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DRAGON GATE KICKS OFF RAINBOW GATE TOUR 2021, THREE TALENTS PULLED FROM ALL JAPAN, KOJIMA IN IMPACT AND MORE FROM JAPAN

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate will hold its first Rainbow Gate 2021 tour show tomorrow in Kobe Sambo Hall.

The full card is:

• Ben-K, Keisuke Okuda and Ultimo Dragon vs. Funky Jacky Kamei, Naruki Doi and U-T
• Genki Horiguchi vs. Punch Tominaga vs. Ryo Saito
• Royal Sambo Battle Royal: BxB Hulk vs. Don Fujii vs. Dragon Kid vs. Eita vs. Ho Ho Lun vs. Konomama Ichikawa vs. Problem Dragon vs. Shachihoko Boy vs. Super Shisa vs. Susumu Yokosuka vs. Takashi Yoshida vs. Yasushi Kanda vs. Yosuke Santa Maria
• King Shimizu and Kzy vs. Masaaki Mochizuki and Shun Skywalker
• Dia Inferno, Diamante, KAZMA SAKAMOTO and SB KENTo vs. Dragon Dia, Jason Lee, Kota Minoura and La Estrella

Dragon Gate has announced the full cards for its Rainbow Gate 2021 tour shows on June 6 in Yokkaichi Ryokuchi Gym and June 7 in Yonago Convention Center Big Ship. The full cards are:

June 6 in Yokkaichi Ryokuchi Gym
• Ben-K and Kagetora vs. Genki Horiguchi and Kzy
• Jason Lee and Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Ryo Saito and Ultimo Dragon
• BxB Hulk, Eita and KAI vs. Dragon Kid, Keisuke Okuda and YAMATO
• Don Fujii and Naruki Doi vs. Funky Jacky Kamei and Susumu Yokosuka
• Dia Inferno, Diamante, KAZMA SAKAMOTO and SB KENTo vs. Dragon Dia, Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker

June 7 in Yonago Convention Center Big Ship
• Dia Inferno and KAI vs. Dragon Dia and Kota Minoura
• Gamma, Problem Dragon and Ultimo Dragon vs. Ho Ho Lun, Naruki Doi and Ryo Saito
• BxB Hulk and KAZMA SAKAMOTO vs. Kagetora and Keisuke Okuda
• Funky Jacky Kamei, Kzy and Susumu Yokosuka vs. Jason Lee, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker
• Ben-K, Dragon Kid and YAMATO vs. Diamante, Eita and SB KENTo

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling has announced changes to its show on June 9 on Korakuen Hall due to three absences.

Daisuke Sekimoto and Yasufumi Nakanoue will miss the show because Big Japan Pro Wrestling has cancelled or postponed all events through June 13, as well as pulled all talent from outside shows, to prevent a COVID-19 outbreak among its roster.

Yoshitatsu will miss the show because he is traveling to America for personal reasons.

The updated card is:

• Black Menso~re vs. Devil Murasaki
• Alejando and Francesco Akira vs. Atsuki Aoyagi and Rising HAYATO
• Hokuto Omori, TAJIRI and Yusuke Kodama vs. Izanagi, UTAMARO and Zeus
• Jun Saito and Rei Saito vs. Ryuki Honda and Takao Omori
• Dan Tamura, Shotaro Ashino and SUWAMA vs. Jake Lee, Koji Doi and Kuma Arashi
• World Junior Heavyweight Championship: CIMA (c) vs. Koji Iwamoto
• World Tag Team Championships: Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi (c) vs. Kohei Sato and Shuji Ishikawa

All Japan has announced it will hold an Atsuki Aoki memorial match at its show on July 22 in Korakuen Hall.

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS has announced the full card for its show on June 20 in Nagoya.

The full card is:

• Takaya Shibayama vs. ‘X’
• Dragon Libre vs. Lekka
• Jun Kasai vs. Yusaku Ito
• Daisuke Masaoka and Toru Sugiura vs. Toshiyuki Sakuda and Violento Jack

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling has uploaded an interview with Jeff Cobb ahead of his match against Kota Ibushi at Dominion on June 7. The full interview can be read here.

Elsewhere, Satoshi Kojima made his in-ring debut in Impact Wresting last night. He defeated Deaner in a singles match.

GLEAT

GLEAT has announced two new shows on July 25 in Osaka and August 4 in Shinjuku FACE.

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