All-Japan Pro Wrestling ran a major event today, featuring 3 title matches including New Japan participation as Tiger Mask 4 returned to defend his All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Championship. The main event featured two of All-Japan’s top stars facing off for the promotion’s top prize, the Triple Crown.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.
The announced paid attendance was 893.
Match 1: Shuji Ishikawa, Takao Omori & Ryo Inoue beat Masanobu Fuchi, Yoshitatsu & Izanagi. Omori pinned Fuchi after Ace Bomber.
Match 2: Cyrus beat Black Menso-re.
Match 3: Yuji Nagata (New Japan) & Mitsuru Sato beat Kento Miyahara & Rising Hayato. Nagata beat Hayato with Nagata Lock 54.
Match 4: Minoru & Toshizo beat All-Asia Tag Team Champions Hokuto Omori & Yusuke Kodama to win the titles. Minoru & Hoshizo become the 113th All-Asia Tag Team Champions. Minoru pinned Omori after B D F.
Match 5: T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Shigehiro Irie (GLEAT) beat Shotaro Ashino, Tatsuki Honda & Seigo Tachibana. Irie pinned Honda after a diving headbutt.
Match 6: All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Tiger Mask beat Dan Tamura by ref stoppage to retain the title. V1 for TM 4.
Match 7: Naoya Nomura & Mizuki Watase beat Yuma & Ryo Aoyagi. Nomura pinned Ryo after Maximum.
Main Event: Suwama beat All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Jake Lee to win the Triple Crown. Suwama becomes the 67th All-Japan Triple Crown Champion.
The next event is Monday at Hanahiro Memorial Park Tsurumi Green Area Dogwood Hall in Osaka. TM 4 will again defend the Jr. Heavyweight Championship and an All-Japan Tag Team Championship match is also scheduled. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Sunday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.
