All Japan Pro Wrestling 10/22/2025 Raising An Army Memorial Series 2025 Day 3

All Japan Pro Wrestling 10/22/2025 Raising An Army Memorial Series 2025 Day 3

 
Yuma Aoyagi vs. Shota Kofuji

SK chops him on the ropes. Yuma side headlocks him then shoulders him over. SK armdrags him and is put in a headscissors. They do the spot again and SK dropkicks him out. Yuma slams him and legdrops him. 

They trade chops and Yuma slams him for 2. Yuma legdrops him for 2. Yuma slams him and hits elbow drops. Yuma camel clutches him. SK hits chops then Yuma piledrivers him for 2. SK rolls into a dropkick on him. 

They trade forearms in the corner. SK 2nd rope dropkicks him for 2. Yuma chinlocks him. SK dropkicks him then armdrags him. SK fisherman suplexes him for 2. Yuma suplexes him. SK cradles him for 2 then backslides him for 2. 

SK la magistral's him. Yuma knees him in the gut then running knees him for 2. Yuma suplexes him for 2. Yuma hits a top rope elbow drop and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't a vet vs young lions match, but was treated similarly. Shota got offense in but it wasn't treated that seriously and it was obvious he had no real shot here. It wasn't that interesting. 

Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato, Saito Brothers (Jun Saito & Naruki Doi) & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Hokuto Omori, Kuma Arashi, Takashi Yoshida & Tokyo Yankees (Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana)

We get a bunch of outside fighting to start. Kuma stands on Doi's gut then Jiro and Seigo join Kuma. Takashi misses a charge outside then is sent into the rails. Doi dropkicks Kuma in the knee then eye rakes him.

Doi tries to slam Kuma but Kuma just falls on him. Kuma sentons him. Seigo atomic drops Doi then running facekicks him. Jun comes in and shoulders Seigo over. He then poses on him as Jiro pretends to take photos. Sato comes in and boots Seigo in the corner. He then leglocks Seigo. 

Yuko comes in and hits a handspring back elbow on Sato. Yoshida comes in and hits and his throat shots on 4 opponents. Jun chops Yoshida and Yoshi kicks him low while falling down. Yuko and Jiro get in. Jiro hits jacket punches. Yuko's throat is pulled down over the top and Jiro slingshot seated moonsaults him for 2. 

Jiro goes up top and is crotched up top. Yuko then handsprings into the ropes while Jiro is on them. Dan comes in and suplexes Jiro for 2. Seigo forearms Dan down. Dan is hit with various corner attacks from his opponents. Dan is thrown off the top and kicks out of a pin at 2.

Dan hits forearms on Omori. Dan then samoan drops him. Omori no sells it. He gets lariated then hits a spinning forearm. Omori dragon suplexes Dan then cross-legged falcon arrows him to win.

Thoughts: It was short and just a way to get people on the show. We didn't see much of anyone here and it wasn't very serious. 

Baka No Jidai (Fuminori Abe, Hideki Suzuki & Kengo Mashimo) vs. HAVOC (Oddyssey, Shotaro Ashino & Xyon)

Sho = Shotaro Ashino

Sho and Ken go at it. Sho wristlocks him and Ken trips him. Sho headscissors him and they stand off. Sho trips Ken into an ankle lock. Ken quickly escapes and chest kicks him. Sho euros him and they stand off after Sho rolls out of a kick.

Xyon and HS get in. HS knuckle locks him, snapmares him and twists his neck with his feet. Xyon kips up. Xyon hits punches and a spinning forearm on HS. Xyon goes up and over then hits a corner spear. Xyon throws him hard into the buckles and Xyon does his own corkscrew off of it.

Odd gets in and hits HS in the gut several times. Odd headbutts him then gyrates. HS hanging headscissors him over the top rope. HS then chinlocks him. Odd misses a corner splash and Abe comes in and spin kicks him. Odd lifts Abe in the air and is hit from behind. Odd back elbows Abe then backbreakers him on the shoulder. Ken and HS try to help but just make it worse then eventually save Abe.

Odd double clotheslines Ken and HS. Xyon death valley drivers HS. HAVOC then poses. Abe tries to fight off the 3v1. Abe takes a german + neckbreaker combo. Odd then 2nd rope splashes Abe and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't super serious here. HAVOC did alright here though and Odd was moving well for a big man. It didn't get a ton of time but it was a little entertaining. 

Naoya Nomura & Ryuki Honda vs. Ren Ayabe & Talos

Tal and NN go at it. tal shoves him around and NN slaps him. Tal misses a shot and is hit with forearms and punches. Tal headbutts him. RH and Ren get in. RH cleanbreakers him but pats him on the head. RH tries to shoulder him over but is knocked over. Ren is tripped into the ropes. RH chokes him on the 2nd rope and counts along with the ref on the break.

Ren comes in and double shoulders his opponents. RH takes a double foot choke in the corner. Tal abuses RH on the ropes. RH and Ren trade forearms. Ren slams him for 2. Tal comes in and hits corner lariats on RH. Tal slams RH. Tal misses a corner charge.

NN comes in. NN dropkicks Tal twice. NN 2nd rope dropkicks him. Tal catches NN's splash in the corner and spinebusters him. Ren comes in and hits forearms on NN. He flying neckbreakers him and corner facekicks him for 2. NN flying forearms him. 

RH corner lariats Ren. Ren facekicks him. Ren corner facekicks him. Tal corner splashes RH. RH takes a spinebuster + facekick for 2. RH hits a big lariat on Ren after taking forearms. Ren knocks both opponents over. RH takes corner attacks. Ren is hit with a double spear for 2.

Ren forearms and knees RH. He facekicks him over for 2. Ren takes a double suplex. Tal blocks a double spear then he hits a double chokeslam. Ren sitout full-nelson bombs RH for 2. Ren spinning sitout falcon arrows RH and wins.

Thoughts: It was just alright. The big guys picked on the smaller guys as expected and didn't have a ton of trouble with them. Honda did his usual shoulderblocks and forearms but it didn't get him that far here.

Yuma Anzai vs. Ryo Inoue

They trade waistlocks. Yuma wristlocks him then Ryo reverses it. Yuma hammerlocks him then side headlock takeovers him. They then stand off. Ryo spin kicks him in the gut then running facekicks him. Ryo snapmares him then kicks him in the back. They trade forearms. Ryo spin kicks him in the gut then Yuma dropkicks him. 

They trade forearms. Yuma back elbows him for 2. Yuma corner forearms him then slams him for 2. Yuma crabs Ryo. Ryo hits forearms. Yuma forearms him back. Ryo does a flying kick on him. Ryo corner dropkicks him for 2. Ryo backrolls him into a leglock and Yuma ropebreaks.

They trade forearms. Ryo then opts for chest kicks instead. Ryo hits a chest kick flurry in the corner. Yuma forearms him in the corner then belly to belly suplexes him for 2. Yuma hits knees to the gut then double underhook suplexes him for 2. 

They forearm each other. Ryo high kicks him for 2. Ryo lifting flatliners him for 2. Ryo headbutts him then backrolls him again into a leglock. Yuma ropebreaks. Yuma flying knees him from behind then dragon suplexes him. Ryo backrolls him again but Yuma gets out and germans him for 2. Yuma flying knees him twice  for 2. Yuma gimlets him and wins.

Thoughts: They had some of the idea right here with Ryo going for the upset but it was a little slower and a little longer than it needed to be which hurt it. Yuma also has limited offense and didn't quite have all the striking to really trade with Ryo here. I like the spot near the end where Yuma turned the leglock into a german. It was a good enough match overall but it could have been even better with some adjustments.

All Asia Tag Team Title Match - MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka (c) vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising HAYATO

SY = Seiki Yoshioka, Mu = Musashi

Mu wristlocks Rising. Rising chops him. Mu flying headscissors him. Rising slaps Mu. Rising ducks a double team slap and SY slaps Musashi. AA and Rising then do stereo plancha's outside.

Rising stomps on Mu. AA boots Mu. Mu takes a double hiptoss into a double basement dropkick. AA chinlocks Mu. AA slaps Mu down. Mu and Rising hit each other. Mu running forearms him down. SY comes in and flying kicks Rising. He then tornado ddt's AA off of Rising. 

Rising running dropkicks SY. AA comes in and running back elbows SY in the corner. He then 2nd rope diving armdrags him. AA then dropkicks him. AA superkicks SY. He does triple fisherman suplexes on him for 2. AA misses a top rope moonsault on SY. SY hits kicks on AA then AA suplexes him.

Rising and Mu go at it. Mu low dropkicks him, double stomps his back and basement dropkicks him. Rising takes kicks from both opponents for 2 counts. Rising dropkicks Mu then tiger feint ddt's him. Rising dropkicks SY then AA comes in and dropkicks SY.

SY takes corner attacks then is held for a 2nd rope diving codebreaker. SY then takes a backdrop + neckbreaker combo for 2. Rising chops Mu. Rising takes a double kick in the corner. SY 2nd rope hurricanrana's rising. Mu top rope frogsplashes Rising for 2. Rising rolls up Mu for 2. AA corkscrew kicks Mu. Mu is then lifted for a double fisherman suplex but is dropped backwards. 

Rising misses a top rope moonsault. SY kicks Rising in the head. AA handspring kicks SY. Mu exploders Rising then falcon arrows him for 2. Rising cradle tombstones Mu but Mu no sells it and rolls him up for 2. Rising superkicks Mu. Mu superkicks back. Mu superkicks him in the back of the head for 2. 

SY asai moonsaults AA outside. MU frogslashes Rising off the top twice for 2. Mu hits a cradle emerald flowsion off the shoulder on Rising and pins him to win.

Thoughts: It was an okay juniors match. It wasn't great or anything but they didn't overdo it too much and it wasn't boring.

Shota Kofuji interrupts the champs as they talk on the mic after. he seems to want a title shot and brings out Hideki Suzuki as his partner.

Triple Crown Title Match - Kento Miyahara (c) vs. Go Shiozaki 

Go comes out with HAVOC. 

They lock up and Go clean breaks him. Go wristlocks him. Ken reverses it. Ken hits him on the break and running facekicks him. They go out and Ken avoids being sent into the rails. He then comes in and poses. 

They stare down in the ring. Go hits chops. He chops Ken off the apron and sends him into the post. Go running boots him as he hangs off the apron. Ken is sent into the rails. He drops Go throat first on the rails. He hits headbutts on Go outside. Ken running facekicks him on the rails.

They chop each other outside. Ken running boots him. Ken boots him over. Ken running facekicks him then Go flying shoulders him. Go chops him over. Go hits machine gun chops in the corner on Ken.

Go running chops him then lariats him for 2. Ken tries to block a fisherman's suplex. Go lariats Ken down from the apron. Ken apron piledrivers him. Go eventually gets back in and is hit with a corner pumping knee. Ken hits a corner facekick. 

Go headbutts Ken off the 2nd rope. Go 2nd rope twisting suplexes him. They trade forearms. Go hits chops and knocks Ken down. Ken suplexes him. Ken pumping knees him on the ropes. Go lariats a knee away. Ken facekicks him then is lariated over. Go hits a go flasher for 2. 

Ken rolls him up for 2 and pumping knees him. Ken headbutts him then is lariated over. Go backdrops him. Go running lariats him for 2. Ken flying pumping knees him. GO uraken's him and spinning chops him. Ken flying pumping knees him. Ken straightjacket germans him and wins.

Thoughts: I can't say I'm surprised by the result even though it's the wrong one. This is Japan and bringing in a new main event guy just to lose is a staple. I didn't like the match that much. It was slow and pretty much all strikes. They weren't super creative or stiff ones either with Go just doing chops for the most part and Ken doing pumping knees and kicks. I felt like they kind of started to get the idea of this at the end by then it was over. 

Ken has words for Go after. He tries to hug him and Go blocks it. Go then hugs him. Go leaves with his crew as Ken talks. Hokuto Omori comes out and dragon suplexes Ken. They butt heads and Hokuto face shoves him. Ken then talks more to close the show.

Overall thoughts: It was maybe just a little better than average. The main didn't really hit. The 2nd and 3rd matches from the top were good enough. I was entertained by the HAVOC 6-man, but it wasn't super serious and neither was Jiro's match. The opener wasn't that great. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 total.