Saturday, June 5, 2021

Wrestling Stars In Japan Who Have Covid, And Other Japanese Wrestling Notes

 

Pro Wrestling ZERO1’s Genta Hiriki and Junya Matsunaga have tested positive for COVID-19.

As a result, Chris Vice, Hartley Jackson, Shoki Kitamura and Takumi Baba are among those who are now forced to undergo a two-week quarantine due to being in close contact with Hiriki and Matsunaga.

All six wrestlers will miss ZERO1’s show on June 11 in Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, as well as Takafumi. Needless to say, missing seven wrestlers will cause significant changes to the card.

Only two matches have been announced for the show. Takafumi was scheduled to team with Ayato Yoshida and Shigehiro Irie against Fuminori Abe, Masato Tanaka and Shinjiro Otani. Vice was scheduled to team with Takuya Sugawara against Jackson and Tsugutaka Sato. Both matches will change.

The news should not affect the upcoming Fire Festival tournament as of right now. Neither Hiriki or Matsunaga are in the tournament and the first show is not until July 2.

Jackson confirmed he has been testing negative but will miss upcoming shows due to quarantine on Twitter.




Dragon Gate held its first Rainbow Gate 2021 tour show today in Kobe Sambo Hall.

The full results were:

• Ben-K, Keisuke Okuda and Ultimo Dragon def. Funky Jacky Kamei, Naruki Doi and U-T
• Ryo Saito def. Genki Horiguchi & Punch Tominaga
• Royal Sambo Battle Royal: Susumu Yokosuka
• H.Y.O and KAI vs. Kagetora and YAMATO – Double Countout
• King Shimizu and Kzy def. Masaaki Mochizuki and Shun Skywalker
• Dia Inferno, Diamante, KAZMA SAKAMOTO and SB KENTo def. Dragon Dia, Jason Lee, Kota Minoura and La Estrella

Dragon Dia, Jason Lee and La Estrella will attempt their first defense of the Open The Triangle Gate Championships against Dia Inferno, Diamante and SB KENTo at the first night of the Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival on July 31.

Dragon Gate will hold its second Rainbow Gate 2021 tour show tomorrow in Yokkaichi Ryokuchi Gym. The full card is:

• Ben-K and Kagetora vs. Genki Horiguchi and Kzy
• Jason Lee and Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Ryo Saito and Ultimo Dragon
• BxB Hulk, Eita and KAI vs. Dragon Kid, Keisuke Okuda and YAMATO
• Don Fujii and Naruki Doi vs. Funky Jacky Kamei and Susumu Yokosuka
• Dia Inferno, Diamante, KAZMA SAKAMOTO and SB KENTo vs. Dragon Dia, Kota Minoura, La Estrella and Shun Skywalker

Dragon Gate has cancelled its show on July 24 in Yakage Bunka Center due to Okayama’s COVID-19 prevention measures.

DDT Pro-Wrestling, Ganbare Pro, Pro Wrestling NOAH and Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling will hold its CyberFight Festival 2021 joint show tomorrow in Saitama Super Arena.

The full card is:

• Arisu Endo, Haruna Neko, Mirai Maiumi, Moka Miyamoto and Suzume vs. Mahiro Kiryu, Nao Kakuta, Pom Harajuku, Raku and Kaya Toribami
• Battle Royal: Akitoshi Saito vs. Antonio Honda vs. Kazuki Hirata vs. Makoto Oishi vs. Masao Inoue vs. Mohammed Yone vs. Saki Akai vs. Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Shuhei Washida vs. Toru Owashi vs. Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Yuji Hino vs. Yuna Manase vs. Yusuke Okada vs. Yuya Koroku
• Keisuke Ishii, Ken Ohka and Shota vs. Kouki Iwasaki, Shuichiro Katsumura and Yumehito Imanari
• Junta Miyawaki and Kinya Okada vs. Toi Kojima and Yuki Iino
• Hyper Misao and Shoko Nakajima vs. Miu Watanabe and Rika Tatsumi vs. Nodoka Tenma and Yuki Aino
• Danshoku Dieno and Super Sasadango Machine vs. Kazushi Sakuraba and Takashi Sugiura
• Hideki Okatani vs. Masa Kitamiya
• Hikari Noa, Mizuki and Yuki Arai vs. Maki Itoh, Marika Kobashi and Yuki Kamifuku
• Atsushi Kotoge, Daisuke Harada and Hajime Ohara vs. HAYATA, Seiki Yoshioka and Yoshinari Ogawa
• Chris Brookes, MAO and Shunma Katsumata vs. Daisuke Sasaki, Soma Takao and Tetsuya Endo
• Akito, Kazusada Higuchi, Naomi Yoshimura, Sanshiro Takagi, Yukio Naya and Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Haoh, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kenoh, Manabu Soya and Nioh
• Kaito Kiyomiya and Yoshiki Inamura vs. Konosuke Takeshita and Yuki Ueno
• Princess of Princess Championship: Miyu Yamashita (c) vs. Yuka Sakazaki
• KO-D Openweight Championship: Jun Akiyama (c) vs. HARASHIMA
• GHC Heavyweight Championship: Keiji Mutoh (c) vs. Naomichi Marufuji

Kaya Toribami will make her wrestling debut in the opening match.

Miyu Yamashita will attempt her first defense of the  Princess of Princess Championship against Yuka Sakazaki.

Jun Akiyama will attempt his third defense of the KO-D Openweight Championship against HARASHIMA.

Keiji Mutoh will attempt his third defense of the GHC Heavyweight Championship against Naomichi Marufuji in the main event.

The full card for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling Explosion’s debut show on July 4 at the Tsurumi Fruit & Vegetable Market in Yokohama has been announced.

The full card is:

• Buatsu Dainita vs. Yumehito Imanari
• HESEGAWA, Naoshi Sano and Yuichi Taniguchi vs. Monster Leather, Mr. Atomic and Toshiya Kawarai
• Brahman Kei and Brahman Shu vs. Gabai Ji-chan and Kikutaro
• Deathmatch: Miss Mongolia vs. Nene Dai vs. ‘X’
• Deathmatch of Hell: Abdullah Kobayashi, Onryo and Yuko Miyamoto vs. Atsushi Onita, Minoru Fujita and Ricky Fuji

If Abdullah Kobayashi’s team loses in the main event, he will blow up his motorcycle. If Onita’s team loses in the main event, he will blow up his trademark jacket.

Well, that's a new one when it comes to stipulations, LOL. You know AEW, Impact and WWE would never try THAT one. 

Interesting to see how Onita will "blow up" his jacket.


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