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PRO WRESTLING NOAH KICKS OFF N-1 VICTORY TOURNAMENT, ONITA VS. SHADOW WX HEADLINES FMW-E AND MORE FROM JAPAN

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH began its N-1 Victory tournament today in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

• Aleja, Haoh and Tadasuke def. Junta Miyawaki, Kai Fujimura and Yasutaka Yano
• N-1 Victory D block: Kazuyuki Fujita def. Masa Kitamiya
• N-1 Victory B block: Kendo Kashin def. Kenoh
• GHC Junior Tag Team Championships: Atsushi Kotoge and Hajime Ohara def. Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu (c)
• N-1 Victory C block: Masato Tanaka def. Katsuhiko Nakajima
• N-1 Victory A block: Keiji Mutoh vs. Takashi Sugiura – Time Limit Draw (30 minutes)

Following today’s show, the updated N-1 Victory standings are:

A block
1. Keiji Mutoh (0-0-1 record): 1 point
-. Takashi Sugiura (0-0-1 record): 1 point
3. Kaito Kiyomiya (0-0 record): 0 points
-. Manabu Soya (0-0 record): 0 points

B block
1. Kendo Kashin (1-0 record): 2 points
2. Daiki Inaba (0-0 record): 0 points
-. Masaaki Mochizuki (0-0 record): 0 points
4. Kenoh (0-1 record): 0 points

C block
1. Masato Tanaka (1-0 record): 2 points
2. Kazushi Sakuraba (0-0 record): 0 points
-. Kotaro Suzuki (0-0 record): 0 points
4. Katsuhiko Nakajima (0-1 record): 0 points

D block
1. Kazuyuki Fujita (1-0 record): 2 points
2 Akitoshi Saito (0-0 record): 0 points
-. Masakatsu Funaki (0-0 record): 0 points
4. Masa Kitamiya (0-1 record): 0 points

Atsushi Kotoge and Hajime Ohara defeated Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu to win the the GHC Junior Tag Team Championships.

NOSAWA Rongai came to the ring afterwards and challenged Kotoge and Ohara for the titles on behalf of Eita and himself. The match, which will be the champions’ first defense of the titles, will take place at NOAH’s show on October 10 in EDION Arena Osaka.

Before then, Eita will face Kotoge in a singles match at NOAH’s show on October 3 in Korakuen Hall. Daisuke Harada and Junta Miyawaki versus HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa has also been announced for the show.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling held a show today in Fukuoka.

The full results were:

• Akito def. Yuki Ueno & Yukio Naya
• Mecha Mummy, Pokotan and Yoshihiko def. Antonio Honda, Sanshiro Takagi and Toru Owashi
• Daisuke Sasaki, Soma Takao, Tetsuya Endo and Yuji Hino def. Chris Brookes, Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Sakaguchi and Yuya Koroku
• Saki Akai def. Yuna Manase
• DDT Extreme Championship: Shinya Aoki (c) def. Kazuki Hirata
• HARASHIMA, MAO, Naomi Yoshimura and Yuto Aijima def. Azul Dragon, Hideki Okatani, Jun Akiyama and Yusuke Okada
• KO-D Tag Team Championships: Konosuke Takeshita and Shunma Katsumata (c) def. Danshoku Dieno and Yuki Iino

Shinya Aoki made his second successful defense of the DDT Extreme Championship against Kazuki Hirata.

Konosuke Takeshita and Shunma Katsumata made their second successful defense of the KO-D Tag Team Championships against Danshoku Dieno and Yuki Iino in the main event.

HARASHIMA and Naomi Yoshimura challenged them for the titles afterwards. The match, which will be the champions’ third defense of the titles, will take place at DDT’s show on October 12 in Korakuen Hall.

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling held a show today in Fukuoka.

The full results were:

• Shotaro Ashino def. Rei Saito
• Fuminori Abe and Francesco Akira def. Hikaru Sato and Ryoma Tsukamoto
• Takao Omori def. Jun Saito
• AJPW TV 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Carbell Ito, Seigo Tachibana and Yoshitatsu (c) def. Black Menso~re, El Brave and Koji Niizumi
• Izanagi and Zeus def. Dan Tamura and SUWAMA
• Atsuki Aoyagi, Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi def. Hokuto Omori, Jake Lee and TAJIRI

Carbell Ito, Seigo Tachibana and Yoshitatsu made their second successful defense of the AJPW TV 6-Man Tag Team Championships against Black Menso~re, El Brave and Koji Niizumi.

Takao Omori announced backstage that he will compete in the upcoming Real World Tag League. It will mark the first time he has participated in the tournament since 2018.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its sixth Storm Gate 2021 tour show today in Takaoka Ecoeur.

The full results were:

• BxB Hulk, Diamante and SB KENTo def. Dragon Dia, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker
• King Shimizu and U-T def. Don Fujii and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Naruki Doi, Punch Tominaga and Takashi Yoshida def. Ryo Saito, Ultimo Dragon and Yasushi Kanda
• Jason Lee and Kota Minoura def. Funky Jacky Kamei and Susumu Yokosuka
• Ben-K, Dragon Kid, Keisuke Okuda and YAMATO def. Eita, H.Y.O, KAI and Kaito Ishida

Keisuke Okuda missed today’s show due to a minor right elbow injury. He sustained the injury during his Open the Brave Gate Championship match against SB KENTo at Dragon Gate’s fifth Storm Gate 2021 tour show yesterday in EDION Arena Osaka #2.

Kagetora took Okuda’s place in the main event teaming with Ben-K, Dragon Kid and YAMATO against Eita, H.Y.O, KAI and Kaito Ishida, while Punch Tominaga took Kagetora’s place in the third match teaming with Naruki Doi and Takashi Yoshida against Ryo Saito, Ultimo Dragon and Yasushi Kanda.

Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Explosion

Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Explosion held a show today at the Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market.

The full results were:

• Naoshi Sano, Takumi Sakurai and Yuichi Taniguchi def. Monster Leather, Mr. Atomic and Toshiya Kawarai
• Battle Royal: Raijin Yaguchi
• Women’s deathmatch tournament: Miss Mongolia def. An Chamu
• Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi and Risa Sera def. Isami Kodaka and Suzu Suzuki
• Deathmatch: Atsushi Onita def. Shadow WX

Abdullah Kobayashi and Shadow WX will team to face Atsushi Onita and a mystery partner at FMW-E’s show on October 24.

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