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NEW JAPAN SUMMER STRUGGLE OSAKA RESULTS, ALL JAPAN AND NOAH IN KORAKUEN HALL, GLEAT AND MORE FROM JAPAN

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held the first night of its two-night Summer Struggle in Osaka event today in EDION Arena Osaka.

The full results were:

• DOUKI, El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru def. Robbie Eagles, SHO and YOH
• Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI def. EVIL, KENTA and Yujiro Takahashi
• Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb def. Hirooki Goto and Kazuchika Okada
• BUSHI and Shingo Takagi def. Master Wato and Tomoaki Honma
• SANADA vs. Zack Sabre Jr. – Double Pin
• Taichi def. Tetsuya Naito

New Japan will hold the second night of its two-night Summer Struggle in Osaka event tomorrow in EDION Arena Osaka. The full card is:

• El Phantasmo, Jado and Taiji Ishimori vs. Hirooki Goto, Rocky Romero and Ryusuke Taguchi
• EVIL, KENTA and Yujiro Takahashi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano
• Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb vs. Kazuchika Okada and YOSHI-HASHI
• BUSHI and Shingo Takagi vs. Kota Ibushi and Master Wato
• SANADA vs. Taichi
• Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

All Japan Pro Wrestling

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

The full results were:

• Osamu Nishimura, Ryuji Hijikata and Takao Omori def. Jun Saito, Rei Saito and Ryoma Tsukamoto
• Dan Tamura and Ryuki Honda def. Atsuki Aoyagi and Rising HAYATO
• AJPW TV 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Carbell Ito, Seigo Tachibana and Yoshitatsu def. Hokuto Omori, TAJIRI and Yusuke Kodama (c)
• All Asia Tag Team Championships: Izanagi and Zeus (c) def. El Lindaman and Issei Onitsuka
• Kento Miyahara def. Koji Iwamoto
• Hikaru Sato, Shuhei Taniguchi and SUWAMA def. SUSHI, Takuya Wada and Yuma Aoyagi
• World Junior Heavyweight Championship: SUGI def. Francesco Akira (c)
• Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship: Jake Lee (c) def. Shotaro Ashino

All Japan’s newest rookie Ryoma Tsukamoto made his wrestling debut teaming with Jun Saito and Rei Saito against Osamu Nishimura, Ryuji Hijikata and Takao Omori in the opening match.

Carbell Ito, Seigo Tachibana and Yoshitatsu defeated Hokuto Omori, TAJIRI and Yusuke Kodama to win the AJPW TV 6-Man Tag Team Championships.

Izanagi and Zeus made their sixth successful defense of the All Asia Tag Team Championships against El Lindaman and Issei Onitsuka.

Hikaru Sato, Shuhei Taniguchi and SUWAMA defeated SUSHI, Takuya Wada and Yuma Aoyagi in the company’s Atsushi Aoki memorial match.

SUGI defeated Francesco Akira to win the World Junior Heavyweight Championship.

Jake Lee made his first successful defense of the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship against Shotaro Ashino in the main event.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH held a show today in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

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

NOAH announced this year’s N-1 Victory tournament will take place with 16 competitors split into four blocks.

HAYATA made his first defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship against Ikuto Hidaka. Afterwards, YO-HEY challenged HAYATA for the title.

NOAH officially announced the match will take place at its show on August 1 in Hiroshima.

Kaito Kiyomiya and Masa Kitamiya defeated Katsuhiko Nakajima and Manabu Soya to win the vacant GHC Tag Team Championships in the main event.

Although they were on the losing side of today’s main event, Nakajima and Soya are set to compete in a marquee match at the second night of NOAH’s two-night Departure event on August 6 in Korakuen Hall teaming with Kenoh against Keiji Mutoh, Masakatsu Funaki and Naomichi Marufuji.

NOAH will hold a show tomorrow in Korakuen Hall. The full card is:

• Akitoshi Saito and Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Kinya Okada and Yasutaka Yano
• Atsushi Kotoge, Hajime Ohara and Junta Miyawaki vs. Haoh, Nioh and Tadasuke
• Daisuke Harada vs. Yuya Susumu
• Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Mohammed Yone
• Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura vs. Masato Tanaka and Naomichi Marufuji
• Kaito Kiyomiya, Masa Kitamiya and ‘X’ vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh and Manabu Soya

Hidaka suffered a left leg injury during today’s show and will miss tomorrow’s show. He was scheduled to team with Kotaro Suzuki and YO-HEY against HAYATA, Seiki Yoshioka and Yoshinari Ogawa.

The match is still listed on NOAH’s website as of the publishing of this article, though it remains to be seen if the match is altered or cancelled outright.

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 held its sixth Fire Festival show today in Niigata.

The full results were:

• Shoki Kitamura def. Ryo Hoshino
• Andy Wu and Takuya Sugawara def. Genta Hiriki and Junya Matsunaga
• Takafumi and Takumi Baba def. Chris Vice and Yoshikazu Yokoyama
• Fire Festival A block: Masato Tanaka def. Hartley Jackson
• Fire Festival B block: Shigehiro Irie def. Ayato Yoshida
• Fire Festival A block: Yoshiki Inmura def. Fuminori Abe
• Fire Festival A block: Shinjiro Otani def. Tsugutaka Sato

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

A block
1. Shinjiro Otani (3-1 record): 15 points
-. Yoshiki Inamura (3-1 record): 15 points
3. Masato Tanaka (3-1 record): 14 points
4. Hartley Jackson (2-3 record): 10 points
5. Fuminori Abe (1-3 record): 5 points
6. Tsugutaka Sato (1-4 record): 5 points

B block
1. Chris Vice (2-1-1 record): 13 points
2. Ayato Yoshida (2-2-1 record): 13 points
3. Shogun Okamoto (2-2 record): 10 points
-. Takuya Sugawara (2-2 record): 10 points
5. Takafumi (2-3 record): 10 points
6. Shigehiro Irie (2-2 record): 9 points

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its tenth Hopeful Gate 2021 tour show today in Kobe Sambo Hall.

The full results were:

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

Dragon Gate will hold its eleventh Hopeful Gate 2021 tour show tomorrow in Kudamatsu Municipal Gym. The full card is:

• Ben-K, Keisuke Okuda and Shachihoko Boy vs. Genki Horiguchi, Genki Horiguchi and Susumu Yokosuka
• Don Fujii, Ryo Saito and Yasushi Kanda vs. Jason Lee, Konomama Ichikawa and Naruki Doi
• Dia Inferno, KAZMA SAKAMOTO and SB KENTo vs. Dragon Dia, Kota Minoura and Shun Skywalker
• BxB Hulk and Kaito Ishida vs. Kzy and U-T
• Dragon Kid, Kagetora and YAMATO vs. Eita, H.Y.O and KAI

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held two shows today in Yokohama Radiant Hall.

The full results were:

Afternoon
• Tatsuhiko Yoshino def. Masaki Morihiro
• Jaki Numazawa and Ryuji Ito def. Quiet Storm and Takuho Kato
• Drew Parker def. Kazuki Hashimoto
• Chicharito Shoki, Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuji Okabayashi def. Kazumi Kikuta, Kosuke Sato and Takuya Nomura
• Tatsuya Hanami and Yuya Aoki def. Akira Hyodo and Yuki Ishikawa
• BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship: Kota Sekifuda def. Isami Kokada (c)

Evening
• Ryuji Ito def. Kazumasa Yoshida
• Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto def. Drew Parker and Yuki Ishikawa
• Quiet Storm and Takuho Kato def. Akira Hyodo and Kankuro Hoshino
• Kohei Sato and Ryota Nakatsu def. Kazumi Kikuta and Takuya Nomura
• Kota Sekifuda, Nobuhiro Shimatani and Takato Nakano def. Alejandro, Kazuki Hashimoto and Kosuke Sato
• Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Chicharito Shoki, Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuji Okabayashi def. Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Yuya Aoki

Daichi Hashimoto missed both shows due to a fever. Tatsuhiko Yoshino took his place in the opening match of the afternoon show against Masaki Morihiro and the Yokohama Shopping Street 6-Man Tag Team Championships, which Hashimoto held alongside Hideyoshi Kamitani and Yuya Aoki and were scheduled to be defended in the main event of the evening show, were declared vacant.

Tatsuya Hanami took Hashimoto’s place in the main event of the evening show but it was Chicharito Shoki, Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuji Okabayashi who won the vacant titles.

Kota Sekifuda defeated Isami Kodaka to win the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship in the main event of the afternoon show.

Big Japan will hold a show tomorrow 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 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.

Nakanoue will attempt his fifth defense of the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship against Nomura, meaning Nomura could hold two titles simultaneously.

Speaking of Nomura, GLEAT has uploaded Nomura versus Yu Iizuka in a UWF Rules match onto its YouTube channel.

Takumi Tsukamoto will attempt his second defense of the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship against Drew Parker in the main event.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling will hold a show tomorrow in Nagoya.

The full card is:

• Antonio Honda vs. Yuki Iino
• Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA and Naomi Yoshimura vs. Mad Paulie, Soma Takao and Yuji Hino
• Daisuke Sasaki and Tetsuya Endo vs. MAO and Yuki Ueno
• Danshoku Dieno vs. Intelligent Sensational Grand Passion Mask No. 4 vs. Toru Owashi
• Akito, Toru Owashi and Yukio Naya vs. Kazuki Hirata, Kazusada Higuchi and Saki Akai
• Hideki Okatani, Jun Akiyama and Yusuke Okada vs. Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata and Yuya Koroku

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