BattlARTS
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Acronym | BATBAT |
| Established | 1996 |
| Style | Shoot-style, Professional Wrestling |
| Location | Japan |
| Founder(s) | Yuki Ishikawa |
| Owner(s) | Yuki Ishikawa |
BattlARTS (格闘探偵団バトラーツ, Kakutō Tentei-dan Batorātsu, Fighting Investigation Team Battlarts) is a professional wrestling promotion based in Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan. The promotion was formed in 1996 by Japanese wrestling legend Yuki Ishikawa, and featured all of the wrestlers from the Fujiwara Gumi promotion, who had abandoned the promotion in favor of BattlARTS. They ran shows in the Tokyo area regulary from 1998 to 2002.
Even though BattlARTS' style was based around shoot-style wrestling, the promotion often cooperated with other federations and styles, including RINGS, Kingdom, Michinoku Pro and Big Japan Pro Wrestling. The biggest co-promotion occurred on October 17, 1999 when Battlarts and The Great Sasuke's Michinoku Pro Wrestling presented Michinoku Pro vs. BattlARTS, which was headlined by a tag match pitting the owners of both promotions (Great Sasuke and Ishikawa) against Jinsei Shinzaki and Alexander Otsuka.
The promotion ceased running regular shows and events in 2001 due to "management aggravation" and has since been on a hiatus. In 2003, BattlARTS began running shows mainly in Tokyo, Saitama, and Shizuoka Prefecture.
[edit] Alumni
- Alexander Otsuka
- Minoru Tanaka
- Yuki Ishikawa
- Daisuke Ikeda
- Ikuto Hidaka
- Joe Malenko
- Carl Malenko (also known as Carl Greco)
- TAKA Michinoku
- Shoichi Funaki
- Katsumi Usuda
- Muhammad Yone
[edit] Championships and tournaments
- FMW Brass Knuckles Tag Team Championship
- Annual BattlARTS Young Generation Battle League
|
|
||
|---|---|---|
| Global Professional Wrestling Alliance | ||
|
Major promotions |
||
|
Independent promotions |
