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Some sad news just coming out to pass along-Joe Doering, who competed in All-Japan in the 2010s and was a 2-time Triple Crown Champion, has died after a valiant battle with brain cancer. He was only 44. The announcement came from Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling and its owner, former TNA Wrestling President Scott D’Amore. Doering had reportedly just entered hospice care earlier this week.

A giant by Japanese wrestling standards at 6’8”, 275 lbs, Doering became the 50th All-Japan Triple Crown Champion in 2014, making 3 successful defenses in his first reign that lasted just over 5 months. He would win the Triple Crown back in October 2017 and become the 59th Champion, again making 3 successful defenses in a reign that lasted 5 months. He was first diagnosed with brain cancer in 2016 and made his final in-ring appearance in 2022 for TNA.

He definitely was one of the most successful big man foreigners in Japan this century and was loved by the Japanese fans as well. I join the wrestling world in sending deepest condolences on the loss of another brother, taken from us way too soon.

RIP and GOD BLESS, Joe.

UPDATE: All-Japan has now posted a statement on their official website:
https://www.all-japan.co.jp/news/news/12593/

All-Japan wrapped up their June schedule today with an event in Tokyo before their early summer break.

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 340, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Hideki Suzuki beat Seigo Tachibana by submission.

Match 2: Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Senor Saito beat Hokuto Omori & Dan Tamura. Doi pinned Tamura with V9 Clutch.

Match 3: Rising Hayato & Seiki Yoshioka beat Atsuki Aoyagi & MUSASHI. Yoshioka pinned MUSASHI after Crash Driver.

Match 4: Rei Saito beat Shotaro Ashino & Hyo Ogawa in a 3-way by pinning Ogawa.

Match 5: Go Shiozaki, Jun Saito & Ren Ayabe beat Kento Miyahara, Ryuki Honda & Kumaarashi. Ayabe pinned Miyahara after Iron Maiden. (On a side note, it was revealed on social media yesterday that Talos has left the promotion for now, it was time for him to return to the US for the time being. Hopefully he’ll be back later this year-this is like how Odyssey also has to return home to the US every so often due to non-visa stay restrictions in Japan. I think there is a 90-day time limit each time)

Main Event: Yuma Anzai & Shota Kofuji beat Yuma Aoyagi & Yasutaka Yano. Kofuji pinned Yano after Styles Clash. As a result, Anzai & Kofuji will be the next challengers for the All-Asia Tag Team Championship. That match will happen on 7/19 at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is 7/11 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Broadcast plans TBA. (The July streaming schedule has not been announced)

UPDATE: After the main event, Ayabe issued a Triple Crown challenge to Miyahara. More to come, possibly tomorrow. Also anticipate a Doi challenge for the All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Championship too. (UPDATE: Looks like the latter may happen on 7/25 in Kobe)

UPDATE 2: It’s now official. Also announced is an All-Japan AJPW.TV 6-Man Tag Team Championship match for 7/26, which will be Ryuki Honda, Kumaarashi & Seigo Tachibana defending the titles against Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi & Yasutaka Yano.

While I wait for full results from today’s All-Japan event (some quick highlights are up on social media, there were some title changes), they did announce another tournament today (there was one earlier in the week called the 13th Classic, which I’m not familiar with unless it’s what was Royal Road before). The Zennichi Jr. Festival will return in August-this will be a Junior Heavyweight tournament with 12 participants in a 2 block round-robin format. Schedule was announced today with participants scheduled to be revealed in a month.

More from today as it becomes available.

All-Japan continued the Super Power Series 2026 Tour today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. You can also watch the first 4 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 530, a legit advance sellout with standing room overflow.

There were late changes to the card due to Ryo Inoue & Shota Kofuji being pulled off the event due to injuries. Inoue-knee. Out indefinitely but probably weeks or months. Kofuji-ankle. Status uncertain.

Match 1: Seigo Tachibana & Hyo Ogawa (Independent/Freelancer). beat Dan Tamura & Masatuki Kono. Tachibana pinned Tamura after countering La Magistral.

Match 2: Jun & Rei Saito beat Daisuke Sekimoto & Kumaarashi. Rei Saito pinned Kumaarashi.

Match 3: Hokuto Onori beat Takashi (Dragon Gate). After this match, Omori disbanded his Hokuto Army faction.

Match 4: Yuma Anzai & MAZADA beat Ryuki Honda & Yaustaka Yano. Anzai pinned Yano after Gimlet.

Match 5: Ren Ayabe, Talos & Rising Hayato beat Yuma & Atujki Aoyagi & Carbell Ito. Talos pinned Atsuki Aoyagi after a double chokeslam.

Match 6: Kento Miyahara, Shotaro Ashino, MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Hideki Suzuki, Suwama, Kengo Mashimo & Yuya Aoki. Miyahara pinned Aoki with a shutdown suplex hold.

Main Event: Go Shiozaki beat Xyon.

The next event is 6/18 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will also be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

All-Japan continued the Super Power Series 2026 this weekend with 2 events. I forgot to post yesterday’s results so starting with that-this was a rescheduled Saito Brothers hometown event that was postponed from October due to injuries.

Yesterday’s event was held at Kakuda City General Gym in Miyagi and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This will also be a taped GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan at a later date.

The announced paid attendance was 2118.

Match 1: Hokuto Omori beat Yasutaka Yano.

Match 2: MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Rising Hayato & Makoto Oishi (Independent?Freelancer). Yoshioka pinned Oishi after Crash Driver.

Match 3: GAORA TV Championi Kumaarashi beat Aizawa No. 1 to retain the title. V1 for Kumaarashi.

Match 4: Go Shiozaki & daisuke Sekimoto beat Xyon & Shotaro Ashino. Shiozaki pinned Xyon after Go Lariat.

Match 5: Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Yuma Anzai & Shota Kofuji. Yuma Aoyagi pinned Kofuji after Endgame.

Match 6: Hideki Suzuki, Dan Tamura & Masayuki Kono beat Kento Miyahara, Ryuki Honda & Seigo Tachibana. Tamura pinned Tachibana with La Magistral.

Main Event: Jun & Rei Saito beat All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Ren Ayabe & Talos to win the titles. The Saitos become the 104th All-Japan World Tag Team Champions. Rei Saito pinned Ayabe. It was a heck of a run for Titans Of Calamity, which even saw them head to the US and win the 2026 NWA Crockett Cup Tournament, but now that the Saitos are back and at full strength, only one outcome could be…DOOM!!!

Today’s event was held at Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagata and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. There was no live broadcast but on demand is already available.

The announced paid attendance was 550.

Match 1: Yuma Aoyagi & Yasutaka Yano vs. Yuma Anzai & Shota Kofuji went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Hokuto Omori beat Aizawa No. 1.

Match 3: Kento Miayahara & Talos beat Xyon & Shotaro Ashino. Talos pinned Ashino after Ride The Lightning Daddy.

Match 4: Jun & Rei Saito beat Daisuke Sekimoto & Makoto Oishi. Rei Saito pinned Oishi.

Match 5: Go Shiozaki, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Ren Ayabe, MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka. SHiozaki pinned Yoshioka after Go Lariat.

Main Event: Ryuki Honda, Kumaarashi & Seigo Tachibana beat All-Japan AJPW.TV 6-Man Tag Team Champions Suwama, Hideki Suzuki & Dan tamura to win the titles. Honda, Kumaarashi & Tachibana become the 13th All-Japan AJPW.TV 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Tachibana pinned Tamura after Yankee Hammer.

The next event is Thursday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. The event is a legit advance sellout except for standing room only tickets. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: The promotion has provided an update on the Ryo Inoue injury. Left ACL & medial and lateral meniscus. Out indefinitely.

UPDATE 2: Shota Kofuji also may have been injured over the weekend. Right ankle. Out Thursday. Status uncertain beyond that. He was to have teamed with Yuma Anzai to face Ryuki Honda & Yasutaka Yano. MAZADA is the replacement.

All-Japan has announced another injury change to upcoming events, after Hikaru Sato was pulled recently due to injuries it’s now been announced that Ryo Inoue is also now out of action. Left knee. Out indefinitely but at least 10 days. Card changes have been made for the 6/6 and 6/11 matches as a result. Status uncertain beyond that pending more medical exams.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: In response to All-Japan’s announcement, Inoue posted on social media that the exams are completed and they are awaiting the results.

All-Japan continued the Super Power Series 2026 Tour today in Ibaraki.

Today’s event was held at Furukawa-shi E.S Central Sports Park Nahamomo Gym in Ibaraki and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. There was no live broadcast but on demand is up early.

The announced paid attendance was 697.

Match 1: Toshiyuki Sakura beat Ryo Inoue by submission.

Match 2: Masayuki Kono & Yuya Aoki beat MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka. Aoki pinned MUSASHI.

Match 3: Hokuto Omori beat Jack Kennedy.

Match 4: Ryuki Honda &Match 5: Go Shiozaki beat Yasutaka Yano.

Kumaarashi beat Xyon & Shotaro Ashino. Honda pinned Xyon after Final Vent.

Match 5: Go SHiozaki beat Yasutaka Yano.

Match 6: Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Yuma ANzai, Dan Tamura & Shota Kofuji. Yuma Aoyagi pinned Kofuji after THE FOOL.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Hideki Suzuki, Jun & Rei Saito. Ayabe pinned Rei Saito after a double chokeslam.

The next event is Saturday at Kakuda City General Gym in Miyagi, which is the rescheduled Saito Brothers hometown event from October that was postponed due to a Rei Saito injury. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Friday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

All-Japan kicked off the Super Power Series 2026 Tour today in Tokyo, which will tun through mid-June.

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 337, a legit advance sellout.

There was a last-minute change to Match 2 due to Hikaru Sato being pulled off the event. Unspecified injuries (probably from getting beaten up too much in Pro Wrestling NOAH recently). Hyo Ogawa was the replacement.

Match 1: Ryuki Honda beat Yasutaka Yano.

Match 2: Dan Tamura & Hokuto Omori beat Seigo Tachibana & Hyo Ogawa (Independent/Freelancer). Tamura pinned Tachibana after a powerbomb.

Match 3: Go Shiozaki, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Xyon, Shotaro Ashino & MUSASHI. Shiozaki pinned MUSASHI. (For those wondering, Odyssey had to head back to the US so he probably won’t appear this tour. Probably non-visa-related travel time limits. He should be back again in the future)

Match 4: Kumaarashi beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 5: Yuma Aoyagi & Daisuke Sekimoto beat Yuma Anzai & Shota Kofuji. Aoyagi pinned Kofuji after THE FOOL.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Jun & Rei Saito beat Hideki Suzuki, Ren Ayabe & Talos. Rei Saito pinned Ayabe.

The next event is tomorrow at Koga City ES Central Sports Park Hanamomo Gym in Ibaraki. There will be no live broadcast. On demand later in the day.