All-Japan began the Dynamite Series 2023 today with a mid-major event in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.
The announced paid attendance was 984.
Match 1: Black Menso-re & Oji Shiiba beat Ryuki Honda & Masao Hanabata. Menso-re pinned Hanabata.
Match 2: Kotaro Suzuki & Yutani (GLEAT) beat Yoshitatsu & Rising Hayato. Suzuki pinned Yoshitatsu after Endless Waltz.
Match 3: El Lindaman & Yu Iizuka (GLEAT) beat Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura. Lindaman pinned Tamura with a German suplex hold.
Match 4: Satoshi Kojima, Taiyo Kea & Kaz Hayashi beat Minoru Suzuki, Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori. Kea pinned Omlri after TKO34th.
Match 5: Yuji Nagata (New Japan), Takuya Nomura & Funinori Abe beat Suwama, Yuka Anzai & Ryo Inoue. Nagata beat Inoue with Nagata Lock 54.
Match 6: Shuji Ishikawa 20th Anniversary Match: Shuji Ishikawa, Kohei Sato & Ren Ayabe beat Jun & Rei Saito & KONO. Ishikawa pinned KONO after a giant slam.
Match 7: All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi beat Kaito Ishida (GLEAT) to retain the title. V1 for Aoyagi.
Main Event: Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi beay All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Kenoh & Manabu Soya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) to win the titles. Miyahara & Aoyagi become the 96th All-Japan World Tag Team Champions. Miyahara pinned Soya with a shutdown suplex hold. This comes a day or so after Kenoh announced his plans to have the titles transferred to NOAH. Kongo Bongo’d and plans foiled. Not a good month-plus continuing for Kenoh as they’ve lost all their titles and Kongo is seemingly falling apart.
The next event is Saturday at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo with Nagata-Anzai for the Triple Crown. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.
