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Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its third King of Gate show today in Acros Fukuoka.

The full results were:

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

Naruki Doi was scheduled to face Kota Minoura in an A block match, but he was removed from the show as a COVID-19 precaution due to a high fever. Ben-K and Dragon Dia also missed the show for the same reason.

Minoura was awarded two points via forfeit.

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

A block
1. Kota Minoura (2-0 record): 2 points
2. Diamante (1-1 record): 2 points
-. Naruki Doi (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. Dragon Kid (2-1 record): 4 points
2. Susumu Yokosuka (1-0 record): 2 points
3. Eita (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. U-T (1-0 record): 2 points
3. Kaito Ishida (1-1 record): 2 points
-. Shun Skywalker (1-1 record): 2 points
5. Keisuke Okuda (0-1-1 record): 1 point
6. H.Y.O (0-1 record): 0 points

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling held a show today in Korakuen Hall.

The full results were:

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

Hideyoshi Kamitani won D block due to Akira Hyodo’s victory against Isami Kodaka. Ryuji Ito won C block by defeating Masashi Takeda in the main event. 

Following today’s show, the final C block and D block standings are:

C block
1. Ryuji Ito (1-1 record): 4 points
2. Masashi Takeda (2-1 record): 4 points
3. Minoru Fujita (1-2 record): 2 points
4. Kankuro Hoshino (1-2 record): 2 points

D block
1. Hideyoshi Kamitani (2-1 record): 4 points
2. Akira Hyodo (2-1 record): 4 points
3. Isami Kodaka (1-2 record): 2 points
4. Yuki Ishikawa (1-2 record): 2 points

The semi-finals and final will take place at Big Japan’s show on June 13 in Korakuen Hall.

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS held a show today in Sendai PIT.

The full results were:

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

Pro Wrestling ZERO1

Pro Wrestling ZERO1 held a show today in Tokyo.

The full results were:

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

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling uploaded its second show on Amazon Japan today. Although the card has not been publicly announced, a teaser video posted on the company’s Twitter seems to show the main event was Hikaru Sato, Minoru Suzuki and Rambo Kawamura versus Kento Miyahara, Shinjiro Otani and Yuma Aoyagi.

Purchasing or renting the show requires payment via a credit card or debit card based in Japan. Nevertheless, the show’s Amazon page can be viewed here.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

El Phantasmo unsuccessfully challenged Josh Alexander for the X-Division Championship at Impact Wrestling’s Under Siege pay-per-view last night.

Elsewhere on the show, David Finlay and Juice Robinson teamed with Eddie Edwards in victory against Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson and Kenny Omega.

Tommy Dreamer announced more New Japan talent will appear in Impact on the Busted Open podcast yesterday. Kazuchika Okada and Tetsuya Naito have been shown in promotional material for Impact’s Slammiversary pay-per-view on July 17.

Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Explosion

Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Explosion has announced it will license its own original music for its debut show on debut show on July 4 at the Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market in Yokohama.

Other Japanese broadcasts often see a wrestler’s entrance substituted or muted due to copyright issues, but this will not be the case in FMW-E.

Additionally, the company is preparing a 30-minute video narrated by Atsushi Onita discussing the original Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling’s greatest matches. The video will air during the show’s intermission.

GLEAT

GLEAT’s Kaz Hayashi and Soma Watanabe defeated Hiroshi Yamato and Tetsuya Izuchi to win Pro Wrestling HEAT-UP’s Universal Tag Team Championships today.

 

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