All-Japan ran the final day of the Champions Carnival 2023 preliminary round today, which would determine who will face Shotaro Ashino in the Finals.
Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.
The announced paid attendance was 832.
Match 1: Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue beat Naruki Doi, Naoki Tanisaki & Oji Shiiba. Sato beat Shiiba with an armbar.
Match 2: Suwama, KONO & Rei Saito beat Shuji Ishikawa, Takao Onori & Yuma Anzai. KONO beat Omori with an armbar.
Match 3: Yuji Nagata (New Japan) & Shotaro Ashino beat Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori. Ashino beat Omori with an ankle lock.
Champions Carnival Block A:
Match 4: Yuma Aoyagi beat Yoshitatsu.
Match 5: Jun Saito beat Ryuki Honda.
Match 6: Satoshi Kojima beat Cyrus.
Match 7: T-Hawk beat Kento Miyahara.
As a result, T-Hawk wins Block A and the Final is T-Hawk vs. Shotaro Ashino. Absolute less than zero chance I saw that being the Finals. I was going with Miyahara vs. Suwama. The winner likely will get the next shot at Nagata for the Triple Crown.
Main Event: Jr. Tag Battle Of Glory Finals: Kaito Ishida & Kotaro Suzuki beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato to win the tournament. Ishida pinned Hayato with a half tiger suplex hold.
The Champions Carnival Final is Sunday at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo, there also is an All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Championship match scheduled as Naruki Doi defends against Dan Tamura. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.
