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NJPW ROAD TO POWER STRUGGLE TOUR KICKS OFF, DRAGON GATE GATE OF VICTORY EVENTS ROLL ON AND MORE FROM JAPAN

By Oliver Taylor on 2021-10-24 10:15:00

 

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its first Road to Power Struggle tour show today in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

• Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato and Ryusuke Taguchi def. Robbie Eagles, Ryohei Oiwa and Tiger Mask
• Dick Togo, EVIL, SHO and Yujiro Takahashi def. Hirooki Goto, Kosei Fujita, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI
• Aaron Henare and Great-O-Khan def. Satoshi Kojima and Toru Yano
• Hiroshi Tanahashi and Yuji Nagata def. Gedo and KENTA
• Jado, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa def. Kazuchika Okada, Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma
• Elimination: DOUKI, El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Zack Sabre Jr. def. BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA and Shingo Takagi

Kazuchika Okada made his entrance with the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, so it seems his request to New Japan chairman Naoki Sugabayashi to hold the retired title instead of receiving an IWGP World Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate as his reward for winning the G1 Climax has been granted. However, he is still scheduled to defend the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate (which, again, Okada either does not have or simply does not want) against Tama Tonga at Power Struggle on November 6 in the EDION Arena Osaka.

New Japan will hold its second Road to Power Struggle tour show tomorrow in Korakuen Hall. The full card is:

• Ryohei Oiwa vs. SHO
• BUSHI and Hiromu Takahashi vs. Kosei Fujita and Ryusuke Taguchi
• Aaron Henare and Great-O-Khan vs. Togi Makabe and Toru Yano
• SANADA and Shingo Takagi vs. Satoshi Kojima and Tomoaki Honma
• DOUKI, El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Master Wato, Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask
• Elimination: EVIL, KENTA, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa and Yujiro Takahashi vs. Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its ninth and tenth The Gate of Victory 2021 tour shows today in Acros Fukuoka.

The full results were:

Afternoon
• Jacky Funky Kamei, King Shimizu and Susumu Yokosuka def. Ben-K, Dragon Kid and Takumi Hayakawa
• Problem Dragon, Punch Tominaga and Yosuke Santa Maria def. Genki Horiguchi, Ho Ho Lun and Ryo Saito
• Don Fujii and Naruki Doi def. Ishin Iihashi and Riki Iihashi
• KAI and Kaito Ishida def. Kzy and U-T
• BxB Hulk and H.Y.O def. Kagetora and YAMATO
• Dragon Dia, Jason Lee, Kota Minoura and Shun Skywalker def, Dia Inferno, Diamante, Eita and SB KENTo

Evening
• Problem Dragon and Yosuke Santa Maria def. Ho Ho Lun and Punch Tominaga
• Jason Lee, Kota Minoura and Ryo Saito def. Genki Horiguchi, Kzy and U-T
• Don Fujii and Jacky Funky Kamei def. Naruki Doi and Takumi Hayakawa
• King Shimizu and Susumu Yokosuka def. Iishin Iihashi and Riki Iihashi
• Gurukun Mask and Shuri Joe def. Kaito Ishida and SB KENTo via DQ
• Dia Inferno and Eita def. Dragon Dia and Shun Skywalker
• Ben-K, Dragon Kid, Kagetora and YAMATO def. BxB Hulk, Diamante, H.Y.O and KAI

Keisuke Okuda suffered a knee injury at yesterday’s eighth The Gate of Victory 2021 tour show and was not able to compete on today’s shows. He was replaced by the debuting trainee Takumi Hayakawa.

Ryukyu Dragon Pro-Wrestling’s Gurukun Mask and Shuri Joe made a surprise appearance on the afternoon show to challenge Kaito Ishida. The challenge was accepted, the surprise guests faced Ishida and SB KENTo on the evening show.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH held a show today in Nagaoka.

The full results were:

• Kotaro Suzuki def. Kinya Okada
• HAYATA vs. NOSAWA Rongai – Time Limit Draw (20 minutes)
• Daiki Inaba, Ikuto Hidaka and YO-HEY def. Kai Fujimura, Masa Kitamiya and Seiki Yoshioka
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada, Hajime Ohara, Takashi Sugiura and Yasutaka Yano def. Aleja, Haoh, Kenoh, Nioh and Tadasuke
• Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Yoshinari Ogawa – Time Limit Draw (30 minutes)
• Masato Tanaka and Naomichi Marufuji def. Katsuhiko Nakajima and Manabu Soya

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 has announced the full card for its show on October 30 in Tokyo.

The full card is:

• Hartley Jackson vs. Yoshikazu Yokoyama
• Satsuki Nagao vs. Shoki Kitamura vs. Takafumi
• Chris Vice and Genta Hiriki vs. Junya Matsunaga and Takuya Sugawara
• ZERO1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship and ZERO1 World Junior Heavyweight Championship: Fuminori Abe (c) vs. Takumi Baba

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

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

The full card is:

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

Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi will attempt their first defense of the BJW Tag Team Championships against Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani.

Drew Parker will attempt his third defense of Game Changer Wrestling’s GCW Ultra Violent Championship against Masashi Takeda in the main event.

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