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All-Japan 6/11/23 Results

All-Japan began the Dynamite Series 2023 today with an event featuring 2 title matches and additional developments for the next big event later this week.

Today’s event was held at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today or tomorrow. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 637.

Match 1: Kohei Sato, MUSASHI (Independent/Freelancer), Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue beat Atsuki Aoyagi, Dan Tamura, Ren Ayabe & Oji Shiiba. Inoue pinned Tamura after a low altitude lariat.

Match 2: All-Japan Pro Wrestling TV 6-Man Tag Team Champions ATM, Takao Omori & Black Menso-re beat Black Tiger (Independent/Freelancer), Gorgeous Matsuno (DDT) & Aizawa No. 1 to retain the titles.Omori pinned Aizawa after Ax Bomber. V1 for the champs.

Match 3: In a Barbed Wire Double Barricade Mat Megaton Electric Blast Death Match, All-Asia Tag Team Champions Atsushi Onita & Yoshitatsu beat Hikaru Sato & Ryo Kawamura to retain the titles. Yoshitatsu pinned Kawamura. V3 for the champs.

Match 4: Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori beat Ryuki Honda & Masao Hanabata. Susuki pinned Hanabata after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Match 5: Suwama & Satoshi Kojima vs. Jun & Rei Saito went to a double countout. Which led to…
Match 5 (again): Suwama & Satoshi Kojima vs. Jun & Rei Saito went to a double countout (again).

Match 6: Yuma Aoyagi beat Manabu Soya (Pro Wrestling NOAH).

Main Event: Kento Miyahara & Yuma Anzai beat Yuji Nagata (New Japan) & Yutaka Yoshie (Independent/Freelancer). Anzai pinned Yoshie with a German suplex hold.

The next event is Thursday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Following the challenge issued by Kenoh in Pro Wrestling NOAH yesterday, an All-Japan World Tag Team Championship match of Kenoh & Soya vs. Miyahara & Anzai for the titles has been added to the event, which also will feature All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Kaito Ishida for the title. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

ALL TOGETHER AGAIN 6/9/23 Results

In 2011, shortly after the devastating earthquake that caused catastrophic destruction in Fukushima Prefecture and other areas of Japan, the Big 3 promotions-New Japan Pro Wrestling, All-Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling NOAH-came together for ALL TOGETHER, a joint charity fundraiser effort to support recovery causes. Today, with Japan still struggling to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, they reunited for ALL TOGETHER AGAIN and another joint fundraiser effort for pandemic recovery.

Today’s event was held at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on New Japan World only as a PPV for about $30 US. I expect the PPV window to be 3 months. You can also watch the pre-show FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 6569.

Pre-show match: Ryo Inoue, Black Menso-re, Yoh & Ryusuke Taguchi beat Super Crazy, Alejandro, Seiki Yoshioka & Atsushi Kotoge. Yoh pinned Kotoge after Direct Drive.

Japanese musician FUNKIST performed the event’s theme song to open the event.

Match 1: YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii beat Yoshiki Inamura, Daiki Inaba & Masa Kitamiya. Goto pinned Inaba after Shoto.

Match 2: Sean Legacy & Chris Ridgeway beat Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. Ridgeway beat Fujita with Uncle Lock.

Match 3: Shota Umino beat Yoshitatsu.

Match 4: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Go Shiozaki beat Hokuto Omori & Satoshi Kojima. Nakajima pinned Omori after Vertical Spike. Kojima was a late replacement for Shuji Ishikawa (fever).

Match 5: Ren Narita, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki beat Junta Miyawaki, Takashi Sugiura & Naomichi Marufuji. Desperado pinned Miyawaki after Pinche Loco.

Match 6: Francesco Akira, TJP, Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb beat Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato, Ryuki Honda, Jun & Rei Saito. Alira pinned Tamura after Fireball.

Match 7: Yuma Anzai, Suwama & Yuji Nagata beat BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito. Suwama pinned BUSHI after Last Ride.

Match 8: Tadasuke, YO-HEY & Jake Lee beat TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA. Lee pinned TAKA after FBS.

Match 9: AMAKUSA, Atsuki Aoyagi & Hiromu Takahashi beat HAYATA, Rising Hayato & Master Wato. Aoyagi pinned Hayato after Firebird Splash.

Main Event: Kenoh, Yuma Aoyagi & Kazuchika Okada beat Kaito Kiyomiya, Kento Miyahara & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Okada pinned Tanahashi after Rainmaker. After the match, Okada invited Antonio Inoki’s grandchildren into the ring to help lead the late New Japan founder’s signature “1…2…3…DA!” shout to close the event.

As all 3 now return to “normal”, next up for New Japan is the New Japan Road ~Road to STRONG~ Tour beginning tomorrow at Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall 1 in Chiba. Live streaming on New Japan World will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

FREE VIDEO: ALL TOGETHER AGAIN Press Conference (6/7/23)

The final pre-event press conference for tomorrow’s ALL TOGETHER AGAIN event was held today. Click below to watch the presser (in Japanese only). This is from New Japan’s Japanese YouTube channel but is also available on the All-Japan & Pro Wrestling NOAH YouTube channels and on New Japan World:

News: ALL TOGETHER AGAIN Late Change

There has been a late change to the ALL TOGETHER ACAIN card for tomorrow as All-Japan has announced Shuji Ishikawa is now off the event. Fever. Also off All-Japan’s event on Sunday. For tomorrow he was to have teamed with Hokuto Omori to face Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima. Satoshi Kojima is the replacement. For Sunday he was to have been in an 8-man tag match. Kohei Sato is the replacement.

News: ALL TOGETHER AGAIN Full Card Announced

The full card for Friday’s ALL TOGETHER AGAIN New Japan/All-Japan/Pro Wrestling NOAH card was finalizes today. New Japan announced the entire card which is as follows:
Pre-show (scheduled for 30 minutes before event): Ryo Inoue, Black Menso-re, Yoh & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Atsushi Kotoge, Seiki Yoshioka, Alejandro & Super Crazy
Main show (in order):
YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura
Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Chris Ridgeway & Sean Legacy
Shota Umino vs. Yoshitatsu
Hokuto Omori & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Go Shiozaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima
Ren Narita, El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Takashi Sugiura & Junta Miyawaki
Francesco Akira, TJP, Aaron Henare, Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb vs. Jun & Rei Saito, Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Ryuki Honda
BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito vs. Yuji Nagata, Suwama & Yuma Anzai
TAKA Michinoku, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA vs. Jake Lee, YO-HEY & Tadasuke
AMAKUSA, Atsuki Aoyagi & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Master Wato, Rising Hayato & HAYATA
Kaito Kiyomiya, Kento Miyahara & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada, Yuma Aoyagi & Kenoh

With the pre-show match added, the start time is now 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET. The event is available only as a PPV on New Japan World for about $30. The PPV window is expected to be 3 months and commentary will be by the New Japan broadcast team. This suggests the earliest it could possibly be available on AJPW.TV and WRESTLE UNIVERSE (or as a non-PPV on New Japan World) is roughly September 10.

All-Japan 6/3/23 Results

All-Japan held their 51st Anniversary event today, commemorating the promotion’s beginning in June 1972 by returning to the venue where it all began for them.

Today’s event was held at Machida Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 810.

Match 1: Dan Tamura beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 2: Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu beat Black Menso-re & SUSHI. Omori pinned SUSHI after Ax Bomber.

Match 3: Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. Omori pinned Hayato after Dreaming.

Match 4: Manabu Soya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Hikaru Sato.

Match 5: Yuji Nagata (New Japan) & Satoshi Kojima beat Jun & Rei Saito. Nagata pinned Jun Saito with a backdrop hold.

Match 6: Shuji Ishikawa & Masashi Takeda (Independent/Freelancer) beat Ryuki Honda & Yusuke Kodama. Takeda pinned Kodama after Reverse U Crash.

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

The next event is ALL TOGETHER AGAIN, the joint New Japan/All-Japan/NOAH charity fundraiser event, Friday at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. The live broadcast will be available only on New Japan World as a PPV.

The next regular event is 6/11 at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima with an All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Championship and All-Asia Tag Team Championship match scheduled, the latter being a deathmatch assuming Atsushi Onita returns from medical issues as planned. There will be no live broadcast, but it should be available on demand on AJPW.TV by midday in the US.

All-Japan 5/29/23 Results

All-Japan wrapped up the Super Power Series today with a major event headlined by 3 title matches.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 834.

Match 1: Yuto Nakashima, Kosei Fujita & Ryohei Oiwa (New Japan) beat Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue. Fujita pinned Inoue with a German suplex hold.

Match 2: Satoshi Kojima, Yoshitatsu, Rising Hayato & Oji Shiiba beat Toru Yano (New Japan), Black Menso-re, Mitsuya Nagai (Dradition) & Kotaro Suzuki. Kojima pinned Menso-re after a lariat.

Match 3: Shuji Ishikawa, Ren Ayabe & Oskar Leube (New Japan) beat Jun Saito, KONO & Toshizo. Ishikawa pinned Toshizo after Fire Thunder.

Match 4: Yuma Anzai beat Ryuki Honda.

Match 5: Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi beat Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori. Miyahara pinned Omori after Snake Limit.

Match 6: Atsuki Aoyagi beat All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Naruki Doi to win the title. Aoyagi becomes the 65th All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion.

Match 7: All-Japan World Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Kenoh & Manabu Soya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Suwama & Rei Saito to retain the titles. Kenoh pinned Suwama after PFS. V2 for the champs.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuji Nagata (New Japan) beat T-Hawk (GLEAT) to retain the Triple Crown. V2 for Nagata.

The next event is the All-Japan 51st Anniversary event Saturday at Machida Gym in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA.

All-Japan 5/18/23 Results

All-Japan continued the Super Power Series today with an event headlined by a match to determine who would get the next Triple Crown chance with Shotaro Ashino injured.

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 5 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not been announced.

Match 1: Jun & Rei Saito beat Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura. Jun Saito pinned Tamura after Psycho Break.

Match 2: Kotaro Suzuki beat Black Menso-re.

Match 3: Hikari Shimizu, Rina Amikura & Yuko Sakurai beat SAKI, ZONES & ChiChi. Sakurai beat ChiChi with a torso dragon sleeper.

Match 4: Ren Ayabe beat Masao Hanabata.

Match 5: Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. Doi pinned Aoyagi after Bakatare Sliding Kick.

Match 6: Yuma Anzai beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 7: Manabu Soya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Suwama by DQ. Voodoo Murders interference.

Match 8: Yuji Nagata (New Japan), Kento Miyahara & Satoshi Kojima beat Shuji Ishikawa, Yuma Aoyagi & Yoshitatsu. Miyahara pinned Yoshitatsu with a shutdown suplex hold.

Main Event: T-Hawk beat Ryuki Honda. As a result, T-Hawk will face Triple Crown Champion Yuji Nagata for the Triple Crown on 5/29.

The next event is 5/29 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

All-Japan 5/14/23 Results

All-Japan continued the Super Power Series today with the halfway point of the 4-event tour. The main event featured the Aoyagi brothers facing off in a special single match.

Today’s event was held at Kissei Culture Hall Naka Hall in Nagano and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 619.

Match 1: Ryo Inoue beat Black Menso-re.

Match 2: Takao Omori beat Masao Hanabata.

Match 3: Satoshi Kojima beat Dan Tamura.

Match 4: Suwama, Jun & Rei Saito beat Shuji Ishikawa, Yoshitatsu & Yuma Anzai. Suwama pinned Yoshitatsu after a backdrop.

Match 5: Ryuki Honda beat Hokuto Omori.

Match 6: Yuji Nagata & Hikaru Sato beat Kento Miyahara & Rising Hayato. Nagata pinned Hayato with a backdrop hold.

Main Event: Yuma Aoyagi beat Atsuki Aoyagi.

The next event is Thursday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo with Honda vs. T-Hawk to determine who will get the next Triple Crown shot due to Shotaro Ashino being out with injury. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Dragon Gate 5/13/23 Results

Dragon Gate continued the Hopeful Gate 2023 tour today with a non-televised house show.

Today’s event was held at Kiriya Aioi Hall in Aichi. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 322.

Match 1: Kota Minoura, BxB Hulk, Ben-K & Minorita beat YAMATO, Susumu Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Genki Horiguchi. Minoura pinned Horiguchi after R-301.

Match 2: BIGBOSS Shimizu beat Ho Ho Lun.

Match 3: Ultimo Dragon Dragon Kid & Kagetora beat KAI, Diamante & H-Y-O. Kid pinned H-Y-O after Bible.

Match 4: Shun Skywalker & ISHIN beat U-T & Strong Machine J. Skywalker beat U-T with a Boston Crab.

Main Event: Madoka Kikuta. Yuki Yoshioka & Dragon Dia beat Kzy, Jason Lee & JACKY “FUNKY” KAMEI. Kikuta pinned KAMEI after a rolling lariat.

The next event is tomorrow at Kobe Sambo Hall in Kobe. Live streaming on DRAGONGATE NETWORK will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

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