Dual Shock Wave
Dual Shock Wave is an annual professional wrestling tag team tournament promoted by the Pro Wrestling Wave promotion. It has been held since 2011 and takes place between early September and mid-November. The first tournament, held in a single-elimination format, was used to determine the inaugural Wave Tag Team Champions. In 2012, the tournament was changed to a round-robin format with the winners of each block advancing to the finals. In 2014, the tournament returned to single-elimination format. Since October 2013, the name "Dual Shock Wave" has also referred to the Wave Tag Team Championship.
List of winners
2011
The first ever Dual Shock Wave tournament was held in a single-elimination format between September 4 and October 30, 2011 and was used to determine the inaugural Wave Tag Team Champions. The pairings for each round were determined by a random draw. As the tournament featured an odd number of entrants, nine teams, one team earned a bye in the quarterfinals and one in the semifinals; these were also decided by a random draw.;Teams
2012
The second Dual Shock Wave tournament was held between September 25 and November 16, 2012. The tournament was contested in a round-robin format with two blocks of four teams, where a win was worth two points, a draw one point and a loss zero points. As the reigning Wave Tag Team Champions, Gami and Tomoka Nakagawa earned an automatic spot in the tournament. As the reigning Dual Shock Wave winners, both Ayumi Kurihara, now teaming with Mika Iida, and Kana, now teaming with Ayako Hamada, also earned automatic spots in the tournament. Three of the teams, Hikaru Shida and Yumi Ohka, Misaki Ohata and Tsukasa Fujimoto, and Shuu Shibutani and Syuri, earned spots in the tournament by scoring eliminations in a five tag team elimination match on September 3, 2012, which also included the teams of Aya Yuki and Sawako Shimono, and Maki Narumiya and Yuu Yamagata. Narumiya and Yamagata were named the reserve team of Block A and Yuki and Shimono the reserve team of Block B, where they would enter the tournament in case of an injury, inheriting the points of the eliminated team. The final two teams of Apple Miyuki and Kyusei Ninja Ranmaru, and Makoto and Moeka Haruhi were so-called "producer recommendation" picks made by Gami. The winners of the tournament, if not Gami and Tomoka Nakagawa, would earn a shot at the Wave Tag Team Championship on November 27 at Korakuen Hall.A | Miyuki Ranmaru | Hamada Kana | Gami Nakagawa | Ohata Fujimoto |
Miyuki Ranmaru | X | Hamada Kana | Miyuki Ranmaru | Ohata Fujimoto |
Hamada Kana | Hamada Kana | X | Draw | Draw |
Gami Nakagawa | Miyuki Ranmaru | Draw | X | Ohata Fujimoto |
Ohata Fujimoto | Ohata Fujimoto | Draw | Ohata Fujimoto | X |
B | Kurihara Iida | Shida Ohka | Makoto Haruhi | Shibutani Syuri |
Kurihara Iida | X | Shida Ohka | Makoto Haruhi | Kurihara Iida |
Shida Ohka | Shida Ohka | X | Shida Ohka | Shibutani Syuri |
Makoto Haruhi | Makoto Haruhi | Shida Ohka | X | Shibutani Syuri |
Shibutani Syuri | Kurihara Iida | Shibutani Syuri | Shibutani Syuri | X |
2013
The 2013 Dual Shock Wave took place between September 1 and October 6. The winners of the tournament earned a shot at the Wave Tag Team Championship on October 30. Had the defending champions, Cherry and Shuu Shibutani, won the tournament, the title shot would have gone to the other finalist. The tournament was contested in a single round-robin block with eight participating teams. Hamuko Hoshi, Hikaru Shida and Tsukasa Fujimoto from Ice Ribbon entered the tournament as outsiders. In the tournament a win was worth one point, while both a draw and a loss were worth zero points. If a team drew or lost three times, they were eliminated from the tournament. The final match was a three-way match contested under "Dog Fight" rules, where only two teams were in the ring at the same time and after a pinfall or submission the losing team would switch places with the team not taking part in the match. The first team to pick up two consecutive pinfalls or submissions would be declared the winner.Wrestlers | Score | Matches |
Ayako Hamada and Yuu Yamagata | 4 | 6 |
Hikaru Shida and Tsukasa Fujimoto | 4 | 6 |
Kana and Yumi Ohka | 4 | 6 |
Gami and Ryo Mizunami | 2 | 5 |
Moeka Haruhi and Tomoka Nakagawa | 2 | 5 |
Hamuko Hoshi and Sawako Shimono | 1 | 4 |
Cherry and Shuu Shibutani | 1 | 4 |
Mio Shirai and Misaki Ohata | 1 | 4 |
Results | Hamada Yamagata | Cherry Shibutani | Gami Mizunami | Hoshi Shimono | Shida Fujimoto | Kana Ohka | Shirai Ohata | Haruhi Nakagawa |
Hamada Yamagata | X | Hamada Yamagata | Gami Mizunami | Hamada Yamagata | Hamada Yamagata | Kana Ohka | X | Hamada Yamagata |
Cherry Shibutani | Hamada Yamagata | X | X | X | Shida Fujimoto | Kana Ohka | X | Cherry Shibutani |
Gami Mizunami | Gami Mizunami | X | X | Gami Mizunami | Shida Fujimoto | Draw | Shirai Ohata | X |
Hoshi Shimono | Hamada Yamagata | X | Gami Mizunami | X | Hoshi Shimono | Kana Ohka | X | X |
Shida Fujimoto | Hamada Yamagata | Shida Fujimoto | Shida Fujimoto | Hoshi Shimono | X | X | Shida Fujimoto | Shida Fujimoto |
Kana Ohka | Kana Ohka | Kana Ohka | Draw | Kana Ohka | X | X | Kana Ohka | Haruhi Nakagawa |
Shirai Ohata | X | X | Shirai Ohata | X | Shida Fujimoto | Kana Ohka | X | Haruhi Nakagawa |
Haruhi Nakagawa | Hamada Yamagata | Cherry Shibutani | X | X | Shida Fujimoto | Haruhi Nakagawa | Haruhi Nakagawa | X |
- October 6:
- *Three-way Dog Fight final match: Las Aventureras defeated Giann's and Muscle Venus.
- **Las Aventureras defeated Giann's.
- **Muscle Venus defeated Las Aventureras.
- **Giann's defeated Muscle Venus.
- **Las Aventureras defeated Giann's.
- **Las Aventureras defeated Muscle Venus.
2014
;Teams
;First round
- September 23:
- *Plus Minus 2014 defeated Chukan Kanrishoku
- *Merazoma defeated Classic Gals
- *Revolucion Amandla and Satsuma Kotsuji-gun wrestled to a draw
- **Tomoka Nakagawa defeated Rina Yamashita in an overtime singles match
- *Midori☆Game defeated Natsu Kensanba
- *Fairy Family defeated Las Aventureras
- September 28:
- *Fairy Family defeated Midori☆Game
- October 1:
- *Plus Minus 2014 defeated Merazoma
- *Revolucion Amandla defeated Fairy Family
- October 1:
- *Plus Minus 2014 and Revoluction Amandla wrestled to a draw
- **Kyoko Kimura defeated Misaki Ohata in an overtime singles match
- October 15:
- *Revolucion Amandla defeated Sakuragohan
2015
;Teams
2016
The 2016 Dual Shock Wave took place between September 22 and October 10. In the tournament, each team was made up of a veteran and a younger wrestler. The matches all had a 20-minute time limit. In case of a draw, the younger wrestlers would face each other in a singles match to determine the winner.;Teams
2017
The 2017 Dual Shock Wave took place on September 17. The tournament featured nine teams, seeded from number one to nine. The tournament would start with the number one seed taking on the number two seed with the winner advancing to face the number three seed and so on until all teams have wrestled at least once. Hiroe Nagahama and Kaho Kobayashi, the team seeded ninth, would defend the Wave Tag Team Championship in the final match of the tournament. Each match in the tournament would also feature special rules, determined by a random draw.;Results
- 1. Natsu & Natsuri
- 2. Pyonzu, Zu
- *Natsu & Natsuri defeated Pyonzu, Zu in a TLC match
- 3. Kuso Onna Night
- *Natsu & Natsuri and Kuso Onna Night wrestled to a time limit draw in a lumberjack match ; both teams eliminated
- 4. Gokigen BBA
- 5. So on Flower
- *Gokigen BBA and So on Flower wrestled to a draw via double pinfall in a two-count match ; both teams eliminated
- 6. Boss to Mammy
- 7. Avid Rival
- *Boss to Mammy and Avid Rival wrestled to a time limit draw in a slow motion rules match
- *Boss to Mammy defeated Avid Rival in a sudden death one-count match
- 8. New-Tra
- *New-Tra defeated Boss to Mammy in a submissions only match
- 9. Big Rice Field
- *New-Tra defeated Big Rice Field