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CHONO HEADING TO ZERO1, UMINO RETURNING TO REVOLUTION PRO, FREEDOMS IN KORAKUEN AND MORE FROM JAPAN

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS held a show today in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

• Dragon Libre, Lekka and Tomoya Hirata def. Brahman Kei, Kenji Fukimoto and Minoru Fujita
• Daisuke Masaoka and Kamui def. Kengo and Yuya Susumu & Mammoth Sasaki and Takahiro Katori
• UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship: Tatsuhito Takaiwa (c) def. GENTARO
• Deathmatch: Masashi Takeda def. Rina Yamashita
• King Of FREEDOM Tag Team Championships: Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda (c) def. Jun Kasai and Takashi Sasaki
• King Of FREEDOM World Championship: Violento Jack def. Toru Sugiura (c)

Tatsuhito Takaiwa made his first successful defense of the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship against GENTARO.

Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda made their first successful defense of the King Of FREEDOM Tag Team Championships against Jun Kasai and Takashi Sasaki. After the match, Ueki demanded a singles match against Kasai.

Violento Jack defeated Toru Sugiura to win the King Of FREEDOM World Championship in the main event.

Sugiura’s reign began on October 1, 2019, when he defeated Kasai for the title. He made nine successful defenses of the title and held it for nearly 650 days before losing to Jack today.

After the main event, Masashi Takeda challenged Jack for the title.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Shota Umino returned to British promotion Revolution Pro Wrestling at its show last night in the Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone.

Umino confronted Southside Heavyweight Championship holder Ricky Knight Jr. and a title match has been announced for the company’s ninth anniversary show on Saturday 21 in Manchester.

New Japan has uploaded the first part of a new interview with Satoshi Kojima. Topics discussed include his recent trip to America, his most memorable match teaming with Hiroyoshi Tenzan, his dream opponent and much more.

The interview can be read here.

New Japan has uploaded Taichi versus Tetsuya Naito from New Beginning In Sapporo 2019 on its YouTube channel. The full match can be watched on the attachment below.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the full card for its show on July 23 in Korakuen Hall.

The full card is:

• Kazumasa Yoshida and Kazumi Kikuta vs. Kazuki Hashimoto and Takuho Kato
• Daichi Hashimoto and Yuya Aoki vs. Kota Sekifuda and Tatsuhiko Yoshino
• Fuminori Abe, Keiki Suzuki and Ryota Hama vs. Kosuke Sato, Shigehiro Irie and Yuji Okabayashi
• Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi, Jaki Numazawa and Ryuji Ito vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani, Masaya Takahashi and Yuki Ishikawa
• Akira Hyodo and Kankuro Hoshino vs. Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto
• BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship: Yasufumi Nakanoue (c) vs. Takuya Nomura
• BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship: Takumi Tsukamoto (c) vs. Drew Parker

The winner of Akira Hyodo and Kankuro Hoshino versus Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto will challenge Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura for the BJW Tag Team Championships at Big Japan’s show on August 8 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. It will be Abe and Nomura’s second defense of the titles.

Yasufumi Nakanoue will attempt his fifth defense of the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship against Takuya Nomura. Takumi Tsukamoto will attempt his second defense of the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship against Drew Parker in the main event.

Big Japan has announced the partial card for its show on July 18 in Nagoya. The partial card is:

• Kazumasa Yoshida and Kota Sekifuda vs. Keiki Suzuki and Masaki Morihiro
• Intelligent Sensational Grand Passion Mask No. 4 vs. Kankuro Hoshino
• Kosuke Sato vs. Yusaku Ito
• Akira Hyodo vs. Makoto Hasuka
• Kengo Takai and Michio Kageyama vs. Yuji Okabayashi and Yuki Ishikawa
• Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Fuminori Abe, Shigehiro Irie and Takuya Nomura
• Abdullah Kobayashi, Drew Parker and Yuko Miyamoto vs. Jaki Numazawa, Ryuji Ito and Takumi Tsukamoto

Big Japan has announced two new matches for its show on August 15 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.

First, Ryota Hama will face Yuji Okabayashi. Second, Minoru Fujita will face Yuko Miyamoto in a deathmatch.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate has announced the full cards for its Hopeful Gate 2021 tour shows on July 7 in Nagoya Paloma Mizuho Arena and July 9 in Korakuen Hall.

The full cards are:

July 7 in Nagoya Paloma Mizuho Arena
• Funky Jacky Kamei, Genki Horiguci and King Shimizu vs. Kagetora, Keisuke Okuda and YAMATO
• Naruki Doi and Problem Dragon vs. Ryo Saito and Takashi Yoshida
• Ben-K and Dragon Kid vs. Eita and Kaito Ishida
• Don Fujii, Super Shisa and Yasushi Kanda vs. Kzy, Susumu Yokosuka and U-T
• BxB Hulk, Dia Inferno, Diamante and SB KENTo vs. Jason Lee, Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker

July 9 in Korakuen Hall
• Ho Ho Lun and Punch Tominaga vs. Problem Dragon and Takashi Yoshida
• BxB Hulk, Kaito Ishida and KAZMA SAKAMOTO vs. Funky Jacky Kamei, King Shimizu, U-T
• “brother” YASSHI, Ben-K, Dragon Kid, Kagetora and Keisuke Okuda vs. Don Fujii, Gamma, Kenichiro Arai, Ryo Saito and Yasushi Kanda
• Kota Minoura vs. Masaaki Mochizuki
• Dia Inferno, Diamante, Eita and SB KENTo vs. Dragon Dia, Jason Lee, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker
• Genki Horiguchi, Kzy and Susumu Yokosuka vs. Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi and Shachihoko Boy
• No Rope Lumberjack match: KAI vs. YAMATO

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 has announced Masahiro Chono will appear at its joint show on September 26 in Aikawa on Sado Island co-promoted with JUST TAP OUT Professional Wrestling, OZ Academy and Sendai Girls’ Pro Wrestling.

Aja Kong, Shinjiro Otani and TAKA Michinoku are among the stars displayed on the show’s poster.

 

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