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NEW JAPAN'S G1 CLIMAX KICKS OFF AND MORE FROM JAPAN

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its first G1 Climax 31 show today in EDION Arena Osaka.

The full results were:

• SHO def. Ryohei Oiwa
• A block: Yujiro Takahashi def. Kota Ibushi
• A block: Great-O-Khan def. Tanga Loa
• A block: Toru Yano def. KENTA
• A block: Zack Sabre Jr. def. Tetsuya Naito
• A block: Shingo Takagi def. Tomohiro Ishii

Following today’s show, the updated A block standings are:

1. Great-O-Khan (1-0 record): 2 points
-. Shingo Takagi (1-0 record): 2 points
-. Toru Yano (1-0 record): 2 points
-. Yujiro Takahashi (1-0 record): 2 points
-. Zack Sabre Jr. (1-0 record): 2 points
6. KENTA (0-1 record): 0 points
-. Kota Ibushi (0-1 record): 0 points
-. Tanga Loa (0-1 record): 0 points
-. Tetsuya Naito (0-1 record): 0 points
-. Tomohiro Ishii (0-1 record): 0 points

New Japan will hold its second G1 Climax show tomorrow in EDION Arena Osaka. The full card is:

• 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

Pro Wrestling NOAH

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

The full results were:

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

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

A block
1. Kaito Kiyomiya (1-0 record): 2 points
2. Keiji Mutoh (0-0-1 record): 1 point
-. Takashi Sugiura (0-0-1 record): 1 point
4. Manabu Soya (0-1 record): 0 points

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

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

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

Kaito Kiyomiya debuted new hair and ring attire at the show.

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. Kazuyuki Fujita
• C block: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Kotaro Suzuki
• B block: Daiki Inaba vs. Kenoh
• A block: Keiji Mutoh vs. Manabu Soya

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling held a show today in Yokohama.

The full results were:

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

DDT has announced Antonio Honda and Danshoku Dieno will face Sanshiro Takagi and Yusuke Kodama at its show on September 22 in Sapporo because Dieno and Takagi refused to team together.

DDT has announced Yuki Ishida will debut at its show on October 12 in Korakuen Hall. He will face Kazusada Higuchi.

Lastly, DDT has announced two new matches for its show on November 3 in Ota Ward Gymnasium. The matches are:

• Chihiro Hashimoto and Yukio Naya vs. Masahiro Takahashi and Saki Akai
• KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Danshoku Dieno, Yumehito Inamari and Yuki Iino vs. TBD

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held a show today in Hokkaido.

The full results were:

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

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 will hold a show tomorrow in September 19 in Korakuen Hall.

The full card is:

• Junya Matsunaga vs. Satsuki Nagao
• Genta Hiriki and Takumi Baba vs. Leo Isaka vs. Tsugutaka Sato
• Hartley Jackson, Shoki Kitamura and Takafumi vs. Gajo, Naoshi Sano and Tomohiko Hashimoto
• Carbell Ito and Yoshitatsu vs. Chris Vice and Yoshikazu Yokoyama
• Aja Kong, Andy Wu, Ren Ayabe and Tatsuya Hanami vs. Hide Kubota, Masato Tanaka, Takuya Sugawara and Yasu Kubota
• ZERO1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship and ZERO1 World Junior Heavyweight Championship: Fuminori Abe (c) vs. Yumehito Imanari

Fuminori Abe will attempt his first defense of the ZERO1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship and ZERO1 World Junior Heavyweight Championship against Yumehito Inamari in the main event.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate will hold its seventh Storm Gate 2021 tour show tomorrow in Kawagoe Espoir Isanuma.

The full card is:

• Ben-K and Keisuke Okuda vs. Naruki Doi and Takashi Yoshida
• Kenichiro Arai and Yosuke Santa Maria vs. Susumu Yokosuka and Ultimo Dragon
• Gamma and Yasushi Kanda vs. Genki Horiguchi and King Shimizu
• BxB Hulk, KAI and SB KENTo vs. Dragon Kid, Kagetora and YAMATO
• Dia Inferno, Diamante, Eita, H.Y.O and Kaito Ishida vs. Dragon Dia, Jason Lee, Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker

 

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