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All-Japan kicked off their 2023 today with their first New Year’s series event, featuring a slightly different look as a few stars departed at the end of last year, most notably former 2-time Triple Crown Champion Jake Lee (who apparently showed up in Pro Wrestling NOAH yesterday).

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

The announced paid attendance was 1055. That sounds close to a sellout depending on the layout.

Match 1: Ryuki Honda, Yusuke Kodama & Masao Hanabata beat Dan Tamura, Ryo Inoue & Yuma Anzai. Honda pinned Inoue after Final Vent.

Match 2: Takao Omori, Rising Hayato & Kaz Hayashi (GLEAT) beat Yoshitatsu, Black Menso-re & Mitsuya Nagai (Dradition). Hayashi pinned Menso-re after Final Cut.

Match 3: Minoru Suzuki & Naruki Doi beat Shuji Ishikawa & Hokuto Omori. Suzuki pinned Omori after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Match 4: Yuma Aoyagi & Naoya Nomura beat Jun & Rei Saito. Aoyagi pinned Jun with Staff Roll. As a result, Aoyagi & Nomura get the next All-Japan World Tag Team Championship match after today.

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

Match 6: Kento Miyahara & Takuya Nomura beat All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Suwama & KONO to win the titles. Miyahara & Nomura become the 93rd All-Japan World Tag Team Champions. Nomura beat KONO with a sleeper hold. Next up: Because of their win earlier, Yuma Aoyagi & Naoya Nomura.

Main Event: Takuya Nomura won a 17-man New Year Battle Royal, last eliminating Ryo Inoue.

The next event is Tuesday with an All-Asia Tag Team Championship match and Takuya Nomura vs. Miyahara for the Triple Crown. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT. Live results are scheduled here but that is dependent on the widespread cable/internet outage in my area being resolved in time (I’m not optimistic).

In other news, the promotion announced that Shotaro Ashino, who suffered an injury during the World’s Strongest Tag League, will return on 1/22.

All-Japan ran the first of their special Christmas week events, wrapping up the year on a slightly more festive tone. It also marked the beginning of a trio of departures as Izanagi had his last match in the promotion today, with TAJIRI and Jake Lee also leaving at the end of the month.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. The promotion made a last-minute decision yesterday to make it a free broadcast, but creating a provisional AJPW.TV account is required (but a paid subscription is not).

The announced paid attendance was 286.

Match 1: Dan Tamura & Masao Inoue beat Ryuki Honda & Masao Hanabata. Tamura pinned Hanabata after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 2: Takao Omori beat Suwama by DQ. Deadly weapon use.

Match 3: Jun & Rei Saito beat Yoshitatsu & TAJIRI. Rei pinned Yoshitatsu.

Match 4: Izanagi Final All-Japan Match: Izanagi vs. Black Menso-re went to a Double KO.

Match 5: Atsuki Aoyagi & Hokuto Omori beat Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue. Aoyagi pinned Inoue after Firebird Splash.

Match 6: Shuji Ishikawa beat Yuma Anzai.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Jake Lee & Naoya Nomura went to a 30 minute time limit draw.

The next event is Sunday at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Saturday at 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT. (I had tentatively planned to do live results but that probably will not happen due to schedule conflicts)

All-Japan wrapped up the World’s Strongest Tag League today as well as finishing the Jr. Battle Of Glory with a tiebreaker match to determine the winner.

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

The announced paid attendance was 801.

Match 1: Ryo Inoue & Hikaru Sato beat Hokuto Omori & Rising Hayato. Sato pinned Hayato after Death Valley Bomb.

Match 2: Shuji Ishikawa & Cyrus beat Ryuki Honda & Izanagi. Cyrus pinned Izanagi after a reverse splash.

Match 3: Takao Omori & Masao Inoue beat All-Asia Tag Team Champions Yusuke Kodama & Masao Hanabata, Yoshitatsu & TAJIRI and Black Menso-re & ATM in a 4-way, when Inoue pinned Kodama, to win the titles. Omori & Inoue become the 117th All-Asia Tag Team Champions.

Match 4: World’s Strongest Tag League: Jake Lee & Yuma Aoyagi beat Koji Doi & Kuma Arashi. Aoyagi pinned Arashi.

Match 5: World’s Strongest Tag League: Yuji Nagata & Yuma Anzai beat Suwama & KONO. Anzai pinned Suwama with a German suplex hold. UPSET ALERT!!! That’s indescribably huge, All-Japan’s clear top star got pinned by a rookie.

Match 6: Kento Miyahara & Takuya Nomura beat Jun & Rei Saito by ref stoppage. Nomura beat Jun Saito with a sleeper hold. That ended the tournament, but it meant there was a tie, so a tiebreaker match between Miyahara/Nomura and Ishikawa/Cyrus would be held.

Match 7: Jr. Battle Of Glory Finals: Atsuki Aoyagi beat Dan Tamura to win the tournament. This was a tiebreaker match with no time limit. Aoyagi beat Tamura in the final tournament match to force a rematch.

Main Event: World Tag League Finals: Kento Miyahara & Takuya Nomura beat Shuji Ishikawa & Cyrus to win the tournament. Miyahara pinned Ishikawa with a shutdown suplex hold.

The next event is #ajpw XMASEVE 4 on 12/21 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 the penultimate day of the World’s Strongest Tag League and wrapped up the Jr. Battle Of Glory preliminary round.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 707.

Match 1: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Rising Hayato beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 2: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Hikaru Sato beat Hokuto Omori by ref stoppage.

Match 3: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Atsuki Aoyagi beat Dan Tamura. As a result, Aoyagi & Tamura tie for the top spot and will have a tiebreaker match at the next event.

Match 4: Izanagi, Black Menso-re, Andy Wu & Oji Shiba beat Takao Omori, Yoshitatsu, TAJIRI & Naoki Tanizaki. Menso-re pinned Omori.

Match 5: Jun & Rei Saito beat Ryuki Honda & The Bodyguard. Rei Saito pinned Honda after Drill-a-hole piledriver.

Match 6: World’s Strongest Tag League: Jake Lee & Yuma Aoyagi beat Yuji Nagata & Yuma Anzai. Lee pinned Anzai after a backdrop.

Match 7: World’s Strongest Tag League: Sueama & KONO beat Koji Doi & Kuma Arashi. KONO pinned Arashi after a giant kneedrop.

Main Event: World’s Strongest Tag League: Kento Miyahara & Takuya Nomura beat Shuji Ishikawa & Cyrus. Nomura pinned Cyrus with a diving rolling clutch hold.

The Final is Wednesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Unless there is a no contest or double countout in all their matches, 4 teams have a chance to force a potential tiebreaker match with Ishikawa & Cyrus to win the tournament. There will also be an Aoyagi/Tamura rematch for the Jr. Battle Of Glory championship with no time limit and a 4-way for the All-Asia Tag Team Championship. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

All-Japan continued the World’s Strongest Tag League today as the tournament winds down, also holding the penultimate day of the Jr. Battle Of Glory tournament.

Today’s event was held at Shonan Fujisawa Market Special Ring in Kanagawa and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 800. This was possibly a legit sellout, if not it was very close.

Match 1: World’s Strongest Tag League: Kento Miyahara & Takuya Nomura beat Jake Lee & Yuma Aoyagi. Miyahara pinned Lee after a Frankensteiner.

Match 2: Koji Doi & Kuma Arashi beat Ryuki Honda & Masao Inoue. Arasahi pinned Honda after a diving senton.

Match 3: Dan Tamura & New Market “Ichi” (?) beat Black Menso-re & Ryo Inoue. Ichi pinned Inoue with La Magistral.

Match 4: Yusuke Kodama & Masao Hanabata beat All-Asia Tag Team Champions Yoshitatsu & TAJIRI to win the titles. Kodama & Hanabata become the 116th All-Asia Tag Team Champions. Hanabata pinned Yoshitatsu.

Match 5: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Atsuki Aoyagi beat Hokuto Omori.

Match 6: World’s Strongest Tag League: Jun & Rei Saito beat Shuji Ishikawa & Cyrus. Rei Saito pinned Ishikawa after Drill-a-hole piledriver.

Main Event: Suwama, TARU & KONO beat Yuji Nagata, Atsuki Aoyagi & Takao Omori. Suwama pinned Aoyagi after a backdrop.

With 2 matches left in the tag league Ishikawa & Cyrus still lead but several teams still have a chance to at least force a tiebreaker. In the Jr. Battle Of Glory it comes down to Aoyagi-Tamura. Tamura wins with a win or draw but Aoyagi can win with a victory.

The next event is 12/4 at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

All-Japan continued the World’s Strongest Tag League Wednesday, also coming down the final stretch of the Jr. Battle Of Glory.

Wednesday’s event was held at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 477.

Match 1: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Hikaru Sato beat Ryo Inoue by submission.

Match 2: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Dan Tamura beat Hokuto Omori.

Match 3: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Atsuki Aoyagi beat Rising Hayato.

Match 4: Takao Omori, Yoshitatsu & TAJIRI Beat Shuji Ishikawa, Cyus & Black Menso-re. Yoshitatsu pinned Menso-re after Cockroach Driver 2022.

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Match 5: Suwama & KONO beat Jun & Rei Saito. KONO pinned Rei Saito after a giant kneedrop.
Match 6: Jake Lee & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda went to a 30 minute time limit draw.
Main Event: Yuji Nagata & Yuma Anzai beat Kento Miyahara & Takuya Nomura. Nagata pinned Nomura with a backdrop hold.

Tamura has all but won the Jr. Battle Of Glory at 4-0, 8 pts. Shuji Ishikawa & Cyrus lead the World’s Strongest Tag League, however a big shakeup is coming in the points because Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda are now out of the tournament because Ashino was injured in the match on this event. Dislocated right clavicle. Out indefinitely but at least the rest of the tour, meaning a minimum of 2 weeks. That means a free win for Koji Doi & Kuma Arashi at the next event, then Jake Lee & Yuma Aoyagi, and finally Ishikawa & Cyrus.

The next event is Sunday (Saturday night US time) at Shonan Fujisawa Market Special Ring in Kanagawa. This event will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later that day or the following day.

All-Japan ran the 4th day of the World’s Strongest Tag League today, nearing the halfway point of the tournament and heading into the home stretch of the Jr. Battle Of Glory tournament.

Today’s event was held at Hotel Epinard Nasu in Tochigi and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV tomorrow. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 368.

Match 1: Yoshitatsu, TAJIRI & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Takao Omori, Black Menso-re & Dan Tamura. Yoshitatsu pinned Menso-re after Cockroach Driver 2022.

Match 2: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Ryo Inoue beat Hokuto Omori.

Match 3: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Rising Hayato beat Hikaru Sato.

Match 4: World’s Strongest Tag League: Koji Doi & Kuma Arashi beat Yuji Nagata & Yuma Anzai. Arashi pinned Anzai after Argentine Backbreaker.

Match 5: World’s Strongest Tag League: Jake Lee & Yuma Aoyagi beat Jun & Rei Saito. Lee pinned Jun Saito after D4C.

Match 6: World’s Strongest Tag League: Shuji Ishikawa & Cyrus beat Suwama & KONO. Cyrus pinned KONO after a reverse splash.

Main Event: World’s Strongest Tag League: Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda beat Kento Miyahara & Takuya Nomura. Ashino beat Miyahara with an ankle lock.

The next event is Wednesday at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

All-Japan ran the third day of the World’s Strongest Tag League today, including the 3rd day of the Jr. Battle Of Glory Tournament.

Today’s event was held at Sunrec Kitakami in Iwate and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 456. Based on what I saw at the beginning of the replay, this may have been a legit sellout, at worst it looked very close.

Match 1: Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda beat Hikaru Sato & Ryo Inoue. Honda pinned Inoue after Final Vent.

Match 2: Jun & Rei Saito beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Hokuto Omori. Jun Saito pinned Omori after a chokeslam.

Match 3: Jr. Battle Of Glory: Dan Tamura beat Rising Hayato.

Match 4: Takao Omori, Black Menso-re & ATM beat Yoshitatsu, TAJIRI & Aizawa No. 1. Menso-re pinned Yoshitatsu.

Match 5: World’s Strongest Tag League: Kento Miyahara & Takuya Nomura beat Koji Doi & Kuma Arashi. Miyahara pinned Arashi with a shutdown suplex hold.

Match 6: World’s Strongest Tag League: Suwama & KONO vs. Jake Lee & Yuma Aoyagi went to a double countout. No points.

Main Event: world’s Strongest Tag League: Shuji Ishikawa & Cyrus beat Yuji Nagata & Yuma Anzai. Ishikawa pinned Anzai after Splash Mountain.

The next event is tomorrow at Hotel Epinard Nasu in Tochigi. This event will be available on demand on AJPW.TV shortly after the event concludes (normally this is the next day, which means it should be available at or shortly after 10 AM ET/7 AM PT). There will be no live broadcast.