Rei Saito is the Champion Carnival winner.
All Japan’s annual Champion Carnival wrapped on Sunday at Ota Ward Gymnasium in Tokyo in front of 2,280.
Saito, the brother of the Triple Crown holder, defeated Hideki Suzuki quickly and advanced to the finals, where he beat two-time Carnival winner Kento Miyahara.
Sunday’s event came down to Saito, Suzuki, Miyahara, and Ryuki Honda after the month-long affair.
Miyahara beat Honda in the first semi-final match using a crucifix hold, Rei Saito made short work of Hideki Suzuki with a knockout in under two minutes.
In the final, Saito defeated the six-time Triple Crown holder Miyahara in 24:22 using the BBQ Bomb.
The tournament win sets up a unique championship match involving the Saito brothers. Jun Saito won the Triple Crown on December 31, 2024.
Sunday’s show included Seiki Yoshioka winning the AJPW Jr. Heavyweight title from MUSASI after hitting the Crash Driver. It ends MUSASHI’s five-month reign.
RESULTS (Courtesy: Purolove.com)
*Taishin Nagao over Shota Kofuji in 6:01
*Champion Carnival – Semi-Final: Kento Miyahara over Ryuki Honda in 9:53
*Champion Carnival – Semi-Final: Rei Saito over Hideki Suzuki in 1:49
*Kengo Mashimo, Madoka Kikuta, Shuji Kondo & Seigo Tachibana over Davey Boy Smith Jr., Atsuki Aoyagi, Ryo Inoue & Ren Ayabe in 9:30
*AJPW TV Six-Man Tag Titles: Kuma Arashi, Hokuto Omori & Takashi Yoshida over Yuma Aoyagi, Hikaro Sato & Fuminori Abe © in 15:35
*Xyon, Shotaro Ashino & Dan Tamura over Jun Saito, Naruki Doi & Senor Saito in 11:03
*All Asia Tag Titles: HAYATO & Yuma Anzai © over Aigle Blanc & Mike D Vecchio in 16:38
*AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Title: Seiki Yoshioka over MUSASHI © in 23:46
*Champion Carnival – Final: Rei Saito over Kento Miyahara in 24:22
