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Some All-Japan news to kick off July:

Effective today, Yuji Shindo has joined All-Japan and will be the new ring announcer going forward. Shindo, 41, has been a ring announcer for 16 years and most recently was a freelancer.

Several title matches have been announced for this month’s events:
On 7/20, All-Asia Tag Team Champions MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka will defend the titles against Naruki Doi & TBA, identified as “S”. This “S” is a new member of the Saito Brothers group with Jun & Rei Saito and Doi.
On 7/13 there will be 3 title matches: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito vs. Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi for the titles and the previously announced matches of All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Rising Hayato vs. Naruki Doi for the title and Yuma Anzai vs. Suwama for the Triple Crown.

Also, while not a title match, Rising Hayato vs. Kento Miyahara has been announced for 7/20 as Hayato is leaving the NEXTREAM faction to form his own group, ELPIDA, with Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Ren Ayabe.

The AJPW.TV broadcast schedule for July has been announced, 4 of the 5 scheduled events will be live. The full schedule:
LIVE-Thursday (Shin-Kiba 1st Ring), 7/13 (Osaka Prefectural Gym 2, Osaka), 7/15 (Yokohama Radiant Hall, Yokohama), 7/20 (Korakuen Hall, Tokyo)
On Demand (next day-scheduled to be available in the US at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET that day)-7/14 (Shimizu Marine Building, Shizouka)
Also available on demand will be a Kuroshio TOKYO Japan Produced Independent event on 7/12 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. That should be available that night in the US.

All-Japan continued the Dynamite Series 2024 tour today with an event in Fukushima.

Today’s event was held at Kokutai MemoriaL Gym in Fukushima and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV tonight at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 415.

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

Match 2: Shotaro Ashino & Seiki Yoshioka beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Jack Kennedy. Ashino beat Kennedy with an ankle lock.

Match 3: Suwama beat Seigo Tachibana by ref stoppage (TKO).

Match 4; Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Dan Tamura beat Hokuto Omori, Hartley Jackson & Aizawa No. 1. Tamura pinned Aizawa after a powerbomb.

Match 5: Ryuki Honda beat Cyrus.

Main Event: Yuma Anzai, Ren Ayabe & Rising Hayato beat Jun & Rei Saito & Naruki Doi. Hayato pinned Doi after Sid Vicious.

The next event is NEW AGE CHRONICLE Z 5, the next (and possibly last) Rising Hayato Produced event, Thursday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. The event is now a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

All-Japan kicked off the Dynamite Series 2024 Tour today with a Dan Tamura hometown event.

Today’s event was held at Kashima Sports Center Sub Arena in Ibaraki and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV tonight at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 428.

Match 1: Seiki Yoshioka & Seigo Tachibana beat Hartley Jackson & Aizawa No. 1. Yoshioka pinned 1 after SK.

Match 2: Ren Ayabe beat Jack Kennedy.

Match 3: Hokuto Omori & Cyrus beat Shotaro Ashino & Ryuji Hijikata. Omori pinned HIjikata after a frog splash.

Match 4: Rising Hayato beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 5: Jun & Rei Saito & Naruki Doi beat Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro). Doi pinned MUSASHI.

Main Event: Yuma Anzai & Ryuki Honda beat Dan Tamura & Suwama. Anzai pinned Tamura after Gimlet.

The next event is tomorrow at Shirakawa City Kokutai Memorial Gym in Fukushima. There will be no live broadcast.

All-Japan wrapped up the Super Power Series 2024 Tour today with an 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 1235.

Pre-show Match: Actress Girls Match: Miku Aono & Ayano Irie beat Natsu Aoi & Nagisa Shiotsuki. Aono pinned Irie after Teardrop Angel.

Match 1: Fuminori Abe beat GAORA TV Champion Seigo Tachibana to win the title. Abe becomes the 26th GAORA TV Champion.

Match 2: Ryo Inoue Return Match: Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi, Hartley Jackson & Cyrus beat Kento Miyahara, Suwama, Shotaro Ashino & Ryo Inoue. Omori pinned Ashino after a frog splash.

Match 3: In a No DQ Match, Yuma Aoyagi beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan.

Match 4: Seiki Yoshioka & MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) beat All-Asia Tag Team Champions Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura to win the titles. Yoshioka & MUSASHI become the 124th All-Asia Tag Team Champions. MUSASHI pinned Sato after Niten First-Class.

Match 5: In an Elimination Match (over the top rope rules in effect), Jun & Rei Saito & Naruki Doi beat Ryuki Honda, Ren Ayabe & Rising Hayato. Order of elimination: Honda, Rei Saito, Jun Saito, Ayabe, Hayato. Doi wins.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Anzai beat Hideki Suzuki to retain the Triple Crown. V2 for Anzai.

The next event is Saturday at Kashima Sports Center Ibaraki Sub Arena in Ibaraki, a Dan Tamura hometown event. There will be no live broadcast. It should be available on demand beginning at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET.

In other news, the full card for NEW AGE CHRONICLE Z 5 on 7/4 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, the next installment in the Rising Hayato Produced event series, has been announced. The card is as follows:
Dan Tamura vs. Ryo Inoue
Hokuto Omori vs. Jack Kennedy
Jun Saito vs. Rei Saito & Seigo Tachibana in a 3-way
Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda, Rising Hayato & Ren Ayabe vs. Yuma Aoyagi, Shotaro Ashino, Kumaarashi & Fuminori Abe
Battle Royal. All 15 wrestlers will participate
The 8-man tag is being billed as a graduation commemoration match, hinting at this perhaps being the end of the series.

The 7/20 Korakuen event will also be a Referee Kyohei Wada 50th Anniversary event.

Finally, the Royal Road Tournament will return this year for an 11th installment in September. This is an openweight single tournament that likely will be a single-elimination format. The schedule was announced today:
Round 1:
9/14-Nagoya International Conference Center, Nagoya
9/15-Act City Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
9/16-Hanahaku Memorial Park Hanamizuki Hall, Osaka
Quarterfinals:
9/19-Shin-Kiba 1st Ring
Semifinals & Finals:
9/22-Korakuen Hall
Participants TBA. Based on this announcement I’m thinking 16.

UPDATE: Next up for Anzai & the Triple Crown: Suwama. That match will happen on 7/13 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka along with All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Rising Hayato vs. Naruki Doi for the title. It’s also worth noting Doi has been given the nickname “Mr. Saito” as part of his recent teaming with the Saito Bros.

All-Japan ran their own Noto Peninsiula earthquake recovery fundraiser event today, separate from the recent and upcoming ALL TOGETHER events which they have not been part of this time around.

Today’s event was held at Nanao City Tazuruhama Gym in Ishikawa and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV either tonight or tomorrow morning. There was no live broadcast.

The paid attendance has not been announced.

Match 1: Jun & Rei Saito beat Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi. Jun Saito pinned Omori after a jackhammer.

Match 2: Shotaro Ashino beat Seigo Tachibana by submission.

Match 3: Suwama, Dan Tamura & Seiki Yoshioka beat Ren Ayabe, Hideki Suzuki & Fuminori Abe. Suwama pinned Abe after Last Ride.

Main Event: Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Rising Hayato beat Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro). Anzai pinned MUSASHI after Gimlet.

The next event is 6/24 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with the only match announced so far being Anzai vs. Suzuki for the Triple Crown. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

6/14 UPDATE: You can now watch this event FOR FREE on YouTube:

All-Japan continues the Super Power Series 2024 today with an event in Gifu, and it’s at least a mid-major event with 2 title matches scheduled. First up is an All-Asia Tag Team Championship match, with the titles finally back in the promotion’s possession after a long time mostly residing in DDT or, to the PWF’s dread, in the clutches of Atsushi Onita which meant title matches were often exploding death matches or similar. But it may not be much better as the comedy duo of Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana are the challengers for new champions Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato. In the main event, Fuminori Abe once again challenges for the All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Championship-after coming up short against Dan Tamura the first time he’ll try to build on recent tag team wins over current champion Rising Hayato and win the title today.

Today’s event will be held at Juroku Plaza in Gifu and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV. It’s not known if there will be any commentary. It’s a lean card with only 6 matches scheduled and all non-title matches have a 30 minute time limit (1 Hour for title matches), so I’ll predict the event will probably run close to 2 1/2 hours. For the first hour or so I’ll be also watching the Tokyo Joshi Pro event so I may be slightly behind until that event wraps up.

Today’s lineup (in order):
Jun & Rei Saito & Naruki Doi vs. Hartley Jackson, Seiki Yoshioka & Kumaarashi
All-Asia Tag Team Champions Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura vs. Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana for the titles
Shotaro Ashino & Hiroki Murase vs. Hokuto Omori & Jack Kennedy
Kento Miyahara & MUSASHI vs. Palou & Odinson
Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe vs. Suwama, Yuma Aoyagi & Hideki Suzuki
All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Rising Hayato vs. Fuminori Abe for the title

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 9 PM PT/midnight ET.

8:58 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Juroku Plaza in Gifu. Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s hard to tell the capacity from the hard camera view From what I can see the layout is on the small side, It looks like a setup for maybe close to 500 but I’m guessing it’ll be closer to 400. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 573. Got a much better look at the hard camera seating in the 4th match, there was more than expected)

The matches begin after a couple of announcements. Seems like everyone’s entrance music is muted today, maybe because we’re not in Tokyo and not on TV in Japan.

Match 1: Jun & Rei Saito & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) vs. Hartley Jackson, Seiki Yoshioka & Kumaarashi (Independent/Freelancer). 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun & Rei Saito & Naruki Doi beat Hartley Jackson, Seiki Yoshioka & Kumaarashi. Rei Saito pinned Kumaarashi,

Match 2: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura vs. Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana to retain the titles. Tamura pinned Tachibana after a powerbomb. V1 for the champs.

Match 3: Shotaro Ashino & Hiroki Murase vs. Hokuto Omori & Jack Kennedy. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shotaro Ashino & Hiroki Murase beat Hokuto Omori & Jack Kennedy. Ashino beat Omori with a heel hook.

Intermission (9:58 PM PT). Updates will resume in a few minutes.

The matches resume at 10:10 PM PT.

Match 4: Kento Miyahara & MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) vs. Palou & Odinson. 30 minute time limit
Result: Palou & Odinson beat Kento Miyahara & MUSAASHI. Odinson pinned MUSASHI.

Match 5: Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe vs. Suwama, Yuma Aoyagi & Hideki Suzuki. 30 minute time limit
Result: Suwama, Yuma Aoyagi & Hideki Suzuki beat Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe. Suwama pinned Honda after a backdrop. Suzuki choked out Anzai post-match.

Main Event: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Rising Hayato vs. Fuminori Abe for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Rising Hayato beat Fuminori Abe to retain the title. V3 for Hayato

Maybe because it was an event outside Tokyo but the amount of muting for music was insanely ridiculous. Everyone except Miyahara & Suwama, by my count, had their themes muted on live.

The next event is Monday at Nanao City Tazuruhama Gym in Ishikawa for a Noto Peninsula earthquake charity fundraiser event. There will be no live broadcast. It is scheduled to be available on demand the following day and will be available FOR FREE to all AJPW.TV members including non-paid subscribers.

All-Japan ran a Yuma Aoyagi 10th Anniversary event today in Nagano, which saw Aoyagi compete in 3 different matches.

Today’s event was held at Issei Cultural Hall Naka Hall in Nagano and should be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 657.

Match 1: Yuma Aoyagi 10th Anniversary Match 1: Yuma Aoyagi beat Hokuto Omori.

Match 2: Shinshu Pro Wrestling Match: Masked Maruyuki, THE Yocchan & Sengoku Kiyoshisho beatJigokudani PONTA, Diamond ☆ Fuyukai & Fox Jiro. Maruyuki pinned Fukukai after a body splash.

Match 3: Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Hartley Jackson beat Seiki Yoshioka & Kumaarashi. Jackson pinned Yoshioka after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 4: Shotaro Ashino, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana beat Ren Ayabe, Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato. Tachibana pinned Tamura after Yankee Hammer.

Match 5: Yuma Aoyagi 10th Anniversary Match 2: Ryuki Honda beat Yuma Aoyagi.

Match 6: Suwama & Hideki Suzuki beat Lapou & Odinson. Suzuki pinned Odinson with a European clutch.

Match 7: Jun & Rei Saito & Fuminori Abe beat Yuma Anzai, Rising Hayato & MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro). Abe pinned Hayato.

Main Event: Yuma Aoyagi 10th Anniversary Match 3: Kento Miyahara beat Yuma Aoyagi.

The next event is tomorrow at Joroku Plaza in Gifu with an All-Asia Tag Team Championship match and an All-Japan World jr. Heavyweight Championship main event. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET with live results scheduld here.

All-Japan continued the Super Power Series today with an event in Tokyo.

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 335, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato vs. MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) & Seiki Yoshioka went to a no contest.

Match 2: Hideki Suzuki beat Hokuto Omori by submission.

Match 3: Palou & Odinson beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Odinson pinned Tachibana after The End Of Days.

Match 4: Suwama beat Kumaarashi.

Match 5: Jun & Rei Saito beat MAZADA & Hartley Jackson. Jun Saito pinned MAZADA after a jackhammer.

Match 6: Yuma Aoyagi & Fuminori Abe beat Ryuki Honda & Rising Hayato. Abe pinned Hayato after Object.

Main Event: Yuma Anzai & Ren Ayabe beat Kento Miyahara & Shotaro Ashino. Ayabe pinned Ashino after Des Roulette.

The next event is a Yuma Aoyagi 10th Anniversary event Saturday at Kissei Culture Hall Naka Hall in Nagano. There will be no live broadcast.

All-Japan wrapped up May today with the opener of the Super Power Series, a major event featuring a number of title matches.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1355, a legit sellout.

Pre-show: Actress Girls Match-Natsu Aoi & Nagisa Shiotsuki beat Marino Saihara & Yui Tensho. Aoi pinned Tensho with Cutie Special.

Match 1; Shotaro Ashino & Ren Ayabe beat Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi. Ayabe pinned Omori after Des Roulette.

Match 2: All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Champions Suwama, Mayumi Ozaki & Maya Yukihi beat Hideki Suzuki, ZONES & ChiChi to retain the titles. Yukihi pinned ZONES after Whirlwind. V2 for the champs.

Match 3: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan beat Yuma Aoyagi.

Match 4: Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Fuminori Abe beat Rosing Hayato, Seigo Tachibana, MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) & Seiki Yoshioka by ref stoppage. Abe beat Hayato.

Match 5: NWA World Heavyweight Champion EC3 beat Ryuki Honda to retain the title.

Match 6: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito beat Parrow & Odinson to retain the titles. Jun Saito pinned Osinson after DOOM. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Anzai beat Kento Miyahara to retain the Triple Crown. V1 for Anzai. Next up: TBA but it may be on 8/3. There will be title matches on 8/3, 8/17 and 9/1.

The next event is Saturday at Machida Gym in Tokyo. There will be no live broadcast. It should be available on demand late that evening.

UPDATE: TBA for next for Anzai is set…Hideki Suzuki. That match will happen on 6/24.

All-Japan wrapped up the preliminary rounds of the Champions Carnival today, finishing up Block A. (They did not participate in ALL TOGETHER this time)

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

The announced paid attendance was 1276.

Pre-show: Actress Girls Match: Nagisa Shiotsuki & Aoi Natsu beat JASMINE & MARU. Natsu pinned MARU.

Match 1: Kaz Hayashi (GLEAT), MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) & Yuki Yoshioka (Dragon Gate) beat Rising Hayato, Hikaru Sato & Ryuji Hijikata. Hayashi pinned Hijikat after Final Cut.

Match 2: GAORA TV Champion Seigo Tachibana beat Dan Tamura to retain the title. V2 for Tachibana

Match 3: Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda, Jun & Rei Saito beat Suwama, Hartley Jackson, Hideki Suzuki & Road Crew. Jun Saito pinned Crew after Paycho Break.

Champions Carnival Block A:
Match 4: Ren Ayabe beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan.
Match 5: Cyrus beat Shotaro Ashino.
Match 6: Hokuto Omori beat Yuma Aoyagi.
Main Event: Kento Miyahara beat Davey Boy Smith Jr. As a result, Miyahara wins Block A. No surprise.

The Finals will be Miyahara vs. Jun Saito.

The Final is Sunday at Yokohama Buntai in Yokohama. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.