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KEIJI MUTOH CHALLENGING FOR NOAH'S GLOBAL HONOR CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP, NOAH RETURNING TO BUDOKAN HALL FOR FIRST TIME IN 7 YEARS AND MORE FROM JAPAN

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH will return to the legendary Nippon Budokan on February 12 next year and Go Shiozaki will defend the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Keiji Mutoh in the main event.

It will be NOAH’s first show in the arena since Kenta Kobashi’s retirement in 2013. Kobashi teamed with Jun Akiyama, Mutoh and Kensuke Sasaki against Shiozaki, KENTA, Maybach Taniguchi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru.

Mutoh, who turns 58 on December 23, has held the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship but never the GHC Heavyweight Championship. The only two men to hold all three championships are Sasaki and Yoshihiro Takayama.

The full results from NOAH the BEST ~FINAL CHRONICLE 2020~ today were:

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

Salvaje de Oriente betrayed Kotaro Suzuki during the fourth match and was later unmasked to reveal himself as Yuya Susumu. He aligned himself with HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa in Stinger and it seems he will be going by just Susumu in NOAH.

NOSAWA Rongai and his mystery masked partner came to the ring afterwards to once again offer Ogawa a handshake. Ogawa accepted but it was just a setup for an attack. Suzuki finally accepted Rongai’s help (although still looked very reluctant) and they left as a trio.

Kenoh made his third successful defense of the GHC National Championship against Kazushi Sakuraba.

Yoshiki Inamura pinned Yuko Miyamoto in the sixth match. This is a major development for Inamura as it was his first time defeating someone who is not also a young lion.

After making his sixth successful defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Takashi Sugiura, Shiozaki was challenged by Mutoh.

NOAH has also confirmed the full card for its THE GIFT 2020 in NAGOYA show on December 19.

The full card is:

• Hajime Ohara vs. Yasutaka Yano
• Akitoshi Saito, Masao Inoue and Masashi Aoyagi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya and Masa Kitamiya
• Atsushi Kotoge and Junta Miyawaki vs. HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa
• Go Shiozaki and Kinya Okada vs. Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi
• Kotaro Suzuki vs. Susumu
• Haoh, Kenoh and Nioh vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship: Daisuke Harada (c) vs. Tadasuke
• GHC Tag Team Championships: Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura (c) vs. Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its final Best of the Super Juniors and World Tag League show in Fukuoka Convention Center today.

The full results were:

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

The final tournament standings are:

Best of the Super Juniors
1. El Desperado (7-2 record): 14 points
-. Hiromu Takahashi (7-2 record): 14 points
-. Taiji Ishimori (7-2 record): 14 points
4. SHO (6-3 record): 12 points
5. BUSHI (4-5 record): 8 points
-. Master Wato (4-5 record): 8 points
-. Robbie Eagles (4-5 record): 8 points
-. Ryusuke Taguchi (4-5 record): 8 points
9. DOUKI (2-7 record): 4 points
10. Yuya Uemura (0-9 record): 0 points

World Tag League
1. David Finlay and Juice Robinson (6-3 record): 12 points
-. Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. (6-3 record): 12 points
-. Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa (6-3 record): 12 points
4. Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI (5-4 record): 10 points
-. SANADA and Shingo Takagi (5-4 record): 10 points
-. Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano (5-4 record): 10 points
-. Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb (5-4 record): 10 points
8. Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens (3-6 record): 6 points
-. EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi (3-6 record): 6 points
10. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Toa Henare (1-7 record): 2 points

The Best of the Super Juniors final is El Desperado versus Hiromu Takahashi and the World Tag League final is David Finlay and Juice Robinson versus Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa. Both matches will take place in the Nippon Budokan on December 11.

Hiroshi Tanahashi tapped out to Tonga’s Sharpshooter to end their match in only three minutes and 55 seconds. Tanahashi and Toa Henare ended the tournament with one win.

Jeff Cobb pinned Shingo Takagi and challenged him to a NEVER Openweight Championship match.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling held its penultimate D-Oh Grand Prix show in Narimasu Act Hall today.

The full results were:

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

Following today’s results, the updated D-Oh Grand Prix standings are:

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

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

DDT has announced CIMA, El Lindaman, Shigehiro Irie and T-Hawk will compete at its show in Nagoya on February 23 next year.

Dragon Gate

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

The full results were:

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

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 held a show at its dojo today.

The full results were:

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

Chris Vice and Yoshikazu Yokoyama will face the winner of Shinjiro Otani and Yumehito Imanari versus Masato Tanaka and Takuya Sugawara in the Furinkazan tag team tournament semifinals on Christmas Day

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling will hold its final Real World Tag League show tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Atsuki Aoyagi, Black Menso~re and Takao Omori vs. Chikara, Takayuki Ueki and Yusuke Okada
• Hokuto Omori, Koji Doi and Yusuke Kodama vs. Masanobu Fuchi, Mitsuya Nagai and Ryuki Honda
• Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato and Osamu Nishimura vs. Francesco Akira, Rising HAYATO and Ryuji Hijikata
• Real World Tag League: Izanagi and Shigehiro Irie vs. Masato Tanaka and TAJIRI
• Real World Tag League: Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino vs. Ryoji Sai and Yoshitatsu
• Real World Tag League: Abdullah Kobayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Shuji Ishikawa and SUWAMA
• Real World Tag League: Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto vs. Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi

Going into the show, the current Real 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

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