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All Japan & New Japan Tag Leagues Roll On


New Japan Pro Wrestling


New Japan Pro Wrestling held its eighth World Tag League show in Beppu B-Con Plaza today.


The full results were:


• Satoshi Kojima and Tomoaki Honma def. Kidd and Yota Tsuji

• World Tag League: Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. def. Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens

• World Tag League: Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI def. EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi

• World Tag League: David Finlay and Juice Robinson def. Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano

• World Tag League: Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa def. Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb

• World Tag League: SANADA and Shingo Takagi def. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Toa Henare


Following today’s results, the updated World Tag League standings are:


1. David Finlay and Juice Robinson (5-3 record): 10 points

-. Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI (5-3 record): 10 points

-. SANADA and Shingo Takagi (5-3 record): 10 points

-. Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. (5-3 record): 10 points

-. Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa (5-3 record): 10 points

-. Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano (5-3 record): 10 points

7. Great-O-Khan and Jeff Cobb (4-4 record): 8 points

8. EVIL and Yujiro Takahashi (3-5 record): 6 points

9. Bad Luck Fale and Chase Owens (2-6 record): 4 points

10. Hiroshi Tanahashi and Toa Henare (1-7 record): 2 points


With six teams tied on 10 points, there are 16 possible outcomes to determine the World Tag League final on December 11 in the Nippon Budokan. Chris Charlton broke down every scenario on Twitter and the thread has been attached below.



Of the 16 possible outcomes, SANADA and Shingo Takagi advance to the final in seven. There is only one scenario where SANADA and Takagi win their final match but do not advance to the final.


New Japan will hold its eighth Best of the Super Juniors show in Sun Arena Sendai tomorrow.


The full card is:


• Best of the Super Juniors: SHO vs. Yuya Uemura

• Best of the Super Juniors: BUSHI vs. DOUKI

• Best of the Super Juniors: El Desperado vs. Robbie Eagles

• Kota Ibushi, Satoshi Kojima and Tomoaki Honma vs. SANADA, Shingo Takagi and Tetsuya Naito

• Best of the Super Juniors: Master Wato vs. Taiji Ishimori

• Best of the Super Juniors: Hiromu Takahashi vs. Ryusuke Taguchi


Going into the show, the current Best of the Super Juniors standings are:


1. El Desperado (5-2 record): 10 points

-. Hiromu Takahashi (5-2 record): 10 points

-. SHO (5-2 record): 10 points

-. Taiji Ishimori (5-2 record): 10 points

5. BUSHI (4-3 record): 8 points

-. Master Wato (4-3 record): 8 points

7. Robbie Eagles (3-4 record): 6 points

-. Ryusuke Taguchi (3-4 record): 6 points

9. DOUKI (1-6 record): 2 points

10. Yuya Uemura (0-7 record): 0 points


All Japan Pro Wrestling


All Japan Pro Wrestling held its sixth Real World Tag League show in Aichi today.


The full results were:


• Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato and Ryuki Honda def. Atsuki Aoyagi, Francesco Akira and Rising HAYATO

• Black Menso~re, Konaka and Takao Omori def. Daimonji So, Ishikiri and Yusuke Okada

• Hokuto Omori and Yusuke Kodama def. Alejandro and UTAMARO

• Real World Tag League: Ryoji Sai and Yoshitatsu def. Izanagi and Shigehiro Irie

• Real World Tag League: Masato Tanaka and TAJIRI def. Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino

• Real World Tag League: Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto def. Abdullah Kobayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto

• Real World Tag League: Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi def. Shuji Ishikawa and SUWAMA


Following today’s results, the updated World Tag League standings are:


1. Abdullah Kobayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto (3-2 record): 6 points

-. Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto (3-2 record): 6 points

-. Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi (3-2 record): 6 points

-. Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino (3-2 record): 6 points

-. Masato Tanaka and TAJIRI (3-2 record): 6 points

6. Ryoji Sai and Yoshitatsu (2-3 record): 4 points

-. Shuji Ishikawa and SUWAMA (2-3 record): 4 points

8. Izanagi and Shigehiro Irie (1-4 record): 2 points


All Japan has announced Naoya Ogawa will attend its final Real World Tag League show on December 7 in Korakuen Hall. It will be his first appearance in All Japan.


All Japan will hold its penultimate seventh Real World Tag League show in Niigata tomorrow.


The full card is:


• Alejandro vs. Franceso Akira

• Black Menso~re, Takao Omori and Yusuke Okada vs. Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato and Ryuki Honda

• Atsuki Aoyagi and Rising HAYATO vs. Hokuto Omori and Yusuke Kodama

• Real World Tag League: Izanagi and Shigehiro Irie vs. Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi

• Real World Tag League: Abdullah Kobayashi and Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Ryoji Sai and Yoshitatsu

• Real World Tag League: Masato Tanaka and TAJIRI vs. Shuji Ishikawa and SUWAMA

• Real World Tag League: Jake Lee and Koji Iwamoto vs. Kuma Arashi and Shotaro Ashino


DDT Pro-Wrestling


DDT Pro-Wrestling held its fifth D-Oh Grand Prix show in Narimasu Act Hall today.


The full results were:


• Akito and Danshoku Dieno def. Hideki Okatani and Mizuki Watase

• B block: Yuki Ueno def. Makoto Oishi

• B block: Shunma Katsumata def. Kazusada Higuchi

• B block: Jun Akiyama def. Soma Takao

• A block: Yukio Sakaguchi def. HARASHIMA

• A block: Konosuke Takeshita def. MAO


Following today’s results, the updated D-Oh Grand Prix standings are:


A block

1. Chris Brookes (3-2 record): 6 points

-. HARASHIMA (3-1 record): 6 points

-. Yukio Sakaguchi (3-1 record: 6 points

4. Akito (2-2 record): 4 points

-. Konosuke Takeshita (2-2 record): 4 points

-. MAO (2-3 record): 4 points

7. Daisuke Sasaki (1-5 record): 2 points


B block

1. Tetsuya Endo (3-0-1 record): 7 points

2. Jun Akiyama (3-1 record): 6 points

3. Kazusada Higuchi (2-2-1 record): 5 points

4. Soma Takao (2-2 record): 4 points

-. Yuki Ueno (2-2 record): 4 points

6. Makoto Oishi (1-4 record): 2 points

-. Shunma Katsumata (1-3 record): 2 points


The full card has been confirmed for its penultimate D-Oh Grand Prix show on December 6 in Narimasu Act Hall.


The full card is:


• Chris Brookes vs. Hideki Okatani

• Danshoku Dieno and Saki Akai vs. Kazuki Hirata and Toru Owashi

• A block: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yukio Sakaguchi

• A block: Akito vs. HARASHIMA

• B block: Shunma Katsumata vs. Yuki Ueno

• B block: Soma Takao vs. Tetsuya Endo

• B block: Jun Akiyama vs. Kazusada Higuchi


Dragon Gate


Dragon Gate held a show in Sapporo ii-one Stadium today.


The full results were:


• Dragon Dia and Ultimo Dragon def. Kzy and Yosuke Santa Maria

• Ben-K def. Taketo Kamei

• Bokutimo Dragon and Ryo Saito def. U-T and YAMATO

• Don Fujii and Punch Tominaga def. Keisuke Okuda and Strong Machine J

• BxB Hulk, Dia Inferno, Kaito Ishida and SB KENTo vs. Dragon Dia, Jason Lee, Kota Minoura and Shun Skywalker – Double Countout

• Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi and Susumu Yokosuka def. Eita, H?Y?O and Madoka Kikuta


Dragon Gate will hold another show in Sapporo ii-one Stadium tomorrow.


The full card is:


• Strong Machine J and U-T vs. Susumu Yokosuka and Ultimo Dragon

• Dia Inferno and Madoka Kikuta vs. Don Fujii and Dragon Kid

• Keisuke Okuda and Punch Tominaga

• Eita and H?Y?O vs. Masato Yoshino and Taketo Kamei

• Bokutimo Dragon, Naruki Doi and Ryo Saito vs. BxB Hulk, Kaito Ishida and SB KENTo

• Ben-K, Kzy, YAMATO and Yosuke Santa Maria vs. Dragon Dia, Jason lee, Kota Minoura and Shun Skywalker


Pro Wrestling ZERO1


Pro Wrestling ZERO1 held a show in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring co-promoted with Big Japan Pro Wrestling today.


The full results were:


• Takuya Sugawara def. Yuki Ishikawa

• Drew Parker and Kazuki Hashimoto def. Satsuki Nagao and Takuya Nomura

• El Lindaman and Kota Sekifuda def. Shoki Kitamura and Takumi Baba

• Ryuichi Kawakami and Yuya Aoki def. Chris Vice and Yoshikazu Yokoyama

• Hayato Tamura and Yuji Okabayashi def. Hideyoshi Kamitani and Takuho Kato

• Shinjiro Otani def. Kosuke Sato

• CIMA, Hartley Jackson and Ryuji Ito def. Daichi Hashimoto, T-Hawk and Towa Iwasaki


Pro Wrestling NOAH


Pro Wrestling NOAH has announced Mohammed Yone will join Mark Pickering and Stewart Fulton on the English commentary team at NOAH the BEST ~FINAL CHRONICLE 2020~ on December 6.

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