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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

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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!

All-Japan wraps up their weeklong Hokkaido tour with a doubleheader of major events today. The first event is a matinee headlined by 2 title matches-first, El Lindaman defends the All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Championship against Jonathan Gresham, looking to win the title to finish his first tour with the promotion. In the main event, All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito defend the titles against the odd but dangerous team of Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori.

Today’s events will be held at Hotel Emisia Sapporo in Hokkaido and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV. It’s not yet known if there will be any commentary. The second event coming up after he first one will keep this first event from running too long, probably will go around 2 1/2 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Yoshitatsu vs. Ren Ayabe
Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato vs. Hikaru Sato & Ryo Inoue
Takao Omori, Takaya Doi (?) & Koji Yoshida vs. Black Menso-re, Fuminori Abe & Kumagoro Hokkai
Dan Tamura vs. T-Hawk
Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Suwama, Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai
All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion El Lindaman vs. Jonathan Gresham for the title
All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito vs. Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori for the titles

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Updates below will begin at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET. (The second event will begin at 1 AM PT/MT/2 AM CT/3 AM ET-remember the time change-back 1 hour-is overnight tonight! There will be no live results for the second event)

8:01 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Hotel Emisia Sapporo in Hokkaido, Japan. Audio muted at start for a few seconds. There is Japanese commentary for this event. No videos tonight as there is no TV/monitor setup in the venue.

The paid attendance will be announced at the event. Looks like the setup is for 400-500 and looks to be 90-95% full so I’m thinking it’ll be around 450 depending on capacity. (Seemed like the crowd thinned out some during intermission. Revising my estimate down to maybe 400) (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 596)

Match 1: Yoshitatsu vs. Ren Ayabe. 10 minute time limit
Result: Ren Ayabe beat Yoshitatsu

Match 2: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato vs. Hikaru Sato & Ryo Inoue. 15 minute time limit
Result: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Hikaru Sato & Ryo Inoue. Hayato pinned Inoue after Sid Vicious.

Match 3: Takao Omori, Takaya Doi (?) & Koji Yoshida vs. Black Menso-re, Fuminori Abe & Kumagoro Hokkai. 20 minute time limit
Result: Takao Omori, Takaya Doi (?) & Koji Yoshida beat Black Menso-re, Fuminori Abe & Kumagoro Hokkai. Omori pinned Menso-re after Ax Bomber. A bit of a comedy match.

Intermission. Almost 20 minute break.

The matches resume at 9:02 PM PT.

Match 4: Dan Tamura vs. T-Hawk. 30 minute time limit
Result: T-Hawk beat Dan Tamura

Match 5: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Suwama, Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Shuji Ishikawa beat Suwama, Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai. Ishikawa pinned Anzai after Splash Mountain.

Match 6: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion El Lindaman vs. Jonathan Gresham for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion El Lindaman beat Jonathan Gresham to retain the title. V4 for Lindaman. Show of respect from Gresham afterwards, coming up just short in a very competitive match.

Main Event: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito vs. Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito beat Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori to retain the titles. Jun Saito pinned Omori after Doomsday Device. V2 for the champs.

The next event is later today. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/MT/2 AM CT/3 AM ET (all time zones except PT have their start times affected by the time change back 1 hour).

All-Japan ran the penultimate event of their weeklong Hokkaido blitz, the 5th of 6 straight days of events.

Today’s event was held at Iwamizawa City Event Hall in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 545.

Match 1: Hikaru Sato & ? (Domoya? Can’t quite get it from translations) beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Black Menso-re. ? pinned Menso-re after SOD.

Match 2: Jun & Rei Saito beat Shuji Ishikawa & Ryo Inoue. Jun Saito pinned Inoue after Psycho Break.

Match 3: Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori beat Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu. Hokuto Omori beat Takao Omori with Narcissist Lock.

Match 4: Suwama, Dan Tamura & Kumagoro Hokkai beat Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Koji Yoshida. Hokkai pinned Yoshida after a reverse splash.

Match 5: Yuma Aoyagi beat Ren Ayabe.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Rising Hayato & Jonathan Gresham beat T-Hawk, El Lindaman & Fuminori Abe. Gresham beat Abe with Octopus.

The tour-ender is tomorrow at Hotel Emilia Sapporo in Hokkaido with Lindaman-Gresham for the All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Championship and the Saito Bros vs. Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori for the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin TONIGHT at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET with live results posted here. And a reminder for those watching on the US east coast: Set your clocks back 1 hour at 2 AM!

All-Japan continued their weeklong Hokkaido tour today with the 4th of 6 events.

Today’s event was held at Bihoro Sports Center in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 478.

Match 1: Ren Ayabe beat Black Menso-re.

Match 2: Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura beat Kumagoro Hokkai & Koji Yoshida. Sato pinned Yoshida.

Match 3: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato vs. Funinori Abe & Jonathan Gresham went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 4: Hokuto Omori beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 5: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito beat Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu to retain the titles. Rei Saito pinned Omori after a diving body press. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: Kento Moyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Suwama beat Shuji Ishikawa, Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai. Suwama pinned Honda after Last Ride.

The next event is tomorrow at Iwamizawa City Event Hall Red Brick in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast. (Correction: Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET)