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NEW JAPAN SUMMER STRUGGLE TOUR LINEUPS, SUPER JUNIOR TAG LEAGUE, FMW-E ANNOUNCES WOMEN'S DEATH MATCH TOURNAMENT AND MORE FROM JAPAN

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New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the full cards for its Summer Struggle tour shows on July 27, 30, 31 and August 1 in Korakuen Hall, the return of its Super Junior Tag League tournament and three title matches the third night of Wrestle Grand Slam on September 5 in the MetLife Dome.

The full Summer Strouggle tour show cards are:

July 27 in Korakuen Hall
• Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima and Yuji Nagata vs. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma and Yota Tsuji
• El Phantasmo, Jado and Taiji Ishimori vs. Robbie Eagles, Tiger Mask and Yuya Uemura
• Chase Owens, Gedo and Yujiro Takahashi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada and Toru Yano
• El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki, Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Hirooki Goto, SHO, Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI and YOH
• BUSHI and Shingo Takagi vs. Dick Togo and EVIL

July 30 in Korakuen Hall
• Satoshi Kojima, Tiger Mask and Yuji Nagata vs. Togi Makabe, Yota Tsuji and Yuya Uemura
• Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Kazuchika Okada, SHO and YOH
• Chase Owens and Gedo vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Toru Yano
• DOUKI, Minoru Suzuki, Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Hirooki Goto, Robbie Eagles, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI
• Elimination: BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito vs. El Phantasmo, EVIL, Taiji Ishimori and Yujiro Takahashi

July 31 in Korakuen Hall
• Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma vs. Yota Tsuji and Yuji Nagata
• Chase Owens, El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano and Yuya Uemura
• Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Kazuchika Okada, Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask
• BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito vs. Dick Togo, EVIL, Gedo and Yujiro Takahashi
• Elimination: El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki, Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Hirooki Goto, SHO, Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI and YOH

August 1 in Korakuen Hall
• Kazuchika Okada vs. Yuya Uemura
• Tetsuya Naito vs. Yota Tsuji
• Chase Owens, El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori vs. SHO, Toru Yano and YOH
• BUSHI, SANADA and Shingo Takagi vs. Dick Togo, EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi
• NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki, Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.

Yota Tsuji and Yuya Uemura will leave New Japan on excursion after their singles matches on August 1.

The Super Junior Tag League will take place from across five shows in August, with six teams competing in the tournament. The full field is:

• Dick Togo and Gedo
• El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori
• Master Wato and Ryusuke Taguchi
• Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask
• SHO and YOH

The full tournament schedule is:

August 7 in Korakuen Hall
• Super Junior Tag League: Dick Togo and Gedo vs. Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask
• Super Junior Tag League: El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Master Wato and Ryusuke Taguchi
• Super Junior Tag League: El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori vs. SHO and YOH

August 8 in Korakuen Hall
• Super Junior Tag League: Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask vs. SHO and YOH
• Super Junior Tag League: El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori vs. Master Wato and Ryusuke Taguchi
• Super Junior Tag League: Dick Togo and Gedo vs. El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru

August 9 in Korakuen Hall
• Super Junior Tag League: El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask
• Super Junior Tag League: Master Wato and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. SHO and YOH
• Super Junior Tag League: Dick Togo and Gedo vs. El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori

August 16 in Korakuen Hall
• Super Junior Tag League: El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori vs. Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask
• Super Junior Tag League: Dick Togo and Gedo vs. Master Wato and Ryusuke Taguchi
• Super Junior Tag League: El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. SHO and YOH

August 17 in Korakuen Hall
• Super Junior Tag League: Master Wato and Rysuke Taguchi vs. Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask
• Super Junior Tag League: Dick Togo and Gedo vs. SHO and YOH
• Super Junior Tag League: El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori

Lastly, New Japan has announced three title matches the third night of Wrestle Grand Slam on September 5 in the MetLife Dome.

Robbie Eagles will attempt his first defense of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against Hiromu Takahashi.

Eagles defeated El Desperado to win the title yesterday at the first night of Wrestle Grand Slam in the Tokyo Dome, but Takahashi announced at the start of the show that he would challenge the winner.

Takahashi held the title earlier this year but was forced to vacate it in February due to a left pectoral injury. Unless he wrestles on the upcoming Summer Struggle (which is entirely possible even if he is not scheduled to compete on the first four shows), then his title match against Eagles will be his first bout since February 19.

One small footnote worth keeping in mind: on the first night of New Japan’s Road to Tokyo Dome tour on December 19, 2019, which was Takahashi’s first match in nearly 18 months due to a neck injury, Eagles surprisingly pinned Takahashi.

Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. will attempt their first defense of the IWGP Tag Team Championships in a rare three-way tag team match against Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI as well as SANADA and Tetsuya Naito.

In the presumed main event, Shingo Takagi will attempt his second defense of the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against EVIL.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling held a show today in Shinjuku FACE produced by DAMNATION.

The full results were:

• Chon Shiryu def. Darkunesu K
• Hiroshi Yamato def. Kikutaro
• Tetsuya Endo def. Leo Isaka
• Daiki Shimomura and Shigehiro Irie def. Nobuhiro Shimatani and Soma Takao
• Kohei Sato, Mad Paulie and Yuji Hino def. Keizo Matsuda, Kengo Mashimo and Masashi Takeda
• Minoru Fujita def. Daisuke Sasaki

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate has announced Masato Yoshino will team with Naruki Doi against BxB Hulk and Eita in his retirement match at the second night of the Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival on August 1 in Kobe World Kinen Hall.

Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Explosion

Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Explosion has announced it will hold an eight-woman deathmatch tournament through the rest of 2021.

Two first round matches will take place on September 12 and the remaining two first round matches will take place on October 24.

The semi-finals will take place on November 21 and the final will take place on December 19.

Four wrestlers have been confirmed for the tournament so far: Akane Fujita, An Chamu, Risa Sera and Suzu Suzuki.

In May, FMW-E founder Atsushi Onita appointed Suzuki as his successor.

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