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New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the full card for its Power Struggle show on November 7 in EDION Arena Osaka, consisting of six marquee singles matches.

The full card is:

• KOPW 2020: Toru Yano (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• NEVER Openweight Championship: Minoru Suzuki (c) vs. Shingo Takagi
• Great-O-Khan vs. Kazuchika Okada
• IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate briefcase: KENTA (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
• IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate briefcase: Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Jay White
• IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. EVIL

Toru Yano will make his first defense of the KOPW 2020 trophy. He defeated El Desperado, Kazuchika Okada and SANADA in a four-way match at SUMMER STRUGGLE in JINGU on August 29 to become the provisional holder.

Minoru Suzuki will attempt his first defense of the NEVER Openweight Championship against Shingo Takagi. Suzuki defeated Takagi to win the championship at SUMMER STRUGGLE in JINGU.

Great-O-Khan will wrestle his first singles match since returning from excursion against Kazuchika Okada. He is a member of Will Ospreay’s new faction, officially titled The Empire.

KENTA earned his IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate briefcase by winning the New Japan Cup 2020 in the USA on NJPW STRONG.

He already defended it once against Jeff Cobb and will make his second defense against Hiroshi Tanahashi, who defeated KENTA during the G1 Climax.

Jon Moxley currently holds the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship. Due to the current travel restrictions, it is hard to guess when Moxley will next be able to defend the championship.

Kota Ibushi will defend his IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate briefcase against Jay White. After Ibushi won the G1 Climax yesterday, White immediately challenged him.

Lastly, Tetsuya Naito will defend the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship against EVIL.

EVIL betrayed Naito and joined Bullet Club en route to winning both championships at Dominion. Naito then won both championships back at SUMMER STRUGGLE in JINGU.

EVIL defeated Naito during the G1 Climax and attacked him after their tag team match on yesterday’s show, setting the stage for the upcoming double championship match.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held a show in Matsue Kunibiki Messe today.

The full results were:

• Genki Horiguchi, Kagetora and Ultimo Dragon def. Kota Minoura, Problem Dragon and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Susumu Yokosuka def. U-T
• Ben-K and Kzy vs. Diamante and Eita – No Contest
• Naruki Doi, Punch Tominaga and Ryotsu Shimizu def. Don Fujii, Madoka Kikuta and Yasushi Kanda
• Dragon Dia, Jason Lee, Keisuke Okuda and YAMATO def. Dia Inferno, H?Y?O, KAI and Kaito Ishida

Dragon Gate has announced the full card for its The Gate of Destiny 2020 show on November 3.

The full card is:

• Ho Ho Lun, K-ness, Konomama Ichikawa and Shachihoko Boy vs. Jimmy, Problem Dragon, U-T and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Ben-K, Dragon Dia and Strong Machine J vs. BxB Hulk, Dia Inferno and H?Y?O
• Bodyguard, Don Fujii, Gamma and Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Dragon Kid, Kagetora, Ryo Saito and Shuji Kondo
• Kento Kobune, Madoka Kikuta and Taketo Kamei vs. Masato Yoshino, Ultimo Dragon and Yasushi Kanda
• KAI vs. YAMATO
• Open the Brave Gate Championship: Kaito Ishida (c) vs. Keisuke Okuda
• Open the Twin Gate Championships: Jason Lee and Kota Minoura (c) vs. Genki Horiguchi and Susumu Yokosuka
• Open the Triangle Gate Championships: Diamante, KAZMA SAKAMOTO and Takashi Yoshida (c) vs. Naruki Doi, Punch Tominaga and Ryotsu Shimizu
• Open the Dream Gate Championship: Eita (c) vs. Kzy

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling’s Saikyo Tag League tournament will conclude at tomorrow’s show in Korakuen Hall.

The full card is:

• Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami vs. Kosuke Sato and Takuho Kato
• 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
• Akira Hyodo, Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Kuma Arashi, Ryota Hama and Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Deathmatch: Kankuro Hoshino and Yuki Ishikawa vs. Ryuichi Sekine and Takumi Tsukamoto
• Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi, Drew Parker and Minoru Fujita vs. Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda
• Saikyo Tag League final

Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto have won the tournament three times, while Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani have won it once.

Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura currently hold the BJW Tag Team Championships.

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Asuka has been revealed as Hide Kubota’s mystery partner against Masato Tanaka and Takuya Sugawara at Pro Wrestling ZERO1’s show in Tokyo on November 3.

The updated match card is:

• Asuka and Hide Kubota vs. Masato Tanaka and Takuya Sugawara
• Dojo Chakuriki offer match
• Andy Wu, RAICHO and SUGI vs. Chris Vice, TARU and Yoshikazu Yokoyama
• World Heavyweight Championship: Hayato Tamura (c) vs. Yasu Kubota
• Intercontinental Tag Team Championships: Towa Iwasaki and Tsugutaka Sato (c) vs. Quiet Storm and Yuji Hino

For the sake of clarity, this is not the same Asuka who currently competes in WWE.

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling has announced five new shows taking place in December and January.

All Japan will hold its Prime Night 2020 show on December 13 in Korakuen Hall. It will be the company’s last show of 2020.

Then, All Japan will hold its 2021 NEW YEARS WARS tour across four shows in January.

The 2021 NEW YEARS WARS tour will start on January 2 in Korakuen Hall. There will be a second Korakuen Hall show on January 3, a show in 2AW Square on January 10 and the tour will conclude back in Korakuen Hall on January 24.

All Japan’s announcement regarding the scheduling can be read here.

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