All Japan Pro Wrestling 4/29/2025 Champion Carnival 2025 Day 10

All Japan Pro Wrestling 4/29/2025 Champion Carnival 2025 Day 10

Dan Tamura, Hokuto Omori, Ryo Inoue & Shotaro Ashino vs. Atsuki Aoyagi, Carbell Ito, Taishin Nagao & Yuma Aoyagi

Ryo side headlocks AA and shoulders him over. AA dropkicks him then side headlock takeovers him. They then stand off. Ito and Omori get in. Omori boots him off the handshake then Ito hits like a slingblade. Ito then kancho's Omori for 2. Nagao kancho's Omori. Omori's crotch is then pulled into the post.

Omori is spanked and atomic dropped. There's a gross spot that I won't even repeat. Dan 2nd rope diving shoulders Yuma. Yuma hits forearms on Dan and Ashino then takes a double forearm for 2. Yuma rock bottoms Dan. Nagao then top rope dropicks Dan.

Dan takes corner attacks from the other team and a northern lights suplex from Nagao. AA corkscrew kicks Ashino then takes a step up enzugiri from Ryo. Nagao kancho's Omori then Ito does a top rope dive to the outside. Nagao and Dan trade forearms. Dan knees him in the gut then Nagao rolls him up for 2.

Dan lariats Nagao then suplexes him for 2. Dan then powerbombs Nagao to win.

Thoughts: It wasn't a super serious opener and went longer than it needed to. We didn't see a ton of anyone here as there was more people than there was time.

Champion Carnival 2025 Block B Match - Aigle Blanc vs. Rei Saito

Rei pushes AB over from the lock-up. AB hits kicks on him. Rei shoulders him over. They go out and trade shots. Rei chokes him with a towel. Rei chops the post when AB moves. Rei catches AB's plancha and AB pushes Rei into the post. AB tope con hilos Rei.

They go back in. Rei tries to do a springboard twisting crossbody but Rei doesn't budge. Rei stands on AB's gut then elbow drops him for 2. Rei misses a splash and AB step up enzugiri's him. AB 2nd rope dropkicks him. AB top rope flying knees him for 2.

AB hits Rei's machine gun chops on him. Rei then hits machine gun chops. Rei shoulders him over for 2. AB cradles him for 2 then Rei crossbodies him for 2. Rei goes for a chokeslam but is ddt'd. They go on the buckles. Rei gets stuck on the 2nd buckle and AB sunset bombs him down. AB hits a 450 for 2.

Rei chokeslams AB for 2. Rei then crabs him and submits him.

Thoughts: It didn't get a lot of time. They did okay with the flyer vs big guy story here but it wasn't much of note. It didn't go long enough for AB to overdo it.

Rei and AB do promos in the back. AB says he didn't know if he could still win the tournament yesterday and says he knows now he can't. He says he has nothing to say today.

Champion Carnival 2025 Block A Match - Hideki Suzuki vs. Xyon

They lock up and let go. X does his taunt at him and HS goes out. HS sits in the front row and X does a haka. HS shakes his hand then pulls him out. X is thrown into the post.

HS side headlocks him. HS runs the ropes and takes like a spinning forearm. HS hanging headscissors him over the top rope. X spinning shoulders him and throws him into the buckles. HS goes out and X does as well. They trade forearms outside then go up into the stands.

X chases him. They get back in and HS rolls him up after some trickery to win.

Thoughts: I didn't expect much out of it and it was even worse. Neither guy really took any bumps here and they just fooled around for most of the match. It was a waste of time.

They both talk in the back after. X says HS is too smart and is a true master of wrestling. He says he can't wait for another match against him. He says he will keep fighting and get back up.

Champion Carnival 2025 Block B Match - Mike D Vecchio vs. Ryuki Honda

Mike side headlock takeovers him. They clean break on the ropes and lock up again. Honda wristlocks him then chokes him on the ropes. They trade forearms. Mike facekicks him out of the ring. Mike then slingshot plancha's him outside.

They fight outside and Honda gets his back clubbed. Honda hits forearms then is sent into the seats. Mike springboard lariats Honda in the ring for 2. Mike then elbow drops him for 2. Mike hits a suplex then Honda suplexes him back.

Honda hits a corner lariat then spinebusters him for 2. Honda chinlocks him. Honda hits a big forearm. Mike flips over him using the ropes then backdrops him. Mike standing moons saults him for 2. They trade forearms then lariat each other at the same time. Mike hits a hard running lariat for 2.

They fight on the buckles. Honda 2nd rope superplexes him and lariats him. They lariat each other at the same time then Honda lariats him for 1. Honda does a running one-arm powerbomb and wins.

Thoughts: I had hopes for it and they pretty much mailed it in. The outside brawling wasted time and wasn't any good and it didn't really pick up until the end. This was far from either guy's best work and it's a shame as I thought it could have been very good.

Honda does his dance after.

Honda and Mike do promos after. Mike says he's sorry but he did his best. He says he's better than that. He says every champion loses. He says this is the last and he will come back stronger.

Davey Boy Smith Jr., Hikaru Sato & MUSASHI vs. ELPIDA (Ren Ayabe, Rising HAYATO & Yuma Anzai)

Rising and Sato go at it. They front facelock each other and Rising wristlocks him. Sato reverses it. Rising headflips out and chops him. Rising flying headscissors him then teases a dive out. Sato boots Rising then everyone goes out to fight.

Sato and Rising trade outside and Ren/Musashi go into the stands to fight. Sato and Rising also fight up there. Rising sends Sato into the seats. Ren and Sato trade chops in the ring. Ren slams him twice. Sato enzugiri's him in the corner. Davey comes in and hits corner lariats on Ren.

Ren boots Davey out of the corner. Davey slams Ren. Ren flying neckbreakers Davey. Yuma comes in and belly to belly suplexes Davey for 2. Yuma dropkicks Davey. Davey then ddt's Yuma. Musashi gets some offense in on Yuma when he gets in and hits a basement dropkick.

Sato comes in and hits chest kicks on Yuma. Sato/Davey/Musashi do submissions at the same time. Davey's team all misses corner charges on Yuma and gets knocked into each other in the corner. Ren full-nelson bombs Sato. Rising asai moonsaults Sato and Yuma double underhook suplexes Sato. Rising does a springboard dive to the outside. Sato enzugiri's Yuma then Yuma flying knees Sato for 2. Yuma backdops Sato and wins it.

Thoughts: The first half of this was really lazy with them doing weak brawling in the stands and in the crowd. It got a little better towards the finishing stretch, but these guys mailed this one in. This served no other purpose than to get some people on the card.

Both teams do promos after. Davey says they were close and had it in the bag. He says sometimes you can't win and sometimes you won't win. He says they showed a fighting effort and fighting spirit. Davey says he'll see Ren around sometime soon. Sato then crawls in and does a promo.

Champion Carnival 2025 Block A Match - Takashi Yoshida vs. Jun Saito

TY = Takashi Yoshida

They lock up. Jun backs him up on the ropes and clean breaks him. Jun side headlocks him. TY takes a shoulderblock and they shoulder battle. TY throat thrusts him and wants to do sumo. Jun obliges and shoves him over.

Jun knees him in the gut outside and sends him into the post. Jun chokes him with a towel outside. TY pretends that Jun low blowed him. TY then kicks the rope into Jun's crotch.

TY chokes Jun with tape. TY then slaps his hand down on Jun's nose and rakes Jun's eyes on the top rope. TY fist drops him then facelocks him. Jun suplexes TY then facekicks and shoulders him. Jun then elbow drops him for 2.

Jun grabs his throat. TY stops the foot and throat thrusts Jun. TY then does a double throat thrust and enzugiri's him. TY sentons him for 2. TY hits chops and Jun forearms him back. TY takes off a turnbuckle pad then throat thrusts him.

TY is sent into the exposed buckle. Jun chokeslams him and wins.

Thoughts: It was not good as expected. Yoshida did nothing but basic heel tactics here and on Day 10, it's pretty old. It was slow, boring and nothing about this was good. 

Champion Carnival 2025 Block A Match - Kento Miyahara vs. Kuma Arashi

They lock up and Ken cleanbreaks him. Kuma then cleanbreakers him and does his yell. Ken side headlocks him and they shoulder battle. Kuma side headlocks him. Ken facekicks him then is shouldered over.

They fight outside. Kuma charges at him near the post and ends up going into it. Ken then headbutts him outside. Kuma drops him gut first on the apron edge. They go back in and Kuma tries pin attempts.

Ken hits chest forearms. Kuma slams and sentons him for 2. Kuma stands on Ken's gut. Ken rolls out of a shot then hits a dropkick to the knee and the side of the head. Ken corner forearms him and Kuma racks him. Kuma then torture rack drops him. Kuma hits a senton for 2.

Kuma stomps on Ken's gut then stands on it. Kuma sentons him. Ken no sells it and fires up. They trade forearms. Kuma boots him then Ken suplexes him. Kuma hits a dropkick then corner lariats Ken. Kuma steps on Ken's gut then 2nd rope sentons him for 2.

Kuma goes up top and gets caught. Ken superplexes him down. Kuma crossbodies him for 2. Kuma hits a sitout dominator for 2. Kuma misses a top rope senton. Kuma then hits a big lariat for 2. Ken does a flying pumping knee then a normal pumping knee for 2. Ken straightjacket germans Kuma and wins.

Thoughts: I knew Ken wasn't losing to Kuma. But the match was fine. Kuma had the advantage for a while, Ken made his comeback and won. The brawling outside didn't add much as usual but I thought they got the idea of this right. I'd like to see Kuma being more of a heel in matches like these instead of being the smiling guy that does howls.

Ken then talks on the mic after.

Overall thoughts: It wasn't one of the better nights at the CC. The opener wasn't very serious. Rei/Blanc was okay. Suzuki/Xyon was worse than expected. Mike/Honda was disappointing as neither guy went all out. The 6-man tag was lazy. Jun/Yoshida was a bad match on paper and no better in execution. The main was fine but didn't make up for the rest of the junk on this card. I'd give it a 3 out of 10 as it was a lazy night with no one really trying. I would not recommend this.