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New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its twelfth G1 Climax 31 show today in Kochi Prefectural Gymnasium.

The full results were:

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

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

1. Jeff Cobb (6-0 record): 12 points
-. Kazuchika Okada (6-0 record): 12 points
3. EVIL (5-1 record): 10 points
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi (3-3 record): 6 points
5. Hirooki Goto (2-4 record): 4 points
-. SANADA (2-4 record): 4 points
-. Taichi (2-4 record): 4 points
-. YOSHI-HASHI (2-4 record): 4 points
9. Chase Owens (1-5 record): 2 points
-. Tama Tonga (1-5 record): 2 points

Major League Wrestling announced during its Fightland television special last night that Will Ospreay will debut in the company this fall. MLW is slated to hold its final television taping of the year on November 6 in the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

PWInsider reported today there have been “rumblings” about Jeff Cobb also appearing in the promotion.

New Japan will hold its thirteenth G1 Climax 31 show tomorrow in EDION Arena Osaka. The full card is:

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

Going into the show, the current 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

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling will hold a show tomorrow in Kitamoto.

The full card is:

• Koji Doi vs. Ryoma Tsukamoto
• Black Menso~re and Takao Omori vs. Jun Saito and Rei Saito
• Fuminori Abe and Ryuji Hijikata vs. Seigo Tachibana and Yoshitatsu
• Dan Tamura, Shotaro Ashino and SUWAMA vs. Izanagi, Shigehiro Irie and Zeus
• Atsuki Aoyagi, Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi vs. Hokuto Omori, Kuma Arashi and Jake Lee
• All Asia Tag Team Championships: El Lindaman and T-Hawk (c) vs. Koji Iwamoto and Ryuki Honda
• GAORA TV Championship: Shuji Ishikawa (c) vs. Daisuke Sekimoto

Munenori Sawa will accompany Fuminori Abe and Ryuji Hijikata against Seigo Tachibana and Yoshitatsu. Abe was trained by Sawa.

El Lindaman and T-Hawk will attempt their first defense of the All Asia Tag Team Championships against Koji Iwamoto and Ryuki Honda.

Shuji Ishikawa will attempt his third defense of the GAORA TV Championship against Daisuke Sekimoto in the main event.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling will hold a show tomorrow in Korakuen Hall.

The full card is:

• Daichi Hashimoto and Takuho Kato vs. Kazumasa Yoshida and Kazumi Kikuta
• Kazuki Hashimoto and Kosuke Sato vs. Kota Sekifuda and Tatsuhiko Yoshino
• Daisuke Sekimoto, Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Fuminori Abe, Takuya Nomura and Yuya Aoki
• Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi vs. Kankuro Hoshino vs. Shunma Katsumata
• Deathmatch: Jaki Numazawa, Ryuji Ito and Yuki Ishikawa vs. Masashi Takeda, Takumi Tsukamoto and Toshiyuki Sakuda
• Deathmatch: Hideyoshi Kamitani and Masaya Takahashi vs. Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto
• GCW Ultra Violent Championship: Drew Parker (c) vs. Akira Hyodo

Drew Parker will attempt his second defense of Game Changer Wrestling’s GCW Ultra Violent Championship against Akira Hyodo in the main event.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate will hold its fourth The Gate of Victory 2021 tour show tomorrow in KBS Hall.

The full card is:

• 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

Kenzo Suzuki has promised to bring King Shimizu and Susumu Yokosuka’s next challengers for the Open the Twin Gate Championships to tomorrow’s show.

GLEAT

GLEAT will hold a show tomorrow in Shinjuku FACE.

The full card is:

• UWF Rules: Maya Fukuda vs. Michiko Miyagi
• UWF Rules: Hideki Sekine vs. Rionne Fujiwara
• UWF Rules: Daijiro Matsui vs. Tetsuya Izuchi
• UWF Rules: Kaz Hayashi vs. Tatsuaki Nakano
• UWF Rules: UWF Rules: Hikaru Sato and Ryo Kawamura vs. Minoru Tanaka and Takanori Ito
• UWF Rules: Daichi Hashimoto vs. Yu Iizuka

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