New Japan Pro Wrestling
Podcasters Super J-Cast revealed New Japan Pro Wrestling superstar Jay White’s contract is set to expire at the end of the month and there is doubt over whether he will re-sign with the money or not.
Several sources have indicated there is some doubt whether Jay White will extend his NJPW contract, rumoured to be up at the end of the month. WWE are believed to be making a strong play for him and it’s 50/50 whether he stays or goes.
— Super J-Cast (@thesuperjcast) January 8, 2021
Super J-Cast has correctly broken New Japan stories in the past, such as the Best of Super Juniors and World Tag League taking place after last year’s G1 Climax.
Losing White would be a major blow to New Japan. Since returning from excursion at the end of 2017, White has collected various accolades such as defeating Kenny Omega for the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship, beating Kazuchika Okada in the Tokyo Dome, defeating Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and much more.
All Japan Pro Wrestling
All Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the full cards for its shows in 2AW Square on January and Korakuen Hall on January 24, as well as an All Asia Tag Team Championships match on February 20.
The full cards for January 10 and 24 are:
January 10
• Ryuki Honda trial series: Ryuki Honda vs. Shuji Ishikawa
• Black Menso~re, TAJIRI and Takao Omori vs. Chikara, Takayuki Ueki and Yoshitatsu
• Izanagi vs. Yuma Aoyagi
• Francesco Akira vs. Kento Miyahara
• Ayato Yoshida and Fuminori Abe vs. Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto
• Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Rising HAYATO
• Dan Tamura, Hikuaro Sato and SUWAMA vs. Hokuto Omori, Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino
January 24
• Alejandro, Carbell Ito and Takao Omori vs. Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato and Rambo Kawamura
• Franceso Akira, Jake Lee and TAJIRI vs. Izanagi, UTAMARO and Zeus
• Chikara, Ryoji Sai and Yoshitatsu vs. Kohei Sato, Ryuki Honda and Shuji Ishikawa
• GAORA TV Championship: Jun Kasai (c) vs. Black Menso~re
• Atsuki Aoyagi, Kento Miyahara, Rising HAYATO and Yuma Aoyagi vs. Hokuto Omori, Koji Doi, Kuma Arashi and Yusuke Kodama
• Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship: SUWAMA (c) vs. Shotaro Ashino
The main event on January 24 will be SUWAMA’s fifth defense of the title and Ashino’s second time challenging SUWAMA during this reign. Jun Kasai will also attempt his first defense of the GAORA TV Championship against Black Menso~re on the show.
Lastly, Izanagi and Zeus will attempt their third defense of the All Asia Tag Team Championships against Purple Haze stablemates Shigehiro Irie and UTAMARO on February 20.
Active Advance Pro Wrestling
Active Advance Pro Wrestling has announced the full card for its show in 2AW Square on January 11, as well as two championship matches on January 31 and February 14.
The full card for January 11 is:
• Ricky Fuji vs. Takuro Niki
• Daiki Wakamatsu and Shu Asakawa vs. Hiroshi Yamato and Kaji Tomato
• Ayame Sasamura vs. Tatsuya Hanami
• Ayumu Honda and CHANGO vs. Kengo Mashimo and Kunio Toshima
• Ayato Yoshida, Kotaro Yoshino and Tank Nagai vs. Kyu Mogami, Taishi Takizawa and Taylor Adams
Shigehiro Irie and The Andrew King Takuma will attempt their second defense of the 2AW Tag Team Championships against Kengo Mashimo and Tatsuya Hanami on January 31. Ayato Yoshida will attempt his sixth defense of the 2AW Openweight Championship against Taylor Adams on February 14.
Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Takumi Tsukamoto and Yasufumi Nakanoue will make their first defenses of the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship (Tsukamoto) and BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship (Nakanoue) at Big Japan Pro Wrestling’s show in Korakuen Hall on February 19.
Both men won their respective titles at Big Japan’s show in Korakuen Hall on January 2.
DDT Pro-Wrestling
DDT Pro-Wrestling will hold a show in Korakuen Hall tomorrow.
The full card is:
• Hideki Okatani and Tomomitsu Matsunaga vs. Keigo Nakamura and Toi Kojima
• Akito, Antonio Honda, Kazuki Hirata and Super Sasadango Machine vs. Danshoku Dieno, Saki Akai, Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi
• Chris Brookes and Shunma Katsumata vs. Mad Paulie and Yuji Hino
• HARASHIMA and Yukio Naya vs. Konosuke Takeshita and MAO
• Daisuke Sasaki, Nobuhiro Shimatani and Tetsuya Endo vs. Makoto Oishi, Mizuki Watase and Yusuke Okada
• KO-D Tag Team Championships: Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Sakaguchi (c) vs. CIMA and Soma Takao
• DDT Universal Championship: Yuki Ueno (c) vs. Shota
Jun Akiyama was scheduled to team with Makoto Oishi and Mizuki Watase against Daisuke Sasaki, Nobuhiro Shimatani and Tetsuya Endo. However, Akiyama has been taken off every show until January 31 due to a left knee injury and Yusuke Okada will take his place on tomorrow’s show.
Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Sakaguchi will attempet their first defense of the KO-D Tag Team Championships against CIMA and Soma Takao. Yuki Ueno will attempt his second defense of the DDT Universal Championship against Shota.
Dragon Gate
Dragon Gate will hold a show in KBS Hall tomorrow.
The full card is:
• Bokutimo Dragon, Punch Tominaga and Ryo Saito vs. Dragon Kid, Masato Yoshino and YAMATO
• Dia Inferno and H.Y.O vs. U-T and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Keisuke Okuda vs. Yasushi Kanda
• Don Fujii and Kagetora vs. Taketo Kamei and Ultimo Dragon
• BxB Hulk, Diamante, Eita and HipHop Kikuta vs. Jason Lee, Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker
• Genki Horiguchi, Kzy and Susumu Yokosuka vs. Kaito Ishida, SB KENTo and Takashi Yoshida
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