AJPW Dream Power Series 2026 - Hachioji - WrestleFile Historical Verdict

Ryuki Honda pinned Hokuto Omori after the Final Vent at 8:32, with Yuma Anzai partnering Honda against Yuma Aoyagi and Omori. AJPW documented Aoyagi's return to competition after a lengthy absence, making the opening contest more than an anonymous tournament warm-up. Anzai and Aoyagi had unfinished history from their interrupted 2025 tag-league partnership; the opening exchanges revisited that relationship before Honda delivered the deciding move.

The finish belongs to Honda over Omori, not to Anzai over Aoyagi. Neither a Champion Carnival block point nor a tag championship changed hands in this match; it helped frame the spring heavyweight lineup and Aoyagi's reentry into the promotion.

Naruki Doi and Senor Saito defeated Kota Sekifuda and Toshiyuki Sakuda in 8:28. After Sekifuda kept Senor occupied with a dive, Sakuda missed a top-rope attack. Doi exploited the opening with DOI555 followed by his sliding kick, pinning Sakuda. This was a regular undercard tag, not an additional Zennichi Junior Tag Festival elimination match; the four had already been eliminated from that tournament.

Doi demanded to be added to the final afterward, but the winners of this bout did not advance into a newly created three-way final. The actual tournament decider later on the card was Aoyagi and HAYATO against Inoue and Mochizuki Jr. That distinction keeps the bracket record independent from the postmatch complaint.

Talos defeated Jun Saito in 13:00 with his Ride the Lighten Daddy chokeslam and a pinfall. The Titans of Calamity had already retained the World Tag Championship against the Saito Brothers on March 15; this was the first of two separate singles matches in the Hachioji follow-up, not another tag-title defense. Jun attempted a spear and Jackhammer during the rally, but Talos cut him off and eventually landed the deciding chokeslam.

The win also set up a Champion Carnival comparison: Talos was assigned Block A, while Jun entered Block B. No tournament points were awarded here, five weeks before the relevant block schedules were complete. Talos gained a singles victory over a former Triple Crown holder without changing his existing tag-champion status.

Dan Tamura scored the fall on World Junior Heavyweight Champion Seigo Tachibana after a powerbomb at 10:56, as MUSASHI, Yuya Susumu and Fuminori Abe joined Tamura against Tachibana, Shota Kofuji, Hikaru Sato and Seiki Yoshioka. Tachibana escaped an attempted finish and landed a spear that reached only two, but Tamura countered and completed the powerbomb pin. The singles championship was not defended or transferred in this eight-person tag.

Tamura used the win to demand a future World Junior title match, and Tachibana accepted the challenge in the postmatch exchange. A separate storyline between MUSASHI and Yoshioka ended with their reconciliation; it was not part of the deciding fall. The event thus generated a genuine junior-title direction without inventing a championship change.

Suwama pinned Shotaro Ashino with a backdrop hold at 15:15, alongside Hideki Suzuki, Daisuke Sekimoto and Kengo Mashimo against Go Shiozaki, Ashino, Xyon and Oddyssey. The decisive contest turned when Ashino attacked Suwama's ankle but Suzuki broke the hold; Suwama answered with a lariat and his backdrop. Ashino, rather than Shiozaki, took the recorded fall.

Suwama and Shiozaki also revisited a rivalry dating back years, exchanging chops before and after the finish. Their confrontation led to another potential singles meeting being discussed backstage, while multiple competitors were approaching Champion Carnival season. None of that postmatch tension altered the eight-man result or created official tournament points on March 20.

Ren Ayabe made Rei Saito submit to the Iron Maiden in 13:39, completing Titans of Calamity's two-match singles sweep over the Saito Brothers after Talos had beaten Jun earlier. Rei had returned from injury in February and tried a power-based comeback, including a crossbody and repeated strikes. Ayabe answered with a suplex and then trapped Rei in the Iron Maiden for the recorded submission, not a pinfall.

This followed the Titans' World Tag title defense on March 15, but the Hachioji bout itself was non-title singles action. Ayabe and Rei had their own Champion Carnival assignments ahead, so the result advanced the champions' interpersonal rivalry without determining either a league standing or a new World Tag titleholder.

Atsuki Aoyagi pinned Ryo Inoue after a Firebird Splash in 25:49, giving Aoyagi and Rising HAYATO the Zennichi Junior Tag Festival tournament title over Inoue and Mochizuki Jr. Inoue survived a long finishing stretch in which both teams exchanged kicks and combinations; HAYATO helped create the opening for Aoyagi's final aerial strike. The tournament final crowned a bracket winner, not new Asia Tag Team Champions.

The reward was a future shot at the Asia Tag Team Championship, held at the time by outside veterans Masaaki Mochizuki and Don Fujii. Inoue and Mochizuki Jr. had reached the final as a new crossover partnership, while Aoyagi and HAYATO had already beaten established junior teams during the competition. Their victory closed the tournament and established a specific next title opportunity without pretending that a belt changed hands at Hachioji.

Kento Miyahara retained the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship against Kumaarashi in 23:15, ending the sixth successful defense of the 76th champion's reign with the Shutdown Suplex Hold. Kumaarashi arrived as GAORA TV Champion but challenged here for Miyahara's heavyweight title; the two championships were distinct, and Kumaarashi did not win the Triple Crown. Miyahara weathered the larger challenger's attacks before converting the decisive suplex bridge into the referee's final count.

The bout closed the eight-match Hachioji card in front of the announced 1,750 attendees. With the Champion Carnival beginning in April, Miyahara left as reigning Triple Crown holder, not as a new tournament winner. The exact finish and defense number distinguish this title match from both the junior tournament final and the Titans/Saito singles bouts earlier in the evening.