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New Japan Pro Wrestling

BUSHI, Dick Togo, EVIL, Gedo, SANADA, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito and Yujiro Takahashi all missed New Japan Pro Wrestling’s sixteenth Summer Struggle tour show today in Korakuen Hall due to the company’s COVID-19 protocols.

BUSHI and Takagi recorded a fever upon arrival to New Japan’s fourteenth Summer Struggle tour show two days ago in Shizuoka and were held off the show.

Both wrestlers were also held off New Japan’s fifteenth Summer Struggle tour show yesterday in Korakuen Hall, as well as the other six who were deemed to be in close contact with BUSHI and Takagi.

The full results from today’s show were:

• Great-O-Khan def. Tomoaki Honma
• Togi Makabe and Toru Yano def. Chase Owens and Jado
• DOUKI, Minoru Suzuki, Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. def. Hirooki Goto, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima and YOSHI-HASHI
• Super Junior Tag League: Master Wato and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask
• Super Junior Tag League: El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru def. El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori

El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru defeated El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori, the holders of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships, in the main event to win the Super Junior Tag League. One could reasonably expect a match for the titles to take place very soon.

Following today’s show, the final Super Junior Tag League standings are:

1. El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru (4-1 record): 8 points
2. El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori (4-1 record): 8 points
3. Master Wato and Ryusuke Taguchi (3-2 record): 6 points
4. Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask (3-2 record): 6 points
5. Dick Togo and Gedo (0-5 record): 0 points
-. SHO and YOH (0-5 record): 0 points

New Japan held a television taping for its STRONG brand last night in Thunder Studio in Long Beach, California. The full results from the taping can be read on PWInsider here.

New Japan star Will Ospreay is set to make his in-ring return at British promotion Revolution Pro Wrestling’s ninth anniversary show on August 21 in Manchester.

Ospreay will defend the Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship against Doug Williams.

Ospreay has been out of action since he suffered a neck injury in May. Due to the injury, he was forced to vacate the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship and has not wrestled since.

He made a surprise return at New Japan’s Resurgence show on August 14 in The Torch at L.A. Coliseum, Los Angeles, California. He announced he is now medically cleared to compete but will not compete in the upcoming G1 Climax tournament, as well as that New Japan’s America-based STRONG brand will be his new home.

Amid speculation that he could face Jon Moxley at All Elite Wrestling’s All Out pay-per-view on September 5 in the Now Arena, Hiroshi Tanahashi posted on Twitter that he is scheduled to travel back to Japan tomorrow.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the full cards for its Hokkaido tour shows on September 15, 16, 17 and 18.

The full cards are:

September 15
• Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Kazumi Kikuta
• Abdullah Kobayashi, Jaki Numazawa and Kazumasa Yoshida vs. Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Yuichi Taniguchi
• Akira Hyodo and Kankuro Hoshino vs. Kota Sekifuda and Yuya Aoki
• Daichi Hashimoto and Kosuke Sato vs. Kazuki Hashimoto and Yuya Aoki
• Hiroyuki Suzuki and Takuho Kato vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuji Okabayashi
• Deathmatch: Drew Parker and Yuko Miyamoto vs. Ryuji Ito and Yuki Ishikawa

September 16
• Kosuke Sato vs. Kota Sekifuda
• Hiroyuki Suzuki and Takuho Kato vs. Kazuki Hashimoto and Takuya Nomura
• Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Yuichi Taniguchi vs. Kazumasa Yoshida, Yuji Okabayashi and Yuya Aoki
• Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Daisuke Sekimoto and Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Abdullah Kobayashi and Jaki Numazawa vs. Kankuro Hoshino and Yuko Miyamoto
• Deathmatch: Akira Hyodo and Drew Parker vs. Ryuji Ito and Yuki Ishikawa

September 17
• Kosuke Sato vs. Yuichi Taniguchi
• Abdullah Kobayashi and Jaki Numazawa vs. Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu
• Kazuki Hashimoto and Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Kota Sekifuda and Yuji Okabayashi
• Daisuke Sekimoto and Kazumi Kikuta vs. Takuya Nomura and Yuya Aoki
• Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Hiroyuki Suzuki and Takuho Kato
• Deathmatch: Akira Hyodo, Kankuro Hoshino and Ryuji Ito vs. Drew Parker, Yuki Ishikawa and Yuko Miyamoto

September 18
• Kazumasa Yoshida and Yuya Aoki vs. Kazuki Hashimoto and Kazumi Kikuta
• Akira Hyodo and Kankuro Hoshino vs. Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu
• Abdullah Kobayashi, Jaki Numazawa and Ryuji Ito vs. Drew Parker, Yuki Ishikawa and Yuko Miyamoto
• Kosuke Sato vs. Takuya Nomura
• Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Hiroyuki Suzuki and Takuho Kato
• Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Kota Sekifuda and Yasufumi Nakanoue

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling will hold the second night of its Royal Road tournament tomorrow in Yokohama.

The full card is:

• Black Menso~re, Dan Tamura, Devil Murasaki, Izanagi and Takao Omori vs. Jun Saito, Rei Saito, Ryoma Tsukamoto, Ryuki Honda and Yuma Aoyagi
• Royal Road: Atuski Aoyagi vs. TAJIRI
• Royal Road: Francesco Akira vs. Shuji Ishikawa
• Royal Road: Shigehiro Irie vs. Yoshitatsu
• Royal Road: Ayato Yoshida vs. Hokuto Omori
• Royal Road: Shotaro Ashino vs. Zeus
• Royal Road: Abdullah Kobayashi vs. SUWAMA
• Royal Road: Kento Miyahara vs. T-Hawk
• Royal Road: Jake Lee vs. Koji Iwamoto

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.

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