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DDT Pro-Wrestling

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

The full results were:

• Makoto Oishi def. Hideki Okatani
• Danshoku Dieno def. Gorgeous Matsuno
• Daisuke Sasaki and Tetsuya Endo def. Antonio Honda and Keigo Nakamura
• Konosuke Takeshita, MAO, Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ueno def. Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA, Toru Owashi and Yukio Naya
• KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Akito, Kazuki Hirata and Shota def. Kazusada Higuchi, Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi (c)

Akito, Kazuki Hirata and Shota defeated Kazusada Higuchi, Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi to win the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championships.

DDT will hold a show in Shizuoka tomorrow. The full card is:

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

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH held a show in Shizuoka today.

The full results were:

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

Kotaro Suzuki served as the special guest referee in the six-man tag team match between Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Junta Miyawaki versus HAYATA, Kinya Okada and Yoshinari Ogawa.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate will hold its Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival show in Kobe World Kinen Hall tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Open the Brave Gate Championship: Keisuke Okuda (c) vs. Kaito Ishida
• Battle Royal: Diamante vs. Gamma vs. Ho Ho Lun vs. H?Y?O vs. Jimmy vs. Konomama Ichikawa vs. Problem Dragon vs. Shachihoko Boy vs. Super Shisa
• Boku R Shimizu and Ryo Saito vs. Madoka Kikuta and Taketo Kamei
• Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi, Masaaki Mochizuki, TARU vs. K-ness, Susumu Yokosuka, Taro Nohashi and Yasushi Kanda
• Dia Inferno vs. Dragon Dia
• Kzy, Punch Tominaga and Strong Machine J vs. Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi and Toru Owashi
• Open the Twin Gate Championship: BxB Hulk and KAI vs. Kota Minoura and YAMATO
• Open the Triangle Gate Championships: KAZMA SAKMOTO, SB KENTo and Takashi Yoshida (c) vs. Ben-K, U-T and Yosuke Santa Maria vs. Dragon Kid, Kagetora and ‘X’
• Open the Dream Gate Championship: Eita (c) vs. Shun Skywalker

Jason Lee, Shuji Kondo and Ultimo Dragon are unable to compete on the show due to a high fever. Various changes have been made to the card.

Boku R Shimizu and Punch Tominaga were moved from the battle royal to tag team matches. YAMATO will team with Kota Minoura for the newly vacant the Open the Twin Gate Championships. Kondo’s replacement in the Open the Triangle Gate Championships is unspecified.

Keisuke Okuda agreed to defend the Open the Brave Gate Championship against Kaito Ishida on the condition that it was the opening match on the show.

The winner of the 9-man battle royal will receive the right to any in-ring wish.

The main event will be Shun Skywalker’s first match since returning from excursion in Mexico. It will be Eita’s second defense of the Open The Dream Gate Championship.

The show will live air on the Dragon Gate Network, with additional English commentary as well. It will start at 3pm JST, 6am BST, 1am ET.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling will begin its joint Best of the Super Juniors and World Tag League tour in Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium tomorrow.

The full card is:

• World Tag League: Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens vs. Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano
• Best of the Super Juniors: Master Wato vs. Yuya Uemura
• World Tag League: Great-O-Khan and ‘X’ vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Toa Henare
• Best of the Super Juniors: DOUKI vs. Robbie Eagles
• World Tag League: Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI vs. Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.
• Best of the Super Juniors: BUSHI vs. SHO
• World Tag League: EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi vs. SANADA and Shingo Takagi
• Best of the Super Juniors: El Desperado vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
• World Tag League: David Finlay and Juice Robinson vs. Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa
• Best of the Super Juniors: Hiromu Takahashi vs. Taiji Ishimori

Tomorrow’s show will be Bad Luck Fale, David Finlay, Robbie Eagles, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa and Toa Henare’s first matches back in Japan since the start of the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic.

The show will air live on NJPW World at 6pm JST, 9am BST, 4am ET.

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