All-Japan wrapped up the 54th Anniversary Tour today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This was also a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.
The paid attendance was not announced but it was a legit advance sellout with additional standing room only tickets sold.
Match 1: Hideki Suzuki beat Shota Kofuji by submission.
Match 2: Rising Hayato, MUSASHI, Seiki Yoshioka & Yasutaku Yano beat Dan Tamura, Hokuto Omori, Seigo Tachibana & Yuya Aoki. Hayato pinned Tamura after a Huracanrana.
Match 3: Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Mashimo beat Suwama & Go Shiozaki. Mashimo pinned Suwama after Unrighteous.
After the intermission here, an announcement promised in advance was made…Genki Hanawa, a trainee who joined on 4/1, will debut on 12/31 vs. Hideki Suzuki. Hanawa will turn 26 just 5 days before his debut and is 6’, 110 kg/242 pounds
Match 4: Xyon, Odyssey, Shotaro Ashino & Cal Bloom beat beat Jun & Rei Saito, Senor Saito & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). Bloom pinned Jun Saito after 180BC.
Match 5: Yuma Anzai, Yuma Aoyagi & Ren Ayabe beat Madoka Kikuta, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato (Dragon Gate) by DQ. Kikuta DQ’d. Ref assault.
Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara beat Ryuki Honda to retain the Triple Crown. V10(!) for Miyahara. That ties the record he shares for most successful defenses.
The next event is Monday at Hakodate General Wholesale Center Distribution Hall to start their annual Hokkaido tour. There will be no live broadcast. On drmand later that day. The only live broadcast for the tour will be the finale-in the US this comes after the fall time change so it will be an hour earlier.
In other news, the full field for the upcoming World’s Strongest/Real World Tag League was also announced. It will be a 2 block round-robin format with 12 teams entered, matches under PWF Rules (2 points for win, 1 point for time limit draw, 0 points for double countout/double DQ/no contest, 30 minute time limit) and the top 2 in each block advancing to the Semifinals. Tiebreaker if needed will be head-to-head result. The entered teams:
Block A: Jun & Rei Saito, Xyon & Odyssey, Suwama & Go Shiozaki, Kento Moyahara & Hyo Ogawa, Ryuki Honda & Masayuki Kono, MUSASBI & Seiki Yoshioka
Block B: Ren Ayabe & Talos (2025 winners), Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai, Hideki Suzuki & Timothy Thatcher, Cal Bloom & Shotaro Ashino, Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Mashimo, Dan Tamura & Seigo Tachibana
on paper it suggests Block A probably favors the Saitos & Havoc to advance, while the reunited Titans Of Calamity should come out of Block B with the second spot being a toss-up.
The tournament starts on 11/21 and ends on 12/6.