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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

Refresh the page occasionally for the latest results.

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.

All-Japan wrapped up the Summer Action Series ’22 Tour today with a house show to finish the build to their upcoming Royal Road Tournament.

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 169.

Match 1: Hokuto Omori beat Toshizo & Black Menso-re in a 3-way by pinning Menso-re.

Match 2: Mitsuru Sato & Dan Tamura beat Yoshitatsu & Izanagi. Tamura pinned Iazangi after a powerbomb.

Match 3: Takao Omori beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 4: Shuji Ishikawa & Renji Ayabe beat Tajiri & Cyrus. Ishikawa pinned Tajiri after Fire Thunder.

Match 5: Suwama & KONO vs. Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda went to a no contest.

Main Event: Jake Lee, Yuma Aoyagi & Ryo Aoyagi beat Kento Miyahara, Rising Hayato & Takuya Nomura. Yuma pinned Hayato after THE FOOL.

The next event is 8/7 at Korakuen Hall with the start of the 9th Royal Road Tournament. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 8/6 at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.

UPDATE: An All-Asia Tag Team Title match scheduled for this event was a late cancellation because co-champion Minoru missed the event. Fever, potentially coronavirus. Match to be rescheduled later.

All-Japan continued the SUMMER ACTION SERIES 2022 Tour with a small house show today, continuing to build to the upcoming Royal Road tournament.

Today’s event was held at 2AW Square in Chiba and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 150. It’s a very small venue so that’s not a bad number.

Match 1: Takao Omori & Ruo Inoue beat Shotaro Ashino & Seigo Tachibana. Omori pinned Tachibana after Ax Bomber.

Match 2: Tajiri & Curys beat Izanagi & Black Menso-re. Curys pinned Menso-re after a reverse splash.

Match 3: Renji Ayabe beat Dan Tamura.

Match 4: Yuma Aoyagi beat Yoshitatsu.

Match 5: Mitsuru Sato beat Suwama by DQ. Chalk usage.

Match 6: Shuji Ishikawa beat Tatsuki Honda.

Match 7: Kento Miyahara vs. Ryo Aoyagi went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Main Event: Jake Lee & Hokuto Omori beat Naoya Nomura & Mizuki Watase. Lee pinned Watase after D4C.

The next event is Friday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, which will feature an All-Asia Tag Team Title match. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

All-Japan continued the Summer Action Series yesterday with an event headlined by 2 title matches, including New Japan star Tiger Mask returning to defend the All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Championship.

Yesterday’s event was held at Hanahiro Memorial Park Tsurumi Green Area in Osaka and can be watched on drmand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 597.

Match 1: Hokuto Omori & Yusuke Kodama beat Yoshitatsu & Oji Shiiba. Omori pinned Shiiba.

Match 2: ? beat Black Menso-re.

Match 3: Jake Lee, Takao Omori & Cyrus beat Shuji Ishikawa, Kohei Sato & Ren Ayabe. Cyrus pinned Ayabe after a reverse splash.

Match 4: Ryo & Yuma Aoyagi, Zeus & The Bodyguard beat Yuji Nagata (New Japan), Dan Tamura, Mitsuru Sato & Ryo Inoue by ref stoppage. Bodyguard beat Sato with a sleeper hold.

Match 5: Suwama & TARU beat Kento Miyahara & Rising Hayato. TARU pinned Hayato after a backdrop.

Match 6: All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Tiger Mask beat Izanagi to retain the title. V2 for TM 4.

Main Event: All-Japan Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Shotaro Ashino & Tatsuki Honda beat T-Hawk & Shigehiro Irie (GLEAT) to retain the titles. Ashino pinned Irie with a T-Bone suplex. V1 for the champs.

The next event is Saturday at 2AW Square in Chiba. There will be no live broadcast but it will be available on demand on AJPW.TV at a later time.

All-Japan Pro Wrestling coverage on this site begins today with the latest event of their Summer Action Series tour, which is featuring New Japan Pro Wrestling participation as Tiger Mask 4 prepares to defend his newly-won All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Championship in the near future.

Today’s event was held at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV, All-Japan’s online streaming service. The service is available worldwide for the equivalent of 900 Japanese yen per month (currently about $6.75 US).

The announced paid attendance was 282. That’s close to normal full capacity for the small venue.

The event opened with a memorial tribute and 10 Bell Salute for former All-Japan wrestler, trainer and director Masashi Aoyagi, who died earlier this week. There is no audio on the replay of this segment due to music rights, except for the 10 Bell Salute.

Match 1: Yoshitatsu beat Black Menso-re.

Match 2: Izanagi vs. Yusuke Kodama went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 3: Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda beat Shuji Ishikawa & Takao Omori. Ashino pinned Omori after Final Vent.

Match 4: Yuma Aoyagi beat Hokuto Omori.

Match 5: Suwama vs. Mitsuru Sato went to a no contest.

Match 6: Tiger Mask & Kosei Fujita (New Japan Pro Wrestling) beat Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue. TM 4 pinned Inoue after Tiger Driver.

Main Event: Jake Lee & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Kento Miyahara & Rising Hayato. Lee pinned Hayato after D4C.

The next event is Thursday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with 3 title matches including TM 4 vs. Tamura for the All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Championship and Lee vs. Suwama for the Triple Crown. An All-Asia Tag Team Championship match is also scheduled. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.