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New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its eighth Best of the Super Juniors show in Sun Arena Sendai today.

The full results were:

• Best of the Super Juniors: SHO def. Yuya Uemura
• Best of the Super Juniors: DOUKI def. BUSHI
• Best of the Super Juniors: El Desperado vs. Robbie Eagles
• SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito def. Kota Ibushi, Satoshi Kojima and Tomoaki Honma
• Best of the Super Juniors: Master Wato vs. Taiji Ishimori
• Best of the Super Juniors: Hiromu Takahashi vs. Ryusuke Taguchi

Following today’s results, the updated World Tag League standings are:

1. El Desperado (6-2 record): 12 points
-. Hiromu Takahashi (6-2 record): 12 points
-. SHO (6-2 record): 12 points
-. Taiji Ishimori (6-2 record): 12 points
5. BUSHI (4-4 record): 8 points
-. Master Wato (4-4 record): 8 points
7. Robbie Eagles (3-5 record): 6 points
-. Ryusuke Taguchi (3-5 record): 6 points
9. DOUKI (2-6 record): 4 points
10. Yuya Uemura (0-8 record): 0 points

New Japan will hold its final Best of the Super Juniors and World Tag League show in Fukuoka Convention Center tomorrow.

The full card is:

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

The match order will be determined on tournament standings. Chris Charlton broke down each tournament final scenario on Twitter (the first tweet is a thread).

Going into the show, the current World Tag League standings are:

1. David Finlay and Juice Robinson (5-3 record): 10 points
-. Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI (5-3 record): 10 points
-. SANADA and Shingo Takagi (5-3 record): 10 points
-. Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. (5-3 record): 10 points
-. Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa (5-3 record): 10 points
-. Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano (5-3 record): 10 points
7. Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb (4-4 record): 8 points
8. EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi (3-5 record): 6 points
9. Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens (2-6 record): 4 points
10. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Toa Henare (1-7 record): 2 points

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held a show in Sapporo ii-one Stadium today.

The full results were:

• Susumu Yokosuka and Ultimo Dragon def. Strong Machine J and U-T
• Don Fujii and Dragon Kid def. Dia Inferno and HipHop Kikuta
• Keisuke Okuda def. Punch Tominaga
• Masato Yoshino and Taketo Kamei def. Eita and H?Y?O
• BxB Hulk, Kaito Ishida and SB KENTo def. Bokutimo Dragon, Naruki Doi and Ryo Saito
• Dragon Dia, Jason Lee, Kota Minoura and Shun Skywalker def. Ben-K, Kzy, YAMATO and Yosuke Santa Maria

Dragon Gate will hold its third show in as many days in Sapporo ii-one Stadium tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi vs. Punch Tominaga and Ryo Saito
• Bokutimo Dragon vs. Yosuke Santa Maria
• Don Fujii and Taketo Kamei vs. Dragon Dia and Kota Minoura
• Dia Inferno, HipHop Kikuta and SB KENTo vs. Dragon Dia, Susumu Yokosuka and Ultimo Dragon
• Ben-K and U-T vs. Jason Lee and Shun Skywalker
• BxB Hulk, Eita, H?Y?O and Kaito Ishida vs. Keisuke Okuda, Kzy, Strong Machine J and YAMATO

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling held its seventh Real World Tag League show in Niigata today.

The full results were:

• Franceso Akira def. Alejandro
• Black Menso~re, Takao Omori and Yusuke Okada def. Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato and Ryuki Honda
• Hokuto Omori and Yusuke Kodama def. Atsuki Aoyagi and Rising HAYATO
• Real World Tag League: Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi def. Izanagi and Shigehiro Irie
• Real World Tag League: Abdullah Kobayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto def. Ryoji Sai and Yoshitatsu
• Real World Tag League: Shuji Ishikawa and SUWAMA def. Masato Tanaka and TAJIRI
• Real World Tag League: Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto vs. Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino

Following today’s results, the updated World Tag League standings are:

1. Abdullah Kobayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto (4-2 record): 8 points
-. Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto (4-2 record): 8 points
-. Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi (4-2 record): 8 points
4. Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino (3-3 record): 6 points
-. Masato Tanaka and TAJIRI (3-3 record): 6 points
-. Shuji Ishikawa and SUWAMA (3-3 record): 6 points
7. Ryoji Sai and Yoshitatsu (2-4 record): 4 points
8. Izanagi and Shigehiro Irie (1-5 record): 2 points

Real Japan Pro Wrestling

Real Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the full card for its show in Korakuen Hall on December 17.

The full card is:

• Hayato Mashita and Super Rider vs. Ikuto Hidaka and Tatsuhito Takaiwa
• Jaguar Yokota and Rina Yamashita vs. Saree and Yoshiko
• Kohei Sato vs. Kouki Iwasaki
• Fuminori Abe vs. Kendo Kashin
• Alexander Otsuka vs. Matakatsu Funaki
• RJPW Legend Championship: Kazuyuki Fujita (c) vs. Super Tiger

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH will hold its NOAH the BEST ~FINAL CHRONICLE 2020~ show in Yoyogi tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Kinya Okada vs. Yasutaka Yano
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Junta Miyawaki vs. Haoh, Nioh and Tadasuke
• Hajime Ohara, Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya and Masa Kitamiya
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa (c) vs. Kotaro Suzuki and Salvaje de Oriente
• GHC National Championship: Kenoh (c) vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
• Daiki Inaba, Kaito Kiyomiya, Shuhei Taniguchi and Yoshiki Inamura vs. Keiji Mutoh, Masakatsu Funaki, Naomichi Marufuji and Yuko Miyamoto
• GHC Heavyweight Championship: Go Shiozaki (c) vs. Takashi Sugiura

HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa will make their first defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships against Kotaro Suzuki and Salvaje de Oriente. Kenoh will make his third defense of the GHC National Championship against Kazushi Sakuraba and Go Shiozaki will make his sixth defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Takashi Sugiura.

Sakuraba’s match against Kenoh will be his first time challenging for a singles championship since facing Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship at Wrestle Kingdom 7 in 2013.

The link to the show on FITE can be viewed here.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling will hold its penultimate D-Oh Grand Prix show in Narimasu Act Hall tomorrow.

The full card is:

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

Going into the show, the current D-Oh Grand Prix standings are:

A block
1. Chris Brookes (3-2 record): 6 points
-. HARASHIMA (3-1 record): 6 points
-. Yukio Sakaguchi (3-1 record: 6 points
4. Akito (2-2 record): 4 points
-. Konosuke Takeshita (2-2 record): 4 points
-. MAO (2-3 record): 4 points
7. Daisuke Sasaki (1-5 record): 2 points

B block
1. Tetsuya Endo (3-0-1 record): 7 points
2. Jun Akiyama (3-1 record): 6 points
3. Kazusada Higuchi (2-2-1 record): 5 points
4. Soma Takao (2-2 record): 4 points
-. Yuki Ueno (2-2 record): 4 points
6. Makoto Oishi (1-4 record): 2 points
-. Shunma Katsumata (1-3 record): 2 points

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 will hold a show at its dojo tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Ren Ayabe vs. Shoki Kitamura
• Takumi Baba vs. Towa Iwasaki
• Masato Tanaka and Takuya Sugawara vs. Ram Kaicho and Shinjiro Otani
• Furinkazan tag team tournament first round: Chris Vice and Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. Hartley Jackson and Satsuki Nagao

The winner of Chris Vice and Yoshikazu Yokoyama versus Hartley Jackson and Satsuki Nagao will face the winner of Shinjiro Otani and Yumehito Imanari versus Masato Tanaka and Takuya Sugawara. The latter match will take place on December 20.

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