All-Japan continued the Champions Carnival today in Aichi.
Today’s event was held at Port Messe Nagoya in Aichi and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.
The announced paid attendance was 887.
Match 1: Rising Hayato, Ryuki Honda, Atsuki Aoyagi, Ryo Inoue & Mike D. Vecchio beat Hideki Suzuki, MUSASHI, Dan Tamura, Jack Kennedy & Aigle Blanc. Honda pinned Kennedy after Final Vent.
Champions Carnival:
Block A:
Match 2: Shotaro Ashino bext Xyon by submission.
Match 3: Kengo Mashimo beat Davey Boy Smith Jr.
Match 4: Jun Saito beat Kumaarashi.
Match 5: Kento Miyahara beat Takashi Yoshida.
Block B:
Match 6: Madoka Kikuta beat Hokuto Omori.
Match 7: Rei Saito beat Yuma Aoyagi.
Main Event: Yuma Anzai beat Ren Ayabe.
Standings-wise, Smith & Mashimo are now tied atop Block A at 8 points, but Mashimo has only one match left while Smith has 3. 3 are tied for 3rd with 6 points but Ashino has the advantage with 4 matches left while the others have 3. Yoshida is nowtechnically eliminated as he has no points with 4 matches left and lost to Smith although he hasn’t yet faced Mashimo. Omori is now all but out too with 2 points, 3 matches left and a loss to Mashimo but he has not faced Smith yet. In Block B, 4 are tied for the lead with 6 points but Kikuta and Mike D. Vecchio have the advantage with 4 matches left while the others have 3. The top 2 in each block advance to the Semifinals.
The next event is tomorrow at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.
