All Japan Pro Wrestling 4/19/2026 Champion Carnival 2026 Day 3

All Japan Pro Wrestling 4/19/2026 Champion Carnival 2026 Day 3

Day 2 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/all-japan-pro-wrestling-4182026.html

MUSASHI & Saito Brothers (Naruki Doi & Rei Saito) vs. Hokuto Omori, Takashi & Xyon

Rei pinned Omori with a bodypress. It was a not so serious tag match based around Takashi's usual throat thrusts and Rei being the power guy. It wasn't much of note and wasn't that good. 

Champion Carnival 2026 Block A Match - Kuma Arashi vs. Oddyssey

They lock up and Kuma clean breaks him. Kuma side headlocks him. They shoulder battle. Odd knees him in the gut. Odd clubs him then gets dropkicked in the corner. Odd goes out of the ring and Kuma jumps off the apron onto him. Odd's head is banged off the apron. Kuma's slam attempt is blocked inside and Odd slams him down instead. Odd elbow drops him. 

Odd chest clubs him then misses a big splash. Odd crossbodies him for 2. Odd misses a corner splash and Kuma slams him. Kuma sentons him. Kuma corner lariats him then 2nd rope sentons him for 2. Odd headbutts him then hits a splash.

Odd hits back elbows, a corner lariat and a backdrop for 2. Kum hits chest shots and is lariated. Odd misses a corner splash. Kuma torture racks him and then samoan drops him down for 2. Kuma runs at him for a lariat and Odd black hole slams him. Odd 2nd rope splashes him and pins him.

Thoughts: It was an alright hoss vs hoss match here. They squished each other and did a lot of lariats. It made sense and they did their job here. 

Champion Carnival 2026 Block B Match - Ryuki Honda vs. Yuma Aoyagi

They lock up. Honda side headlock takeovers him. Yuma headscissors him and they stand off. Honda side headlocks him. Yuma dropkicks him then Honda shoulders him over. Honda leg chokes him over the 2nd rope. Yuma sits up top and is pushed down to the floor. They trade forearms outside. Yuma is sent into the post. Honda bangs Yuma's head off the apron. 

They fight in the crowd. Honda forearms him. Yuma ddt's him on the floor. Yuma euros him inside. Yuma piledrivers him for 2. Honda suplexes him. Honda corner lariats him and spinebusters him for 2. Honda forearms him then Yuma dropkicks him. Yuma 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him. Yuma top rope crossbodies him for 2. Yuma guillotines him.

Yuma top rope dropkicks him. Honda corner lariats him. They trade forearms. Yuma euros him and germans him. Honda germans him back. Yuma suplexes him. Honda spears him. They trade forearms. Honda lariats him. Yuma rolls him up for 2 twice. Yuma backrolls him for 2. Yuma tornado ddt's him for 2. 

Honda superplexes him then exploders him. Yuma running lariats him for 2. Yuma spin kicks him in the face then fisherman suplexes him for 2. Honda lariats him. Honda running lariats him for 2. Honda running one arm powerbombs him and wins.

Thoughts: They basically flipped switch during the middle of this and picked things up fast. That was fine with me as it did make it more interesting. Honda had some nice lariats as usual and I'd say it wasn't bad overall. 

Champion Carnival 2026 Block B Match - Hideki Suzuki vs. Ren Ayabe

Ren backs him up on the ropes and goes to rub his head. HS slaps him and Ren slaps him back. HS wristlocks him. Ren wristlocks him. Ren takes him down by the arm. Ren waistlocks him and they get up. 

HS pulls on the leg and then garvin stomps him. HS euros him then Ren suplexes him. They go out. Ren sends him into the post and hits forearms. HS' face is banged off the apron. Ren boots him while he's seated and sends him into a chair outside.

Ren forearms and facekicks him inside. Ren misses a boot and ends up going over the top to to the floor. HS hits forearms on Ren's gut. Ren flying neckbreakers him. Ren running corner facekicks him for 2. HS rolls him up for 2. HS hits low dropkicks and boots him around.

HS hanging headscissors him over the top rope. Ren hiptoses him and facekicks him. Ren full-nelson slams him for 2. HS grabs a sleeper and both guys roll over the top to the floor. HS sleepers him inside. 

They trade forearms. Ren shotgun dropkicks him. HS hits him in the gut, throws him over by the arm and pins him with a bridge.

Thoughts: It didn't look promising on paper and wasn't that much more interesting in reality. These are two of the lesser exciting guys on the roster and this wasn't that great. Ren took two bumps over the top to the floor which you don't see him do everyday.

They go at it more after with HS taunting him. 

Seigo Tachibana, Seiki Yoshioka & Zennichi Shin Jidai (Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising HAYATO) vs. Daisuke Sekimoto, Dan Tamura, Ryo Inoue & The Bodyguard

Seigo and Dan go at it. Dan forearms him then shoulders him over. Seigo armdrags him and takes a side headlock takeover. They stand off. Rising and Ryo get in. Ryo wristlocks him. Rising headflips and chops him. Rising chops him then takes kicks to the gut. Rising 2nd rope diving codebreakers Ryo. Ryo takes a neckbreaker + backdrop combo.

Seiki comes in and flying knees Ryo in the corner. He kicks him in the back. Ryo spinning enzugiri's him. Body tags in. Body shoulders Seiki over then corner lariats him. Body then hits a double lariat on Seiki and Seigo. Body corner lariats Seiki then gets ganged up on. Sek takes a double back elbow and hits a double lariat. Body and Sek do stereo delayed suplexes on Rising and AA. 

Body hits corner lariats on Seiki. Dan shoulders Seiki over. Seigo comes in and forearms Dan. Dan flying shoulders him over. Seiki axe kicks Dan. Ryo takes superkicks from AA and Rising. AA poses then Body and Sek come in and pose. AA and Rising are chopped down by Body and Sek. Body and Sek are pulled over the top and hit with planchas. Seiki asai moonsaults outside.

Dan back elbows Seigo then lariats him down. Seigo hits a b-driver on Dan for 2. Seigo crucifix bombs Dan and pins him.

Thoughts: Seigo pinned Dan at the last show too and they are definitely pushing the case for him being a challenger. It wasn't long. Everyone made the best of what they got in this juniors and heavies bout. It was average.

Madoka Kikuta vs. Shota Kofuji

Shota dropkicks him then hits a forearm flurry. MK knees him in the gut then Shota flying headscissors him. Shota chops MK in the corner but MK no sells it. MK then chops him. MK pulls him by the hair. Shota tries more chops and is choked. 

MK boots Shota around while he is down. MK chops him down. MK slams him and foot chokes him. MK chops him. Shota chops back and is put in a swinging sleeper. Shota swinging neckbreakers MK. Shota boots him out of the corner and rolls into a dropkick on him.

They chop each other. Shota springboard flying forearms him then fisherman suplexes him. MK shoulders him over then flying hip attacks him. MK lariats him then spinning lariats him for the win.

Thoughts: It was a vet vs rookie match for the most part and basically a squash. Shota tried dropkicks and chops and didn't get too far before being put down.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block A Match - Talos vs. Go Shiozaki

Go is pushed off the lock up and Tal poses. Go hits a punch and tries to shoulder him over but gets nowhere. Go headbutts him then Tal shoulders him over. Go headscissors him over the top rope and flying shoulders him off the apron. Tal is then sent into the post.

They go out and Go chops him. Tal sends Go into the post. Tal throws him inside. Tal headchops Go down inside. Tal lifts him for a backdrop, Go is supposed to land on his feet but launches himself into the corner. Tal corner splashes him and running facekicks him. 

Go chop flurries him in the corner. Tal spinning side slams Go for 2. Tal running facekicks Go. Tal chokeslams Go and pins him.

Thoughts: They had the right idea but they chose the wrong person to do it with. They just had Go main eventing with their top star last night and they had him jobbing here. This just made Go look bad and was a stupid idea.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block A Match - Kento Miyahara vs. Yuma Anzai

Ken and Yuma lock up and Ken ropebreaks. Yuma then ropebreaks and Ken hits him. Yuma waistlocks him then Ken wristlocks him. Yuma hammerlocks him. Ken trips him and leg locks him. Yuma facelocks him then takes him over. Ken goes for the headscissors and they stand off. Ken facekicks Yuma then Yuma dropkicks him. Yuma clubs him outside.

Ken is sent into the post. Ken is laid on the apron and Yuma knees him in the face. Yuma is sent into the post. Yuma jumps off a chair and flying forearms him. Yuma stomps Ken's back then foot chokes him. They continue to fight outside. Ken headbutts him and sends him into the post. Ken then slaps him in the aisle. Ken headbutts him. 

Ken running facekicks him then foot chokes him. Ken chinlocks him. Ken camel clutches him. Ken back elbows him then crabs him. Ken bullies him with facekicks. They trade forearms. Ken running facekicks him. Ken dropkicks him in the knee and flying pumping knees him. Yuma 2nd rope dropkicks Ken.

Yuma belly to belly suplexes him for 2. They trade forearms. Yuma dropkicks him. Yuma then does Misawa's facelock to him.  

They fight on the apron. Yuma knocks him down then flying knees him off the apron. They trade forearms in the ring. Yuma gets the edge but Ken brainbusters him. Yuma forearms him. Ken is up top and Yuma flying knees him. Yuma suplexes him down for 2. Ken running lariats him. Yuma facelocks him. Ken flying pumping knees him.

They trade forearms. They bang knees. Yuma flying knees him from behind then flying knees him in the face for 2. Yuma meteora's him for 2. Ken flying pumping knees him then pumping knees him for 2. Yuma flying knees him. Ken blocks his gimlet attempt and the 30 minute time limit expires.

Thoughts: They spent a lot of this one outside on the floor. AJPW loves outside brawling but I think it often just disrupts the flow of the match. Ken really beat up on Yuma for the first half of this then Yuma eventually made his comeback and things evened up. They absolutely spammed flying knees here. I thought it was acceptable and it was nice to see them get lots of time to work with, but I didn't love this.
Ken talks on the mic after. Ken goes to leave then Yuma talks on the mic.

Overall thoughts: The opener wasn't much as expected. Kuma/Oddysey was a decent hoss match. Honda/Aoyagi picked up in the second half of their match and it wasn't bad. Ayabe/Suzuki looked boring on paper and it was. The 8-man tag was average. Kikuta/Kofuji was a squash. Talos/Shozaki was also a squash. The main went to a 30 minute draw. They spent a lot of time outside and spammed flying knees. I thought it was acceptable but not much more. I'd give this a 5 out of 10. It was an average show and nothing here really need to be seen.