All-Japan wraps up the Flag Raising Series 2022 Tour today with an early Halloween-themed event where fans will be able to dress up, and the promotion has announced that fans who dress up like their favorite wrestlers or in wrestler support merchandise will receive gifts after the event on the way out of the venue. 2 title matches headline the event-first up, GAORA TV Champion Toshizo defends the title against Masao Hanabata (the former Seigo Tachibana, who changed his ring name after the last event), then in the main event All-Asia Tag Team Champions Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura defend against Yoshitatsu & TAJIRI.
Today’s event will be held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV. It is not known if there will be any commentary. The event is a legit advance sellout. For those potentially staying up late to watch in the east US, I anticipate the event will have a runtime of around 2 1/2 hours.
Today’s lineup:
Hokuto Omori vs. Yusuke Kodama
Yuma Anzai vs. Naoya Nomura
Kento Miyahara & Rising Hayato vs. Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi
Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda vs. Takao Omori & Masao Inoue
Suwama, Jun & Rei Saito vs. Jake Lee, Shuji Ishikawa & Ryo Inoue
Izanagi vs. Black Menso-re
GAORA TV Champion Toshizo vs. Masao Hanabata for the title
All-Asia Tag Team Champions Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura vs. Yoshitatsu & TAJIRI for the titles
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Updates below will begin at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT.
11 PM ET UPDATE: Updates will begin shortly. Waiting for the live stream to begin.
We are LIVE from Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. As usual, audio is muted when we begin for the opening announcements.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event but it is a legit advance sellout. Depending on the venue’s layout, that likely means in the 450-500 range if full capacity, possibly as high as 600. But vocal cheering is allowed today so that’ll limit the attendance to closer to 300 (50% capacity).
Audio is turned on 5 minutes in. Then off again for first match entrances and back on to start the first match (sounds like they’ll have to do this for every wrestler with non-original aka licensed music, even ones they normally don’t do it for, because this isn’t on TV in Japan). There will be no commentary. The non-hard cameras at ringside are not good quality.
Match 1: Izanagi vs. Black Menso-re. 10 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw. Comedy match
Match 2: Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda vs. Takao Omori & Masao Inoue. 15 minute time limit
Result: Shotaro Ahsino & Ryuki Kinda beat Takao Omori & Masao Inoue. Ashino beat Inoue.
Match 3: Hokuto Omori vs. Yusuke Kodama. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hokuto Omori beat Yusuke Kodama
Match 4: GAORA TV Champion Toshizo vs. Masao Hanabata for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: GAORA TV Champion Toshizo beat Masao Hanabata to retain the title. V3 for Toshizo.
Intermission. Updates will resume in a few minutes (as of midnight ET/9 PM PT).
We resume at 12:13 AM ET/9:13 PM PT.
Match 5: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura vs. Yoshitatsu & TAJIRI for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Yoshitatsu & TAJIRI beat All-Asia Tag Team Champions Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura to win the titles. Yoshitatsu & TAJIRI become the 115th All-Asia Tag Team Champions. Yoshitatsu beat Tamura. Next up: Potentially Black Menso-re & Izanagi, who were quick to hit the ring post-match for a comedy challenge.
Match 6: Yuma Anzai vs. Naoya Nomura. 30 minute time limit
Result: Naoya Nomura beat Yuma Anzai
Match 7: Suwama, Jun & Rei Saito vs. Jake Lee, Shuji Ishikawa & Ryo Inoue. 30 minute time limit
Result: Suwama, Jun & Rei Saito beat Jake Lee, Shuji Ishikawa & Ryo Inoue. Suwama pinned Inoue after a backdrop suplex. Afterwards, Suwama with microphone. It appears he challenged Ishikawa to a match at the next event.
Main Event: Kento Miyahara & Rising Hayato vs. Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kento Miyahara & Rising Hayato beat Yuma & Atsuhi Aoyagi. Miyahara pinned Yuma Aoyagi with a German suplex hold.
The next event is the World’s Strongest Tag League 2022 beginning on 11/13 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 11/12 at 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT.
UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 300, a legit advance sellout. Vocal cheering allowed meant 50% max capacity.
