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BREAKING DOWN HOW THE G1 CLIMAX COULD GO, FREEDOMS, BIG JAPAN, NOAH AND MORE FROM JAPAN

By Oliver Taylor on 2021-10-17 13:59:00

Dragon Gate held its seventh The Gate of Victory 2021 tour show today in Kobe Sambo Hall.

The full results were:

• Genki Horiguchi, King Shimizu, Kzy, Susumu Yokosuka and U-T def. Jason Lee, Konomama Ichikawa, Kota Minoura, Super Shisa and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Kagetora, Problem Dragon, Shachihoko Boy and Takashi Yoshida def. Ho Ho Lun, Naruki Doi, Punch Tominaga and Ryo Saito
• Don Fujii, Shuji Kondo and Yasushi Kanda def. Ishin Iihashi, Riki Iihashi and Strong Machine J
• Dragon Dia, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker def. Dia Inferno, Diamante and Eita
• Ben-K, Dragon Kid, Keisuke Okuda and YAMATO def. BxB Hulk, H.Y.O, KAI and Kaito Ishida
• Open the Brave Gate Championship: SB KENTo (c) def. Funky Jacky Kamei

SB KENTo made his first successful defense of the Open the Brave Gate Championship against Funky Jacky Kamei in the main event.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

Pro Wrestling NOAH held a show today in Club Citta.

The full results were:

• Junta Miyawaki and Masa Kitamiya def. Kinya Okada and Yasutaka Yano
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada, Hajime Ohara, Mohammed Yone and Shuhei Taniguchi def. Aleja, Haoh, Manabu Soya, Nioh and Tadasuke
• Daiki Inaba vs. Kotaro Suzuki – Time Limit Draw (20 minutes)
• Kenoh def. Seiki Yoshioka
• HAYATA, Kaito Kiyomiya and YO-HEY def. Naomichi Marufuji, NOSAWA Rongai and Yoshinari Ogawa
• Masato Tanaka and Takashi Sugiura def. Katsuhiko Nakajima and Masaaki Mochizuki

Masato Tanaka pinned Katsuhiko Nakajima to win the main event. Nakajima will attempt his first defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Tanaka at NOAH’s show on October 30 in Fukuoka.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

DDT Pro-Wrestling held a show today in Osaka produced by referee Yukinori Matsui.

The full results were:

• Akito, Mizuki Watase and Yukio Naya def. Hideki Okatani, Keigo Nakamura and Yuya Koroku
• Kengo Takai and Yasu Urano def. Antonio Honda and Trans-Am Hiroshi, Danshoku Dieno and Yuki Iino & Kazuki Hirata and Toru Owashi
• HUB, Soma Takao and Tsubasa def. Billy Ken Kid, MAO and Shunma Katsumata
• Daisuke Sasaki and MJ Paul def. Chris Brookes and Masahiro Takahashi
• Daisuke Sekimoto, HARASHIMA and Yuji Hino def. Kazuaki Mihara, Kazusada Higuchi and Tetsuya Endo
• Jun Akiyama and Yusuke Okada def. Inaba no Buffalo and Magnitude Kishiwada
• Kikutaro def. Kuishinbo Kamen
• Konosuke Takeshita and Yuki Ueno def. Naomi Yoshimura and Shigehiro Irie

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS

Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS held a show today in Osaka.

The full results were:

• Kengo and Yuya Susumu def. Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu
• Dyna Mido, GENTARO and Takashi Sasaki def. Dragon Libre, Idea and Mammoth Sasaki
• Naoki Tanizaki def. Takahiro Katori
• Hardcore: Kenji Fukimoto and Rina Yamashita def. GUNSO and Mataro Aoki
• Deathmatch: Daisuke Masaoka and Kamui def. Orca Uto and Toshiyuki Sakuda
• Deathmatch: Masashi Takeda, Takayuki Ueki and Violento Jack def. Jun Kasai, Tomoya Hirata and Toru Sugiura

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling will hold its seventh G1 Climax 31 show tomorrow in Yokohama Budokan.

The full card is:

• Great-O-Khan vs. Satoshi Kojima
• A block: Tanga Loa vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
• A block: Shingo Takagi vs. Yujiro Takahashi
• A block: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Toru Yano
• A block: KENTA vs. Kota Ibushi

Going into the show, KENTA, Kota Ibushi, Shingo Takagi and Zack Sabre Jr. are all tied atop A block with 12 points and a 6-2 record.

KENTA has defeated Zack Sabre Jr. and lost to Shingo Takagi but is yet to face Kota Ibushi.

Kota Ibushi has defeated Shingo Takagi and lost to Zack Sabre Jr. but is yet to face KENTA.

Shingo Takagi has defeated KENTA, lost to Kota Ibushi and Zack Sabre Jr. and will face Yujiro Takahashi on the final show.

Zack Sabre Jr. has defeated Kota Ibushi and Shingo Takagi, lost to KENTA and will face Tanga Loa on the final show.

If KENTA defeats Kota Ibushi, Shingo Takagi loses to Yujiro Takahashi and Zack Sabre Jr. loses to Tanga Loa, KENTA will win A block with an uncontested 14 points:

1. KENTA (7-2 record): 14 points
2. Zack Sabre Jr. (6-3 record): 12 points
3. Kota Ibushi (6-3 record): 12 points
4. Shingo Takagi (6-3 record): 12 points

If KENTA defeats Kota Ibushi, Shingo Takagi defeats Yujiro Takahashi and Zack Sabre Jr. loses to Tanga Loa, Shingo Takagi will win A block due to the head-to-head tiebreak (Shingo Takagi defeated KENTA in the tournament):

1. Shingo Takagi (7-2 record): 14 points
2. KENTA (7-2 record): 14 points
3. Zack Sabre Jr. (6-3 record): 12 points
4. Kota Ibushi (6-3 record): 12 points

If KENTA defeats Kota Ibushi, Shingo Takagi loses to Yujiro Takahashi and Zack Sabre Jr. defeats Tanga Loa, KENTA will win A block due to the head-to-head tiebreak (KENTA defeated Zack Sabre Jr. in the tournament):

1. KENTA (7-2 record): 14 points
2. Zack Sabre Jr. (7-2 record): 14 points
3. Kota Ibushi (6-3 record): 12 points
4. Shingo Takagi (6-3 record): 12 points

If KENTA defeats Kota Ibushi, Shingo Takagi defeats Yujiro Takahashi and Zack Sabre Jr. defeats Tanga Loa, there will be a three-way tie at the top of A block (each man has one win and one loss against each other).

In the event of a multi-person tie at the top of a block, the secondary tiebreaker is each person’s head-to-head record against the next ranking person.

In the scenario mentioned above – a three-way tie between KENTA, Shingo Takagi and Zack Sabre Jr. – KENTA would win A block due to the secondary tiebreak: head-to-head record against fourth place Kota Ibushi.

Shingo Takagi would be eliminated due to losing to Kota Ibushi, meaning KENTA would win A block over Zack Sabre Jr. due to the “primary” head-to-head tiebreak (KENTA and Zack Sabre Jr. both defeated Kota Ibushi, but KENTA defeated Zack Sabre Jr. in the tournament):

1. KENTA (7-2 record): 14 points
2. Zack Sabre Jr. (7-2 record): 14 points
3. Shingo Takagi (7-2 record): 14 points
4. Kota Ibushi (6-3 record): 12 points

If Kota Ibushi defeats KENTA, Shingo Takagi loses to Yujiro Takahashi and Zack Sabre Jr. loses to Tanga Loa, Kota Ibushi will win A block with an uncontested 14 points:

1. Kota Ibushi (7-2 record): 14 points
2. Zack Sabre Jr. (6-3 record): 12 points
3. Kota Ibushi (6-3 record): 12 points
4. KENTA (6-3 record): 12 points

If Kota Ibushi defeats KENTA, Shingo Takagi defeats Yujiro Takahashi and Zack Sabre Jr. loses to Tanga Loa, Kota Ibushi will win A block due to the head-to-head tiebreak (Kota Ibushi defeated Shingo Takagi in the tournament):

1. Kota Ibushi (7-2 record): 14 points
2. Shingo Takagi (7-2 record): 14 points
3. KENTA (6-3 record): 12 points
4. Zack Sabre Jr. (6-3 record): 12 points

If Kota Ibushi defeats KENTA, Shingo Takagi loses to Yujiro Takahashi and Zack Sabre Jr. defeats Tanga Loa, Zack Sabre Jr. will win A block due to the head-to-head tiebreak (Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Kota Ibushi in the tournament):

1. Zack Sabre Jr. (7-2 record): 14 points
2. Kota Ibushi (7-2 record): 14 points
3. Shingo Takagi (6-3 record): 12 points
4. KENTA (6-3 record): 12 points

If Kota Ibushi defeats KENTA, Shingo Takagi defeats Yujiro Takahashi and Zack Sabre Jr. defeats Tanga Loa, Zack Sabre Jr. will win A block due to the head-to-head tiebreak (Zack Sabre Jr. defeated both Kota Ibushi and Shingo Takagi in the tournament):

1. Zack Sabre Jr. (7-2 record): 14 points
2. Kota Ibushi (7-2 record): 14 points
3. Shingo Takagi (7-2 record): 14 points
4. KENTA (6-3 record): 12 points

If KENTA versus Kota Ibushi ends in a draw (meaning both men would finish with 13 points and a 6-2-1 record), Shingo Takagi defeats Yujiro Takahashi and Zack Sabre Jr. defeats Tanga Loa, Zack Sabre Jr. will win A block due to the head-to-head tiebreak (Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Shingo Takagi in the tournament):

1. Zack Sabre Jr. (7-2 record): 14 points
2. Shingo Takagi (7-2 record): 14 points
3. KENTA (6-2-1 record): 13 points
-. Kota Ibushi (6-2-1 record): 13 points

If KENTA versus Kota Ibushi ends in a draw (meaning both men would finish with 13 points and a 6-2-1 record), one of Shingo Takagi or Zack Sabre Jr. wins their match but the other loses, the winner would win A block with an uncontested 14 points.

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling will hold a show tomorrow in Korakuen Hall.

The full card is:

• Kazumasa Yoshida vs. Yuya Aoki
• Fuminori Abe, Kazuki Hashimoto and Kosuke Sato vs. Isami Kodaka, Kota Sekifuda and Tatsuhiko Yoshino
• Daichi Hashimoto, Kazumi Kikuta and Takuho Kato vs. Ryota Hama, Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuji Okabayashi
• Deathmatch: Abdullah Kobayashi and Shunma Katsumata vs. Jaki Numazawa and Ryuji Ito
• Deathmatch: Akira Hyodo and Kankuro Hoshino vs. Masaya Takahashi and Toshiyuki Sakuda
• Deathmatch: Drew Parker and Yuki Ishikawa vs. Masashi Takeda and Takumi Tsukamoto
• BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship: Takuya Nomura (c) vs. Daisuke Sekimoto
• BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship: Yuko Miyamoto (c) vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani

Takuya Nomura will attempt his first defense of the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship against Daisuke Sekimoto.

Yuko Miyamoto will attempt his second defense of the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship against Hideyoshi Kamitani in the main event.

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