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All-Japan posted an update on Twitter linking to an English language Facebook post regarding the recent site issues: The site underwent unscheduled maintenance for various issues, namely the event schedule page not working, and an unspecified issue came up during maintenance. The site has been restored and is accessible again but is currently outdated with no new updates since 6/30. Their other social media accounts and AJPW.TV are not affected. They apologize for the inconvenience and there is no ETA for restoration.

Also announced was that Jun & Rei Saito are off the remaining July events. Family issues. This means they will be out a minimum of 2-3 weeks. No word on if this may affect potential GLEAT participation as they are the current G-INFINITY Champions.

More as it becomes available.

At yesterday’s All-Japan event, Ryuki Honda appeared to be legit knocked unconscious early in a tag match with Masao Hanabata against Hokuto Omori & Naoki Tanisaki. All-Japan has now provided an update on Honda’s condition-he legit fainted during the match and wasn’t moving as he was stretchered out and the finish was rushed to by Omori & Tanisaki (Honda’s eyes appeared open on a close-up shot after the match ended). He was taken straight to a hospital afterwards and the diagnosis is in following examination. Mild concussion. Out indefinitely. He will be required to rest for 2-3 days. That means he is very questionable right now for the next event on 7/8.

More as it becomes available.

7/6 UPDATE: Honda has been cleared to return and will be on the 7/8 event as scheduled.

All-Japan begins their july schedule today with a second straight major event, this time the focus is on the Aoyagi brothers. Atsuki Aoyagi is currently the All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion and he’ll look to keep that title while brother Yuma Aoyagi is next to challenge New Japan stalwart Yuji Nagata and try to reclaim the Triple Crown today. The smaller Aoyagi defends against GLEAT star El Lindaman, part of a large contingent of GLEAT participation today.

There also have been some last minute changes to the event due to Shuji Ishikawa and Oji Shiiba being off the event due to injuries. A couple of early matches were changed, most notably adding Tomoaki Honma participation from New Japan as a replacement for Ishikawa. Ryo Kawamura is the other injury replacement, filling in for Shiiba.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV. Since it’s Korakuen and may be a TV simulcast on Japan (either Samurai! TV or GAORA, probably the former) there should be Japanese commentary. With 2 title matches among the 7 matches and based on time limits I would expect this event to have a total running time of between 2 1/2-3 hours but it wouldn’t go more than 4 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Soma Watanabe, Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue vs. Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Ryo Kawamura
Yoshitatsu & Black Menso-re vs. Kotaro Suzuki & Hartley Jackson
Hokuto Omori & Naoki Tanisaki vs. Ryuki Honda & Masao Hanabata
Suwama, Satoshi Kojima, Kaz Hayashi & Minoru Tanaka vs. Jun & Rei Saito, Toshizo & KONO
Kento Miyahara & T-Hawk vs. Tomoaki Honma & Ren Ayabe
All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi vs. El Lindaman for the title
All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuji Nagata vs. Yuma Aoyagi for the Triple Crown

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

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

7:25 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now…

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. As usual the audio is muted for a moment at the start before we go to the opening video.

The paid attendance should be announced after the event. They didn’t announce attendance for their last event and their website has been somewhat broken the last couple days so we’ll see. From what I saw when we went back at the start it looked like a good crowd with some empty bleachers on either side opposite hard camera. Could be near or around 1000. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1047)

The event begins with today’s lineup video. When we return commentary comes online, we have Japanese commentary.

The matches begin at 7:32 PM PT.

Match 1: Soma Watanabe, Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue vs. Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Ryo Kawamura. 15 minute time limit
Result: Soma Watanabe, Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue beat Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Ryo Kawamura. Inoue beat Tamura.

Match 2: Yoshitatsu & Black Menso-re vs. Kotaro Suzuki & Hartley Jackson. 20 minute time limit
Result: Kotaro Suzuki & Hartley Jackson beat Yoshitatsu & Black Menso-re. Suzuki pinned Menso-re after a tiger driver.

Match 3: Hokuto Omori & Naoki Tanisaki vs. Ryuki Honda & Masao Hanabata. 20 minute time limit
Result: Hokuto Omori & Naoki Tanisaki beat Ryuki Honda & Masao Hanabata. Omori pinned Honda. Honda was apparently legit knocked unconscious.early on and they rushed to finish He was carried out on a stretcher and did not appear to be moving. More on this as it becomes available.

Match 4: Suwama, Satoshi Kojima, Kaz Hayashi & Minoru Tanaka vs. Jun & Rei Saito, Toshizo & KONO. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun & Rei Saito, Toshizo & KONO beat Suwama, Satoshi Kojima, Kaz Hayashi & MInoru Tanaka. Jun Saito pinned Suwama after a chokeslam.

Matches for upcoming events in July and August as well as upcoming events are announced. Among the highlights: 7/23 will have All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori for the titles. And on 8/27…Saki Akai (DDT) participation!

Match 5: Kento Miyahara & T-Hawk vs. Tomoaki Honma & Ren Ayabe. 30 minute time limit
Result: Kento Miyahara & T-Hawk beat Tomoaki Honma & Ren Ayabe. Miyahara pinned Ayabe.

Match 6: All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi vs. El Lindaman for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: El Lindaman beat All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi to win the title. Lindaman becomes the 66th All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion. Next up: Possibly Ryo Inoue, who stormed out to issue the challenge.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuji Nagata (New Japan) vs. Yuma Aoyagi for the Triple Crown. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Yuma Aoyagi beat All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuji Nagata to win the Triple Crown. Aoyagi becomes the 70th All-Japan Triple Crown Champion. Next up: Unless Shotaro Ashino comes back anytime soon, potentially Hokuto Omori as he came out to issue the challenge. Afterwards, a funny spot as Aoyagi was not exactly Kento Miyahara when it came to handling the 3 belts he now holds as the Triple Crown and All-Japan World Heavyweight Tag Team Champion after he ends Nagata’s impressive nearly 5-month reign as the oldest 55 years old champion.

The next event is 7/8 at Yokohama Radiant Hall in Yokohama. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

All-Japan continues the Dynamite Series 2023 Tour today with their last event of the month.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. You can also watch the first 4 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The paid attendance has not yet been announced. (Update: The announced paid attendance was 285)

There were last-minute changes to the first match because Oji Shiiba was injured in practice earlier in the day or in recent days. Meniscus. Out indefinitely. Kenichiro Arai was the replacement. (Update: Right knee according to a press release from GLEAT today noting Shiiba is off their event Saturday)

Match 1: Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura beat Kenichiro Arai & Black Menso-re. Tamura pinned Menso-re after a powerbomb.

Match 2: Rising Hayato vs. Yutani (GLEAT) went to a 15 minute time limit draw.

Match 3: Manabu Soya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Takao Omori.

Match 4: Takuya Nomura, Fuminori Abe & Ryo Inoue vs. Naruki Doi, Naoki Tanisaki (Independent/Freelancers) & Hokuto Omori went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Match 5: Kento Miyahara beat Kotaro Suzuki.

Match 6: Daisuke Sekimoto (Big Japan) & Suwama vs. Jun & Rei Saito went to a double countout.

Main Event: Yuji Nagata, Master Wato (New Japan) & Ryuki Honda beat Yuma Aoyagi, Atsuki Aoyagi & Yoshitatsu. Nagata beat Yoshitatsu with Nagata Lock 54.

The next event is Sunday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Broadcast plans TBA but I expect it to be live on AJPW.TV, if so it will begin Saturday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET and there will be live results.

All-Japan rookie/sophomore Yuma Anzai had an early career match when he faced Yuji Negata for the Triple Crown this past week, ultimately a losing effort as the New Japan veteran retained the Triple Crown. And based on the promotion’s announcement on Twitter, he lost more than the match-also some time because he was injured in the match. Torn left triceps. Out indefinitely but at least 2 weeks including 6/26 & 7/2 events. For 6/26, he was to have teamed with Ryo Inoue & Oji Shiiba to face Naruki Doi, Naoki Tanisaki & Hokuto Omori. Takuya Nomura is the replacement.

More as it becomes available.

All-Japan continued the Dynamite Series 2023 today with another major event headlined by a Triple Crown match.

Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 1966.

Match 1: Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura beat Takuya Nomura & Kazumasa Yoshida. Tamura pinned Yoshida after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 2: Mayumi Ozaki (OZ Acadremy) & Maya Yukihi (Independent/Freelancer) beat ChiChi & Sunny. Ozaki pinned Sunny after a fisherman buster.

Match 3: Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Yoshitatsu.

Match 4: Atsushi Onita, Toru Owashi (DDT) & Carbell Ito beat Black Menso-re, Black Tiger & Great Tiger. Owashi pinned Menso-re.

Match 5: Satoshi Kojima, Osamu Nishimura & Yutaka Yoshie (Dradition) beat Ryuki Honda, Hokuto Omori & Ryo Inoue. Kojima pinned Honda after a lariat.

Match 6: Minoru Suzuki, Taiyo Kea & MAZADA (Independent/Freelancer) beat Jun & Rei Saito & Toshizo. Suzuki pinned Toshizo after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Match 7: Shuji Ishikawa 20th Anniversary Match 2: Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi (Big Japan) beat Shuji Ishikawa & Suwama. Okabayashi pinned Ishikawa after Golem Splash.

Match 8: All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato to retain the titles. Miyahara pinned Hayato with a shutdown suplex hold. V1 for the champs.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuji Nagata (New Japan) beat Yuma Anzai to retain the Triple Crown. V3 for Nagata. Next up: TBA, which will be on 7/2 at Korakuen Hall. Also announced for 7/2 was All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi vs. El Lindaman for the title.

The next event is 6/26 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

All-Japan began the Dynamite Series 2023 today with a mid-major event in Tokyo.

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

The announced paid attendance was 984.

Match 1: Black Menso-re & Oji Shiiba beat Ryuki Honda & Masao Hanabata. Menso-re pinned Hanabata.

Match 2: Kotaro Suzuki & Yutani (GLEAT) beat Yoshitatsu & Rising Hayato. Suzuki pinned Yoshitatsu after Endless Waltz.

Match 3: El Lindaman & Yu Iizuka (GLEAT) beat Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura. Lindaman pinned Tamura with a German suplex hold.

Match 4: Satoshi Kojima, Taiyo Kea & Kaz Hayashi beat Minoru Suzuki, Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori. Kea pinned Omlri after TKO34th.

Match 5: Yuji Nagata (New Japan), Takuya Nomura & Funinori Abe beat Suwama, Yuka Anzai & Ryo Inoue. Nagata beat Inoue with Nagata Lock 54.

Match 6: Shuji Ishikawa 20th Anniversary Match: Shuji Ishikawa, Kohei Sato & Ren Ayabe beat Jun & Rei Saito & KONO. Ishikawa pinned KONO after a giant slam.

Match 7: All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi beat Kaito Ishida (GLEAT) to retain the title. V1 for Aoyagi.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi beay All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Kenoh & Manabu Soya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) to win the titles. Miyahara & Aoyagi become the 96th All-Japan World Tag Team Champions. Miyahara pinned Soya with a shutdown suplex hold. This comes a day or so after Kenoh announced his plans to have the titles transferred to NOAH. Kongo Bongo’d and plans foiled. Not a good month-plus continuing for Kenoh as they’ve lost all their titles and Kongo is seemingly falling apart.

The next event is Saturday at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo with Nagata-Anzai for the Triple Crown. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

All-Japan began the Dynamite Series 2023 today with an event featuring 2 title matches and additional developments for the next big event later this week.

Today’s event was held at Big Palette Fukushima in Fukushima and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today or tomorrow. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 637.

Match 1: Kohei Sato, MUSASHI (Independent/Freelancer), Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue beat Atsuki Aoyagi, Dan Tamura, Ren Ayabe & Oji Shiiba. Inoue pinned Tamura after a low altitude lariat.

Match 2: All-Japan Pro Wrestling TV 6-Man Tag Team Champions ATM, Takao Omori & Black Menso-re beat Black Tiger (Independent/Freelancer), Gorgeous Matsuno (DDT) & Aizawa No. 1 to retain the titles.Omori pinned Aizawa after Ax Bomber. V1 for the champs.

Match 3: In a Barbed Wire Double Barricade Mat Megaton Electric Blast Death Match, All-Asia Tag Team Champions Atsushi Onita & Yoshitatsu beat Hikaru Sato & Ryo Kawamura to retain the titles. Yoshitatsu pinned Kawamura. V3 for the champs.

Match 4: Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori beat Ryuki Honda & Masao Hanabata. Susuki pinned Hanabata after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Match 5: Suwama & Satoshi Kojima vs. Jun & Rei Saito went to a double countout. Which led to…
Match 5 (again): Suwama & Satoshi Kojima vs. Jun & Rei Saito went to a double countout (again).

Match 6: Yuma Aoyagi beat Manabu Soya (Pro Wrestling NOAH).

Main Event: Kento Miyahara & Yuma Anzai beat Yuji Nagata (New Japan) & Yutaka Yoshie (Independent/Freelancer). Anzai pinned Yoshie with a German suplex hold.

The next event is Thursday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Following the challenge issued by Kenoh in Pro Wrestling NOAH yesterday, an All-Japan World Tag Team Championship match of Kenoh & Soya vs. Miyahara & Anzai for the titles has been added to the event, which also will feature All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Kaito Ishida for the title. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.