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New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its Sakura Genesis show today in Ry?goku Kokugikan.

The full results were:

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

Zack Sabre Jr. pinned Tanga Loa to win the first match, likely earning himself and Taichi a rematch for the IWGP Tag Team Championships.

Aaron Henare, formerly known as Toa Henare, was unveiled as the new member of the United Empire before the third match. He pinned SANADA to win the match. The United Empire continued to attack Tetsuya Naito’s knee after the match.

After Hiroshi Tanahashi and Satoshi Kojima defeated Bad Luck Fale and Jay White (Tanahashi pinned Fale), Tanahashi accepted White’s challenge to a NEVER Openweight Championship match.

In his first match back after tearing his ACL last July, YOH defeated Yoshinobu Kanemaru to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships alongside SHO. It is the fifth time the duo have held the titles.

In the main event, Will Ospreay defeated Kota Ibushi to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

Ospreay called out Kazuchika Okada after the match but Shingo Takagi came out as well. Ospreay said he would face Takagi first then Okada second.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held its ninth Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor show today in Sendai PIT.

The full results were:

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

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

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. Kankuro Hoshino (1-1 record): 2 points
4. Ryuji Ito (0-1 record): 0 points

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

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling held a show today in Itabashi Green Hall.

The full results were:

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

Chris Brookes’ third produced show aired on WRESTLE UNIVERSE. The full results were:

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

Brookes made his first successful defense of the DDT Extreme Championship against Mecha Mummy.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its second The Gate of 2021 tour show today in Tajimi Sangyo Bunka Center.

The full results were:

• Genki Horiguchi and Kagetora def. K-ness and Yasushi Kanda
• Konomama Ichikawa def. Ryo Saito
• Gamma and Takashi Yoshida def. Ben-K and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Bokutimo Dragon, Don Fujii and Punch Tominaga def. Shachihoko Boy, Super Shisa and Ultimo Dragon
• Dragon Kid, Keisuke Okuda, Problem Dragon and YAMATO def. H.Y.O, KAI, Kaito Ishida and SB KENTo

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH held its second NEO BREEZE 2021 tour show today in Act City Hamamatsu.

The full results were:

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

Nioh pinned Atsushi Kotoge in the main event. Nioh is set to challenge Kotoge for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship at NOAH’s show on April 18 in Korakuen Hall.

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS held its first show of the year in Osaka today.

The full results were:

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

Kamui defeated Brahman Kei to win back the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship.

Active Advance Pro Wrestling

Active Advance Pro Wrestling held a show today in Osaka.

The full results were:

• Kyu Mogami def. Takuro Niki
• Ayame Sasamura and Kotaro Yoshino def. Ricky Fuji and Rina Shingaki
• Taylor Adams def. Ayumu Honda
• Daisuke Masaoka and Kamui def. Chicharito Shoki and Taishi Takizawa
• Kaji Tomato and Shu Asakawa def. Andy Wu and Daiju Wakamatsu
• Ayato Yoshida, Quiet Storm and Tank Nagai def. Kengo Mashimo, Naka Shuma and Tatsuya Hanami

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