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When All-Japan announced the 10 teams for this year’s Real World Tag League last weekend in Hokkaido, only 9 were revealed as one team was TBA. That 10th entry was revealed today…Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori. For those looking forward to the very intriguing matchup against Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi-who Nakajima next defends the Triple Crown against and who he beat to win the Triple Crown, respectively-you’re waiting a while. It’s not until the final day on 12/6. But they have a potential teaser of what could follow on 11/23 when they face Jun & Rei Saito-if Nakajima & Omori win the tournament they should get a rematch against the Saito Bros for the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship.

The tournament begins Sunday (Saturday night US time) at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be streamed LIVE on AJPW.TV Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

All-Japan’s second event of their Hokkaido weeklong tour-ending doubleheader featured a Triple Crown main event with the debut of former Pro Wrestling NOAH star Katsuhiko Nakajima in the promotion.

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

The announced paid attendance was 797.

Match 1: Match 1: Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu beat Hikaru Sato & Shota Sidney Stevens (?). Omori pinned Stevens after Ax Bomber.

Match 2: Koji Yoshida & Kumagoro Hokkai beat Black Menso-re & Takyua Dou (?). Yoshida pinned Menso-re after Certified Inazuma Leg Roll.

Match 3: Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori beat Suwama & Ryo Inoue. Suzuki pinned Inoue after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Match 4: Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe beat Jun & Rei Saito. Ayabe pinned Jun Saito after Last Shooting. This had me thinking future rematch for the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship, but their annual year-end tag team tournament is next, so not happening. Yet. They are both in the tournament though, so it could still happen.

Match 5: Dan Tamura, Rising Hayato & Jonathan Gresham beat Atsuki Aoyagi, El Lindaman & Fuminori Abe. Hayato pinned Abe after Sid Vicious.

Match 6: Kento Miyahara & T-Hawk beat Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai. Miyahara pinned Honda with a shutdown suplex hold.

Main Event: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi to win the Triple Crown. Nakajima becomes the 71st All-Japan Triple Crown Champion. Not with one of his usual NOAH finishers though…Northern Lights bomb. Immediate impact though, went from crashing a press conference and demanding a title shot as an “invasion” to backing it up. Sounds like All-Japan will be his new home, at least for now.

Next up is the Real World Tag League, the promotion’s annual year-end tag team tournament, starting on 11/12 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. This year’s tournament has 10 teams competing in a traditional round-robin format, with the finals being held on 12/12 at Korakuen. After the 12/12 matches, the team with the most points wins. If there is a tie atop the standings, a tiebreaker match will be held to determine the winners.
The entered teams: Jun & Rei Saito (current All-Japan World Tag Team Champions), Yuma Aoyagi & Kento Miyahara, Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe, Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai, Suwama & Hideki Suzuki, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani (DDT), Hayato Tamura & Galeno Del Mar (GLEAT), Kuroshio Tokyo Japan (Jiro Kuroshio/Ikemen Jiro) & Seigo Tachibana, Cyrus & Ryan Danielson (this is not a typo and not Bryan Danielson), TBA & TBA.

For the 11/12 event, live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET and live results will be posted here.

UPDATE: Next up for the Triple Crown…OH. SNAP. Miyahara. That match will happen on 12/31. Explosive closing out to 2023!

All-Japan wraps up their weeklong Hokkaido tour with a doubleheader of major events today. The first event is a matinee headlined by 2 title matches-first, El Lindaman defends the All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Championship against Jonathan Gresham, looking to win the title to finish his first tour with the promotion. In the main event, All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito defend the titles against the odd but dangerous team of Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori.

Today’s events will be held at Hotel Emisia Sapporo in Hokkaido and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV. It’s not yet known if there will be any commentary. The second event coming up after he first one will keep this first event from running too long, probably will go around 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Yoshitatsu vs. Ren Ayabe
Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato vs. Hikaru Sato & Ryo Inoue
Takao Omori, Takaya Doi (?) & Koji Yoshida vs. Black Menso-re, Fuminori Abe & Kumagoro Hokkai
Dan Tamura vs. T-Hawk
Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Suwama, Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai
All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion El Lindaman vs. Jonathan Gresham for the title
All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito vs. Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori for the titles

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. (The second event will begin at 1 AM PT/MT/2 AM CT/3 AM ET-remember the time change-back 1 hour-is overnight tonight! There will be no live results for the second event)

8:01 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Hotel Emisia Sapporo in Hokkaido, Japan. Audio muted at start for a few seconds. There is Japanese commentary for this event. No videos tonight as there is no TV/monitor setup in the venue.

The paid attendance will be announced at the event. Looks like the setup is for 400-500 and looks to be 90-95% full so I’m thinking it’ll be around 450 depending on capacity. (Seemed like the crowd thinned out some during intermission. Revising my estimate down to maybe 400) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 596)

Match 1: Yoshitatsu vs. Ren Ayabe. 10 minute time limit
Result: Ren Ayabe beat Yoshitatsu

Match 2: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato vs. Hikaru Sato & Ryo Inoue. 15 minute time limit
Result: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Hikaru Sato & Ryo Inoue. Hayato pinned Inoue after Sid Vicious.

Match 3: Takao Omori, Takaya Doi (?) & Koji Yoshida vs. Black Menso-re, Fuminori Abe & Kumagoro Hokkai. 20 minute time limit
Result: Takao Omori, Takaya Doi (?) & Koji Yoshida beat Black Menso-re, Fuminori Abe & Kumagoro Hokkai. Omori pinned Menso-re after Ax Bomber. A bit of a comedy match.

Intermission. Almost 20 minute break.

The matches resume at 9:02 PM PT.

Match 4: Dan Tamura vs. T-Hawk. 30 minute time limit
Result: T-Hawk beat Dan Tamura

Match 5: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Suwama, Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Shuji Ishikawa beat Suwama, Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai. Ishikawa pinned Anzai after Splash Mountain.

Match 6: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion El Lindaman vs. Jonathan Gresham for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion El Lindaman beat Jonathan Gresham to retain the title. V4 for Lindaman. Show of respect from Gresham afterwards, coming up just short in a very competitive match.

Main Event: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito vs. Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito beat Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori to retain the titles. Jun Saito pinned Omori after Doomsday Device. V2 for the champs.

The next event is later today. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/MT/2 AM CT/3 AM ET (all time zones except PT have their start times affected by the time change back 1 hour).

All-Japan ran the penultimate event of their weeklong Hokkaido blitz, the 5th of 6 straight days of events.

Today’s event was held at Iwamizawa City Event Hall in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 545.

Match 1: Hikaru Sato & ? (Domoya? Can’t quite get it from translations) beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Black Menso-re. ? pinned Menso-re after SOD.

Match 2: Jun & Rei Saito beat Shuji Ishikawa & Ryo Inoue. Jun Saito pinned Inoue after Psycho Break.

Match 3: Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori beat Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu. Hokuto Omori beat Takao Omori with Narcissist Lock.

Match 4: Suwama, Dan Tamura & Kumagoro Hokkai beat Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Koji Yoshida. Hokkai pinned Yoshida after a reverse splash.

Match 5: Yuma Aoyagi beat Ren Ayabe.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Rising Hayato & Jonathan Gresham beat T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Fuminori Abe. Gresham beat Abe with Octopus.

The tour-ender is tomorrow at Hotel Emilia Sapporo in Hokkaido with Lindaman-Gresham for the All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Championship and the Saito Bros vs. Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori for the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin TONIGHT at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET with live results posted here. And a reminder for those watching on the US east coast: Set your clocks back 1 hour at 2 AM!

All-Japan continued their weeklong Hokkaido tour today with the 4th of 6 events.

Today’s event was held at Bihoro Sports Center in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 478.

Match 1: Ren Ayabe beat Black Menso-re.

Match 2: Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura beat Kumagoro Hokkai & Koji Yoshida. Sato pinned Yoshida.

Match 3: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato vs. Funinori Abe & Jonathan Gresham went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 4: Hokuto Omori beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 5: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito beat Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu to retain the titles. Rei Saito pinned Omori after a diving body press. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: Kento Moyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Suwama beat Shuji Ishikawa, Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai. Suwama pinned Honda after Last Ride.

The next event is tomorrow at Iwamizawa City Event Hall Red Brick in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast. (Correction: Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET)

All-Japan continued their weeklong Hokkaido series today with the third event of 6.

Today’s event was held at Asahikawa Local Industry Promotion Center in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 388.

Match 1: Hikaru Sato beat Hokkai Kumagoro.

Match 2: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Black Menso-re & Jonathan Gresham. Hayto pinned Menso-re after Sid Vicious.

Match 3: Hokuto Omori beat Koji Yoshida.

Match 4: Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu beat Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe. Yoshitatsu pinned Ayabe after Yoshitatsu Fantasy.

Match 5: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Fuminori Abe beat Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Ryo Inoue. Aoyagi pinned Inoue after THE FOOL.

Main Event: Jun & Rei Saito beat Suwama & Dan Tamura. Rei Saito pinned Suwama after a diving body press.

The next event is tomorrow at Bihoro Sports Center in Hokkaido with an All-Japan World Tag Team Championship match as the Saito Bros defend against Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu. There will be no live broadcast.

All-Japan ran the second event of their 6-event Hokkaido week today.

Today’s event was held at Yotsuba Arena Tokachi sub Arena in Hokkaido and will be a available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 428.

Match 1: Rising Hayato beat Black Menso-re.

Match 2: Jonathan Gresham beat Hikaru Sato & Fuminori Abe in a 3-way by beating Sato.

Match 3: Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu beat Shuji Ishikawa & Kumagoro Hokkai. Omori pinned Hokkai after Ax Bomber.

Match 4: Jun & Rei Saito beat Ren Ayabe & Koji Yoshida. Jun Saito pinned Yoshida after Psycho Break.

Match 5: Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori beat Suwama & Dan Tamura. Suzuki pinned Tamura after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Ryo Inoue. Miyahara pinned Inoue with a shutdown suplex hold.

The next event is tomorrow at Asahikawa Local Industry Promotion Center in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast, but it will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later that day.

All-Japan kicked off a weeklong tour of Hokkaido today with the first of 6 events up north.

Today’s event was held at Imagane General gym in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 618, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Fuminori Abe beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 2: Black Menso-re beat Kumagoto Hokkai (?) & Koji Yoshida in a 3-way by pinning Yoshida.

Match 3: Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu beat Suwama & Dan Tamura. Omori pinned Tamura after Ax Bomber.

Match 4: Jun & Rei Saito beat Ren Ayabe & Hikaru Sato. Rei Saito pinned Sato after a diving body press.

Match 5: Minoru Suzuki, Hokuto Omori & Jonathan Gresham beat Shuji Ishikawa, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. Gresham beat Hayato with a standing STF.

Main Event: Yuma Aoyagi & Kento Miyahara vs. Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai went to a 30 minute time limit draw.

The next event is tomorrow at Yotsuba Arena Tokachi Sub Arena in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast, but it will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later in the day.

In a video just posted on social media, former Pro Wrestling NOAH star Katsuhiko Nakajima has made an unexpected appearance at the All-Japan Pro Wrestling offices today. In very brief comments as he was followed by several cameramen & photographers, he requested to challenge for the All-Japan Triple Crown on 11/5 in Hokkaido.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: It’s now official. Nakajima vs. Yuma Aoyagi for the Triple Crown on 11/5.

Some All-Japan news following this past weekend’s major event:

An All-Japan World Tag Team Championship match has been added to next week’s Hokkaido tour: 11/3 will see Jun & Rei Saito defend the titles vs. Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu.

Next up for Yuma Aoyagi & the Triple Crown: TBA, but it will be on 11/5 in the second event of a doubleheader that day.

The AJPW.TV broadcast schedule for November has been announced (subject to change):
The following events will be LIVE broadcasts: 11/5 (Hotel Emilia Sapporo, Hokkaido-both events-forst event will be 12/4 US time), 11/12 (Korakuen Hall, Tokyo-11/11 US time), 11/19 (Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya), 11/23 (Kira Messe Numazu, Shizuoka), 11/29 (Korakuen)
The following events will be ON DEMAND ONLY (no live broadcasts, available the next day-in the US these should be available the same day): 11/1 (Yotsuba Arena Tokachi Sub Arena (Obihiro), Hokkaido), 11/2 (Asahikawa Local Industry Promotion Center, Hokkaido), 11/3 (Bihoro Sports Center, Hokkaido), 11/4 (Iwamizawa City Hall Akarenga, Hokkaido), 11/15 (Tokorozawa Civic Gymnasium Main Arena, Saitama), 11/26 (Shonan Fujisawa Market Special Ring, Kanagawa)