Injury Report: Sidelined So-Called Saito

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 11/4/24 Results

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 11/3/24 Results

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 11/2/24 Results

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.

All-Japan 11/1/24 Results

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

Today’s event was held at Asahikawa Local Industry Promotion 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 440.

Match 1: Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe beat MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka. Honda pinned Yoshioka after Final Vent.

Match 2: Kumagoro Hokkai beat Quiet Storm.

Match 3: Shotaro Ashino, Dan Tamura & Noriyuki Yoshida beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Ryo Inoue & Seigo Tachibana. Yoshida pinned Tachibana after Himself Approved, Lightning Leg Lariat.

Match 4: Hokuto Omori & Cyrus beat Yuma Aoyagi & Suwama. Cyrus pinned Suwama after a reverse splash.

Match 5: Jun & Rei Saito beat Hideki Suzuki & Hikaru Sato. Rei Saito pinned Sato after a jumping body press.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Rising Hayato & Yuma Anzai. Miyahara pinned Hayato with a shutdown suplex hold.

The next event is tomorrow at Bihoro-cho SUnny Center in Hokkaido. There has been a last-minute change to the card after today: A planned Seigo Tachibana-Noriyuki Yoshida match (the first match), following a challenge from Yoshida today, will now be a GAORA TV Championship match. There will be no live broadcast.

All-Japan 10/30/24 Results (Updated)

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

Today’s event was held at Wind Hill Kushiro Super Arena Sub Arena 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 510.

Match 1: Ryuki Honda beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 2: Dan Tamura beat Noriyuki Yoshida.

Match 3: Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi beat Shotaro Ashino & Seigo Tachibana. Omori pinned Tachibana after Narcissist Press.

Match 4: Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Cyrus in a 3-way by pinning Japan.

Match 5: Suwama & Hideki Suzuki beat MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka. Suwama pinned MUSASHI after a backdrop.

Match 6: Jun & Rei Saito beat Andreza Giant Panda & Kumagoro Hokkai. Jun Saito pinned Hokkai after a jackhammer.

Main Event: Rising Hayato, Yuma Anzai & Ren Ayabe beat Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Taishin Nagao. Ayabe pinned Nagao after a brainbuster.

The next event is Friday at Asahikawa Local Industry Promotion Center in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: After the event changes were announced for Sunday’s event-Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana have been added to the event. They were not scheduled but both requested to participate. As a result, what was Yuma Aoyagi vs. Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue in a 3-way has been changed and is now a 5-way with Japan & Tachibana added.

All-Japan 10/28/24 & 10/29/24 Results

All-Japan continued the Giant Series 2024 yesterday (forgot to post results) and today with events in Hokkaido.

Yesterday’s event was held at Tomakomai City General Gym in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 488.

Match 1: Cyrus beat Ryuki Honda & Noriyuki Yoshida in a 3-way by pinning Yoshida.

Match 2: Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi beat Shotaro Ashino & Hideki Suzuki. Omori pinned Suzuki after Narcissist Press.

Match 3: Rising Hayato, Yuma Anzai & Ren Ayabe beat Kento Miyahara, MUSASHI & Ryo Inoue. Anzai pinned Inoue after a backdrop.

Match 4: Jun & Rei Saito beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Jun Saito pinned Tachibana after a double chokeslam.

Match 5: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Naruki Doi beat Seiki Yoshioka to retain the title. V5 for Doi.

Main Event: Yuma Aoyagi & Suwama beat Davry Boy Smith Jr. & Dan Tamura. Suwama pinned Tamura after a backdrop.

Today’s event was held at Yotsuba Arena Tokachi Main Arena 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 517.

Match 1: Ren Ayabe beat Taishin Nagao.

Match 2: Ryuki Honda beat Shotaro Ashino & Kumaarashi in a 3-way by pinning Kumaarashi.

Match 3: MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Yuma Aoyagi & Noriyuki Yoshida. MUSASHI pinned Yoshida after Estrella Futuro.

Match 4: Hokuto Omori & Cyrus beat Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Dan Tamura. Omori pinned Famura after Hokuto Army Special.

Match 5: GAORA TV Champion Seigo Tachibana beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan to retain the title. V1 for Tachibana.

Match 6: Jun & Rei Saito beat Suwama & Hideki Suzuki. Jun Saito pinned Suwama after Psycho Break.

Main Event: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Rising Hayato & Yuma Anzai beat Kento Miyahara & Ryo Inoue to retain the titles. Anzai pinned Inoue after Gimlet. V1 for the champs.

The next event is tomorrow at Wind Hill Kushiro Super Arena in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast.

All-Japan 10/27/24 Results

All-Japan began the Giant Series 2024 today with an event in Hokkaido.

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

The announced paid attendance was 503.

Match 1: Yuma Aoyagi beat Taishin Nagao.

Match 2: Kumagoro Hokkai beat Seigo Tachibana & Tomoya in a 3-way by pinning Tachibana.

Match 3: Shotaro Ashino & Kutoshio TOKYO Japan beat MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka. Ashino pinned MUSASHI after a T-bone suplex.

Match 4: Yuma Anzai beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 5: Rising Hayato, Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe beat Kento Miyahara, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Dan Tamura. Honda pinned Tamura after Final Vent.

Match 6: Suwama & Hideki Suzuki beat Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi. Suwama pinned Omori after a backdrop.

Main Event: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito beat Cyrus & Hartley Jackson to retain the titles. Rei Saito pinned Jackson after BBQ Bomb. V6 for the Saitos/champs.

The next event is tomorrow at Tomakomai City General Gym in Hokkaido with an All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Championship match scheduled. There will be no live broadcast.

All-Japan 10/22/24 Results (Updated x2)

All-Japan wrapped up the Flag Raising Commemoration Series today with a major 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 1296.

Pre-show: Actress Girls Match: Nagisa Shotsuki & Marino Saihara beat Anka Iwai & Ayano Irie. Saihara pinned Iwai after MRN Smash!

Match 1: Taishin Nagao Debut Match: Ryo Inoue beat Taishin Nagao by ref stoppage (technical submission).

Match 2; Seiki Yoshioka, Hikaru Sato & Yuko Miyamoto beat MUSASHI, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Shotaro Ashino. Yoshioka pinned MUSASHI with La Magistral.

Match 3: Seigo Tachibana beat GAORA TV Champion Fuminori Abe to win the title. Tachibana becomes the 27th GAORA TV Champion.

Match 4: Jun & Rei Saito, Naruki Doi & Senor Saito beat Hokuto Omori, Cyrus, Kuamarashi & Hartley Jackson. Jun Saito pinned Omori after a jackhammer.

Intermission.

Match 5: Kento Miyahara, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Dan Tamura beat Rising Hayato, Yuma Anzai & Ryuki Honda. Smith pinned Anzai after Bulldog Bomb.

Match 6: Suwama 20th Anniversary Match: Hideki Suzuki & Shuji Kondo beat Suwama & TBA, revealed at match time to be Shuji Ishikawa. Suzuki pinned Suwama after a double arm suplex.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi beat Ren Ayabe to retain the Triple Crown. V2 for Aoyagi. UPDATE: Next up: Smith, per a Twitter post from his official Twitter account. That match will reportedly happen on 11/4 in Hokkaido. No official confirmation yet from All-Japan.

The next event is the Giant Series 2024 Tour opener Sunday at APA Hotel & Resort Sapporo in Hokkaido, headlined by an All-Japan World Tag Team Championship match as the Saitos defend against Cyrus & Hartley Jackson. Changes have been made to this and next week’s events because Ryuki Honda was supposed to go on an international excursion but that was cancelled due to hurricanes, so as a result he has been added to the events. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Saturday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

Also announced today were the first dates and major events for the first half of 2025. Here’s what is set so far:
1/2 & 1/3-Korakuen (New Year’s Wars 2025). These are morning matinees meaning they will be evening starts the day before in the US (6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET)
1/26-Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall 4, Chiba (New Year’s Wars 2025)
2/24-Esforta Arena Hachioji, Tokyo (Excite Series 2025)
3/15-Okinawa Prefectural Budokan, Okinawa (Dream Power Series 2025)
3/29-Ota City General Gym, Tokyo (Dream Power Series 2025)
5/18-Ota City General Gym (Champions Carnival 2025 Finals)
Okinawa will be their first visit to the prefecture in 6 years.

UPDATE 2: Perhaps a non-surprise given their history but the first challenger for Tachibana for the GAORA TV Championship will be Kuroshio TOKYO Japan. That match was originally scheduled for 10/29 and now will be for the title.

All-Japan News: Upcoming Series Card Changes

All-Japan has announced several card changes for next week, not due to subtraction this time but addition. Ryuki Honda was not on these events because he was scheduled for an international excursion, but those events were/have been cancelled due to weather. All-Japan’s website mentions a hurricane as the reason so it possibly was to the US, where the southeast coast is reeling from 2 recent hurricanes. Honda will now be on the 10/27, 10/28, 10/29 and 10/30 events, mostly in 3-ways with one single match and other matches have been changed as a result.

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