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New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its thirteenth G1 Climax show in Edion Arena Osaka today.

The full results were:

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

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

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

Off the heels of Hiroshi Tanahashi’s appearance on All Elite Wrestling’s Dynamite show earlier this week, various wrestlers from both companies have taken to social media to tease appearances in the opposite promotion.

Orange Cassidy tweeted about Best of the Super Juniors, Evil Uno tweeted about World Tag League and Colt Cabana posted pictures of himself and Toru Yano, who he teamed with in last year’s World Tag League.

Furthermore, El Phantasmo tweeted references to Dynamite, which drew a response from Ricky Starks, and AEW’s upcoming Full Gear pay-per-view.

Fans have also speculated Jon Moxley made a sly reference to Kazuchika Okada on Dynamite.

While discussing his upcoming AEW World Championship match against Lance Archer, Moxley flipped a video on the table.

The coin flip can be heard at the 1:12 mark.

Of course, the sound of coins dropping, or perhaps flipping in this case, can be heard at the start of Okada’s theme song.

Conspiracy theories aside, New Japan will hold its fourteenth G1 Climax show in Aichi 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 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:

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

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

1. Tetsuya Naito (5-1 record): 10 points
2. EVIL (4-2 record): 8 points
3. Hirooki Goto (3-3 record): 6 points
-. Hiroshi Tanahashi (3-3 record): 6 points
-. Juice Robinson (3-3 record): 6 points
-. SANADA (3-3 record): 6 points
-. Toru Yano (3-3 record): 6 points
-. Zack Sabre Jr. (3-3 record): 6 points
9. KENTA (2-4 record): 4 points
10. YOSHI-HASHI (1-5 record): 2 points

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

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling aired its ninth DDT TV SHOW! episode today.

The full results were:

• Kazusada Higuchi def. Yukio Naya
• Danshoku Dieno vs. Sanshiro Takagi – No Contest
• Akito and Shunma Katsumata def. Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio and Konosuke Takeshita
• HARASHIMA, Kazuki Hirata and Yuki Ueno def. Hideki Okatani, Jun Akiyama and Makoto Oishi
• DDT Universal Championship: Chris Brookes (c) def. Naomi Yoshimura

Akito will face Danshoku Dieno at Ultimate Party 2020 on November 3 in Ota Ward General Gymnasium, while Chris Brookes will defend the DDT Universal Championship against Yuki Ueno.

DDT has also announced the partial card for next week’s DDT TV SHOW! episode on October 17.

The announced matches are:

• Kazuki Hirata and Naomi Yoshimura vs. Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi
• Elimination: Akito, Konosuke Takeshita, Shinya Aoki and Shunma Katsumata vs. Hideki Okatani, Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi and Mizuki Watase
• Daisuke Sasaki and Hiroshi Yamato vs. Mad Paulie and Tetsuya Endo

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 held its fourth Fire Festival tournament in Kumamoto today.

The full results were:

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

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

A block
1. T-Hawk (3-0 record): 15 points
2. Yoshikazu Yokoyama (1-0-2 record): 10 points
3. Yuji Hino (2-2 record): 10 points
4. Takuya Sugawara (1-1-1 record): 8 points
5. Hartley Jackson (1-1 record): 5 points
6. Quiet Storm (1-2 record): 5 points
7. Towa Iwasaki (0-2-1 record): 3 points

ZERO1 will hold its fifth Fire Festival show tomorrow in Nagasaki.

The full card is:

• 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

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held its BJ-STYLE # 29 ~ Death edge 2020 show in Osaka today.

The full results were:

• Kosuke Sato and Yuya Aoki def. Akira Hyodo and Takuho Kato
• Daisuke Sekimoto and Issei Onitsuka def. Kota Sekifuda and Takuya Nomura
• Andy Wu def. Kazuki Hashimoto
• Deathmatch: Drew Parker and Yuki Ishikawa def. Kankuro Hoshino and Ryuji Ito
• Hardcore: Hideyoshi Kamitani def. Leatherface via DQ
• Daichi Hashimoto, Shigehiro Irie and Yasufumi Nakanoue def. Kazumi Kikuta, Ryuichi Kawakami and Yuji Okabayashi
• Deathmatch: Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto def. Abdullah Kobayashi and Jaki Numazawa

Various announcements have been made for Big Japan’s show in EDION Arena Osaka on November 23.

First, Daisuke Sekimoto will challenge for the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship.

Daichi Hashimoto currently holds the championship. He will defend it against Yuji Okabayashi on October 21 in Korakuen Hall.

Sekimoto unsuccessfully challenged Hashimoto for the championship in March at Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium. It was Hashimoto’s third successful defense of his current reign.

Hashimoto also defeated Sekimoto to win this year’s Ikkitousen Strong Climb tournament in April.

Should Hashimoto defeat Okabayashi on October 21, he will have seven successful defenses. It is worth remembering Hashimoto discussed his desire to break Sekimoto’s record for the most successful defenses of the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship in an interview with Tokyo Sports last month.

Sekimoto’s record is 10 successful defenses in 2013. Currently, Hashimoto has made six successful defenses against Okabayashi, Takuya Nomura, Sekimoto, Yasufumi Nakanoue, Akira Hyodo and Shigehiro Irie.

Hashimoto’s father, Shinya Hashimoto, was nicknamed “Mr. IWGP” for breaking the record of successful IWGP Heavyweight Championship defenses with nine (a record since broken by Yuji Nagata, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada). Hashimoto hopes to become “Mr. Strong” by breaking Sekimoto’s record.

The full Tokyo Sports article can be read here.

Second, Andy Wu will challenge for the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship in EDION Arena Osaka on November 23.

The championship is currently held by Yuya Aoki. He will defend it against Tatsuhiko Yoshino on October 21.

There will also be a BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship championship defense on November 8 in Hokkaido. Whoever is champion after November 8 will defend the championship against Wu.

Aoki currently has four successful defenses against Kota Sekifuda, TAJIRI and Yoshino in a four-way, Kazuki Hashimoto, Fuminori Abe and El Lindaman. Should Aoki defeat Yoshino on October 21 and the unspecified opponent on November 8, he will tie Shinobu’s record for six successful defenses of the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship.

As a result, defeating Wu would allow Aoki to break the record for most successful defenses of the championship.

Lastly, Jun Kasai will return to Big Japan to team with Jaki Numazawa against Ryuji Ito and Yuki Ishikawa in a deathmatch.

Kasai last competed for Big Japan at the first LAST BUNTAI show in Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium on August 29.

Big Japan will hold another show in Tokyo tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Ryuichi Kawakami vs. Takuho Kato
• Kaho Kobayashi vs. Kaori Yoneyama
• Edogawa Rizin and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Kosuke Sato and Kazumi Kikuta
• Daichi Hashimoto, Daisuke Sekimoto and Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani, Takuya Nomura and Yuya Aoki
• Hardcore: Akira Hyodo vs. Jaki Numazawa
• Abdullah Kobayashi, Kankuro Hoshino and Ryuji Ito vs. Drew Parker, Masaya Takahashi and Yuki Ishikawa

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held a show in Toyama today.

The full results were:

• Ben-K and Yosuke Santa Maria def. Don Fujii and Kagetora
• Kento Kobune and Taketo Kamei vs. Punch Tominaga vs. Ryotsu Shimizu – Time Limit Draw (15 minutes)
• Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi and Ultimo Dragon def. Ho Ho Lun, Kota Minoura and Madoka Kikuta
• BxB Hulk and Diamante def. Jason Lee and U-T
• Dragon Dia, Keisuke Okuda, Kzy and YAMATO def. Dia Inferno, Eita, Kaito Ishida and Takashi Yoshida

Dragon Gate will hold another show in Kyoto tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Jason Lee, Jimmy and Yosuke Santa Maria vs. Masato Yoshino, Shuji Kondo and Susumu Yokosuka
• Diamante vs. Kagetora
• Kento Kobune and Madoka Kikuta vs. Taketo Kamei and U-T
• Ben-K and Kota Minoura vs. Genki Horiguchi and Ultimo Dragon
• BxB Hulk, KAZMA SAKAMOTO and Takashi Yoshida vs. Naruki Doi, Punch Tominaga and Ryotsu Shimizu
• Dia Inferno, Eita, KAI and Kaito Ishida vs. Dragon Dia, Keisuke Okuda, Kzy and YAMATO

The October 11 show will be streamed live on the Dragon Gate Network at 5pm JST, 9am BST, 4am ET.

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling announced the full field for this year’s Real World Tag League on its YouTube channel today.

The full lineup is:

• Shuji Ishikawa and SUWAMA
• Shigehiro Irie and Zeus
• Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto
• Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino
• Ryoji Sai and Yoshitatsu
• Masato Tanaka and TAJIRI
• Abdullah Kobayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto
• Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi

All Japan also announced Sekimoto, Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi will face Jake Lee, Masato Tanaka and TAJIRI on October 24 in Korakuen Hall.

The full tournament schedule is:

November 18 in Tokyo at 6:30pm JST, 10:30am BST, 5:30am ET
• Abdullah Kobayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi
• Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto vs. Shigehiro Irie and Zeus
• Masato Tanaka and TAJIRI vs. Ryoji Sai and Yoshitatsu

November 21 in Niigata at 6pm JST, 10am BST, 5am ET
• Shigehiro Irie and Zeus vs. Shuji Ishikawa and SUWAMA
• Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto vs. Ryoji Sai and Yoshitatsu
• Abdullah Kobayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino

November 22 in Saitama at 6pm JST, 10am BST, 5am ET
• Ryoji Sai and Yoshitatsu vs. Shuji Ishikawa and SUWAMA
• Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi vs. Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino
• Abdullah Kobayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Masato Tanaka and TAJIRI

November 23 in Tokyo at 11:30am JST, 3:30am BST, 10:30pm ET
• Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto vs. Shuji Ishikawa and SUWAMA
• Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi vs. Masato Tanaka and TAJIRI
• Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino vs. Shigehiro Irie and Zeus

November 29 in Gunma at 5pm JST, 9am BST, 4am ET
• Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi vs. Ryoji Sai and Yoshitatsu
• Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto vs. Masato Tanaka and TAJIRI
• Abdullah Kobayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Shigehiro Irie and Zeus

December 4 in Aichi at 6:30pm JST, 10:30am BST, 5:30am ET
• Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi vs. Shuji Ishikawa and SUWAMA
• Abdullah Kobayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto
• Ryoji Sai and Yoshitatsu vs. Shigehiro Irie and Zeus
• Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino vs. Masato Tanaka and TAJIRI

December 5 in Niigata at 6pm JST, 10am BST, 5am ET
• Masato Tanaka and TAJIRI vs. Shuji Ishikawa and SUWAMA
• Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi vs. Shigehiro Irie and Zeus
• Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto vs. Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino
• Abdullah Kobayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Ryoji Sai and Yoshitatsu

December 7 in Tokyo at 6:30pm JST, 10:30am BST, 5:30am ET
• Abdullah Kobayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Shuji Ishikawa and SUWAMA
• Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto vs. Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi
• Masato Tanaka and TAJIRI vs. Shigehiro Irie and Zeus
• Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino vs. Ryoji Sai and Yoshitatsu

All Japan has also confirmed every show will be uploaded to AJPW TV.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH will hold its N-1 Victory tournament final show tomorrow in Edion Arena Osaka.

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

The show will air live on ABEMA at 4pm JST, 8am BST, 3am ET.

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