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All Japan Pro Wrestling
The Champion Carnival final was set at today’s show in Odawara Arena.
The full results were:
• Koji Iwamoto and TAJIRI def. Black Menso~re and Takao Omori
• Hokuto Omori, Koji Doi and Yusuke Kodama def. Masayuki Mitomi, Ryo Kawamura and Yusuke Okada
• B block: Shotaro Ashino def. Yoshitatsu
• A block: Kuma Arashi def. Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio
• Atsuki Aoyagi and Yuma Aoyagi def. Francesco Akira and Rising HAYATO
• Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato and SUWAMA def. Izanagi, Shigehiro Irie and UTAMARO
• A block: Jake Lee def. Zeus
• B block: Kento Miyahara def. Shuji Ishikawa
The final Champion Carnival standings are:
A block
1. Zeus (4-0 record): 8 points
2. Jake Lee (3-1 record): 6 points
3. Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio (1-3 record): 2 points
-. Kuma Arashi (1-3 record): 2 points
-. SUWAMA (1-3 record): 2 points
B block
1. Kento Miyahara (3-1 record): 6 points
2. Shotaro Ashino (2-2 record): 4 points
-. Shuji Ishikawa (2-2 record): 4 points
-. Yuma Aoyagi (2-2 record): 4 points
5. Yoshitatsu (1-2 record): 2 points
Ryo Kawamura was revealed as Masayuki Mitomi and Yusuke Okada’s mystery partner.
Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio, Kuma Arashi and SUWAMA all finished tied for third place in A block. Kuroshio defeated SUWAMA, SUWAMA defeated Arashi and Arashi defeated Kuroshio.
Similarly, Shotaro Ashino, Shuji Ishikawa and Yuma Aoyagi all finished tied for second place in B block. Aoyagi defeated Ashino, Ashino defeated Ishikawa and Ishikawa defeated Aoyagi.
Kento Miyahara will face Zeus in the Champion Carnival final on October 5 in Korakuen Hall.
Pro Wrestling NOAH
Pro Wrestling NOAH held its sixth N-1 Victory show in Bandaijima Multipurpose Plaza today.
The full results were:
• Hajime Ohara, Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY def. Kaz Hayashi, NOSAWA Rongai and Takashi Sugiura
• B block: Katsuhiko Nakajima def. Yoshiki Inamura
• Haoh and Kenoh def. Kaito Kiyomiya and Kotaro Suzuki
• A block: Masaaki Mochizuki def. Manabu Soya
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Junta Miyawaki vs. HAYATA, Kinya Okada and Yoshinari Ogawa – Double Countout
• B block: Naomichi Marufuji def. Shuhei Taniguchi
• A block: Go Shiozaki def. Masa Kitamiya
Junta Miyawaki returned to NOAH as Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada’s mystery partner.
Today’s show will not be uploaded to WRESTLE UNIVERSE until September 29, but NOAH streamed parts of the shows on its official Twitter account via Periscope.
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— ?????????? (@noah_ghc) September 26, 2020
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— ?????????? (@noah_ghc) September 26, 2020
Following today’s show, the current N-1 Victory standings are:
A block
1. Go Shiozaki (3-1 record): 6 points
2. Kaito Kiyomiya (2-1-1 record): 5 points
-. Masaaki Mochizuki (2-1-1 record): 5 points
4. Kazushi Sakuraba (2-2 record): 4 points
5. Manabu Soya (1-3 record): 2 points
6. Masa Kitamiya (1-3 record): 2 points
B block
1. Katsuhiko Nakajima (3-1 record): 6 points
2. Kenoh (3-1 record): 6 points
3. Naomichi Marufuji (2-1-1 record): 5 points
-. Takashi Sugiura (2-1-1 record): 5 points
5. Shuhei Taniguchi (1-3 record): 2 points
6. Yoshiki Inamura (0-3 record): 0 points
Dragon Gate
Dragon Gate held a show in Kobe Sambo Hall today.
The full results were:
• Diamante, Kaito Ishida, KAZMA SAKAMOTO and Takashi Yoshida def. Dragon Kid, Gamma, Ho Ho Lun and Naruki Doi
• Jason Lee and Kota Minoura def. Kento Kobune and Taketo Kamei
• Masato Yoshino, Susumu Yokosuka and Ultimo Dragon def. Dragon Dia, Jimmy and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Punch Tominaga vs. Ryotsu Shimizu – No Contest
• Ben-K and Keisuke Okuda def. Genki Horiguchi and Shuji Kondo
• BxB Hulk, Eita and KAI def. Kzy, U-T and YAMATO
Dragon Gate will hold another show in Act City Hamamatsu tomorrow.
The full card is:
• 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
New Japan Pro Wrestling
New Japan Pro Wrestling will hold its fifth G1 Climax show tomorrow in Kobe World Memorial Hall.
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 A 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:
• Gabriel Kidd vs. Yota Tsuji
• A block: Taichi vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• A block: Jeff Cobb vs. Minoru Suzuki
• A block: Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
• A block: Shingo Takagi vs. Will Ospreay
• A block: Jay White vs. Kazuchika Okada
The show will air live on NJPW World at 4pm JST, 8am BST, 3am ET.
DDT Pro-Wrestling
DDT Pro-Wrestling will hold its Who’s Gonna TOP? 2020 show in Korakuen Hall tomorrow.
The full card is:
• Hideki Okatani, Saki Akai and Toru Owashi vs. Nobuhiro Shimatani, Mad Paulie and Soma Takao
• Danshoku Dieno vs. Kazuki Hirata
• DDT Extreme Championship: Shinya Aoki (c) vs. Antonio Honda
• KO-D Tag Team Championships: Naomi Yoshimura and Yuki Ueno vs. Chris Brookes and Drew Parker
• Singles match series: Akito/Konosuke Takeshita/Shunma Katsumata vs. Jun Akiyama/Makoto Oishi/Mizuki Watase
• Daisuke Sasaki, El Lindaman, T-Hawk and Tetsuya Endo vs. HARASHIMA, Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Naya and Yukio Sakaguchi
The show will air live on FITE TV at 11:30am JST, 3:30am. Due to the time difference from Japan to America, it will be 10:30pm ET tonight.
Big Japan Pro Wrestling
The second round of Big Japan Pro Wrestling’s Saikyo Tag League will begin tomorrow in Aichi.
The full card is:
• Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Kosuke Sato
• Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Takuho Kato vs. Ryuichi Kawakami, Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuya Aoki
• Kankuro Hoshino vs. ‘X’
• Akira Hyodo, Daisuke Sekimoto and Kazumi Kikuta vs. Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu and Drew Parker
• Deathmatch: Jaki Numazawa and Ryuji Ito vs. Takumi Tsukamoto and Yuki Ishikawa
• Saikyo Tag League second round: Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura vs. Quiet Storm and Yuji Okabayashi
• Saikyo Tag League second round deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi and Minoru Fujita vs. Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto
Frank Atsushi suffered a dislocated finger and cracked ribs in his match against Yuji Okabayashi on September 24 and will be unable to compete against Kankuro Hoshino.
Instead, Atsushi will choose Hoshino’s opponent.
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