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New Japan Pro Wrestling

Kazuchika Okada has revealed he tested positive for COVID-19.

Okada was among the wrestlers pulled from the second night of Wrestling Dontaku on May 4 due to COVID-19 precautions. There were eventually nine publicly confirmed (but anonymous) positive cases, Okada being one of them.

Okada is yet to make his in-ring return. He was scheduled to challenge Will Ospreay for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at the second night of Wrestle Grand Slam on May 29 in the Tokyo Dome but the show was postponed and Ospreay has since vacated the title due to a neck injury.

Tokyo Sports’ article on the news can be read here.

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its second Road to Wrestle Grand Slam tour show today in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

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

Taichi, who was doing Japanese commentary on the show, confirmed during the broadcast that he also tested positive for COVID-19.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its eighth King of Gate show today in the Hakodate Arena.

The full results were:

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

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

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

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Yasutaka Yano and YO-HEY have tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss the Mitsuharu Misawa memorial show on May 31 in Korakuen Hall.

It was announced yesterday that Kotaro Suzuki tested positive for COVID-19. Kai Fujimura, Yano and YO-HEY were removed from the show as a precaution due to being in close contact with Suzuki, but now the latter two have also tested positive.

All four men will miss the the Mitsuharu Misawa memorial show. The updated card for the show is:

• Haoh vs. Seiki Yoshioka
• Junta Miyawaki, Kaito Kiyomiya, Kinya Okada and Yoshiki Inamura vs. Kenoh, Manabu Soya, Nioh and Tadasuke
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa (c) vs. Daisuke Harada and Hajime Ohara
• GHC Tag Team Championships: Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masa Kitamiya (c) vs. Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship: Atsushi Kotoge (c) vs. Yuya Susumu
• GHC National Championship: Takashi Sugiura (c) vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
• Keiji Mutoh and Masato Tanaka vs. Masakatsu Funaki and Naomichi Marufuji

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the full cards for its shows on June 9 in Korakuen Hall, June 19 in Toyama and June 20 in Matsumoto.

The full cards are:

June 9 in Korakuen Hall
• Ryuki Honda trial series: Ryuki Honda vs. Zeus
• Alejandro and Franceso Akira vs. Atsuki Aoyagi and Rising HAYATO vs. Devil Murasaki and Izanagi
• Black Menso~re, Takao Omori and ‘X’ vs. Hokuto Omori, TAJIRI and Yusuke Kodama
• Dan Tamura, Shotaro Ashino and SUWAMA vs. Jake Lee, Koji Doi and Kuma Arashi
• Daisuke Sekimoto and Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Jun Saito and Rei Saito
• World Junior Heavyweight Championship: CIMA (c) vs. Koji Iwamoto
• World Tag Team Championships: Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi (c) vs. Kohei Sato and Shuji Ishikawa

June 19 in Toyama
• Black Menso~re vs. Hikaru Sato vs. Koji Iwamoto
• Jun Saito and Rei Saito vs. Shuji Ishikawa and Yoshitatsu
• Carbell Ito and Takao Omori vs. Francesco Akira and Ryuki Honda
• Atsuki Aoyagi and Yuma Aoyagi vs. Izanagi and Zeus
• Kento Miyahara and Rising HAYATO vs. Kuma Arashi and TAJIRI
• Dan Tamura, Shotaro Ashino and SUWAMA vs. Hokuto Omori, Jake Lee and Koji Doi

June 20 in Matsumoto
• Izanagi and Zeus vs. Jun Saito and Rei Saito
• Rising HAYATO vs. Yoshitatsu
• Francesco Akira and Shuji Ishikawa vs. Koji Iwamoto and Ryuki Honda
• Black Menso~re and Takao Omori vs. Dan Tamura and Hikaru Sato
• Atsuki Aoyagi, Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi vs. Koji Doi, Kuma Arashi and TAJIRI
• Hokuto Omori and Jake Lee vs. Shotaro Ashino and SUWAMA

Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Explosion

The main event of Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Explosion’s debut show will be Abdullah Kobyashi and two mystery partners versus Atsushi Onita, Minoru Fujita and Ricky Fuji.

Kobayashi’s partners will seemingly be members of Big Japan Pro Wrestling’s roster as the match is being promoted as a war between Big Japan and FMW-E.

The show will take place on July 4 at the Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market in Yokohama.

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