James Lascuola

This Week in Death: DMDU, FREEDOMS, ISDub, ICWNHB & The Appeal of Deathmatch Wrestling

Deathmatch Downunder Announces D.R.E.A.M. III; Tournament’s First Entrant Announced

With Deathmatch Downunder coming back into full swing, the company has announced the third installment of Australia’s premiere Deathmatch Tournament. The Death Rules Everything Around Me (D.R.E.A.M.) Tournament has been confirmed to be coming back for its third year. The tournament has featured some of the best of Australian Deathmatch Wrestling. Names like Mad Dog, Jordan Samson, Damian Rivers, and the current DMDU World Deathmatch Champion: Vixsin. In its two year history, D.R.E.A.M. has been won by Callen Butcher and “The Smash Hit” Joel Bateman.

Deathmatch Downunder is starting things off hot as they’ve announced the first entrant for D.R.E.A.M. III. Representing England as the first entrant of the tournament is none other than Clint Margera. Clint is no stranger to Deathmatch Tournaments as he has most famously taken part in CZW’s Tournament of Death 16, RISE’s Outlaw Tournament, and won back to back DOA Deathmatch Tournaments for TNT Extreme. D.R.E.A.M. III will be taking place at the DMDU Arena in Hopper’s Crossing, Australia on September 2nd. Early bird tickets go on sale on July 1st and you can follow Deathmatch Downunder on Twitter for updates.

FREEDOMS 6/22: Two New Deathmatches Confirmed for Tokyo Deathmatch Carnival

On June 22nd, Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS returned to Shin-Kiba 1st RING in Tokyo once again as the road to 2023’s Deathmatch Carnival continued. Coming out of No Pain, No Gain 2023 we have two new additions this year’s festivities. After defeating ERE alongside the Crazy Lovers, it was confirmed that Jun Kasai will face Takayuki Ueki in a Barefoot Thumbtack Deathmatch at Tokyo Deathmatch Carnival. Also confirmed for the event, Mammoth & Takashi Sasaki have accepted the challenge from Toru Sugiura & Daisuke Masaoka for the King of FREEDOM World Tag Team Championships. These two Deathmatches join the already confirmed King of FREEDOM World Championship Match set between Challenger Minoru Fujita, and Champion Tomoya Hirata. You can expect these matches and much more at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan on July 6th. And don’t forget that this is only Volume 1 of the 2023 Tokyo Deathmatch Carnival. You can expect Volume 2 on August 28th back in Korakuen Hall, and you can follow FREEDOMS on Twitter for updates.

Full Card:

  1. King of FREEDOM World Championship (Format TBA): Tomoya Hirata (c) vs Minoru Fujita
  2. King of FREEDOM World Tag Team Championships (Format TBA): Mammoth & Takashi Sasaki (c) vs Toru Sugiura & Daisuke Masaoka
  3. Barefoot Thumbtack Deathmatch: Jun Kasai vs Takayuki Ueki
  4. Hardcore Match: Rina Yamashita, Masashit Takeda, Takumi Tsukamoto & Yusaku Ito vs ERE (Violento Jack, Toshiyuki Sakuda & Kyu Mogami) & Rat Rat Hooky
  5. King of FREEDOM World Jr. Heavyweight Championship: Jun Masaoka (c) vs Takahiro Katori
  6. Susumu Yuya vs Dragon Libre
  7. Ryuichi Takaiwa & GENTARO vs Kengo & Rekka
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