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G1 CLIMAX 31 KICKS OFF TOMORROW, ALL JAPAN RETURNING TO KORAKUEN, FREEDOMS IN YOKOHAMA AND MORE FROM JAPAN

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling has announced various changes to the card for its show on September 21 in Korakuen Hall, highlighted by Kento Miyahara versus Zeus in a match to determine who will next challenge for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship.

The updated card for the show is:

• Black Menso~re, Shuji Ishikawa and Takao Omori vs. Jun Saito, Rei Saito and Ryoma Tsukamoto
• Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato and Shotaro Ashino vs. Izanagi, Masanobu Fuchi and TAJIRI
• Koji Iwamoto and Ryuki Honda vs. Seigo Tachibana and Yoshitatsu
• Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising HAYATO and Yuma Aoyagi vs. Hokuto Omori, Koji Doi and Kuma Arashi
• World Junior Heavyweight Championship: SUGI (c) vs. Yusuke Kodama
• Kento Miyahara vs. Zeus
• Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship: Jake Lee (c) vs. SUWAMA

Miyahara declared his intention to challenge for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship at All Japan’s show yesterday in Yokohama. Zeus, who has also made his intention to challenge for the title clear, came to the ring to confront Miyahara.

One has to assume the winner of Miyahara versus Zeus wil challenge for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship at All Japan’s show on October 16 in Ota Ward Gymnasium.

Miyahara was scheduled to team with Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising HAYATO and Yuma Aoyagi against Hokuto Omori, Koji Doi, Kuma Arashi and TAJIRI on September 21, while Zeus was scheduled to team with Izanagi and Masanobu Fuchi against Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato and Shotaro Ashino. TAJIRI has taken Zeus’ spot in the latter match to accommodate the changes.

As for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship itself, Jake Lee is scheduled to attempt his second defense of the title against SUWAMA on September 21, meaning either Lee or SUWAMA will defend the title against Miyahara or Zeus on October 16.

All Japan has also announced El Lindaman and T-Hawk will attempt their first defense of the All Asia Tag Team Championships at its show on October 11 in Kitamoto. Their challengers are currently undecided.

GLEAT

GLEAT president and CEO Hiroyuki Suzuki apologised for the Hayato Tamura situation on Twitter today and announced he will address the future of GLEAT and Tamura on Wednesday, September 29.

Earlier this month, Pro Wrestling ZERO1 ceased its working relationship with GLEAT due to alleged contract tampering involving Tamura. The full story can be read here.

Tamura is scheduled to face T-Hawk at GLEAT’s show on September 29 in Shinjuku FACE.

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS has announced the full card for its show on September 25 in Yokohama Radiant Hall.

The full card is:

• GENTARO and Rekka vs. Shuichiro Katsumura and Yuya Susumu
• Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu vs. Minoru Fujita and Rina Yamashita
• Mammoth Sasaki, Takahiro Katori and Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Masashi Takeda, Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda
• Hardcore: Daisuke Masaoka, Dragon Libre and Toru Sugiura vs. Jun Kasai, Kamui and Kenji Fukimoto
• Orca Uto and Violento Jack vs. Takashi Sasaki and Tomoya Hirata

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling will begin its G1 Climax 31 tournament tomorrow in EDION Arena Osaka.

The full card is:

• 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

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held a show today in Hokkaido.

The full results were:

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

Big Japan will hold another show in Hokkaido tomorrow. The full card is:

• 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

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH will air an empty arena show tomorrow on WRESTLE UNIVERSE as part of its N-1 Victory tournament.

The full card is:

• D block: Akitoshi Saito vs. Masakatsu Funaki
• C block: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Kotaro Suzuki
• B block: Daiki Inaba vs. Masaaki Mochizuki
• A block: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Manabu Soya

Going into the show, the current 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

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling will hold a show tomorrow in Yokohama.

The full card is:

• Akito vs. Hideki Okatani vs. Tetsuya Endo
• Mad Paulie and Yuji Hino vs. Tomomitsu Matsunaga and Yukio Naya
• Danshoku Dieno, Yuki Iino and Yumeto Imanari vs. Kazuki Hirata, Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ueno
• Jun Akiyama, Mizuki Watase and Yusuke Okada vs. Naomi Yoshimura, Yukio Sakaguchi and Yuya Koroku
• Daisuke Sasaki and Soma Takao vs. Takumi Tsukamoto and Yasu Urano
• Chris Brookes and HARASHIMA vs. Keigo Nakamura and Konosuke Takeshita

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