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All-Japan continued the Dream Power Series today amidst difficult circumstances as the Japanese wrestling world continues reeling from the sudden death of longtime wrestler Yutaka Yoshie after the last event.

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 342, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 2: Yuma Aoyagi & Hikaru Sato beat Hokuto Omori & Seiki Yoshioka. Aoyagi pinned Omori with a Japanese leg roll clutch hold.

Match 3: Shotaro Ashino & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan beat Dan Tamura & Ren Ayabe. Ashino beat Ayabe with an ankle lock.

Match 4: Jun Saito beat Seigo Tachibana.

Match 5: Katsuhiko Nalajima beat Fuminori Abe.

Main Event: Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Rising Hayato beat Suwama, Kento Miyahara & Hideki Suzuki. Anzai pinned Suwama with a German suplex hold.

The next event is 3/20 at Ikos Ageo in Saitama. There will be no live broadcast. It should be available on demand later that day.

All-Japan continued the Dream Power Series 2024 today with an event in Gunma, which sadly has been overshadowed by the death of veteran wrestler Yutaka Yoshie, who suddenly became ill backstage after his match and has died. He was only 50. The exact cause of death is not yet known but early reports are it seems to be some kind of sudden post-match occurrence and not related to anything that happened during the match..

Today’s event was held at G Messe Gunma in Gunma and should be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 651.

Match 1; Dan Tamura & MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) beat Rising Hayato & MAZADA (Independent/Freelancer). MUSASHI pinned MAZADA after a diving body press.

Match 2: Yuma Aoyagi beat FUMA (Independent/Freelancer).

Match 3: Hokuto Omori & Ryoji Sai beat Ryo Inoue & Yutaka Yoshie. Sai pinned Inoue with Akagawa Iron Bridge. As noted above, this turned out to be Yoshie’s final career match after 30 years due to his sudden unexpected death post-match.

Match 4: Jun Saito & Toshizo beat Kento Miyahara & Ren Ayabe. Saito pinned Ayabe after Psycho Break.

Match 5: Suwama, Hideki Suzuki & Hikaru Sato beat Shotaro Ashino, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana by ref stoppage. Suwama beat Tachibana with a vise sleeper.

Main Event: Yuma Anzai & Ryuki Honda beat Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hartley Jackson. Anzai pinned Jackson with a German suplex hold.

The next event 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.

At today’s All-Japan Pro Wrestling event, logntime Japanese wrestler Yutaka Yoshie made an appearance and competed in a tag match. Sadly, Yoshie became ill after returning backstage and was hospitalized immediately but has since died. He was only 50; The exact cause of death is unknown. Yoshie was set to celebrate his 30th anniversary in wrestling his year as he had been competing since 1994.

More as it becomes available. I send my deepest condolences to the family, friends and fans of Yoshie and pray for his soul to be at peace.

All-Japan’s planned live YouTube broadcast tomorrow to announced a major update to their AJPW.TV streaming service with Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi has been postponed indefinitely.

All-Japan kicks of their March tour, the Dream Power Series 2024, today with a mid-major event in Tokyo. It’s light on paper with only 6 matches and with the annual Champions Carnival coming up next month, but 2 title matches headline the event. First, the promotion’s odd couple, Suwama & Hideki Suzuki, defend the All-Japan Word Tag Team Championship against the just-as-odd pairing of Shotaro Ashino & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan. The second title match is the main event as All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Dan Tamura defends the title against Rising Hayato.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV in Japanese. There will be an Actress Girls provided match before the event begins. These events typically go 2 1/2-3 hours and with just 6 matches I expect the running time to be on the lower end of that range.

Today’s lineup:
Pre-show: Actress Girls Provided Match-Miki Aono vs. Mari Touto (?)
Naruki Doi, Ryo Inoue & Hikaru Sato vs. Funinori Abe, MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka
Yuma Aoyagi & Seigo Tachibana vs. Takao Omori & Osamu Nishimura
Kento Miyahara & Ren Ayabe vs. Jun Saito & KONO
Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori vs. Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai
All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Suwama & Hideki Suzuki vs. Shotaro Ashino & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan for the titles
All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Dan Tamura vs. Rising Hayato for the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

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. Commentary will join later.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in but the venue looks maybe 60-65% full so far and close to full capacity setup so that would hopefully put it around 1000. (UPDATE: The annoucned paid attendance was 1076)

Actress Girls open the event with their pre-show segment.
Pre-show match: Actress Girls Provided Match
Result: Miku Aono & Koki (?) beat ? & ?. I couldn’t hear the wrestler names over commentary. Aono pinned ? after Styles Clash.

The event now begins proper with muted audio. Most likely this is a Samurai! TV simulcast in Japan as Kagehiro Osano is on commentary.

The matches begin at 6:50 PM PT/9:50 PM ET.

Match 1: Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer), Ryo Inoue & Hikaru Sato vs. Funinori Abe, MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) & Seiki Yoshioka. 30 minute time limit
Result: Fuminori Abe, MUSASHI & Seiki Yohsioka beat Naruki Doi, Ryo Inoue & Hikaru Sato. MUSASHI pinned Inoue.

Match 2: Yuma Aoyagi & Seigo Tachibana vs. Takao Omori (Independent/Freelancer) & Osamu Nishimura. 30 minute time limit
Result: Takao Omori & Osamu Nishimura beat Yuma Aoyagi & Seigo Tachibana. Omori pinned Tachibana after Ax Bomber.

Match 3: Kento Miyahara & Ren Ayabe vs. Jun Saito & KONO (with, in a surprise appearance, TARU). 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun Saito & KONO beat Kento Miyahara & Ren Ayabe. Saito pinned Ayabe after Psycho Break. Rei Saito, who is currently out due to injury (shoulder), made a surprise appearance late to help TARU interfere to set up the finish.

Match 4: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori vs. Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai. 30 minute time limit
Result: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai beat Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori. Anzai pinned Omori with a German suplex hold.

Announcements:
Kaz Hayashi (GLEAT) will appear on 3/30.
The Champions Carnival 2024 field:
Block A: Shotaro Ashino (defending winner), Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi, Hokuto Omori, Ren Ayabe, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Cyrus
Block B: Suwama, Ryuki Honda, Jun Saito, Yuma Anzai, Hideki Suzuki, Hartley Jackson, Road Crew (?)

Intermission. Updates will resume in a few minutes (as of 8 PM PT/11 PM ET).

The matches resume at 8:10 PM PT/11:10 PM ET. A lot of fans didn’t hear the announcement and we see some rushing back to their seats as we rejoin the broadcast. Venue thus is much emptier now.

Match 5: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Suwama & Hideki Suzuki vs. Shotaro Ashino & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan for the titles. 1 Hour time limit plus Kuroshio’s ridiculous drawn-out entrance that’s at least 5 minutes itself.
Result: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Suwama & Hideki Suzuki beat Shotaro Ashino & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan to retain the titles. Suwama pinned Ashino with a backdrop hold. V1 for the champs. Next up: Wasting no time coming out, Jun Saito & KONO. TARU with microphone. Challenge apparently made. Seemingly accepted by the champs. But then, wait…TARU had Rei Saito get in the ring…off comes the sling! The Saito Brothers coming to get their titles back! The champs walked off leaving Voodoo Murders in the ring. Rei Saito with microphone from TARU. He caught his support towel from a fan at ringside and gave it to Jun Saito, perhaps a good luck token for Jun in the Champions Carnival. They made it sounds like a tag title match could happen at a future event in Osaka. More to come.

Main Event: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Dan Tamura vs. Rising Hayato for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Rising Hayato beat All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Dan Tamura to win the title. Hayato becomes the 68th All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion. Next up: Possibly MUSASHI, who soon came out to issue the challenge. Accepted. We’ll see what happens as always.

The next event is tomorrow at G Messe Gunma in Gunma. There will be no live broadcast. It will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later in the day.

UPDATE: All-Japan announced major updates/maintenance are coming to AJPW.TV after the event. Functionality will be limited during the update, scheduled from 3/24-3/27, and the service (including watching videos) will be completely unavailable from 10 PM PT on 3/26 until 2 AM PT on 3/27. All times are subject to change. New features will include a new page layout and live chat implementation during live broadcasts. A YouTube video in Japanese with Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi to explain everything is scheduled to be livestreamed Monday beginning at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET. At this time the cost of the service is expected to remain unchanged at 900 Japanese yen/month (currently around $6 US).

All-Japan announced 2 title matches today for upcoming events:

First, next up to get a shot at the Triple Crown is Yuma Anzai. He will face Triple Crown Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima for the Triple Crown on 3/30 at Ota City General Gym on Tokyo.

Before that, NEW All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Suwama & Hideki Suzuki will defend the titles against an equally odd couple-Shotaro Ashino & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan. That match will happen on 3/9 (3/8 US time as it’s a morning start in Japan) at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, which is the next event.

All-Japan wrapped up the Excite Series 2024 Tour today with an event in Kyoto.

Today’s event was held at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 572.

There was a late change to the card because Carbell Ito (ATM) was a last-minute removal from the event. Illness. This caused match 2 to be changed.

Match 1: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Ren Ayabe.

Match 2: Takao Omori beat Toshizo & Kazuaki Mihara in a 3-way by DQ. Toshizo DQ’d. Ref assault.

Match 3: Shotaro Ashino & Hokuto Omori beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Ashino pinned Tachibana with a T-Bone suplex.

Match 4: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai vs. Jun Saito & KONO went to a double countout. Which led to…
Match 4 (again): Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai vs. Jun Saito & KONO went to a double countout (again).

Match 5: Rising Hayato, Hikaru Sato, Seiki Yoshioka & Fuminori Abe beat Dan Tamura, Ryo Inoue, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & “brother” YASSHI (Independent/Freelancer) by ref stoppage. Hayato beat Tamura with Overdose.

Main Event: Suwama & Hideki Suzuki beat Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi to win the vacant All-Japan World Tag Team Championship. Suwama & Suzuki become the 98th All-Japan World Tag Team Champions. Suwama pinned Aoyagi with a backdrop hold.

The next event is 3/9 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The only match set so far is Dan Tamura vs. Rising Hayato for the All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Championship. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 3/8 at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. Live results are currently scheduled.

All-Japan continued the Excite Series 2024 Tour today with an event in Fukuoka.

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

The announced paid attendance was 688.

Match 1: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 2: Naruki Doi (Indpendent/Freelancer) & Hokuto Onori beat Seiki Yoshioka & Seigo Tachibana. Doi pinned Tachibana.

Match 3: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & ATM beat Ray Paloma & ? (last name Iwasaki, can’t get first name from translation). Kuroshio pinned Paloma with Handsome Clutch.

Match 4: Shotaro Ashino & Dan Tamura beat Ren Ayabe & Fuminori Abe. Ashino beat Ayabe with an ankle lock.

Match 5: Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Takao Omori (Independent/Freelancer) beat Suwama, Hideki Suzuki & Hikaru Sato. Omori pinned Sato after Ax Bomber.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Jun Saito, KONO & Toshizo. Miyahara pinned Toshizo with a shutdown suplex hold.

The next event is tomorrow at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

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.

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 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.