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Some All-Japan news:
The February 2024 schedule has been announced. The Excite Series 2024 will consist of 4 events as follows (all dates/start times are JST):
2/20-Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
2/23-Okayama Convention Center, Okayama
2/24-Acros Fukuoka, Fukuoka
2/25-Kyoto KBS Hall, Kyoto
Broadcast plans for AJPW.TV will be announced at the end of January. I expect Korakuen will be live, any that are not live broadcasts will be available on demand the next day or later that day in the US. Note that if 2/23 & 2/24 air live they will start the night before in the US (8 PM PT & 9 PM PT respectively).

On the heels of fellow septuagenerian and Golden Anniversary celebrant Tatsumi Fujinami (who retired but really didn’t retire last year, he is still gping in his Dradition promotion and occadional matches elsewhere including New Japan), All-Japan will hold a 70th Burthday & 50th Anniversary event for Masanobu Fuchi in January. It will be on 1/14-his 70th birthday-at Korakuen Hall. His debut was on April 22, 1974. Let’s see if they bring in his first opponent for that, although that would mean Atsushi Onita so…

All-Japan ran Day 7 of the Real World Tag League today as the tournament enters the home stretch.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on drmand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 1039.

Match 1: Takao Omori, Yoshitatsu & Black Menso-re beat Minoru Tanaka, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato by DQ. Tanaka DQ’d.

Match 2: Real World Tag League: Hayato Tamura & Galeno Del Mal beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Tamura pinned Tachibana after a lariat.

Match 3: Real World Tag League: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Cyrus & Ryan Danielson. Okatani pinned Danielson after Quetzalcoatl. Saki Akai was backstage for this match.

Match 4: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Ryo Inoue beat Hikaru Sato.

Match 5: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Natuki Doi beat Fuminori Abe.

Match 6: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Koji Iwamoto beat Dan Tamura.

Match 7: Real World Tag League: Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe beat Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori. Ishikawa pinned Omori after Splash Mountain.

Match 8: Suwama & Hideki Suzuki beat Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai. Suzuki beat Anzai with Legal Stretch.

Main Event: Real World Tag League: Kento Miyahara & Yuma Anzai beat Jun & Rei Saito. Aoyagi pinned Jun Saito after THE FOOL.

Each team has 2 or 3 matches left before the Finals, and it’s now Nakajima/Omori still leading despite their first loss today and Miyahara/Aoyagi in 2nd with the Saitos taking their 2nd straight loss.

With one match left for everyone, Jr. Battle Of Glory is up for grabs with everyone else still having a chance at 5-6 points but it’s Abe in the lead with 7 points.

The next event is Saturday at Item Ehime in Ehime. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Friday at 9 PM PT/midnight ET. Live results are scheduled.

All-Japan ran Day 6 of the Real World Tag League today, beginning the second half of the tournament.

Today’s event was held at Shonan Fujisawa Market Special Ring in Kanagawa and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 815, a legit sellout.

Jr. Battle Of Glory:
Match 1: Fuminori Abe beat Ryo Inoue.
Match 2: Rising Hayato vs. Koji Iwamoto went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 3; Evolution Women’s Match: ChiChi beat ZONES.

Match 4: Giant Enoshima Man Bashin “Ichi” & Shiryu beat Black Menso-re, Yuma Aoyagi & Kento Miyahara. Bashin pinned Menso-re after Romero Special.

Real World Tag League:
Match 5: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Hayato Tamura & Galeno Del Mal. Sakaguchi beat Del Mal with a triangle.
Match 6: Cyrus & Ryan Danielson beat Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai. Cyrus pinned Honda after a reverse splash.
Match 7: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Nakajima pinned Tachibana after Northern Lights Bomb.

Jr. Battle Of Glory:
Match 8: Dan Tamura vs. Naruki Doi went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Match 9: Hikaru Sato beat Atsuki Aoyagi. With 3 seconds left.

Main Event: Real World Tag League: Suwama & Hideki Suzuki beat Jun & Rei Saito. Suwama pinned Jun Saito after a backdrop.

Nakajima/Omori now lead at 5-0, 10 points. Saito Bros. still second at 4-2, 8 points.

The next event is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

All-Japan continued the Real World Tag League today with Day 5 of the tournament.

Today’s event was held at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 590.

Jr. Battle Of Glory:
Match 1: Atsuki Aoyagi beat Ryo Inoue.
Match 2: Hikaru Sato beat Koji Iwamoto.
Match 3: Fuminori Abe beat Rising Hayato.

Match 4: Cyrus, Ryan Danielson & Hiroshi Yamato (Independent/Freelancer) beat Takao Omori, Dan Tamura & Black Menso-re. Danielson pinned Tamura after Sparrow Splash.

Real World Tag League:
Match 5: Suwama & Hideki Suzuki beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani. Suwama beat Sakaguchi with Vise Sleeper.
Match 6: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai beat Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe. Anzai pinned Ishikawa with a German suplex hold.
Match 7: Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Aoyagi pinned Tachibana after THE FOOL.
Main Event: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori beat Jun & Rei Saito. Nakajima pinned Rei Saito after Northern Lights Bomb.
The main event result now has Nakajima/Omori and the Saito Bros tied for the lead, but the winners are now on top at 4-0 with the Saitos at 4-1.

The next event is Sunday at Shonan Fujisawa Market Special Ring in Kanagawa. There will be no live broadcast, but it will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later that day.

All-Japan ran Day 4 of the Real World Tag League today. Between the league and Jr. Battle Of Glory it was all tournament matches today.

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 335, a super full house/very near sellout.

Jr. Battle Of Glory:
Match 1: Ryo Inoue vs. Naruki Doi went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Match 2: Koji Iwamoto vs. Fuminori Abe went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Match 3: Dan Tamura vs. Hikaru Sato went to a 10 minute time limit draw.
Match 4: Rising Hayato beat Atsuki Aoyagi.

Real World Tag League:
Match 5: Katsuhijo Nakajima & Hokuto Omori beat Cyrus & Ryan Danielson. Nakajima pinned Danielson after Northern Lights Bomb.
Match 6: Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi beat Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe. Aoyagi pinned Ayabe.
Match 7: Jun & Rei Saito beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani. Jun Saito pinned Okatani after Psycho Break.
Match 8: Hayato Tamura & Galeno Del Mal beat Suwama & Hideki Suzuki. Tamura pinned Suwama after a lariat.
Main Event: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana beat Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai. Tachibana pinned Honda after Yankee Hammer.

Standings:
Jr. Battle Of Glory:
1-Dan Tamura, 2-1-1, 5 points
2-Hayato, 2-2, 4 points
3-Doi, 1-1-1, 3 points
4-Atsuki Aoyagi, 1-1-1, 3 points
5-Inoue, 1-1-1, 3 points
6-Abe, 1-0-1, 3 points
7-Iwamoto, 0-0-2, 2 points
8-Sato, 0-2-1, 1 point

Real World Tag League:
1-Saito Bros, 4-0, 8 pts
2-Nakajima/Omori, 3-0, 6 pts
3-Miyahara/Yuma Aoyagi, 2-1-1, 5 pts
4-Hayato Tamura/Del Mal, 2-2, 4 pts
5-Cyrus/Danielson, 2-2, 4 pts
6-Kuroshio/Tachibana, 1-2, 2 pts
7-Suwama/Suzuki, 1-3, 2 pts
8-Sakaguchi/Okatani, 1-2, 2 pts
9-Ishikawa/Ayabe, 1-3, 2 pts
10-Honda/Anzai, 0-2-1, 1 pt

The next event is Thursday at Kira Messe Numazu in Shizuoka. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

All-Japan continued the Real World Tag League yesterday with Day 3.

Yesterday’s event was held at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 733.

Match 1: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Ryo Inoue beat Rising Hayato.

Match 2: Real World Tag League: Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani beat Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Atabe. Okatani pinned Ishikawa after Quetzalcoatl. A first win for our girl Saki Akai (that was one of her finishers).

Match 3: Katsuhiko Nakajima, Hokuto Onori & Naoki Tanisaki beat Yoshitatsu, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Black Menso-re. Nakajima pinned Menso-re after Vertical Spike.

Match 4: Real World Tag League: Jun & Rei Saito beat Hayato Tamura & Galeno Del Mal. Rei Saito pinned Mal after Drill-A-Hole piledriver.

Match 5: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Dan Tamura beat Atsuki Aoyagi.

Match 6: Real World Tag League: Cyrus & Ryan Danielson beat Suwama & Hideki Suzuki. Cyrus pinned Suzuki after a reverse splash.

Main Event: Real World Tag League: Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai went to a 30 minute time limit draw.

The next event is tomorrow at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

All-Japan ran Day 2 of the Real World Tag League today.

Today’s event was held at Tokorozawa Municipal Gym in Saitama and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 560.

Match 1: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Naruki Doi beat Hikaru Sato.

Match 2: Real World Tag League: Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe beat Hayato Tamura & Galeno Del Mal. Ishikawa pinned Tamura after a running knee lift.

Match 3: Real World Tag League: Suwama & Hideki Suzuki beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Suzuki pinned Tachibana with a double arm suplex.

Match 4: Ryuji Hijikata & Hiroshi Yamato (Independent/Freelancers) beat Black Menso-re & Ryo Inoue. Hijikata pinned Me so-re with a Fisherman’s Buster.

Match 5: Real World Tag League: Katushiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori beat Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai. Nakajima pinned Anzai after Northern Lights Bomb.

Match 6: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Dan Tamura beat Rising Hayato.

Match 7: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Koji Iwamoto went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 8: Real World Tag League: Jun & Rei Saito beat Cyrus & Ryan Danielson. Rei Saito pinned Danielson after a diving body press.

Main Event: Real World Tag League: Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi beat Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani. Miyahara pinned Okatani with a shutdown suplex hold.

The next event is Sunday at Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall in Nagoya. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET.

All-Japan kicks off the 2023 Real World Tag League today, their annual year-ending Heavyweight tag team tournament (the second such tournament they run each year). But there is also another Jr. Battle Of Glory tournament for the Jr. Heavyweights. All but one match today will be for one of the tournaments, with the most noteworthy match maybe being the semifinal as NEW All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima (still not technically signed with the promotion) teams with Hokuto Omori for the tournament. They open against Suwama & Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Hideki Suzuki as the path to a final day showdown against Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi, the next Triple Crown challenger and the man Nakajima won it from, respectively, begins. Also of note, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan-the former Ikemen Jiro in WWE and Jiro Kuroshio-returns to action in a Real World Tag League match before heading to the DDT event immediately afterwards.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV in Japanese. All the Jr. Battle Of Glory matches have just 10 minute time limits while the tag league matches are 30 minutes tops, so that should keep the event’s running time down to 2-2 1/4 hours and hopefully in time to get to/switch over to the DDT event today.

Today’s lineup (in order):
Jr. Battle Of Glory: Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Naruki Doi
Real World Tag League: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana vs. Jun & Rei Saito
Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai vs. Osamu Nishimura & Ryo Inoue
Jr. Battle Of Glory: Dan Tamura vs. Fuminori Abe
Jr. Battle Of Glory: Rising Hayato vs. Hikaru Sato
Real World Tag League:
Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe vs. Cyrus & Ryan Danielson (not Bryan Danielson)
Hideki Suzuki & Suwama vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori
Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Hayato Tamura & Galeno Del Mal

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

6:15 PM PT UPDATE: Start time moved up a few minutes, so live updates begin early…

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. There is Japanese commentary with your unnamed hosts. They started early to introduce the Jr. Tag Battle Of Glory and Real World Tag League participants to the live crowd before the event begins.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. Full capacity setup and while not a sellout it looks like a good crowd so far, at least 1000 so I’ll guess it’s gonna be around 1100 (after seeing crowd shots in the first match it looks like a super full house so perhaps at least 1200-1250). (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1320)

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.

The matches begin at 6:31 PM PT.

Match 1: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Naruki Doi. 10 minute time limit
Result: Atsuki Aoyagi beat Naruki Doi. Doi went heel with a sneak attack at the start during Aoyagi’s entrance but in the end it backfired as Aoyagi got a flash 3 count by countering a Bakatare Sliding Kick. Very short match.

Match 2: Real World Tag League: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana vs. Jun & Rei Saito. 30 minute time limit
Result; Jun & Rei Saito beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Jun Saito pinned Tachibana after simultaneous chokelams by the Saito Bros on Kuroshio & Tachibana. All but Tachinaba are now headed to the DDT event in a couple hours.

Match 3: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai vs. Osamu Nishimura & Ryo Inoue. 15 minute time limit
Result: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai beat Osamu Nishimura & Ryo Inoue. Honda pinned Inoue after Final Vent.

Match 4: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Dan Tamura vs. Fuminori Abe. 10 minute time limit
Result: Fuminori Abe beat Dan Tamura by submission

Match 5: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Rising Hayato vs. Hikaru Sato. 10 minute time limit
Result: Rising Hayato beat Hikaru Sato

Match 6: Real World Tag League: Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe vs. Cyrus & Ryan Danielson. 30 minute time limit
Result: Cyrus & Ryan Danielson beat Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe. Cyrus pinned Ayabe after a diving body press.

Match 7: Hideki Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) & Suwama vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima (Independent/Freelancer) & Hokuto Omori. 30 minute time limit
Result: Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori beat Suwama & Hideki Suzuki. Omori beat Suwama with a front neck & arm lock. These teams did not like each other and couldn’t get along at all, and seemed to spend more time fighting each other instead of their opponents, turning this into more of a comedy match.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Hayato Tamura (GLEAT) & Galeno Del Mal. 30 minute time limit
Result: Hayato Tamura & Galeno Del Mal beat Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi. Tamura pinned Miyahara after a lariat. UPSET ALERT!!

The next event is Tuesday at Tokorozawa Municipal Gym in Saitama. There will be no live broadcast. It will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later that day in the US.

When All-Japan announced the 10 teams for this year’s Real World Tag League last weekend in Hokkaido, only 9 were revealed as one team was TBA. That 10th entry was revealed today…Katsuhiko Nakajima & Hokuto Omori. For those looking forward to the very intriguing matchup against Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi-who Nakajima next defends the Triple Crown against and who he beat to win the Triple Crown, respectively-you’re waiting a while. It’s not until the final day on 12/6. But they have a potential teaser of what could follow on 11/23 when they face Jun & Rei Saito-if Nakajima & Omori win the tournament they should get a rematch against the Saito Bros for the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship.

The tournament begins Sunday (Saturday night US time) at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be streamed LIVE on AJPW.TV Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.

All-Japan’s second event of their Hokkaido weeklong tour-ending doubleheader featured a Triple Crown main event with the debut of former Pro Wrestling NOAH star Katsuhiko Nakajima in the promotion.

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 797.

Match 1: Match 1: Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu beat Hikaru Sato & Shota Sidney Stevens (?). Omori pinned Stevens after Ax Bomber.

Match 2: Koji Yoshida & Kumagoro Hokkai beat Black Menso-re & Takyua Dou (?). Yoshida pinned Menso-re after Certified Inazuma Leg Roll.

Match 3: Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori beat Suwama & Ryo Inoue. Suzuki pinned Inoue after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Match 4: Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe beat Jun & Rei Saito. Ayabe pinned Jun Saito after Last Shooting. This had me thinking future rematch for the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship, but their annual year-end tag team tournament is next, so not happening. Yet. They are both in the tournament though, so it could still happen.

Match 5: Dan Tamura, Rising Hayato & Jonathan Gresham beat Atsuki Aoyagi, El Lindaman & Fuminori Abe. Hayato pinned Abe after Sid Vicious.

Match 6: Kento Miyahara & T-Hawk beat Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai. Miyahara pinned Honda with a shutdown suplex hold.

Main Event: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi to win the Triple Crown. Nakajima becomes the 71st All-Japan Triple Crown Champion. Not with one of his usual NOAH finishers though…Northern Lights bomb. Immediate impact though, went from crashing a press conference and demanding a title shot as an “invasion” to backing it up. Sounds like All-Japan will be his new home, at least for now.

Next up is the Real World Tag League, the promotion’s annual year-end tag team tournament, starting on 11/12 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. This year’s tournament has 10 teams competing in a traditional round-robin format, with the finals being held on 12/12 at Korakuen. After the 12/12 matches, the team with the most points wins. If there is a tie atop the standings, a tiebreaker match will be held to determine the winners.
The entered teams: Jun & Rei Saito (current All-Japan World Tag Team Champions), Yuma Aoyagi & Kento Miyahara, Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe, Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai, Suwama & Hideki Suzuki, Yukio Sakaguchi & Hideki Okatani (DDT), Hayato Tamura & Galeno Del Mar (GLEAT), Kuroshio Tokyo Japan (Jiro Kuroshio/Ikemen Jiro) & Seigo Tachibana, Cyrus & Ryan Danielson (this is not a typo and not Bryan Danielson), TBA & TBA.

For the 11/12 event, live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Saturday at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET and live results will be posted here.

UPDATE: Next up for the Triple Crown…OH. SNAP. Miyahara. That match will happen on 12/31. Explosive closing out to 2023!