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Injury Report: Crippled Champions Carnival Winner (Updated x2)

All-Japan announced potentially major injury news today-Champions Carnival winner Shotaro Ashino, who is scheduled to face Yuji Nagata for the Triple Crown in a few weeks, is in danger of losing his chance because of injury suffered in the Finals. Left ulna fracture. Out indefinitely. The title match is in just over 2 weeks so status is uncertain. This may also cause Ashino to miss the Hana Kimura Memorial Event on 5/23.

More as it becomes available.

UPDATE: An UNOFFICIAL French-language All-Japan Twitter account is saying Ashino is off 5/29, when the Triple Crown match will happen. T-Hawk, who lost to Ashino in the Champions Carnival Finals, is the replacement.

Official confirmation to come.

UPDATE 2: On 5/12 (Japan time), All-Japan announced a determination match between Ryuki Honda & T-Hawk for the 5/29 title match will happen on 5/18 at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring in Tokyo. The winner will face Nagata for the Triple Crown on 5/29 while the loser will face Yuma Anzai on 5/29.

News: First All Together Again Matches Announced

The first matches for All Together Again, the joint New Japan/All-Japan/NOAH charity fundraiser event in June, were announced today. 3 trios matches are set for the card which are as follows:
YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Masa Kitamiya, Daiki Inaba & Yoshiki Inamura
BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito vs. Yuji Nagata, Suwama & Yuma Anzai
Kaito Kiyomiya, Kento Miyahara & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada, Yuma Aoyagi & Kenoh

I can see that last match being the main event, and it’s probably going to be Kiyomiya & Okada fighting amongst themselves constantly and a match maybe happening around it given their history.

More matches TBA. The event is scheduled for 6/9 at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo and will be available as a PPV on New Japan World.

All-Japan News: Next Triple Crown Match Official

Following up on the conclusion of the Champions Carnival, All-Japan has announced that Triple Crown Champion Yuji Nagata vs. Shotaro Ashino for the Triple Crown will happen on 5/29 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Ashino won the Champions Carnival in an upset, beating T-Hawk in the Finals to earn the opportunity.

This will be the second defense for Nagata, who has mostly stayed away from New Japan since winning the title and had made frequent appearances in All-Japan.

All-Japan 5/7/23 Results

All-Japan wrapped up the Champions Carnival 2023 Tournament today with an incredibly unlikely Final, which would likely determine who gets the next shot at Yuji Nagata for the Triple Crown.

Today’s event was held at Ota City General Gym in Tokyo and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 2437. They didn’t specifically say this but that probably was at least a full house/near sellout.

Match 1: Yuto Nakashima, Ryohei Oiwa & Kosei Fujita (New Japan Pro Wrestling) beat Ryuki Honda, Ryo Inoue & Oji Shiiba. Fujita beat Inoue with a chicken wing.

Match 2: Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising Hayato & El Lindaman (GLEAT) beat Kaito Ishida (GLEAT), Kotaro Suzuki & Yutani (GLEAT). Aoyagi pinned Suzuki after Firebird Splash.

Match 3: Sayaka Unagi, SAKI & Yoshitatsu beat Hikaru Sato, Kaori Yoneyama & Yuu. SAKI pinned Yoneyama after a diving knee drop.

Match 4: Shuji Ishikawa, Cyrus, Ren Ayabe & Oskar Leube (New Japan) beat Yuji Nagata (New Japan), Satoshi Kojima, Mitsuya Nagai (Dradition) & Black Menso-re. Ishikawa pinned Menso-re after Fire Thunder.

Match 5: Minoru Suzuki & Hokuto Omori beat Yuma Aoyagi & Takao Omori. Suzuki pinned Omori after a Gotch-style piledriver.

Match 6: All-Japan World Jr. Heavyweight Champion Naruki Doi beat Dan Tamura to retain the title. V2 for Doi.

Match 7: KONO beat Manabu Soya (Pro Wrestling NOAH) by submission.

Match 8: Suwama, Jun & Rei Saito beat Kenoh, Hajime Ohara & Hi69 (Pro Wrestling NOAH). Suwama pinned Ohara after Last Ride.

Match 9: Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI (New Japan) beat Kento Miyahara & Yuma Anzai. Naito pinned Anzai after Destino.

Main Event: Champions Carnival Finals: Shotaro Ashino beat T-Hawk by submission to win the tournament. As a result, Ashino will face Triple Crown Champion Yuji Nagata for the Triple Crown. That match will happen on 5/29 at Korakuen Hall.

The next event is 5/13 at Volfert Toyama in Toyama, which likely will be headlined by a Jumbo Tsuruta Memorial Match in which all 6 participants are current or former Triple Crown Champions. Broadcast plans TBA.

All-Japan 5/4/23 Results

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.

All-Japan News: Possible Title Vacancy Coming

All-Japan posted a comment today from wrestling legend Dory Funk Jr., who also serves as head of the Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF), one of the governing bodies of All-Japan. His comments suggest the All-Asia Tag Team Championship could/should be vacated soon because of an Atsushi Onita injury. Reportedly an abdominal acute aneurysm that will require emergency surgery. While mot a mandate yet, he is urging Onita & Yoshitatsu to vacate the titles as a result and for Onita to focus on his health. Should they do this and Onita os eventually able to return, Funk is open to them challenging for the titles soon after, even in an Onita-style signature deathmatch.

More as it becomes available. It should be emphasized the titles have not been vacated yet or stripped from Onita & Yoshitatsu. This is just a request from Funk and not a demand/mandate at this time.

All-Japan 4/30/23 Results

All-Japan continued the Champions Carnival today with the last day of Block B action.

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 814.

Match 1: Kento Miyhaara, Satoshi Kojima, Yuma Aoyagi & Ryuki Honda beat Yoshitatsu, Jun Saito, T-Hawk & Cyrus. Aoyagi pinned Saito.

Match 2: Black Menso-re & The Bodyguard beat Ryo Inoue & Oji Shiiba. Bodyguard beat Inoue with a camel clutch.

Match 3: Jr. Tag Battle Of Glory: Naruki Doi & Naoki Tanisaki beat Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura. Doi pinned Tamura with V0 Clutch.

Match 4: Jr. Tag Battle Of Glory: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato vs. Kotaro Suzuki & Kaito Ishida went to a 15 minute time limit draw. As a result…DRAW. Both teams tie for the top spot. Because the championship match will be between the top 2 teams…REMATCH!

Champions Carnival Block B:
Match 5: Manabu Soya beat Takao Omori.
Match 6: Hokuto Omori beat Yuma Anzai.
Match 7: Suwama vs Rei Saito went to a double countout. No points.
Main Event: Shotaro Ashino beat Shuji Ishikawa. As a result, Ashino wins Block B and advances to the Finals.

The next event is Thursday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo with the last day of Block A, which will determine who meets Ashino in the Finals. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

All-Japan 4/25/23 Results

All-Japan continued the Champions Carnival 2023 Tournament today with the 6th match for most of the participants.

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

The announced paid attendance was 753.

Match 1: Dan Tamura beat Black Menso-re.

Match 2: Champions Carnival Block B: Shotaro Ashino beat Takao Omori by submission.

Match 3: Champions Carnival Block A: Cyrus beat Yoshitatsu.

Match 4: Champions Carnival Block B: Suwama beat Hokuto Omori.

Match 5: Jr. Tag Battle Of Glory: Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato beat Ryo Inoue & Oji Shiiba. Hayato pinned Inoue after Sid Vicious.

Match 6: Jr. Tag Battle Of Glory: Kaito Ishida & Kotaro Suzuki beat Naruki Doi & Naoki Tanisaki. Ishida pinned Tanisaki with a half tiger suplex hold.

Match 7: Champions Carnival Block A: Jun Saito beat Yuma Aoyagi.

Match 8: Champions Carnival Block B: Yuma Anzai beat Rei Saito.

Match 9: Champions Carnival Block A: Rei Saito beat Ryuki Honda.

Match 10: Champions Carnival Block B: Shuji Ishikawa beat Manabu Soya.

Main Event: Champions Carnival Block A: Satoshi Kojima beat Kento Miyahara.

With one match left, Block A has Miyahara, Ishikawa & T-Hawk tied for the lead at 4-2, 8 points. With their head-to-head match remaining, the Miyahara-T-Hawk winner, if there is one, is assured of at least a tie for the top spot. Mathematically Honda still has a chance with 8 points but he’ll need Miyahara-T-Hawk to be a no contest or Double DQ. In Block B, 4 are tied at 4-2, 8 points with 3 at 3-3, 6 points. Only the winner of each block advances to the Finals.

The next event is Sunday at Osaka Prefectural Gym 2 in Osaka. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

All-Japan 4/23/23 Results

All-Japan continued the second half of the Champions Carnival 2023 Tournament today as everyone is now through their 5th of 7 matches.

Today’s event was held at Yume Messe Miyagi West Building Hall in Miyagi and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 419.

All but Matches 4 & 5 were Champions Carnival matches.

Match 1: Block B: Rei Saito beat Hokuto Omori.

Match 2: Block A: Jun Saito beat Yoshitatsu.

Match 3: Block B: Shuji Ishikawa beat Takao Omori.

Match 4: Yuma Anzai, Ryo Inoue & MUSASHI beat Ryuki Honda, Black Menso-re & Aizawa No. 1. MUSASHI pinned Menso-re.

Match 5: Jr. Tag Battle Of Glory: Hikaru Sato & Dan Tamura beat Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising Hayato. Tamura pinned Aoyagi after a powerbomb.

Match 6: Block A: Kento Miyahara beat Cyrus.

Match 7: Block B: Shotaro Ashino beat Suwama by submission.

Main Event: Block A: Yuma Aoyagi beat Satoshi Kojima.

Standings-wise, Block A is likely betwen Shuji Ishikawa & Kento Miyahara for the top spot while Rei Saito still leads Block B but several are just one win back.

The next event is Tuesday at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 2:30 AM PT/5:30 AM ET.

All-Japan 4/22/23 Results

All-Japan continued the Champions Carnival 2023 Tournament today, entering the second half of the tournament.

Today’s event was held at Niigata City Nishikawa Multipurpose Hall in Niigata and can be watched on demand on AJPW.TV.

The announced paid attendance was 496.

Champions Carnival:
Match 1: Block B: Shuji Ishikawa beat Yuma Anzai.
Match 2: Block B: Suwama beat Takao Omori.
Match 3: Block B: Shotaro Ashino beat Rei Saito by submission.
Match 4: Block A: T-Hawk beat Cyrus.
Match 6: Block B: Manabu Soya beat Hokuto Omori.
Match 7: Block A: Satoshi Kojima beat Jun Saito
Match 8: Block A: Ryuki Honda beat Yuma Aoyagi
Main Event: Block A: Kento Miyahara beat Yoshitatsu.

Match 5: Hikaru Sato, Dan Tamura & Black Menso-re beat Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising Hayato & Ryo Inoue. Tamura pinned Inoue after a powerbomb.

The next event is tomorrow at Yume Messe Miyagi West Building Hall in Miyagi. Live streaming on AJPW.TV will begin at 1 AM PT/4 AM ET.

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