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Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling has announced full and partial cards for its December 23, 30, January 2, 4, 11 and 17 shows.

The announced cards are:

December 23 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
• Akira Hyodo, Kazuki Hashimoto and Takuya Nomura vs. Kosuke Sato, Takuho Kato and Yuya Aoki
• Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Kazumi Kikuta, Ryuichi Kawakami and Yuji Okabayashi
• Isami Kodaka and Masaki Morihiro vs. Kota Sekifuda and Tatsuhiko Yoshino
• Abdullah Kobayashi, Jaki Numazawa and Kankuro Hoshino vs. Masaya Takahashi, Toshiyuki Sakuda and Yuki Ishikawa
• Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu vs. Daisuke Sekimoto and Ryuji Ito
• Deathmatch: Drew Parker vs. Masashi Takeda

December 30 in Korakuen Hall
• Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Kosuke Sato
• CIMA, El Lindaman and T-Hawk vs. Kota Sekifuda, Ryuichi Kawakami and Yuya Aoki
• Deathmatch: Masashi Takeda and Ryuji Ito vs. Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ishikawa
• BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship: Tatsuhiko Yoshino (c) vs. Isami Kodaka
• BJW Tag Team Championships match

January 2 in Korakuen Hall
• Kazuki Hashimoto and Kosuke Sato vs. Kota Sekifuda and Tatsuhiko Yoshino
• Hardcore: Akira Hyodo, Kankuro Hoshino and Masaya Takahashi vs. Drew Parker, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Jaki Numazawa
• BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship match
• BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship: Minoru Fujita (c)/Yuko Miyamoto vs. Takumi Tsukamoto

January 4 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
• Kazuki Hashimoto and Takuho Kato vs. Kosuke Sato and Kota Sekifuda
• Daichi Hashimoto, Yasufumi Nakanoue, Yuji Okabayashi and Yuya Aoki vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, Kazumi Kikuta, Ryuichi Kawakami and Takuya Nomura
• Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi and Minoru Fujita vs. Jaki Numazawa and Yuko Miyamoto
• Deathmatch: Akira Hyodo and Kankuro Hoshino vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani and Masaya Takahashi
• Deathmatch: Ryuji Ito vs. Yuki Ishikawa
• Deathmatch: Drew Parker and Shunma Katsumata vs. Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto

January 11 in Korakuen Hall
• Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Ryota Hama vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami
• Shigehiro Irie and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuya Aoki
• Abdullah Kobayashi and Minoru Fujita vs. Great Kojika and Yuichi Taniguchi
• Drew Parker, Kankuro Hoshino and Masaya Takahashi vs. Masashi Takeda, Takumi Tsukamoto and ‘X’

January 17 in 2AW Square
• Ayame Sasamura and Rina Shingaki vs. Kaji Tomato and Kota Sekifuda
• Daiki Wakamatsu and Kotaro Yoshino vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuki Ishikawa
• Ayumu Honda, Kazumi Kikuta and The Andrew King Takuma vs. Masaki Morihiro, Tatsuya Hanami and Yuya Aoki
• Akira Hyodo, Daichi Hashimoto and Takuya Nomura vs. Ayato Yoshida, Ryuichi Kawakami and Tank Nagai
• Chicharito Shoki and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Drew Parker and Kazuki Hashimoto
• Abdullah Kobayashi, Daisuke Sekimoto and Ryuji Ito vs. Naka Shuma, Takuro Niki and Taylor Adams
• Go Asakawa and Taishi Takizawa vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani and Takuho Kato
• Kengo Mashimo vs. Kosuke Sato

Yuji Okabayashi will defend the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship against Hideyoshi Kamitani on December 20 and Minoru Fujita will defend the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship against Yuko Miyamoto on the same day. Both championships will be defended again on January 2 but the exact matchups are not clear at the moment.

The January 17 show is co-promoted with Active Advance Pro Wrestling.

Big Japan has also added Daisuke Sekimoto versus Quiet Storm to its evening show on January 23. The afternoon show remains unchanged.

The full bracket has been revealed for Big Japan and DDT Pro-Wrestling’s one-night tag team tournament on December 31.

The full bracket is:

Left
• HARASHIMA and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Yukio Naya and Yuya Aoki
• Akira Hyodo and Makoto Oishi vs. Konosuke Takeshita and Takuya Nomura

Right
• Danshoku Dieno and Drew Parker vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuki Ueno
• Chris Brookes and Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Daisuke Sekimoto and Tetsuya Endo

Big Japan is seeking illustrators and graphic designers in a non-paying role. Any designs should be uploaded with the #bjwimages on Twitter.

OSU Premium

For the sake of clarity, the likes of Bull Nakano and Shark Tsuchiya will not be coming out of retirement for OSU Premium’s debut show in Shinjuku FACE on December 26.

Retired stars will appear in wrestling gear, make full entrances but not physically wrestle a match. Tsuchiya, for instance, has a prosthetic leg.

It is not dissimilar to other talk show wrestling events in Japan and offers fans the chance to relive memories of their favourite wrestlers from the past.

Other legends making appearances in non-wrestling capacity include Cutie Suzuki, Dump Matsumoto, Jumbo Hori, Megumi Kudo, Rumi Kazama and Yukari Omori.

However, there will still be wrestling at the event. Advertised matches include:

• El Lindaman and T-Hawk vs. Great Sasuke and Hayato Tamura
• Aja Kong, Tsukasa Fujimoto and ‘X’ vs. Michiko Omukai, Sareee and Yumiko Hotta
• CIMA and Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Masato Tanaka vs. Shinjiro Otani

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held a show in Okazaki Tatsumigaoka Hall today.

The full results were:

• Eita, KAI and SB KENTo def. Jimmy, Susumu Yokosuka and Ultimo Dragon
• Keisuke Okuda and YAMATO def. Ben-K and Problem Dragon
• Bokutimo Dragon, Naruki Doi and Ryo Saito def. Dragon Kid, Ho Ho Lun, Masato Yoshino
• HipHop Kikuta and Kaito Ishida def. Kzy and U-T
• Dragon Dia, Jason Lee, Kota Minoura and Shun Skywalker def. BxB Hulk, Dia Inferno, H?Y?O and Kota Minoura

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling has announced it will hold a show in Shizuoka on February 21 next year. It is the third show announced for it’s 2021 Excite Series tour.

This year’s Excite Series tour took place over nine shows from February 11 to February 23. The only other confirmed shows for next year’s tour are on February 20 in Aichi and February 23 in Korakuen Hall.

Following yesterday’s announcement that Yusuke Okada will leave All Japan to become a freelancer at the end of the month, Jun Akiyama posted a photo with Okada earlier today.

Killer Khan, who wrestled in All Japan, New Japan Pro Wrestling and various other Japanese promotions throughout the 1970s and 80s, has been accused of a hit-and-run. Tokyo Reporter’s article on the incident can be read here.

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS will hold a show in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Kengo vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa
• Dragon Libre and Yuya Susumu vs. Kamui and Minoru Fujita
• Alejandro, Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu vs. GENTARO, Mammoth Sasaki and Violento Jack
• Deathmatch: Rina Yamashita vs. Toshiyuki Sakuda
• Deathmatch: Jun Kasai, Kenji Fukimoto and Masashi Takeda vs. Takashi Sasaki, Tomoya Hirata and Toru Sugiura

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