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Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH held its N-1 Victory tournament final in EDION Arena Osaka today.

The full results were:

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

Katsuhiko Nakajima defeated Kaito Kiyomiya to win the N-1 Victory tournament. He will challenge Go Shiozaki for the GHC Heavyweight Championship at NOAH the CHRONICLE vol. 4 in Yokohama Budokan on November 22.

Shuhei Taniguchi challenged Keiji Mutoh to a singles match, which Mutoh accepted. It will take place at NOAH the CHRONICLE vol. 4.

NOAH has confirmed its NOAH the CHRONICLE vol. 4 show and PREMIUM PRELUDE 2020 show in Korakuen Hall on November 8 will be broadcast live on ABEMA.

NOAH has also announced the full card for its shows on October 24, 28 and November 3.

The full cards are:

October 24
• Kinya Okada and Mohammed Yone vs. Nioh and Tadasuke
• Manabu Soya and Masa Kitamiya vs. NOSAWA Rongai and Takashi Sugiura
• Haoh vs. Naomichi Marufuji
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Junta Miyawaki vs. Hajime Ohara, Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY
• Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya and Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh and Yoshiki Inamura

October 28
• Kinya Okada vs. Yasutaka Yano
• Hajime Ohara and Naomichi Marufuji vs. Junta Miyawaki and Mohammed Yone
• Haoh, Nioh and Tadasuke vs. HAYATA, Kotaro Suzuki and Yoshinari Ogawa
• Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya and Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh and Yoshiki Inamura
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada (c) vs. Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY
• GHC Tag Team Championships: Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura (c) vs. Manabu Soya and Masa Kitamiya

November 3
• Yasutaka Yano vs. Yoshiki Inamura
• Kinya Okada vs. YO-HEY
• Hajime Ohara and Mohammed Yone vs. Manabu Soya and Masa Kitamiya
• NOSAWA Rongai and Takashi Sugiura vs. Seiki Yoshioka and Shuhei Taniguchi
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada, Go Shiozaki, Junta Miyawaki and Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Haoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Nioh and Tadasuke

Daisuke Harada will challenge Kotaro Suzuki for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship at PREMIUM PRELUDE 2020 in Korakuen Hall on November 8.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its fourteenth G1 Climax show today in Aichi Gymnasium.

The full results were:

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

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

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

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 held its fifth Fire Festival show today in Nagasaki.

The full results were:

• Quiet Storm and Shoki Kitamura def. El Lindaman and Takumi Baba
• B block: Chris Vice vs. Shogun Okamoto – Double Countout
• A block: Hartley Jackson def. Takuya Sugawara
• A block: T-Hawk def. Yoshikazu Yokoyama via countout
• B block: Masato Tanaka def. Tsugutaka Sato
• Aja Kong and Shinjiro Otani def. Hide Kubota and Yuji Hino

Following today’s show, the updated tournament standings are:

A block
1. T-Hawk (4-0 record): 19 points
2. Hartley Jackson (2-1 record): 10 points
-. Yoshikazu Yokoyama (1-1-2 record): 10 points
-. Yuji Hino (2-2 record): 10 points
5. Takuya Sugawara (1-2-1 record): 8 points
6. Quiet Storm (1-2 record): 5 points
7. Towa Iwasaki (0-2-1 record): 3 points

B block
1. Chris Vice (3-1-1 record): 18 points
2. Tsugutaka Sato (3-2 record): 15 points
3. Hayato Tamura (2-1 record): 10 points
-. Masato Tanaka (2-2 record): 10 points
-. Yuko Miyamoto (2-2 record): 10 points
6. Shogun Okamoto (1-1-1 record): 8 points
7. Takafumi (1-5 record): 5 points

ZERO1 will hold its sixth Fire Festival show tomorrow in Fukuoka.

The full card is:

• 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

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held a show in Tokyo today.

The full results were:

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

Big Japan has announced the full cards for its dojo shows on October 17 and 18.

The full cards are:

October 17 (Morning)
• Drew Parker vs. Kosuke Sato
• Masaki Morihiro and ‘X’ vs. Takuya Nomura and Yuki Ishikawa
• Akira Hyodo and Yuya Aoki vs. Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani

October 17 (Afternoon)
• Daichi Hashimoto and Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Masaki Morihiro
• Yuki Ishikawa (with Takuya Nomura) vs. Yuya Aoki (with Kosuke Sato)
• Abdullah Kobayashi and Akira Hyodo vs. Drew Parker and Yuji Okabayashi

October 18 (Morning)
• Kosuke Sato vs. Masaki Morihiro
• Kazuki Hashimoto and Takuya Nomura vs. Kazumi Kikuta and Yuya Aoki
• Hardcore: Akira Hyodo, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Drew Parker, Ryuji Ito and Yuki Ishikawa

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held a show in Kyoto today.

The full results were:

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

KAZMA SAKAMOTO was unable to compete on the show due to a fever.

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