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NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING REVEALS FULL G1 CLIMAX 2021 LINEUPS AND MORE FROM JAPAN

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the full cards for its G1 Climax 31 tournament.

The full cards are:

September 18 in EDION Arena Osaka
• Ryohei Oiwa vs. SHO
• A block: Kota Ibushi vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• A block: Great-O-Khan vs. Tanga Loa
• A block: KENTA vs. Toru Yano
• A block: Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• A block: Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii

September 19 in EDION Arena Osaka
• Kosei Fujita vs. SHO
• B block: EVIL vs. YOSHI-HASHI
• B block: Chase Owens vs. Jeff Cobb
• B block: SANADA vs. Tama Tonga
• B block: Hirooki Goto vs. Taichi
• B block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada

September 23 in Ota Ward General Gymnasium
• A block: Great-O-Khan vs. Toru Yano
• A block: KENTA vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• A block: Tanga Loa vs. Tetsuya Naito
• A block: Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
• A block: Shingo Takagi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

September 24 in Ota Ward General Gymnasium
• B block: Hirooki Goto vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
• B block: Chase Owens vs. Tama Tonga
• B block: Jeff Cobb vs. YOSHI-HASHI
• B block: SANADA vs. Taichi
• B block: EVIL vs. Kazuchika Okada

September 26 in Kobe World Kinen Hall
• Kosei Fujita vs. Master Wato
• A block: Great-O-Khan vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• A block: Tanga Loa vs. Toru Yano
• A block: KENTA vs. Tomohiro Ishii
• A block: Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• A block: Shingo Takagi vs. Tetsuya Naito

September 29 in Korakuen Hall
• B block: EVIL vs. Taichi
• B block: Chase Owens vs. SANADA
• B block: Hirooki Goto vs. Jeff Cobb
• B block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tama Tonga
• B block: Kazuchika Okada vs. YOSHI-HASHI

September 30 in Korakuen Hall
• A block: Tanga Loa vs. Tomohiro Ishii
• A block: Great-O-Khan vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• A block: Kota Ibushi vs. Toru Yano
• A block: Tetsuya Naito vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• A block: KENTA vs. Shingo Takagi

October 1 in Hamamatsu Arena
• Ryohei Oiwa vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• B block: Jeff Cobb vs. Tama Tonga
• B block: Chase Owens vs. EVIL
• B block: Taichi vs. YOSHI-HASHI
• B block: Hirooki Goto vs. Kazuchika Okada
• B block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. SANADA

October 3 in Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
• Kosei Fujita vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• A block: Great-O-Khan vs. KENTA
• A block: Tanga Loa vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• A block: Tetsuya Naito vs. Toru Yano
• A block: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• A block: Kota Ibushi vs. Shingo Takagi

October 4 in Korakuen Hall
• B block: Chase Owens vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
• B block: EVIL vs. Tama Tonga
• B block: Jeff Cobb vs. Taichi
• B block: Hirooki Goto vs. YOSHI-HASHI
• B block: Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA

October 7 in Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall
• El Desperado vs. Ryohei Oiwa
• A block: Kota Ibushi vs. Tanga Loa
• A block: Yujiro Takahashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• A block: Shingo Takagi vs. Toru Yano
• A block: Great-O-Khan vs. Tomohiro Ishii
• A block: KENTA vs. Tetsuya Naito

October 8 in Kochi Prefectural Gymnasium
• El Desperado vs. Kosei Fujita
• B block: Tama Tonga vs. YOSHI-HASHI
• B block: Chase Owens vs. Hirooki Goto
• B block: Jeff Cobb vs. SANADA
• B block: EVIL vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
• B block: Kazuchika Okada vs. Taichi

October 9 in EDION Arena Osaka
• El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Kosei Fujita and Ryohei Oiwa
• A block: KENTA vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• A block: Toru Yano vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• A block: Shingo Takagi vs. Tanga Loa
• A block: Great-O-Khan vs. Kota Ibushi
• A block: Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii

October 12 in Xebio Arena Sendai
• Hiromu Takahashi vs. Ryohei Oiwa
• B block: Taichi vs. Tama Tonga
• B block: SANADA vs. YOSHI-HASHI
• B block: Chase Owens vs. Kazuchika Okada
• B block: EVIL vs. Hirooki Goto
• B block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jeff Cobb

October 13 in Xebio Arena Sendai
• Hiromu Takahashi vs. Kosei Fujita
• A block: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• A block: KENTA vs. Tanga Loa
• A block: Toru Yano vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• A block: Great-O-Khan vs. Shingo Takagi
• A block: Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito

October 14 in Yamagata City General Sports Center
• BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi vs. Kosei Fujita and Ryohei Oiwa
• B block: Chase Owens vs. Taichi
• B block: Hirooki Goto vs. SANADA
• B block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. YOSHI-HASHI
• B block: EVIL vs. Jeff Cobb
• B block: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tama Tonga

October 18 in Yokohama Budokan
• A block: Tanga Loa vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• A block: Shingo Takagi vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• A block: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Toru Yano
• A block: Great-O-Khan vs. Tetsuya Naito
• A block: KENTA vs. Kota Ibushi

October 20 in Nippon Budokan
• BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi vs. Kosei Fujita and Ryohei Oiwa
• B block: Hirooki Goto vs. Tama Tonga
• B block: Chase Owens vs. YOSHI-HASHI
• B block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Taichi
• B block: EVIL vs. SANADA
• B block: Jeff Cobb vs. Kazuchika Okada

The match order for the final days of block competition on October 18 in the Yokoham Budokan and October 20 in the Nippon Budokan will be determined by the standings.

New Japan has also announced its Best of the Super Juniors and World Tag League will run concurrently in November and December. The full schedule is:

• November 13 in Korakuen Hall
• November 14 in Korakuen Hall
• November 15 in Korakuen Hall
• November 18 in Nagano Sports Park Multipurpose Gymnasium
• November 19 in Shinshu Sky Park Gymnasium
• November 21 in Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium
• November 23 in Culttz Kawasaki
• November 24 in Korakuen Hall
• November 27 in Fujisawa Municipal Akibadai Cultural Gymnasium
• November 28 in Togane Arena
• November 29 in Korakuen Hall
• November 30 in Korakuen Hall
• December 2 in Wing Hat Kasukabe
• December 3 in Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium
• December 4 in Aimesse Yamanashi
• December 5 in Twin Messe Shizuoka
• December 7 in ZIP Arena Okayama
• December 8 in Yawatahama Citizens Sports Center
• December 9 in Item Ehime
• December 11 in Acrye Himeji
• December 12 in Hiroshima Green Arena
• December 15 in Ry?goku Kokugikan

Lastly, New Japan has announced Alex Zayne, Chris Bey, Jake Atlas and Jonathan Gresham at its STRONG tapings on October 16 and 17 in the legendary 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

All Japan Pro Wrestling

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

The full results were:

• Francesco Akira def. Rising HAYATO
• Takao Omori def. Kikutaro
• Black Menso~re and Kohei Sato def. Dan Tamura and Hikaru Sato
• Hokuto Omori, Jake Lee, TAJIRI and Yusuke Kodama def. Jun Saito, Rei Saito, Ryoma Tsukamoto and Yoshitatsu
• All Asia Tag Team Championships: El Lindaman and T-Hawk def. Izanagi and Zeus (c)
• World Junior Heavyweight Championship: SUGI (c) def. Atsuki Aoyagi
• World Tag Team Championships: Shotaro Ashino and SUWAMA def. Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi (c)

Takao Omori’s mystery opponent was Kikutaro.

El Lindaman and T-Hawk defeated Izanagi and Zeus to win the All Asia Tag Team Championships.

SUGI made his first successful defense of the World Junior Heavyweight Championship against Atsuki Aoyagi. He was challenged by Yusuke Kodama after the bout.

Shotaro Ashino and SUWAMA defeated Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi to win the World Tag Team Championships in the main event.

All Japan has announced the full schedule for its Real World Tag League tournament. The full schedule is:

• November 13 in Korakuen Hall
• November 17 in Hodogaya Public Hall
• November 18 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
• November 23 in EDION Arena Osaka #2
• November 27 in Nagoya Congress Center
• November 28 in Odawara Arena
• December 5 in Korakuen Hall

The fourth Real World Tag League show on November 23 in EDION Arena Osaka #2 will also commemorate Zeus’ fifteenth wrestling anniversary.

As previously reported, All Japan has agreed to bring at least one America-based wrestler to Japan as soon as next month to compete in the tournament. The visa application process is believed to have been successful, which will mark the first time an international wrestler has competed in the company since last February – before the start of the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic and the introduction of international travel restrictions – barring those who opted to stay in Japan (such as Francesco Akira).

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1’s Oki Okidata and Shinjiro Otani held a press conference today to announce ZERO1 has ceased its working relationship with GLEAT due to alleged contract tampering involving Hayato Tamura.

After Tamura left JUST TAP OUT Professional Wrestling in January to become a freelancer, Okidata said ZERO1 signed a memorandum of understanding with Alpha Japan Promotion – Tamura’s agency.

Later, Okidata explained, he received a message that Tamura had entered negotiations with GLEAT to join the promotion in a full-time capacity. After that, Tamura stopped all communication with ZERO1.

Okidata said GLEAT president and CEO Hiroyuki Suzuki confirmed the mutual interest between GLEAT and Tamura, but Suzuki also called Tamura’s behaviour wrong and unreasonable.

Okidata compared the situation to a person pulling a knife on someone who had been a good friend.

As a result of ceasing its working relationship with GLEAT, ZERO1 has stripped El Lindaman of the ZERO1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship and ZERO1 World Junior Heavyweight Championship.

Otani apologised to El Lindaman and Suzuki, as well as CIMA, Issei Onitsuka and T-Hawk (all of whom have also wrestled in ZERO1 this year), and thanked Soma Watanabe, Takanori Ito and Yu Iizuka for competing in ZERO1.

The winner of ZERO1’s Tenka-Ichi Junior tournament, the semifinals (Fuminori Abe versus Hide Kubota and Junta Miyawaki versus Shoki Kitamura) and final of which will take place at ZERO1’s show on September 9 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, will win the vacant ZERO1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship and ZERO1 World Junior Heavyweight Championship.

While Okidata never specified when Tamura stopped communicating with ZERO1, he last wrestled for the company at its show on May 30 in Korakuen Hall. Tamura then debuted at GLEAT’s show on June 14 in Basement Monstar.

Tamura has heavily featured in GLEAT since his debut, losing to El Lindaman at its show on July 1 in Tokyo Dome City Hall and later forming an alliance with Ryuichi Kawakami at its show on August 4 in Shinjuku FACE.

In other news, the full card has been announced for Big Japan Pro Wrestling and ZERO1’s co-promoted show on October 14 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.

The full card is:

• Drew Parker, Kota Sekifuda and Yuki Ishikawa vs. Shoki Kitamura, Takumi Baba and Takuya Sugawara
• Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Genta Hiriki and Junya Matsunaga
• Kazumasa Yoshida and Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Shinjiro Otani and Yuya Aoki
• Kazuki Hashimoto and Takuya Nomura vs. Satsuki Nagao and Takafumi
• Hartley Jackson vs. Kosuke Sato
• Chris Vice vs. Yuji Okabayashi
• Akira Hyodo and Kankuro Hoshino vs. Daisuke Sekimoto and Masato Tanaka

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate will hold its fourth Storm Gate 2021 tour show tomorrow in Korakuen Hall.

The full card is:

• BxB Hulk, H.Y.O and Kaito Ishida vs. Dragon Kid, Keisuke Okuda and Naruki Doi
• Jason Lee and Kota Minoura vs. Kagetora and YAMATO
• Don Fujii, Ultimo Dragon and Yasushi Kanda vs. Funky Jacky Kamei, Punch Tominaga and U-T
• Genki Horiguchi, King Shimizu and Susumu Yokosuka vs. Strong Machine G, Strong Machine J and ‘X’
• Dia Inferno, Diamante and Eita vs.  Genki Horiguchi, King Shimizu and Susumu Yokosuka
• Ben-K vs. KAI vs, Masaaki Mochizuki

A new Strong Machine character will debut in the fourth match, teaming with Strong Machine G and Strong Machine J against Genki Horiguchi, King Shimizu and Susumu Yokosuka.

The winner of the main event will challenge YAMATO for the Open the Dream Gate Championship at Dragon Gate’s show on September 20 in Ota City General Gymnasium, which will be YAMATO’s first defense of the title.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling has announced wrestling legend Jun Akiyama will team with Yoshihiko – an inflatable sex doll – against HARASHIMA and Kazuki Hirata at its show on September 26 in Korakuen Hall.

Akiyama will then lead his Junrestu stablemates Hideki Okatani, Mizuki Watase and Yusuke Okada as they challenge Akito, Hiroshi Yamato, Keigo Nakamura and Yoshiaki Yatsu for the KO-D 8-Man Tag Team Championships. It will be the champions’ first defense of the titles.

DDT has announced three new matches for its show on September 16 in Asakusa.

The matches are:

• Mad Paulie and Yuji Hino vs. Naomi Yoshimura and Yusuke Okada
• Antonio Honda and Yuki Ueno vs. Toru Owashi and Yoshihiko
• Danshoku Dieno and Yuki Iino vs. Mizuki Watase and Sanshiro Takagi

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