Some All-Japan news to kick off July:
Effective today, Yuji Shindo has joined All-Japan and will be the new ring announcer going forward. Shindo, 41, has been a ring announcer for 16 years and most recently was a freelancer.
Several title matches have been announced for this month’s events:
On 7/20, All-Asia Tag Team Champions MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka will defend the titles against Naruki Doi & TBA, identified as “S”. This “S” is a new member of the Saito Brothers group with Jun & Rei Saito and Doi.
On 7/13 there will be 3 title matches: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito vs. Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi for the titles and the previously announced matches of All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Rising Hayato vs. Naruki Doi for the title and Yuma Anzai vs. Suwama for the Triple Crown.
Also, while not a title match, Rising Hayato vs. Kento Miyahara has been announced for 7/20 as Hayato is leaving the NEXTREAM faction to form his own group, ELPIDA, with Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Ren Ayabe.
The AJPW.TV broadcast schedule for July has been announced, 4 of the 5 scheduled events will be live. The full schedule:
LIVE-Thursday (Shin-Kiba 1st Ring), 7/13 (Osaka Prefectural Gym 2, Osaka), 7/15 (Yokohama Radiant Hall, Yokohama), 7/20 (Korakuen Hall, Tokyo)
On Demand (next day-scheduled to be available in the US at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET that day)-7/14 (Shimizu Marine Building, Shizouka)
Also available on demand will be a Kuroshio TOKYO Japan Produced Independent event on 7/12 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. That should be available that night in the US.
