All Japan Pro Wrestling 11/20/2024 Real World Tag League 2024 Day 5

All Japan Pro Wrestling 11/20/2024 Real World Tag League 2024 Day 5

Day 4 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/all-japan-pro-wrestling-11172024-real.html

Cyrus, Ryo Inoue and Suwama vs Ren Ayabe, Ryuki Honda and Musashi

Mu = Musashi

Ren and Cy lock up. Ren backs him up on the ropes and rubs his head. Cy takes a boot and a side headlock. Ren and Cy shoulder battle. Ren boots him then Cy shoulders him over. Honda and Suwama get in. Honda kneels on him on the ropes. Honda is double teamed in the corner then Ryo kicks Honda in the back. Cy corner splashes Honda then butt drops him off the bottom rope. Cy slams Honda the nmisses a senton.

Ren comes in and flying lariats Cy. Musashi comes in and tries to trade chops with Cy. Mu dropkicks him in the knee and the chest. Cy no sells it. Cy takes corner attacks and Ren mostly misses a corner facekick. Cy slams Ren. Mu crossbodies Cy and gets caught. Cy then slams him down.

Cy goes for a move and Ryo tags himself in. Ryo hits chest and facekicks on Mu then corner dropkicks him. Ren half nelson slams Ryo then Mu falcon arrows Ryo for 2. Ryo enuzgiri's Mu and buzzsaw kicks him for 2. Mu germans Ryo for 2. Mu hits a top rope frogsplash on Ryo and wins.

Thoughts: It was a pretty simple and average opener without much of note. I'm not sure what the Ryo/Cyrus thing was about with Ryo tagging himself in while Cyrus was going for a finisher.

Real World Tag League 2024 Block B Match - Kuroshio TOKYO Japan and Seigo Tachibana vs Hikaru Sato & Yuko Miyamoto

Before the match, Jiro has a long drawn out entrance as usual. He goes to the back and Sato/Yuko come out with his jacket. Seigo gets beat up in the ring with his jacket still on. Sato chokes Seigo with a towel. Yuko whips Seigo with a jacket. Yuko dropkicks Seigo.

Seigo is beat up more in the corner and Yuko whips Seigo with his own jacket. Sato foot chokes Seigo and Jiro finally appears with someone else's jacket on Seigo hits chest forearms on Sato and Sato chops him. Seigo forearms Sato then atomic drops him. Sato then eye pokes Seigo. Seigo atomic drops him again and tags in Jiro.

Jiro screws around and hits super weak jacket punches on Sato. Sato tries to hit him with a jacket then Jiro gets his jacket back from them. Sato enzugiri's Jiro. Seigo and Yuko get in and trade forearms. Seigo tries to do a taunt but is booted over. Seigo atomic drops Yuko then facekicks him. Yuko handspring back elbows Seigo then does Seigo's taunt.

Jiro springboard headscissors Yuko. Yuko is double teamed in the corner then takes shots from both opponents. Yuko is stuck up top and Jiro springboard hurricanrana's him. Seigo forearms Yuko down. Jiro gets stuck up top as the other wrestlers do endless waistlock reversals on each other. Jiro then falls off the top. Yuko rolls up Seigo and wins.

Yuko steals Seigo's jacket after and does his taunt. He then falls into a rail and crawls to the back.

Thoughts: It was pretty much all screwing around here as usually is the case with Seigo and Jiro anymore. I wasn't a fan of this. 

Real World Tag League 2024 Block A Match - Hokuto Omori and Kuma Arashi vs Shotaro Ashino and Dan Tamura

Sho and Kuma lock up. Sho trhows him down and rides his back. Dan and Omori get in. Dan side headlocks him and Omori pulls his hair. Omori side headlocks him then Dan shoulders him over. Omori hits a flatliner. Kuma slams Omori onto Dan. Omori tries to slam Kuma onto Dan but misses. Dan backbreakers Omori. Omori is dropped gut first on the ropes.

Sho bodyscissors Omori and Omori ropebreaks. Omori hits forearms and takes a shot to the gut. Omori cutters Dan. Kuma sentons Dan then throws Dan at Sho. Kuma stands on Dan's gut. Dan flying shoulderblocks Kuma.

Sho running euros Kuma over then karelin's lifts him. Kuma samoan drops Sho. Sho takes corner attacks then a 2nd rope Kuma senton for 2. Kuma goes up top and Dan walks up the buckles then overhead belly to belly suplexes him.

Kuma and Sho trade. Sho germans him and Omori. Kum takes shots from both opponents. Sho ankle locks Kuma and Kuma breaks it up. Dan and Omori trade forearms. Dan suplexes him. Sho and Kuma trade forearms for euros. Kuma then lariats him over hard for 2. Kuma sit out dominators him for 2.

Omori cutters Dan then spinning forearms him down. Omori sitout slams Sho and Kuma top rope sentons Sho for the win.

Thoughts: It was an okay match. It didn't quite get to the next level but the guys were stiff with each other and we got some hard shots as you would want. I would have liked to have seen this go a little longer as this had potential to be more. 

Real World Tag League 2024 Block A Match - Makoto Oishi & Mike D Vecchio vs ELPIDA (Rising HAYATO & Yuma Anzai)

Yuma poses the ropes and gets nailed. 3 of the 4 go outside then Mike hits a double suicide dive on his opponents. Mike then hits a springboard double lariat on the inside. Mike puts both opponents on his shoulders then samoan drops both. Mike standing moonsaults Rising.

Oishi stomps on Rising and forearms him. Oishi cravates him then fist drops him. Mike elbow drops Rising then chops him over. Oishi curbstomps Rising. Mike suplexes Rising then forearms him over. Rising single leg dropkicks Mike. 

Yuma corner forearms Mike when he gets in then belly to belly suplexes him. Mike spinning forearms Yuma then Yuma dropkicks Mike. Mike spinning enzugiri's Yuma then Yuma germans him. Mike germans him back. Yuma no sells it and Mike flips out of a german. Mike hits a big forearm then Yuma flying knees Mike. Mike hits an os cutter on Yuma.

Oishi tornado ddt's Yuma. Oishi then cobra twists him. Oishi calf crushers him and it is broken up. Yuma slams Oishi and Oishi ankle locks him. Oishi takes a springboard dropkick into a german for 2. Rising then springboard plancha's Mike outside. Yuma hits a gimlet on Oishi and wins.

Thoughts: The Mike vs Yuma section was the best part of this one which isn't much of a surprise. I'd like to see those two go at it. Oishi didn't bring a lot to the table here. This was okay but had potential to be better. Mike as usual put out a lot of effort in this one.

Real World Tag League 2024 Block A Match - Daisuke Sekimoto and Kengo Mashimo vs Rei and Jun Saito

Sek = Daisuke Sekimoto

Jun and Sek go at it. Sek side headlocks him and they shoulder battle. They shoulder each other over. Ken and Rei got at it. They test strength and Ken eye rakes him. Rei shoulders him over. The four all go out to fight. Ken and Sek get choked with towels. Jun shoulders Ken over outside. Rei sends Ken into the post.

Jun tries to get in and Ken dragon screws him on the ropes. Ken then leglocks him. Sek comes in and stomps on Jun. Sek ddt's Jun's leg then splashes it. Jun back elbows Ken. Ken dragon screws Jun. Ken leglocks Jun and Jun ropebreaks.

Ken hits leg kicks on Jun then Jun forearms him. Jun facekicks Ken. Rei is tagged in. He lariats Ken on the ropes and slams him. Rei then splashes Ken for 2. Rei chop flurries Ken then corner lariats him for 2. Ken ddt's him and tags out.

Sek gets in. Sek corner spears Rei then neckbreakers him. Sek low crossbodies Rei while he's seated for 2. Rei takes an enzugiri + lariat combo then Ken buzzsaw kicks Rei. Sek top rope splashes Rei.

Sek takes corner attacks then takes a double hiptoss. Jun and Ken trade forearms and Jun chops him. Ken facekicks him then Jun hits a spear. Sek and Rei lariat each other. Rei chops Sek and Sek headbutts him. Rei headbutts him. Rei hits a big powerbomb and wins.

Thoughts: What we got was okay but we only got a sample of it. It didn't get time and didn't get to mature into an epic. The legwork on Jun was a waste of time that meant nothing but the hoss wrestling was good. I thought this could have great if everyone really went all out.

Real World Tag League 2024 Block B Match - Yuma Aoyagi and Fuminori Abe vs Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Kento Miyahara

Ken and Abe go at it. Ken backs him up on the ropes. Abe slaps him then side headlocks him. Ken facekicks him and side headlock takeovers him. Abe then does the same, Ken headscissors him and they stand off. Davey and Yuma get in and wristlocks. Davey bridges and kips out of one then throws Yuma over. Yuma then tries to show he can headflip and kip-up. Davey then does a cartwheel.

Davey shoulders Yuma over. Yuma dropkicks Davey. Abe trips Davey for an elbow drop from Yuma. Abe slaps Yuma on accident then Davey forearms Yuma over. Davey throws Yuma hard into the corner. Ken headbutts Yuma and Abe on the outside. Yuma takes headbutts from both opponents. Ken facelocks Yuma against the post and headbutts him. Ken headbutts Abe down outside.

Back in the ring, Davey chinlocks Yuma. Davey then powerslams Yuma. Abe comes in to help and gets slapped down by Ken. Ken rakes Yuma's face with his feet. Ken facekicks Abe off the apron. Ken headbutts Yuma. Yuma misses a dropkick then hits one on Ken.

Abe dropkicks Ken in the knee. Abe spin kicks Ken in the gut then kicks him in the back. Abe PK's Ken then trades forearms with him. Ken headbutts Abe then Abe hurricanrana's him. Davey flying knees Abe. Davey double underhook suplexes Abe.

Yuma comes in and facekicks Davey. He then flying forearms him. Davey hits a double lariat on Abe and Yuma. Ken gets in. Ken dropkicks Yuma in the knee and head. Abe slaps Ken then Yuma suplexes Ken for 2. Abe and Yuma put submissions on their opponents at the same time.

Ken superplexes Yuma and takes a hard forearm from Abe. Abe then punches Davey out. Ken is rolled up by Yuma for 2 then Abe baseball punches Ken into a Yuma backslide for 2. Yuma uranages Ken. Yuma fisherman busters Ken. Ken pumping knees Yuma. Davey blocks a hurricanana from Abe and sitout powerbombs him. Ken straightjacket germans Yuma and pins him.

Thoughts: They tried for a good one here. It got better towards the end but I don't know if they quite hit the mark. It was okay and a bit better than I expected though.

Ken and Davey talk on the mic after.  Davey says he loves Zen Nippon and tries to get the crowd to shout that with him.

Overall thoughts: It was an okay show from AJPW. There was only one comedy match on the show. The main, semi main and Kuma Arashi match were all fine and Jiro's match was all comedy as has been the case as of late. I'd give this one a 6 out of 10. Had this been at Korauken or a bigger arena, I think the show and various matches would have been even better.