Ikkitousen Strong Climb is a

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round-robin

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held by

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(BJW) every two years to determine the best wrestler of BJW's Strong BJ division. The tournament was first held in 2014. The tournament differs from the Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor as it features matches of strong style format while the former tournament features deathmatch variations.

List of winners

2012

The 2012 Ikkitousen Strong Climb was held between February 26 and March 26, 2012.

2014

The 2014 Ikkitousen Strong Climb was held between May 17 and July 26, 2014.

2016

The 2016 Ikkitousen Strong Climb was held between March 6 and April 10, 2016.

2018

The 2018 Ikkitousen Strong Climb was held between March 8 and April 15, 2018. The Block A winner

Daichi Hashimoto is a Japanese professional wrestler. He is currently signed to Big Japan Pro Wrestling (BJW), where he performs in the Strong BJ division. In BJW, Hashimoto is a two-time BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion and three-time BJW Tag Team Champ ...

defended his

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against Block B winner

Hideki Suzuki is a Japanese professional wrestling, professional wrestler and Catch wrestling, catch wrestler signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling. Trained by Billy Robinson, Suzuki started his career with the Inoki Genome Federation (IGF) promotion in 2008. In ...

in the final round of the tournament on April 15, in which Suzuki defeated Hashimoto to win the title and the tournament.

2020

The 2020 Ikkitousen Strong Climb was held between March 3 and April 26, 2020. The Block A winner

, also the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Champion, defeated Block C winner Quiet Storm in the final round of the tournament. Several events that were scheduled to showcase the tournament were cancelled due to the

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. The matches that were to take place on those events were scored as draws, with each wrestler earning one point.

2022

The 2022 Ikkitousen Strong Climb was held between January 5 and February 20, 2022.

2025

The 2025 Ikkitousen Strong Climb will be held between May 15 and June 22, 2025.

References

External links

Big Japan Pro Wrestling official website
{{Big Japan Pro Wrestling 2012 establishments in Japan Big Japan Pro Wrestling Professional wrestling tournaments