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NJPW FINAL CASTLE ATTACK LINEUP, NOAH STEP FORWARD RESULTS AND MORE FROM JAPAN

By Oliver Taylor on 2021-02-24 09:09:00

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH held its final Step Forward 2021 tour show today in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

• Hajime Ohara def. Yasutaka Yano
• Mohammed Yone, Shuhei Taniguchi and Yoshiki Inamura def. Haoh, Nioh and Tadasuke
• Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY def. Ikuto Hidaka and Kotaro Suzuki
• HAYATA, Susumu and Yoshinari Ogawa def. Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Kinya Okada
• Kazushi Sakuraba, Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin and Takashi Sugiura def. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya and Masa Kitamiya
• Keiji Mutoh, Masato Tanaka and Naomichi Marufuji def. Daiki Inaba, Go Shiozaki and Kaito Kiyomiya

Daisuke Harada and Junta Miyawaki challenged HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships. Miyawaki has been out of action lately after undergoing emergency surgery for appendicitis. The match, which will be HAYATA and Ogawa’s fourth defense of the titles, will take place at NOAH’s show on March 21 in Korakuen Hall.

NOAH has also announced the full cards for its shows on March 6 in Yokohama Radiant Hall and March 7 in the Yokohama Budokan. The full cards are:

March 6 in Yokohama Radiant Hall
• Kai Fujimura vs. Yasutaka Yano
• Ikuto Hidaka, Kotaro Suzuki and NOSAWA Rongai vs. THE LEAVE MASK 1, THE LEAVE MASK 2 and THE LEAVE MASK 3
• Kenoh vs. Kinya Okada
• Akitoshi Saito, Masao Inoue and Shiro Koshinaka vs. Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Junta Miyawaki vs. Hajime Ohara, Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY

March 7 in the Yokohama Budokan
• Kai Fujimura, Kinya Okada and Yasutaka Yano vs. Hajime Ohara, Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY
• Akitoshi Saito and Masao Inoue vs. Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi
• Haoh, Nioh and Tadasuke vs. Ikuto Hidaka, Kotaro Suzuki and NOSAWA Rongai
• Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Manabu Soya
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Junta Miyawaki vs. HAYATA, Susumu and Yoshinari Ogawa
• GHC National Championship: Kenoh (c) vs. Kendo Kashin
• GHC Tag Team Championships: Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura (c) vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masa Kitamiya

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the full cards for its March 6 show in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring and March 8 show in Yokohama as well as partial cards for its shows on March 14 in Korakuen Hall and March 21 in KBS Hall.

The announced cards are:

March 6 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
• Kuma Arashi vs. Shuji Ishikawa
• Black Menso~re and Takao Omori vs. Ryuki Honda and Yoshitatsu
• Francesco Akira and Rising HAYATO
• Atsuki Aoyagi, Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi vs. Izanagi, Shigehiro Irie and Zeus
• Elimination: Dan Tamura, Hikuaro Sato, Koji Iwamoto, Shotaro Ashino and SUWAMA vs. Hokuto Omori, Jake Lee, Koji Doi, TAJIRI and Yusuke Kodama

March 8 in Yokohama
• Takao Omori vs. Yuma Aoyagi
• Black Menso~re vs. Shuji Ishikawa
• All Asia Tag Team Championships: Izanagi and Zeus (c) vs. Atsuki Aoyagi and Rising HAYATO
• Hokuto Omori, Jake Lee and TAJIRI vs. Hikaru Sato, Koji Iwamoto and Shotaro Ashino
• Dan Tamura, Francesco Akira and Ryuki Honda vs. Kento Miyahara, SUWAMA and Yoshitatsu

March 14 in Korakuen Hall
• Hikaru Sato and SUWAMA vs. Osamu Nishimura and Yoshitatsu
• World Tag Team Championships: Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi (c) vs. Shigehiro Irie and Zeus

March 21 in KBS Hall
• World Junior Heavyweight Championship: CIMA (c) vs. Izanagi
• Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship: SUWAMA (c) vs. Yoshitatsu

Izanagi and Zeus will attempt their fourth defense of the All Asia Tag Team Championships against Atsuki Aoyagi and Rising HAYATO on March 8.

Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi will attempt their second defense of the World Tag Team Championships against Shigehiro Irie and Zeus on March 14.

CIMA will attempt his first defense of the World Junior Heavyweight Championship against Izanagi on March 21. SUWAMA will attempt his seventh defense of the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship against Yoshitatsu on the same show.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling has announced Akito, Kazuki Hirata and Shota will attempt their third defense of the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championships against Soma Takao, Tetsuya Endo and Yuji Hino at DDT’s show on March 14 in Korakuen Hall.

Additionally, Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Sakaguchi will attempt their third defense of the KO-D Tag Team Championships against HARASHIMA and Yuji Okabayashi at DDT’s show on April 11 in Korakuen Hall.

HARASHIMA and Okabayashi won Big Japan Pro Wrestling and DDT’s co-promoted one-night tag team tournament on December 31. The duo were also victorious at Kawasaki Strong 2021 on February 14.

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS has announced three new matches for its show on March 4 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.

Kengo and Yuya Susumu will face Mammoth Sasaki and Violento Jack in a tag team match, Rekka will face Takashi Sasaki while Alejandro and Kenji Fukimoto will face Dragon Libre and Tomoya Hirata.

The updated card for the show is:

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

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling will hold its final Road to Castle Attack tour show tomorrow in Korakuen Hall.

The full card is:

• Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb and Will Ospreay vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Satoshi Kojima and Yota Tsuji
• Chase Owens, Dick Togo and EVIL vs. Kazuchika Okada, SHO and Toru Yano
• Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI vs. Jay White, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa
• Kota Ibushi, Tomoaki Honma and Yuji Nagata vs. SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori (c) vs. El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru

El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori will attempt their first defense of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships against El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru.

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