The All Japan Pro-Wrestling 10th annual Royal Road Tournament kicked off on August 19th at the famed Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The 16 participant single elimination tournament is scheduled to run through August 27th with the winner earning a shot at the AJPW Triple Crown Championship currently held by Yuma Aoyagi.
The main event featured an AJPW World Tag Team Title match as the champions Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi defeated Yuji Nagata & Ryuki Honda to retain the belts. This was Miyahara and Aoyagi’s third title defense since winning the tag team championship on June 15th from Kenoh and Manabu Soya.
The first four matches of the Royal Road Tournament took place on the opening night.
Here are the full results for AJPW Royal Road Tournament Opening Night:
- Main Event: AJPW World Tag Team Championship: Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi (c) defeated Yuji Nagata & Ryuki Honda to retain the titles.
- Royal Road Tournament 1st Round: Shuji Ishikawa defeated Ren Ayabe
- Royal Road Tournament 1st Round: Satoshi Kojima defeated Rei Saito
- Royal Road Tournament 1st Round: Takuya Nomura defeated Hokuto Omori
- Royal Road Tournament 1st Round: Dan Tamura defeated Kotaro Suzuki
- Minoru Suzuki & Naruki Doi defeated Hikaru Sato & Suwama
- Jun Saito & KONO defeated Aigle Blanc & Black Mensore and Mazada & Keiichi Sato
- Ryuichi Kawakami, Hayato Tamura, Check Shimatani & Galeno Del Mal defeated Yoshi Tatsu, Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising HAYATO & Ryo Inoue
Night 2 of the AJPW Royal Road Tournament is scheduled for August 21st at Shin-Kiba 1stRING in Tokyo.
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