All Together Sapporo (June 15) Full card, preview
Full card set for second UJPW charity event
On June 15, United Japan Pro-Wrestling comes All Together once again, and for the first time outside Tokyo, as UJPW’s All Together Sapporo takes place from Hokkai Kita-Yell.
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Main event: Tetsuya Naito (NJPW) vs Jake Lee (NOAH)
The main event will see Tetsuya Naito taking on the Good Looking Emperor, and a man who agreed to take on a hit on El Ingobernable, Jake Lee.
Lee first appeared in NJPW at a Korakuen Hall event in April, granting Drilla Moloney a singles win over Naito as he assaulted the LIJ member. That led to an elimination tag appearance on the Road to Dontaku in Hiroshima, where in front of an adopted home crowd, Naito easily dispensed of Lee. Then, violent repercussions at All Together in the Nippon Budokan, where a FBS boot ended a bloodied Naito’s night, and EL Ingobernable was laid out prone at Lee’s feet.
Still, Lee acknowledged that this issue wouldn’t be settled until there was a singles match between the two men. That is now official, in front of a home crowd for Lee in Hokkaido. Who will leave with their hand raised?
8th Match: All Rebellion (Alejandro, Kenoh & Kaito Kiyomiya) (NOAH) vs Gabe Kidd (NJPW) David Finlay (NJPW) & YO-HEY (NOAH)
In the wake of a vicious post main event attack by Gabe Kidd at the last All Together event int he Nippon Budokan, and after Kidd made away with Kaito Kiyomiya’s then freshly won GHC Heavyweight Championship belt, there was a shift in the foundations of Pro-Wrestling NOAH. Kiyomiya aligned with a fierce rival in Kenoh to form an all new faction entitled All Rebellion, vowing to bring the fight to BULLET CLUB War Dogs from NJPW, and aligning themselves opposite the Good Looking Guys in NOAH in the process.
With Kidd facing Kiyomiya for the GHC Championship in the main event of NOAH’s Yokohama BUNTAI card on June 16, this is a preview of that encounter as drama builds across both organizations.
7th Match: Los Ingobernables De Japon (Titan, BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi) (NJPW) vs Drilla Moloney (NJPW), Clark Connors (NJPW), LJ Cleary (NOAH) Anthony Greene (NOAH) & Jack Morris (NOAH)
All Rebellion and Los Ingobernables De Japon share common issues with BULLET CLUB War Dogs, and after Jake Lee answered a hit put out on Tetsuya Naito, now the rest of the Good Looking Guys join the fray in ten man tag team action.
6th Match: Tomohiro Ishii vs Masa Kitamiya
Singles record: 2–0 Ishii
After a pair of violent tag encounters when NJPW and NOAH crossed paths in January 2022 and 2023, Tomohiro Ishii and Masa Kitamiya finally threw down one on one at NOAH’s New Year’s event this year, and the result was every bit as hard hitting as fans hoped. Though Ishii came away with the victory, neither man wanted the issue to be one and done.
The pair were opposite one another again in the Budokan in May when Ishii joined forces with Daisuke Sekimoto of BJW, and Kitamiya with Jeff Cobb. Then, in Korakuen Hall on May 22, a rematch saw Ishii victorious once again in a war that might have been even harder hitting than their first. Six days after challenging Jeff Cobb for the NJPW World TV Championship in Osaka, Ishii seeks a hat trick on Kitamiya in Sapporo.
5th Match: Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH)& Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW) vs Just Five Guys (Yuya Uemura & SANADA) (NJPW)
The Shacho Squad pairing of Naomichi Marufuji and Hiroshi Tanahashi take on Yuya Uemura and the returning SANADA. The last All Together event in the Budokan saw Uemura wanting to stand out the most in the six man tag main event; though he did indeed stand out in the end, he did so in defeat. Now he’ll look to bounce back on the cross promotional stage, and teams with SANADA, who holds a memorable singles win over Tanahashi here in Sapporo two years ago.
4th Match: Tetsuya Endo (DDT), Ryohei Oiwa (NJPW) & Shota Umino (NJPW) vs Kazusada Higuchi (DDT), Gereat-O-Khan (NJPW) & Jeff Cobb (NJPW)
Six man action sees DDT heavyweight Kazusada Higuchi teaming with United Empire’s Cobb and O-Khan opposite a blended DDT and NJPW side with a lot of intrigue. Tetsuya Endo missed the last All Together card due to injury and looks to make up for lost time in front of a new audience. Meanwhile Ryohei Oiwa is the center of a lot of speculation right now. On loan to NOAH from NJPW on his excursion, Oiwa had been invited to the Emerald Ark by Kaito Kiyomiya. Yet in Korakuen Hall this week, Oiwa turned on Kiyomiya and All Rebellion, and one wonders how he and Umino in particular will interact in Sapporo.
3rd Match: Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto) (NJPW) vs Daichi Hashimoto & Daisuke Sekimoto (BJW)
At Dominion on June 9, Bishamon will be competing in a four way elimination bid to become double NJPW STRONG and IWGP Tag team Champions. Successful or not, they’ll seek to show tag superiority a week later as they face a tough combination from Big Japan Pro-Wrestling. Daisuke Sekimoto reminded the world of his toughness at the last All Together, while Daichi Hashimoto carries the Strong Style lineage inherited from his late, great father, the King of Destruction Shinya Hashimoto.
2nd Match: AZM (STARDOM) vs Starlight Kid (STARDOM)
Singles record: 4–4–2
Old met new when All Together was in the Budokan in May, as Starlight Kid formed a new tag team in the spirit of Mutual Love with Natsupoi, opposite a familiar foe in AZM. Tonight, their high speed singles rivalry is reignited. At once point, SLK easily had the number of AZM, but the opposite has been the case in every meeting they’ve had this decade. With the two currently even at 4–4–2, who will claim superiotiy one on one?
1st Match: TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles & Zack Sabre Jr.) (NJPW) vs Yu Owada, HAYATA & Ulka Sasaki (NOAH)
The action kicks off with TMDK taking on an intriguing and eclectic collection from NOAH. Young prospect Yu Owada, National Champion HAYATA and MMA turned blue chip pro Ulka Sasaki look to best the orange clad punks, whose factional history is very much tied to Pro-Wrestling NOAH’s.
