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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:

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

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

1. Jeff Cobb (2-0 record): 4 points
-. Kazuchika Okada (2-0 record): 4 points
3. EVIL (1-1 record): 2 points
-. Hirooki Goto (1-1 record): 2 points
-. Hiroshi Tanahashi (1-1 record): 2 points
-. SANADA (1-1 record): 2 points
-. Taichi (1-1 record): 2 points
-. Tama Tonga (1-1 record): 2 points
9. Chase Owens (0-2 record): 0 points
-. YOSHI-HASHI (0-2 record): 0 points

New Japan will hold the first night of its two-day STRONG taping tomorrow in the Curtis Culwell Center in Fort Worth, Texas. The full card is:

• Jorel Nelson and Royce Isaacs vs. Rocky Romero and Ryusuke Taguchi
• “Filthy” Tom Lawlor vs. Ren Narita
• Chris Bey, El Phantasmo, Hikuleo and Taiji Ishimori vs. Clark Connors, Juice Robinson, Lio Rush and TJP
• Fred Rosser vs. Minoru Suzuki
• Karl Fredericks vs. Will Ospreay
• Jay White vs. Robbie Eagles

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held a show today in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.

The full results were:

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

Big Japan will hold a show tomorrow in Niigata. The full card is:

• Abdullah Kobayashi and Jaki Numazawa vs. Kazumasa Yoshida and Yuichi Taniguchi
• Kazuki Hashimoto and Kosuke Sato vs. Kota Sekifuda and Ryuji Ito
• Yuji Okabayashi vs. Yuya Aoki
• Daisuke Sekimoto and Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Kazumi Kikuta and Takuya Nomura
• Akira Hyodo and Kankuro Hoshino vs. Drew Parker and Yuki Ishikawa
• BJW Tag Team Championships: Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani (c) vs. Hiroyuki Suzuki and Takuho Kato

Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani will attempt their third defense of the BJW Tag Team Championships against Hiroyuki Suzuki and Takuho Kato in the main event.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling has updated the card for its show on September 26 in Korakuen Hall due to the absences of Yuji Hino and Yukio Sakaguchi.

The updated card is:

• Yuki Ishida vs. Yuya Koroku
• Mizuki Watase and Shinya Aoki vs. Sanshiro Takagi and Yumiko Hotta
• Hideki Okatani and Yusuke Okada vs. Yuki Iino and Yumehito Imanari
• Akito, Daisuke Sekimoto, Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Naya vs. Keigo Nakamura, MAO, Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ueno
• Antonio Honda, Naomi Yoshimura and Saki Akai vs. Danshoku Dieno, Masahiro Takanashi and Toru Owashi
• HARASHIMA and Kazuki Hirata vs. Jun Akiyama and Yoshihiko
• Daisuke Sasaki, Mad Paulie and Tetsuya Endo vs. Mad Paulie, Nobuhiro Shimatani and Shuji Ishikawa
• KO-D Openweight Championship: Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Chris Brookes

Hino injured his right ankle and knee at DDT’s show two days ago in Sapporo, while Sakaguchi has been ruled out due to lumbar spinal stenosis.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate has announced the full card for its first The Gate of Victory 2021 tour show on October 2 in Kimassi Kanazawa.

The full card is:

• Diamante, Eita, Kaito Ishida and SB KENTo vs. Dragon Dia, Jason Lee, Kota Minoura and La Estrella
• Ishin Iihashi and Riki Iihashi vs. Kagetora and Yasushi Kanda
• Don Fujii, Ho Ho Lun and Ryo Saito vs. Funky Jacky Kamei, King Shimizu and U-T
• Genki Horiguchi and Susumu Yokosuka vs. Naruki Doi and Takashi Yoshida
• Ben-K, Dragon Kid and YAMATO vs. BxB Hulk, H.Y.O and KAI

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 has announced the first six teams for its Furinkazan tag team tournament.

The first six teams are:

• Chris Vice and Yoshikazu Yokoyama
• Gajo and Tomohiko Hashimoto
• Hartley Jackson and Junya Matsunaga
• Hide Kubota and Takuya Sugawara
• Masato Tanaka and Yasu Kubota
• Shoki Kitamura and Takafumi

The tournament will consist of eight teams. The first round will take place at ZERO1’s show on October 1 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring and the semifinals and final will take place at ZERO1’s show on November 12 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS will hold a show tomorrow in Yokohama Radiant Hall.

The full 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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