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DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling held its final D-Oh Grand Prix show today in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

• Hideki Okatani and Yuya Koroku def. Yuki Ishida and Yukio Naya
• Yusuke Okada def. Mizuki Watase
• Akito, Saki Akai and Toi Kojima def. Antonio Honda, Kazuki Hirata and Toru Owashi
• Danshoku Dieno, Yuki Iino and Yumehito Imanari vs. Sanshiro Takagi – No Contest
• Masahiro Takahashi def. Shunma Katsumata
• Bodyguard, Jun Akiyama, Naomi Yoshimura, Tetsuya Endo and Yuji Hino def. Chris Brookes, HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi, MAO and Yuji Okabayashi
• DDT Universal Championship: Daisuke Sasaki (c) def. Soma Takao
• D-Oh Grand Prix final: Konosuke Takeshita def. Yuki Ueno

Yukio Sakaguchi, who has been out of action since September 22 due to spinal stenosis, announced he will return at DDT’s show on December 26 in Yoyogi. It was announced during today’s show that Minoru Suzuki will also wrestle on December 26.

Bodyguard and Yuji Hino challenged HARASHIMA and Naomi Yoshimura for the KO-D Tag Team Championships after the fourth match. The bout, which will be HARASHIMA and Yoshimura’s first defense of the titles, will take place on December 26.

Daisuke Sasaki made his second defense of the DDT Universal Championship against Soma Takao. He was challenged by Masahiro Takahashi afterwards and the bout, which will be Sasaki’s third defense of the title, will take place on December 26.

KO-D Openweight Championship holder Konosuke Takeshita defeated Yuki Ueno in the main event to win the D-Oh Grand Prix. Yuji Okabayashi challenged Takeshita afterwards and the bout, which will be Takeshita’s second defense of the title, will take place on December 26.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH held a show today in Nagoya.

The full results were:

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

HAYATA made his seventh successful defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship against Tadasuke. He was challenged by Yoshnari Ogawa afterwards and Ogawa attacked him backstage.

Masaaki Mochizuki and Masato Tanaka challenged their M’s Alliance stablemates Keiji Mutoh and Naomichi Marufuji for the GHC Tag Team Championships after the seventh match.

Kaito Kiyomiya pinned Kenoh to win the main event. He then challenged Kenoh for the GHC National Championship at NOAH’s show on January 1, 2022, in the Nippon Budokan. The full card for the show is:

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

Dragon Gate’s Ultimo Dragon will team with Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Hajime Ohara against Eita, Kotaro Suzuki, NOSAWA Rongai and YO-HEY in the fourth match.

HAYATA will attempt his eighth defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship against Ogawa.

Mutoh and Marufuji will attempt their first defense of the GHC Tag Team Championships against Mochizuki and Tanaka.

KENTA will make his return to NOAH teaming with Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura against Daiki Inaba, Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura in the eighth match.

Kenoh will attempt his second defense of the GHC National Championship against Kiyomiya.

NOAH has also announced the full cards for its shows on December 7 in Korakuen Hall, December 12 in Shizuoka and December 25 in Yokohama Radiant Hall. The full cards are:

December 7 in Korakuen Hall
• Aleja, Haoh, Manabu Soya, Nioh and Tadasuke vs. Hajime Ohara, Kai Fujimura, Mohammed Yone, Shuhei Tangiuchi and Yasutaka Yano
• Atsushi Kotoge vs. Kotaro Suzuki
• Eita and NOSAWA Rongai vs. Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu
• Daiki Inaba, Kinya Okada, Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura vs. Kazushi Sakuraba, Kazuyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin and Takashi Sugiura
• Keiji Mutoh vs. Masaaki Mochizuki
• Go Shiozaki and Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kneoh
• Daisuke Harada and Yoshinari Ogawa vs. HAYATA and YO-HEY
• Masato Tanaka vs. Naomichi Marufuji

December 12 in Shizuoka
• Akitoshi Saito, Kinya Okada and Mohammed Yone vs. Haoh, Nioh and Tadasuke
• Aleja vs. Seiki Yoshioka
• HAYATA, Kai Fujimura and Masao Inoue vs. Shuhei Taniguchi, Yasutaka Yano and Yoshinari Ogawa
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Hajime Ohara vs. Kotaro Suzuki, NOSAWA Rongai and YO-HEY
• Daiki Inaba and Naomichi Marufuji vs. Masa Kitamiya and Takashi Sugiura
• Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh and Manabu Soya

December 25 in Yokohama Radiant Hall
• Akitoshi Saito, Hajime Ohara, Kai Fujimura and Yasutaka Yano vs. Aleja, Manabu Soya, Nioh and Tadasuke
• Haoh vs. Seiki Yoshioka
• Daiki Inaba, Kinya Okada, Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura vs. Mohammed Yone, Naomichi Marufuji, Shuhei Tangicuhi and Takashi Sugiura
• HAYATA vs. Yoshinari Ogawa
• Go Shiozaki and Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kenoh
• Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada vs. Kotaro Suzuki and YO-HEY

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling held its final Real World Tag League show today in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

• Real World Tag League semifinal: Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi def. KAZMA SAKAMOTO and Kengo Mashimo
• Real World Tag League semifinal: Koji Doi and Kuma Arashi def. Shotaro Ashino and SUWAMA
• Dan Tamura, Jun Saito, LEONA, Mitsuya Nagai and Rei Saito def. Atsuki Aoyagi, Black Menso~re, Koji Iwamoto, Rising HAYATO and Ryuki Honda
• Izanagi and Zeus def. Super Crazy and TAJIRI
• Shuji Ishikawa, T-Hawk, Takao Omori and Yoshitatsu def. El Lindaman, Isami Kodaka, Kohei Sato and Seigo Tachibana
• Hardcore: Abdullah Kobayashi and Drew Parker def. Hokuto Omori and Jake Lee
• Real World Tag League: Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi def. Koji Doi and Kuma Arashi

Naoya Nomura, who has been out of action since last February due to a spinal injury, appeared during the show to announce he will leave the company on December 31. He said he would like to have one last match in All Japan before leaving.

Abdullah Kobayashi defeated Jake Lee to win the sixth match. Kobayashi then challenged Lee for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship at All Japan’s show on January 2, 2022, in Korakuen Hall. Once made official, it will be Lee’s fourth defense of the title.

Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi defeated Koji Doi and Kuma Arashi in the main event to win the Real World Tag League. They will challenge Shotaro Ashino and SUWAMA for the World Tag Team Championships at All Japan’s show on January 3, 2022, in Korakuen Hall. Once made official, it will be Ashino and SUWAMA’s second defense of the titles.

All Japan has announced the full field for its Jr. Tag Battle of Glory tournament. The full field is:

• Atsuki Aoyagi and Yu Iizuka
• Black Menso~re and Hiroshi Yamato
• Dan Tamura and Hikaru Sato
• Hokuto Omori and Yusuke Kodama
• Izanagi and Masashi Takeda
• Masato Kamino and Takato Nakano
• RAICHO and SUGI
• Seigo Tachibana and Takayuki Ueki

The left side of the bracket features:

• Atsuki Aoyagi and Yu Iizuka vs. Seigo Tachibana and Takayuki Ueki
• Black Menso~re and Hiroshi Yamato vs. Dan Tamura and Hikaru Sato

The right side of the bracket features:

• Hokuto Omori and Yusuke Kodama vs. Masato Kamino and Takato Nakano
• Izanagi and Masashi Takeda vs. RAICHO and SUGI

The tournament will take place on December 26 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its ninth Best of the Super Juniors show today in Twin Messe Shizuoka.

The full results were:

• Ryohei Oiwa vs. Yuto Nakashima – Time Limit Draw (10 minutes)
• Best of the Super Juniors 28: Taiji Ishimori def. DOUKI
• Best of the Super Juniors 28: YOH def. Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Best of the Super Juniors 28: El Phantasmo def. Ryusuke Taguchi
• Best of the Super Juniors 28: Robbie Eagles def. SHO
• Best of the Super Juniors 28: Hiromu Takahashi def. Master Wato
• Best of the Super Juniors 28: El Desperado def. BUSHI

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its fourth Fantastic Gate 2021 tour show today in Sapporo ii One Stadium.

The full results were:

• BxB Hulk, Diamante and KAI def. Kagetora, Takumi Hayakawa and YAMATO
• Genki Horiguchi and Susumu Yokosuka def. Problem Dragon and Ultimo Dragon
• Naruki Doi and Strong Machine J def. Ishin Iihashi and Riki Iihashi
• Ben-K, Dragon Kid and Keisuke Okuda def. Jason Lee, Kota Minoura and Shun Skywalker
• Open the Triangle Gate Championships: Eita, H.Y.O and Kaito Ishida (c) def. Big Boss Shimizu, Kzy and U-T

Eita, H.Y.O and Kaito Ishida made their second successful defense of the Open the Triangle Gate Championships against Big Boss Shimizu, Kzy and U-T in the main event.

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 held a show today in Fukuoka.

The full results were:

• Kodai Nozaki and Tatsuhito Takaiwa def. Junya Matsunaga and Satsuki Nagao
• Takafumi def. Yoshikazu Yokoyama
• Hartley Jackson def. Chris Vice
• Hartley Jackson and Takafumi def. Chris Vice and Yoshikazu Yokoyama
• Shoki Kitamura and Takumi Baba def. Genta Hiriki and Takuya Sugawara

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