All Japan Pro Wrestling 5/11/2025 Champion Carnival 2025 Day 13

 All Japan Pro Wrestling 5/11/2025 Champion Carnival 2025 Day 13

Day 12 is here:

MUSASHI, Rising HAYATO & Tomoya vs. Aigle Blanc, Shotaro Ashino & Xyon

Sho and Musashi start us off. Musasi ducks lock ups. Sho shoulders him over. Musashi armdrags him and Sho legsweeps him. Xyon and Tomoya go at it. They shoulder battle. Xyon double forearms him over then Tomoya suplexes him. Rising and Blanc get in.

Blanc side headlocks him. Blanc flips over him on the mat and does rising's pose. Rising spinning headscissors Blanc out. Rising moonsaults and they stare down. Blanc upkicks him and Rising shotgun dropkicks him. Blanc takes corner attacks from his opponents. He is then bulldogged for 2. Musashi dropkicks Xyon in the knee then basemnet dropkicks him. Sho karelin's lifts Musashi then Rising running back elbows Sho.

Rising superkicks Blanc. Rising goes up and over. Rising comes off the 2nd rope and is caught with a twisting suplex. Rising falcon arrows Blanc. Rising's crossbody is caught by Xon then Blanc tope con hilos out. Xyon throws Rising into a Sho backdrop.

Blanc hits a 450 on Rising and wins.

Thoughts: It was your usual opener and not too much of note. The end stretch was okay here. I was a little surprised to see Rising lose over Tomoya, since Tomoya isn't an AJPW guy.

Champion Carnival 2025 Block B Match - Mike D Vecchio vs. Ren Ayabe

They stare down and shove each other. They trade forearms. Mike knocks him out of the ring then topes him. Mike hits shots to the gut outside. They forearm each other more. Mike hits more gut shots then is sent into the post. Mike's head is banged off the apron.

Ren drops him with a forearm then sends him into the post again. Ren slams him on the floor. Ren sleepers him in the ring. Mike hits some shots on him then germans him for 2. They trade forearms. Mike enzugiri's him.

They go to the apron and Ren is suplexed on the apron. Mike then suplexes Ren on the floor. Mike goes for the pin but it's only worth 2. Mike goes up top and is gorilla pressed down. Ren corner facekicks him then suplexes him for 2.

Ren hits a neckbreaker then Mike hits superkicks. Ren does multiple jumps on the ropes then hits an os cutter to win.

Thoughts: I wasn't a fan. They went outside and didn't do much of note to start things off. Ren took a suplex on the apron and floor and was up and fine not too long after and then it ended way before it should have.

Champion Carnival 2025 Block B Match - Yuma Aoyagi vs. Hokuto Omori

Omori rolls out of a wristlock and reverses it. Yuma side headlock takeovers him and Omori headscissors him. Omori clean breaks him and blows a kiss. Yuma then pretends to get sick from it.

Omori side headlocks him then Yuma back elbows him. Yuma stomps on him. Omori is thrown out but he goes under the ring, comes back in and dropkicks Yuma in the knee. Yuma is sent into the post then choked with a towel. Yuma is thrown in but keeps rolling back out, making Omori go to the other side of the ring.

Omori facekicks him off the ropes. Omori goes under the ring and Yuma follows. Yuma then gets behind him and sleepers him. Yuma then hits a backdrop. Omori hits forearms and Yuma eye rakes him. Yuma lepgdrops him.

Yuma hits euros in the corner then runs into double boots. Omori ddt's him. Omori hits a flatliner for 2. Omori 2nd rope splashes Yuma for 2. Yuma hits a nice dropkick. Yuma then 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him. Yuma hits a top rope crossbody for 2.

Yuma germans him then Omori release germans him. Yuma hits a rock bottom then Omori cutters him. They trade forearms. Yuma hits a nice running lariat then suplexes him for 2. Omori hits forearms then dragon suplexes him for 2. Omori does a top rope splash but Yuma gets his knees up. Yuma backrolls him into a bridge. Omori then rolls him up for 2. Yuma blocks a sunset flip then takes a dragon suplex. Yuma no sells it and Omori cradles him off a flying headscissors to win.

Thoughts: The first section of this was all goofing around. It got a little better in the 2nd half but there was a lot of no selling despite them showing some chemistry together. Yuma needed some personality for the longest time and now that he has it, he uses it to do comedy instead of improving his matches. I thought it was about average overall due to the comedy.

Davey Boy Smith Jr., Kento Miyahara & Taishin Nagao vs. Atsuki Aoyagi, Hideki Suzuki & Jun Saito

Ken's team argues over who starts and Nagao gets to start. Atsuki side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Nagao misses a dropkick then flying headscissors and dropkicks Atsuki. Davey and Suzuki go at it. They lock up and test strength. Suzuki monkey flips him then Davey flying knees him.

Suzuki takes corner attacks and boots Nagao off of one. Suzuki then hanging headscissors Nagao. Jun gets in and knees Nagao in the gut. He slams him then elbow drops him for 2. June then stands on him.

Nagao hits forearms on Atsuki. Atsuki hiptosses him and standing moonsaults him. Atsuki crabs him. Nagao hits a 2nd rope dropkick on him then tags in Ken. Ken facekicks Atsuki then dropkicks him in the knee and the side of the head. Atsuki 2nd rope diving armdrags him then dropkicks him.

Jun gets in and corner facekicks Ken. Jun suplexes Ken for 2. Ken pump kicks Jun. Ken wants to tag out and Davey argues with Nagao about it. Nagao gets in and hits chest forearms on Jun. Jun chops him. Nagao hits dropkicks then shoulders him over. Jun crabs Nagao. Ken breaks it with a facekick.

Atsuki top rope dropkicks Davey out. Atsuki then goes for a dive but takes a 619 from Nagao. Nagao top rope dropkicks Atsuki. Nagao then plancha's Atsuki and Suzuki outside. Jun is whipped into a Davey powerslam inside. Nagao top rope dropkicks Jun then slams him for 2. Jun hits a big slam on Nagao for 2. Jun jackhammers Nagao and wins.

Thoughts: It was a decent tag mostly due to Nagao. Like they have done before, they let him get a bunch of shine in here which worked since he was the underdog. He didn't do the best he could have but it was enough. He also busted out the 619 and plancha which I don't know if I've seen him do before. This worked. They turned what could have been a nothing match into something fun.

Jun's team then poses on Nagao after with one of the sponsor's and the winner's prize.

Champion Carnival 2025 Block B Match - Ryuki Honda vs. Madoka Kikuta

They trade forearms to start. MK hits chops and Honda shoulders him over. Honda stomps on him then kneels on his neck on the 2nd rope. MK stalls outside and they trade forearms there. MK kneels on Honda's neck on a chair. MK presses his butt in Honda's face in the corner then chops him.

MK hits more chops then Honda spinebusters him. Honda hits a corner lariat for 2. Honda chinlocks him. They trade shots and each hit corner lariats. MK suplexes him for 2. MK hits chops.

Honda spears him. MK hits something like an emerald flowsion. Honda lariats him then they lariat each other at the same time and both go down. They trade forearms. Honda hits forearms then MK pump kicks him. MK hits a hip attack then Honda really throws him on a one arm powerbomb.

MK spinning lariats him. They go head to head then lariat each other. MK hits more lariats then drops him with a running lariat. Honda gets right back up and release germans him. Honda drops him with a lariat then running lariats him for 2. Honda running one-arm powerbombs him and wins.

Thoughts: It was what you would expect with tons of lariats and forearms him. They did a good job with it but there was some no selling and they oversold a little by the end. It wasn't the best possible match they could have done but it was what you would generally hope for out of these two.

Champion Carnival 2025 Block B Match - Rei Saito vs. Yuma Anzai 

They lock up. Rei backs him up on the ropes and shoves him. Yuma forearms him off the break. They trade forearms for chops. Yuma dropkicks him. Rei then shoulders him over. They trade shots outside and go into the seats. Rei chokes him with a towel. Rei then shoves another towel in Yuma's face.

Yuma hits forearms and has his head banged off the apron. They get back in. Yuma hits forearms then Rei chokes him in the corner. Rei hits chops. Rei double chops him down then slams him. Rei stands on his gut. Yuma is held up and choked against the post. Rei misses a charge against the post and Yuma flying knees him off the apron. Yuma hits a flying forearm then dropkicks Rei. Yuma belly to belly suplexes him for 2.

Yuma front facelocks him. They trade forearms and Rei shoulders him hard against the ropes. Rei 2nd rope superplexes him then Yuma flying knees him in the back of the head. Yuma hits forearms then Rei hits chops on him. Rei hits a chop flurry.

Rei shoulders Yuma over for 2. Rei chokeslams him for 2. Yuma double boots him out of the corner and hits a 2nd rope la silla. Yuma flying knees him then facelocks him. They trade headbutts. Yuma slaps him. Rei misses a crossbody then Yuma facelocks him.

Yuma hits a german then takes a backdrop. Yuma backrolls him for 2 then Rei slaps him. Rei catches Yuma's flying knee then powerbombs him for 2. Rei hits a palm strike and flips him with it for the win.

Thoughts: It was a good match here with Yuma being the underdog vs the bigger Rei. Yuma did his athletic moves here and Rei was happy to pound on him and use his power against him. This worked out well.

Rei talks on the mic after. Hideki Suzuki comes out and has words for him then Ryuki Honda comes out and has words for both of them. Kento Miyahara then comes out and has words for everyone. Rei then greets the crowd before leaving.

Overall thoughts: I'd give it a 6 out of 10. I liked the top 3 matches, the opener was acceptable and Yuma/Omori showed some flashes. There was nothing you really had to see here but it was good enough in total. The main was my favorite match of the night.