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Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued its Higher Ground 2021 tour in Yokohama today.

The full results were:

• Hajime Ohara, Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY def. Junta Miyawaki, Kai Fujimura and Yasutaka Yano
• Kinya Okada and Yoshiki Inamura def. Akitoshi Saito and Masao Inoue
• Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masa Kitamiya def. Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi
• Kazunari Murakami, NOSAWA Rongai and Takashi Sugiura def. Kenoh, Manabu Soya and Tadasuke
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa (c) def. Haoh and Nioh
• Go Shiozaki and Naomichi Marufuji def. Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada

HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa made their second successful defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships against Haoh and Nioh. The match was streamed live from ringside on Periscope, which can be viewed here. The full show will be uploaded on WRESTLE UNIVERSE on January 19.

Ikuto Hidaka, Kotaro Suzuki and NOSAWA Rongai came to the ring after HAYATA and Ogawa match which started a brawl. Hidaka and Suzuki will challenge for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships at Destination 2021 show in the Nippon Budokan on February 12.

NOAH has confirmed the full card for its Higher Ground 2021 tour show in EDION Arena Osaka #2 on January 23. The full card is:

• Daiki Inaba, Hajime Ohara and Yasutaka Yano vs. Haoh, Nioh and Tadasuke
• Manabu Soya and Masa Kitamiya vs. Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi
• Junta Miyawaki vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima
• Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada vs. Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY
• Ikuto Hidaka, Kotaro Suzuki and NOSAWA Rongai vs. HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa and Yuya Susumu
• Go Shiozaki, Naomichi Marufuji and Takashi Sugiura vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, Kinya Okada and Yoshiki Inamura
• GHC National Championship: Kenoh (c) vs. Kazunari Murakami

Kenoh will attempt his fourth defense of the GHC National Championship against Kazunari Murakami.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate continued its Open the New Year Gate 2021 tour in Kimassi Kanezawa today.

The full results were:

• Diamante, H.Y.O and Kaito Ishida def. Dragon Kid, Ultimo Dragon and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Keisuke Okuda and Shuji Kondo def. Taketo Kamei and YAMATO
• Genki Horiguchi, Kzy and Susumu Yokosuka def. Bokutimo Dragon, Punch Tominaga and Ryo Saito
• KAI and KAZMA SAKAMOTO def. Masaaki Mochizuki and Takashi Yoshida
• Jason Lee, Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker def. BxB Hulk, Dia Inferno, Eita and HipHop Kikuta

Dragon Gate will continue its Open the New Year Gate 2021 tour in Kobe Sambo Hall tomorrow. The full card is:

• Bokutimo Dragon and Ultimo Dragon vs. Punch Tominaga and Ryo Saito
• Kzy vs. U-T
• Diamante and KAI vs. Shuji Kondo and Taketo Kamei
• Royal Sambo Battle Royal: Don Fujii vs. Gamma vs. H.Y.O vs. HipHop Kikuta vs. K-ness vs. Kagetora vs. Konomama Ichikawa vs. Kota Minoura vs. Problem Dragon vs. Shachihoko Boy vs. Super Shisa vs. Yasushi Kanda vs. Yosuke Santa Maria
• BxB Hulk and KAZMA SAKAMOTO vs. Masaaki Mochizuki and Takashi Yoshida
• Ttre Cup: Dia Inferno, Eita and Kaito Ishida vs. Dragon Kid, Keisuke Okuda and YAMATO vs. Jason Lee, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling held a show in Narimasu Act Hall today.

The full results were:

• Hiroshi Fukuda and Michio Kageyama def. Gota Ihashi and Rion Mizuki
• Hiroshi Kazato and Tatsuhiko Yoshino def. Soma Takao and Shota
• Toru Sugiura def. Akito
• FUMA, Kazuki Hirata and Ryuichi Sekine def. Keisuke Ishii, Shigehiro Irie and Yukihiro Abe
• Hideki Okatani def. Keigo Nakamura

DDT will hold two shows in Fukuoka tomorrow. The full cards are:

Afternoon
• Toi Kojima vs. Yusuke Okada
• Mizuki Watase vs. Yuki Ueno
• Antonio Honda, Kazuki Hirata and Saki Akai vs. Danshoku Dieno, Keigo Nakamura and Sanshiro Takagi
• Akito and Makoto Oishi vs. Azul Dragon and Soma Takao
• Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo and Yuji Hino vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Naya and Yukio Sakaguchi
• Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA and Toru Owashi vs. Konosuke Takeshita, MAO and Shunma Katsumata

Evening
• Akito and Shunma Katsumata vs. Chris Brookes and Keigo Nakamura
• HARASHIMA and Yuto Aijima vs. Kazuki Hirata and Toru Owashi
• Chris Brookes, MAO and Yukio Naya vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi
• Daisuke Sasaki, Soma Takao and Tetsuya Endo vs. Makoto Oishi, Mizuki Watase and Yusuke Okada
• Hideki Okatani vs. Yuji Hino
• Antonio Honda and Danshoku Dieno vs. Konosuke Takeshita and Yuki Ueno

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

T-Hawk will miss Big Japan Pro Wrestling’s show in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring on January 14 as he is isolating following El Lindaman tested positive for COVID-19.

Kuma Arashi will face Yuya Aoki in a singles match in T-Hawk’s place. The updated card for the show is:

• Takuho Kato vs. Yuichi Taniguchi
• Drew Parker and Kosuke Sato vs. Kota Sekifuda and Masaki Morihiro
• Daichi Hashimoto, Ryuichi Kawakami and Takuya Nomura vs. Kazuki Hashimoto, Kazumi Kikuta and Masaya Takahashi
• Hardcore: Akira Hyodo and Kankuro Hoshino vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani and Yuki Ishikawa
• Kuma Arashi vs. Yuya Aoki
• Abdullah Kobayashi, Daisuke Sekimoto and Ryuji Ito vs. Quiet Storm, Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuji Okabayashi

Big Japan will hold a show in 2AW Square tomorrow co-promoted with Active Advance Pro Wrestling. The full card is:

• 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

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS has announced Alejandro will face Dragon Libre at its show in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring on January 21.

The updated card for the show is:

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

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling will start its Road to The New Beginning tour in Korakuen Hall tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Great-O-Khan and Will Ospreay vs. Satoshi Kojima and Yota Tsuji
• DOUKI, El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. El Phantasmo, Gedo, Jado and Taiji Ishimori
• Dick Togo, EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi vs. Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii
• Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi and Tomoaki Honma vs. SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito
• BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi vs. Master Wato and SHO

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