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All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling held its Champion Carnival final in Korakuen Hall today.

The full results were:

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

Zeus will challenge SUWAMA for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship on October 17 in Edion Arena Osaka #2.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its ninth G1 Climax show in Takamatsu City Gymnasium today.

The full results were:

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

Following today’s show, the current A block standings are:

1. Kota Ibushi (4-1 record): 8 points
2. Jay White (3-2 record): 6 points
– Kazuchika Okada (3-2 record): 6 points
-. Minoru Suzuki (3-2 record): 6 points
-. Taichi (3-2 record): 6 points
-. Will Ospreay (3-2 record): 6 points
7. Tomohiro Ishii (2-3 record): 4 points
-. Shingo Takagi (2-3 record): 4 points
-. Jeff Cobb (2-3 record): 4 points
10. Yujiro Takahashi (0-5 record): 0 points

New Japan will hold its tenth G1 Climax show in Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall 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 B 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:

• Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
• B block: Hirooki Goto vs. Toru Yano
• B block: SANADA vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• B block: EVIL vs. Juice Robinson
• B block: Tetsuya Naito vs. YOSHI-HASHI
• B block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. KENTA

Heading into the show, the current 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

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate has announced two more matches for its The Gate of Destiny 2020 show in Edion Arena Osaka on November 3.

Genki Horiguchi and Susumu Yokosuka will challenge Jason lee and Kota Minoura for the Open the Twin Gate Championships, while KAI will face YAMATO.

As was previously announced, Kzy will challenge Eita for the Open the Dream Gate Championship and The Bodyguard will compete at the show.

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