All-Japan ran a major event today like several other promotions did, as today is a national holiday in Japan. The recent cross-promotion wars in All-Japan continued today with both New Japan and NOAH participation.
Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.
The announced paid attendance was 1776.
Match 1: Oji Shiiba beat Black Menso-re.
Match 2: Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan (New Japan) & Yutaka Yoshie beat Takao Omori, Yoshitatsu & Mitsuya Nagai. Kojima pinned Omori after a lariat.
Match 3: Hikaru Sato beat Rising Hayato.
Match 4: Dan Tamura beat Atsuki Aoyagi.
Match 5: Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori beat Jun & Rei Saito. Suzuki pinned Rei Saito after a Gotch-style piledriver.
Match 6: Suwama & KONO beat Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda. Suwama pinned Ashino after a backdrop.
Match 7: Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura & Kinya Okada (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Kento Miyahara, Yuma Anzai & Ryo Inoue. Inamura pinned Inoue after Musou.
Match 8: Kenoh & Manabu Soya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Yuma Aoyagi & Naoya Nomura to win the titles. Kenoh & Soya become the 95th All-Japan World Tag Team Champions. Soya pinned Nomura after a jumping DDT.
Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuji Nagata beat Shuji Ishikawa to retain the Triple Crown. V1 for Nagata.
The next event is Sunday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Saturday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.
