>At All Japan Pro Wrestling’s August 3 event at Ota City General Gymnasium, the final of the junior singles league, *Zen-Nichi Jr. Festival 2025*, was held.
>B Block winner Atsuki Aoyagi (25) defeated A Block winner Rising HAYATO (26) to claim the championship.

>The two last faced off in a singles match at the same venue on June 19, 2022, where Aoyagi won with a Firebird Splash.
>Since then, both have held the World Junior Heavyweight title, and now—three years later—they clashed once again to determine the pinnacle of Zen-Nichi Juniors.

>Early in the match, Aoyagi knocked HAYATO off the ropes with a missile dropkick, sending the fight to the outside.
>HAYATO answered in kind with a dive from the second level of the venue.
>The aerial exchanges between the two sent the crowd into a frenzy within just five minutes.

>In the middle stretch, HAYATO gained the upper hand with speed, hitting a DDT on the apron.
>But Aoyagi responded with a corkscrew-style jumping high kick and nailed the “Hitodenashi Driver.”

>The high-speed, back-and-forth battle continued.
>At the 25-minute mark, Aoyagi went for the finish with the Firebird Splash but was countered with knees, putting him in a tight spot.
>However, he dodged HAYATO’s deadly “Sid Vicious” and countered with a reverse Frankensteiner.
>Landing a second Firebird Splash, he scored the three-count—repeating the exact finish from their match three years prior.