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Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH held a show today in Yoyogi.

The full results were:

• Kinya Okada def. Kai Fujimura
• Kotaro Suzuki and YO-HEY def. Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu
• Akitoshi Saito, Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi def. Daiki Inaba, Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada, Hajime Ohara, Kaito Kiyomiya and Yasutaka Yano def. Aleja, Haoh, Manabu Soya, Nioh and Tadasuke
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa def. Eita and NOSAWA Rongai (c)
• Keiji Mutoh, Masato Tanaka and Naomichi Marufuji def. Kazushi Sakuraba, Kazuyuki Fujita and Takashi Sugiura
• GHC Heavyweight Championship and GHC National Championship: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Kenoh – Time Limit Draw (60 minutes)

After the second match, it was announced KENTA will compete at NOAH’s show on January 1, 2022, in the Nippon Budokan.

HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa defeated Eita and NOSAWA Rongai to win the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships.

Masato Tanaka pinned Takashi Sugiura to win the sixth match. He challenged Sugiura backstage for Pro Wrestling ZERO1’s World Heavyweight Championship at ZERO1’s show on January 1, 2022, in Korakuen Hall.

Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh fought to a 60-minute time limit draw in the main event, meaning Nakajima made his second succesful defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship and Kenoh made his first successful defense of the GHC National Championship.

After the match, Go Shiozaki returned and challenged Nakajima for the GHC Heavyweight Championship on January 1. Nakajima accepted.

Before then, Shiozaki will make his in-ring return at NOAH’s show on December 5 in Nagoya. The full card for the show is:

• Aleja, Haoh, Manabu Soya and Nioh vs. Atsushi Kotoge, Kai Fujimura, Kinya Okada and Yasutaka Yano
• Daisuke Harada vs. YO-HEY
• Kotaro Suzuki and NOSAWA Rongai vs. Seiki Yoshioka and Yoshinari Ogawa
• Hajime Ohara vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
• Daiki Inaba, Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura vs. Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin and Takashi Sugiura
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship: HAYATA (c) vs. Tadasuke
• Akitoshi Saito, Masao Inoue, Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Keiji Mutoh, Masaaki Mochizuki, Masato Tanaka and Naomichi Marufuji
• Go Shiozaki and Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh

NOAH has also announced the partial cards for its shows on December 7 and 27 in Korakuen Hall. The full cards are:

December 7 in Korakuen Hall
• Daiki Inaba, Kinya Okada, Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura vs. Kazushi Sakuraba, Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin and Takashi Sugiura
• Go Shiozaki and Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh

December 27 in Korakuen Hall
• Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Masato Tanaka
• Masakatsu Funaki vs. Takashi Sugiura

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling held its seventh Real World Tag League show today in Odawara Arena.

The full results were:

• Koji Iwamoto and Ryuki Honda def. Rei Saito and Rising HAYATO
• Black Menso~re, Masayuki Mitomi, Super Crazy and Takao Omori def. Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato, Seigo Tachibana and Yoshitatsu
• Koji Doi and Kuma Arashi def. Jun Saito and Zeus
• MLW World Middleweight Championship: TAJIRI (c) def. Atsuki Aoyagi
• Real World Tag League: Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi def. Devil Murasaki and Izanagi
• Real World Tag League: KAZMA SAKAMOTO and Kengo Mashimo def. Kohei Sato and Shuji Ishikawa
• Real World Tag League: Shotaro Ashino and SUWAMA def. Hokuto Omori and Jake Lee

TAJIRI made his first successful defense of Major League Wrestling’s MLW World Middleweight Championship against Atsuki Aoyagi.

Following today’s results, the Real World Tag League semifinalists are A block winners Shotaro Ashino and SUWAMA, B block winners Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi, C block winners KAZMA SAKAMOTO and Kengo Mashimo and D block winners Koji Doi and Kuma Arashi. The final Real World Tag League show will take place on December 5 in Korakuen Hall and the semifinals will be decided by lottery.

After the show, All Japan posted a video message from Abdullah Kobayashi and Drew Parker challenging Jake Lee to a hardcore match. Lee accepted the challenge on Twitter.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its sixth World Tag League show today in Togane Arena.

The full results were:

• Kosei Fujita vs. Yuto Nakashima – Time Limit Draw (10 minutes)
• World Tag League: Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima def. Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma
• World Tag League: SANADA and Tetsuya Naito def. Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens
• World Tag League: Hiroshi Tanahashi and Toru Yano def. Aaron Henare and Great-O-Khan
• World Tag League: EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi def. Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI
• World Tag League: Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. def. Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa
• World Tag League: Tiger Mask and Yuji Nagata def. Minoru Suzuki and TAKA Michinoku

New Japan has announced four new matches for its Nemesis show on December 9 in Hollywood, California: Alex Coughlin versus JR Kratos, Bad Dude Tito versus Juice Robinson, Chris Bey and Hikuleo versus Clark Connors and Jordan Clearwater, and Lucas Riley versus Royce Isaacs.

New Japan will hold its seventh Best of the Super Juniors show tomorrow in Korakuen Hall. The full card is:

• Kosei Fujita vs. Ryohei Oiwa
• Best of the Super Juniors 28: DOUKI vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
• Best of the Super Juniors 28: BUSHI vs. Robbie Eagles
• Best of the Super Juniors 28: Taiji Ishimori vs. YOH
• Best of the Super Juniors 28: Master Wato vs. SHO
• Best of the Super Juniors 28: El Desperado vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Best of the Super Juniors 28: El Phantasmo vs. Hiromu Takahashi

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling held a show today in Kimitsu.

The full results were:

• Yukio Naya def. Yuki Ishida
• Kazuki Hirata and Toru Owashi def. Antonio Honda and Kuishinbo Kamen
• Danshoku Dieno and Yuki Iino def. Naomi Yoshimura and Yuya Koroku
• Daisuke Sasaki and MJ Paul def. Soma Takao and Toi Kojima
• Konosuke Takeshita, MAO, Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ueno def. Akito, Hideki Okatani, Kazusada Higuchi and Tetsuya Endo
• HARASHIMA, Hiroshi Yamato and Yuji Hino def. Chris Brookes, Jun Akiyama and Yusuke Okada

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its thirteenth The Gate of Evolution 2021 tour show today in Hills Sunpia Yamagata.

The full results were:

• BxB Hulk, Dia Inferno, Diamante, H.Y.O and KAI def. Dragon Dia, Jason Lee, Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker
• Gamma, Masaaki Mochizuki and Naruki Doi def. Ishin Iihashi, Riki Iihashi and YAMATO
• Ben-K def. Shoya Sato
• Jacky Funky Kamei and U-T def. Kaito Ishida and SB KENTo
• Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito and Ultimo Dragon def. Genki Horiguchi, Kzy and Susumu Yokosuka

Dragon Gate will hold its fourteenth The Gate of Evolution 2021 tour show tomorrow in Morioka Gymnasium. The full card is:

• Dia Inferno, Diamante and SB KENTo vs. Dragon Dia, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker
• Jason Lee and Kota Minoura vs. Kzy and U-T
• Gamma, Takumi Hayakawa and Ultimo Dragon vs. Genki Horiguchi, Jacky Funky Kamei and King Shimizu
• Masaaki Mochizuki and Naruki Doi vs. Susumu Yokosuka and Takuma Fujiwara
• Ben-K, Dragon Kid, Kagetora and YAMATO vs. BxB Hulk, H.Y.O, KAI and Kaito Ishida

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held a show today in Nagoya.

The full results were:

• Akira Hyodo and Yuya Aoki def. Kazumasa Yoshida and Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Abdullah Kobayashi, Jaki Numazawa and Masaya Takahashi def. Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Masaaki Morihiro
• Intelligent Sensational Grand Passion Mask No. 4, Shinya Ishida and Yusaku Ito def. Kazuki Hashimoto, Kosuke Sato and Kota Sekifuda
• Hideyoshi Kamitani and Kazumi Kikuta def. Garoga #4 and Kenta Kosugi
• Kankuro Hoshino, Kengo Takai and Onryo def. Yuji Okabayashi
• Deathmatch: Takumi Tsukamoto def. Yuki Ishikawa
• Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura def. Daichi Hashimoto and Takuho Kato
• Deathmatch: Isami Kodaka and Ryuji Ito def. Drew Parker and Michio Kageyama

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