Current Champions
CM Punk (WWE Raw) Cody Rhodes (WWE SD) Maxwell Jacob Friedman (AEW)
Joe Hendry (NXT)
Bandido (ROH) Mike Santana (Impact) Daniel Garcia (PWG) "Thrillbilly" Silas Mason (NWA)
Kento Miyahara (AJPW) Yota Tsuji (NJPW) Yoshiki Inamura (NOAH) Dominik Mysterio (AAA)
Claudio Castagnoli (CMLL)
Elijah Blum (wXw)
PWI Magazine
AJPW Summer Explosion Series '18 - Day 1
| Date: Sat, Aug 4th 2018 | Pay Per View: no |
| Venue: Joetsu City Kanko Bussan Center, Joetsu, Niigata | Promotion: AJPW |
| Attendance: 323 |
Matches for Summer Explosion Series '18 - Day 1
| no. | match | duration | match type | title(s) | rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naoya Nomura | def. | Atsushi Maruyama | 05:27 | |||
| 2 | Koji Iwamoto & TAJIRI | def. | Black Menso-re & Black Tiger VII | 10:17 | |||
| 3 | Shuji Ishikawa & Suwama & Ultimo Dragon | def. | Dylan James & Jake Lee & Keiichi Sato | 07:37 | 6-person tag | ||
| 4 | KAI | def. | Gianni Valletta | 08:52 | |||
| 5 | Atsushi Aoki & Hikaru Sato | def. | Kaji Tomato & Shiori Asahi | 14:16 | |||
| 6 | Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori & Zeus | def. | Kento Miyahara & Yoshitatsu & Yuma Aoyagi | 16:27 | 6-person tag | ||