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DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling held its Ultimate Party 2020 show in Ota Ward General Gymnasium today.

The full results were:

• Hideki Okatani def. Keigo Nakamura
• Hoshitango and Hiroshi Yamato def. Mizuki Watase and Yukio Naya
• MAO def. Shunma Katsumata
• Akito def. Danshoku Dieno
• Elimination: Kazusada Higuchi, Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi def. Antonio Honda, Makoto Oishi and Super Sasadango Machine & El Lindaman, Mad Paulie and Nobuhiro Shimatani & Kazuki Hirata, Naomi Yoshimura and Toru Owashi
• DDT Extreme Division Championship Weapons Rumble: Sanshiro Takagi def. Shinya Aoki (c)
• CIMA and Soma Takao def. HARASHIMA and Naomichi Marufuji
• DDT Universal Championship: Yuki Ueno def. Chris Brookes (c)
• Jun Akiyama def. Konosuke Takeshita
• KO-D Openweight Championship: Tetsuya Endo (c) def. Daisuke Sasaki

Yuki Iino, who has been sidelined after back surgery, appeared at the show and announced he is aiming to return in February.

Sanshiro Takagi defeated Shinya Aoki to win the DDT Extreme Division Championship. Takagi said all his defenses will air on YouTube and was attacked by Shunma Katsumata, seemingly setting up Takagi’s first defense.

DDT announced the full participants in this year’s D-Oh Grand Prix at today’s show.

The full participants are:

A block
• Akito
• Chris Brookes
• Daisuke Sasaki
• HARASHIMA
• Konosuke Takeshita
• MAO
• Yukio Sakaguchi

B block
• Jun Akiyama
• Kazusada Higuchi
• Makoto Oishi
• Soma Takao
• Shunma Katsumata
• Tetsuya Endo
• Yuki Ueno

The tournament will start on November 22 in Korakuen Hall and conclude on December 27 in the same venue.

The full schedule is:

• November 22 in Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
• November 27 in Narimasu Act Hall, Tokyo
• November 28 in Narimasu Act Hall, Tokyo
• November 29 in Azalea Taisho Hall, Osaka
• December 4 in Narimasu Act Hall, Tokyo
• December 6 in Narimasu Act Hall, Tokyo
• December 12 in Narimasu Act Hall, Tokyo
• December 27 in Korakuen Hall, Tokyo

DDT then announced it will hold a show in Culttz Kawasaki on February 14 next year. It will be the company’s first show in the venue.

Yuki Ueno defeated Chris Brookes to win the DDT Universal Championship. Ueno announced his departure from DISASTER BOX after the match.

His first defense of the championship will be against MAO on the DDT TV SHOW! episode on November 8.

Tetsuya Endo successfully defended the KO-D Openweight Championship against Daisuke Sasaki. The two reconciled after the match.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its The Gate of Destiny 2020 show in EDION Arena Osaka today.

The full results were:

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

Keisuke Okuda defeated Kaito Ishida to win the Open the Brave Gate Championship. This is the culmination of one of the best rivalries of the year, the backstory of which was covered by Michael Spears of Voices of Wrestling here.

Jason Lee and Kota Minoura successfully defended the Open the Twin Gate Championships against Genki Horiguchi and Susumu Yokosuka. It was the duo’s second successful defense.

Kento Kobune replaced Diamante in the Open the Triangle Gate Championships match. Diamante suffered an arm injury on October 31.

Eita defeated Kzy in the main event to make his first successful defense of the Open the Dream Gate Championship against. Kzy is now 0-4 when challenging for the championship.

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 held a show in Tokyo today.

The full results were:

• World Heavyweight Championship: Hayato Tamura (c) def. Yasu Kubota
• Nobuki Hayashi and Tsuyoshi Nakasako vs. Satoru Suzuki and Yosuke Nishijima – Time Limit Draw
• Chris Vice, TARU and Yoshikazu Yokoyama def. Andy Wu, RAICHO and SUGI
• Hartley Jackson, Naoshi Sano and Shoki Kitamura def. Aja Kong, Satsuki Nagao and Shinjiro Otani
• Masato Tanaka and Takuya Sugawara def. Asuka and Hide Kubota
• Intercontinental Tag Team Championships: Quiet Storm and Yuji Hino def. Towa Iwasaki and Tsugutaka Sato (c)

Hayato Tamura made his second defense of the World Heavyweight Championship against Yasu Kubota in the opening match.

It is incredibly rare to see a Japanese promotion put a title defense in the opening match on the card. Tamura originally wanted to face Takafumi, who defeated Tamura in quick fashion on the opening night of the Fire Festival tournament, but he has a shoulder injury.

Kubota was selected as a replacement after he made headlines in Japan for confronting a man taking photos under a lady’s skirt at a train station. Yahoo published an article about the incident, which can be read here.

After the match, Hartley Jackson officially challenged Tamura to a World Heavyweight Championship match.

Tamura accepted the challenge, although no date was given for the match.

The second match on the card was contested by Dojo Chakuriki fighters under MMA rules. It went to a time limit draw after two rounds of three minutes.

RAICHO and SUGI both did flips off a building during the third match.

Quiet Storm and Yuji Hino won the Intercontinental Tag Team Championships in the main event.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling has announced its All Best Main Event show in EDION Arena Osaka on November 23 will use a triple ring layout.

Three new matches have also been added to the card. Firstly, Drew Parker, Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto will face Isami Kodaka, Minoru Fujita and Yukio Miyamoto in a deathmatch.

Fujita currently holds the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship and will defend it against Kodaka on November 17. Neither man will defend the championship at All Best Main Event.

Boogeyman, Gosaku Goshogawara, Leatherface and Raijin Yaguchi will face Abdullah Kobayashi, Hideyoshi Kamitani, Kankuro Hoshino and Yuichi Taniguchi in a no ropes barbed wire deathmatch.

Lastly, CIMA and Shigehiro Irie will team against Daichi Hashimoto and Yuya Aoki.

The updated match card is:

• HUB and GAINA vs. Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami
• Deathmatch: Drew Parker, Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Isami Kodaka, Minoru Fujita and Yukio Miyamoto
• No Ropes Barbed Wire deathmatch: Boogeyman, Gosaku Goshogawara, Leatherface and Raijin Yaguchi vs. Abdullah Kobayashi, Hideyoshi Kamitani, Kankuro Hoshino and Yuichi Taniguchi
• CIMA and Shigehiro Irie vs. Daichi Hashimoto and Yuya Aoki
• BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship: Kota Sekifuda (c)/Tatsuhiko Yoshino vs. Andy Wu
• Deathmatch: Jaki Numazawa and Jun Kasai vs. Ryuji Ito and Yuki Ishikawa
• BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship: Yuji Okabayashi (c) vs. Daisuke Sekimoto

Kota Sekifuda will defend the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship against Tatsuhiko Yoshino on November 7. The winner will face Andy Wu at All Best Main Event.

Big Japan will begin its Hokkaido tour tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Kosuke Sato vs. Takuho Kato
• Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu vs. Kankuro Hoshino and Yuichi Taniguchi
• Kazuki Hashimoto and Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami
• Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Kota Sekifuda and Takuya Nomura
• Akira Hyodo and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuya Aoki
• Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi, Drew Parker and Yuko Miyamoto vs. Jaki Numazawa, Ryuji Ito and Yuki Ishikawa

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its penultimate Road to Power Struggle tour show today in Twin Messe Shizuoka today.

The full results were:

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

Kota Ibushi made an interesting comment about SANADA in his latest interview on New Japan’s website.

Ibushi suggested SANADA should leave Los Ingobernables de Japón and join New Japan’s main unit as just Seiya Sanada: “There are a lot of ways where we’ll similar, but with him I’m not sure which guy I’ll be facing. In my mind, this guy isn’t SANADA, he’s Seiya Sanada.

“I think that’s the guy we saw in the finals. The all caps SANADA was the one that made the entrance, but he went away when the bell rang. I still think he’d be a better fit in hontai.”

This is the not first time Ibushi has made this suggestion. He first mentioned it last year, and reaffirmed he still feels the same in the interview.

The full interview can be read here.

New Japan has also confirmed Toru Yano’s first KOPW 2020 defense against Zack Sabre Jr. at Power Struggle on November 7 will be a No Corner Pad match.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH held a show in Numazu today.

The full results were:

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

Yoshiki Inamura debuted a new look at today’s show following his departure from Kongoh. He has shaved his mohawk and now wears a black singlet.

 

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