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Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held a show today in Sapporo.

The full results were:

• Kazumi Kikuta def. Kosuke Sato
• Abdullah Kobayashi, Takuho Kato and Yuichi Taniguchi def. Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Leatherface
• Banana Senga and Tsutomu Oosugi def. Kota Sekifuda and Tatsuhiko Yoshino
• Hiroyuki Suzuki and Ryota Hama def. Kazumasa Yoshida and Noriyuki Yoshida
• Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi def. Shuji Ishikawa and Yuya Aoki
• Deathmatch: Masashi Takeda and Masaya Takahashi def. Akira Hyodo and Kankuro Hoshino
• Deatmatch: Jaki Numazawa and Jun Kasai def. Drew Parker and Yuki Ishikawa
• BJW Tag Team Championships: Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani (c) def. Kazuki Hashimoto and Kohei Sato
• BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship: Takuya Nomura def. Yasufumi Nakanoue (c)
• BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship: Yuko Miyamoto (c) def. Ryuji Ito

Daisuke Sekimoto challenged All Japan Pro Wrestling’s Shuji Ishikawa for the GAORA TV Championship after the fifth match.

Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani made their second successful defense of the BJW Tag Team Championships against Kazuki Hashimoto and Kohei Sato.

Backstage, Kamitani suggested he will challenge for the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship but Hiroyuki Suzuki and Takuho Kato appeared and challenged Hashimoto and Kamitani for the BJW Tag Team Championships.

Takuya Nomura defeated Yasufumi Nakanoue to win the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship for the first time in his career.

Yuko Miyamoto made his first successful defense of the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship against Ryuji Ito in the main event. One could reasonably expect Miyamoto to attempt his second defense of the title against Kamitani in the near future.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its Dangerous Gate 2021 show today in Ota City General Gymnasium.

The full results were:

• Open The Triangle Gate Championships: Eita, H.Y.O and Kaito Ishida def. Dragon Dia, Jason Lee and La Estrella (c)
• Gamma and Problem Dragon def. Kenichiro Arai and Punch Tominaga
• Takashi Yoshida def. Konomama Ichikawa, Shachihoko Boy and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Masaaki Mochizuki, Naruki Doi and Ultimo Dragon def. Funky Jacky Kamei, Genki Horiguchi and U-T
• Don Fujii and Yasushi Kanda def. Ishin Iihashi and Riki Iihashi
• BxB Hulk, Dia Inferno, KAI and SB KENTo def. Ben-K, Dragon Kid, Kagetora and Keisuke Okuda
• Diamante def. Shun Skywalker
• Open the Twin Gate Championships: King Shimizu and Susumu Yokosuka (c) def. Strong Machine J and Strong Machine K
• Open the Dream Gate Championship: YAMATO (c) def. Kota Minoura

Eita, H.Y.O and Kaito Ishida defeated Dragon Dia, Jason Lee and La Estrella to win the Open The Triangle Gate Championships.

King Shimizu and Susumu Yokosuka made their second successful defense of the Open the Twin Gate Championships against Strong Machine J and Strong Machine K.

YAMATO made his first successful defense of the Open the Dream Gate Championship against Kota Minoura in the main event.

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. Masa Kitamiya
• C block: Kazunari Sakuraba vs. Masato Tanaka – Time Limit Draw (30 minutes)
• B block: Masaaki Mochizuki def. Kendo Kashin
• A block: Kaito Kiyomiya def. Takashi Sugiura

A block
1. Kaito Kiyomiya (2-0 record): 4 points
2. Keiji Mutoh (1-0-1 record): 3 points
3. Takashi Sugiura (0-1-1 record): 1 point
4. Manabu Soya (0-2 record): 0 points

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

C block
1. Kazushi Sakuraba (1-0-1 record): 3 points
2. Masato Tanaka (1-0-1 record): 3 points
3. Katsuhiko Nakajima (1-1 record): 2 points
4. Kotaro Suzuki (0-2 record): 0 points

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

The final show of block competition will take place on September 26 in Korakuen Hall. The tournament semifinals (A block winner versus B block winner and C block winner versus D block winner) and final will take place at NOAH’s show on October 3 in Korakuen Hall.

If Kaito Kiyomiya defeats or draws with Keiji Mutoh, he will win A block with six or five points and an undefeated 3-0 or 2-0-1 record. However, if Mutoh defeats Kiyomiya then he will win A block with five points.

If Masaaki Mochizuki defeats or draws with Kenoh, he will win B block with six or five points and an undefeated 3-0 or 2-0-1 record.

If Kenoh defeats Mochizuki and Kendo Kashin defeats Daiki Inaba, there will be a three-way tie at the top of B block as Kashin defeated Kenoh but lost to Mochizuki, Kenoh lost to Kashin but defeated Mochizuki and Mochizuki defeated Kashin but lost to Kenoh.

If Kenoh defeats Mochizuki and Kashin draws with or loses to Inaba, Kenoh will win B block with four points as he would have the head-to-head tiebreaker against Mochizuki.

If Kazushi Sakuraba defeats Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masato Tanaka defeats Kotaro Suzuki, Sakuraba and Tanaka will finish tied at the top of C block with five points.

If Sakuraba defeats Nakajima and Tanaka draws with Suzuki or Sakuraba draws with Nakajima and Tanaka loses to Suzuki, Sakuraba will win C block with one more point than Tanaka. Obviously, the same situation applies with Sakuraba and Tanaka’s results reversed to allow Tanaka to win C block with one more point than Sakuraba.

If Nakajima defeats Sakuraba and Tanaka loses to Suzuki, Nakajima will win C block with four points. However, if Nakajima defeats Sakuraba and Tanaka draws with Suzuki then Tanaka will win C block as Tanaka has the head-to-head tiebreaker against Nakajima.

The winner of Kazuyuki Fujita versus Masakatsu Funaki will win D block. If the match ends in a draw, Fujita and Funaki will finish tied at the top of D block with five points.

GLEAT

GLEAT has announced the full card for its show on September 29 in Shinjuku FACE.

The full card is:

• Jun Tonsho vs. Rekka
• CIMA and Shigehiro Irie vs. Atsuki Aoyagi and Issei Onitsuka
• Michiko Miyagi vs. Rina Shingaki
• Kaz Hayashi and Minoru Tanaka vs. KAZMA SAKAMOTO and Quiet Storm
• Takanori Ito vs. Yu Iizuka
• Hayato Tamura vs. T-Hawk
• El Lindaman vs. Ryuichi Kawakami

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis (Aussie Open) aligned with New Japan Pro Wrestling superstar Will Ospreay and joined his United Empire faction at British promotion Revolution Pro Wrestling’s show last night in York Hall.

New Japan fans will remember the team from the company’s Royal Quest show in August 2019 in London, when Aussie Open unsuccessfully challenged Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa for the IWGP Tag Team Championships.

Aussie Open are one of the best tag teams in the world and would be a fantastic addition to New Japan’s roster someday, and one has to imagine joining United Empire is a step closer to doing so.

The team had previously been close to joining the company in 2019, according to a source familiar with plans at the time, but Davis suffered a long-term knee injury and the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic started soon after.

Also on the show, Shota Umino defeated Dan Moloney and Yota Tsuji defeated Ring of Honor’s Mark Haskins. Tsuji debuted a new attire.

Elsewhere, New Japan’s Minoru Suzuki will face Nick Gage at Game Changer Wrestling’s War Ready show on October 23 in the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California. Tickets are available here.

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling will hold a show tomorrow in Korakuen Hall.

The full card 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

SUGI will attempt his second defense of the World Junior Heavyweight Championship against Yusuke Kodama.

Jake Lee will attempt his second defense of the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship against Royal Road tournament winner SUWAMA in the main event.

Before the main event, however, Kento Miyahara and Zeus will meet in a singles match to determine the next challenger for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship. With All Japan’s show on October 16 in Ota City General Gymnasium looming, one has to assume the winner of Miyahara versus Zeus will challenge Lee or SUWAMA for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship on October 16.

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