Catch the Wave

Catch the Wave is an annual professional wrestling tournament promoted by the Pro Wrestling Wave promotion. It has been held since 2009 and takes place between the end of April and the beginning of August. As up until March 2013 there were no singles championships in Pro Wrestling Wave, Catch the Wave was effectively the top singles achievement in the promotion. The tournament is contested in round-robin format with the winners of each block advancing to the semifinals. From 2010 to 2012, the tournament included a "Loser Revival" battle royal, where already eliminated wrestlers battle for the fourth and final spot in the semifinals of the tournament.[1] This system allowed the tournament to be won twice by a wrestler, who was originally eliminated in the round-robin section.[1][2] From 2011 onwards, the tournament has concluded with an award ceremony.[2] In 2014, Pro Wrestling Wave announced the first Catch the Young Wave tournament, which will run separately from the main tournament with rookie wrestlers.[3] The winner of the main tournament earns the title of "Nami Onna" (波女, "Wave Woman") and ¥1,000,000.[4][5]

List of winners

Year Winner Total
won
Ref.
2009 Yumi Ohka 1 [4]
2010 Gami 1 [6]
2011 Kana 1 [2]
2012 Ayumi Kurihara 1 [7]
2013 Misaki Ohata 1 [8]
2014 Hikaru Shida 1 [9]
2015 TBD N/A

2009

The 2009 Catch the Wave took place over nine shows between May 27 and August 11.[4][10] The tournament included sixteen participants split up into four blocks titled "Comical", "UK", "Visual Technical" and "Young".[10] Matches in the UK block could only be won by knockout or submission and had a ten-minute time limit as opposed to fifteen-minute time limits in the other blocks. Outside participants in the tournament included freelancers Apple Miyuki, Bullfight Sora, Kaoru and Kyoko Kimura, JWP Joshi Puroresu's Pinky Mayuka and Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling's Ryo Mizunami.

Final standings
Comical UK Visual
Technical
Young
Bullfight Sora   3   Kana   5   Yumi Ohka   4   Ayumi Kurihara   4  
Cherry 3 Kyoko Kimura 4 Kaoru 3 Ryo Mizunami 4
Gami 3 Misaki Ohata 2 Toshie Uematsu 3 Moeka Haruhi 2
Ran Yu-Yu 3 Shuu Shibutani 1 Apple Miyuki 2 Pinky Mayuka 2
Comical Bullfight Sora Cherry Gami Ran Yu-Yu
Bullfight Sora X Draw (10:00)[10] Draw (15:00)[11] Draw (15:00)[12]
Cherry Draw (10:00)[10] X Draw (15:00)[13] Draw (15:00)[14]
Gami Draw (15:00)[11] Draw (15:00)[13] X Draw (15:00)[15]
Ran Yu-Yu Draw (15:00)[12] Draw (15:00)[14] Draw (15:00)[15] X
UK Kana Kyoko Kimura Misaki Ohata Shuu Shibutani
Kana X Draw (10:00)[10] Kana (9:39)[14] Kana (9:52)[11]
Kyoko Kimura Draw (10:00)[10] X Kimura (7:38)[12] Draw (10:00)[15]
Misaki Ohata Kana (9:39)[14] Kimura (7:38)[12] X Ohata (8:54)[13]
Shuu Shibutani Kana (9:52)[11] Draw (10:00)[15] Ohata (8:54)[13] X
Visual
Technical
Apple Miyuki Kaoru Toshie Uematsu Yumi Ohka
Apple Miyuki X Kaoru (11:06)[13] Uematsu (11:19)[12] Miyuki (10:19)[11]
Kaoru Kaoru (11:06)[13] X Draw (15:00)[14] Ohka (10:16)[16]
Toshie Uematsu Uematsu (11:19)[12] Draw (15:00)[14] X Ohka (11:21)[10]
Yumi Ohka Miyuki (10:19)[11] Ohka (10:16)[16] Ohka (11:21)[10] X
Young Ayumi Kurihara Moeka Haruhi Pinky Mayuka Ryo Mizunami
Ayumi Kurihara X Kurihara (12:45)[15] Draw (20:00)[13] Draw (20:00)[12]
Moeka Haruhi Kurihara (12:45)[15] X Haruhi (9:43)[10] Mizunami (10:08)[11]
Pinky Mayuka Draw (20:00)[13] Haruhi (9:43)[10] X Draw (20:00)[17]
Ryo Mizunami Draw (20:00)[12] Mizunami (10:08)[11] Draw (20:00)[17] X
  Playoff matches
(August 10)
Semifinals
(August 11)
Finals
(August 11)
                     
   Ayumi Kurihara Pin  
 Ryo Mizunami 9:44[16]  
   Ayumi Kurihara Pin  
     Bullfight Sora 4:24[4]  
 Bullfight Sora Pin
   Cherry
Gami
Ran Yu-Yu
17:41[16]  
     Ayumi Kurihara Pin
   Yumi Ohka 17:25[4]
     
   
 Yumi Ohka Pin
     Kana 15:39[4]  
 

2010

The 2010 Catch the Wave took place over ten shows between May 30 and August 11.[6][18] The tournament included fifteen participants split up into three blocks titled "Rival", "Visual Technical" and "Young".[18] Outside participants in the tournament included freelancers Asami Kawasaki, Io Shirai, Kana and Mio Shirai, JWP Joshi Puroresu's Senri Kuroki and Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling's Ryo Mizunami. On July 4, Kuroki was sidelined with gastroesophageal reflux disease and was forced to forfeit the rest of her matches in the tournament.[19] This tournament introduced the concept of the "Loser Revival" battle royal, where those that finished second and third in their blocks were allowed to compete for a spot in the semifinals of the tournament.[1]

Final standings
Rival Visual
Technical
Young
Ayumi Kurihara   6   Yumi Ohka   5   Ryo Mizunami   6  
Cherry 5 Kana 5 Io Shirai 6
Asami Kawasaki 4 Gami 4 Misaki Ohata 6
Shuu Shibutani 4 Toshie Uematsu 4 Sawako Shimono 2
Moeka Haruhi 1 Mio Shirai 2 Senri Kuroki 0
Rival Asami Kawasaki Ayumi Kurihara Cherry Moeka Haruhi Shuu Shibutani
Asami Kawasaki X Kurihara (11:01)[20] Cherry (6:15)[1] Kawasaki (6:37)[21] Kawasaki (12:26)[19]
Ayumi Kurihara Kurihara (11:01)[20] X Kurihara (9:06)[22] Kurihara (11:58)[1] Shibutani (11:56)[21]
Cherry Cherry (6:15)[1] Kurihara (9:06)[22] X Draw (15:00)[23] Cherry (3:07)[24]
Moeka Haruhi Kawasaki (6:37)[21] Kurihara (11:58)[1] Draw (15:00)[23] X Shibutani (13:07)[18]
Shuu Shibutani Kawasaki (12:26)[19] Shibutani (11:56)[21] Cherry (3:07)[24] Shibutani (13:07)[18] X
Visual
Technical
Gami Kana Mio Shirai Toshie Uematsu Yumi Ohka
Gami X Draw (20:00)[21] Draw (20:00)[24] Draw (20:00)[23] Draw (20:00)[20]
Kana Draw (20:00)[21] X Kana (9:22)[19] Uematsu (14:49)[22] Kana (3:36)[18]
Mio Shirai Draw (20:00)[24] Kana (9:22)[19] X Draw (10:37)[1] Ohka (8:54)[23]
Toshie Uematsu Draw (20:00)[23] Uematsu (14:49)[22] Draw (10:37)[1] X Ohka (9:09)[21]
Yumi Ohka Draw (20:00)[20] Kana (3:36)[18] Ohka (8:54)[23] Ohka (9:09)[21] X
Young Io Shirai Misaki Ohata Ryo Mizunami Senri Kuroki Sawako Shimono
Io Shirai X Draw (10:00)[20] Draw (10:00)[21] Shirai (forfeit) Shirai (8:41)[18]
Misaki Ohata Draw (10:00)[20] X Draw (10:00)[25] Ohata (forfeit) Ohata (6:18)[21]
Ryo Mizunami Draw (10:00)[21] Draw (10:00)[25] X Mizunami (7:11)[24] Mizunami (8:53)[22]
Senri Kuroki Shirai (forfeit) Ohata (forfeit) Mizunami (7:11)[24] X Shimono (forfeit)
Sawako Shimono Shirai (8:41)[18] Ohata (6:18)[21] Mizunami (8:53)[22] Shimono (forfeit) X
  Playoff matches
(August 10)
Semifinals
(August 11)
Finals
(August 11)
                     
   
   Ayumi Kurihara Pin  
     Ryo Mizunami 5:04[6]  
 Ryo Mizunami Pin
   Io Shirai
Misaki Ohata
10:46[1]  
     Ayumi Kurihara Pin
   Gami 16:29[6]
     
   
 Gami Pin
     Yumi Ohka 9:53[6]  
 Yumi Ohka Pin
   Kana 8:24[1]  

2011

The 2011 Catch the Wave took place over eight shows between May 2 and July 24.[26] The tournament included fourteen participants split up into three blocks titled "Technical", "Visual" and "Young".[27] Outside participants in the tournament included freelancer Nagisa Nozaki, Kagetsu and Ryo Mizunami from Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling and Nao Komatsu from Oz Academy. This was the first tournament, where all wrestlers eliminated after the round-robin portion of the tournament were allowed to enter the "Loser Revival" battle royal.[2]

Final standings
Technical Visual Young
Misaki Ohata   5   Toshie Uematsu   8   Kagetsu   5  
Ayumi Kurihara 4 Tomoka Nakagawa 5 Sawako Shimono 4
Nagisa Nozaki 4 Cherry 3 Nao Komatsu 2
Yumi Ohka 4 Kana 3 Mika Iida 1
Mio Shirai 3 Ryo Mizunami 1
Technical Ayumi Kurihara Mio Shirai Misaki Ohata Nagisa Nozaki Yumi Ohka
Ayumi Kurihara X Kurihara (12:02)[28] Ohata (10:37)[27] Kurihara (6:53)[29] Ohka (14:22)[30]
Mio Shirai Kurihara (12:02)[28] X Draw (11:32)[30] Nozaki (5:06)[31] Shirai (11:14)[29]
Misaki Ohata Ohata (10:37)[27] Draw (11:32)[30] X Ohata (4:59)[32] Ohka (11:52)[33]
Nagisa Nozaki Kurihara (6:53)[29] Nozaki (5:06)[31] Ohata (4:59)[32] X Nozaki (5:01)[27]
Yumi Ohka Ohka (14:22)[30] Shirai (11:14)[29] Ohka (11:52)[33] Nozaki (5:01)[27] X
Visual Cherry Kana Ryo Mizunami Tomoka Nakagawa Toshie Uematsu
Cherry X Draw (15:00)[30] Cherry (9:24)[28] Nakagawa (12:21)[31] Uematsu (12:40)[29]
Kana Draw (15:00)[30] X Draw (15:00)[33] Draw (15:00)[29] Uematsu (10:35)[27]
Ryo Mizunami Cherry (9:24)[28] Draw (15:00)[33] X Nakagawa (8:56)[32] Uematsu (9:07)[31]
Tomoka Nakagawa Nakagawa (12:21)[31] Draw (15:00)[29] Nakagawa (8:56)[32] X Uematsu (5:30)[30]
Toshie Uematsu Uematsu (12:40)[29] Uematsu (10:35)[27] Uematsu (9:07)[31] Uematsu (5:30)[30] X
Young Kagetsu Mika Iida Nao Komatsu Sawako Shimono
Kagetsu X Kagetsu (6:56)[33] Kagetsu (7:01)[32] Draw (10:00)[27]
Mika Iida Kagetsu (6:56)[33] X Komatsu (8:23)[31] Draw (10:00)[29]
Nao Komatsu Kagetsu (7:01)[32] Komatsu (8:23)[31] X Shimono (8:10)[30]
Sawako Shimono Draw (10:00)[27] Draw (10:00)[29] Shimono (8:10)[30] X
Semifinals Final
      
Toshie Uematsu Pin
Misaki Ohata 13:38[2]
Misaki Ohata Pin
Kana 10:14[2]
Kana Sub
Kagetsu 9:48[2]

2012

The 2012 Catch the Wave took place over nine shows between April 30 and July 16.[34] The tournament included fifteen participants split up into three blocks titled "Black Dahlia", "Power" and "White Tails", with two of the blocks made up of members of the Black Dahlia and White Tails stables.[34] Outside participants in the tournament included Hamuko Hoshi and Tsukasa Fujimoto from Ice Ribbon and Syuri from Wrestling New Classic (WNC).[34] The tournament featured a title change, when on June 8, Mio Shirai defeated Ayumi Kurihara to win Dramatic Dream Team's (DDT) Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship.[35]

Final standings
Black Dahlia Power White Tails
Yumi Ohka   5   Ryo Mizunami   6   Ayumi Kurihara   5  
Tsukasa Fujimoto 5 Ayako Hamada 5 Mio Shirai 4
Cherry 4 Sawako Shimono 5 Shuu Shibutani 4
Misaki Ohata 4 Hamuko Hoshi 4 Syuri 4
Hanako Nakamori 2 Aya Yuki 0 Kana 3
Black
Dahlia
Cherry Hanako Nakamori Misaki Ohata Tsukasa Fujimoto Yumi Ohka
Cherry X Nakamori (5:19)[36] Ohata (8:46)[37] Cherry (8:16)[35] Cherry (3:08)[38]
Hanako Nakamori Nakamori (5:19)[36] X Ohata (8:11)[39] Fujimoto (8:08)[40] Ohka (10:42)[37]
Misaki Ohata Ohata (8:46)[37] Ohata (8:11)[39] X Fujimoto (12:38)[36] Ohka (13:28)[40]
Tsukasa Fujimoto Cherry (8:16)[35] Fujimoto (8:08)[40] Fujimoto (12:38)[36] X Draw (15:00)[41]
Yumi Ohka Cherry (3:08)[38] Ohka (10:42)[37] Ohka (13:28)[40] Draw (15:00)[41] X
Power Ayako Hamada Aya Yuki Hamuko Hoshi Ryo Mizunami Sawako Shimono
Ayako Hamada X Hamada (14:48)[39] Hamada (5:35)[36] Mizunami (13:24)[41] Draw (15:00)[40]
Aya Yuki Hamada (14:48)[39] X Hoshi (6:10)[35] Mizunami (4:36)[40] Shimono (7:50)[41]
Hamuko Hoshi Hamada (5:35)[36] Hoshi (6:10)[35] X Hoshi (4:13)[38] Shimono (3:55)[42]
Ryo Mizunami Mizunami (13:24)[41] Mizunami (4:36)[40] Hoshi (4:13)[38] X Mizunami (12:33)[39]
Sawako Shimono Draw (15:00)[40] Shimono (7:50)[41] Shimono (3:55)[42] Mizunami (12:33)[39] X
White
Tails
Ayumi Kurihara Kana Mio Shirai Shuu Shibutani Syuri
Ayumi Kurihara X Kurihara (8:08)[38] Shirai (1:29)[35] Kurihara (14:32)[36] Draw (15:00)[41]
Kana Kurihara (8:08)[38] X Shirai (5:27)[41] Draw (15:00)[37] Kana (12:16)[35]
Mio Shirai Shirai (1:29)[35] Shirai (5:27)[41] X Shibutani (4:29)[42] Syuri (6:05)[37]
Shuu Shibutani Kurihara (14:32)[36] Draw (15:00)[37] Shibutani (4:29)[42] X Draw (15:00)[40]
Syuri Draw (15:00)[41] Kana (12:16)[35] Syuri (6:05)[37] Draw (15:00)[40] X
  Black Dahlia block
playoff match
(July 1)
Semifinals
(July 16)
Finals
(July 16)
                     
   Yumi Ohka Pin  
 Tsukasa Fujimoto 16:58[42]  
   Yumi Ohka Pin  
     Ayumi Kurihara 15:11[7]  
 
     
     Ayumi Kurihara Pin
   Ryo Mizunami 20:57[7]
     
   
 Ryo Mizunami Pin
     Misaki Ohata 14:40[7]  
 

2013

The 2013 Catch the Wave took take place over ten shows between May 6 and July 15.[43] The tournament format, which for the first time featured only two round-robin blocks, and the participants were announced on April 26. Outside participants included Arisa Nakajima from JWP Joshi Puroresu, Hikaru Shida from Ice Ribbon, Kagetsu from Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling and Syuri from Wrestling New Classic (WNC).[44][45] The top three wrestlers from each block advanced to the knockout stage of the tournament.[43] The winners of the blocks earned spots in the semifinals, while numbers two and three were entered into the first round of the knockout tournament.[46] The two block system resulted in the elimination of the "Loser Revival" battle royal.[47] The tournament featured the first Catch the Wave match to take place outside of Pro Wrestling Wave, when Shuu Shibutani and Syuri faced each other on June 8 in Wave's sister promotion, Osaka Joshi Pro Wrestling.[48][49] The winner of the tournament became the number one contender to the Wave Single Championship.[8]

Final standings
Glamorous Slender
Yuu Yamagata   8   Syuri   8  
Tomoka Nakagawa 7 Arisa Nakajima 7
Misaki Ohata 6 Shuu Shibutani 6
Kagetsu 6 Cherry 6
Ryo Mizunami 6 Hikaru Shida 6
Ayako Hamada 5 Mio Shirai 6
Gami 4 Moeka Haruhi 3
Glamorous Ayako
Hamada
Gami Kagetsu Misaki
Ohata
Ryo
Mizunami
Tomoka
Nakagawa
Yuu
Yamagata
Ayako
Hamada
X Gami
(14:21)[50]
Draw
(15:00)[51]
Hamada
(7:23)[52]
Hamada
(9:30)[53]
Nakagawa
(12:09)[54]
Yamagata
(10:57)[55]
Gami Gami
(14:21)[50]
X Kagetsu
(5:41)[53]
Ohata
(7:26)[56]
Gami
(4:51)[52]
Nakagawa
(12:28)[55]
Yamagata
(12:45)[51]
Kagetsu Draw
(15:00)[51]
Kagetsu
(5:41)[53]
X Draw
(15:00)[57]
Draw
(15:00)[54]
Nakagawa
(8:03)[56]
Draw
(15:00)[52]
Misaki
Ohata
Hamada
(7:23)[52]
Ohata
(7:26)[56]
Draw
(15:00)[57]
X Mizunami
(3:08)[50]
Ohata
(5:07)[51]
Draw
(15:00)[53]
Ryo
Mizunami
Hamada
(9:30)[53]
Gami
(4:51)[52]
Draw
(15:00)[54]
Mizunami
(3:08)[50]
X Draw
(15:00)[57]
Mizunami
(13:22)[56]
Tomoka
Nakagawa
Nakagawa
(12:09)[54]
Nakagawa
(12:28)[55]
Nakagawa
(8:03)[56]
Ohata
(5:07)[51]
Draw
(15:00)[57]
X Yamagata
(3:36)[50]
Yuu
Yamagata
Yamagata
(10:57)[55]
Yamagata
(12:45)[51]
Draw
(15:00)[52]
Draw
(15:00)[53]
Mizunami
(13:22)[56]
Yamagata
(3:36)[50]
X
Slender Arisa
Nakajima
Cherry Hikaru
Shida
Mio
Shirai
Moeka
Haruhi
Shuu
Shibutani
Syuri
Arisa
Nakajima
X Nakajima
(8:09)[57]
Draw
(15:00)[56]
Shirai
(3:23)[51]
Draw
(15:00)[54]
Nakajima
(8:33)[58]
Draw
(15:00)[52]
Cherry Nakajima
(8:09)[57]
X Shida
(5:54)[58]
Cherry
(5:14)[53]
Cherry
(7:35)[56]
Cherry
(7:13)[50]
Syuri
(8:15)[54]
Hikaru
Shida
Draw
(15:00)[56]
Shida
(5:54)[58]
X Shirai
(6:28)[52]
Shida
(8:28)[55]
Shibutani
(7:18)[53]
Draw
(15:00)[51]
Mio
Shirai
Shirai
(3:23)[51]
Cherry
(5:14)[53]
Shirai
(6:28)[52]
X Haruhi
(6:25)[50]
Shibutani
(4:21)[54]
Shirai
(5:40)[58]
Moeka
Haruhi
Draw
(15:00)[54]
Cherry
(7:35)[56]
Shida
(8:28)[55]
Haruhi
(6:25)[50]
X Shibutani
(5:24)[51]
Syuri
(6:54)[53]
Shuu
Shibutani
Nakajima
(8:33)[58]
Cherry
(7:13)[50]
Shibutani
(7:18)[53]
Shibutani
(4:21)[54]
Shibutani
(5:24)[51]
X Syuri
(9:53)[49]
Syuri Draw
(15:00)[52]
Syuri
(8:15)[54]
Draw
(15:00)[51]
Shirai
(5:40)[58]
Syuri
(6:54)[53]
Syuri
(9:53)[49]
X
  First round
(July 15)
Semifinals
(July 15)
Finals
(July 15)
                     
   
   Yuu Yamagata Pin  
     Misaki Ohata 4:17[8]  
 Misaki Ohata Pin
   Tomoka Nakagawa 6:06[8]  
     Misaki Ohata Pin
   Arisa Nakajima 13:06[8]
   Shuu Shibutani Pin  
 Arisa Nakajima 6:43[8]  
 Arisa Nakajima Pin
     Syuri 11:02[8]  
 

2014

The 2014 Catch the Wave took place between May 5 and July 27.[3] The tournament once again featured two round-robin blocks of seven wrestlers, divided by their age. Block "Adeyaka" ("Elegant") featured wrestlers in their thirties and block "Tsuyayaka" ("Glossy") wrestlers in their twenties. Outside participants included Tsukasa Fujimoto from Ice Ribbon and freelancers Hikaru Shida, Hiroyo Matsumoto, Kyoko Kimura and Kyusei Sakura Hirota.[3]

Final standings
Adeyaka Tsuyayaka
Yumi Ohka   8   Hikaru Shida   10  
Tsukasa Fujimoto 7 Hiroyo Matsumoto 9
Tomoka Nakagawa 7 Misaki Ohata 8
Kyoko Kimura 7 Mika Iida 6
Kyusei Sakura Hirota 6 Mio Shirai 5
Shuu Shibutani 5 Moeka Haruhi 3
Yuu Yamagata 2 Sawako Shimono 1
Adeyaka Kyoko Kimura Kyusei Sakura Hirota Shuu Shibutani Tomoka Nakagawa Tsukasa Fujimoto Yumi Ohka Yuu Yamagata
Kyoko Kimura X Hirota
(7:45)[59]
Kimura
(11:00)[60]
Kimura
(11:38)[61]
Fujimoto
(8:53)[62]
Draw
(15:00)[63]
Kimura
(9:28)[64]
Kyusei Sakura Hirota Hirota
(7:45)[59]
X Hirota
(9:18)[65]
Nakagawa
(6:15)[66]
Fujimoto
(9:39)[61]
Ohka
(6:22)[67]
Hirota
(5:48)[63]
Shuu Shibutani Kimura
(11:00)[60]
Hirota
(9:18)[65]
X Draw
(15:00)[59]
Shibutani
(8:50)[63]
Ohka
(10:27)[68]
Shibutani
(9:34)[69]
Tomoka Nakagawa Kimura
(11:38)[61]
Nakagawa
(6:15)[66]
Draw
(15:00)[59]
X Draw
(15:00)[69]
Draw
(15:00)[64]
Nakagawa
(12:41)[70]
Tsukasa Fujimoto Fujimoto
(8:53)[62]
Fujimoto
(9:39)[61]
Shibutani
(8:50)[63]
Draw
(15:00)[69]
X Fujimoto
(14:37)[71]
Yamagata
(11:11)[68]
Yumi Ohka Draw
(15:00)[63]
Ohka
(6:22)[67]
Ohka
(10:27)[68]
Draw
(15:00)[64]
Fujimoto
(14:37)[71]
X Ohka
(10:00)[66]
Yuu Yamagata Kimura
(9:28)[64]
Hirota
(5:48)[63]
Shibutani
(9:34)[69]
Nakagawa
(12:41)[70]
Yamagata
(11:11)[68]
Ohka
(10:00)[66]
X
Tsuyayaka Hikaru Shida Hiroyo Matsumoto Mika Iida Mio Shirai Misaki Ohata Moeka Haruhi Sawako Shimono
Hikaru Shida X Shida
(11:18)[59]
Draw
(15:00)[64]
Shida
(7:13)[63]
Draw
(15:00)[71]
Shida
(10:15)[67]
Shida
(9:18)[65]
Hiroyo Matsumoto Shida
(11:18)[59]
X Matsumoto
(14:27)[61]
Matsumoto
(6:58)[64]
Draw
(15:00)[60]
Matsumoto
(3:01)[63]
Matsumoto
(11:13)[67]
Mika Iida Draw
(15:00)[64]
Matsumoto
(14:27)[61]
X Draw
(15:00)[68]
Iida
(13:34)[62]
Haruhi
(9:43)[70]
Iida
(5:11)[63]
Mio Shirai Shida
(7:13)[63]
Matsumoto
(6:58)[64]
Draw
(15:00)[68]
X Ohata
(10:00)[61]
Shirai
(5:27)[65]
Shirai
(4:33)[69]
Misaki Ohata Draw
(15:00)[71]
Draw
(15:00)[60]
Iida
(13:34)[62]
Ohata
(10:00)[61]
X Ohata
(9:20)[68]
Ohata
(9:04)[66]
Moeka Haruhi Shida
(10:15)[67]
Matsumoto
(3:01)[63]
Haruhi
(9:43)[70]
Shirai
(5:27)[65]
Ohata
(9:20)[68]
X Draw
(15:00)[64]
Sawako Shimono Shida
(9:18)[65]
Matsumoto
(11:13)[67]
Iida
(5:11)[63]
Shirai
(4:33)[69]
Ohata
(9:04)[66]
Draw
(15:00)[64]
X
  First round
(July 27)
Semifinals
(July 27)
Finals
(July 27)
                     
   
   Yumi Ohka Pin  
     Misaki Ohata 3:48[9]  
 Tsukasa Fujimoto Pin
   Misaki Ohata 5:44[9]  
     Misaki Ohata Pin
   Hikaru Shida 12:23[9]
   Tomoka Nakagawa Pin  
 Hiroyo Matsumoto 5:10[9]  
 Tomoka Nakagawa Pin
     Hikaru Shida 6:26[9]  
 

Catch the Young Wave

Concurrently to the 2014 Catch the Wave tournament, Pro Wrestling Wave also held the first Catch the Young Wave tournament, where six rookie wrestlers competed for a ¥500,000 main prize. Outside participants in the tournament included Risa Sera and Shiori Akiba from Ice Ribbon and Kaho Kobayashi from Wrestling New Classic (WNC)/Reina Joshi Puroresu.[3] Akiba was forced to pull out of the tournament and forfeit her final two matches, after being sidelined as a result of headaches and memory impairment on June 18.[73] The block ended in a four-way tie on June 27, leading to Wave announcing a single-elimination tournament between the four to determine the winner.[62]

Final standings
Young
Fairy Nipponbashi   6  
Kaho Kobayashi 6
Natsu Sumire 6
Risa Sera 6
Rina Yamashita 5
Shiori Akiba 1
Young Fairy Nipponbashi Kaho Kobayashi Natsu Sumire Rina Yamashita Risa Sera Shiori Akiba
Fairy Nipponbashi X Kobayashi
(7:38)[67]
Sumire
(7:44)[65]
Nipponbashi
(5:52)[59]
Nipponbashi
(5:24)[63]
Nipponbashi
(forfeit)[71]
Kaho Kobayashi Kobayashi
(7:38)[67]
X Kobayashi
(5:45)[59]
Yamashita
(6:52)[66]
Draw
(10:00)[62]
Draw
(10:00)[60]
Natsu Sumire Sumire
(7:44)[65]
Kobayashi
(5:45)[59]
X Sumire
(9:12)[71]
Sera
(5:00)[68]
Sumire
(forfeit)
Rina Yamashita Nipponbashi
(5:52)[59]
Yamashita
(6:52)[66]
Sumire
(9:12)[71]
X Draw
(10:00)[60]
Yamashita
(5:13)[68]
Risa Sera Nipponbashi
(5:24)[63]
Draw
(10:00)[62]
Sera
(5:00)[68]
Draw
(10:00)[60]
X Sera
(4:50)[70]
Shiori Akiba Nipponbashi
(forfeit)[71]
Draw
(10:00)[60]
Sumire
(forfeit)
Yamashita
(5:13)[68]
Sera
(4:50)[70]
X
Semifinals
(July 13)
Finals
(July 27)
      
Kaho Kobayashi Pin
Risa Sera 6:53[72]
Kaho Kobayashi Pin
Natsu Sumire 8:30[9]
Fairy Nipponbashi Pin
Natsu Sumire 3:38[72]

2015

The 2015 Catch the Wave is scheduled to take place between May 5 and July 20.[74] The tournament will feature a single round-robin block with ten wrestlers.[74] The four previous still active winners; Yumi Ohka, Kana, Misaki Ohata and Hikaru Shida as well as the reigning Catch the Young Wave winner Kaho Kobayashi, earned automatic spots in the tournament. Gami picked one wrestler to enter the tournament, while the remaining four were decided in qualifying matches on April 4.[74][75] Cherry, Kyusei Sakura Hirota, Mika Iida and Ryo Mizunami ended up earning their spots in the tournament in a nine-woman battle royal, while Rina Yamashita was chosen by Gami as the final entrant.[76]

Current standings
Cherry   0  
Hikaru Shida 0
Kaho Kobayashi 0
Kana 0
Kyusei Sakura Hirota 0
Mika Iida 0
Misaki Ohata 0
Rina Yamashita 0
Ryo Mizunami 0
Yumi Ohka 0
Results Cherry Shida Kobayashi Kana Hirota Iida Ohata Yamashita Mizunami Ohka
Cherry X
Shida X
Kobayashi X
Kana X
Hirota X
Iida X
Ohata X
Yamashita X
Mizunami X
Ohka X

See also

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