Smash is a Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese professional wrestling promotion

Professional wrestling promotion

A professional wrestling promotion is a company or business that regularly performs shows involving professional wrestling. Promotion also describes a role which entails management, advertising and logistics of running a wrestling event...

, founded in December 2009 following the folding of Hustle. In the fall of 2009 Hustle ran into financial problems that led to several show cancellations. After a planned restructuring and restarting of the promotion failed, a number of officials and wrestlers decided to start a new project. Smash held its first show on March 26, 2010. Smash promotes three divisions: professional wrestling

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

, mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 and kickboxing

Kickboxing

Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....

. The professional wrestling branch is led by Yoshihiro Tajiri

Yoshihiro Tajiri

, is a Japanese professional wrestler, perhaps best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment. He is currently competing in SMASH as TAJIRI.-Early years :...

, while Akira Shoji is responsible for the MMA branch. Yuji Shimada leads the overall supervision of the whole project. Since 2010 Smash has had an active exchange of wrestlers with the Finnish Fight Club Finland promotion.

Smash Sekigun

• AKIRA
  Akira Nogami
  is a Japanese professional wrestler and actor, currently working for Yoshihiro Tajiri's Smash promotion as AKIRA.-New Japan Pro Wrestling :...
  
  
• Lin Bairon
  Ray (wrestler)
  Ray is a Chinese professional wrestler, who is currently working for Japanese promotions Ice Ribbon, Universal Women's Pro Wrestling REINA and Smash. She is a former International Ribbon Tag Team Champion and CMLL-REINA International Junior Champion...
  
  
• Makoto
  Makoto (wrestler)
  is a Japanese professional wrestler. She is currently working for Smash and is also known for her time in Ice Ribbon, where she held the ICE×60 Championship once and the International Ribbon Tag Team Championship twice.-Ice Ribbon :...
  
  
• Syuri
  Syuri
  is a Japanese professional wrestler, shoot boxer and kickboxer, better known simply as . She is currently working for Smash and is also known for her time in the promotion's predecessor, Hustle, where she worked as KG .-Early life:Kondo was born to a Japanese father and a Filipino mother on...
  
  
• TAJIRI
  Yoshihiro Tajiri
  , is a Japanese professional wrestler, perhaps best known for his appearances with Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment. He is currently competing in SMASH as TAJIRI.-Early years :...
  
  
• Yoshiaki Yago
• Yusuke Kodama

Unaffiliated

• Genichiro Tenryu
  Genichiro Tenryu
  Genichiro Tenryu , real name Genichiro Shimada , is a Japanese professional wrestler. At age 13, he entered sumo wrestling and stayed there for 13 years, after which he turned to Western-style professional wrestling...
  
  
• Mentallo
• Takuya Kito
• Tomoka Nakagawa
  Tomoka Nakagawa
  is a Japanese professional wrestler, who is currently working as a freelancer on the Japanese independent circuit for promotions such as Oz Academy, Pro Wrestling WAVE and Smash, where she is the current Smash Divas Champion...
  
  
• Último Dragón
• YO-HEY

Notable alumni

• Atsushi Kotoge
  Atsushi Kotoge
  is a Japanese professional wrestler, who mainly works for Osaka Pro Wrestling , where he is part of the tag team Momo no Seishun Tag with Daisuke Harada...
  
  
• Ayumi Kurihara
  Ayumi Kurihara
  is a joshi puroresu wrestler who grew up around pro wrestling. Her parents' Tokyo yakiniku barbecue restaurant, "The Three Treasures of Buddha" was not only a place where wrestlers often ate, but is also a sponsor of pro wrestling events...
  
  
• Bushwhacker Luke Williams
• Daisuke Harada
  Daisuke Harada
  is a Japanese professional wrestler, who mainly works for Osaka Pro Wrestling, where he is part of the tag team Momo no Seishun Tag with Atsushi Kotoge...
  
  
• El Samurai
• Emi Sakura
• Eugene
  Nick Dinsmore
  Nicholas "Nick" Dinsmore , better known by his ring names Eugene and U-Gene, is an American professional wrestler...
  
  
• FUNAKI
  Shoichi Funaki
  is a Japanese/American professional wrestler best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment, where he was a one-time Cruiserweight Champion and a one-time Hardcore Champion.-Early years :...
  
  
• Io Shirai
• Jushin Liger
  Jushin Liger
  , better known as and later, is a Japanese professional wrestler who primarily works for New Japan Pro Wrestling.He has wrestled and beaten many of the top smaller wrestlers in both Japan and the United States, and is frequently cited as one of the greatest and most revolutionary junior...
  
  
• KUSHIDA
  Yujiro Kushida
  is a Japanese professional wrestler. He currently competes in New Japan Pro Wrestling as KUSHIDA. He won the ZST Genesis Lightweight Tournament and AJPW's U-30 Tag Team Tournament in 2008 with T28-Early years:...
  
  
• Leatherface
• Minoru Suzuki
  Minoru Suzuki
  is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Suzuki was the co-founder of Pancrase, one of the first mixed martial arts organizations in the world. During the 1990s he was known as one of the best fighters in the Pancrase promotion and was the second King of Pancrase world champion...
  
  

• Nunzio
  James Maritato
  James Maritato is an American professional wrestler, of Italian origin, currently working on the independent circuit. He is best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment and Extreme Championship Wrestling under the ring names Little Guido Maritato and Nunzio.-Starting out:While...
  
  
• Prince Devitt
  Fergal Devitt
  Fergal Devitt is an Irish professional wrestler currently contracted by New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he is currently in his second reign as the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion...
  
  
• Sabu
  Sabu (wrestler)
  Terry Michael Brunk , better known by his ring name Sabu, is an American professional wrestler best known for his extreme wrestling style...
  
  
• Scotty 2 Hotty
• Serena
  Serena Deeb
  Serena Deeb is an American professional wrestler. She is best known for her time with World Wrestling Entertainment, appearing on the SmackDown brand and also known for her time with the developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling. under the ring name Serena...
  
  
• Super Crazy
  Super Crazy
  Francisco Islas Rueda is a Mexican professional wrestler, or Luchador, best known by his ring name Super Crazy. Islas is most known for his three year run in the original ECW...
  
  
• Taka Michinoku
• Takao Ōmori
  Takao Omori
  is a Japanese semi-retired professional wrestler, currently competing for New Japan Pro Wrestling. He has formerly competed in All Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Noah and Pro Wrestling Zero1.-All Japan Pro Wrestling :...
  
  
• Takashi Iizuka
  Takayuki Iizuka
  , better known by his stage name , is a Japanese professional wrestler, currently working for New Japan Pro Wrestling.-Early years :Takayuki Iizuka made his debut for New Japan Pro Wrestling in November 1986, wrestling against Akira Nogami. In June 1989, Iizuka and Hiroshi Hase went to the Soviet...
  
  
• Tetsuya Naitō
  Tetsuya Naitō
  is a Japanese professional wrestler trained by and currently performing for New Japan Pro Wrestling , where he is a former IWGP Tag Team and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion with former partner Yujiro Takahashi, with whom he teamed as No Limit....
  
  
• Tommy Dreamer
  Tommy Dreamer
  Thomas James "Tom" Laughlin is an American professional wrestler better known by his ring name Tommy Dreamer. He is currently working for various promotions on the independent circuit. He is best known for his time spent with Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment...
  
  
• VENENO

Championships

Championship	Current Champion(s)	Date	Former Champion(s)
Smash Championship Smash Championship The Smash Championship is a professional wrestling championship, owned and promoted by the Japanese promotion in Smash. Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries. These narratives create feuds between the various...	Dave Finlay Dave Finlay David John "Fit" Finlay Jr. is a Northern Irish professional wrestler and road agent. He is perhaps best known for his time in World Championship Wrestling and WWE as an active wrestler and later as a road agent...	November 24, 2011	StarBuck Michael Majalahti Michael Majalahti is a Canadian-Finnish professional wrestler, singer and artist, better known by the stage name "The Canadian Rebel" StarBuck. His bands include , and...
Smash Divas Championship Smash Divas Championship The Smash Divas Championship is a professional wrestling women's championship, owned by the Japanese promotion in Smash. Championship reigns are determined by professional wrestling matches, in which competitors are involved in scripted rivalries...	Tomoka Nakagawa Tomoka Nakagawa is a Japanese professional wrestler, who is currently working as a freelancer on the Japanese independent circuit for promotions such as Oz Academy, Pro Wrestling WAVE and Smash, where she is the current Smash Divas Champion...	November 24, 2011	Kana Kana (wrestler) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by the ring name . She is known for her stiff wrestling style, which includes various kicks and submission holds. She also works as a freelance graphic designer and video game journalist and through her work with Microsoft, she is often sponsored by...