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Pro Wrestling NOAH 9/23/25 LIVE Results (Updated)

Pro Wrestling NOAH wraps up the N-1 VICTORY 2025 Tournament today with the Finals, part of a holiday matinee in Tokyo. It’s a rather unlikely final consisting of Masa Kitamiya vs. Jack Morris, with the winner getting to face KENTA for the GHC Heavyweight Championship next. Both are Team 2000X members and heels by default, but Kitamiya turned and defected to the unit before the tournament, either way the unit once again will stand tall today with a chance to regain the title soon.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE OUTSIDE JAPAN on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English only. This is a live & exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan, which will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE shortly after the event. The event is a legit advance sellout including standing room. There are 7 matches scheduled including a GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship match and the main event will be no time limit but I expect it will be a standard Korakuen event with a running time of 2 1/2-3 hours.

Today’s lineup (match order TBA):
KENTA, Manabu Soya, Ulka Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo vs. Galeno, Kenoh, Daiki Inaba & Ricky Knight Jr.
Takashi Sugiura & Daga vs. HAYATA & Daiki Odashima
Go Shiozaki, Kazuyuki Fujita, Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Shuhei Taniguchi
YO-HEY vs. Tadasuke
Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) & AMAKUSA vs. Eita & Junta Miyawaki
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf vs. Alejandro & Kai Fujimura for the titles
N-1 VICTORY Finals: Masa Kitamiya vs. Jack Morris

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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET.. The live stream is scheduled to begin 20 minutes before the event.

7:20 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hal in Tokyo, Japan. Your hosts are Mark Pickering & Mike Trellner. We’re watching the ABEMA broadcast live where Akitoshi Saito is among the guests on commentary.

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout but some reduced capacity due to the commentary setup, but between that and standing room only tickets being sold out it should be 1500-1550. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance, a legit advance sellout plus standing room, was 1596)

The matches should begin in 15-20 minutes.

The matches begin at 7:33 PM PT/10:33 PM ET.

Match 1: KENTA, Manabu Soya, Ulka Sasaki & Tetsuya Endo vs. Galeno, Kenoh, Daiki Inaba & Ricky Knight Jr.. 20 minute time limit
Result: KENTA, Manabu Soya, Ulka Sasaki & Tetsuy Endo beat Galeno, Kenoh, Daiki Inaba & Ricky Knight Jr. Soya pinned Inaba after Death Valley Bomb. Inaba may have been injured just before the end and the ref nearly stopped it. Potential hamstring injury attempting a diving body press off the top rope. He was stretchered out post-match. Updates to follow.

WWE wrestlers Charlie Dempsey & Harlem Lewis come out. Dempsey with microphone in English. He says they’re here to represent WWE NXT in Japan and compete against the best NOAH has to offer. (Japanese translation for the live crowd follows) Dempsey, for those who don’t know, is the the real-life son of the legendary William Regal. Lewis says they will compete on 10/4 in a single match. Dempsey tries to take the microphone but Lewis shoots him a glance before saying they will compete in a tag match against NOAH at Ryogoku Kokugikan on 10/11 then possibly one more appearance on 10/16 at Korakuen.

Match 2: Takashi Sugiura & Daga vs. HAYATA & Daiki Odashima. 20 minute time limit
Result: HAYATA & Daiki Odashima beat Takashi Sugiura & Daga by DQ. Sugiura DQ’d. Yoshitatsu interference after a forced ref bump. Afterwards, Daga turned on Team 2000X to protect Odashima. Daga with microphone. He challenged Yoshitatsu to a match right now. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: Daga & Daiki Odashima vs. Yoshitatsu & Takashi Sugiura
Result: Daga & Daiki Odashima beat Yoshitatsu & Takashi Sugiura in seconds. Daga pinned Yoshitatsu.

Match 3: Go Shiozaki, Kazuyuki Fujita, Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge vs. Naomichi Marufuji, Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Shuhei Taniguchi. 20 minute time limit
Result: Go Shiozaki, Kazuyuki Fujita, Mohammed Yone & Atsushi Kotoge beat Naomichi Marufuji, Kaito Kiyomiya, Harutoki & Shuhei Taniguchi. Shiozaki pinned Taniguchi after Go Lariat. Afterwards, while the winners stayed in the ring, Minoru Suzuki came out. With microphone. He called out Fujita and issued the challenge, leaving before Fujita could respond although he seemed to nod yes.

Match 4: YO-HEY vs. Tadasuke. 30 minute time limit
Result: YO-HEY beat Tadasuke by DQ. Ref assaults. YO-HEY may have been injured right before the end after a diving foot stomp attempt.

A video announces NOAH THE NEW YEAR 2026 for 1/1/26 at Nippon Budokan.

Intermission.

The matches resume at 8:37 PM PT/11:37 PM ET.

Match 5: Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan) & AMAKUSA vs. Eita & Junta Miyawaki. 30 imnute time limit
Result: Eita & Junta Miyawaki beat Hiromu Takahashi & AMAKUSA. Eita pinned AMAKUSA after a jumping knee strike.

Match 6: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf vs. Alejandro & Kai Fujimura for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf beat Alejandro & Kai Fujimura to retain the titles. Bane pinned Alejandro after Santa Maria. V4 for the champs. Next up: Daga & Odashima. Possibly at Ryogoku.

Main Event: N-1 VICTORY Finals: Masa Kitamiya vs. Jack Morris. No time limit
Result: Masa Kitamiya beat Jack Morris by submission to win the tournament. As a result, Kitamiya gets the next GHC Heavyweight Championship shot. A lot of Team 2000X interference late of course to assist. We should find out later today when that match will happen but I’m thinking Ryogoku. Kitamiya called out KENTA and laid him out in the ring to end the show.

The next event is 10/4 at Lives Nagoya in Nagoya. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET. All October events will also be available live and immediately on demand on the service, 10/11 (Ryogoku) will probably be English only for live as it’s an ABEMA exclusive.

UPDATE: It’s now official-10/11 for KENTA-Kitamiya. As a consolation prize, Morris gets another GHC National Championship shot against Galeno. That match will happen on 10/4.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 9/21/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH ran the penultimate day of the N-1 VICTORY Tournament today.

Today’s event was held at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 617.

Match 1: AMAKUSA, Alejandro & Kai Fujimura beat Jack Morris, Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf. Fujimura pinned Bane after Hat Trick.

Match 2: HAYATA, Atsushi Kotoge & Ryo Hoshino beat Junta Miyawaki, Daiki Odashima & Black Menso-re. Hoshino pinned Menso-re after Cancun Tornado.

N-1 VICTORY:
Match 3: Block B: Daiki Inaba beat Harutoki.
Match 4: Block A: Manabu Soya beat Ulka Sasaki.
Match 5: Block B: Galeno beat Kenoh.
Match 6: Block B: Ricky Knight Jr. beat Naomichi Marufuji. As a result, there will be a tiebreaker match between Galeno & Jack Morris to determine who wins Block B.
Match 7: Block A: Daga beat Kaito Kiyomiya.
Match 8: Masa Kitamiya beat Kazuyuki Fujita by ref stoppage.
Match 9: Tetsuya Endo beat KENTA. As a result, Kitamiya wins Block A.
Main Event: Block B Tiebreaker: Jack Morris beat Galeno. As a result, Morris wins Block B.
As a result, the Final will be Kitamiya vs. Morris.

The Final is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. The event is a legit advance sellout. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE in English Only will begin Monday at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. This is a live & exclusive ABEMA broadcast in Japan.

Pro Wrestling NOAH 9/20/25 Results

Pro Wrestling NOAH continued the N-1 VICTORY Tournament today in Shizuoka.

Today’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka and can be watched on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE.

The announced paid attendance was 494.

Match 1: Mohammed Yone, Atsushi Kotoge, Alejandro, Kai Fujimura & Daiki Odashima beat Shuhei Taniguchi, Dragon Bane, Alpha Wolf, Shuji Kondo & Junta Miyawaki. Fujimura pinned Miyawaki.

Match 2: Jack Morris & Ricky Knight Jr. beat Takashi Sugiura & Tadasuke. Morris pinned Tadasuke after a tiger driver.

N-1 VICTORY:
Match 3: Block B: Kenoh beat Harutoki.
Match 4: Block A: Ulka Sasaki beat Daga by submission.
Match 5: Block A: Masa Kiramiya beat Tetsuya Endo by countout.
Match 6: Block A: KENTA beat Kazuyuki Fujita.
Match 7: Block B: Naomichi Marufuji beat Galeno.
Main Event: Block B: Kaito Kiyomiya beat Manabu Soya.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Fujita, 4-2, 8 pts
2-Kitamiya, 4-2, 8 pts
3-Kiyomiya, 4-2, 8 pts
4-KENTA, 4-2, 8 pts
5-Endo, 3-3, 6 pts
6-Soya, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
7-Sasaki, 2-4, 4 pts (OUT)
8-Daga, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-Morris, 5-1-1, 11 pts
2-Marufuji, 5-1, 10 pts
3-Galeno, 4-1-1, 9 pts
4-Knight, 4-2, 8 pts (OUT)
5-Kenoh, 4-2, 8 pts (OUT)
6-Harutoki, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)
7-Daiki Inaba, 1-5, 2 pts (OUT)
8-OZAWA, 0-7, 0 pts (OUT)
Only the winners of each block advance to the Finals. With the final preliminary matches next, Block A is wide open. Because of the final matches and what they are, It’s all but going to come down to tiebreakers. Block B is a little simpler as only the top 3 have a chance now-because Morris has no matches left, Marufuji wins if he wins his last match tomorrow (Knight). If Marufuji loses, everything depends on Galeno-if Galeno wins his last match (Kenoh), there will be a tiebreaker rematch because Morris-Galeno was a draw. If Galeno loses, Morris advances. If Marufuji draws and Galeno loses or draws, Morris advances on tiebreakers because he beat Marufuji. If Marufuji draws and Galeno wins, a 3-way tiebreaker match will be needed to settle it.

The next event is tomorrow at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET. The promotion announced some last-minute changes to the event, namely swapping AMAKUSA & Daiki Odashima between the two non-tournament matches (not due to injuries).

Tokyo Joshi Pro 9/20/25 Results (Updated x2)

WRESTLE PRINCESS 6, Tokyo Joshi Pro’s most important event of the year (no longer their biggest though), is in the books.

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

The announced paid attendance was 1127.

There were some last-minute changes to the event due to Jada Stone being off the card. Not cleared to travel to Japan due to a knee injury. She was to have faced Arisu Endo for the vacant International Princess Championship. Priscilla Kelly was the replacement. She was to have faced Rika Tatsumi though. Pom Harajuku was removed from a battle royal to be the replacement there.

Before the event began, the promotion announced its first event in Thailand for 12/13 in Bangkok, which almost certainly will include Setup Pro Wrestling participation. They also announced that GRAND PRINCESS 2026, their biggest event of the year, will return to Ryogoku Kokugikan on 3/29 after being held elsewhere this year. 3 new trainees were also introduced, for now their names are Shion, Henn & Yuka.

Match 1: Mei Suruga (Chocolate Pro Wrestling( & Uta Takami beat Suzume & Ren Konatsu. Takami beat Konatsu with Koala Clutch.

Match 2: Mahiro Kiryu won an 8 person battle royal, last eliminating DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Champion Raku’s Pillow and Raku, to win the title. Kiryu becomes the 1768th Champion. Raku’s Pillow earlier beat Pocotan to become the 1767th Champion.

Match 3: Aja Kong (OZ Academy) beat HIMAWARI.

Match 4: In a Flag Fight Official Weapons Deathmatch, where wrestlers could use their chosen weapon after grabbing a flag installed in their corner, Pom Harajuku beat Rika Tatsumi.

Match 5: Hiroyo Matsumoto (Independent/Freelancer) & Yuki Arai beat Haru Kazashiro & Toga. Arai pinned Kazashiro after Finally. Matsumoto was who originally trained Arai and helped her get into wrestling, which recently was revealed online.

Match 6: Ryo Mizunami (Independent/Freelancer) & Yuki Aino beat Miyu Yamashita & Kaya Toribami. Aino beat Yamashita with Full Nelson Of Love & Flame.

Match 7: Arisu Endo beat Priscilla Kelly to win the vacant International Princess Championship. Endo becomes the 15th International Princess Champion.

Match 8: Yuki Kamifuku & Wakana Uehara beat Princess Tag Team Champions Shoko Nakajima & Hyper Misao to win the titles. Kamifuku & Uehara become the 19th Princess Tag Team Champions. Kamifuku pinned Nakajima after a diving Fameasser.

Main Event: Miu Watanabe beat Princess Of Princess Champion Mizuki to win the title. Watanabe becomes the 16th Princess Of Princess Champion. HAPPY HAPPY!!! Next up: Aino, who perhaps just had the biggest win of her career to date by beating Yamashita in the tag match. That match will happen on 10/18 at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is 9/27 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring, which will also feature the retirement ceremony for Neko Haruna, who announced recently she would leave the promotion and retire from wrestling due to injuries. Live streaming on WRESTLE UNIVERSE will begin at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.

UPDATE: After the event, the promotion announced the NexGene 2025 Tournament coming up in October. It will be a double-elimination tournament with 4 participants: Kira Summer, Chika Nanase, Uta Takami, Ren Konatsu. It will be held over 4 events and the eventual winner gets a title shot of their choice.

UPDATE 2: It was also announced that Nakajima’s next M:W Women’s Featherweight Championship defense will be on 10/4 in Long Beach, CA vs. HIMAWARI. As a result, both are now off the 10/4 TJPW event. The MLW event with that match will be streamed live FOR FREE on YouTube and also broadcast live on beIN Sports.

New Japan 9/18/25 Results

New Japan continued their Hokkaido fall tour today with another non-televised event.

Today’s event was held at Kitami Sports Center in Hokkaido. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 771.

There were last-minute changes due to Yota Tsuji being removed from the card again. The always-vague poor health.

Match 1: Masatora Yasuda beat Zane Jay.

Match 2: Shoma Kato & Tiger Mask beat Tatsuya Matsunoto & Katsuya Murashima. Kato pinned Matsumoto.

Match 3: Dick Togo, EVIL & Don Fale beat Tomoaki Honma, Shota Umino & Boltin Oleg. EVIL pinned Honma after Magic Killer.

Match 4: David Finlay & Gabriel Kidd beat Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi. Finlay pinned Magai after Into Oblivion.

Match 5: Taiji Ishimori, OSKAR & Yuto Ice beat TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii. Ice pinned TAKA after K.O.B.

Match 6: Ryusuke Taguchi, Yuya Uemura, Hiroshi Tanahashi & El Desperado beat Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, Master Wato & Yoh. Uemura pinned Makabe after a Frankensteiner.

Main Event: Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA & Ren Narita. Oiwa pinned Takahashi after The Grip.

The next event is Saturday at Yakumo City Gym. There will be bo live or on demand broadcast

New Japan 9/17/25 Results

New Japan continued their fall Hokkaido tour today with the first of several non-televised events.

Today’s event was held at Asahikawa Gym in Hokkaido. There is/was no live or on demand broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 1052.

Match 1: Tatsuya Matsumoto vs. Zane Jay went to a 10 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Shoma Kato & Tiger Mask beat Masatora Yasuda & Katsuya Murashima. Kato pinned Yasuda.

Match 3: Dick Togo, EVIL & Don Fale beat Tomoaki Honma, Yuya Uemura & Boltin Oleg. EVIL pinned Honma after EVIL.

Match 4: David Finlay & Gabriel Kidd beat Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi. Finlay pinned Nagai.

Match 5: Taiji Ishimori, OSKAR & Yuto Ice beat TAKA Mivhinoku, Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii. OSKAR pinned TAKA after K.O.B.

Match 6: Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Rl Desperado beat Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, Master Wato & Yoh. Umino pinned Makabe after Second Chapter.

Main Event: Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Javkson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. beat DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA & Ren Narita. Sabre pinned Takahashi after Sabre Driver.

The next event is tomorrow at Kitami sports Center. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

BREAKING: TJPW WP6 Last-Minute Changes

In an emergency Space live broadcast on Twitter earlier today, Tokyo Joshi Pro announced several last-minute changes to WRESTLE PRINCESS 6 on Saturday:

Injury Report-this is the main reason why changes had to be made to the card-Jada Stone is now off. Knee. Unable to travel to Japan as a result (doctor’s orders). She was to have faced Arisu Endo for the vacant International Princess Championship. Priscilla Kelly is the replacement…but more changes because she originally was to have faced Rika Tatsumi. Pom Harajuku is the replacement and there will be special rules which are TBA. Harajuku was to have been in a 9-person battle royal for the DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship currently held by Pocotan. That is now an 8-person battle royal. Hopefully no more changes needed but the battle royal comes with the standard “always subject to change” label due to the Iron Man Title 24/7 rules.

DDT 9/14/25 & 9/15/25 Results

DDT ran events yesterday & today in Hokkaido, didn’t get a chance to post results yesterday.

Both events were held at Sapporo Sun Plaza in Hokkaido and will be available on demand on WRESTLE UNIVERSE Wednesday & Thursday, respectively. There were no live broadcasts.

The paid attendance was not announced.

Yesterday:
Match 1: MJ Paul beat Kazuma Sumi.

Match 2: Yuki Iino, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Ryuju (?) beat Yuya Kotoku, Hinata Kasai & ?. Iino pinned Kasai after a lariat.

Match 3: Jun Akiyama, Koji Yoshida (?) & Daichi Sato beat Kazusada Higuchi, Yukio Naya & Yuki Ishida. Sato pinned Ishida after Mad Splash.

Match 4: In a 10 minute Sapporo Marathon Style Deathmatch, where points were scored for pinfalls, submissions, countouts and for dancing while wearing Kazuki Hirata’s sunglasses and points were lost for DQs, Akito beat Kazuki Hirata 7-0. Afterwards, Akito tried to cash in his “Money In The Bank” title shot right but, as he has already done several times before, Hirata found a comedy way out.

Match 5: MAO & KANON beat HARASHIMA & Danshoku Dieno and Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada in a 3-way when MAO pinned Dieno.

Match 6: Yuki Ueno beat Hideki Okatani by ref stoppage (techncail submission). As a result, Ueno wins Okatani’s title shot rights.

Main Event: In a Stop Spoilers! Unicast Deathmatch, where the first to get a pinfall or submission while streaming live on the WRESTLE UNIVERSE Unicast feature on a mobile phone or by stopping the opponent’s broadcast wins, DDT Extreme Champion To-y beat Illusion to retain the title. V3 for To-y.

Today:
Match 1: Hideki Okiatani, Illusion & MJ Paul beat Danshoku Dieno, Kazuma Sumi & Ryuju (?). Illusion pinned Sumi after a swanton bomb.

Match 2: To-y, Koji Yoshida & ? beat Yukio Naya, Tomomitsu Matsunaga & Hinata Kasai. To-y pinned Kasai after Kojima Wonderland.

Match 2: Chris Brookes, Jun Akiyama & Takeshi Masada beat Yuki Iino, Yuki Ueno & Yuki Ishida. Masada pinned Ishida.

Match 5: In a 10 minute Sapporo Marathon Style Deathmatch, same rules as yesterday (above), Kazuki Hirata vs. Akito apparently never ended. During the match, Akito successfully cashed in his title shot rights. Which led to…
Impromptu Match: KO-D Openweight Champion Kazuki Hirata beat Akito to retain the title. V1 for Hirata. Akito did win the non-title deathmatch. 2 “Money In The Bank” title shot rights left, currently held by Ueno & Naya.

Match 5: Kazusada HIguchi beat Daichi Sato.

Main Event: MAO & KANON beat HARASHIMA & Yuya Koroku. MAO beat Koroku with a deformed face lock.

The next event is Wednesday at Kirana Garden Toyasu in Tokyo for a one-match BBQ Street Pro Wrestling event. There will be no live broadcast. On demand Sunday.

New Japan 9/15/25 Results

New Japan began their fall Hokkaido tour today as the second half of the Road To DESTRUCTION Tour.

Today’s event was held at Nippon Engineering College Hokkaido College Gym Arena in Hokkaido and can be watched on demand on New Japan World

The announced paid attendance was 1012.

There was a last-minute change to the card, specifically match 2, due to Yota Tsuji being a late removal from the event. The always-vague poor health.

Match 1: Shota Umino won a 14 man battle royal, last eliminating Dick Togo.

Match 2: David Finlay & Gabriel Kidd beat Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi. Finlay pinned Nagai after a powerbomb.

Match 3: Taiji Ishimori, OSKAR & Yuto Ice beat TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii. Ice pinned TAKA after K.O.B.

Match 4: DOUKI, Sho, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA & Ren Narita beat Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr. Narita beat Jackson with Hell’s Guillotine.

Main Event: A 3-part 3 Falls match went as follows:
1-Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe & Toru Yano beat Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado & Hiroshi Tanahashi. Yano pinned Taguchi.
2-El Desperado & Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Takashi Iizuka & Toru Yano by DQ. Iizuka DQ’d.
3-Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Yoru Yano. Tanahashi beats Yano 2-1.

The next event is Wednesday at Asahikawa Gym in Hokkaido. There will be no live or on demand broadcast.

All-Japan Pro Wrestling 9/15/25 LIVE Results

All-Japan wraps up the Royal Road Tournament today in Tokyo with the Semifinals & Finals as part of a morning matinee (it’s a holiday in Japan). The Final 4 are Kento Miyahara, Daisuke Sekimoto, Ren Ayabe and Ryuki Honda with the first 2 and the last 2 being the Semifinals and the winners moving on to the Finals. The winner likely will get the next shot at Triple Crown Champion Jun Saito.

The event will also feature a memorial ceremony for Taishin Nagao, the rookie who died earlier this month after a 3-plus month hospitalization following injuries suffered in an accident involving one of the promotion’s vehicles at the end of May. He would have turned 22 over the last few days and the wrestlers continue to post tributes & condolences on social media. The promotion announced a flower table for fans in attendance to leave flowers will be set up at all remaining events this year starting today.

Today’s event will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched LIVE on AJPW.TV in Japanese. This will also be a live Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan. The event is a legit advance sellout. There are 7 matches scheduled with an intermission after the 4th match (after which the first team in this year’s World’s Strongest Tag League/Real World Tag League will be announced) and 3 matches have no time limit plus a title match opens the show, so I anticipate this will be a longer Korakuen event than usual with a running time of around 3 hours.

Today’s lineup:
All-Asia Tag Team Champions Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi vs. MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka for the titles
Royal Road Semifinals:
Kento Miyagara vs. Daisuke Sekimoto
Ren Ayabe vs. Ryuki Honda
Davey Boy Smith Jr., Naruki Doi, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana vs. Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi, Ryo Inoue & Shota Kofuji
Intermission
Hideki Suzuki, Kengo Mashimo & Hikaru Sato vs. Shotaro Ashino, Xyon & Odyssey
Jun Saito, Yuma Anzai & Rising Hayato vs. Suwama, Dan Tamura & Naoya Nomura
Royal Road Finals

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Updates below will begin at 7:30 PM PT/10:30 PM ET. The live stream is scheduled to begin 10 minutes before the event.

7:20 PM PT UPDATE: The live stream has begun. We should be going to the venue 1 minute before event time.

7:28 PM PT UPDATE: Live updates begin now.

We are LIVE from Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Commentary will join in a few minutes (audio is muted at the start).

The paid attendance will be announced after the event. It’s a legit advance sellout and the fans are still coming in, commentary may be taking a few rows away on one side of the bleacher seats but sellout should mean 1450-1500 with the setup. (UPDATE: The announced paid attendance, a legit advance sellout, was 1469)

Audio un-muted. The event begins with the roster coming out for a memorial ceremony for Taishin Nagao. It appears his body may have been cremated as Hideki Suzuki is holding what could be a box with his ashes in the ring alongside Kento Miyahara holding a framed picture of Nagao. A 10 bell salute is held after the announcer’s narrative. The final ceremonial introductory announcement, often done upon a wrestler’s retirement, concludes the ceremony. Commentary joins at the end of the ceremony.

The matches will begin shortly.

The matches begin at 7:41 PM PT/10:41 PM ET. Rei Saito is a guest om commentary alongside Kagehiro Osano, I didn’t catch the host’s name.

Match 1: All-Asia Tag Team Champions Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi vs. MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka for the titles. 1 Hour time limit
Result: MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat All-Asia Tag Team Champions Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi to win the titles. MUSASHI & Yoshioka become the 127th All-Asia Tag Team Champions. MUSASHI pinned Atsuki Aoyagi after Niten First Class.

Match 2: Royal Road Semifinals: Kento Miyahara vs. Daisuke Sekimoto. No time limit
Result: Kento Miyaraha beat Daisuke Sekimoto. As a result, Miyahara advances to the Finals.

Match 3: Royal Road Semifinals: Ren Ayabe vs. Ryuki Honda. No time limit
Result: Ryuki Honda beat Ren Ayabe. As a result, Honda advances to the Finals.

This means the main event will be Miyahara vs. Honda.

Match 4: Davey Boy Smith Jr., Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer), Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana vs. Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi, Ryo Inoue & Shota Kofuji. 30 minute time limit
Result: Davey Boy Smith Jr., Naruki Doi, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana beat Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi, Ryo Inoue & Shota Kofuji. Doi beat Kofuji with a Boston crab.

Intermission.

The first teams in this year’s World’s Strongest Tag League/Real World Tag League are announced: Hideki Suzuki & Kengo Mashimo, Xyon & Odyssey, Hokuto Omori & Kumaarashi, MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka, Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr., Ren Ayabe & Talos. I thought they would announce just one but they did half the teams. The remaining 6 teams entered will be announced on 10/22.

The matches resume at 9:03 PM PT/12:03 AM ET. Hokuto Omori is now the guest on commentary, replacing Rei Saito.

Match 5: Hideki Suzuki, Kengo Mashimo & Hikaru Sato vs. Shotaro Ashino, Xyon & Odyssey. 30 minute time limit
Result: Hideki Suzuki, Kengo Mashimo & Hikaru Sato beat Shotaro Ashino, Xyon & Odyssey. Suzuki pinned Xyon. The ending and post-match happenings left me thinking this could be Xyon’s last match in All-Japan, at least for a while.

Yuma Aoyagi is the guest on commentary for the next match.

Match 6: Jun Saito, Yuma Anzai & Rising Hayato vs. Suwama, Dan Tamura & Naoya Nomura. 30 minute time limit
Result: Jun Saito, Yuma Anzai & Rising Hayato beat Suwama, Dan Tamura & Naoya Nomura. Saito pinned Tamura after a jackhammer.

Main Event: Royal Road Finals: Kento Miyahara vs. Ryuki Honda. No time limit
Result: Kento Miyahara beat Ryuki Honda to win the tournament. As a result, Miyahara will likely get the next Triple Crown shot. As expected I guess, every 3-4 times or so it’s gotta be him.

The next event is 9/23 at Arena Tachikawa Tachihi. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 9/22 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.