By Oliver Taylor

New Japan Pro Wrestling

New Japan Pro Wrestling has cancelled all events through May 4, including both nights of Wrestling Dontaku.

In response to the ongoing Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, NJPW events have been cancelled up to and including Wrestling Dontaku on May 3 & 4.



Full details: https://t.co/X5qwmZIGY1#njdontaku #njpw #NJPWTogether pic.twitter.com/oWEPp0LXs4 — NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) April 8, 2020

In recent years, the runner-up of the New Japan Cup has challenged for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at Wrestling Dontaku. This has been the case with SANADA in 2019, Hiroshi Tanahashi in 2018 and Bad Luck Fale in 2017.

New Japan is currently scheduled to resume touring on May 12 with the start of Best of the Super Juniors tournament in Korakuen Hall.

All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling has cancelled its three upcoming shows in Korakuen Hall on April 30, May 4 and May 5.

The shows were originally scheduled as the conclusion of the Champion Carnival tournament, but initially were kept on despite the tournament’s cancellation.

It appears Shotaro Ashino and Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio would have been the final two replacements in the Champion Carnival if the tournament had not been cancelled.

All Japan uploaded an official pamphlet for the tournament, showing Ashino and Kuroshio in the B Block field.

Photo via Twitter

The full field would have been:

A Block:

• KAI

• Kento Miyahara

• Shigehiro Irie

• Shuji Ishikawa

• Takao Omori

• Takashi Sugiura

• Yoshitatsu

• Yuma Aoyagi

• Zeus

B Block:

• Ayato Yoshida

• Gianni Valletta

• Hideyoshi Kamitani

• Jake Lee

• Jiro “Ikemen” Kuroshio

• Ryoji Sai

• Shotaro Ashino

• SUWAMA

• TAJIRI

The full pamphlet can be viewed here.

Dragon Gate

Every Kobe World Kinen Hall show from 1999 until 2019 has been uploaded for free viewing on Dragon Gate Network.

The shows will remain available for free until April 13.

Various free links are listed below:

Matches from July 4, 1999 and July 11, 1999

Matches from July 11, 1999 and July 16, 1999

Matches from June 4, 2000 and June 26, 2000

Dragon Gate has cancelled a further five live events in May, headlined by Dead or Alive 2020 on May 6.

The full list of cancelled shows are:

Saturday, May 2 in Okayama

Sunday, May 3 in Kyoto

Monday, May 4 in Kyoto

Tuesday, May 5 in Tsushima

Wednesday, May 6 in Aichi

In accordance with the State of Emergency declaration due to the Covid-19 outbreak, we regret to announce the cancellation of the following live events in May:



5/2 Okayama

5/3 & 4 Kyoto

5/5 Tsushima

5/6 Aichi (Dead or Alive 2020)



We apologize for the inconvenience.#dragongate — Dragongate Japan Pro-Wrestling (Official English) (@DragonGateEN) April 8, 2020

Pro Wrestling Zero1

Pro Wrestling Zero1 has postponed all shows through May 6.

The full list of rescheduled shows are:

Thursday, April 9 to Monday, June 22

Friday, April 10 to Tuesday, June 23

Sunday, April 12 to Sunday, September 20

Thursday, April 16 to Friday, August 21

Wednesday, April 29 to Friday, August 7

Friday, May 1 to Friday, September 4

Saturday, May 2 to Saturday, December 5

Sunday, May 3 to Sunday, December 6

The April 19 show has not been rescheduled yet.

A co-written statement from Shinjiro Otani and Kazuhiro Iwamoto can be read here.

DDT Pro-Wrestling

Masahiro Takanashi has revealed he suffered a fractured fibula and tibia in his match against Fuminori Abe on March 24.

He uploaded an image of an x-ray to Twitter.

私 先生どうですか？



先生 キレイにくっついてますけど、もとがバリンバリンでしたからね！



私 えっ？！それって普通の骨折でいいのですか？



先生 いや！粉砕骨折と言っていいでしょう！



どうやら腓骨と脛骨の粉砕骨折でした…

ゆっくり治します。



先生これからも宜しくお願い致します。 pic.twitter.com/EPr3OZlUlE — 高梨将弘 (@masaddt) April 8, 2020

Takanashi is now out of hospital and has also shaved his head.

Takanashi is out of the hospital, and he shaved his head because it makes living under rehab that much easirer.



Lookiing good!#ddtpro pic.twitter.com/IR1W5ztghF — DDT English Update (@ddtpro_eng) April 8, 2020