AJPW World Tag Team Champions Ren Ayabe & Talos Competing In 2026 NWA Crockett Cup Tournament
AJPW champions are coming to NWA.
The National Wrestling Alliance is hosting the 2026 Crockett Cup tournament from The OC Theatre in Forney, Texas, on April 4th.
It was announced that the current All Japan Pro Wrestling World Tag Team Champions, Ren Ayabe and Talos, are going to be competing in the Crockett Cup. Talos and Ayabe earned their AJPW World Tag Title shot by winning the 2025 Real World Tag League tournament, and they captured the titles to start 2026.
Here is the write-up from NWA:
π½πππΌππππ ππππ: The newest addition to the 2026 NWA Crockett Cup tag team tournament has international ramifications!
Titans of Calamity, the current All Japan Pro Wrestling World Tag Team Champions and winners of last year’s AJPW REAL WORLD TAG TEAM LEAGUE 2025, will be participating in the 40th anniversary of the prestigious NWA Crockett Cup tag team tournament!
With the brackets already taking shape, how will the @alljapan_pw championship combination of the debuting @ayabe_ren and the returning former NWA U.S. Tag Champion @Jack_Talos make their mark? And will they continue their tag team dominance on a global scale?
Witness history in the making with the stars of the National Wrestling Alliance. The 2026 NWA Crockett Cup comes to the OC Theatre in Forney, TX, on April 4.
π½πππΌππππ ππππ: The newest addition to the 2026 NWA Crockett Cup tag team tournament has international ramifications!
Titans of Calamity, the current All Japan Pro Wrestling World Tag Team Champions and winners of last year’s AJPW REAL WORLD TAG TEAM LEAGUE 2025, willβ¦ pic.twitter.com/vQIpc2gkFu
β NWA (@nwa) March 18, 2026
Talos is a former United States Tag Team Champion in the National Wrestling Alliance. He last wrestled for the promotion at the 2025 Crockett Cup.
