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New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling has confirmed Satoshi Kojima will challenge KENTA for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate briefcase at Wrestle Kingdom 15 on January 4.

Juice Robinson was scheduled to face KENTA but is medically unable to compete due to a fractured orbital bone.

As well facing KENTA at Wrestle Kingdom, Kojima is also among the latest names confirmed for New Japan and All Japan Pro Wrestling’s Giant Baba memorial show on February 4.

Other notable names announced for the show today include BUSHI, Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Tomoaki Honma from New Japan, SUWAMA and Takao Omori from All Japan, Keiji Mutoh from Pro Wrestling NOAH, Kaz Hayashi from GLEAT and Jinsei Shinzaki from Michinoku Pro Wrestling. Andy Wu, Masayuki Kono and The Great Kabuki will also appear.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

After joining DAMNATION yesterday, Yuji Hino has been officially added to the card for DDT’s D-Oh Grand Prix final show on December 27.

The updated card is:

• Hideki Okatani vs. Toi Kojima
• Antonio Honda vs. Nobuhiro Shimatani vs. Toru Owashi
• Danshoku Dieno and Sanshiro Takagi vs. Nayashiro Nayagi and Super Sasadango Machine
• Kazusada Higuchi, Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Makoto Oishi, Mizuki Watase and Tomomitsu Matsunaga
• Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA, Keigo Nakamura and Shinya Aoki vs. Mad Paulie, Soma Takao, Tetsuya Endo and Yuji Hino
• KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Akito, Kazuki Hirata and Shota (c) vs. MAO, Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ueno
• D-Oh Grand Prix final: Jun Akiyama vs. Konosuke Takeshita

Dragon Gate

Wrestling promoter Gary Ward has provided an update on Ben-K after speaking to him yesterday.

Ben-K is no longer in the hospital and has chosen to stay in Dragon Gate’s dojo instead. He still needs time off to recover from his concussion but is in good spirits and looking forward to returning to in-ring competition soon.

 

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS will hold its Blood X’Mas show in Korakuen Hall tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Daisuke Masaoka, Takashi Sasaki and Tomoya Hirata vs. Dragon Libre, GENTARO and Tatsuhito Takaiwa
• Minoru Fujita vs. Yuya Susumu
• UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship: Kamui (c) vs. Rina Yamashita
• King Of FREEDOM Tag Team Championships deathmatch: Mammoth Sasaki and Violento Jack (c) vs. Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu
• Deathmatch: Jun Kasai and Kenji Fukimoto vs. Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda
• King Of FREEDOM World Championship deathmatch: Toru Sugiura vs. Masashi Takeda

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 will hold a show in Shinjuku FACE tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Furinkazan tag team tournament semifinal: Chris Vice and Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. Shinjiro Otani and Yumehito Imanari
• Furinkazan tag team tournament semifinal: El Lindaman and T-Hawk vs. Hide Kubota and Yasu Kubota
• Shoki Kitamura vs. Towa Iwasaki
• Hartley Jackson, RAICHO and SUGI vs. Satsuki Nagao, Takumi Baba and Tsugutaka Sato
• Hayato Tamura and KANON vs. Masato Tanaka and Takuya Sugawara
• Furinkazan tag team tournament final

The Furinkazan tag team tournament final winners will win the Intercontinental Tag Team Championships.

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