{"id":110832,"date":"2022-03-02T15:46:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T20:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=110832"},"modified":"2022-03-02T15:46:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T20:46:56","slug":"ajpw-dream-power-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/03\/02\/ajpw-dream-power-series\/","title":{"rendered":"AJPW: Upcoming Title Matches for Dream Power Series &#038; Champions Night 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>All Japan Pro Wrestling<\/strong> (<\/span><b>AJPW<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) has a jam-packed March scheduled, with the next major tour the <\/span><b>Dream Power Series<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. There will be multiple events for this tour, but one of the most significant events will happen on <\/span>March 21st<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, known as <\/span><b>Champions Night 3<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. With the month before <\/span><b>Champion Carnival<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, what title matches do we have in store? Let&#8217;s get into it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>AJPW Title Matches for Dream Power Series and Champions Night 3<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">[World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match]<\/p>\n<p>\u300aChampion\u300b<br \/>Hikaru Sato <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hikaru310paipan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@hikaru310paipan<\/a> <br \/>\ud83c\udd9a<br \/>\u300achallenger\u300b<br \/>Hokuto Omori <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HokutoAJPW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@HokutoAJPW<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\uddd3March 21st (Mon.)<br \/>\ud83d\udd6116:00 start (JP) <br \/>\ud83c\udfe2Ota Ward General Gymnasium, Tokyo<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ajpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ajpw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ajpw50th?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ajpw50th<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ajpwint?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ajpwint<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iEccSbQWUs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/iEccSbQWUs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AJPW International (@ajpwint) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ajpwint\/status\/1498987384985497603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><b>All Asia Tag Team Championship Match<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Hokuto Omori<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Yusuke Kodama<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have been the defending <\/span><b>All Asia Tag Team Champions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> since the beginning of the year. Since they won it, they have been determined champions and defeated many different outsider teams. In their next title defense, they face off against <\/span><b>Dan Tamura <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Abdullah Kobayashi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We last saw Kobayashi was last month when he unsuccessfully challenged for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dan Tamura has yet to capture a championship in AJPW. He did, however, win the 2020 Jr Tag. Battle of Glory with <\/span><b>Hikaru Sato<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>2020<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Tamura and Kobayashi have been seen having some great chemistry with only a few tag team matches and it could be showcased in their title match on <\/span>March 12th.<\/p>\n<h3><b>World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over a week later, <\/span>Champions Night 3<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be taking place. It will feature two more title matches. With the first one being for the <\/span><b>World Junior Heavyweight Championship<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>Hikaru Sato <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">defeated <\/span><b>SUGI <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/02\/23\/hikaru-sato-ajpw-world-junior-heavyweight\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">capture the championship<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is establishing his first defense against <\/span><b>Hokuto Omori<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This marks Omori&#8217;s second title match of the tour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hokuto Omori for the past few months has been under the impression that he believes he is the future of the junior division. He faces off against someone who recently won the championship and someone Omori has defeated before in tag team action. Omori and Sato represent a possible changing period for All Japan Pro Wrestling&#8217;s junior division. With new blood vs. Veteran dynamic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It could be a changing moment with Omori finally proving he is the future of that division. Omori could be walking into this match with no championship or potentially two. But Sato recently won this championship and is a veteran of AJPW. so we shouldn\u2019t count him out just yet.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship Match<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the <\/span><b>main event<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Champions Night 3, <\/span><b>Kento Miyahara<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will defend his <\/span><b>Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> against Shuji Ishikawa. Shuji Ishikawa is someone who many believed was owed a championship shot when Jake Lee was champion. However, due to COVID-19, he would never gain his shot. Ishikawa was better known in the previous year as the former <\/span><b>GAORA TV Champion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. A championship that he won from <\/span><b>Jun Kasai<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in mid-2021 and lost in late 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since losing the championship, Ishikawa expresses a completely brand-new attitude, while Miyahara <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/01\/23\/kento-miyahara-triple-crown-heavyweight-championship\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">recently <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won the <\/span><b>Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Miyahara and Ishikawa have been rivals for years. With most of their most significant work coming out of <\/span><b>2017 &amp; 2018\u2019s All Japan Pro Wrestling<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. One of the last times that Ishikawa was in that main event level in that capacity with multiple matches.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kento Miyahara will be making his <\/span>2nd championship title defense<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> here. Facing off against someone he in general possesses a mixed record with. Champions Night 3 is scheduled to be a major event as it&#8217;s the culminating event before <\/span><b>Champion Carnival<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. So the winner of this match could potentially be going into this tournament as the Triple Crown Champion.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>What Else To Expect During The AJPW Dream Power Series?\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dream Power Series and Champions Night 3 suffer from noticeable problems for the tour. With the lack of three championship matches, those championships are the <\/span><b>AJPW 6-Man Tag Team Championships, The GAORA TV Championship &amp; World Tag Team Championship<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The World Tag Team Championship is understandable, due to both of the champions taking part in non-title action. With <\/span><b>Shotaro Ashino<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> most notably facing off against <\/span><b>Ryuki Honda.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elsewhere, <\/span><b>Jake Lee<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be making his return at Champions Night 3 in a major tag match that includes <\/span><b>Suwama<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Elsewhere, <\/span><b>Yoshitatsu<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will be facing off against <\/span><b>KAZMA Sakamoto<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a battle featuring former WWE stars. I believe for this match we could get the answer for the 6 Man Tag Team Championships match that could happen in the future. Meanwhile, Shigehiro Irie isn&#8217;t booked for this upcoming tour as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last thing that could be predicted is the announcement of <\/span><b>Champion Carnival&#8217;s<\/b> <b>participants<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This could be announced during either <\/span>Dream Power Series<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the <\/span>12th <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or <\/span>Champions Night 3<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on <\/span>March 21st<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay tuned to the <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world. As well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. Make sure to watch <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajpw.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All Japan Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on AJPW.TV.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) has a jam-packed March scheduled, with the next major tour the Dream Power Series. There will be multiple events for this tour, but one of the most significant events will happen on March 21st, known as Champions Night 3. 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