New Japan Pro Wrestling
New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced Tetsuya Naito will miss its next two Road to Castle Attack tour shows due to a right knee injury.
This situation will be worth keeping a close eye on as Naito is scheduled to challenge Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship at Castle Attack on February 28. Although, Naito assured fans he will still face Ibushi as scheduled at yesterday’s show.
New Japan will hold its fifth Road to Castle Attack show in Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium tomorrow.
The full card is:
• Gabriel Kidd vs. Yuya Uemura
• Hirooki Goto, Tiger Mask and YOSHI-HASHI vs. Jado, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa
• Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb and Will Ospreay vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Satoshi Kojima and Yota Tsuji
• BUSHI and SANADA vs. Taiji Ishimori and Yujiro Takahashi
• Hiromu Takahashi and Shingo Takagi vs. Kota Ibushi and Tomoaki Honma
• Chase Owens, Dick Togo, EVIL and Jay White vs. Kazuchika Okada, SHO, Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano
All Japan Pro Wrestling
All Japan Pro Wrestling held its first Excite Series tour show in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring today.
The full results were:
• Ryuki Honda trial series: Yoshitatsu def. Ryuki Honda
• Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising HAYATO and Yuma Aoyagi def. Black Menso~re, Francesco Akira and Takao Omori
• Izanagi def. Dan Tamura
• Jake Lee, Koji Iwamoto and TAJIRI def. Hokuto Omori, Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino
• Abdullah Kobayashi vs. Kento Miyahara – No Contest
• Kohei Sato and Shuji Ishikawa def. Hikaru Sato and SUWAMA
GLEAT
GLEAT uploaded Daijiro Matsui versus Kaz Hayashi in a UWF Rules match onto its YouTube channel today. The full match can be watched on the attachment below.
Additionally, it was announced yesterday that Matsui will fight at mixed martial arts company DEEP’s Osaka Impact 2021 event on April 4.
Big Japan Pro Wrestling
Big Japan Pro Wrestling will hold a show in Korakuen Hall tomorrow.
The full card is:
• Takuho Kato vs. Takuya Nomura
• Fuminori Abe, Kazuki Hashimoto and Masaki Morihiro vs. Kosuke Sato, Kota Sekifuda and Tatsuhiko Yoshino
• Daichi Hashimoto, Yuji Okabayashi and Yuya Aoki vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, Kazumi Kikuta and Ryota Hama
• Abdullah Kobayashi, Akira Hyodo and Jaki Numazawa vs. Masaya Takahashi, Minoru Fujita and Yuki Ishikawa
• Deathmatch: Drew Parker, Isami Kodaka and Masashi Takeda vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani, Ryuji Ito and Yuko Miyamoto
• BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship: Yasufumi Nakanoue (c) vs. Ryuichi Kawakami
• BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship deathmatch: Takumi Tsukamoto (c) vs. Kankuro Hoshino
Yasufumi Nakanoue will attempt his first defense of the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship against Ryuichi Kawakami. Likewise, Takumi Tsukamoto will attempt his first defense of the BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight Championship against Kankuro Hoshino.
DDT Pro-Wrestling
DDT Pro-Wrestling will hold a show in Shinjuku FACE tomorrow produced by DAMNATION.
The fulll card is:
• Hoshitango vs. Mad Paulie
• Masamune, SAGAT and SUSHI vs. Nobuhiro Shimatani, Soma Takao and Yuji Hino
• Shuji Ishikawa and Tanomusaku Toba vs. Toru Owashi and Yasu Urano
• Hagane Shinnou vs. Tetsuya Endo
• Daisuke Sasaki and Hiroshi Yamato vs. HUB and Yasutaka Oosera
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