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Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 held the first show of its Fire Festival tournament today in Shinjuku FACE.

The full results were:

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

El Lindaman pinned Shoki Kitamura in the opening match. Afterwards, he challenged Kitamura to a match in Korakuen Hall on November 1.

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 disqualification. 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.

Following today’s show, the current Fire Festival standings are:

A block
1. Quiet Storm (1-0 record): 5 points
-. T-Hawk (1-0 record): 5 points
3. Takuya Sugawara (0-0-1 record): 3 points
-. Yoshikazu Yokoyama (0-0-1 record): 3 points
5. Hartley Jackson (0-0 record): 0 points
6. Towa Iwasaki (0-1 record): 0 points
-. Yuji Hino (0-1 record): 0 points

B block
1. Takafumi (1-0 record): 5 points
-. Tsugutaka Sato (1-0 record): 5 points
-. Yuko Miyamoto (1-0 record): 5 points
4. Shogun Okamoto (0-0 record): 0 points
5. Chris Vice (0-1 record): 0 points
-. Hayato Tamura (0-1 record): 0 points
-. Masato Tanaka (0-1 record): 0 points

Shockingly, Takafumi defeated Hayato Tamura in under two minutes. Tamura holds the World Heavyweight Championship.

The second night of the Fire Festival will take place in 2AW Square tomorrow.

The full card is:

• 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

Unfortunately, CIMA will miss ZERO1’s upcoming Fire Festival shows on October 4, 10, 11 and 12.

CIMA was hit by a car while riding his bicycle on September 29 and suffered a broken nose.

CIMA was scheduled to team with El Lindaman and Shinjiro Otani against Hide Kubota, Takuya Sugawara and Yasu Kubota on October 4. His matches on October 10, 11 and 12 had not been confirmed.

Instead, El Lindaman and Shinjiro Otani will face Hide Kubota and Yasu Kubota.

While CIMA will not be competing, ZERO1 has confirmed for the full cards for its October 10, 11 and 12 shows.

October 10 in Kumamoto
• Shinjiro Otani and Takumi Baba vs. Towa Iwasaki and Tsugutaka Sato
• El Lindaman and SUGI vs. Masato Tanaka and Shoki Kitamura
• Aja Kong and Jaguar Yokota vs. Kyoko Inoue and Haruka Umesaki
• 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 in Nagasaki
• Aja Kong and Shinjiro Otani vs. Quiet Storm and Yuji Hino
• El Lindaman and Takumi Baba vs. Shoki Kitamura and Takafumi
• 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 in Fukuoka
• Takafumi and Takumi Baba vs. Towa Iwasaki and Tsugutaka Sato
• El Lindaman and SUGI vs. Shinjiro Otani and Shoki Kitamura
• 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

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its first The Gate of Victory 2020 tour show in Kumamoto Ryutsujoho Hall today.

The full results were:

• Dragon Kid, Masato Yoshino and Shuji Kondo def. Ben-K, Jason Lee and YAMATO
• Ryotsu Shimizu vs. Yosuke Santa Maria – No Contest
• KAI and Kaito Ishida def. Keisuke Okuda and Kaito Ishida
• Kota Minoura and Kzy def. Don Fujii and Naruki Doi
• Genki Horiguchi, Ryo Saito, Susumu Yokosuka and Ultimo Dragon def. BxB Hulk, Diamante, Eita and KAZMA SAKAMOTO

Dragon Gate will hold its second The Gate of Victory 2020 tour show in Kaikyo Messe Shiminoseki tomorrow.

The full card is:

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

Dragon Gate has also announced its December touring schedule.

The full schedule is:

• December 2 in Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
• December 4 in Sapporo ii-one Stadium, Hokkaido
• December 5 in Sapporo ii-one Stadium, Hokkaido
• December 6 in Sapporo ii-one Stadium, Hokkaido
• December 9 in Okazaki Tatsumigaoka Hall, Aichi
• December 12 in Shunan Shinnanyo Fureai Center, Yamaguchi
• December 13 in KBS Hall, Kyoto
• December 15 in Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
• December 20 in Fukuoka Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
• December 26 in Nagoya Congress Center, Aichi
• December 27 in Kobe Sambo Hall. Hyogo

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling will hold a show in Narimasu Act Hall tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Mad Paulie vs. Shunma Katsumata vs. Yukio Naya
• Kazusada Higuchi, Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Keigo Nakamura, Naomi Yoshimura and Yuki Ueno
• Danshoku Dieno, Kazuki Hirata and Toru Owashi vs. Hideki Okatani, Makoto Oishi and Mizuki Watase
• Antonio Honda and HARASHIMA vs. Nobuhiro Shimatani and Soma Takao
• Akito and Konosuke Takeshita vs. Chris Brookes and Jun Akiyama
• Daisuke Sasaki vs. T-Hawk and Tetsuya Endo

The show will air live on WRESTLE UNIVERSE at 5:30pm JST, 9:30am BST, 4:30am ET.

DDT has confirmed the full card for its ninth DDT TV SHOW! episode on October 10.

The full card is:

• Kazusada Higuchi vs. Yukio Naya
• Hideki Okatani, Jun Akiyama and Makoto Oishi vs. HARASHIMA, Kazuki Hirata and Yuki Ueno
• Danshoku Dieno vs. Sanshiro Takagi
• Akito and Shunma Katsumata vs. Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio and Konosuke Takeshita
• DDT Universal Championship: Chris Brookes (c) vs. Naomi Yoshimura

The main event will be Chris Brookes’ second defense of the DDT Universal Championship.

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling has launched an international store with Pro Wrestling Tees.

As of the publishing of this article, there are three T-shirts available for purchase.

All Japan’s page can be viewed here.

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