All-Japan continued the World’s Strongest/Real World Tag League today in Hiroshima.
Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Industrial Hall East Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. There was no live broadcast but on demand is now available earlier than expected.
The announced paid attendance was 520.
Match 1: Kengo Mashimo beat Shota Kofuji by submission.
Match 2: Jun Saito, Yuma Anzai & Ryo Inoue beat Kento Miyahara, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Tsuyoshi Okada. Saito pinned Okada after Dying Light. I believe Okada is a local (Hiroshima-based) independent wrestler.
Match 3: Tag League Block B: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Takashi & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan. Hayato pinned Kuroshio after a huracanrana.
Match 4: Xyon, Odyssey, Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki beat Hideki Suzuki, Ryuki Honda, Yuko Miyamoto & Seigo Tachibana. Shiozaki pinned Tachibana after Go Lariat.
Match 5: Tag League Block A: Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi beat MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka. Omori pinned MUSASHI after Narcissist Press.
Main Event: Tag League Block B: Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato. Ayabe pinned Tamura after a double chokeslam.
Standings:
Block A:
1-Ashino/Shiozaki, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Ayabe/Talos, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Suzuki/Mashimo, 2-1, 4 pts
4-MUSASHI/Yoshioka, 1-2, 2 pts (OUT)
5-Omori/Kumaarashi, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)
6-Tamura/Sato, 0-3, 0 pts (OUT)
Block B:
1-Xyon/Odyssey, 4-0, 8 pts
2-Miyahara/Smith, 3-1, 6 pts (OUT)
3-Honda/Naoya Nomura, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Atsuki Aoyagi/Hayato, 2-2, 4 pts (OUT)
5-Kutoshio/Takashi, 1-3, 2 pts (OUIT)
6-Yuma Aoyagi/Yuma Anzai, 0-5, 0 pts (OUT)
Only the winners of each block advance to the Finals. While Block A likely will come down to the Ayabe/Talos-Ashino/Shiozaki winner, Suzuki/Mashimo still have a chance to steal it should that match be a draw and if they follow up by beating Ashino/Shiozaki. MUSASHI/Yoshioka are pretty much out of it because although they beat Ayabe/Talos they did lose to Ashino/Shiozaki. Block B is Xyon/Odyssey’s to lose, they advance with a win or draw against Honda/Nomura or if Honda/Nomura lose their next match against Kuroshio/Takashi (the latter match happens first). Miyahara/Smith are out because they lose the tiebreaker. Honda/Nomura must beat Xyon/Odyssey and Kuroshio/Takashi and Miyahara/Smith must lose or draw in their last match to advance, that would give them tiebreakers.
The next event is Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Broadcast plans TBA.
UPDATE: For Saturday, live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. All December and January events will be streamed live.