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NEW JAPAN UNVEILS NEW IWGP WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BELT, THE KING OF DDT IS COMING AND MORE FROM JAPAN

ew Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling unveiled its new IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at today’s Road to Sakura Genesis tour show.

New Japan uploaded the full title reveal onto its YouTube channel.

Kota Ibushi is the title’s first holder as he was the last man to hold the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and IWGP Intercontinental Championship.

Ibushi will attempt his first defense of the title against Will Ospreay at Sakura Genesis on April 4.

The full results from today’s show were:

• BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito def. Gabriel Kidd, Tiger Mask, Yota Tsuji and Yuya Uemura
• Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi and SHO def. DOUKI, El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Bad Luck Fale, EVIL, KENTA, Taiji Ishimori and Yujiro Takahashi def. Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano and YOSHI-HASHI
• Gedo, Jado and Jay White def. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomoaki Honma and Yuji Nagata
• Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Kota Ibushi and Satoshi Kojima def. Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb and Will Ospreay

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling will hold its sixth Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor show tomorrow in Korakuen Hall.

The full card is:

• Kazuki Hashimoto and Kosuke Sato vs. Kota Sekifuda and Tatsuhiko Yoshino
• Daichi Hashimoto, Daisuke Sekimoto and Kazumi Kikuta vs. Ryota Hama, Takuho Kato and Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Shigehiro Irie and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Takuya Nomura and Yuya Aoki
• Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi, Isami Kodaka and Minoru Fujita vs. Akira Hyodo, Kankuro Hoshino and Yuki Ishikawa
• Deathmatch: Hideyoshi Kamitani, Masashi Takeda and Yuko Miyamoto vs. Jaki Numazawa, Ryuji Ito and Shunma Katsumata
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor A block: Masaya Takahashi vs. Violento Jack
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor B block: Drew Parker vs. Takumi Tsukamoto

The two Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor matches will determine the winner of each block. Masaya Takahashi and Violento Jack both have a 2-0 in A block, while Takumi Tsukamoto (2-0 record) leads Drew Parker (1-1 record) in B block but a victory for Parker would give him the tiebreaker.

Going into the show, the current Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor standings are:

A block
1. Masaya Takahashi (2-0 record): 4 points
-. Violento Jack (2-0 record): 4 points
3. Abdullah Kobayashi (1-2 record): 2 points
4. Jaki Numazawa (0-3 record): 0 points

B block
1. Takumi Tsukamoto (2-0 record): 4 points
2. Drew Parker (1-1 record): 2 points
3. Yuko Miyamoto (1-2 record): 2 points
4. Shunma Katsumata (1-2 record): 2 points

The full card has also been announced for Big Japan’s co-promoted show with Active Advance Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling ZERO1 on April 7. The full card is:

• Chicharito Shoki and Takumi Baba vs. Kosuke Sato and Kota Sekifuda
• Shu Asakawa and Takuya Sugawara vs. Tank Nagai and Yoshikazu Yokoyama
• Ayame Sasamura and Tatsuya Hanami vs. Drew Parker and Yuya Aoki
• Hideyoshi Kamitani, Takuho Kato and Takuya Nomura vs. Junya Matsunaga, Takafumi and Tsugutaka Sato
• Genta Hidiki, Hartley Jackson and Shoki Kitamura vs. Naka Shuma, Ryuji Ito and Taishi Takizawa
• Chris Vice vs. Yuji Okabayashi
• Shinjiro Otani vs. Takuro Niki
• Ayato Yoshida, Daichi Hashimoto and Hayato Tamura vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, Kengo Mashimo and Masato Tanaka

Big Japan has announced the full cards for its shows on April 21 and 22 in Tokyo. The full cards are:

April 21 (Afternoon)
• Kazumasa Yoshida vs. Yuji Okabayashi
• Abdullah Kobayashi and Kosuke Sato vs. Keiki Suzuki and Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Kazuki Hashimoto and Quiet Storm vs. Takuho Kato and Yuya Aoki
• Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Masaya Takahashi vs. Daichi Hashimoto, Drew Parker and Hideyoshi Kamitani
• Akira Hyodo, Kankuro Hoshino and Yuki Ishikawa vs. Kota Sekifuda, Ryuji Ito and Takuya Nomura

April 21 (Evening)
• Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Kazumasa Yoshida
• Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu vs. Kota Sekifuda and Yuichi Taniguchi
• Keiki Suzuki and Yuji Okabayashi
• Abdullah Kobayashi, Masaya Takahashi and Yuki Ishikawa vs. Drew Parker, Jaki Numazawa and Ryuji Ito
• Akira Hyodo and Kankuro Hoshino vs. Quiet Storm and Takuho Kato
• Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Takuya Nomura vs. Kazumi Kikuta, Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuya Aoki

April 22 (Afternoon)
• Kazumasa Yoshida vs. Takuya Nomura
• Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Drew Parker vs. Kota Sekifuda, Masaya Takahashi and Yuya Aoki
• Kazuki Hashimoto and Kosuke Sato vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuki Ishikawa
• Abdullah Kobayashi and Jaki Numazawa vs. Keiki Suzuki and Yuji Okabayashi
• Akira Hyodo, Kankuro Hoshino and Quiet Storm vs. Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Takuho Kato

April 22 (Evening)
• Kazumasa Yoshida vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Drew Parker and Takuya Nomura vs. Kazumi Kikuta and Masaya Takahashi
• Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Kankuro Hoshino vs. Jaki Numazawa, Kota Sekifuda and Ryuji Ito
• Keiki Suzuki and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Quiet Storm and Takuho Kato
• Akira Hyodo, Kosuke Sato and Yuki Ishikawa vs. Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Yuya Aoki
• Niigata Openweight Championship: Abdullah Kobayashi (c) vs. Great Kojika

Big Japan has announced it will hold a six-day tour in Hokkaido from May 4 to May 9. The BJW Tag Team Championships will be defended on the first day of the tour and the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship will be defended on the second day of the tour.

Yuko Miyamoto is confirmed to compete on all five days on the tour, while Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu are confirmed to compete on the last three days.

Big Japan has confirmed Leatherface will wrestle at its July 11 show in Hokkaido. The show will be held outside.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling has announced Soma Takao will challenge Yuki Ueno for the DDT Universal Championship at its show on April 5 in Korakuen Hall.

The match will be Ueno’s fifth defense of the title. Since defeating Chris Brookes to win the title at Ultimate Party last November, he has made successful defenses against MAO, Shota, Yukio Sakaguchi and Yusuke Okada.

DDT also announced the return of its King of DDT tournament, which is set to take place in June and July this year.

The first round will be held on June 10 in Shinjuku FACE, the second round will be held on June 20 in Korakuen Hall and the final will be held on July 4 in Korakuen Hall.

 

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