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DDT Pro-Wrestling
DDT Pro-Wrestling, Ganbare Pro, Pro Wrestling NOAH and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling held its CyberFight Festival 2021 joint show today in Saitama Super Arena.
The full results were:
• Arisu Endo, Haruna Neko, Mirai Maiumi, Moka Miyamoto and Suzume def. Mahiro Kiryu, Nao Kakuta, Pom Harajuku, Raku and Kaya Toribami
• Battle Royal: Antonio Honda
• Kouki Iwasaki, Shuichiro Katsumura and Yumehito Imanari def. Keisuke Ishii, Ken Ohka and Shota
• Junta Miyawaki and Kinya Okada def. Toi Kojima and Yuki Iino
• Hyper Misao and Shoko Nakajima def. Miu Watanabe and Rika Tatsumi & Nodoka Tenma and Yuki Aino
• Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura def. Danshoku Dieno and Super Sasadango Machine
• Masa Kitamiya def. Hideki Okatani
• Maki Itoh, Marika Kobashi and Yuki Kamifuku def. Hikari Noa, Mizuki and Yuki Arai
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Hajime Ohara def. HAYATA, Seiki Yoshioka and Yoshinari Ogawa
• Daisuke Sasaki, Soma Takao and Tetsuya Endo def. Chris Brookes, MAO and Shunma Katsumata
• Akito, Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura, Sanshiro Takagi, Yukio Naya and Yukio Sakaguchi def. Haoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya and Nioh
• Konosuke Takeshita and Yuki Ueno def. Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura
• Princess of Princess Championship: Miyu Yamashita (c) def. Yuka Sakazaki
• KO-D Openweight Championship: Jun Akiyama (c) def. HARASHIMA
• GHC Heavyweight Championship: Naomichi Marufuji def. Keiji Mutoh (c)
Miyu Yamashita made her first successful defense of the Princess of Princess Championship against Yuka Sakazaki.
Jun Akiyama made his third successful defense of the KO-D Openweight Championship against HARASHIMA.
Naomichi Marufuji defeated Keiji Mutoh to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship in the main event. It is the fourth time he has held the title, tying Go Shiozaki and Takashi Sugiura for the most reigns ever.
New Japan Pro Wrestling
New Japan Pro Wrestling will hold its Dominion show tomorrow in Osaka-j? Hall.
The full card is:
• Chase Owens, El Phantasmo, EVIL, Taiji Ishimori and Yujiro Takahashi vs. Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi, SHO, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI
• BUSHI, SANADA and Tetsuya Naito vs. DOUKI, Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: El Desperado (c) vs. YOH
• Jeff Cobb vs. Kota Ibushi
• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi
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).
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 (despite the namesake event being postponed) and Road to Dominion tour shows. Their squabble first began when Cobb attacked Ibushi after he lost the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship to Will Ospreay at Sakura Geneisis on April 4.
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 Ospreay for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at the second Wrestle Grand Slam show on May 29 in the Tokyo Dome but the show was postponed and Ospreay later vacated the title due to a neck injury.
Okada and Takagi share a 1-1 record in singles competition. Takagi defeated Okada during this year’s New Japan Cup, although Okada was victorious during last year’s G1 Climax.
Dragon Gate
Dragon Gate held its second Rainbow Gate 2021 tour show today in Yokkaichi Ryokuchi Gym.
The full results were:
• Ben-K and Kagetora def. Genki Horiguchi and Kzy
• Jason Lee and Masaaki Mochizuki def. Ryo Saito and Ultimo Dragon
• BxB Hulk, Eita and KAI def. Dragon Kid, Keisuke Okuda and YAMATO
• Don Fujii and Naruki Doi def. Funky Jacky Kamei and Susumu Yokosuka
• Dragon Dia, Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker def. Dia Inferno, Diamante, KAZMA SAKAMOTO and SB KENTo
Dragon Gate will hold its third Rainbow Gate 2021 tour show tomorrow in Yonago Convention Center Big Ship. The full card is:
• 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
JUST TAP OUT Professional Wrestling
JUST TAP OUT Professional Wrestling held two shows today in Warabi, Saitama.
The full results were:
Afternoon
• Ryuya Takekura def. SEKIYA
• KANON def. Fire Katsumi
• Ren Ayabe def. Arata
• TAKA Michinoku def. Eagle Mask
Evening
• Aoi def. Sumika Yanagawa
• Yuu Yamagata def. YuuRI
• rhythm def. Misa Kagura
• Minoru Suzuki def. Tomoka Inaba
Minoru Suzuki defeated Tomoka Inaba in one minute and 31 seconds with an Achilles lock in the main event of the evening show. KANON and Ren Ayabe came out afterwards to declare war on Suzuki, although Suzuki did not respond.
Pro Wrestling ZERO1
Pro Wrestling ZERO1 has announced the changes to its show on June 11 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.
The reshuffled card is:
• NATSUMI vs. Tsukasa Fujimoto
• Hide Kubota vs. Yoshikazu Yokoyama
• Tsugutaka Sato vs. Yasu Kubota
• Ayato Yoshida, Shigehiro Irie and Takuya Sugawara vs. Fuminori Abe, Masato Tanaka and Shinjiro Otani
ZERO1 announced yesterday that Genta Hiriki and Junya Matsunaga tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, Chris Vice, Hartley Jackson, Shoki Kitamura and Takumi Baba are among those who are now forced to undergo a two-week quarantine due to being in close contact with Hiriki and Matsunaga.
All six wrestlers will miss ZERO1’s show on June 11 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, as well as Takafumi. With seven wrestlers ruled out, significant changes were abound.
NATSUMI will wrestle her second career match against Tsukasa Fujimoto.
Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS
Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS has announced the full card for its show on June 18 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.
The full card is:
• Daiju Wakamatsu vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa
• Alejandro, Kengo and Yuya Susumu vs. Brahman Kei, Dragon Libre and GENTARO
• Daisuke Masaoka, Mammoth Sasaki and Tomoya Hirata vs. Kenji Fukimoto, Minoru Fujita and Rina Yamashita
• Deathmatch: Kamui vs. Masashi Takeda
• Deathmatch: Jun Kasai, Takashi Sasaki and Toru Sugiura vs. Takayuki Ueki, Toshiyuki Sakuda and Violento Jack
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