Editor’s Note: Jack Talos first reached out to Slamwrestling.net months ago and informed us he would be doing a tour for the All-Japan Pro Wrestling promotion. After taking some time off, he returns for more adventures on his second tour in the Land of the Rising Sun.
Per Talos’ request, this column will be told in two parts (some of which he discussed in his recent interview); the first being his tag title win, and then his title opportunity against Kento Miyahara for the All Japan Triple Crown next week.
Plus, who are we to argue with a seven-foot giant?
By Jack Talos – For Slam! Wrestling
How Gold Is Carried – Part One
The last time we checked in here, Ayabe and I — the Titans of Calamity — had just come out on the other side of the World’s Strongest Tag Team League. Winning that tournament doesn’t just put you in rare company; it drops you directly into history, because it earns you a championship match against the very team you fought through the league to defeat. In our case, that meant Xyon and Oddyssey — Havoc — again.
Same opponents. Same arena. Same stakes.
On January 2nd, 2026, inside Korakuen Hall, we set out to do exactly what we said we would do: make history repeat itself.
By now, Korakuen had started to feel familiar. The narrow hallways. The seats were stacked high and tight. The sound of a crowd that doesn’t waste energy on anything it doesn’t believe in. Even looking across the ring at Havoc felt familiar.
For nearly twenty minutes, we fought for every inch of that building. It wasn’t pretty. It wasn’t clean. Tables broke. Bodies hit hard.
And when it finally ended, after Ayabe and I put both men through a table and followed it with a double chokeslam on Xyon, we weren’t just standing. We were champions.
The All Japan Tag Team Championships.
My first titles in Japan.
And at that moment, holding those belts, I knew one thing for certain: I wasn’t done.
So, I did what felt right. I took the microphone and called out the Triple Crown Champion, Kento Miyahara. At first, he wasn’t particularly receptive.
That changed after Ayabe and I gave him a different perspective — one where he was suspended by his throat, eye-to-eye with gravity.
Shortly after that, he agreed to the match.
Just like that, I had placed myself in line for the Triple Crown Championship.
