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HARTLEY TRIUMPHANT IN FIRE FESTIVAL, NJPW ROAD TO POWER STRUGGLE RESULTS AND MORE FROM JAPAN

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling continued its Road to Power Struggle tour in Korakuen Hall today.

The full results were:

• Yuya Uemura def. Yota Tsuji
• 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
• Chase Owens, Jay White and KENTA def. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi and Tomoaki Honma
• SANADA and Tetsuya Naito def. EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi via DQ
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru def. BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi

Commentary mentioned Yuya Uemura wants to compete in the upcoming Best of the Super Juniors tournament.

Chase Owens pinned Tomoaki Honma to win the fourth match. It was Owens’ first match in Japan since New Beginning in Osaka in February.

El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru made their first successful defense of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships in the main event.

New Japan will hold a second show in Korakuen Hall tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Gabriel Kidd vs. Yota Tsuji
• Great-O-Khan and Will Ospreay vs. Kazuchika Okada and Yuya Uemura
• BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi and Shingo Takagi vs. El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Chase Owens, Jay White and KENTA vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi and Tomoaki Honma
• EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi vs. SANADA and Tetsuya Naito
• IWGP Tag Team Championships: Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI

New Japan will announce the full participants for the combined Best of the Super Juniors and World Tag League tour at tomorrow’s show.

The tour will start on November 15 in Dolphins Arena and will conclude on December 11 in the Nippon Budokan.

• November 15 in Dolphins Arena, Aichi – World Tag League and Best of the Super Juniors
• November 16 in Gikyou Arena, Ishikawa – World Tag League only
• November 18 in Korakuen Hall, Tokyo – Best of the Super Juniors only
• November 19 in Korakuen Hall, Tokyo – World Tag League only
• November 20 in Korakuen Hall, Tokyo – Best of the Super Juniors only
• November 22 in Nagano – World Tag League only
• November 23 in G Messa Gunma – Best of the Super Juniors only
• November 24 in Big Palette Fukushima – World Tag League only
• November 25 in Niigata Convention Center – Best of the Super Juniors only
• November 28 in Fujisawa – World Tag League only
• November 29 in Korakuen Hall, Tokyo – Best of the Super Juniors only
• November 30 in Korakuen Hall, Tokyo – World Tag League only
• December 2 in Maruzen Intek Arena, Osaka – Best of the Super Juniors only
• December 4 in Beppu B-Con Plaza – World Tag League only
• December 5 in Sun Arena Sendai – Best of the Super Juniors only
• December 6 in Fukuoka International Center – World Tag League and Best of the Super Juniors
• December 11 in Nippon Budokan – World Tag League and Best of the Super Juniors tournament finals

The tournament announcements will be after the third match on tomorrow’s show.

New Japan has also announced JR Kratos will debut on this week’s episode of NJPW STRONG. Kratos will team with Rust Taylor against Jeff Cobb and Rocky Romero.

Fred Rosser will face Jordan Clearwater in singles action on the same show.

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 held its Fire Festival tournament final in Korakuen Hall today.

The full results were:

• Hide Kubota and Yasu Kubota def. RAICHO and SUGI
• Quiet Storm and Shinjiro Otani def. Towa Iwasaki and Tsugutaka Sato
• T-Hawk, Takuya Sugawara and Yoshikazu Yokoyama def. Masato Tanaka, Shogun Okamoto and Yuko Miyamoto
• Chris Vice vs. Yuji Hino – No Contest
• Chris Vice vs. Yuji Hino – Double Countout
• ZERO1 World Junior Heavyweight Championship and ZERO1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship: El Lindaman def. Shoki Kitamura (c)
• Fire Festival final: Hartley Jackson def. Hayato Tamura

El Lindaman defeated Shoki Kitamura to win the ZERO1 World Junior Heavyweight Championship and ZERO1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship.

In the main event, Hartley Jackson defeated Hayato Tamura to win the Fire Festival tournament.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held a show in Tajimi Sogo Bunka Center today.

The full results were:

• Punch Tominaga, Ryo Saito and Ryotsu Shimizu def. Dragon Kid, Ho Ho Lun and Ultimo Dragon
• Ben-K def. Jimmy
• Dia Inferno and Takashi Yoshida vs. Dragon Dia and Kota Minoura – No Contest
• Jason Lee, U-T and Yosuke Santa Maria def. Kagetora, Susumu Yokosuka and Taketo Kamei
• Keisuke Okuda, Kzy, Problem Dragon and YAMATO def. Eita, H?Y?O, KAI and Kaito Ishida

Diamante was removed from the third match due to the arm injury he suffered on yesterday’s show.

Yosuke Santa Maria was removed from Dragon Dia and Kota Minoura’s team to Jason Lee and U-T’s team in the next match. Taketo Kamei was added to Kagetora and Susumu Yokosuka to even the numbers.

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