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New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced three marquee matches for Dominion, although the show has been moved from June 6.

Dominion has been postponed for one day to June 7 due to the extended state of the emergency in Japan. The show will still take place in Osaka-j? Hall.

The main event will see Kazuchika Okada face Shingo Takagi in a match for the vacant IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.

Okada was scheduled to challenge former IWGP World Heavyweight Championship holder Will Ospreay at the second Wrestle Grand Slam show in the Tokyo Dome today but the show was postponed and Ospreay vacated the title due to a neck injury.

The two share a 1-1 record in singles competition. Takagi defeated Okada during this year’s New Japan Cup, though Okada was victorious during last year’s G1 Climax.

Jeff Cobb will face Kota Ibushi in a match which was scheduled to take place at the first Wrestle Grand Slam show on May 15 in Yokohama Arena.

Cobb and Ibushi have continued to feud over the recent Road to Wrestle Grand Slam tour shows (despite the namesake event being postponed), although their squabble began when Cobb attacked Ibushi after he lost the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship to Ospreay at Sakura Geneisis on April 4.

Lastly, El Desperado will finally attempt his first defense of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against YOH. The match was scheduled to take place at the second night of Wrestling Dontaku on May 4 but it was removed from the card due to COVID-19 precautions (which later turned out to be an outbreak across the roster).

New Japan has also announced the full cards for its first two Road to Dominion tour shows on June 1 and 2 in Korakuen Hall.

The full cards are:

June 1 in Korakuen Hall
• El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. SHO, YOH and Yuya Uemura
• Chase Owens, El Phantasmo, EVIL and Taiji Ishimori vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi, Tiger Mask and Tomoaki Honma
• Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb vs. Kota Ibushi and Yota Tsuji
• BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito vs. Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI
• IWGP Tag Team Championships: Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa (c) vs. Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.

June 2 in Korakuen Hall
• Chase Owens, El Phantasmo, EVIL and Taiji Ishimori vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomoaki Honma, Yota Tsuji and Yuya Uemura
• DOUKI, El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, SHO and YOH
• Jado, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa vs. Minoru Suzuki, Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.
• Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb vs. Kota Ibushi and Master Wato
• NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI (c) vs. BUSHI, SANADA and Tetsuya Naito

Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa will attempt their third defense of the IWGP Tag Team Championships against Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. on June 1. Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI will attempt their fifth defense of the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championships against BUSHI, SANADA and Tetsuya Naito on June 2.

The card for the third and final Road to Dominion tour show on June 4 in Ota City General Gymnasium has not been announced yet.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its penultimate King of Gate block show today in Tokai Municipal Gym.

The full results were:

• Jason Lee, Kota Minoura and Shun Skywalker def. Funky Jacky Kamei, Kzy and U-T
• Kagetora and Ultimo Dragon def. Punch Tominaga and Yosuke Santa Maria
• King of Gate C block: Keisuke Okuda def. Kaito Ishida
• King of Gate B block: Eita vs. Susumu Yokosuka – Time Limit Draw (20 minutes)
• Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito, Takashi Yoshida and YAMATO def. BxB Hulk, Diamante, H.Y.O and SB KENTo

Following today’s show, the updated 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
-. Eita (2-2-1 record): 5 points
-. Jason Lee (2-2-1 record): 5 points
-. Susumu Yokosuka (2-2-1 record): 5 points
5. Kzy (2-2 record): 4 points
-. SB KENTo (2-2 record): 4 points

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

Dragon Gate will hold its final King of Gate block show tomorrow in Fukuyama Big Rose. The full card is:

• King of Gate B block: Kzy vs. SB KENTo
• King of Gate C block: H.Y.O vs. Shun Skywalker
• Jason Lee and Kota Minoura vs. Ryo Saito and Ultimo Dragon
• Dragon Kid, Keisuke Okuda and YAMATO vs. Kagetora, Punch Tominaga and Takashi Yoshida
• BxB Hulk, Diamante, Eita and Kaito Ishida vs. Genki Horiguchi, Shachihoko Boy, Susumu Yokosuka and U-T
• King of Gate Second Chance Battle Royal

The winner of Kzy versus SB KENTo will win B block with six points. If they wrestle to a 20-minute time limit draw, every competitor in B block will finish tied with five points.

If Shun Skywalker defeats H.Y.O tomorrow, he will win C block. If Skywalker loses to H.Y.O, YAMATO will win the block.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling held two shows today in Fukuoka.

The full results were:

Afternoon
• Antonio Honda and Danshoku Dieno def. Sanshiro Takagi and Yuki Iino
• Kazusada Higuchi, Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi def. Keigo Nakamura, Makoto Oishi and Yusuke Okada
• Soma Takao def. Yukio Naya
• Akito and Yuto Aijima def. Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ueno
• Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo and Yuji Hino def. Kazuki Hirata, Naomi Yoshimura and Toru Owashi
• Chris Brookes and HARASHIMA vs. Konosuke Takeshita and MAO – Time Limit Draw (30 minutes)

Evening
• Antonio Honda, Chris Brookes and Yukio Naya def. Hideki Okatani, Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi
• Danshoku Dieno and Sanshiro Takagi vs. Toi Kojima and Toru Owashi – No Contest
• Danshoku Dieno and Sanshiro Takagi def. Toi Kojima and Toru Owashi
• Azul Dragon and Soma Takao def. Kazusada Higuchi and Yuki Iino
• Daisuke Sasaki, Tetsuya Endo and Yuji Hino def. Konosuke Takeshita, MAO and Shunma Katsumata
• HARASHIMA, Kazuki Hirata and Naomi Yoshimura def. Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi and Yusuke Okada
• DDT Universal Championship: Yuki Ueno (c) def. Akito

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

DDT will hold a show tomorrow in Kumamoto. The full card is:

• Akito, Antonio Honda and Sanshiro Takagi vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi
• Daisuke Sasaki vs. Danshoku Dieno vs. Shunma Katsumata
• MAO vs. Yuki Iino
• Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA and Keigo Nakamura vs. Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi and Yusuke Okada
• Konosuke Takeshita and Yuki Ueno vs. Shinya Aoki vs. Yukio Naya
• KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Soma Takao, Tetsuya Endo and Yuji Hino (c) vs. Kazuki Hirata, Naomi Yoshimura and Toru Owashi

Soma Takao, Tetsuya Endo and Yuji Hino will attempt their first defense of the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championships against Kazuki Hirata, Naomi Yoshimura and Toru Owashi in the main event.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held two shows today in Yokohama Radiant Hall.

The full results were:

Afternoon
• Drew Parker and Yuki Ishikawa def. Kankuro Hoshino and Kazumasa Yoshida
• Takuho Kato def. Junya Matsunaga
• Masato Kamino and Takato Nakano def. Fuminori Abe and Kosuke Sato
• Hiroaki Taniguchi and Takuya Nomura def. Genta Hiriki and Takafumi
• Kazumi Kikuta and Kohei Sato def. Akira Hyodo and Hideyoshi Kamitani
• Yuji Okabayashi def. Yuya Aoki
• Yasufumi Nakanoue def. Isami Kodaka

Evening
• Kota Sekifuda def. Genta Hiriki
• Daiju Wakamatsu and Takuro Niki def. Drew Parker and Kazumasa Yoshida
• Akira Hyodo and Yuki Ishikawa def. Junya Matsunaga and Takafumi
• Kengo Takai and Michio Kageyama def. Jaki Numazawa and Masaki Morihiro
• Kosuke Sato and Takuho Kato def. Fire Katsumi and Ryuya Takekura
• Kohei Sato def. Keiki Suzuki
• Hiroaki Taniguchi and Yasufumi Nakanoue def. 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 made their fifth successful 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.

Big Japan will hold a show tomorrow in Nagoya. The full card is:

• 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

JUST TAP OUT Professional Wrestling

JUST TAP OUT Professional Wrestling held a show today in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

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

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 will hold a show tomorrow in Korakuen Hall.

The full card is:

• Genta Hiriki vs. Junya Matsunaga
• Aja Kong vs. NATSUMI
• Chris Vice and Yoshikazu Yokoyama vs. Hide Kubota and Yasu Kubota
• Hartley Jackson and Takafumi vs. Hayato Tamura and Takuya Sugawara
• Shoki Kitamura and Takumi Baba vs. Souma Watanabe and Yu Iizuka
• Daichi Hashimoto and Shinjiro Otani vs. Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi
• World Heavyweight Championship: Masato Tanaka (c) vs. CIMA

Masato Tanaka will attempt his first defense of the World Heavyweight Championship against CIMA in the main event.

Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Explosion

Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Explosion has announced Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Kikutaro will appear at its debut show on July 4 at the Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market in Yokohama.

 

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