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ZERO1 PUSHES BACK ANNIVERSARY SHOW, FINAL KING OF GATE BLOCK SHOW, MISAWA MEMORIAL AND MORE FROM JAPAN

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its final King of Gate block show today in Fukuyama Big Rose.

The full results were:

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

SB KENTo won B block with six points after defeating Kzy. However, Kzy later won the second chance battle royal. They will face off again in the semifinals at Dragon Gate’s show on June 3 in Korakuen Hall.

H.Y.O versus Shun Skywalker ended in a double countout, meaning YAMATO won C block with seven points. He will face A block winner Kota Minoura on June 3.

Following today’s show, the final 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. SB KENTo (3-2 record): 6 points
2. 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
6. Kzy (2-3 record): 4 points

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

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 held a show today in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

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

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

ZERO1 announced the full field for this year’s 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 field is:

A block
• Fuminori Abe
• Hartley Jackson
• Masato Tanaka
• Shinjiro Otani
• Tsugutaka Sato
• Yoshiki Inamura

B block
• Ayato Yoshida
• Chris Vice
• Shigehiro Irie
• Shogun Okamoto
• Takafumi
• Takuya Sugawara

Noticeable by his absence is Hayato Tamura, who was the runner-up of last year’s tournament and most recently held the World Heavyweight Championship.

The field is down to 12 competitors from 14 competitors last year. In addition to Tamura, Quiet Storm, T-Hawk, Towa Iwasaki, Yuji Hino and Yuko Miyamoto are all out of the tournament while Ayato Yoshida, Fuminori Abe, Shigehiro Irie and Yoshiki Inamura are new additions.

ZERO1 announced its show in Ry?goku Kokugikan will take place on April 10 next year.

The show was scheduled to take place on March 14 this year to celebrate the company’s twentieth anniversary. However, the Japan Sumo Association moved its annual March tournament from EDION Arena Osaka to Tokyo and ZERO1 were left without a venue.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling held a show today in Kumamoto.

The full results were:

• Kazusada Higuchi, Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi def. Akito, Antonio Honda and Sanshiro Takagi
• Daisuke Sasaki vs. Danshoku Dieno vs. Shunma Katsumata – No Contest
• MAO def. Yuki Iino
• Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi and Yusuke Okada def. Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA and Keigo Nakamura
• Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship: Shinya Aoki def. Saki Akai
• Konosuke Takeshita and Yuki Ueno def. Shinya Aoki vs. Yukio Naya
• KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Soma Takao, Tetsuya Endo and Yuji Hino (c) def. Kazuki Hirata, Naomi Yoshimura and Toru Owashi

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held a show today in Nagoya.

The full results were:

• Keiki Suzuki and Yuya Aoki def. Kazumasa Yoshida and Takuya Nomura
• Jaki Numazawa and Kota Sekifuda def. Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu
• Makoto Hasuka and Yusaku Ito def. Akira Hyodo and Kosuke Sato
• Kengo Takai and Kenta Kosugi def. Kankuro Hoshino and Yuji Okabayashi
• Daichi Hashimoto and Daisuke Sekimoto def. Kazumi Kikuta and Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi, Drew Parker and Yuko Miyamoto def. Hideyoshi Kamitani, Ryuji Ito and Yuki Ishikawa

Big Japan has confirmed Yasufumi Nakanoue will attempt his fourth defense of the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship against Yuya Aoki at its show on July 4 in Osaka.

Abdullah Kobayashi defeated Suzu Suzuki in a hardcore match at Ice Ribbon’s show today.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Minoru Suzuki will face Tomoka Inaba at JUST TAP OUT Professional Wrestling’s show in Warabi, Saitama on June 6.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH will hold its Mitsuharu Misawa memorial show tomorrow in Korakuen Hall.

The full card 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

HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa will attempt their sixth defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships against Daisuke Harada and Hajime Ohara.

Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masa Kitamiya will attempt their first defense of the GHC Tag Team Championships against Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi.

Atsushi Kotoge will attempt his second defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship against Yuya Susumu.

Takashi Sugiura will attempt his first defense of the GHC National Championship against Takashi Sugiura.

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