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New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its fifth New Japan Cup tour show today in Sandan-ike Park Gymnasium.

The full results were:

• Bad Luck Fale, Dick Togo, EVIL and KENTA def. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Juice Robinson, Toru Yano and Yuya Uemura
• Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb and Will Ospreay def. Satoshi Kojima, Tomoaki Honma and Yuji Nagata
• BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito def. Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada, SHO and Tomohiro Ishii
• First round match (bottom right bracket): David Finlay def. Chase Owens
• First round match (bottom right bracket): YOSHI-HASHI def. Yujiro Takahashi
• First round match (bottom right bracket): Jay White def. Toa Henare

David Finlay defeated Chase Owens in their New Japan Cup first round match. He will face YOSHI-HASHI in the second round, who defeated Yujiro Takahashi in their tournament match today.

Jay White defeated Toa Henare in their New Japan Cup first round match. He will face Hiroshi Tanahashi (who received a bye as the holder of the NEVER Openweight Championship) in the second round.

The full schedule for the second round of the tournament is:

March 11 in Item Ehime
• Second round match (top left bracket): EVIL vs. Jeff Cobb
• Second round match (top left bracket): Great-O-Khan vs. Toru Yano

March 13 in Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
• Second round match (bottom left bracket): Hirooki Goto vs. Shingo Takagi
• Second round match (bottom left bracket): KENTA vs. Minoru Suzuki

March 14 in Baycom Gymnasium
• Second round match (top right bracket): Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• Second round match (top right bracket): SANADA vs. Yuji Nagata

March 15 in Korakuen Hall
• Second round match (bottom right bracket): David Finlay vs. YOSHI-HASHI
• Second round match (bottom right bracket): Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jay White

The full card for tomorrow’s show in Item Ehime has not been announced at the time of publishing this article.

New Japan has uploaded the forty-sixth edition of Tanahashi’s Ace’s HIGH autobiographical interview series. Topics discussed include his match against Toshiaki Kawada in the Tokyo Dome, Riki Choshu’s reutrn to the company in 2005 and the end of his tag team with Shinsuke Nakamura.

The edition – “Corporate union, tag dissolution” – can be viewed here.

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Major stars from All Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling NOAH have been confirmed for Pro Wrestling ZERO1’s show on March 27 at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.

Representing All Japan, Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship holder SUWAMA will team with Dan Tamura against Ryuki Honda and Shuji Ishikawa.

Representing NOAH, Kaito Kiyomiya (who will challenge Keiji Mutoh for the GHC Heavyweight Championship at Great Voyage 2021 in Fukuoka on March 14) will team with Junta Miyawaki against Kinya Okada and Yoshiki Inamura.

Aja Kong, Ren Ayabe, Shinjiro Otani and Yumehito Imanari versus ASUKA, Hayato Tamura, Masato Tanaka andTakuya Sugawara has also been announced for the show.

Other notable names who have been confirmed to appear include CIMA, Dump Matsumoto, Jaguar Yokota and Raimu Imai.

ZERO1 will hold a show in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Junya Matsunaga vs. Takafumi
• Genta Hidiki vs. Shoki Kitamura
• Carbell Ito and Ren Ayabe vs. Voodoo Mask and Yoshikazu Yokoyama
• Andy Wu vs. Chris Vice
• Aja Kong, Hartley Jackson and Takuya Sugawara vs. Hayato Tamura, Takumi Baba and Tatsuya Hanami
• Masato Tanaka vs. Yumehito Imanari
• El Lindaman and Tsugutaka Sato vs. Shinjiro Otani and Yuya Aoki

Satsuki Nagao was scheduled to team with El Lindaman against Otani and Yuya Aoki in the main event but he is unable to compete due to a right shoulder injury. He will be replaced by Tsugutaka Sato.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate star Shuji Kondo announced on Twitter he has suffered a torn Achilles.

 

Dragon Gate has announced the full cards for its Glorious Gate 2021 tour shows on March 13 in KBS Hall and March 14 in Onomichi Bingo Sports Park Health Sports Center.

The full cards are:

March 13 in KBS Hall
• Ben-K and Kagetora vs. Kzy and Susumu Yokosuka
• U-T vs. Yosuke Santa Maria
• Bokutimo Dragon, Punch Tominaga and Ryo Saito vs. Dia Inferno, Diamante and Eita
• Don Fujii and Takashi Yoshida vs. Kenichiro Arai and Yasushi Kanda
• Draon Kid, Keisuke Okuda and YAMATO vs. KAI, Kaito Ishida and SB KENTo
• BxB Hulk, H.Y.O, HipHop Kikuta and KAZMA SAKAMOTO vs. Jason Lee, Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker

March 14 in Onomichi Bingo Sports Park Health Sports Center
• La Estrella and Shun Skywalker vs. Yasushi Kanda and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Genki Horiguchi and U-T vs. Jason Lee and Kota Minoura
• Bokutimo Dragon, Punch Tominaga and Ryo Saito vs. BxB Hulk, Diamante and Kaito Ishida
• Don Fujii and Shachihoko Boy vs. Kagetora and Susumu Yokosuka
• Ben-K, Dragon Kid, Keisuke Okuda and YAMATO vs. Dia Inferno, Eita, H.Y.O and SB KENTo

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling announced plans today to hold the Ultimate Tag League tournament for the first time in 16 years.

The tournament will take place under round-robin rules with five teams. The tournament will begin on May 9 in Korakuen Hall, continue on May 15 in Sendai and May 23 in Kobe before ending on May 27 in Shinjuku FACE. There will be one show held without live fans in attendance.

 

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