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KING OF GATE TOURNAMENT WINNER, BIG JAPAN CANCELS ALL EVENTS FOR NEXT TEN DAYS AND MORE

Dragon Gate

Kzy won Dragon Gate’s King of Gate tournament today and will challenge Shun Skywalker for the Open The Dream Gate Championship at the first night of the Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival on July 31.

The full results from today’s show were:

• King of Gate semifinal: Kota Minoura def. YAMATO
• King of Gate semifinal: Kzy def. SB KENTo
• Funky Jacky Kamei and Gamma def. Kenichiro Arai and Ryo Saito
• Dragon Dia, Jason Lee and Shun Skywalker def. BxB Hulk, Dia Inferno and Kaito Ishida via DQ
• Don Fujii, Masaaki Mochizuki, Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi and Ultimo Dragon def. Diamante, Eita, H.Y.O, KAI and KAZMA SAKAMOTO
• Genki Horiguchi, King Shimizu, Susumu Yokosuka and U-T def. Ben-K, Dragon Kid, Kagetora and Keisuke Okuda
• King of Gate final: Kzy def. Kota Minoura

The mystery member of HIGH-END was revealed to be Kagetora while the mystery member of Natural Vibes was revealed to be King Shimizu.

Dragon Gate has announced KAI will face YAMATO in a no ropes lumberjack match at its show on July 9 in Korakuen Hall.

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling held the second night of its Jr. Battle of Glory tournament today in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.

The full results were:

• Jr. Battle of Glory second round: Francesco Akira def. Tatsuhito Takaiwa
• Jr. Battle of Glory second round: SUGI def. Yusuke Kodama
• Jr. Battle of Glory second round: Hikaru Sato def. Fuminori Abe
• Jr. Battle of Glory second round: El Lindaman def. Izanagi
• Jr. Battle of Glory semifinal: Francesco Akira def. SUGI
• Jr. Battle of Glory semifinal: El Lindaman def. Hikuaro Sato
• Atsuki Aoyagi, Black Menso~re, Dan Tamura and Rising HAYATO def. Devil Murasaki, Hokuto Omori, Izanagi and TAJIRI
• Jr. Battle of Glory final: Francesco Akira def. El Lindaman

Francesco Akira defeated El Lindaman in the Jr. Battle of Glory final to win the tournament.

Brahman Kei was left off the show due to being in close contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling has announced the full cards for its shows on June 10 in Shinjuku FACE and June 12 in Hiroshima.

The full cards are:

June 10 in Shinjuku FACE
• Antonio Honda, Danshoku Dieno, Kazuki Hirata, Toru Owashi and Yuki Iino vs. HIdeki Okatani, Toi Kojima, Yukio Naya, Yusuke Okada and Yuya Koroku
• King of DDT first round: Chris Brookes vs. Tetsuya Endo
• King of DDT first round: Kazusada Higuchi vs. Naomi Yoshimura
• King of DDT first round: Jun Akiyama vs. Shunma Katsumata
• King of DDT first round: Daisuke Sasaki vs. Yuki Ueno
• King of DDT first round: Akito vs. Konosuke Takeshita
• King of DDT first round: MAO vs. Soma Takao
• King of DDT first round: Yuji Hino vs. Yukio Sakaguchi
• King of DDT first round: HARASHIMA vs. Makoto Oishi

June 12 in Hiroshima (Afternoon)
• Chris Brookes and Shunma Katsumata vs. Toru Owashi and Yuki Iino
• Akito, Yukio Naya and Yusuke Okada vs. Hiroshi Yamato, Soma Takao and Yuji Hino
• Hideki Okatani and Makoto Oishi vs. Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Sakaguchi
• Danshoku Dieno vs. Toi Kojima
• Antonio Honda and Rey Paroma vs. Daisuke Sasaki and Tetsuya Endo
• HARASHIMA, Kazuki Hirata and Naomi Yoshimura vs. Konosuke Takeshita, MAO and Yuki Ueno

June 12 in Hiroshima (Evening)
• Hideki Okatani vs. Naomi Yoshimura
• Akito, Kazusada Higuchi and Yuki Iino vs. Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ueno
• Antonio Honda and Chris Brookes vs. Soma Takao and Tetsuya Endo
• HARASHIMA and Kenshin Chikano vs. Yukio Naya and Yukio Sakaguchi
• Danshoku Dieno and MAO vs. Kazuki Hirata and Toru Owashi
• Daisuke Sasaki, Hiroshi Yamato and Yuji Hino vs. Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi and Yusuke Okada

DDT has also announced HARASHIMA and Yuji Okabayashi will attempt their second defense of the KO-D Tag Team Championships against Konosuke Takeshita and Shunma Katsumata at its show on June 26 in Osaka.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced two new matches for Dominion on June 7 in Osaka-j? Hall.

BUSHI, SANADA and Tetsuya Naito will take on DOUKI, Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. in a six-man tag team match. Secondly, Chase Owens, El Phantasmo, EVIL, Taiji Ishimori and Yujiro Takahashi will face Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi, SHO, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI.

Elsewhere, Minoru Suzuki has been announced for Sendai Girls’ Pro Wrestling’s show on June 27 in Niigata.

Suzuki will team with Meiko Satomura against Jinsei Shinzaki and Nanae Takahashi.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling has cancelled or postponed all events through June 13 to prevent a COVID-19 outbreak among its roster.

Big Japan had seven events scheduled until June 13, including the Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor semi-finals and final on June 13 in Korakuen Hall.

The tournament winner is set to challenge Takumi Tsukamoto for the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship at Big Japan’s show on June 28 in Korakuen Hall. It remains to be seen if the tournament will conclude before then.

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