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BIG JAPAN IN KORAKUEN HALL, JAKE LEE'S FIRST TRIPLE CROWN TITLE DEFENSE, KIZUNA ROAD & MORE FROM JAPAN

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

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

The full results were:

• Keiki Suzuki and Takuho Kato def. Kazumasa Yoshida and Kazumi Kikuta
• Kota Sekifuda and Tatsuhiko Yoshino def. Isami Kodaka and Kazuki Hashimoto
• Deathmatch: Hideyoshi Kamitani, Masaya Takahashi and Yuki Ishikawa def. Abdullah Kobayashi, Jaki Numazawa and Minoru Fujita
• Deathmatch: Takumi Tsukamoto and Yuko Miyamoto def. Akira Hyodo and Kankuro Hoshino
• Kosuke Sato, Ryota Hama and Yasufumi Nakanoue def. Shigehiro Irie, Yuji Okabayashi and Yuya Aoki
• Takuya Nomura def. Daichi Hashimoto
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor final: Drew Parker def. Ryuji Ito

Drew Parker defeated Ryuji Ito in the Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor tournament final in the main event. Parker will challenge Takumi Tsukamoto for the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship at Big Japan’s show on July 23 in Korakuen Hall, which will be Tsukamoto’s second defense of the title.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its ninth Kizuna Road tour show tomorrow in Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall.

The full results were:

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

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its ninth Rainbow Gate 2021 tour show today in Tottori Sangyo Gym.

The full results were:

• Jason Lee and Shun Skywalker def. Genki Horiguchi and Yasushi Kanda
• Ho Ho Lun, Masaaki Mochizuki and Ryo Saito def. Dragon Kid, Keisuke Okuda and Punch Tominaga
• Dragon Dia and Kota Minoura def. Diamante and KAI via DQ
• Ben-K, Kagetora and YAMATO def. Inaba’s Buffalo, Naruki Doi and Problem Dragon
• Funky Jacky Kamei, King Shimizu, Kzy and Susumu Yokosuka def. Eita, H.Y.O, KAZMA SAKAMOTO and SB KENTo

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the partial cards for its shows on July 11 in EDION Arena #2, July 13 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, July 15 in Yokohama and July 22 in Korakuen Hall.

Shotaro Ashino will face Shuji Ishikawa on July 11. Both men challenged Jake Lee for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship at All Japan’s show on June 26 in Ota Ward Gymnasium.

The winner of Ashino versus Ishikawa will then challenge Lee for the title on July 22, which will be Lee’s first defense of the title.

Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi will attempt their fourth defense of the World Tag Team Championships against Koji Doi and Kuma Arashi on July 11.

The match was originally scheduled to take place on June 26, but was cancelled after SUWAMA tested positive for COVID-19 and vacated the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship.

Andy Wu, Quiet Storm, Shoichi Uchida and Yasutaka Oosera have been confirmed to appear on July 11.

Three more title matches have been announced for All Japan’s show on July 22.

First, Hokuto Omori, TAJIRI and Yusuke Kodama will attempt their first defense of the AJPW TV 6-Man Tag Team Championships against Carbell Ito, Seigo Tachibana and Yoshitatsu.

The bout will also be Tachibana’s in-ring return, who has not wrestled since last September due to an ankle injury.

Izanagi and Zeus will attempt their sixth defense of the All Asia Tag Team Championships against El Lindaman and T-Hawk, while Francesco Akira will attempt his first defense of the World Junior Heavyweight Championship against SUGI.

The announced cards for all four shows are:

July 11 in EDION Arena #2
• Shotaro Ashino vs. Shuji Ishikawa
• World Tag Team Championships: Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi (c) vs. Koji Doi and Kuma Arashi

July 13 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
• Ryuki Honda trial series: Ryuki Honda vs. Zeus
• Dan Tamura, Izanagi and SUGI vs. Francesco Akira, Rising HAYATO and Yusuke Kodama
• Jake Lee and Koji Doi vs. Shotaro Ashino and Shuji Ishikawa

July 15 in Yokohama
• Devil Murasaki, Izanagi and Zeus vs. El Lindaman, Issei Onitsuka and T-Hawk
• Hokuto Omori, Jake Lee and TAJIRI vs. Kento Miyahara, Yoshitatsu and Yuma Aoyagi

July 22 in Korakuen Hall
• AJPW TV 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Hokuto Omori, TAJIRI and Yusuke Kodama (c) vs. Carbell Ito, Seigo Tachibana and Yoshitatsu
• All Asia Tag Team Championships: Izanagi and Zeus (c) vs. El Lindaman and T-Hawk
• World Junior Heavyweight Championship: Francesco Akira (c) vs. SUGI
• Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship: Jake Lee (c) vs. Shotaro Ashino/Shuji Ishikawa

GLEAT

GLEAT has announced it will air its show on July 1 in Tokyo Dome City Hall live on its YouTube channel.

The show will start at 6:30pm JST, 10:30am BST, 5:30am EST. The full card is:

• El Lindaman vs. Hayato Tamura
• Kyoko Inoue vs. Michiko Miyagi
• CIMA, Issei Onitsuka and Shigehiro Irie vs. Kaz Hayashi, Keiichi Sato and Soma Watanabe
• Ryuichi Kawakami vs. T-Hawk
• UWF Rules: Daijiro Matsui and Tetsuya Izuchi vs. Minoru Tanaka and Soma Watanabe
• UWF Rules: Chihiro Hashimoto vs. Maya Fukuda
• UWF Rules: Masakatsu Funaki vs. Yu Iizuka
• UWF Rules: SHO vs. Takanori Ito

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling has announced Soma Takao, Tetsuya Endo and Yuji Hino will attempt their second defense of the KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championships against MAO, Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ueno at its show on July 18 in Miyagi.

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