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2021 NEW JAPAN G1 CLIMAX FINAL IS SET AND MORE FROM JAPAN

By Oliver Taylor on 2021-10-20 08:39:00

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its eighteenth G1 Climax 31 show today in the Nippon Budokan.

The full results were:

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

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

1. Kazuchika Okada (8-1 record): 16 points
2. Jeff Cobb (8-1 record): 16 points
3. EVIL (7-2 record): 14 points
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi (4-5 record): 8 points
5. SANADA (4-5 record): 8 points
6. Hirooki Goto (3-6 record): 6 points
7. YOSHI-HASHI (3-6 record): 6 points
8. Tama Tonga (3-6 record): 6 points
9. Taichi (3-6 record): 6 points
10. Chase Owens (2-7 record): 4 points

Kazuchika Okada won B block with 16 points after defeating Jeff Cobb in the main event. He will meet Kota Ibushi in the tournament final at the nineteenth G1 Climax 31 show tomorrow in the Nippon Budokan. The full card for the show has not been announced yet.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced Junta Miyawaki will miss its shows on October 24 in Nagaoka, October 28 in Kumamoto and October 30 in Fukuoka due to a knee injury.

The updated cards for the shows are:

October 24 in Nagaoka
• Kinya Okada vs. Kotaro Suzuki
• HAYATA vs. NOSAWA Rongai
• Daiki Inaba, Ikuto Hidaka and YO-HEY vs. Kai Fujimura, Masa Kitamiya and Seiki Yoshioka
• Aleja, Haoh, Kenoh, Nioh and Tadasuke vs. Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada, Hajime Ohara, Takashi Sugiura and Yasutaka Yano
• Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Yoshinari Ogawa
• Katsuhiko Nakajima and Manabu Soya vs. Masato Tanaka and Naomichi Marufuji

October 28 in Kumamoto
• Ikuto Hidaka vs. Kinya Okada
• Aleja and Manabu Soya vs. Kai Fujimura and Masa Kitamiya
• Daiki Inaba and Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi
• Eita, Kotaro Suzuki, NOSAWA Rongai and YO-HEY vs. HAYATA, Seiki Yoshioka, Yasutaka Yano and Yoshinari Ogawa
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada, Hajime Ohara, Naomichi Marufuji and Masato Tanaka vs. Haoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Nioh and Tadasuke
• GHC National Championship: Takashi Sugiura (c) vs. Masaaki Mochizuki

October 30 in Fukuoka
• Hajime Ohara, Kai Fujimura and Kinya Okada vs. Haoh, Nioh and Tadasuke
• Aleja vs. Ikuto Hidaka
• Kenoh and Manabu Soya vs. Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi
• Eita, Kotaro Suzuki and YO-HEY vs. Seiki Yoshioka, Yasutaka Yano and Yoshinari Ogawa
• Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada vs. Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship: HAYATA (c) vs. NOSAWA Rongai
• Daiki Inaba, Kaito Kiyomiya and Masa Kitamiya vs. Keiji Mutoh, Masaaki Mochizuki and Naomichi Marufuji
• GHC Heavyweight Championship: Katsuhiko Nakajima (c) vs. Masato Tanaka

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 has announced Fuminori Abe will attempt his second defense of the ZERO1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship and ZERO1 World Junior Heavyweight Championship against Takumi Baba at its show on October 30 in Tokyo.

The rest of the card will be determined by a lottery on October 23.

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