All-Japan ran the final day of Champions Carnival Block B today as the tournament reaches the final stages.
Today’s event was held at Sanjo City Welfare Hall in Niigata and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.
The announced paid attendance was 793.
Match 1: Shotaro Ashino, Hokuto Omori, Dan Tamura & Big The Ryokan beat Rising Hayato, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) & Seigo Tachibana. Tamura pinned Tachibana with La Magistral.
Match 2: Cyrus beat Storm (?).
Match 3: Giant Baba 25 Years After Death Memorial Match: Yuma Aoyagi, Takao Omori (Independent/Freelancer) & Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Kento Miyahara, Ren Ayabe & Masao Inoue (Independent/Freelancer). Omori pinned Inoue after Ax Bomber.
Champions Carnival Block B:
Match 4: Hartley Jackson beat Road Crew.
Match 5: Ryuki Honda beat Rei Saito.
Match 6: Hideki Suzuki beat Yuma Anzai.
Main Event: Jun Saito beat Suwama. As a result, Jun Saito wins Block B. It also virtually guarantees Anzai’s next defense of the Triple Crown will be against the tournament winner.
Final Standings (Block B):
1-Jun Saito, 5-2, 10 points
2-Suwama, 4-3, 8 points
3-Suzuki, 4-3, 8 points
4-Anzai, 4-3,, 8 points
5-Rei Saito, 4-3, 8 points
6-Crew, 3-4, 6 points
7-Honda, 2-5, 4 points
8-Jackson, 2-5, 4 points
The final day of Block A is Monday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and the winner advancing to the Finals will be the Kento Miyahara-Davey Boy Smith Jr. winner unless it goes to a No Contest/Double DQ/Double Countout in which case Yuma Aoyagi can force a 3-way tiebreaker match with a win. Otherwise there must be a winner between Miyahara & Smith because a time limit draw keeps them tied. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.
UPDATE: Injury Report-the promotion has announced Ryo Inoue missed the event due to injury. Left knee/MCL. Out indefinitely.
