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                    August 8th New Japan Summer Struggle

                    August 8th New Japan Summer Struggle

                    New Japan Summer Struggle Results

                    Check back for the August 8th New Japan Summer Struggle Results. Live Results will begin at 5:30 AM.

                    Taiji Ishimori defeats Yuya Uemura – 08:14

                    • After Uemura kicked out of Ishimori’s Bloody Cross, Ishimori used the Yes Lock to secure a submission victory.

                    Gedo and Yujiro defeat Gabriel Kidd and Tsuji – 07:52

                    • Yujiro Takahashi used Pimp Juice on Gabriel Kidd to get the pinfall victory.

                    ZSJ, Taichi, Kanemaru defeat Nagata, Honma, Makabe – 10:33

                    • Taichi used a modified dragon sleeper to get the submission victory over Honma.

                    G1 Climax 30 Dates and Locations Revealed

                    • 9.19. and 9.20 – Osaka
                    • 9.23 and 9.24 – Hokaido
                    • 9.27 – Hyogo
                    • 9.29 and 9.30 – Tokyo
                    • 10.1 – Nigata
                    • 10.5 – Kagawa
                    • 10.6. and 10.7 – Hiroshima
                    • 10.8 – Okayama
                    • 10.10 – Osaka
                    • 10.11 – Aichi
                    • 10.13 – Shizuoka
                    • 10.14 – Kanagawa
                    • 10.16, 10.17, 10.18 – Tokyo

                    Taguchi, Kojima, Tenzan defeat Douki, Desperado, Suzuki – 09:38

                    • Suzuki and Kojima squared off during this match for a few moments. As Kojima had Suzuki in the corner, he hit Suzuki with a whole bunch of chops. Per usual, Suzuki laughed it off. Could be a fun match in the future.
                    • Kojima used the lariat to get a pinfall victory over Douki.

                    Post Match

                    • Kojima and Desperado talked about the KOPW Tournament. They have each other in one of the opening matches.

                    Sho, Yano, Okada defeats Bushi, Sanada, Takagi – 13:09

                    • Yano taped Bushi to the guard rails and Red Shoes counted to 20. Chaos wins by count out.
                    • They advance to meet the winners of the next match in tomorrow’s finals

                    Yoshi-Hashi, Goto, Ishii defeats Wato, Ibushi, Tanahashi – 17:15

                    • Yoshi-Hashi used Karma to get the pinfall victory over Master Wato.
                    • It will be an all chaos match in the finals

                     

                    New Japan Summer Struggle Preview

                    The August 8th New Japan Summer Struggle show features two semi-final matches in the New Japan Cup NEVER OPENWEIGHT 6-MAN Tournament.

                    All matches are listed below with the 2020 win-loss record for each individual or team.

                    To see all the data behind the win-loss records, check the lists and links below.

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                    Tanahashi, Ibushi, Wato (1-0) vs. Goto, Ishii, Yoshi-Hashi (3-0)

                    • Tanahashi, Ibushi, Wato:
                      • ZSJ, Kanemaru, and Douki on 8/7.
                    • Goto, Ishii, Yoshi-Hash
                      • Makabe, Henare, and Honma on 2/21.
                      • Makabe, Honma, and Kojima on 8/5.
                      • Taguchi, Honma, Makabe on 8/7

                    Sanada, Takagi, and Bushi (1-0) vs. Yano, Okada, Sho (2-0)

                    • Sanada, Takagi, Bushi
                      • Gedo, Ishimori, Togo, Evil on 8/7.
                    • Yano, Okada, Sho
                      • Yujiro Takahashi, Gedo, and Jado on 8/6.
                      • Suzuki, Douki, and Desperado on 8/7
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