The Great Sasuke & Masato Tanaka paid a courtesy visit to the Ukrainian ambassador and presented a charity wrestling donation!
Professional wrestlers who participated in "Tako Matsuri 2022 ~ Tako Town Charity Pro Wrestling" held on September 10th (Tako Town Community Plaza Culture Hall, Chiba) were on October 5th at the Embassy of Ukraine in Japan in Minato Ward, Tokyo. Courtesy visit. Approximately 200,000 yen in donations raised at the event for the purpose of "humanitarian aid to Ukraine" was presented to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Sergiy Korsunsky.
KING GEAR Editorial Department
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2022/10/08
The members who paid a courtesy visit to the Ambassador this time were professional wrestler The Great Sasuke (Michinoku Pro Wrestling), who is a member of the tournament executive committee and participated in the main event, World Heavyweight Champion Tanaka Masato (ZERO1), as well as Executive Committee Chairman Arai Hideo (President of Alpha Japan Promotion), Executive Committee member ZERO1 President Jin Takahito, and Referee Sasazaki Katsumi.
Upon receiving the visit, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Korsunsky said, "I feel that this gesture is valuable," and was so delighted that he even tried wearing the belt that Tanaka was holding around his waist.
When Executive Committee Chairman Arai said, ``I want to do professional wrestling in Ukraine when there is peace,'' Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Korsunsky said, ``I want these two (Sasuke and Tanaka) to defeat the Russian wrestling people!'' he said with a smile.
The event was held with free admission, and donations were collected from attendees to support refugees in Ukraine and Japan who were suffering from the Russian invasion.
In the main event, a professional wrestling championship match was held for the first time in the history of Tako Town, where champion Tanaka defeated challenger Sasuke in a fierce battle and successfully defended his World Heavyweight Championship. After the match, Sasuke and Tanaka shook hands at the no side.
In addition to donating money, Executive Committee Chairman Arai presented branded Tako rice and T-shirts with an illustration of Tako Town's mascot character, Plump Tamako, appealing for the eradication of bullying.
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