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All-Japan began the 11th Royal Road Tournament today, their now-annual fall single tournament which is a 16-man single-elimination event this year.

Today’s event was held at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 817.

Match 1: All-Asia Tag Team Champions MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Kutoshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana to retain the titles. MUSASHI pinned Tachibana after Niten First Class. V4 for the champs.

Match 2: Hideki Suzuki & Hikaru Sato beat Fuminori ABe & Hiroki Murase by ref stoppage. Sato beat Abe.

Match 3: Yuma Anzai, Ren Ayabe & Rising Hayato beat Kento Miyahara, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Ryo Inoue. Anzai pinned Inoue after Gimlet.

Match 4: Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi, Cyrus & Jack Kennedy beat Jun & Rei Saito, Naruki Doi & Senor Saito. Omori pinned Senor Saito after a frog splash.

Royal Road Round 1:
Match 5: Joel Redman beat Yuko Miyamoto.
Match 6: Dan Tamura beat Shotaro Ashino.
Main Event: Ryuki Honda beat Yuma Aoyagi.

The next event is tomorrow at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast. It should be available on demand later that day.

All-Japan wrapped up the Summer Action Wars 2024 Tour today with a major event 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 1013.

Match 1: All-Asia Tag Team Champions MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Fuminori Abe & Seigo Tachibana to retain the titles. MUSASHI pinned Tachibana after Niten No. 1. V3 for the champs.

Match 2: Shotaro Ashino & Kutoshio TOKYO Japan beat Hartley Jackson & Jack Kennedy. Ashino beat Kennedy with an ankle lock.

Match 3: Hideki Suzuki, Hikaru Sato & Yuko Miyamoto beat Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi & Cyrus. Suzuki pinned Omori with a backdrop hold.

Match 4: Yuma Anzai & Rising Hayato beat Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Dan Tamura. Anzai pinned Tamura after Gimlet.

Match 5: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Naruki Doi beat Ryo Inoue to retain the title. V2 for Doi.

Match 6: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito beat Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe to retain the titles. Jun Saito pinned Honda after Psycho Break. V4 for the champs.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi beat Kento Miyahara to retain the Triple Crown. V1 for Aoyagi. They went over 30 minutes.

The next event is the Royal Road Tournament starting on 9/14 at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya. This is a single-elimination singles tournament. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

All-Japan continued the Summer Action Series 2024 Tour today in Hiroshima.

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

The announced paid attendance was 435.

Match 1: Ryuki Honda beat Jack Kennedy.

Match 2: MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Hikaru Sato & Yuko Miyamoto went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 3: GAORA TV Champion Fuminori Abe beat Rey Paloma to retain the title. V2 for Abe.

Match 4: Yuma Anzai, Ren Ayabe & Rising Hayato beat Hokuto Omori, Cyrus & Hartley Jackson. Anzai pinned Omori after Gimlet.

Match 5: Jun & Rei Saito & Naruki Doi beat Shotaro Ashino, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue. Doi pinned Inoue.

Main Event; Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Yuma Aoyagi & Hideki Suzuki. Miyahara pinned Aoyagi with a shutdown suplex hold.

The tour-ender is tomorrow at Fukuoka Island City Forum in Fukuoka. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin TONIGHT at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

All-Japan has announced several last-minute changes to tomorrow’s (tonight US time) Hiroshima event because Suwama is now off the event. Ear vertigo. Out indefinitely. He was to have teamed with Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue to face Jun & Rei Saito & Naruki Doi. Shotaro Ashino is the replacement and has been removed from match 2 as he was to have teamed with Hikaru Sato to face MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka. Yuko Miyamoto is the replacement for Ashino. It’s not known how long Suwama will be out, and also there is a chance tonight’s event is a last-minute postponement due to weather conditions (approaching hurricane).

More as it becomes available.

All-Japan hosted a 45th Anniversary event today for legendary wrestler Shiro Koshinaka, one of a number of Japanese legends who continue to compete well into their 60s and beyond.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. Atsuki Aoyagi, who is currently out due to injury, was a special guest on commentary.

The announced paid attendance was 1349, possibly a full house/near sellout as most tickets sold out in advance.

Pre-show: Actress Girls match & segment: Marino Saihara & Sakura Mizushima beat Nene & Mari Arihata. Mizushima pinned Nene with a Northern Lights suplex hold.

Match 1: Ryo Inoue & Takao Omori beat Hikaru Sato & Ryuji Hijikata. Inoue pinned Hijikata with a Daikannon suplex hold.

Match 2: Dan Tamura & Hideki Suzuki beat Kumaarashi & Hartley Jackson. Tamura pinned Jackson with La Magistral.

Match 3: Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda, Rising Hayato & Ren Ayabe beat Jun & Rei Saito, Naruki Doi & Senor Saito. Anzai pinned Senor Saito after Gimlet.

Match 4: Hokuto Omori & Cyrus beat Mitsuya Nagai (Dradition) & Minoru Tanaka (GLEAT). Cyrus pinned Nagai after a reverse splash.

Match 5: Kento Miyahara, MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Tatsumi Fujinami, LEONA (Dradition) & Tatsuhito Takaiwa (Independent/Freelancer). Miyahara pinned Takaiwa with a shutdown suplex hold.

Main Event: Shiro Koshinaka 45th Anniversary Match: Shiro Koshinaka, Ryusuke Taguchi (New Japan), Kengo Mashimo (Independent/Freelancer) & Yuma Aoyagi beat Suwama, Shotaro Ashino, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Koshinaka pinned Tachibana after a powerbomb.

After the main event, a 45th Anniversary celebration was held for Koshinaka. Guests includes Geni’chiro Tenryu, Kendo Kobayashi, The Great Kabuki and Kenta Kobashi among others.

The next event is 8/31 at Hiroshima Marine Hop in Hiroshima. There will be no live broadcast.

Some All-Japan news:

Lots of title matches have been announced for the last w events of the month on 8/31 & 9/1:
Starting at the top with NEW Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi…it sounds like his second reign starts with that traditional rite of passage: Kento Miyahara. That match will happen on 9/1 in Fukuoka, along with All-Asia Tag Team Champions Seiki Yoshioka & MUSASHI vs. Fuminori Abe & Seigo Tachibana for the titles, All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Naruki Doi vs. Ryo Inoue for the title and All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito vs. Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe for the titles.
The day before on 8/31 in HIroshima there will be GAORA TV Champion Fuminori Abe vs. Rey Paloma for the title.

The full field and bracket for the upcoming Royal Road Tournament in September has been announced. This will be a 16-man single-elimination bracket-style openweight tournament running from 9/14-9/22. The matchups are as follows:
9/14 (Round 1):
Yuma Aoyagi vs. Ryuki Honda
Suwama vs. Joel Redman
Shotaro Ashino vs. Dan Tamura

9/15 (Round 1):
Kento Miyahara vs. Hideki Suzuki
Jun Saito vs. Cyrus

9/16 (Round 1):
Yuma Anzai vs. Ren Ayabe
Hokuto Omori vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.
Rei Saito vs. Kumaarashi

9/19 (Quarterfinals):
Aoyagi/Honda vs. Ashino/Tamura
Miyahara/Suzuki vs. Suwama/Redman
Anzai/Ayabe vs. Omori/Smith Jr.
Saito/Cyrus vs. Saito/Kumaarashi

9/22 (Semifinals/Finals):
Quarterfinals winners
Semifinals winners

There will be a new winner this year as 2023 winner Satoshi Kojima is not in the tournament. Ryuki Honda was the runner-up last year. The winner usually gets a Triple Crown shot so presumably Aoyagi/Miyahara will defend against whoever wins unless it’s one of them.

All-Japan continued the Summer Action Wars 2024 Tour today with a major event in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Arena Tachikawa Tachihi in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 2031.

Match 1: GAORA TV Champion Fuminori Abe beat Seigo Tachibana to retain the title. V1 for Abe.

Match 2; Naruki Doi & Senor Saito beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Shotaro Ashino and HIkaru Sato & Masashi Takeda in a 3-way when Doi pinned Japan.

Match 3; Ryuki Honda, Ren Ayabe & Rising Hayato beat Quiet Storm, Hartley Jackson & Jack Kennedy. Ayabe pinned Storm after Des Rolette.

Match 4: All-Asia Tag Team Champions MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue to retain the titles..Yoshioka pinned Tamura with La Magistral. V2 for the champs.

Match 5: Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Hokuto Omori & Cyrus. Miyahara pinned Omori with a shutdown suplex hold.

Match 6: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito beat Suwama & Hideki Suzuki to retain the titles. Jun Saito pinned Suwama after a jackhammer. V3 for the champs.

Main Event: Yuma Aoyagi beat All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Anzai to win the Triple Crown. Aoyagi becomes the 73rd All-Japan Triple Crown Champion.

The next event is a Shiro Koshinaka 45th Anniversary event on 8/24 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

All-Japan kicked off the Summer Action Wars 2024 Tour today with a Saito Bros-centric event in Sendai.

Today’s event was held at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 1503.

Match 1: Dan Ramura & Ryo Inoue beat Shotaro Ashino & Seiki Yoshioka. Tamura pinned Yoshioka after a powerbomb.

Match 2; Hokuto Omori, Cyrus, Aizawa No. 1, Hartley Jackson & Kumaarashi beat Yuma Aoyagi, Hideki Suzuki, Fuminori Abe, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Omori pinned Tachibana after a frog splash.

Match 3: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champino Naruki Doi beat MUSASHI to retain the title. V1 for Doi.

Match 4: Ryuki Honda, Ren Ayabe & Rising Hayato beat Kento Miyahara, Suwama & Hikaru Sato. Ayabe poinned Sato after Des Rolette.

Match 5: Jun Saito beat Davey Boy Smith Jr.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Anzai beat Rei Saito to retain the Triple Crown. V5 for Anzai. Next up: Yuma Aoyagi, who previously earned his title shot. That match will happen at the next event.

The next event is 8/17 at Arena Tachikawa Taihihi in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 8/16 at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.

All-Japan wrapped up the Summer Action Series 2024 tour today in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1341,

The pre-show was an Actress Girls segment and match.

Match 1: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Seiki Yoshioka & MUSASHI beat Naruki Doi & Senor Saito to retain the titles. MUSASHI pinned Saito after Estrellaftulo. V1 for the champs.

Match 2: Shotaro Ashino, Ryo Inoue, Hideki Suzuki, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana beat Hokuto Omori, Cyrus, Kumaarashi, Jack Kennedy & Aizawa No. 1. Inoue pinned 1 with a Daikannon suplex hold.

Match 3: Kyohei Wada (referee) 50th Anniversary Match: Masanobu Fuchi, Jun & Rei Saito beat Suwama, Dan Tamura & Takao Omori (Independent/Freelancer). Rei Saito pinned Tamura after a chokeslam.

Match 4: Yuma Aoyagi beat Ren Ayabe by ref stoppage. As a result, Aoyagi gets an All-Japan Triple Crown shot on 8/17.

Match 5: Kento Miyahara beat Rising Hayato.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Anzai beat Ryuki Honda to retain the Triple Crown. V4 for Anzai. Next up: Not Aoyagi…yet. First, Rei Saito. That match will happen on 8/3.

The next event is 8/3 at at Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 8/2 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

In other news, the 2024 Royal Road Tournament and field was announced. This a 16-man single-elimination tournament. The full field: Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai, Jun Saito, Rei Saito, Kento Miyahara, Suwama, Yuma Aoyagi, Shotaro Ashino, Ren Ayabe, Hohuto Omori, Dan Tamura, Hideki Suzuki, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Cyrus, Kumaarashi, Joel Redman. Redman, an 18-year veteran from England, was scheduled to participate in the 2020 Champions Carnival but was unable to travel to Japan due to the coronavirus pandemic. He first competed in All-Japan in the 2910 Champions Carnival and World’s Strongest Tag League, and his career includes being the inaugural WWE NXT Tag Team Champions with former Dragon Gate and current All Elite Wrestling wrestler Pac (who also competed in WWE for a time after leaving Dragon Gate).
The tournament schedule is as follows:
Round 1: 9/14 (Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall, Nagoya), 9/15 (Act City Hamamatsu, Shizuoka), 9/16 (Hanahaku Memorial Park Tsurumi Ryokuchi Dogwood Hal, Osaka)
Quarterfinals: 9/19 (Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, Tokyo)
Semifinals/Finals: 9/22 (Korakuen)

UPDATE: After the event, it was announced MUSASHI has officially signed with the promotion.