AJPW results for February 13, 2018

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2018 Excite Series ~ Jr BATTLE OF GLORY”, 2/13/2018 [Tue] 18:30 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
1,003 Spectators

(1) Jr. League A BLOCK: Yusuke Okada vs. Keiichi Sato (FREE)
◆Winner: Yusuke (4:25) following a Modified Fisherman Buster.
~ Yusuke [1 win = 2 points]
~ Keiichi [1 loss = 0 points]
~ Yusuke kicks off the league by finally capturing a singles win over Keiichi.
(2) Jr. League B BLOCK: Yohei Nakajima vs. Kotaro Suzuki (FREE)
◆Winner: Yohei (4:01) with a Huracan Rana Invertida
~ Yohei [1 win = 2 points]
~ Kotaro [1 loss = 0 points]

(3) GAORA TV Championship 6 Man Tag Match: [15th Champion] Jun Akiyama, Ultimo Dragon & Atsushi Maruyama vs. [Challenger] Osamu Nishimura (FREE), Masanobu Fuchi & Fuminori Abe (BASARA)
◆Winner: Akiyama (8:17) with a School Boy on Fuchi.
~ 7th successful title defense.

(4) Joe Doering, Black Tiger VII (FREE), Soma Takao (DDT) & Revlon (LAND’S END) vs. Suwama, Shuji Ishikawa (FREE), Ishikiri (LAND’S END) & Mineo Fujita (Chinko Pro)
◆Winner: Doering (7:30) with a Running Body Attack on Ishikiri.
~ Suwama’s focus was kept on Black Tiger, as he looked for some payback following the Kazuyuki Fujita assault in Yokohama.

(5) Jr. League B BLOCK: Koji Iwamoto vs. Hikaru Sato
◆Winner: Iwamoto (10:52) with the Koko no Geijutsu.
~ Iwamoto [1 win = 2 points]
~ Hikaru [1 loss = 0 points]
~ Iwamoto off to a strong start as he continues his aim to become a consecutive league victory.

(6) Kento Miyahara, Yoshitatsu (FREE), Naoya Nomura & Ryoji Sai vs. Zeus, The Bodyguard (FREE), TAJIRI (FREE) & KAI (FREE)
◆Winner: Zeus (11:31) with a Jackhammer on Miyahara.
~ Zeus with the win over the World Tag Champion before the title challenge on the 25th.

(7) Jr. League A BLOCK: Atsushi Aoki vs. Shuji Kondo (WRESTLE-1)
◆Winner: Kondo (13:29) following a Short-range style King Kong Lariat.
~ Kondo [1 win = 2 points]
~ Aoki [1 loss = 0 points]
~ Kondo kicks off the league with the win over the World Junior Champion. Kondo claimed that if this is the best that All Japan has to offer that he shall surely win the league.

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AJPW Results for August 11th, 2016

AJPW “2016 Summer Explosion”, 8/11/2016 [Thu] @ Ueda Innovation Center in Nagano

(1) Jun Akiyama & SUSHI vs. Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi
◆Winner: Aoyagi (11:51) via pinfall on SUSHI
(2) Shinshu Pro Offer Match: Great Mucha vs. Diamond Fuyukai
◆Winner: Mucha (9:15) via pinfall
(3) Zeus vs. Koji Iwamoto [Sportiva]
◆Winner: Zeus (7:23) With a Chokeslam
(4) Takao Omori vs. Super Tiger [RJPW]
◆Winner: Omori (9:44) With a Jumping High Kick

(5) GAORA TV Championship Match: [10th Champion] Takeshi Minamino vs. [Challenger] Yohei Nakajima
◆Winner: Nakajima (12:57) With a Rear Kick
~ Minamino falls on his 1st defense, Nakajima becomes the 11th Generation Champion 

(6) Kento Miyahara, Jake Lee & Soma Takao [DDT] vs. Suwama, Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato
◆Winner: Suwama (19:59) With The Last Ride on Lee

[All Japan News] All Japan announced the first title matches to be held in the new year.
Following the show this past weekend the next set of title matches have been set in place as well as a Triple Crown contendership struggle.

The first title match announced for the new year will see a double Junior heavyweight showdown as a Hiroshi Yamato and Shuji Kondo will be putting their titles on the line against each other. Both men will walk in with their belts, but the victor shall walk out with both around their waist.

Manabu Soya was unable to defeat Masakatsu Funaki for the Triple Crown Champion, and so GET WILD is on nothing more than fumes at this time. Tokyo Sports awarded GET WILD as the team of 2012, but due to Soya’s loss against Funaki they will be forced to disband. Funaki though gave the reigning tag champions a challenge for the tag belts, which will see take place on January 2nd. Nothing is for certain to how GET WILD’s reign will be decided as the stipulation to the last title match was that GET WILD would be forced to disband, but a win over Funaki/Kono might give them the right to stay together while they are champions (just speculation).

The next day on January 3rd will see Seiya Sanada defending the GAORA TV title against Tomoaki Honma. Sanada has beaten every challenger thrown in front of him so far from the rising Yasufumi Nakanoueno to the dangerous power of Kazushi Miyamoto, but on the 3rd Sanada will face off against the other half of Tumeric Storm. Honma has been on a mission since re-appearing in All Japan and has become one of the biggest rulebreakers currently in the promotion. Not only will Sanada have to contend with Honma, but it can almost be certain that Miyamoto will try and create some sort of distraction to try and make sure the champion falls.

The Asia Tag belts will once again be decided between Junior Stars and Team 246. Both teams just recently faced each other in a solid match-up which saw Kanemoto get the win over Shuji Kondo. One might have expected that win would have gave a title shot against Kondo for the GHC Jr. belt, but Hayashi said that he wants one more shot against the champions. Their last match was pretty solid and the rematch should be nothing less than solid.

Then lastly, a title contendership match has been set in place to determine who will face Masakatsu Funaki for the Triple Crown title on January 26th. Following his win over Soya, Funaki once again showed that he is still the fighting champion. Following the match Akebono & Joe Doering came out to the ring to make the next bid to the champion and a #1 contender match has been set to take place on January 3rd. Akebono has had an up and down year in 2012 from facing off in a high profiled match against Atsushi Onita to his illness that could have sidelined him for good. Akebono has returned with the goal of become a title champion yet again. Joe Doering though is known for his mean streak as well as his super strength in the ring. Doering is no stranger to having to face Akebono in the ring and has managed to slam the big man on more than one occasion. This should be a solid match between 2 of All Japan’s big men, and no matter what Funaki may have one of the toughest matches later on in the month as he will be giving up a lot of size to both men.

Below you will see the announced event cards at this time.

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2013 New Year Shining Series ~NEW YEAR 2DAYS~”, ½/2013 [Wed] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) World Tag Team Championship Match: [64th Champions] “GET WILD” Takao Omori & Manabu Soya vs. [Challengers] “SOA” Masakatsu Funaki & Masayuki Kono
~ 2nd Defense.

(-) World Junior Heavyweight & GHC Junior Heavyweight Double Championship Match: [33rd World Jr. Champion] Hiroshi Yamato vs. [25th GHC Jr. Champion] Shuji Kondo
~ Yamato 6th Defense, Kondo 3rd Defense.

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2013 New Year Shining Series ~NEW YEAR 2DAYS~”, 1/3/2013 [Thu] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(-) GAORA TV Championship Match: [1st Champion] Seiya Sanada vs. [Challenger] Tomoaki Honma
~ 3rd Defense.

(-) Asia Tag Championship Match: [89th Champions] “Junior Stars” Minoru Tanaka & Koji Kanemoto vs. [Challengers] “Team 246” Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo
~ 2nd Defense.

(-) Triple Crown #1 Contender Match: Akebono vs. Joe Doering

The winner of the contendership match will then earn the right to face Masakatsu Funaki on January 26th.

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2013 New Year Shining Series”, 1/26/2013 [Sat] 12:00 @ Ota City General Gymnasium

(-) Triple Crown Championship Match: [45th Champion] Masakatsu Funaki vs. [Challenger] (Winner of 1/3 match)
~ 4th Defense.

All Japan Official Videos for September 7, 2012 [2 Matches]

Terry Funk & Abdullah the Butcher vs. Tarzan Goto & Tomoaki Honma from October 27, 2002 @ Nippon Budokan in Tokyo.
~ Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of All Japan Pro-Wrestling, Terry Funk and Adbullah the Butcher taking part in a dream tag match. Let the hardcore battle ensue.

Masayuki Kono & Ryota Hama vs. Seiya Sanada & Manabu Soya from June 10, 2009 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.
~ In light of the GAORA TV Title tournament beginning this weekend, All Japan has released a video that showcases four of the either men involved in a tag match that took place just a little over years ago. It is great to see how far these talents have grown over the last few years, and how they much closer they have gotten to being called the stars of the new generation.

[All Japan News Part 2] All of the participants in the tournament to crown the first ever GAORA TV Champion attended the press conference today, as Uchida unveiled the title for the first time to the public. The leather strap has been desig

ned in all red as that is the color of GAORA, with the plate in the middle saying GAORA at the top and TV in bold in the center. The two closest plates to the middle on the sides represent All Japan’s logo with the out 2 plates houses GAORA’s logo yet again.

[Pictured (left to right): Hama, Soya, Kono, Sanada, Uchida, Okabyashi (Representative of GAORA), Honma, Miyamoto & Nakanoueno]

~ Seiya Sanada, has found himself on quite a few loses as of late thanks to Joe Doering, but he said that winning cannot be positive without first knowing defeat. His goal now is to win the belt.

~ Masayuki Kono, aims to bring the belt back to STACK OF ARMS and to stand next to his mentor Masakatsu Funaki and build momentum for his team.

~ Manabu Soya, said that All Japan’s has many historic belts, and this tournament/matches will add to the history of the promotion.

~ Ryota Hama, a former Triple Crown Champion aims to pick up after being forced to relinquish the All Asia Tag belts. He not only wants to work hard for himself, but also for Akebono.

~ Yasufumi Nakanoueno, would like to take advantage of the opportunity, and show that he is ready to take the next steps in his career.

~ Yuji Okabayashi, hailing from Big Japan Pro-Wrestling aims to win the belt and bring it back home to his promotion. After making waves in both Big Japan and All Japan in the tag division, he now aims to do the same as a singles competitor. He will though have a tough match in the opening round as he faces Sanada.

~ Tomoaki Honma, has returned to All Japan after spending the last 6 years in New Japan. It was almost great timing on his part, because he knew about the tournament before All Japan announced it to the public and made holding the new belt be apart of his return.

~ Kazushi Miyamoto, his roots are with All Japan all the way back to 2001 (and previously with training), and he is now at the point of his career where he wants to show just how powerful he can be. He has held titles outside of Japan, but never in his home country. Will that finally change for Miayamoto?

The singles elimination title tournament is set to begin on September 8th with the conclusion on October 7th. Who shall becomes the first champion?

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “40th Anniversary Year 2012 FLASHING TOUR”, 9/8/2012 [Sat] 18:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

(1) SUSHI & Andy Woo vs. MAZADA & Aegyptus Aerial
(2) World Junior Prelude Tag Match: Hiroshi Yamato & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Hikaru Sato [Pancrase MISSION] & Michael Nakazawa [DDT]
(3) KENSO & Masao Inoue vs. Osamu Nishimura & The Great Sasuke [Michinoku]
(4) World Tag Prelude Match: Taiyo Kea & Takao Omori vs. Joe Doering & (to be announced)
(5) Triple Crown Prelude 6 Man Tag Match: “STACK OF ARMS” Masakatsu Funaki, Minoru Tanaka & Koji Kanemoto vs. “TEAM DESTRUCTION/Team 246” Suwama, Shuji Kondo & Kaz Hayashi

(6) GAORA TV Championship, First Champion Decision Tournament, 1st Round Match: Ryota Hama vs. Yasufumi Nakanoueno
(7) GAORA TV Championship, First Champion Decision Tournament, 1st Round Match: Manabu Soya vs. Kazushi Miyamoto
(8) GAORA TV Championship, First Champion Decision Tournament, 1st Round Match: Masayuki Kono vs. Tomaoki Honma
(9) GAORA TV Championship, First Champion Decision Tournament, 1st Round Match: Seiya Sanada vs. Yuji Okabayashi

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[All Japan News] Following the announcement of creation of a new title the GAORA TV Championship, All Japan announced the 4 first round matches that are scheduled for September 9th to begin the crowning of the first ever champion.

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “40th Anniversary Year 2012 FLASHING TOUR”, 9/8/2012 [Sat] 18:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

~GAORA TV Championship, First Champion Decision Tournament, 1st Round Matches:

(-) Seiya Sanada vs. Yuji Okabayashi
(-) Masayuki Kono vs. Tomaoki Honma
(-) Manabu Soya vs. Kazushi Miyamoto
(-) Ryota Hama vs. Yasufumi Nakanoueno

– Then whoever wins the 1st round matches will then move on to the show on October 7th to compete in the semi-finals and then hopefully the final match decision match.

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “40th ANNIVERSARY TOUR 2012”, 10/7/2012 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

~GAORA TV Championship, First Champion Decision Tournament, Semi-Final Matches
(-) Winner of Sanada/Okabayashi vs. Winner of Kono/Honma
(-) Winner of Soya/Miyamoto vs. Winner of Hama/Nakanoueno

(-) GAORA TV Championship, First Champion Decision Tournament, Final Match:

[All Japan News] AJP announced that they will be introducing a new title known as the GAORA TV Championship to be crowned within the 40th Anniversary tour in October.

All Japan announced that the title will be held right behind the Triple Crown Championship and will be defended primarily during GAORA television tapings.

All Japan President Masayuki Uchida and GAORA Production President Tomoyuki Mitsui attended the press conference today for the announcement. Uchida himself stated that the belt could be a huge stepping stone for the young and up and coming All Japan talent.

All 8 competitors to be involved in the crowning of the first champion, they are as follows.
· Seiya Sanada
· Masayuki Kono
· Manabu Soya
· Ryota Hama
· Yasufumi Nakanoueno
· Yuji Okabayashi [BJW]
· Toamoaki Honma [free]
· Kazushi Miyamoto [free]

The 4 preliminary matches of the tournament will take place on September 8th at the Korakuen Hall with the Semi-Finals and Finals taking place on October 7th at the Korakuen Hall.

Of course a major storyline could play out with 3 outsiders involved in the tournament. Uchida has pushed for all the belts to be home for the 40th Anniversary and it might leave a sour taste for this belt to fall to the wrong hands.

[Pictured: GAORA Production President Tomoyuki Mitsui and All Japan President Masayuki Uchida]