The dust from Master of the Mat has settled, the break is over, and SHOOT Project is already back under the lights. The card for Zenith 017 is signed, and it opens the next chapter with gold on the line and old scores right back on the table. The Premier Championship hangs over a Fatal Four-Way, with Vito Valentino*, “Kamatayan” Izzy Sia, Madison Seton, and KATSUMI all crammed into one ring. Four hungry names, one belt, and no margin for a single mistake.
The Empire State Championship gets its first defense of a brand-new chapter as Ricky Tenet* meets a circling Yorinobu Sakai. In tag team action, a father and daughter who stood across the ring from each other at Master of the Mat now stand back-to-back: Charon of Death and The Darkspade against the chaos of The Punch Line — and whether that pairing is healing or a loaded gun is anyone’s guess.
Rounding out the night, Dustin “Thunderwolf” Kelser collides with Ignatius Albert Martin in a measuring-stick fight that tells the locker room exactly where both men stand, while Holden Nobody and NC-17 settle unfinished business the hard way. Five matches, two titles, and a card that’s only ever half the story. No spoilers here — be there when the bell rings.
SHOOT Project — Zenith 017 · July 6, 2026.
*Pending successful title defenses at Cruisin' for a Bruisin'