All Japan Pro Wrestling 11/15/2024 Real World Tag League 2024 Day 2

All Japan Pro Wrestling 11/15/2024 Real World Tag League 2024 Day 2

Day 1 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/all-japan-pro-wrestling-1192024-real.html

Real World Tag League 2024 Block A Match - Makoto Oishi & Mike D Vecchio vs. Dan Tamura & Shotaro Ashino

Mike and Sho go at it. Mike waistlock takedowns him and thye mat wrestle. Sho clean breaks him and they trade forearms. They shoulder battle and Mike facekicks him over. Mike slams him. Oishi tries to slam Sho but can't. Sho then slams both opponents. Oishi is foot choked in the corner and pulls on Oishi's leg.

Sho karelin's lifts Oishi and stretch mufflers him. Oishi jawbreakers him. Mike is tagged in and hits a springboard lariat. Mike lariats Sho from behind then running lariats him. Mike does a samoan drop variation and superkicks Dan.

Mike misses a 450 then Sho germans him. Oishi and Dan get in. Dan hits forearms and flying shoulders Oishi. Dan suplexes him for 2. Dan lariats Oishi over and Mike makes the save. Mike hits a suicide dive on both opponents outside. Dan takes a dropkick to the back of the head + a cutter.

Oishi double sledgehammer shots Dan.  Dan picks him up and death valley drivers him. Mike is beat up on by both opponents. Dan lariats Oishi over then powerbombs him to win.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. Oishi should have gotten beaten up here to lead to the Mike hot tag which would have made things more exciting. The crowd wasn't into it and this was just nothing of note. 

Mike and Oishi are interviewed after. Mike says we were so close and we will try again next time. Oishi says he's okay.

Real World Tag League 2024 Block A Match - ELPIDA (Rising HAYATO & Yuma Anzai) vs. Hokuto-gun (Hokuto Omori & Kuma Arashi)

Kuma and Yuma go at it. Yuma wristlocks him and Kuma reverses it. Kuma side headlock takeovers him. Yuma headscissors him and they stand off. Rising and Omori go at it. Omori blows him a kiss on the ropes and shoulders him over. Omori is pulled over the top and Rising teases a dive. Rising plancha's him outside. Sho takes a double back elbow.

Omori hits forearms on Rising then Rising chops him over. Yuma dropkicks Omori when he gets in then sleepers him. Yuma and Omori trade forearms. Yuma misses a lariat and takes a cutter. Kuma comes in and sentons Omori. Kuma corner lariats Yuma then 2nd rope sentons him. Yuma belly to belly suplexes Omori and flying knees Kuma.

Rising jumps off of Yuma's back and dropkicks Omori in the corner. Omori fights off both opponents then takes a superkick + flying knee combo fo 2. Rising sprignboard dropkicks Yuma on accident. Kuma sentons Rising then Omori does a ki krusher on Rising for 2. Omori ties up both of Rising's arms and submits him.

Thoughts: It could have been good if it got the time but it sadly didn't. It was just a match for the most part that ended as it was starting to get going.

Carbell Ito, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana vs. Hokuto-gun (Cyrus & Hartley Jackson) & Aizawa NO. 1

Jiro does his usual longer entrance then him and his team get flowers beforehand. The heels attack them before it starts. Jiro's team tries to give the heels flowers. They accept them then hit Jiro's team with them. Everyone goes outside to fight. Hart and Ito get in.

Ito tries shoulders on Hart and gets nowhere. Ito flying knees him then goes for an armbar. Hart slams him. Ito takes a double back elbow. Aizawa slams Ito then elbow drops him. Ito slingblades him.

Jiro gets in and hits jacket punches on Aizawa. Jiro pulls his neck down over the top rope and does a slingshot arabian moonsault on him. Aizawa hits superkicks then takes a jacket punch.

Cy and Seigo get in. Seigo gets his sunset flip blocked. Seigo hits forearms. Seigo's whole team tries to irish whip Cy but is whipped instead. Cy's team is all sent out. Jiro's team argue and Seigo tope con hilos outside.

Cy and Seigo go at it. Seigo eye pokes him and tries to crossbody him, but just falls down. Cy hits a very high razor's edge. Hart sentons Seigo while he's down then Cy vader bombs Seigo for the win.

Thoughts: It was a not so super serious midcard match. The heels won this one to get them some credibility and the faces goofed around some as usual. They did make it entertaining though and did what they were supposed to do with it.

Davey Boy Smith Jr., Kento Miyahara, Ryo Inoue & Taishin Nagao vs. Evolution (Hideki Suzuki & Suwama) & Saito Brothers (Jun Saito & Rei Saito)

Ken and Jun start us off. They lock up. Ken is backed up on the ropes and Jun poses. Ken facekicks him, Jun headscissors him and they stand off. Davey and Rei go at it. They lock up and trade forearms. Rei slams him then misses a splash. Davey legdrops Rei's neck.

Rei takes corner attacks from his opponents then Davey slams Rei for 2. Nagao stomps on Rei then Suwama grabs Nagao and throws him into the rails outside. Suwana slams Nagao on the floor. Jun sends Ken into the rails outside. Rei foot chokes Nagao. Nagao hits chest forearms on Suzuki then is hit in the gut. Nagao tries to fight out of the corner.

Suzuki slams Nagao for 2. Nagao 2nd rope dropkicks him then Ken comes in. Ken running facekicks Suzuki then dropkicks him in the knee. Ken dropkicks Suzuki in the side of the head. Davey powerslams Suzuki. Ken misses a corner charge and takes a finlay roll from Suzuki.

Suwama corner lariats Ken then belly to belly suplexes him for 2. Suwama sleepers Ken and Ken throws him off. Ken pump kicks Suwama. Ryo gets in and hits kicks on Suwama, then spinning enzugiri's him. 

Nagao is tagged in and hits dropkicks on Suwama. Suwama hits kicks on Nagao then Nagao dropkicks him. Suwama takes corner attacks from his opponents then Nagao top rope dropkicks Suwama. Suwama forearms Nagao over twice. Suwama running lariats Nagao and gets the win.

Thoughts: It didn't get enough time for the amount of people involved. It was pretty much a throwaway midcard match. It was acceptable but not much else.

Suzuki beats up on Ryo after and Jun holds Ryo for a Rei chop.

The teams do promos after. Davey says tonight was a learning lesson for Nagao. He says he's young and inexperienced but he liked to see his fighting heart tonight. Davey says The Siato's got a taste tonight and says they will be the first place winners of the tag league. 

Real World Tag League 2024 Block B Match - ELPIDA (Ren Ayabe & Ryuki Honda) vs. Baka No Jidai (Fuminori Abe & Yuma Aoyagi)

Ren pushes and throws Abe. Abe avoids a facekick and tags out. Yuma corner dropkicks Ren. Ren takes corner attacks from both opponents. Honda shoulders Yuma over then back body drops Abe. Yuma fights off both opponents with forearms then Ren back body drops him.

Ren elbows Yuma in the back of the head. Yuma is put on the ropes and Honda kneels on him to choke him. Honda back elbows Yuma. Yuma hits forearms on both opponents then Ren slams Honda. Yuma chest forearms Ren then is slammed. Ren crabs Yuma and Yuma ropebreaks.

Yuma double boots Ren out of the corner and 2nd rope dropkicks him. Abe dropkicks Ren in the knee. Abe spin kicks Ren then kicks him in the back. Ren blocks Abe's slam then Ren slams Abe. Honda comes in and corner lariats Abe. Honda spinebusters Abe for 2.

Abe baseball slides Honda. Honda is tripped and takes an elbow drop. Abe nails Yuma on accident then Honda shoulders Abe over. Honda corner lariats Yuma. Ren knees Yuma in the gut then Honda spears Yuma for 2.

Honda trades forearms with Abe. Abe avoids being thrown out and forearms Honda. Yuma suplexes Honda then fisherman suplexes Honda for 2. Yuma takes a full-nelson slam from Ren then a lariat from Honda. Ren spinning gordbuster drops Abe then Honda lariats Yuma over for 2. Honda running one arm powerbombs Yuma and wins.

Thoughts: It didn't get a ton of time here and ended as it was starting to develop into something. It was passable but it not what it could have been. I thought Abe should have gotten beaten up on and I thought Yuma should have saved him. Then they could have done whatever else they needed to do from there. it was also not as serious as I had hoped. 

Real World Tag League 2024 Block A Match - Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Mashimo vs. MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka

Mu = Musashi, SY = Seiki Yoshioka, Sek = Daisuke Sekimoto

Mu avoids Sek's lock ups to start. Sek blocks Mu's flying headscissors him. Mu trips him and basement dropkicks him.  Ken and SY get in. Ken knees him in the gut. Ken takes kicks from both opponents and a double basement dropkick.

Mu comes in chops Ken. Ken no sells them and chops back. SY corner dropkicks him. They trade forearms and Ken backbreakers him. Sek stomps on SY and clubs him. Mu chops back then Ken chops him down. Ken knee drops Mu then slams him.

Sek and Ken take turns doing slams on Mu. Ken throws Mu out and sends him into the rails. Ken slams Mu on the floor. Mu gets back in and he tries chops on Ken. Ken chest kicks him. Sek backbreakers Mu then crabs him. Mu ropebreaks.

Sek misses a corner charge and Mu step up enzugiri's him. SY is tagged in. He shoulder battles with Sek and hits dropkicked to the knee. SY shoulders him over then tornado ddt's Ken off of Sek. SY kicks Sek in the back then PK's him for 2. 

Sek pounds SY. Ken running back elbows SY then ddt's him. SY avoids a PK then Ken ankle locks him. SY misses an enzugiri then Ken figure fours him. Mu tries to help out and is put in an ankle lock.

SY codebreakers Ken. Mu is tagged in. Mu slingshot double stomps Ken's back. Ken boots him out of the corner. Mu dropkicks Ken in the knee, double stomps his back and does a short ddt. Mu does a tequila sunrise on Ken and Sek breaks it up.

Sek gets in and hits a double suplex on both opponents. Sek takes a douvle superkick. Ken is thrown out with Seki then Mu tope con hilos both. Mu and SY go up top and get stomped. Ken is tripped into the 2nd rope for a kick. Mu splashes Ken off the buckles then SY swantons Ken off the buckles. 

 Mu takes a double team and Sek splashes him for 2. Mu escapes a powerbomb and gets his tights pulled down on accident. SY asai moonsaults Ken outside then Mu step up enzugiri's Sek. Sek takes a double corner enzugiri. Sek is hurricanrana'd off the top then Mu top rope splashes him for 2.

SY axe kicks Ken then Ken is double suplexed onto Sek. Ken and Sek are stacked onto each other and Mu top rope splashes both.

Sek germans Mu. Mu fights back with forearms then Sek lariats him. Ken double underhook ddt's Mu then Sek top rope splashes Mu. Sek crabs Mu. Ken half-crabs SY at the same time.

Mu tries roll-ups on Sek. SY la mistica drops Sek then takes an exploder. Mu superkicks Ken. Sek flips Mu over his back and knees him. Mu then hook kicks him. Mu and Sek trade shots on their knees. Sek enzugiri's him then northern lights bombs him for 2. Sek hits a top rope splash on Mu for 2. The time limit then expires as we go to 30 minute draw.

Thoughts: It was very long and dull. It was slow paced and this one just never got exciting. It was obvious it was going to a draw after a while as well. I just have nothing really positive to say about this one. It just didn't work and it was not fun at all to sit through.

Mu talks on the mic after.

Overall thoughts: They paced the matches to make sure the main had enough time. That meant everything but the main was the short. The main was not good at all and very dull. This was not a good show at all and a poor effort from AJPW. I'll give this one a 4 out of 10 and I would not recommend it.