Catch the Wave

Catch the Wave is an annual professional wrestling tournament promoted by the Pro Wrestling Wave promotion. It has been held since [|2009] and takes place between the end of April and the beginning of August. As up until March [|2013] there were no singles championships in Pro Wrestling Wave, Catch the Wave was effectively the top singles achievement in the promotion. The tournament is contested in round-robin format with the winners of each block advancing to the semifinals. From [|2010] to [|2012], the tournament included a "Loser Revival" battle royal, where already eliminated wrestlers battle for the fourth and final spot in the semifinals of the tournament. This system allowed the tournament to be won twice by a wrestler, who was originally eliminated in the round-robin section. From [|2011] onwards, the tournament has concluded with an award ceremony. The winner of the main tournament earns the title of "Nami Onna" and ¥1,000,000. Since [|2014], the tournament occasionally held a separate competition for rookie wrestlers, running concurrently with the main blocks.

List of winners

;Main tournament

Year	Winner	Total won	Ref.
2009	Yumi Ohka	1
2010	Gami	1
2011	Kana	1
2012	Ayumi Kurihara	1
2013	Misaki Ohata	1
2014	Hikaru Shida	1
2015	Yumi Ohka	2
2016	Ryo Mizunami	1
2017	Rina Yamashita	1
2018	Rina Yamashita	2
2019	Takumi Iroha	1
2021	Miyuki Takase	1
2022	Suzu Suzuki	1
2023	Asuka	1
2024	Saya Kamitani	1
2025	Kohaku	1

;Rookie tournament

Year	Winner	Total won	Ref.
2014	Kaho Kobayashi	1
2015	Meiko Tanaka	1
2016	Yuka	1
2019	Hiro'e	1
2021	Tomoka Inaba	1
2024	Honoka	1

2009

The 2009 Catch the Wave took place over nine shows between May 27 and August 11. The tournament included sixteen participants split up into four blocks titled "Comical", "UK", "Visual Technical" and "Young". Matches in the UK block could only be won by knockout or submission and had a ten-minute time limit as opposed to fifteen-minute time limits in the other blocks. Outside participants in the tournament included freelancers Apple Miyuki, Bullfight Sora, Kaoru and Kyoko Kimura, JWP Joshi Puroresu's Pinky Mayuka and Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling's Ryo Mizunami.

Comical	Bullfight Sora	Cherry	Gami	Ran Yu-Yu
Bullfight Sora	X	Draw	Draw	Draw
Cherry	Draw	X	Draw	Draw
Gami	Draw	Draw	X	Draw
Ran Yu-Yu	Draw	Draw	Draw	X
UK	Kana	Kyoko Kimura	Misaki Ohata	Shuu Shibutani
Kana	X	Draw	Kana	Kana
Kyoko Kimura	Draw	X	Kimura	Draw
Misaki Ohata	Kana	Kimura	X	Ohata
Shuu Shibutani	Kana	Draw	Ohata	X
Visual Technical	Apple Miyuki	Kaoru	Toshie Uematsu	Yumi Ohka
Apple Miyuki	X	Kaoru	Uematsu	Miyuki
Kaoru	Kaoru	X	Draw	Ohka
Toshie Uematsu	Uematsu	Draw	X	Ohka
Yumi Ohka	Miyuki	Ohka	Ohka	X
Young	Ayumi Kurihara	Moeka Haruhi	Pinky Mayuka	Ryo Mizunami
Ayumi Kurihara	X	Kurihara	Draw	Draw
Moeka Haruhi	Kurihara	X	Haruhi	Mizunami
Pinky Mayuka	Draw	Haruhi	X	Draw
Ryo Mizunami	Draw	Mizunami	Draw	X

2010

The 2010 Catch the Wave took place over ten shows between May 30 and August 11. The tournament included fifteen participants split up into three blocks titled "Rival", "Visual Technical" and "Young". Outside participants in the tournament included freelancers Asami Kawasaki, Io Shirai, Kana and Mio Shirai, JWP Joshi Puroresu's Senri Kuroki and Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling's Ryo Mizunami. On July 4, Kuroki was sidelined with gastroesophageal reflux disease and was forced to forfeit the rest of her matches in the tournament. This tournament introduced the concept of the "Loser Revival" battle royal, where those that finished second and third in their blocks were allowed to compete for a spot in the semifinals of the tournament.

Rival	Asami Kawasaki	Ayumi Kurihara	Cherry	Moeka Haruhi	Shuu Shibutani
Asami Kawasaki	X	Kurihara	Cherry	Kawasaki	Kawasaki
Ayumi Kurihara	Kurihara	X	Kurihara	Kurihara	Shibutani
Cherry	Cherry	Kurihara	X	Draw	Cherry
Moeka Haruhi	Kawasaki	Kurihara	Draw	X	Shibutani
Shuu Shibutani	Kawasaki	Shibutani	Cherry	Shibutani	X
Visual Technical	Gami	Kana	Mio Shirai	Toshie Uematsu	Yumi Ohka
Gami	X	Draw	Draw	Draw	Draw
Kana	Draw	X	Kana	Uematsu	Kana
Mio Shirai	Draw	Kana	X	Draw	Ohka
Toshie Uematsu	Draw	Uematsu	Draw	X	Ohka
Yumi Ohka	Draw	Kana	Ohka	Ohka	X
Young	Io Shirai	Misaki Ohata	Ryo Mizunami	Senri Kuroki	Sawako Shimono
Io Shirai	X	Draw	Draw	Shirai	Shirai
Misaki Ohata	Draw	X	Draw	Ohata	Ohata
Ryo Mizunami	Draw	Draw	X	Mizunami	Mizunami
Senri Kuroki	Shirai	Ohata	Mizunami	X	Shimono
Sawako Shimono	Shirai	Ohata	Mizunami	Shimono	X

August 10:
*Visual Technical block third place playoff match: Gami defeated Toshie Uematsu.
*Loser Revival battle royal: Gami defeated Asami Kawasaki, Cherry, Io Shirai, Kana and Misaki Ohata.
2011

The 2011 Catch the Wave took place over eight shows between May 2 and July 24. The tournament included fourteen participants split up into three blocks titled "Technical", "Visual" and "Young". Outside participants in the tournament included freelancer Nagisa Nozaki, Kagetsu and Ryo Mizunami from Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling and Nao Komatsu from Oz Academy. This was the first tournament, where all wrestlers eliminated after the round-robin portion of the tournament were allowed to enter the "Loser Revival" battle royal.

Technical	Ayumi Kurihara	Mio Shirai	Misaki Ohata	Nagisa Nozaki	Yumi Ohka
Ayumi Kurihara	X	Kurihara	Ohata	Kurihara	Ohka
Mio Shirai	Kurihara	X	Draw	Nozaki	Shirai
Misaki Ohata	Ohata	Draw	X	Ohata	Ohka
Nagisa Nozaki	Kurihara	Nozaki	Ohata	X	Nozaki
Yumi Ohka	Ohka	Shirai	Ohka	Nozaki	X
Visual	Cherry	Kana	Ryo Mizunami	Tomoka Nakagawa	Toshie Uematsu
Cherry	X	Draw	Cherry	Nakagawa	Uematsu
Kana	Draw	X	Draw	Draw	Uematsu
Ryo Mizunami	Cherry	Draw	X	Nakagawa	Uematsu
Tomoka Nakagawa	Nakagawa	Draw	Nakagawa	X	Uematsu
Toshie Uematsu	Uematsu	Uematsu	Uematsu	Uematsu	X
Young	Kagetsu	Mika Iida	Nao Komatsu	Sawako Shimono	-
Kagetsu	X	Kagetsu	Kagetsu	Draw	-
Mika Iida	Kagetsu	X	Komatsu	Draw	-
Nao Komatsu	Kagetsu	Komatsu	X	Shimono	-
Sawako Shimono	Draw	Draw	Shimono	X	-

July 24:
*Loser Revival battle royal: Kana defeated Ayumi Kurihara, Mika Iida, Mio Shirai, Nagisa Nozaki, Nao Komatsu, Ryo Mizunami, Sawako Shimono, Tomoka Nakagawa and Yumi Ohka.
Post-tournament awards:
*Best Bout Award: Ayumi Kurihara vs. Yumi Ohka, May 29
*Best Performance Award: Nao Komatsu cheering squad
*Fighting Spirit Award: Mika Iida
*Outstanding Performance Award: Mio Shirai
*Technique Award: Tomoka Nakagawa
2012

The 2012 Catch the Wave took place over nine shows between April 30 and July 16. The tournament included fifteen participants split up into three blocks titled "Black Dahlia", "Power" and "White Tails", with two of the blocks made up of members of the Black Dahlia and White Tails stables. Outside participants in the tournament included Hamuko Hoshi and Tsukasa Fujimoto from Ice Ribbon and Syuri from Wrestling New Classic. The tournament featured a title change, when on June 8, Mio Shirai defeated Ayumi Kurihara to win DDT Pro-Wrestling's Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship.

Black Dahlia	Cherry	Hanako Nakamori	Misaki Ohata	Tsukasa Fujimoto	Yumi Ohka
Cherry	X	Nakamori	Ohata	Cherry	Cherry
Hanako Nakamori	Nakamori	X	Ohata	Fujimoto	Ohka
Misaki Ohata	Ohata	Ohata	X	Fujimoto	Ohka
Tsukasa Fujimoto	Cherry	Fujimoto	Fujimoto	X	Draw
Yumi Ohka	Cherry	Ohka	Ohka	Draw	X
Power	Ayako Hamada	Aya Yuki	Hamuko Hoshi	Ryo Mizunami	Sawako Shimono
Ayako Hamada	X	Hamada	Hamada	Mizunami	Draw
Aya Yuki	Hamada	X	Hoshi	Mizunami	Shimono
Hamuko Hoshi	Hamada	Hoshi	X	Hoshi	Shimono
Ryo Mizunami	Mizunami	Mizunami	Hoshi	X	Mizunami
Sawako Shimono	Draw	Shimono	Shimono	Mizunami	X
White Tails	Ayumi Kurihara	Kana	Mio Shirai	Shuu Shibutani	Syuri
Ayumi Kurihara	X	Kurihara	Shirai	Kurihara	Draw
Kana	Kurihara	X	Shirai	Draw	Kana
Mio Shirai	Shirai	Shirai	X	Shibutani	Syuri
Shuu Shibutani	Kurihara	Draw	Shibutani	X	Draw
Syuri	Draw	Kana	Syuri	Draw	X

July 1:
*Loser Revival battle royal: Misaki Ohata defeated Ayako Hamada, Aya Yuki, Cherry, Hamuko Hoshi, Hanako Nakamori, Kana, Mio Shirai, Sawako Shimono, Shuu Shibutani, Syuri and Tsukasa Fujimoto.
Post-tournament awards:
*Best Bout Award: Ayumi Kurihara vs. Syuri, June 24
*Best Performance Award: Hamuko Hoshi
*Fighting Spirit Award: Hamuko Hoshi
*Outstanding Performance Award: Sawako Shimono
*Technique Award: Tsukasa Fujimoto
2013

The 2013 Catch the Wave took take place over ten shows between May 6 and July 15. The tournament format, which for the first time featured only two round-robin blocks, and the participants were announced on April 26. Outside participants included Arisa Nakajima from JWP Joshi Puroresu, Hikaru Shida from Ice Ribbon, Kagetsu from Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling and Syuri from Wrestling New Classic. The top three wrestlers from each block advanced to the knockout stage of the tournament. The winners of the blocks earned spots in the semifinals, while numbers two and three were entered into the first round of the knockout tournament. The two block system resulted in the elimination of the "Loser Revival" battle royal. The tournament featured the first Catch the Wave match to take place outside of Pro Wrestling Wave, when Shuu Shibutani and Syuri faced each other on June 8 in Wave's sister promotion, Osaka Joshi Pro Wrestling. The winner of the tournament became the number one contender to the Wave Single Championship.

Glamorous	Ayako Hamada	Gami	Kagetsu	Misaki Ohata	Ryo Mizunami	Tomoka Nakagawa	Yuu Yamagata
Ayako Hamada	X	Gami	Draw	Hamada	Hamada	Nakagawa	Yamagata
Gami	Gami	X	Kagetsu	Ohata	Gami	Nakagawa	Yamagata
Kagetsu	Draw	Kagetsu	X	Draw	Draw	Nakagawa	Draw
Misaki Ohata	Hamada	Ohata	Draw	X	Mizunami	Ohata	Draw
Ryo Mizunami	Hamada	Gami	Draw	Mizunami	X	Draw	Mizunami
Tomoka Nakagawa	Nakagawa	Nakagawa	Nakagawa	Ohata	Draw	X	Yamagata
Yuu Yamagata	Yamagata	Yamagata	Draw	Draw	Mizunami	Yamagata	X
Slender	Arisa Nakajima	Cherry	Hikaru Shida	Mio Shirai	Moeka Haruhi	Shuu Shibutani	Syuri
Arisa Nakajima	X	Nakajima	Draw	Shirai	Draw	Nakajima	Draw
Cherry	Nakajima	X	Shida	Cherry	Cherry	Cherry	Syuri
Hikaru Shida	Draw	Shida	X	Shirai	Shida	Shibutani	Draw
Mio Shirai	Shirai	Cherry	Shirai	X	Haruhi	Shibutani	Shirai
Moeka Haruhi	Draw	Cherry	Shida	Haruhi	X	Shibutani	Syuri
Shuu Shibutani	Nakajima	Cherry	Shibutani	Shibutani	Shibutani	X	Syuri
Syuri	Draw	Syuri	Draw	Shirai	Syuri	Syuri	X

June 28:
*Glamorous block third place playoff match: Misaki Ohata defeated Kagetsu and Ryo Mizunami.
*Slender block third place playoff match: Shuu Shibutani defeated Cherry, Hikaru Shida and Mio Shirai.
July 15:
*Third place four-way elimination match: Shuu Shibutani defeated Syuri, Tomoka Nakagawa and Yuu Yamagata.
Post-tournament awards:
*Best Bout Award: Ayako Hamada vs. Ryo Mizunami, May 26
*Best Performance Award: Shuu Shibutani
*Fighting Spirit Award: Kagetsu
*Outstanding Performance Award: Mio Shirai
*Technique Award: Yuu Yamagata
2014

The 2014 Catch the Wave took place between May 5 and July 27. The tournament once again featured two round-robin blocks of seven wrestlers, divided by their age. Block "Adeyaka" featured wrestlers in their thirties and block "Tsuyayaka" wrestlers in their twenties. Outside participants included Tsukasa Fujimoto from Ice Ribbon and freelancers Hikaru Shida, Hiroyo Matsumoto, Kyoko Kimura and Kyusei Sakura Hirota.

Adeyaka	Kyoko Kimura	Kyusei Sakura Hirota	Shuu Shibutani	Tomoka Nakagawa	Tsukasa Fujimoto	Yumi Ohka	Yuu Yamagata
Kyoko Kimura	X	Hirota	Kimura	Kimura	Fujimoto	Draw	Kimura
Kyusei Sakura Hirota	Hirota	X	Hirota	Nakagawa	Fujimoto	Ohka	Hirota
Shuu Shibutani	Kimura	Hirota	X	Draw	Shibutani	Ohka	Shibutani
Tomoka Nakagawa	Kimura	Nakagawa	Draw	X	Draw	Draw	Nakagawa
Tsukasa Fujimoto	Fujimoto	Fujimoto	Shibutani	Draw	X	Fujimoto	Yamagata
Yumi Ohka	Draw	Ohka	Ohka	Draw	Fujimoto	X	Ohka
Yuu Yamagata	Kimura	Hirota	Shibutani	Nakagawa	Yamagata	Ohka	X
Tsuyayaka	Hikaru Shida	Hiroyo Matsumoto	Mika Iida	Mio Shirai	Misaki Ohata	Moeka Haruhi	Sawako Shimono
Hikaru Shida	X	Shida	Draw	Shida	Draw	Shida	Shida
Hiroyo Matsumoto	Shida	X	Matsumoto	Matsumoto	Draw	Matsumoto	Matsumoto
Mika Iida	Draw	Matsumoto	X	Draw	Iida	Haruhi	Iida
Mio Shirai	Shida	Matsumoto	Draw	X	Ohata	Shirai	Shirai
Misaki Ohata	Draw	Draw	Iida	Ohata	X	Ohata	Ohata
Moeka Haruhi	Shida	Matsumoto	Haruhi	Shirai	Ohata	X	Draw
Sawako Shimono	Shida	Matsumoto	Iida	Shirai	Ohata	Draw	X

July 13:
*Adeyaka block second and third place playoff three-way match:

Kyoko Kimura vs. Tomoka Nakagawa vs. Tsukasa Fujimoto
Fujimoto defeated Nakagawa,
Nakagawa defeated Kimura.

July 27:
*Third place four-way match:

Tomoka Nakagawa defeated Hiroyo Matsumoto, Tsukasa Fujimoto and Yumi Ohka.

Post-tournament awards:
*Best Bout Award: Kyoko Kimura vs. Kyusei Sakura Hirota, May 13
*Best Performance Award: Tsukasa Fujimoto led Ice Ribbon
*Fighting Spirit Award: Kyusei Sakura Hirota
*Outstanding Performance Award: Mika Iida
*Technique Award: Kyusei Sakura Hirota
Catch the Young Wave

Concurrently to the 2014 Catch the Wave tournament, Pro Wrestling Wave also held the first Catch the Young Wave tournament, where six rookie wrestlers competed for a ¥500,000 main prize. Outside participants in the tournament included Risa Sera and Shiori Akiba from Ice Ribbon and Kaho Kobayashi from Wrestling New Classic /Reina Joshi Puroresu. Akiba was forced to pull out of the tournament and forfeit her final two matches, after being sidelined as a result of headaches and memory impairment on June 18. The block ended in a four-way tie on June 27, leading to Wave announcing a single-elimination tournament between the four to determine the winner.

Young	Fairy Nipponbashi	Kaho Kobayashi	Rina Yamashita	Risa Sera	Shiori Akiba	Sumire Natsu
Fairy Nipponbashi	X	Kobayashi	Nipponbashi	Nipponbashi	Nipponbashi	Natsu
Kaho Kobayashi	Kobayashi	X	Yamashita	Draw	Draw	Kobayashi
Rina Yamashita	Nipponbashi	Yamashita	X	Draw	Yamashita	Natsu
Risa Sera	Nipponbashi	Draw	Draw	X	Sera	Sera
Shiori Akiba	Nipponbashi	Draw	Yamashita	Sera	X	Natsu
Sumire Natsu	Natsu	Kobayashi	Natsu	Sera	Natsu	X

[|2015]

The 2015 Catch the Wave took place between May 3 and July 20. The tournament featured a single round-robin block with ten wrestlers. The four previous still active winners; Yumi Ohka, Kana, Misaki Ohata and Hikaru Shida as well as the reigning Catch the Young Wave winner Kaho Kobayashi, earned automatic spots in the tournament. Gami picked one wrestler to enter the tournament, while the remaining four were decided in qualifying matches on April 4. Cherry, Kyusei Sakura Hirota, Mika Iida and Ryo Mizunami ended up earning their spots in the tournament in a nine-woman battle royal, while Rina Yamashita was chosen by Gami as the final entrant. In the tournament, instead of points, rankings were based on winning percentages or simply the number of wins. Two matches in the tournament took place at an Osaka Joshi Pro Wrestling event.

Wrestler	Wins	Draws	Losses
Kana	5	3	1
Hikaru Shida	5	2	2
Mika Iida	5	1	3
Yumi Ohka	5	1	3
Cherry	4	1	4
Ryo Mizunami	4	1	4
Misaki Ohata	4	0	5
Kaho Kobayashi	3	0	6
Kyusei Sakura Hirota	3	0	6
Rina Yamashita	2	1	6

Results	Cherry	Shida	Kobayashi	Kana	Hirota	Iida	Ohata	Yamashita	Mizunami	Ohka
Cherry	X	Shida	Cherry	Draw	Cherry	Iida	Ohata	Cherry	Mizunami	Cherry
Shida	Shida	X	Shida	Draw	Hirota	Draw	Ohata	Shida	Shida	Shida
Kobayashi	Cherry	Shida	X	Kana	Kobayashi	Kobayashi	Ohata	Kobayashi	Mizunami	Ohka
Kana	Draw	Draw	Kana	X	Hirota	Kana	Kana	Kana	Kana	Draw
Hirota	Cherry	Hirota	Kobayashi	Hirota	X	Iida	Hirota	Yamashita	Mizunami	Ohka
Iida	Iida	Draw	Kobayashi	Kana	Iida	X	Iida	Iida	Iida	Ohka
Ohata	Ohata	Ohata	Ohata	Kana	Hirota	Iida	X	Ohata	Mizunami	Ohka
Yamashita	Cherry	Shida	Kobayashi	Kana	Yamashita	Iida	Ohata	X	Draw	Yamashita
Mizunami	Mizunami	Shida	Mizunami	Kana	Mizunami	Iida	Mizunami	Draw	X	Ohka
Ohka	Cherry	Shida	Ohka	Draw	Ohka	Ohka	Ohka	Yamashita	Ohka	X

Post-tournament awards:
*Best Bout Award: Ryo Mizunami vs. Yumi Ohka, June 10
*Best Performance Award: Wonderful World Fairy Family
*Fighting Spirit Award: Ryo Mizunami
*Outstanding Performance Award: Mika Iida
*Technique Award: Mika Iida
*Raspberry Award: Kaho Kobayashi vs. Kyusei Sakura Hirota, June 14
Young Block Oh! Oh! 2015

The rookie version of Catch the Wave started on May 29 with six participants, including five outsiders; Konami from Office Kana/Reina Joshi Puroresu, Maya Yukihi and Yuka from Ice Ribbon, Meiko Tanaka from World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana and Yako Fujigasaki from JWP Joshi Puroresu. The tournament took place in a single-elimination format with Konami and Yuka earning automatic spots to in the semifinals. Matches had a ten-minute time limit in the tournament. In case of a time limit draw, the match would enter a five-minute overtime, where the match can be won with only a two-count. If the match again ended in a time limit draw, it would be restarted with no time limit in a match that can be won with only a one-count. The winner of the tournament would receive ¥500,000 and a shot at the JWP Junior and Princess of Pro-Wrestling Championships. Both of the tournament's finalists were injured before the final match with Meiko Tanaka dislocating her right elbow and Yuka suffering a cervical spinal cord contusion and subarachnoid hemorrhage. As Yuka was injured first, Wave originally awarded Tanaka the final with a bye, declaring her the winner of the tournament. However, on the final day of the tournament, Gami instead announced that they were postponing the final match until both wrestlers were able to return to the ring. The final eventually took place on October 30.

[|2016]

The 2016 Catch the Wave took place between April 10 and June 5. The tournament featured 32 wrestlers in eight blocks of four, making it the largest Catch the Wave tournament in history. In the tournament a win was worth two points and a loss none. In case of a draw, the wrestler who debuted at a later date would be awarded one point. The winners from each block would advance to a single-elimination tournament. If a block ended in a tie, a playoff match would determine the advancer.

African Violet	Hikaru Shida	Kaho Kobayashi	Kaori Yoneyama	Rina Yamashita
Hikaru Shida	X	Shida	Draw	Yamashita
Kaho Kobayashi	Shida	X	Kobayashi	Yamashita
Kaori Yoneyama	Draw	Kobayashi	X	Yoneyama
Rina Yamashita	Yamashita	Yamashita	Yoneyama	X
Chrome Yellow	Aoi Kizuki	Chikayo Nagashima	Meiko Tanaka	Ryo Mizunami
Aoi Kizuki	X	Nagashima	Draw	Kizuki
Chikayo Nagashima	Nagashima	X	Nagashima	Mizunami
Meiko Tanaka	Draw	Nagashima	X	Mizunami
Ryo Mizunami	Kizuki	Mizunami	Mizunami	X
Italian Red	Hiroe Nagahama	Mayumi Ozaki	Sareee	Yumi Ohka
Hiroe Nagahama	X	Nagahama	Sareee	Draw
Mayumi Ozaki	Nagahama	X	Sareee	NC
Sareee	Sareee	Sareee	X	Ohka
Yumi Ohka	Draw	NC	Ohka	X
Mandarin Orange	Asuka	Dash Chisako	Hibiscus Mii	Yuki Miyazaki
Asuka	X	Chisako	Asuka	Miyazaki
Dash Chisako	Chisako	X	Chisako	Draw
Hibiscus Mii	Asuka	Chisako	X	Mii
Yuki Miyazaki	Miyazaki	Draw	Mii	X
Orion Blue	Hanako Nakamori	Makoto	Misaki Ohata	Yuka
Hanako Nakamori	X	Makoto	Nakamori	Nakamori
Makoto	Makoto	X	Draw	Draw
Misaki Ohata	Nakamori	Draw	X	Ohata
Yuka	Nakamori	Draw	Ohata	X
Pompadour Pink	Cherry	Moeka Haruhi	Rabbit Miu	Tsukasa Fujimoto
Cherry	X	Cherry	Draw	Fujimoto
Moeka Haruhi	Cherry	X	Miu	Fujimoto
Rabbit Miu	Draw	Miu	X	Fujimoto
Tsukasa Fujimoto	Fujimoto	Fujimoto	Fujimoto	X
Regatta Blue	Leon	Melanie Cruise	Mika Iida	Tsukushi
Leon	X	Cruise	Iida	Tsukushi
Melanie Cruise	Cruise	X	Iida	Cruise
Mika Iida	Iida	Iida	X	Tsukushi
Tsukushi	Tsukushi	Cruise	Tsukushi	X
Silver Gray	Ayako Hamada	Kagetsu	Sawako Shimono	Yoshiko
Ayako Hamada	X	Hamada	Hamada	Draw
Kagetsu	Hamada	X	Kagetsu	Yoshiko
Sawako Shimono	Hamada	Kagetsu	X	Yoshiko
Yoshiko	Draw	Yoshiko	Yoshiko	X

;Playoff matches

Ryo Mizunami defeated Chikayo Nagashima
Mika Iida defeated Melanie Cruise and Tsukushi
Post-tournament awards:
*Best Bout Award: Mika Iida vs. Tsukushi, May 3
*Best Performance Award: Referee Ishiguro and Mayumi Ozaki
*Fighting Spirit Award: Rabbit Miu
*Outstanding Performance Award: Hiroe Nagahama
Young Block Oh! Oh! 2016

The 2016 rookie version of Catch the Wave took place between February 6 and March 13 with eight participants in two blocks. Outside participants included Akane Fujita, Maruko Nagasaki and Yuka from Ice Ribbon, Konami from Reina Joshi Puroresu, Mari An from Sportiva and Yako Fujigasaki from JWP Joshi Puroresu. For the first time, the tournament ran before the main tournament. The winner of the tournament earned a spot in the 2016 Catch the Wave tournament. In the tournament, wins were worth two points and losses zero. In case of a time limit draw, the wrestler who debuted at a later date would be awarded one point. One of the matches in the tournament took place at an event held by Wave's sister promotion Osaka Joshi Pro Wrestling.

A	Akane Fujita	Hiroe Nagahama	Mari An	Sumire Natsu
Akane Fujita	X	Nagahama	Fujita	Natsu
Hiroe Nagahama	Nagahama	X	Nagahama	Nagahama
Mari An	Fujita	Nagahama	X	An
Sumire Natsu	Natsu	Nagahama	An	X
B	Konami	Maruko Nagasaki	Yako Fujigasaki	Yuka
Konami	X	Konami	Draw	Yuka
Maruko Nagasaki	Konami	X	Draw	Yuka
Yako Fujigasaki	Draw	Draw	X	Fujigasaki
Yuka	Yuka	Yuka	Fujigasaki	X

[|2017]

The 2017 Catch the Wave took place between April 19 and June 4. The tournament featured eight wrestlers in two blocks of four, making it the smallest Catch the Wave tournament in history. The participants wrestled in a single block, but in point standings were divided into two blocks by their affiliation. Wrestlers signed to Pro Wrestling Wave, wrestled in the "Zabun" block, while outsiders wrestled in the "Other Than" block, which included Ice Ribbon representative Mochi Miyagi, Marvelous representative Rin Kadokura, Seadlinnng representative Sareee and freelancer Saki. In the tournament a win was worth two points, a draw one point and a loss none. The top two wrestlers from each block advanced to the semifinals.

Results	Nagahama	Ohata	Miyagi	Haruhi	Kadokura	Yamashita	Saki	Sareee
Nagahama	X	Nagahama	Miyagi	Nagahama	Draw	Yamashita	Nagahama	Sareee
Ohata	Nagahama	X	Miyagi	Ohata	Draw	Ohata	Ohata	Ohata
Miyagi	Miyagi	Miyagi	X	Haruhi	Draw	Yamashita	Saki	Draw
Haruhi	Nagahama	Ohata	Haruhi	X	Draw	Yamashita	Haruhi	Sareee
Kadokura	Draw	Draw	Draw	Draw	X	Draw	Draw	Draw
Yamashita	Yamashita	Ohata	Yamashita	Yamashita	Draw	X	Saki	Draw
Saki	Nagahama	Ohata	Saki	Haruhi	Draw	Saki	X	Sareee
Sareee	Sareee	Ohata	Draw	Sareee	Draw	Draw	Sareee	X

Post-tournament awards:
*Best Bout Award: Hiroe Nagahama vs. Misaki Ohata, May 23
*Fighting Spirit Award: Rin Kadokura
*Outstanding Performance Award: Hiroe Nagahama
*Technique Award: Mochi Miyagi
[|2018]

The 2018 Catch the Wave took place between March 11 and May 4. The tournament featured twelve wrestlers in two blocks of six, the Crazy Block and the Violence Block. In the tournament a win was worth two points, a draw one point and a loss none. On April 7, Hikaru Shida announced she would be dropping out to receive surgery on a distal tibia fracture, forfeiting the rest of her matches. The top wrestler from each block was to advance to the finals, however both blocks ended in ties. Because Violence Block ended in a three-way tie, the tiebreaker was determined to be a gauntlet match where the first woman to win two consecutive falls would advance.

Crazy Block	Asuka	Takase	Nozaki	Yamashita	Mizunami	Ohka
Asuka	X	Draw	Nozaki	Yamashita	Asuka	Ohka
Takase	Draw	X	Nozaki	Yamashita	Mizunami	Ohka
Nozaki	Nozaki	Nozaki	X	Draw	Nozaki	Nozaki
Yamashita	Yamashita	Yamashita	Draw	X	Yamashita	Yamashita
Mizunami	Asuka	Mizunami	Nozaki	Yamashita	X	Mizunami
Ohka	Ohka	Ohka	Nozaki	Yamashita	Mizunami	X
Violence Block	Nakajima	Hamada	Shida	Nagahima	Momono	Ohata
Nakajima	X	Hamada	Nakajima	Nakajima	Nakajima	Draw
Hamada	Hamada	X	Hamada	Draw	Hamada	Ohata
Shida	Nakajima	Hamada	X	Shida	Momono	Ohata
Nagahima	Nakajima	Draw	Shida	X	Nagahima	Nagahima
Momono	Nakajima	Hamada	Momono	Nagahima	X	Ohata
Ohata	Draw	Ohata	Ohata	Nagahima	Ohata	X

Post-tournament awards:
*Best Bout Award: Misaki Ohata vs. Hikaru Shida, March 23
*Fighting Spirit Award: Mio Momono & Miyuki Takase
*Outstanding Performance Award: Yuki Miyazaki & Sakura Hirota
*Technique Award: Asuka
*Special Prize: Hiroe Nagahama
[|2019]

The 2019 Catch the Wave took place between May 5 and July 15. The tournament featured sixteen wrestlers in four blocks of four, the Power Block, the Technical Block, the Visual Block and the Young Block. With the Wave Single Championship being vacated due to the last champion Misaki Ohata's retirement from professional wrestling, the winner of the tournament would win the vacant title as well. The Young Block competed independently of the main tournament. Mika Iwata was injured on June, therefore, was out of the tournament.

[|2021]

The 2021 Catch the Wave took place between June 1 and July 1. The tournament featured sixteen wrestlers in four blocks of four, the Compliance Block, the Gatling Block, the Jealousy Block and the Potential Block. The winner will be given an opportunity to challenge for the Wave Single Championship.

Post-tournament awards:
* Best Bout Award: Tomoko Watanabe vs. Yako, June 8
* Distinguished Service Award: Mio Momono
* Fighting Spirit Award: Mio Momono
* Outstanding Performance Award: Hibiscus Mii
Young Block Oh! Oh! 2021

The 2021 Young Block tournament took place beginning with May 18 and culminated on May 28.
†Tsukata faced Ai Houzan, who was filling in for Momo Kohgo.

[|2022]

The 2022 edition of the tournament took place between May 5 and July 17, 2022.

Qualifier Blocks

Kick Block	Nozaki	Nakamori	Shimizu	Sae
Nozaki		Nakamori	Nozaki	Nozaki
Nakamori	Nakamori		Draw	Draw
Shimizu	Nozaki	Draw		Shimizu
Sae	Nozaki	Draw	Shimizu

Comic Block	Yoneyama	Matsumoto	Mii	Hirota
Yoneyama		Draw	Draw
Matsumoto	Draw		Draw	Draw
Mii	Draw	Draw		Draw
Hirota		Draw	Draw

Strong Arm Block	Aoki	Takase	Yuu	Sasamura
Aoki		Aoki	Aoki	Sasamura
Takase	Aoki		Draw	Takase
Yuu	Aoki	Draw		Yuu
Sasamura	Sasamura	Takase	Yuu

Due to certain point ties from the qualifier blocks, there have been a couple of decision matches which took place on June 22 to determine the wrestlers who have further qualified in the final blocks.

Winner Blocks

Due to Nagisa Nozaki being one of the finalists of the tournament, the final match was also disputed for her Wave Single Championship and will take place on July 17.

Winner Block A	Saki	Yoneyama	Nozaki	Sera
Saki		Saki	Nozaki	Draw
Yoneyama	Saki		Nozaki	Yoneyama
Nozaki	Nozaki	Nozaki		Sera
Sera	Draw	Yoneyama	Sera

[|2023]

The 2023 edition of the tournament took place between May 4 and July 17, 2023.

Young Block	Tanaka	Ozora	Suzuki	Himiko	Honoka
Tanaka		Draw	Suzuki	Himiko	Honoka
Ozora	Draw		Ozora	Ozora	Ozora
Suzuki	Suzuki	Ozora		Suzuki	Draw
Himiko	Himiko	Ozora	Suzuki		Himiko
Honoka	Honoka	Ozora	Draw	Himiko

Elizabeth Block	Cherry	Miyazaki	Hirota	Endo	Yoneyama
Cherry		Miyazaki	Cherry	Endo	Yoneyama
Miyazaki	Miyazaki		Miyazaki	Miyazaki	Miyazaki
Hirota	Cherry	Miyazaki		Endo	Hirota
Endo	Endo	Miyazaki	Endo		Yoneyama
Yoneyama	Yoneyama	Miyazaki	Hirota	Yoneyama

Block A	Asuka	Amikura	Kohaku	Manami	Kurumi
Asuka		Asuka	Asuka	Asuka	Asuka
Amikura	Asuka		Draw	Manami	Kurumi
Kohaku	Asuka	Draw		Draw	Draw
Manami	Asuka	Manami	Draw		Kurumi
Kurumi	Asuka	Kurumi	Draw	Kurumi

Block B	Saki	Sekiguchi	Takase	Kawahata	Sera
Saki		Saki	Saki	Saki	Sera
Sekiguchi	Saki		Sekiguchi	Kawahata	Sera
Takase	Saki	Sekiguchi		Takase	Takase
Kawahata	Saki	Kawahata	Takase		Sera
Sera	Sera	Sera	Takase	Sera

Block C	Umesaki	Shimizu	Sasamura	Aoki	Sakurai
Umesaki		Umesaki	Sasamura	Draw	Umesaki
Shimizu	Umesaki		Draw	Shimizu	Shimizu
Sasamura	Sasamura	Draw		Aoki	Draw
Aoki	Draw	Shimizu	Aoki		Aoki
Sakurai	Umesaki	Shimizu	Draw	Aoki

Winner tournament

[|2024]

The 2024 edition of the tournament took place between May 5 and July 14, 2024.

Blocks

Block A	Sera	Kamitani	Sakurai	Nanami
Sera		Sera	Sakurai	Sera
Kamitani	Sera		Kamitani	Kamitani
Sakurai	Sakurai	Kamitani		Nanami
Nanami	Sera	Kamitani	Nanami

Block C	Aoki	Sasamura	Sekiguchi	Sae
Aoki		Sasamura	Aoki	Draw
Sasamura	Sasamura		Sekiguchi	DCO
Sekiguchi	Aoki	Sekiguchi		DCO
Sae	Draw	DCO	DCO

Elizabeth Block

FRO

Winner tournament

Young Block 2024

Block A	Honoka	Sya	Yuna	Yuzuki
Honoka		Sya	Honoka	Honoka
Sya	Sya		Yuna	Draw
Yuna	Honoka	Yuna		Draw
Yuzuki	Honoka	Draw	Draw

[|2025]

The 2025 edition of the tournament took place between May 4 and July 21, 2025, and also featured wrestlers from World Wonder Ring Stardom. The tournament was the biggest to date, featuring 36 participants divided into nine different blocks.

Mercury	Hazuki	Miyazaki	Nanami	Amikura
Hazuki		Draw	Hazuki	Hazuki
Miyazaki	Draw		Miyazaki	Miyazaki
Hatano	Hazuki	Miyazaki		Draw
Amikura	Hazuki	Miyazaki	Draw

Earth	Sera	Shirai	Kato	Kohaku
Sera		Shirai	DCO	Sera
Shirai	Shirai		Kato	Kohaku
Kato	DCO	Kato		Kohaku
Kohaku	Sera	Kohaku	Kohaku

Jupiter	Saki	Honoka	Mashiro	Ozaki
Saki		Saki	Saki	Saki
Honoka	Saki		Draw	Ozaki
Mashiro	Saki	Draw		Ozaki
Ozaki	Saki	Ozaki	Ozaki

Uranus	Aoki	Kurogane	Sekiguchi	Manji
Aoki		Aoki	Sekiguchi	Aoki
Kurogane	Aoki		DCO	Manji
Sekiguchi	Sekiguchi	DCO		Draw
Manji	Aoki	Manji	Draw

Pluto	Goda	Yoneyama	Sasamura	Kobashi
Goda		Yoneyama	Sasamura	Kobashi
Yoneyama	Yoneyama		Draw	DCO
Sasamura	Sasamura	Draw		Draw
Kobashi	Kobashi	DCO	Draw

Decision matches

Winner tournament

Catch the Wave Awards

Since 2011, in addition of winning the tournament, the participants receives awards in different categories based on their performance during the tournament.

Catch the Wave

List of winners

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Catch the Young Wave

[|2015]

Young Block Oh! Oh! 2015

[|2016]

Young Block Oh! Oh! 2016

[|2017]

[|2018]

[|2019]

[|2021]

Young Block Oh! Oh! 2021

[|2022]

Qualifier Blocks

Winner Blocks

[|2023]

Winner tournament

[|2024]

Blocks

Winner tournament

Young Block 2024

[|2025]

Decision matches

Winner tournament

Catch the Wave Awards