All-Japan began the Dynamite Series 2023 today with an event featuring 2 title matches and additional developments for the next big event later this week.
Today’s event was held at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today or tomorrow. There was no live broadcast.
The announced paid attendance was 637.
Match 1: Kohei Sato, MUSASHI (Independent/Freelancer), Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue beat Atsuki Aoyagi, Dan Tamura, Ren Ayabe & Oji Shiiba. Inoue pinned Tamura after a low altitude lariat.
Match 2: All-Japan Pro Wrestling TV 6-Man Tag Team Champions ATM, Takao Omori & Black Menso-re beat Black Tiger (Independent/Freelancer), Gorgeous Matsuno (DDT) & Aizawa No. 1 to retain the titles.Omori pinned Aizawa after Ax Bomber. V1 for the champs.
Match 3: In a Barbed Wire Double Barricade Mat Megaton Electric Blast Death Match, All-Asia Tag Team Champions Atsushi Onita & Yoshitatsu beat Hikaru Sato & Ryo Kawamura to retain the titles. Yoshitatsu pinned Kawamura. V3 for the champs.
Match 4: Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori beat Ryuki Honda & Masao Hanabata. Susuki pinned Hanabata after a Gotch-style piledriver.
Match 5: Suwama & Satoshi Kojima vs. Jun & Rei Saito went to a double countout. Which led to…
Match 5 (again): Suwama & Satoshi Kojima vs. Jun & Rei Saito went to a double countout (again).
Match 6: Yuma Aoyagi beat Manabu Soya (Pro Wrestling NOAH).
Main Event: Kento Miyahara & Yuma Anzai beat Yuji Nagata (New Japan) & Yutaka Yoshie (Independent/Freelancer). Anzai pinned Yoshie with a German suplex hold.
The next event is Thursday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Following the challenge issued by Kenoh in Pro Wrestling NOAH yesterday, an All-Japan World Tag Team Championship match of Kenoh & Soya vs. Miyahara & Anzai for the titles has been added to the event, which also will feature All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Kaito Ishida for the title. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
