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New Japan Pro Wrestling
New Japan Pro Wrestling held a press conference today with its chairman Naoki Sugabayashi and G1 Climax 31 winner Kazuchika Okada.
Sugabayashi confirmed Kota Ibushi suffered a dislocated right shoulder during his G1 Climax main event against Kazuchika Okada at New Japan’s show yesterday in the Nippon Budokan.
Sugabayashi also said the company will be increasing the number of matches on each card moving forward, citing the current COVID-19 infection levels in Japan as well as the vaccination status of staff and wrestlers.
Okada spoke second. He requested to hold the retired IWGP Heavyweight Championship instead of receiving a IWGP World Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate as his reward for winning the G1 Climax.
Okada said he wants to hold the title until Ibushi recovers. Of course, Ibushi unified the IWGP Heavyweight Championship with the IWGP Intercontinental Championship earlier this year to create the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
Okada reasoned that rather than holding a briefcase containing the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate, holding the IWGP Heavyweight Championship would be proof of his promise to Ibushi to face him again.
Okada said he would be willing to defend a IWGP World Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate against Tama Tonga, since Tonga challenged Okada yesterday, but he wants to be the G1 Champion” to fire up New Japan in his own way. Sugabayashi asked Okada for some time for the company to consider the proposal.
All Japan Pro Wrestling
All Japan Pro Wrestling held a show today in Kawasaki.
The full results were:
• Kuma Arashi def. Ryoma Tsukamoto
• Hiroshi Yamato, Koji Iwamoto and Ryuki Honda def. Jun Saito, Rei Saito and Rising HAYATO
• Izanagi and Zeus def. Black Menso~re and Shuji Ishikawa
• Takao Omori and TAMURA def. Reimu Imai and Yoshitatsu
• Shotaro Ashino and SUWAMA def. Dan Tamura and Hikaru Sato
• Atsuki Aoyagi, Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi def. Hokuto Omori, Jake Lee and TAJIRI
Atsuki Aoyagi alluded to challenging TAJIRI for Major League Wrestling’s MLW World Middleweight Championship backstage.
Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Big Japan Pro Wrestling held a show today in Chiba.
The full results were:
• Abdullah Kobayashi and Kankuro Hoshino def. Jaki Numazawa and Yuichi Taniguchi
• Drew Parker and Kazumi Kikuta def. Kazuki Hashimoto and Ryuji Ito
• Kosuke Sato def. Kazumasa Yoshida
• Yuya Aoki def. Yuki Ishikawa
• Takuho Kato def. Akira Hyodo
• Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Takuya Nomura def. Daisuke Sekimoto, Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuji Okabayashi
Dragon Gate
Dragon Gate will hold its eighth The Gate of Victory 2021 tour show tomorrow in Orocity Hall.
The full card is:
• Ben-K, Dragon Kid and Kagetora vs. Dragon Dia, Jason Lee and Shun Skywalker
• Kota Minoura and Punch Tominaga vs. Naruki Doi and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Don Fujii and Ryo Saito vs. Ishin Iihashi and Riki Iihashi
• BxB Hulk and Kaito Ishida vs. Keisuke Okuda and YAMATO
• Diamante, H.Y.O, KAI and SB KENTo vs. King Shimizu, Kzy, Susumu Yokosuka and U-T
GLEAT
GLEAT will hold a show tomorrow in Osaka.
The full card is:
• Hayato Tamura vs. Issei Onitsuka
• Madeline vs. Michiko Miyagi vs. Momoka Hanazono
• Jun Tonsho and ‘X’ vs. Nobuhiro Shimatani and Ryuichi Kawakami
• KAZMA SAKAMOTO and Quiet Storm vs. Takanori Ito and Yu Iizuka
• CIMA, Kaz Hayashi and Minoru Tanaka vs. El Lindaman, Shigehiro Irie and T-Hawk
Jun Masaoka will miss the show due to a slight fever. He was scheduled to team with Jun Tonsho against Nobuhiro Shimatani and Ryuichi Kawakami in the third match. Masaoka’s replacement has not been announced as of the publishing of this article.
DDT Pro-Wrestling
DDT Pro-Wrestling will hold a show tomorrow in Shizuoka.
The full card is:
• Naomi Yoshimura and Soma Takao vs. Yuki Ishida and Yuya Koroku
• Akito vs. Antonio Honda vs. Toru Owashi
• Danshoku Dieno and Yuki Iino vs. Kazuki Hirata and Yuji Hino
• Chris Brookes and Yukio Naya vs. Kazusada Higuchi and Tetsuya Endo
• Daisuke Sasaki and MJ Paul vs. HARASHIMA and Keigo Nakamura
• Hideki Okatani, Jun Akiyama and Yusuke Okada vs. Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ueno
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