All Japan Pro Wrestling 4/25/2026 Champion Carnival 2026 Day 5

All Japan Pro Wrestling 4/25/2026 Champion Carnival 2026 Day 5

Day 4 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/all-japan-pro-wrestling-4232026.html

MUSASHI, Ryo Inoue & Seiki Yoshioka vs. Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising HAYATO & Shota Kofuji

Rising and Ryo go at it. Rising wristlocks him. Ryo reverses it. Rising chops him twice. Ryo flying kicks him. Rising chops him off the apron then teases a dive and poses. Musashi chops Shota when they get in and Shota drops him with a running forearm. 

Musashi dropkicks him in the knee, double stomps his back and basement dropkicks him. Shota takes a double basement dropkick. Rising and Atsuki do stereo plancha's outside. Ryo then PK's both from the apron. Shota spinning neckbreakers Seiki. Atsuki gets in and 2nd rope twisting armdrags Seiki. He then dropkicks him.

Seiki step up enzugiri's him. Ryo comes in and hits chest kicks on Atsuki. Rising corner dropkicks Ryo. Rising is pushed into Atsuki and Ryo spin kicks Rising in the head. Atsuki corkscrew kicks Ryo. Shota comes in and drops Ryo with forearms. Shota rolls into a dropkick on him. Seiki axe kicks Shot then Musashi exploders Shota. Shota 2nd rope double dropkicks his opponents.

Ryo takes corner attacks then is held for a springboard flying forearm from Shota. Ryo handspring double cutters Atsuki and Rising. Ryo then handspring cutters Shota. Musashi tope con hilos outside. Ryo kicks Shota in the gut then Shota dropkicks him. Shota fisherman suplexes Ryo for 2.

Ryo high kicks Shota then lifting flatliners him for 2. Ryo buzzsaw kicks Shota and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't anything too special and it went a little longer than needed. Shota got a lot of offense in on this one and we didn't see much of him anyone but him and Ryo. 

Shota, Ryo, Seiki and Musashi do post-match interviews. 

Champion Carnival 2026 Block B Match - Hideki Suzuki vs. Yuma Aoyagi

Yuma dropkicks HS then does roll-up's. Yuma backrolls him into a bridge for 2. HS hits him in the gut then chest kicks him. HS hits more forearms to the gut of Yuma. HS garvin stomps Yuma. Yuma rolls him up for 2. Yuma backrolls him but HS grabs a grounded choke off of it. Yuma tries to turn it into a pin attempt. 

Yuma backslides HS then dropkicks him. HS Rolls Yuma forward and tries a bridge pin but Yuma pushes HS' arms down at the same time. We have a double pin.

Thoughts: Well this was something different. It didn't go too long at least because that would not have been good. It's not exactly the most exciting way to get a show going though.

Both wrestlers are confused after. Kyohei Wada explains the situation to them in the post match interview after.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block A Match - Kengo Mashimo vs. Oddyssey

They lock up and Odd pushes him down. Ken hits chest forearms and chops and Odd isn't affected. Ken eye pokes Odd then Odd shoulders him over. Odd dances. Odd hits a corner splash then is pulled over the top. Ken goes for a kick from the apron but has his back rammed into the post. Odd walks on Ken outside and sends him into the post. 

They fight more outside and Ken is sent into the post. Odd backdrops Ken on the apron. Odd hits elbow drops on Ken then clubs on him. Odd misses a big splash. Ken gets on his back and is rammed into the corner. Ken ddt's him then hits a short ddt. Ken 2nd rope ddt's him for 2.

Ken buzzsaw kicks him for 2. Ken hits kicks on Odd then gets on his back with a sleeper. Odd throws him off then hits a splash for 2. Odd misses a 2nd rope splash. Ken running knees Odd for 2. Ken sleepers Odd on the mat and submits him.

Thoughts: I wasn't confident on this one going in and it wasn't that good. Ken's not super exciting and Odd can only do so much. Maybe you could kind of say Ken tried to ground him and sleeper him but I don't know if they did enough to put that over. 

Oddyssey does a post match interview. He says 2 losses back to back isn't his way or HAVOC's way. He says he's gotta be better than this. He promises to get back on his winning ways vs Yuma tomorrow.

Kengo is then interviewed.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block B Match - Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Madoka Kikuta

This may be a first time match and it should be good.

They lock up and let go. They do a double knuckle lock and trade control. MK knees him in the gut and they shoulder battle. MK throws him down. MK elbows him in the back of the back of the neck. Sek hits chest clubs and MK slams him. 

MK hits chops in the corner. Sek chops him back. Sek back body drops him then throws him out. Sek stomps him outside. Sek rams MK's back into the post then pulls him into the post. Sek elbow drops his back. They fight outside more. Sek suplexes him in the ring.

Sek crabs him. MK boots him out of the corner. MK running shoulders him over. MK hits chops and punches in the corner. MK leg lariats him for 2. MK suplexes him. They trade chops. Sek back body drops him. Sek slams him. Sek misses a top rope splash and MK running hip attacks him. 

MK corner lariats him then corner hip attacks him for 2. Sek headbutts him then lariats him over for 2. MK flying hip attacks him. Sek lariats him then MK lariats back. MK hits another lariat for 2. MK spinning lariats him and pins him.

Thoughts: The first half of this was a total waste of time as they did nothing of note on the outside. The second half was what it should have been though with them hitting big shots on each other. It wasn't enough though for me and I didn't like this that much. 

Both are interviewed after.

Dan Tamura, Go Shiozaki, Ren Ayabe & Yuma Anzai vs. Hokuto Omori, Hyo Ogawa, Seigo Tachibana & Shotaro Ashino

Dan and Seigo starts us off. Seigo side headlock takeovers him, gets put in a headscissors and they swap roles and do the spot again. Dan takes him down then Seigo rolls him up for 2. Hyo gets in. He locks up with Yuma and chops him on the ropes. Hyo side headlocks him then Yuma dropkicks him. Hyo then shoulders him over.

Hyo hits his opponents on the apron. They try the tower of doom spot with Omori like usual and Omori ends up getting powerbombed. Omori takes corner attacks. Yuma belly to belly suplexes him for 2. Omori hits forearms on Go then dropkicks him in the knee. Omori ddt's him. Ashino running euros Go twice for 2.

Ashino karelin's lift's Go for 2. Ashino euros Go. Go and Ashino trade chops and euros. Ashino germans him. Go hits a big lariat. Dan and Seigo get in. Dan hits forearms then flying shoulders him. Dan running corer shoulders Seigo then suplexes him for 2. Dan ties his legs up then sits on his back. Hyo breaks it up. Dan lariats Hyo then Hyo hits flying shoulders. Hyo backdrops Dan, kips up and backflips. Hyo falling headbutt drops Dan and everyone laughs including Go. 

Dan takes corner attacks. Omori's team successfully hits a tower of doom of Dan. Seigo spears Dan for 2. Yuma flying knees Seigo. Ren sitout full-nelson bombs Seigo. Dan lariats Seigo for 2. Seigo crucifix bombs him then crossfaces him. Dan taps out.

Thoughts: It was an okay throwaway bout here. Hyo is from Ikemen Jiro's UPTOWN wrestling and he won't be there for long. He has an anime style look with very bleached blonde hair. He's taller, he's in good shape, he has some personality and AJPW will sign him up as soon as they can. We didn't see a lot of Ren or Yuma in this and it was mostly The Dan and Seigo show.

Hyo Ogawa and Seigo Tachibana

Yuma and Dan are interviewed after. Seigo and Hyo are then interviewed after.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block A Match - Talos vs. Rei Saito

They shoulder battle to start. They test strength. Rei chops him then Tal shoulders him down. Tal forearms him outside and bangs his head off the apron and post. Tal sends Rei into the post then Rei shoulders him outside. Rei puts him against the post and splashes him. Tal lariats him. 

Tal hits him from behind. Rei's head is banged off the apron. Tal corner splashes Rei inside the ring. Tal running facekicks him for 2. Rei chops and boots him. They run into each other. Rei suplexes Tal. They trade shots. 

Tal bops him in the head and Rei chops him up in the corner. Rei corner lariats him then shoulders him over for 2. Tal running facekicks him for 2. Tal sideslams him.

Rei crossbodies him for 2. Rei hit a big slam and shotei's him down. Rei then pins him.

Thoughts: Talos losing from a shotei was a little weak but they had the right idea otherwise. They ran into each other and stuck mostly to strikes here. It wasn't the most exciting but it was an acceptable hoss match.

Rei is interviewed after.

Talos is interviewed. He says Rei got this one. He says it's the last time any of the Saito's beat The Titan's of Calamity.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block B Match - Ryuki Honda vs. Xyon

They lock up. Xyon waistlocks him. Honda wristlocks him. Xyon trips him and rolls out of a hammerlock. They stare down. Xyon side headlocks him. They shoulder battle and Honda shoulders him over. Honda chokes him on the 2nd rope. Honda trips him into the ropes and chokes him on the ropes again. 

Xyon is sent over the top rope. Honda forearms him outside. Xyon headbutts him outside. Xyon misses a charge and goes into the post hard. Honda is sent into the post and backdropped on the apron. Xyon stomps him inside. Xyon then double stomps him for 2. 

Xyon pulls Honda's arms back. Xyon hits a spinning forearm then running elbows him in the corner. Xyon corner spears him the nsends him hard into the post. Honda is on the apron and Xyon running lariats him down. Xyon cobra clutches him. Honda hits forearms. Xyon suplexes him. 

Honda and Xyon trade forearms. Honda hits lariats then Xyon death valley drivers him for 2. Xyon comes off the top and is forearmed. Honda lariats him twice. Honda running lariats him. Honda running one arm powerbombs him and wins.

Thoughts: It would have been better if it was a shorter bout. Yet again, the outside brawling just slowed the match down and added nothing to it. I think this would have been a decent 7 minute bout but it went 12. They did the right offense but it dragged and wasn't super exciting.

Honda and Xyon do interviews after. Xyon says all he tries to do is win. He says he had 2 wins last year and only 1 this year. He says he feels like he is going down but whatever goes down must go up. He says he's here and still fighting and won't give up. He says he will never give up HAVOC either. 

Champion Carnival 2026 Block A Match - Kento Miyahara vs. Kuma Arashi

They compete for cheers and stall. They lock up and back up on the ropes. Ken chops him. Kuma clean breaks him on the ropes. Kuma does his howl and Ken facekicks him. They shoulderblock battle. Kuma shoulders him over. Kuma misses a senton and is sent out. Ken headbutts him outside and hurts his own head. They headbutt each other and Ken hurts his own head again. Ken crossfaces him around the post.

Ken is laid on the top rope and Kuma splashes his back. Kuma stands on Ken's gut. Kuma hits corner spears. Ken hits chest clubs. Kuma backbreakers him then samoan drops him. Kuma sentons him for 2. Kuma puts his foot in Ken's gut and stands on his gut.

Ken dropkicks him in the knee and the side of the head. Ken flying forearms him in the corner. Kuma torture rack drops him for 2. Kuma running corner lariats him. Ken no sells it and fires up. They trade forearms. Kuma lariats him and sentons him. 

Kuma corner lariats him then 2nd rope sentons him for 2. They get on the buckles and Ken superplexes him down. Kuma crossbodies him then Ken flying pumping knees him. Kuma hits lariats and running lariats him for 2. Ken facekicks him and Kuma dropkicks him. Ken flying pumping knees him. Ken pumping knees him again for 2. Ken straightjacket germans him and pins him.

Thoughts: I liked it and it was an okay main. They had the idea down right with Kuma geting the edge on Ken early then Ken powering through, evening things up and eventually win. I wouldn't say we got Kuma's best here but he kept Ken on point and it was one of Ken's better bouts as of late.

Ken is given a big check after from a sponsor. Ken talks on the mic to close the show. Ken and Kuma then do post match interviews after.

Overall thoughts: It was an average night at the CC. Sekimoto/Kikuta didn't live up to expectations. Honda/Xyon wasn't that great. Aoyagi/Suzuki ended in a double pin. I was okay with Rei/Talos. The main was okay. We saw the AJPW debut of Hyo Ogawa, who has a memorable look and is a heavyweight. I expect him to be signed in the future. The throwaway 8-man tag wasn't bad and the opener wasn't too special. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 as some things could have been better than they were.