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TETSUYA NAITO OUT, G1 CLIMAX RAMIFICATIONS, FREEDOMS AND MORE FROM JAPAN

New Japan Pro Wrestling

Tetsuya Naito has damaged the medial collateral ligament and meniscus in his left knee and has withdrawn from G1 Climax 31, New Japan Pro Wrestling announced today.

Naito’s injury will have significant ramifications throughout the rest of the G1 Climax, due to the difficulty of rebooking any entire round-robin tournament, and potentially as far as Wrestle Kingdom 16 and beyond depending on the severity of the injury.

Naito would have absolutely been planned to pencilled in for a marquee match at the event next January, perhaps multiple matches across the three nights.

Needless to say, Naito has forfeited his remaining matches and all of his remaining opponents – Tanga Loa, Shingo Takagi, Yujiro Takahashi, Toru Yano, KENTA, Tomohiro Ishii, Kota Ibushi and Great-O-Khan – have received two points. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Satoshi Kojima and Yuji Nagata are all substituting for Naito on various shows.

The updated cards for the shows Naito will miss are:

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

September 26 in Kobe World Kinen Hall
• Kosei Fujita vs. Master Wato
• Shingo Takagi vs. Yuji Nagata
• 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.

September 30 in Korakuen Hall
• BUSHI vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• 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: KENTA vs. Shingo Takagi

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

October 7 in Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall
• El Desperado vs. Ryohei Oiwa
• Hiromu Takahashi vs. KENTA
• 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

October 9 in EDION Arena Osaka
• El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Kosei Fujita and Ryohei Oiwa
• Hiromu Takahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
• 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

October 13 in Xebio Arena Sendai
• Hiromu Takahashi vs. Kosei Fujita
• Kota Ibushi vs. Satoshi Kojima
• 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

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

All Japan Pro Wrestling

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

The full results were:

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

Hikaru Sato and Shotaro Ashino had issues throughout the second match, coming to blows while the match was still ongoing, which eventually led to a brawl after the bout which was broken up by Dan Tamura and ringside officials.

All Japan made a series of announcements after the fourth match. First, Shuji Ishikawa will attempt his third defense of the GAORA TV Championship at All Japan’s show on October 9 in Kitamoto.

Second, Japanese wrestling legend Tatsumi Fujinami will team with his son LEONA against Atsuki Aoyagi and Yuma Aoyagi at All Japan’s show on October 16 in Ota Ward Gymnasium.

Lastly, All Japan announced the full field for this year’s Real World Tag League. The full field is:

A block
• Abdullah Kobayashi and Drew Parker
• Hokuto Omori and Jake Lee
• Jun Saito and Rei Saito
• Shotaro Ashino and SUWAMA

B block
• Devil Murasaki and Izanagi
• El Lindaman and T-Hawk
• Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi
• Super Crazy and TAJIRI

C block
• KAZMA SAKAMOTO and Kengo Mashimo
• Kohei Sato and Shuji Ishikawa
• LEONA and Mitsuya Nagai
• Seigo Tachibana and Yoshitatsu

D block
• Koji Doi and Kuma Arashi
• Koji Iwamoto and Ryuki Honda
• Shigehiro Irie and Zeus
• Takao Omori and Yuko Miyamoto

While the cards for the shows have not been announced yet, the full tournament schedule is:

• November 13 in Korakuen Hall
• November 17 in Hodogaya Public Hall
• November 18 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
• November 21 in 2AW Square
• November 23 in EDION Arena Osaka #2
• November 27 in Nagoya Congress Center
• November 28 in Odawara Arena
• December 5 in Korakuen Hall

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

Kento Miyahara defeated Zeus in a singles match to determine the next challenger for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship. Speaking of which, Jake Lee made his second successful defense of the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship against Royal Road tournament winner SUWAMA in the main event.

After the bout, Miyahara came to the ring and faced off with Lee. One could reasonably expect Lee to attempt his third defense of the title against Miyahara on October 16.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH has confirmed the match order for the final day of N-1 Victory block competition on September 26 in Korakuen Hall.

The full card is:

• D block: Akitoshi Saito vs. Masa Kitamiya
• A block: Manabu Soya vs. Takashi Sugiura
• B block: Daiki Inaba vs. Kendo Kashin
• C block: Kotaro Suzuki vs. Masato Tanaka
• C block: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
• B block: Kenoh vs. Masaaki Mochizuki
• D block: Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Masakatsu Funaki
• A block: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Keiji Mutoh

Going into the show, the current N-1 Victory standings are:

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

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.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

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

The full card is:

• Antonio Honda and Danshoku Dieno vs. Sanshiro Takagi and Yusuke Okada
• Akito, Kazuki Hirata and MAO vs. Kazusada Higuchi, Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi
• Soma Takao and Tetsuya Endo vs. Tomoya and Yuya Koroku
• Jun Akiyama vs. Noriyuki Yoshida
• Chris Brookes and Keigo Nakamura vs. Daisuke Sasaki and Yuji Hino
• HARASHIMA, Naomi Yoshimura and Toru Owashi vs. Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ueno

DDT president Sanshiro Takagi will team with Atsushi Onita against Abdullah Kobayashi and Shadow WX in a deathmatch at Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Explosion’s show on October 24 at the Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market.

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS has announced Minoru Fujita will miss its show on September 25 in Yokohama Radiant Hall.

Kengo will take Fujita’s place teaming with Rina Yamashita against Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu.

The updated card is:

• GENTARO and Rekka vs. Shuichiro Katsumura and Yuya Susumu
• Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu vs. Kengo 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

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