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I love it when shows appear online out of order. So even though I already reviewed All Japan on 1\/3, we now go back a day to the event on 1\/2. This is not as big of an event, as it has the somewhat silly (intentionally) Battle Royal, and while it does have tag team championship match it isn’t with two challengers anyone expects to win. Sorry for the spoiler. Here is the card:<\/p>\n
– Naoya Nomura vs. Yuma Aoyagi The friendly dude that uploads this stuff didn’t upload the second match of the event, no idea if it wasn’t shown or there was another reason. But it wasn’t an important match, if it appears at some point I will re-add it later.<\/p>\n Naoya Nomura vs. Yuma Aoyagi<\/strong> Kotaro Suzuki and Ryuji Hijikata vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Masanobu Fuchi<\/strong> Atsushi Aoki and Hikaru Sato vs. Keisuke Ishii and Takao Soma<\/strong> Akebono, Yutaka Yoshie, and Shigehiro Irie vs. Zeus, Ultimo Dragon, and SUSHI<\/strong> New Year Battle Royal<\/strong> Go Shiozaki and Kento Miyahara vs. Joe Doering and Suwama<\/strong> (c) Jun Akiyama and Takao Omori vs. KENSO and Mitsuya Nagai Final Thoughts:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Overall Grade:\u00a0 D<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jun Akiyama and Takao Omori vs. KENSO and Mitsuya Nagai, Go Shiozaki and Kento Miyahara vs. Joe Doering and Suwama, more<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":2639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[399,40],"tags":[285,233],"class_list":["post-16924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fsreview","category-reviews","tag-all-japan","tag-puroresu"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16924"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16926,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16924\/revisions\/16926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crazymax.org\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n– Kotaro Suzuki and Ryuji Hijikata vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Masanobu Fuchi
\n– Atsushi Aoki and Hikaru Sato vs. Keisuke Ishii and Takao Soma
\n– Akebono, Yutaka Yoshie, and Shigehiro Irie vs. Zeus, Ultimo Dragon, and SUSHI
\n– New Year Battle Royal with Akebono, Aoyagi, Fuchi, Ultimo Dragon, Shigehiro Irie, Kanemaru, Kotaro Suzuki, SUSHI, Naoya Nomura, Zeus, Hikaru Sato, Hijikata, Yohei Nakajima, Soma, Atsushi Aoki, and Minamino
\n– All Japan World Tag Team Championship Contendership<\/em>: Go Shiozaki and Kento Miyahara vs. Joe Doering and Suwama
\n– All Japan World Tag Team Championship<\/em>: Jun Akiyama and Takao Omori vs. KENSO and Mitsuya Nagai<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nThey take turns pushing each other into the ropes and exchange elbows. Dropkick by Nomura and he slams Aoyagi.\u00a0 They trade elbows again but Aoyagi hits a dropkick.\u00a0 Missile dropkick by Aoyagi off the top and he covers for two.\u00a0 Back to trading elbows, a staple of young wrestlers since it is hard to mess that up.\u00a0 Nomura takes control and eventually locks in the crab hold, picking up the win.\u00a0 A really basic match but it is only Aoyagi\u2019s second match so nothing else would be expected.\u00a0 Both looked fine, no issues during the match.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 3.5<\/span><\/p>\n
\nSuzuki and Kanemaru start off, Suzuki knocks Kanemaru out of the ring and does a fake dive but Kanemaru hits an armdrag.\u00a0 Fuchi is tagged in and he body slams Suzuki. \u00a0Suzuki tags in Hijikata and Fuchi is assaulted by both in the corner.\u00a0 Stretch hold by Hijikata and he tags Suzuki back in.\u00a0 Suzuki applies a chinlock to Fuchi before tagging in Hijikata, but Fuchi rakes Hijikata in the eyes so he can tag in Kanemaru.\u00a0 Diving body press by Kanemaru but it gets two, slam by Kanemaru and he hits a split legged moonsault.\u00a0 Hijikata kicks Kanemaru back and then hits a high kick but Kanemaru fires back with a lariat.\u00a0 Both wrestlers tag out and Fuchi scoop slams Suzuki and Hijikata.\u00a0 Backdrop suplex by Fuchi to Suzuki but Suzuki gets away, La Magistral by Suzuki but it gets a two count.\u00a0 Backslide by Fuchi and they trade pin attempts but Suzuki gets the roll-up three count pinfall.\u00a0 I don\u2019t want to offend the Fuchites of the world but I really have no desire to see any 61 year old wrestler, obviously this creates limitations for all the wrestlers.\u00a0 Just a nothing match, nothing interesting happened and nothing was entertaining, only nice thing I can say is nothing was botched.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 2.5<\/span><\/p>\n
\nSato and Soma start off.\u00a0 They trade holds and Soma delivers a dropkick.\u00a0 Soma tags in Ishii and he throws Sato to the corner so he can tag in Aoki.\u00a0 He does, Ishii gets Aoki in the ropes and he gives a clean break.\u00a0 Shoulderblock by Aoki but Ishii hits a big boot and both wrestlers tag out.\u00a0 Sato throws Soma in the corner but Soma hits a doublestomp followed by a dropkick.\u00a0 Missile dropkick by Soma but the cover gets two.\u00a0 Ankle hold by Sato and he hits a backdrop suplex for a two.\u00a0 Sato goes for a cross armbreaker but Soma hits a thrust kick.\u00a0 Both wrestlers tag out (lots of \u2018both wrestlers tag out\u2019 moments, easier to plan the match?) and Ishii hits a jumping kick.\u00a0 Aoki works on Ishii\u2019s arm but Ishii hits a release German.\u00a0 Aoki hits a lariat on Ishii and then two more, and he gets a two count cover.\u00a0 Assault Point by Aoki and he gets a three count.\u00a0 I wasn\u2019t impressed with the structure here, it was just lazy, felt like two singles matches as there was very limited team work.\u00a0 Action was very solid, it just wasn\u2019t a cohesive match.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 4.0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nAkebono and Zeus start off trading elbows, lariats by Zeus but Akebono lariats him to the mat.\u00a0 Zeus avoids the elbow drop and both men are back up, as Akebono tags in Irie while Zeus tags in Ultimo Dragon.\u00a0 Ultimo Dragon and Irie trade wristlocks and submissions and Ultimo Dragon tags in SUSHI.\u00a0 Irie and SUSHI trade elbows, Irie gets the better of it and tags in Yoshie.\u00a0 Senton by Yoshie and he applies a crab hold to SUSHI.\u00a0 Yoshie tags in Akebono and he stands on SUSHI near the ropes.\u00a0 SUSHI falls out of the ring but Akebono goes out after him and stands on him some more.\u00a0 Akebono slides SUSHI back in and hits an elbow drop before tagging in Irie.\u00a0 Slam by Irie and he hits a quick body press for two.\u00a0 Irie tags in Yoshie, he hits a suplex and tags in Akebono.\u00a0 Irish whip by Akebono and he hits a body avalanche.\u00a0 SUSHI avoids the body press and makes the hottest tag to Ultimo Dragon.\u00a0 Kicks by Ultimo Dragon, he dropkicks Akebono in the knee and hits an enzigieri.\u00a0 Akebono blocks the suplex attempt naturally, I absolutely hate logic like that, why would Ultimo Dragon even go for a suplex on Akebono?\u00a0 Akebono knocks Ultimo Dragon to the mat but Ultimo Dragon avoids the elbow drop.\u00a0 Body avalanche by Akebono in the corner and he tags in Irie.\u00a0 Vertical suplex by Irie but Ultimo Dragon hits a back bodydrop.\u00a0 Kicks by Ultimo Dragon and he tags in Zeus.\u00a0 Body avalanche by Zeus in the corner and he hits a second one followed by a bearhug suplex.\u00a0 Zeus and Irie trade elbows, running elbow by Irie and he tags in Yoshie.\u00a0 Not a big fan of elbow exchanges being used just as a transitional move.\u00a0 Rolling senton by Yoshie and Zeus eats offense from all three in the corner.\u00a0 Elbow drop by Akebono and a body press by Yoshie but SUSHI breaks it up.\u00a0 Akebono and Yoshie both try to squish Zeus but Zeus moves, Zeus then grabs Akebono and drops him on his head with a suplex.\u00a0 Spinebuster by Zeus to Irie, he then hits a lariat onto Yoshie.\u00a0 Jackhammer by Zeus to Yoshie and he gets the three count.\u00a0\u00a0 This has the issues a lot of these mid-card tag matches do \u2013 illogical spots and really shady transitions.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think the wrestlers put a ton of effort on these smaller event mid-card encounters and it shows.\u00a0 Zeus is fun to watch and it was nice to see Yoshie again but the match was overall average at best.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 5.0<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/puroresucentral.com\/gif\/AJ1.3-1.gif\")
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\nAs I mentioned above, this isn\u2019t taken too seriously, generally wrestlers will just all literally pile on one person to get them eliminated.\u00a0 They throw in some fun spots for the crowd then there is a winner, and the winner gets nothing.\u00a0 That is my official pre-match summary.\u00a0 Onto the match, everyone starts out in the ring and they encourage Fuchi to body slam people over and over.\u00a0 He does, they want him to slam Akebono but he refuses and slams other people instead.\u00a0 Finally when he goes to slam Kanemaru, Ultimo Dragon pushes him over and everyone covers Fuchi for a three count.\u00a0 Then everyone covers Ultimo Dragon, then Kanemaru, so they are eliminated too.\u00a0 That\u2019s just the way the match works.\u00a0 Let\u2019s zip ahead, the final four are Zeus, SUSHI, Akebono and Suzuki.\u00a0\u00a0 Zeus charges SUSHI, but SUSHI holds down the rope and Zeus falls out of the ring, so Zeus is eliminated.\u00a0 SUSHI tries the same trick on Suzuki but it doesn\u2019t work, so they decide to work together against Akebono.\u00a0 Suzuki and SUSHI both elbow Akebono but Akebono swats them away.\u00a0 SUSHI covers Suzuki really quick and he gets the three count, so it is just SUSHI and Akebono.\u00a0 Kicks by SUSHI but Akebono slaps him.\u00a0 Chokeslam by Akebono and he hits a Yokozuna Press for the three count.\u00a0\u00a0 It was cute, and they kept it short.\u00a0 Just a fun annual tradition but nothing more than that.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 6.0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nThis match is an All Japan World Tag Team Championship Contendership match.\u00a0 Shiozaki and Doering start off things with elbows, Suwama is tagged in and he gets Shiozaki to the mat.\u00a0 Shiozaki tags in Miyahara and Suwama trades elbows with him.\u00a0 Miyahara boots Suwama out of the ring, he goes outside as well and battles Suwama around the floor.\u00a0 Back in the ring and Miyahara uppercuts Suwama into the corner.\u00a0 Miyahara tags in Shiozaki, and Shiozaki hits an elbow on Suwama.\u00a0 Miyahara is tagged back in and he hits a leg drop.\u00a0 Suwama slaps on a sleeper, making Miyahara go loopy.\u00a0 Big boot by Suwama and he hits a few more but Miyahara elbows him back.\u00a0 Miyahara hits a vertical suplex and Miyahara tags in Shiozaki.\u00a0 Shiozaki and Suwama trade elbows but Shiozaki hits a jumping shoulderblock followed by a kick to the head.\u00a0 Fisherman buster by Shiozaki and he gets a two.\u00a0 Suwama snaps off a powerslam and finally tags in Doering.\u00a0 Lariat by Doering and he hits another one followed by an elbow drop.\u00a0 Delayed vertical suplex by Doering and he slams Shiozaki to the mat for a two.\u00a0 Doering goes for a powerbomb but Shiozaki gets out of it with a Frankensteiner. Lariat by Shiozaki and he hits the Go Flasher, cover, but Suwama breaks it up.\u00a0 Superkick by Shiozaki but Doering hits a crossbody.\u00a0 Both wrestlers tag out, and Miyahara trades elbows with Suwama.\u00a0 Miyahara dropkicks Suwama in the knee and hits a second dropkick.\u00a0 Northern Lights Suplex by Miyahara but it gets two.\u00a0 Belly to belly suplex by Suwama but Miyahara applies a triangle choke.\u00a0 Cross armbreaker by Miyahara, Shiozaki comes in the ring but Suwama fights them both off.\u00a0 Suwama picks up Miyahara and with Doering they hit a double dropkick.\u00a0 Suwama picks up Miyahara and hits a running powerslam for a two count.\u00a0 Suwama picks up Miyahara and goes for the Last Ride, but Miyahara reverses it with a DDT.\u00a0 German suplex hold by Miyahara, but it gets two.\u00a0 Doering runs in and lariats Miyahara, he then lariats Shiozaki out of the ring while tumbling out with him.\u00a0 Miyahara charges Suwama but Suwama moves and hits a powerslam.\u00a0 Backdrop suplex by Suwama, he picks up Miyahara and goes for the Last Ride but Miyahara gets away and hits a hurricanrana for a two count.\u00a0 Lariat by Suwama and he applies a sleeper, Suwama hits the Last Ride and he picks up the three count.\u00a0 Suwama and Doering are your new #1 Contenders.\u00a0 \u00a0Really liked this match, it was a bit clipped but nothing too obnoxious.\u00a0 All four of these wrestlers are great, tons of hard hits and the match just flew by.\u00a0 It was missing that \u2018main event feel\u2019 but beyond that it was tons of fun, check it out.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 8.0<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>This match is for the All Japan World Tag Team Championship.\u00a0 Dark Kingdom jump their opponents to start the match and they go out to the floor.\u00a0 Both teams battle up into the crowd as KENSO hits a vertical suplex on Omori onto the floor, onto some chairs.\u00a0 KENSO and Omori get back in the ring and KENSO hits a lariat for a two count.\u00a0 KENSO chokes Omori with his feather belt before hitting a German suplex.\u00a0 KENSO and Nagai hit a double vertical suplex on Omori, then Nagai applies a modified Texas Cloverleaf until Akiyama breaks it up.\u00a0 Kneedrop by KENSO, he picks up Omori and hits a vertical suplex.\u00a0 Nagai is tagged in and he knees Omori in the stomach.\u00a0 Running knee by Nagai, cover, but Akiyama breaks it up.\u00a0 Omori finally gets the better of things with a backdrop suplex and he tags in Akiyama.\u00a0 Akiyama boots KENSO and hits a jumping knee on Nagai followed by a running knee for a two count.\u00a0 Grounded Necklock by Akiyama but Nagai gets out of it and hits a capture suplex.\u00a0 Nagai tags in KENSO, and KENSO trade blows with Akiyama.\u00a0 Jumping knee by Akiyama and he tags in Omori.\u00a0 Jumping heel kick by Omori and he gets a two count.\u00a0 Full nelson slam by Omori but it gets two as well.\u00a0 Omori boots KENSO and Nagai, and Akiyama hits a running knee on KENSO.\u00a0 Kneedrop by Omori but it gets two.\u00a0 Double shoulderblock to Nagai and Akiyama hits an exploder on KENSO.\u00a0 Axe Guillotine Driver by Omori but KENSO barely gets a shoulder up.\u00a0 STO by KENSO and Nagai kicks Omori in the corner.\u00a0 Capture suplex by Nagai and KENSO hits a running kick for a two count.\u00a0 KENSO goes up top and hits a diving elbow drop.\u00a0 Nagai goes up top as KENSO holds Omori but Omori moves and Nagai knees KENSO.\u00a0 Omori and KENSO trade shots, lariat to the back by Omori but KENSO counters with his own lariat for a two count.\u00a0 Omori avoids the Hagakure and hits an Axe Bomber for a two count.\u00a0 Sliding Axe Bomber by Omori and he gets the three count.\u00a0 Akiyama and Omori retain their championships.\u00a0 \u00a0I\u2019m not overly impressed with Dark Kingdom in the ring, they just aren\u2019t great wrestlers and it is mind boggling that in 2015 we have Nagai in a main event somewhere.\u00a0 Akiyama and Omori kept it together but I never bought that Dark Kingdom was going to win this and it just fell a bit flat for me.\u00a0 Score:\u00a0 5.0<\/span><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/puroresucentral.com\/gif\/AJ1.3-4.gif\")
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<\/p>\nAll Japan continues to be a difficult promotion to love.\u00a0 They have some great wrestlers but on this card most of them were condensed into one match.\u00a0 So that match was great, but the rest\u2026. not so much.\u00a0 And even the one great match was just a normal tag team match, it wasn\u2019t an epic must-see title match.\u00a0 Pretty safe to skip this one.<\/h3>\n