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All-Japan wrapped up the 2026 Royal Road Tournament today with the Semifinals and Finals.

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 1510, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Royal Road Semifinals: Ryuki Honda beat Xyon.

Match 2: Royal Road Semifinals: Yuma Aoyagi beat Yuma Anzai.

Match 3: Jun & Rei Saito & Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Odyssey, Shotaro Ashino & Daisuke Sekimoto. Rei Saito pinned Odyssey.

Match 4: MUSASHI, Rising Hayato & Hokuto Omori beat Dan Tamura, Seigo Tachibana & Shota Kofuji. Hayato pinned Kofuji after a huracanrana.

Match 5: Hideki Suzuki, Go Shiozaki, Timothy Thatcher & Yasutaka Yano beat Kento Miyahara, Ren Ayabe, Kumaarashi & Hyo Ogawa. Thatcher beat Ayabe with a Fujiwara armbar.

Main Event: Royal Road Finals: Ryuki Honda beat Yuna Aoyagi to win the tournament. Honda becomes the youngest ever winner at 26 years, 7 months (he beat Ren Ayabe’s record by a year). As a result, Ayabe will get a Triple Crown shot on 10/22…and the fans predicted the winner wrong again! (The majority vote was for Aoyagi)

The next event is 10/3 at Gyoda Green Arena in Saitama. Broadcast plans TBA. (UPDATE: Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 10/2 at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET)

All-Japan continued the Royal Road Tournament today in Tokyo with the second half of the Quarterfinals.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 334, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Jun & Rei Saito, Kumaarashi & Rising Hayato beat Ren Ayabe, Daisuke Sekimoto, Yuya Aoki & Hyo Ogawa. Jun Saito pinned Ogawa after a jackhammer.

Match 2: Timothy Thatcher beat Yasutaka Yano by submission.

Match 3: Odyssey & Shotaro Ashino beat Yuma Anzai & Shota Kofuji. Odyssey pinned Kofuji after a strong power island slam.

Match 4: Dan Tamura, Seigo Tachibana & Hideki Suzuki beat MUSASHI, Yuma Aoyagi & Hokuto Omori. Tachibana pinned MUSASHI.

Royal Road Quarterfinals:
Match 5: Xyon beat Go Shoozaki.
Main Event: Ryuki Honda beat Kento Miyahara.
As a result, Xyon & Honda advance to the Semifinals to face each other. It also means the tournament winner should get to face Miyahara for the Triple Crown at a later date.

The Semifinals and Finals are Tuesday 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 Royal Road Tournament today with the first half of the Quarterfinals.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. You can also watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 334, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Dan Tamura, Yasutaku Yano & Seigo Tachibana beat Rising Hayato, Hokuto Omori & Yuya Aoki. Tachibana pinned Omori after Yankee Hammer.

Match 2: Hideki Suzuki beat Hyo Ogawa by ref stoppage (technical submission).

Match 3: Xyon, Odyssey & Shotaro Ashino beat Go Shiozaki, Jun & Rei Saito. Xyon pinned Shiozaki after a diving headbutt.

Match 4: Ryuki Honda, Kumaarashi & MUSASHI beat Kento Miyahara, Ren Ayabe & Shota Kofuji. Honda pinned Kofuji after Final Vent.

Royal Road Quarterfinals:
Match 5: Yuma Anzai beat Timothy Thatcher.
Main Event: Yuma Aoyagi beat Daisuke Sekimoto.
As a result, the Yumas advance to the Semifinals to face each other.

The next event is tomorrow with the second half of the Quarterfinals. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. You will also be able to watch the first 2 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

All-Japan continued the Royal Road Tournament today in Nagano.

Today’s event was held at Kissey Culture Hall in Nagano and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 680.

Match 1: Timothy Thatcher beat Shota Kofuji by submission.

Match 2: Ryuki Honda, Daisuke Sekimoto & Kumaarashi beat Hideki Suzuki, Hokuto Omori & Ryuji Hijikata (Independent/Freelancer). Sekimoto pinned Omori after a lariat.

Match 3: MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Dan Tamura & Yasutaka Yano. MUSASHI pinned Yano after Niten First Class.

Match 4: Xyon, Odyssey & Shotaro Ashino beat Kento Miyahara, Ren Ayabe & Rising Hayato. Ashino pinned Hayato after a t-bone suplex.

Royal Road Round 1:
Match 5: Yuma Anzai beat Rei Saito.
Main Event: Yuma Aoyagi beat Jun Saito.
As a result, the Yumas advance to the Quarterfinals. Anzai will face Thatcher and Aoyagi will face Sekimoto.

The next event is Wednesday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

All-Japan continued the Royal Road Tournament today in Toyama.

Today’s event was held at Kurobe Sports Center in Toyama and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 524.

There were last-minute changes to the card due to Go Shiozaki being pulled off the event. Hip. Also out tomorrow. Status uncertain beyond that.

Match 1: Ren Ayabe & Hokuto Omori beat Toyama Black Ramen Men 1 & 2. Ayabe pinned both.

Match 2: Hideki Suzuki, Timothy Thatcher & Yasutaka Yano beat Kento Miyahara, Rising Hayato & Shota Kofuji. Thatcher pinned Kofuji.

Match 3: Jun & Rei Saito & Seiki Yoshioka beat Dan Tamura, Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai. Yoshioka pinned Tamura with La Magistral.

Royal Road Round 1:
Match 4: Daisuke Sekimoto beat Shotaro Ashino.
Match 5: Xyon beat Odyssey.
Main Event: Ryuki Honda beat Kumaarashi.
As a result, Sekimoto will face the Jun Saito-Yuma Aoyagi winner in the Quarterfinals, Xyon will face Shiozaki in the Quarterfinals (if Shiozaki can compete, if not it’ll be a free pass to the Semifinals for Xyon) and Honda will face Miyahara in the Quarterfinals.

The next event is tomorrow at Kissey Culture Hall in Nagano with the final Round 1 matches (Jun Saito-Yuma Aoyagi and Rei Saito-Yuma Anzai). There will be no live broadcast. On demand later in the day.

Had to come up with a bad Go pun that I hadn’t used before…All-Japan has just announced that Go Shiozaki has to Go to the bench for now due to injury. Hip. Out at least the next 2 events on Saturday & Sunday. Status uncertain beyond that. If he can’t return by next Thursday it could jeopardize his Royal Road participation as that would be his Quarterfinals match against either Xyon or Odyssey.

More as it becomes available.

All-Japan kicked off the 13th Royal Road Tournament today in Tokyo, the annual fall single-elimination tournament.

Tofay’s event was held at Shinagawa Stellar Ball in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This was also or will be a (taped) GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 775, a legit sellout.

Before the results, fan prediction poll time! The promotion held a vote for fans to see who they thought would win (but likely won’t). Their pick is…Yuma Aoyagi! Will they get it right after wrongly picking Hokuto Omori in the Zennichi Jr. Festival? Stay tuned!

Match 1: Dan Tamura, Seigo Tachibana & Hokuto Omori beat MUSASHI, Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuya Aoki. Tachibana pinned MUSASHI after Yankee Hammer.

Match 2: Xyon, Odyssey & Shotaro Ashino beat Ryuki Honda, Kumaarashi & Yasutaka Yano. Odyssey pinned Yano after Journey’s End.

Match 3: Yuma Aoyagi, Yuma Anzai & Shota Kofuji beat Jun & Rei Saito & Rising Hayato. Aoyagi pinned Hayato.

Royal Road Round 1:
Match 4: Timothy Thatcher beat Hideki Suzuki by submission.
Match 5: Kento Miyahara beat Hyo Ogawa.
Main Event: Go Shiozaki beat Ren Ayabe.
As a result, Thatcher will face the Rei Saito-Yuma Anzai winner in the Quarterfinals, Miyahara will face the Ryuki Honda-Kumaarashi winner in the Quarterfinals and Shiozaki will face the Xyon-Odyssey winner in the Quarterfinals.

The next event is Saturday at Kurobe City General Sports Center in Toyama. There will be no live broadcast. On demand later that day or Sunday.

Today Japan time as of this post (9/7), marks the one year anniversary of the death of Taishin Nagao, a highly touted rookie in All-Japan who died months after being hit by one of the company’s buses in a tragic accident before an event. The promotion announced two events to honor his memory today: First, at the 9/22 Korakuen Hall event a 10 bell salute will be held and a flower stand will be installed for fans attending the event to leave flowers in his memory. Second, the planned 10/28 event at Windmill Kushiro Super Arena in Hokkaido will now be a memorial event for Nagao as that event will be in his hometown.

The promotion once again extended its condolences to Nagao’s family and sent prayers for the repose of his soul.

All-Japan wrapped up their August today with a major event including the Zennichi Jr. Festival Finals.

Today’s event was held at Ebara Wave Arena Ota/Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This also was or will be a (taped at a later date) GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 3068.

Match 1: Shota Kofuji beat Senor Saito. The first career single victory for Kofuji!

Match 2: Yuma Aoyagi, Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda & Hyo Ogawa beat Hideki Suzuki, Ren Ayabe. Kumaarashi & Daisuke Sekimoto. Aoyagi pinned Ayabe.

Match 3: Riisng Hayato, MUSASHI, Hokuto Omotri, Yasutaka Yano & Mochizuki Junior (Dragon Gate) beat Masaaki Mochizuki (Dragon Gate), Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer), Seigo Tachibana, Yuya Aoki & Leon De Oro. Yano pinned Mochizuki. Afterwards, Yano issued a GAORA TV Championship challenge to Mochizuki. Accepted. More to come.

Match 4: Go Shiozaki beat Suwama.

Match 5: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito beat Xyon & Odyssey to retain the titles. Jun Saito pinned Xyon after Yagiyama Cyclone. V2 for the Saitos/champs.

Match 6: Zennichi Jr. Festival Finals: Seiki Yoshioka beat Dan Tamura to win the tournament. As a result, Yoshioka will probably get a rematch for the All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Championship in the near future. Additionally, MUSASHI & Tachibana got involved and teased a match between the sides for the vacant All-Asia Tag Team Championship.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kento Moyahara beat Yuma Anzai to retain the Triple Crown. V9 for Miyahara. This went over 37 minutes. Next up: The Royal Road Tournament winner.

After the event, it was announced that, following the recent death of Dory Funk Jr., Stan Hansen has been re-appointed as PWF President (the PWF-Pacific Wrestling Federation-is the governing body and rulemaker for All-Japan).. Hansen will be the 5th PWF President and previously was the 2nd, previously stepping down from the position in 2007. Funk was President until his death, which left the position vacant.

The next event is the 13th Royal Road Tournament starting on 9/9 at Shinagawa Stellar Ball in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo. This is a single-elimination bracket format event. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will also be a GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan.

In other news, the promotion also announced the annual World’s Strongest/Real World Tag League for November & December. It will run 11/15-12/6. More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: Yoshioka-Tamura for the Junior Heavyweight title is now official. That (re)match will happen on 10/3 at Gyoda Green Arena Main Arena in Saitama.

As far as the All-Asia title is concerned, the match to crown new champions will be MUSASHI & Yoshioka vs. Tamura & Tachibana. That match will happen on 10/11 at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai. The Saitos will also defend the Al-Japan World Tag Team Championship on 10/11 but challengers are TBA.

All-Japan continued the Zennichi Jr. Festival today in Hiroshima with the last day of Block B.

Today’s event was held at Hiroshima Industrial Hall East Exhibition Hall in Hiroshima and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 418.

Match 1: Jun & Rei Saito & Yuko Miyamoto beat Shotaro Ashino, Takeshi Okada & Imabari Towel Mascaras. Rei Saito pinned Mascaras after Yagiyama Cyclone.

Match 2: Yuma Aoyagi, Yasutaka Yano & Leon De Oro beat Hideki Suzuki, MUSASHI & GuC (Dragon Gate). Aoyagi pinned MUSASHI after The Fool.

Match 3: Yuma Anzai, Go Shiozaki, Ren Ayabe & Seiki Yoshioka beat Kento Miyahara, Ryuki Honda, Kumaarashi & Seigo Tachibana. Anzai pinned Tachibana after Gumshala.

Zennichi Jr. Festival Block B:
Match 4: Dan Tamura beat Shota Kofuji.
Match 5: Naruki Doi beat Masaaki Mochizuki.
Main Event: Hokuto Omori beat Yuya Aoki.
As a result, Mozhizuki & Tamura tied for the lead at 3-1-1, 7 pts, but there was no tiebreaker because their head-to-head result was a draw. Which led to…
Impromptu tiebreaker match: Dan Tamura beat Masaaki Mochizuki. As a result, Tamura wins Block B and will advance to the Fibals to face Seiki Yoshioka.

The Final is Saturday at Ebara Wave Arena Ota (Ota City General Gym) in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Friday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET. This will also be a GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan (likely taped at a later date).