AJPW Announces Champion Carnival 2024 Participants; Hideki Suzuki, Lord Crewe, More To Compete

The lineup for AJPW's Champion Carnival 2024 has been announced.

AJPW has announced the participants in the Champion Carnival 2024. In the announcement, AJPW noted that the opening match will be held on April 18th at Korakuen Hall, and the championship match will be held at Yokohama BUNTAI.

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The announcement listed the blocks of competitors; Hideki Suzuki and Lord Crewe are set to participate. AJPW noted that this will be Crewe's first time competing for the company.

From AJPW:

[A Block]

Shotaro Ashino (5th appearance in 5 consecutive years / 2023 winner)

Kento Miyahara (11th appearance in 11 consecutive years / 2019 winner)

Yuma Aoyagi (6th appearance in 6 consecutive years / youngest winner in 2022 (26 years 6 months))

Hokuto Omori (2nd appearance for 2 consecutive years)

Ren Ayabe (first appearance)

Kuroshio TOKYO Japan (2nd appearance in 4 years)

Cyrus (2nd appearance in 2 consecutive years)

[B Block]

Suwama (8th consecutive year, 19th appearance, 2008 champion, current world tag team champion)

Ryuki Honda (3rd appearance in 3 consecutive years)

Jun Saito (2nd appearance for 2nd year in a row)

Yuma Anzai (2nd appearance for 2 consecutive years)

Hideki Suzuki (First appearance / Current World Tag Team Champion)

Hartley Jackson (first appearance)

Road Crew (Lord Crewe) (first appearance)

AJPW President Tsuyoki Fukuda says he has refused offers to acquire the group. Check out his comments here.

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