All Japan Pro Wrestling 11/30/2025 Real World Tag League 2025 Day 5
Day 4 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/all-japan-pro-wrestling-11292025-real.html
Note - There are interviews after every match.
Kengo Mashimo vs. Shota Kofuji
They lock up. Ken wristlocks him, Shota reverses it and is tripped. Ken works the arm then side headlock takeovers him. Shota headscissors him and they stand off. Ken waistlock takedowns him. Shota backs him up in the corner. Sho takes him down by the wrist. Shota twists the leg and leglocks him. Ken stomps him and side headlocks him.
Shota back elbows him and is knocked over. Shota dropkicks him. Shota double boots him out of the corner and rolls into a dropkick on him. Ken then armbars him. Shota hits forearms. Ken facekicks him and Shota running lariats him.
Shota dropkicks him off the buckles and fisherman suplexes him for 2. Shota la magistral's him then backslides him. Shota rolls him up for 2 then Ken armbars him off of it. Shota then taps out.
Thoughts: It was a quick one here with Ken winning as expected. They didn't really make it out of the opening part of the match before it ended.
Davey Boy Smith Jr., Kento Miyahara & Tsuyoshi Okada vs. Jun Saito, Ryo Inoue & Yuma Anzai
Ken and Yuma go at it. Ken slaps Yuma. Yuma side headlocks him. Ken facekicks him then Yuma dropkicks him. Davey and Jun go at it. Jun side headlocks him and they shoulder battle. Davey side headlock takeovers him and Jun headscissors him. They then stand off.
Ryo and Okada get in and trade facekicks and chest kicks. Ryo facekicks him then hits chest kicks in the corner. Ryo corner dropkicks him. Ryo swings at Ken on the apron and is pulled out and sent into the rails. Ken and Davey double team Ryo out ther and Ken facekicks him against the rails.
Ken headbutts Ryo down. Okada works on Ryo's leg. Ryo hits forearms on Ken. Ken running back elbows him. Davey slams Ryo then facekicks him. Ryo flying kicks him. Yuma and Davey go at it. Yuma flying knees him from behind. Davey hts a headbutt then Yuma dropkicks him.
Davey back body drops him. Ken comes in and facekicks Yuma. He dropkicks him in the knee then the side of the head. They trade forearms. Yuma belly to belly suplexes him. Jun comes in. Jun shoulders Ken over and elbow drops him for 2. Ken pump kicks Jun. Okada gets in and hits kicks on Jun. He then spinning neckbreakers him for 2. Okada takes a running back elbow. Jun elbow drops Okada for 2.
Okada high kicks Jun. Ken pumping knees Jun. Davey powerslams Jun. Okada shining wizards Jun from behind. Ken and Yuma trade. Yuma pop-up knees him then flying knees him. Jun and Okada hit shots on each other and Jun gets a 2 count on him. Jun house call kicks him and pins him.
Thoughts: It was a fun bout here. Ryo started stuff and got picked on. Okada brought some okay strikes to the table and I was fine with this. It wasn't great and it did run a little long but I liked it.
Jun and Yuma talk on the mic after and get in each other's faces.
Davey and Ken are interviewed after. Ken talks then Davey says they will be victorious. Davey ays they are coming for their opponents in Osaka.
Real World Tag League 2025 Block B Match - Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Takashi Yoshida vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising HAYATO
Jiro's team had a long extended entrance here with both of them fooling around. TY and AA lock up. TY pretends to clean break him then hits him in the throat. AA flying headscissors TY.
Rising and Jiro lock up. Rising shoulders him over and Jiro kips up. They do the spot twice. Rising spinning headscissors Jiro out. Rising clubs on Jiro and TY hits Rising in the back while he runs the ropes. TY hits a running throat shot to Rising then pulls on his nose and slaps it down.
TY blows snot at Rising twice. TY hits corner lariats. AA gets in and 2nd rope diving armdrags him. AA dropkicks him. TY running lariats AA and Rising together. TY hits Jiro in the throat on a double team when AA moves.
Jiro takes corner attacks. Jiro then takes a 2nd rope diving codebreaker into a backdrop + neckbreaker combo. TY's opponents make him throat thrust Jiro then make him do it to himself. AA superkicks Jiro. Rising hurricanrana's Jiro and pins him.
Thoughts: It was mostly comedy here. Some of it was entertaining but if you were looking for more, this wasn't it. I'd rather see Seigo and Jiro do comedy though then Yoshida and Jiro.
Baka No Jidai (Hideki Suzuki & Yuko Miyamoto), Ryuki Honda & Seigo Tachibana vs. HAVOC (Go Shiozaki, Oddyssey, Shotaro Ashino & Xyon)
Honda's team attacks the heels as they pose on the ropes and the fight goes outside. Go and Yuko fight in the seats and Yuko is sent into the post. Odd clubs on Suzuki outside. Yuko and Honda are sent into the rails. Odd boots Suzuki in the gut in the corner. Odd corner splashes him. Odd slams Suzuki for 2.
Suzuki and Xy fight. Xy spinning forearms him. Xy hits a corner spear and sends Suzuki into the buckles chest first. Suzuki euros and enzugiri's him. Honda hits corner lariats on Xy then shoulders him over. Honda chokes Xy on the ropes. Xy headbutts him then spinebusters him.
Ashino hits running euros on Honda then karelin's lifts him for 2. Honda spears Ashino. Yuko belly to belly overhead suplexes Ashino. Yuko running lariats him and standing moosault double knee drops him. Yuko's handspring is caught and he is german'd.
Go and Seigo get in. Go hits chops then eye rakes him. Seigo spears him. go takes corner attacks, an atomic drop and a running facekick for 2. Go headbutts Seigo. Seigo suplexes him. Go 2nd rope twisting superplexes him. Seigo takes a running chop + a german. Odd hits a running double clothesline. Odd then does a double sideslam.
Yuko tries shots on Odd but opts to stomp his foot. Xy does a dangerous looking reverse slam on Yuko. Seigo is cornered 1v4. Xy atomic drops him, Odd hits a big splash and Go running lariats him for the win.
Thoughts: It was okay enough. I liked Seigo getting cornered 4v1 at the end here. Seigo almost got messed up bad on a reverse slam. They had the usual brawling around the ring to start this.
HAVOC does a promo after backstage. Xyon says they bring the heart and soul to All Japan. He says they bring it all together and perform. They then do a cheer and talk about eating.
Real World Tag League 2025 Block A Match - MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Hokuto-gun (Hokuto Omori & Kuma Arashi)
Mu and Kuma go at it. They lock up and Kuma backs him up on the ropes. Mu ducks a lock-up and they compete for cheers for a bit. They then shake hands and tag out. SY and Omori go at it. Omor clean breaks him on the ropes. Omori knees hm in the gut and takes a double basement dropkick. SY eye rakes Omori with his feet.
Mu eye rakes Omori. Omori flying forearms him off the apron. All 4 fight outside. SY is sent into the rails. Omori pulls on Mu's nostrils outside. Kuma and Omori take turns slamming Mu. Kum slams Mu more then crabs him.
MU boots Omori out of the cornr, armdrags him and basement dropkicks him. SY comes in and running dropkicks Omori. He then tornado ddt's Kuma off Omori. SY kicks Omori in the back then PK's him for 2. Omori flatliners SY.
Kuma comes in and shoulders his opponents over then slams both. Kuma throws Musashi at SY. Kuma sentons SY for 2. Kuma corner lariats SY then misses a 2nd rope senton. Kuma takes chops and kicks from his opponents then a double superkick for 2.
Kuma double crossbodies his opponents. Omori comes in and suplexes Mu for 2. Mu takes a double shouler block and Omori is slammed onto him. Omori cutters Mu then Kuma 2nd rope sentons Mu. Omori splashes Mu off the buckles. Omori misses a top rope splash. Mu hits superkicks on Omori. Mu falcon arrows Omori for 2.
Omori takes a 2nd rope hurricanrana into a top rope frogsplash for 2. Kuma lariats SY then SY la mistica drops him. Mu top rope frogsplashes Omori for 2. Omori spinning forearms Mu and germans him for 2. Omori dragon suplexes Mu. Omori does like a ki krusher on Mu for 2. Omori top rope splashes Mu and wins.
Thoughts: It was acceptable. Kuma used his size on his opponents and we had a lot of flying around here. This got a lot of time to play out and there was nothing wrong with it.
Real World Tag League 2025 Block A Match - Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato vs. Titans Of Calamity (Ren Ayabe & Talos)
Ren backs up Sato in the corner and clean breaks him. Sato hits leg kicks. Ren wristlocks him. Sato gets his back and goes for an armbar. Tal shoves Dan over on the lock up. Dan hits punches then Tal grabs him by the throat. Tal offers a test of strength but he's so much taller than Dan.
Dan tries to shouler battle with Tal but gets knocked over. Tal shoulders over both opponents. Sato hits forearms on Ren and is forearmed down. Ren chokes him over the bottom rope. Sato headbutts Tal in the gut. Tal misses a running corner kick and is hit with leg kicks.
Dan hits headbutts on Tal. Tal slams him. Dan is double foot choked in the corner. Dan and Sato try shots on the big guys but can't get anywhere. Tal and Ren run into each other on acciddent and the fight goes outside. Sato chest kicks Ren from the apron. Sato tries to get Ren counted out and fails. Dan top rope diving forearms Ren then hits shoulders on him. Ren facekicks Dan.
Dan running shoulders Ren over. Dan is held in the air by Ren but does a guillotine off of it. Sato ankle locks Tal at the same time. Ren suplexes Dan. Ren corner facekicks Dan. Tal corner splashes Dan then the big guys do a hart attack for 2. Ren sitout half-nelson slams Dan. Dan hits forearms on the heels but is double chokeslammed. Ren then pins Dan.
Thoughts: It was a decent big vs small guy match here. Tal had like 2 feet over Sato. The underdogs tried to grab holds and worked like smaller guys while the big guys no sold them and outpowered them.
Ren and Tal talk on the mic after. Tal thanks everyone.
Tal says they will dominate the rest of AJPW.
Tal and Ren do an interview backstage. Tal says they put on a show and dominated as promised.
Overall thoughts: I liked the top 3 matches and the Ryo/Jun/Yuma tag was good. The opener was not that good. There is nothing I would really seek out here and I don't know if I'd say there was a clear cut match of the night, but this was better than some of the other nights. I'd give it a high 5 out of 10.

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