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New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its fourth Road to The New Beginning show today in Saiden Chemical Arena.

The full results were:

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

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS held a show in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring today.

The full results were:

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

Kengo and Yuya Susumu announced their intention to challenge for the King of FREEDOM Tag Team Championships, but so did Minoru Fujita and Rina Yamashita later in the show.

Masashi Takeda left UNCHAIN to align with Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda.

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 has made several card announcements, highlighted by a 10-man, single-elimination tournament which will air on January 24 and 31.

The full tournament bracket is:

• Chris Vice vs. Satsuki Nagao
• Hayato Tamura vs. Shoki Kitamura
• Hartley Jackson vs. Takuya Sugawara
• Masato Tanaka vs. Shinjiro Otani

Takumi Baba and Yoshikazu Yokoyama both have first-round byes. Baba will face the winner of Chris Vice versus Satsuki Nagao while Yokoyama will face the winner of Masato Tanaka versus Shinjiro Otani.

All first-round matches will have a 10-minute time limit. Both wrestlers would be eliminated in the case of a time limit draw or double countout.

The second-round expands to a 15-minute time limit with an extra five-minute overtime period. The overtime period is also competed under two-fall rules.

The tournament final does not have a time limit.

Takafumi will return from shoulder injury at ZERO1’s show in Korakuen Hall on February 7. It will be his first match since October 3 last year.

Takafumi defeated Hayato Tamura, who then held the World Heavyweight Championship, on the first night of the Fire Festival on October 2. Takafumi was scheduled to challenge Tamura for the title on November 3 but his injury prevented the match taking place.

Takafumi will face Yasu Kubota on February 7. Ironically, it was Kubota who challenged Tamura on November 3 in Takafumi’s place.

GLEAT’s Soma Watanabe and Takanori Ito will face Shoki Kitamura and Takumi Baba on February 7. It is a rematch from ZERO1’s show on New Year’s Day.

Carbell Ito will debut in ZERO1 on February 7 teaming with Hartley Jackson and Naoshi Sano against Chris Vice, Voodoo Mask and Yoshikazu Yokoyama.

Lastly, Big Japan Pro Wrestling’s Yuya Aoki will face Satsuki Nagao on February 7.

Colega Pro Wrestling

Bodyguard’s new Colega Pro Wrestling promotion aired its third show today on YouTube.

The full show can be watched below. The main event was Bodyguard and Yasutaka Oosera versus GAINA and Ryouji Sai.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH has uploaded René Duprée versus Shuhei Taniguchi from NOAH’s second NEW HOPE show on May 31 last year on its YouTube Channel.

The full match can be watched below:

 

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