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New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its eighth G1 Climax show in Aore Nagaoka today.

The full results were:

• Gabriel Kidd vs. Yota Tsuji – Time Limit Draw (10 minutes)
• B block: Juice Robinson def. Toru Yano
• B block: Zack Sabre Jr. def. Hirooki Goto
• B block: Hiroshi Tanahashi def. YOSHI-HASHI
• B block: EVIL def. KENTA
• B block: SANADA def. Tetsuya Naito

Following today’s show, the updated B block standings are:

1. Juice Robinson (3-1 record): 6 points
-. Tetsuya Naito (3-1 record): 6 points
-. Toru Yano (3-1 record): 6 points
4. EVIL (2-2 record): 4 points
-. Hiroshi Tanahashi (2-2 record): 4 points
-. KENTA (2-2 record): 4 points
-. Zack Sabre Jr. (2-2 record): 4 points
8. Hirooki Goto (1-3 record): 2 points
-. SANADA (1-3 record): 2 points
-. YOSHI-HASHI (1-3 record): 2 points

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1’s annual Fire Festival will begin tomorrow in Shinjuku FACE.

The full field for this year’s tournament is:

A block
• Hartley Jackson
• Quiet Storm
• T-Hawk
• Takuya Sugawara
• Towa Iwasaki
• Yoshikazu Yokoyama
• Yuji Hino

B block
• Chris Vice
• Hayato Tamura
• Masato Tanaka
• Shogun Okamoto
• Takafumi
• Tsugutaka Sato
• Yuko Miyamoto

Unlike other round-robin tournaments, the scoring system for the Fire Festival is slightly different.

Five points are awarded for victory by pinfall, submission or knockout. Four points are awarded for victory by referee stoppage, countout or disqualificiation. Three points are awarded for a draw (there is a 30-minute time limit for all block matches) and zero points are awarded for a loss.

Masato Tanaka has won the tournament five times. Yuji Hino and Yuko Miyamoto are also previous winners.

Hayato Tamura currently holds the World Heavyweight Championship. He defeated Chris Vice to win the championship in August and defended it successfully against Towa Iwasaki in September.

The full card for tomorrow’s show is:

• El Lindaman and SUGI vs. Shinjiro Otani and Shoki Kitamura
• B block: Chris Vice vs. Tsugutaka Sato
• B block: Masato Tanaka vs. Yuko Miyamoto
• B block: Hayato Tamura vs. Takafumi
• A block: Takuya Sugawara vs. Yoshikazu Yokoyama
• A block: Quiet Storm vs. Towa Iwasaki
• A block: T-Hawk vs. Yuji Hino

ZERO1 has confirmed the full cards for the second and third Fire Festival shows as well.

The full cards are:

October 3 in Chiba
• Masato Tanaka and Takumi Baba vs. Shinjiro Otani and Shoki Kitamura
• B block: Chris Vice vs. Yuko Miyamoto
• B block: Hayato Tamura vs. Tsugutaka Sato
• B block: Shogun Okamoto vs. Takafumi
• A block: Quiet Storm vs. Takuya Sugawara
• A block: Towa Iwasaki vs. Yoshikazu Yokoyama
• A block: Hartley Jackson vs. Yuji Hino

October 4 in Osaka
• CIMA, El Lindaman and Shinjiro Otani vs. Hide Kubota, Takuya Sugawara and Yasu Kubota
• B block: Shogun Okamoto vs. Tsugutaka Sato
• B block: Hayato Tamura vs. Yuko Miyamoto
• B block: Chris Vice vs. Masato Tanaka
• A block: Quiet Storm vs. Yuji Hino
• A block: T-Hawk vs. Towa Iwasaki
• International Lightweight Tag Team Championships: Billy Ken Kid and HUB (c) vs. RAICHO and SUGI

The full cards for the shows have not been released, but the rest of the tournament schedule is:

October 10
• B block: Chris Vice vs. Takafumi
• A block: Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. Yuji Hino
• A block: Hartley Jackson vs. Quiet Storm
• A block: T-Hawk vs. Takuya Sugawara

October 11
• B block: Chris Vice vs. Shogun Okamoto
• B block: Masato Tanaka vs. Tsugutaka Sato
• A block: Hartley Jackson vs. Takuya Sugawara
• A block: T-Hawk vs. Yoshikazu Yokoyama

October 12
• B block: Chris Vice vs. Hayato Tamura
• B block: Masato Tanaka vs. Shogun Okamoto
• A block: Quiet Storm vs. Yoshikazu Yokoyama
• A block: Takuya Sugawara vs. Yuji Hino
• A block: Hartley Jackson vs. T-Hawk

October 18
• B block: Tsugutaka Sato vs. Yuko Miyamoto
• B block: Masato Tanaka vs. Takafumi
• A block: Takuya Sugawara vs. Towa Iwasaki

October 23
• B block: Shogun Okamoto vs. Yuko Miyamoto
• B block: Takafumi vs. Tsugutaka Sato
• B block: Hayato Tamura vs. Masato Tanaka
• A block: Hartley Jackson vs. Yoshikazu Yokoyama
• A block: Towa Iwasaki vs. Yuji Hino
• A block: Quiet Storm vs. T-Hawk

October 25
• B block: Takafumi vs. Yuko Miyamoto
• B block: Hayato Tamura vs. Shogun Okamoto
• A block: Hartley Jackson vs. Towa Iwasaki

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate will hold its first The Gate of Victory 2020 tour show in Kumamoto Ryutsujoho Hall tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Ben-K, Jason Lee and YAMATO vs. Dragon Kid, Masato Yoshino and Shuji Kondo
• Ryotsu Shimizu vs. Yosuke Santa Maria
• KAI and Kaito Ishida vs. Keisuke Okuda and Kaito Ishida
• Don Fujii and Naruki Doi vs. Kota Minoura and Kzy
• BxB Hulk, Diamante, Eita and KAZMA SAKAMOTO vs. Genki Horiguchi, Ryo Saito, Susumu Yokosuka and Ultimo Dragon

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling has announced Ladybeard’s contract expired yesterday and he is now a freelancer.

DDT’s statement included a statement from Ladybeard thanking the company for the last five years.

He won the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship three times and also won the KO-D 10-Man Tag Team Championships once alongside LiLiCo, Ken Ohka, Makoto Oishi and Super Sasadango Machine.

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