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All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling held a show today in Ota Ward Gymnasium.

The full results were:

• Jun Saito def. Rei Saito
• SUGI and Tatsuhito Takaiwa def. Atsuki Aoyagi and Rising HAYATO & Dan Tamura and Hikaru Sato
• Masahiko Takasugi, Masanobu Fuchi, Ryuji Hijikata and Shiro Koshinaka def. Chikara, Osamu Nishimura, Shinichi Nakano and SUSHI
• AJPW TV 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Hokuto Omori, TAJIRI and Yusuke Kodama def. Black Menso~re, Carbell Ito and Takao Omori (c)
• Koji Doi and Kuma Arashi def. Ryuki Honda and Shotaro Ashino
• CIMA, El Lindaman, Issei Onitsuka and T-Hawk def. Izanagi, Shigehiro Irie, UTAMARO and Zeus
• Yoshitatsu def. Yosuke Nishijima
• GAORA TV Championship: Shuji Ishikawa (c) def. Yuko Miyamoto
• World Junior Heavyweight Championship: Francesco Akira def. Koji Iwamoto (c)
• Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship matches: Kento Miyahara def. Yuma Aoyagi, Jake Lee def. Kento Miyahara, Jake Lee def. Yuma Aoyagi

Hokuto Omori, TAJIRI and Yusuke Kodama defeated Black Menso~re, Carbell Ito and Takao Omori to win the AJPW TV 6-Man Tag Team Championships.

Shuji Ishikawa made his first successful defense of the GAORA TV Championship against Yuko Miyamoto.

Francesco Akira defeated Koji Iwamoto to win the World Junior Heavyweight Championship. After the match, SUGI challenged Akira.

Jake Lee defeated Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi consecutively to win the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship. It is the first time Lee has won the title.

The title was previously held by SUWAMA, who was scheduled to attempt his eighth defense of the title against Lee at the show, but he vacated the title due to testing positive for COVID-19.

After Lee’s victory, Shotaro Ashino came to the ring. After a brief exchange between the new champion and his apparent challenger, Ishikawa also came to the ring.

All Japan’s newest rookie, Ryoma Tsukamoto, will debut at the company’s show on July 22 in Korakuen Hall.

Also at the show, Seigo Tachibana will make his in-ring return. He has not wrestled since last September due to an ankle injury.

All Japan will return to Ota Ward Gymnasium for another show on October 16. The show will nearly coincide with the company’s forty-ninth anniversary (founded on October 21, 1972), although it remains to be seen if it is promoted as an anniversary event.

All Japan has announced the full first round for its Royal Road tournament in August. It will be the largest iteration of the tournament ever with 32 competitors competing under single-elimination rules.

The tournament will start with two shows on August 15 in Shinjuku FACE. The full cards are:

Afternoon
• Shuji Ishikawa vs. Jun Saito
• Black Menso~re vs. Ayato Yoshida
• Zeus vs. Seigo Tachibana
• Takao Omori vs. Atsuki Aoyagi
• Rising HAYATO vs. T-Hawk
• Kento Miyahara vs. Yusuke Kodama
• Shigehiro Irie vs. Kuma Arashi
• Jake Lee vs. SUGI

Evening
• SUWAMA vs. Rei Saito
• Izanagi vs. Francesco Akira
• Hokuto Omori vs. Ryuki Honda
• TAJIRI vs. Devil Murasaki
• Yoshitatsu vs. Hikaru Sato
• Dan Tamura vs. Abdullah Kobayashi
• Koji Iwamoto vs. Koji Doi
• Yuma Aoyagi vs. Shotaro Ashino

The tournament will then 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.

All Japan junior heavyweight star and Hard Hit owner Hikaru Sato will fight Kanto Fuchigami at PANCRASE 322 tomorrow.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH aired an empty arena show today.

The full results were:

• Manabu Soya def. Kinya Okada
• HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa def. Kai Fujimura and Yasutaka Yano
• Elimination: Kazunari Murakami, Kazushi Sakuraba, Kendo Kashin and Takashi Sugiura def. Akitoshi Saito, Masao Inoue, Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi
• Masaaki Mochizuki and Naomichi Marufuji def. Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura
• Battle royal: HAYATA def. Daisuke Harada, Eita, Hajime Ohara, Haoh, Ikuto Hidaka, Junta Miyawaki, Kotaro Suzuki, Nioh, NOSAWA Rongai, Seiki Yoshioka, Tadasuke, YO-HEY, Yoshinari Ogawa & Yuya Susumu
• Steel Cage hair-versus-hair: Masa Kitamiya def. Katsuhiko Nakajima

HAYATA won the battle royal and will challenge Atsushi Kotoge for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship on NOAH’s empty arena show tomorrow. It will be Kotoge’s third defense of the title.

Kotaro Suzuki made his in-ring return during the battle royal. He had not wrestled since May 22 due to testing positive for COVID-19.

As per the stipulation of the main event, Masa Kitamiya cut Katsuhiko Nakajima’s hair after winning the main event. Kitamiya proved an ineffective barber, however, and Nakajima instructed Kenoh to fully shave his head.

Pro Wrestling NOAH will air another empty arena show on ABEMA, FITE and WRESTLE UNIVERSE tomorrow. The full card is:

• Kinya Okada vs. Yoshiki Inamura
• Ikuto Hidaka and Kotaro Suzuki vs. Kai Fujimura and Yasutaka Yano
• Akitoshi Saito vs. Masao Inoue vs. Mohammed Yone vs. Shuhei Taniguchi
• Eita, NOSAWA Rongai and YO-HEY vs. Seiki Yoshioka, Yoshinari Ogawa and Yuya Susumu
• Daisuke Harada, Hajime Ohara, Junta Miyawaki, Kaito Kiyomiya and Masa Kitamiya vs. Haoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya, Nioh and Tadasuke
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship: Atsushi Kotoge (c) vs. HAYATA
• Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura vs. Masato Tanaka and Naomichi Marufuji
• Great Muta vs. Kenoh

The winner of Akitoshi Saito versus Masao Inoue versus Mohammed Yone versus Shuhei Taniguchi will become the king of Funky Express.

NOAH has announced Kaito Kiyomiya, Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura will face Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh and Manabu Soya at its show on June 30 in Korakuen Hall.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling held a show today in Osaka.

The full results were:

• Kazusada Higuchi def. Hideki Okatani
• Antonio Honda, Danshoku Dieno and Toru Owashi def. Akito, Makoto Oishi and Yuya Koroku
• Kazuki Hirata def. Yuki Iino & Yukio Sakaguchi
• Tetsuya Endo and Yuji Hino def. Naomi Yoshimura and Yukio Naya
• Jun Akiyama def. Yusuke Okada
• Chris Brookes, MAO and Yuki Ueno def. Daisuke Sasaki, Mad Paulie and Soma Takao
• KO-D Tag Team Championships: Konosuke Takeshita and Shunma Katsumata def. HARASHIMA and Yuji Okabayashi (c)

Konosuke Takeshita and Shunma Katsumata defeated HARASHIMA and Yuji Okabayashi to win the KO-D Tag Team Championships in the main event.

DDT Extreme Championship holder Chris Brookes will face Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship holder Shinya Aoki in a title-versus-title match at DDT’s show on July 15 in Shinjuku FACE.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its eighth Kizuna Road tour show today in Sendai Sunplaza Hall.

The full results were:

• Tiger Mask and Tomoaki Honma def. Yota Tsuji and Yuya Uemura
• El Phantasmo, Jado and Taiji Ishimori def. DOUKI, El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Kazuchika Okada, SHO and Toru Yano def. Dick Togo, EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi
• Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, YOH and YOSHI-HASHI def. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato, Satoshi Kojima and Yuji Nagata
• BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito def. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi, Ryusuke Taguchi and Togi Makabe

Minoru Suzuki will team with Meiko Satomura against Jinsei Shinzaki and Nanae Takahashi at Sendai Girls’ Pro Wrestling’s show tomorrow in Niigata.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its seventh Rainbow Gate 2021 tour show today in Kobe Sambo Hall.

The full results were:

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

HIGH-END’s Ben-K and Dragon Kid and Natural Vibes’ King Shimizu and Susumu Yokosuka challenged Kaito Ishida and KAZMA SAKAMOTO of R.E.D for the Open the Twin Gate Championships.

Ishida decided Shimizu and Yokosuka should get the first opportunity as Shimizu defeated him today. Ishida and SAKAMOTO will attempt their first defense of Open the Twin Gate Championships against Shimizu and Yokosuka at the first night of the Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival on July 31. Then, the winners will face Ben-K and Kid at the second night on August 1.

Dragon Gate will hold its eighth Rainbow Gate 2021 tour show tomorrow in Izumi City Plaza. The full card is:

• BxB Hulk, Diamante and KAI vs. Dragon Dia, Kota Minoura and Shun Skywalker
• Ben-K, Dragon Kid and Kagetora vs. Jason Lee, Masaaki Mochizuki and Takashi Yoshida
• Hiroaki Moriya and Shoichi Uchida vs. Keisuke Okuda and YAMATO
• H.Y.O and SB KENTo vs. K-ness and Susumu Yokosuka
• Eita and KAZMA SAKAMOTO vs. King Shimizu and U-T
• Gamma, Genki Horiguchi and Kzy vs. Naruki Doi, Punch Tominaga and Ryo Saito

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held a show today in Yokohama Radiant Hall.

The full results were:

• Kazumi Kikuta def. Kazumasa Yoshida
• Nobuhiro Shimatani and Takuho Kato def. Kazuki Hashimoto and Masaki Morihiro
• Masaya Takahashi, Ryuji Ito and Yuki Ishikawa def. Abdullah Kobayashi, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Jaki Numazawa
• Daichi Hashimoto and Quiet Storm def. Keiki Suzuki and Kosuke Sato
• Alejandro and Death Kamo def. Drew Parker and Kota Sekifuda
• Takuya Nomura and Yasufumi Nakanoue def. Akira Hyodo and Kankuro Hoshino

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Active Advance Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS will hold a co-promoted show tomorrow in 2AW Square.

The full card is:

• Chicharito Shoki vs. Violento Jack
• Daiju Wakamatsu, Naka Shuma and Takuro Niki vs. Kamui, Mammoth Sasaki and Takahiro Katori
• Ayato Yoshida, Kaji Tomato, Shu Asakawa and Tank Nagai vs. Daisuke Masaoka, Tomoya Hirata, Toru Sugiura and Yuya Susumu
• GENTARO vs. Ricky Fuji
• Dragon Libre and Takashi Sasaki vs. Taylor Adams and The Andrew King Takuma
• Jun Kasai and Kenji Fukimoto vs. Kengo Mashimo and Tatsuya Hanami

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1’s Shinjiro Otani will team with Nobuhiro Shimatani against Koki Iwasaki and Shigehiro Irie at Ganbare Pro’s show tomorrow in Itabashi Green Hall, while NATSUMI will face Tsukushi Haruka at Ice Ribbon’s show tomorrow in Korakuen Hall.

 

 

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