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NAITO MISSES THIRD EVENT, DRAGON GATE TRUTH GATE TOUR, NOAH STEPS FORWARD & MORE FROM JAPAN

By Oliver Taylor on 2021-02-21 09:57:00

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced Tetsuya Naito will miss tomorrow’s Road to Castle Attack tour show due to a right knee injury.

Tomorrow’s show will mark the third consecutive show Naito has missed. Naito is scheduled to challenge Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship at Castle Attack on February 28. 

The updated card for tomorrow’s show is:

• Gabriel Kidd, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb and Will Ospreay
• Chase Owens, Jado, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa vs. Hirooki Goto, SHO, Toru Yano and YOSHI-HASHI
• BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi and Shingo Takagi vs. El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori and Yujiro Takahashi
• SANADA vs. Tomoaki Honma
• EVIL and Jay White vs. Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its eighth Truth Gate 2021 tour show today in Cent Inn Kurashiki.

The full results were:

• BxB Hulk, Eita, KAI and KAZMA SAKAMOTO def. Genki Horiguchi, Kzy, Susumu Yokosuka and U-T
• Ben-K and YAMATO def. Gamma and Ultimo Dragon
• Shun Skywalker def. H.Y.O via DQ
• Kaito Ishida and SB KENTo def. Dragon Kid and Keisuke Okuda
• Open The Triangle Gate Championships contenders tournament first-round match: Dia Inferno, Diamante and HipHop Kikuta def. Jason Lee, Kota Minoura and La Estrella
• Open The Triangle Gate Championships contenders tournament first-round match: Bokutimo Dragon, Punch Tominaga and Ryo Saito def. Kagetora, Shuji Kondo and Yosuke Santa Maria

Keisuke Okuda will attempt his third defense of the Open the Brave Gate Championship against H.Y.O on the first night of Champion Gate 2021 on March 6.

Dragon Gate has announced the full card for its ninth Truth Gate 2021 tour show on February 23 in KBS Hall. The full card is:

• Dragon Kid and YAMATO vs. Genki Horiguchi and Kzy
• Ben-K and Ultimo Dragon vs. Gamma and Susumu Yokosuka
• Kagetora vs. Shuji Kondo
• Eita, Kaito Ishida, KAZMA SAKAMOTO and SB KENTo vs. Jason Lee, Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker
• BxB Hulk, H.Y.O and KAI vs. Keisuke Okuda, Masaaki Mochizuki and Takashi Yoshida
• Open The Triangle Gate Championships contenders tournament final: Bokutimo Dragon, Punch Tominaga and Ryo Saito vs. Dia Inferno, Diamante and HipHop Kikuta

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH began its Step Forward 2021 tour in Sendai today.

The full results were:

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

Takashi Sugiura pinned Masa Kitamiya to win the third match. Kazushi Sakuraba and Sugiura will attempt their fourth defense of the GHC Tag Team Championships against Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kitamiya at Great Voyage 2021 in Yokohama on March 7.

Kendo Kashin attacked Kenoh after the fourth match. Kenoh will attempt his sixth defense of the GHC National Championship at Great Voyage 2021 in Yokohama.

Seiki Yoshioka pinned Atsushi Kotoge to win the fifth match. Yoshioka will attempt his first defense of the GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship against Kotoge at Great Voyage 2021 in Fukuoka on March 14.

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling held its third Excite Series tour show today in Nagoya Congress Center.

The full results were:

• TAJIRI def. Rising HAYATO
• Izanagi and Zeus def. Ryuki Honda and Yoshitatsu
• Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto def. Francesco Akira and Shuji Ishikawa
• AJPW TV 6-Man Tag Team Championships: Black Menso~re, Carbell Ito and Takao Omori (c) def. Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato and Konaka
• SUWAMA def. UTAMARO
• Atsuki Aoyagi, Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi def. Hokuto Omori, Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino

Black Menso~re, Carbell Ito and Takao Omori made their first successful defense of the AJPW TV 6-Man Tag Team Championships against Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato and Konaka.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling held a show in Gunma today.

The full results were:

• Daisuke Sasaki def. Keigo Nakamura
• No Disqualifications Handicap match: Danshoku Dieno and Toru Owashi def. Kazuki Hirata
• Chris Brookes and Yusuke Okada def. Toi Kojima and Yuki Ueno
• MAO and Shunma Katsumata def. Yukio Naya and Yukio Sakaguchi
• Soma Takao, Tetsuya Endo and Yuji Hino def. Antonio Honda, HARASHIMA and Kazusada Higuchi
• Akito, Konosuke Takeshita and Yuki Iino def. Hideki Okatani, Jun Akiyama and Makoto Oishi

Active Advance Pro Wrestling

Active Advance Pro Wrestling held two shows in 2AW Square today.

The full results were:

Afternoon
• Chicharito Shoki, Ricky Fuji and Shu Asakawa def. Dragon Libre, GENTARO and Yuya Susumu
• Takashi Sasaki def. Ayumu Honda
• Daiki Wakamatsu trial series: Violento Jack def. Daiki Wakamatsu
• UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship: Kamui (c) def. Kaji Tomato
• Ayato Yoshida and Tank Nagai def. Jun Kasai and Kenji Fukimoto via DQ
• Daisuke Masaoka, Tomoya Hirata and Toru Sugiura def. Kengo Mashimo, Kunio Toshima and Tatsuya Hanami

Evening
• Taishi Takizawa def. Takuro Niki
• Kotaro Yoshino and Tank Nagai def. Naka Shuma and Ricky Fuji
• Ayame Sasamura and Ayato Yoshida def. Kyu Mogami vs. Minoru Fujita
• Hiroshi Yamato def. Ayumu Honda
• Kengo Mashimo, Kunio Toshima and Tatsuya Hanami def. Kaji Tamato, Shu Asakawa and Taylor Adams

The afternoon show was co-promoted with Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS.

Kamui made his fourth successful defense of the UWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship against Kaji Tomato.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling has announced Takumi Tsukamoto will replace Kohei Sato at its two shows on April 17 in Yokohama Radiant Hall.

The updated cards are:

YOUNG MAN STANDING on April 17 (Afternoon)
• Chris Brookes and Drew Parker vs. Kota Sekifuda and Tatsuhiko Yoshino
• Chicharito Shoki and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Tatsuya Hanami and Yuya Aoki
• Kazuki Hashimoto and Takumi Tsukamoto vs. Kazumi Kikuta and Yuko Miyamoto
• Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani vs. Takuro Niki and Tyler Adams
• Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura vs. Satsuki Nagao and Shoki Kitamura
• Akira Hyodo, Takuho Kato and Yuki Ishikawa vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, Ryuji Ito and Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Kosuke Sato vs. Ryuya Takekura

FRONT ROW on April 17 (Evening)
• Akira Hyodo and Kankuro Hoshino vs. Chris Brookes and Drew Parker
• Kosuke Sato, Takuho Kato and Takuya Nomura vs. Masato Kamino, Ryota Nakatsu and Takato Nakano
• Abdullah Kobayashi, Isami Kodaka and Yuko Miyamoto vs. Great Kojika, Jaki Numazawa and Ryuji Ito
• Daisuke Sekimoto, Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuki Ishikawa vs. Kota Sekifuda, Shigehiro Irie and Yuji Okabayashi
• Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Yuya Aoki vs. Kazuki Hashimoto, Kazumi Kikuta and Takumi Tsukamoto

The match orders for both cards are not finalised. There will also be one more match added to the FRONT ROW card.

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