1. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Ultimo Dragon, and Masanobu Fuchi over Yohei Nakajima, Naoya Nomura, and Yuma Aoyagi. Kanemaru pinned Aoyagi with a top rope splash.
2. Atsushi Aoki retained the AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Championship vs. Takao Soma. Soma tapped to a deep Boston Crab.
3. KENSO (formerly Kenzo Suzuki in WWE) retained the Gaora TV Title against Ryuji Hijikata. KENSO scored the win following a Shining Wizard and a diving elbow drop.
4. Akebono, Shigehiro Irie, and Shuji Ishikawa beat Jun Akiyama, Takao Omori, and SUSHI (formerly Kiyoshi in TNA). Akebono pinned Sushi after a Side Russian Leg Sweep.
Intermission
5. Shingo Takagi and Zeus over Suwama and Hikaru Sato. Zeus pinned Sato with a Jackhammer. This match didn’t feature as much of Shingo as I would’ve like it to have, considering what a great match he had with BxB Hulk at Dragon Gate’s Final Gate. Understandable, however, as he’s an outsider in All Japan.
6. Mitsuya Nagai and Takeshi Minamino defeated Kento Miyahara and Kotaro Suzuki to win the All Asia Tag Team Championships. This one went a bit too long at a pretty unexciting pace. The finish came after a bunch of interference by KENSO and a diving knee strike by Nagai.
7. Go Shiozaki defeated Joe Doering to win the AJPW Triple Crown Championship. This match saved the show and was likely the strongest match we’ve seen this trip. It went well over twenty minutes with both guys beating the hell out of each other and the crowd ate up every minute of it. After many great false finishes, Shiozaki scored the pinfall following a series of lariats. Post-match, Zeus and KENSO came out and it appears that they’ll have a No.1 Contender’s match at some point soon to determine Shiozaki’s next challenger. The show closed with the new champion cutting a promo.
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