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DRAGON GATE STARS PULLED FROM ACTION, FREEDOMS, BIG JAPAN, NOAH AND MORE FROM JAPAN

By Oliver Taylor on 2021-05-15 09:02:00

Dragon Gate

Dragon Dia, Ben-K and Naruki Doi were all pulled from Dragon Gate’s King of Gate show today in Acros Fukuoka as a COVID-19 precaution due to high fevers.

The trio will also miss tomorrow’s show in the same venue. As it pertains to the tournament, Doi was scheduled to face Kota Minoura in an A block match tomorrow.

The full results from today’s show were:

• Genki Horiguchi, Susumu Yokosuka and U-T def. H.Y.O, KAI and SB KENTo & Ho Ho Lun, Problem Dragon and Ryo Saito
• Gamma and Ultimo Dragon def. Punch Tominaga and Yosuke Santa Maria
• King of Gate A Block: Diamante def. Takashi Yoshida
• Jason Lee, Kagetora, Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker def. BxB Hulk, Dia Inferno, Eita, Kaito Ishida and KAZMA SAKAMOTO via DQ
• King of Gate C block: Keisuke Okuda vs. YAMATO – Time Limit Draw (20 minutes)
• King of Gate B block: Kzy def. Dragon Kid

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
3. Diamante (1-1 record): 2 points
-. Takashi Yoshida (1-1 record): 2 points
5. Ben-K (0-1 record): 0 points
-. BxB Hulk (0-1 record): 0 points

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

C block
1. YAMATO (1-0-1 record): 3 points
2. Kaito Ishida (1-0 record): 2 points
-. U-T (1-0 record): 2 points
4. Keisuke Okuda (0-1-1 record): 1 point
5. H.Y.O (0-1 record): 0 points
-. Shun Skywalker (0-1 record): 0 points

Dragon Gate will hold its third King of Gate show tomorrow in Acros Fukuoka. The announced card (which will change due to the aforementioned COVID-19 precautions) is:

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

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH held a show today in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

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

NOAH has announced the full cards for its shows on May 22 in Yokohama Radiant Hall, May 23 in Niigata and May 31 in Korakuen Hall. The full cards are:

May 22 in Yokohama Radiant Hall
• Kinya Okada vs. Yoshiki Inamura
• Kai Fujimura and Yasutaka Yano vs. Kotaro Suzuki and YO-HEY
• Akitoshi Saito, Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Haoh, Nioh and Tadasuke
• Kaito Kiyomiya vs. NOSAWA Rongai
• Elimination: Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada, Hajime Ohara and Junta Miyawaki vs. HAYATA, Seiki Yoshioka, Yoshinari Ogawa and Yuya Susumu

May 23 in Niigata
• Kai Fujimura vs. Yasutaka Yano
• Haoh and Nioh vs. Kotaro Suzuki and YO-HEY
• Junta Miyawaki and Kinya Okada vs. Kenoh and Tadasuke
• Akitoshi Saito, Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Manabu Soya and Masa Kitamiya
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Hajime Ohara vs. HAYATA, Seiki Yoshioka and Yoshinari Ogawa
• Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura vs. Naomichi Marufuji and Takashi Sugiura

May 31 in Korakuen Hall
• Seiki Yoshioka vs. YO-HEY
• Haoh, Kenoh, Manabu Soya, Nioh and Tadasuke vs. Junta Miyawaki, Kaito Kiyomiya, Kinya Okada, Yasutaka Yano and Yoshiki Inamura
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships: HAYATA and Yoshinari Ogawa (c) vs. Daisuke Harada and Hajime Ohara
• GHC Tag Team Championships: Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masa Kitamiya (c) vs. Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi
• GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship: Atsushi Kotoge (c) vs. Yuya Susumu
• GHC National Championship: Takashi Sugiura (c) vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
• Keiji Mutoh and Masato Tanaka vs. Masakatsu Funaki and Naomichi Marufuji

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling held a show today in Sendai PIT.

The full results were:

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

Following today’s show, the updated Ultimate Tag League standings are:

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

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Active Advance Pro Wrestling and Big Japan Pro Wrestling held a co-promoted show today in 2AW Square.

The full results were:

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

Big Japan will hold a show tomorrow in Korakuen Hall with its final two Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor block matches.

The full card is:

• Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Keiki Suzuki
• Kankuro Hoshino and Ryota Hama vs. Kota Sekifuda and Tatsuhiko Yoshino
• Daichi Hashimoto, Kazumi Kikuta, Takuya Nomura and Yuya Aoki vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, Shigehiro Irie, Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuji Okabayashi
• Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi, Takumi Tsukamoto and Yuko Miyamoto vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani, Masaya Takahashi and Yuki Ishikawa
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor D Block: Akira Hyodo vs. Isami Kodaka
• Ikkitousen Deathmatch Survivor C Block: Masashi Takeda vs. Ryuji Ito

The winner of Masashi Takeda versus Ryuji Ito will win C block. If Isami Kodaka defeats Akira Hyodo in the last D block match, Kodaka will win the block. However, if Hyodo defeats Kodaka, Hideyoshi Kamitani will win the block.

The tournament semi-finals and final will take place at an unannounced date.

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS will hold a show tomorrow in Sendai PIT.

The full card is:

• Takahiro Katori vs. Tomoya Hirata
• Daisuke Masaoka and Kamui vs. Kengo and Yuya Susumu
• Aisawa No. 1 vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa
• Brahman Kei, Dragon Libre and GENTARO vs. Mammoth Sasaki, Minoru Fujita and Rina Yamashita
• Deathmatch: Jun Kasai, Kenji Fukimoto, Takashi Sasaki and Toru Sugiura vs. Masashi Takeda, Takayuki Ueki, Toshiyuki Sakuda and Violento Jack

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 will hold a show tomorrow in Tokyo.

The full card is:

• Genta Hiriki vs. Hartley Jackson
• Chris Vice vs. Takumi Baba
• Takafumi vs. Yoshikazu Yokoyama
• Junya Matsunaga vs. Masato Tanaka
• Shoki Kitamura vs. Takuya Sugawara

 

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