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BIG JAPAN REVEALS IKKITOUSEN DEATHMATCH SURVIVOR TOURNAMENT DETAILS, DRAGON GATE TRUTH GATE TOUR COMMENCES AND MORE FROM JAPAN

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling announced the full field and schedule for this year’s Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor tournament today.

The full field is:

A block
• Abdullah Kobayashi
• Jaki Numazawa
• Masaya Takahashi
• Violento Jack

B block
• Drew Parker
• Shunma Katsumata
• Takumi Tsukamoto
• Yuko Miyamoto

C block
• Kankuro Hoshino
• Masashi Takeda
• Minoru Fujita
• Ryuji Ito

D block
• Akira Hyodo
• Hideyoshi Kamitani
• Isami Kodaka
• Yuki Ishikawa

The tournament will start on March 3 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring and the last block matches will take place on April 26 in Korakuen Hall. The semifinals and final will take place on May 13 in Korakuen Hall.

The full schedule is:

March 3 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor B block: Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Shunma Katsumata
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor A block: Abdullah Kobayashi vs. Masaya Takahashi

March 8 in Korakuen Hall
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor B block: Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Yuko Miyamoto
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor A block: Abdullah Kobayashi vs. Violento Jack

March 24 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor B block: Drew Parker vs. Yuko Miyamoto
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor A block: Jaki Numazawa vs. Masaya Takahashi

March 27 in Osaka
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor B block: Shunma Katsumata vs. Yuko Miyamoto
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor A block: Jaki Numazawa vs. Violento Jack

March 28 in Nagoya
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor B block: Drew Parker vs. Shunma Katsumata
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor A block: Abdullah Kobayashi vs. Jaki Numazawa

March 31 in Korakuen Hall
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor B block: Drew Parker vs. Takumi Tsukamoto
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor A block: Masaya Takahashi vs. Violento Jack

April 2 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor D block: Isami Kodaka vs. Yuki Ishikawa
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor C block: Masashi Takeda vs. Minoru Fujita

April 3 in Shizuoka
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor D block: Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Yuki Ishikawa
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor C block: Kankuro Hoshino vs. Minoru Fujita

April 4 in Sendai PIT
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor D block: Akira Hyodo vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor C block: Kankuro Hoshino vs. Ryuji Ito

April 12 in Korakuen Hall
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor D block: Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Isami Kodaka
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor C block: Minoru Fujita vs. Ryuji Ito

April 19 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor D block: Akira Hyodo vs. Yuki Ishikawa
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor C block: Kankuro Hoshino vs. Masashi Takeda

April 26 in Korakuen Hall
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor D block: Akira Hyodo vs. Isami Kodaka
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor C block: Masashi Takeda vs. Ryuji Ito

Big Japan held a show in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring today. The full results were:

• Kazuki Hashimoto and Kota Sekifuda def. Masaki Morihiro and Takuho Kato
• Daichi Hashimoto, Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura def. Brahman Kei, Shigehiro Irie and Yuji Okabayashi
• Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami def. Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuya Aoki
• Deathmatch: Drew Parker, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Masaya Takahashi def. Jaki Numazawa, Ryuji Ito and Yuki Ishikawa
• BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship: Isami Kodaka (c) def. Kosuke Sato
• Deathmatch: Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto def. Akira Hyodo and Kankuro Hoshino

Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami will attempt their first defense of the BJW Tag Team Championships against Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura at Big Japan’s show in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring on February 23.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate began its Truth Gate 2021 tour in Korakuen Hall today.

The full results were:

• Bokutimo Dragon, Punch Tominaga and Ryo Saito vs. Don Fujii, Gamma and Ultimo Dragon
• Genki Horiguchi and Kenichiro Arai vs. Keisuke Okuda and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Diamante, HipHop Kikuta and Kaito Ishida and KAZMA SAKAMOTO vs. Jason Lee, Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker
• BxB Hulk and Eita vs. Masaaki Mochizuki and Takashi Yoshida
• Ben-K, Kagetora and Shuji Kondo vs. Kzy, Susumu Yokosuka and U-T
• Dragon Kid and YAMATO vs. KAI and SB KENTo

Ben-K, Dragon Kid, Keisuke Okuda and YAMATO formed a new unit at today’s show. The quartet will announce their unit name at Dragon Gate’s Glorious Gate 2021 tour show in Korakuen Hall on March 4.

Dragon Gate has also announced Dragon Kid will face SB KENTo and KAI will face YAMATO on March 4.

Dragon Gate will hold its second Truth Gate 2021 tour show in Fujisan Messe tomorrow. The full card is:

• Genki Horiguchi, Kzy and Susumu Yokosuka vs. Kagetora, Ultimo Dragon and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Ben-K and Keisuke Okuda vs. Eita and H.Y.O
• Bokutimo Dragon and Ryo Saito vs. KAZMA SAKAMOTO and SB KENTo
• Don Fujii and Shuji Kondo vs. Dragon Kid and YAMATO
• BxB Hulk, Diamante, HipHop Kikuta and Kaito Ishida vs. Jason Lee, Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker

Lastly, Dragon Gate announced the full card for its third Truth Gate 2021 tour show in CHRES Celize on February 7. The full card is:

• Don Fujii, Problem Dragon and Yosuke Santa Maria vs. Genki Horiguchi, Kzy and Susumu Yokosuka
• Dragon Kid and Ultimo Dragon vs. Kagetora and Yasushi Kanda
• Bokutimo Dragon and Ryo Saito vs. HipHop Kikuta and KAZMA SAKAMOTO
• Dia Inferno, Eita, Kaito Ishida and SB KENTo vs. Jason Lee, Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker
• Ben-K, Keisuke Okuda and YAMATO vs. BxB Hulk, Diamante and H.Y.O

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS has announced partial cards for its shows on February 21 in 2AW Square co-promoted with Active Advance Pro Wrestling and on February 27 in Yokohama Radiant Hall.

The announced cards are:

February 21 in 2AW Square
• Daiki Wakamatsu trial series: Daiki Wakamatsu vs. Violento Jack
• UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship: Kamui (c) vs. Kaji Tomato
• Ayato Yoshida and Tank Nagai vs. Jun Kasai and Kenji Fukimoto
• Daisuke Masaoka, Tomoya Hirata and Toru Sugiura vs. Kengo Mashimo, Kunio Toshima and Tatsuya Hanami

February 27 in Yokohama Radiant Hall
• Kamui and Kenji Fukimoto vs. Takashi Sasaki and Tomoya Hirata
• Daisuke Masaoka and Toru Sugiura vs. Kengo and Yuya Susumu
• Jun Kasai, Minoru Fujita and Rina Yamashita vs. Masashi Takeda, Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda

Colega Pro Wrestling

Colega Pro Wrestling aired its weekly Rising Night show on YouTube today. Billy Ken Kid and Bodyguard versus GAINA and Ryouji Sai was the main event.

Dylan James will make his in-ring debut teaming with Bodyguard against GAINA and Ryouji Sai at tomorrow’s Saturday Night Rising Stars show. CIMA, El Lindaman, Shigehiro Irie and T-Hawk are also advertised for the show.

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