A new Triple Crown Champion.
Closing out All Japan Pro-Wrestling’s December 31st event was a Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship match that saw Davey Boy Smith Jr. defending against Jun Saito.
Coming out of the match with the victory was Saito, who has now captured the first major singles title in his career. Jun, alongside his brother Rei, are currently the AJPW World Tag Team Champions.
Smith Jr.’s reign began in early November. Below are the full results from the AJPW New Year’s Eve show:
- Dark Match: Marino Saihara & Natsuki def. Act & Riko Fukunaga
- Fuminori Abe, Seigo Tachibana & Yuko Miyamoto def. MUSASHI, Seiki Yoshioka & Taishin Nagao
- Battle Royal: Suwama def. Aizawa NO. 1 and Hartley Jackson and Hideki Suzuki and Hikaru Sato and Kuma Arashi and Kumagoro Hokkai and Kuroshio TOKYO Japan and Minoru Suzuki and Shotaro Ashino and Ultimo Dragon
- Daisuke Sekimoto def. Dan Tamura
- Ren Ayabe & Ryuki Honda def. Atsuki Aoyagi & Yuma Aoyagi
- All Asia Tag Team Championships: Rising HAYATO & Yuma Anzai (c) def. Kento Miyahara & Ryo Inoue
- AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship: Jun Saito def. Davey Boy Smith Jr. (c)
