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AJPW CHAMPION CARNIVAL CONTINUES, DRAGON GATE, TOM LAWLOR VICTORIOUS AND MORE FROM JAPAN

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling held its sixth Champion Carnival show today in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.

The full results were:

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

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 (2-2-1 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 (1-4-1 record): 2 points

The Champion Carnival’s scoring rewards zero points for double countout results, meaning Shinjiro Otani remains at four points and Koji Doi remains at two points.

All Japan will air its seventh Champion Carnival tomorrow on AJPW TV as an empty arena show due to the state of emergency in Japan. The full card is:

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

CIMA will attempt his second defense of the World Junior Heavyweight Championship against Hikaru Sato.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH held a show today in Yokohama Radiant Hall.

The full results were:

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

NOAH has announced the full card for its NOAH The Glory 2021 show on April 29 in Nagoya Congress Center. The full card is:

• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Yasutaka Yano vs. Hajime Ohara, Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY
• Akitoshi Saito and Junta Miyawaki vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima and Nioh
• Kotaro Suzuki vs. Yuya Susumu
• Kazunari Murakami, Kazushi Sakuraba and Kendo Kashin vs. Masao Inoue, Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa (c) vs. Ikuto Hidaka and NOSAWA Rongai
• Kaito Kiyomiya, Kinya Okada and Yoshiki Inamura vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, Masato Tanaka and Naomichi Marufuji
• GHC National Championship: Kazuyuki Fujita (c) vs. Takashi Sugiura
• GHC Heavyweight Championship: Keiji Mutoh (c) vs. Masa Kitamiya

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its SPEEDSTAR Final Countdown in Higashiosaka show today in Higashiosaka Gymnasium.

The full results were:

• HipHop Kikuta, Kaito Ishida and SB KENTo def. Ben-K, Ho Ho Lun and Keisuke Okuda
• Dragon Kid and Ultimo Dragon def. Ryo Saito and Shachihoko Machine
• Masaaki Mochizuki and Takashi Yoshida def. KAI and KAZMA SAKAMOTO via DQ
• Don Fujii and Toru Owashi def. Kagetora and Yasushi Kanda
• Jason Lee, Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker def. Genki Horiguchi, Kzy, Susumu Yokosuka and U-T
• Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi and YAMATO def. BxB Hulk, Eita and H.Y.O

Dragon Gate will hold its penultimate The Gate of Passion 2021 tour show tomorrow in Takaoka Ecouer. The full card is:

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

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its eleventh Road to Wrestling Dontaku tour show today in Takamatsu City General Gymnasium #1.

The full results were:

• Yuya Uemura 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

Tom Lawlor defeated Brody King to win the New Japan Cup USA on last night’s episode of NJPW STRONG, also becoming the first person to hold the NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling will hold a show tomorrow in Nagano.

The full card is:

• Hideki Okatani vs. Tomomitsu Matsunaga
• Chris Brookes and Toi Kojima vs. Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi
• Kazusada Higuchi and Yuya Koroku vs. Tetsuya Endo and Yuji Hino
• Akito, Kazuki Hirata and Toru Owashi vs. Antonio Honda, Danshoku Dieno and Yukio Naya
• Daisuke Sasaki, Mad Paulie and Soma Takao vs. MAO, Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ueno
• HARASHIMA, Keigo Nakamura and Yuki Iino vs. Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi and Yusuke Okada

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling will hold a show tomorrow in Tokyo.

The full card is:

• 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. Kota Sekifuda and Yuji Okabayashi
• Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Yuya Aoki (c) vs. Akira Hyodo, Kosuke Sato and Takuya Nomura

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 in the main event.

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