AJPW 1st Champion Carnival (Night 18)

 took place in Kure, Hiroshima. The event took place on April 16, 1973. It was an event put on by All Japan Pro Wrestling.

Results

 * Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
 * (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
 * Singles Match: Munenori Higo defeats Mitsuo Momota (12:47)
 * Singles Match: Masio Koma defeats George McCreary (11:01)
 * Tag Team Match: Matty Suzuki & Thunder Sugiyama defeat Antonio Pugliese & Baron Scicluna (19:46)
 * Singles Match: Curtis Iaukea defeats Samson Kutsuwada (8:46)
 * Singles Match: Motoshi Okuma defeats Moose Morowski (12:47)
 * Singles Match: Hiro Matsuda defeats Mad Russian (13:54)
 * Tag Team Best Two Out Of Three Falls Match: Giant Baba & The Destroyer defeat Caripus Hurricane & Mark Lewin [2:0] (23:37)
 * Caripus Hurricane & Lewin were disqualified (12:11)
 * 8Giant Baba defeated Caripus Hurricane (23:37)