{"id":77010,"date":"2020-10-05T17:17:27","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T21:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=77010"},"modified":"2020-10-05T17:17:27","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T21:17:27","slug":"zeus-champion-carnival-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/10\/05\/zeus-champion-carnival-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Zeus Wins AJPW Champion Carnival 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All Japan Pro Wrestling has been running it&#8217;s annual round-robin tournament the Champion Carnival in recent weeks.\u00a0 The reduced tournament usually takes place in spring but due to COVID-19 was pushed back to now.\u00a0 After a gruelling tournament\u00a0<strong>Zeus\u00a0<\/strong>emerged victorious after defeating\u00a0<strong>Kento Miyahara\u00a0<\/strong>in the final, this is Zeus&#8217; first time winning the tournament.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\u5168\u65e5\u672c\u3011\u30bc\u30a6\u30b9\u304cCC\u521d\u5236\u8987\uff64\u5bae\u539f\u306e\u9023\u8987\u963b\u6b62\u3067\u53f2\u4e0a3\u4eba\u76ee\u306e\u5168\u52dd\u512a\u52dd\u9054\u6210<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VcUy6X5lgV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/VcUy6X5lgV<\/a><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\/2020cc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#2020cc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qqEVg5TsCF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/qqEVg5TsCF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u30d7\u30ed\u30ec\u30b9\/\u683c\u95d8\u6280DX\u7de8\u96c6\u90e8 (@PKDX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PKDX\/status\/1313128057520218118?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former Triple Crown Champion Zeus was in A block, which was a very tough block containing current champion\u00a0<strong>Suwama <\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Jake Lee<\/strong>.\u00a0 Zeus ran the block tough, emerging undefeated, even defeating Suwama by referee&#8217;s decision before defeating AJPW ace Miyahara in the final.\u00a0 Zeus was made to look great in this tournament and now seems like a real threat to Suwama&#8217;s run as champion.<\/p>\n<p>Zeus has spent most of his time in the tag team division in AJPW, he currently holds the All Asia Tag Team Championships, but his 2018 Triple Crown Championship win, albeit brief, proved that he can be a main eventer for the company.\u00a0 With this tournament win, he seems to have big things in his future and provides a tough challenger for Suwama.\u00a0 Although we think Suwama retains as he still has a number of opponents he can make defenses against.<\/p>\n<p><i>Stay tuned to\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\"><i>Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/i><\/a><i>\u00a0for 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 the Champion Carnival on<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajpw.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0<i>AJPW TV.<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? 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