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New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its third G1 Climax 31 show today in Ota Ward General Gymnasium.

The full results were:
• Tanga Loa def. Yuji Nagata
• A block: Great-O-Khan def. Toru Yano
• A block: KENTA def. Yujiro Takahashi
• A block: Kota Ibushi def. Tomohiro Ishii
• A block: Zack Sabre Jr. def. Shingo Takagi

Zack Sabre Jr. made a not-so-subtle nod to Bryan Danielson backstage, after Danielson said he would like to face Sabre Jr. in England in an interview with Barstool Wrasslin’ yesterday.

Sabre Jr. asked: “That’s the Japanese dragon done, I wonder where the American dragon is?”

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

1. Great-O-Khan (3-0 record): 6 points
2. Zack Sabre Jr. (2-0 record): 4 points
3. KENTA (2-1 record): 4 points
-. Kota Ibushi (2-1 record): 4 points
-. Shingo Takagi (2-1 record): 4 points
-. Toru Yano (2-1 record): 4 points
-. Yujiro Takahashi (2-1 record): 4 points
8. Tanga Loa (1-1 record): 2 points
9. Tomohiro Ishii (1-2 record): 2 points
10. Tetsuya Naito (0-9 record): 0 points

New Japan will hold its fourth G1 Climax 31 show tomorrow in Ota Ward General Gymnasium. The full card is:

• B block: Hirooki Goto vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
• B block: Chase Owens vs. Tama Tonga
• B block: Jeff Cobb vs. YOSHI-HASHI
• B block: SANADA vs. Taichi
• B block: EVIL vs. Kazuchika Okada

Going into the show, the current B block standings are:

1. EVIL (1-0 record): 2 points
-. Hirooki Goto (1-0 record): 2 points
-. Jeff Cobb (1-0 record): 2 points
-. Kazuchika Okada (1-0 record): 2 points
-. SANADA (1-0 record): 2 points
6. Chase Owens (0-1 record): 0 points
-. Hiroshi Tanahashi (0-1 record): 0 points
-. Taichi (0-1 record): 0 points
-. Tama Tonga (0-1 record): 0 points
-. YOSHI-HASHI (0-1 record): 0 points

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

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

The full results were:

• Kazuki Hashimoto def. Kazumasa Yoshida
• Kazumi Kikuta def. Takuho Kato
• Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Yuya Aoki def. Kosuke Sato, Ryota Hama and Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi def. Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura
• Deathmatch: Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto def. Jaki Numazawa and Ryuji Ito
• Deathmatch: Masashi Takeda, Masaya Takahashi and Takumi Tsukamoto def. Abdullah Kobayashi, Akira Hyodo and Kankuro Hoshino
• BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship: Kota Sekifuda (c) def. Tatsuhiko Yoshino
• GCW Ultra Violent Championship: Drew Parker (c) def. Yuki Ishikawa

Daisuke Sekimoto challenged Takuya Nomura for the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship after the fourth match. It is worth remembering Big Japan has already announced the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship will be defended at its show on October 18 in Korakuen Hall, and that Sekimoto is scheduled to challenge All Japan Pro Wrestling’s Shuji Ishikawa for the GAORA TV Championship at All Japan’s show on October 9 in Kitamoto.

Kota Sekifuda made his first successful defense of the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship against Tatsuhiko Yoshino.

Drew Parker made his first successful defense of Game Changer Wrestling’s GCW Ultraviolent Championship against Yuki Ishikawa. He will attempt his second defense of the title against Akira Hyodo at Big Japan’s show on October 9 in Korakuen Hall.

Big Japan will hold a show tomorrow in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. The full card is:

• Kazumasa Yoshida vs. Kosuke Sato
• Daichi Hashimoto and Takuho Kato vs. Kazuki Hashimoto and Kazumi Kikuta
• Daisuke Sekimoto, Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Kota Sekifuda, Takuya Nomura and Yuya Aoki
• Deathmatch: Jaki Numazawa vs. Ryuji Ito
• Deathmatch: Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Masaya Takahashi
• Deathmatch: Drew Parker and Yuki Ishikawa vs. Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto
• Deathmatch: Akira Hyodo vs. Kankuro Hoshino

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its eighth Storm Gate 2021 tour show today in Kobe Sambo Hall.

The full results were:

• King Shimizu and U-T def. Dragon Kid and Kagetora
• Masaaki Mochizuki, Naruki Doi and Ultimo Dragon def. Punch Tominaga, Strong Machine J and Takashi Yoshida
• Royal Sambo Battle Royal: SB KENTo def. Genki Horiguchi, H.Y.O, Ho Ho Lun, Konomama Ichikawa, Problem Dragon, Shachihoko Boy, Super Shisa, Yasushi Kanda & Yosuke Santa Maria
• Don Fujii and Shuji Kondo def. Ishin Iihashi and Riki Iihashi
• BxB Hulk and KAI def. Ben-K and YAMATO
• Dragon Dia, Jason Lee, Kota Minoura and La Estrella def. Dia Inferno, Diamante, Eita and Kaito Ishida

Kzy will make his in-ring return at Dragon Gate’s show on October 16 in Kobe Sambo Hall. He last wrestled on August 15 and has been out of action due to surgery to replace a metal plate in his right ankle.

Kagetora, U-T and Yosuke Santa Maria all challenged SB KENTo for the Open the Brave Gate Championship. Dragon Gate will hold a  Royal Sambo Battle Royal on October 16 and the winner will challenge KENTo for the title at Dragon Gate’s show on October 17 in Kobe Sambo Hall.

Dia Infero, Diamante, Eita, Kaito Ishida and KENTo will face Dragon Dia, Jason Lee, Kota Minoura and Shun Skywalker in a five-match series (five consecutive singles matches) at Dragon Gate’s show on October 7 in Korakuen Hall.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling held a show today in Sapporo.

The full results were:

• Danshoku Dieno and Saki Akai vs. MAO and Shunma Katsumata – No Contest
• Sanshiro Takagi and Tomoya def. Antonio Honda and Naomi Yoshimura
• Soma Takao def. Hideki Okatani
• Jun Akiyama, Noriyuki Yoshida and Yusuke Okada def. HARASHIMA, Kazuki Hirata and Toru Owashi
• Daisuke Sasaki and Tetsuya Endo def. Kazusada Higuchi and Keigo Nakamura
• Konosuke Takeshita and Yuki Ueno def. Akito and Chris Brookes

Yuji Hino and Yukio Sakaguchi missed today’s show due to injury.

Hino injured his right ankle and knee at DDT’s show yesterday in Sapporo, while Sakaguchi was ruled out due to lumbar spinal stenosis.

GLEAT

GLEAT has uploaded a shortened cut its show on September 20 in Nagoya.

The shortened cut can be watched on the attachment below.

 

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