All-Japan began the 2025 Champions Carnival, the promotion’s annual singles tournament, today in Tokyo.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. The event will also be broadcast on GAORA SPORTS in Japan at a later date.
The announced paid attendance was 1105.
Champions Carnival Block B:
Match 1: Ryuki Honda beat Rei Saito.
Match 2: Yuma Anzai beat Hokuto Onori.
Match 3: Mike D. Vecchio beat Aigle Blanc.
Match 4: Madoka Kikuta (Dragon Gate) beat Yuma Aoyagi.
Match 5: Rising Hayato, Ren Ayabe, Atsuki Aoyagi, Taishin Nagao & Zyon beat Shotaro Ashino, Dan Tamura, MUSASHI, Ryo Inoue & Kumaarashi. Zyon pinned Ashino after Zyon Spear.
Champions Carnival Block A:
Match 6: Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Takashi Yoshida (Dragon Gate).
Matxh 7: Jun Saito beat Kengo Mashimo (Independent/Freelancer).
Main Event: Hideki Suzuki beat Kento Miyahara.
The next event is Saturday at Fukuoka Island City Forum in Fukuoka. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.
UPDATE: It has been announced that the postponed All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Championship match between MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka, which had to be called off last-minute due to a MUSASHI injury/illness, has been rescheduled for 5/18 at Ota City General Gym, which is the date of the Champions Carnival Finals.
