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Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its twelfth The Gate of Passion 2021 tour show today in Kobe Sambo Hall.

The full results were:

• Funky Jacky Kamei, Kzy and Susumu Yokosuka def. BxB Hulk, H.Y.O and KAZMA SAKAMOTO
• Don Fujii and Jason Lee def. Genki Horiguchi and U-T
• Ben-K, Dragon Kid and YAMATO def. KAI, Kaito Ishida and SB KENTo
• Royal Sambo Battle Royal: Ryo Saito def. Bokutimo Dragon, Dia Inferno, Diamante, Gamma, Ho Ho Lun, Konomama Ichikawa, Masaaki Mochizuki, Problem Dragon, Shachihoko Boy, Super Shisa, Takashi Yoshida, Ultimo Dragon & Yosuke Santa Maria
• K-Ness and Yasushi Kanda vs. Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi – Time Limit Draw (5 minutes)
• Open the Brave Gate Championship: Keisuke Okuda (c) def. Punch Tominaga
• Bridgebook Kagetora, Eita and HipHop Kikuta def. Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker

Takeeto Kamei returned in the first match. His new gimmick is Funky Jacky Kamei.

Dragon Dia, Jason Lee and La Estrella of MASQUERADE will challenge Genki Horiguchi, Kzy and Susumu Yokosuka of Natural Vibes for the Open the Triangle Gate Championships at Dead or Alive 2021 on May 5 in Aichi Prefectural Gym. Dia has been out of action due to a fractured collarbone since last December.

Keisuke Okuda made his fourth successful defense of the Open the Brave Gate Championship against Punch Tominaga. U-T challenged Okuda afterwards and the match will take place at Dead or Alive 2021.

Team Boku, consisting of Bokutimo Dragon, Naruki Doi, Punch Tominaga, Ryo Saito, formally disbanded after Tominaga’s loss.

Bridgebook Kagetora, Eita and HipHop Kikuta were victorious in the main event. Eita offered Kagetora a spot in R.E.D afterwards but the offer was declined.

Real Japan Pro Wrestling

Real Japan Pro Wrestling held a show today in Korakuen Hall

The full results were:

• Ikuto Hidaka and Super Rider def. Jun Tonsho and Takafumi Ito
• Kazunari Murakami def. Fuminori Abe
• Jaguar Yokota and Kaoru Ito def. Maya Yukihi and Saori Anou
• UWA Asia Pacific Heavyweight Championship: Shogun Okamoto def. Hayato Mashita (c)
• Kendo Kashin and Minoru Tanaka def. Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa
• RJPW Legend Championship: Super Tiger (c) def. Masayuki Kono

Shogun Okamoto defeated Hayato Mashita to win the UWA Asia Pacific Heavyweight Championship.

Super Tiger made his first successful defense of the RJPW Legend Championship against Masayuki Kono in the main event. Kazunari Murakami challenged Super Tiger after the match.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held two shows today in Tokyo.

The full results were:

Afternoon
• Takuya Nomura def. Masaki Morihiro
• Kota Sekifuda, Masaya Takahashi and Yuya Aoki def. Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Drew Parker
• Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuki Ishikawa def. Kazuki Hashimoto and Kosuke Sato
• Abdullah Kobayashi and Jaki Numazawa def. Keiki Suzuki and Yuji Okabayashi
• Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Quiet Storm def. Akira Hyodo, Kankuro Hoshino and Kazumi Kikuta

Evening
• Masaya Takahashi def. Masaki Morihiro
• Drew Parker and Takuya Nomura def. Kazuki Hashimoto and Kazumi Kikuta
• Jaki Numazawa, Kota Sekifuda and Ryuji Ito def. Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Kankuro Hoshino
• Keiki Suzuki and Yuji Okabayashi def. Quiet Storm and Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Niigata Openweight Championship: Abdullah Kobayashi (c) def. Great Kojika via DQ
• Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Yuya Aoki (c) def. Akira Hyodo, Kosuke Sato and Yuki Ishikawa

Abdullah Kobayashi made his first successful defense of the Niigata Openweight Championship against Great Kojika on the evening show, as well as Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Yuya Aoki making their third successful defense of the Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championships against Akira Hyodo, Kosuke Sato and Yuki Ishikawa in the main event.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its ninth Road to Wrestling Dontaku tour show today in EDION Arena Osaka.

The full results were:

• Gabriel Kidd def. Yota Tsuji
• El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru def. Ryusuke Taguchi, SHO and YOH
• DOUKI, Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. def. Jado, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa
• Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato, Tiger Mask and Toru Yano def. Dick Togo, EVIL, Gedo, Taiji Ishimori and Yujiro Takahashi
• Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb and Will Ospreay def. BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito

New Japan has added a new stipuatlion to Tanga Loa versus Zack Sabre Jr. on the first night of Wrestling Dontaku 2021. If Sabre Jr. is victorious, Dangerous Tekkers will challenge the Guerrillas of Destiny for the IWGP IWGP Tag Team Championships. If Loa is victorious, Dangerous Tekkers can never challenge for the titles again.

New Japan will hold its tenth Road to Wrestling Dontaku tour show tomorrow in Kochi Prefectural Gymnasium. The full card is:

• Gabriel Kidd vs. Yuya Uemura
• El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. SHO, Tiger Mask and YOH
• DOUKI, Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Jado, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa
• Dick Togo, EVIL, Gedo, Taiji Ishimori and Yujiro Takahashi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi and Toru Yano
• Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb and Will Ospreay vs. BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito

GLEAT

GLEAT uploaded Minoru Tanaka versus Soma Watanabe in a UWF Rules match onto its YouTube channel today. The full match can be watched on the attachment below.

 

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