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New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling president Takami Ohbari has confirmed Will Ospreay will still be able to travel to Japan to compete on the second night of Wrestle Kingdom 16 on January 5, 2022, amid tightened international travel restrictions.

Ospreay is set to challenge for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at the show, one day after Shingo Takagi attempts his fourth defense of the title against Kazuchika Okada on the first night of Wrestle Kingdom 16.

Ohbari said wrestlers who have visas to work in Japan will still be able to re-enter the country, and he had confirmed the situation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Presumably, this should mean the likes of Jeff Cobb and KENTA (who figure to have major matches at Wrestle Kingdom 16) should not face any issues.

New Japan held its seventh World Tag League show today in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

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

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate will hold its first Fantastic Gate 2021 tour show tomorrow in Korakuen Hall.

The full card is:

• BxB Hulk, Eita, H.Y.O, KAI and Kaito Ishida vs. Genki Horiguchi, King Shimizu, Kzy, Susumu Yokosuka and U-T
• Don Fujii, Masaaki Mochizuki and Shuji Kondo vs. Jason Lee, Kota Minoura and La Estrella
• Dragon Kid and Strong Machine J vs. Problem Dragon and Ultimo Dragon
• Ben-K, Kagetora, Keisuke Okuda and YAMATO vs. Ishin Iihashi, Naruki Doi, Riki Iihashi and Takashi Yoshida
• Open the Brave Gate Championship: SB KENTo (c) vs. Jacky Funky Kamei
• Mask-versus-mask: Dia Inferno and Diamante vs. Dragon Dia and Shun Skywalker

SB KENTo will attempt his second defense of the Open the Brave Gate Championship against Jacky Funky Kamei.

The loser of the fall in the main event will lose their mask (as opposed to both members of the losing team).

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling has announced the full card for its show on December 11 in Gunma.

The full card is:

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

DDT has uploaded a conversation between Kenta Kobashi and Tetsuya Endo where Endo asked Kobashi to come out of retirement to join his new stable.

Kobashi declined the offer, but told Endo to speak to him again after the D-Oh Grand Prix and offered to advise Endo on new members for the stable.

It remains to be seen who will join Endo’s planned stable. The full transcript (in Japanese) of the two’s conversation can be read on DDT’s website here.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling has updated the card for its show on December 3 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring once again.

Masashi Takeda will team with Ryuji Ito and Takumi Tsukamoto against Akira Hyodo, Kankuro Hoshino and Yuki Ishikawa in a deathmatch, replacing Jaki Numazawa.

The updated card is:

• Brahman Kei vs. Brahman Shu vs. Kota Sekifuda
• Kazumasa Yoshida and Kazumi Kikuta vs. Shigehiro Irie and Yuya Aoki
• Kazuki Hashimoto and Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Takuho Kato and Yuji Okabayashi
• Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Yosuke Takii vs. Fuminori Abe, Kosuke Sato and Takuya Nomura
• Deathmatch: Akira Hyodo, Kankuro Hoshino and Yuki Ishikawa vs. Masashi Takeda, Ryuji Ito and Takumi Tsukamoto
• Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi vs. Drew Parker

Elsewhere, Game Changer Wrestling has announced Drew Parker will face AKIRA at its GCW ‘Til Infinity show on December 31 at The Showboat in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Before then, Parker will team with Abdullah Kobayashi against Hokuto Omori and Jake Lee in a hardcore match at All Japan Pro Wrestling’s show on December 5 in Korakuen Hall, All Japan announced today.[]

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