All-Japan kicks off the annual World’s Strongest Tag League today, their yearly tag team tournament which this year is supported by a Jr. Heavyweight mini-tournament. Expect fast-paced action in the latter as matches will only have a 10 minute time limit while the tag league will follow traditional Japan tournament rules. Before the event there will be a pre-show dark match and traditional ceremonies to introduce all the participants for each tournament.
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV. There will likely be Japanese commentary. The pre-show match is scheduled to begin 20 minutes before the event. Taking this into account and the time limits for the matches, I anticipate the event having a total runtime of about 2 1/4 hours.
Today’s lineup:
Pre-show: Jr. Battle Of Glory Entrance Ceremony
Pre-show: Takao Omori, Yoshitatsu & TAJIRI vs. Izanagi, Black Menso-re & Oji Shiba
World’s Stringest Tag League Entrance Ceremony
Jr. Battle Of Glory:
Dan Tamura vs. Ryo Inoue
Hokuto Omori vs. Rising Hayato
Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Hikaru Sato
World’s Strongest Tag League:
Jun & Rei Saito vs. Koji Doi & Arashi
Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda vs. Yuji Nagata (New Japan Pro Wrestling) & Yuma Anzai
Jake Lee & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Shuji Ishikawa & Cyrus
Suwama & KONO vs. Kento Miyahara & Takuya Nomura
Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.
Updates below will begin at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT, assuming the pre-show content is streamed. If not, then updates will begin at 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT.
9 PM ET UPDATE: Live stream has launched. Waiting for broadcast to begin.
9:10 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now.
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is Japanese commentary but I missed host intros.
The Jr. Battle Of Glory participants are being introduced.
Pre-show Match: Takao Omori, Yoshitatsu & TAJIRI vs. Izanagi, Black Menso-re & Oji Shiba. 10 minute time limit
Result: Izanagi, Black Menso-re & Oji Shiba beat Yakao Omori, Yoshitatsu & TAJIRI. Iazangi pinned Yoshitatsu.
Updates will resume when the first match begins.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Hard camera seating on camera looks full, as do the middle bleachers opposite hard camera. Since this is a no-cheering event, I’m going to estimate the crowd is in the range of 750-850.
World’s Strongest Tag League Introduction Ceremony is first. Gets a little heated between Kento Miyahara & Suwama.
Match 1: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Dan Tamura vs. Ryo Inoue. 10 minute time limit
Result: Dan Tamura beat Ryo Inoue by submission
Match 2; Jr. Battle Of Glory: Rising Hayato vs. Hokuto Omori. 10 minute time limit
Result; Rising Hayato beat Hokuto Omori
Match 3: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Hikaru Sato vs. Atsuki Aoyagi. 10 minute time limit
Result: Hikaru Sato beat Atsuko Aoyagi by submission. Moments before time limit
Short break for announcements related to upcoming events. In particular a 12/25 event which will feature a mixed 6-person tag match with Maya Yukihi, Mayumi Ozaki, Chihiro Hashimoto & Yuu. Ozaki is one of the oldest active women wrestlers in Japan…and last I heard, at prob well into her 50s she’s still pretty darn hot.
Match 4: World’s Strongest Tag League: Koji Doi & Kuma Arashi vs. Jun & Rei Saito. 30 minute time limit
Result: Koji Doi & Kuma Arashi beat Jun & Rei Saito by DQ. Jun Saito DQ’d.
Match 5: World’s Strongest Tag League: Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda vs. Yuji Nagata (New Japan Pro Wrestling) & Yuma Anzai. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuji Nagata & Yuma Anzai beat Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda. Nagata beat Ashino with Nagata Lock 54.
Match 6: World’s Strongest Tag League: Jake Lee & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Shuji Ishikawa & Cyrus. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shuji Ishikawa & Cyrus beat Jake Lee & Yuma Aoyagi. Ishikawa pinned Aoyagi after a chokeslam.
Main Event: Suwama & KONO vs. Kento Miyahara & Takuya Nomura. 30 minute time limit
Result: Suwama & KONO beat Kento Miyahara & Takuya Nomura. Suwama pinned Miyahara after a backdrop.
During the event it was announced that the Triple Crown would likely next be defended on 1/3/23. We may have a rematch coming from this.
The next event is Wednesday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.
UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 794.
