AJPW Dynamite Series 2024 Day 1: WrestleFile Historical Verdict

Putting the GAORA TV title change first gives the card an immediate consequence. Abe had just spent the Super Power Series positioned as a dangerous challenger to HAYATO, so moving him directly into another singles championship program keeps his momentum useful instead of treating the World Junior loss as a reset. Tachibana had already received a real reign with defenses, making the switch feel earned rather than arbitrary.

The Asia Tag title change is an even clearer payoff. Tamura and Sato had survived the Kuroshio-Tachibana program in Gifu, only to face a fresh team at Korakuen. MUSASHI and Yoshioka winning gives the division a new combination and prevents the championship from becoming static after the previous rivalry ended. The 16:30 runtime also gives the title change enough room to register as a major result.

The elimination match is useful because the Saito-Doi side wins without resolving the new ELPIDA group’s long-term direction. HAYATO can take the final fall because he is a junior champion working against larger opponents, while Honda and Ayabe avoid the decisive loss. The faction announcement then gives the losing trio and Anzai a larger identity that matters beyond one match result.

Anzai beating Suzuki is the correct main-event result. Suzuki presents a credible veteran challenge and can make the champion work for more than 20 minutes, but a title change would have cut short the reign just as Anzai’s new faction was becoming defined. The successful defense lets the promotion end the night with continuity at the top even though two secondary championships changed hands underneath it.

The official crowd of 1,235 at Korakuen Hall is the largest attendance of the AJPW dates WrestleFile has added immediately around this part of June. The venue and card construction fit each other: title changes and the Triple Crown defense are concentrated in a building where AJPW regularly presents consequential television-level shows rather than a small regional stop.

The card avoids a long low-stakes opening stretch. After the Actwres girl’Z pre-show, the first AJPW match changes the GAORA TV title. The eight-man return match then gives the audience a different rhythm before Aoyagi and Kuroshio receive almost 20 minutes under No DQ rules. By the time the Asia Tag belts change hands, the show has already delivered several distinct match types.

The final third is organized around faction and championship identity. The six-man elimination match features the Saito Brothers and Doi opposite three members of the soon-to-be-named ELPIDA group, then the fourth ELPIDA member closes the night as Triple Crown champion. Even without treating the faction announcement as a match finish, the sequence gives the event a coherent heavyweight thread.

AJPW’s official page and CAGEMATCH both identify AJPW.tv distribution, while contemporary results coverage independently corroborates the card and faction announcement. WrestleFile still leaves the current provider field conservative because present event-specific playback terms were not independently checked. The historical distribution evidence is strong without requiring a claim about current subscriber access.

The most important long-term development is the public naming of ELPIDA. Anzai, HAYATO, Ayabe and Honda had already worked together during the Super Power Series, but Dynamite Series Day 1 gives that alliance an explicit identity. The faction becomes a framework for tracking AJPW’s younger generation rather than a loose collection of partners.

Abe’s GAORA TV title win creates another branch from the World Junior program. He fails to take HAYATO’s championship in Gifu, then wins a different singles belt two weeks later. That preserves Abe’s momentum and keeps him visible as more than a one-program challenger. Tachibana’s reign ends after a credible run instead of disappearing through vacancy or an off-screen change.

The Asia Tag title switch matters because MUSASHI and Yoshioka begin a reign that lasts beyond this event, while Tamura and Sato’s run ends after their successful Super Power Series defenses. The championship chronology therefore has a clear handoff point at Korakuen rather than a vague transition between tours.

Anzai’s successful defense against Suzuki strengthens his first Triple Crown reign. He had already survived Miyahara and continued to lead the younger alliance; beating Suzuki adds another veteran style and opponent to the record. The victory also positions the champion correctly as ELPIDA’s top singles anchor on the same night the group receives its name.

Taken together, the show has unusual archival density: two title changes, one top-title retention, a named faction launch, a wrestler return and a No DQ singles match. That makes the June 24 Korakuen date much more than the opening night of another tour and one of the clearest transition points in AJPW’s early-summer 2024 chronology.