All-Japan wrapped up the 53rd 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 will also be a taped GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan at a later date. Rei Saito was a special guest on commentary.
The announced paid attendance was 1322.
Match 1: Yuma Aoyagi beat Shota Kofuji.
Match 2: Hokuto Omori, Kunaarashi, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Takashi & Seigo Tachibana beat Jun Saito, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer), Hideki Suzuki, Yuko Miyamoto (Independent/Freelancer) & Hikaru Sato. Omori pinned Suzuki.
Match 3: Xyon, Odyssey & Shotaro Ashino beat Dan Tamura, Kengo Mashimo (Independent/Freelancer) & Fuminori Abe. Odyssey pinned Abe after a diving body press.
Match 4: Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Ryuki Honda & Naoya Nomura. Ayabe pinned Honda after Des Roulette.
Match 5: Yuma Anzai beat Ryo Inoue.
Match 6: All-Asia Tag Team Champions MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato to retain the titles. MUSASHI pinned Hayato after Niten First Class. V1 for the champs.
Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara beat Go Shiozaki to retain the Triple Crown. V1 for Miyahara.
During the event, the full field for the 2025 World’s Strongest Tag League aka Real World Tag League was announced. This year it’s 12 teams in 2 blocks in a round-robin format. The entered teams are as follows:
Block A: Hideki Suzuki & Kengo Mashimo, Ren Ayabe & Talos, Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi, Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki, MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka, Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura
Block B: Xyon & Odyssey, Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr., Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Naoya Nomura, Takashi & Kiroshio TOKYO Japan, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato.
No Saitos because with Rei Saito missing the tournament due to injury Jun Saito chose to withdraw and not participate because he couldn’t team with his brother.
The tournament begins on 11/22.
The next event is Sunday at Hokuto City Hamabun Sports Center in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast. On demand scheduled for shortly after the event (event starts Saturday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET, on demand premiere scheduled for 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.