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OSPREAY RETURNS, NEW JAPAN RESURGENCE, NOAH HEADING TO BUDOKAN HALL AND MORE FROM JAPAN

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its Resurgence show last night in The Torch at L.A. Coliseum, Los Angeles, California.

The full results were:

• Barrett Brown, Bateman and Misterioso def. Jordan Clearwater, Kevin Knight and The DKC
• Karl Fredericks def. Alex Coughlin
• Clark Connors, Ren Narita and TJP def. Fred Rosser, Rocky Romero and Wheeler Yuta
• Adrian Quest, Chris Dickinson, Fred Yehi, Lio Rush and Yuya Uemura def. “Filthy” Tom Lawlor, Danny Limelight, Jorel Nelson, JR Kratos and Royce Isaacs
• Juice Robinson def. HIKULEO
• Tomohiro Ishii def. Moose
• Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson def. Jon Moxley and Yuji Nagata
• NEVER Openweight Championship: Jay White (c) def. David Finlay
• IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship: Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Lance Archer (c)

The biggest news coming out of the show was the surprise return of former IWGP World Heavyweight Championship holder Will Ospreay.

Ospreay has been out of action since he was forced to vacate the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship in May due to a neck injury. He announced he is now medically cleared to compete but will not compete in the upcoming G1 Climax tournament.

Holding what he called the “real” title, Ospreay said that current IWGP World Heavyweight Championship holder Shingo Takagi (more news on him later) is an interim champion.

Ospreay teased the possibility of appearing in other promotions, alluding to the forbidden door between New Japan and the likes of All Elite Wrestling and Impact Wrestling (without naming any specific companies, other than shutting down an “A-E-DUB” chant).

Ospreay declared New Japan’s STRONG brand will be his new home and went on a tirade against New Japan’s Los Angeles-based dojo. Clark Connors and Karl Fredericks took exception to Ospreay’s comments but were held back by security.

Yuya Uemura declared he is no longer a young lion backstage after the second match.

Moose teased backstage that he will return to New Japan’s STRONG brand after the fourth match.

Jon Moxley’s mystery partner was revealed to be Yuji Nagata, but the duo came up short against Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson. The winners were then confronted by their former Bullet Club stalemates Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa.

Jay White made his first successful defense of the NEVER Openweight Championship against David Finlay. White called himself the “real belt collector” – a not-so-subtle shot at AEW megastar Kenny Omega.

Tomohiro Ishii came to the ring to signal his intention to challenge White for the title next.

Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Lance Archer to win the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship in the main event. Moxley was seated ringside for the match.

New Japan announced during the show that it will hold two more shows in southern California in November – Battle in the Valley on November 13 in San Jose and Detonation on November 15 in the Riverside Municipal Auditorium.

Back in Japan, New Japan held its fourteenth Summer Struggle tour show today in Fujisan Messe, without IWGP World Heavyweight Championship holder Takagi.

BUSHI and Takagi missed today’s show due to both having a fever. They were scheduled to team with SANADA and Tetsuya Naito against Dick Togo, EVIL, Gedo and Yujiro Takahashi in the main event.

It is worth remembering Takagi is scheduled to attempt his second defense of the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against EVIL at the third night of Wrestle Grand Slam on September 5 in the MetLife Dome.

The full results from today’s show, which was also delayed for two hours due to heavy rain, were:

• Satoshi Kojima and Tiger Mask def. Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma
• El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru def. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato and Ryusuke Taguchi
• SANADA and Tetsuya Naito def. EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi
• Chase Owens, El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori def. SHO, Toru Yano and YOH
• Hirooki Goto, Robbie Eagles and YOSHI-HASHI def. DOUKI, Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.

New Japan will hold its fifteenth Summer Struggle tour show tomorrow, with BUSHI and Takagi scheduled to compete as of the publishing of this article, in Korakuen Hall. The full card is:

• DOUKI, Minoru Suzuki, Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Hirooki Goto, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima and YOSHI-HASHI
• BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito vs. Chase Owens, EVIL, Jado and Yujiro Takahashi
• 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

Going into the show, the current Super Junior Tag League standings are:

1. El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori (3-0 record): 6 points
-. Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask (3-0 record): 6 points
3. El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru (2-1 record): 4 points
4. Master Wato and Ryusuke Taguchi (1-2 record): 2 points
5. Dick Togo and Gedo (0-3 record): 0 points
-. SHO and YOH (0-3 record): 0 points

New Japan will also hold a STRONG television taping tomorrow in Thunder Studio in Long Beach, California.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH will return to the Nippon Budokan on January 1, 2022.

It will be NOAH’s second show in the historic venue in 12 months after Destination 2021 on February 12, which was headlined by Keiji Mutoh defeating Go Shiozaki to win the GHC Heavyweight Championship.

For more reading on the history between NOAH and the Nippon Budokan, check out Aiden O’Brien’s article covering the subject on the Nearfalls Media website here.

NOAH held a show today in Kawasaki.

The full results were:

• Kendo Kashin vs. Shuhei Taniguchi – Double Countout
• Kendo Kashin def. Shuhei Taniguchi
• Masa Kitamiya def. Daiki Inaba
• Akitoshi Saito, Masao Inoue, Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi def. Junta Miyawaki, Kai Fujimura, Kinya Okada and Yasutaka Yano
• Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada def. Ikuto Hidaka and Kotaro Suzuki
• Kaito Kiyomiya def. Hajime Ohara
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu (c) def. Aleja and Tadasuke
• Daisuke Nakamura, Kazushi Sakuraba, Kazuyuki Fujita and Kendo Kashin def. Haoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh and Manabu Soya
• HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa def. Marufuji and NOSAWA Rongai
• GHC National Championship and World Heavyweight Championship: Takashi Sugiura def. Masato Tanaka

Kendo Kashin defeated Shuhei Taniguchi (after an initial double countout) to earn a place in the upcoming N-1 Victory tournament. He will replace Kazunari Murakami, who will miss the tournament due to a left sciatic nerve injury, and compete in B block against Daiki Inaba, Kenoh and Masaaki Mochizuki.

Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu made their first successful defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships against Aleja and Tadasuke.

Takashi Sugiura defeated Masato Tanaka to make his second successful defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship and win Pro Wrestling ZERO1’s World Heavyweight Championship in the title-versus-title main event.

NOAH has announced two new matches for its show on September 3 in Yokohama Radiant Hall. The announced matches are:

• Atsushi Kotoge, Hajime Ohara and Junta Miyawaki vs. Seiki Yoshioka, Yoshinari Ogawa and Yuya Susumu
• Daisuke Harada vs. Tadasuke

NOAH has announced the full card for its show on September 6 in Shinjuku FACE. The full card is:

• Junta Miyawaki and Kinya Okada vs. Kai Fujimura and Yasutaka Yano
• Ikuto Hidaka vs. Mohammed Yone
• Manabu Soya vs. Shuhei Taniguchi
• Elimination: Akitoshi Saito, Daiki Inaba, Kaito Kiyomiya and Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Kenoh, Kotaro Suzuki, Masa Kitamiya and Takashi Sugiura

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling started its Royal Road tournament today with two shows in Shinjuku FACE.

The full results were:

Afternoon
• Shuji Ishikawa def. Jun Saito
• Ayato Yoshida def. Black Menso~re
• Zeus def. Seigo Tachibana
• Atsuki Aoyagi def. Takao Omori
• T-Hawk def. Rising HAYATO
• Kento Miyahara def. Yusuke Kodama
• Shigehiro Irie def. Kuma Arashi
• Jake Lee def. SUGI

Evening
• SUWAMA def. Rei Saito
• Francesco Akira def. Izanagi
• Hokuto Omori def. Ryuki Honda
• TAJIRI def. Devil Murasaki
• Yoshitatsu def. Hikaru Sato
• Abdullah Kobayashi def. Dan Tamura
• Koji Iwamoto def. Koji Doi
• Shotaro Ashino def. Yuma Aoyagi

The second round will take place at All Japan’s show on August 18 in Yokohama. The updated bracket is:

Left bracket
• Jake Lee vs. Koji Iwamoto
• Hokuto Omori vs. Ayato Yoshida
• Atsuki Aoyagi vs. TAJIRI
• Zeus vs. Shotaro Ashino

Right bracket
• Abdullah Kobayashi vs. SUWAMA
• Shigehiro Irie vs. Yoshitatsu
• Kento Miyahara vs. T-Hawk
• Shuji Ishikawa vs. Francesco Akira

The semifinals will take place on August 24 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring and the final will take place on August 29 in Korkauen Hall.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling held a show today in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

• Hideki Okatani def. Mizuki Watase
• Antonio Honda, Chris Brookes, Danshoku Dieno and Keigo Nakamura def. HARASHIMA, Kazuki Hirata, Naomi Yoshimura and Toru Owashi
• HARASHIMA, Kazuki Hirata, Naomi Yoshimura and Toru Owashi def. Antonio Honda, Chris Brookes, Danshoku Dieno and Keigo Nakamura
• Yuki Iino and Yukio Naya def. Sanshiro Takagi and Shiro Koshinaka
• Soma Takao, Tetsuya Endo and Yuji Hino def. Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi and Yuya Koroku
• Akito and Yuki Ueno def. Daisuke Sasaki and Mad Paulie
• DDT Extreme Championship: Shinya Aoki (c) def. MAO
• KO-D Tag Team Championships: Konosuke Takeshita and Shunma Katsumata (c) def. Jun Akiyama and Yusuke Okada

Shinya Aoki made his first successful defense of the DDT Extreme Championship against MAO. He was challenged by Kazuki Hirata afterwards.

Konosuke Takeshita and Shunma Katsumata made their first successful defense of the KO-D Tag Team Championships against Jun Akiyama and Yusuke Okada in the main event.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held a show today in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.

The full results were:

• Kota Sekifuda and Tatsuhiko Yoshino def. Kazuki Hashimoto and Kosuke Sato
• Kazumi Kikuta and Yuya Aoki def. Hiroyuki Suzuki and Takuho Kato
• Deathmatch: Drew Parker and Yuki Ishikawa def. Jaki Numazawa and Ryuji Ito
• Deathmatch: Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto def. Akira Hyodo and Kankuro Hoshino
• Deathmatch: Yuko Miyamoto def. Minoru Fujita
• Yasufumi Nakanoue def. Ryota Hama
• BJW Tag Team Championships: Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani def. Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura (c)

Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani defeated Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura to win the BJW Tag Team Championships in the main event.

Big Japan held another show earlier in the day also in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring for fans who donated to the company’s crowdsourcing campaign on CAMPFIRE last year. Yuki Ishikawa defeated Akira Hyodo in a deathmatch in the main event, and Drew Parker came out afterwards to nominate Ishikawa as his next challenger for Game Changer Wrestling’s GCW Ultraviolent Championship.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its sixth and seventh The Gate of Adventure 2021 tour shows today in Fukuoka.

The full results were:

Afternoon
• Kota Minoura and Shun Skywalker def. King Shimizu and U-T
• Dragon Dia and Jason Lee def. Problem Dragon and Ryo Saito
• BxB Hulk, Diamante, H.Y.O, KAI and Kaito Ishida def. Don Fujii, Masaaki Mochizuki, Naruki Doi, Shachihoko Boy and Ultimo Dragon
• Ben-K and Keisuke Okuda def. Eita and SB KENTo via DQ
• Dragon Kid, Kagetora and YAMATO def. Genki Horiguchi, Kzy and Susumu Yokosuka

Evening
• Dragon Kid, Kagetora and Keisuke Okuda def. Kzy, Susumu Yokosuka and U-T
• Shachihoko Boy and Ultimo Dragon def. Don Fujii and Problem Dragon
• Genki Horiguchi and King Shimizu def. Naruki Doi and Ryo Saito
• Ben-K, Masaaki Mochizuki and YAMATO def. BxB Hulk, KAI and SB KENTo
• Dragon Dia, Jason Lee, Kota Minoura and Shun Skywalker def. Diamante, Eita, H.Y.O and Kaito Ishida

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