Talos Scores Huge Win Over Kento Miyahara At Champion Carnival 2026 Tournament on April 26th

By: Lewis Carlan

The All Japan Pro-Wrestling Champion Carnival 2026 is in full swing as the tournament made its way to the Sanjo City Public Welfare Hall on April 26th with 728 fans in attendance.

The main event featured Block A action as the current Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara faced one half of the AJPW World Tag Team Champions Talos. This was a rematch of their Jan. 25th Triple Crown Title bout in which Miyahara successfully defended his title against the seven foot tall Talos.

Talos apparently had Miyahara better scouted this time around as he was able to score a big victory over the current Triple Crown Champion. Talos was able to hit a huge chokeslam that was good enough for the pinfall victory over Miyahara. When the referee counted to three, much of the crowd let out a huge gasp as they weren’t expecting that outcome.

The victory raised Talos’ Block A point total to 4 while Miyahara remained at 5. Talos addressed the Sanjo City Public Welfare Hall crowd after his big win:

In other action, Daisuke Sekimoto continued impressive tournament performance as he defeated Xyon to raise his Block B point total to 8. Sekimoto currently has the most points out of all the Champion Carnival 2026 competitors.

Here are the full results of the April 26th Champion Carnival 2026 event courtesy of purolove.com:

• Ryuki Honda, Hokuto Omori, Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising HAYATO defeated Shotaro Ashino, MUSASHI, Ryo Inoue & Shota Kofuji (8:01) after HAYATO’s Sid Vicious against Kofuji.
  
• Champion Carnival – Block B: Daisuke Sekimoto [8] defeated Xyon [2] (10:09) with the Big Bang Catastrophe.
  
• Champion Carnival – Block A: Kengo Mashimo  [6] defeated Rei Saito [6] (9:25) by referee stop (armlock).
  
• Champion Carnival – Block A: Kuma Arashi [2] defeated Go Shiozaki [4] (12:07) with a Diving Senton.
  
• AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title Skirmish: Dan Tamura & Hideki Suzuki defeated Seigo Tachibana & Hyo Ogawa (11:55) after a Tamura powerbomb against Tachibana.
  
• Champion Carnival – Block A: Oddyssey [6] defeated Yuma Anzai [3] (12:20) with a Diving Body Press.
  
• Champion Carnival – Block B: Yuma Aoyagi [5] defeated Ren Ayabe [4] (20:48) with the End Game.
  
• Champion Carnival – Block A: Talos [4] defeated Kento Miyahara [5] (12:22) with the Ride the Lighten Daddy.

Current Tournament Block Standings

Block A

• Rei Saito [6 pts]
• Kengo Mashimo [6 pts]
• Oddyssey [6 pts]
• Kento Miyahara [5 pts]
• Go Shiozaki [4 pts]
• Talos [4 pts]
• Yuma Anzai [3 pts]
• Kuma Arashi [2 pts]

Block B:

• Daisuke Sekimoto [8 pts]
• Madoka Kikuta [6 pts]
• Hideki Suzuki [5 pts] **
• Yuma Aoyagi [5 pts]
• Ryuki Honda [4 pts] **
• Ren Ayabe [4 pts]
• Xyon [2 pts] **
• Jun Saito [0] * (Out of tournament due to injury)

** Gets 2 more points from Jun Saito forfeit