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NAITO ISSUES BIG WRESTLE KINGDOM CHALLENGE, CHONO TO APPEAR AT NOAH CHRONICLE VOL. 4, BJW & MORE FROM JAPAN

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held a press conference today regarding Wrestle Kingdom 15.

Jay White spoke first, asserting his desire to challenge Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship on January 5.

He also demanded a new challenge rights certificate with his name in English and a new briefcase with the January 5 date.

Naito spoke second and issued a challenge to Kota Ibushi for January 4. He acknowledged the champion being able to select a challenger sets a dangerous precedent, potentially negating the need for the G1 Climax and challenge rights certificate entirely, but threatened to boycott Wrestle Kingdom if his wish is not fulfilled.

New Japan chairman Naoki Sugabayashi spoke last. He said New Japan had planned to announce more Wrestle Kingdom matches at today’s press conference but need more time to take the last 24 hours into consideration.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH held a show in Korakuen Hall today.

The full results were:

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

Masahiro Chono hijacked the ABEMA broadcast and announced he will accompany Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura to the ring at NOAH the CHRONICLE vol. 4 in Yokohama Budokan on November 22.

Daisuke Harada defeated Kotaro Suzuki to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship. After the match, Harada was challenged by Tadasuke.

NOAH announced it will hold NEW SUNRISE 2021 in Korakuen Hall on January 4 next year. It will be an entirely mystery card. Takashi Sugiura will also hold his twentieth anniversary show in Korakuen Hall on December 29.

The full card has been confirmed for NOAH the CHRONICLE vol. 4:

• Hajime Ohara, Mohammed Yone, Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY vs. Junta Miyawaki, Kinya Okada, Yasutaka Yano and Yoshiki Inamura
• Haoh and Tadasuke vs. Kotaro Suzuki and ‘X’
• Kazyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin and NOSAWA Rongai vs. Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya and Nioh
• Keiji Mutoh vs. Shuhei Taniguchi
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada (c) vs. HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa
• GHC National Championship: Kenoh (c) vs. Kaito Kiyomiya
• GHC Tag Team Championships: Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura (c) vs. Masakatsu Funaki and Naomichi Marufuji
• GHC Heavyweight Championship: Go Shiozaki (c) vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima

The full cards have also been announced for NOAH’s shows on November 14 and 28.

The full cards are:

November 14
• Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Yasutaka Yano and Yoshiki Inamura
• Kotaro Suzuki vs. Seiya Morohashi
• Akitoshi Saito and Masao Inoue vs. Manabu Soya and Masa Kitamiya
• Masakatsu Funaki and Naomichi Marufuji vs. NOSAWA Rongai and Takashi Sugiura
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Junta Miyawaki vs. HAYATA, Kinya Okada and Yoshinari Ogawa
• Go Shiozaki, Hajime Ohara, Kaito Kiyomiya, Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY vs. Haoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Nioh and Tadasuke

November 28
• Junta Miyawaki and Yasutaka Yano vs. Kinya Okada and Yoshiki Inamura
• Atsushi Kotoge vs. Kai Fujimura
• Daiki Inaba vs. Manabu Soya
• Hajime Ohara, Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY vs. Haoh, Nioh and Tadasuke
• Daisuke Harada vs. Kaito Kiyomiya

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling continued its Hokkaido tour with two shows in Sapporo today.

The full results were:

Afternoon
• Kosuke Sato def. Masaki Morihiro
• Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu def. Jaki Numazawa and Takuya Nomura
• Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Yuya Aoki def. Kazumi Kikuta, Ryuichi Kawakami and Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Deathmatch: Drew Parker and Ryuji Ito def. Kankuro Hoshino and Yuko Miyamoto
• Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi def. Akira Hyodo and Takuho Kato
• BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship: Tatsuhiko Yoshino (c) def. Kota Sekifuda
• Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi def. Yuki Ishikawa

Evening
• Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami def. Kosuke Sato and Masaki Morihiro
• Jaki Numazawa def. Yuichi Taniguchi
• Abdullah Kobayashi and Ryuji Ito def. Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu
• Akira Hyodo and Yuji Okabayashi def. Kazuki Hashimoto and Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Deathmatch: Kankuro Hoshino and Yuko Miyamoto def. Drew Parker and Yuki Ishikawa
• CIMA, El Lindaman and T-Hawk def. Daisuke Sekimoto, Kota Sekifuda and Yuya Aoki
• BJW Tag Team Championships: Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura (c) def. Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani

Tatsuhiko Yoshino successfully defended the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship against Kota Sekifuda on the afternoon show. He will defend the championship against Andy Wu at All Best Main Event on November 23 in EDION Arena Osaka.

Takuho Kato was removed from the evening show. Kazuki Hashimoto took his spot as Yasufumi Nakanoue’s teammate, while Masaki Morihiro replaced Hashimoto in the opening match.

In the main event, Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura successfully defended the BJW Tag Team Championships against Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling aired its eleventh DDT TV SHOW! episode today.

The full results were:

• Danshoku Dieno def. Yukio Naya
• O-40 Championship: Toru Owashi def. Gorgeous Matsuno (c)
• Konosuke Takeshita and Shunma Katsumata def. HARASHIMA and Keigo Nakamura
• Daisuke Sasaki, Mad Paulie, Soma Takao and Tetsuya Endo def. Hideki Okatani, Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi and Mizuki Watase
• DDT Universal Championship: Yuki Ueno (c) def. MAO

Toru Owashi defeated Gorgeous Matsuno to win the O-40 Championship.

Yuki Ueno made his first successful defense of the DDT Universal Championship against MAO.

DDT has announced the cards for its November 12, 14, 15, 22, 27, 28, 29, December 4, 6, and 12 shows.

The full cards are:

November 12
• Chikara and Nobuhiro Shimatani vs. Tsutomu Oosugi and Yasutaka Oosera
• Soma Takao vs. Yusuke Kubo
• Antonio Honda, Ryu Gouma and Yasu Urano vs. El Lindaman, Mad Paulie and T-Hawk
• Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu vs. Ryuichi Sekine and Tetsuya Endo
• Amigo Suzuki vs. Hiroshi Yamato
• Daisuke Sasaki and Shuji Ishikawa vs. Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuko Miyamoto

November 14 (partial card)
• Danshoku Dieno vs. Gorgeous Matsuno
• Antonio Honda and Keigo Nakamura vs. Daisuke Sasaki and Tetsuya Endo
• KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Kazusada Higuchi, Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi (c) vs. Akito, Kazuki Hirata and Shota

November 15
• Tomomitsu Matsunaga vs. Yuki Ueno
• Antonio Honda vs. Kazusada Higuchi vs. Keigo Nakamura
• Danshoku Dieno and Hideki Okatani vs. Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi
• Daisuke Sasaki and Tetsuya Endo vs. MAO and Shunma Katsumata
• Akito and Konosuke Takeshita vs. Mad Paulie and Soma Takao
• Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA and Kazuki Hirata vs. Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi and Mizuki Watase

November 22
• Hideki Okatani and Mizuki Watase vs. Keigo Nakamura and Yukio Naya
• Antonio Honda and Danshoku Dieno vs. Kazuki Hirata and Toru Owashi vs. Mad Paulie and Soma Takao vs. Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi
• B block: Makoto Oishi vs. Shunma Katsumata
• B block: Kazusada Higuchi vs. Yuki Ueno
• B block: Jun Akiyama vs. Tetsuya Endo
• A block: Akito vs. MAO
• A block: Chris Brookes vs. HARASHIMA
• A block: Daisuke Sasaki vs. Konosuke Takeshita

November 27
• Hideki Okatani and Yukio Naya vs. Keigo Nakamura and Tomomitsu Matsunaga
• B block: Soma Takao vs. Yuki Ueno
• B block: Kazusada Higuchi vs. Makoto Oishi
• B block: Shunma Katsumata vs. Tetsuya Endo
• A block: Chris Brookes vs. Yukio Sakaguchi
• A block: Daisuke Sasaki vs. MAO
• A block: Akito vs. Konosuke Takeshita

November 28
• Antonio Honda, Danshoku Dieno and Keigo Nakamura vs. Hideki Okatani, Saki Akai and Yukio Naya
• B block: Jun Akiyama vs. Shunma Katsumata
• B block: Makoto Oishi vs. Soma Takao
• B block: Kazusada Higuchi vs. Tetsuya Endo
• A block: Akito vs. Chris Brookes
• A block: Daisuke Sasaki vs. Yukio Sakaguchi
• A block: HARASHIMA vs. MAO

November 29
• Antonio Honda and Danshoku Dieno vs. Kazuki Hirata and Toru Owashi
• B block: Jun Akiyama vs. Makoto Oishi
• B block: Kazusada Higuchi vs. Soma Takao
• B block: Tetsuya Endo vs. Yuki Ueno
• A block: MAO vs. Yukio Sakaguchi
• A block: Daisuke Sasaki vs. HARASHIMA
• A block: Chris Brookes vs. Konosuke Takeshita

December 4
• Danshoku Dieno vs. Mizuki Watase
• B block: Makoto Oishi vs. Yuki Ueno
• B block: Jun Akiyama vs. Soma Takao
• B block: Kazusada Higuchi vs. Shunma Katsumata
• A block: Akito vs. Daisuke Sasaki
• A block: HARASHIMA vs. Yukio Sakaguchi
• A block: Konosuke Takeshita vs. MAO

December 6
• Danshoku Dieno and Saki Akai vs. Kazuki Hirata and Toru Owashi
• B block: Shunma Katsumata vs. Yuki Ueno
• B block: Jun Akiyama vs. Kazusada Higuchi
• B block: Soma Takao vs. Tetsuya Endo
• A block: Chris Brookes vs. Daisuke Sasaki
• A block: Akito vs. HARASHIMA
• A block: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yukio Sakaguchi

December 12
• Hideki Okatani and Yukio Naya vs. Keigo Nakamura and Yukio Naya vs. Mad Paulie and Nobuhiro Shimatani
• B block: Jun Akiyama vs. Yuki Ueno
• B block: Shunma Katsumata vs. Soma Takao
• B block: Makoto Oishi vs. Tetsuya Endo
• A block: Chris Brookes vs. MAO
• A block: Akito vs. Yukio Sakaguchi
• A block: HARASHIMA vs. Konosuke Takeshita

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate continued its The Gate of Evolution 2020 tour in Fukuiken Sangyokaikan today.

The full results were:

• Dragon Kid, Masato Yoshino and Punch Tominaga def. Boku R Shimizu, Naruki Doi and Punch Tominaga
• Kota Minoura and Yosuke Santa Maria def. Shachihoko Boy and Susumu Yokosuka
• BxB Hulk and Kaito Ishida def. Ho Ho Lun and Keisuke Okuda
• Don Fujii and Kagetora def. Jimmy and YAMATO
• Ben-K, Dragon Dia, Jason Lee and Kzy def. Dia Inferno, Eita, H?Y?O and SB KENTo

 

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