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NOAH STAR TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, DDT IN KOBE AND MORE FROM JAPAN

By Oliver Taylor on 2021-05-23 13:49:00

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate held its seventh King of Gate show today in Sapporo ii One Stadium.

The full results were:

• Jason Lee, Kota Minoura and La Estrella def. Genki Horiguchi, Susumu Yokosuka and U-T
• Bokutimo Dragon and Don Fujii def. Problem Dragon and Ryo Saito
• Diamante and SB KENTo def. Ultimo Dragon and Yasushi Kanda
• BxB Hulk, H.Y.O and Kaito Ishida
• Dragon Kid, Masato Yoshino and YAMATO def. King of Gate C block: Shun Skywalker def. Keisuke Okuda
• King of Gate B block: Kzy def. Eita

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

A block
1. Kota Minoura (3-0 record): 6 points
2. Takashi Yoshida (3-1 record): 6 points
-. BxB Hulk (3-1 record): 6 points
4. Diamante (3-2 record): 6 points
5. Naruki Doi (1-4 record): 2 points
6. Ben-K (0-5 record): 0 points

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

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

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Kotaro Suzuki has tested positive for COVID-19.

Suzuki was held off NOAH’s show today in Niigata. Additionally, Kai Fujimura, Yasutaka Yano and YO-HEY missed today’s show due to being in close contact with Suzuki.

The full results from today’s show were:

• Akitoshi Saito and Shuhei Taniguchi def. Manabu Soya and Masa Kitamiya
• Haoh and Nioh def. Junta Miyawaki and Kinya Okada
• Kenoh and Tadasuke def. Ikuto Hidaka and NOSAWA Rongai
• Katsuhiko Nakajima def. Mohammed Yone
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Hajime Ohara def. HAYTA, Seiki Yoshioka and Yoshinari Ogawa
• Naomichi Marufuji and Takashi Sugiura def. Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling held a show today in Kobe.

The full results were:

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

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

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

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling will hold its second Road to Wrestle Grand Slam tour show tomorrow in Korakuen Hall.

The full card is:

• Yota Tsuji vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• Chase Owens and Gedo vs. DOUKI and Zack Sabre Jr.
• Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Tomoaki Honma vs. Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa
• Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb vs. Kota Ibushi and Master Wato
• BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito vs. Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI

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