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New Japan Pro Wrestling held its fifteenth G1 Climax 31 show today in Xebio Arena Sendai.

The full results were:

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

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

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

Going into the final A block show on October 18 in the Yokohama Budokan, KENTA, Kota Ibushi, Shingo Takagi and Zack Sabre Jr. are all tied atop A block with 12 points and a 6-2 record.

KENTA has defeated Zack Sabre Jr. and lost to Shingo Takagi but is yet to face Kota Ibushi.

Kota Ibushi has defeated Shingo Takagi and lost to Zack Sabre Jr. but is yet to face KENTA.

Shingo Takagi has defeated KENTA, lost to Kota Ibushi and Zack Sabre Jr. and will face Yujiro Takahashi on the final show.

Zack Sabre Jr. has defeated Kota Ibushi and Shingo Takagi, lost to KENTA and will face Tanga Loa on the final show.

If KENTA defeats Kota Ibushi, Shingo Takagi loses to Yujiro Takahashi and Zack Sabre Jr. loses to Tanga Loa, KENTA will win A block with an uncontested 14 points:

1. KENTA (7-2 record): 14 points
2. Zack Sabre Jr. (6-3 record): 12 points
3. Kota Ibushi (6-3 record): 12 points
4. Shingo Takagi (6-3 record): 12 points

If KENTA defeats Kota Ibushi, Shingo Takagi defeats Yujiro Takahashi and Zack Sabre Jr. loses to Tanga Loa, Shingo Takagi will win A block due to the head-to-head tiebreak (Shingo Takagi defeated KENTA in the tournament):

1. Shingo Takagi (7-2 record): 14 points
2. KENTA (7-2 record): 14 points
3. Zack Sabre Jr. (6-3 record): 12 points
4. Kota Ibushi (6-3 record): 12 points

If KENTA defeats Kota Ibushi, Shingo Takagi loses to Yujiro Takahashi and Zack Sabre Jr. defeats Tanga Loa, KENTA will win A block due to the head-to-head tiebreak (KENTA defeated Zack Sabre Jr. in the tournament):

1. KENTA (7-2 record): 14 points
2. Zack Sabre Jr. (7-2 record): 14 points
3. Kota Ibushi (6-3 record): 12 points
4. Shingo Takagi (6-3 record): 12 points

If KENTA defeats Kota Ibushi, Shingo Takagi defeats Yujiro Takahashi and Zack Sabre Jr. defeats Tanga Loa, there will be a three-way tie at the top of A block (each man has one win and one loss against each other).

In the event of a multi-person tie at the top of a block, the secondary tiebreaker is each person’s head-to-head record against the next ranking person.

In the scenario mentioned above – a three-way tie between KENTA, Shingo Takagi and Zack Sabre Jr. – KENTA would win A block due to the secondary tiebreak: head-to-head record against fourth place Kota Ibushi.

Shingo Takagi would be eliminated due to losing to Kota Ibushi, meaning KENTA would win A block over Zack Sabre Jr. due to the “primary” head-to-head tiebreak (KENTA and Zack Sabre Jr. both defeated Kota Ibushi, but KENTA defeated Zack Sabre Jr. in the tournament):

1. KENTA (7-2 record): 14 points
2. Zack Sabre Jr. (7-2 record): 14 points
3. Shingo Takagi (7-2 record): 14 points
4. Kota Ibushi (6-3 record): 12 points

If Kota Ibushi defeats KENTA, Shingo Takagi loses to Yujiro Takahashi and Zack Sabre Jr. loses to Tanga Loa, Kota Ibushi will win A block with an uncontested 14 points:

1. Kota Ibushi (7-2 record): 14 points
2. Zack Sabre Jr. (6-3 record): 12 points
3. Kota Ibushi (6-3 record): 12 points
4. KENTA (6-3 record): 12 points

If Kota Ibushi defeats KENTA, Shingo Takagi defeats Yujiro Takahashi and Zack Sabre Jr. loses to Tanga Loa, Kota Ibushi will win A block due to the head-to-head tiebreak (Kota Ibushi defeated Shingo Takagi in the tournament):

1. Kota Ibushi (7-2 record): 14 points
2. Shingo Takagi (7-2 record): 14 points
3. KENTA (6-3 record): 12 points
4. Zack Sabre Jr. (6-3 record): 12 points

If Kota Ibushi defeats KENTA, Shingo Takagi loses to Yujiro Takahashi and Zack Sabre Jr. defeats Tanga Loa, Zack Sabre Jr. will win A block due to the head-to-head tiebreak (Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Kota Ibushi in the tournament):

1. Zack Sabre Jr. (7-2 record): 14 points
2. Kota Ibushi (7-2 record): 14 points
3. Shingo Takagi (6-3 record): 12 points
4. KENTA (6-3 record): 12 points

If Kota Ibushi defeats KENTA, Shingo Takagi defeats Yujiro Takahashi and Zack Sabre Jr. defeats Tanga Loa, Zack Sabre Jr. will win A block due to the head-to-head tiebreak (Zack Sabre Jr. defeated both Kota Ibushi and Shingo Takagi in the tournament):

1. Zack Sabre Jr. (7-2 record): 14 points
2. Kota Ibushi (7-2 record): 14 points
3. Shingo Takagi (7-2 record): 14 points
4. KENTA (6-3 record): 12 points

If KENTA versus Kota Ibushi ends in a draw (meaning both men would finish with 13 points and a 6-2-1 record), Shingo Takagi defeats Yujiro Takahashi and Zack Sabre Jr. defeats Tanga Loa, Zack Sabre Jr. will win A block due to the head-to-head tiebreak (Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Shingo Takagi in the tournament):

1. Zack Sabre Jr. (7-2 record): 14 points
2. Shingo Takagi (7-2 record): 14 points
3. KENTA (6-2-1 record): 13 points
-. Kota Ibushi (6-2-1 record): 13 points

If KENTA versus Kota Ibushi ends in a draw (meaning both men would finish with 13 points and a 6-2-1 record), one of Shingo Takagi or Zack Sabre Jr. wins their match but the other loses, the winner would win A block with an uncontested 14 points.

New Japan will hold its sixteenth G1 Climax 31 show tomorrow in Yamagata. The full card is:

• BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi vs. Kosei Fujita and Ryohei Oiwa
• B block: Chase Owens vs. Taichi
• B block: Hirooki Goto vs. SANADA
• B block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. YOSHI-HASHI
• B block: EVIL vs. Jeff Cobb
• B block: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tama Tonga

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

1. Jeff Cobb (7-0 record): 14 points
-. Kazuchika Okada (7-0 record): 14 points
3. EVIL (6-1 record): 12 points
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi (3-4 record): 6 points
-. SANADA (3-4 record): 6 points
6. Hirooki Goto (2-5 record): 4 points
-. Taichi (2-5 record): 4 points
-. Tama Tonga (2-5 record): 4 points
-. YOSHI-HASHI (2-5 record): 4 points
10. Chase Owens (1-6 record): 2 points

GLEAT

GLEAT has announced it will hold a show on December 30 in the Tokyo Dome City Hall.

It will be the company’s second show in the venue. The first show took place on July 1, headlined by SHO versus Takanori Ito in a UWF Rules match.

All Japan Pro Wrestling

British promotion Revolution Pro Wrestling has announced All Japan Pro Wrestling’s Francesco Akira will face Mike Bailey at its show on November 7 in London.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling ZERO1 will hold a co-promoted show tomorrow in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.

The full card is:

• Drew Parker, Kota Sekifuda and Yuki Ishikawa vs. Shoki Kitamura, Takumi Baba and Takuya Sugawara
• Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Genta Hiriki and Junya Matsunaga
• Kazumasa Yoshida and Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Shigehiro Irie and Yuya Aoki
• Kazuki Hashimoto and Takuya Nomura vs. Satsuki Nagao and Takafumi
• Hartley Jackson vs. Kosuke Sato
• Chris Vice vs. Yuji Okabayashi
• Akira Hyodo and Kankuro Hoshino vs. Daisuke Sekimoto and Masato Tanaka

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