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Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 held a press conference today to confirm Yuji Hino will leave the company at the end of November and Hino has vacated the Intercontinental Tag Team Championships alongside Quiet Storm.

Hino will wrestle his last match under contract at ZERO1’s show in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring on November 23. He will team with Hide Kubota against KANON and Ren Ayabe.

The winners of the Furinkazan tag team tournament, scheduled to take place next month, will become the new holders of the Intercontinental Tag Team Championships.

El Lindaman and T-Hawk is the only confirmed team so far, although Satsuki Nagao, Shinjiro Otani, SUGI, Takuya Sugawara, Towa Iwasaki, Yasu Kubota and Yoshikazu Yokoyama have all been individually announced.

Hino is the not the first major wrestler to leave ZERO1 this year. Ikuto Hidaka, Kohei Sato and Tatsuhito Takaiwa all left the company over the summer after a bombshell Tokyo Sports article revealed revealed wrestlers and staff have taken an 80 per cent paycut as the company faced major financial struggles throughout the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic.

At the time of the article’s publishing on July 1, Masato Tanaka and Shinjiro Otani were the only other two wrestlers under contract to ZERO1.

The Tokyo Sports article can be read here.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its third World Tag League show in Korakuen Hall today.

The full results were:

• Satoshi Kojima and Tomoaki Honma def. Yota Tsuji and Yuji Nagata
• Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb def. Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens
• David Finlay and Juice Robsinon def. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Toa Henare
• Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa def. EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi
• Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano def. Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI
• SANADA and Shingo Takagi def. Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr.

SANADA and Shingo Takagi defeated IWGP Tag Team Championships holders Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. in the main event. After the match, Takagi said he wants to challenge for the championships and defend the NEVER Openweight Championship on both nights of Wrestle Kingdom.

Following today’s results, updated World Tag League standings are:

1. David Finlay and Juice Robinson (2-1 record): 4 points
-. EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi (2-1 record): 4 points
-. Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb (2-1 record): 4 points
-. SANADA and Shingo Takagi (2-1 record): 4 points
-. Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. (2-1 record): 4 points
-. Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa (2-1 record): 4 points
-. Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano (2-1 record): 4 points
8. Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI (1-2 record): 2 points
9. Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens (0-3 record): 0 points
-. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Toa Henare (0-3 record): 0 points

New Japan will hold its third Best of the Super Juniors show tomorrow, also in Korakuen Hall.

The full card is:

• Gabriel Kidd and Yuji Nagata vs. Satoshi Kojima and Tomoaki Honma
• El Desperado vs. Yuya Uemura
• DOUKI vs. Taiji Ishimori
• Master Wato vs. Ryusuke Taguchi
• Robbie Eagles vs. SHO
• BUSHI vs. Hiromu Takahashi

Going into the show, the current Best of the Super Juniors standings are:

1. Master Wato (2-0 record): 4 points
-. SHO (2-0 record): 4 points
3. BUSHI (1-1 record): 2 points
-. El Desperado (1-1 record): 2 points
-. Hiromu Takahashi (1-1 record): 2 points
-. Robbie Eagles (1-1 record): 2 points
-. Ryusuke Taguchi (1-1 record): 2 points
-. Taiji Ishimori (1-1 record): 2 points
9. DOUKI (0-2 record): 0 points
-. Yuya Uemura (0-2 record): 0 points

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held a show in Orocity Hall today.

The full results were:

• Madoka Kikuta and Masato Yoshino def. Kzy and Taketo Kamei
• Boku R Shimizu def. Yosuke Santa Maria
• Dia Inferno, Eita and Kaito Ishida def. Jimmy, Kota Minoura and YAMATO
• Shun Skywalker def. Punch Tominaga
• Kagetora and Susumu Yokosuka def. Ben-K and Keisuke Okuda
• Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi, Ryo Saito and Yasushi Kanda def. BxB Hulk, H?Y?O, KAI and SB KENTo

Dragon Gate has confirmed Keisuke Okuda will make his second defense of the Open the Brave Gate Championship against Kagetora at The Final Gate 2020 in Fukuoka Kokusai Center on December 20.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held a show in Shizuoka today.

The full results were:

• Akira Hyodo and Takuho Kato def. Kosuke Sato and Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Yuichi Taniguchi def. Kazuki Hashimoto
• Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura def. Kota Sekifuda and Yuya Aoki
• Deathmatch: Jaki Numazawa def. Kankuro Hoshino
• Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Yuji Okabayashi def. Daisuke Sekimoto, Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami
• Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi, Drew Parker and Yuko Miyamoto def. Masaya Takahashi, Ryuji Ito and Yuki Ishikawa

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS held a show in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring today.

The full results were:

• Kengo and Yuya Susumu def. Daiki Wakamatsu and Tatsuya Hanami
• GENTARO and Tatsuhito Takaiwa def. Alejandro and Dragon Libre
• Mammoth Sasaki, Tomoya Hirata and Violento Jack def. Kamui, Minoru Fujita and Rina Yamashita
• Toshiyuki Sakuda def. Kenji Fukimoto
• Deathmatch: Jun Kasai and Masashi Takeda def. Takashi Sasaki and Toru Sugiura

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