- Kento Miyahara/Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Rising HAYATO/Yuma Anzai - semifinal
- Jun Saito/Rei Saito vs. Ryuki Honda/Ren Ayabe - semifinal
- Yuko Miyamoto vs. Seigo Tachibana - GAORA TV Championship
- Jun Saito/Rei Saito vs. Kento Miyahara/Davey Boy Smith Jr. - World's Strongest Tag Determination League 2024 Final
AJPW World's Strongest Tag Determination League 2024 Final: WrestleFile Verdict
The factual record, historical context, match-by-match analysis, and WrestleFile verdict.
- PROMOTION
- All Japan Pro Wrestling
- DATE
- December 8, 2024
- VENUE
- Korakuen Hall
- LOCATION
- Tokyo, Tokyo
- ATTENDANCE
- 1,517
- EVENT TYPE
- PPV
The 2024 World's Strongest Tag Determination League final succeeds because the tournament story is unusually coherent from block play through the last bell. Reigning World Tag Team champions Jun Saito and Rei Saito enter the knockout stage undefeated, survive a semifinal against Ryuki Honda and Ren Ayabe, then defeat Kento Miyahara and Triple Crown champion Davey Boy Smith Jr. in a 23:17 final.
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The sellout Korakuen crowd gets a genuine historical payoff when the Saito Brothers become the first reigning World Tag champions to win the league undefeated. The show also produces a GAORA TV title change and immediately converts Jun's pinning victory over Smith into a Triple Crown challenge for December 31.
Event ContextBackground, stakes & historical setting
All Japan closes the 2024 World's Strongest Tag Determination League on December 8 at Korakuen Hall before an announced sellout of 1,517. The tournament began November 9 with 14 teams split across two seven-team blocks. Jun Saito and Rei Saito won A Block at 6-0, while Kento Miyahara and Davey Boy Smith Jr. won B Block at 5-1. Rising HAYATO and Yuma Anzai, plus Ryuki Honda and Ren Ayabe, completed the four-team knockout field.
The final day uses semifinals rather than sending the two block winners directly to the main event. That matters because it gives the Saito Brothers one more obstacle before the historical claim can be made. Miyahara and Smith beat HAYATO and Anzai in 11:26. The Saitos beat Honda and Ayabe in 10:36. Both finalists therefore enter the main event having already wrestled once that day.
The payoff is stronger because the champions never lose. All Japan's own post-show report calls the result the first undefeated World's Strongest Tag League win by reigning World Tag champions. Jun then calls Triple Crown champion Smith back into the ring and challenges him for December 31, giving the tournament a direct singles-title consequence instead of ending with the trophy presentation alone.
Watch, Skim or Skip?
- Ryo Inoue/Daisuke Sekimoto/Kengo Mashimo vs. Shotaro Ashino/Dan Tamura/Taishin Nagao
- Makoto Oishi/Senor Saito/Mike D Vecchio vs. MUSASHI/Seiki Yoshioka/Kuroshio TOKYO Japan
- Suwama/Yuma Aoyagi/Hideki Suzuki/Hikaru Sato/Fuminori Abe vs. Hokuto Omori/Kumaarashi/Cyrus/Hartley Jackson/Jack Kennedy
The Card, On the Record
01Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr. defeated Rising HAYATO & Yuma Anzai - World's Strongest Tag Determination League 2024 SemifinalA-
Kento Miyahara and Davey Boy Smith Jr. defeated Rising HAYATO and Yuma Anzai in 11:26 in the first semifinal of the 2024 World's Strongest Tag Determination League. Miyahara and Smith entered as B Block winners, while HAYATO and Anzai had qualified as A Block runners-up. Miyahara pinned Anzai with the Shutdown Suplex Hold, moving the winning team into the evening's final. Smith supplied heavyweight power, while HAYATO's speed gave the opposing pair a different offensive profile.
The bout directly affected the tournament bracket, even though neither of the event's formal championship belts was contested. Its relatively short runtime was understandable because the winning side had to prepare for another important match later that evening. The result should be preserved as a specific semifinal outcome and not conflated with the closing tournament decision. The victory maintained Miyahara and Smith's challenge for the league title while ending HAYATO and Anzai's run in the knockout stage.
Watch — Miyahara pins Anzai to advance his team with Smith into the tag league final.
02Jun Saito & Rei Saito defeated Ryuki Honda & Ren Ayabe - World's Strongest Tag Determination League 2024 SemifinalB+
Jun Saito and Rei Saito defeated Ryuki Honda and Ren Ayabe in 10:36 in the second semifinal of All Japan's 2024 World's Strongest Tag Determination League. The Saito Brothers entered as undefeated A Block winners and reigning World Tag Team Champions, giving the bout stakes extending beyond a single win. Rei delivered the decisive BBQ Bomb to take the fall, preserving the brothers' unbeaten tournament run. Honda and Ayabe offered imposing heavyweight opposition rather than an incidental team brought in for the result.
The World Tag belts were not on the line in this particular league semifinal, but the champions' status increased the weight of their performance. Winning ensured they would wrestle again later that night against Kento Miyahara and Davey Boy Smith Jr. Their opponents were eliminated from the tournament, not stripped of a championship. A complete event review benefits from tracking the semifinal and final separately, because the brothers had to win both encounters to finish the competition undefeated.
Watch — the Saito Brothers beat Honda and Ayabe to keep their unbeaten championship-team run alive.
03Ryo Inoue, Daisuke Sekimoto & Kengo Mashimo defeated Shotaro Ashino, Dan Tamura & Taishin NagaoB
Ryo Inoue, Daisuke Sekimoto and Kengo Mashimo defeated Shotaro Ashino, Dan Tamura and Taishin Nagao in 6:49 on the final day of All Japan's 2024 tag league. The win came through a Boston Crab submission, providing a direct team result while the tournament semifinalists prepared for the closing contest. Sekimoto and Mashimo had been prominent during the league schedule, so their participation kept recognizable competitors on the card after the knockout bracket had moved forward.
This six-man wasn't a fresh semifinal, and it carried no further block points. Ashino, Tamura and Nagao opposed the winning trio as a team rather than as three independent wrestlers. The short runtime served a practical role between the two opening semifinals and the evening's later championship match. For readers interested in the whole event, the match illustrates All Japan's habit of keeping league participants active on a tournament final card without creating artificial stakes for every bout.
Skim — Inoue, Sekimoto and Mashimo win a short six-man after the tag league semifinals.
04Makoto Oishi, Senor Saito & Mike D Vecchio defeated MUSASHI, Seiki Yoshioka & Kuroshio TOKYO JapanB
Makoto Oishi, Senor Saito and Mike D Vecchio defeated MUSASHI, Seiki Yoshioka and Kuroshio TOKYO Japan in 7:19 at the 2024 World's Strongest Tag Determination League final. D Vecchio landed the deciding Shooting Star Press, giving the winning trio a recognizable highlight in a supporting six-man. The opposing team included quicker junior-style wrestlers, creating a contrast with the larger and more character-driven competitors on the other side. Both teams had completed the relevant portions of their tournament schedules before this encounter.
The bout didn't award a title or send the winners into the league final, whose bracket had already been determined. Its value lay in keeping performers visible while allowing the audience a change of pace ahead of the event's more consequential closing matches. The Shooting Star Press supplied a specific finish rather than a generic team victory. Accurate match indexing should retain all six participants and credit the result to Oishi, Saito and D Vecchio collectively.
Skim — D Vecchio's Shooting Star Press seals the six-man victory for Oishi, Senor Saito and D Vecchio.
05Suwama, Yuma Aoyagi, Hideki Suzuki, Hikaru Sato & Fuminori Abe defeated Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi, Cyrus, Hartley Jackson & Jack KennedyB
Suwama, Yuma Aoyagi, Hideki Suzuki, Hikaru Sato and Fuminori Abe defeated Hokuto Omori, Kumaarashi, Cyrus, Hartley Jackson and Jack Kennedy in a ten-man contest on the 2024 tag league final card. The official result recorded a submission after 6:54, giving the experienced Suwama-led group the win. With ten wrestlers involved, the attraction provided a place for multiple tournament personalities and faction connections without requiring another lengthy singles match. The losing side also included several powerful foreign participants familiar from the league's earlier dates.
No tournament points or World Tag Team Championship changed hands during this match. It was a supporting multi-person encounter positioned after the semifinals, serving a different function from the eventual final. The full five-person teams matter to historical discovery because simplifying the bout into a Suwama singles win would distort the record. The brief submission outcome kept the card moving toward the standalone GAORA TV Championship contest and the tournament's deciding match.
Skim for the tournament cast — Suwama's five-person team secures a 6:54 submission win.
06Yuko Miyamoto defeated Seigo Tachibana - GAORA TV ChampionshipA-
Yuko Miyamoto defeated Seigo Tachibana in 15:01 to win the GAORA TV Championship during the 2024 World's Strongest Tag Determination League final. Tachibana entered as the twenty-seventh recognized champion and was attempting his third successful defense. Miyamoto won with a moonsault press, ending the incumbent's reign and adding a clear championship change to a card otherwise organized around the heavyweight tag tournament. The encounter therefore carried independent consequences rather than merely filling time before the league final.
Its position immediately before the closing tag match gave the bout a meaningful part of the evening's climax. The GAORA title is separate from the World Tag Team Championship held by the Saito Brothers and from the tournament trophy decided later. Miyamoto became champion here, while Tachibana left without the belt. For a reader interested in All Japan's wider title history, this match makes the final-day show consequential across more than one division.
Watch — Miyamoto wins the GAORA TV Championship from Tachibana with a moonsault in 15:01.
07Jun Saito & Rei Saito defeated Kento Miyahara & Davey Boy Smith Jr. - World's Strongest Tag Determination League 2024 FinalA
Jun Saito and Rei Saito defeated Kento Miyahara and Davey Boy Smith Jr. in 23:17 to win the 2024 World's Strongest Tag Determination League. Jun scored the decisive fall after the Psycho Break, completing an undefeated tournament campaign for the reigning World Tag Team Champions. Miyahara and Smith had already advanced from the earlier semifinal, making them a credible final obstacle. The contest was a league final rather than a direct defense of the belts the Saito Brothers already held.
The result became historically notable because the reigning champions completed the tournament unbeaten, a feat that underscored their place at the top of All Japan's heavyweight tag division. The aftermath added singles consequences: Jun's fall over Triple Crown champion Smith created the basis for a championship challenge on December 31. Those later stakes should be described as a development following the victory, not as a Triple Crown change during this tag match. The final joined tournament success with a new route into the promotion's top singles storyline.
Essential — the undefeated Saito Brothers win the tag league final over Miyahara and Smith, setting up Jun's Triple Crown challenge.
BOOKING VERDICTA
The strongest booking decision is making the Saito Brothers' undefeated record part of the championship story rather than treating the league as a separate seasonal attraction. They begin the final day as both A Block winners and World Tag champions, then are forced through a semifinal before meeting the B Block winners. That route makes the main event feel earned while preserving the idea that the champions are proving supremacy across the entire division.
Miyahara and Smith are the right final opponents. Miyahara remains All Japan's established standard-bearer, while Smith enters as Triple Crown champion. Beating them gives the Saitos a meaningful ceiling to break through, and Jun's deciding fall creates a natural reason to challenge Smith for the singles title. The tournament result therefore produces a new title program without needing an arbitrary post-show confrontation.
The rest of the card supports the main story rather than fighting it. The two semifinals are kept near 10 minutes, the undercard tags are short, and the GAORA TV title change provides a second major consequence. That structure lets the audience see several league participants again while saving the longest match and biggest historical claim for the final.
CROWD & PRESENTATIONA-
Korakuen Hall is packed, and the official attendance is 1,517 with the building listed as sold out. That matters for a tournament final built around the promotion's reigning tag champions. The crowd is not being asked to treat a lightly attended season finale as a milestone; All Japan has a full room for the unbeaten run and the trophy presentation. The promotion also advertises both AJPW TV and GAORA SPORTS as archive or broadcast outlets, preserving the show beyond the live audience.
The seven-match card is paced around the same-day tournament structure. Two semifinals open the show, then three short multi-person matches reset the crowd before the GAORA TV title bout. Miyamoto's 15-minute title win then raises the stakes again immediately before the 23-minute main event. The layout avoids the common tournament-final problem where the audience is asked to sit through too much unrelated material before the deciding match.
Presentation after the final also reinforces the result. The Saito Brothers receive the trophies as undefeated winners while still holding the World Tag belts, and Jun's challenge to Smith gives the closing scene another direction. The final image is therefore not simply a celebration; it is the transition from tag-tournament dominance into the year-end Triple Crown program.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCEA
The 2024 tournament gives Jun Saito and Rei Saito a specific place in All Japan's tag history. They win every league match, survive the semifinal and final on the same day, and become the first reigning World Tag Team champions to complete an undefeated World's Strongest Tag Determination League victory. That distinction is more durable than a routine tournament win because it links the league directly to the promotion's top tag championship.
The final also changes Jun Saito's trajectory. Pinning Davey Boy Smith Jr. in the tournament final gives him an immediate claim to a Triple Crown challenge, which he makes in the ring after the match. The tag-tournament result therefore feeds directly into the December 31 singles-title scene rather than operating as a self-contained accolade.
Yuko Miyamoto's GAORA TV title win adds a second historical marker to the card. Seigo Tachibana's reign ends on his third defense, and Miyamoto becomes the 28th champion. Combined with the Saito Brothers' unbeaten tournament win, the show captures two title-lineage changes or milestones in one compact Korakuen event.
WHAT AGED WELL
- The Saito Brothers' undefeated run has a clear historical identity because they complete it while holding the World Tag Team Championship.
- The tournament final directly creates Jun Saito's Triple Crown challenge instead of ending with an isolated trophy celebration.
- The same-day semifinal format gives both finalists an equal structural hurdle and keeps the block results meaningful.
WHAT AGED POORLY
- The three short multi-person matches between the semifinals and title bout have limited standalone replay value.
- Several eliminated league teams are compressed into brief undercard tags rather than receiving individual fallout stories.
- Contemporary English-language long-form coverage is thinner than the first-party Japanese record, so some qualitative reconstruction relies on multiple sources.
RESEARCH VERDICTWhere the Evidence Lands
All Japan's official December 8 result page confirms the seven-match card, 1,517 sellout attendance, both semifinal results, Yuko Miyamoto's GAORA TV title win and the Saito Brothers' 23:17 tournament victory. The promotion's post-show article identifies the Saito Brothers as the first reigning World Tag champions to win the tournament undefeated and records Jun Saito's immediate Triple Crown challenge to Davey Boy Smith Jr.
POST Wrestling, PuroLove and Wrestling-Infos independently confirm the final-day bracket, winners and core event results. The final-day bracket identifies Jun and Rei Saito defeating Ryuki Honda and Ren Ayabe in their semifinal before beating Kento Miyahara and Davey Boy Smith Jr. to win the tournament. The final received A/9.2 in the review, whereas the official AJPW result ledger establishes the unbeaten championship team's victory and the 23:17 duration. Yuko Miyamoto separately defeated Seigo Tachibana for the GAORA TV Championship. The tournament outcome and the title switch were independent results, not two names for the same match.
RESEARCH SOURCESSources & Methodology9 sources
These sources support the event record, historical context, critical reception, and streaming information used throughout this Event File.
- All Japan Pro Wrestling official - December 8, 2024 resultsfirst-party full card, attendance, match times, title change and tournament final result
- All Japan Pro Wrestling official - December 8 post-show tournament reportfirst-party confirmation of the undefeated championship milestone and Jun Saito's Triple Crown challenge
- All Japan Pro Wrestling official - December 5 final block standingsfirst-party block records and qualification of the four semifinal teams
- All Japan Pro Wrestling official - December 8 final card announcementfirst-party confirmation of semifinal structure and match order
- All Japan Pro Wrestling official - World's Strongest Tag Determination League historyfirst-party tournament lineage and winner history
- POST Wrestling - Saito Brothers win the 2024 AJPW Real World Tag Leagueindependent English-language confirmation of the semifinal and final results
- PuroLove - AJPW Real World Tag League 2024 resultsindependent full-card and tournament-result cross-check
- Wrestling-Infos.de - AJPW December 8, 2024 resultsindependent match-order, attendance and result cross-check
- Iga Pro Wrestling 24 - December 8, 2024 event reportindependent Japanese qualitative match and post-show context
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