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All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling held its fifth Champion Carnival show today in 2AW Square.

The full results were:

• Izanagi def. Ryuki Honda
• Black Menso~re, Koji Iwamoto and Takuro Niki def. Atsuki Aoyagi, Francesco Akira and Rising HAYATO
• Hokuto Omori, Kuma Arashi and TAJIRI def. Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato and SUWAMA
• Yoshitatsu def. Takatoshi Matsumoto
• Champion Carnival: Kento Miyahara def. Koji Doi
• Champion Carnival: Shinjiro Otani def. Shuji Ishikawa
• Champion Carnival: Kohei Sato def. Zeus
• Champion Carnival: Yuma Aoyagi def. Jake Lee

Following today’s show, the updated Champion Carnival standings are:

1. Kohei Sato (3-1 record): 6 points
2. Jake Lee (3-2 record): 6 points
-. Yuma Aoyagi (3-2 record): 6 points
-. Zeus (3-2 record): 6 points
5. Kento Miyahara (2-2 record): 4 points
-. Shinjiro Otani (2-2 record): 4 points
-. Shuji Ishikawa (2-2 record): 4 points
-. SUWAMA (2-2 record): 4 points
9. Shotaro Ashino (1-3 record): 2 points
10. Koji Doi (1-4 record): 2 points

Yuma Aoyagi would technically be ahead of Jake Lee and Zeus due to having the head-to-head tiebreaker against both men, but these standings are only provisional and head-to-head tiebreakers are not being factored so early into the tournament.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Kenoh has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss Pro Wrestling NOAH’s shows on April 24 in Yokohama Radiant Hall and April 29 in Nagoya Congress Center.

Haoh, Manabu Soya and Tadasuke, who all missed today’s show due to being in close contact with Kenoh, will also miss the shows as a precautionary measure.

The full results from NOAH’s show today in Korakuen Hall were:

• Hajime Ohara, Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY def. Kinya Okada, Junta Miyawaki and Yasutaka Yano
• Daisuke Harada def. Kai Fujimura
• Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura def. Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi
• HAYATA, Yoshinari Ogawa and Yuya Susumu def. Ikuto Hidaka, Kotaro Suzuki and NOSAWA Rongai via DQ
• Kazuyuki Fujita and Kendo Kashin def. Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship: Atsushi Kotoge (c) def. Nioh
• Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masa Kitamiya def. Keiji Mutoh and Naomichi Marufuji

Atsushi Kotoge made his first successful defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship against Nioh.

NOAH has announced the full card for its show on April 24 in Yokohama Radiant Hall. The full card is:

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

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling held a show today in Niigata.

The full results were:

• Toru Owashi and Yuki Iino def. Hideki Okatani and Toi Kojima
• Kazusada Higuchi, Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi def. Akito, Keigo Nakamura and Yukio Naya
• MAO, Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ueno def. Danshoku Dieno, Gorgeous Matsuno and Kazuki Hirata via DQ
• MAO, Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ueno def. Danshoku Dieno, Gorgeous Matsuno and Kazuki Hirata
• Tetsuya Endo def. Yusuke Okada
• Daisuke Sasaki, Mad Paulie and Soma Takao def. Antonio Honda, Chris Brookes and Super Sasadango Machine
• KO-D Tag Team Championships: HARASHIMA and Yuji Okabayashi (c) def. Jun Akiyama and Makoto Oishi

HARASHIMA and Yuji Okabayashi made their first successful defense of the KO-D Tag Team Championships against Jun Akiyama and Makoto Oishi.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

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

The full results were:

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

New Japan will hold its seventh Road to Wrestling Dontaku tour show tomorrow in Korakuen Hall. The full card is:

• EVIL, Dick Togo and Gedo vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomoaki Honma and Toru Yano
• Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb and Will Ospreay vs. BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito
• Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• Hirooki Goto vs. Taiji Ishimori
• KENTA vs. YOSHI-HASHI

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held two The Gate of Passion 2021 tour shows today in Acros Fukuoka.

The full results were:

Afternoon
• Gamma, Kagetora and Naruki Doi def. Diamante, H.Y.O and KAZMA SAKAMOTO
• Punch Tominaga and Ryo Saito def. Ben-K and Keisuke Okuda
• Kzy def. Bokutimo Dragon
• Genki Horiguchi, Susumu Yokosuka and U-T def. Masaaki Mochizuki, Takashi Yoshida and Ultimo Dragon
• Dragon Kid and SB KENTo def. KAI and YAMATO
• BxB Hulk, Eita, HipHop Kikuta and Kaito Ishida def. Jason Lee, Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker

Evening
• Jason Lee, Kota Minoura and Shun Skywalker def. Genki Horiguchi, Kzy and Susumu Yokosuka
• Punch Tominaga vs. U-T – Time Limit Draw (15 minutes)
• Ben-K and Dragon Kid def. Ryo Saito and Ultimo Dragon
• BxB Hulk, Diamante, Kaito Ishida and KAZMA SAKAMOTO def. Bokutimo Dragon, Ho Ho Lun, Masaaki Mochizuki and Takashi Yoshida
• Gamma and Naruki Doi def. KAI and SB KENTo
• Kagetora, Keisuke Okuda and YAMATO def. Eita, H.Y.O and HipHop Kikuta

Dragon Gate will continue its The Gate of Passion 2021 tour tomorrow in Kokurakita Gymnasium. The full card is:

• Ben-K, Keisuke Okuda and YAMATO vs. Gamma, Ho Ho Lun and Kagetora
• Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi and Yasushi Kanda vs. Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Ultimo Dragon
• HipHop Kikuta and KAI vs. Jason Lee and Shun Skywalker
• Bokutimo Dragon and Ryo Saito vs. Diamante and SB KENTo
• BxB Hulk, Eita, H.Y.O and Kaito Ishida vs. Genki Horiguchi, Kzy, Susumu Yokosuka and U-T

Masaaki Mochizuki and Takashi Yoshida will attempt their second defense of the Open the Twin Gate Championships against Kaito Ishida and KAZMA SAKAMOTO at Dead or Alive 2021 on May 5 in Aichi Prefectural Gym.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling will hold its eleventh Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor show tomorrow in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.

The full card is:

• Kazumi Kikuta and Kosuke Sato vs. Keiki Suzuki and Masaki Morihiro
• Abdullah Kobayashi, Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu vs. Daichi Hashimoto, Kota Sekifuda and Yuichi Taniguchi
• Takuya Nomura and Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Yuji Okabayashi and Yuya Aoki
• Deathmatch: Drew Parker, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Masaya Takahashi vs. Jaki Numazawa, Ryuji Ito and Yuko Miyamoto
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor C block: Kankuro Hoshino vs. Masashi Takeda
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor D block: Akira Hyodo vs. Yuki Ishikawa

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

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

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

Big Japan has slightly tweaked the cards for its shows on April 21 and 22 in Tokyo. The updated 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. Kazumi Kikuta 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 vs. 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 Yuya Aoki vs. Kosuke Sato, Yasufumi Nakanoue and Takuya Nomura

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 Kazumi Kikuta vs. Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Quiet Storm

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

Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Yuya Aoki will attempt their third defense of the Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championships against Akira Hyodo, Kosuke Sato and Takuya Nomura at Big Japan’s show on April 25 in Tokyo. The full card for the show is:

• Kazumasa Yoshida vs. Yuji Okabayashi
• Drew Parker and Yuki Ishikawa vs. Keiki Suzuki and Kota Sekifuda
• Jaki Numazawa and Ryuji Ito vs. Kankuro Hoshino and Masaki Morihiro
• Kazumi Kikuta and Ryota Hama vs. Yuji Okabayashi and ‘X’
• Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Yuya Aoki (c) vs. Akira Hyodo, Kosuke Sato and Takuya Nomura

Yuji Okabayashi’s tag team partner against Kazumi Kikuta and Ryota Hama is undecided.

Koju Takeda will replace Tatsuhiko Yoshino at Big Japan’s Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor show on April 26 in Korakuen Hall as Yoshino faces an extended period on the sidelines due to an ankle injury.

The updated card for the show is:

• Kazuki Hashimoto and Masaki Morihiro vs. Keiki Suzuki and Kosuke Sato
• Daichi Hashimoto and Yuya Aoki vs. Kazumi Kikuta and Yuko Miyamoto
• Abdullah Kobayashi, Ryota Hama and Yuichi Taniguchi vs. Koju Takeda, Kota Sekifuda and Masaya Takahashi
• Fuminori Abe, Takuya Nomura and Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, Shigehiro Irie and Yuji Okabayashi
• Deathmatch: Drew Parker, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Kankuro Hoshino vs. Shunma Katsumata, Takumi Tsukamoto and Yuki Ishikawa
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor D block: Akira Hyodo vs. Isami Kodaka
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor C block: Masashi Takeda vs. Ryuji Ito

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