasai defeated Black Menso-re, Shuji Ishikawa would challenge for the GAORA TV Championship in a deathmatch. Jun Kasai and Shuji Ishikawa are both of deathmatch fame, with Kasai famous for his work in <strong>FREEDOMS<\/strong> and Shuji Ishikawa in <strong>BJW<\/strong> (Big Japan Pro Wrestling). Ishikawa left the deathmatch scene for a short period, especially when he came to AJPW in the mid-2010s.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\u516c\u5f0f\u30d5\u30a1\u30f3\u30af\u30e9\u30d6CLUB AJPW\u3011<\/p>\n<p>GAORA TV\u30c1\u30e3\u30f3\u30d4\u30aa\u30f3\u30b7\u30c3\u30d7\u65b0\u738b\u8005<br \/>\u77f3\u5ddd\u4fee\u53f8\u9078\u624b\u306e\u914d\u4fe1\u3054\u89a7\u9802\u304d<br \/>\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u2728<\/p>\n<p>3.18\u65b0\u6728\u5834\u5927\u4f1a\u306e\u88cf\u8a71\u6e80\u8f09\ud83d\udca5<br \/>\u5168\u65e5\u672c\u6240\u5c5e3\u9078\u624b\u304b\u3089<br \/>\u8a66\u5408\u3092\u7d42\u3048\u305f\u77f3\u5ddd\u9078\u624b\u3078\u30b3\u30e1\u30f3\u30c8\u3082<\/p>\n<p>\u898b\u9003\u3057\u305f\u65b9\u306f\u305c\u3072\u30a2\u30fc\u30ab\u30a4\u30d6\u3092\u3054\u89a7\u4e0b\u3055\u3044\ud83d\udc40<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3QWKSytj1O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/3QWKSytj1O<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/clubajpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#clubajpw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ajpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ajpw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l3iPrcn4aR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/l3iPrcn4aR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u5168\u65e5\u672c\u30d7\u30ed\u30ec\u30b9\/alljapan (@alljapan_pw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alljapan_pw\/status\/1372879539244654594?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 19, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This GAORA TV Championship match was advertised as &#8220;GIANT vs. CRAZY MONKEY.&#8221; It was the main event of the one-match show, too. The match that they would have could be described as a bloody war. Shuji Ishikawa, sported a new look in this match and dominated from the opening bell. He demolished Jun Kasai with many different weapons. No matter how hard Kasai fought, it wasn&#8217;t enough. Ishikawa hit an Olympic Slam onto glass shards to pick up the victory and the GAORA TV Championship.<\/p>\n<p>This marks the first GAORA TV Championship reign for Shuji Ishikawa and his first singles championship for AJPW since 2017, when he won the Triple Crown Championship. There&#8217;s currently no official challenger set for Ishikawa&#8217;s first defense. However, since <strong><em>Champion Carnival<\/em><\/strong> is next month, Ishikawa is going into this tournament as champion. New challengers could come out of this tournament for both the Triple Crown and GAORA TV Titles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. Make sure to watch\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajpw.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">All Japan Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0on AJPW.TV.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-24 ai-viewport-1 ai-viewport-2\">\n<div id=\"snack_dex6\"><em>Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? 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