All-Japan kicked off the 12th Royal Road Tournament today, their annual summer single-elimination bracket-style tournament for Heavyweights.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.
The announced paid attendance was 983.
Match 1: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue. Hayato pinned Inoue.
Match 2: Hokuto Omori, Kuamarashi & Takashi beat Ryuki Honda, Ren Ayabe & Shota Kofuji. Kumaarashi pinned Kofuji.
Match 3: Shotaro Ashino, Xyon & Odyssey beat Jun Saito, Hideki Suzuki & Davey Boy Smith Jr. Ashino beat Smith with an ankle lock.
Match 4: MUSASHI 15th Anniversary Match: MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat The Great Sasuke & Taro Nohashi (Michinoku Pro). MUSASHI pinned Nohashi after Two Top Class.
Royal Road Round 1:
Match 5: Daisuke Sekimoto beat Naruki Doi.
Match 6: Naoya Nomura beat Yuma Aoyagi.
Main Event: Kento Miyahara beat Kengo Mashimo.
The next event is Saturday at Kunihibi Messe Grand Exhibition Hall in Shimane. There will be no live broadcast. On demand later that day (this is a Friday night start in the US so on demand will be Saturday evening).