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Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held its eighth Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor show today in Twin Messe Shizuoka.

The full results were:

• Kazumi Kikuta and Kosuke Sato def. Keiki Suzuki and Takuho Kato
• Manami Katsu def. Mari Manji
• Daisuke Sekimoto def. Kota Sekifuda
• Daichi Hashimoto, Yuji Okabayashi and Yuya Aoki def. Kazuki Hashimoto, Takuya Nomura and Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Deathmatch: Akira Hyodo, Drew Parker and Yuko Miyamoto def. Abdullah Kobayashi, Jaki Numazawa and Ryuji Ito
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor C Block: Minoru Fujita def. Kankuro Hoshino
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor C Block: Hideyoshi Kamitani def. Yuki Ishikawa

Following today’s show, the updated C block and D block standings are:

C block
1. Masashi Takeda (1-0 record): 2 points
2. Minoru Fujita (1-1 record): 2 points
3. Ryuji Ito (0-0 record): 0 points
4. Kankuro Hoshino (0-1 record): 0 points

D block
1. Hideyoshi Kamitani (1-0 record): 2 points
2. Yuki Ishikawa (1-2 record): 2 points
3. Akira Hyodo (0-0 record): 0 points
4. Isami Kodaka (0-1 record): 0 points

Big Japan will hold its ninth Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor show tomorrow in Sendai PIT. The full card is:

• Kota Sekifuda vs. Takuho Kato
• Hardcore: Drew Parker and Yuki Ishikawa vs. Jaki Numazawa vs. Yuko Miyamoto
• Issei Onizuka and T-Hawk vs. Kazushi Hashimoto and Takuya Nomura
• Abdullah Kobayashi, Daisuke Sekimoto and El Lindaman vs. Daichi Hashimoto, Kosuke Sato and Yuji Okabayashi
• CIMA vs. Yuya Aoki
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor D block: Akira Hyodo vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor C block: Kankuro Hoshino vs. Ryuji Ito
• BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship: Yasufumi Nakanoue (c) vs. Kazumi Kikuta

Yasufumi Nakanoue will attempt his second defense of the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship against Kazumi Kikuta.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH began its NEO BREEZE 2021 tour today in Yokohama Radiant Hall.

The full results were:

• Akitoshi Saito, Masao Inoue, Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi def. Junta Miyawaki, Kai Fujimura, Kinya Okada and Yasutaka Yano
• Takashi Sugiura def. Hajime Ohara
• NOSAWA Rongai def. HAYATA
• Ikuto Hidaka and Kotaro Suzuki def. Yoshinari Ogawa and Yuya Susumu
• Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya and Tadasuke def. Naomichi Marufuji, Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada, Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura def. Haoh, Kenoh, Masa Kitamiya and Nioh

NOAH will hold its second NEO BREEZE 2021 tour show tomorrow in Act City Hamamatsu. The full card is:

• Ikuto Hidaka vs. Yasutaka Yano
• Hajime Ohara, Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY vs. Junta Miyawaki, Kai Fujimura and Kinya Okada
• Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Tadasuke
• Akitoshi Sato, Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya and Masa Kitamiya
• HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Kotaro Suzuki and NOSAWA Rongai
• Takashi Sugiura vs. Yoshiki Inamura
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Naomichi Marufuji vs. Haoh, Kenoh and Nioh

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling held a show today in 2AW Square.

The full results were:

• Yukio Naya and Yusuke Okada def. Akito and Toi Kojima
• Antonio Honda, Keigo Nakamura and MAO def. Kazuki Hirata, Saki Akai and Toru Owashi
• Danshoku Dieno def. Hideki Okatani
• Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Sakaguchi def. Mad Paulie and Soma Takao
• Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo and Yuji Hino def. Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA and Yuki Iino
• Jun Akiyama and Makoto Oishi def. Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ueno

Chris Brookes’ third produced show will air on WRESTLE UNIVERSE tomorrow. The full card is:

• Hagane Shinno, Makoto Oishi and MEN’s Teioh vs. Keigo Nakamura, MAO and Yuki Ueno
• Baliyan Akki vs. HARASHIMA
• DDT Extreme Championship: Chris Brookes (c) vs. Mecha Mummy

The show will air at 9am JST, 1am BST tomorrow. Due to time differences, it will air at 8pm ET tonight.

DDT will hold a show tomorrow in Itabashi Green Hall. The full card is:

• Hideki Okatani and Makoto Oishi vs. Kazuki Hirata and Yuki Ueno
• Chris Brookes and Jun Masaoka vs. Soma Takao and Tetsuya Endo
• Keisuke Ishii vs. MAO
• Akito vs. Shota
• Antonio Honda, Keigo Nakamura and Yuki Iino vs. HARASHIMA, Shunma Katsumata and Toi Kojima

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling will hold its Sakura Genesis show tomorrow in Ry?goku Kokugikan.

The full card is:

• DOUKI, Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Jado, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa
• Dick Togo, EVIL, KENTA, Taiji Ishimori and Yujiro Takahashi vs. Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano and YOSHI-HASHI
• Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb and ‘X’ vs. SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito
• Bad Luck Fale and Jay White vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Satoshi Kojima
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru (c) vs. SHO and YOH
• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Kota Ibushi (c) vs. Will Ospreay

A new member of the United Empire will debut on the show, teaming with Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb against SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito in the third match.

YOH will make his in-ring action from his torn ACL last July to reunite with Roppongi 3K partner SHO and challenge El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships. It will be the champions’ first defense of the titles.

Kota Ibushi will attempt his first defense of the new IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against New Japan Cup winner Will Ospreay in the main event.

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS will hold its first show of the year in Osaka tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Dyna Mido and Mammoth Sasaki vs. GENTARO and Kenji Fukimoto
• Naka Shuma and Shu Asakawa vs. Tomoya Hirata and Yuya Susumu
• Dragon Libre and Takashi Sasaki vs. Idea and TiiiDA
• Hardcore: Rina Yamashita vs. Takayuki Ueki
• UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship: Brahman Kei (c) vs. Kamui
• Deathmatch: Daisuke Masaoka, Jun Kasai and Toru Sugiura vs. Masashi Takeda, Toshiyuki Sakuda and Violento Jack

Brahman Kei will attempt his first defense of the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship against Kamui.

GLEAT

GLEAT star Daijiro Matsui will fight at mixed martial arts company DEEP’s Osaka Impact 2021 event tomorrow.

The event will take place at Colega Studios, the same venue Colega Pro Wrestling has been using for its weekly shows.

Matsui is a former mixed martial artist who has competed for PRIDE Fighting Championships, Pancrase and other top Japanese mixed martial art promotions. His last fight was a loss to Hiroki Tanaka at an Demolition Xtreme Fighting Championship event in December 2017.

 

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