All Japan Pro Wrestling 5/2/2026 Champion Carnival 2026 Day 7

All Japan Pro Wrestling 5/2/2026 Champion Carnival 2026 Day 7

Day 6 is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/all-japan-pro-wrestling-4262026.html

Ryuki Honda vs. Shota Kofuji

Honda wristlocks him and side headlock takeovers him. They stand off. Honda side headlocks him. Shota dropkicks him and is shouldered over. Shota rolls him up for 2. Shota backslides him for 2. Shota la magistral's him for 2. Shota dropkicks him. 

Honda back elbows him. Honda kneels on him on the ropes and then Honda counts with the ref on the break. Honda shoulders him over for 2 then chinlocks him. They trade forearms. 

Shota double boots him out of the corner and rolls into a dropkick on him. Shota springboard forearms him then fisherman suplexes him for 2. Shota hits running forearms and Honda lariats him. Honda spears him for 2. Honda running one arm powerbombs him and pins him.

Thoughts: Honda won as expected. He got a little spirit out of Shota before putting him down. It was fine and a little competitive at least.  

Both guys are interviewed after. 

Go Shiozaki, Oddyssey, Shotaro Ashino & Xyon vs. Atsuki Aoyagi, Nobuhiko Kimura, Ryo Inoue & Seiki Yoshioka

Kimura and Ashino do armlocks to each other. Ashino armdrags him and Kimura headscissors him. They stand off. Ashino side headlocks him then shoulders him over. Kimura dropkicks him then flying headscissors him. Atsuki and Odd go at it. Atsuki tries to shoulderblock him and gets nowhere. Atsuki dropkicks him then is shouldered over. 

Atsuki gets in Odd's back and Odd shoulders the other team over while Atsuki is on him. Xyon flips Atsuki into a cutter. Atsuki takes running corner attacks. Odd splashes Atsuki for 2. Atsuki handspring flying kicks Ashino. 

Ryo comes in and hits chest kicks on Ashino. Ryo step up enzugiri's him. Odd and Xyon are pulled over the top. Atsuki and Kimura dropkick them down. Those two then hit stereo plancha's outside, get caught and Seiki asai moonsaults all of them over. Ryo facekicks Ashino. Ashino germans him. 

Ryo flying knees Go. Kimura top rope dropkicks Go. Go takes corner attacks. Kimura dropkicks Go then fisherman busters him for 2. Kimura fights off his opponents. Kimura takes a headbutt then a big slam from Odd. Go running lariats Kimura for 2.

Go hits a big lariat on Kimura for 2. Go running lariats Kimura and wins.

Thoughts: Kimura mostly got picked on here before going down. It wasn't anything too special.

We get interviews after. Xyon's team is happy about the win. They do a group cheer together.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block A Match - Kengo Mashimo vs. Kuma Arashi

Kuma and Ken lock up. They clean break. Ken hammerlocks Kuma then Kuma side headlocks him. Ken reverses it. Kuma shoulders him over then sentons him. Kuma stands on Ken's gut. Kuma dumps Ken to the apron. Ken grabs a sleeper there and the ref forces him to break it. Ken sits on his back with a chinlock.

Ken grounded chinlocks him. Kuma ropebreaks. Kuma hits forearms. Kuma samoan drops him then sentons him. Kuma corner lariats him then sentons him for 2. Kuma racks him and Ken chinlocks him off of it. They trade forearms. Ken gamengiri's him. Kuma dropkicks him. Ken superkicks him then STO's him. Ken sleepers him. Ken gets on his back with a sleeper. Kuma climbs onto the 2nd rope and drops backwards to break it. Kuma hits a to prope senton and pins him.

Thoughts: It didn't look promising on paper and wasn't much better in execution. It was a very boring match with Ken doing little but sleepers and chinlocks before going down. 

Both guys are interviewed after.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block B Match - Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Ren Ayabe

They lock up and roll on the ropes. They do a double knuckle lock. Sek chest clubs him and they shoulder battle. Sek headbutts him then Ren shoulders him over. Ren elbows him in the neck then forearms him down. Ren stands on his back. Sek double boots him out of the corner then armdrags him into a half-crab. 

Sek stomps Ren. They trade forearms. Ren knees him in the gut then slams him. Ren running facekicks him for 2. They trade forearms. Sek spears him, sentons him and splashes him. Sek snapmares him. Ren superplexes him. Sek powers up and no sells it. Sek suplexes him. Ren then shotgun dropkicks him. 

Ren and Sek trade forearms for clubs. Sek hits running lariats then drops him with one. Sek enzugiri's him. Sek racks him but Ren fights out. Ren flying neckbreakers him. Ren full-nelson sitout slams him for 2. Ren spinning falcon arrows him and wins.

Thoughts: Ren won as expected. They had some of the idea of what this heavyweight match should look like but it wasn't great. I didn't like Sek no selling the superplex. Ren's just not a very charismatic or fiery dude and it hurts matches like this where that's needed.

Both guys do interviews after.  

Aizawa NO. 1, Dan Tamura & Hokuto Omori vs. Hideki Suzuki, MUSASHI & Seigo Tachibana

Dan side headlocks Seigo. Dan shoulders him over. Seigo kips up and is booted over. Dan side headlock takeovers him. Dan shoulders him over. Aizawa offers a handshake to Musashi. Aizawa dropkicks him. Suzuki comes in and takes a double back elbow then a double elbow drop. Aizawa top rope dropicks Omori. Musashi step up enzugiri's Aizawa and sends him out. Omori ddt's him for 2. Musashi double stomps and basement dropkicks Omori.

Dan and Seigo trade forearms. Seigo boots him in the gut then facekicks him. Seigo suplexes Dan for 2. Aizawa tries to spit champagne at Seigo but nails Omori instead. Aizawa tries again and nails Omori again...seemingly on purpose. Musashi tope con hilos outside. 

Dan lariats Seigo then death valley drivers him for 2. Dan lariats Musashi over. Seigo backslides him for 2. Dan lariats him then Seigo toyota rolls him off a powerbomb and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't that serious with Aizawa spitting champagne at people. We thankfully didn't get the overdone tower of doom spot here. Suzuki didn't play much of a factor in this. It wasn't that good.  

Both teams are interviewed after. 

Champion Carnival 2026 Block A Match - Talos vs. Yuma Anzai

They lock up and Tal pushes him back. Yuma tries to trip him and is thrown off. Yuma stomps his foot. Yuma hits shoulderblocks then dropkicks him. Tal slams him then chinlocks him around the top rope. Tal pulls the 2nd rope into his gut. Tal hits a big forearm then gorilla press throws him out of the ring.

Tal bangs Yuma's head off the apron. Tal hits forearms outside and chokes Yuma with a towel. Yuma avoids being sent into the post. Yuma forearms Tal off the apron. Yuma hits forearms in the corner. Tal headchops him. Yuma 2nd rope dropkicks him.

Yuma gets on his back with a sleeper and Tal rams him into the corner to break it up. Tal corner splashes him. Tal corner splashes him then side slams him for 2. Tal head chops him. Yuma flying knees him then Tal facekicks him over for 2. 

Yuma forearms Tal in the corner. Tal head chops him and backdrops him for 2. Tal hits snake eyes on him. Yuma hits a flying knee then knees him in the face for 2. Yuma chinlocks him. Tal hits snake eyes then facekicks him for 2. 

Yuma rolls him up for 2. Yuma meteora's him and pins him.

Thoughts: They had some of the idea of the big vs small man right but not enough. Tal just didn't get to abuse Yuma enough and Yuma never really got his big fire up spot to wake the crowd up. It was average. Yuma sold his ankle throughout this but Tal never really worked it.

Talos does an interview. He says Yuma snuck the win out and he thinks the ref gave him it. He says he faces Oddyssey tomorrow. He says there's only one true giant in AJPW and it's him.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block B Match - Yuma Aoyagi vs. Madoka Kikuta

MK hits Yuma from behind then stomps him in the corner. MK chops him and elbows him in the back of the neck. Yuma dropkicks him. Yuma boots him in the back and stands on his gut. Yuma elbow drops him and tries pins that barely get 1 counts. 

Yuma is tripped into the ropes. MK forearms him from behind and corner hip attacks him there. MK boots him outside. MK running knees him in the head as he hangs off the apron. They trade shots outside. MK hits forearms to the back of the head inside then does a grounded sleeper. 

MK slaps him around and kicks him. Yuma hits forearms. MK chops him. MK eye rakes him and throws him down backwards. Yuma misses a dropkick. MK slaps him around and Yuma dropkicks him.

Yuma flying corner forearms him then 2nd rope twisting crossbodies him. Yuma top rope crossbodies him for 2. Yuma does a grounded guillotine and MK ropebreaks. MK sends him to the apron and pump kicks him off the apron. MK flying hip attacks him off the apron. 

MK running lariats him from behind in the corner. MK hits forearms to the back of the neck. MK spinning guillotines him and drops him. MK headbutts him down from the buckles. MK misses a top rope move. Yuma running dropkicks him and germans him. MK running hip attacks him from behind. They suplex each other. 

They trade forearms. Yuma hits forearms and euros him. MK spits at him. Yuma backrolls him into a bridge for 2. Yuma tornado ddt's him for 2. Yuma superplexes him down. MK leg lariats him. Yuma comes off the 2nd rope and is hit with a hip attack in mid-air. MK running hip attacks him. Yuma backslides him for 2. MK flying hip attacks him. 

Yuma running lariats him then germans him for 2. Yuma fisherman suplexes him for 2 then does it again for the win.

Thoughts: I was sure this was going to a draw and was surprised when it didn't. MK had nice hip attacks and chopped up Yuma hard but I wasn't too into the match. Yuma didn't get enough in and MK was mostly just clubbing and chopping him the whole time. I thought this was a bit boring.

Both men do interviews after.

Champion Carnival 2026 Block A Match - Kento Miyahara vs. Rei Saito

They lock up. Ken backs him up on the ropes and clean breaks him. Rei backs him up on the ropes and goes for a chop. Ken side headlocks him. They shoulder battle. Ken facekicks him then Rei shoulders him over. Rei double axe handles him outside. Rei misses a charge outside and goes into the post. Ken then headbutts him outside.

Rei chops him out in the crowd and bangs Ken's head off a wall. Rei double chops Ken against the post then splashes him against the post. Rei chookes him with a towel. Rei stands on Ken's gut. 

Ken hits chest clubs. Rei blocks a roll up then butt drops Ken for 2. Rei misses a lariat. Ken dropkicks him in the knee and the side of the head. Ken flying forearms him in the corner. Ken goes for a slam but Rei falls over him. 

Rei chops Ken up. Ken shoves him and they trade forearms. Ken suplexes him. Rei bodyblocks him then sleepers him. Ken escapes a powerbomb and flying pumping knees him. Rei hits a big slap then crossbodies him. Rei chokeslams Ken for 2. 

Ken sunset flip Rei for 2 then pumping knees him. Rei slaps him. Ken flying pumping knees him twice for 2. Rei tries to ropebreak out of a waistlock but Ken capture german suplexes him and pins him.

Thoughts: It wasn't bad. Ken brought some personality to this and it didn't go too long. Both guys stuck to their signature stuff as usual. And also as usual, the trips outside of the ring didn't add a lot.

Ken does a speech after. He and Rei then both get interviewed. 

Overall thoughts: The opener was alright. The second match wasn't that great with Nobuhiko Kimura mostly getting picked on. Kengo vs Kuma was a boring bout. They got some of the things right in Sekimoto/Ren but it could have been better. Omori's match wasn't very serious and wasn't good. Talos/Yuma didn't hit and was average. Aoyagi/Kikuta went too long. The main was acceptable. I'd give this a 4 out of 10. Most of the matches underperformed and it wasn't a great night at the CC. I thought it was a below average show.