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All-Japan 2/23/24 Results

All-Japan continued their current tour today with an event in Okayama.

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

The announced paid attendance was 693.

Match 1: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Hokuto Omori.

Match 2: Jun Saito, KONO & Toshizo beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Seigo Tachibana & Seiki Yoshioka. Saito pinned Tachibana after Psycho Break.

Match 3: Shotaro Ashino, Ryo Inoue & ATM beat Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer), Fuminori Abe & Rey Paloma. Ashino pinned Paloma with a German suplex hold.

Match 4: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Anzai & Rising Hayato beat Dan Tamura, Takao Omori & Ren Ayabe. Miyahara pinned Ayabe with a shutdown suplex hold.

Match 5: Suwama & Hideki Suzuki beat Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai by ref stoppage. Suzuki beat Honda. As a result, Suwama & Suzuki will face Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi on Sunday for the vacant All-Japan World Tag Team Championship.

Main Event: Minoru Suzuki beat Hikaru Sato.

The next event is tomorrow at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

Injury Report: All-Japan Not All-Aoyagi For A While

All-Japan has reported an injury coming out of yesterday’s Korakuen event: Atsuki Aoyagi was injured during the event and is now officially on the sidelines. Left ACL, meniscus and other ligaments. Out indefinitely. For Friday, he was to have teamed with Dan Tamura & Ren Ayabe to fave Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi (his brother) & Rising Hayato. Takao Omori, who recently left All-Japan, is the replacement.
For Saturday’s event, Omori will be a replacement in a 6-man tag match for Rising Hayato, who will now replace Aoyagi in the main event.
For Sunday’s event, changes are TBA but Omori will participate.
Aoyagi’s status beyond this weekend is uncertain as the promotion will be off until 3/9. It will probably depend on if it’s a minor injury or something worse that could mean months out.

More as it becomes available.

All-Japan 2/20/24 Results (Updated x2)

All-Japan continued their February tour today with a major event in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1269.

There was a change to the main event announced last week as Rei Saito was removed due to injury (shoulder). He was to have challenged Katsuhiko Nakajima for the Triple Crown. Jun Saito was the replacement. The Saitos also vacated the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship as a result.

There was a last-minute addition of an ActWres Girls pre-show match. Surprising given the promotion is on hiatus following the death of a roster member earlier this month (she was killed in a car accident en route to their last event).

Match 1: Suwama beat Hideki Suzuki.

Match 2: Shotaro Ashino, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Hikaru Sato & Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer) beat Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). Hokuto Omori, Ren Ayabe & Osamu Nishimura. Jackson pinned Ayabe after Falcon Arrow.

Match 3: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai beat KONO & Toshizo. Honda pinned Toshizo after Final Vent.

Match 4: Kento Miyahara & Rising Hayato beat Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi. Hayato pinned Atsuki Aoyagi after Overdose.

Match 5: GAORA TV Champion Seigo Tachibana beat Ryo Inoue to retain the title. V1 for Tachibana.

Match 6: All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Dan Tamura beat Fuminori Abe to retain the title. V3 for Tamura.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Jun Saito to retain the Triple Crown. V4 for Nakajima.

The next event is Friday (Thursday night US time) at Okayama Convention Center in Okayama. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: After the Jr. title match, MUSASHI made a surprise appearance and is aiming for Tamura and the title. MUSASHI, who has made some appearances in New Japan over the last few months thanks to relations/past partnerships with New Japan wrestler Yoh, is leaving home promotion Michinoku Pro in the coming weeks after his contract expires. It sounds like he will be participating in All-Japan going forward, but it’s not clear if he will sign with them or be doing so as a freelancerz.

UPDATE 2: Next up for Tamura: Not MUSASHI but Rising Hayato. That match will happen on 3/9 at Kotakuen.

BREAKING: All-Japan Title Match Change (Updated)

All-Japan has announced a major change to the 2/20 Korakuen Hall event: Rei Saito is now off. Dislocated right shoulder. Out indefinitely. He was to have faced Triple Crown Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima for the Triple Crown. But no free pass for the champ-Jun Saito, Rei’s brother, is the replacement and will now challenge Nakajima for the title.

UPDATE: Because of this, the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship is now VACANT. They were to have defended the titles on 2/25 against Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi. Miyahara & Aoyagi will now face the winners of a 2/23 match between Suwama & Hideki Suzuki and Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai for the titles on 2/25.

NTV 70th Anniversary Special Event 2/9 Results

All-Japan and Pro Wrestling NOAH were part of a special event today celebrating the 70th Anniversary of broadcast network NTV (Nippon Television), a longtime partner and supporter of pro wrestling across their various networks. Crossover matches were part of the event that featured talk segments and more.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and aired in Japan on G+ and Hulu. It is not known when/if it may be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE and/or AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 1625, a legit sellout. That may be the best Korakuen number for any event since the start of the pandemic (they haven’t run legit full capacity, normally 2100 but can be as high as 2350-since 2020).

Match 1; Jun & Rei Saito vs. Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher went to a double countout in 65 seconds. Which led to…
Match 1 (again): Jun & Rei Saito beat Saxon Huxley & Timothy Thatcher. Rei Saito pinned Hixley after a diving body press.

Match 2: Yuna & Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Kento Miyahara, Dan Tamura & Ryuki Honda. Yuma Aoyagi pinned Honda.

Main Event: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Yuma Anzai.

All-Japan 2/8/24 Results

All-Japan ran the third Rising Hayato Produced NEW AGE CHRONICLE Z event today, focused on younger and less experienced wrestlers.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring and can be watched on demand on YouTube. It was to have been live on AJPW.TV but was bot due to technical issues and an emergency decision was made to stream it for free on YouTube. It will be available on demand on AJPW.TV at a later time. The YouTube video is joined in progress (it appears to start after intros for the first match so it’s missing the first few minutes of the event). I attempted to link to/embed it here but the provider doesn’t allow it. (The AJPW.TV version is now available on the service, they are still looking into the technical issues)

The announced paid attendance was 335, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Soma Watanabe beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 2: Hideki Sekine beat Imabari Towel Mascaras.

Match 3: Jun & Rei Saito beat Shotaro Ashino & Kumaarashi. Rei Saito pinned Lumaarashi after Iginari Saito Splash.

Match 4: Yuma Aoyagi, Yuma Anzai & Ryuki Honda beat Hokuto Omori, Ren Ayabe & So Daimonji. Anzai pinned Ayabe with a German suplex hold.

Main Event: Dan Tamura & Hayato Tamura beat Rising Hayato & TBA, revealed at match time to be Rising Atsuki. Dan Tamura pinned Atsuki after a powerbomb. It was originally announced that Atsuki Aoyagi would not be part of the event due to working as a producer for the event…clearly a well-played swerve.

There will be a 4th event in the series on 4/11-the series has been extremely successful so far as every event has been a legit advance sellout well ahead of time as they spotlight wrestlers with less than 10 years experience.

The next event is 2/20 at Korakuen Hall with 3 title matches including Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Rei Saito for the Triple Crown. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1;30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

All-Japan News: Upcoming Title Matches Announced, More (Updated 2/1)

All-Japan has announced several title matches for upcoming events, plus some other news:

First, 3 title matches will be on 2/20 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo: GAORA TV Champion Seigo Tachibana vs. Ryo Inoue for the title, All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Dan Tamura vs. Fuminori Abe for the title, and Triple Crown Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Rei Saito for the Triple Crown. Another match announced for 2/20 was Suwama vs. Hideki Suzuki. They’ve had their issues getting along the last couple months.

On 2/25 in Kyoto at Kyoto KBS Hall, All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito vs. Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi for the titles has been announced.

AJPW.TV has announced the broadcast schedule for February: 2/8, 2/20 & 2/25 will be LIVE. 2/23 & 2/24 will have no live broadcast but will be available on demand later that day or, at the latest, the next day.

The 2/8 NEW AGE CHRONICLE Z 3 event is now a legit advance sellout as of today, so no same-day ticket sales. It will be broadcast live on AJPW.TV.

The schedule for the 2024 Champions Carnival Tournament has been announced:
4/18-Korakuen Hall
4/20-Act City Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
4/21-Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Center Exhibition Hall 4, Chiba
4/28-Shinagawa Prince Hotel Stellar Ball, Tokyo
4/27-Osaka Prefectural Gym 2, Osaka
4/28-Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya
4/29-Kurobe City Sports Center, Toyama
4/3-Yume Messe Miyagi Building Exhibition Hall C, Sendai
5/6-Korakuen
5/12-Yokohama BUNTAI, Yokohama (Finals)
More dates possibly TBA.
Also announced was their traditional New Year’s Eve Tournament, to be held on 12/31 at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo.

Finally, All-Japan announced additional participation on 2/9 for the NTV 70 Years Of Pro Wrestling event at Korakuen Hall, which will also include Pro Wrestling NOAH participation. The All-Japan match will be Kento Miyahara, Ryuki Honda & Dan Tamura vs. Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. Previously announced matches set are Jun & Rei Saito vs. Timothy Thatcher & Saxon Huxley in an AJPW vs. NOAH match and the main event, which will be Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Yuma Anzai. The event will air on NTV (may be either the main network or their G+ network) in Japan on 2/18 at 1:50 AM JST and there currently is no live broadcast scheduled, also no word on when/if it will be available on AJPW.TV and/or WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

2/1 UPDATE: Added to the Champions Carnival schedule is 5/4 at Sanjo City Health and Welfare Center in Niigata.

All-Japan 1/27/24 Results

All-Japan wrapped up their January tour yesterday with a major event featuring 3 title matches.

Yesterday’s event was held at Esforta Arena Hachioji in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 1588.

Match 1: Shuji Ishikawa & Black Menso-re Final All-Japan Match: Shuji Ishikawa & Black Menso-re vs. Ren Ayabe & Ryo Inoue went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Suwama, Hideki Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Hikaru Sato beat Minoru Suzuki, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Hokuto Omori. Suzuki pinned Omori with a double arm suplex.

Match 3: Kento Miyahara & Rising Hayato beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Miyahara pinned Tachibana with a shutdown suplex hold.

Match 4: In an Electric Blasting Bats Exploding Death Match, Atsushi Onita, The Great Kojika & Raijin Yaguchi beat Mr. Pogo, Onryo & Takumi Sakurai. Onita pinned Onryo after an electric exploding bat attack.

Match 5: Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Konosuke Takeshita & Hideki Okatani (DDT). Yuma Aoyagi pinned Okatani after THE FOOL.

Match 6: All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Dan Tamura beat Koji Iwamoto to retain the title. V2 for Tamura.

Match 7: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito beat Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai to retain the titles. Rei Saito pinned Honda after Elsvine. V4 for the champs.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Shotaro Ashino to retain the Triple Crown. V3 for Nakajima.

The next event is NEW AGE CHRONICLE Z 3, the 3rd Rising Hayato Produced event, on 2/8 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

All-Japan Pro Wrestling 1/14/24 Results

All-Japan continues their year-opening New Year Excite Series 2024 tour today with a Masanobu Fuchi 50th Anniversary & 70th Birthday event. The septuagenarian and once Jr. Heavyweight legend still makes an occasional appearance here & there but mostly works behind-the-scenes now. He gets the main event treatment today, facing the winner of an 8-man battle royal immediately before that. Also today, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori get their prize for winning the Real World Tag League at the end of 2023, which is a shot at All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito. A GAORA TV Championship match is also on tap as new champion Black Menso-re defends against Seigo Tachibana.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV in Japanese. There was a last-minute addition of an Actress Girls Provided Match that may be a pre-show match to start the event. Most of the matches are 1 Hour or No Time Limit so it’s hard to predict exactly how long the event will run, but I’m going to guess just under 3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-Show: Actress Girls Provided Match: Mio (?) & Sakura Mizushima vs. MARU & Anka Iwai (?)
Dan Tamura, Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue vs. Koji Iwamoto, Kotaro Suzuki, Hikaru Sato & Fuminori Abe
Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Ren Ayabe & Naruki Doi
GAORA TV Champion Black Menso-re vs. Seigo Tachibana for the title
All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori for the titles
Fuchi Rumble Battle Royal. Staggered entry. Over the top rope eliminations only. Participants: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi, Suwama, Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai, Minoru Suzuki, Hideki Suzuki. Order of entry TBA today
Masanobu Fuchi 50th Anniversary & 70th Birthday Match: Masanobu Fuchi vs. the Fuchi Rumble winner

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Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

6:28 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Muted for opening announcements.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Haven’t gotten a good look at the crowd yet. There we go…Crowd still filing in but looks like a full house/near sellout so probably in the 1300 range.

Actress Girls performance and match opens the event.

Pre-Show: Actress Girls Provided Match: Mii & Sakura Mizushima vs. MARU & Kyoka Iwai
Result: Mii & Sakura Mizushima beat MARU & Kyoka Iwai. Mii pinned MARU with a rollup.

Before the event officially begins, Masanobu Fuchi comes out. A video package of congratulatory messages for Fuchi, including from Kenta Kobashi, is played. Then Atsushi Onita comes out with a couple of fellow dignitaries for the customary flower presentations to Fuchi. Onita is almost certainly headed to Kanagawa right after this for the DDT event he is part of.

The matches begin at 7:02 PM PT.

Match 1: Dan Tamura, Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue vs. Koji Iwamoto, Kotaro Suzuki, Hikaru Sato & Fuminori Abe. 30 minute time limit
Result: Koji Iwamoto, Kotaro Suzuki, Hikaru Sato & Fuminori Abe beat Dan Tamura, Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue. Iwamoto pinned Tamura.

Match 2: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Osamu Nishimura vs. Ren Ayabe & Naruki Doi (independent/Freelancer). 30 minute time limit
Result: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Osamu Nishimura beat Ren Ayabe & Naruki Doi. Kuroshio pinned Ayabe. As usual Kuroshio’s entrance probably went longer than the whole match.

Match 3: GAORA TV Champion Black Menso-re vs. Seigo Tachibana for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Seigo Tachibana beat GAORA TV Champion Black Menso-re to win the title. Tachibana becomes the 25th GAORA TV Champion. That was the 3rd-shortest title reign to date at just 12 days. And just one day shorter than the 4th shortest.

Match 4: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito beat Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori to retain the titles. Rei Saito pinned Nakajima after an open palm lariat. V3 for the champs. The fact that Nakajima was the one beaten here is HUGE. I can see Rei making a challenge to Nakajima if he retains the Trriple Crown against Shotaro Ashino later this month.

Rising Hayato joins commentary.

Match 5: Fuchi Rumble Battle Royal. Staggered entry. Over the top rope eliminations only. Participants: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi, Suwama, Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai, Minoru Suzuki, Hideki Suzuki. No time limit
Order of entry: Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda, Hideki Suzuki, Yuma Aoyagi, Shotaro Ashino, Kento Miyahara, Minoru Suzuki, Suwama.
Order of elimination: Honda by Miyahara, Suwama by Hideki Suzuki, Hideki Suzuki by Aoyagi, Aoyagi by Ashino, Ashino by Miyahara, Minoru Suzuki by Anzai, Miyahara by Anzai
Result: Yuma Anzai wins. As a result, Anzai will face Masanobu Fuchi in the main event. Which led to…

Main Event: Masanobu Fuchi 50th Anniversary & 70th Birthday Match: Masanobu Fuchi vs. Yuma Anzai. No time limit
Result: Yuma Anzai beat Masanobu Fuchi

The next event is 1/27 at Esforta Arena Hachioji in Tokyo with Nakajima vs. Ashino for the Triple Crown and Tamura vs. Iwamoto for the All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Championship. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 1/26 at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

All-Japan News: Next Triple Crown Match Set (Updated)

It took longer than expected, due solely to injuries that put him on the shelf last year, but Shotaro Ashino is finally getting his All-Japan Triple Crown shot for winning the 2023 Champions Carnival that he lost after getting injured before his original chance. The promotion announced Ashino will face Katsuhiko Nakajima for the Triple Crown on 1/27 at Esforta Arena Hachioji in Tokyo. That event will be streamed live on AJPW.TV.

UPDATE: In a separate post, All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Dan Tamura vs. Koji Iwamoto for the title was also announced for 1/27.