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G1 CLIMAX LOOKS TO BE PUSHED BACK, KING OF GATE CONTINUES AND MORE FROM JAPAN

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its fourth King of Gate show today in Chiba Port Arena.

The full results were:

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

Following today’s show, the updated King of Gate standings are:

A block
1. Kota Minoura (3-0 record): 6 points
2. Takashi Yoshida (3-1 record): 6 points
-. BxB Hulk (3-1 record): 6 points
4. Diamante (3-2 record): 6 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
-. SB KENTo (1-1 record): 2 points
6. Jason Lee (0-2 record): 0 points

C block
1. YAMATO (2-0-1 record): 5 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 (0-2 record): 0 points

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling held a show today in Yokohama.

The full results were:

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

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

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the winner of the Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor tournament will challenge Takumi Tsukamoto for the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship at Big Japan’s show on June 28 in Korakuen Hall.

The Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor semi-finals and final will take place at Big Japan’s show on June 13 in Korakuen Hall.

The full card is:

• Kazumasa Yoshida and Takuho Kato vs. Keiki Suzuki and Kosuke Sato
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor semi-final: Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Ryuji Ito
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor semi-final: Drew Parker vs. Violento Jack
• Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu vs. Kota Sekifuda and Tatsuhiko Yoshino
• Hardcore: Akira Hyodo, Kankuro Hoshino and Masaya Takahashi vs. Jaki Numazawa, Yuki Ishikawa and Yukio Miyamoto
• Daichi Hashimoto, Daisuke Sekimoto, Takuya Nomura and Yuya Aoki vs. Ryota Hama, Shigehiro Irie, Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuji Okabayashi
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor final: Drew Parker/Violento Jack vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani/Ryuji Ito

Big Japan has also announced the full cards for its shows on May 28 and June 10 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, May 30 in Nagoya and June 12 in Yokohama. The full cards are:

May 28 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
• Kazumasa Yoshida and Takuho Kato vs. Kazumi Kikuta and Kosuke Sato
• Kankuro Hoshino vs. Kota Sekifuda
• Daichi Hashimoto, Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Keiki Suzuki, Takuya Nomura and Yuya Aoki
• Deathmatch: Akira Hyodo vs. Minoru Fujita
• Deathmatch: Hideyoshi Kamitani and Masaya Takahashi vs. Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto
• Deamatch: Abdullah Kobayashi, Drew Parker and Ryuji Ito vs. Jaki Numazawa, Masashi Takeda and Yuki Ishikawa

May 30 in Nagoya
• Kazumasa Yoshida and Takuya Nomura vs. Keiki Suzuki and Yuya Aoki
• Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu vs. Jaki Numazawa and Kota Sekifuda
• Akira Hyodo and Kosuke Sato vs. Makoto Hasuka and Yusaku Ito
• Kankuro Hoshino and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Kengo Takai and Kenta Kosugi
• Daichi Hashimoto and Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Kazumi Kikuta and Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi, Drew Parker and Yuko Miyamoto vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani, Ryuji Ito and Yuki Ishikawa

June 10 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
• Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Kazumasa Yoshida
• Kazuki Hashimoto and Takuho Kato vs. Kazumi Kikuta and Kota Sekifuda
• Daichi Hashimoto and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Keiki Suzuki and Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Akira Hyodo, Kankuro Hoshino and Yuya Aoki vs. Fuminori Abe, Kosuke Sato and Takuya Nomura
• Deathmatch: Hideyoshi Kamitani and Yuki Ishikawa vs. Jaki Numazawa and Ryuji Ito
• Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi and Violento Jack vs. Drew Parker and Masaya Takahashi

June 12 in Yokohama
• Drew Parker and Keiki Suzuki vs. Kazumasa Yoshida and Kosuke Sato
• Abdullah Kobayashi and Jaki Numazawa vs. Kota Sekifuda and Takuya Nomura
• Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto vs. Kikutaro and Miracle Man
• Akira Hyodo and Kankuro Hoshino vs. Yuki Ishikawa and Yuya Aoki
• Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Ryuji Ito vs. Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Masashi Takeda
• Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Kazuki Hashimoto and Yasufumi Nakanoue

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced it will hold its Summer Struggle tour this July, likely meaning that this year’s G1 Climax will again take place during autumn due to the upcoming Olympics.

New Japan has uploaded the fifty-sixth edition of Hiroshi Tanahashi’s Ace’s HIGH autobiographical interview series.

Topics discussed include his IWGP Heavyweight Championship match against Koji Kanemoto, the difference in philosophy between himself and Yuji Nagata and his MCL injury in 2007.

The edition, titled A Just Defeat, can be viewed here.

Ren Narita’s in-ring debut in All Elite Wrestling has been pushed back a week. He is scheduled to face Royce Isaacs on AEW Dark.

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