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All-Japan ran the second event of their fall Hokkaido tour today.

Today’s event was held at Tomakomai City General Gym in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. There was no live broadcast. (On a side note, there are no live broadcasts scheduled this tour except for the last event, on demand premieres scheduled for later that day for each event)

The announced paid attendance was 440.

Match 1: Ryuki Honda beat Shota Kofuji.

Match 2: Kento Miyahara, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Jun Saito, Hideki Suzuki & Ryo Inoue. Miyahara pinned Inoue with a shutdown suplex hold.

Match 3: Talos beat Seiki Yoshioka.

Match 4: Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai beat Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato. Anzai pinned Tamura after Gimlet.

Match 5: Ren Ayabe beat MUSASHI.

Main Event: Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana beat Xyon, Odyssey, Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki. Omori beat Xyon.

The next event is tomorrow at Yotsuba Arena Tokachi Main Arena. There will be no live broadcast. On demand scheduled for 6 PM PT/9 PM ET.

All-Japan began their fall Hokkaido tour today with the first event of the Hokkaido Dynamite Series 2025.

Today’s event was held at Hokuto City Hamabun Sports Center in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 325.

Match 1: Hideki Suzuki beat Shota Kofuji.

Match 2: Jun Saito beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan.

Match 3: Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. Sato beat Aoyagi.

Match 4: Ryuki Honda beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 5: Xyon, Odyssey, Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki beat Yuma Aoyagi, Yuma Anzai, MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka. Shiozaki pinned MUSASHI after Go Lariat.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Hokuro Omori, Kumaarashi & Seigo Tachibana. Miyahara pinned Tachibana with a shutdown suplex hold.

The next event is tomorrow at Tomakomai City General Gym. There will be no live broadcast. On demand at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET.

All-Japan wrapped up the 53rd Anniversary Tour today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This will also be a taped GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan at a later date. Rei Saito was a special guest on commentary.

The announced paid attendance was 1322.

Match 1: Yuma Aoyagi beat Shota Kofuji.

Match 2: Hokuto Omori, Kunaarashi, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Takashi & Seigo Tachibana beat Jun Saito, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer), Hideki Suzuki, Yuko Miyamoto (Independent/Freelancer) & Hikaru Sato. Omori pinned Suzuki.

Match 3: Xyon, Odyssey & Shotaro Ashino beat Dan Tamura, Kengo Mashimo (Independent/Freelancer) & Fuminori Abe. Odyssey pinned Abe after a diving body press.

Match 4: Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Ryuki Honda & Naoya Nomura. Ayabe pinned Honda after Des Roulette.

Match 5: Yuma Anzai beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 6: All-Asia Tag Team Champions MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato to retain the titles. MUSASHI pinned Hayato after Niten First Class. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara beat Go Shiozaki to retain the Triple Crown. V1 for Miyahara.

During the event, the full field for the 2025 World’s Strongest Tag League aka Real World Tag League was announced. This year it’s 12 teams in 2 blocks in a round-robin format. The entered teams are as follows:
Block A: Hideki Suzuki & Kengo Mashimo, Ren Ayabe & Talos, Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi, Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki, MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka, Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura

Block B: Xyon & Odyssey, Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr., Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Naoya Nomura, Takashi & Kiroshio TOKYO Japan, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato.

No Saitos because with Rei Saito missing the tournament due to injury Jun Saito chose to withdraw and not participate because he couldn’t team with his brother.

The tournament begins on 11/22.

The next event is Sunday at Hokuto City Hamabun Sports Center in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast. On demand scheduled for shortly after the event (event starts Saturday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET, on demand premiere scheduled for 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

All-Japan continued the 53rd Anniversary Series tour today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on AJPW.TV. Membership is required but only a basic membership which is free (a monthly paid subscription is not required to access the service).

The announced paid attendance was 337, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Dan Fanura beat Shota Kofuji.

Match 2: Seigo Tachibana beat Kikutaro.

Match 3: Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi beat Ryo Inoue & Hikaru Sato. Omori pinned Inoue after Narcissist Press.

Match 4: MUSASHI, Seiki Yoshioka & Hideki Suzuki beat Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising Hayato & Ren Ayabe. MUSASHI pinned Hayato after Niten First Class.

Match 5: Naoya Nomura beat Ryuki Honda.

Main Event: Xyon, Odyssey, Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki beat Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi, Jun Saito & Yuma Anzai. Shiozaki pinned Aoyagi after Go Lariat.

The next event is 10/22 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will also be a GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan at a later date.

UPDATE: It has been announced that Rei Saito will be on commentary for the 10/22 event. The first GAORA SPORTS broadcast will be on 10/31.

All-Japan kicked off their annual Anniversary Series Tour, this year the 53rd Anniversary Tour, today in Saitama.

Today’s event was held at Gyoda Green Arena in Saitama and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This was also a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1011.

Match 1: Jun Saito, Naruki Doi & Senor Saito beat Knego Mashimo, Hikaru Sato & Seigo Tachibana. Jun Saito pinned Tachibana after a jackhammer. Afterwards, Jun Saito announced his withdrawal from the upcoming World’s Strongest Tag League/Real World Tag League due to his brother Rei Saito being unable to compete due to injury.

Match 2: Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan beat Dan Tamura, ATM & Shota Kofuji. Omori pinned Kofuji after Narcissist Press. Apparently the Hokuto Army has combined with Kuroshio’s unit and will now be known as G-Boys. This is going to be hilarious(ly bad).

Match 3: Ryuki Honda & Rising Hayato beat Ren Ayabe & MUSASHI. Hayato pinned Ayabe.

Match 4: Shotaro Ashino & TBA beat Kento Miyahara & Hideki Suzuki by DQ. Miyahara DQ’d. TBA, a new member of Havoc, was revealed to be…Go Shiozaki! And he issued a Triple Crown challenge. Accepted. That match will happen on 10/22 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. So now I can keep my bad Go puns going in All-Japan! (Shiozaki left Pro Wrestling NOAH a couple weeks ago when his contract expired)

Match 5: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi beat Ryo Inoue to retain the title.V2 for Aoyagi. Next up: Hikaru Sato.

Main Event: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Xyon & Odyssey beat Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai to retain the titles. Xyon pinned Anzai after a diving headbutt. V1 for the champs. Next up: Omori & Kumaarashi.

The next event was to have been Monday in Miyagi but it was POSTPONED due to the Rei Saito injury so the next event now is Tuesday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Some All-Japan news after their major Tuesday event:

On 10/11 at Gyoda Green Arena Main Arena in Saitama there will be 2 title matches-All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Ryo Inoue for the title and NEW All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Xyon & Odyssey vs. Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai for the titles.

On 10/22 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo will be All-Asia Tag Team Champions MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato for the titles, a rematch of the last title match. There is expected to be a Triple Crown match as well but a challenger for NEW Champion Kento Miyahara is TBA. At least former champion Jun Saito has vowed to reclaim the Triple Crown and set the successful defense record after an impressive 7 in his first reign. And of course DOOM.

Finally, the previously scheduled 10/29 event at Windhill Kushiro Super Arena Main Arena in Hokkaido will now be a Taishin Nagao Memorial Tournament as it will be held in his hometown. Further details TBA.

All-Japan ran their post-Royal Road major event, Giant Dream 2025, today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Arena Tachikawa Tachihi in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This may have also been a live GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan or was taped for a later broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1750.

Match 1: Shotaro Ashino, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Seiki Yoshioka & Fuminori Abe beat Ren Ayabe, Rising Hayato, Ryo Inoue & Shota Kofuji. Yoshioka pinned Kofuji after a buzzsaw kick.

Match 2: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan won a 9 man battle royal, last eliminating GAORA TV Champion Takashi, to win the title. Kuroshio becomes the 30th GAORA TV Champion.

Match 3: Daisuke Sekimoto (Big Japan) beat Dan Tamura.

Match 4: Yuma Aoyagi & Naoya Nomura beat Yuma Anzai & Ryuki Honda. Aoyagi pinned Anzai after THE FOOL.

Match 5: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi beat MUSASHI to retain the title. V1 for Aoyagi.

Match 6: Xyon & Odyssey beat All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Hideki Suzuki & Kengo Mashimo to win the titles. Xyon & Odyssey become the 102nd All-Japan World Tag Team Champions. Xyon pinned Suzuki after a diving headbutt.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara beat All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Jun Saito to win the Triple Crown. Miyahara becomes the 76th All-Japan Triple Crown Champion. Aaarghhh…had a feeling this was coming and it kinds sucks as a big fan of the Saitos, but a fantastic first reign for Jun on his own with brother Rei Saito out a while due to injury.

The next event is 10/11 at Gyoda Green Arena in Saitama. Broadcast plans TBA.

All-Japan wraps up the Royal Road Tournament today in Tokyo with the Semifinals & Finals as part of a morning matinee (it’s a holiday in Japan). The Final 4 are Kento Miyahara, Daisuke Sekimoto, Ren Ayabe and Ryuki Honda with the first 2 and the last 2 being the Semifinals and the winners moving on to the Finals. The winner likely will get the next shot at Triple Crown Champion Jun Saito.

The event will also feature a memorial ceremony for Taishin Nagao, the rookie who died earlier this month after a 3-plus month hospitalization following injuries suffered in an accident involving one of the promotion’s vehicles at the end of May. He would have turned 22 over the last few days and the wrestlers continue to post tributes & condolences on social media. The promotion announced a flower table for fans in attendance to leave flowers will be set up at all remaining events this year starting today.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV in Japanese. This will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan. The event is a legit advance sellout. There are 7 matches scheduled with an intermission after the 4th match (after which the first team in this year’s World’s Strongest Tag League/Real World Tag League will be announced) and 3 matches have no time limit plus a title match opens the show, so I anticipate this will be a longer Korakuen event than usual with a running time of around 3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
All-Asia Tag Team Champions Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi vs. MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka for the titles
Royal Road Semifinals:
Kento Miyagara vs. Daisuke Sekimoto
Ren Ayabe vs. Ryuki Honda
Davey Boy Smith Jr., Naruki Doi, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana vs. Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi, Ryo Inoue & Shota Kofuji
Intermission
Hideki Suzuki, Kengo Mashimo & Hikaru Sato vs. Shotaro Ashino, Xyon & Odyssey
Jun Saito, Yuma Anzai & Rising Hayato vs. Suwama, Dan Tamura & Naoya Nomura
Royal Road Finals

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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.

7:20 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue 1 minute before event time.

7:28 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Commentary will join in a few minutes (audio is muted at the start).

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout and the fans are still coming in, commentary may be taking a few rows away on one side of the bleacher seats but sellout should mean 1450-1500 with the setup. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance, a legit advance sellout, was 1469)

Audio un-muted. The event begins with the roster coming out for a memorial ceremony for Taishin Nagao. It appears his body may have been cremated as Hideki Suzuki is holding what could be a box with his ashes in the ring alongside Kento Miyahara holding a framed picture of Nagao. A 10 bell salute is held after the announcer’s narrative. The final ceremonial introductory announcement, often done upon a wrestler’s retirement, concludes the ceremony. Commentary joins at the end of the ceremony.

The matches will begin shortly.

The matches begin at 7:41 PM PT/10:41 PM ET. Rei Saito is a guest om commentary alongside Kagehiro Osano, I didn’t catch the host’s name.

Match 1: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi vs. MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat All-Asia Tag Team Champions Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi to win the titles. MUSASHI & Yoshioka become the 127th All-Asia Tag Team Champions. MUSASHI pinned Atsuki Aoyagi after Niten First Class.

Match 2: Royal Road Semifinals: Kento Miyahara vs. Daisuke Sekimoto. No time limit
Result: Kento Miyaraha beat Daisuke Sekimoto. As a result, Miyahara advances to the Finals.

Match 3: Royal Road Semifinals: Ren Ayabe vs. Ryuki Honda. No time limit
Result: Ryuki Honda beat Ren Ayabe. As a result, Honda advances to the Finals.

This means the main event will be Miyahara vs. Honda.

Match 4: Davey Boy Smith Jr., Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer), Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana vs. Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi, Ryo Inoue & Shota Kofuji. 30 minute time limit
Result: Davey Boy Smith Jr., Naruki Doi, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana beat Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi, Ryo Inoue & Shota Kofuji. Doi beat Kofuji with a Boston crab.

Intermission.

The first teams in this year’s World’s Strongest Tag League/Real World Tag League are announced: Hideki Suzuki & Kengo Mashimo, Xyon & Odyssey, Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi, MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka, Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr., Ren Ayabe & Talos. I thought they would announce just one but they did half the teams. The remaining 6 teams entered will be announced on 10/22.

The matches resume at 9:03 PM PT/12:03 AM ET. Hokuto Omori is now the guest on commentary, replacing Rei Saito.

Match 5: Hideki Suzuki, Kengo Mashimo & Hikaru Sato vs. Shotaro Ashino, Xyon & Odyssey. 30 minute time limit
Result: Hideki Suzuki, Kengo Mashimo & Hikaru Sato beat Shotaro Ashino, Xyon & Odyssey. Suzuki pinned Xyon. The ending and post-match happenings left me thinking this could be Xyon’s last match in All-Japan, at least for a while.

Yuma Aoyagi is the guest on commentary for the next match.

Match 6: Jun Saito, Yuma Anzai & Rising Hayato vs. Suwama, Dan Tamura & Naoya Nomura. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun Saito, Yuma Anzai & Rising Hayato beat Suwama, Dan Tamura & Naoya Nomura. Saito pinned Tamura after a jackhammer.

Main Event: Royal Road Finals: Kento Miyahara vs. Ryuki Honda. No time limit
Result: Kento Miyahara beat Ryuki Honda to win the tournament. As a result, Miyahara will likely get the next Triple Crown shot. As expected I guess, every 3-4 times or so it’s gotta be him.

The next event is 9/23 at Arena Tachikawa Tachihi. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 9/22 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

Terrible news just posted by All-Japan on Facebook-Taishin Nagao, a rookie who has been hospitalized since an accident in May involving one of the promotion’s equipment trucks, has died. He was only 21. The cause of death is pending a police investigation but he suffered traumatic shock injuries and abdominal compression in the accident, and despite treatment in the intensive care unit he died a short time ago.

The promotion will provide more details in time and after consultation with Nagao’s parents. Many All-Japan wrestlers have posted tributes and expressed condolences on social media as there were very high hopes for the young wrestler.

RIP and GOD BLESS Taishin…

UPDATE: All-Japan will hold a memorial service and 10 bell salute for Nagao at the 9/15 Korakuen Hall event. There will also be a flower table and message stand for fans to write messages. The 9/15 event will be broadcast live on AJPW.TV beginning Sunday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

All-Japan continued the Royal Road Tournament today with the second half of the Quarterfinals.

Today’s event was held at Light Cube Utsonomiya in Tochigi and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 598,

Match 1: Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Hideki Suzuki, MUSASHI & Shota Kofuji. Atsuki Aoyagi beat Kofuji.

Match 2: Hikaru Sato & Kengo Mashimo (Independent/Freelancer0 beat Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue. Mashimo beat Inoue with Unreasonable.

Match 3: Ren Ayabe & Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Ryuki Honda & Hokuto Omori. Ayabe pinned Omori after Des Roulette.

Match 4: Shotaro Ashino & Xyon beat Jun Saito & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). Xyon pinned Doi after a diving headbutt.

Royal Road Quarterfinals:
Match 5: Daisuke Sekimoto (Big Japan) beat Odyssey.
Main Event: Kento Miyahara beat Naoya Nomura.
As a result, the Semifinals are Honda vs. Ayabe and Sekimoto vs. Miyahara.

The Semifinals and Finals are 9/15 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 9/14 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

In other news, also announced recently was the 2025 World’s Strongest Tag League aka Real World Tag League, which this year will have 12 teams and run from 11/22-12/10. The first participating team will be announced on 9/15 then the second team announced on 10/22.