{"id":99392,"date":"2021-08-29T03:57:37","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T07:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=99392"},"modified":"2021-08-29T03:57:37","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T07:57:37","slug":"suwama-wins-royal-road-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/08\/29\/suwama-wins-royal-road-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Suwama Wins Royal Road 2021 Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a long month for the All Japan Pro Wrestling product, the Royal Road Tournament has come to an end with an official winner. The tournament came down to a final four of Suwama, Kento Miyahara, Jake Lee, and Shotaro Ashino. It was Suwama who came away with the win to claim the trophy.<\/p>\n<h2>Suwama Wins Royal Road 2021<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\u7b2c8\u56de \u738b\u9053\u30c8\u30fc\u30ca\u30e1\u30f3\u30c8\u8987\u8005\u6c7a\u5b9a\u3011<\/p>\n<p>\u8acf\u8a2a\u9b54\u9078\u624b\u304c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E7%8E%8B%E9%81%93T?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#\u738b\u9053T<\/a> \u3092\u5236\u3057\u3001<br \/>\u65b0\u305f\u306a\u8987\u8005\u304c\u8a95\u751f\ud83c\udfc6<\/p>\n<p>\u5f8c\u697d\u5712\u5927\u4f1a\u3078\u6ca2\u5c71\u306e\u3054\u6765\u5834\u3001<br \/>\u8aa0\u306b\u3042\u308a\u304c\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\ud83d\ude47\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u6b21\u671f\u30b7\u30ea\u30fc\u30ba\u306f\u3001<br \/>\u300c2021 SUPER DELUXE SERIES\u300d<\/p>\n<p>9\u67087\u65e5(\u706b)18:30 \u5f8c\u697d\u5712\u30db\u30fc\u30eb<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ypr8XAsh2D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/ypr8XAsh2D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u7686\u69d8\u306e\u3054\u6765\u5834\u304a\u5f85\u3061\u3057\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059\ud83d\udd25<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ajpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ajpw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YoVfFXocf2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/YoVfFXocf2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u5168\u65e5\u672c\u30d7\u30ed\u30ec\u30b9\/alljapan (@alljapan_pw) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alljapan_pw\/status\/1431869152680038401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 29, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Suwama&#8217;s entire story going in this tournament was getting back the championship that he didn&#8217;t rightfully lose. He had to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/06\/20\/suwama-vacates-the-triple-crown-championship\/\" target=\"_self\">vacate<\/a> his Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship because of COVID-19. Suwama would go in this tournament with a brand new attitude defeating the likes of Rei Saito, Abdullah Kobayashi, and Shigehiro Irie to get into the semi-finals of the tournament. It was here that he would defeat rival <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/SquaredCircle\/comments\/bk12r6\/meltzer_kento_miyahara_who_is_an_old_school_sort\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Kento Miyahara<\/strong><\/a> to get into the finals.<\/p>\n<p>In the finals of the tournament, Suwama battled against rival turned friend, Shotaro Ashino. Suwama and Shotaro Ashino would put on another great match together but the result saw Suwama defeating Shotaro Ashino to win the Royal Road Tournament<\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time Suwama has won this tournament, as he won the 2016 and 2017 variations of the tournament.\u00a0 Suwama has now gained an opportunity to challenge for the championship that he didn&#8217;t rightfully lose when he battles <strong>Jake Lee<\/strong> on the upcoming SUPER DELUXE SERIES tour on either September 7 or September 21.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. Make sure to watch\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajpw.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">All Japan Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0on AJPW.TV.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? Head on over to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/boards\/index.php\" target=\"_self\">LWOS Boards<\/a>\u00a0to engage in conversation with fellow fans!<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a long month for the All Japan Pro Wrestling product, the Royal Road Tournament has come to an end with an official winner. The tournament came down to a final four of Suwama, Kento Miyahara, Jake Lee, and Shotaro Ashino. It was Suwama who came away with the win to claim the trophy. 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