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Pro Wrestling NOAH
Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced the signing of Keiji Mutoh on a two-year deal.
Mutoh has made regular appearances in NOAH since the closure of Wrestle-1 last April but had never put pen to paper.
At Mutoh’s introductory press conference, Naomichi Marufuji revealed he has been trying to sign Mutoh to a full-time deal for a while and he believes signing Mutoh will help NOAH’s global expansion.
Takagi:
— DDT/TJPW English Update (D/TEU) (@ddtpro_eng) February 15, 2021
NOAH had their Budokan show, and DDT had its Kawasaki show this week.
Akiyama and Muto have become champions.
At this timing, Muto has signed to be a roster member of NOAH, and the same for Akiyama joining DDT as a roster member.#ddtpro#noah_ghc
Mutoh mentioned he has been contacted about defending the GHC Heavyweight Championship in Impact Wrestling. Mutoh has made multiple appearances in Impact in the past.
Q: Is there a target number of defenses?
— DDT/TJPW English Update (D/TEU) (@ddtpro_eng) February 15, 2021
Muto:
I wanted very few, but they booked the match so it's what it is.
Budokan must be memorable for NOAH, but Fukuoka International Center is memorable for me, so I'm happy I get to fight there.#ddtpro#noah_ghc
Additionally, Global Syndicate Wrestling has publicly invited Mutoh to defend the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Alexander Hammerstone.
@noah_ghc We want @muto_keiji to defend the GHC Championship against @alexhammerstone in a @gsw_pro ring!! Let's make this happen! #NoahxGSW #GSWxNoah #MutovsHammerstone pic.twitter.com/mR4c9vTTCz
— Global Syndicate Wrestling (@gsw_pro) February 15, 2021
Before any overtures to America, however, Mutoh will attempt his first defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Kaito Kiyomiya at the Great Voyage 2021 in Fukuoka on March 14.
NOAH has announced the full cards for its Step Forward 2021 tour shows on February 21, 23 and 24 as well as partial cards for Great Voyage 2021 in Yokohama on March 7 and Great Voyage 2021 in Fukuoka.
The full Step Forward 2021 tour cards are:
February 21 in Sendai
• Haoh vs. Yasutaka Yano
• Kinya Okada and YO-HEY vs. Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi
• Masa Kitamiya and Tadasuke vs. NOSAWA Rongai and Takashi Sugiura
• Hajime Ohara vs. Kenoh
• Atsushi Kotoge and Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Naomichi Marufuji and Seiki Yoshioka
• Daisuke Harada, Go Shiozaki and Yoshiki Inamura vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya and Nioh
February 23 in Yamada
• Yasutaka Yano vs. YO-HEY
• Kinya Okada vs. Takashi Sugiura
• Haoh, Nioh and Tadasuke vs. HAYATA, Susumu and Yoshinari Ogawa
• Kaito Kiyomiya, Mohammed Yone, Shuhei Taniguchi and Yoshiki Inamura vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya and Masa Kitamiya
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Go Shiozaki vs. Hajime Ohara, Naomichi Marufuji and Seiki Yoshioka
February 24 in Korakuen Hall
• Hajime Ohara vs. Yasutaka Yano
• Haoh, Nioh and Tadasuke vs. Mohammed Yone, Shuhei Taniguchi and Yoshiki Inamura
• Ikuto Hidaka and Kotaro Suzuki vs. Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Kinya Okada vs. HAYATA, Susumu and Yoshinari Ogawa
• Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya and Masa Kitamiya vs. Kazushi Sakuraba, Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin and Takashi Sugiura
• Daiki Inaba, Go Shiozaki and Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Keiji Mutoh, Masato Tanaka and Naomichi Marufuji
The partial card for Great Voyage 2021 in Yokohama is:
• GHC Tag Team Championships: Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura (c) vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masa Kitamiya
• Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura vs. Keiji Mutoh, Masato Tanaka and Naomichi Marufuji
• GHC National Championship: Kenoh (c) vs. Kendo Kashin
Kenoh will attempt his sixth defense of the GHC National Championship against Kendo Kashin.
The order of these matches likely is not finalised as one would expect Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura’s GHC Tag Team Championships defense against Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masa Kitamiya to headline the show.
The partial card for Great Voyage 2021 in Fukuoka is:
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship: Seiki Yoshioka (c) vs. Atsushi Kotoge
• GHC Heavyweight Championship: Keiji Mutoh (c) vs. Kaito Kiyomiya
Seiki Yoshioka will attempt his first defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship against Atsushi Kotoge.
DDT Pro-Wrestling
DDT Pro-Wrestling has announced the signing of Jun Akiyama on a one-year deal.
Akiyama initially joined DDT on loan last July. Most recently, he had been wrestling in DDT as a freelancer.
As part of his new deal, he will serve in a coaching role. This means he will not be able to make guest appearances at WWE’s Performance Center, which he was scheduled to do last May before the start of the pandemic.
Q: What do you see that is good/bad about DDT wrestlers?
— DDT/TJPW English Update (D/TEU) (@ddtpro_eng) February 15, 2021
Akiyama:
Their physical abilities are astounding, though they might not realize that because they haven't wrestled outside much.
My task will be to teach them how to use those raw abilities to good use#ddtpro#noah_ghc
Akiyama will attempt his first defense of the KO-D Openweight Championship against Kazusada Higuchi at DDT’s show on March 28 in Korakuen Hall.
Yuki Ueno will attempt his fourth defense of the DDT Universal Championship at DDT’s show on March 14 in Korakuen Hall. His opponent is currently undecided.
Mizuki Watase suffered a fracture to his left arm during his match at Kawasaki Strong 2021 yesterday. As a result, he has been taken off DDT’s upcoming shows on February 20 and 23.
The updated cards are:
February 20 in Tokyo
• Antonio Honda, Gota Ihashi and Toru Owashi vs. Chris Brookes, Toi Kojima and Yukio Naya
• Mad Paulie and Yuji Hino vs. Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Iino
• Akito and Kazuki Hirata vs. Danshoku Dieno and Sanshiro Takagi
• Daisuke Sasaki, Soma Takao and Tetsuya Endo vs. Hideki Okatani, Jun Akiyama and Makoto Oishi
• HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Konosuke Takeshita, MAO and Yuki Ueno
• Keigo Nakamura vs. Yusuke Okada
February 23 in Nagoya
• Hiroshi Yamato and Nobuhiro Shimatani vs. Keigo Nakamura and Toi Kojima
• Mad Paulie and Soma Takao vs. Toru Owashi and Yukio Naya
• Antonio Honda and Saki Akai vs. Chris Brookes and Maki Itoh
• Daisuke Sasaki and Tetsuya Endo vs. Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ueno
• Hideki Okatani, Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi and Yusuke Okada vs. CIMA, El Lindaman, Shigehiro Irie and T-Hawk
• Yuji Hino vs. Yuki Iino
• KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Akito, Kazuki Hirata and Shota (c) vs. Danshoku Dieno, HARASHIMA and Sanshiro Takagi
• K-OD Tag Team Championships: Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Sakaguchi (c) vs. Konosuke Takeshita and MAO
All Japan Pro Wrestling
All Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the full schedule for this year’s Champion Carnival tournament.
The tournament will begin on April 9 in EDION Arena Osaka #2 and conclude on May 3 in Korakuen Hall. There are ten shows in total.
The full schedule is:
• April 9 in EDION Arena Osaka #2
• April 10 in Nagoya Congress Center
• April 11 in Niigata
• April 17 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
• April 18 in 2AW Square
• April 24 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
• April 25 in Korakuen Hall
• April 28 in Kanagawa
• April 29 in Korakuen Hall
• May 3 in Korakuen Hall
News on tournament participants will likely come on February 23, the same day as All Japan’s final Excite Series tour show in Korakuen Hall.
New Japan Pro Wrestling
New Japan Pro Wrestling held its second Road to Castle Attack tour show in Korakuen Hall today.
The full results were:
• Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI and Yuya Uemura def. Jado, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa
• Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb and Will Ospreay def. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Yota Tsuji
• BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi and SANADA def. El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori and Yujiro Takahashi
• Chase Owens, Dick Togo, EVIL and Jay White def. Kazuchika Okada, SHO, Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano
• Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito def. Kota Ibushi and Yuji Nagata
As expected, New Japan has announced Yuto Nakashima suffered an injury to his left elbow at yesterday’s Road to Castle Attack show and will miss the rest of the tour.
New Japan will hold its third Road to Castle Attack tour show in Korakuen Hall tomorrow. The full card is:
• Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb and Will Ospreay vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Satoshi Kojima and Yota Tsuji
• BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi and SANADA vs. El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori and Yujiro Takahashi
• Chase Owens, Gedo and Jay White vs. SHO, Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano
• Kota Ibushi and Yuji Nagata vs. Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito
• EVIL, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa vs. Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada and YOSHI-HASHI
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