All Japan Pro Wrestling 4/23/2026 Champion Carnival 2026 Day 4

All Japan Pro Wrestling 4/23/2026 Champion Carnival 2026 Day 4

Day 3 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/all-japan-pro-wrestling-4192026.html

Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Shota Kofuji

Shota dropkicks him then hits forearms in the corner. Shota rolls into a dropkick on him. Shota does an octopus on him and Sek ropebreaks out. Sek backbreakers him then sentons him. Sek splashes him then crabs him. Shota ropebreaks to escape.

Shota tries some pin attempts for nearfalls. Sek blocks a cradle with a suplex. Sek running crossbodies him for 2. Sek hits a big lariat for the win.

Thoughts: It was a rookie vs vet match and it was fine. Shota almost pulled off the upset before being put down. They did what they were supposed to do here and did a nice job with it.

Kuma Arashi, MUSASHI, Shotaro Ashino & Yuya Aoki vs. Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising HAYATO, Ryo Inoue & Yuma Aoyagi

Yuya and Rising go at it. Yuya side headlocks him. Rising chops him then Yuya facekicks him. Musashi hits chops on Rising. Musashi dropkicks him in the knee, double stomps his back then basement dropkicks him. Musashi is held for a 2nd rope diving codebreaker then he takes a backdrop + neckbreaker combo.

Musashi hits forearms on Ryo then is chest kicked down. Musasahi boots him out of the corner then enzugiri's him. Kuma comes in and slams Ryo. He sentons him for 2. Kuma racks Yuma and throws him onto his partners. Kuma sentons Ryo.

Yuya hits chops on Ryo then exploders him. Yuma top rope dropkicks Yuya. Ashino germans Yuma. Atsuki dropkicks Ashino. We get a 5 person suplex with Atuki's team being suplexed. Musashi tope con hilos out.

Ryo hits leg kicks on Yuya. Yuya handspring back elbows him. Yuya springboard dropkicks Ryo for 2. Kuma racks Yuma in the seats and walks him with it. Ryo high kicks Yuya. Yuya lariats Ryo for 2. Yuya hits another lariat and wins.

Thoughts: It didn't do much to make Yuma look like a top guy but it was fun otherwise. They kept it moving and they kept the pace up. The crowd was into it and everyone got something in before going home.  

Champion Carnival 2026 Block B Match - Xyon vs. Madoka Kikuta

I have some faith that this could be a decent battle.

They lock up and Xy shoves him back. Xy takes him over with a headlock and MK rolls him over. Xyon offers a handshake and MK eye rakes him. MK clubs his back. MK spits in his eyes. Xyon's head is banged off the buckles then he is thrown out. MK chops Xyon outside.

Xyon's head is banged off the apron. MK is sent into the post. MK is backdropped on the apron. MK pump kicks him inside for 1. MK then grounded chinlocks him and rakes the eyes. Xyon hits shots to the gut and a spinning forearm.

MK boots him off the ropes then Xyon suplexes him. They trade forearms. Xyon spinning headbutts him in the shoulder. Xyon corner spears him MK backshands him then takes a death valley driver. 

Xyon is up top and MK hip attacks him down. MK hits him with a water bottle outside. MK spits water at him. Xyon hits him outside and headbutts him. MK is then sent into the post. MK splashes him on the floor. Xyon headbutts him then sends him into the post and we go to a double countout.

Thoughts: I thought they kind of figured this out some near the end with the brawling, but then it ended. Xyon's spinning headbutt doesn't look good at all as he gets himself shouldered in the face every time he does it. I'd say it was below average.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block B Match - Hideki Suzuki vs. Ryuki Honda

They grapple and go to the mat. Honda front facelocks him then HS reverses it. Honda gets his back and HS slips out. Honda gains control on the mat. Honda trips him into the ropes and HS slides out. HS hits forearms to the gut. They trade shots outside. They trade forearms inside. HS hits headbutts then stomps him.

Hnda hits forearms and is dropped with a knee to the gut. They butt heads on their knees. Honda suplexes him. Honda corner lariats him then chokes him over the 2nd rope with his leg. He then counts with the ref on the break. Honda shoulders him over. HS hanging headscissors him over the top rope.

HS stomps Honda. HS twists Honda's neck with his feet and knee drops him. They trade forearms. Honda spears him. They running elbow each other on the ropes. HS finlay rolls him. HS goes up top and they butt heads. Honda 2nd rope superplexes him. 

They trade more shots on their knees. Honda fires up as they trade. HS cobra clutches him. HS then chickenwings him. They trade forearms. HS euros him then Honda short arm lariats him. Honda hits a running lariat for 2. Honda lariats him from behind and germans him. HS tombstones him then dragon suplexes him. HS dropkicks him.

HS hits kicks to the chest and sleepers him. Honda is out and HS wins.

Thoughts: It was a decent bout. Honda brought some fire and HS matched him some. Things got a bit heated and they showed some hate. I liked this.

HS taunts him after and they fight a little more with HS getting the edge.   

Dan Tamura & Titans Of Calamity (Ren Ayabe & Talos) vs. Hokuto Omori, Seigo Tachibana & Seiki Yoshioka

Dan is so much shorter than his partners. Both seemingly have over a foot on him.

Dan and Seigo go at it. Dan side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Seigo gets up and stares at him. Dan boots him over. Seigo rolls him up for 1 then dropkicks him. Seigo's team goes for a tower of doom but Ren and Tal chase them away. Ren and Tal double powerbomb Omori down for 2. Tal chinlocks Omori around the ropes. Tal side slams Omori for 2.

Omori is double foot choked in the corner. Omori tries forearms on Ren. Ren forearms him then stands on his gut. Ren forearms Omori. Omori dropkicks him in the knee. Ren back elbows him then Omori ddt's him. 

Seiki comes in and hits leg kicks on Ren. Seiki step up enzugiri's him and is shouldered over. Ren is put in a paradise lock by Seiki and Seigo, who struggle to get him over. Seiki basement dropkicks Ren. Ren forearms him over. Seigo comes off the top and Ren catches him. Seiki runs at them and Ren rams Seigo into him. Ren slams Seigo. 

Tal splashes Dan on accident and Ren facekicks Seigo. Omori pulls Tal over the top and hits forearms. Ren facekicks Tal off the apron on a failed double team. Ren is then tossed over the top. Seiki asai moonsaults out but gets caught by Ren and Tal. They then walk him to the back somewhere and leave him.

Seigo and Dan slug it out in the ring. Seigo hits a forearm flurry then he olympic slams Dan for 2. Seigo sunset flips Dan off a powerbomb attempt. Dan ties his legs up. Dan then sits on his back with it and taps him out.

Thoughts: It was not super serious and was half comedy. The comedy wasn't that bad though and Seigo's usually a decent underdog. This was fine and they didn't go with the easy route and make this a squash.

Dan points at Seigo's title after.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block A Match - Kengo Mashimo vs. Yuma Anzai

They lock up and Yuma clean breaks him. Yuma wristlocks him and Ken reverses it. Yuma wristlocks him again. They mat wrestle. Yuma hammerlocks him. Ken uses the ropes to reverse him and put him in the hammerlock. Ken eye rakes him then facekicks him. Yuma dropkicks him. 

Yuma hits shots in the corner. Ken gets in his face and they trade forearms. Yuma drops him for 2. Yuma crabs him and Ken ropebreaks. Yuma hits forearms and Ken slides out to stall. Ken tells Yuma to come out then Ken comes back in. Yuma gets in and Ken goes out. They repeat the spot and Ken hits him as he tries to come in. 

Ken dragon screws him over the 2nd rope. Ken stomps his leg then pulls on it. Ken reverse figure fours him. Ken elbow drops his leg then does a leglock. Yuma ropebreaks. Ken knee drops the leg. 

Yuma hits forearms. Ken leg kicks him. Yuma double boots him out of corner. Yuma sits up top and is dragon screwed down. Yuma pop up knees Ken then double underhook suplexes him. Yuma flying forearms him and belly to belly suplexes him for 2. 

Yuma dropkicks him. They trade forearms. Ken legs kicks him then Yuma germans him. Ken dragon screws him then Yuma flying knees him. Yuma flying knees him from behind then does a flying knee to the chest and jaw for 2. 

Yuma forearms him. Yuma goes for a flying knee then Ken pulls him down and ankle locks him. Ken figure fours him. Yuma ropebreaks. Ken runs into a knee from Yuma. Yuma is caught with a dragon screw then Yuma running knees him. Yuma flying knees him for 2.

Ken rolling leglocks him. Yuma rolls and german's him for 2. Yuma hits a gimlet and wins.

Thoughts: Ken stalled early then mostly worked the leg. Yuma didn't do a good job of selling the leg that much and it was a tough thing to do with him because so much of his offense revolves around flying knees. I didn't think it was that good of a match. 

Champion Carnival 2026 Block A Match - Go Shiozaki vs. Rei Saito

Rei backs him up on the ropes and kind of double chops him. Go side headlocks him. They shoulderblock battle and Rei shoulders him over. Rei clubs on him outside. Go hits chops and is forearmed. Rei rams Go's back into the post. Rei shoulders him against the post. Rei stands on Go's gut inside. 

Rei foot chokes Go. Rei forearms him then Go chops back. Go hits shots to the gut. Rei blocks his roll-up attempt and Rei butt drops him. Rei misses a corner charge. Go running knees him in the gut then hits a chop flurry in the corner. Rei then chop flurries him. 

They trade more chops. Rei takes his shirt off and they trade more. Go gets the edge. Rei headbutts him down. Go running lariats him for 2. Go hits punches. Go tries to slam Rei but Rei falls on him. Rei crossbodies him for 2. 

Rei slaps him. Go hits some shots and is slapped more. Rei running shotei's him and wins.

Thoughts: It was mostly all strikes here as Go's matches tend to be. Go wasn't going to be throwing around Rei anyway though. Rei traded with him and it was acceptable enough.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block A Match - Kento Miyahara vs. Oddyssey

Odd pushes him on the lock up. Ken running facekicks him. Ken hits forearms and Odd shoulders him over. Ken dropkicks him in the knee and the side of the head. Odd goes out. 

Ken headbutts Odd outside then hurts his own head doing it. Odd uppercuts him in the stands then clubs him. Odd walks on Ken's back. Odd uppercuts Ken then splashes the post when Ken moves. Ken headbutts him outside. Odd sends Ken into the post. Odd backdrops Ken on the apron. 

Odd stands on Ken's back. Odd hits elbow drops then headbutt drops Ken for 2. Odd clubs him. Odd rolling sentons him. Odd does another rolling senton. Odd splashes him for 2. Odd misses a corner splash. Ken goes for a slam but Odd falls on him for 2. 

Odd rams Ken backwards in the corner. Odd corner lariats him down. Odd side slams him. Odd misses a 2nd rope splash when Ken moves. Ken pumping knees him twice. Odd hits a big lariat. Odd misses a splash and Ken rolls him up to win. 

Thoughts: The brawling got things off to a weak start early and slowed things down. They then went to the crux of the match with Ken doing being able to hurt Oddyssey much and having to deal with size and splashes. Ken ended up winning through luck in the end. It was just average and the second half was better than the first half. 

Ken talks to Odd on the mic after and says he's the winner and he defeated him. Ken get a chant going for Odd. They shake hands. They goof around a bit and have fun after. Ken then talks on the mic and poses.

Overall thoughts: The opener as fine and the second match was fun. Xyon/Kikuta didn't deliver. Honda/Suzuki was a lot better than I expected. The Talos tag was half-comedy but was fine. Mashimo/Anzai wasn't that good. Go/Rei was acceptable. The main was average. I'd give it a low 6 out of 10 as most of the matches delivered and only two were bad. It was an okay show overall.