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Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its fifth King of Gate show today in Sapporo ii One Stadium.

The full results were:

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

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

C block
1. YAMATO (2-0-1 record): 5 points
2. Kaito Ishida (2-1 record): 4 points
3. Shun Skywalker (1-1 record): 2 points
-. U-T (1-1 record): 2 points
5. Keisuke Okuda (0-1-1 record): 1 point
6. H.Y.O (0-2 record): 0 points

Dragon Gate will hold its sixth King of Gate show tomorrow in Sapporo ii One Stadium. The full card is:

• 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

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling held a show today in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.

The full results were:

• Black Menso~re, Koji Iwamoto and Takao Omori def. Baliyan Akki, Francesco Akira and Yoshitatsu
• Shigehiro Irie and Zeus def. Atsuki Aoyagi and Yuma Aoyagi
• Shuji Ishikawa and Yuko Miyamoto def. Kento Miyahara and Rising HAYATO
• Izanagi def. Kuishinbo Kamen
• Koji Doi and Kuma Arashi def. Ryuki Honda and Shotaro Ashino
• Hokuto Omori, Jake Lee and TAJIRI def. Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato and SUWAMA

All Japan announced the full field for this year’s Jr. Battle of Glory tournament.

The tournament will take place under single-elimination rules. The first-round will take place on June 2. The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will all take place on June 3.

The first-round matchups, moving from left to right across the bracket, are:

• Francesco Akira vs. TAJIRI
• Dan Tamura vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa
• Black Menso~re vs. Yusuke Kodama
• Atsuki Aoyagi vs. SUGI
• Fuminori Abe vs. Devil Murasaki
• Brahman Kei vs. Izanagi
• El Lindaman vs. Rising HAYATO

Devil Murasaki is a new masked member of Purple Haze. His identity is not known.

Yuko Miyamoto challenged Shuji Ishikawa for the GAORA TV Championship backstage after their victory against Kento Miyahara and Rising HAYATO.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the full cards for its Road to Wrestle Grand Slam tour shows on May 24, 25 and 26 in Korakuen Hall.

The full cards are:

May 24 in Korakuen Hall
• Yota Tsuji vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• Chase Owens and Gedo vs. DOUKI and Zack Sabre Jr.
• Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Tomoaki Honma vs. Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa
• Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb vs. Kota Ibushi and Master Wato
• BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito vs. Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI

May 25 in Korakuen Hall
• Chase Owens vs. Yota Tsuji
• DOUKI and Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Taiji Ishimori and Yujiro Takahashi
• Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Master Wato vs. Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa
• BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito vs. Hirooki Goto, Ryusuke Taguchi, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI
• Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kota Ibushi

May 26 in Korakuen Hall
• Shingo Takagi vs. Yota Tsuji
• Chase Owens, Taiji Ishimori and Yujiro Takahashi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Master Wato
• DOUKI and Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa
• Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb vs. Kota Ibushi and Tomoaki Honma
• Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI vs. SANADA and Tetsuya Naito

Satoshi Kojima will debut in Impact Wrestling next Thursday, it was announced during Impact’s broadcast last night.

Kojima posted a picture of himself at Impact’s tapings, revealing the company has taped its content until the Slammiversary pay-pay-view on July 17.

New Japan will hold its first Road to Wrestle Grand Slam tour show tomorrow in Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall. The full card is:

• YOSHI-HASHI vs. Yota Tsuji
• Chase Owens and Gedo vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Master Wato
• Hirooki Goto and Tomohiro Ishii vs. SANADA and Tetsuya Naito
• Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb vs. Kota Ibushi and Tomoaki Honma
• BUSHI and Shingo Takagi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Ryusuke Taguchi

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling has announced Kazuki Hashimoto tested positive for COVID-19.

Big Japan has altered the cards for its two shows on May 29 in Yokohama Radiant Hall due to Hashimoto’s absence.

The updated cards are:

Afternoon
• Drew Parker and Yuki Ishikawa vs. Kankuro Hoshino and Kazumasa Yoshida
• Junya Matsunaga vs. Takuho Kato
• Fuminori Abe and Kosuke Sato vs. Masato Kamino and Takato Nakano
• Hiroaki Taniguchi and Takuya Nomura vs. Genta Hiriki and Takafumi
• Akira Hyodo and Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Kazumi Kikuta and Kohei Sato
• Yuji Okabayashi vs. Yuya Aoki
• BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship: Isami Kodaka (c) vs. Great Kojika

Evening
• Genta Hiriki vs. Kota Sekifuda
• Daiju Wakamatsu and Takuro Niki vs. Drew Parker and Kazumasa Yoshida
• Akira Hyodo and Yuki Ishikawa vs. Junya Matsunaga and Takafumi
• Jaki Numazawa and Masaki Morihiro vs. Kengo Takai and Michio Kageyama
• Fire Katsumi and Ryuya Takekura vs. Kosuke Sato and Takuho Kato
• Keiki Suzuki vs. Kohei Sato
• Chicharito Shoki, Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Yuya Aoki
• Hiroaki Taniguchi and Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Kazumi Kikuta and Takuya Nomura

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH will hold a show tomorrow in Yokohama Radiant Hall.

The full card is:

• Kinya Okada vs. Yoshiki Inamura
• Kai Fujimura and Yasutaka Yano vs. Kotaro Suzuki and YO-HEY
• Akitoshi Saito, Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Haoh, Nioh and Tadasuke
• Kaito Kiyomiya vs. NOSAWA Rongai
• Elimination: Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada, Hajime Ohara and Junta Miyawaki vs. HAYATA, Seiki Yoshioka, Yoshinari Ogawa and Yuya Susumu

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