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New Japan Pro Wrestling
New Japan Pro Wrestling held its fourth G1 Climax show today in Hokkaido General Sports Center Hokkai Kiteru.
The full results were:
• Yota Tsuji def. Yuya Uemura
• B block: Hirooki Goto def. SANADA
• B block: Toru Yano def. Hiroshi Tanahashi
• B block: Juice Robinson def. KENTA
• B block: EVIL def. YOSHI-HASHI
• B block: Tetsuya Naito def. Zack Sabre Jr.
Zack Sabre Jr. was nearly able to wrestle Tetsuya Naito to a time limit draw, but Naito won after 28 minutes and 28 seconds. It is the longest match of the G1 Climax so far.
Following today’s show, the current B block standings are:
1. Juice Robinson (2-0 record): 4 points
-. Tetsuya Naito (2-0 record): 4 points
-. Toru Yano (2-0 record): 4 points
4. EVIL (1-1 record): 2 points
-. Hirooki Goto (1-1 record): 2 points
-. KENTA (1-1 record): 2 points
-. Zack Sabre Jr. (1-1 record): 2 points
8. Hiroshi Tanahashi (0-2 record): 0 points
-. SANADA (0-2 record): 0 points
-. YOSHI-HASHI (0-2 record): 0 points
All Japan Pro Wrestling
All Japan Pro Wrestling has slightly altered the card for its Champion Carnival show on September 26.
The updated card is:
• Dan Tamura vs. Ryuki Honda
• Black Menso~re and Takao Omori vs. Koji Iwamoto and TAJIRI
• Hokuto Omori, Koji Doi and Yusuke Kodama vs. Masayuki Mitomi, Yusuke Okada and ‘X’
• Atsuki Aoyagi and Yuma Aoyagi vs. Francesco Akira and Rising HAYATO
• Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato and SUWAMA vs. Izanagi, Shigehiro Irie and UTAMARO
• A block: Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio vs. Kuma Arashi
• A block: Jake Lee vs. Zeus
• B block: Shotaro Ashino vs. Yoshitatsu
• B block: Kento Miyahara vs. Shuji Ishikawa
Masayuki Mitomi and Yusuke Okada’s mystery partner will be the newest member of Yoshitatsu Kingdom.
All Japan has also announced it will hold a memorial ceremony for Road Warrior Animal at its Korakuen Hall show on October 5.
Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Big Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the full card for its October 7 show in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.
The full card is:
• Kazuki Hashimoto and Yuya Aoki vs. Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami
• Ryota Hama vs. Takuho Kato
• Akira Hyodo, Kota Sekifuda and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Daisuke Sekimoto
• Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura vs. Kosuke Sato and Ryuichi Sekine
• Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi, Jaki Numazawa and Kankuro Hoshino vs. Drew Parker, Yuki Ishikawa and Yuko Miyamoto
• Saikyo Tag League: Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Kuma Arashi and Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Saikyo Tag League deathmatch: Masaya Takahashi and Takayuki Ueki vs. Ryuji Ito and Shunma Katsumata
The winner of Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani versus Kuma Arashi and Yasufumi Nakanoue will advance to the Saikyo Tag League semifinals to face the winner of Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura versus Quiet Storm and Yuji Okabayashi, which will take place on September 27.
The winner of Masaya Takahashi and Takayuki Ueki versus Ryuji Ito and Shunma Katsumata will advance to the Saikyo Tag League semifinals to face the winner of Abdullah Kobayashi and Minoru Fujita versus Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto, which will also take place on September 27.
Both semifinal matches will take place on October 20 in Korakuen Hall.
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