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NEW JAPAN G1 CLIMAX IN OSAKA, BIG JAPAN IN TOKYO AND MORE FROM JAPAN

By Oliver Taylor on 2021-10-09 12:38:00

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its thirteenth G1 Climax 31 show today in EDION Arena Osaka.

The full results were:

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

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

1. Kota Ibushi (6-2 record): 12 points
2. KENTA (5-2 record): 10 points
-. Shingo Takagi (5-2 record): 10 points
-. Zack Sabre Jr. (5-2 record): 10 points
5. Tomohiro Ishii (4-3 record): 8 points
-. Toru Yano (4-3 record): 8 points
7. Great-O-Khan (4-4 record): 8 points
8. Tanga Loa (2-5 record): 4 points
-. Yujiro Takahashi (2-5 record): 4 points
10. Tetsuya Naito (0-9 record): 0 points

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling held a show today in Kitamoto.

The full results were:

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

El Lindaman and T-Hawk made their first successful defense of the All Asia Tag Team Championships against Koji Iwamoto and Ryuki Honda. They were challenged by Atsuki Aoyagi and Yuma Aoyagi afterwards.

Shuji Ishikawa made his third successful defense of the GAORA TV Championship against Daisuke Sekimoto in the main event. He was challenged by Shigehiro Irie afterwards.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held a show today in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

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

Drew Parker made his second successful defense of Game Changer Wrestling’s GCW Ultra Violent Championship against Akira Hyodo in the main event. He was challenged by Masashi Takeda afterwards.

The bout, which will be Parker’s third defense of the title, will take place at Big Japan’s show on October 25 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. The full card for the show is:

• Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi and Kankuro Hoshino vs. Jaki Numazawa and Ryuji Ito
• Deathmatch: Akira Hyodo vs. Yuki Ishikawa
• Kosuke Sato and Kota Sekifuda vs. Masato Kamino and Takato Nakano
• Kazuki Hashimoto and Kazumi Kikuta vs. Takuho Kato and Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura vs. Shigeiro Irie and Yuya Aoki
• Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi
• GCW Ultra Violent Championship: Drew Parker (c) vs. Masashi Takeda

It is worth remembering Takeda will compete at GCW’s shows on November 12 in Detroit and November 13 in Chicago.

Big Japan will hold a show on December 12 in Korakuen Hall to celebrate Daichi Hashimoto’s tenth wrestling anniversary. Hashimoto will challenge for the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship (currently held by Takuya Nomura) at the show.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its fourth The Gate of Victory 2021 tour show today in KBS Hall.

The full results were:

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

Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Haoh and Kenoh appeared after the main event to challenge King Shimizu and Susumu Yokosuka for the Open the Twin Gate Championships. The bout, which will be the champions’ third defense of the titles, will take place at Dragon Gate’s show on November 3 in EDION Arena Osaka.

Dragon Gate will hold its fifth The Gate of Victory 2021 tour show tomorrow in Hotel Cent Inn Kurashiki. The full card is:

• 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

GLEAT

GLEAT held a show today in Shinjuku FACE.

The full results were:

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

Minoru Tanaka challenged Takuya Wada for a singles match, while Takanori Ito challenged Hikaru Sato.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH will hold a show tomorrow in EDION Arena Osaka.

The full card 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

Atsushi Kotoge and Hajime Ohara will attempt their first defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships against Eita and NOSAWA Rongai.

HAYATA will attempt his fourth defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship against Daisuke Harada.

Naomichi Marufuji will attempt his third defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship against N-1 Victory winner Katsuhiko Nakajima in the main event.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling will hold a show tomorrow in Nagano.

The full card is:

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

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS will hold a show tomorrow in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.

The full card is:

• Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Rekka vs. GENTARO, Kamui and Kenji Fukimoto
• Dragon Libre vs. Mammoth Sasaki
• Kengo, Leo Isaka and Yuya Susumu vs. Takahiro Katori, Takashi Sasaki and Tatsuhito Takaiwa
• Deathmatch: Jun Kasai and Rina Yamashita vs. Orca Uto and Masashi Takeda
• Deathmatch: Daisuke Masaoka, Tomoya Hirata and Toru Sugiura vs. Takayuki Ueki, Toshiyuki Sakuda and Violento Jack

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