All-Japan has announced that Ren Ayabe is now off all events the next 2 weeks including the 50th Anniversary Event on 9/18. Pulmonary pneumothorax. He was to have teamed with Shuji Ishikawa & Kohei Sato to face Jun & Rei Saito & Cyrus on 9/18. DDT Pro Wrestling’s Yukio Naya is the replacement.
The promotion has also announced that Keiji Muto, the former President of All-Japan before joining Pro Wrestling NOAH, will be a special guest on commentary for 9/18. The 9/18 event will be live on TV in Japan ONLY. If you are an AJPW.TV subscriber, it will be available on demand beginning on 9/22 at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET.
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All-Japan News: September AJPW.TV Broadcast Plans
All-Japan has announced the AJPW.TV broadcast schedule for September, not including their weekly “Battle Library” series of classic matches replayed on Thursdays. The service costs 900 yen per month (about $6.56 US at this time). Here is the live/on demand event achedule for September:
9/10 (Mima City Park Udatsu Arena, Tokushima)-On Demand beginning the following day
9/11 (Yonago Industrial Gym Sub Arena)-LIVE at midnight PT/3 AM ET
9/15 (Hodogayo Public Hall)-LIVE at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET
9/18 (All-Japan 50th Anniversary Event, Nippon Budokan)-On Demand beginning on 9/22 at 3 AM PT/6 AM ET. LIVE ONLY IN JAPAN on TV Asahi
9/19 (Korakuen Hall)-LIVE on 9/18 at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. POTENTIAL 9/18 SPOILERS!
Also, if you were not able to watch earlier this year, the joint Korakuen Hall 60th Anniversary/New Japan 50th Anniversary/All-Japan 50th Anniversary crossover event is now available on demand on AJPW.TV. Lots of muted audio because it’s an All-Japan broadcast and, since it’s on their service, the video is not necessarily HD quality like New Japan World offers (remember All-Japan’s service is subpar quality compared to New Japan World and WRESTLE UNIVERSE)
DEVELOPING: Joe Doering Battling Cancer Recurrence
Former All-Japan Pro Wrestling mainstay and current Impact Wrestling star Joe Doering, who beat brain cancer several years ago and made a successful comeback after that, is dealing with a return of the brain cancer and will be stepping away from wrestling. Impact was informed of this at last weekend’s TV tapings by Doering and made a subsequent announcement that surgery is forthcoming. There is no timetable for a potential return.
Doering, 40, is a former 4-time All-Japan World Heavyweight Tag Team Champion, a 2-time Triple Crown Champion (the first non-Japanese born champion), a 2-time Impact Tag Team Champion and a former European Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Champion. I join Impact Wrestling and others in sending best wishes and prayers to Joe Doering, he’s beaten this once and I am confident he can beat it again.
All-Japan 50th Anniversary Card Announced
All-Japan has announced the full card for their 50th Anniversary Event on 9/18 at Nippon Budokan. All of the Big 3 will be there as New Japan will have both Yuji Nagata & Tiger Mask there, and former All-Japan star Manabu Soya, now with Pro Wrestling NOAH, will return to where he began his career. Even All Elite Wrestling & Impact Wrestling in the US will have a presence. The legendary Stan Hansen will also be in attendance as a special guest.
The full card for the event, which is subject ot change (match order TBA):
Yuma Anzai Debut Match: Yuma Anzai vs. Yuji Nagata
Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue vs. Yusuke Kodama & Oji Shiiba
Black Menso-re, Izanagi, Andy Wu & SUSHI vs. TAJIRI, ATM, Yoshitatsu & Mitsuya Nagai
All-Japan 50th Anniversary Match: Masanobu Fuchi, Atsushi Onita & Shiro Koshinaka vs. The Great Kojika, Yoshiaki Yatsu & Masao Inoue. Kyohei Wada will be referee, Fumito Kihara the special ring announcer
Shuji Ishikawa, Kohei Sato & Ren Ayabe vs. Jun & Rei Saito & Cyrus
Hokuto Omori vs. Minoru Suzuki
Yuma Aoyagi vs. Christopher Daniels
Jake Lee vs. Joe Doering
All-Asia Tag Team Champions after 9/10 GLEAT event (Minoru & toshizo or Soma Watanabe & Yu Iizuka) vs. Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura for the titles
All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Tiger Mask 4 vs. Atsuki Aoyagi for the title
All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda vs. Takao Omori & Manabu Soya for the titles
All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Suwama vs. Kento Miyahara for the Triple Crown. Stan Hansen will be a special witness
THe event will begin on 9/18 at 12:30 AM PT/3:30 AM ET. Broadcast plans for AJPW.TV should be announced in the next few days, but it likely will air on regular TV in Japan.
Iconic Japan Referee Wada Hospitalized
All-Japan announced today that iconic referee Kyohei Wada was hospitalized today due to illness, and upon subsequent testing was also diagnosed with the coronavirus. It’s not known if both are related. All-Japan is off until September 10 but it’s not known how long Wada may be hospitalized. Regardless, he will be isolating until at least August 29.
Best wishes to Wada for a full and speedy recovery.
All-Japan Pro Wrestling Royal Road Tournament Results (8/20/22)
All-Japan wraps up the 9th Royal Road Tournament today with a Saturday matinee, featuring the tournament Semifinals and Finals. The tournament has seen a late shakeup because Naoya Nomura reached the Semifinals but is now out due to coronavirus, and it was decided that because he lost to Nomura, Takao Omori gets a second chance and is in the semifinals despite that. The biggest loser here is Jake Lee, who probably thought maybe he’d get a free pass to the Finals and was preparing for Nomura, but now gets Omori instead. A handful of multi-man tag matches make up the undercard between the tournament matches.
Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV. Since it’s a Korakuen event there should be Japanese commentary.
Today’s lineup:
Royal Road Semifinals:
Jake Lee vs. Takao Omori
Yuji Nagata (New Japan Pro Wrestling) vs. Kento Miyahata
Shuji Ishikawa, Renji Ayabe & Ryo Inoue vs. Yoshitatsu, TAJIRI & Cyrus
Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi & Hokuto Omori vs. Takuya Nomura, Rising Hayato & Uji Shiiba
Black Menso-re, Sushi & Andy Woo vs. Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Rocky Kawamura 2
Suwama, Toshizo, KONO & TARU vs. Shotaro Ashino, Tatsuki Honda, Yusuke Kodama & Seigo Tachibana
Royal Road Finals: Lee/Omori vs. Nagata/Miyahara
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Updates below will begin at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.
10:30 PM ET UPDATE: Live results start now.
We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. This is a live Samurai! TV simulcast.
The paid attendance will be announced after the event but they are using the normal full-capacity layout, or close to it. The bleachers on the commentary table side look about half full. Depending on the hard-camera side crowd, I’m guessing it’ll be around 550. I didn’t catch the name but your commentary tonight is a one-man team.
The matches should begin in a few minutes after the opening video.
Match 1: Black Menso-re, Sushi & Andy Woo vs. Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Rocky Kawamura 2. 15 minute time limit
Result: Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Rocky Karamura 2 beat Black Menso-re, Sushi & Andy Woo. Tamura pinned Sushi.
Menso-re joins commentary.
Match 2: Royal Road Tournament Semifinals: Jake Lee vs. Takao Omori. No time limit
Result: Jake Lee beat Takao Omori. As a result, Lee advances to the Finals in the main event. But Lee was favoring his left knee, which may have been injured.
Match 3: Royal Road Tournament Semifinals: Yuji Nagata (New Japan Pro Wrestling) vs. Kento Miyahara. No time limit
Result: Kento Miyahara beat Yuji Nagata. As a result, Miyahara advances to the Finals and will face Lee.
Quick break for ring cleaning.
Match 4: Shuji Ishikawa, Renji Ayabe & Ryo Inoue vs. Yoshitatsu, TAJIRI & Cyrus. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yoshitatsu, TAJIRI & Cyrus beat Shuji Ishikawa, Renji Ayabe & Ryo Inoue. Cyrus pinned Inoue.
Match 5: Suwama, Toshizo, KONO & TARU vs. Shotaro Ashino, Tatsuki Honda, Yusuke Kodama & Seigo Tachibana. 30 minute time limit
Result: Suwama, Toshizo, KONO & TARU beat Shotaro Ashino, Tatsuki Honda, Yusuke Kodama & Seigo Tachinaba. Suwama pinned Kodama after a backdrop.
6 matches are announced for the All-Japan 50th Anniversary Event on 9/18 at Nippon Budokan, including Suwama vs. TBA (today’s main event winner) for the Triple Crown and Tiger Mask 4 vs. Atsuki Aoyagi for the All-Japan World Jr. heavyweight Championship.
Match 6: Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi & Hokuto Omori vs. Takuya Nomura, Rising Hayato & Uji Shiiba. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi & Hokuto Omori beat Takuya Nomura, Rising Hayato & Uji Shiiba. Atsuki Aoyagi beat Shiiba with a front neck lock.
Atsuki Aoyagi joins commentary.
Main Event: Royal Road Tournament Finals: Jake Lee vs. Kento Miyahara. No time limit
Result: Kento Miyahara beat Jake Lee to win the tournament. As a result, Miyahara will face Suwama for the Triple Crown on 9/18.
The next event is 9/10 at Mima City Park Udatsu Arena in Tokushima.
UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 820. Good number on paper.
All-Japan News: Major Royal Road Shake-Up
All-Japan has announced a big unexpected Royal Road Tournament shake-up today: Naoya Nomura, who reached the Semifinals this weekend, is now out of the tournament. Coronavirus. He was to have faced Jake Lee in the Semifinals. It was decided that Takao Omori, who lost to Naoya Nomura in the Quarterfinals, will be the replacement and now advances to face Lee in the Semifinals. Omori was to have been in a 6-man tag and will now be replaced by Ryo Inoue, who will subsequently be replaced in another 6-man tag by Rocky Kawamura 2.
Saturday’s event will be streamed live on AJPW.TV and can be watched in the US on the service tomorrow at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.
All-Japan 8/16/22 Results
All-Japan continued the Royal Road Tournament today with the second half of the Quarterfinals. Today’s results would set the second Semifinal.
Today’s event was held at Hodogaya Public Hall in Yokohama and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.
The announced paid attendance was 232.
Match 1: Suwama beat Ryo Inoue.
Match 2: Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda beat Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura. Ashino pinned Tamura with a T-Bone suplex.
Match 3: Yoshitatsu, TAJIRI & Cyrus beat Shuji Ishikawa, Izanagi & Renji Ayabe. Cyrus pinned Izanagi after a metamorphosis facebuster.
Match 4: GAORA TV Champion Toshizo beat Black Menso-re to retain the title. V1 for Toshizo.
Match 5: Atsuki & Yuma Aoyagi & Hokuto Omori beat Kento Miyahara, Rising Hayato & Uji Shiiba. Atsuki Aoyagi pinned Shoiba after Firebird Splash.
Royal Road Quarterfinals:
Match 6: Naoya Nomura beat Takao Omori.
Main Event: Jake Lee beat Takuya Nomura.
The Semifinals & Finals are Saturday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The Semifinals will be Nomura-Lee and Miyahara vs. Yuji Nagata (New Japan). The undercard will consist of 3 6-man tag matches and an 8-man tag for 7 matches total, with the tournament final likely the main event. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Friday at 10:30 PM ET/7:30 PM PT.
All-Japan Royal Road Tournament Results (8/14/22)
All-Japan continues the Royal Road Tournament today with the beginning of the Quarterfinals. 2 tournament matches are on tap today with the winners advancing to the Semifinals. There also will be an All-Asia Tag Team Championship match on today’s event.
Today’s event will be held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV. There likely will be no commentary. I anticipate today’s event running just short of 2 1/2 hours so it should be over before today’s New Japan and Pro Wrestling NOAH events begin.
Today’s iineup:
Yoshitatsu & Rising Hayato vs. Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura
Izanagi vs. Black Menso-re & TAJIRI in a 3-way
Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Ryuki Honda & Yusuke Kodama
All-Asia Tag Team Champions Minoru & Toshizo vs. Takao Omori & Ryo Inoue for the titles
Suwama, TARU & KONO vs. Jake Lee, Shuji Ishikawa & Hokuto Omori
Royal Road Tournament Quarterfinals:
Kento Miyahara vs. Cyrus
Shotaro Ashino vs. Yuji Nagata
Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.
Updates below will begin at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT.
We are LIVE from Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. There is no commentary. Only hard camera video views today. Audio is off-sync with video but maybe because I’m watching on Firefox on a Kindle Fire HD Plus 10 tablet (PC is being used for watching WRESTLE UNIVERSE)
Match 1: Yoshitatsu & Rising Hayato vs. Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura. 10 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw
Match 2: Izanagi vs. Black Menso-re & TAJIRI in a 3-way. 10 minute time limit
Result: Black Menso-re beat Izanagi & TAJIRI in a 3-way by pinning both simultaneously.
Match 3: Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Ryuki Honda & Yusuke Kodama. 20 minute time limit
Result; Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Ryuki Honda & Yusuke Kodama. Yuma Aoyagi pinned Kodama.
Match 4: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Minoru & Toshizo vs. Takao Omori & Ryo Inoue for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Minoru & Toshizo beat Takao Omori & Ryo Inoue to retain the titles. Toshizo pinned Inoue. V1 for the champs.
Intermission. Updates will resume shortly. Intermission lasts from just past 9 PM PT to 9:20 PM PT
Match 5: Suwama, TARU & KONO vs. Jake Lee, Shuji Ishikawa & Hokuto Omori. 20 minute time limit
Result: Jake Lee, Shuji Ishikawa & Hokuto Omori beat Suwama, TARU & KONO by DQ. Suwama DQ’d. Ref assault & chair use. A huge prolonged brawl broke out afterwards.
Quick break for ring cleaning. If this were the US there would be a huge “SWEEP FOREVER!” chant going.
Match 6: Royal Road Tournament Quarterfinals: Kento Miyahara vs. Cyrus. No time limit
Result: Kento Miyahara beat Cyrus. As a result, Miyahara advances to the Semifinals and will face Shotaro Ashino or Yuji Nagata.
Main Event: Royal Road Tournament Quarterfinals: Shotaro Ashino vs. Yuji Nagata (New Japan Pro Wrestling). No time limit
Result: Yuji Nagata beat Shotaro Ashino. As a result, Nagata advances to the Semifinals and will face Miyahara.
The next event is Tuesday at Hodogaya Public Hall in Yokohama with the other half of the Quarterfinals and also a GAORA TV Championship match (GAORA TV has been All-Japan’s primary TV partner for over 20 years). Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
Post-show Update: The announced paid attendance was 296. That represents about 65-70% capacity for the venue.
All-Japan 8/11/22 Results
All-Japan continued the Royal Road Tournament today with the second half of Round 1. The single-elimination field would be down to the Quarterfinals after today.
Today’s event was held at Nagoya Congress Center in Nagoya and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.
The announced paid attendance was 447.
There were a couple last minute changes to the lineup as Izanagi missed the event. Coronavirus.
Match 1: Royal Road Tournament-Shotaro Ashino beat Dan Tamura by submission. As a result, Ashino advances to the Quarterfinals.
Match 2: Royal Road Tournament-Takao Omori beat Ryuki Honda. As a result, Omori advances to the Quarterfinals.
Match 3: Suwama, KONO & Toshizo beat Black Menso-re, Hikaru Sato & Ryo Inoue. Suwama pinned Inoue after a running knee.
Match 4: Jake Lee, Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Kento Miyahara, Rising Hayato & Uji Shiba. Atsuki Aoyagi pinned Hayato after Firebird Splash.
Match 5: All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Tiger Mask beat Hokuto Omori by submission to retain the title. V3 for TM 4.
Match 6: Royal Road Tournament: Cyrus beat Shuji Ishikawa. As a result, Cyrus advances to the Quarterfinals.
Main Event: Royal Road Tournament-Yuji Nagata (New Japan) beat Yoshitatsu. As a result, Nagata advances to the Qurterfinals.
The next event is Sunday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo with the first half of the Quarterfinals (Miyahara-Cyrus and Ashino-Nagata) and an All-Asia Tag Team Championship match. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Saturday at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT.
