AJPW #ajpwMANIAx 2023 Results (12/31/2023), Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kento Miyahara, NXT’s Charlie Dempsey
All Japan Pro-Wrestling held its #ajpwMANIAx 2023 event on December 31st at the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo. Nearly 2700 fans packed the Yoyogi National Stadium to witness the event.
The main event saw Katsuhiko Nakajima, who was sporting a shaved head and new attire, successfully defended his AJPW Triple Crown Title against the ace of AJPW Kento Miyahara.
The AJPW Jr Battle of Glory 2023 tournament winner Dan Tamura defeated GLEAT star El Lindaman to capture the AJPW Jr Heavyweight Championship for the first time in his career.
WWE NXT star Charlie Dempsey made his AJPW debut in winning fashion as he and Yuma Anzai defeated the legendary Tatsumi Fujinami & LEONA. Dempsey forced LEONA to tap out to win the match for his team.
Here are the full results for AJPW #ajpwMANIAx 2023 event on December 31st:
- GAORA TV Championship Preliminaries: Minoru Tanaka, Naruki Doi & Koji Iwamoto defeated Black Menso~re, Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe
- Takao Omori Last AJPW Match: Takao Omori, Ryuki Honda & Ryo Inoue defeated Mitsuya Nagai, Koji Doi & Kuma Arashi
- Yuma Aoyagi & Yoshitatsu defeated Shuji Ishikawa & Ren Ayabe
- Rookie King Special Single Match:: Jun Saito defeated Rei Saito
- Shotaro Ashino Return Match: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana defeated Shotaro Ashino & T-Hawk
- Special Tag Team Match: Charlie Dempsey & Yuma Anzai defeated Tatsumi Fujinami & LEONA
- AJPW vs DDT Pro-Wrestling: Yuki Ueno & Toy Kojima defeated Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising HAYATO
- AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Dan Tamura defeated El Lindaman (c) to become the new champion.
- Special Six Man Tag Match: Minoru Suzuki, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Hokuto Omori defeated Suwama, Hideki Suzuki & Hikaru Sato
- Triple Crown: Katsuhiko Nakajima (c) defeats Kento Miyahara to retain the title
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