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Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate star Ben-K has tested positive for COVID-19, the company announced today.

Ben-K first registered a high fever on May 15 and was held off Dragon Gate’s King of Gate’s shows on the same day and May 16. He will now forfeit his remaining King of Gate matches.

Naruki Doi, who wrestled Ben-K on May 14 and was also held off Dragon Gate’s shows on May 15 and 16, is not experiencing any symptoms but will also forfeit his remaining King of Gate matches as a precaution.

Dragon Gate will hold its fourth King of Gate show tomorrow in Chiba Port Arena.

The full card is:

• Genki Horiguchi, Kzy and Susumu Yokosuka vs. Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker
• Bokutimo Dragon, Don Fujii and Problem Dragon vs. Dragon Kid, Keisuke Okuda and Ultimo Dragon
• King of Gate A block: BxB Hulk vs. Diamante
• King of Gate B block: Jason Lee vs. SB KENTo
• King of Gate C block: U-T vs. YAMATO
• Eita, H.Y.O and Kaito Ishida vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, Ryo Saito and Yasushi Kanda

Going into the show, the current King of Gate standings are:

A block
1. Kota Minoura (3-0 record): 6 points
2. Diamante (3-1 record): 6 points
-. Takashi Yoshida (3-1 record): 6 points
4. BxB Hulk (2-1 record): 4 points
5. Naruki Doi (1-4 record): 2 points
6. Ben-K (0-5 record): 0 points

B block
1. Dragon Kid (2-1 record): 4 points
2. Susumu Yokosuka (1-0 record): 2 points
3. Eita (1-1 record): 2 points
-. Kzy (1-1 record): 2 points
5. Jason Lee (0-1 record): 0 points
-. SB KENTo (0-1 record): 0 points

C block
1. YAMATO (1-0-1 record): 3 points
2. U-T (1-0 record): 2 points
3. Kaito Ishida (1-1 record): 2 points
-. Shun Skywalker (1-1 record): 2 points
5. Keisuke Okuda (0-1-1 record): 1 point
6. H.Y.O (0-1 record): 0 points

Dragon Gate has also announced the cards for its King of Gate shows on May 21, 22 and 23 in Sapporo ii One Stadium. The full cards are:

May 21 in Sapporo ii One Stadium
• Don Fujii and Yasushi Kanda vs. Kota Minoura and Shun Skywalker
• Bokutimo Dragon and Ultimo Dragon vs. Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito
• King of Gate C block: Kaito Ishida vs. U-T
• BxB Hulk, Diamante, Eita and H.Y.O vs. Dragon Kid, Keisuke Okuda, Problem Dragon and YAMATO
• King of Gate B block: SB KENTo vs. Susumu Yokosuka
• King of Gate B block: Jason Lee vs. Kzy

May 22 in Sapporo ii One Stadium
• Jason Lee, La Estrella and Problem Dragon vs. Ryo Saito, Ultimo Dragon and Yasushi Kanda
• Don Fujii vs. Keisuke Okuda
• Kaito Ishida and SB KENTo vs. Kota Minoura and Shun Skywalker
• BxB Hulk, Diamante and Eita vs. Genki Horiguchi, Kzy and U-T
• King of Gate C block: H.Y.O vs. YAMATO
• King of Gate B block: Dragon Kid vs. Susumu Yokosuka

May 23 in Sapporo ii One Stadium
• Genki Horiguchi, Susumu Yokosuka and U-T vs. Jason Lee, Kota Minoura and La Estrella
• Bokutimo Dragon and Don Fujii vs. Problem Dragon and Ryo Saito
• Diamante and SB KENTo vs. Ultimo Dragon and Yasushi Kanda
• BxB Hulk, H.Y.O and Kaito Ishida vs. Dragon Kid, Masato Yoshino and YAMATO
• King of Gate C block: Keisuke Okuda vs. Shun Skywalker
• King of Gate B block: Eita vs. Kzy

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling has announced the full cards for its shows on May 27 in Shinjuku FACE, May 29 in Fukuoka and May 30 in Kumamoto.

The full cards are:

May 27 in Shinjuku FACE
• Hideki Okatani and Toi Kojima vs. Keigo Nakamura and Yuya Koroku
• Antonio Honda vs. Danshoku Dieno vs. Kazuki Hirata vs. Saki Akai vs. Yuki Iino
• Akito, Yukio Naya and Yusuke Okada vs. Chris Brookes, MAO and Yuki Ueno
• HARASHIMA, Naomi Yoshimura and Toru Owashi vs. Mad Paulie, Soma Takao and Tetsuya Endo
• Ultimate Tag League: Jun Akiyama and Makoto Oishi vs. Konosuke Takeshita and Shunma Katsumata
• Ultimate Tag League: Daisuke Sasaki and Yuji Hino vs. Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Sakaguchi

May 29 in Fukuoka (Afternoon)
• Soma Takao vs. Yukio Naya
• Akito and Yuto Aijima vs. Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ueno
• Antonio Honda and Danshoku Dieno vs. Sanshiro Takagi and Yuki Iino
• Kazusada Higuchi, Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Keigo Nakamura, Makoto Oishi and Yusuke Okada
• Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo and Yuji Hino vs. Kazuki Hirata, Naomi Yoshimura and Toru Owashi
• Chris Brookes and HARASHIMA vs. Konosuke Takeshita and MAO

May 29 in Fukuoka (Evening)
• Antonio Honda and Yukio Naya vs. Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi
• Chris Brookes and Danshoku Dieno vs. Hideki Okatani and Toru Owashi
• Azul Dragon and Soma Takao vs. Kazusada Higuchi and Yuki Iino
• Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo and Yuji Hino vs. Konosuke Takeshita, MAO and Shunma Katsumata
• HARASHIMA, Kazuki Hirata and Naomi Yoshimura vs. Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi and Yusuke Okada
• DDT Universal Championship: Yuki Ueno (c) vs. Akito

May 30 in Kumamoto
• MAO vs. Yuki Iino
• Akito, Antonio Honda and Sanshiro Takagi vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi
• Daisuke Sasaki vs. Danshoku Dieno vs. Shunma Katsumata
• Konosuke Takeshita and Yuki Ueno vs. Shinya Aoki vs. Yukio Naya
• Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA and Keigo Nakamura vs. Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi and Yusuke Okada
• KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Soma Takao, Tetsuya Endo and Yuji Hino (c) vs. Kazuki Hirata, Naomi Yoshimura and Toru Owashi

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Ren Narita will appear on All Elite Wrestling’s Dark show tonight.

Narita will face Royce Isaacs, who recently debuted on NJPW STRONG as one half of the West Coast Wrecking Crew tag team with Jorel Nelson. The team have regularly appeared on Dark and Dark: Elevation in recent weeks.

The premiere on AEW’s YouTube channel can be viewed here.

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling will hold a show tomorrow in Yokohama.

The full card is:

• Rising HAYATO vs. Yoshitatsu
• Francesco Akira vs. Koji Iwamoto
• Black Menso~re and Takao Omori vs. Hokuto Omori and TAJIRI
• Atsuki Aoyagi, Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi vs. Fuminori Abe, Kohei Sato and Shuji Ishikawa
• All Asia Tag Team Championships: Izanagi and Zeus (c) vs. Dan Tamura and Hikaru Sato
• Jake Lee, Koji Doi and Kuma Arashi vs. Ryuki Honda, Shotaro Ashino and SUWAMA

Izanagi and Zeus will attempt their fifth defense of the All Asia Tag Team Championships against Dan Tamura and Hikaru Sato.

 

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