Sunday, December 28, 2025

All Japan Pro Wrestling 12/10/2025 Real World Tag League 2025 Day 8

All Japan Pro Wrestling 12/10/2025 Real World Tag League 2025 Day 8 

Day 7 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/all-japan-pro-wrestling-1272025-real.html

Rei Saito comes out and greets the crowd.

Hikaru Sato, MUSASHI, Seigo Tachibana & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising HAYATO, Ryo Inoue & Shouta Kofuji

Ryo and Sato go at it. Sato headscissors him on the mat. Sato ducks a high kick and they stand off. Musashi and Shota come in. Mu trips him then hits kicks and chops. Shota running lariats him. Shota takes a double basement dropkick from SY and Musashi together.

Shota takes corner attacks. Seigo knocks Mu over on a failed double team. Sato then throws out Seigo and stomps on him despite being his partner. SY kicks Shota in the back for 2. SY puts his foot in Shota's face in the corner. Shota boots him out of the corner and rolls into a dropkick on him. Rising comes in and asai moonsaults SY.

Rising corner dropkicks him then bulldogs him for 2. They back elbow each other on the ropes and SY scissors kicks him. Seigo atomic drops Rising then running facekicks him. Rising flying dropkicks Seigo. AA 2nd rope diving armdrags Seigo then dropkicks him. Seigo STO's AA. Shota comes out of nowhere and top rope dropkicks Seigo. Seigo then takes corner attacks from his opponents.

Seigo takes a 2nd rope diving codebreaker into a backdrop + neckbreaker combo. Musashi exploders Rising then tope con hilos him and Shota outside. Seigo spinning forearms AA and trades forearms with him. AA corkscrew kicks him then Seigo lariats him. Seigo olympic slams him for 2. Seigo takes superkicks from AA and Rising then a double pendulum drop backwards.

Ryo corkscrew kicks Sato out. Shota dropkicks SY then Rising springboard plancha's outside. AA 450's Seigo off the top and pins him.

Thoughts: It was alright and was your usual opener. We got a few dives at least and some comedy with Seigo. 

Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Takashi Yoshida vs. Hokuto-gun (Hokuto Omori & Kuma Arashi)

Jiro does his long entrance as usual and TY joins him. Jiro also gives the ref something to wave around and the ref obliges.

Kuma and TY lock up and clean break. Kuma side headlocks him then shoulders him over. TY blows snot at him. Kuma shoulders him over. TY his throat shots on Omroi and Kuma together then double lariats them. Jiro wants TY to place his opponent on the mat. First he does it too far, then too close. TY cheers for Jiro but shakes the ring and Jiro yells at him.

Omori cutters Jiro. TY hits a throat shot on Omori and hits one on the buckles when he moves. Kuma double crossbodies and double sentons both opponents. Kuma racks TY. Jiro grabs Kuma in the crotch to stop him. Jiro then superkicks TY on a failed double team. Kuma lariats Omori when Jiro moves. TY and Jiro end up fighting each other. Kuma stops them. TY and Kuma then start working together. They try to do a tower of doom spot with Omori suplexing them but they end up powerboming Omori. Jiro top rope dropkicks Kuma and TY.

Jiro springboard reverse headscissors Kuma. TY hits Jiro in the throat and Omori rolls up Jiro to win.

Thoughts: Yeah, I don't know what the deal was here. This was all comedy with Jiro and Yoshida turning on each other and Yoshida doing throat shots. 

Seigo Tachibana tries to make everyone be friends after. Yoshida drops Seigo with a throat shot. He then hits Jiro with one. Kuma tries a top rope senton but misses.

Daisuke Sekimoto & Dan Tamura vs. HAVOC (Go Shiozaki & Shotaro Ashino)

Sek and Go lock up. Sek backs him up on the ropes and clean breaks him. Go side headlocks him. They shoulder battle and chop each other. Sek shoulders him over. Go is hit with a double shoulderblock.

Dan hits chest forearms on Go in the corner while Sek holds Go. Sek hits chops on Go. They trade chops. Sek dropkicks him. Go suplexes Sek. Ashino comes in. He hits running euros on Sek then karelin's lifts him for 2. Ashino and Sek trade shots. They shoulder battle and Sek knocks him over. Sek powerslams Ashino for 2.

Sek and Ashino lariat each other over then trade germans. Dan and Go get in. Dan flying shoulders him and samoan drops him for 2. Dan hits chest forearms in the corner. Go takes corner attacks. Sek backdrops Go and Dan top rope diving shoulders Go. 

Dan hits chest forearms on Go. Go 2nd rope suplexes Dan. Sek and Ashino trade shots outside then go inside and trade forearms. Sek takes a double chop from both opponents then a lariat + german combo. Dan hits a bunch of lariats on Go then Go lariats him down. Go fisherman busters him for 2. Go running lariats Dan and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a decent bout full of hard strikes here. They did a good job of pushing Ashino/Sekimoto and made me want to see that going forward. All 4 guys work similar styles so naturally this worked.

Sek and Ashino trade shots after and it gets broken up.

Saito Brothers (Jun Saito & Naruki Doi) & Yuma Anzai vs. Gajadokuro (ISHIN, Madoka Kikuta & Yoshiki Kato)

The heels attack before the bell. MK stomps on Yuma and all 6 go out to fight. MK clubs on Yuma in the seats and Yuma hits forearms on him. Yuma is sent into the rails. Ishin takes Doi into the crowd then bangs his head off the apron. MK stand son Yuma's back inside. Yuma hits forearms and is eye raked then slapped around. Yuma dropkicks MK.

Jun and Ishin go at it. Ish wants to do sumo and trips him off the charge. Ish stomps on Jun then eye rakes him. Jun shoulders him over. Ish takes corner attacks then a double underhook suplex. Doi sentons him and Jun elbow drops him for 2. 

Ish slides out and talks to the crowd, challenging Doi to come out. Ish then comes back in when he is close to getting counted out. Doi goes out and has the middle rope kicked into this crotch when he tries to re-enter. Doi gets his legs split. 

MK comes in and hits punches and chops on Doi in the corner. Kato gets in. He foot chokes Doi in the corner. Ish foot chokes Doi then fallaway slams him. Ish leg chokes Doi over the 2nd rope and counts along with the ref. Ish headbutts Doi in the crotch.

Doi takes shots from all 3 heels and a triple bodyblock. Ish misses a splash. Jun comes in and shoulders over Ish. Jun double lariats Kato and MK. Jun corner facekicks Ish and suplexes him. Ish ddt's Jun. MK running corner lariats Yuma. Yuma back body drops him. Yuma flying knees him in the back in the corner then belly to belly suplexes him for 2. MK and Yuma trade forearms. Yuma takes a pump kick then MK running lariats Yuma. Yuma no sells it and germans him. MK no sells it and running hip attacks him.

Doi and Kato get in. Doi dropkicks Kato in the knee. Ish trips Doi from the outside. Doi takes running corner attacks then a double facekick for 2. MK flying hip attacks Yuma and Yuma flying knees him. Ish low blows Yuma and misses a low blow on Jun. Jun facekicks Ish. Kato hits forearms on Jun then does something like a death valley driver.

Doi rolls up Kato for 2 then takes a lariat. Kato sitout burning hammers Doi and pins him.

Thoughts:
Ishin was entertaining here and really had the crowd reacting to everything. Kato wasn't that good. Kikuta and Yuma worked well together. It got a few extra minutes then it needed to but it did what it was supposed to do and worked out well.

Kikuta stares down Yuma after and hits him. Ishin then talks on the mic. Kato then talks on the mic. Musashi and Seiki come out and Kato/Ishin seem to want a shot at their titles.

Davey Boy Smith Jr., Kengo Mashimo & Naoya Nomura vs. Hideki Suzuki, Kento Miyahara & Ryuki Honda

Honda and NN go at it. They trade forearms and shoulderblock each other. Honda knocks him over. Davey wristlocks HS then armlocks him. Davey side headlock takeovers him. HS headscissors him. Davey escapes and poses. 

Kengo and Kento go at it. Kengo side headlocks him then Kento facekicks him. Kengo kicks him in the leg then dragon screws him. Kento takes running corner attacks then Kengo armbars him. Kento ropebreaks.

HS comes in and trades slaps with Kengo. HS cobra twists him. NN breaks it up. Honda corner lariats Kengo when they get in then leg chokes him on the ropes. Honda spinebusters Kengo for 2. Kengo gamengiri's him. NN running dropkicks Honda. NN then shoulders him over.

NN northern lights suplexes Honda for 2. Honda and Nomura trade forearms. Honda lariats him. They suplex each other. Honda lariats Nomura down. Kneto and Davey get in. Kento dropkicks him in the knee and the side of the head. Davey lariats him then NN top rope splashes Kento. Davey gets a 2 count off of it.

Hoda running lariats Kento then Kento sunset flips Davey off a powerbomb attempt. Kento gets the surprise win.

Thoughts: I feel like it was supposed to go longer than it did. The finish seemed sudden and seemed random. This one didn't get enough time and we really didn't get to see much of most of the wrestlers in this. 

Kento talks on the mic after and calls out Yuma Anzai. They stare down. Kento hits him from behind with a straightjacket german. Kento then stands on Yuma's chin.

Real World Tag League 2025 Final Match - Titans Of Calamity (Ren Ayabe & Talos) vs. HAVOC (Oddyssey & Xyon)

Ren and Xy lock up. Ren clean breaks him. Xy backs him up on the ropes and does a taunt. They shoulderblock battle and knock each other over. Tal and Odd lock up. they get in each other's faces. Tal pushes him and tells him to come on. Odd wants a test of strength but can't reach Tal's arm. Tal boots him in the gut and they trade lariats. Tal clubs him then Odd corner splashes him.

Odd hits mounted corner punches. Tal rams him into the other buckles off of that then hits corner spears. Tal side slams him. Odd lariats Tal over the top. Ren and Xyon fight in the aisle way while Tal and Odd fight outside. Odd knees him in the gut. Ren is sent into the wall by Xy. Ren sends Xy into the wall. 

Xy bangs Ren's head off the sign then knocks him down the steps. Ren is sent int othe post then sent into Tal. Tal and Re bot h are rammed into the apron edge together.

Odd but drops Tal's back then elbow drops him for 2. Odd splashes Tal for 2. Tal takes a backdrop + neckbreaker combo. Tal hits Xy in the back. Xy then takes a double big boot. Ren hits forearms on Xy in the corner. Ren slams Xy. 

Tal comes in. Xy hits a punch combo on him. Tal hits a snake eyes on him and running big boots him. Xy takes a double foot choke in the corner. Ren running facekicks Xy for 2. Ren crabs Xy and Xy somehow slips out. 

Tal chinlocks Xy around the ropes then chokes him over the 2nd rope. Ren holds up Xy and Tal pushes Xy down for 2. Ren crabs Xy. Odd crossbodies Tal. Ren shotgun dropkicks Tal in the corner and all 4 men are down. The four get up and trade shots. Odd hits a flying double lariat. Xy spears Ren for 2. Tal facekicks Odd over.

Xy fights off both opponents with shots. Xy is then caught with a double chokeslam. Tal 2nd rope flying lariats Odd. Xy hits shots on Ren and death valley drivers him. Ren flying neckbreakers Odd. Xy is caught up top and superplexed. Tal jumps off the apron onto Odd. Ren hits a spinning falcon arrow on Xy and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a solid big man match up here. Nothing great but they did what they were supposed to do, they didn't botch and it made sense. They also got a lot of time to work with and put a little more effort than usual. This could have been a main event anywhere in the world and would have been suitable and I don't really have any bad things to say about it. 

Talos and Ren are given the trophies after. Talos says they promised to dominate everyone in the tournament and they fulfilled that promise. Talos says they are the RWTL champs. Ren talks more. Talos says Xyon and Oddysey proved why they are two of the best in the world. Talos says they have their eyes on the tag titles next.  

Overall thoughts: The main got a lot of time and was the best thing on here. It wasn't great but it was good enough and did what it was supposed to do. The semi-main seemingly got cut short on accident and was just average. I liked the tag with the Dragon Gate wrestlers and thought ISHIN really stood out. Ashino's match was exactly what it looked like it would be. I don't know what was going on in the Jiro tag and the opener was average. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as there was enough good stuff here and the main delivered.

Overall RWTL thoughts: It only went 8 days but was a very hard tournament to get through. Ren/Talos and Xyon/Oddysey basically had the same type of matches every card. Jiro/Yoshida brought bad comedy. Suzuki/Kengo were pretty boring. The two Yuma's didn't even finish the tournament as Yuma Aoyagi got suspended during it. Nomura also somehow went through the whole tournament without doing that much and he never stood out at any point in time. At best, I thought this tournament was a little less than average and I can't think of one match I'd ever watch again from this outside of maybe the final. I wouldn't recommend this tournament at all.

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