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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)

All-Japan continued their weeklong Hokkaido series today with the third event of 6.

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

The announced paid attendance was 388.

Match 1: Hikaru Sato beat Hokkai Kumagoro.

Match 2: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Black Menso-re & Jonathan Gresham. Hayto pinned Menso-re after Sid Vicious.

Match 3: Hokuto Omori beat Koji Yoshida.

Match 4: Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu beat Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe. Yoshitatsu pinned Ayabe after Yoshitatsu Fantasy.

Match 5: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Fuminori Abe beat Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Ryo Inoue. Aoyagi pinned Inoue after THE FOOL.

Main Event: Jun & Rei Saito beat Suwama & Dan Tamura. Rei Saito pinned Suwama after a diving body press.

The next event is tomorrow at Bihoro Sports Center in Hokkaido with an All-Japan World Tag Team Championship match as the Saito Bros defend against Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu. There will be no live broadcast.

All-Japan ran the second event of their 6-event Hokkaido week today.

Today’s event was held at Yotsuba Arena Tokachi sub Arena in Hokkaido and will be a available on demand on AJPW.TV later today. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 428.

Match 1: Rising Hayato beat Black Menso-re.

Match 2: Jonathan Gresham beat Hikaru Sato & Fuminori Abe in a 3-way by beating Sato.

Match 3: Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu beat Shuji Ishikawa & Kumagoro Hokkai. Omori pinned Hokkai after Ax Bomber.

Match 4: Jun & Rei Saito beat Ren Ayabe & Koji Yoshida. Jun Saito pinned Yoshida after Psycho Break.

Match 5: Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori beat Suwama & Dan Tamura. Suzuki pinned Tamura after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Ryo Inoue. Miyahara pinned Inoue with a shutdown suplex hold.

The next event is tomorrow at Asahikawa Local Industry Promotion Center in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast, but it will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later that day.

All-Japan kicked off a weeklong tour of Hokkaido today with the first of 6 events up north.

Today’s event was held at Imagane General gym in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 618, a super full house/very near sellout.

Match 1: Fuminori Abe beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 2: Black Menso-re beat Kumagoto Hokkai (?) & Koji Yoshida in a 3-way by pinning Yoshida.

Match 3: Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu beat Suwama & Dan Tamura. Omori pinned Tamura after Ax Bomber.

Match 4: Jun & Rei Saito beat Ren Ayabe & Hikaru Sato. Rei Saito pinned Sato after a diving body press.

Match 5: Minoru Suzuki, Hokuto Omori & Jonathan Gresham beat Shuji Ishikawa, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. Gresham beat Hayato with a standing STF.

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

The next event is tomorrow at Yotsuba Arena Tokachi Sub Arena in Hokkaido. There will be no live broadcast, but it will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later in the day.

In a video just posted on social media, former Pro Wrestling NOAH star Katsuhiko Nakajima has made an unexpected appearance at the All-Japan Pro Wrestling offices today. In very brief comments as he was followed by several cameramen & photographers, he requested to challenge for the All-Japan Triple Crown on 11/5 in Hokkaido.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: It’s now official. Nakajima vs. Yuma Aoyagi for the Triple Crown on 11/5.

Some All-Japan news following this past weekend’s major event:

An All-Japan World Tag Team Championship match has been added to next week’s Hokkaido tour: 11/3 will see Jun & Rei Saito defend the titles vs. Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu.

Next up for Yuma Aoyagi & the Triple Crown: TBA, but it will be on 11/5 in the second event of a doubleheader that day.

The AJPW.TV broadcast schedule for November has been announced (subject to change):
The following events will be LIVE broadcasts: 11/5 (Hotel Emilia Sapporo, Hokkaido-both events-forst event will be 12/4 US time), 11/12 (Korakuen Hall, Tokyo-11/11 US time), 11/19 (Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya), 11/23 (Kira Messe Numazu, Shizuoka), 11/29 (Korakuen)
The following events will be ON DEMAND ONLY (no live broadcasts, available the next day-in the US these should be available the same day): 11/1 (Yotsuba Arena Tokachi Sub Arena (Obihiro), Hokkaido), 11/2 (Asahikawa Local Industry Promotion Center, Hokkaido), 11/3 (Bihoro Sports Center, Hokkaido), 11/4 (Iwamizawa City Hall Akarenga, Hokkaido), 11/15 (Tokorozawa Civic Gymnasium Main Arena, Saitama), 11/26 (Shonan Fujisawa Market Special Ring, Kanagawa)

All-Japan wraps up the 51st Anniversary Series today with a major event headlined by 2 title matches. In the first one, the All-Japan and KO-D 6-Man Tag Team Champions Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani return to defend the All-Japan titles against the mixed trio of Suwama, Mayumi Ozaki & Maya Yukihi. Then in the main event it’s a rematch between Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi for the Triple Crown, coming shortly after they lost the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship. They are clearly the top two stars in the promotion right now but who is going to come out on top?

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV in Japanese. It’s not yet known if this will be a TV simulcast in Japan. I have a feeling the main event will be epic and potentially a marathon (over 30 minutes) so I’m predicting the event’s total running time will be in the range of 2 1/2-3 hours, but no more than 4 hours tops based on time limits.

Today’s lineup:
Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato
Dan Tamura vs. Shinya Aoki
Shuji Ishikawa, Ren Ayabe & Black Menso-re vs. Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya (DDT)
Minoru Suzuki, Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori vs. Hideki Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Koji Iwamoto & Ryo Inoue
All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Champions Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & HIdeki Okatani (DDT) vs. Suwama, Mayumi Ozaki (OZ Academy) & Maya Yukihi (Independent/Freelancer) for the titles
All-Japan 51st Anniversary Match: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai vs. Jun & Rei Saito
All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi vs. Kento Miyahara for the Triple Crown

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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.

7:20 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. We’re in pre-show mode so no commentary yet.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. The crowd is still filing in and advance ticket sales looked good, so I’m thinking it’ll be in the 1200-1250 range, which would be anywhere from 80-95% full. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1370, a super full house/very near sellout)

The matches will begin in about 15 minutes. At 7:25 PM PT the entire roster comes out for pre-event activities. Notably not getting in the ring and not wearing All-Japan jackets: Jun & Rei Saito. This is most likely related to the promotion’s 51st Anniversary. Suprisingly no muted audio between this and the opening video.

The matches begin at 7:35 PM PT. Looks like it’s perhaps a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan based on the match rundown presentation and onscreen graphics. There was a typo in the match rundown graphics, Rising Hayato’s kanji (all English caps) was misspelled as “HYATO”.(Late show update: It’s Samurai! TV. Durign main event intros I saw Kagehiro Osano on commentary at ringside, he usually does commentary on their simulcasts for WRESTLE UNIVERSE)

Match 1: Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. 15 minute time limit
Result: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Takao Omori & Yoshitatsu. Hayato pinned Yoshitatsu with a jackknife after an Aoyagi dropkick.

Match 2: Dan Tamura vs. Shinya Aoki. 15 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw. This was a grappling/submission wrestling exhibition clinic

Match 3: Shuji Ishikawa, Ren Ayabe & Black Menso-re vs. Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya (DDT). 20 minute time limit
Result; Sanshiro Takagi, HARASHIMA & Yukio Naya beat Shuji Ishikawa, Ren Ayabe & Black Menso-re. Takagi pinned Menso-re after a sitout powerbomb. Comedy match at times because of Takagi and his super bicycle riding through the reserved seats. Afterwardh, Jun & Rei Saito came out and brawled witH Naya & HARASHIMA into the backstage area.

Match 4: Minoru Suzuki, Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori vs. Hideki Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Koji Iwamoto & Ryo Inoue. 20 minute time limit
Result: Minoru Suzuki, Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori beat Hideki Suzuki, Koji Iwamoto & Ryo Inoue. Suzuki pinned Inoue after a Gotch-style piledriver.

The Real World Tag League is announced for November & December, along with the 10 teams entered. 9 of them anyway, one is TBA. DDT participation will continue with Yukio Skaaguchi & Hideki Okatani as well. The tournament runs from 11/12-12/6.

Match 5: All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Champions Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & HIdeki Okatani (DDT) vs. Suwama, Mayumi Ozaki (OZ Academy) & Maya Yukihi (Independent/Freelancer) for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Suwama, Mayumi Ozaki & Maya Yukihi beat All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Champions Yukio Sakaguchi, Saki Akai & Hideki Okatani by ref stoppage to win the titles. Suwama, Ozaki & Yukihi become the 7th All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Suwama beat Akai with a sleeper hold. I’m not totally surprised this happened because Akai is retiring next month and this is probably her final appearance in All-Japan.

Match 6: All-Japan 51st Anniversary Match: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai vs. Jun & Rei Saito. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun & Rei Saito beat Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai. Rei Saito pinned Anzai after a Jun Saito lariat off the top rope (Doomsday Device).

A brief (less than 1 minute) countdown leads into the promo video for the main event.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi vs. Kento Miyahara for the Triple Crown. 1 Hour time limit. They did extra special versions of entrances with additional promo video for both. Very big-match feel and hype.
Result: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuma Aoyagi beat Kento Miyahara to retain the Triple Crown. V5 for Aoyagi. They went just short of 30 minutes. Right after it ended a sudden shriek from the crowd…Katsuhiko Nakajima!!! He has flowers and…NAILS MIYAHARA WITH THEM! A clue as to what is to come after next Saturday when Nakajima finishes up with Pro Wrestling NOAH? Unless that was also a clue as to what is next, because of the Real World Tag League Aoyagi may very well be Triple Crown Champion going into 2024. On his way out, Aoyagi took a victory lap around and high-fived fans in the front row, picking up what was left of the flowers and giving them to a female fan. It was mainly the plastic wrap…but still, that’s quite a souvenir given what happened to end the show.

The next event is 10/31 at Imakanemachi General Gymnasium Aikubu in Hokkaido, kicking off a week-long series in northern Japan. There will be no live broadcast. It will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later that day (US time).