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All-Japan announced 2 title matches today for upcoming events:

First, next up to get a shot at the Triple Crown is Yuma Anzai. He will face Triple Crown Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima for the Triple Crown on 3/30 at Ota City General Gym on Tokyo.

Before that, NEW All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Suwama & Hideki Suzuki will defend the titles against an equally odd couple-Shotaro Ashino & Kuroshio TOKYO Japan. That match will happen on 3/9 (3/8 US time as it’s a morning start in Japan) at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, which is the next event.

All-Japan wrapped up the Excite Series 2024 Tour today with an event in Kyoto.

Today’s event was held at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. You can also watch the first 3 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 572.

There was a late change to the card because Carbell Ito (ATM) was a last-minute removal from the event. Illness. This caused match 2 to be changed.

Match 1: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Ren Ayabe.

Match 2: Takao Omori beat Toshizo & Kazuaki Mihara in a 3-way by DQ. Toshizo DQ’d. Ref assault.

Match 3: Shotaro Ashino & Hokuto Omori beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana. Ashino pinned Tachibana with a T-Bone suplex.

Match 4: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai vs. Jun Saito & KONO went to a double countout. Which led to…
Match 4 (again): Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai vs. Jun Saito & KONO went to a double countout (again).

Match 5: Rising Hayato, Hikaru Sato, Seiki Yoshioka & Fuminori Abe beat Dan Tamura, Ryo Inoue, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & “brother” YASSHI (Independent/Freelancer) by ref stoppage. Hayato beat Tamura with Overdose.

Main Event: Suwama & Hideki Suzuki beat Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi to win the vacant All-Japan World Tag Team Championship. Suwama & Suzuki become the 98th All-Japan World Tag Team Champions. Suwama pinned Aoyagi with a backdrop hold.

The next event is 3/9 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The only match set so far is Dan Tamura vs. Rising Hayato for the All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Championship. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 3/8 at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET. Live results are currently scheduled.

All-Japan continued the Excite Series 2024 Tour today with an event in Fukuoka.

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

The announced paid attendance was 688.

Match 1: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 2: Naruki Doi (Indpendent/Freelancer) & Hokuto Onori beat Seiki Yoshioka & Seigo Tachibana. Doi pinned Tachibana.

Match 3: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & ATM beat Ray Paloma & ? (last name Iwasaki, can’t get first name from translation). Kuroshio pinned Paloma with Handsome Clutch.

Match 4: Shotaro Ashino & Dan Tamura beat Ren Ayabe & Fuminori Abe. Ashino beat Ayabe with an ankle lock.

Match 5: Ryuki Honda, Yuma Anzai & Takao Omori (Independent/Freelancer) beat Suwama, Hideki Suzuki & Hikaru Sato. Omori pinned Sato after Ax Bomber.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Jun Saito, KONO & Toshizo. Miyahara pinned Toshizo with a shutdown suplex hold.

The next event is tomorrow at Kyoto KBS Hall in Kyoto. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

All-Japan continued their current tour today with an event in Okayama.

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

The announced paid attendance was 693.

Match 1: Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Hokuto Omori.

Match 2: Jun Saito, KONO & Toshizo beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Seigo Tachibana & Seiki Yoshioka. Saito pinned Tachibana after Psycho Break.

Match 3: Shotaro Ashino, Ryo Inoue & ATM beat Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer), Fuminori Abe & Rey Paloma. Ashino pinned Paloma with a German suplex hold.

Match 4: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Anzai & Rising Hayato beat Dan Tamura, Takao Omori & Ren Ayabe. Miyahara pinned Ayabe with a shutdown suplex hold.

Match 5: Suwama & Hideki Suzuki beat Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai by ref stoppage. Suzuki beat Honda. As a result, Suwama & Suzuki will face Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi on Sunday for the vacant All-Japan World Tag Team Championship.

Main Event: Minoru Suzuki beat Hikaru Sato.

The next event is tomorrow at Acros Fukuoka in Fukuoka. There will be no live broadcast.

All-Japan has reported an injury coming out of yesterday’s Korakuen event: Atsuki Aoyagi was injured during the event and is now officially on the sidelines. Left ACL, meniscus and other ligaments. Out indefinitely. For Friday, he was to have teamed with Dan Tamura & Ren Ayabe to fave Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi (his brother) & Rising Hayato. Takao Omori, who recently left All-Japan, is the replacement.
For Saturday’s event, Omori will be a replacement in a 6-man tag match for Rising Hayato, who will now replace Aoyagi in the main event.
For Sunday’s event, changes are TBA but Omori will participate.
Aoyagi’s status beyond this weekend is uncertain as the promotion will be off until 3/9. It will probably depend on if it’s a minor injury or something worse that could mean months out.

More as it becomes available.

All-Japan continued their February tour today with a 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 1269.

There was a change to the main event announced last week as Rei Saito was removed due to injury (shoulder). He was to have challenged Katsuhiko Nakajima for the Triple Crown. Jun Saito was the replacement. The Saitos also vacated the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship as a result.

There was a last-minute addition of an ActWres Girls pre-show match. Surprising given the promotion is on hiatus following the death of a roster member earlier this month (she was killed in a car accident en route to their last event).

Match 1: Suwama beat Hideki Suzuki.

Match 2: Shotaro Ashino, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Hikaru Sato & Hartley Jackson (Independent/Freelancer) beat Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer). Hokuto Omori, Ren Ayabe & Osamu Nishimura. Jackson pinned Ayabe after Falcon Arrow.

Match 3: Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai beat KONO & Toshizo. Honda pinned Toshizo after Final Vent.

Match 4: Kento Miyahara & Rising Hayato beat Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi. Hayato pinned Atsuki Aoyagi after Overdose.

Match 5: GAORA TV Champion Seigo Tachibana beat Ryo Inoue to retain the title. V1 for Tachibana.

Match 6: All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Dan Tamura beat Fuminori Abe to retain the title. V3 for Tamura.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima beat Jun Saito to retain the Triple Crown. V4 for Nakajima.

The next event is Friday (Thursday night US time) at Okayama Convention Center in Okayama. There will be no live broadcast.

UPDATE: After the Jr. title match, MUSASHI made a surprise appearance and is aiming for Tamura and the title. MUSASHI, who has made some appearances in New Japan over the last few months thanks to relations/past partnerships with New Japan wrestler Yoh, is leaving home promotion Michinoku Pro in the coming weeks after his contract expires. It sounds like he will be participating in All-Japan going forward, but it’s not clear if he will sign with them or be doing so as a freelancerz.

UPDATE 2: Next up for Tamura: Not MUSASHI but Rising Hayato. That match will happen on 3/9 at Kotakuen.

All-Japan has announced a major change to the 2/20 Korakuen Hall event: Rei Saito is now off. Dislocated right shoulder. Out indefinitely. He was to have faced Triple Crown Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima for the Triple Crown. But no free pass for the champ-Jun Saito, Rei’s brother, is the replacement and will now challenge Nakajima for the title.

【2.20後楽園大会一部対戦カード変更のお知らせ】

斉藤レイ選手「右肩関節脱臼」による欠場のため対戦カードが一部変更。

そして斉藤ジュン選手の三冠ヘビー級王座挑戦が決定。

◆三冠ヘビー級選手権試合
【王者】
中嶋勝彦
vs
【挑戦者】
斉藤ジュン

詳細https://t.co/gSX6R7bDW1#ajpw pic.twitter.com/Rn24XpfwxH

— 全日本プロレス/alljapan (@alljapan_pw) February 12, 2024

UPDATE: Because of this, the All-Japan World Tag Team Championship is now VACANT. They were to have defended the titles on 2/25 against Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi. Miyahara & Aoyagi will now face the winners of a 2/23 match between Suwama & Hideki Suzuki and Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai for the titles on 2/25.

All-Japan ran the third Rising Hayato Produced NEW AGE CHRONICLE Z event today, focused on younger and less experienced wrestlers.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring and can be watched on demand on YouTube. It was to have been live on AJPW.TV but was bot due to technical issues and an emergency decision was made to stream it for free on YouTube. It will be available on demand on AJPW.TV at a later time. The YouTube video is joined in progress (it appears to start after intros for the first match so it’s missing the first few minutes of the event). I attempted to link to/embed it here but the provider doesn’t allow it. (The AJPW.TV version is now available on the service, they are still looking into the technical issues)

The announced paid attendance was 335, a legit advance sellout.

Match 1: Soma Watanabe beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 2: Hideki Sekine beat Imabari Towel Mascaras.

Match 3: Jun & Rei Saito beat Shotaro Ashino & Kumaarashi. Rei Saito pinned Lumaarashi after Iginari Saito Splash.

Match 4: Yuma Aoyagi, Yuma Anzai & Ryuki Honda beat Hokuto Omori, Ren Ayabe & So Daimonji. Anzai pinned Ayabe with a German suplex hold.

Main Event: Dan Tamura & Hayato Tamura beat Rising Hayato & TBA, revealed at match time to be Rising Atsuki. Dan Tamura pinned Atsuki after a powerbomb. It was originally announced that Atsuki Aoyagi would not be part of the event due to working as a producer for the event…clearly a well-played swerve.

There will be a 4th event in the series on 4/11-the series has been extremely successful so far as every event has been a legit advance sellout well ahead of time as they spotlight wrestlers with less than 10 years experience.

The next event is 2/20 at Korakuen Hall with 3 title matches including Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Rei Saito for the Triple Crown. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1;30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

All-Japan has announced several title matches for upcoming events, plus some other news:

First, 3 title matches will be on 2/20 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo: GAORA TV Champion Seigo Tachibana vs. Ryo Inoue for the title, All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Dan Tamura vs. Fuminori Abe for the title, and Triple Crown Champion Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Rei Saito for the Triple Crown. Another match announced for 2/20 was Suwama vs. Hideki Suzuki. They’ve had their issues getting along the last couple months.

On 2/25 in Kyoto at Kyoto KBS Hall, All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Jun & Rei Saito vs. Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi for the titles has been announced.

AJPW.TV has announced the broadcast schedule for February: 2/8, 2/20 & 2/25 will be LIVE. 2/23 & 2/24 will have no live broadcast but will be available on demand later that day or, at the latest, the next day.

The 2/8 NEW AGE CHRONICLE Z 3 event is now a legit advance sellout as of today, so no same-day ticket sales. It will be broadcast live on AJPW.TV.

The schedule for the 2024 Champions Carnival Tournament has been announced:
4/18-Korakuen Hall
4/20-Act City Hamamatsu, Shizuoka
4/21-Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Center Exhibition Hall 4, Chiba
4/28-Shinagawa Prince Hotel Stellar Ball, Tokyo
4/27-Osaka Prefectural Gym 2, Osaka
4/28-Nagoya Congress Center, Nagoya
4/29-Kurobe City Sports Center, Toyama
4/3-Yume Messe Miyagi Building Exhibition Hall C, Sendai
5/6-Korakuen
5/12-Yokohama BUNTAI, Yokohama (Finals)
More dates possibly TBA.
Also announced was their traditional New Year’s Eve Tournament, to be held on 12/31 at Yoyogi National Stadium Gym 2 in Tokyo.

Finally, All-Japan announced additional participation on 2/9 for the NTV 70 Years Of Pro Wrestling event at Korakuen Hall, which will also include Pro Wrestling NOAH participation. The All-Japan match will be Kento Miyahara, Ryuki Honda & Dan Tamura vs. Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. Previously announced matches set are Jun & Rei Saito vs. Timothy Thatcher & Saxon Huxley in an AJPW vs. NOAH match and the main event, which will be Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Yuma Anzai. The event will air on NTV (may be either the main network or their G+ network) in Japan on 2/18 at 1:50 AM JST and there currently is no live broadcast scheduled, also no word on when/if it will be available on AJPW.TV and/or WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

2/1 UPDATE: Added to the Champions Carnival schedule is 5/4 at Sanjo City Health and Welfare Center in Niigata.