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TITLE MATCHES SET FOR ALL JAPAN PRO WRESTLING EXCITE SERIES, T-HAWK RETURNS TO THE RING AND MORE FROM JAPAN

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling has confirmed two championships matches for its Excite Series tour next month.

CIMA will challenge Koji Iwamoto for the World Junior Heavyweight Championship in Nagoya Congress Center on February 20. It will be Iwamoto’s fifth defense of the title.

Kohei Sato will challenge SUWAMA for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship in Korakuen Hall on February 23. It will be SUWAMA’s sixth defense of the title.

Both matches were put in motion at All Japan’s New Year Was tour show in Korakuen Hall on January 24. CIMA appeared via video package to challenge Iwamoto while Sato challenged SUWAMA in the ring after SUWAMA’s fifth successful defense of the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship against Shotaro Ashino.

All Japan has also confirmed the full cards for its Excite Series tour shows on February 18 and 20. The full cards are:

February 18 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
• Ryuki Honda trial series: Ryuki Honda vs. Yoshitatsu
• Abdullah Kobayashi vs. Kento Miyahara
• Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising HAYATO and Yuma Aoyagi vs. Black Menso~re, Francesco Akira and Takao Omori
• Dan Tamura vs. Izanagi
• Hokuto Omori, Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino vs. Jake Lee, Koji Iwamoto and TAJIRI
• Hikaru Sato and SUWAMA vs. Kohei Sato and Shuji Ishikawa

February 20 in Nagoya Congress Center
• All Asia Tag Team Championships: Izanagi and Zeus (c) vs. Shigehiro Irie and UTAMARO
• Francesco Akira vs. Yuma Aoyagi
• Black Menso~re, Shuji Ishikawa and Takao Omori vs. Hokuto Omori, Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino
• Daimonji So, Ryouji Sai and Yoshitatsu vs. Jake Lee, Ryuki Honda and TAJIRI
• Atsuki Aoyagi, Kento Miyahara and Rising HAYATO vs. Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato and SUWAMA
• World Junior Heavyweight Championship: Koji Iwamoto (c) vs. CIMA

Colega Pro Wrestling

#STRONGHEARTS member T-Hawk returned to in-ring competition at Colega Pro Wrestling’s show today. T-Hawk had not wrestled since January 1 as he was isolating after El Lindaman tested positive for COVID-19.

The show aired on YouTube and can be watched on the attachment below. The main event was Alejandro and Ultimate Spider Jr. versus CIMA and Shigehiro Irie.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced two new stipulations for two of its marquee singles matches at The New Beginning in Nagoya on January 30.

As Will Ospreay demanded at yesterday’s The New Beginning show, his match against Satoshi Kojima will take place under No Disqualifications rules. The loser of Great-O-Khan versus Hiroyoshi Tenzan will no longer be able to use the Mongolian Chop.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH has uploaded Kaito Kiyomiya versus Yoshiki Inamura from its second NEW HOPE show on May 31 last year on its YouTube Channel.

The full match can be watched on the attachment below.

 

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