All Japan Pro Wrestling 11/24/2024 Real World Tag League 2024 Day 7
Day 6 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/all-japan-pro-wrestling-11232024-real.html
Ryo Inoue & Taishin Nagao vs. Baka No Jidai (Hikaru Sato & Yuma Aoyagi)
Sato and Nagao start us off. Sato leg kicks him and wristlocks him. Nagao wristlocks him. Sato hits elbows to the arm and kicks him over. Nagao hits chest forearms then Sato forearms him down. Yuma boots Nagao in the corner. Nagao hits chest forearms. Yuma slams him. Sato armbars him and Nagao ropebreaks.
Nagao hits chest forearms on Yuma then Yuma slams him. Nagao dropkicks him off the buckles. Ryo hits chest kicks on Yuma then flying kicks him. Ryo suplexes him. Yuma rock bottoms Ryo. Sato hits chest kicks on Ryo. Ryo chest kicks him back and they trade forearms. Ryo enzugiri's him.
Nagao is tagged in and hits dropkicks on Sato. Sato avoids on and goes for the pin on him. Nagao hits a double dropkick then a top rope double dropkick for 2. Sato kicks him in the back for 2 then water wheel drops him for 2. Sato then taps out Nagao with an armbar.
Thoughts: It was a short opener but I was fine with it. Nagao got worked on as expected and Sato had some okay strike exchanges here. It was a total waste of Yuma though.
Saito Brothers (Jun Saito & Rei Saito) & Mike D Vecchio vs. Hokuto-gun (Cyrus, Hartley Jackson & Jack Kennedy)
Jack and Mike go at it. Jack side headlocks him and they shoulder battle. Jack shoulders him over. Mike misses kicks and armdrags him. Mike springboard twisting crossbodies him but doesn't get enough air on it. Mike is hit by Cy on the ropes.
Everyone goes outside to fight. Hart fights Rei in the seats and Mike hits shots on Jack outside. Jack is sent into the rails and Hart goes into the post. Jun chokes Hart with a towel. Jack and Mike trade forearms. Mike spin kicks him and Jack flying shoulders him.
Rei and Hart shoulder battle. They lariat battle and Hart is shouldered over. Hart then crossbodies him. Cy hits bolo punches on Rei then Rei does it back to him. Cy slams Rei and takes a hard shoulder from Rei. Rei hits machine gun chops on him.
Jun corner facekicks Cy then hits a big slam. Cy spinning heel kicks Jun and tags out. Jack corner splashes Jun then Hart and Cy do the same. Jack cradle shocks Jun for 2 and Rei low crossbodies Jack. Mike hits a nice dropkick on Hart then he asai moonsaults Cy and Hart outside. Jack takes a double chokeslam from The Saito's. Jun jackhammers Jack for the win.
Thoughts: It was a decent heavyweight match. It was nice to see all heavyweights in action on this one. They did what they were supposed to here. I would have loved for this to have gotten double the time and the main event slot but maybe another day.
Real World Tag League 2024 Block A Match - MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Hokuto-gun (Hokuto Omori & Kuma Arashi)
Mu = Musashi, SY = Seiki Yoshioka
Kuma takes a double dropkick then Omori does as well. Mu and SY then do slingshot plancha's outside. Mu falcon arrows Omori for 2. Kuma takes a double basement dropkick then a double suplex.
SY hits a top rope swanton on Kuma then Mu top rope splashes Kuma. Omori takes a double suplex. SY misses a top rope swanton. Omori release germans Mu on his head then cutters him.
Omori misses a corner charge and SY rolls him up. SY cradles Omori then backslides him for 2 though Omori didn't kick out and the ref stopped counting. SY kicks Omori in the back for 2 then PK's him for 2. Omori pushes Mu into SY then flatliners Mu.
Kuma comes in and slams Mu and SY. Kuma double sentons both. Kuma racks SY then torture rack drops him for 2. SY scissors kicks Kuma then tags in Mu. Mu chops Kuma. Kuma forearms him then Mu double stomps him. Mu shotgun dropkicks him for 2.
Kuma suplexes Mu. Omori top rope dropkicks Mu. Kuma powerbombs Omori on a failed double team then Mu top rope crossbodies Kuma. Omori takes a german from Mu then a double superkick for 2.
Kuma is pulled over the top and SY asai moonsaults him. Omori cutters Mu. Mu no sells it, superkicks him then falcon arrows him for 2. Mu misses a top rope frogsplash and Omori headscissors rolls him into a pin.
Thoughts: The selling wasn't that good here but I liked the match. They kept this one moving and Omori and Kuma probably matched up best with Musashi and Seiki out of any other team I've seen. I was surprised this worked out as well as it did and they did a great job with what could have been a nothing match.
Real World Tag League 2024 Block A Match - Dan Tamura & Shotaro Ashino vs. ELPIDA (Rising HAYATO & Yuma Anzai)
Sho and Yuma go at it. They trade wristlocks and trade holds on the mat. They then stand off. Rising waistlocks Dan and Dan wristlocks him. Rising headflips out of it and chops him. Rising is caught with a slam off a leapfrog. Rising is pulled over the top then dropkicked off the apron.
Dan shoulders Rising over and knocks Yuma off the apron. Sho and Yuma trade forearms outside. Rising is thrown into the rails. Dan rams Rising into the rails. Rising hits chest forearms on Dan and Dan backbreakers him for 2.
Dan knees Rising in the gut and Rising shotgun dropkicks him. Yuma is tagged in. He corner forearms Dan then belly to belly suplexes him. Yuma hits a nice dropkick on him and Dan flying shoulders him. Sho hits running euros on Yuma for 2. Sho karelin's lifts Yuma for 2.
Sho hits a stiff euro on Yuma, trips him on a flying knee and ankle locks him. Yuma trips Sho into the ropes then Rising slingshot ddt's Sho into the apron over the 2nd rope. Sho germans Yuma. Yuma is dropped gut first on the top rope and Dan lariats Yuma over for 2.
Dan ties up Yuma's legs and pulls then Yuma ropebreaks. Dan legsweeps Yuma then ties his legs up again. Rising superkicks Dan then takes a back elbow + forearm combo to the head.
Dan hits short lariats on Yuma. Dan misses a lariat then takes a springboard dropkick into a german. Sho takes a dlying knee + superkick then Rising springboard plancha's Sho outside. Yuma flying knees Dan for 2. Yuma his a gimlet on Dan and wins.
Thoughts: I would have liked Yuma to sell his leg a bit more but I liked the match. These guys were just real fast and smooth with each other and worked together seamlessly. We got the best of both teams here with Yuma and Rising keeping the pace up and Dan/Sho bringing the stiffness. This couldn't have gone much better than it did and got a lot of time. This was good.
Real World Tag League 2024 Block B Match - Evolution (Hideki Suzuki & Suwama) vs. ELPIDA (Ren Ayabe & Ryuki Honda)
Suwama and Ren lock up. Ren cleanbreaks him and rubs his hair. They shoulderblock battle. Ren shoulders him over. Suzuki and Honda go at it. Suzuki sleepers him on the ropes and has to break. Honda and Suzuki trade holds on the mat and Honda escapes, leaving Suzuki laying.
Suzuki cravates Honda. Suzuki hits a euro. Honda kneels on him on the ropes and counts along with the ref, Wada. Ren is pulled over the top and Suzuki finlay rolls Honda.
Suwama boots Honda around. HOnda hits chest forearms and Suwama double chops him. Suwama stands on his face. Suwama hits shots on Honda then Suzuki helps abuse Honda. Suwama backdrops Honda for 2. Suwama corner lariats Honda then belly to belly suplexes him.
Honda hits forearms on Suwama and Suwama just eye rakes him. Honda hits a spinebuster. Ren hits forearms on Suwama then flying neckbreakers him. Ren corner facekicks Suwama for 2. Ren full-nelson's Suwama. Suwama ducks a lariat and flying shoulders him.
Suzuki gets in and hits a forearm flurry to Ren's gut. Ren facekicks him then full-nelson bombs him. Suzuki hits more shots to the gut then Ren suplexes him.
Honda and Suwama get in and trade forearms. Suwama ddt's him. Suzuki boots Honda out of the corner then hanging headscissors him. Suwama takes corner attacks then Honda spears him for 2. Suwama shoulders Ren over then Honda germans Suwama. Suwama lariats Honda over.
Honda hits lariats on Suwama then Suwama lariats him over. Suwama backdrops Honda for 2. Suwama hits a lariat on Honda for 2. Suwama backdrops Honda and pins him.
Thoughts: I wasn't a fan of it. Suwama tends to get most of the offense in when he wrestles and he and Suzuki are both slower guys. Both statements held true here. It didn't feel like Ren and Honda had a chance and they were never really in this one. It was basically a long squash that hurt Honda and Ren.
Real World Tag League 2024 Block B Match - Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Kento Miyahara vs. Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana
Ken and Jiro go at it. Jiro is backed up on the ropes. Jiro hits a jacket punch. Ken side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Jiro kips up and armdrags him off the hiptoss. Jiro then elbows him over.
Davey side headlocks Seigo when they get in. He shoulders him over. Seigo yells at him and hits a dropkick. Davey headbutts him. Davey gets his back raked by both opponents takes a double forearm. Davey hits a double northern lights suplex.
Davey knees Jiro in the gut and sends him into the rails. Davey stomps on Jiro outside. Ken forearms Jiro against the rails and Davey kicks Seigo in the gut. Ken pulls on Seigo's mouth outside and Seigo gets beat up on by both opponents. Ken headbutts Jiro outside.
Davey slams Seigo. Seigo gets his legs split. Ken running facekicks Seigo and gets a 2 count on him. Ken facekicks Seigo in the corner. Davey double underhook suplexes Seigo. Davey headbutt drops Seigo in the gut then chinlocks him.
Davey waistlocks Seigo on the mat. Seigo dropkicks him in the knee and hits a forearm. Seigo goes for the tag but Davey crossfaces him. Davey hits forearms, missing a running knee and Jiro gets in. Jiro hits jacket punches and leg kicks on Davey.
Jiro handspring back elbows Davey. He enzugiri's him then hits a top rope swanton for 2. Jiro hits mounted forearms. Jiro step up enzugiri's Davey out of the corner.
Seigo goes up top, Jiro pushes him at Davey and Davey moves. Davey then throws Jiro off the top onto Seigo. Ken facekicks Seigo then dropkjicks him in the knee and side of the head. Seigo tries to pull his opponents over the top rope but is caught. Jiro pushes both over the top then top rope swantons them outside.
Seigo tope con hilos both opponents. Ken takes corner attacks. Ken is stuck up top and Jiro headscissors him down. Jiro superkicks him then Seigo spears Ken for 2 at 15 minutes. Davey pulls Jiro out. Ken and Seigo trade forearms. Seigo spinning forearms him then hits an olympic slam for 2.
Davey powerslams both opponents. Davey corner lariats Seigo then Ken step up knees Seigo. Seigo takes a 2nd rope powerslam from Davey for 2. Ken suplexes Seigo for 2. Jiro superkicks Ken then misses a top rope moonsault.
Seigo hits forearms on Ken then Ken facekicks him. Jiro kicks Ken on the ropes then Seigo rolls up Ken for 2. Seigo rolls up Ken for 2. Ken takes a step up enzugiri into a crucifix for 2. Jiro buzzsaw kicks Ken. Ken takes a spike b-driver for 2. Ken flying knees Seigo then Davey backdrops Seigo. Ken pumping knees Seigo for 2.
Jiro tries to hold down Seigo so Ken can't suplex him. Seigo tsakes a delayed german while Jiro takes a sitout powerbomb. Ken and Davey get stereo pins to win.
Thoughts: It went a little longer than it needed to but it was a good match. Jiro's been doing lazy comedy for most of this so the matches haven't been good. But, he actually tried here. They did this right with Seigo getting worked on and Jiro coming to save him. They did a good job of teasing the upset here and Jiro/Seigo did some double teams I hadn't seen before. I kind of assumed Davey and Ken were winning as they had just lost recently.
Ken and Davey talk on the mic after. Davey says he's the strongest gaijin and says Ken's the strongest nihonjin. Davey says they love Zen Nippon. Davey then gets the crowd to do the "I love Zen Nippon" line.
Overall thoughts: Nagoya International Conference Hall is one of the bigger arena's they run. They usually put out a good effort when they come to that building and the attendances aren't bad. They put out a good show here for this one. The undercard was really good and people were trying harder than the usual. The main good, the Yuma Anzai tag was maybe the best thing on here and Musashi's match was better than usual. The Suwama match stunk though and hurt Ren and Honda. I would give this a 7 out of 10 and would recommend the show. I liked this.
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