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DDT STAR IN AEW, ROAD TO WRESTLING DONTAKU CONTINUES, DAICIHI HASHIMOTO AND MORE FROM JAPAN

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its third Road to Wrestling Dontaku tour show today in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

• El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru def. Gabriel Kidd, SHO and YOH
• Jado, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa def. DOUKI, Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.
• EVIL, KENTA, Taiji Ishimori and Yujiro Takahashi def. Hirooki Goto, Tomoaki Honma, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI
• Dick Togo and Gedo def. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Toru Yano
• Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb and Will Ospreay def. BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling’s Konosuke Takeshita defeated Danny Limelight on All Elite Wrestling’s Dark: Elevation show last night. The full show can be watched on the attachment below.

Takeshita will team with Kenny Omega and Michael Nakazawa against Limelight, Matt Sydal and Mike Sydal on next week’s episode of Dark: Elevation.

DDT has added one new match to its show on May 4 in Korakuen Hall and two new matches to its show on May 9 in Korakuen Hall.

HARASHIMA, Kazuki Hirata and Toru Owashi will face Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi and Yusuke Okada on May 4. Okada will be in action against on May 9 taking on Yukio Sakaguchi in a singles match.

HARASHIMA will team with Naomi Yoshimura in the latter’s return match against MAO and Yuki Ueno. Yoshimura has been on hiatus from the company since Ultimate Party 2020 last November due to back injuries.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Tatsuhiko Yoshino has been pulled from Big Japan Pro Wrestling’s YOUNG MAN STANDING and FRONT ROW shows on April 17 in Yokohama Radiant Hall.

Yoshino missed yesterday’s show due to an ankle injury and it seems the ailment will keep him out of action for an extended period.

The updated cards are:

YOUNG MAN STANDING on April 17 (Afternoon)
• Kosuke Sato vs. Ryuya Takekura
• Chris Brookes and Drew Parker vs. Koju Takeda and Kota Sekifuda
• Kazuki Hashimoto and Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Kazumi Kikuta and Yuko Miyamoto
• Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Takuro Niki and Tyler Adams
• Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura vs. Satsuki Nagao and Shoki Kitamura
• Chicharito Shoki and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Tatsuya Hanami and Yuya Aoki
• Akira Hyodo, Takuho Kato and Yuki Ishikawa vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, Ryuji Ito and Yasufumi Nakanoue

FRONT ROW on April 17 (Evening)
• Kazumasa Yoshida vs. Keiki Suzuki
• Kikutaro vs. Yuichi Taniguchi
• Akira Hyodo and Kankuro Hoshino vs. Chris Brookes and Drew Parker
• Kosuke Sato, Takuho Kato and Takuya Nomura vs. Masato Kamino, Ryota Nakatsu and Takato Nakano
• Abdullah Kobayashi, Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto vs. Great Kojika, Jaki Numazawa and Ryuji Ito
• Daisuke Sekimoto, Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuki Ishikawa vs. Kota Sekifuda, Shigehiro Irie and Yuji Okabayashi
• Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Yuya Aoki (c) vs. Kazuki Hashimoto, Kazumi Kikuta and Takumi Tsukamoto

Shigehiro Irie has been confirmed to appear on all six shows of Big Japan’s Hokkaido tour next month.

Irie will team with Yuji Okabayashi to challenge Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura for the BJW Tag Team Championships on the first night of the tour on May 4 but his matches on May 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 have not been announced.

Daichi Hashimoto faced Alejandro at Colega Pro Wrestling’s Stars Night show today. The full show can be watched on the attachment below.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate has announced the full card for its The Gate of Passion 2021 tour show on April 14 in Nagoya Tsuyuhashi Sports Center.

The full card is:

• Jason Lee and La Estrella vs. Kagetora and Problem Dragon
• Dia Inferno and Kaito Ishida vs. Masaaki Mochizuki and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Diamante and HipHop Kikuta vs. Kota Minoura and Shun Skywalker
• Bokutimo Dragon, Ryo Saito and Ultimo Dragon vs. Kzy, Susumu Yokosuka and U-T
• Ben-K, Dragon Kid, Keisuke Okuda and YAMATO vs. BxB Hulk, Eita, H.Y.O and SB KENTo

GLEAT

GLEAT’s T-Hawk will team with Naoki Tanizaki against Kenshin Chikano and Rising HAYATO at J STAGE Pro Wrestling’s NEXT STAGE show on April 17.

Wrestle-1

Over a year since the closure of Wrestle-1, an observant fan on Twitter pointed out just how similar Game Changer Wrestling’s new GCW Ultraviolent Championship is to the old Wrestle-1 Championship.

Kaz Hayashi was the last person to hold the Wrestle-1 Championship, defeating Katsuhiko Nakajima to win the title on March 15 last year. On the other hand, Alex Colon defeated Lucky 13 to become the first GCW Ultraviolent Championship holder at GCW’s Planet Death show on April 10.

Fantasy bookers around the globe are believed to be rushing to their notepads to book Colon versus Hayashi in a unification match.

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