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N-1 VICTORY TOURNAMENT WINNER, FREEDOMS AT KORAKUEN G-1 CLIMAX, DDT AND MORE FROM JAPAN

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Katsuhiko Nakajima won his second consecutive N-1 Victory at Pro Wrestling NOAH’s today’s show in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

• Akitoshi Saito, Kendo Kashin and Manabu Soya def. Daiki Inaba, Kotaro Suzuki and Masa Kitamiya
• N-1 Victory semi-final: Kenoh def. Kaito Kiyomiya
• N-1 Victory semi-final: Katsuhiko Nakajima def. Masakatsu Funaki
• Eita def. Atsushi Kotoge
• Daisuke Harada and Junta Miyawaki vs. HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa – Double Pin
• Daisuke Harada def. HAYATA via countout
• Kazushi Sakuraba, Kazuyuki Fujita and Takashi Sugiura def. Keiji Mutoh, Masaaki Mochizuki and Masato Tanaka
• N-1 Victory final: Katsuhiko Nakajima def. Kenoh

Nakajima defeated Masakatsu Funaki in the semifinals and Kenoh in the final to win the tournament.

He will challenge Naomichi Marufuji for the GHC Heavyweight Championship at NOAH’s show on October 10 in EDION Arena Osaka, which will be Marufuji’s third defense of the title. The full card for the show is:

• Daiki Inaba and Kai Fujimura vs. Kinya Okada and Yasutaka Yano
• Akitoshi Saito, Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Haoh, Nioh and Tadasuke
• Aleja and Manabu Soya vs. Junta Miyawaki and Masa Kitamiya
• Kotaro Suzuki and YO-HEY vs. Seiki Yoshioka and Yoshinari Ogawa
• Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin and Takashi Sugiura vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, Masakatsu Funaki and Masato Tanaka
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: Atsushi Kotoge and Hajime Ohara (c) vs. Eita and NOSAWA Rongai
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship: HAYATA (c) vs. Daisuke Harada
• Kaito Kiyomiya and Kenoh vs. Kazushi Sakurba and Keiji Mutoh
• GHC Heavyweight Championship: Naomichi Marufuji (c) vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima

NOAH has also announced the full card for its show on October 15 in Yokohama Radiant Hall. The full card is:

• Daiki Inaba vs. Yasutaka Yano
• Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Nioh
• Aleja, Nioh and Tadasuke vs. HAYATA, Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu
• Kotaro Suzuki vs. Yoshinari Ogawa
• Elimination: Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada, Hajime Ohara and Junta Miyawaki vs. Eita, Ikuto Hidaka, NOSAWA Rongai and YO-HEY

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS held a show today in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

• Vent Vert Jack, Vent Vert Negro and Yousei Estrella def. Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Rekka
• GENTARO, Kengo and Yuya Susumu def. Kamui, Kenji Fukimoto and Rina Yamashita
• Hardcore: Masashi Takeda def. Dragon Libre
• KING of FREEDOM Tag Team Championships: Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda (c) def. Mammoth Sasaki and Takahiro Katori
• Deathmatch: Jun Kasai and Takashi Sasaki def. Daisuke Masaoka and Toru Sugiura
• King Of FREEDOM World Championship: Violento Jack (c) def. Tomoya Hirata

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

Violento Jack made his second successful defense of the King Of FREEDOM World Championship against Tomoya Hirata in the main event.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its ninth G1 Climax 31 show today in Dolphins Arena.

The full results were:

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

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

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

New Japan will hold its tenth G1 Climax 31 show tomorrow in Korakuen Hall. The full card is:

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

Going into the show, the current 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

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling held a show today in Yamagata.

The full results were:

• Yuki Ueno def. Antonio Honda & Kazuki Hirata
• Danshoku Dieno and Yuki Iino def. Gorgeous Matsuno and Soma Takao
• Daisuke Sasaki and Toru Owashi def. Hideki Okatani and Yukio Naya
• Chris Brookes, Kazusada Higuchi and Keisuke Goto def. Akito, Yuji Hino and Yuya Koroku
• Jun Akiyama and Yusuke Okada def. Keigo Nakamura and Tetsuya Endo
• Konosuke Takeshita, MAO and Shunma Katsumata def. HARASHIMA, Hiroshi Yamato and Naomi Yoshimura

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate has announced the full cards for its The Gate of Victory 2021 tour shows on October 7 in Korakuen Hall, October 9 in KBS Hall and October 10 in Hotel Cent Inn Kurashiki.

The full cards are:

October 7 in Korakuen Hall
• Dragon Kid and Kagetora vs. Funky Jacky Kamei and U-T
• Don Fujii, Ho Ho Lun, Shachihoko Boy and Yosuke Santa Maria vs. Gamma, Problem Dragon, Punch Tominaga and Strong Machine J
• Genki Horiguchi, King Shimizu and Susumu Yokosuka vs. Kenichiro Arai, Masaaki Mochizuki and Shuji Kondo
• Ishin Iihashi and Riki Iihashi vs. Naruki Doi and Takashi Yoshida
• Ben-K, Keisuke Okuda and YAMATO vs. BxB Hulk, H.Y.O and KAI
• Five-match series: Dia Inferno, Diamante, Eita, Kaito Ishida and SB KENTo vs. Dragon Dia, Jason Lee, Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker

October 9 in KBS Hall
• Ben-K, Dragon Kid and Keisuke Okuda vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, Shachihoko Boy and Shuji Kondo
• Genki Horiguchi and U-T vs. Jason Lee and Kota Minoura
• Dia Inferno, Diamante and Eita vs. Dragon Dia, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker
• Don Fujii and Naruki Doi vs. Ishin Iihashi and Riki Iihashi
• BxB Hulk and Kaito Ishida vs. Kagetora and YAMATO
• Funky Jacky Kamei, King Shimizu and Susumu Yokosuka vs. H.Y.O, KAI and SB KENTo

October 10 in Hotel Cent Inn Kurashiki
• Dia Inferno, Diamante and KAI vs. Dragon Dia, Kota Minoura and Shun Skywalker
• Ishin Iihashi and Riki Iihashi vs. Naruki Doi and Shuji Kondo
• Don Fujii, Dragon Kid, Kagetora and Keisuke Okuda vs. Funky Jacky Kamei, King Shimizu, U-T and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Genki Horiguchi and Susumu Yokosuka vs. Jason Lee and La Estrella
• Ben-K, Shachihoko Boy and YAMATO vs. BxB Hulk, H.Y.O and SB KENTo

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