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TAJIRI RETURNS TO UNITED STATES TOMORROW, NJPW G1 CLIMAX NIGHT EIGHT, DRAGON LEE-NJPW? AND MORE FROM JAPAN

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its eighth G1 Climax 31 show today in Hamamatsu Arena.

The full results were:

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

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

1. Jeff Cobb (4-0 record): 8 points
-. Kazuchika Okada (4-0 record): 8 points
3. EVIL (3-1 record): 4 points
-. Hiroshi Tanahashi (3-1 record): 6 points
5. SANADA (2-2 record): 4 points
-. Taichi (2-2 record): 4 points
7. Tama Tonga (1-3 record): 2 points
-. YOSHI-HASHI (1-3 record): 2 points
9. Chase Owens (0-4 record): 0 points
-. Hirooki Goto (0-4 record): 0 points

Ring of Honor star Dragon Lee teased his participation in the upcoming Best of the Super Juniors tournament later this year, posting a photo of the tournament’s logo on Twitter.

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 held a show today in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.

The full results were:

• Satsuki Nagao def. Genta Hiriki
• Andy Wu def. Takumi Baba
• Furinkazan tag team tournament first round: Gajo and Tomohiko Hashimoto def. Chris Vice and Yoshikazu Yokoyama
• Furinkazan tag team tournament first round: Hartley Jackson and Junya Matsunaga def. Yumehito Imanari and Yuna Manase
• Furinkazan tag team tournament first round: Shoki Kitamura and Takafumi def. Koji Doi and Tsugutaka Sato
• Furinkazan tag team tournament first round: Masato Tanaka and Yasu Kubota def. Hide Kubota and Takuya Sugawara

ZERO1 announced it will hold a show on January 1 next year in Korakuen Hall.

The Furinkazan tag team tournament semifinals and final will take place at ZERO1’s show on November 12 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. Hartley Jackson and Junya Matsunaga versus Masato Tanaka and Yasu Kubota is the semifinal match from the left side of the bracket, while Gajo and Tomohiko Hashimoto versus Shoki Kitamura and Takafumi is the semifinal match from the right side of the bracket.

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Game Changer Wrestling has announced Masashi Takeda and Rina Yamashita will compete at its shows on November 12 in Detroit and November 13 in Chicago.

The sixth annual Nick Gage Invitational deathmatch tournament will take place on November 13. Takeda won the third tournament in 2019.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate’s Keisuke Okuda will make his return to mixed martial arts at RIZIN Fighting Federation’s Landmark Vol. 1 event tomorrow.

Okuda will fight shoot boxer Hiroaki Suzuki. MMA journalist Drake Riggs reported on September 28 that Landmark Vol. 1 will not air live for international audiences, though the show will be uploaded to YouTube shortly after the event’s conclusion. RIZIN’s YouTube channel can be viewed here.

Dragon Gate will also hold its first The Gate of Victory 2021 tour show tomorrow 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

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling will hold a show tomorrow in Osaka.

The full card is:

• Hardcore: Abdullah Kobayashi and Drew Parker vs. Masaya Takahashi and Yuki Ishikawa
• Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu vs. Kosuke Sato and Kota Sekifuda
• Hiroyuki Suzuki, Naoki Tanizaki and Takuho Kato vs. Kazuki Hashimoto, Kazumi Kikuta and Yusaku Ito
• Deathmatch: Akira Hyodo, Kankuro Hoshino and Ryuji Ito vs. Jami Numazawa, Takumi Tsukamoto and Yuko Miyamoto
• Andy Wu vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Quiet Storm vs. Daimonji So, Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi
• Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura vs. Shigehiro Irie and Yuya Aoki

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling’s TAJIRI is set to compete at Major League Wrestling’s Fightland television taping tomorrow in the 2300 Arena.

TAJIRI will challenge Myron Reed for the MLW World Middleweight Championship in a four-way match which also includes Aramis and Arez.

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