All-Japan finished up the preliminary round of the Champions Carnival today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This also was or will later be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.
The announced paid attendance was 1377.
There was a last-minute change to the card due to Yuma Anzai being pulled off the event. Right leg injury suffered Saturday. As a result, in the Champions Carnival Rei Saito beat Anzai by forfeit. Senor Saito was the replacement.
Pre-show match: Rei Saito & Senor Saito beat Hideki Suzuki & Shota Kofuji. Senor Saito pinned Kofuji.
Champions Carnival Block A:
Match 1: Talos beat Kumaarashi.
Match 2: Go Shiozaki beat Odyssey.
Match 3: Kengo Mashimo beat Kento Miyahara. As a result, there was a 4-way tie for the top 2 spots between Rei Saito, Shiozaki, Mashimo & Talos. Random draws for 2 tiebreaker matches were held.
Match 4: Seigo Tachibana, MUSASHI, Seiki Yoshioka, Yuya Aoki & Hyo Ogawa (Independent/Freelancers) beat Dan Tamura, Shotaro Ashino, Hokuto Omori, Atsuki Aoyagi & Ryo Inoue. Tachibana pinned Tamura after Yankee Hammer.
Champions Carnival Block B:
Match 5: Xyon beat Yuma Aoyagi.
Match 6: Ryuki Honda beat Daisuke Sekimoto.
Main Event: Madoka Kikuta beat Ren Ayabe. As a result, Hideki Suzuki wins Block B and advances and there was a 4-way tie for 2nd. But because he beat the other 3. Kikuta wins the tiebreakers and advances.
Block A Tiebreakers:
1-Rei Saito beat Kengo Mashimo. As a result, Saito finishes 2nd and advances to the Semifinals.
2-Go Shiozaki beat Talos. As a result, Shiozaki wins Block A and advances to the Semifinals.
Today’s results also mean the tournament winner gets an All-Japan Triple Crown match against Miyahara.
The Semifinals & Finals are 5/17 at Ebara Wave Arena Ota fka Ota City General Gym. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin on 5/16 at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.
UPDATE: During the event, Jun Saito announced he will return from injury (eye) on 6/6. DOOM!!!