All Japan Pro Wrestling 4/19/2025 Champion Carnival 2025 Day 4

All Japan Pro Wrestling 4/19/2025 Champion Carnival 2025 Day 4

Hideki Suzuki & Taishin Nagao vs. Hiroyuki Suzuki & Hokuto Omori

Omori side headlock takeovers Nagao. Nagao headscissors him and they stand off. Nagao hits forearms. Omori eye rakes him and side headlocks him. Omori shoulders him over. Nagao dropkicks him. Omori slams him then drops him with a shot. Hiro comes in and slams Nagao for 2. They trade forearms and Nagao goes down. Hiro boots him in the gut and slams him. Nagao hits forearms on Omori then is eye raked. Omori hiptosses him for 2. Omori crabs Nagao.

Hiro slams and elbow drops him. Nagao boots him out of the corner and 2nd rope dropkicks him. Hideki hits gut forearms on Hiro then Hiro rolling spears him. Omori hits forearms on Hideki. Hideki finlay rolls Omori.

Nagao dropkicks Omori several times. Nagao slips on a springboard back elbow but does hit some of it. Omori is double dropkicked. Nagao northern lights suplexes him. Hiro suplexes Hideki then lariats Nagao. Omori backdrops Nagao for 2. Omori crabs Nagao and Nagao taps out.

Thoughts: It went a little long but it was a decent opener. Hiro always puts in a good effort and Nagao does as well. This worked out just fine.

Champion Carnival 2025 Block A Match - Kengo Mashimo vs. Kuma Arashi

Kuma and Ken lock up. Kuma tries to do his yell but is hit during it. Kuma shoulders him over and goes for the yell again but is grabbed. They trade forearms. Ken armbars him.

Ken works the arm. Kuma hits forearms then Ken wristlocks him. Kuma lariats him over, misses a sneton and takes a PK for 2. Kuma slams him. Kuma hits a corner lariat then hits a 2nd rope senton for 2. Kuma racks Ken then Ken armbars Kuma.

Ken crucifixes both arms. Ken kicks Kuma in the arm. They trade forearms. Ken kicks Kuma in the arm then Ken knees him in the gut. Kuma flying crossbodies him. Kuma hits an over the shoulder piledriver then hits a top rope sentons for the win.

Thoughts: Ken mostly worked the arm here before being put down. Kuma tried a bunch of sentons. It was okay but not the fastest paced match and it wasn't super exciting.

Champion Carnival 2025 Block B Match - Aigle Blanc vs. Ren Ayabe

Ren shoves AB back twice. Ren backs him up, pats him on the head and AB shoves him. AB ducks a shot then slaps him. Ren forearms him down. Ren is pulled out and AB topes him. AB tope con hilos Ren.

AB springboards but lands on his feet then Ren shoulders him over. Ren stands on AB's back. AB is sent into the rails. They trade forearms outside. Ren catches AB's springboard and slams him on the floor.

Ren slams him inside then crabs him. AB rope breaks. AB springboard crossbodies Ren. AB step up enzugiri's him. AB springboard dropkicks him. Ren slams him. Ren facekicks him for 2.

AB gets on his back for a chinlock. AB then does an octopus to him. AB goes up top and is thrown down. They trade forearms. AB flips out of a german then does a dragon suplex. Ren half-nelson slams him for 2. AB twisting suplexes him. AB does a coast to coast dropkick. AB misses a 450 and Ren john woo dropkicks him. 

AB hits high kicks. AB 450's him for 2. AB then hits a made in Japan and wins.

Thoughts: I was a little surprised to see Blanc win here. It was his usual match with him doing a lot of flying and not much else in between. He didn't really break the formula match here and Ren isn't terribly exciting either. It was okay but could have been better.

Champion Carnival 2025 Block A Match - Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Xyon

This could be really bad. They lock up. They shoulder battle. Davey forearms him and X hits a horrible spinning euro that doesn't connect. Davey throws X into the rails. Davey bangs X's head off the apron.

Davey is put in the electric chair and X death valley drivers him down. X stomps on him then double stomps him. X chinlocks him then hits knees to the chin. X totally misses a running elbow. X drops him with a forearm. 

X does a trapezus hold to him. X pulls Davey's arms back then headbutt drops him. X does a cobra clutch. Davey forearms him then X forearms back. Davey drops him with one. Davey hits a flying knee. Davey powerslams him. Davey legdrops him for 2. Davey ddt's him.

Davey grabs him from the buckles and running powerslams him. Davey backdrops him for 2. X does like a spinning shoulder then hits a top rope headbutt drop. X misses a spear. X counters a backdrop then Davey reverses the pin and wins.

Thoughts: It wasn't good as expected. Xyon's shots all missed by a lot and the two did not have a very exciting or athletic match.

Davey says a win is a win and a loss is a loss. He says he had his toughest battle tonight and hopes his knee isn't damaged. He said he put his power into throwing him into the mat and his knee paid the price. He says they will see each other in the ring again and said he grew alot since they last met. He says let's do it again some time.

Xyon said the match didn't disappoint. He said Davey was the better man tonight and he can live with it. He says no one crosses the line again without getting touched again by him. 

 Saito Brothers (Jun Saito & Rei Saito), Dan Tamura & MUSASHI vs. ELPIDA (Rising HAYATO & Yuma Anzai), Atsuki Aoyagi & Ryo Inoue

Jun pinned Ryo with a jackhammer. I liked it. It was a little on the short end and a little rushed but they kept it moving and made the best out of the little time they got here.

Champion Carnival 2025 Block A Match - Kento Miyahara vs. Shotaro Ashino

Ken hammerlocks him. Sho trips him and front facelocks him. Ken upkicks him. Ken facekicks him. Sho takes him down then running back elbows him. Sho is tripped into the ropes and takes a dropkick. Ken headbutts him.

Sho pulls Ken's leg down over the top rope then dropkicks it. Sho bangs Ken's leg off the rail. Sho butt drops the leg. Sho leglocks Ken. Sho calf-crushers Ken and Ken ropebreaks.

Ken dropkicks him in the knee and the side of the head. Sho hits a kick and dropkick to the knee. Sho running euros him then hits karelin's lift. Ken no sells it.

They trade forearms. Ken suplexes him. Ken pumping knees him. Sho then trips him into an ankle lock. Sho germans him for 2. Sho goes back to the ankle lock. ken cradles him then hits a pumping knee. 

Sho hits a big lariat. Sho backdrops him. Ken hits a knee to the face and Sho ankle locks him. Ken hits a flying pumping knee. Ken hits a straightjacket german and wins.

Thoughts: I didn't like it and it wasn't good. Sho worked the knee and leg the whole time and Ken happily no sold the work for most of the match. Ken then won as expected. It also got more time than it needed.

Champion Carnival 2025 Block B Match - Yuma Aoyagi vs. Ryuki Honda

They lock up and Honda clean breaks him. Honda wristlocks him. Yuma side headlock takeovers him. Honda headscissors him and they stand off. Yuma dropkicks Honda then Honda shoulders him over. Honda knee chokes him on the ropes. Yuma's head is banged off the apron.

Yuma is thrown into the rails. Honda chokes Yuma on the rails. Honda is sent into the rails. Honda is sent into the rails. Yuma chokes Honda on the ropes. Yuma piledrivers Honda.

Honda suplexes Yuma. Honda corner lariats Yuma then spinebusters him for 2. Honda chinlocks Yuma. Honda lariats Yuma on the apron and knocks him down to the floor. 

Honda hits a corner lariat then takes a flying knee in the corner. They trade forearms. Honda spears him and Yuma suplexes him. They trade forearms and Yuma uranages him. Yuma hits a top rope elbow drop for 2.

Honda superplexes Yuma then hits a big lariat for 2. Yuma back rolls him. Yuma hits a running lariat then suplexes him for 2. Yuma spinning high kicks him for 2. Yuma then fisherman busters him for 2. Honda release germans him then lariats him for 2. Honda running lariats Yuma for 2. Honda running one arm powerbombs him and wins.

Thoughts: It was an okay main that really picked up in the second half. They match up well and there was a lot of action. The first half had the usual weak brawling that didn't accomplish much. It was nice to see Honda get a win but Yuma could have used a win too here.

Honda talks on the mic after and does his dance with Yuma being knocked out.

Overall thoughts: There was nothing must see on here and Xyon/Davey was the low point of the show as expected. The main was the best thing on here but it was nothing must see. Shotaro/Kento was mostly all Sho working the leg and Kento no selling it like he usually does. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as it was an average show.