Published: April 30, 2021, 6 a.m.

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I\\u2019m Matt Carlins and this is JUST Pro Wrestling News for Friday, April 30, 2021.

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(STINGER: WWE)

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A high stakes main event on tonight\\u2019s SmackDown...Roman Reigns defending his Universal Title against Daniel Bryan. If Bryan loses, he is GONE from SmackDown.

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Another title match tonight - Big E gets his rematch...as he challenges Apollo Crews for the Intercontinental Championship.

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On Thursday\\u2019s NXT UK\\u2026

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The announcement of an upcoming five-woman gauntlet match - Jinny vs. Isla Dawn vs. Xia Brookside vs. Dani Luna vs. Emilia McKenzie. The winner gets the next shot at Kay Lee Ray\\u2019s Women\\u2019s Championship.

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Also on the show, Meiko Satomura beat Aoife Valkyrie...Gallus beat Eddie Dennis, Primate and T-Bone...and Teoman beat Rohan Raja...via referee stoppage.

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We also learned that A-Kid will defend his Heritage Cup Title against Tyler Bate...in THREE weeks.

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(STINGER: Impact)

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Better late than never for Kenny Omega.

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On last night\\u2019s Impact, Scott D\\u2019Amore threatened to STRIP Omega of his newly won Impact World Championship - and suspend him - if Omega didn\\u2019t appear in-person on the show.

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Omega arrived with minutes to spare - and just in time for he and the Good Brothers to run in on the main event between Sami Callihan and Eddie Edwards - a qualifying match for a 6-Way #1 Contender\\u2019s Match for Omega\\u2019s Impact Championship.

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Juice Robinson and David Finlay quickly followed to join the fight.

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Impact later clarified on Twitter that Callihan won the match via disqualification. So, he qualifies for the #1 Contender\\u2019s Match at the Impact Plus exclusive show Under Siege.

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Also qualifying last night - Chris Bey, who beat Jake Something - with an assist from Rohit Raju...and Matt Cardona, who avenged his loss at Rebellion to Brian Myers.

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Three more qualifying matches are set for next week - Rohit Raju vs. Trey Miguel, Rhino vs. Chris Sabin, and Moose vs. James Storm.

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Getting back to Edwards, he\\u2019s still heading to Under Siege. Impact announced he\\u2019ll be in a 6-Man Tag alongside FinJuice to take on Omega and the Good Brothers.

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Also announced last night for Under Siege - Fire n\\u2019 Flava getting their rematch for the Knockouts Tag Titles against Jordynne Grace and Rachael Ellering.

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Plus, Willie Mack has challenged W. Morrissey to a match at Under Siege.

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Another New Japan wrestler is stepping through the Forbidden Door...and into Impact Wrestling. El Phantasmo will be on next week\\u2019s episode.

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Getting back to last night\\u2019s show...Josh Alexander submitted Ace Austin to retain the X-Division Title...and former Knockouts Champ Taylor Wilde returned to the ring for the first time in a decade...with a submission win over Kimber Lee.

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A title change Pro-Wrestling NOAH. There is a NEW GHC National Champion. Takashi Sugiura dethroned Kazuyuki Fujita on Thursday\\u2019s \\u201cNOAH The Glory\\u201d show.

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The main event saw Keiji Muto use a blitz of Shining Wizards to pin Masa Kitamiya and retain the GHC Heavyweight Title. After the match, Muto was challenged by Naomichi Marufuji...and that match is now set for the Cyber Fight Festival on June 6th.

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One other note from Thursday\\u2019s show. Yoshinari Ogawa and HAYATA are still the GHC Jr. Tag Team Champs. They fought off a challenge from Ikuto Hidaka and NOSAWA.

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(STINGER: New Japan)

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Tonight\\u2019s New Japan Strong is an \\u201cLA Dojo Showcase\\u201d. The main event is Karl Fredericks vs. Clark Connors. Also, Ren Narita & Fred Rosser vs. Kevin Knight & Alex Coghlin...and The DKC vs., TJP.

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Back in Japan, there was a New Japan show in Kagoshima on Thursday...with Kota Ibushi\\u2019s first match since he lost the IWGP World Heavyweight Title to Will Ospreay.

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Ibushi tagged with Hiroshi Tanahashi...and beat Jeff Cobb and Aaron Henare. Ibushi pinned Henare. After the match, Ibushi challenged Cobb to a singles match. It appears that will happen at the Yokohama Stadium show on May 15th.

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Shinjiro Ohtani will miss his final two matches in All Japan\\u2019s Champion Carnival tournament...due to a broken right arm.

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(STINGER: ROH)

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This weekend\\u2019s Ring Of Honor TV has HOT SAUCE Tracy Williams defending his TV Title against Tony Deppen...Flamita vs. Bandido...and Matt Taven & Mike Bennett vs. the Beer City Bruiser and Ken Dixon.

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That\\u2019s JUST Pro Wrestling News for Friday, April 30. Our next update comes your way tomorrow morning, so be sure to subscribe to this feed. We also thank you in advance for leaving a glowing rating or review..

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