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ALL JAPAN RETURNS TO KORAKUEN HALL, NEW WORLD JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP CROWNED, TANAHASHI TALKS, GLEAT AND MORE FROM JAPAN

By Oliver Taylor on 2021-06-09 14:56:00

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling held a show today in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

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

Koji Iwamoto defeated CIMA to win the World Junior Heavyweight Championship. Iwamoto’s first defense of the title will be against Akira Francesco, who earned his title opportunity by winning the Jr. Battle of Glory tournament on June 3, at All Japan’s show on June 26 in Ota Ward General Gymnasium.

Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi made their third successful defense of the World Tag Team Championships against Kohei Sato and Shuji Ishikawa in the main event. They were attacked by Koji Doi and Kuma Arashi afterwards, setting up a title match at All Japan’s show on June 26

CIMA, El Lindaman, Issei Onitsuka, SUGI, T-Hawk and Tatsuhito Takaiwa have all been announced for All Japan’s show on June 26.

All Japan will hold its Royal Road tournament in August. The tournament will start with two shows on August 15 in Shinjuku FACE. The tournament will continue on August 18 in Yokohama and August 24 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring before ending at All Japan’s show on August 29 in Korakuen Hall.

GLEAT

GLEAT held a show today in Shinjuku FACE.

The full results were:

• UWF Rules: Hikaru Sato def. Kaz Hayashi
• UWF Rules: Hideki “Shrek” Sekine and Taidou Abe def. Minoru Tanaka and Soma Watanabe
• UWF Rules: Takatoshi Matsumoto def. Yu Iizuka
• UWF Rules: Daijiro Matsui vs. Takuya Wada – Time Limit Draw (15 minutes)
• UWF Rules: Takanori Ito def. Ryo Kawamura

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling will hold the first round of its King of DDT tournament tomorrow in Shinjuku FACE.

The full card is:

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

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling has uploaded the fifty-ninth edition of Hiroshi Tanahashi’s Ace’s HIGH autobiographical interview series. The edition, titled Nobody Likes a Poser, can be viewed here.

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