Tag: all-japan

All-Japan announced earlier today that Naoya Nomura, slated to be in the upcoming 2023 Champions Carnival tournament, is now out due to injury. Torn left knee ligament, possibly ACL. Out indefinitely but sounds like months. No replacement named yet.

More as it becomes available.

3/27 UPDATE: Takao Omori is the replacement.

All-Japan wraps up the Dream Power Series tour today with the final event of the month and the last house show before the annual Champions Carnival tournament begins. Not much in the way of tournament buildup if any is expected and it’s a lean card with just 6 matches today, mostly tag matches except a couple of Jr. Heavyweight single matches. The main event is scheduled to be Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Jun & Rei Saito & Suwama.

Today’s event will be held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV. It is not known if there will be any commentary. With none of the matches having more than a 30 minute time limit this probably will be a short event, I anticipate the total running time being no more than 2 hours so everyone can be done and hopefully home in time for the Sumo tournament final matches.

Today’s lineup:
Takao Omori, Yoshitatsu & Black Menso-re vs. Ren Ayabe, Mizuki Watase & Oji Shiiba
Rising Hayato vs. Kotaro Suzuki
Ryo Inoue vs. Kaito Ishida
Atsuki Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai vs. Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori
Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda, Yusuke Kodama & Masao Hanabata vs. Yuji Nagata, Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Rey Paloma
Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Suwama, Jun & Rei Saito

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 11 PM ET/8 PM PT.

11 PM ET UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo, Japan. As usual audio starts muted until opening announcements finish. There is no commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event, looks like close to a sellout not not quite, so likely around 450.

Match 1: Takao Omori, Yoshitatsu & Black Menso-re vs. Ren Ayabe, Mizuki Watase & Oji Shiiba. 15 minute time limit
Result: Ren Ayabe, Mizuki Watase & Oji Shiiba beat Takao Omori, Yoshitatsu & Black Menso-re. Shiiba pinned Menso-re.

Match 2: Rising Hayato vs. Kotaro Suzuki. 15 minute time limit
Result: Kotaro Suzuki beat Rising Hayato

Match 3: Ryo Inoue vs. Kaito Ishida (GLEAT). 15 minute time limit
Result: Kaito Ishida beat Ryo Inoue. (Inoue has a new look since I last saw him)

Match 4: Atsuki Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai vs. Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori. 20 minute time limit
Result: Time Limit Draw

Intermission.

The matches resume at 12:25 AM ET/9:25 PM PT after about a 10 minute break.

Match 5: Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda, Yusuke Kodama & Masao Hanabata vs. Yuji Nagata, Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Rey Paloma. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuji Nagata, Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Rey Paloma beat Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda, Yusuke Kodama & Masao Hanabata. Nagata pinned Hanabata after a backdrop.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Suwama, Jun & Rei Saito. 30 minute time limit
Result: Suwama, Jun & Rei Saito beat Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Shuji Ishikawa. Suwama pinned Ishikawa after a backdrop.

The next event is the 2023 Champions Carnival Tournament opener on 4/8 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 240.

All-Japan announced earlier today that Naoya Nomura, slated to be in the upcoming 2023 Champions Carnival tournament, is now out due to injury. Torn left knee ligament, possibly ACL. Out indefinitely but sounds like months. No replacement named yet.

More as it becomes available.

All-Japan ran a major event today like several other promotions did, as today is a national holiday in Japan. The recent cross-promotion wars in All-Japan continued today with both New Japan and NOAH participation.

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 1776.

Match 1: Oji Shiiba beat Black Menso-re.

Match 2: Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi Tenzan (New Japan) & Yutaka Yoshie beat Takao Omori, Yoshitatsu & Mitsuya Nagai. Kojima pinned Omori after a lariat.

Match 3: Hikaru Sato beat Rising Hayato.

Match 4: Dan Tamura beat Atsuki Aoyagi.

Match 5: Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori beat Jun & Rei Saito. Suzuki pinned Rei Saito after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Match 6: Suwama & KONO beat Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda. Suwama pinned Ashino after a backdrop.

Match 7: Masa Kitamiya, Yoshiki Inamura & Kinya Okada (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat Kento Miyahara, Yuma Anzai & Ryo Inoue. Inamura pinned Inoue after Musou.

Match 8: Kenoh & Manabu Soya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) beat All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Yuma Aoyagi & Naoya Nomura to win the titles. Kenoh & Soya become the 95th All-Japan World Tag Team Champions. Soya pinned Nomura after a jumping DDT.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Yuji Nagata beat Shuji Ishikawa to retain the Triple Crown. V1 for Nagata.

The next event is Sunday at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Saturday at 8 PM PT/11 PM ET.

All-Japan continued the Dream Power Series Tour today with a mid-major event also featuring a rare mixed/intergender tag match.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. You can also watch the first 4 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 519. That sounds like a legit sellout with some overflow, the venue’s normal full capacity is 500.

Match 1: Dan Tamura vs. Hikaru Sato went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Jun & Rei Saito beat Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda. Rei Saito pinned Honda after Drill-a-hole Piledriver.

Match 3: ATM, Takao Omori & Black Menso-re beat All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Champions Black Tiger, Yusuke Kodama & Masao Hanabata to win the titles. ATM, Omori & Menso-re become the 5th All-Japan 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Menso-re pinned Tiger with a jackknife.

Match 4: Yuma Aoyagi, Naoya Nomura & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Ryo Inoue, Yuma Anzai & Oji Shiiba. Nomura pinned Inoue after Maximum.

Match 5: Shuji Ishikawa beat Hokuto Omori.

Match 6: Suwama, Mayumi Ozaki (OZ Academy) & Maya Yukihi (Independent/Freelancer) beat Yoshitatsu, Sayaka Unagi & SAKI (Independent/Freelancers). Suwama punned Yoshitatsu after a backdrop.

Match 7: Kento Miyahara beat Yoshiki Inamura (Pro Wrestling NOAH).

Main Event: All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Naruki Doi beat Rising Hayato to retain the title. V1 for Doi.

The next event is Friday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and will be an All-Japan vs. GLEAT crossover event. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

All-Japan wrapped up their February 223 tour today with a house show in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 171.

Match 1: Ryo Inoue vs. Oji Shiiba went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda beat Yoshitatsu & Black Menso-re. Honda pinned Menso-re after Final Vent.

Match 3: Jun & Rei Saito beat Takao Omori & Ren Ayabe. Rei Saito pinned Omori after Drill-a-hole Piledriver.

Match 4: Minoru Suzuki, Naruki Doi & Hokuto Omori beat Kento Miyahara, Kotaro Suzuki & Rising Hayato. Suzuki pinned Hayato after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Match 5: Yuma Aoyagi beat Suwama by DQ.

Main Event: Shuji Ishikawa, Atsuki Aoyagi & Yuma Anzai beat Yuji Nagata, Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura. Ishikawa pinned Sato after Splash Mountain.

The next event is 3/14 at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1:30 AM PT/4:30 AM ET.

All-Japan ran the penultimate event of the February series today, beginning the build to their next major event in March.

Today’s event was held at Green Dome Maebashi Sub-Event Area in Gunma and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later today if not already available. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 658.

Match 1: MAZADA, Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue beat Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Oji Shiiba. Hayato pinned Tamura after Sid Vicious.

Match 2: Yoshitatsu, Choi Ryoji & FUMA beat Takao Omori, Kotaro Suzuki & Black Menso-re. Yoshitatsu pinned Menso-re after Cockroach Driver.

Match 3: Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe beat Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda. Ishikawa pinned Honda after Splash Mountain.

Match 4: Yuma Aoyagi, Naoya Nomura & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Koji Doi, Kuma Arashi & Andy Wu. Yuma Aoyagi pinned Wu after Endgame.

Match 5: Kento Miyahara beat Hokuto Omori.

Main Event: Yuji Nagata (New Japan), Yutaka Yoshie (Independent/Freelancer) & Yuma Anzai beat Suwama, Jun & Rei Saito. Anzai pinned Jun Saito with a German suplex hold.

The next event is tomorrow 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 has announced that, following NEW All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Naruki Doi advocating for it, the promotion will be holding a tag tournament dubbed Jr. TAG BATTLE OF GLORY 2023. It will be a round-robin format tournament held at all 4 April events, with the top 2 teams advancing to the Finals on 5/5.

All participants and teams are TBA but already entered are Doi & TBA as a team and Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato as the second team.

More as it becomes available.

All-Japan continues the AJPW maniaX tour today with another big event headlined by 2 title matches and a heavy New Japan Pro Wrestling presence. In addition to other participation the main event sees Yuji Nagata, the strongest 54 years old who will do his best every day, attempting to become another career grand slammer when he challenges Kento Miyahara for the Triple Crown. Before that, Atsuki Aoyagi defends the All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Championship against Naruki Doi, who is becoming a belt collector among freelancers. Every other match except one will have a New Japan presence.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV in Japanese. This likely will be a Samurai! TV simulcast and because of how music rights are with AJPW streams expect a lot of muted entrances/post-matches. If, like me, you plan to split-screen because this event is the same time as New Japan’s US event, you’ll be doing it the whole time as I expect this event’s runtime will be 2 1/2-3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Oji Shiiba vs. Kotaro Suzuki, Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue
Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda & Masao Hanabata vs. Yoshitatsu, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato
Shuji Ishikawa, Ren Ayabe & Oskar Leube vs. Takao Omori, Toru Yano & Black Menso-re
Suwama, Jun & Rei Saito vs. Yuto Nakashima, Ryohei Oiwa & Kosei Fujita
Yuma Anzai vs. Shingo Takagi
Yuma Aoyagi & Naoya Nomura vs. Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori
All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Naruki Doi for the title
All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara vs. Yuji Nagata for the Triple Crown

Refresh this page occasionally for the latest results.

Updates below will begin at 9:30 PM ET/6:30 PM PT.

9:30 PM ET UPDATE: Waiting for the live stream to begin, which should be momentarily.
And a moment after this update…

We are LIVE form Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. As usual we start with audio muted.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s not a sellout from the opening shots but looks like a very good crowd and full capacity. Likely in the 1200-1300 range.

We have one of New Japan’s ring announcers on the job today.

Match 1: Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Oji Shiiba vs. Kotaro Suzuki, Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue. 15 minute time limit
Result: Kotaro Suzuki, Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue beat Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Oji Shiiba. Hayato pinned Shiiba. After the match, Sato foolishly attempted to attack the winners and got a quick beatdown for it.

Match 2: Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda & Masao Hanabata vs. Yoshitatsu, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato. 15 minute time limit. New Japan/Yoshitatsu entrance muted
Result: Yoshitatsu, Ryusuke Taguchi & Master Wato beat Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda & Masao Hanabata. Wato pinned Hanabata with a German suplex hold.

Match 3: Shuji Ishikawa, Ren Ayabe & Oskar Leube vs. Takao Omori, Toru Yano & Black Menso-re. 20 minute time limit
Result: Shuji Ishikawa, Ren Ayabe & Oskar Leube beat Takao Omori, Toru Yano & Black Menso-re. Ishikawa pinned Omori.

Match 4: Suwama, Jun & Rei Saito vs. Yuto Nakashima, Ryohei Oiwa & Kosei Fujita. 30 minute time limit
Result: Suwama, Jun & Rei Saito beat Yuto Nakashima, Ryohei Oiwa & Kosei Fujita. Suwama pinned Nakashima after a backdrop.

A special All-Japan vs. GLEAT event is announced for 3/18 at Korakuen Hall. Matches include a 10-person tag match (mixed because Michiko Miyagi is part of it), Hokuto Omori vs. Jun Tonsho, Shotaro Ashino & Ryuki Honda vs. Takanori Ito & Issei Onitsuka, HIkaru Sato/Dan Tamura/Naoya Nomura vs. Minoru Tanaka/Soma Watanabe/Seiichi Ikemoto, Suwama/Saito Bros vs. Hayato Tamura/KAZMA SAKAMOTO/Check Shimatani, Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Kaito Ishida, an 8-man tag of AJPW vs. #STRONGHEARTS,

The participants for the 2023 Champions Carnival (4/8-5/7) are announced:
A Block-Yuma Aoyagi, Jun Saito, Yoshitatsu, Ryuki Honda, Cyrus, T-Hawk (GLEAT), Kento Miyahara, X (TBA)
B Block-Yuma Anzai, Suwama, Rei Saito, Shuji Ishikawa, Shotaro Ashino, Hokuto Omori, Naoya Nomura, X (TBA)

Match 5: Yuma Anzai vs. Shingo Takagi. 30 minute time limit
Result: Shingo Takagi beat Yuma Anzai by submission. (Note: I missed a couple minutes of this match midway through due to technical issues as the stream froze and locked up my tablet I was streaming on. Had to restart my tablet)

Match 6: Yuma Aoyagi & Naoya Nomura vs. Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori. 30 minute time limit
Result: Yuma Aoyagi & Naoya Nomura beat Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori. Aoyagi beat Omori with a modified guillotine choke. Afterwards Nomura called Suzuki back out and got a beatdown for it, and one of the ringside ushers got a chair shot from Suzuki too.

Match 7: All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi vs. Naruki Doi for the title. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Naruki Doi beat All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi to win the title. Doi becomes the 64th All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion. Next up: Possibly Rising Hayato, who came out to issue the challenge.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara vs. Yuji Nagata for the Triple Crown. 1 Hour time limit
Result: Yuji Nagata beat All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara to win the Triple Crown. Nagata becomes the 69th All-Japan Triple Crown Champion. Career Grand Slam! Nagata now has held the top title in all of the Big 3 (New Japan, All-Japan, Pro Wrestling NOAH) in his career. Next up: Possibly Shuji Ishikawa, who came out to make the customary challenge before Nagata finished his post-victory promo with an Antonio Inoki shout/salute to end the show.

The next event is 2/26 at Green Dome Maebashi Sub-Event Area in Gunma. There will be no live broadcast. Video will be available on demand on AJPW.TV later that day.

UPDATE: The announced paid attendance was 1405.

All-Japan began their February ExcitemaniaX tour today with a major event headlined by a Triple Crown match. For the second time in the past year Kento Miyahara looked to turn back the challenge of Yuma Aoyagi.

Today’s event was held at Esforta Arena Hachioji Sub Arena in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This was a Samurai! TV simulcast with Japanese commentary.

The announced paid attendance was 1398. On TV the venue looked 85-90% full so perhaps a near-sellout.

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

Match 2: Takao Omori, Masao Inoue, Oji Shiiba & Rising Hayato beat Ricky Fuji, Raijin Yaguchi, Black Menso-re & SUSHI. Hayato pinned SUSHI after Sid Vicious.

Match 3: Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Hokuto Omori beat Naoya Nomura & Ryo Inoue. Doi pinned Inoue after Bakatare Sliding Kick.

Match 4: In a Tornado Bunkhouse Electric Blast Death Match, Atsushi Onita & Yoshitatsu beat All-Asia Tag Team Champions NOSAWA Rongai & Kendo Ka Shin to win the titles. Onita & Yoshitatsu become the 119th All-Asia Tag Team Champions. Onita pinned NOSAWA after an exploding barbed wire bat attack. This result was probably obvious to those who follow Japanese wrestling closely because NOSAWA is retiring on 2/21.

Match 5: Yuji Nagata (New Japan), Yuma Anzai & Shuji Ishikawa beat Suwama, Jun & Rei Saito. Nagata pinned Suwama with a backdrop hold.

Match 6: All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Atsuki Aoyagi beat Kotaro Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH) to retain the title. V5 for Aoyagi.

Main Event: All-Japan Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara beat Yuma Aoyagi to retain the Triple Crown. V4 for Miyahara. Next up: Possibly Nagata.

The next event is 2/19 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 2/18 at 6:30 PM PT/9:30 PM ET.