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NEW JAPAN KICKS OFF ROAD TO POWER STRUGGLE, FIRE FESTIVAL, DRAGON GATE AND MORE FROM JAPAN

By Oliver Taylor on 2020-10-23 09:50:00

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its first Road to Power Struggle tour show today in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

• Yuya Uemura def. Yota Tsuji
• Great-O-Khan and Will Ospsreay def. Gabriel Kidd and Kazuchika Okada
• BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi and Shingo Takagi def. El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi and Tomoaki Honma def. Gedo, Jay White and KENTA
• SANADA and Tetsuya Naito def. Dick Togo and EVIL
• NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI def. DOUKI, Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.

Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI made their second successful defense of the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championships in the main event.

Goto and YOSHI-HASHI also challenged Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. for the IWGP Tag Team Championships after the match.

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1’s Fire Festival tournament continued today in Shinjuku FACE.

The full results were:

• Takuya Sugawara and Yasu Kubota def. El Lindaman and Shinjiro Otani & Shoki Kitamura and Tsugutaka Sato
• B block: Shogun Okamoto def. Yuko Miyamoto
• A block: Hartley Jackson vs. Yoshikazu Yokoyama – Double Countout
• A block: Yuji Hino def. Towa Iwasaki
• A block: Quiet Storm def. T-Hawk
• B block: Hayato Tamura vs. Masato Tanaka – Time Limit Draw (30 minutes)

Following today’s show, the updated Fire Festival standings are:

A block
1. Yuji Hino (4-2 record): 20 points
2. T-Hawk (4-2 record): 19 points
3. Hartley Jackson (3-1-1 record): 18 points
4. Quiet Storm (3-2 record): 15 points
5. Takuya Sugawara (2-3-1 record): 13 points
-. Yoshikazu Yokoyama (1-2-3 record): 13 points
7. Towa Iwasaki (0-4-1 record): 3 points

B block
1. Chris Vice (3-2-1 record): 18 points
2. Masato Tanaka (3-2-1 record): 18 points
3. Hayato Tamura (3-1-1 record): 17 points
4. Yuko Miyamoto (3-2 record): 15 points
5. Tsugutaka Sato (3-3 record): 15 points
6. Shogun Okamoto (2-2-1 record): 13 points
7. Takafumi (1-5 record): 5 points

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held a show in Nanao Joyama Gymnasium today.

The full results were:

• Punch Tominaga, Ryo Saito and Ryotsu Shimizu def. Jason Lee, Keisuke Okuda and Yosuke Santa Maria
• YAMATO def. Konomama Ichikawa
• Diamante and Kaito Ishida def. Shachihoko Boy and Ultimo Dragon
• Ben-K and Kzy def. Madoka Kikuta and Shuji Kondo
• Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi, Masato Yoshino and Susumu Yokosuka def. BxB Hulk, Eita, H?Y?O and Takashi Yoshida

Dragon Gate will hold another show in Kimassi Kanazawa tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Genki Horiguchi, Kento Kobune and Shachihoko Boy vs. Jason Lee, Keisuke Okuda and Kzy
• Ben-K vs. Taketo Kamei
• Konomama Ichikawa, Masato Yoshino and Ultimo Dragon vs. Punch Tominaga, Ryo Satio and Ryotsu Shimizu
• Diamante and Kaito Ishida vs. YAMATO and Yosuke Santa Maria
• BxB Hulk, Eita, H?Y?O and Takashi Yoshida vs. Dragon Kid, Madoka Kikuta, Shuji Kondo and Susumu Yokosuka

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling will hold a show in Korakuen Hall tomorrow, highlighted by Shuji Ishikawa and SUWAMA defending the World Tag Team Championships against Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino.

The full card is:

• Dan Tamura and Hikaru Sato vs. Hokuto Omori and Yusuke Kodama
• Black Menso~re, Masanobu Fuchi, Mitsuo Momota, Ryuki Honda and Takao Omori vs. Chikara, Ishikiri, Ryoji Sai, Yoshitatsu and Yusuke Okada
• All Asia Tag Team Championships: Izanagi and Zeus (c) vs. Francesco Akira and Rising HAYATO
• Daisuke Sekimoto, Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi vs. Jake Lee, Masato Tanaka and TAJIRI
• World Junior Heavyweight Championship: Koji Iwamoto (c) vs. Atsuki Aoyagi
• World Tag Team Championships: Shuji Ishikawa and SUWAMA (c) vs. Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino

The six-man tag team match between Daisuke Sekimoto, Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi versus Jake Lee, Masato Tanaka and TAJIRI is a preview for the upcoming Real World Tag League. To read about the tournament’s history, all the teams announced and the full schedule, click here.

Izanagi and Zeus will make their first defense of the All Asia Tag Team Championships against Francesco Akira and Rising HAYATO.

Koji Iwamoto will make his third defense of the World Junior Heavyweight Championship against Atsuki Aoyagi. Iwamoto has defeated Dan Tamura and Ikuto Hidaka so far.

Ishikawa and SUWAMA will make their fifth defense of the World Tag Team Championships against Arashi and Ashino in the main event.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH will hold a show in Niigata tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Kinya Okada and Mohammed Yone vs. Nioh and Tadasuke
• Manabu Soya and Masa Kitamiya vs. NOSAWA Rongai and Takashi Sugiura
• Haoh vs. Naomichi Marufuji
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Junta Miyawaki vs. Hajime Ohara, Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY
• Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya and Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh and Yoshiki Inamura

The show will air on WRESTLE UNIVERSE on October 27.

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