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New Japan
New Japan Pro Wrestling has postponed its two Wrestle Grand Slam shows on May 15 in Yokohama Stadium and May 29 in the Tokyo Dome in response to the extended state of emergency in Japan.
Rescheduled dates for the shows are currently being determined.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling has arrived at the decision to postpone Wrestle Grand Slam in Yokohama Stadium and the Tokyo Dome.
— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) May 7, 2021
New dates are currently being determined.
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The postponements obviously wreak havoc on New Japan’s booking plans. Most notably, Will Ospreay was scheduled to attempt his second defense of the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Kazuchika Okada on the second night on May 29 in the Tokyo Dome.
As for the first night, Kota Ibushi had challenged Jeff Cobb and Jay White had nominated David Finlay as his first challenger for the NEVER Openweight Championship.
The state of emergency has been extended to May 31. New Japan’s first show after that date is the first show of its Road to Dominion tour on June 1 in Korakuen Hall. There will be two more tour shows on June 2 in Korakuen Hall and June 4 in Ota City General Gymnasium before Dominion.
Dominion is traditionally New Japan’s second biggest show after Wrestle Kingdom and is scheduled to take place on June 6 in Osaka-j? Hall this year.
As such, New Japan could conceivably reschedule some of the marquee matches set for both nights of Wrestle Grand Slam for Dominion.
New Japan’s official statement on the postponements can be read here.
Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Big Japan Pro Wrestling held the fourth night of its Hokkaido tour today.
The full results were:
• Yuichi Taniguchi def. Kazumasa Yoshida
• Keiki Suzuki and Kota Sekifuda def. Kazuki Hashimoto and Masaki Morihiro
• Jaki Numazawa and Yuki Ishikawa def. Akira Hyodo and Drew Parker
• Abdullah Kobayashi, Ryuji Ito and Yuko Miyamoto def. Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Kankuro Hoshino
• Takuya Nomura and Yasufumi Nakanoue def. Daisuke Sekimoto and Kazumi Kikuta
• Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Yuya Aoki def. Kosuke Sato, Shigehiro Irie and Yuji
Big Japan will hold the fifth night of its Hokkaido tour tomorrow. The full card is:
• Kazumasa Yoshida vs. Kazuki Hashimoto
• Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu vs. Daichi Hashimoto and Kota Sekifuda
• Shigehiro Irie vs. Yuya Aoki
• Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi and Yuichi Taniguchi vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani and Jaki Numazawa
• Daisuke Sekimoto, Keiki Suzuki and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Kazumi Kikuta, Takuya Nomura and Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Deathmatch: Akira Hyodo, Drew Parker and Kankuro Hoshino vs. Ryuji Ito, Yuki Ishikawa and Yuko Miyamoto
Dragon Gate
HipHop Kikuta has withdrawn from Dragon Gate’s King of Gate tournament due to injury.
The injury occurred during Kikuta’s Open the Dream Gate Championship match against Shun Skywalker at Dead or Alive 2021 on May 5. The match officially ended via referee stoppage after four minutes and 33 seconds.
H.Y.O will take Kikuta’s place in the tournament, joining Kaito Ishida, Keisuke Okuda, Skywalker, U-T and YAMATO in C block.
Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Explosion
Impact Wrestling’s Rosemary has taken an interest in the creation of Atsushi Onita’s new deathmatch company Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Explosion.
At last.. a Realm that piques our interest.. we wonder.. we wonder.. infinite possible timelines with infinite possible futures.. #DemonAssassin https://t.co/cIhgQeWQDW
— Rosemary, The Demon Assassin (@WeAreRosemary) May 6, 2021
She tweeted: “At last.. a Realm that piques our interest.. we wonder.. we wonder.. infinite possible timelines with infinite possible futures..”
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