AJPW Champion Carnival And Stardom Events Cancelled Due To Coronavirus Pandemic

 AJPW will be canceling their annual Champion Carnival tournament. The tournament was scheduled for April 6 with the finals scheduled for May 5th. Davey Boy Smith Jr., Lucas Steel, and Joel Redman were all previously announced for the tournament, but they were pulled following travel restrictions imposed by the Japanese government.

In the press conference, the president of AJPW, Tsuyoki Fukuda, said that he will "make every possible effort" to run the tournament this year. The Champion Carnival tournament began in 1973 and has been held every year since 1991.

Stardom recently held their annual Cinderella Tournament with fans in attendance. Fans were subjected to a temperature check before entering the arena. However, they will be cancelling their April 11th and April 25th shows. No announcement has been made yet on the status of their other upcoming events.

Despite trying everything, we regret to inform you this years Champion Carnival has been cancelled due to the spread of coronavirus.

Thank you for your understanding.#ajpw #2020cc pic.twitter.com/D4IGuPLibJ

— 全日本プロレス (English) (@alljapan_eng) April 2, 2020

【全日本】『2020 Champion Carnival』が中止に 福田社長｢年内開催に向けてできる限り努力を｣https://t.co/z3FWarHL5D#ajpw #2020cc pic.twitter.com/IL694TrkWc

— プロレス/格闘技DX編集部 (@PKDX) April 2, 2020

With the continuing coronavirus pandemic, the following Stardom shows have been cancelled:
4/11 (Sat) Yokohama Radiant Hall
4/25 (Sat) Osaka World Pavillion (noon)
4/25 (Sat) Osaka World Pavillion (night)
We apologize and thank you for supporting Stardom!

— We Are Stardom (@we_are_stardom) April 2, 2020