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JAPAN ENTERS STATE OF EMERGENCY, EVENTS CANCELED, EMPTY ARENA SHOWS ANNOUNCED AND MORE FROM JAPAN

All Japan Pro Wrestling

The upcoming state of emergency from April 25 to May 11 in the Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures has forced various companies to cancel or postpone shows.

As such, All Japan Pro Wrestling’s Champion Carnival tournament has undergone serious changes. The Champion Carnival shows on April 25 and 29 and May 3 will all be empty arena shows instead of being held in Korakuen Hall.

The Champion Carnival show on April 28 in Yokohama is scheduled to go ahead as planned.

All Japan will hold its sixth Champion Carnival show tomorrow in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.

The full card is:

• Atsuki Aoyagi and Rising HAYATO vs. Francesco Akira and Koji Iwamoto
• Dan Tamura and Hikaru Sato vs. Izanagi and Zeus
• Black Menso~re, Ryuki Honda, Takao Omori and Yoshitatsu vs. Hokuto Omori, Jake Lee, TAJIRI and Yusuke Kodama
• Champion Carnival: Koji Doi vs. Shinjiro Otani
• Champion Carnival: Shotaro Ashino vs. Shuji Ishikawa
• Champion Carnival: Kento Miyahara vs. Kohei Sato
• Champion Carnival: SUWAMA vs. Yuma Aoyagi

Going into the show, the current 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

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH’s two THE OVATION shows on May 2 and 3 in Korakuen Hall have been cancelled due to the upcoming state of emergency.

NOAH will hold a show tomorrow 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

NOAH uploaded Keiji Mutoh’s GHC Heavyweight Championship defense against Kaito Kiyomiya onto its YouTube channel with English commentary. The full match can be watched on the attachment below.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its tenth Road to Wrestling Dontaku tour show today in Kochi Prefectural Gymnasium.

The full results were:

• Gabriel Kidd def. Yuya Uemura
• El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru def. SHO, Tiger Mask and YOH
• DOUKI, Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. def. Jado, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa
• Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi 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 will hold its eleventh Road to Wrestling Dontaku tour show tomorrow in Takamatsu City General Gymnasium #1. The full card is:

• Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
• El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, SHO 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, Tiger Mask and Toru Yano
• Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb and Will Ospreay vs. BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate will hold its SPEEDSTAR Final Countdown in Higashiosaka show tomorrow in Higashiosaka Gymnasium.

The full card is:

• Ben-K, Ho Ho Lun and Keisuke Okuda vs. HipHop Kikuta, Kaito Ishida and SB KENTo
• Dragon Kid and Ultimo Dragon vs. Shachihoko Machine and ‘X’
• KAI and KAZMA SAKAMOTO vs. Masaaki Mochizuki and Takashi Yoshida
• Don Fujii and Toru Owashi vs. Kagetora and Yasushi Kanda
• Genki Horiguchi, Kzy, Susumu Yokosuka and U-T vs. Jason Lee, Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker
• BxB Hulk, Eita and H.Y.O vs. Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi and YAMATO

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling has announced Isami Kodaka will attempt his fifth defense of the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship against Great Kojika at its May Young Blood show on May 29 in Yokohama Radiant Hall.

Big Japan has cancelled its show on April 26 in Korakuen Hall.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling’s two shows on May 4 and 9 will be empty arena shows instead of being held in Korakuen Hall.

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS has cancelled its show on May 2 on Korakuen Hall.

 

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