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Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH held two N-1 Victory shows in Korakuen Hall today.

The full results were:

Afternoon
• Atsushi Kotoge, Hajime Ohara and Seiki Yoshioka vs. Daisuke Harada, Kinya Okada and YO-HEY – Time Limit Draw (20 minutes)
• B block: Kenoh def. Yoshiki Inamura
• A block: Kazushi Sakuraba def. Masa Kitamiya
• B block: Shuhei Taniguchi def. Katsuhiko Nakajima
• A block: Kaito Kiyomiya def. Manabu Soya

Evening
• Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi def. Masa Kitamiya and Yoshiki Inamura
• B block: Kenoh def. Naomichi Marufuji
• A block: Kaito Kiyomiya def. Kazushi Sakuraba
• Daisuke Harada, Kinya Okada and YO-HEY def. HAYATA, Kotaro Suzuki and Yoshinari Ogawa
• B block: Katsuhiko Nakajima def. Takashi Sugiura
• A block: Masaaki Mochizuki def. Go Shiozaki

Following today’s shows, the current N-1 Victory standings are:

A block
1. Kaito Kiyomiya (2-1-1 record): 5 points
2. Go Shiozaki (2-1 record): 4 points
3. Kazushi Sakuraba (2-2 record): 4 points
4. Masaaki Mochizuki (1-1-1 record): 3 points
5. Manabu Soya (1-2 record): 2 points
6. Masa Kitamiya (1-2 record): 2 points

B block
1. Kenoh (3-1 record): 6 points
2. Takashi Sugiura (2-1-1 record): 5 points
3. Katsuhiko Nakajima (2-1 record): 4 points
4. Naomichi Marufuji (1-1-1 record): 3 points
5. Shuhei Taniguchi (1-2 record): 2 points
6. Yoshiki Inamura (0-3 record): 0 points

Entering today’s shows tied for last place in his block after a time limit draw against Masaaki Mochizuki and a loss against Masa Kitamiya, Kaito Kiyomiya has catapulted into first place in A block following two victories against Manabu Soya and Kazushi Sakuraba.

As has become increasingly common this year, there was another major shift in the junior heavyweight division on today’s second show.

YO-HEY betrayed Daisuke Harada and joined Full Throttle, while Atsushi Kotoge left Full Throttle to reform Momo no Seishun with Harada.

Then, Momo no Seishun challenged HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa of Stinger for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships. The match will take place on October 11 in EDION Arena Osaka.

Chris Ridgeway, a member of Stinger, has teased a return to NOAH soon on Twitter.

NOAH has confirmed Kazuyuki Fujita, Keiji Mutoh, Kendo Kashin and Masakatsu Funaki will also compete on its final N-1 Victory show on October 11.

It will be Fujita’s first appearance since unsuccessfully challenging Go Shiozaki for the GHC Heavyweight Championship in March.

Funaki debuted as the fifth member of M’s Alliance at NOAH’s KAWASAKI,GO! 2020 show on August 30. The October 11 show will be his second match in the company.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its third G1 Climax show today in Hokkaido General Sports Center Hokkai Kiteru.

The full results were:

• Gabriel Kidd def. Yuya Uemura
• A block: Jeff Cobb def. Shingo Takagi
• A block: Kazuchika Okada def. Yujiro Takahashi
• A block: Taichi def. Minoru Suzuki
• A block: Will Ospreay def .Tomohiro Ishii
• A block: Jay White def. Kota Ibushi

Following today’s show, the current A block standings are:

1. Jay White (2-0 record): 4 points
-. Taichi (2-0 record): 4 points
-. Will Ospreay (2-0 record): 4 points
4. Jeff Cobb (1-1 record): 2 points
-. Kota Ibushi (1-1 record): 2 points
-. Minoru Suzuki (1-1 record): 2 points
-. Kazuchika Okada (1-1 record): 2 points
8. Shingo Takagi (0-2 record): 0 points
-. Tomohiro Ishii (0-2 record): 0 points
-. Yujiro Takahashi (0-2 record): 0 points

Kota Ibushi defeated Kazuchika Okada on September 19, giving Ibushi the head-to-head tiebreaker. Okada has faced neither Jeff Cobb or Minoru Suzuki yet so he is tied with both men based on record, however he is below Ibushi.

New Japan will hold its fourth G1 Climax show tomorrow, also in Hokkaido General Sports Center Hokkai Kiteru.

Only a limited number of wresters will compete on each G1 Climax show for precautionary reasons. As such, A block competitors will not compete on the undercard of shows featuring B block tournament matches and vice versa.

Tomorrow’s show is exclusively B block wrestlers. Each tournament show will start with a singles match between two young lions (Gabriel Kidd, Yota Tsuji or Yuya Uemura) followed by five tournament matches.

The full card is:

• Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura
• B block: Hirooki Goto vs. SANADA
• B block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Toru Yano
• B block: Juice Robinson vs. KENTA
• B block: EVIL vs. YOSHI-HASHI
• B block: Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

The show will air live on NJPW World at 6:30pm JST, 10:30am BST, 5:30am ET.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

The full second round of Big Japan Pro Wrestling’s Saikyo Tag League has been set after today’s show in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.

Today’s Saikyo Tag League results were:

• Deathmatch: Masaya Takahashi and Takayuki Ueki def. Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu
• Kuma Arashi and Yasufumi Nakanoue def. Daisuke Sekimoto and Kohei Sato
• Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi and Minoru Fujita def. Jaki Numazawa and Kenji Fukimoto

Abdullah Kobayashi and Minoru Fujita will face Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto on September 27. Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura will face Quiet Storm and Yuji Okabayashi on the same day.

Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani will face Kuma Arashi and Yasufumi Nakanoue on October 7. Masaya Takahashi and Takayuki Ueki will face Ryuji Ito and Shunma Katsumata on the same day.

Saikyo Tag League second round
• Abdullah Kobayashi and Minoru Fujita vs. Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto (September 27)
• Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura vs. Quiet Storm and Yuji Okabayashi (September 27)
• Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Kuma Arashi and Yasufumi Nakanoue (October 7)
• Masaya Takahashi and Takayuki Ueki vs. Ryuji Ito and Shunma Katsumata (October 7)

Big Japan will hold another show in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring tomorrow, highlighted by Frank Atsushi’s farewell match.

The full card is:

• Kosuke Sato and Kota Sekifuda vs. Masaki Morihiro and Yuya Aoki
• Abdullah Kobayashi and Yuichi Taniguchi vs. Drew Parker and Jaki Numazawa
• Daichi Hashimoto and Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Takuho Kato and Takuya Nomura
• Daisuke Sekimoto, Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami vs. Kuma Arashi, Ryota Hama and Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Deathmatch: Masaya Takahashi, Takayuki Ueki and Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Ryuichi Sekine, Yuki Ishikawa and Yuko Miyamoto
• Hardcore: Akira Hyodo and Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Kankuro Hoshino and Ryuji Ito
• Frank Atsushi vs. Yuji Okabayashi

As well as wrestling his farewell match against Yuji Okabayashi in the main event, Atsushi will also refree the second tag team match on the card.

Eiji Tosaka will serve as the referee of the main event.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate has announced the full cards for its September 26, 27, 29 and 30 shows.

The full cards are:

September 26 in Kobe Sambo Hall
• Diamante, Kaito Ishida, KAZMA SAKAMOTO and Takashi Yoshida vs. Dragon Kid, Gamma, Ho Ho Lun and Naruki Doi
• Jason Lee and Kota Minoura vs. Kento Kobune and Taketo Kamei
• Dragon Dia, Jimmy and Yosuke Santa Maria vs. Masato Yoshino, Susumu Yokosuka and Ultimo Dragon
• Punch Tominaga vs. Ryotsu Shimizu
• Ben-K and Keisuke Okuda vs. Genki Horiguchi and Shuji Kondo
• BxB Hulk, Eita and KAI vs. Kzy, U-T and YAMATO

September 27 in Act City Hamamatsu
• Ben-K, Jason Lee and Kzy vs. BxB Hulk, Eita and KAZMA SAKAMOTO
• Ho Ho Lun vs. Ryotsu Shimizu
• Dragon Dia and Keisuke Okuda vs. Jimmy and Susumu Yokosuka
• Diamante, KAI and Kaito Ishida vs. Kagetora, Shuji Kondo and Ultimo Dragon
• Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi and Yasushi Kanda vs. Kota Minoura, YAMATO and Yosuke Santa Maria

September 29 in Tottori Sangyo Gym
• Dragon Kid, Ultimo Dragon and Yasushi Kanda vs. Ho Ho Lun, Kzy and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Dragon Dia vs. Ryotsu Shimizu
• Ben-K, Inaba’s Buffalo, Problem Dragon and Punch Tominaga vs. BxB Hulk, Eita and Kaito Ishida and Takuya Fujiwara
• Kento Kobune and Taketo Kamei vs. Naruki Doi and Susumu Yokosuka
• Diamante, H?Y?O, KAI and KAZMA SAKAMOTO vs. Keisuke Okuda, Kota Minoura, Jason Lee and YAMATO

September 30 in Loisir Hotel Toyohashi
• Diamante, Kaito Ishida and KAZMA SAKAMOTO vs. Jimmy, Susumu Yokosuka and Yasushi Kanda
• Problem Dragon vs. Ryotsu Shimizu
• Don Fujii and Taketo Kamei vs. Kento Kobune and Punch Tominaga
• Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi and Ultimo Dragon vs. Jason lee, Kota Minoura and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Ben-K, Keisuke Okuda, Kzy and YAMATO vs. BxB Hulk, Eita, H?Y?O and KAI

The September 26 show will air live on the Dragon Gate Network at 6pm JST, 10am BST, 5am ET.

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