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Some welcome news on the injury front just minutes ago…popular freelancer Daisuke Sekimoto, best known as perhaps the best “pure” wrestler in death match-centric Big Japan but who has been out a while due to a foot injury, is about to return. All-Japan just announced he will return at the promotion’s 12/10 event at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Return match/opponent(s) TBA. The only match set for that event so far is the World’s Strongest/Real World Tag League Finals.

All-Japan continued the World’s Strongest/Real World Tag League today in Hiroshima.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Industrial Hall East Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. There was no live broadcast but on demand is now available earlier than expected.

The announced paid attendance was 520.

Match 1: Kengo Mashimo beat Shota Kofuji by submission.

Match 2: Jun Saito, Yuma Anzai & Ryo Inoue beat Kento Miyahara, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Tsuyoshi Okada. Saito pinned Okada after Dying Light. I believe Okada is a local (Hiroshima-based) independent wrestler.

Match 3: Tag League Block B: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Takashi & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan. Hayato pinned Kuroshio after a huracanrana.

Match 4: Xyon, Odyssey, Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki beat Hideki Suzuki, Ryuki Honda, Yuko Miyamoto & Seigo Tachibana. Shiozaki pinned Tachibana after Go Lariat.

Match 5: Tag League Block A: Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi beat MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka. Omori pinned MUSASHI after Narcissist Press.

Main Event: Tag League Block B: Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato. Ayabe pinned Tamura after a double chokeslam.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Ashino/Shiozaki, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Ayabe/Talos, 3-1, 6 pts
3-Suzuki/Mashimo, 2-1, 4 pts
4-MUSASHI/Yoshioka, 1-2, 2 pts (OUT)
5-Omori/Kumaarashi, 1-3, 2 pts (OUT)
6-Tamura/Sato, 0-3, 0 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-Xyon/Odyssey, 4-0, 8 pts
2-Miyahara/Smith, 3-1, 6 pts (OUT)
3-Honda/Naoya Nomura, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Atsuki Aoyagi/Hayato, 2-2, 4 pts (OUT)
5-Kutoshio/Takashi, 1-3, 2 pts (OUIT)
6-Yuma Aoyagi/Yuma Anzai, 0-5, 0 pts (OUT)
Only the winners of each block advance to the Finals. While Block A likely will come down to the Ayabe/Talos-Ashino/Shiozaki winner, Suzuki/Mashimo still have a chance to steal it should that match be a draw and if they follow up by beating Ashino/Shiozaki. MUSASHI/Yoshioka are pretty much out of it because although they beat Ayabe/Talos they did lose to Ashino/Shiozaki. Block B is Xyon/Odyssey’s to lose, they advance with a win or draw against Honda/Nomura or if Honda/Nomura lose their next match against Kuroshio/Takashi (the latter match happens first). Miyahara/Smith are out because they lose the tiebreaker. Honda/Nomura must beat Xyon/Odyssey and Kuroshio/Takashi and Miyahara/Smith must lose or draw in their last match to advance, that would give them tiebreakers.

The next event is Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Broadcast plans TBA.

UPDATE: For Saturday, live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. All December and January events will be streamed live.

All-Japan continued the World’s Strongest/Real World Tag League yesterday & today with 2 events. (I missed posting yesterday’s results due to unforeseen circumstances beyond my control), trying to move on from major outside-the-ring news regarding the suspension of Yuma Aoyagi after a traffic accident last weekend.

Yesterday’s event was held at Kumamoto Food Exchange Hall in Kumamoto and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 378.

Match 1: Xyon, Odyssey, Ren Ayabe, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Talos beat Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi, Takashi, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Ayabe pinned Tachibana after a double chokeslam.

Match 2: Yuko Miyamoto beat Shota Kofuji by submission.

Match 3: Tag League Block A: Hideki Suzuki & Kengo Mashimo beat Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato. Suzuki pinned Tamura after a front kick.

Match 4: Jun Saito & Yuma Anzai beat Kento Miyahara & Ryo Inoue. Saito pinned Inoue after Psycho Break.

Match 5: Tag League Block B: Ryuki Honda & Naoya Nomura beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. Honda pinned Hayato after Final Vent.

Main Event: Tag League Block A: Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki beat MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka. Shiozaki pinned Yoshioka after Go Lariat.

Today’s event was held at Fukuoka Island City Forum in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV (this was a live broadcast).

The announced paid attendance was 632.

Match 1: Go Shiozaki beat Shota Kofuji by submission.

Match 2: Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising Hayato & Dan Tamura beat Yuko Miyamoto, Takashi & Rey Paloma. Tamura pinned Paloma.

Match 3: Tag League Block A: Hideki Suzuki & Kengo Mashimo beat Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi. Suzuki pinned Omori with European Clutch.

Match 4: Shotaro Ashino, Jun Saito & Yuma Anzai beat Ryuki Honda, Naoya Nomura & Ryo Inoue. Saito pinned Inoue after a jackhammer.

Match 5: Tag League Block A: MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Ren Ayabe & Talos by countout. Talos counted out.

Main Event: Xyon & Odyssey beat Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr. Xyon pinned Smith after a diving headbutt.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Ashino/Shiozaki, 3-0, 6 pts
2-Suzuki/Mashimo, 2-1, 4 pts
3-Ayabe/Talos, 2-1, 4 pts
4-MUSASHI/Yoshioka, 1-1, 2 pts
5-Tamura/Sato, 0-2, 0 pts (OUT)
6-Omori/Kumaarashi, 0-3, 0 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-Xyon/Odyssey, 4-0, 8 pts
2-Miyahara/Smith, 3-1, 6 pts (OUT)
3-Honda/Nomura, 2-1, 4 pts
4-Atsuki Aoyagi/Hayato, 1-2, 2 pts (OUT)
5-Kuroshio/Tachibana, 1-2, 2 pts (OUT)
6-Yuma Aoyagi/Anzai, 0-5, 0 pts (OUT) (forfeited due to Aoyagi suspension)
The winners of each block advance to the Finals. Block A is still up for grabs but Ashino/Shiozaki are in control. Omori/Kumaarashi are already eliminated and Tamura/Sato are now out due to tiebreakers. Block B is officially down to two because of tiebreakers, the only team Xyon/Odyssey hasn’t faced yet is Honda/Nomura, which is why they are the only team still with a chance despite only 4 points. But if they lose or draw their next match (Kuroshio?Tachibana), it’s a moot point as they would be eliminated and Xyon/Odyssey will win the block.

The next event is tomorrow (tonight US time) at Hiroshima Industrial Hall East Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima. There will be no live broadcast. On demand scheduled for tomorrow at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET.

BREAKING from All-Japan: After a vehicle accident which occurred Sunday in Numazu CIty, Shizuoka Prefecture, and an initial investigation, All-Japan announced Yuma Aoyagi has been SUSPENDED 3 MONTHS and given a 50% salary reduction for 3 months. Aoyagi was not injured but the driver of the other vehicle may have suffered leg injuries and it was also revealed Aoyagi was driving with an expired driver’s license.

According to All-Japan’s report, Aoyagi was driving home from that day’s event and apparently ran a red light at an intersection, striking the vehicle that had the green light on the right side, which in Japan is the driver’s side. Aoyagi stayed at the scene and immediately called police, who came out to investigate and interview him.

In addition to apologizing, All-Japan announced they will implement safe driving initiative throughout the organization. This is the second such incident the promotion has dealt with this year, the first earlier this year sadly resulted in the tragic death of rookie Taishin Nagao.

As for upcoming events, this means Yuma Aoyagi and Yuma Anzai are now out of the World’s Strongest/Real World Tag League and will forfeit all remaining matches. Replacements have been announced for those 5 events. Aoyagi will be able to return on 2/28/26.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Social media reactions…
On Twitter (or whatever you call it now), Yuma Aoyagi has reposted All-Japan’s original post several times with apologies to the promotion, the victim and the fans for what happened He also apologized to Yuma Anzai, who he invited to be his partner in the Tag League. The only other wrestler I’ve seen comment so far is Hideki Suzuki, who reposted one of Aoyagi’s posts with the loosely translated message “reflect on yourself”. Kento Miyahara, who is also President of the promotion’s wrestlers group, apologized to the fans for Aoyagi & Anzai being out of the tournament now. Anzai reposted a separate All-Japan post with a brief apology to fans & supporters for being out of the tournament, although not his fault, and is still processing his thoughts.
Rising Hayato also commented on his social media apologizing for what happened and vowing to devote himself to making the promotion a place where Aoyagi can return to, despite it being considered wrong to make place for “a criminal” based on translation.
Aoyagi may face further punishment after the police investigation concludes, which may include administrative or criminal charges due to driving with an expired license for almost a year. Based on translation of a Tokyo Sports report, All-Japan reportedly has been trying to get more wrestlers to use their buses for transport and improve their safety & reliability despite one of their buses being involved in the accident that killed Nagao earlier this year (the incident happened in May, Nagao died in September). They also reportedly apologized to Nagao’s father today as well.

UPDATE 2: The fallout continues…
At about 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET (12:30 PM Saturday Japan time) Atsuki Aoyagi, Yuma Aoyagi’s real-life brother, commented and apologized for the incident. Fellow wrestler/combat sports veteran Hideki Sekine also made several Teitter posts and also linked to the Shizuoka Prefecture Police website, suggesting there could be circumstances affecting potential punishment/next steps, which appeared to be more an attempt to educate commenters on the situation and what could happen next.

The promotion also just announced that a scheduled photobook to feature both Aoyagi brothers and others, which was to be released on Monday, has been postponed indefinitely.

All-Japan continued the World’s Strongest/Real World Tag League today in Shizuoka.

Today’s event was held at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. There was no live broadcast but on demand is now available. This will also be a taped Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan at a later date.

The announced paid attendance was 519.

There was a last-minute change to the second match due to Seigo Tachibana & Seiki Yoshioka being removed from the card. Late arrivals due to heavy traffic in the area. It was to have been an 8-man tag with both participating. It became a 6-man tag instead.

Match 1: Yuma Anzai beat Shota Kofuji.

Match 2: Jun Saito, Ryuki Honda & MUSASHI beat Yuma Aoyagi, Hideki Suzuki & Ryo Inoue. Saito pinned Inoue after a jackhammer.

Tag League:
Match 3: Block A: Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi. Ayabe pinned Omori after a double chokeslam.
Match 4: Block A: Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki beat Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato. Shiozaki pinned Sato after Go Lariat.
Match 5: Block B: Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Takashi. Smith pinned Takashi after a diving headbutt.
Main Event: Xyon & Odyssey beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. Xyon pinned Hayato after a diving headbutt.

The next event is Friday at Food Pal Kumamoto in Kumamoto. There will be no live broadcast. On demand later that day. (There actually will be 2 US events that day as there is an event in Fukuoka that night US time, which will be live on AJPW.TV)

All-Japan kicks off the 2025 World’s Strongest Tag League aka Real World Tag League today in Tokyo, the promotion’s annual year-end openweight tag team tournament. It’s going to look a lot different this year as the Saitos are not taking part as Jun Saito opted to voluntarily withdraw and not participate because brother & partner Rei Saito remains out long-term due to injury. That also means it’s more wide open. Most of the field for the round-robin format tournament will be in tournament action today including current All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Xyon & Odyssey, who will eventually defend the titles against the tournament winners if they do not win. Also a notable main event will see the Aoyagi brothers on opposite sides as Yuma Aoyagi teams with Yuma Anzai against Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV in Japanese. The event will also be taped for broadcast on GAORA SPORTS in Japan in about a week. All the matches including a non-tournament match have a 30 minute time limit and there’s an intermission at the halfway point so it probably will wind up having an “average” Korakuen running time of about 2 1/2 hours (although the GAORD broadcast is scheduled for 3+ hours, that would also assume every match goes the distance and the longest possible time of about 3 1/2 hours).

Today’s lineup:
Tag League:
Block B: Xyon & Odyssey vs. Takashi & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan
Block A: Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki vs. Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi
Jun Saito, MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Dan Tamura, Ryo Inoue & Shota Kofuji
Intermission
Tag League:
Block A: Hideki Suzuki & Kengo Mashimo vs. Ren Ayabe & Talos
Block B: Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Ryuki Honda & Naoya Nomura
Block B: Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.

6:20 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue in just under 10 minutes.

6:25 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Commentary will begin in a few minutes.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s just under the “new normal” full capacity setup as commentary is in the bleacher seats opposite hard camera. While not an advance sellout from what I know the crowd already looks good, I’ll predict a potential near-sellout of around 1200. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1327)

The matches should begin in 10-15 minutes. During opening announcements they bring out Rei Saito after announcing he will be a guest on commentary today for AJPW.TV.

The event begins with the tag league opening ceremony, where all the participating teams are introduced in the ring.

As it was ending, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan took out Xyon & Odyssey outside the ring, leading to…
Match 1: Block B: Xyon & Odyssey vs. Takashi & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan. 30 minute time limit
Result: Xyon & Odyssey beat Takashi & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan. Xyon pinned Japan after a diving headbutt.

Match 2: Block A: Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki vs. Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi (with a full head of hair instead of his usual short mohawk). 30 minute time limit
Result: Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki beat Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi. Shiozaki pinned Omori after Go Lariat.

Match 3: Jun Saito, MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Dan Tamura, Ryo Inoue & Shota Kofuji. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun Saito, MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Dan Tamura, Ryo Inoue & Shota Kofuji. Saito pinned Inoue after a chokeslam.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 7:36 PM PT/10:36 PM ET (about a 15 minute break).

Match 4: Block A: Hideki Suzuki & Kengo Mashimo vs. Ren Ayabe & Talos. 30 minute time limit
Result: Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Hideki Suzuki & Kengo Mashimo. Ayabe pinned Suzuki after Des Roulette.

Match 5: Block B: Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Ryuki Honda & Naoya Nomura. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Ryuki Honda & Naoya Nomura. Miyahara pinned Honda with a shutdown suplex hold.

Main Event: Block B: Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. 30 minute time limit
Result: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai. Atsuki Aoyagi pinned Yuma Aoyagi after a 450 splash. Almost went the distance (25+ minutes).

The next event is tomorrow at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Sunday at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET. This will also be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan on 11/29.

All-Japan wrapped up the Dynamite Series 2025 Tour today in Gunma.

Today’s event was held at G Messe Gunma in Gunma and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 932.

Match 1: Jun Saito & Senor Saito beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Jun Saito pinned Tachibana after a chokeslam.

Match 2: Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising Hayato & Dan Tamura beat Seiki Yoshioka, Yuya Susumu (Independent/Freelancer) & Ryuji Hijikata. Aoyagi pinned Hijikata after a firebird splash.

Match 3: All-Japan AJPW.TV 6-Man Tag Team Champions Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi & Takashi beat Yuma Aoyagi, Fuma & Kikutaro to retain the titles. Omori pinned Kikutaro. V5 for the champs.

Match 4: GAORA TV Champion Shotaro Ashino beat Ryo Inoue by submission to retain the title. V1 for Ashino.

Match 5: Xyon, Odyssey & Go Shiozaki beat Hideki Suzuki, Ryuki Honda & Hikaru Sato. Xyon pinned Sato after a diving headbutt.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Anzai & Shota Kofuji beat Ren Ayabe, Talos & MUSASHI. Anzai pinned MUSASHI after Gimlet.

The next event is the World’s Strongest Tag League aka Real World Tag League, the annual Heavyweight tag team tournament, starting Saturday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Friday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. This will be a taped GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan on 11/30.

All-Japan wrapped up the Hokkaido Dynamite Series 2025 tour today with a major event.

Today’s event was held at APA Hotel & Resort Sapporo in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 728.

Match 1: Yuma Aoyagi, Yuma Anzai & Dan Tamura beat Jun Saito, Ryuki Honda & Ryo Inoue. Anzai pinned Inoue after Gimlet.

Match 2: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Kumaarashi & Seigo Tachibana beat Hikaru Sato, Koshi Yoshida & ? (Can’t quite get it translated). Kumaarashi pinned Yoshida after a diving senton.

Match 3: Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rosing Hayato. Ayabe pinned Hayato after a double chokeslam.

Match 4: Xyon & Odyssey beat Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki. Xyon pinned Ashino after a diving headbutt.

Match 5: All-Asia Tag Team Champions MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Hideki Suzuki & Shota Kofuji to retain the titles. MUSASHI pinned Kofuji. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara beat Hokuto Omori to retain the Triple Crown. V2 for Miyahara. Next up: TBA, but if what he said post-match holds true (and he’s the President of the wrestlers group so it probably will), that match will happen on 12/31 at the year-end event.

The next event is 11/16 at G Messe Gunma in Gunma. There will be no live broadcast. On demand later that day.

All-Japan ran the penultimate event of the Hokkaido Dynamite Series 2025 Tour today.

Today’s event was held at Iwamizawa City Event Hall Red Brick in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. (Not sure if it was live but on demand is now available)

The announced paid attendance was 520.

Match 1: Jun Saito beat Shota Kofuji.

Match 2: Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi & Kumagoro Hokkai beat Hikaru Sato, eiki Yoshioka & Seigo Tachibana. Omori beat Tachibana.

Match 3: Odyssey beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan.

Match 4: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Ryuki Honda & Dan Tamura. Aoyagi pinned Tamura with La Magistral.

Match 5: Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzaii. Talos pinned Aoyagi after a double chokeslam.

Main Event: Xyon, Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki beat Kento Miyahara, Hideki Suzuki & Ryo Inoue. Shiozaki pinned Inoue after Go Lariat.

Side note: MUSASHI was announced as in advance being off this event due to Michinoku Pro participation at Iwate Prefectural Gym in Iwate. In his match, Yasutaka Ossera & ARASHI beat MUSASHI & Rasse to win the Tohoku Tag Team Championship and become the 36th Tohoku Tag Team Champions.Oosera pinned Rasse.

The tour-ender is tomorrow at APA Hotel & Resort Sapporo with 2 title matches including Miyahara-Omori for the Triple Crown. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

All-Japan continued the Hokkaido Dynamite Series 2025 tour today.

Today’s event was held at Bihoro Town Sunny Center in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 525.

Match 1: MUSASHI beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan.

Match 2: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Hikaru Sato & Seiki Yoshioka. Hayato pinned Yoshioka.

Match 3: Go Shiozaki beat Dan Tamura.

Match 4: Xyon, Odyssey & Shotaro Ashino beat Yuma Aoyagi, Yuma Anzai & Ryo Inoue. Xyon pinned Inoue after Xyon Spear.

Match 5: Ren Ayabe, Talos & Hideki Suzuki beat Jun Saito, Andreza Giant Panda & Kumagoro Hokkai. Ayabe pinned Kumagoro after a double chokeslam.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Ryuki Honda & Shota Kofuji beat Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi & Seigo Tachibana. Miyahara pinned Tachibana with a shutdown suplex hold.

The next event is tomorrow at Iwamizawa City Event Hall. There will be no live broadcast. On demand at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET but due to the time change in the US it may be available 1 hour earlier.