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New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its eleventh G1 Climax show today in Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall.

The full results were:

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

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

New Japan will hold its twentieth G1 Climax show tomorrow in Zip Arena Okayama.

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

The show will air live on NJPW World at 6pm JST, 10am BST, 5am ET.

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

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held a show in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring today.

• Kazuki Hashimoto and Masaki Morihiro def. Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami
• Ryota Hama def. Takuho Kato
• Akira Hyodo, Kota Sekifuda and Yuji Okabayashi def. Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Daisuke Sekimoto
• Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura def. Kosuke Sato and Ryuichi Sekine
• Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi, Jaki Numazawa and Kankuro Hoshino def. Drew Parker, Yuki Ishikawa and Yuko Miyamoto
• Saikyo Tag League: Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani def. Kuma Arashi and Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Saikyo Tag League deathmatch: Ryuji Ito and Shunma Katsumata def. Masaya Takahashi and Takayuki Ueki

Yuya Aoki was unable to compete on today’s show due to acute urticaria. He was replaced by Masaki Morihiro.

Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani will face Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura on October 20 in Korakuen Hall, while Ryuji Ito and Shunma Katsumata will face Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto.

The tournament final will also take place on the same day. The current card is:

• Saikyo Tag League deathmatch: Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto vs. Ryuji Ito and Shunma Katsumata
• Saikyo Tag League: Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura
• Kota Sekifuda and Tatsuhiko Yoshino vs. Yusuke Kodama and Yuya Aoki
• Deathmatch: Kankuro Hoshino and Yuki Ishikawa vs. Ryuichi Sekine and Takumi Tsukamoto
• Saikyo Tag League final

Kuma Arashi and Minoru Fujita are also confirmed for the show. Their matches have not been announced.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held a show in Korakuen Hall today.

The full results were:

• Jason Lee and Keisuke Okuda def. Susumu Yokosuka and Yasushi Kanda
• Kento Kobune and Taketo Kamei def. Don Fujii and Kenichiro Arai & Gamma and Masaaki Mochizuki
• Madoka Kikuta and Masato Yoshino def. Genki Horiguchi and Kagetora
• Diamante, H?Y?O and KAZMA SAKAMOTO def. Dragon Kid, Shuji Kondo and Ultimo Dragon
• Dragon Dia vs. Takashi Yoshida – No Contest
• Naruki Doi, Ryo Saito and Ryotsu Shimizu def. Punch Tominaga, U-T and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Ben-K, Kota Minoura, Kzy and YAMATO def. BxB Hulk, Eita, KAI and Kaito Ishida

The mystery member of R?E?D was revealed to be Keisuke Okuda.

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Takafumi has been ruled out the rest of Pro Wrestling ZERO1’s Fire Festival tournament due to shoulder injury.

He had four matches remaining in the tournament against Chris Vice on October 10, Masato Tanaka on October 18, Tsugutaka Sato on October 23 and Yuko Miyamoto on October 25.

Takafumi will forfeit his remaining matches and the cards on October 10, 11 and 12 have been adjusted accordingly.

The new cards are:

October 10 in Kumamoto
• Chris Vice vs. Hide Kubota
• Aja Kong and Jaguar Yokota vs. Kyoko Inoue and Haruka Umesaki
• El Lindaman and SUGI vs. Masato Tanaka and Shoki Kitamura
• Shinjiro Otani and Takumi Baba vs. Towa Iwasaki and Tsugutaka Sato
• 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
• El Lindaman and Takumi Baba vs. Quiet Storm and Shoki Kitamura
• B block: Chris Vice vs. Shogun Okamoto
• A block: Hartley Jackson vs. Takuya Sugawara
• A block: T-Hawk vs. Yoshikazu Yokoyama
• B block: Masato Tanaka vs. Tsugutaka Sato
• Aja Kong and Shinjiro Otani vs. Hide Kubota and Yuji Hino

October 12 in Fukuoka
• Hide Kubota and Takumi Baba vs. Towa Iwasaki and Tsugutaka Sato
• El Lindaman and SUGI vs. Shinjiro Otani and Shoki Kitamura
• 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
• B block: Chris Vice vs. Hayato Tamura

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