All-Japan continues the Royal Road Tournament today with the beginning of the Quarterfinals. 2 tournament matches are on tap today with the winners advancing to the Semifinals. There also will be an All-Asia Tag Team Championship match on today’s event.
Today’s event will be held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV. There likely will be no commentary. I anticipate today’s event running just short of 2 1/2 hours so it should be over before today’s New Japan and Pro Wrestling NOAH events begin.
Today’s iineup:
Yoshitatsu & Rising Hayato vs. Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura
Izanagi vs. Black Menso-re & TAJIRI in a 3-way
Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Ryuki Honda & Yusuke Kodama
All-Asia Tag Team Champions Minoru & Toshizo vs. Takao Omori & Ryo Inoue for the titles
Suwama, TARU & KONO vs. Jake Lee, Shuji Ishikawa & Hokuto Omori
Royal Road Tournament Quarterfinals:
Kento Miyahara vs. Cyrus
Shotaro Ashino vs. Yuji Nagata
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Updates below will begin at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT.
We are LIVE from Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary. Only hard camera video views today. Audio is off-sync with video but maybe because I’m watching on Firefox on a Kindle Fire HD Plus 10 tablet (PC is being used for watching WRESTLE UNIVERSE)
Match 1: Yoshitatsu & Rising Hayato vs. Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura. 10 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw
Match 2: Izanagi vs. Black Menso-re & TAJIRI in a 3-way. 10 minute time limit
Result: Black Menso-re beat Izanagi & TAJIRI in a 3-way by pinning both simultaneously.
Match 3: Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Ryuki Honda & Yusuke Kodama. 20 minute time limit
Result; Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Ryuki Honda & Yusuke Kodama. Yuma Aoyagi pinned Kodama.
Match 4: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Minoru & Toshizo vs. Takao Omori & Ryo Inoue for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Minoru & Toshizo beat Takao Omori & Ryo Inoue to retain the titles. Toshizo pinned Inoue. V1 for the champs.
Intermission. Updates will resume shortly. Intermission lasts from just past 9 PM PT to 9:20 PM PT
Match 5: Suwama, TARU & KONO vs. Jake Lee, Shuji Ishikawa & Hokuto Omori. 20 minute time limit
Result: Jake Lee, Shuji Ishikawa & Hokuto Omori beat Suwama, TARU & KONO by DQ. Suwama DQ’d. Ref assault & chair use. A huge prolonged brawl broke out afterwards.
Quick break for ring cleaning. If this were the US there would be a huge “SWEEP FOREVER!” chant going.
Match 6: Royal Road Tournament Quarterfinals: Kento Miyahara vs. Cyrus. No time limit
Result: Kento Miyahara beat Cyrus. As a result, Miyahara advances to the Semifinals and will face Shotaro Ashino or Yuji Nagata.
Main Event: Royal Road Tournament Quarterfinals: Shotaro Ashino vs. Yuji Nagata (New Japan Pro Wrestling). No time limit
Result: Yuji Nagata beat Shotaro Ashino. As a result, Nagata advances to the Semifinals and will face Miyahara.
The next event is Tuesday at Hodogaya Public Hall in Yokohama with the other half of the Quarterfinals and also a GAORA TV Championship match (GAORA TV has been All-Japan’s primary TV partner for over 20 years). Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
Post-show Update: The announced paid attendance was 296. That represents about 65-70% capacity for the venue.
