All-Japan resumed the Flag-Raising Series today after an unusual 3-week break following the tour opening event earlier this month. Today also was highlighted by a Takao Omori 30th Anniversary Match for the Triple Crown.
Today’s event was held at Sanjo City Welfare Hall in Niigata and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.
The announced paid attendance was 1018.
Match 1: TAJIRI & Takuro Niki beat Izanagi & Black Menso-re. TAJIRI pinned Izanagi.
Match 2: Shuji Ishikawa beat Rising Hayato.
Match 3; Jun & Rei Saito beat Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura. Rei Saito pinned Tamura after Drill-A-Hole piledriver.
Match 4; Yoshitatsu 20th Anniversary Match: Suwama beat Yoshitatsu.
Match 5: Masanobu Fuchi, Atsushi Onita & Yuma Anzai beat Jinsei Shinzaki (I believe), Masao Inoue & Ryo Inoue. Fuchi pinned Masao Inoue.
Match 6: Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda, Yusuke Kodama & Seigo Tachibana beat Jake Lee, Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi & Hokuto Omori. Honda pinned Omori after Final Vent.
Main Event; Takao Omori 30th Anniversary Match: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara beat Takao Omori to retain the Triple Crown. V2 for Miyahara.
The next event is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka, which has 3 title matches scheduled (All-Asia Tag Team, All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight and All-Japan World Tag Team). Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.
