All-Japan ran the second of consecutive morning matinee events today to open 2023, today being a bigger show with 2 title matches planned.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. (I had hoped to do live results but my cable/internet outage since the weekend was not resolved in time to watch, but it was restored after the event concluded)
The announced paid attendance was 1041. I believe that was a few more than yesterday.
Match 1: Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato beat Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue. Tamura pinned Inoue after Death Valley Bomb.
Match 2: Black Menso-re & Mitsuya Nagai beat Yusuke Kodama & Masao Hanabata. Nagai beat Hanabata with Stretch Plum.
Match 3: Naoya Nomura beat Ryuki Honda.
Match 4: Jun & Rei Saito & Suwama beat Yoshitatsu, Yuji Nagata (New Japan) & Yuma Anzai by ref stoppage. Suwama beat Yoshitatsu with Sleeper Vise.
Match 5: NOSAWA Rongai & Kendo Ka Shin beat All-Asia Tag Team Champions Masao Inoue & Takao Omori to win the titles. NOSAWA & Ka Shin become the 118th All-Asia Tag Team Champions. NOSAWA pinned Omori.
Match 6: Hokuto Omori, Minoru Suzuki & Naruki Doi beat Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi & Shuji Ishikawa. Omori pinned Atsuki Aoyagi after Momentum Hardened.
Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara beat Takuya Nomura to retain the Triple Crown. V3 for Miyahara.
The next event is 1/11 at Hodogaya Public Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.
