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PRO WRESTLING NOAH N-1 VICTORY FINAL SET, FREEDOMS 11th ANNIVERSARY EVENT RESULTS, NJPW, DRAGON GATE & MORE FROM JAPAN

By Oliver Taylor on 2020-10-04 12:37:00

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH held its final N-1 Victory block show in Korakuen Hall today.

The full results were:

• B block: Shuhei Taniguchi def. Yoshiki Inamura
• A block: Manabu Soya def. Kazushi Sakuraba
• A block: Masa Kitamiya def. Masaaki Mochizuki
• B block: Takashi Sugiura def. Kenoh
• Battle Royale: Atsushi Kotoge def. Daisuke Harada, Haoh, Hajime Ohara, HAYATA, Junta Miyawaki, Kaz Hayashi, Kotaro Suzuki, Nioh, NOSAWA Rongai, Seiki Yoshioka, Tadasuke, YO-HEY, Yoshinari Ogawa
• B block: Katsuhiko Nakajima def. Naomichi Marufuji
• A block: Kaito Kiyomiya def. Go Shiozaki

Kaito Kiyomiya will face Katsuhiko Nakajima in the N-1 Victory final on October 11 in EDION Arena Osaka.

As well as the N-1 Victory final, NOAH has confirmed Kazuyuki Fujita, Keiji Mutoh, Kendo Kashin and Masakatsu Funaki’s matches for the show.

The full card is:

• Hajime Ohara, Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY vs. Junta Miyawaki, Kinya Okada and Seiya Morohashi
• Akitoshi Saito and Masao Inoue vs. Nioh and Tadasuke
• Kazushi Sakuraba, Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin and Takashi Sugiura vs. Kenoh, Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa (c) vs. Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship: Kotaro Suzuki (c) vs. Haoh
• Daiki Inaba, Go Shiozaki, Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Keiji Mutoh, Masaaki Mochizuki, Masakatsu Funaki and Naomichi Marufuji
• N-1 Victory final: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 held its third Fire Festival show today in Osaka.

The full results were:

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

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

A block
1. T-Hawk (2-0 record): 10 points
-. Yuji Hino (2-1 record): 10 points
3. Takuya Sugawara (1-0-1 record): 8 points
4. Yoshikazu Yokoyama (0-0-2 record): 6 points
5. Quiet Storm (1-2 record): 5 points
6. Towa Iwasaki (0-2-1 record): 3 points
7. Hartley Jackson (0-1 record): 0 points

B block
1. Hayato Tamura (2-1 record): 10 points
2. Tsugutaka Sato (2-1 record): 10 points
3. Chris Vice (2-1 record): 10 points
4. Shogun Okamoto (1-1 record): 5 points
-. Takafumi (1-1 record): 5 points
-. Yuko Miyamoto (1-2 record): 5 points
7. Masato Tanaka (0-2 record): 0 points

Hayato Tamura defeated Tsugutaka Sato yesterday, giving Tamura the head-to-head tiebreaker.

However, Sato defeated Chris Vice on September 2. Therefore, he is listed above Vice.

Tamura and Vice have not faced each other yet. The match will take place on October 12.

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS held its eleventh anniversary show in Korakuen Hall today.

The full results were:

• Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Takahiro Katori def. Masamune, Vent Vent Jack and Vent Vent Negro
• Dragon Libre and GENTARO def. Kengo and Yuya Susumu
• King of FREEDOM World Tag Team Championships hardcore: Mammoth Sasaki and Violento Jack (c) def. Kamui and Kenji Fukimoto
• Deathmatch: Daisuke Masaoka def. Tomoya Hirata
• Deathmatch: Jun Kasai and Masashi Takeda def. Minoru Fujita and Rina Yamashita
• King Of FREEDOM World Championship deathmatch: Toru Sugiura (c) def. Takashi Sasaki

Toru Sugiura made his sixth successful defense of the King Of FREEDOM World Championship in the main event. Afterwards, he was challenged by Daisuke Masaoka and Masashi Takeda.

Masaoka and Takeda will face each other in a singles match. The winner will challenge Sugiura for the championship at Blood X’Mas in Korakuen Hall on December 25.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling celebrated the twentieth anniversary of Toru Owashi’s wrestling debut at today’s show in Nagano.

The full results were:

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

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held two shows in Acros Fukuoka today.

The full results were:

Afternoon
• Don Fujii and Naruki Doi def. Keisuke Okuda and Punch Tominaga
• Diamante, Kaito Ishida and Takashi Yoshida def. Dragon Kid, Jimmy and Problem Dragon
• Dragon Kid, Shuji Kondo and Ultimo Dragon def. Ben-K, Gamma and Ho Ho Lun
• Ryotsu Shimizu vs. YAMATO – No Contest
• BxB Hulk, Eita, KAI and KAZMA SAKAMOTO def. Jason Lee, Kota Minoura, Kzy and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Kyushu Pro Tag Team Championships: Genki Horiguchi and Susumu Yokosuka (c) def. Kodai Nozaki and Mentai Kid

Evening
• Naruki Doi, Ryo Saito and Ryotsu Shimizu def. Gamma, Genki Horiguchi and Ho Ho Lun
• Kento Kobune vs. Taketo Kamei – Time Limit Draw (15 minutes)
• Jimmy, Madoka Kikuta and Ultimo Dragon def. Diamante, KAZMA SAKAMOTO and Takashi Yoshida
• Dragon Kid, Masato Yoshino, Shuji Kondo and Susumu Yokosuka def. Jason Lee, Keisuke Okuda, Problem Dragon and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Don Fujii def. Punch Tominaga
• Eita and Kaito Ishida def. Dragon Dia and Kzy
• Ben-K, Kota Minoura and YAMATO def. BxB Hulk, H?Y?O and KAI

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling will hold its Champion Carnival final tomorrow in Korakuen Hall.

The full card is:

• Atsuki Aoyagi, Black Menso~re and Takao Omori vs. Jake Lee, Koji Iwamoto and TAJIRI
• Hikaro Sato and Ryuki Honda vs. Osamu Nishimura and Ryuji Hijikata
• Chikara, Yoshitatsu and Yusuke Okada vs. Daimonji So, Ishikiri and Ryoji Sai
• Francesco Akira, Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio and Rising HAYATO vs. Izanagi, Shigehiro Irie and UTAMARO
• Dan Tamura, Shuji Ishikawa and SUWAMA vs. Hokuto Omori, Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino
• Koji Doi vs. Yuma Aoyagi
• Champion Carnival final: Kento Miyahara vs. Zeus

The winner of the Champion Carnival will challenge SUWAMA for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship on October 17 in Edion Arena Osaka #2.

There will also be a memorial ceremony for Road Warrior Animal at the show.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling will hold its ninth G1 Climax show in Takamatsu City Gymnasium tomorrow.

Only a limited number of wresters will compete on each G1 Climax show for precautionary reasons. As such, A block competitors will not compete on the undercard of shows featuring B block tournament matches and vice versa.

Tomorrow’s show is exclusively A block wrestlers. Each tournament show will start with a singles match between two young lions (Gabriel Kidd, Yota Tsuji or Yuya Uemura) followed by five tournament matches.

The full card is:

• Gabriel Kidd vs. Yuya Uemura
• A block: Shingo Takagi vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• A block: Jay White vs. Jeff Cobb
• A block: Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki
• A block: Taichi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
• A block: Kota Ibushi vs. Will Ospreay

Heading into the show, the current B block standings are:

1. Jay White (3-1 record): 6 points
-. Kota Ibushi (3-1 record): 6 points
-. Minoru Suzuki (3-1 record): 6 points
-. Taichi (3-1 record): 6 points
-. Will Ospreay (3-1 record): 6 points
6. Kazuchika Okada (2-2 record): 4 points
7. Tomohiro Ishii (1-3 record): 2 points
-. Shingo Takagi (1-3 record): 2 points
-. Jeff Cobb (1-3 record): 2 points
10. Yujiro Takahashi (0-4 record): 0 points

The show will air live on NJPW World at 7pm JST, 11am BST, 6am ET.

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