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OSPREAY REVEALS SCARY NECK X-RAY, DRAGON GATE KING OF GATE, BIG JAPAN STAR SIGNS NEW DEAL AND MORE FROM JAPAN

By Oliver Taylor on 2021-05-25 12:28:00

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its ninth King of Gate show today in Sendai Sun Plaza.

The full results were:

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

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

A block
1. Kota Minoura (4-0 record): 8 points
2. Takashi Yoshida (3-1 record): 6 points
3. BxB Hulk (3-2 record): 6 points
-. 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. Susumu Yokosuka (2-1 record): 4 points
3. Eita (2-2 record): 4 points
-. Kzy (2-2 record): 4 points
-. SB KENTo (2-2 record): 4 points
6. Jason Lee (1-2-1 record): 3 points

C block
1. YAMATO (3-0-2 record): 7 points
2. Shun Skywalker (2-1 record): 4 points
-. U-T (2-1 record): 4 points
4. Kaito Ishida (2-2 record): 4 points
5. Keisuke Okuda (0-2-1 record): 1 point
6. H.Y.O (0-2-1 record): 0 points

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Will Ospreay tweeted the following frightening photo of his neck's x-ray:

 

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

The full results were:

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

New Japan will hold its fourth Road to Wrestle Grand Slam tour show tomorrow in Korakuen Hall. The full card is:

• 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

GLEAT

GLEAT will hold a show tomorrow in Shinjuku FACE.

The full card is:

• Keiichi Sato vs. TiiiDA
• Francesco Akira and Takanori Ito vs. Issei Onitsuka and Shigehiro Irie
• Ami Miura and Hikari Shimizu vs. Misa Matsui and ‘X’
• Ayato Yoshida vs. Yu Iizuka
• CIMA, Kaz Hayashi and Minoru Tanaka vs. El Lindaman, Soma Watanabe and T-Hawk

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling’s Masahiro Takanashi will return at his self-promoted show in Shinjuku FACE on July 13.

Takanashi suffered a fractured fibula and tibia in his match against Fuminori Abe last March. He will face Abe in his return match.

Chris Brookes, Emi Sakura, Isami Kodaka and Yukio Sakaguchi are among the stars who have been confirmed for the show.

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 has announced the full schedule for its annual Fire Festival tournament.

The tournament will start on July 2 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. The final will be held on August 1 in Korakuen Hall.

The full schedule is:

• July 2 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
• July 10 in 2AW Square
• July 11 in Tako
• July 17 in Saitama
• July 21 in Aichi
• July 22 in Niigata
• July 24 in EDION Arena Osaka #2
• August 1 in Korakuen Hall

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Drew Parker has extended his contract with Big Japan Pro Wrestling to May 2022, the company announced today.

 

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