Upcoming cards are as follows (with VERY interesting matches being set in the January Korakuen double header):

AJPW “FAN APPRECIATION DAY”, 12/13/09
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Masakatsu Funaki vs. Kikutaro
2. Rope Match: Kaz Hayashi vs. Ryota Hama
3. F4 Offer Match: Satoshi Kojima & Mima Shimoda vs. KAI & Hiroshi Yamato
4. Masanobu Fuchi vs. Osamu Nishimura vs. Shuji Kondo
5. F-1 Tag Team Title: Keiji Muto & Kannazaki (c) vs. Shiro Koshinaka & Kendo Kobayashi
6. ALL JAPAN FUTURE: Suwama & Manabu Soya vs. Masayuki Kono & Seiya Sanada

AJPW, 1/2/09
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kaz Hayashi (c) vs. Masanobu Fuchi
2. 2/3 Falls: Keiji Muto, Satoshi Kojima, Masakatsu Funaki, Osamu Nishimura & Akebono vs. Suwama, Masayuki Kono, Ryota Hama, Seiya Sanada & Manabu Soya
3. Heavyweight Battle Royal

AJPW, 1/3/09
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. Jr. Heavyweight Battle Royal
2. AJPW World Tag Team Title: Taiyo Kea & Minoru Suzuki (c) vs. Keiji Muto & Masakatsu Funaki

The 2009 World’s Strongest Tag League came to an end with Keiji Muto and Masakatsu Funaki winning this year’s tournament by defeating the young generation team of Suwama and Masayuki Kono. In other tour news, the league was plagued with the flu bug as Satoshi Kojima, KAI, Seiya Sanada, and Joe Doering all had to cancel appearances due to the flu virus.

In VERY sad news, former RO&D member and World Tag Team champion, Jamal passed away earlier this week. Jamal found his resurgence in All Japan after being released from WWE in 2004, and returned to the States in 2006 as Umaga. Words cannot express how deeply shocking this loss is, may he rest in peace.

I know I’ve been gone forever… just been dealing with some things, I haven’t completely abandoned the site.. just had to take my time and find the love for All Japan again.

The teams for this year’s “World’s Strongest Tag League” were announced today at Korakuen Hall. Surprisingly, the cast is for the most part fully All Japan, which shows growth from the product throughout the years.

- Keiji Muto & Masakatsu Funaki
- Satoshi Kojima & ZODIAC
- Suwama & Masayuki Kono
- Osamu Nishimura & Seiya Sanada
- Riki Choshu & Manabu Soya
- Akebono & Ryota Hama (All Asia Tag Team Champions)
- Taiyo Kea & Minoru Suzuki (World Tag Team Champions)
- Yoshihiro Takayama & NOSAWA Rongai
- TARU & Joe Doering

AJPW, 10/11/09 (GAORA TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,700 Fans

1. ZODIAC & Hiroshi Yamato beat MAZADA & FUJITA (10:58) when ZODIAC used the F4 Bomb on FUJITA.
2. Kaz Hayashi, Super Crazy & KAI beat Minoru, Hate & Toshizo (12:38) when Hayashi pinned Hate.
3. Joe Doering beat Ryota Hama (7:18) with a Death Valley Bomb.
4. TARU beat Akebono (6:28) with a diving guillotine legdrop.
5. Keiji Muto, Osamu Nishimura & Seiya Sanada beat Riki Choshu, Shuji Kondo & Manabu Soya (14:23) when Sanada used a backslide on Soya.
6. Satoshi Kojima beat Masayuki Kono (12:10) with a lariat.
7. Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama beat Masakatsu Funaki & Suwama (17:07) when Takayama used an Everest German on Funaki

All Japan will be doing a small tour of Taiwan in November with two back to back shows. On 11/20 there will be a single elimination “Taiwan Cup”, and the Great Muta has been added to the show after a huge request from promoters and fans alike. On 11/21, Taiwan will actually hold the first “World’s Strongest Tag League” matches!

AJPW, 11/20/09
Taipei National Taiwan University Gymnasium

1. Taiwan Cup - Round 1: Suwama vs. Ryota Hama
2. Taiwan Cup - Round 1: Seiya Sanada vs. Manabu Soya
3. Taiwan Cup - Round 1: Taiyo Kea vs. Masayuki Kono
4. Taiwan Cup - Round 1: Osamu Nishimura vs. Shuji Kondo
5. Great Muta vs. ZODIAC
6. Satoshi Kojima, KAI & Hiroshi Yamato vs. Minoru Suzuki, Yoshihiro Takayama & NOSAWA Rongai
7. Taiwan Cup - Semi Final: Winner of #1 vs. Winner of #2
8. Taiwan Cup - Semi Final: Winner of #3 vs. Winner of #4
9. Masakatsu Funaki, Akebono & Kaz Hayashi vs. TARU, Joe Doering & Minoru
10. Taiwan Cup - Final: Winner of #7 vs. Winner of #8

AJPW, 11/21/09
Taipei National Taiwan University Gymnasium

All Japan released partial cards for their upcoming “ANNIVERSARY TOUR”.

AJPW, 10/11/09
Tokyo Korakuen Hall

1. ZODIAC & Hiroshi Yamato vs. NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA
2. Ryota Hama vs. Joe Doering
3. Akebono vs. TARU
4. Kaz Hayashi, KAI & Super Crazy vs. Hate, Minoru & Toshizo
5. Satoshi Kojima vs. Masayuki Kono
6. Keiji Muto, Osamu Nishimura & Seiya Sanada vs. Riki Choshu, Shuji Kondo & Manabu Soya
7. Masakatsu Funaki & Suwama vs. Minoru Suzuki & Yoshihiro Takayama

AJPW, 10/24/09
Hakata Star Lane

1. All Asia Tag Team Title: Akebono & Ryota Hama (c) vs. TARU & Joe Doering

AJPW, 10/25/09
Kobe Sambo Hall

1. AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kaz Hayashi (c) vs. Hate

The touring schedule for late November and December were also released yesterday.

“WORLD’S STRONGEST TAG LEAGUE 2009”
11/23 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall
11/24 @ Iwaki City Gymnasium
11/25 @ Toyama Techno Hall
11/26 @ Toyohashi City Prefectural Gymnasium
11/28 @ Toyooka City Prefectural Gymnasium
12/01 @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall
12/02 @ Fukui Prefecture Industrial Hall
12/03 @ Wakayama Prefectural Gymnasium
12/05 @ Yokkaichi Australia Memorial Hall
12/06 @ Gifu Industrial Hall

12/13 - “FAN APPRECIATION DAY” @ Tokyo Korakuen Hall

All Japan returned to another sellout crowd at the Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium (the third one since 2007) with a strong crowd on hand. Satoshi Kojima recaptured the Triple Crown belts for the second time in his career, defeating GURENTAI member, Yoshihiro Takayama, and then gave one belt to each member of F4, saying that he didn’t do it alone, and swore to be a better champion than before.

The singles encounter between Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki ended up in mass confusion. While entangled in the ropes, Suzuki pushed Kyohei Wada off on multiple occasions, getting himself disqualified, but the brawl wasn’t over. In fact, it had to be seperated by both GURENTAI members and All Japan ring attendants, while the heated crowd called for an extension of the match. While that didn’t happen, it is safe to say that the feud between these two men is yet to be over.

In an odd event, while celebrating his successful defense of the Jr. Title, Kaz Hayashi was attacked by the Voodoo Murders, and was on the receiving end of a fire extinguisher attack by Hate, who then proceeded to CHALLENGE Hayashi for the Jr. Title. It is very clear that when joining VM a year ago, Kaz Hayashi was the main opposition for the then Nobukazu Hirai. Since then, Hate has been a constant thorn in Kaz’s side, however, can Hate lose the weight to make the official challenge?

AJPW, 9/26/09 (GAORA TV)
Yokohama Bunka Gymnasium
4,500 Fans - Super No Vacancy

1. Minoru & Hate beat NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA (5:13) when Hate used a horizontal cradle on MAZADA.
2. TARU, Joe Doering & Toshizo beat ZODIAC, KAI & Hiroshi Yamato (10:32) when Doering used a Revolution bomb on Yamato.
3. Riki Choshu & Manabu Soya beat Osamu Nishimura & Seiya Sanada (9:40) when Choshu used a Riki lariat on Sanada.
4. Keiji Muto, Akebono & Ryota Hama beat Suwama, Masayuki Kono & Shuji Kondo (15:25) when Hama used the Ryota Hama on Kono.
5. Masakatsu Funaki beat Minoru Suzuki (10:44) by disqualification.
6. AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kaz Hayashi (c) beat Super Crazy (16:13) with the Power Plant (5th defense).
7. Triple Crown: Satoshi Kojima beat Yoshihiro Takayama (c) (19:30) with a lariat (Kojima becomes the 40th champion).

AJPW, 9/23/09 (Samurai! TV)
Tokyo Korakuen Hall
1,500 Fans

1. Hate beat Masanobu Fuchi (8:39) with a horizontal cradle.
2. Seiya Sanada beat MAZADA (11:08) with a German Suplex hold.
3. Masakatsu Funaki beat Masayuki Kono (6:01) with a double underhook suplex.
4. Suwama, Super Crazy & Manabu Soya beat Keiji Muto, Osamu Nishimura & Kaz Hayashi (21:30) when Soya used a lariat on Nishimura.
5. Yoshihiro Takayama beat Shuji Kondo (13:07) with the Everest German.
6. All Asia Tag Team Title: Akebono & Ryota Hama beat Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai (c) (20:45) when Akebono used a running body press on Rongai (Akebono & Hama become the 81st champions).
7. F4 vs. Voodoo Murders Captain’s Fall Elimination: Satoshi Kojima (c), ZODIAC, KAI & Hiroshi Yamato beat TARU (c), Minoru, Joe Doering & Toshizo (26:45). Joe Doering eliminated ZODIAC (10:35) over the top rope. Joe Doering beat KAI (11:59) with the Revolution bomb. Hiroshi Yamato beat Minoru (19:03) with a horizontal cradle. Hiroshi Yamato & Toshizo (20:57) both over the top rope. Satoshi Kojima beat TARU (26:45) with a lariat.

AJPW, 9/20/09
Joetsu Welfare Hall North Hall
1,200 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Masayuki Kono & Shuji Kondo beat KAI & Hiroshi Yamato (9:20) when Kono beat Yamato by referee stop.
2. Joe Doering beat Manabu Soya (8:40) with the Death Valley Bomb.
3. Osamu Nishimura & Super Crazy beat Suwama & Kaz Hayashi (15:34) when Crazy used a revolution-style powerbomb on Hayashi.
4. Akebono & Ryota Hama beat Minoru Suzuki & MAZADA (12:04) when Akebono used a running body press on Hama.
5. Satoshi Kojima & ZODIAC beat Yoshihiro Takayama & NOSAWA Rongai (14:41) when Kojima used a lariat on Rongai.
6. Keiji Muto, Masakatsu Funaki & Seiya Sanada beat TARU, Hate & Minoru (13:45) when Funaki used a backdrop on Hate.

AJPW, 9/21/09
Gunma Eterna Takasaki
900 Fans - Super No Vacancy Full House

1. Minoru beat Hiroshi Yamato (10:44) with a cross armbreaker.
2. Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo beat Super Crazy & Seiya Sanada (14:02) when Kondo used a King Kong lariat on Sanada.
3. Yoshihiro Takayama beat ZODIAC (6:05) with a Everest German Suplex Hold.
4. Akebono, Masayuki Kono & Ryota Hama beat Minoru Suzuki, NOSAWA Rongai & MAZADA (19:24) when Akebono used a body press on MAZADA.
5. Satoshi Kojima & KAI beat Suwama & Manabu Soya (15:20) when Kojima used a face kick on Soya.
6. Keiji Muto, Masakatsu Funaki & Osamu Nishimura beat TARU, Joe Doering & Hate (16:49) when Funaki used a backdrop suplex on Hate.

AJPW, 9/22/09
Sun Pier Tochigi
650 Fans

1. Super Crazy beat KAI (9:04) revolution-style powerbomb.
2. Masayuki Kono beat Seiya Sanada (13:27) with the Jumping cross-armbreaker.
3. Minoru Suzuki & NOSAWA Rongai beat Osamu Nishimura & Hiroshi Yamato (17:04) when Suzuki used a Gotch-style piledriver on Yamato.
4. Akebono & Ryota Hama beat Suwama & Manabu Soya (16:42) when Akebono used a body press on Soya.
5. Satoshi Kojima & ZODIAC beat Yoshihiro Takayama & MAZADA (17:15) when ZODIAC used the F4 Bomb on MAZADA.
6. Keiji Muto, Masakatsu Funaki, Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo beat TARU, Minoru, Joe Doering & Hate (14:38) when Muto used the Shining Wizard on Hate.