All-Japan ebgan their August schedule today with a standalone event in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Dome Tachikawa Taihihi in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 880, a legit advance sellout.
Match 1: Shota Kofuji vs. Yasutaka Yano went to a 15 minute time limit draw. Afterwards, at the request of both, they were added to the main event.
Match 2: Yuma Aoyagi & Masayuki Kono beat Hideki Suzuki & SHotaro Ashino. Aoyagi pinned Ashino after Endgame.
Match 3: Jun Saito & Go Shiozaki beat Rei Saito & Daisuke Sekimoto. Shiozaki pinned Sekimoto after Go Lariat.
Match 4: Masaaki Mochizuki beat GAORA TV Champion Kumaarashi to win the title. Mochizuki becomes the 34th GAORA TV Champion. The title heads back to Dragon Gate for now.
Match 5: Kento Miyahara & Ryuki Honda beat Yuma Anzai & Ren Ayabe. Honda pinned Ayabe.
Main Event: Seiki Yoshioka won an 11 man battle royal, last eliminating Yasutaku Yano. This featured almost all of the upcoming Zennichi Jr. Festival participants (only Yuya Aoki was not in the match).
The next event is 8/9 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with the start of the Zennichi Jr. Featival Tournament. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Saturday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. This will also be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.