Wrestling New Classic









































Wrestling New Classic
Acronym WNC
Founded April 5, 2012
Defunct June 26, 2014
Style
Puroresu
Professional wrestling
Headquarters
Roppongi, Minato, Tokyo[1]
Founder(s)
Tajiri
Akira
Kana
Sister Reina Joshi Puroresu
Website WNC-Pro.com

Wrestling New Classic (WNC) (レスリング・ニュー・クラシック, Resuringu Nyū Kurashikku) was a Japanese puroresu or professional wrestling promotion, founded in April 2012 by Yoshihiro Tajiri. WNC was the follow-up promotion to Smash, which folded in March 2012.[2][3]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Final roster


    • 2.1 Wrestlers


    • 2.2 Staff




  • 3 Alumni


    • 3.1 Notable guests




  • 4 Championships


  • 5 Annual tournaments


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





History


On April 5, 2012, Tajiri held a press conference to announce the forming of Wrestling New Classic, which would hold its first two events on April 26 at Shinjuku Face and on May 24 at Korakuen Hall.[4][5] The promotion's new financial backer at the time was Tsutomu Takashima, the executive director of real estate company Avance Avant Corporation.[6] WNC continued Smash's working relationship with Finnish professional wrestling promotion Fight Club Finland.[7] Unlike Smash, which held, on average, one event per month, WNC had a more regular schedule, producing three events in its official opening month, May 2012.[8] The promotion is named after a comment made by final Smash Champion Dave Finlay, who, at the promotion's penultimate event, told Tajiri to "keep wrestling classic" with his new promotion.[9] Several WNC wrestlers also booked and promoted their own events in collaboration with the promotion, including Kana's Kana Pro,[10]Makoto's Mako Pro,[11]Syuri's Stimulus,[12] and Takuya Kito's Kuzu Pro.[13]


In late 2013, WNC also established a working relationship with joshi puroresu promotion Reina Joshi Puroresu,[14] as part of which all of WNC's female wrestlers became officially affiliated with both promotions in January 2014.[15] On June 18, 2014, Tajiri held a press conference with Keiji Mutoh, where he announced that WNC would be going inactive following June 26. Afterwards, all female WNC wrestlers remained affiliated with WNC-Reina, while six male wrestlers, Tajiri and Akira included, transferred over to Mutoh's Wrestle-1 promotion.[16] WNC held its final event on June 26, 2014, in Tokyo's Shinjuku Face.[17]



Final roster



Wrestlers































































Ring name
Real name
Notes

Akira

Akira Nogami


Haruka Kato

Haruka Kato
WNC-Reina

Jiro Kuroshio

Soujiro Higuchi


Koji Doi

Koji Doi


Makoto

Unknown
WNC-Reina

Rionne Fujiwara

Rionne McAvoy


Tajiri

Yoshihiro Tajiri


Yusuke Kodama

Yusuke Kodama


Masaya Takahashi

Masaya Takahashi


Syuri

Syuri Kondo
WNC-Reina

Takuya Kito

Yuji Kito



Staff































Name
Notes

Chiho Tomiyama
Ring announcer

High Step Shota
Referee

Katsumi Tamagawa
Referee

Serena Higa
Ring announcer

Soft Imai (Daisuke Imai)
Referee

Yula
Ring announcer


Alumni































































Ring name
Real name
Notes

Hajime Ohara

Hajime Ohara
Resigned January 31, 2013

Haruka Yoshimura

Haruka Yoshimura
Retired February 28, 2014

Hiroki Murase

Hiroki Murase
Resigned January 11, 2014

Horizon

Yoshihiro Horaguchi
Signed with Kaientai Dojo on September 14, 2014

Josh O'Brien

Josh O'Brien
Resigned January 31, 2013

Kaho Kobayashi

Kaho Kobayashi
Resigned on September 16, 2014, to sign with Asuka Project and Pro Wrestling Wave

Kana

Kanako Urai
Resigned November 28, 2012

Koharu Hinata

Koharu Hinata
Resigned June 18, 2014

Lin Byron

Unknown
Resigned June 26, 2014

Mitoshichi Shinose

Akira Shinose
Resigned January 30, 2014

Nagisa Nozaki

Nagisa Nozaki
Went inactive on January 25, 2013


Notable guests











Championships





















Championship Final champion(s) Date won
Defeated
WNC Championship Yuji Kito March 24, 2018 Retired[18]
WNC Women's Championship Syuri September 18, 2013
Serena


Annual tournaments













Tournament Last winner
Last held
Dave Finlay Cup Hiro Tonai January 4, 2014


See also



  • Professional wrestling in Japan


References





  1. ^ 会社概要. Wrestling New Classic (in Japanese). Retrieved December 27, 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "【※重要】「Smash」第1章活動休止のお知らせ". Smash (in Japanese). February 10, 2012. Archived from the original on February 10, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2012.


  3. ^ Caldwell, James (February 10, 2012). "Japanese promotion shutting down". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved April 16, 2012.


  4. ^ プレ旗揚げ戦決定!. Wrestling New Classic (in Japanese). April 5, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2012.


  5. ^ "Tajiri新団体発表「若手を海外に」". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). April 6, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2012.


  6. ^ "WNC高島代表が就任挨拶!". Wrestling New Classic (in Japanese). May 9, 2012. Retrieved May 9, 2012.


  7. ^ "7・15Wrestling New Classic後楽園大会(後楽園ホール) 開場11:00 開始12:00". Wrestling New Classic (in Japanese). June 22, 2012. Retrieved June 22, 2012.


  8. ^ 5月旗揚げシリーズ全カード決定!. Wrestling New Classic (in Japanese). May 4, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2012.


  9. ^ "TajiriとAkira、最後の闘いで謎解きへ!!=Smash フィンレーが残した"Keep wrestling classic"とは?". Sports Navi (in Japanese). Yahoo!. March 8, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2012.


  10. ^ 6・17 ぷちカナプロ 試合結果. Wrestling New Classic (in Japanese). June 18, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2012.


  11. ^ 7・8 まこプロ 開催延期 および ぷちクズプロ開催のお知らせ. Wrestling New Classic (in Japanese). June 27, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2012.


  12. ^ "WNC朱里自主興行「Stimulus」新宿Face大会". Wrestling New Classic (in Japanese). Archived from the original on April 1, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2013.


  13. ^ 7・8『ぷちクズプロ』全試合結果. Wrestling New Classic (in Japanese). July 9, 2012. Retrieved July 21, 2012.


  14. ^ "WNCとReina女子プロレスが業務提携". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). November 18, 2013. Retrieved November 18, 2013.


  15. ^ "旗揚げ前から波乱のReina!!1・30WNC新宿で4Wayマッチが決定!!". Wrestling New Classic (in Japanese). January 9, 2014. Archived from the original on January 9, 2014. Retrieved January 9, 2014.


  16. ^ "Tajiri、Akiraら6選手W-1へ移籍のお知らせ". Wrestling New Classic (in Japanese). June 19, 2014. Archived from the original on June 19, 2014. Retrieved June 19, 2014.


  17. ^ WNC超満員のラスト興行. Tokyo Sports (in Japanese). June 27, 2014. Retrieved June 27, 2014.


  18. ^ http://puroresuspirit.net/2018/03/asuka-project-results-for-march-24-2018/




External links



  • Official website


  • Wrestling New Classic on YouTube









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