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All-Japan has announced that Ren Ayabe is now off all events the next 2 weeks including the 50th Anniversary Event on 9/18. Pulmonary pneumothorax. He was to have teamed with Shuji Ishikawa & Kohei Sato to face Jun & Rei Saito & Cyrus on 9/18. DDT Pro Wrestling’s Yukio Naya is the replacement.
The promotion has also announced that Keiji Muto, the former President of All-Japan before joining Pro Wrestling NOAH, will be a special guest on commentary for 9/18. The 9/18 event will be live on TV in Japan ONLY. If you are an AJPW.TV subscriber, it will be available on demand beginning on 9/22 at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

All-Japan has announced the AJPW.TV broadcast schedule for September, not including their weekly “Battle Library” series of classic matches replayed on Thursdays. The service costs 900 yen per month (about $6.56 US at this time). Here is the live/on demand event achedule for September:
9/10 (Mima City Park Udatsu Arena, Tokushima)-On Demand beginning the following day
9/11 (Yonago Industrial Gym Sub Arena)-LIVE at midnight PT/3 AM ET
9/15 (Hodogayo Public Hall)-LIVE at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET
9/18 (All-Japan 50th Anniversary Event, Nippon Budokan)-On Demand beginning on 9/22 at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET. LIVE ONLY IN JAPAN on TV Asahi
9/19 (Korakuen Hall)-LIVE on 9/18 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. POTENTIAL 9/18 SPOILERS!

Also, if you were not able to watch earlier this year, the joint Korakuen Hall 60th Anniversary/New Japan 50th Anniversary/All-Japan 50th Anniversary crossover event is now available on demand on AJPW.TV. Lots of muted audio because it’s an All-Japan broadcast and, since it’s on their service, the video is not necessarily HD quality like New Japan World offers (remember All-Japan’s service is subpar quality compared to New Japan World and WRESTLE UNIVERSE)

All-Japan has announced the full card for their 50th Anniversary Event on 9/18 at Nippon Budokan. All of the Big 3 will be there as New Japan will have both Yuji Nagata & Tiger Mask there, and former All-Japan star Manabu Soya, now with Pro Wrestling NOAH, will return to where he began his career. Even All Elite Wrestling & Impact Wrestling in the US will have a presence. The legendary Stan Hansen will also be in attendance as a special guest.

The full card for the event, which is subject ot change (match order TBA):
Yuma Anzai Debut Match: Yuma Anzai vs. Yuji Nagata
Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue vs. Yusuke Kodama & Oji Shiiba
Black Menso-re, Izanagi, Andy Wu & SUSHI vs. TAJIRI, ATM, Yoshitatsu & Mitsuya Nagai
All-Japan 50th Anniversary Match: Masanobu Fuchi, Atsushi Onita & Shiro Koshinaka vs. The Great Kojika, Yoshiaki Yatsu & Masao Inoue. Kyohei Wada will be referee, Fumito Kihara the special ring announcer
Shuji Ishikawa, Kohei Sato & Ren Ayabe vs. Jun & Rei Saito & Cyrus
Hokuto Omori vs. Minoru Suzuki
Yuma Aoyagi vs. Christopher Daniels
Jake Lee vs. Joe Doering
All-Asia Tag Team Champions after 9/10 GLEAT event (Minoru & toshizo or Soma Watanabe & Yu Iizuka) vs. Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura for the titles
All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Tiger Mask 4 vs. Atsuki Aoyagi for the title
All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda vs. Takao Omori & Manabu Soya for the titles
All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Suwama vs. Kento Miyahara for the Triple Crown. Stan Hansen will be a special witness

THe event will begin on 9/18 at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET. Broadcast plans for AJPW.TV should be announced in the next few days, but it likely will air on regular TV in Japan.

All-Japan wraps up the 9th Royal Road Tournament today with a Saturday matinee, featuring the tournament Semifinals and Finals. The tournament has seen a late shakeup because Naoya Nomura reached the Semifinals but is now out due to coronavirus, and it was decided that because he lost to Nomura, Takao Omori gets a second chance and is in the semifinals despite that. The biggest loser here is Jake Lee, who probably thought maybe he’d get a free pass to the Finals and was preparing for Nomura, but now gets Omori instead. A handful of multi-man tag matches make up the undercard between the tournament matches.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV. Since it’s a Korakuen event there should be Japanese commentary.

Today’s lineup:
Royal Road Semifinals:
Jake Lee vs. Takao Omori
Yuji Nagata (New Japan Pro Wrestling) vs. Kento Miyahata
Shuji Ishikawa, Renji Ayabe & Ryo Inoue vs. Yoshitatsu, TAJIRI & Cyrus
Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi & Hokuto Omori vs. Takuya Nomura, Rising Hayato & Uji Shiiba
Black Menso-re, Sushi & Andy Woo vs. Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Rocky Kawamura 2
Suwama, Toshizo, KONO & TARU vs. Shotaro Ashino, Tatsuki Honda, Yusuke Kodama & Seigo Tachibana
Royal Road Finals: Lee/Omori vs. Nagata/Miyahara

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

10:30 PM ET UPDATE: Live results start now.
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. This is a live Samurai! TV simulcast.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event but they are using the normal full-capacity layout, or close to it. The bleachers on the commentary table side look about half full. Depending on the hard-camera side crowd, I’m guessing it’ll be around 550. I didn’t catch the name but your commentary tonight is a one-man team.
The matches should begin in a few minutes after the opening video.

Match 1: Black Menso-re, Sushi & Andy Woo vs. Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Rocky Kawamura 2. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Rocky Karamura 2 beat Black Menso-re, Sushi & Andy Woo. Tamura pinned Sushi.

Menso-re joins commentary.
Match 2: Royal Road Tournament Semifinals: Jake Lee vs. Takao Omori. No time limit
Result: Jake Lee beat Takao Omori. As a result, Lee advances to the Finals in the main event. But Lee was favoring his left knee, which may have been injured.

Match 3: Royal Road Tournament Semifinals: Yuji Nagata (New Japan Pro Wrestling) vs. Kento Miyahara. No time limit
Result: Kento Miyahara beat Yuji Nagata. As a result, Miyahara advances to the Finals and will face Lee.

Quick break for ring cleaning.

Match 4: Shuji Ishikawa, Renji Ayabe & Ryo Inoue vs. Yoshitatsu, TAJIRI & Cyrus. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yoshitatsu, TAJIRI & Cyrus beat Shuji Ishikawa, Renji Ayabe & Ryo Inoue. Cyrus pinned Inoue.

Match 5: Suwama, Toshizo, KONO & TARU vs. Shotaro Ashino, Tatsuki Honda, Yusuke Kodama & Seigo Tachibana. 30 minute time limit
Result: Suwama, Toshizo, KONO & TARU beat Shotaro Ashino, Tatsuki Honda, Yusuke Kodama & Seigo Tachinaba. Suwama pinned Kodama after a backdrop.

6 matches are announced for the All-Japan 50th Anniversary Event on 9/18 at Nippon Budokan, including Suwama vs. TBA (today’s main event winner) for the Triple Crown and Tiger Mask 4 vs. Atsuki Aoyagi for the All-Japan World Jr. heavyweight Championship.

Match 6: Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi & Hokuto Omori vs. Takuya Nomura, Rising Hayato & Uji Shiiba. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi & Hokuto Omori beat Takuya Nomura, Rising Hayato & Uji Shiiba. Atsuki Aoyagi beat Shiiba with a front neck lock.

Atsuki Aoyagi joins commentary.
Main Event: Royal Road Tournament Finals: Jake Lee vs. Kento Miyahara. No time limit
Result: Kento Miyahara beat Jake Lee to win the tournament. As a result, Miyahara will face Suwama for the Triple Crown on 9/18.

The next event is 9/10 at Mima City Park Udatsu Arena in Tokushima.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 820. Good number on paper.

All-Japan has announced a big unexpected Royal Road Tournament shake-up today: Naoya Nomura, who reached the Semifinals this weekend, is now out of the tournament. Coronavirus. He was to have faced Jake Lee in the Semifinals. It was decided that Takao Omori, who lost to Naoya Nomura in the Quarterfinals, will be the replacement and now advances to face Lee in the Semifinals. Omori was to have been in a 6-man tag and will now be replaced by Ryo Inoue, who will subsequently be replaced in another 6-man tag by Rocky Kawamura 2.

Saturday’s event will be streamed live on AJPW.TV and can be watched in the US on the service tomorrow at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.

All-Japan continued the Royal Road Tournament today with the second half of the Quarterfinals. Today’s results would set the second Semifinal.

Today’s event was held at Hodogaya Public Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 232.

Match 1: Suwama beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 2: Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda beat Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura. Ashino pinned Tamura with a T-Bone suplex.

Match 3: Yoshitatsu, TAJIRI & Cyrus beat Shuji Ishikawa, Izanagi & Renji Ayabe. Cyrus pinned Izanagi after a metamorphosis facebuster.

Match 4: GAORA TV Champion Toshizo beat Black Menso-re to retain the title. V1 for Toshizo.

Match 5: Atsuki & Yuma Aoyagi & Hokuto Omori beat Kento Miyahara, Rising Hayato & Uji Shiiba. Atsuki Aoyagi pinned Shoiba after Firebird Splash.

Royal Road Quarterfinals:
Match 6: Naoya Nomura beat Takao Omori.
Main Event: Jake Lee beat Takuya Nomura.

The Semifinals & Finals are Saturday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The Semifinals will be Nomura-Lee and Miyahara vs. Yuji Nagata (New Japan). The undercard will consist of 3 6-man tag matches and an 8-man tag for 7 matches total, with the tournament final likely the main event. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Friday at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.

All-Japan continues the Royal Road Tournament today with the beginning of the Quarterfinals. 2 tournament matches are on tap today with the winners advancing to the Semifinals. There also will be an All-Asia Tag Team Championship match on today’s event.

Today’s event will be held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV. There likely will be no commentary. I anticipate today’s event running just short of 2 1/2 hours so it should be over before today’s New Japan and Pro Wrestling NOAH events begin.

Today’s iineup:
Yoshitatsu & Rising Hayato vs. Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura
Izanagi vs. Black Menso-re & TAJIRI in a 3-way
Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Ryuki Honda & Yusuke Kodama
All-Asia Tag Team Champions Minoru & Toshizo vs. Takao Omori & Ryo Inoue for the titles
Suwama, TARU & KONO vs. Jake Lee, Shuji Ishikawa & Hokuto Omori
Royal Road Tournament Quarterfinals:
Kento Miyahara vs. Cyrus
Shotaro Ashino vs. Yuji Nagata

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Updates below will begin at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT.

We are LIVE from Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary. Only hard camera video views today. Audio is off-sync with video but maybe because I’m watching on Firefox on a Kindle Fire HD Plus 10 tablet (PC is being used for watching WRESTLE UNIVERSE)

Match 1: Yoshitatsu & Rising Hayato vs. Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura. 10 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Match 2: Izanagi vs. Black Menso-re & TAJIRI in a 3-way. 10 minute time limit
Result: Black Menso-re beat Izanagi & TAJIRI in a 3-way by pinning both simultaneously.

Match 3: Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Ryuki Honda & Yusuke Kodama. 20 minute time limit
Result; Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Ryuki Honda & Yusuke Kodama. Yuma Aoyagi pinned Kodama.

Match 4: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Minoru & Toshizo vs. Takao Omori & Ryo Inoue for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Minoru & Toshizo beat Takao Omori & Ryo Inoue to retain the titles. Toshizo pinned Inoue. V1 for the champs.

Intermission. Updates will resume shortly. Intermission lasts from just past 9 PM PT to 9:20 PM PT

Match 5: Suwama, TARU & KONO vs. Jake Lee, Shuji Ishikawa & Hokuto Omori. 20 minute time limit
Result: Jake Lee, Shuji Ishikawa & Hokuto Omori beat Suwama, TARU & KONO by DQ. Suwama DQ’d. Ref assault & chair use. A huge prolonged brawl broke out afterwards.

Quick break for ring cleaning. If this were the US there would be a huge “SWEEP FOREVER!” chant going.

Match 6: Royal Road Tournament Quarterfinals: Kento Miyahara vs. Cyrus. No time limit
Result: Kento Miyahara beat Cyrus. As a result, Miyahara advances to the Semifinals and will face Shotaro Ashino or Yuji Nagata.

Main Event: Royal Road Tournament Quarterfinals: Shotaro Ashino vs. Yuji Nagata (New Japan Pro Wrestling). No time limit
Result: Yuji Nagata beat Shotaro Ashino. As a result, Nagata advances to the Semifinals and will face Miyahara.

The next event is Tuesday at Hodogaya Public Hall in Yokohama with the other half of the Quarterfinals and also a GAORA TV Championship match (GAORA TV has been All-Japan’s primary TV partner for over 20 years). Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Post-show Update: The announced paid attendance was 296. That represents about 65-70% capacity for the venue.

Tournament season continues in Japan as all the major promotions now have tournaments ongoing or starting up. All-Japan joins that trend today with the opening of the 9th Royal Road Tournament, a single-elimination singles tournament noteworthy in that it features New Japan Pro Wrestling participation as Yuji Nagata represents the rival promotion in the tournament, although he is in non-tournament action today. NJPW star and current All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Tiger Mask will also be in action. 4 Tournament matches are scheduled for today’s event.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV. It is not known if there will be commentary, if there is it will be in Japanese. I anticipate the event having a total running time of 2 1/2-3 hours so it may not be done until shortly after the New Japan event begins at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

There was a late change to the card as Izanagi, who was scheduled to be in an 8-man tag match, is now off. Fever. Not known if coronavirus yet.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
Suwama, KONO & Toshizo vs. Yuji Nagata, Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato
Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda & Cyrus vs. Shuji Ishikawa, Yoshitatsu & Takao Omori
Tiger Mask, Tajiri, Rising Hayato & Yusuke Kodama vs. Hokuto Omori, Black Menso-re, Ryo Inoue & Fuminori Abe
Royal Road Tournament:
Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Takuya Nomura
Jake Lee vs. Ren Ayabe
Kento Miyahara vs. TARU

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

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Audio is muted momentarily for opening music as the Royal Road trophy is placed in the ring. Japanese commentary begins as the tournament entrants are introduced.
The paid attendance will be announced after the match but 2/3 of the opposite hard-camera bleacher sections are virtually empty. Hard camera side is mostly empty too. Crowd may still be coming in but this looks like a small crowd even with capacity limits, maybe around 300.
Proceedings briefly interrupted by Triple Crown Champion Suwama.

Match 1: Tiger Mask, Tajiri, Rising Hayato & Yusuke Kodama vs. Hokuto Omori, Black Menso-re, Ryo Inoue & Fuminori Abe. 30 minute time limit
Result: Hokuto Omori, Black Menso-re, Ryo Inoue & Fuminori Abe. beat Tiger Mask, Tajiri, Rising Hayato & Yusuke Kodama. Omori pinned Hayato.

Match 2: Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda & Cyrus vs. Shuji Ishikawa, Yoshitatsu & Takao Omori. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda & Cyrus beat Shuji Ishikawa, Yoshitatsu & Takao Omori. Honda pinned Ishikawa.

Match 3: Suwama, KONO & Toshizo vs. Yuji Nagata, Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato. 30 minute time limit
IResult; Yuji Nagata, Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato beat Suwama, KOZO & Toshizo by DQ. Suwama DQ’d.

Nagata, TM 4 & Minoru Suzuki are announced for 9/15 as is TM 4 & Kento Miyahara vs. Suwama & Black Tiger. AEW’s Christopher Daniels is announced for 9/19, as is Impact Wrestling’s Joe Doering. 9/18 at Nippon Budokan will be the promotion’s 50th Anniversary event and feature a 6-man tag with Atsushi Onita, Shiro Koshinaka, Masao Inoue, Masanobu Fuchi, The Great Kojika & Yoshiaki Yatsu.

Match 4: Royal Road Tournament Round 1-Jake Lee vs. Ren Ayabe. No time limit
Result: Jake Lee beat Ren Ayabe. As a result, Lee advances to the Quarterfinals.

Match 5: Royal Road Tournament Round 1-Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Takuya Nomura. No time limit
Result: Takuya Nomura beat Atsuki Aoyagi. As a result, Nomura advances to the Quarterfinals.

Match 6: Royal Road Tournament Round 1: Yuma Aoyagi vs. Naoya Nomura. No time limit
Result: Naoya Nomura beat Yuma Aoyagi. As a result, Nomura advances to the Quarterfinals.

Main Event: Royal Road Tournament Round 1: Kento Miyahara vs. TARU. No time limit
Result: Kento Miyahara beat TARU. As a result, Miyahara advances to the Quarterfinals.

The next event is Thursday at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya with the second half of Round 1. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.

Post-show UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 610. It didn’t look anywhere close to that.