By Oliver Taylor

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling’s What we can do now show took place yesterday.

The results were:

KAI def. Black Menso~re

Koji Iwamoto and TAJIRI def. Hikaru Sato & Yusuke Okada

Takao Omori def. Chikara

Jiro Kuroshio def. Gianni Valletta via DQ

Akira Francesco, Jiro Kuroshio and Yoshitatsu def. Gianni Valletta, Izanagi and Shigehiro Irie

Jun Akiyama and Takashi Sugiura def. Dan Tamura and Hokuto Omori

Jake Lee, Shuji Ishikawa & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Kento Miyahara, Suwama & Zeus – Time Limit Draw (60 minutes)

The big news coming out of the show was the appearance of former Wrestle-1 star Shotaro Ashino.

Ashino, as translated by @dartvader_one on Instagram, said:

“Good evening, All Japan Pro Wrestling fans. I am Shotaro Ashino, formerly of Wrestle-1.

“I was actually going to compete in the Champion Carnival.

“From now on, I will make this All Japan ring my main battlefield.

“But right now, in this situation I do not know when the next match will be. The next time I might be a face or a heel, I will leave it to your imagination.

“I will definitely bring you joy.

“Either way, if I participate in this All Japan Wrestling, it is definitely more interesting than ever.”

Pro Wrestling NOAH

The second day of Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Global Tag League tournament took place today.

The results were:

El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. and René Duprée def. Kenoh and Masa Kitamiya

Hideki Shrek Sekine and Takashi Sugiura def. Daisuke Sekimoto and Yoshiki Inamura

The remaining schedule for the tournament is:

April 10

Akitoshi Saito and Masao Inoue (1-0) vs. Daisuke Sekimoto and Yoshiki Inamura (0-1)

Kenoh and Masa Kitamiya (0-1) vs. Masaaki Mochizuki and Naomichi Marufuji (1-0)

April 13

El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. and René Duprée (1-0) vs. Kaito Kiyomiya and Shuhei Taniguchi (0-1)

Go Shiozaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima (0-1) vs. Hideki Shrek Sekine and Takashi Sugiura (1-0)

April 14

Akitoshi Saito and Masao Inoue (1-0) vs. Hideki Shrek Sekine and Takashi Sugiura (1-0)

Daisuke Sekimoto and Yoshiki Inamura (0-1) vs. Go Shiozaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima (0-1)

El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. and René Duprée (1-0) vs. Masaaki Mochizuki and Naomichi Marufuji (1-0)

ECW legend Sabu claimed he was set to tour with Pro Wrestling NOAH in May on Twitter on April 3.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

Following the declaration of emergency in Japan, DDT Group have cancelled 26 shows spanning until July.

The full list of cancelled shows, via @ddtpro_eng on Twitter, is:

Given the declaration of an emergency in multiple areas Japan, the DDT Group will be cancelling the following shows.



Details are laid out in the graphic.#ddtpro#tjpw#GanPro#DDTBOYZ#YarouZ#DDTUNIVERSE pic.twitter.com/gf2yppmp00 — DDT English Update (@ddtpro_eng) April 7, 2020

Big Japan Pro Wrestling

Big Japan Pro Wrestling have cancelled and postponed multiple upcoming events.

The cancelled shows are:

April 16 in Tokyo

April 18 in Ehime

April 19 in Kōchi

April 23 in Tokyo

April 27 in Tokyo

The postponed shows are:

April 9 in Hokkaido, will be held on July 3

April 10 in Hokkaido, will be held on July 5

April 12 in Hokkaido, will be held on June 29

April 25 in Osaka, will be held on July 26

May 5 in Kanagawa, new date to be determined

The cancellations and postponements have had the biggest impact on the Strong Climb tournament. The semi-finals, previously set for April 12, were:

A Block winner Daichi Hashimoto (2-1-1 record) vs. B Block winner Daisuke Sekimoto (3-1-0 record)

C Block winner Quiet Storm (2-1-1 record) vs. D Block winner Jake Lee (3-1-0 record)

Big Japan have not yet rescheduled the semi-finals and final of the tournament. The announcement will come as soon as the schedule has been finalised, as company is set to resume touring on May 16.

The April 16 show in Shin-kiba 1st Ring was scheduled to be a joint show with Pro Wrestling Zero1.

Quiet Storm and Yuji Hino were scheduled to challenge Daisuke Sekimoto and Kohei Sato for the BJW Tag Team Championships on the April 27 show in Korakuen Hall.

The Endless Survivor show on May 5 show in Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium was a potential spot for the winner of the Strong Climb tournament to challenge for the Strong World Heavyweight Championship.