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NEW JAPAN ROAD TO NEW BEGINNING, TOUR ZERO1 20TH ANNIVERSARY AND MORE FROM JAPAN

By Oliver Taylor on 2021-01-28 09:39:00

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling continued its Road to The New Beginning tour in Nagano Athletic Park Gymnasium today.

The full results were:

• Tiger Mask and Yuji Nagata def. Togi Makabe and Yuya Uemura
• DOUKI, El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru def. El Phantasmo, Gedo, Jado and Taiji Ishimori
• Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima def. Great-O-Khan and Will Ospreay via DQ
• Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI def. Dick Togo, EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi
• BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito def. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi, Master Wato, SHO and Tomoaki Honma

Today was the last Road to The New Beginning tour show before The New Beginning in Nagoya on January 30. The tour will resume on February 1 in Korakuen Hall.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling held a show in Shinjuku FACE today.

The full results were:

• Akito and Chris Brookes def. Mizuki Watase and Toi Kojima
• Kazuki Hirata def. Danshoku Dieno, Gorgeous Matsuno, Mad Paulie & Saki Akai
• Antonio Honda, HARASHIMA and Toru Owashi def. Keigo Nakamura, MAO and Shunma Katsumata
• Yuji Hino def. Yukio Naya
• Daisuke Sasaki, Soma Takao and Tetsuya Endo def. Hideki Okatani, Makoto Oishi and Yusuke Okada
• Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Sakaguchi def. Konosuke Takeshita and Yuki Ueno

DDT has announced Mizuki Watase will face Yusuke Okada in a singles match at its February 20 show in Narimasu Act Hall. Additionally, a copy of the Young Bucks’ autobiography will defend the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship at DDT’s show in Korakuen Hall on February 28.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate has announced the full card for its shows on January 30, 31 and February 1.

Dragon Gate is holding two shows in Fukuoka on January 31 and a tag team tournament to determine the next Open the Twin Gate Championships challengers will take place.

The first round of the tournament will take place on the afternoon show. The evening show will have a mystery card but will include the tournament semifinals and final.

The teams competing in the tournament are (1) Ben-K and Shuji Kondo, (2) Bokutimo Dragon and Punch Tominaga, (3) Diamante and Eita, (4) Dragon Kid and YAMATO, (5) Jason Lee and La Estrella, (6) Kagetora and Yosuke Santa Maria, (7) Masaaki Mochizuki and Takashi Yoshida and (8) Taketo Kamei and U-T.

However, Dragon Gate has since announced Kamei suffered a left shoulder injury in training so U-T will need a new partner.

The full cards for the shows are:

January 30 in Sea Mall Shimonoseki
• Dragon Kid, Masaaki Mochizuki and Takashi Yoshida vs. Kagetora, Ultimo Dragon and YAMATO
• Diamante and Kaito Ishida vs. Susumu Yokosuka and U-T
• BxB Hulk and KAI vs. Genki Horiguchi and Kzy
• Bokutimo Dragon, Punch Tominaga and Ryo Saito vs. Keisuke Okuda, Shuji Kondo and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Eita, HipHop Kikuta, KAZMA SAKAMOTO and SB KENTo vs. Jason Lee, Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker

January 31 in Acros Fukuoka
• BxB Hulk, HipHop Kikuta and KAI vs. Genki Horiguchi, Kzy and Susumu Yokosuka
• Keisuke Okuda vs. Ryo Saito
• Kaito Ishida, KAZMA SAKAMOTO and SB KENTo vs. Kota Minoura, Shun Skywalker and Ultimo Dragon
• Open the Twin Gate Championships contenders tournament first-round match
• Open the Twin Gate Championships contenders tournament first-round match
• Open the Twin Gate Championships contenders tournament first-round match
• Open the Twin Gate Championships contenders tournament first-round match

February 1 in Orocity Hall
• Dragon Kid, Ultimo Dragon and Yosuke Santa Maria vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, Takashi Yoshida and YAMATO
• Eita and Kaito Ishida vs. Kzy and U-T
• Ben-K and Kagetora vs. BxB Hulk and Diamante
• Bokutimo Dragon and Ryo Saito vs. Genki Horiguchi and Susumu Yokosuka
• HipHop Kikuta, KAI and SB KENTo vs. Jason Lee, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 has announced it will hold a press conference tomororw regarding its twentieth anniversary show in Ry?goku Kokugikan on March 14.

There are currently four matches confirmed for the show, which are as follows:

• Naomichi Marufuji vs. Shoki Kitamura
• Hide Kubota and Yasu Kubota vs. Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto
• ZERO1 International Junior Heavyweight Championship and ZERO1 World Junior Heavyweight Championship: El Lindaman (c) vs. Asuka
• World Heavyweight Championship: Masato Tanaka (c) vs. CIMA

GLEAT

GLEAT has uploaded CIMA, El Lindaman and T-Hawk versus Kaz Hayashi, Soma Watanabe and Takanori Ito onto its YouTube channel.

 

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