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All-Japan wraps up the 51st Anniversary Series today with a major event headlined by 2 title matches. In the first one, the All-Japan and KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani return to defend the All-Japan titles against the mixed trio of Suwama, Mayumi Ozaki & Maya Yukihi. Then in the main event it’s a rematch between Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi for the Triple Crown, coming shortly after they lost the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship. They are clearly the top two stars in the promotion right now but who is going to come out on top?

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV in Japanese. It’s not yet known if this will be a TV simulcast in Japan. I have a feeling the main event will be epic and potentially a marathon (over 30 minutes) so I’m predicting the event’s total running time will be in the range of 2 1/2-3 hours, but no more than 4 hours tops based on time limits.

Today’s lineup:
Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato
Dan Tamura vs. Shinya Aoki
Shuji Ishikawa, Ren Ayabe & Black Menso-re vs. Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya (DDT)
Minoru Suzuki, Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori vs. Hideki Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Koji Iwamoto & Ryo Inoue
All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Champions Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & HIdeki Okatani (DDT) vs. Suwama, Mayumi Ozaki (OZ Academy) & Maya Yukihi (Independent/Freelancer) for the titles
All-Japan 51st Anniversary Match: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai vs. Jun & Rei Saito
All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi vs. Kento Miyahara for the Triple Crown

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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

7:20 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. We’re in pre-show mode so no commentary yet.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in and advance ticket sales looked good, so I’m thinking it’ll be in the 1200-1250 range, which would be anywhere from 80-95% full. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1370, a super full house/very near sellout)

The matches will begin in about 15 minutes. At 7:25 PM PT the entire roster comes out for pre-event activities. Notably not getting in the ring and not wearing All-Japan jackets: Jun & Rei Saito. This is most likely related to the promotion’s 51st Anniversary. Suprisingly no muted audio between this and the opening video.

The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT. Looks like it’s perhaps a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan based on the match rundown presentation and onscreen graphics. There was a typo in the match rundown graphics, Rising Hayato’s kanji (all English caps) was misspelled as “HYATO”.(Late show update: It’s Samurai! TV. Durign main event intros I saw Kagehiro Osano on commentary at ringside, he usually does commentary on their simulcasts for WRESTLE UNIVERSE)

Match 1: Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. 15 minute time limit
Result: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu. Hayato pinned Yoshitatsu with a jackknife after an Aoyagi dropkick.

Match 2: Dan Tamura vs. Shinya Aoki. 15 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw. This was a grappling/submission wrestling exhibition clinic

Match 3: Shuji Ishikawa, Ren Ayabe & Black Menso-re vs. Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya (DDT). 20 minute time limit
Result; Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya beat Shuji Ishikawa, Ren Ayabe & Black Menso-re. Takagi pinned Menso-re after a sitout powerbomb. Comedy match at times because of Takagi and his super bicycle riding through the reserved seats. Afterwardh, Jun & Rei Saito came out and brawled witH Naya & HARASHIMA into the backstage area.

Match 4: Minoru Suzuki, Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori vs. Hideki Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Koji Iwamoto & Ryo Inoue. 20 minute time limit
Result: Minoru Suzuki, Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori beat Hideki Suzuki, Koji Iwamoto & Ryo Inoue. Suzuki pinned Inoue after a Gotch-style piledriver.

The Real World Tag League is announced for November & December, along with the 10 teams entered. 9 of them anyway, one is TBA. DDT participation will continue with Yukio Skaaguchi & Hideki Okatani as well. The tournament runs from 11/12-12/6.

Match 5: All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Champions Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & HIdeki Okatani (DDT) vs. Suwama, Mayumi Ozaki (OZ Academy) & Maya Yukihi (Independent/Freelancer) for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Suwama, Mayumi Ozaki & Maya Yukihi beat All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Champions Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani by ref stoppage to win the titles. Suwama, Ozaki & Yukihi become the 7th All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Suwama beat Akai with a sleeper hold. I’m not totally surprised this happened because Akai is retiring next month and this is probably her final appearance in All-Japan.

Match 6: All-Japan 51st Anniversary Match: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai vs. Jun & Rei Saito. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun & Rei Saito beat Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai. Rei Saito pinned Anzai after a Jun Saito lariat off the top rope (Doomsday Device).

A brief (less than 1 minute) countdown leads into the promo video for the main event.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi vs. Kento Miyahara for the Triple Crown. 1 Hour time limit. They did extra special versions of entrances with additional promo video for both. Very big-match feel and hype.
Result: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi beat Kento Miyahara to retain the Triple Crown. V5 for Aoyagi. They went just short of 30 minutes. Right after it ended a sudden shriek from the crowd…Katsuhiko Nakajima!!! He has flowers and…NAILS MIYAHARA WITH THEM! A clue as to what is to come after next Saturday when Nakajima finishes up with Pro Wrestling NOAH? Unless that was also a clue as to what is next, because of the Real World Tag League Aoyagi may very well be Triple Crown Champion going into 2024. On his way out, Aoyagi took a victory lap around and high-fived fans in the front row, picking up what was left of the flowers and giving them to a female fan. It was mainly the plastic wrap…but still, that’s quite a souvenir given what happened to end the show.

The next event is 10/31 at Imakanemachi General Gymnasium Aikubu in Hokkaido, kicking off a week-long series in northern Japan. There will be no live broadcast. It will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later that day (US time).

All-Japan continues the 51st Anniversary Series today with an event on Tokyo.

Today’s went was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 266.

Match 1: Nauki Doi & Naoki Tanisaki beat Black Menso-re & Kenichiro Arai (Dragon Gate). Doi pinned Menso-re after Bakatare Sliding Kick.

Match 2: Hokuto Omori beat Dan Tamura.

Match 3: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani (DDT) beat Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu. Sakaguchi pinned Onori after God’s Right Knee.

Match 4: Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe beat Kotaro Suzuki & Keiichi Sato. Ishikawa pinned Sato after Fire Thunder.

Match 5: Suwama beat Yoshifuni Iwamoto by ref stoppage.

Match 6: Jun & Rei Saito & Toshizo beat Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Ryo Inoue. Jun Saito pinned Inoue after Paycho Break.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara & Rising Hayato beat Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi. Miyahara pinned Atsuki Aoyagi with a shitdown suplex hold. They came just 37 seconds short of going the full 30 minute time limit.

The next event is 10/21 at Korakuen Hall with an All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Title match and Miyahara vs. Yuma Aoyagi for the Triple Crown. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 10/20 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. Live results are scheduled.

All-Japan continued the 51st Anniversary Tour today with an event in Miyagi.

Today’s event was held at Kakuda City General Gym in Miyagi and can be watched on demand in AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 1687.

Match 1: Takao Omori beat Yoshitatsu.

Match 2: KONO beat Black Menso-re & Aizawa No. 1 in a 3-way by pinning Menso-re.

Match 3: Hikaru Sato & Takuya Nomura beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. Sato pinned Hayato.

Match 4: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai beat Hokuto Omori & Takaaki Iwasaki. Honda pinned Owasaki after Final Vent.

Match 5: Jinsei Shinzaki (Mochinoku Pro), Hideki Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Yoshifuni Iwamoto beat Suwama, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue. Shinzaki pinned Inoue after Nenbutsu Powerbomb.

Main Event: Jun & Rei Saito beat All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi to win the titles. The Saito Bros become the 97th All-Japan World Tag Team Champions. Jun Saito pinned Aoyagi after Double Impact. The match went over 37 minutes.

The next event is Wednesday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

All-Japan began their October tour, the 51st Anniversary Tour (marking the promotion’s beginning in October 1972), with a house show today in Yamagata.

Today’s event was held at Supaku Yanabe in Yamagata and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 333.

Match 1: Ryuki Honda beat Takaaki Iwasaki.

Match 2: Takao Omori beat Yoshitatsu & Black Menso-re in a 3-way by pinning Menso-re.

Match 3: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato vs. Hikaru Sato & Yoshifumi Iwamoto went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 4: Hideki Suzuki (Po Wrestling NOAH) & Takuya Nomura beat Ryo Inoue & Yuma Anzai. Suzuki pinned Inoue after a double arm suplex.

Match 5: Hokuto Omori beat Dan Tamura.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Suwama beat Jun & Rei Saito & KONO. Aoyagi pinned Jun Saito after THE FOOL.

The next event is tomorrow at Kakuda CIty General Gym in Miyagi with Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi vs. the Saito Bros. for the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin TONIGHT at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

All-Japan ran a special Rising Hayato Produced event today focused on younger wrestlers and those with less than 10 years of career experience.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 332, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Dan Tamura & Fuminori Abe beat Ryo Inoue & Issei Onitsuka (GLEAT). Abe pinned Inoue.

Match 2: Ryuki Honda, Daiki Shimomura & Leo Isaka (?) beat Soma Watanabe, Jun Tonsho (GLEAT) & ?. Honda pinned ? after Final Vent.

Match 3: Hokuto Omori beat Takahiro Katori.

Match 4: Hayato Tamura, Check Shimatani (GLEAT) & Takaaki Iwasaki beat Jun & Rei Saito & Eien (?) Ieasaki. Tamura pinned Iwasaki after a lariat.

Match 5: Yuma Aoyagi & Takuya Nomura beat Yuma Anzai & Ayato Toshida. Aoyagi pinned Anzai after THE FOOL.

Main Event: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat MAO & Rukiya (DDT). Hayato pinned MAO after Sid Vicious.

A second event of this theme has been announced for 12/21.

The next event is Sunday at Supaku Yamabe in Yamagata. There will be no live broadcast. It will be available on demand on AJPW.TV shortly after the evvent concludes.

All-Japan wraps up the Giant Series 2023 today with a major event in Tokyo, headlined by 2 title matches. In the first match, Hikaru Sato will try to bring the World Junior Heavyweight Championship back to All-Japan when he faces GLEAT star and current champion El Lindaman for the title. In the main event, Ryuki Honda will try to become the youngest Triple Crown Champion in history when he faces champion Yuma Aoyagi. DDT and Minoru Suzuki participation highlight the undercard along with Hideki Suzuki from Pro Wrestling NOAH making an appearance.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV in Japanese. It will probably be a TV simulcast in Japan on either Samurai! TV or GAORA Sports. Based on the lineup and title matches I anticipate this event having a total runtime of 2 1/2-3 hours so fans will have plenty of time to get to Ryogoku Kokugikan for the penultimate day of sumo, at least for the key top tier bouts.

Today’s lineup (in order):
Yoshitatsu & Osamu Nishinura vs. Black Menso-re & Ren Ayabe
T-Hawk, Kaz Hayashi & Jack Cartwheel vs. Toshizo, Jun & Rei Saito
Shuji Ishikawa & Yuma Anzai vs. Hideki Suzuki & Koji Iwamoto
Kento Miyahara, Rising Hayato & Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Minoru Suzuki, Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori
Suwama, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue vs. Yukio Naya, Yuya Koroku & Rukiya
All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion El Lindaman vs. Hikaru Sato for the title
All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi vs. Ryuki Honda for the Triple Crown

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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

7:29 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Normally they start muted during opening announcements but not this time. After these finish we go muted for a moment.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Crowd still filing in but it looks like maybe 70% full from what we can see so far, so I’m guessing it’ll be around 900. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1161)

The matches will begin shortly.

The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT. There doesn’t seem to be the usual TV simulcast in Japan but there is Japanese commentary. There is also a notable difference in volume levels when they switch between the hard camera and ringside handheld video camera views (the latter being much lower).

Match 1: Yoshitatsu & Osamu Nishinura vs. Black Menso-re & Ren Ayabe. 20 minute time limit
Result: Yoshitatsu & Osamu Nishimura beat Black Menso-re & Ren Ayabe. Nishimura pinned Yoshitatsu with a backslide.

Match 2: T-Hawk (GLEAT), Kaz Hayashi (GLEAT) & Jack Cartwheel vs. Toshizo, Jun & Rei Saito. 20 minute time limit
Result: T-Hawk, Kaz Hayashi & Jack Cartwheel beat Toshizo, Jun & Rei Saito. Cartwheel pinned Toshizo after a top rope cartwheel. That’s a huge win for the US indy guy who I saw make his AEW debut earlier this year in person.

Match 3: Shuji Ishikawa & Yuma Anzai vs. Hideki Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Koji Iwamoto. 20 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Match 4: Kento Miyahara, Rising Hayato & Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Minoru Suzuki, Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori. 30 minute time limit
Result: Minoru Suzuki, Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori beat Kento Miyahara, Rising Hayato & Atsuki Aoyagi. Omori pinned Aoyagi. Afterwards, Omori kept Miyahara from leaving and seemingly taunted him in the ring, but his attempt at embarrassing Miyahara led to Omori getting a low blow.

Upcoming event and match announcements include the Jr. Battle Of Glory 2023 for November. Participants: Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising Hayato, Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato, Fuminori Abe, Naruki Doi, Koki Iwamoto and Ryo Inoue. That tournament starts on 11/12 and ends on 12/6, it will be a round-robin tournament. They also will hold their year-ending event on 12/31 in Tokyo, I think it’ll be at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2. Also a title match for 10/9: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Jun & Rei Saito for the titles.

Match 5: Suwama, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue vs. Yukio Naya, Yuya Koroku & Rukiya. 30 minute time limit
Result: Suwama, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue beat Yukio Naya, Yuya Koroku & Rukiya. Tamura pinned Rukiya.

Match 6: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion El Lindaman (GLEAT) vs. Hikaru Sato for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion El Lindaman beat Hikaru Sato to retain the title. V3 for Lindaman. Next up: If Lindaman has his way, Naruki Doi. We shall see.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi vs. Ryuki Honda for the Triple Crown. 1 Hour time limit
Result: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi beat Ryuki Honda to retain the Triple Crown. V4 for Aoyagi. Next up…forget being his partner and fellow All-Japan World Tag Team Champion, Kento Miyahara wants the Triple Crown back! Aoyagi apparently accepts, we’ll see what happens. After Miyahara mic drops and heads off, Aoyagi finishes his post-match promo to end the show.

The next event is NEW AGE CHRONICLE-Z ~JUMP OVER~ on 10/5 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. The event features only wrestlers with less than 10 years experience and is based on an idea from Rising Hayato. Broadcast plans TBA. (Update: 10/5 is now a legit advance sellout)

All-Japan continued the Giant Series 2023 today with an event in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. You can also watch the first 4 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 320, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe beat Yoshitatsu & Takaaki Iwasaki (Ganbare Pro). Ishikawa pinned Iwasaki after Fire Thunder.

Match 2: Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori beat Yoshifuni Iwamoto & Black Menso-re and Kotaro Suzuki & Keiichi Sato in a 3-way when Omori pinned Menso-re.

Match 3: SAKI beat Sunny (not the former WWF/E wrestler). SAKI was a late replacement for the injured Sayaka Unagi.

Match 4: Jun & Rei Saito beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. Jun Saito pinned Hayato after Prison Break.

Match 5: Hikaru Sato & Andy Wu beat E Lindaman (GLEAT) & Juniie. Wu pinned Junjie.

Match 6: Hideki Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe beat Suwama, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue. Suzuki pinned Inoue with a double arm suplex.

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

The next event is 9/23 at Korakuen Hall with Yuma Aoyagi-Honda for the Triple Crown. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

All-Japan began their September tour, the Giant Series 2023, today with an event in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. Former Stardom wrestler and inaugural Wonder Of Stardom Champion Yuzuki Aikawa was a special guest on commentary.

The announced paid attendance was 1675.

Match 1: Yoshitatsu beat Black Menso-re.

Match 2: Naruki Doi, Naoki Tanisaki (Independent/Freelancers) & Hokuto Omori beat Kotaro Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Keiichi Sato & MAZADA (Independent/Freelancer). Omori pinned Sato after Worst Of The Worst.

Match 3: Masanobu Fuchi Return Match: Masanobu Fuchi, Kaz Hayashi (GLEAT) & Ryuji Hijikata (Independent/Freelancer) beat Osamu Nishimura, Mitsuya Nagai (Dradition) & Masao Inoue. Fuchi pinned Inoue.

Match 4: T-Hawk, El Lindaman, Shigehiro Irie & Junjae (GLEAT) beat Yoshifuni Iwamoto, Takuya Nomura, Fuminori Abe & Ryo Inoue. T-Hawk pinned Inoue after Night Ride.

Match 5: Jun Akiyama, Sanshiro Takagi & Yusuke Okada (DDT) beat Suwama, Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura by ref stoppage (technical submission). Akiyama beat Tamura with a front neck lock.

Match 6: KAIRI & Saori Anou beat Sayaka Unagi & Sareee. KAIRI pinned Unagi after Insane Elbow.

Match 7: Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Ryuki Honda, Yusuke Kodama & Masao Hanabata. Yuma Aoyagi pinned Hanabata after Rockstar Buster. After this match, Honda apparently left the GOA faction.

Match 8: G-INFINITY Champions Jun & Rei Saito beat Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe to retain the titles. Jun Saito pinned Ayabe after Psycho Break. V6 for the champs.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara 15th Anniversary Match: Kento Miyahara beat Yuma Anzai.

The next event is Thursday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.