PWInsider - WWE News, Wrestling News, WWE

WILL OSPREAY DOCUMENTARY RELEASED, AJPW REAL WORLD TAG LEAGUE, HUGE NOAH SHOW TOMORROW AND MORE FROM JAPAN

All Japan Pro Wrestling held its second Real World Tag League show in Niigata today.

The full results were:

• Hokuto Omori def. Keiki Suzuki
• Big THE Ryokan and Yusuke Kodama def. Shigeno Shima and Yusuke Okada
• Black Menso~re, Carbell Ito and Takao Omori def. Francesco Akira, Rising HAYATO and TAJIRI
• Atsuki Aoyagi, Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi def. Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato and Ryuki Honda
• Real World Tag League: Shuji Ishikawa and SUWAMA def. Izanagi and Shigehiro Irie
• Real World Tag League: Abdullah Kobayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto def. Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino
• Real World Tag League: Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto def. Ryoji Sai and Yoshitatsu

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

1. Abdullah Kobayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto (2-0 record): 4 points
-. Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto (2-0 record): 4 points
3. Masato Tanaka and TAJIRI (1-0 record): 2 points
-. Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino (1-1 record): 2 points
-. Shuji Ishikawa and SUWAMA (1-1 record): 2 points
6. Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi (0-1 record): 0 points
-. Izanagi and Shigehiro Irie (0-2 record): 0 points
-. Ryoji Sai and Yoshitatsu (0-2 record): 0 points

All Japan will hold its third Real World Tag League show in Saitama tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Dan Tamura and Hikaru Sato vs. Yusuke Okada and ‘X’
• Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising HAYATO and Ryuki Honda vs. Black Menso~re, Koji Iwamoto and Takao Omori
• Hokuto Omori and Koji Doi vs. Izanagi and UTAMARO
• Francesco Akira vs. Jake Lee
• Real World Tag League: Abdullah Kobayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Masato Tanaka and TAJIRI
• Real World Tag League: Ryoji Sai and Yoshitatsu vs. Shuji Ishikawa and SUWAMA
• Real World Tag League: Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi vs. Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate continued its The Gate of Evolution 2020 tour in Kawagoe Espoir Isanuma today.

The full results were:

• Keisuke Okuda, Kzy and Madoka Kikuta def. Boku R Shimizu, Naruki Doi and Punch Tominaga
• Masaaki Mochizuki def. Ho Ho Lun
• BxB Hulk, KAZMA SAKAMOTO and SB KENTo def. Kagetora, Ryo Saito and Yasushi Kanda
• Shun Skywalker def. Jimmy
• Dragon Kid and Susumu Yokosuka def. U-T and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Ben-K, Dragon Dia, Kota Minoura and YAMATO def. Dia Inferno, Eita, H?Y?O and Kaito Ishida

Dragon Gate will hold another show in Kawagoe Espoir Isanuma tomorrow. The full card is:

• Ben-K, Kota Minoura and Yosuke Santa Maria vs. Ho Ho Lun, Ryo Saito and Yasushi Kanda
• Jimmy vs. Masaaki Mochizuki
• Dia Inferno, Eita and Kaito Ishida vs. Dragon Dia, Keisuke Okuda and Taketo Kamei
• Shun Skywalker vs. U-T
• Boku R Shimizu and Punch Tominaga vs. Kzy and YAMATO
• BxB Hulk, H?Y?O, KAZMA SAKAMOTO and SB KENTo vs. Dragon Kid, Kagetora, Naruki Doi and Susumu Yokosuka

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held its GLITTERS show in Kanagawa today.

The full results were:

• Daichi Hashimoto def. Masaki Morihiro
• Hideyoshi Kamitani and Takuho Kato def. Kazumi Kikuta and Yuki Takasugi
• Ryuichi Kawakami def. Kankuro Hoshino
• Ryuji Ito and Yuko Miyamoto def. Jaki Numazawa and Yuichi Taniguchi
• Kohei Sato and Yasufumi Nakanoue def. Akira Hyodo and Yuya Aoki
• Chicharito Shoki and Kota Sekifuda def. Drew Parker and Yuki Ishikawa
• Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura def. Kosuke Sato and Yuji Okabayashi

Today’s show was the first time Kosuke Sato competed in the main event of a Big Japan show.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH will hold its NOAH the CHRONICLE vol. 4 show in Yokohama Budokan tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Hajime Ohara, Mohammed Yone, Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY vs. Junta Miyawaki, Kinya Okada, Yasutaka Yano and Yoshiki Inamura
• Haoh and Tadasuke vs. Kotaro Suzuki and ‘X’
• Kazyuki Fujita, Kendo Kashin and NOSAWA Rongai vs. Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya and Nioh
• Keiji Mutoh vs. Shuhei Taniguchi
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada (c) vs. HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa
• GHC National Championship: Kenoh (c) vs. Kaito Kiyomiya
• GHC Tag Team Championships: Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura (c) vs. Masakatsu Funaki and Naomichi Marufuji
• GHC Heavyweight Championship: Go Shiozaki (c) vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima

Kotaro Suzuki will bring a mystery partner to face Haoh and Tadasuke. NOSAWA Rongai has attempted to aid Suzuki in recent weeks but is already booked for the third match. Speculated names include Chris Ridgeway and Minoru Tanaka.

Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada will make their second defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships against HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa.

Kenoh will make his second defense of the GHC National Championship against Kaito Kiyomiya. Kenoh and Kiyomiya have a long history together, spanning back to when Kiyomiya returned from excursion in 2017 after Kenoh won the GHC Heavyweight Championship from Eddie Edwards. Kenoh unsuccessfully challenged Kiyomiya for the GHC Heavyweight Championship at NOAH’s show in Ryogoku Kokugikan last November.

Masahiro Chono will accompany Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura for their GHC Tag Team Championships defense against Masakatsu Funaki and Naomichi Marufuji. It will be Sakuraba and Sugiura’s first defense.

Go Shiozaki will make his fifth defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Katsuhiko Nakajima in the main event, capping off what many fans consider one of the best feuds in 2020.

Nakajima won the N-1 Victory tournament last month to earn the right to challenge Shiozaki. The entire backstory of Nakajima and Shiozaki was covered by Aiden O’Brien on the Chops, Kicks And Nearfalls website here.

The show will air live on ABEMA and FITE TV starting at 4pm JST, 7am BST, 2am ET.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling will hold its fourth World Tag League show in Saku City General Gymnasium tomorrow.

The full card is:

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

Going into the show, the current 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

Will Ospreay’s long-awaited documentary, titled Ospreay: The Rise of an International Pro Wrestler, has been uploaded to Amazon Prime Video.

The documentary’s official Twitter account released a statement after the film’s release yesterday, which has been attached below.

The documentary received £17,801 in funding from 317 backers on Kickstarter.

The film’s description on Amazon Prime Video reads: “A feature length documentary on British professional wrestler Will Ospreay, from his humble beginnings to the precipice of global stardom. Covering a span of 4 days, this true underdog story follows Ospreay’s rise as a struggling child barely given a chance, to being the face of the UK wrestling scene and becoming an international star.”

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling will begin its D-Oh Grand Prix tournament in Korakuen Hall tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Hideki Okatani and Mizuki Watase vs. Keigo Nakamura and Yukio Naya
• Antonio Honda and Danshoku Dieno vs. Kazuki Hirata and Toru Owashi vs. Mad Paulie and Soma Takao vs. Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi
• B block: Makoto Oishi vs. Shunma Katsumata
• B block: Kazusada Higuchi vs. Yuki Ueno
• B block: Jun Akiyama vs. Tetsuya Endo
• A block: Akito vs. MAO
• A block: Chris Brookes vs. HARASHIMA
• A block: Daisuke Sasaki vs. Konosuke Takeshita

DDT aired Sanshiro Takagi’s first defense of the DDT Extreme Division Championship against Shunma Katsumata on YouTube today:

Takagi was attached by Rambo Kawamura after the match.

Active Advance Pro Wrestling

Active Advance Pro Wrestling will hold a show in Chiba tomorrow.

The full card is:

• Daiki Wakamatsu, Chicharito Shoki and Taylor Adams vs. Naka Shuuma, Ricky Fuji and Takuro Niki
• Kunio Toshima and Quiet Storm vs. Shiori Asahi and Yasu Urano
• Ayame Sasamura and Kotaro Yoshino vs. Hiroshi Yamato and Rina Shinagaki
• Go Asakawa vs. Taishi Takizawa
• Ayumu Honda and CHANGO vs. Kengo Mashimo and Tatsuya Hanami
• 2AW Tag Team Championships: Shigehiro Irie and The Andrew King Takuma (c) vs. Kaji Tomato and Kyu Mogami
• 2AW Openweight Championship: Ayato Yoshida (c) vs. Tank Nagai

It will be Shigehiro Irie and The Andrew King Takuma’s first defense of the 2AW Tag Team Championships and Ayato Yoshida’s fourth defense of the 2AW Openweight Championship.

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS has announced the first three matches for its December 10 show in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring.

The announced matches are:

• Kengo vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa
• Deathmatch: Rina Yamashita vs. Toshiyuki Sakuda
• Deathmatch: Jun Kasai, Kenji Fukimoto and Masashi Takeda vs. Takashi Sasaki, Tomoya Hirata and Toru Sugiura

GLEAT

Evander James announced on Twitter he will compete in GLEAT next year:

GLEAT’s next show is scheduled to take place in Tokyo Dome City Hall on July 1, 2021.

If you enjoy PWInsider.com you can check out the AD-FREE PWInsider Elite section, which features exclusive audio updates, news, our critically acclaimed podcasts, interviews and more by clicking here!

• Tweet