Tag: all-japan

All-Japan continued the Champions Carnival today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This was also a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1095.

Champions Carnival:
Match 1: Block A: Xyon beat Takashi Yoshida.
Match 2: Block A: Kengo Mashimo beat Shotaro Ashino.
Match 3: Block B: Ren Ayabe beat Ryuki Honda.
Match 4: Block B: Madoka Kikuta beat Yuma Anzai.
Match 5: Block B: Yuma Aoyagi beat Mike D. Vecchio.
Match 6: Block A: Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Kento Miyahara.
Match 7: Block A: Hideki Suzuki beat Jun Saito.

Main Event: Rei Saito, Rising Hayato, Dan Tamura, Atsuki Aoyagi & Taishin Nagao beat Hokuto Onori, MUSASHI, Kumaarashi, Ryo Inoue & Aigle Blanc. Aoyagi pinned MUSASHI after Firebird Splash.

The next event is Saturday at Port Messe Nagoya Exhibition Hall 2 in Aichi. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

All-Japan continued the Champions Carnival today in Saitama.

Today’s event was held at Tokorozawa Sakura Town Japan Pavilion in Saitama 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 573.

Match 1: Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Ryuji Hijikata & Ryo Inoue. Atsuki Aoyagi pinned Inoue after a moonsault press.

Champions Carnival:
Match 2: Block B: Aigle Blanc beat Hokuto Omori.
Match 3: Block A: Kengo Mashimo beat Xyon.
Match 4: Block A: Kumaarashi beat Takashi Yoshida.

Match 5: Kento Miyahara, Davey Boy Smith Jr., MUSASHI & Shotaro Ashino beat Jun Saito, Hideki Suzuki, Rising Hayato & Dan Tamura. Smith pinned Tamura after Bulldog Bomb.

Champions Carnival Block B:
Match 6: Ren Ayabe beat Rei Saito by submission.
Main Event: Ryuki Honda beat Yuma Anzai.

The next event is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

All-Japan continued the 2025 Champions Carnival today in Niigata.

Today’s event was held at Sanjo City Welfare Hall in Niigata 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 695.

Match 1: Hokuto Omori & Hiroyuki Suzuki beat Hideki Suzuki & Taishin Nagao. Omori beat Nagao.

Champions Carnival:
Match 2: Block A: Kumaarashi beat Kengo Mashimo.
Match 3: Block B: Aigle Blanc beat Ren Ayabe.
Match 4: Block A: Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Xyon.

Match 5: Jun & Rei Saito, MUSASHI & Dan Tamura beat Rising Hayato, Yuma Anzai, Atsuki Aoyagi & Ryo Inoue. Jun Saito pinned Inoue after a jackhammer.

Champions Carnival:
Match 6: Block A: Kento Miyahara beat Shotaro Ashino.
Main Event: Block B: Ryuki Honda beat Yuma Aoyagi.

Standings-wise, with most having 3 matches in the books but some having only 2, the current leaders are Smith (Block A) and Mike D. Vecchio (Block B) at 3-0, 6 points. Everyone except Mashimo still has 5-6 matches left, Mashimo has only 4 left. The top 2 in each block will advance to the Semifinals.

The next event is tomorrow at Tokorozawa Sakura Town in Saitama. There will be no live broadcast.

All-Japan continued the Champions Carnival today in Hiroshima.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Sangyo Kaikan in Hiroshima 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 785.

Match 1: Rey Paloma, Takashi Yoshida (Dragon Gate), Aigle Blanc & Xyon beat Atsuki Aoyagi, Dan Tamura, Ryo Inoue & Tsuyoshi Okada. Yoshida pinned Inoue after Pineapple Bomber.

Champions Carnival:
Match 2: Block B: Hokuto Omori beat Ryuki Honda.
Match 3; Block A: Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Kumaarashi.
Match 4: Block B: Mike D. Vecchio beat Rei Saito.

Match 5; Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi, MUSASHI & Makoto Oishi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Rising Hayato, Yuma Anzai, Ren Ayabe & Taishin Nagao. Miyahara pinned Nagao with a shutdown suplex hold.

Champions Carnival:
Match 6: Block A: Kengo Mashimo (Indepndent/Freelancer) beat Hideki Suzuki.
Main Event: Block A: Jun Saito beat Shotaro Ashino.

The next event is Saturday at Sanjo City Welfare Hall in Niigata. There will be no live broadcast.

All-Japan ran the second day of the Champions Carnival today in Fukuoka.

Today’s event was held at Fukuoka Island City Forum in Fukuoka and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 798,

Match 1: MUSASHI & Dan Tamura beat Rising Hayato & Taishin Nagao. MUSASHI beat Nagao with Turtura.

Champions Carnival:
Match 2: Block B: Mike D. Vecchio beat Madoka Kikuta (Dragon Gate(.
Match 3: Block A: Xyon beat Kumaarashi.
Match 4: Block B: Yuma Anzai beat AIgle Blanc.

Match 5: Jun & Rei Saito, Ryuki Honda & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Davey Boy Smith Jr., Hokuto Omori, Takashi Yoshida (Dragon Gate) & Ryo Inoue. Jun Saito pinned Inoue after Psycho Break.

Champions Carnival:
Match 6: Block A: Hideki Suzuki beat Shotaro Ashino.
Match 6: Block B: Yuma Aoyagi beat Ren Ayabe.
Main Event: Block A: Kento Miyahara beat Kengo Mashimo (Independent/Freelancer).

The next event is tomorrow at Hiroshima Sangyo Kaikan in Hiroshima. There will be no live broadcast. On demand available later that day. (The next 3 events will be on demand only)

All-Japan began the 2025 Champions Carnival, the promotion’s annual singles tournament, today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. The event will also be broadcast on GAORA SPORTS in Japan at a later date.

The announced paid attendance was 1105.

Champions Carnival Block B:
Match 1: Ryuki Honda beat Rei Saito.
Match 2: Yuma Anzai beat Hokuto Onori.
Match 3: Mike D. Vecchio beat Aigle Blanc.
Match 4: Madoka Kikuta (Dragon Gate) beat Yuma Aoyagi.

Match 5: Rising Hayato, Ren Ayabe, Atsuki Aoyagi, Taishin Nagao & Zyon beat Shotaro Ashino, Dan Tamura, MUSASHI, Ryo Inoue & Kumaarashi. Zyon pinned Ashino after Zyon Spear.

Champions Carnival Block A:
Match 6: Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Takashi Yoshida (Dragon Gate).
Matxh 7: Jun Saito beat Kengo Mashimo (Independent/Freelancer).
Main Event: Hideki Suzuki beat Kento Miyahara.

The next event is Saturday at Fukuoka Island City Forum in Fukuoka. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

UPDATE: It has been announced that the postponed All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Championship match between MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka, which had to be called off last-minute due to a MUSASHI injury/illness, has been rescheduled for 5/18 at Ota City General Gym, which is the date of the Champions Carnival Finals.

Sometimes the puns are…yeah…but might be accurate as All-Japan announced Cyrus is now out of action. The always-vague poor health. Out Saturday and, because he can’t travel to Japan as a result, out of the Champions Carnival. He was to have been in a battle royal Saturday. No replacement. For the Champions Carnival, replacement TBA.

More as it becomes available.

3/31/2025 UPDATE: Takashi Yoshida (Dragon Gate) is the replacement for the Champions Carnival.

All-Japan wrapped up the Dream Power Series 2025 today with a big event in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This was also a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 2098.

There was a late change to the card due to All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion MUSASHI being forced off the card yesterday due to acute gastroenteritis. His scheduled title defense against Seiki Yoshioka was POSTPONED and will happen at a later date. Also, a planned battle royal for the event was cancelled.

Match 1: Dan Tamura, Ryo Inoue & Seiki Yoshioka beat Atsuki Aoyagi, Taishin Nagao & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan. Yoshioka pinned Nagao after Top Of The Second Class.

Match 2: Suwama beat Seigo Tachibana.

Match 3: Yuko Miyamoto & Fuminori Abe beat Naruki Doi & Senor Saito. Miyamoto pinned Saito after a moonsault press.

Match 4: Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda, Madoka Kikuta (Dragon Gate) & Xyon beat Rei Saito, Hideki Suzuki, Ren Ayabe & Kumaarashi. Kikuta pinned Kumaarashi after a rolling lariat.

Match 5: Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Yuma Aoyagi.

Match 6: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Rising Hayato & Yuma Anzai beat Hokuto Omori & Takashi Yoshida to retain the titles. Anzai pinned Omori after Gimlet. V5 for the champs.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Jun Saito beat Kento Miyahara to retain the Triple Crown. V3 for Saito.

The next event is the Champions Carnival 2025, the promotion’s annual singles tournament, starting on 4/9 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. The event will also be taped for broadcast on GAORA SPORTS in Japan at a later date.

Sometimes the puns are…yeah…but might be accurate as All-Japan announced Cyrus is now out of action. The always-vague poor health. Out Saturday and, because he can’t travel to Japan as a result, out of the Champions Carnival. He was to have been in a battle royal Saturday. No replacement. For the Champions Carnival, replacement TBA.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: All-Japan has now announced another change for Saturday-MUSASHI is now off. Acute gastroenteritis. He was to have defended the All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Championship against Seiki Yoshioka. That match will be POSTPONED to a later date. The first match has been changed from a tag match to a 6-man tag with Yoshioka and Kuroshio TOKYO Japan added and Yuma Aoyagi & Davey Boy Smith Jr. have been removed from a planned battle royal and will now face each other in a single match instead.

All-Japan today holds NEW AGE CHRONICLE Z 6, the latest event in the series of Rising Hayato Produced events focused on younger & less experienced wrestlers (those with less than 10 years experience). The series has been very successful so far despite some hints the prior events would have been it, and it’s back for another installment today. In addition to the All-Japan roster members meeting the under-10-years-experience criteria, several independent wrestlers will be part of today’s event as well. The main event will be the 4 members of Hayato’s ELPIDA faction facing off in a 4-way.

Today’s event will be held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV. You will also be able to watch the first 2 matches-FOR FREE on YouTube. The event is a legit advance sellout. There will be no commentary. With only 5 matches and short ones at that it won’t be a long event despite there being an intermission, so anticipate the whole thing running just under 2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Dan Tamura & Taishin Nagao vs. Hiroyuki Suzuki & Shota Kofuji
Hokuto Omori vs. Takahiro Katori
Ryo inoue vs. Ryoma Tsukamoto
Intermission
Jun & Rei Saito vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Seigo Tachibana
Rising Hayato vs. Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe in a 4-way

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. The broadcast is scheduled to begin 5 minutes before the event.

7:50 PM PT UPDATE: The live broadcast on AJPW.TV has begun. YouTube is scheduled to begin in 5 minutes.

8 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout so it depends on setup, before the pandemic the venue’s maximum capacity was roughly 600 but the last few years it’s normally been set up for around 350. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 340)

Rising Hayato comes out first to greet the crowd. As usual they have to mute the music.

The matches begin at 8:06 PM PT/11:06 PM ET. Music muted for the non-All-Japan wrestlers. (Actually they are inexplicably muting ALL music except for announcing wrestler names and winners)

Match 1: Dan Tamura & Taishin Nagao vs. Hiroyuki Suzuki & Shota Kofuji. The two outsiders are from Niigata Pro Wrestling & OSW, respectively. 20 minute time limit
Result: Dan Tamura & Taishin Nagao beat Hiroyuki Suzuki & Shota Kofuji. Tamura beat Kofuji with a Boston Crab.

Match 2: Hokuto Omori vs. Takahiro Katori. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hokuto Omori beat Takahiro Katori. Mostly a comedy match.

The YouTube broadcast ends here.

Match 3: Ryo inoue vs. Ryoma Tsukamoto. 20 minute time limit
Result: Ryo Inoue beat Ryoma Tsukamoto

Intermission

The matches resume at 9:05 PM PT/12:05 AM ET. (About a 12 minute break)

Match 4: Jun & Rei Saito vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Seigo Tachibana. 20 minute time limit
Result: Jun & Rei Saito beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Seigo Tachibana. Jun Saito pinned Tachibana after Paycho Break.
During this match (at 9:23 PM PT) we suddenly lost the feed.

Main Event: Rising Hayato beat Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Ren Ayabe in a 4-way by pinning Anzai & Ayabe simultaneously.

The next event is Saturday at Ota City General Gym. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. This will be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

UPDATE (post-event): All-Japan has apologized for the technical issues on the live broadcast. They intend to resolve the issue and re-upload the affected portions for the on demand broadcast, which was most of the last 2 matches. Those results have been added above.