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NEW JAPAN SUMMER STRUGGLE NIGHT TWO, BIG MATCHES SET FOR NOAH AND MORE FROM JAPAN

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held the second night of its two-night Summer Struggle in Sapporo event today in Makomanai Sekisui Heim Ice Arena.

The full results were:

• El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru def. SHO and Yuya Uemura
• Rocky Romero, Ryusuke Taguchi and Tomohiro Ishii def. El Phantasmo, EVIL and Taiji Ishimori
• KENTA and Yujiro Takahashi def. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Yota Tsuji
• Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb def. Kazuchika Okada and YOH
• Shingo Takagi def. Master Wato
• IWGP Tag Team Championships: SANADA and Tetsuya Naito def. Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. (c)

Kota Ibushi did not compete on the show due to suffering from the side effects of his first COVID-19 vaccine. Bushiroad founder Takaaki Kidani confirmed all company employees, including New Japan wrestlers, received their first COVID-19 vaccine on July 8.

Rocky Romero pinned El Phantasmo to win the second match. Afterwards, Romero took a microphone to announce he and Ryusuke Taguchi will challenge Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships.

Jeff Cobb continued to trash talk Kazuchika Okada after the fourth match, perhaps hinting a singles match could take place between the two at Wrestle Grand Slam on July 25 in the Tokyo Dome.

SANADA and Tetsuya Naito defeated Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. to win the IWGP Tag Team Championships in the main event. The victory marks the first time Naito has held the titles in over 11 years when he and Yujiro Takahashi defeated then-champions Brother Devon and Brother Ray as well as Giant Bernard and Karl Anderson in a three-way tag team match at Wrestle Kingdom IV in 2010.

Backstage, the former champions immediately demanded a rematch and it seems a second bout will take place at Wrestle Grand Slam.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH held a show today in Sendai.

The full results were:

• Nioh def. Yasutaka Yano
• Masaaki Mochizuki and Masato Tanaka def. Junta Miyawaki and Kinya Okada
• HAYATA, Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu def. Ikuto Hidaka, NOSAWA Rongai and YO-HEY
• Kazushi Sakuraba, Kazuyuki Fujita and Kendo Kashin def. Akitoshi Saito, Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: Daisuke Harada and Hajime Ohara (c) def. Haoh and Tadasuke
• Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh and Manabu Soya def. Atsushi Kotoge, Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura
• Keiji Mutoh and Yoshinari Ogawa def. Kaito Kiyomiya and Kotaro Suzuki
• GHC Heavyweight Championship: Naomichi Marufuji (c) def. Takashi Sugiura

Daisuke Harada and Hajime Ohara made their first successful defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships against Haoh and Tadasuke.

Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu challenged Harada and Ohara for the titles afterwards. The match will officially take place at NOAH’s show on August 1 in Hiroshima.

Backstage, Tadasuke promised to bring more friends to join him in Kongoh. It seems the stable is set to gain some junior heavyweight additions soon.

Naomichi Marufuji made his first successful defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Takashi Sugiura in the main event.

Backstage, Kazushi Sakuraba said he found Marufuji’s weaknesses and announced his intention to challenge him for the GHC Heavyweight Championship. The match will officially take place on August 1.

One more major match has been announced for August 1, as Atsushi Kotoge and Kaito Kiyomiya will face Great Muta and NOSAWA Rongai.

NOAH has also announced the full cards for its shows on July 18 in Fujisan Messe, July 22 and 23 in Korakuen Hall. The full cards are:

July 18 in Fujisan Messe
• Mohammed Yone vs. Yasutaka Yano
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Hajime Ohara vs. Ikuto Hidaka, NOSAWA Rongai and YO-HEY
• Akitoshi Saito and Kai Fujimura vs. Junta Miyawaki and Naomichi Marufuji
• Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Takashi Sugiura
• Kaito Kiyomiya, Kinya Okada and Masa Kitamiya vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh and Manabu Soya

July 22 in Korakuen Hall
• Akitoshi Saito, Masao Inoue, Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Junta Miyawaki, Kai Fujimura, Kinya Okada and Yasutaka Yano
• Haoh, Nioh and Tadasuke vs. Kotaro Suzuki, NOSAWA Rongai and YO-HEY
• Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura vs. Naomichi Marufuji and Yuko Miyamoto
• Daisuke Nakamura vs. Kenoh
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Hajime Ohara vs. Seiki Yoshioka, Yoshinari Ogawa and Yuya Susumu
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship: HAYATA (c) vs. Ikuto Hidaka
• GHC Tag Team Championships: Kaito Kiyomiya and Masa Kitamiya vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima and Manabu Soya

July 23 in Korakuen Hall
• Akitoshi Saito and Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Kinya Okada and Yasutaka Yano
• Daisuke Harada vs. Yuya Susumu
• Atsushi Kotoge, Hajime Ohara and Junta Miyawaki vs. Haoh, Nioh and Tadasuke
• Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Mohammed Yone
• Ikuto Hidaka, Kotaro Suzuki and YO-HEY vs. HAYATA, Seiki Yoshioka and Yoshinari Ogawa
• Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura vs. Masato Tanaka and Naomichi Marufuji
• Kaito Kiyomiya, Masa Kitamiya and ‘X’ vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh and Manabu Soya

After Tadasuke promised to bring more friends to join him in Kongoh today, a mystery partner will team with Haoh, Nioh and Tadasuke in a four-way elimination tag team match at NOAH’s show on July 27 in Kawasaki.

Speaking of mysteries, the virtually the entire card for NOAH’s show on July 28 in Kawasaki is a mystery. The show is based around members of Kongoh facing members of NOAH’s roster, although none of Kongoh’s opponents have been announced.

The announced card is:

• ‘X’ vs. ‘X’
• Tadasuke vs. ‘X’
• Nioh vs. ‘X’
• Haoh vs. ‘X’
• Manabu Soya vs. ‘X’
• Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. ‘X’
• Kenoh vs. ‘X’

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 held its third Fire Festival show today in Tako, Chiba.

The full results were:

• Takuya Sugawara def. Junya Matsunaga
• Shoki Kitamura and Takumi Baba def. Genki Hiriki and Hartley Jackson
• Fire Festival A block: Fuminori Abe def. Tsugutaka Sato
• Fire Festival B block: Shogun Okamoto def. Takafumi
• Akira Raijin, Great Sasuke and Shinjiro Otani def. Chris Vice, Tomohiko Hashimoto and Yoshikazu Yokoyama

Following today’s show, the updated Fire Festival standings are:

A block
1. Masato Tanaka (2-0 record): 9 points
2. Hartley Jackson (1-1 record): 5 points
-. Shinjiro Otani (1-1 record): 5 points
-. Fuminori Abe (1-1 record): 5 points
5. Tsugutaka Sato (1-2 record): 5 points
6. Yoshiki Inamura (0-1 record): 0 points

B block
1. Takafumi (2-1 record): 10 points
2. Ayato Yoshida (1-0-1 record): 5 points
-. Chris Vice (1-0-1 record): 5 points
4. Shigehiro Irie (1-1 record): 5 points
5. Shogun Okamoto (1-2 record): 5 points
6. Takuya Sugawara (0-2 record): 0 points

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling held a show today in Osaka.

The full results were:

• Quiet Storm and Ryuki Honda def. Jun Saito and Rei Saito
• Andy Wu, Francesco Akira and Hikaru Sato def. Atsuki Aoyagi, Shoichi Uchida and Yasutaka Oosera
• Takao Omori and Yoshitatsu def. Izanagi and UTAMARO
• Zeus def. Koji Iwamoto
• Dan Tamura, Shotaro Ashino and SUWAMA def. Hokuto Omori, Jake Lee and Yusuke Kodama
• World Tag Team Championships: Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi (c) def. Koji Doi and Kuma Arashi

In his first match since joining the heavyweight division, Koji Iwamoto lost to Zeus in under 10 minutes.

SUWAMA made his in-ring return after testing positive for COVID-19 and vacating the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship last month teaming with Dan Tamura and Shotaro Ashino against Hokuto Omori, Jake Lee and Yusuke Kodama.

Despite SUWAMA’s return, it was Ashino who made headlines after he defeated Omori to win the match and challenged Lee for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship.

Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi made their fourth successful defense of the World Tag Team Championships against Koji Doi and Kuma Arashi in the main event.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its sixth Hopeful Gate 2021 tour show today in KBS Hall.

The full results were:

• Funky Jacky Kamei, King Shimizu and Kzy def. BxB Hulk, Eita and H.Y.O
• U-T def. Takashi Yoshida
• Kaito Ishida and KAZMA SAKAMOTO def. Ryo Saito and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Dia Inferno, Diamante, KAI and SB KENTo def. Dragon Dia, Jason Lee, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker
• Kagetora and Keisuke Okuda def. Genki Horiguchi and Susumu Yokosuka
• Don Fujii, Kota Minoura, Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi def. Ben-K, Dragon Kid, YAMATO and Yasushi Kanda

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held a show today in Hokkaido.

The full results were:

• Takuho Kato and Yuya Aoki def. Kosuke Sato and Kota Sekifuda
• Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani def. Kazuki Hashimoto and Takuya Nomura
• Falls Count Anywhere deathmatch: Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu def. Abdullah Kobayashi and Jaki Numazawa
• Keiki Suzuki and Yasufumi Nakanoue def. Kazumasa Yoshida and Niroyuki Yoshida
• Singapore cane match: Ryuji Ito and Yuichi Taniguchi def. Kazumi Kikuta and Yuko Miyamoto
• Deathmatch: Akira Hyodo and Kankuro Hoshino def. Drew Parker and Yuki Ishikawa
• Leatherface vs. Yuji Okabayashi – No Contest
• Kankuro Hoshino, Kazumi Kikuta, Yuichi Taniguchi and Yuji Okabayashi def. Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Leatherface

Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Explosion

Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Explosion has announced Andy Wu, Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu, Drake Morimatsu (unrelated to the famous rapper of the same first name), HASEGAWA, Kuuga and Salvation Ninja Ranmaru will compete at its BURNOUT show on August 15 in Osaka.

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