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All-Japan continued the Super Power Series 2026 Tour today in Tokyo.

Today’s event was held at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. You can also watch the first 4 matches FOR FREE on YouTube.

The announced paid attendance was 530, a legit advance sellout with standing room overflow.

There were late changes to the card due to Ryo Inoue & Shota Kofuji being pulled off the event due to injuries. Inoue-knee. Out indefinitely but probably weeks or months. Kofuji-ankle. Status uncertain.

Match 1: Seigo Tachibana & Hyo Ogawa (Independent/Freelancer). beat Dan Tamura & Masatuki Kono. Tachibana pinned Tamura after countering La Magistral.

Match 2: Jun & Rei Saito beat Daisuke Sekimoto & Kumaarashi. Rei Saito pinned Kumaarashi.

Match 3: Hokuto Onori beat Takashi (Dragon Gate). After this match, Omori disbanded his Hokuto Army faction.

Match 4: Yuma Anzai & MAZADA beat Ryuki Honda & Yaustaka Yano. Anzai pinned Yano after Gimlet.

Match 5: Ren Ayabe, Talos & Rising Hayato beat Yuma & Atujki Aoyagi & Carbell Ito. Talos pinned Atsuki Aoyagi after a double chokeslam.

Match 6: Kento Miyahara, Shotaro Ashino, MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Hideki Suzuki, Suwama, Kengo Mashimo & Yuya Aoki. Miyahara pinned Aoki with a shutdown suplex hold.

Main Event: Go Shiozaki beat Xyon.

The next event is 6/18 at Korakuen Hall. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will also be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan.

All-Japan continued the Super Power Series 2026 this weekend with 2 events. I forgot to post yesterday’s results so starting with that-this was a rescheduled Saito Brothers hometown event that was postponed from October due to injuries.

Yesterday’s event was held at Kakuda City General Gym in Miyagi and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This will also be a taped GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan at a later date.

The announced paid attendance was 2118.

Match 1: Hokuto Omori beat Yasutaka Yano.

Match 2: MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka beat Rising Hayato & Makoto Oishi (Independent?Freelancer). Yoshioka pinned Oishi after Crash Driver.

Match 3: GAORA TV Championi Kumaarashi beat Aizawa No. 1 to retain the title. V1 for Kumaarashi.

Match 4: Go Shiozaki & daisuke Sekimoto beat Xyon & Shotaro Ashino. Shiozaki pinned Xyon after Go Lariat.

Match 5: Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi beat Yuma Anzai & Shota Kofuji. Yuma Aoyagi pinned Kofuji after Endgame.

Match 6: Hideki Suzuki, Dan Tamura & Masayuki Kono beat Kento Miyahara, Ryuki Honda & Seigo Tachibana. Tamura pinned Tachibana with La Magistral.

Main Event: Jun & Rei Saito beat All-Japan World Tag Team Champions Ren Ayabe & Talos to win the titles. The Saitos become the 104th All-Japan World Tag Team Champions. Rei Saito pinned Ayabe. It was a heck of a run for Titans Of Calamity, which even saw them head to the US and win the 2026 NWA Crockett Cup Tournament, but now that the Saitos are back and at full strength, only one outcome could be…DOOM!!!

Today’s event was held at Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagata and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. There was no live broadcast but on demand is already available.

The announced paid attendance was 550.

Match 1: Yuma Aoyagi & Yasutaka Yano vs. Yuma Anzai & Shota Kofuji went to a 20 minute time limit draw.

Match 2: Hokuto Omori beat Aizawa No. 1.

Match 3: Kento Miayahara & Talos beat Xyon & Shotaro Ashino. Talos pinned Ashino after Ride The Lightning Daddy.

Match 4: Jun & Rei Saito beat Daisuke Sekimoto & Makoto Oishi. Rei Saito pinned Oishi.

Match 5: Go Shiozaki, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Ren Ayabe, MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka. SHiozaki pinned Yoshioka after Go Lariat.

Main Event: Ryuki Honda, Kumaarashi & Seigo Tachibana beat All-Japan AJPW.TV 6-Man Tag Team Champions Suwama, Hideki Suzuki & Dan tamura to win the titles. Honda, Kumaarashi & Tachibana become the 13th All-Japan AJPW.TV 6-Man Tag Team Champions. Tachibana pinned Tamura after Yankee Hammer.

The next event is Thursday at Shinjuku Face in Tokyo. The event is a legit advance sellout except for standing room only tickets. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

UPDATE: The promotion has provided an update on the Ryo Inoue injury. Left ACL & medial and lateral meniscus. Out indefinitely.

UPDATE 2: Shota Kofuji also may have been injured over the weekend. Right ankle. Out Thursday. Status uncertain beyond that. He was to have teamed with Yuma Anzai to face Ryuki Honda & Yasutaka Yano. MAZADA is the replacement.

All-Japan has announced another injury change to upcoming events, after Hikaru Sato was pulled recently due to injuries it’s now been announced that Ryo Inoue is also now out of action. Left knee. Out indefinitely but at least 10 days. Card changes have been made for the 6/6 and 6/11 matches as a result. Status uncertain beyond that pending more medical exams.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: In response to All-Japan’s announcement, Inoue posted on social media that the exams are completed and they are awaiting the results.

All-Japan continued the Super Power Series 2026 Tour today in Ibaraki.

Today’s event was held at Furukawa-shi E.S Central Sports Park Nahamomo Gym in Ibaraki and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. There was no live broadcast but on demand is up early.

The announced paid attendance was 697.

Match 1: Toshiyuki Sakura beat Ryo Inoue by submission.

Match 2: Masayuki Kono & Yuya Aoki beat MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka. Aoki pinned MUSASHI.

Match 3: Hokuto Omori beat Jack Kennedy.

Match 4: Ryuki Honda &Match 5: Go Shiozaki beat Yasutaka Yano.

Kumaarashi beat Xyon & Shotaro Ashino. Honda pinned Xyon after Final Vent.

Match 5: Go SHiozaki beat Yasutaka Yano.

Match 6: Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Yuma ANzai, Dan Tamura & Shota Kofuji. Yuma Aoyagi pinned Kofuji after THE FOOL.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Ren Ayabe & Talos beat Hideki Suzuki, Jun & Rei Saito. Ayabe pinned Rei Saito after a double chokeslam.

The next event is Saturday at Kakuda City General Gym in Miyagi, which is the rescheduled Saito Brothers hometown event from October that was postponed due to a Rei Saito injury. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Friday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

All-Japan kicked off the Super Power Series 2026 Tour today in Tokyo, which will tun through mid-June.

Today’s event was held at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 337, a legit advance sellout.

There was a last-minute change to Match 2 due to Hikaru Sato being pulled off the event. Unspecified injuries (probably from getting beaten up too much in Pro Wrestling NOAH recently). Hyo Ogawa was the replacement.

Match 1: Ryuki Honda beat Yasutaka Yano.

Match 2: Dan Tamura & Hokuto Omori beat Seigo Tachibana & Hyo Ogawa (Independent/Freelancer). Tamura pinned Tachibana after a powerbomb.

Match 3: Go Shiozaki, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Xyon, Shotaro Ashino & MUSASHI. Shiozaki pinned MUSASHI. (For those wondering, Odyssey had to head back to the US so he probably won’t appear this tour. Probably non-visa-related travel time limits. He should be back again in the future)

Match 4: Kumaarashi beat Ryo Inoue.

Match 5: Yuma Aoyagi & Daisuke Sekimoto beat Yuma Anzai & Shota Kofuji. Aoyagi pinned Kofuji after THE FOOL.

Main Event: Kento Miyahara, Jun & Rei Saito beat Hideki Suzuki, Ren Ayabe & Talos. Rei Saito pinned Ayabe.

The next event is tomorrow at Koga City ES Central Sports Park Hanamomo Gym in Ibaraki. There will be no live broadcast. On demand later in the day.

All-Japan wrapped up the 2026 Champions Carnival today in Tokyo with the Semifinals & Finals.

Today’s event was held at Ebara Wave Arena Ota, aka Ota City General Gym, in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. This will also be a taped GAORA SPORTS broadcast in Japan at a alter date.

The announced paid attendance was 3055.

Champions Carnival Semifinals:
Match 1: Go Shiozaki beat Madoka Kikuta (DragoN Gate).
Match 2: Hideki Suzuki beat Rei Saito in 69 seconds.

Match 3: Xyon, Odyssey & Shotaro Ashino beat Hokuto Omori, Takashi (Dragon Gate) & Aizawa No. 1. Xyon pinned Omori after a diving headbutt.

Match 4: Yasutaka Yano Re-Debut Match: Yuma Aoyagi beat Yasutaka Yano.

Match 5: Ren Ayabe, Talos & Shota Kofuji beat Jun Saito, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Senor Saito. Kofuji pinned Senor Saito after a huracanrana.

Match 6: Kento Miyahara, Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda & Kumaarashi beat Suwama, Daisuke Sekimoto, Kengo Mashimo & Hikaru Sato. Anzai pinned Sato after Gimlet.

Match 7: Dan Tamura, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat MUSASHI, Seiki Yoshioka & Ryo Inoue. Aoyagi pinned Inoue after a firebird splash.

Main Event; Champions Carnival Finals: Hideki Suzuki beat Go Shiozaki to win the tournament. As a result, Suzuki will face Miyahara next for the Triple Crown. That match likely will happen on 6/18. UPDATE: It’s now official and will happen on 6/18.

The next event is 5/29 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring. Broadcast plans TBA.

UPDATE: Also official for 6/18 is All-Japan World Junior Heavyweight Champion Seigo Tachibana vs. Dan Tamura for the title.

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!!!

All-Japan ran the penultimate day of the Champions Carnival prelims today in Tochigi.

Today’s event was held at Light Cube Utsunomiya in Tochigi and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV. (There was no live broadcast)

The announced paid attendance was 670.

Match 1: Xyon beat Shota Kofuji.

Match 2: Kento Miyahara, Rei Saito, Daisuke Sekimoto & Ryo Inoue beat Shotaro Ashino, Hokuto Omori, MUSASHI & Seiki Yoshioka. Saito pinned Yoshioka after a chokeslam.

Champions Carnival Block A::
Match 3: Kumaarashi beat Yuma Anzai by ref stoppage. Only went 114 seconds. More possibly about this at the end.
Match 4: Go Shiozaki beat Kengo Mashimo.

Match 5: Seigo Tachibana, Hyo Ogawa (Independent/Freelancer) & Nobuhiko Kimura (Independent/Freelancer) beat Dan Tamura, Yuma & Atsuki Aoyagi. Tachibana pinned Tamura after Yankee Hammer.

Champions Carnival:
Match 6: Block A: Talos beat Odyssey.
Match 7: Block B: Hideki Suzuki beat Madoka Kikuta (Dragon Gate).
Main Event: Block B: Ren Ayabe beat Ryuki Honda.

Before we continue…
Injury Report: Anzai was injured during yesterday’s event and competed today but it may have factored in his match going less than 2 minutes. Right leg. Out Tuesday which means tournament over. He was to have faced Rei Saito, who will now get a forfeit win. It costs Anzai a chance at advancing, unfortunately. Senor Saito is the replacement and will team with Rei Saito to face Hideki Suzuki & Shota Kofuji in a pre-show match.

Standings, which include the Anzai forfeit for Tuesday:
Block A:
1-Rei Saito, 4-3, 8 pts
2-Miyahara, 3-2-1, 7 pts
3-Shiozaki, 3-3, 6 pts
5-Kumaarashi, 3-3, 6 pts
5-Mashimo, 3-3, 6 pts
6-Talos, 3-3, 6 pts
7-Odyssey, 3-3, 6 pts
8-Anzai, 2-4-1, 5 pts (OUT)

Block B:
1-Suzuki, 4-2-1, 9 pts
2-Ayabe, 4-2, 8 pts
3-Sekimoto, 4-2, 8 pts
4-Yuma Aoyagi, 3-2-1, 7 pts
5-Honda, 3-3, 6 pts
6-Kikita, 3-2-1 NP (No Points), 6 pts
7-Xyon, 2-3-1 NP, 4 pts (OUT)
8-Jun Saito, 0-7, 0 pts (OUT-injured)

The top 2 in each block advance to the Semifinals. The Anzai injury shook up Block A, meaning Saito can only not advance on tiebreakers and taking Anzai out of contention. Saito loses tiebreakers to Miyahara, Mashimo and Odyssey. Miyahara advances with a win against Mashimo. But if Miyahara loses or draws, it will come down to tiebreakers and we’re almost certainly going to need a tiebreaker multi-man match. In Block B. Suzuki is not yet safe as he needs either Ayabe or Sekimoto to lose. If either Ayabe or Sekimoto win, the winner advances. If both win their matches, they both advance and Suzuki is out. Aoyagi must beat Xyon to have a chance to advance, and he needs both Ayabe & Sekimoto to lose. Xwon is officially out. Otherwise, it’s going to come doen to tiebreakers.

The last prelim round event is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET. This will also be a Samurai! TV broadcast in Japan although it’s not clear whether it will be live or taped for broadcast at a later date.

In other news, the NWA Crockett Cup Tournament, which was won earlier this year by Ren Ayabe & Talos, is now airing in the US as part of Season 27 of NWA POWERRR on new TV home COMET. The first 2 episodes which premiered on May 1 & 2 are available on demand for another day or so on participating TV providers that support on demand/DVR with future new episodes airing Saturdays at 1 PM PT/4 PM ET. COMET is also available online FOR FREE at comettv.com, but you can only watch live episodes on the website (no on demand programming is available.). No cable/satellite authentication or account creation is required to watch on the website.