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Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH held its second Premium Prelude tour show in Korakuen Hall today.

The full results were:

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

Yasutaka Yano is NOAH’s first dojo graduate in two years. He lost to Kinya Okada in just over five and a half minutes in the opening match.

In the third match, Tadasuke pinned Kotaro Suzuki. This is significant as Suzuki holds the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship.

Afterwards, HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa turned on Suzuki and kicked him out of Stinger. NOAH’s junior heavyweight division has been incredibly volatile throughout 2020 and it would not be a surprise to see HAYATA and Ogawa welcome a new member to Stinger or Suzuki join a new faction in the very near future.

Kaito Kiyomiya pinned Kenoh in the fourth match. In what looked to be a confrontation, Yoshiki Inamura shook Kiyomiya’s hand. Kiyomiya then challenged Kenoh to a GHC National Championship match.

Backstage, Inamura confirmed his departure from Kongoh to join Kiyomiya.

Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada made their first successful defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships against Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY. After the match, they were attacked and challenged by HAYATA and Ogawa.

Similarly, Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura made their first successful defense of the GHC Tag Team Championships against Manabu Soya and Masa Kitamiya when Sakuraba submitted Soya.

This prompted Naomichi Marfuji to come to the ring. He challenged Sakuraba and Sugiura to the GHC Tag Team Championships alongside Masakatsu Funaki.

Keiji Mutoh versus Shuhei Taniguchi and Go Shiozaki defending the GHC Heavyweight Championship are the only two matches currently confirmed to to take place at NOAH the CHRONICLE vol. 4 in Yokohama Budokan on November 22. However, based on today’s results, some additional matches on the card could be:

• GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada (c) vs. HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship: Kotaro Suzuki (c) vs. Tadasuke
• GHC Tag Team Championships: Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura (c) vs. Masakatsu Funaki and Naomichi Marfuji
• Keiji Mutoh vs. Shuhei Taniguchi
• GHC National Championship: Kenoh (c) vs. Kaito Kiyomiya
• GHC Heavyweight Championship: Go Shiozaki (c) vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima

NOAH has also announced the full card for its November 8 show in Korakuen Hall.

The full card is:

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

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its fourth Road to Power Struggle tour show in Yamagata Big Wing today.

The full results were:

• Yota Tsuji def. Yuya Uemura
• Hirooki Goto, Toru Yano and YOSHI-HASHI def. DOUKI, Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.
• Great-O-Khan and Will Ospreay def. Gabriel Kidd and Kazuchika Okada
• El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru def. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi and Shingo Takagi
• Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi and Tomoaki Honma def. Gedo, Jay White and KENTA
• SANADA and Tetsuya Naito def. Dick Togo and EVIL

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held a show in Tsuyuhashi Sports Center today.

The full results were:

• Punch Tominaga, Ryo Saito and Ryotsu Shimizu def. Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi and Masato Yoshino
• BxB Hulk and Dia Inferno vs. Dragon Dia and Kota Minoura – No Contest
• Kagetora, Susumu Yokosuka and Ultimo Dragon def. Ho Ho Lun, Jason Lee and Jimmy
• Kento Kobune and Taketo Kamei def. Ben-K and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Keisuke Okuda, Kzy, U-T and YAMATO def. Diamante, Eita, H?Y?O and Kaito Ishida

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS will hold a show in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu vs. Kengo and Kuishinbo Kamen
• GENTARO vs. ‘X’
• Alejandro and Masamune vs .Mammoth Sasaki and Violent Jack
• Dragon Libre and Yuya Susumu vs. Kamui and Kenji Fukimoto
• Deathmatch: Daisuke Masaoka, Takashi Sasaki, Tomoya Hirata and Toru Sugiura vs. Jun Kasai, Masashi Takeda, Minoru Fujita and Rina Yamashita

Takahiro Katori was originally scheduled to team with Masamune in the third match. He is being replaced by former Wrestle-1 wrestler Alejandro.

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