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NEW JAPAN, FREEDOMS, DRAGON GATE AND MORE FROM JAPAN

By Oliver Taylor on 2021-10-07 15:27:00

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its eleventh G1 Climax 31 show today in Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall.

The full results were:

• El Desperado def. Ryohei Oiwa
• KENTA def. Hiromu Takahashi
• A block: Kota Ibushi def. Tanga Loa
• A block: Zack Sabre Jr. def. Yujiro Takahashi
• A block: Shingo Takagi def. Toru Yano
• A block: Tomohiro Ishii def. Great-O-Khan

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

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

New Japan will hold its twelfth G1 Climax 31 show tomorrow in Kochi Prefectural Gymnasium. The full card is:

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

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

1. Jeff Cobb (5-0 record): 10 points
-. Kazuchika Okada (5-0 record): 10 points
3. EVIL (4-1 record): 8 points
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi (3-2 record): 6 points
5. SANADA (2-3 record): 4 points
-. Taichi (2-3 record): 4 points
7. Chase Owens (1-4 record): 2 points
-. Hirooki Goto (1-4 record): 2 points
-. Tama Tonga (1-4 record): 2 points
-. YOSHI-HASHI (1-4 record): 2 points

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held a show today in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

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

BxB Hulk pinned YAMATO to win the sixth match, and as such will challenge YAMATO for the Open the Dream Gate Championship at Dragon Gate’s show on November 3 in EDION Arena Osaka.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling has announced the full card for its show on October 23 in Shizuoka.

The full card is:

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

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS has announced the full card for its show on October 17 in Osaka.

The full card is:

• Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu vs. Kengo and Yuya Susumu
• Dyna Mido, GENTARO and Takashi Sasaki vs. Dragon Libre, Idea and Mammoth Sasaki
• Naoki Tanizaki vs. Takahiro Katori
• Hardcore: Kenji Fukimoto and Rina Yamashita vs. GUNSO and Mataro Aoki
• Deathmatch: Daisuke Masaoka and Kamui vs. Orca Uto and Toshiyuki Sakuda
• Deathmatch: Jun Kasai, Tomoya Hirata and Toru Sugiura vs. Masashi Takeda, Takayuki Ueki and Violento Jack

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