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All-Japan continued the World’s Strongest Tag League today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Stellar Ball in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 715.

Match 1: Ryuki Honda, Ren Ayabe & MUSASHI beat Suwama, Cyrus & Ryo Inoue. MUSASHI pinned Inoue after Estrella Futuro.

World’s Strongest Tag League:
Match 2: Block B: Hikaru Sato & Yuko Miyamoto beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Miyamoto pinned Tachibana.
Match 3: Block A: Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi beat Shotaro Ashino & Dan Tamura. Kumaarashi pinned Ashino after a diving senton.
Match 4: Block A: Rising Hayato & Yuma Anzai beat Makoto Oishi & Mike D. Vecchio. Anzai pinned Oishi after Gimlet.
Match 5: Block A: Jun & Rei Saito beat Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Mashimo. Rei Saito pinned Sekimoto after BBQ Bomb.
Main Event: Block B: Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Yuma Aoyagi & Fuminori Abe. Miyahara pinned Aoyagi with a shutdown suplex hold.

Standings-wise, the Saitos have all but clinched a Semifinals spot (the top 2 in each block advance) as they are 4-0, 8 points with 2 matches left so they just need to win one or have other results go their way. Omori & Kumaarashi are second at 4 points but have 3 matches left. Nobody is out of it but Yoshioka & MUSASHI can’t finish first now as they are on 1 point with 3 matches left. Block B is wide open, the top 4 all are on 4 points but Miyahara & Smith still have 4 matches left while most teams have 3, but Aoyagi & Abe are in trouble despite being on 4 points because they have only 2 matches left now.

The next event is Saturday at Tokorozawa Sakura Town Japan Pavilion in Saitama. There will be no live broadcast. It should be available on demand that evening.

With a few off days until their current tour resumes, All-Japan today announced a title match for this coming weekend: On Saturday at the event in Tokorozawa there will be an All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Championship match as Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi & Cyrus defend against Ryo Inoue, Masayuki Kono & Ryuji Hijikata. If Kono looks/sounds familiar it’s because he also appears occasionally as KONO, aligned with Voodoo Murders and sometimes the Saitos.

Saturday’s event will begin Friday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV Saturday at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET. There will be no live broadcast.

All-Japan continued the World’s Strongest Tag League today in Yamagata.

Today’s event was held at Fujishima Gym in Yamagata and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 511.

Match 1: Shotaro Ashino, Dan Tamura & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan beat Hokuto Omori, Kuamarashi & Aizawa No. 1. Ashino pinned Aizawa with a German suplex hold.

Match 2: Mike D. Vecchio beat Seigo Tachibana.

Match 3: World’s Strongest Tag League Block B: Yuma Aoyagi & Fuminori Abe beat Suwama & Hideki Suzuki. Aoyagi pinned Suwama.

Match 4; Kento Miyahara, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Ryo Inoue beat Rising Hayato, Yuma Anzai & Taishin Nagao. Inoue pinned Nagao after Daikannon Suplex.

Match 5: World’s Strongest Tag League Block B: Cyrus & Hartley jackson beat Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe. Cyrus pinned Honda after a reverse splash.

Main Event: World’s Strongest Tag League Block A: Jun & Rei Saito beat MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka. Jun Saito pinned MUSASHI after Psycho Break,

Standings-wise, Block A is all Saitos at 3-0, 6 pts. They are 3 points ahead of second place. Block B has 3 tied at 2-1, 4 pts. The top 2 in each block will advance to the Semifinals.

The next event is Wednesday at Stellar Ball at Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

All-Japan continues the World’s Strongest Tag League today in Sendai with the third day. It’s still in the early stages and every team has only had one or two matches so far, today each of the 2 blocks have 2 matches scheduled. Block A has MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Makoto Oishi & Mike D. Vecchio while the main event will be the second block match of Jun & Rei Saito vs. Rising Hayato & Yuma Anzai. Block B matches will be Hikaru Sato & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Cyrus & Hartley Jackson and Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe vs. Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Non-tournament matches fill out the card.

Today’s event will be held at Yume Messe Miyagi in Sendai and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV. There will be no commentary. There will be an intermission at the halfway point of the card, so although it has only 6 matches that will stretch it out a little big. That and Kuroshio’s seemingly never-ending entrance antics. Even if every match went the distance the longest this event could go is 3 hours, with the intermission I’d anticipate the running time being roughly 2 1/4 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Yuma Aoyagi, Suwama & Fuminori Abe vs. Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi & Aizawa No. 1
World’s Strongest Tag League Block B:
Hikaru Sato & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Cyrus & Hartley Jackson
Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayaba vs. Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana
Intermission
Kento Miyahara, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Ryo Inoue vs. Shotaro Ashino, Dan Tamura & Hideki Suzuki
World’s Strongest Tag League Block A:
MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Makoto Oishi & Mike D. Vecchio
Jun & Rei Saito vs. Rising Hayato & Yuma Anzai

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

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

8:45 PM PT UPDATE: Unfortunately there will now be no live broadcast. The live stream has been CANCELLED last-minute due to internet connection issues at the venue. It will now be on demand only and should be available tomorrow at 5 PM PT/8 PM ET. Results will be posted tomorrow morning.

UPDATE 2: Here are the results:
The announced paid attendance was 1335.

Match 1: Yuma Aoyagi, SUwama & Fuminori Abe beat Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi & Aizawa No. 1. Aoyagi pinned Aizawa after Endgame.

World’s Strongest Tag League Block B:
Match 2: Cyrus & Hartley Jackson beat Hikaru Sato & Yuko Miyamoto. Cyrus pinned Sato after a reverse splash.
Match 3: Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe beat Kuroshi TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Honda pinned Tachibana after an airplane throw.

Match 4: Shotaro Ashino, Dan Tamura & Hideki Suzuki beat Kento Miyahara, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Ryo Inoue. Suzuki pinned Inoue after a double arm suplex.

World’s Strongest Tag League Block A:
Match 5: Makoto Oishi & Mike D. Vecchio beat MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka. Vecchio pinned MUSASHI after as hooting star press.
Main Event: Jun & Rei Saito beat Rising Hayato & Yuma Anzai. Jun Saito pinned Anzai after Doom.

The next event is tomorrow at Fujishima Gym in Yamagata. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

All-Japan continued the World’s Strongest Tag League today in Iwate.

Today’s event was held at Iwate Prefectural Gym in Iwate and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 609.

World’s Strongest Tag League Block A:
Match 1: Shotaro Ashino & Dan Tamura beat Makoto Oishi & Mike D. Vecchio. Tamura pinned Oishi after a powerbomb.
Match 2: Hokuto Omori & Kuamarashi beat Rishing Hayato & Yuma Anzai. Omori beat Hayato with Narcissist Lock.

Match 3: Cyrus, Hartley Jackson & Aizawa No. 1 beat Corbell Ito, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Cyrus pinned Tachibana after a reverse splash.

Match 4: Jun & Rei Saito, Suwama & Hideki Suzuki beat Kento Miyahara, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Ryo Inoue & Taishin Nagao. Suwama pinned Nagao after a lariat.

World’s Strongest Tag League Block B:
Match 5: Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe beat Yuma Aoyagi & Fuminori Abe. Honda pinned Aoyagi after Final Vent.
Main Event: MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Kengo Mashimo & Daisuke Sekimoto went to a 30 minute time limit draw. 1 point for each.

The next event is tomorrow at Yume Messe Miyagi in Sendai. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. I will try to do live results.

All-Japan kicked off the World’s Strongest Tag League, the promotion’s annual tag team tournament, today in Tokyo. And they also launched a completely remade website too.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This event also aired live on GAORA SPORTS in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1393.

Match 1: World’s Strongest Tag League Block B: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana beat Cyrus & Hartley Jackson. Tachibana pinned Jackson. (Hey, they gotta win one match after all)

Match 2: World’s Strongest Tag League Block A: Daisuke Sekimoto (Big Japan) & Kengo Mashimo (Independent/Freelancer) beat Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi. Sekimoto pinned Omori after The Big Bang Catastrophe.

Match 3: Ryuji Hijikata & MAZADA (Independent/Freelancer) beat Ryo Inoue & Taishin Nagao. MAZADA pinned Nagao after MAZADA Drop.

Match 4: Rising Hayato, Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe beat Shotaro Ashino, Dan Tamura, MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka. Honda pinned Tamura after Final Vent.

Match 5: World’s Strongest Tag League Block B: Yuma Aoyagi & Fuminori Abe beat Hikaru Sato & Yuko Miyamoto. Aoyagi pinned Sato.

Match 6: World’s Strongest Tag League Block A: Jun & Rei Saito beat Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancer) & Mike D. Vecchio. Rei Saito pinned Oishi after Ice Vine.

Main Event: World’s Strongest Tag League Block : Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Suwama & Hideki Suzuki. Smith pinned Suwama after Bulldog Bomb.

The next event is Friday at Iwate Prefectural Gym in Iwate. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

All-Japan has announced an injury change for this weekend: Naruki Doi, who calls himself one of the Saitos in the promotion as he aligns with Jun & Rei Saito (when he competes there, he is currently a freelancer), is now off Saturday’s event. Meniscus. Nothing specific beyond that. He was to have teamed with Taishin Nagao to face Ryuji Hijikata & MAZADA. Ryo Inoue is the replacement. It’s not known how long Doi may be out.

More as it becomes available.

All-Japan wrapped up the Hokkaido-based Giant Series 2024 Tour today with the final event.

Today’s event was held at Hotel Emisia Sapporo in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 789.

Match 1; MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Suwama & Hikaru Sato. MUSASHI pinned Sato after Estreallaftulo.

Match 2: Shotaro Ashino & Dan Tamura beat Kento Miyahara & Ryo Inoue. Tamura pinned Inoue after a powerbomb.

Match 3: Hokuto Omori won an 8 man battle royal, last eliminating Taishin Nagao.

Match 4: Rising Hayato & Yuma Anzai beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Hayato pinned Tachibana after Sid Vicious.

Match 5: Jun & Rei Saito beat Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe. Rei Saito pinned Honda.

Main Event: Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi to win the Triple Crown. Smith becomes the 74th All-Japan Triple Crown Champion. That might qualify as UPSET ALERT!!! Nonetheless, what an accomplishment for the son of the British Bulldog.

The next event is the World’s Strongest Tag League tournament opener Saturday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

All-Japan ran the penultimate event of the Hokkaido-based Giant Series 2024 today.

Today’s event was held at Mikasa City Sports Center in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV tonight at (with the time change) 5 PM PT/8 PM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 586.

Match 1: Yuma Anzai beat Taishin Nagao.

Match 2: Hokuto Omori, Cyrus & Kumaarashi beat Shotaro Ashino, Dan Tamura & Noriyuki Yoshida. Omori pinned Yoshida after Narcissist Press.

Match 3: Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe beat Hideki Suzuki & Hikaru Sato. Honda pinned Sato after Final Vent.

Match 4: Rising Hayato beat Yuma Aoyagi, Ryo Inoue, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana in a 5-way by pinning Tachibana.

Match 5: Jun & Rei Saito beat Suwama & Hokkai Kumagoro. Rei Saito pinned Hokkai after Elsvine.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka. Smith pinned MUSASHI after Bulldog Bomb.

The tour-ender is tomorrow at Hotel Emisia Sapporo in Hokkaido with Yuma Aoyagi vs. Smith for the Triple Crown. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin TONIGHT at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. I may try and do live results but that will be difficult due to no fewer than 4 live events running simultaneously at the time.

All-Japan continued the Giant Series 2024 today in Hokkaido.

Today’s event was held at Bihoro Town Sunny 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 540.

Match 1: GAORA TV Champion Seigo Tachibana beat Noriyuki Yoshida to retain the title. V2 for Tachibana.

Match 2: Rising Hayato & Yuma Anzai beat MUSASHI & Taishin Nagao. Hayato pinned Nagao.

Match 3: Jun & Rei Saito beat Seiki Yoshioka & Ryo Inoue. Jun Saito pinned Inoue after a jackhammer.

Match 4: Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Yuma Aoyagi & Hikaru Sato. Smith pinned Aoyagi after Bulldog Bomb.

Match 5: Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe beat Shotaro Ashino & Dan Tamura. Honda pinned Tamura after Final Vent.

Main Event: All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Champiosn Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi & Cyrus beat Suwama, Hideki Suzuki & Hokkai Kumagoro to retain the titles. Omori pinned Hokkai after Narcissist Press. V1 for the champs.

The next event is tomorrow at Mikasa City Sports Center in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast.