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BIG JAPAN'S ALL BEST MAIN EVENT, NOAH ANNOUNCES FUTURE PLANS AND LOTS MORE FROM JAPAN

By OliverTaylor on 2020-11-23 08:44:00

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held its All Best Main Event show in EDION Arena Osaka today using a triple ring layout.

The full results were:

• HUB and GAINA def. Kazumi Kikuta and Ryuichi Kawakami
• Kohei Sato, Quiet Storm and Ryota Hama def. Akira Hyodo, Takuho Kato and Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi, Hideyoshi Kamitani, Kankuro Hoshino and Yuichi Taniguchi def. Boogeyman, Gosaku Goshogawara, Leatherface and Raijin Yaguchi
• CIMA and Shigehiro Irie def. Daichi Hashimoto and Yuya Aoki
• Deathmatch: Isami Kodaka, Minoru Fujita and Yukio Miyamoto def. Drew Parker, Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto
• BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship: Tatsuhiko Yoshino (c) def. Andy Wu
• BJW Tag Team Championships: Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura (c) def. El Lindaman and T-Hawk
• Deathmatch: Jaki Numazawa and Jun Kasai def. Ryuji Ito and Yuki Ishikawa
• BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship: Yuji Okabayashi (c) def. Daisuke Sekimoto

Tatsuhiko Yoshino made his second defense of the BJW Junior Heavyweight Championship against Andy Wu. Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura also made their second defense of the BJW Tag Team Championships against El Lindaman and T-Hawk.

The main event was Yuji Okabayashi’s first defense of the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship.

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 held a show in Shinjuku FACE today.

The full results were:

• Shogun Okamoto def. Takumi Baba
• RAICHO def. Shoki Kitamura
• Chris Vice def. Tsugutaka Sato
• Hide Kubota and Yuji Hino def. KANON and Ren Ayabe
• SUGI def. Satsuki Nagao, Shinjiro Otani, Takuya Sugawara, Towa Iwasaki, Yasu Kubota & Yoshikazu Yokoyama
• World Heavyweight Championship: Hayato Tamura (c) def. Hartley Jackson

Yuji Hino defeated Ren Ayabe in his last match under contract with ZERO1. He will leave the company at the end of the month.

SUGI pinned Yasu Kubota in the Furinkazan tag team tournament showcase match. All seven men will participate in the tournament but their partners have not been announced. The only confirmed team is El Lindaman and T-Hawk, who will face SUGI’s team in the first round.

Hayato Tamura made his third successful defense of the World Heavyweight Championship against Hartley Jackson in the main event. After the match, Tamura nominated Masato Tanaka as his next challenger.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Following NOAH the CHRONICLE vol. 4 yesterday, Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced the full cards for its November 27, December 1 and 6 shows.

The full cards are:

November 27
• Junta Miyawaki vs. Yasutaka Yano
• Kinya Okada, Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Manabu Soya, Masa Kitamiya and Nioh
• Go Shiozaki and Hajime Ohara vs. NOSAWA Rongai and Takashi Sugiura
• Naomichi Marufuji vs. Seiki Yoshioka
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada, Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura vs. Haoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh and Tadasuke

December 1
• Hajime Ohara, Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY vs. Junta Miyawaki, Kai Fujimura and Yasutaka Yano
• Mohammed Yone vs. Yuko Miyamoto
• Atsushi Kotoge and Daisuke Harada vs. Haoh and Tadasuke
• Kazushi Sakuraba and NOSAWA Rongai vs. Kenoh and Nioh
• HAYATA, Kinya Okada and Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Kotaro Suzuki, Naomichi Marufuji and Salvaje de Oriente
• Daiki Inaba, Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya and Masa Kitamiya
• Hideki Suzuki and Takashi Sugiura vs. Go Shiozaki and Shuhei Taniguchi

December 6
• Kinya Okada vs. Yasutaka Yano
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Junta Miyawaki vs. Haoh, Nioh and Tadasuke
• Hajime Ohara, Seiki Yoshioka and YO-HEY vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya and Masa Kitamiya
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa (c) vs. Kotaro Suzuki and Salvaje de Oriente
• GHC National Championship: Kenoh (c) vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
• Daiki Inaba, Kaito Kiyomiya, Shuhei Taniguchi and Yoshiki Inamura vs. Keiji Mutoh, Masakatsu Funaki, Naomichi Marufuji and Yuko Miyamoto
• GHC Heavyweight Championship: Go Shiozaki (c) vs. Takashi Sugiura

HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa will make their first defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships against Kotaro Suzuki and Salvaje de Oriente on December 6. Kenoh will make his third defense of the GHC National Championship and Go Shiozaki will make his sixth defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship.

Kazushi Sakuraba’s match against Kenoh will be his first time challenging for a singles championship since facing Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship at Wrestle Kingdom 7 in 2013.

Tadasuke will challenge Daisuke Harada for the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship on December 19. It will be Harada’s first defense of the championship. No other matches have been announced for the show.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling held its fourth Best of the Super Juniors show in G Messa Gunma today.

The full results were:

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

Following today’s results, the updated Best of the Super Juniors standings are:

1. Hiromu Takahashi (3-1 record): 6 points
-. Master Wato (3-1 record): 6 points
-. SHO (3-1 record): 6 points
-. Taiji Ishimori (3-1 record): 6 points
5. BUSHI (2-2 record): 4 points
-. El Desperado (2-2 record): 4 points
-. Robbie Eagles (2-2 record): 4 points
-. Ryusuke Taguchi (2-2 record): 4 points
9. DOUKI (0-4 record): 0 points
-. Yuya Uemura (0-4 record): 0 points

New Japan will hold its fifth World Tag League show in Big Palette Fukushima tomorrow. The full card is:

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

Going into the show, the current World Tag League standings are:

1. EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi (3-1 record): 6 points
-. Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb (3-1 record): 6 points
-. SANADA and Shingo Takagi (3-1 record): 6 points
-. Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa (3-1 record): 6 points
5. David Finlay and Juice Robinson (2-2 record): 4 points
-. Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI (2-2 record): 4 points
-. Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. (2-2 record): 4 points
-. Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano (2-2 record): 4 points
9. Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens (0-4 record): 0 points
-. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Toa Henare (0-4 record): 0 points

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling held its fourth Real World Tag League show in Korakuen Hall today.

The full results were:

• Alejandro and UTAMARO def. Atsuki Aoyagi and Francesco Akira
• Real World Tag League: Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino def. Izanagi and Shigehiro Irie
• Black Menso~re, Ryuki Honda and Takao Omori def. Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato and Ryuji Hijikata
• Yusuke Kodama def. Rising HAYATO
• Hokuto Omori and Koji Doi def. Yoshitatsu and Yusuke Okada
• Real World Tag League: Shuji Ishikawa and SUWAMA def. Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto
• Real World Tag League: Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi def. Masato Tanaka and TAJIRI

Jun Kasai appeared via video after the fifth match to announce he will participate at All Japan’s last show of the year on December 13 and challenge Yoshitatsu.

After losing the sixth match, Jake Lee attacked SUWAMA.

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

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

All Japan has announced the Real World Tag League winners will challenge for the World Tag Team Championships at its January 2 show in Korakuen Hall. Additionally, the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship will defended at its January 3 show in Korakuen Hall.

It will be worth paying extra attention to Shuji Ishikawa and SUWAMA’s remaining tournament matches. Someone who pins or submits SUWAMA during the tournament could formally challenge for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship on December 13.

For instance, Yoshitatsu defeated SUWAMA by technical knockout at yesterday’s show. Lee’s attack on SUWAMA today is also worth keeping in mind.

All Japan has also announced two shows as part of its 2021 Excite Series tour next February. There will be a show in Nagoya Congress Center on February 20 and Korakuen Hall on February 23.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate continued its The Gate of Evolution 2020 tour in Tsushima Bunka Hall today.

The full results were:

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

Active Advance Pro Wrestling

Active Advance Pro Wrestling has announced Shigehiro Irie will challenge Ayato Yoshida for the 2AW Openweight Championship on December 28 in Korakuen Hall.

Ayumu Honda, CHANGO, Taishi Takizawa and The Andrew King Takuma will face Go Asakawa, Kengo Mashimo, Kunio Toshima and Tatsuya Hanami in a eight-man tag team match on the show.

Fellow #STRONGHEARTS members CIMA, El Lindaman and T-Hawk are also shown on the show’s poster but no further matches have been announced.

2AW has announced the full card for its December 20 show in 2AW Square, including multiple interpromotional matches.

The full card is:

• Ayame Sasamura vs. Itsuki Aoki
• Dan Tamura vs. Tank Nagai
• Go Asakawa and Naka Shuma vs. Hayato Mashita and Shunsuke Sayama
• Atsuki Aoyagi and Yuma Aoyagi vs. Chicharito Shoki and Kotaro Yoshino
• Ayato Yoshida and Jake Lee vs. Shigehiro Irie and Taishi Takizawa

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling has announced the full card for its December 24 show in Kitazawa.

The full card is:

• Kazusada Higuchi, Nobuhiro Shimatani and Ryota Nakatsu vs. Mizuki Watase, Shunma Katsumata and Yuki Ueno
• Chris Brookes vs. Jun Masaoka
• Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yasu Urano
• HARASHIMA and Kazuki Hirata vs. Shota and Shuichiro Katsumura
• Akito, Danshoku Dieno and Makoto Oishi vs. Makoto Oishi, MAO and Shunma Katsumata

Antonio Honda will serve as the special guest referee for Konosuke Takeshita’s match against Yasu Urano. There is still one more match to be announced for the show.

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