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DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling has announced the full bracket for its King of DDT tournament.

The first round matchups, moving from top to bottom down the bracket then left to right, are:

• HARASHIMA vs. Makoto Oishi
• Yuji Hino vs. Yukio Sakaguchi
• MAO vs. Soma Takao
• Akito vs. Konosuke Takeshita
• Yuki Ueno vs. Daisuke Sasaki
• Shunma Katsumata vs. Jun Akiyama
• Kazusada Higuchi vs. Naomi Yoshimura
• Tetsuya Endo vs. Chris Brookes

The first round will take place on June 10 in Shinjuku FACE, the second round will take place on June 20 in Korakuen Hall and the semi-finals and final will take place on July 4 in Korakuen Hall.

DDT will hold two shows in Fukuoka tomorrow. The full cards are:

Afternoon
• 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
• Soma Takao vs. Yukio Naya
• Akito and Yuto Aijima vs. Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ueno
• Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo and Yuji Hino vs. Kazuki Hirata, Naomi Yoshimura and Toru Owashi
• Chris Brookes and HARASHIMA vs. Konosuke Takeshita and MAO

Evening
• Antonio Honda, Chris Brookes and Yukio Naya vs. Hideki Okatani, Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi
• Danshoku Dieno and Sanshiro Takagi vs. Toi Kojima 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

Yuki Ueno will attempt his sixth defense of the DDT Universal Championship against Akito in the main event of the evening show.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

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

The full results were:

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

Yuya Aoki challenged Yasufumi Nakanoue for the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship after the third match.

Big Japan will hold two shows tomorrow in Yokohama Radiant Hall. However, due to Great Kojika recording a 37-degree temperature today, his scheduled BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship match against Isami Kodaka on the afternoon show has been cancelled as a precaution.

Kodaka will face Yasufumi Nakanoue in a non-title match instead. The full cards for tomorrow’s shows 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 Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Kazumi Kikuta and Kohei Sato
• Yuji Okabayashi vs. Yuya Aoki
• Isami Kodaka vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue

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
• Hiroaki Taniguchi and Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Kazumi Kikuta and Takuya Nomura
• Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Yuya Aoki (c) vs. Chicharito Shoki, Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi

Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Yuya Aoki will attempt their fifth defense of the Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championships against Chicharito Shoki, Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi in the main event of the evening show.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate will hold its penultimate King of Gate block show tomorrow in Tokai Municipal Gym.

The full card is:

• Funky Jacky Kamei, Kzy and U-T vs. Jason Lee, Kota Minoura and Shun Skywalker
• Kagetora and Ultimo Dragon vs. Punch Tominaga and Yosuke Santa Maria
• King of Gate C block: Kaito Ishida vs. Keisuke Okuda
• King of Gate B block: Eita vs. Susumu Yokosuka
• BxB Hulk, Diamante, H.Y.O and SB KENTo vs. Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito, Takashi Yoshida and YAMATO

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

A block
1. Kota Minoura (5-0 record): 10 points
2. BxB Hulk (3-2 record): 6 points
-. Diamante (3-2 record): 6 points
-. Takashi Yoshida (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
-. Jason Lee (2-2-1 record): 5 points
3. Eita (2-2 record): 4 points
-. Kzy (2-2 record): 4 points
-. SB KENTo (2-2 record): 4 points
-. Susumu Yokosuka (2-2 record): 4 points

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

If Eita defeats Susumu Yokosuka, he will need SB KENTo to defeat Kzy on May 30 in order to win B block. If Yokosuka defeats Eita, he will need Kzy to defeat KENTo.

Kaito Ishida versus Keisuke Okuda will not factor into determining the winner of C block.

JUST TAP OUT Professional Wrestling

JUST TAP OUT Professional Wrestling will hold a show tomorrow in Korakuen Hall.

The full card is:

• rhythm, Sumika Yanagawa and YuuRI vs. INA, YAKO and Yuu Yamagata
• Akira Jo and Raito Shimizu vs. Fire Katsumi and SEKIYA
• Arata vs. Eagle Mask
• Aoi vs. Misa Kagura
• KANON vs. Soma Watanabe
• Ren Ayabe vs. Ryuya Takekura
• Aki Shizuku and Minoru Suzuki vs. TAKA Michinoku and Tomoka Inaba

JUST TAP OUT has announced it will hold a two-year anniversary show on July 7 in Korakuen Hall.

Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Explosion

Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Explosion founder Atsushi Onita has appointed Ice Ribbon’s Suzu Suzuki as his successor, according to an article from Yahoo.

Suzuki is currently undergoing her trial series in Ice Ribbon with the unique twist of facing hardcore wrestlers. Her next opponent is Abdullah Kobayashi, who is set to face Onita in the Deathmatch of Hell main event at FMW-E’s debut show on July 4, on May 30.

FMW-E is scheduled to hold a four-way women’s match at its debut show and it remains to be seen if Suzuki is involved.

An article from Yahoo (in Japanese) covering the news can be read here.

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

GLEAT’s Takanori Ito has been removed from Pro Wrestling ZERO1’s show on May 30 in Korakuen Hall due to a right knee injury.

Instead, GLEAT’s Yu Iizuka will take Ito’s place. Iizuka will team with Soma Watanabe against Shoki Kitamura and Takumi Baba.

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS has confirmed Toru Sugiura will attempt his tenth defense of the King Of FREEDOM World Championship against Violento Jack at its show on July 5 in Korakuen Hall.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Satoshi Kojima debuted in Impact Wrestling last night and challenged Joe Doering to a match at Against All Odds on June 12. The match has been officially confirmed.

Kojima successfully defended All Japan Pro Wrestling’s Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship against Doering in 2010, which remains their only singles match and most recent encounter including tag team matches. Doering teamed with Keiji Mutoh to defeat Kojima and TARU for All Japan’s World Tag Team Championships in 2008.

Josh Barnett has challenged Yuji Nagata to a rematch of their 2003 bout. Nagata retained the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Barnett in the Tokyo Dome on January 4, 2003.

 

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