Michinoku Pro Wrestling

Michinoku Pro Wrestling

Acronym	MPW M-Pro
Founded	1993
Style	Lucha Libre
Headquarters	Morioka, Iwate, Japan
Founder(s)	The Great Sasuke
Owner(s)	Jinsei Shinzaki

Michinoku Pro Wrestling (also known as North Eastern Wrestling) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion, founded by The Great Sasuke in 1993. Michinoku Pro was the first independent wrestling promotion in Japan to not base its operations in Tokyo, but rather in Morioka, Iwate. The predominant wrestling style of the promotion is lucha libre, but Michinoku Pro has accepted wrestlers from various styles (such as shoot style and strong style) and backgrounds over the years. In 2003, Sasuke left the running of the promotion to Jinsei Shinzaki (who is the only heavyweight wrestler in the promotion), in order to concentrate on his duties as a newly elected Iwate Prefectural assembly member.

Current roster

• Jinsei Shinzaki
• The Great Sasuke
• Kesen Numajiro
• Kenou
• Ken45°
• Kinya Oyanagi
• Dynamite Tohoku VIII
• Shibaten
• Medochi
• Kenbai
• Rui Hyugaji
• Yapper Man #1
• Yapper Man #2
• Daichi Sasaki
• OOGAMAX
• Yoshitsune

Kowloon

• Ultimo Dragon
• Fujita "Jr." Hayato
• Kagetora
• Taro Nohashi
• Rasse
• Shu and Kei Sato
• Maguro Ooma
• Takeshi Minamino
• Rui Hiugaji

Notable alumni and foreigners

• Tiger Mask IV
• Gran Hamada
• Shiryu
• Taka Michinoku
• GAINA
• Mr. JL
• Super Delfin
• Dick Togo
• Shoichi Funaki
• Wellington Wilkins, Jr.
• MEN'S Teioh
• Minoru Fujita
• Ikuto Hidaka
• Curry Man
• Danny Boy Collins
• Dynamite Kid
• Johnny Saint
• Undertaker

Championships and Tournaments

Current

Championship	Current champion(s)	Date won
Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Championship	Kenou	November 5, 2011
Tohoku Tag Team Championship	Yapper Man #1 & Yapper Man #2	October 15, 2010
UWA World Tag Team Championship	Shu & Kei Sato	December 3, 2008

Tournaments

Tournament	Latest winner(s)	Date won
Iron Man Tournament	Fujita Jr Hayato	August 29, 2009
Fukumen World League	Tiger Mask IV	September 2, 2007
Futaritabi Tag Team League	Takeshi Minaminno and Maguro Ooma	October 17, 2009

Former

Championship	Current champion(s)	Date won
UWA World Welterweight Championship	Vacated
British Commonwealth Junior Heavyweight Championship	Vacated	December 7, 2003
UWA World Junior Light Heavyweight Championship	Diluvio Negro II	February 25, 2007
Independent Junior Heavyweight Championship	Makoto Oishi	September 14, 2008

References

• Official website
• A Tribute to Michinoku Pro-Wrestling