All-Japan kicked off the 2026 Champions Carnival, the annual spring Heavyweight singles tournament, today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on drmand on AJPW.TV. This will also be a taped Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan at a later date.
The announced paid attendance was 1194.
Match 1: Dan Tamura, Hokuto Omori & Hikaru Sato beat Seigo Tachibana, Shota Kofuji & Seiki Yoshioka. Tamura pinned Tachibana with La Magistral.
Match 2: Champions Carnival Block A: Rei Saito beat Kumaarashi.
Match 3: Champions Carnival Blovk B: Daisuke Sekimoto beat Yuma Aoyagi.
Match 4: Champions Carnival Block A: Kengo Mashimo beat Talos.
Match 5: Kento Miyahara, Atsuki Aoyagi, Ryuki Honda & Rising Hayato beat Odyssey, Shotaro Ashino, MUSASHI & Ryo Inoue. Miyahara pinned Inoue with a shutdown suplex hold.
Match 6: Champions Carnival Block B: Xyon beat Hideki Suzuki.
Match 7: Champions Carnival Block B: Ren Ayabe beat Jun Saito.
Main Event/ Champions Carnival Block A: Go Shiozaki beat Yuma Anzai.
The next event is Saturday at Kinjo Pier Arena in Nagoya. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Friday at 11 PM PT/2 AM ET.