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NOAH THE UNIVERSAL DEBUTING TOMORROW, DRAGON GATE STORM GATE. ALL JAPAN STAR TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 AND MORE FROM JAPAN

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced the debut of NOAH the UNIVERSAL, a new series which will air on WRESTLE UNIVERSE specifically produced for international fans.

The first episode will air on September 7 at 6pm PDT, 9pm EST, September 8 at 2am BST, 10am JST. In a fascinating twist, it will consist of four matches taped in Japan and two matches taped in Mexico.

The full card is:

• Kai Fujimura vs. Yasutaka Yano
• Haoh and Nioh vs. Kaito Kiyomiya and Masa Kitamiya
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Junta Miyawaki vs. Kotaro Suzuki, NOSAWA Rongai and YO-HEY
• Aster Boy, Freelance and Puma de Oro vs. Dick Angelo 3G, Fulgor I and Toxin
• DMT Azul and Puma King vs. El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. and Galeno del Mal
• Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh vs. Naomichi Marufuji and Takashi Sugiura

In case it is not obvious, the two matches taped in Mexico are Aster Boy, Freelance and Puma de Oro versus Dick Angelo 3G, Fulgor I and Toxin plus DMT Azul and Puma King versus El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. and Galeno del Mal.

The announcement coincides with the launch of NOAH’s English Twitter account, which can be viewed here.

NOAH also held a show today in Shinjuku FACE. The full results were:

• Junta Miyawaki and Kinya Okada def. Kai Fujimura and Yasutaka Yano
• Mohammed Yone def. Ikuto Hidaka
• Manabu Soya def. Shuhei Taniguchi
• HAYATA, Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu def. Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Hajime Ohara
• Elimination: Kenoh, Kotaro Suzuki, Masa Kitamiya and Takashi Sugiura def. Akitoshi Saito, Daiki Inaba, Kaito Kiyomiya and Katsuhiko Nakajima

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its third Storm Gate 2021 tour show today in Yokohama Hodogaya Kokaido.

The full results were:

• Dragon Dia, Jason Lee and La Estrella def. Funky Jacky Kamei, Genki Horiguchi and Susumu Yokosuka
• Ho Ho Lun and Naruki Doi def. Ultimo Dragon and Yasushi Kanda
• Ben-K, Keisuke Okuda and Masaaki Mochizuki def. BxB Hulk, KAI and H.Y.O
• Kota Minoura and Shun Skywalker def. King Shimizu and U-T
• Dragon Kid, Kagetora, Strong Machine J and YAMATO def. Dia Inferno, Diamante, Eita and Kaito Ishida

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling’s Koji Iwamoto has tested positive for COVID-19.

Ryuki Hondi and Shuji Ishikawa have been deemed in close contact and all three men will miss All Japan’s shows on September 7 in Korakuen Hall (tomorrow), September 10 in Shimane and September 12 in Fukuoka.

The trio most recently teamed against CIMA, Kaz Hayashi and Minoru Tanaka at GLEAT’s show on September 1 in Shinjuku FACE. Due to also being deemed in close contact with Iwamoto, GLEAT has elected to cancel its upcoming show on September 11 in Osaka due to CIMA, Hayashi and Tanaka being unavailable.

The updated card for tomorrow’s show is:

• Francesco Akira vs. Rising HAYATO
• Takao Omori vs. ‘X’
• Black Menso~re and Kohei Sato vs. Dan Tamura and Hikaru Sato
• Hokuto Omori, Jake Lee, TAJIRI and Yusuke Kodama vs. Jun Saito, Rei Saito, Ryoma Tsukamoto and Yoshitatsu
• All Asia Tag Team Championships: Izanagi and Zeus (c) vs. El Lindaman and T-Hawk
• World Junior Heavyweight Championship: SUGI (c) vs. Atsuki Aoyagi
• World Tag Team Championships: Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi (c) vs. Shotaro Ashino and SUWAMA

Izanagi and Zeus will attempt their seventh defense of the All Asia Tag Team Championships against El Lindaman and T-Hawk.

SUGI will attempt his first defense of the World Junior Heavyweight Championship against Atsuki Aoyagi.

Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi will attempt their fifth defense of the World Tag Team Championships against Shotaro Ashino and SUWAMA.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Jon Moxley defeated New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Satoshi Kojima last night at All Elite Wrestling’s All Out pay-per-view last night in the NOW Arena.

After the match, however, New Japan’s Minoru Suzuki made a surprise appearance. Moxley and Suzuki exchanged blows until a signature piledriver from Suzuki left Moxley laying in a heap.

Suzuki will face Moxley on AEW’s weekly Dynamite show on Wednesday, September 8. New Japan fans will remember Moxley and Suzuki’s fantastic match at The New Beginning In Osaka last February.

New Japan has uploaded a new interview with IWGP World Heavyweight Championship holder Shingo Takagi after his second successful defense of the title against EVIL at the third Wrestle Grand Slam show yesterday in the MetLife Dome and ahead of the G1 Climax.

Topics discussed include his reaction to facing Kota Ibushi and Tetsuya Naito in A block, who he would like to face from B block in the tournament final and his thoughts on Will Ospreay. The full interview can be read here.

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