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New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its fifth G1 Climax 31 show today in Kobe World Kinen Hall.

The full results were:

• Master Wato def. Kosei Fujita
• Shingo Takagi def. Yuji Nagata
• A block: Great-O-Khan def. Yujiro Takahashi
• A block: Toru Yano def. Tanga Loa
• A block: KENTA def. Tomohiro Ishii
• A block: Zack Sabre Jr. def. Kota Ibushi

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

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

New Japan has announced Eddie Kingston and Jon Moxley will face Lance Archer and Minoru Suzuki in a Philly Street Fight at its STRONG television taping on October 17 in the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH held a show today in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

• D block: Masa Kitamiya def. Akitoshi Saito
• A block: Takashi Sugiura def. Manabu Soya
• B block: Daiki Inaba def. Kendo Kashin via countout
• C block: Kotaro Suzuki def. Masato Tanaka
• C block: Katsuhiko Nakajima def. Kazushi Sakuraba
• B block: Kenoh def. Masaaki Mochizuki
• D block: Masakatsu Funaki def. Kazuyuki Fujita
• A block: Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Keiji Mutoh – Time Limit Draw (30 minutes)

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

A block
1. Kaito Kiyomiya (2-0-1 record): 5 points
2. Keiji Mutoh (1-0-2 record): 4 points
3. Takashi Sugiura (1-1-1 record): 3 points
4. Manabu Soya (0-3 record): 0 points

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

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

D block
1. Masakatsu Funaki (3-0 record): 6 points
2. Kazuyuki Fujita (2-1 record): 4 points
3. Masa Kitamiya (1-2 record): 2 points
4. Akitoshi Saito (0-3 record): 0 points

The tournament semifinals – A block winner Kaito Kiyomiya versus B block winner Kenoh and C block winner Katsuhiko Nakajima versus D block winner Masakatsu Funaki – and final will take place at NOAH’s show on October 3 in Korakuen Hall.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling held a show today in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

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

Danshoku Dieno, Yuki Iino and Yumehito Inamari will face Sanshiro Takagi, Yusuke Okada and a mystery partner for the vacant KO-D 6-man Tag Team Championships at DDT’s show on November 3 in Ota Ward Gymnasium.

DDT announced it will hold its Judgement show in March 22 next year in Ryogoku Kokugikan. It will be the company’s first show in the legendary arena since November 2019.

DDT announced the full field for this year’s D-Oh Grand Prix. The full field is:

A block
• Bodyguard
• Jun Akiyama
• Naomi Yoshimura
• Tetsuya Endo
• Yuji Hino
• Yuki Ueno

B block
• Chris Brookes
• HARASHIMA
• Kazusada Higuchi
• Konosuke Takeshita
• MAO
• Yuji Okabayashi

The full tournament schedule is:

• November 3 in Ota Ward Gymnasium
• November 6 in Yokohama Radiant Hall
• November 7 in Niigata
• November 10 in Shinjuku FACE
• November 13 in KBS Hall
• November 14 in Osaka
• November 21 in Korakuen Hall
• December 5 in Korakuen Hall

Konosuke Takeshita made his first successful defense of the KO-D Openweight Championship against Chris Brookes in the main event.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held a show today in Nagoya.

The full results were:

• Yuya Aoki def. Kazuki Hashimoto
• Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Masaki Morihiro def. Abdullah Kobayashi, Kazumasa Yoshida and Takuho Kato
• Shinya Ishida and Yusaku Ito def. Kosuke Sato and Kota Sekifuda
• Garoga #4, Kengo Takai and Onryo def. Kankuro Hoshino, Shigehiro Irie and Yuji Okabayashi
• Hideyoshi Kamitani and Masaya Takahashi def. Jaki Numazawa and Ryuji Ito
• Daichi Hashimoto, Daisuke Sekimoto and Yasufumi Nakanoue def. Fuminori Abe, Kazumi Kikuta and Takuya Nomura
• Deathmatch: Drew Parker and Yuko Miyamoto def. Akira Hyodo and Yuki Ishikawa

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS has announced four new matches for its show on October 3 in Korakuen Hall.

The announced matches are:

• GENTARO, Kengo and Yuya Susumu vs. Kamui, Kenji Fukimoto and Rina Yamashita
• Hardcore: Dragon Libre vs. Masashi Takeda
• KING of FREEDOM Tag Team Championships: Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda (c) vs. Mammoth Sasaki and Takahiro Katori
• Deathmatch: Daisuke Masaoka and Toru Sugiura vs. Jun Kasai and Takashi Sasaki

Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda will attempt their second defense of the KING of FREEDOM Tag Team Championships against Mammoth Sasaki and Takahiro Katori.

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 has announced Koji Doi and Tsugutaka Sato will compete in its Furinkazan tag team tournament.

The updated field is:

• Chris Vice and Yoshikazu Yokoyama
• Gajo and Tomohiko Hashimoto
• Hartley Jackson and Junya Matsunaga
• Hide Kubota and Takuya Sugawara
• Koji Doi and Tsugutaka Sato
• 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.

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