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NOAH MOVES MISAWA MEMORIAL EVENT, DICKINSON TALKS, KING OF GATE TOURNAMENT AND MORE FROM JAPAN

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate began its King of Gate tournament today by airing an empty arena show on the Dragon Gate Network.

The full results were:

• King of Gate B block: Dragon Kid def. SB KENTo
• King of Gate C block: Kaito Ishida def. H.Y.O
• King of Gate B block: Eita def. Jason Lee
• King of Gate A block: Naruki Doi def. Ben-K
• King of Gate C block: U-T def. Keisuke Okuda
• King of Gate A block: Takashi Yoshida def. BxB Hulk
• King of Gate B block: Susumu Yokosuka def. Kzy
• King of Gate A block: Kota Minoura def. Diamante
• King of Gate C block: YAMATO def. Shun Skywalker

Following today’s show, the updated King of Gate standings are:

A block
1. Kota Minoura (1-0 record): 2 points
-. Naruki Doi (1-0 record): 2 points
-. Takashi Yoshida (1-0 record): 2 points
4. Ben-K (0-1 record): 0 points
-. BxB Hulk (0-1 record): 0 points
-. Diamante (0-1 record): 0 points

B block
1. Dragon Kid (1-0 record): 2 points
-. Eita (1-0 record): 2 points
-. Susumu Yokosuka (1-0 record): 2 points
4. Jason Lee (0-1 record): 0 points
-. Kzy (0-1 record): 0 points
-. SB KENTo (0-1 record): 0 points

C block
1. Kaito Ishida (1-0 record): 2 points
-. U-T (1-0 record): 2 points
-. YAMATO (1-0 record): 2 points
4. H.Y.O (0-1 record): 0 points
-. Keisuke Okuda (0-1 record): 0 points
-. Shun Skywalker (0-1 record): 0 points

All of today’s matches were previously scheduled to take place on shows that were cancelled due to the extended state of emergency in Japan.

Dragon Gate will hold its second King of Gate show tomorrow in Acros Fukuoka. The full card is:

• Genki Horiguchi, Susumu Yokosuka and U-T vs. H.Y.O, KAI and SB KENTo
• Ben-K, Punch Tominaga, Ryo Saito and Ultimo Dragon vs. Gamma, Ho Ho Lun, Naruki Doi and Problem Dragon
• King of Gate A Block: Diamante vs. Takashi Yoshida
• BxB Hulk, Dia Inferno, Eita, Kaito Ishida and KAZMA SAKAMOTO vs. Dragon Dia, Jason Lee, Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker
• King of Gate C block: Keisuke Okuda vs. YAMATO
• King of Gate B block: Dragon Kid vs. Kzy

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced it will hold its Mitsuharu Misawa memorial show on May 31 in Korakuen Hall.

The show was originally scheduled to take place on May 30 in Ota Ward Gymnasium but was cancelled due to the extended state of emergency in Japan.

NOAH will hold a show tomorrow in Korakuen Hall.

The full card is:

• Kinya Okada vs. Yasutaka Yano
• Haoh, Nioh and Tadasuke vs. Kotaro Suzuki, NOSAWA Rongai and YO-HEY
• Atsushi Kotoge and Junta Miyawaki vs. Seiki Yoshioka and Yuya Susumu
• Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura vs. Masaaki Mochizuki and Masato Tanaka
• Akitoshi Saito, Masao Inoue, Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya and Masa Kitamiya
• Kazunari Murakami and Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Kazuyuki Fujita and Takashi Sugiura
• Daisuke Harada, Hajime Ohara and Naomichi Marufuji vs. HAYATA, Keiji Mutoh and Yoshinari Ogawa

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling will hold a show tomorrow in Sendai PIT.

The full card is:

• Akito and Toi Kojima vs. Hideki Okatani and Keigo Nakamura
• Danshoku Dieno and Shunma Katsumata vs. Kazuki Hirata and Saki Akai
• HARASHIMA, Naomi Yoshimura and Toru Owashi vs. Yuki Iino, Yukio Naya and Yusuke Okada
• Konosuke Takeshita, MAO and Yuki Ueno vs. Mad Paulie, Soma Takao and Tetsuya Endo
• Ultimate Tag League: Antonio Honda and Chris Brookes vs. Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Sakaguchi
• Ultimate Tag League: Daisuke Sasaki and Yuji Hino vs. Jun Akiyama and Makoto Oishi

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

1. Daisuke Sasaki and Yuji Hino (2-0-1 record): 3 points
2. Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Sakaguchi (1-0 record): 2 points
3. Antonio Honda and Chris Brookes (1-1 record): 2 points
4. Konosuke Takeshita and Shunma Katsumata (0-1-1 record): 1 point
5. Jun Akiyama and Makoto Oishi (0-1 record): 0 points

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Active Advance Pro Wrestling and Big Japan Pro Wrestling will hold a co-promoted show tomorrow in 2AW Square.

The full card is:

• Daiju Wakamatsu vs. Kazumasa Yoshida
• Akira Hyodo, Kankuro Hoshino and Takuro Niki vs. Ayame Sasamura, Kaji Tomato and Kota Sekifuda
• Chicharito Shoki and Taishi Takizawa vs. Kazuki Hashimoto and Takuya Nomura
• Daichi Hashimoto, Hideyoshi Kamitani and Masaki Morihiro vs. Kyu Mogami, Naka Shuma and Shu Asakawa
• Ryuji Ito and Taylor Adams vs. Tatsuya Hanami and Yuya Aoki
• Keiki Suzuki vs. Tank Nagai
• Ayato Yoshida, Kosuke Sato and Yuki Ishikawa vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, Kengo Mashimo and Yuji Okabayashi

Big Japan has postponed its show on May 22 in Osaka.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling has uploaded a new interview with Chris Dickinson.

Topics discussed include his cancelled matches against Minoru Suzuki and Shingo Takagi, training under James Maritato and his upcoming STRONG Openweight Championship match against Tom Lawlor on May 28

The full interview can be read here.

Elsewhere, El Phantasmo will challenge Josh Alexander for the X-Division Championship at Impact Wrestling’s Under Siege pay-per-view tomorrow.

 

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