By Oliver Taylor
DDT Pro-Wrestling
Tetsuya Endo won the King of DDT tournament at DDT Pro-Wrestling’s show in Korakuen Hall today.
The full results were:
• Kazuki Hirata def. Antonio Honda, Tomomitsu Matsunaga, Toru Owashi & Yukio Naya
• King of DDT semifinal: Tetsuya Endo def. Kazusada Higuchi
• King of DDT semifinal: T-Hawk def. Akito
• Danshoku Dieno and Seigo Tachibana def. Saki Akai and Yukio Sakaguchi
• Chirs Brookes, HARASHIMA, Minoru Tanaka, Naomi Yoshimura and Yuki Ueno def. Daisuke Sasaki, El Lindaman, Mad Paulie, Nobuhiro Shimatani and Soma Takao
• Keigo Nakamura, Konosuke Takeshita, Shinya Aoki and Shunma Katsumata def. Hideki Okatani, Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi and Mizuki Watase
• King of DDT final: Tetsuya Endo def. T-Hawk
Mecha Pandita attacked Shunma Katsumata ahead of the duo’s upcoming singles match at STREET FIGHT CLUB on August 25.
Atsushi Onita controls Pandita, a 7,000-ton coffee robot, via remote.
Despite the successful sneak attack, Onita lamented a weak controller connection and wondered if it was due to constipation.
As promised, Endo named Kenny Omega as his challenger for the KO-D Openweight Championship at Ultimate Party 2020 on November 3 in Ota Ward General Gymnasium.
Due to travel restrictions, Endo admitted the match is unlikely to take place. He promised he has a surprise in mind if Omega is unable to compete.
Omega or not, two other matches have been announced for Ultimate Party.
CIMA and Soma Takao will face HARASHIMA and Naomichi Marufuji in a tag team match.
The bout was originally scheduled to take place at Wrestle Peter Pan in the Saitama Super Arena on June 7.
Additionally, Jun Akiyama will face Konosuke Takeshita in a singles match.
Dragon Gate
Dragon Gate held two shows in Acros Fukuoka today.
The full results were:
Afternoon
• Don Fujii, Naruki Doi and Ultimo Dragon def. Jason Lee, Kzy and Problem Dragon
• Keisuke Okuda and Punch Tominga def. Gamma and Masaaki Mochizuki
• Shuji Kondo def. H・Y・O
• KAI, Kota Minoura and YAMATO def. Big R Shimizu, BxB Hulk and Eita
• Dragon Kid and Susumu Yokosuka def. Genki Horiguchi and Ryo Saito
• Diamante, Kaito Ishida, KAZMA SAKAMOTO and Takashi Yoshida def. Ben-K, Dragon Dia, Strong Machine J and Yosuke Santa Maria
Evening
• Don Fujii, Gamma and Ryo Saito def. Ben-K, Problem Dragon and Strong Machine J
• H・Y・O and Takashi Yoshida def. Dragon Dia and Keisuke Okuda
• Yosuke Santa Maria def. Masaaki Mochizuki
• Genki Horiguchi, Naruki Doi, Shuji Kondo and Ultimo Dragon def. Big R Shimizu, Diamante, Kaito Ishida and KAZMA SAKAMOTO
• KAI and YAMATO def. BxB Hulk and Eita
• Dragon Kid, Masato Yoshino and Susumu Yokosuka def. Jason Lee, Kota Minoura and Kzy
Dragon Gate will hold a show in the Kagoshima Orocity Hall tomorrow.
The full card is:
• Genki Horiguchi, Madoka Kikuta and Taketo Kamei vs. Kzy, Strong Machine J and Yosuke Santa Maria
• Sora Fujikawa vs. YAMATO
• BxB Hulk and Diamante vs. Ryo Saito and Ultimo Dragon
• Ben-K, Keisuke Okuda and Punch Tominaga vs. Dragon Kid, Naruki Doi and Susumu Yokosuka
• Big R Shimizu, Eita, H・Y・O and Kaito Ishida vs. Dragon Kid, KAI, Kota Minoura and Jason Lee
Elsewhere, Dragon Gate has announced a full sellout for its Dangerous Gate 2020 show on September 21.
The show will feature a steel cage six-way match between Big R Shimizu, BxB Hulk, Eita, KAI, Masato Yoshino and YAMATO.
The match stipulations, per the company’s English Facebook page, are: “The 6 competitors will enter in order based on numbers drawn on 8/12.
“1 & 2 will start the match. 3 will enter after 5 minutes. 4 will enter 4 minutes after 3. 5 will enter 3 minutes after 4, and 6 will enter after another 3 minutes.
“As per the usual steel cage rules, a competitor can escape the cage by climbing to the top and retrieving a flag. In the past, the match has started with all 5 flags available. This match will start with only 1, with 1 more added as the next competitor enters.
“The 5th and final flag will be added when the 6th and final competitor enters. As the 6th competitor will not join the match until 15 minutes have elapsed, they run the risk of only having a small number of flags available to aim for.”
The current entry order is Big R Shimizu, KAI, Eita, BxB Hulk, YAMATO and Masato Yoshino.
However, the order could change after a special six-man tag team match on September 9.
Big R Shimizu (first), Eita (third) and YAMATO (fifth) will team against KAI (second), BxB Hulk (fourth) and Masato Yoshino (sixth).
The winner of the six-man tag team match will have the ability to switch their entry number with someone else.
If they elect to not change their own entry number, they will be able to change someone else’s number.
Pro Wrestling NOAH
British promotion SuperClash Wrestling has challenged Naomichi Marufuji to face 2 Cold Scorpio for the WPW World Championship in 2021.
Marufuji responded to the challenge on Twitter, acknowledging his history with Scorpio in NOAH.
Marufuji said (translated to English by Google): “Is this a love call? I’m glad if this happens.
“When I was younger, Scorpio really taught me so much.”
As well as possibly bringing Marufuji to England in 2021, the company is also promoting a future Minoru Tanaka appearance.
A blurb on the company’s website reads: “We have a long history of bringing top Japanese Stars to the UK, we have recently been in talks with Minoru Tanka about making his long awaited UK Debut in 2021.
“As soon as this pandemic is over World Pro Wrestling matchmakers will be bringing the Japanese sensation to the UK.”
The company has brought in top Japanese stars in the past. Scorpio defeated Kendo Kashin to win the WPW World Championship in 2018.
Furthermore, AJ Styles defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Doug Williams and Rampage Brown in a triple match in 2014, with Hiroshi Tanahashi and Jushin Thunder Liger competing on the same show.
Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Big Japan Pro Wrestling held a show in Osaka today.
The full results were:
• Akira Hyodo def. Kosuke Sato
• Koju Takeda, Kota Sekifuda and Tatsuhiko Yoshino def. Kazuki Hashimoto, Kazumi Kikuta and Yuichi Taniguchi
• Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura def. Ryuichi Kawakami and Yuya Aoki
• Deathmatch: Jaki Numazawa and Kankuro Hoshino def. Drew Parker and Yuki Ishikawa
• Daichi Hashimoto and Hideyoshi Kamitani def. Takuho Kato and Yasufumi Nakanoue
• Tatsuhito Senga, Tsutomu Oosugi, Yuji Okabayashi and Yuko Miyamoto def. Brahman Kei, Brahman Shu, Daisuke Sekimoto and Ryuji Ito
The main event was absolute pandemonium and featured a floating island, fireworks and a dip into the Kizu River.
The great folks at PUROLOVE.com transcribed the stipulation as “Dai Nippon Concentrated Contact Prohibition, Dai Nippon Hiccup Floating Island Bombing Match ~ Social Distance Expansion Strategy! Mela Mela the Boon in the Double Ring!”
A collection of tweets have been attached below as words do not serve it justice.
All Japan Pro Wrestling
All Japan Pro Wrestling held a show in Saitama today.
The full results were:
• Francesco Akira def. Baliyan Akki
• Hokuto Omori, Kuma Arashi and Yusuke Kodama def. Ryuji Hijikata, Yoshitatsu and Yusuke Okada
• Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto def. Black Menso~re and Takao Omori
• Izanagi, UTAMARO and Zeus def. Atsuki Aoyagi, TAJIRI and Yuma Aoyagi
• Shotaro Ashino def. Hikaru Sato
• Dan Tamura, Shuji Ishikawa and SUWAMA def. Kento Miyahara, Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio and Rising HAYATO
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