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All-Japan continued the Hokkaido Dynamite Series 2025 Tour today.

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 418.

Match 1: Hideki Suzuki beat Shota Kofuji by submission.

Match 2: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Aoyagi pinned Tachibana.

Match 3: Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki beat Ryuki Honda & Seiki Yoshioka. Shiozaki pinned Yoshioka after Go Lariat.

Match 4: Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai beat Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi. Anzai pinned Kumaarashi after Gimlet.

Match 5: Xyon & Odyssey beat Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato. Xyon pinned Tamura after a diving headbutt.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Jun Saito & MUSASHI beat Ren Ayabe, Talos & Ryo Inoue. Miyahara pinned Inoue with a shutdown suplex hold.

The next event is tomorrow at Iwamizawa City Event Hall Red Brick. There will be no live broadcast. On demand at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET

All-Japan continued the Hokkaido Dynamite Series 2025 tour today with the most emotional stop as they returned to Taishin Nagao’s honetown for the first time since the highly touted rookie died from injuries sustained in a tragic accident in May.

Today’s event was held at Wind Hill Kiushiro Super Arena 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 650.

Match 1: Ryuki Honda beat Seiki Yoshioka.

Match 2: MUSASHI & Rising Hayato beat Yuka Aoyagi & Dan Tamura. Hayato pinned Tamura after a huracanrana.

Match 3: Talos beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana in a 3-way by pinning both.

Match 4: Odyssey, Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki beat Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi & Kumagoro Hokkaido. Shiozaki pinned Kumaarashi after Go Lariat.

Match 5: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi beat Hikaru Sato to retain the title. V3 for Aoyagi.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Jun Saito, Xyon & Shota Kofuji beat Hideki Suzuki, Yuma Anzai, Ren Ayabe & Ryo Inoue. Miyahara pinned Inoue with a shitdown suplex hold.

Before the intermission, Hanawa, a comedian who also wrote the lyrics to the Saito Brothers’ debut music single, appeared and they performed a special mini-live concert.

After the main event, a 10 Bell Salute was held in the ring for Taishin Nagao with the entire roster present in what would have been his first hometown appearance.

The next event is Friday at Asahikawa Loval Industry Promotion Center. There will be no live broadcast. On demand at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET.

All-Japan ran the third event of the Hokkaido Dynamite Series 2025 your today.

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 578.

Match 1; Ren Ayabe, Talos & Shota Kofuji beat Dan Tamura, Ryo Inoue & Hikaru Sato. Ayabe beat Inoue.

Match 2: Kumagoro Hokkaido (someone in a bear costume) beat Yuma Aoyagi & Seigo Tachibana in a 3-way by pinning both.

Match 3: Go Shiozaki beat Seiki Yoshioka.

Match 4: Shotaro Ashino beat GAORA TV Champion Kuroshio TOKYO Japan by submission to win the title. Ashino becomes the 31st GAORA TV Champion.

Match 5: Kento Miyahara, Hideki Suzuki, Ryuki Honda & MUSASHI beat Jun Saito, Yuma Anzai, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. Miyahara pinned Hayato with a shutdown suplex hold.

Main Event: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Xyon & Odysssey beat Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi to retain the titles. Xyon pinned Kumaarashi after a diving headvbutt. V2 for the champs.

The next event is tomorrow at Windhill Kushiro Super Arena Main Arena for a Taishin Nagao Memorial event as this would have been a hometown event for him. There will be no live broadcast. On demand at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET.

All-Japan ran the second event of their fall Hokkaido tour today.

Today’s event was held at Tomakomai City General Gym in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. There was no live broadcast. (On a side note, there are no live broadcasts scheduled this tour except for the last event, on demand premieres scheduled for later that day for each event)

The announced paid attendance was 440.

Match 1: Ryuki Honda beat Shota Kofuji.

Match 2: Kento Miyahara, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Jun Saito, Hideki Suzuki & Ryo Inoue. Miyahara pinned Inoue with a shutdown suplex hold.

Match 3: Talos beat Seiki Yoshioka.

Match 4: Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai beat Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato. Anzai pinned Tamura after Gimlet.

Match 5: Ren Ayabe beat MUSASHI.

Main Event: Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana beat Xyon, Odyssey, Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki. Omori beat Xyon.

The next event is tomorrow at Yotsuba Arena Tokachi Main Arena. There will be no live broadcast. On demand scheduled for 6 PM PT/9 PM ET.

All-Japan began their fall Hokkaido tour today with the first event of the Hokkaido Dynamite Series 2025.

Today’s event was held at Hokuto City Hamabun Sports 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 325.

Match 1: Hideki Suzuki beat Shota Kofuji.

Match 2: Jun Saito beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan.

Match 3: Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. Sato beat Aoyagi.

Match 4: Ryuki Honda beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 5: Xyon, Odyssey, Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki beat Yuma Aoyagi, Yuma Anzai, MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka. Shiozaki pinned MUSASHI after Go Lariat.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Hokuro Omori, Kumaarashi & Seigo Tachibana. Miyahara pinned Tachibana with a shutdown suplex hold.

The next event is tomorrow at Tomakomai City General Gym. There will be no live broadcast. On demand at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET.

All-Japan wrapped up the 53rd Anniversary Tour today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This will also be a taped GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan at a later date. Rei Saito was a special guest on commentary.

The announced paid attendance was 1322.

Match 1: Yuma Aoyagi beat Shota Kofuji.

Match 2: Hokuto Omori, Kunaarashi, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Takashi & Seigo Tachibana beat Jun Saito, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer), Hideki Suzuki, Yuko Miyamoto (Independent/Freelancer) & Hikaru Sato. Omori pinned Suzuki.

Match 3: Xyon, Odyssey & Shotaro Ashino beat Dan Tamura, Kengo Mashimo (Independent/Freelancer) & Fuminori Abe. Odyssey pinned Abe after a diving body press.

Match 4: Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Ryuki Honda & Naoya Nomura. Ayabe pinned Honda after Des Roulette.

Match 5: Yuma Anzai beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 6: All-Asia Tag Team Champions MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato to retain the titles. MUSASHI pinned Hayato after Niten First Class. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara beat Go Shiozaki to retain the Triple Crown. V1 for Miyahara.

During the event, the full field for the 2025 World’s Strongest Tag League aka Real World Tag League was announced. This year it’s 12 teams in 2 blocks in a round-robin format. The entered teams are as follows:
Block A: Hideki Suzuki & Kengo Mashimo, Ren Ayabe & Talos, Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi, Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki, MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka, Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura

Block B: Xyon & Odyssey, Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr., Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Naoya Nomura, Takashi & Kiroshio TOKYO Japan, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato.

No Saitos because with Rei Saito missing the tournament due to injury Jun Saito chose to withdraw and not participate because he couldn’t team with his brother.

The tournament begins on 11/22.

The next event is Sunday at Hokuto City Hamabun Sports Center in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast. On demand scheduled for shortly after the event (event starts Saturday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET, on demand premiere scheduled for 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

All-Japan continued the 53rd Anniversary Series tour today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand FOR FREE on AJPW.TV. Membership is required but only a basic membership which is free (a monthly paid subscription is not required to access the service).

The announced paid attendance was 337, a legit sellout.

Match 1: Dan Fanura beat Shota Kofuji.

Match 2: Seigo Tachibana beat Kikutaro.

Match 3: Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi beat Ryo Inoue & Hikaru Sato. Omori pinned Inoue after Narcissist Press.

Match 4: MUSASHI, Seiki Yoshioka & Hideki Suzuki beat Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising Hayato & Ren Ayabe. MUSASHI pinned Hayato after Niten First Class.

Match 5: Naoya Nomura beat Ryuki Honda.

Main Event: Xyon, Odyssey, Shotaro Ashino & Go Shiozaki beat Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi, Jun Saito & Yuma Anzai. Shiozaki pinned Aoyagi after Go Lariat.

The next event is 10/22 at Korakuen Hall. 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 at a later date.

UPDATE: It has been announced that Rei Saito will be on commentary for the 10/22 event. The first GAORA SPORTS broadcast will be on 10/31.

All-Japan kicked off their annual Anniversary Series Tour, this year the 53rd Anniversary Tour, today in Saitama.

Today’s event was held at Gyoda Green Arena in Saitama and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This was also a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

The announced paid attendance was 1011.

Match 1: Jun Saito, Naruki Doi & Senor Saito beat Knego Mashimo, Hikaru Sato & Seigo Tachibana. Jun Saito pinned Tachibana after a jackhammer. Afterwards, Jun Saito announced his withdrawal from the upcoming World’s Strongest Tag League/Real World Tag League due to his brother Rei Saito being unable to compete due to injury.

Match 2: Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan beat Dan Tamura, ATM & Shota Kofuji. Omori pinned Kofuji after Narcissist Press. Apparently the Hokuto Army has combined with Kuroshio’s unit and will now be known as G-Boys. This is going to be hilarious(ly bad).

Match 3: Ryuki Honda & Rising Hayato beat Ren Ayabe & MUSASHI. Hayato pinned Ayabe.

Match 4: Shotaro Ashino & TBA beat Kento Miyahara & Hideki Suzuki by DQ. Miyahara DQ’d. TBA, a new member of Havoc, was revealed to be…Go Shiozaki! And he issued a Triple Crown challenge. Accepted. That match will happen on 10/22 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. So now I can keep my bad Go puns going in All-Japan! (Shiozaki left Pro Wrestling NOAH a couple weeks ago when his contract expired)

Match 5: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi beat Ryo Inoue to retain the title.V2 for Aoyagi. Next up: Hikaru Sato.

Main Event: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Xyon & Odyssey beat Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai to retain the titles. Xyon pinned Anzai after a diving headbutt. V1 for the champs. Next up: Omori & Kumaarashi.

The next event was to have been Monday in Miyagi but it was POSTPONED due to the Rei Saito injury so the next event now is Tuesday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

Some All-Japan news after their major Tuesday event:

On 10/11 at Gyoda Green Arena Main Arena in Saitama there will be 2 title matches-All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Ryo Inoue for the title and NEW All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Xyon & Odyssey vs. Yuma Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai for the titles.

On 10/22 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo will be All-Asia Tag Team Champions MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato for the titles, a rematch of the last title match. There is expected to be a Triple Crown match as well but a challenger for NEW Champion Kento Miyahara is TBA. At least former champion Jun Saito has vowed to reclaim the Triple Crown and set the successful defense record after an impressive 7 in his first reign. And of course DOOM.

Finally, the previously scheduled 10/29 event at Windhill Kushiro Super Arena Main Arena in Hokkaido will now be a Taishin Nagao Memorial Tournament as it will be held in his hometown. Further details TBA.

All-Japan ran their post-Royal Road major event, Giant Dream 2025, today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Arena Tachikawa Tachihi in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This may have also been a live GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan or was taped for a later broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1750.

Match 1: Shotaro Ashino, Davey Boy Smith Jr., Seiki Yoshioka & Fuminori Abe beat Ren Ayabe, Rising Hayato, Ryo Inoue & Shota Kofuji. Yoshioka pinned Kofuji after a buzzsaw kick.

Match 2: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan won a 9 man battle royal, last eliminating GAORA TV Champion Takashi, to win the title. Kuroshio becomes the 30th GAORA TV Champion.

Match 3: Daisuke Sekimoto (Big Japan) beat Dan Tamura.

Match 4: Yuma Aoyagi & Naoya Nomura beat Yuma Anzai & Ryuki Honda. Aoyagi pinned Anzai after THE FOOL.

Match 5: All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi beat MUSASHI to retain the title. V1 for Aoyagi.

Match 6: Xyon & Odyssey beat All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Hideki Suzuki & Kengo Mashimo to win the titles. Xyon & Odyssey become the 102nd All-Japan World Tag Team Champions. Xyon pinned Suzuki after a diving headbutt.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara beat All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Jun Saito to win the Triple Crown. Miyahara becomes the 76th All-Japan Triple Crown Champion. Aaarghhh…had a feeling this was coming and it kinds sucks as a big fan of the Saitos, but a fantastic first reign for Jun on his own with brother Rei Saito out a while due to injury.

The next event is 10/11 at Gyoda Green Arena in Saitama. Broadcast plans TBA.