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All-Japan wrapped up the preliminary rounds of the Champions Carnival today, finishing up Block A. (They did not participate in ALL TOGETHER this time)

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 1276.

Pre-show: Actress Girls Match: Nagisa Shiotsuki & Aoi Natsu beat JASMINE & MARU. Natsu pinned MARU.

Match 1: Kaz Hayashi (GLEAT), MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) & Yuki Yoshioka (Dragon Gate) beat Rising Hayato, Hikaru Sato & Ryuji Hijikata. Hayashi pinned Hijikat after Final Cut.

Match 2: GAORA TV Champion Seigo Tachibana beat Dan Tamura to retain the title. V2 for Tachibana

Match 3: Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda, Jun & Rei Saito beat Suwama, Hartley Jackson, Hideki Suzuki & Road Crew. Jun Saito pinned Crew after Paycho Break.

Champions Carnival Block A:
Match 4: Ren Ayabe beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan.
Match 5: Cyrus beat Shotaro Ashino.
Match 6: Hokuto Omori beat Yuma Aoyagi.
Main Event: Kento Miyahara beat Davey Boy Smith Jr. As a result, Miyahara wins Block A. No surprise.

The Finals will be Miyahara vs. Jun Saito.

The Final is Sunday at Yokohama Buntai in Yokohama. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at midnight PT/3 AM ET.

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.

All-Japan ran Day 7 of the Champions Carnival today.

Today’s event was held at Yume Messe Miyagi Main Building Exhibition Hall B/C in Miyagi and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 1470.

Match 1: Hideki Suzuki & Seigo Tachibana beat Dan Tamura & Takao Omori (Independent/Freelancer). Tachibana pinned Tamura.

Champions Carnival:
Match 2: Block B-Hartley Javkson beat Ryuki Honda.
Match 3: Block B-Suwama beat Road Crew by submission.

Match 4: Yuma Aoyagi, Rising Hayato & MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) beat Kento Miyahara, Hokuto Omori & Aizawa No. 1 (Independent/Freelancer). Hayato pinned Aizawa after Sid Vicious.

Champions Carnival:
Match 5: Block A-Yuma Aoyagi beat Ren Ayabe.
Match 6: Block A-Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Cyrus.
Match 7: Block A-Kuroshio TOKYO Japan beat Shotaro Ashino.
Main Event: Block B-Rei Saito beat Jun Saito.

Day 8 is tomorrow at Sanjo City Welfare Hall in Niigata. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

All-Japan ran Day 6 of the Champions Carnival today.

Today’s event was held at Kurobe City Sports Center Main Arena in Toyama and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV beginning at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 852.

Match 1: Jun Saito, Hikaru Sato & MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) beat Yuma Anzai, Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue. Saito pinned Inoue after Psycho Break.

Champions Carnival:
Match 2: Block B-Road Crew beat Hideki Suzuki.
Match 3: Block B-Rei Saito beat Hartley Jackson.
Match 4: Block A-Cyrus beat Hokuto Omori.

Match 5: Shotaro Ashino & Dan Tamura beat New Toyama Black (?) & Seigo Tachibana. Tamura pinned Tachibana after a powerbomb.

Champions Carnival:
Match 6: Block A-Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Ren Ayabe.
Match 7: Block B-Suwama beat Ryuki Honda.
Main Event: Block A-Kento Miyahara beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan.

The next event is Friday at Yume Messe Miyagi Main Building Exhibition Hall B/C in Sendai. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin Thursday at 10 PM PT/1 AM ET.

All-Japan ran Day 5 of the Champions Carnival today.

Today’s event was held at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 867.

Match 1: Shotaro Ashino, Seigo Tachibana & MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) beat Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Road Crew. Tachibana pinned Tamura after Yankee Hammer.

Champions Carnival:
Match 2: Block A-Hokuto Omori beat Ren Ayabe.
Match 3: Block B-Hideki Suzuki beat Hartley Jackson by submission.
Match 4: Block A-Kento Miyahara beat Cyrus.

Match 5: Yuma Aoyagi, Rising Hayato & The Bodyguard (Independent/Freelancer) beat Suwama, Naruki Doi (Independent/Freelancer) & Ryo Inoue. Bodyguard pinned Inoue after Rising Dragon.

Champions Carnival:
Match 6-Block A-Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan.
Match 7: Block B-Jun Saito beat Ryuki Honda.
Main Event: Block B-Rei Saito beat Yuma Anzai.

Standings:
Block A:
1-Miyahara, 3-1, 6 points
2-Ashino, 3-1, 6 points
3-Smith, 2-1, 4 points
4-Kuroshio, 2-1, 4 points
5-Aoyagi, 2-2, 4 points
6-Cyrus, 1-2, 2 points
7-Ayabe, 1-3, 2 points
8-Omori, 1-3, 2 points

Block B:
1-Jun Saito, 4-1, 8 points
2-Anzai, 3-2, 6 points
3-Rei Saito, 2-1, 4 points
4-Suwama, 2-1, 4 points
5-Suzuki, 2-2, 4 points
6-Crew, 1-2, 2 points
7-Honda, 1-3, 2 points
8-Jackson, 0-3, 0 points

The winner of each block advances to the Finals. If there are ties, a tiebreaker match will be held.

Day 6 is tomorrow at Nagoya International Conference Center Event Hall in Nagoya. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

All-Japan ran Day 4 of the Champions Carnival today.

Today’s event was held at Stellar Ball in Shinagawa Prince Hotel in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 527.

Match 1: Rei Saito, Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura beat Ryo Inoue, Hartley Jackson & Seigo Tachibana. Tamura pinned Tachibana after a powerbomb.

Champions Carnival:
Match 2: Block A-Kuroshio TOKYO Japan beat Hokuto Omori.
Match 3: Block B-Jun Saito beat Road Crew.
Match 4: Block A-Cyrus beat Ren Ayabe.
Match 5: Block B-Hideki Suzuki beat Ryuki Honda.

Match 6: Kento Miyahara & Rising Hayato beat Davey Boy Smith Jr. & MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro). Miyahara pinned MUSASHI with a shutdown suplex hold.

Champions Carnival:
Match 7: Block A-Shotaro Ashino beat Yuka Aoyagi.
Main Event: Block B-Yuma Anzai beat Suwama by ref stoppage (technical submission).

Day 5 is Saturday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

All-Japan has announced a couple of changes to the already announced card for 5/6 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo (final Champions Carnival prelim event): An 8-man tag match of Rising Hayato, Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue vs. Kaz Hayashi, MUSASHI, Seigo Tachibana & Seiki Yoshioka is now a 6-man tag as Tamura & Tachibana have been pulled from the match. Tachibana will now defend the GAORA TV Championship against Tamura that day.

All-Japan ran Day 3 of the Champions Carnival 2024 today.

Today’s event was held at Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall 4 (last-second move from Hall 7 apparently) in Chiba and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 758.

Match 1: Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura, Road Crew & Daiki Wakamatsu beat Ryo Inoue, MUSASHI (MIchinoku Pro), Ayako Yoshida (Independent/Freelancer) & Chicharito Shoki (Independent/Freelancer). Crew pinned Shoki.

Champions Carnival:
Match 2: Block B-Jun Saito beat Hartley Jackson.
Match 3: Block A-Kuroshio TOKYO Japan beat Cyrus.
Match 4: Block A-Davey Boy Smith Jr. beat Shotaro Ashino.
Match 5: Block B-Rei Saito beat Hideki Suzuki.

Match 6: Suwama, Kaz Hayashi & Masayuki Kono (KONO) beat Dan Tamura, Hokuto Omori & Ren Ayabe. Suwama pinned Omori after a lariat.

Champions Carnival:
Match 7: Block A-Kento Miyahara beat Yuma Aoyagi.
Main Event: Block B-Ryuki Honda beat Yuma Anzai.

The next event is Wednesday at Shinagawa Prince Hotel Stellar Ball in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

All-Japan ran Day 2 of the 2024 Champions Carnival today.

Today’s event was held at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka and will be available on demand on AJPW.TV beginning at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET. There was no live broadcast.

The announced paid attendance was 481.

Match 1: Hikaru Sato & MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) beat Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue. MUSASHI pinned Inoue after Estrella Futuro.

Champions Carnival:
Match 2: Block A-Shotaro Ashino beat Ren Ayabe by submission.
Match 3: Block B-Suwama beat Hartley Jackson by ref stoppage (technical submission).

Match 4: Ryuki Honda, Davey Boy Smith Jr. & Cyrus beat Rei Saito, Dan Tamura & Hideki Sekine. Smith pinned Tamura after Bulldog Bomb.

Champions Carnival:
Match 5: Block A-Yuma Aoyagi beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan by coiuntout.
Match 6: Block B-Yuma Anzai beat Road Crew.
Match 7: Block B-Jun Saito beat Hideki Suzuki.
Main Event: Block A-Kento Miyahara beat Hokuto Omori.

Day 3 is tomorrow at Makuhari Messe Exhibition Hall 7 in Chiba. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

All-Japan kicked off the 2024 Champions Carnival, the promotion’s annual major singles tournament, today. This will determine who gets the next Triple Crown chance unless Yuma Anzai wins the tournament as the current champion.

Today’s event was held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 1157.

Before the event began, there was an Actress Girls pre-show segement and match, followed by a memorial for Akebono, the former sumo grand champion and Triple Crown Champion who died earlier this month.

Match 1: Dan Tamura & Ryo Inoue beat Rising Hayato & Seigo Tachibana. Tamura pinned Tachibana after a powerbomb.

Match 2: Hideki Suzuki (Pro Wrestling NOAH), Cyrus & MUSASHI (Michinoku Pro) beat Kuroshio TOKYO Japan, Hartley jackson & Ryuji Hijikata. Cyrus pinned Hijikata after a reverse splash.

Champions Carnival:
Match 3: Block B-Suwama beat Rei Saito.
Match 4: Block A-Shotaro Ashino beat Hokuto Omori by submission.
Match 5: Block B-Road Crew beat Ryuki Honda.
Match 6: Block A-Yuma Aoyagi beat Davey Boy Smith Jr.
Match 7: Block A-Ren Ayabe beat Kento Miyahara.
Main Event: Block B-Yuma Anzai beat Jun Saito.

The next event is Saturday at Act City Hamamatsu in Shizuoka. There will be no live broadcast. It is scheduled to be available on demand beginning at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET.