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Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held a show in Korakuen Hall today, highlighted by the Saikyo Tag League finals.

The full results were:

• Saikyo Tag League deathmatch: Ryuji Ito and Shunma Katsumata def. Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto
• Saikyo Tag League: Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani def. Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura
• Kota Sekifuda and Tatsuhiko Yoshino def. Yusuke Kodama and Yuya Aoki
• Kuma Arashi, Ryota Hama and Yasufumi Nakanoue def. Akira Hyodo, Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi
• Deathmatch: Ryuichi Sekine and Takumi Tsukamoto def. Kankuro Hoshino and Yuki Ishikawa
• Deathmatch: Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda def. Abdullah Kobayashi, Drew Parker and Minoru Fujita
• Saikyo Tag League final hardcore match: Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani def. Ryuji Ito and Shunma Katsumata

Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani won the Saikyo Tag League after defeating Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura in the strong style bracket and Ryuji Ito and Shunma Katsumata in the tournament final.

Big Japan will hold another show in Korakuen Hall tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Kazuki Hashimoto and Kosuke Sato vs. Koju Takeda and Kota Sekifuda
• Akira Hyodo, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Takuya Nomura vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, Ryota Hama and Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi, Isami Kodaka, Takumi Tsukamoto and Yuko Miyamoto vs. Jaki Numazawa, Kankuro Hoshino, Ryuji Ito and Takayuki Ueki
• Deathmatch: Drew Parker and Shunma Katsumata vs. Toshiyuki Sakuda and Yuki Ishikawa
• BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship: Yuya Aoki (c) vs. Tatsuhiko Yoshino
• BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship: Daichi Hashimoto (c) vs. Yuji Okabayashi
• BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship: Minoru Fujita (c) vs. Masaya Takahashi

Yuya Aoki will make his fourth defense of the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship against Tatsuhiko Yoshino.

The next BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship defense will be on November 8 in Hokkaido. Then, Andy Wu will challenge for the championship on November 23 in EDION Arena Osaka.

Should Daichi Hashimoto defeat Yuji Okabayashi on October 21, he will have seven successful defenses of the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship.

It is worth remembering Hashimoto discussed his desire to break Daisuke 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 current record is 10 successful defenses. 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.

Ironically, the next BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship challenger will be Sekimoto himself on November 23 in EDION Arena Osaka.

Masaya Takahashi pinned Minoru Fujita on September 14. As a result, he is challenging Fujita for the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship tomorrow.

Fujita defeated Ryuji Ito to win the championship on August 29. Tomorrow’s show will be his first defense.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the full card for the first night of its Road to Power Struggle in Korakuen Hall on October 23.

The full card is:

• Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
• Gabriel Kidd and Kazuchika Okada vs. Great-O-Khan and Will Ospsreay
• BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi and Shingo Takagi vs. El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Gedo, Jay White and KENTA vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi and Tomoaki Honma
• Dick Togo and EVIL vs. SANADA and Tetsuya Naito
• NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI vs. DOUKI, Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.

The main event will be Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI’s second defense of the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championships.

Dragon Gate

Naruki Doi has been removed from Dragon Gate’s upcoming The Gate of Victory 2020 tour shows after aggravating an elbow injury at yesterday’s show.

He was scheduled to team with Ryo Saito and Ryotsu Shimizu against Jason Lee, Keisuke Okuda and Yosuke Santa Maria on October 23 and team with Ryo Saito and Ryotsu Shimizu again against Konomama Ichikawa, Masato Yoshino and Ultimo Dragon on October 24.

The updated match cards are:

October 23 in Nanao Joyama Gymnasium
• Jason Lee, Keisuke Okuda and Yosuke Santa Maria vs. Punch Tominaga, Ryo Saito and Ryotsu Shimizu
• Konomama Ichikawa vs. YAMATO
• Diamante and Kaito Ishida vs. Shachihoko Boy and Ultimo Dragon
• Ben-K and Kzy vs. Madoka Kikuta and Shuji Kondo
• BxB Hulk, Eita, H?Y?O and Takashi Yoshida vs. Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi, Masato Yoshino and Susumu Yokosuka

October 24 in Kimassi Kanazawa
• Genki Horiguchi, Kento Kobune and Shachihoko Boy vs. Jason Lee, Keisuke Okuda and Kzy
• Ben-K vs. Taketo Kamei
• Konomama Ichikawa, Masato Yoshino and Ultimo Dragon vs. Punch Tominaga, Ryo Satio and Ryotsu Shimizu
• Diamante and Kaito Ishida vs. YAMATO and Yosuke Santa Maria
• BxB Hulk, Eita, H?Y?O and Takashi Yoshida vs. Dragon Kid, Madoka Kikuta, Shuji Kondo and Susumu Yokosuka

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 have added two new matches to its Fire Festival show on October 25.

Like the most recent Fire Festival show on October 18, the October 25 show will be streamed live on TwitCasting.

The full card is:

• KANON and Ren Ayabe vs. Shinjiro Otani and Shoki Kitamura
• Chris Vice and Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. Masato Tanaka and Yuji Hino
• B block: Hayato Tamura vs. Shogun Okamoto
• A block: Hartley Jackson vs. Towa Iwasaki

The show will cost ¥2500 to watch. The October 18 show only cost ¥1000, although it only had two matches on the card.

As was the case with the October 18 broadcast, viewers will be able to rewatch the matches for 14 days after it airs live.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling has announced the first match for its November 12 show in Shinjuku FACE produced by DAMNATION.

Former DAMNATION member and current All Japan Pro Wrestling star Shuji Ishikawa will team with Daisuke Sasaki against Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuko Miyamoto.

Regarding the split between Sasaki and Tetsuya Endo, Ishikawa said he is neutral.

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