Pro Wrestling Wave
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| Acronym | Wave |
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| Founded | August 2007 |
| Style | Joshi puroresu |
| Headquarters | Nakano, Tokyo, Japan |
| Founder(s) |
Gami (booker) Yumi Ohka Tatsuya Takeshi (president) |
| Owner(s) | Zabun Co., Ltd. |
| Sister | Osaka Joshi Pro-Wrestling |
Pro Wrestling Wave (プロレスリングWave Puroresuringu Wave), is a women's pro wrestling, or Joshi Puroresu, promotion created in 2007 after the dissolution and closure of JDStar. The company was formed by Mikiko Futagami, or Gami, former JDStar wrestler Yumi Ohka, and former JDStar booker Tatsuya Takeshi, who assumed the role of President for the new company. The company has had a very slow growth and grassroots rise, and is one of the few women's promotions in Japan to do shows on weekdays.
2010 was the biggest year for Wave, which saw them run Tokyo's Korakuen Hall for the first time, along with their first television broadcast by Samurai! TV, which was also a first. Prior to the show, Wave's shows were (and still are) primarily sold as DVDs.
Gami wrestled her retirement match on December 30, 2013, but remains with the promotion behind the scenes, running it through Zabun, Co., Ltd.
Roster
Contracted wrestlers
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Outside wrestlers
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Staff
- Atsushi Ishiguro (referee)
- Mikiko Futagami (executive producer)
- Toshie Uematsu (trainer)
Championships
| Championship | Current champion(s) | Date won | Defeated |
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| Wave Single Championship | Ayako Hamada | February 11, 2015 | Hikaru Shida |
| Wave Tag Team Championship | Plus Minus 2015 (Mio Shirai and Misaki Ohata) |
March 15, 2015 | Las Aventureras (Ayako Hamada and Yuu Yamagata) |
Annual tournaments
| Tournament | Last winner | Last held | Type | Created | Notes |
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| Catch the Wave | Hikaru Shida | July 27, 2014 | Openweight | 2009 | An annual round-robin tournament held from late-April to early August. |
| Dual Shock Wave | Revolucion Amandla (Kyoko Kimura and Tomoka Nakagawa) |
October 15, 2014 | Tag team | 2011 | An annual tournament held from September to October. Originally a single-elimination tournament, in 2012 changed to round-robin format. |
| One Day 6-Person Tag Tournament | Kuros (Mio Shirai, Misaki Ohata and Tsukasa Fujimoto) |
November 26, 2014 | Six-woman tag team | 2013 | An annual single-elimination tournament held in November. |
| Zan-1 | Mio Shirai | December 28, 2014 | Openweight | 2012 | An annual tournament, which includes a battle royal, rock-paper-scissors tournament and a fan vote, to determine the number one contender to the Wave Single Championship. |
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