All Japan Pro Wrestling

Japanese professional wrestling promotion

All Japan Pro Wrestling

Acronym| AJPW
(occasionally AJP)
Founded| October 21, 1972; 52 years ago (1972-10-21)
Style| King's Road style
Headquarters| Yushima Bunkyou-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Founder(s)| Shohei "Giant" Baba
Owner(s)| Tsuyoki Fukuda
Split from| Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance
Website| all-japan.co.jp

All Japan Pro Wrestling (オールジャパン・プロレスリング株式会社, Ōru Japan Puroresuringu Kabushiki-gaisha) (AJPW/AJP) or simply All Japan is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on October 21, 1972, by Giant Baba after he left the Japanese Wrestling Association to create his own promotion. Many wrestlers had left with Baba, with many more joining the following year when JWA folded. From the mid-1970s, All Japan was firmly established as the largest promotion in Japan. As the 1990s began, aging stars gave way to a younger generation including Mitsuharu Misawa, "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, Kenta Kobashi, Gary Albright, Toshiaki Kawada, Mike Barton (Bart Gunn), Akira Taue and Jun Akiyama, leading to perhaps AJPW's most profitable period in the 1990s.

In 1999, Giant Baba died and the promotion was run by Motoko Baba. Misawa was named president but left in 2000 after disagreements with Motoko. Misawa created Pro Wrestling Noah and every single native wrestler besides Masanobu Fuchi and Toshiaki Kawada left All Japan. This led to a loss of All Japan's TV deal and a period of hardship for the company. In 2001, they entered a cross-promotion agreement with New Japan Pro-Wrestling which proved very successful, allowing All Japan to remain one of the larger promotions in the country, although now firmly behind NJPW.

In January 2002, Keiji Muto defected to All Japan, and was officially appointed as its new president that September. He would then acquire the rights to the company and Baba family stock by early 2003, when another exodus of gaijin wrestlers began, most notably Steve Williams, KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark), Bill Goldberg and Mike Rotunda. Not long after George Hines and Johnny Smith also left.

By mid-2005, All Japan's attendance had dropped and the promotion seemed to be in trouble again but by 2007 had new sponsors and seemed to have recovered. After Misawa and most of the other wrestlers left the promotion, there was a lull in developing new stars until the likes of KAI, Suwama, Hama and T28 debuted from the mid-2000s onward and helped restrengthen the company.

With established stars such as Keiji Muto, Satoshi Kojima, John "Earthquake" Tenta, Masakatsu Funaki, D'Lo Brown and Minoru Suzuki anchoring the promotion, the younger wrestlers were given time to grow and by 2010 were set to help lead All Japan. While still without a great TV deal, All Japan has operated consistently since 1972, making it the second-longest running promotion in Japan.

## History

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### All Japan under Giant Baba (1972–1999)

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#### NWA membership

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Notable men

Early 20th century (Before 1949)

* Bert Assirati
* Billy Riley
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* George Hackenschmidt
* The Great Gama
* Jack Pfefer
* Joe Stecher
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* Salvador Lutteroth
* Toots Mondt

Mid 20th century (1950−1969)

* Blue Demon
* Bruno Sammartino
* Buddy Rogers
* Danny Hodge
* Dick "The Destroyer" Beyer
* Édouard Carpentier
* El Santo
* Freddie Blassie
* Gene Kiniski
* Gorgeous George
* Karl Gotch
* Killer Kowalski
* Rikidōzan
* Sam Muchnick
* Stu Hart
* Verne Gagne

1970s

* Abdullah The Butcher
* Akira Maeda
* André the Giant
* Antonio Inoki
* Baron von Raschke
* Big Daddy
* Billy Robinson
* Carlos Colón
* Dory Funk Jr.
* Dusty Rhodes
* Ernie Ladd
* Giant Baba
* Gordon Solie
* Harley Race
* Jack Brisco
* Mil Máscaras
* Negro Navarro
* Nick Bockwinkel
* Terry Funk

1980s

* Bobby Heenan
* Dynamite Kid
* Genichiro Tenryu
* Hulk Hogan
* Jim Crockett Jr.
* Kerry Von Erich
* Randy Savage
* Ric Flair
* Ricky Steamboat
* Roddy Piper
* Satoru Sayama
* Stan Hansen
* Ted DiBiase
* Vince McMahon

1990s

* Akira Taue
* Antonio Peña
* Atsushi Onita
* Bret Hart
* Eric Bischoff
* Jim Ross
* Jushin Liger
* Keiji Muto
* Kenta Kobashi
* Kevin Nash
* Mick Foley
* Mitsuharu Misawa
* Owen Hart
* Paul Heyman
* Rob Van Dam
* Ron Simmons
* Scott Hall
* Shawn Michaels
* Sting
* Steve Austin
* The Rock
* The Undertaker
* Toshiaki Kawada
* Triple H
* Vince Russo

2000s

* AJ Styles
* Batista
* Brock Lesnar
* Chris Jericho
* Eddie Guerrero
* Edge
* Hiroshi Tanahashi
* Jeff Hardy
* Jeff Jarrett
* John Cena
* Kurt Angle
* Místico
* Naomichi Marufuji
* Randy Orton
* Rey Mysterio
* Samoa Joe

2010s−2020s

* Bryan Danielson
* CM Punk
* Cody Rhodes
* Jon Moxley
* Kazuchika Okada
* Kenny Omega
* Nick Khan
* Roman Reigns
* Rossy Ogawa
* Seth Rollins
* Tetsuya Naito
* Tony Khan
* Will Ospreay
* Zack Sabre Jr.

Notable women

Early and Mid 20th century (1900−1974)

* Chabela Romero
* Cora Livingston
* Donna Christanello
* Ethel Johnson
* Irma González
* June Byers
* La Dama Enmascarada
* Mae Young
* Mildred Burke
* The Fabulous Moolah

Late 20th century (1975−1999)

* Aja Kong
* Akira Hokuto
* Bull Nakano
* Chigusa Nagayo
* Chyna
* Dump Matsumoto
* Jackie Sato
* Lady Apache
* Lioness Asuka
* Madusa Miceli
* Manami Toyota
* Megumi Kudo
* Miss Elizabeth
* Sherri Martel
* Wendi Richter

2000s

* Awesome Kong
* Ayako Hamada
* Beth Phoenix
* Faby Apache
* Gail Kim
* Kaori Yoneyama
* Lita
* Madison Eagles
* Marcela
* Nanae Takahashi
* Sara Del Rey
* Stephanie McMahon
* Trish Stratus

2010s

* Alexa Bliss
* Asuka
* Bayley
* Becky Lynch
* Charlotte Flair
* Iyo Sky
* Kairi Sane
* Mayu Iwatani
* Meiko Satomura
* Mercedes Moné
* Princesa Sugehit
* Ronda Rousey

2020s

* Bianca Belair
* Giulia
* Liv Morgan
* Rhea Ripley
* Sareee
* Syuri
* Toni Storm
* Utami Hayashishita

Notable tag teams and stables

Mid 20th century − 1970s

* Assassins
* Blackjacks
* Blond Bombers
* The Duseks
* Fabulous Kangaroos
* First Family
* Kalmikoffs
* Los Misioneros de la Muerte
* Sharpe Brothers
* Valiant Brothers
* Wild Samoans

1980s

* Brain Busters
* British Bulldogs
* Bushwackers
* Crush Gals
* Demolition
* Fabulous Freebirds
* Four Horsemen
* Hart Foundation
* Heenan Family
* Los Infernales
* Mega Powers
* Nasty Boys
* Midnight Express
* Revolution
* Road Warriors
* Rock 'n' Roll Express
* Steiner Brothers

1990s

* Cho-Ten
* Dangerous Alliance
* D-Generation X (New Age Outlaws)
* Doom
* Dudley Brothers and the Dudley Boyz
* Dungeon of Doom
* Harlem Heat
* Heisei Ishingun
* Holy Demon Army
* Jado & Gedo
* Kai En Tai
* Las Cachorras Orientales
* Los Gringos Locos
* Ministry of Darkness
* Miracle Violence Connection
* New World Order (Outsiders)
* Public Enemy

2000s

* Age of the Fall
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* Burning
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* Edge & Christian
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* Hardy Boyz
* Kings of Wrestling
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* Main Event Mafia
* Motor City Machine Guns
* Tencozy
* Voodoo Murders

2010s and 2020s

* The Addiction / SCU
* American Wolves
* Blackpool Combat Club / Death Riders
* Bloodline (Usos)
* Bullet Club
* Chaos
* Elite
* FTR
* Golden Lovers
* Judgment Day
* Los Ingobernables (de Japón)
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* v
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Giant Baba, the founder of All Japan and owner until his death in January 1999

The promotion was founded by Shohei "Giant" Baba and the Momota brothers, Mitsuo and Yoshihiro, sons of Rikidōzan. Baba, a former professional baseball pitcher, joined the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance (JWA) in 1960. In October 1972, he left the JWA and formed his own group, All Japan. Their first card was on October 21, 1972, at Machida City Gym in Tokyo, Japan. The inaugural roster included Baba, Mitsuo Momota, Akio Sato, Samson Kutsuwada, Motoshi Okuma and Mashio Koma. Thunder Sugiyama, who had recently left International Wrestling Enterprise, also came along to help and brought some lower-level IWE wrestlers with him on a freelance basis. Some personalities from North America also helped with the few cards, including Dory Funk Sr., Terry Funk, Bruno Sammartino, Dominic DeNucci, Freddie Blassie and The Destroyer.

Baba established the Pacific Wrestling Federation (PWF) as the governing body for all future titles in All Japan. In the beginning the PWF recognized a world heavyweight championship and several "regional championships" given as billing to foreign stars depending from which region they came from, but after All Japan joined the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), the PWF world title was downgraded to a regional championship. The first PWF Chairman, who presented the belts to the winners in title bouts, was Lord James Blears. As a loyal member of the NWA, All Japan enjoyed the ability to bring in foreigners, and the NWA World Heavyweight Championship was frequently defended. In the beginning Baba continued the Japanese vs. foreigner formula for the championships, but gradually Dory Funk Jr. and his brother Terry Funk, as well as Mil Máscaras from Mexico became fan favorites when wrestling other foreigners and subsequently one of the few foreign wrestlers to become icons in Japan.

#### Separation from the NWA, new stars and company growth

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"Dr. Death" Steve Williams became one of AJPW's most successful gaijins after winning the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship in 1994.

When the NWA territorial system collapsed in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Baba distanced himself from other promoters at home and abroad, and began a system of promoting talent (both Japanese and foreign) who competed exclusively for his promotion. With the unification of the titles in All Japan into the Triple Crown Heavyweight and the World Tag Team Championship, as well as the promotion of talent including Jumbo Tsuruta, Genichiro Tenryu, Akira Taue, Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada and Kenta Kobashi, the promotion was able to carve a loyal fanbase that lasted during the 1990s. Interpromotional matches were rare, and wrestlers who arrived from other Japanese promotions (such as Hiroshi Hase, Shigeo Okumura and Yoshihiro Takayama) were not given pushes, but in Hase's case, it was voluntarily, due to his primary involvement with the House of Councillors.

Gaijins who signed with AJPW full-time were given pushes regardless of which promotion they arrived, most notably Stan Hansen, "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, Gary Albright, Vader and Mike Barton.

All Japan would achieve its third best-selling attendance with an attendance of 58,300 in the Tokyo Dome on the May 1, 1998 pay-per-view,[1] having seen consistent growth since 1992. On the March 4, 1992 pay-per-view All Japan sold out the Nippon Budokan for the first time, with an attendance of 16,300.[2]

All Japan's highest-selling show was the Giant Baba Memorial pay-per-view on May 2, 1999, which sold out the Tokyo Dome with an attendance of 65,000.[3] The January 28, 2001 pay-per-view was All Japan's second highest attendance of all time at 58,700,[4] which was notable for Stan Hansen's retirement and the Steve Williams vs. Mike Barton Brawl For All revenge angle. The last two matches of the card featuring Keiji Muto vs. Taiyō Kea, as well as the main event tag-team match, did not appear on the initial television broadcast in 2001, the original broadcast instead ending with Williams finally getting his redemption and defeating Barton in the main event.[5]

#### First exodus: Super World of Sports

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In April 1990, Genichiro Tenryu led the first exodus of wrestlers (The Great Kabuki, Samson Fuyuki, Tatsumi Kitahara, Masao Orihara, Yoshiaki Yatsu, Goro Tsurumi, and Shinichi Nakano) lured as they were to form Super World of Sports, which enabled Baba to push Misawa, Kawada, Taue and Kobashi to be his new stars.

### All Japan under Mitsuharu Misawa (1999–2000)

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With the death of Shohei "Giant" Baba on January 31, 1999, top star Mitsuharu Misawa immediately inherited the position of company president. On May 28, 2000, Misawa was removed from his position by a majority vote of the executive board. At a regular All Japan board meeting on June 13, 2000, Misawa, Mitsuo Momota (co-vice president, member of directory), Kenta Kobashi (member of directory), Akira Taue (member of directory, chairman), Kenichi Oyagi (member of directory) and Yoshihiro Momota (member of directory) resigned from their board positions. A day later, Motoko Baba ("Mrs. Baba") released a two-page written statement, which claimed that Misawa "took no responsibility and abandoned his duty." In addition, she hinted that Toshiaki Kawada and Masanobu Fuchi would be the only two native wrestlers to stay with All Japan, as "Kawada and Fuchi have sworn to carry out Baba-san's last wish: to keep All Japan Pro Wrestling alive"; this was confirmed a day later when Kawada and Fuchi both renewed their contracts with All Japan, along with referee Kyohei Wada. The gaijin wrestlers that chose to stay with AJPW were Maunakea Mossman, Johnny Smith, George Hines, Mike Barton, Jim Steele, Mike Rotunda, Stan Hansen and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, while Scorpio, Vader and Richard Slinger joined Misawa's crew. Not wanting to choose sides, Johnny Ace would retire from active competition and return to World Championship Wrestling in the United States as a road agent.

#### Second exodus: Pro Wrestling Noah

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Mitsuharu Misawa left All Japan in June 2000 to form Pro Wrestling Noah.

On June 16, 2000, 24 out of the 26 contracted native wrestlers for All Japan were led by Misawa for a press conference, where it was announced that they would be leaving the promotion (Masanobu Fuchi and Toshiaki Kawada remained). More than 100 reporters and photographers attended the press conference, and Misawa expressed his wish for the promotion to debut in August, with the Differ Ariake being the site of the unnamed promotion's debut. When asked what his reason for leaving All Japan is, Misawa claimed that it was so he could do things in a "modern style." A day later, Misawa announced the promotion's name: Pro Wrestling Noah, which was inspired by the Biblical story where Noah built an ark and put two of every kind of animal in the world in the ark before God destroyed the world.

On June 19, 2000, it was confirmed (at a press conference at All-Japan's dojo held by Toshiaki Kawada and Masanobu Fuchi) that NTV decided to discontinue broadcasting All Japan after 27 years; however, NTV maintained their 15% stock in All Japan (as Motoko Baba held the remaining 85%), and would prevent All Japan from being put on another network. On June 20, twelve All Japan office employees resigned from their positions with the promotion, with intentions to follow Misawa to Noah. NTV also announced that they will carry weekly tapings of Misawa's Noah promotion, with the title of the program being called "Colosseo." Noah took All Japan's 30-minute timeslot on Sundays at midnight. Misawa was interviewed in Tokyo on June 21, where he announced that he and the other wrestlers leaving to form Noah would compete on four of the sixteen shows in All Japan's Summer Action Series 2000 tour, which began on July 1. NTV also aired the final All Japan TV show on the network, which aired for 45 minutes and featured footage from Jumbo Tsuruta's funeral, the Noah wrestlers' press conference from June 16, Kawada's press conference from June 19, highlights of the first ever Kawada vs. Misawa Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship match from October 21, 1992, and Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue vs. Yoshihiro Takayama and Takao Omori for the World Tag Team Championship from All Japan's Nippon Budokan show from June 9.

On June 28, 2000, Misawa formally announced at a press conference that Pro Wrestling Noah would debut with two consecutive shows (titled "Departure") in Differ Ariake on August 5 and 6 in Tokyo.

#### Rebuilding

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On July 2 in the Korakuen Hall, Motoko Baba announced the unfathomable return of Genichiro Tenryu (as Giant Baba publicly swore that he would never be allowed back in All Japan, following a departure in 1990 to form the Super World of Sports), as he would team with Kawada to face Maunnakea Mossman and Stan Hansen on July 23 (at the final tour show). On July 20, 2000, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Takeshi Morishima, Naomichi Marufuji, Kentaro Shiga, Takeshi Rikio, Mitsuo Momota, Rusher Kimura, Haruka Eigen, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Kenta Kobayashi, Takao Omori, Yoshihiro Takayama, Jun Izumida, Masao Inoue, Yoshinari Ogawa, Akira Taue, Jun Akiyama and Mitsuharu Misawa competed in their last matches for All Japan Pro Wrestling at the sold out Hakata Star Lane in Fukuoka. After the show, "Dr. Death" Steve Williams came out and shook Misawa's hand, and requested one last singles match between the two. However, Misawa returned to the bus immediately after his match, not staying for the last two matches of the show. Every one of All Japan's titles were vacated due to the departure of the aforementioned wrestlers and title holders. Mrs. Baba appointed Stan Hansen as the new Chairman of All Japan's Pacific Wrestling Federation title governing body, replacing Lord James Blears.

### Interpromotional feud against New Japan (2000–2002)

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On August 10, 2000, All Japan mainstay Masanobu Fuchi walked into the New Japan Pro-Wrestling ring and declared that his intention was to "break down the walls" between All Japan and New Japan. In response, New Japan foreman Riki Choshu rushed into the ring and exchanged a firm handshake with Fuchi, signaling the beginning of the cross-promotional alliance. On September 16, 2000, Toshiaki Kawada followed Fuchi's path and vowed to crush New Japan ace Kensuke Sasaki, as he defeated Sasaki in the Tokyo Dome on October 9, 2000; the event sold out the building.[6] In 2001, Keiji Muto and Shinjiro Otani created the interpromotional stable BATT (Bad Ass Translate Trading), which included All Japan's Taiyō Kea, Michinoku Pro's Jinsei Shinzaki and Hiroshi Hase. During this time, Muto challenged and defeated Tenryu for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, as well as capturing the World Tag Team Championship with Taiyō Kea. The alliance between the promotions lasted until January 11, 2002.

### All Japan under Keiji Muto: Pro Wrestling Love era (2002–2013)

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Keiji Muto in 2008 during the Pro Wrestling Love era. This was also his main attire in the era's early days.

#### Start of the Pro Wrestling Love era

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Signs of what would become the Pro Wrestling Love era would be seen in the spring and summer of 2001, when Keiji Muto, as a member of New Japan Pro-Wrestling, made part-time appearances to All Japan, fighting Toshiaki Kawada and "Dr. Death" Steve Williams in major singles matches on pay-per-view. A notable shift in the product was seen in July 2001, when in a pay-per-view main event, Steve Williams lost to Keiji Muto for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, where it ended in an altercation. After leaving the backstage area Williams would then going on a huge swearing tirade, where he kicked a trash can, was about to cry in tears, and then throwing his armpads to the ground while swearing again.[7]

On January 11, 2002, following the end of a year-long cross-promotional angle with New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Keiji Muto shocked the Japanese wrestling world by defecting to All-Japan as a full-time competitor, taking Satoshi Kojima and Kendo Kashin with him. This is considered the official start of the era. Muto would lose to Steve Williams in a grudge feud in March 2002,[8] but a month later Muto defeated Mike Barton in the 2002 Championship Carnival tournament main-event.[9] Despite Barton's loss, he and Jim Steele would find success in winning the Stan Hansen cup in July 2002, Barton also being able to prevent Williams from winning.[10][11]

#### Company turmoil and sale of All Japan

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On September 30, 2002, during an All Japan 30th Anniversary party at the famed Tokyo City Hotel, Mrs. Baba officially announced Muto's appointment as the new president of All Japan, transferring all of the Baba family stock to him.[12] Mrs. Baba's last on-screen appearance was on the October 27, 2002 pay-per-view,[13] before leaving All Japan altogether by January 2003. Muto upheld some traditional aspects of the Baba-run All Japan, as the Champion Carnival and World's Strongest Tag Determination League remained annual events.

During this time, All Japan was struggling financially and Muto had to borrow money from Mrs. Baba as of November 28, 2002. This led to rumors that Muto was going to sell the company to Fuji TV by the time of the next WRESTLE-1 pay-per-view,[14] which ultimately did not happen. Instead, shares of All Japan were sold to Gaora TV with the promotion still operating in its usual corporate manner led by Keiji Muto, rarely broadcasting pay-per-views to SKY PerfecTV! and SAMURAI TV. While Muto owned 75% of All Japan's shares beginning in 2003 after Mrs. Baba permanently left,[15] the remaining shares went to Gaora TV, who would oversee All Japan's production and would buy the majority of the tape library post-2003. They upload several segments of their tape library to their official YouTube channel.[16]

In January 2003, a third exodus began, primarily of gaijin wrestlers. The most notable included "Dr. Death" Steve Williams, KroniK (Brian Adams and Bryan Clark), Bill Goldberg and Mike Rotunda. They had wrestled their last matches on pay-per-views that month, not renewing their contracts after the new ownership fully realized.[17][18] Williams would only make one more appearance in the Pro Wrestling Love era on a July 22, 2004 pay-per-view, who at the time was going through throat cancer recovery and made a surprise appearance.[19] In April 2003 Johnny Smith also left AJPW, followed by George Hines in July 2003, leaving a void in the gaijin roster. In both of their cases they would defect to IWA Japan, where Williams and Rotunda would also go find work. However, despite his material being shown on IWA TV, Smith's planned in-ring debut in March 2004 for IWA Japan never happened due to him choosing to permanently retire because of his aforementioned injury.

#### Creative restructuring after the sale

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Jamal (Umaga) (left) and Taiyō Kea (right) became the most important gaijins in All Japan in the mid 2000s as part of the Roughly Obsess and Destroy (R.O.D.) stable.

After Mrs. Baba sold the company, gradually over time All Japan took a more sports-entertainment based approach, featuring more in-ring promos, comedy segments, and gimmick matches. This would be controversial among traditional All Japan fans, where All Japan resembled later WCW from both a creative and business stanpoint, but being successful enough to stay in business and not be sold to competing promotions like New Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Noah. The creative shift became most noticeable by the end of 2003 and the beginning of 2004.

Throughout 2003 and 2004, recent debuts like John "Earthquake" Tenta, Bull Buchanan, Jamal (Umaga), Taiyō Kea, D'Lo Brown and Gigantes (Jerry Tuite) would become the main gaijins after the gaijin exodus.

Some interpromotional activities that would not have happened under Shohei Baba's watch have taken place, including the previously unfathomable IWGP Heavyweight Champion vs. Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion bout on a New Japan Pro-Wrestling event on February 20, 2005; Satoshi Kojima (who was the Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion) defeated Hiroyoshi Tenzan for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, which made Kojima the only wrestler to ever hold both titles simultaneously to that point. Muto later accomplished the feat in 2008. However, he would hold the IWGP Championship as Keiji Muto, and the Triple Crown Championship as his alter-ego The Great Muta.

In addition, Keiji Muto and Satoshi Kojima are both New Japan Pro-Wrestling alumni but played a consistent role in the main event picture of All Japan Pro Wrestling from the time of their arrival to the promotion, who along with longtime veteran Toshiaki Kawada main-evented All Japan during the mid-2000s.

After John Tenta left All Japan in July 2003 and Jerry Tuite's death in December, who often tag-teamed with each other to fight Keiji Muto's posse, Jamal (Umaga) and Taiyō Kea would take the roll as the top gaijins in the mid-2000s. They became the main attractions Taka Michinoku's Roughly Obsess and Destroy (R.O.D.) stable, being rapidly pushed when they debuted in November 2003. They were a heel stable akin to the early New World Order, trying to take over All Japan and defeat all of the native roster. In February 2004, Taiyō Kea pulled an upset victory against Satoshi Kojima at the February 22, 2004 pay-per-view, while at that show Jamal and D'Lo Brown lost to Keiji Muto and Bob Sapp. Jamal would later get his revenge on Muto defeating him in the Champion Carnival tournament on the April 15, 2004 edition of AJPW TV.[20]

Jamal feuded with Toshiaki Kawada in pursuit of his Triple Crown Championship in the spring and summer of 2004, but would lose to Kawada on the June 12, 2004 edition of AJPW TV by submission. However, Jamal and Kea continued dominating the tag-team division, where they won several victories. By the end of 2004, Jamal got even with Kawada, where he and Kea eliminated Kawada and Mitsuya Nagai in the Real World Tag League '04 tournament semifinals. Jamal and Kea would defeat Satoshi Kojima and Kaz Hayashi to win the tournament with the trophies on the December 1, 2004 edition of AJPW TV.[21]

Keiji Muto competed at a Pro Wrestling Noah event on July 10, 2004, teaming with fellow AJPW wrestler Taiyō Kea to face Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa. On July 18, 2004, Mitsuharu Misawa returned to All Japan and defeated Satoshi Kojima at Battle Banquet. Misawa returned to All Japan again on October 31, 2004, for the Keiji Muto: Love and Bump pay-per-view event, where he (along with Keiji Muto) defeated Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki in what was billed as a "Special Dream Tag Match".

On the January 15, 2005 edition of AJPW TV, Jamal and Taiyō Kea won the vacant AJPW World Tag Team Titles by defeating cult favorite Hiroshi Tanahashi and Yutaka Yoshie.[22] The team of Jamal and Kea won every tag-team title defense throughout 2005, before Jamal left to join the WWE in December 2005, later debuting as Umaga in April 2006.

Taiyō Kea would team with other RO&D stable members throughout 2006 while embarking on a strong singles push. Kea defeated Toshiyaki Kawada for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion on the August 27, 2006 pay-per-view,[23] before losing it to up-and-comer Minoru Suzuki a week later on the September 3, 2006 edition of AJPW TV.[24]

#### Later Pro Wrestling Love era

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On July 10, 2007, Hiroshi Hase was appointed as the new Chairman of the Pacific Wrestling Federation, following Stan Hansen's voluntary resignation. Hase is the third chairman in PWF's history. Joe Doering would become the main gaijin around this time.

October 12, 2007 Baseball Magazine Sha, the publisher of Puroresu Shukan released AJPW trading cards.[25]

On June 7, 2011, Keiji Muto announced his resignation as the President of All Japan Pro Wrestling and named Masayuki Uchida as his successor.[26]

On August 28, 2012, AJPW and Gaora TV announced that AJPW would introduce a new championship called the Gaora TV Championship. The tournament for the title began on September 8, and ended on October 7 with Seiya Sanada defeating Yasufumi Nakanoue in the final to become the inaugural champion.

The "Pro Wrestling Love" name and theme was retired on July 5, 2013, thus ending the era.[27]

### All Japan under Nobuo Shiraishi (2012–2014)

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On November 1, 2012, IT company Speed Partners purchased all shares of All Japan from Keiji Muto and his business partners like Gaora TV for ¥200 million, however, the purchase was not made public until February 2013.[12][28][29][30] In January 2013, AJPW signed Atsushi Aoki, Go Shiozaki, Jun Akiyama, Kotaro Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru, all of whom had quit Pro Wrestling Noah the previous month, to return to AJPW, initially as freelancers.[31] On March 17, 2013, it was announced that Hiroshi Hase was stepping down as Pacific Wrestling Federation Chairman, and that he would be succeeded by Kenta Kobashi, following Kobashi's retirement as a professional wrestler on May 11, 2013.[32]

#### Fourth exodus: Wrestle-1

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On May 1, 2013, it was reported that negotiations had started between Speed Partners president Nobuo Shiraishi and All Japan president Masayuki Uchida, which would see Keiji Muto regain the promotion's presidency before the end of the month.[33] However, on May 27, it was reported that Shiraishi himself would take over the presidency of All Japan effective June 1.[34] This was later confirmed by All Japan,[35] and led to Keiji Muto's resignation from the promotion.[12][36][37] In the weeks that followed, Masakatsu Funaki, Kaz Hayashi, Shuji Kondo, Ryota Hama, Masayuki Kono, Hiroshi Yamato, Koji Kanemoto, Minoru Tanaka, Yasufumi Nakanoue, Kai, Seiya Sanada and Andy Wu announced their resignation from the promotion out of loyalty to Muto.[38][39][40][41][42][43][44]

They all left the promotion following a June 30 event in Ryōgoku Kokugikan (the TV taping for the July 5 episode where the Pro Wrestling Love era ended) and went on to form the Wrestle-1 promotion the following month and announced their first show was held September 8 at Tokyo Dome City Hall.[45][46] At the event, the Gaora TV Champion René Dupree made his debut in Wrestle-1, leaving AJPW.[47] Before the end of the year, Manabu Soya also quit All Japan to jump to Wrestle-1.[48]

#### Rebuilding

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After the exodus (along with the departures of ring announcer Makoto Abe and referees Daichi Murayama and Daisuke Kanbayashi), the promotion has now been reduced to less than half the active roster. On June 21, 2013, it was revealed that since 2009, AJPW mainstay Masanobu Fuchi, who has been with the promotion since debuting in 1974, had long since resigned from the AJPW Board of Directors and has not been on an exclusive contract due to his age, thus becoming a freelancer, but chose to stay with AJPW on a pay per performance basis.[49] On July 5, 2013, all five members of Burning (Akiyama, Shiozaki, Aoki, Suzuki, and Kanemaru) officially signed exclusive contracts with AJPW, ending their tenure as freelancers, along with the returns of Taiyo Kea and referee Kyohei Wada.[50][51] On July 14, during the launching event of the post-Muto All Japan, Masanobu Fuchi announced that he had officially re-signed with the promotion not only as a wrestler, but also as a member of the Board of Directors, ending his tenure as a freelancer.[52] On August 1, all of the All Japan shares were moved from Speed Partners to Shiraishi's Red Wall Japan corporation, which effectively became the new parent company of the promotion.[53] Meanwhile, the promotion's corporate name was changed to "Zen Nihon Puroresu Systems".[54] On August 7, it was reported that All Japan had agreed to return the NWA International Heavyweight, NWA United National and PWF World Heavyweight Championship belts, which make up the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, to Motoko Baba, the widow of the promotion's founder Giant Baba, bringing an end to the final remnant of the Giant Baba All Japan. The Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship retained its old name, but All Japan introduced a new title belt to represent it.[55] The three original belts were defended for the last time on August 25, when Suwama successfully defended them against Go Shiozaki. The new title belt was revealed on October 27.[56][57] On August 27, Shiraishi announced that he would be stepping down as the All Japan president by the end of the month. He would, however, remain the owner of the promotion.[58] On September 1, longtime freelancer Akebono signed a contract to officially join All Japan full-time.[59] On September 11, Hirota Inoue, one of the executive directors originally brought to the promotion by Shiraishi, was announced as the new president of All Japan.[60][61] On October 27, Dory Funk, Jr. was announced as the new Pacific Wrestling Federation chairman.[62][63]

### All Japan under Jun Akiyama (2014–2020)

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On June 5, 2014, All Japan announced a corporate restructuring taking place on July 1, which would see Jun Akiyama take over as the promotion's new president.[64][65] On July 1, the promotion announced another corporate name change to "All Japan Pro Wrestling kabushiki gaisha" (dropping the Japanese "Zen Nihon Puroresu" name), while also relocating its headquarters from Tokyo to Yokohama.[54] Akiyama established a new company named Zen Nihon Puroresu Innovation, through which he will run the new All Japan Pro Wrestling. Akiyama also serves as the representative director of the promotion and reports to a board of directors, which most notably includes Suwama and Akebono. Motoko Baba also joined the promotion as a consultant.[66][67][68] On September 28, 2015, Go Shiozaki announced his resignation from All Japan.[69] On November 2, it was announced that Akebono was also leaving All Japan with the goal of returning to mixed martial arts.[70] On November 16, yet another wrestler, the reigning World Junior Heavyweight Champion Kotaro Suzuki, announced his departure from All Japan at the end of the month.[71] Four days later, Yoshinobu Kanemaru also announced he would be leaving All Japan following December 15.[72] Akiyama revealed that the departures were all for the same reason: All Japan had recently decided to change all of its wrestler contracts to pay-per-appearance contracts.[73] In October 2016, the promotion announced it had reached a deal with satellite television provider Nippon BS Broadcasting for a monthly highlights show, Eleven, to be broadcast on the third Monday of each month.[74] On November 27, 2016, the promotion returned to Ryōgoku Kokugikan for its first event at the venue in three years, headlined by Kento Miyahara defending the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship against Suwama.[75] In August 2017 Toryumon Mexico started working with All Japan Pro Wrestling in with a collaborated event tour called Lucha Fiesta.[76] On February 4, 2018, AJPW announced "All Japan Pro Wrestling TV", a new worldwide streaming site for the promotion's events.[77] On October 10, 2019, Akiyama left his position as president to become General Manager.[78] Tsuyoki Fukuda was later made president of AJPW.

### All Japan under Tsuyoki Fukuda (2020–present)

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On April 2, 2020, AJPW president Tsuyoki Fukuda decided to cancel the 2020 Champion Carnival in April, with the tournament being rescheduled for a later date and three opening shows of the Super Power Series 2020 tour would also be canceled following that the promotion would start to do empty arenas shows at 2AW's 2AW Square arena. On June 26, AJPW General Manager Jun Akiyama announced that he would leave AJPW for DDT after nine years with the promotion and announced that management of the promotion would be transferred to Tsuyoki Fukuda. On November 14, AJPW announced the creation of its sixth active title and the first six-man tag team championship in the promotion's history, the AJPW TV Six-Man Tag Team Championship. On November 28, the board of directors Suwama announced the launching of AJPW's own women's division "Evolution's Girls". Suwama announced that he would be heading the division alongside Shuji Ishikawa, intending to recruit and hopes to train women wrestlers for the promotion. In April, during an interview with Tokyo Sports, Suwama expressed his intention to establish a women's division, however, his plans were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Afterwards, AJPW also established a working relationship with Joshi promotion Ice Ribbon, during which Tsukasa Fujimoto was announced as an advisor for the new division.

On May 7, 2021, the Japanese government announced an extension to the state of emergency currently in place in Tokyo and other prefectures, leading AJPW to postpone their event on May 15 at Ota City General Gymnasium to June 26. On June 26, it was announced since the creation of the Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion that the title would be decided in a Tomoe Battle, where in cooperation with the Baba family, Jake Lee would bring the NWA International Heavyweight Championship, Kento Miyahara the PWF World Heavyweight Championship and Yuma Aoyagi the NWA United National Championship to symbolize the origin of the title belt. This kind of match was last fought at the 1997 Champion Carnival where Toshiaki Kawada defeated Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi to win the tournament, the match usually starts with consecutive singles matches between three wrestlers, which wrestler who have two wins in a row first is declared the winner. On October 18, 2021, Zeus announced his resignation from All Japan after he had purchased all shares of Osaka Pro Wrestling from Yuji Sakagami announcing that he would be leaving the promotion on December 31 when his contract expires. Zeus himself expressed interest in a future collaboration between AJPW and Osaka Pro, with whom Zeus previously worked in the past which would also lead to more departures with Naoya Nomura and Koji Iwamoto announcing on December 5, that he would also be leaving the promotion on December 31 when their contract expires only to Nomura return to the promotion in June 2022. On July 12, 2022, it was announced that AJPW would be celebrating its 50th anniversary event on September 18, 2022, at the Nippon Budokan, marking the return of the promotion to the arena for the first time in eighteen years.

On December 15, 2023, AJPW was announced as one of the founding members of the United Japan Pro-Wrestling alliance, a joint effort to further develop professional wrestling in Japan through promotion and organization, with Seiji Sakaguchi being named as the chairman of the project.[79]

## Roster and current champions

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Main article: All Japan Pro Wrestling roster

Championship | Current champion(s) | Reign | Date won | Days
held | Location | Notes

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Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship |  | Jun Saito | 1 | December 31, 2024  | 222  | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Davey Boy Smith Jr. at New Year's Eve.
World Tag Team Championship |
| Hideki Suzuki and Kengo Mashimo | 1
(2, 2) | August 1, 2025  | 9  | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Zen Nisshin Jidai (Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi) on night 1 of Nettou Summer Action Wars 2025.
World Junior Heavyweight Championship |  | Atsuki Aoyagi | 3 | August 10, 2025  | 0  | Matsumoto, Japan | Defeated Seiki Yoshioka at Nettou Summer Action Wars 2025.
All Asia Tag Team Championship |
| Atsuki Aoyagi and Yuma Aoyagi | 1
(1, 3) | June 15, 2025  | 56  | Kyoto, Japan | Defeated Elpida (Yuma Anzai and Rising Hayato) on Night 3 of the Super Power Series 2025.
Gaora TV Championship |  | Takashi | 1 | June 15, 2025  | 56  | Kyoto, Japan | Defeated Yuko Miyamoto on Night 3 of the Super Power Series 2025.
AJPW TV Six-Man Tag Team Championship |

| Hokuto-gun
(Takashi Yoshida, Hokuto Omori and Kuma Arashi) | 1
(1, 3, 2) | May 18, 2025  | 84  | Tokyo, Japan | Defeated Baka no Jidai (Fuminori Abe, Hikaru Sato and Yuma Aoyagi) on the Champion Carnival 2025 finals night.

Titles previously promoted by the company include

* Titles that were originally part of the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship
* NWA International Heavyweight Championship
* NWA United National Championship
* PWF World Heavyweight Championship
* Titles that are now part of the World Tag Team Championship
* NWA International Tag Team Championship
* PWF World Tag Team Championship
* Others
* NWA International Junior Heavyweight Championship (replaced with World Junior Heavyweight Championship)
* PWF United States Heavyweight Championship
* F-1 Tag Team Championship (transferred to and promoted by Wrestle-1 until its closure)
* Shared
* All Asia Heavyweight Championship (now promoted by Pro Wrestling Land's End under Pacific Wrestling Federation authorization)
* United National Tag Team Championship (promoted by Tenryu Project under Pacific Wrestling Federation authorization)

## Tournaments

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AJPW also holds annual tournaments to decide the top wrestler or tag team in the promotion:

Tournament  | Latest winner(s)  | Date won

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|

Champion Carnival | Rei Saito | May 18, 2025
Jr. Battle of Glory | Dan Tamura | December 6, 2023
Jr. Tag Battle of Glory | Kaito Ishida and Kotaro Suzuki | May 4, 2023
Ōdō Tournament | Ren Ayabe | September 22, 2024
World's Strongest Tag Determination League | Jun Saito and Rei Saito | December 8, 2024

## Broadcasters

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Domestic:

* Gaora (2000–present, broadcasting monthly show B-Banquet and live specials; formerly broadcasting archive show Battle Archives)
* Fighting TV Samurai (2000–present, broadcasting live and taped shows; formerly broadcasting weekly show King's Road and archive show Royal Road Club)
* Nico Nico Douga (2016–present, streaming untelevised spot-shows and interviews)
* Amazon Prime Video Japan (2020–present)

Worldwide:

* All Japan Pro Wrestling TV (streaming service, in partnership with Gaora, broadcasting most AJPW shows live, as well as on-demand)

### Former

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* Nippon Television (1972–2000, continues to air AJPW footage unbranded as Wrestling Classics on NTV G+)
* Broadcast syndication, Japanese Association of Independent Television Stations (1994–2013, intermittent weekly programming and specials)
* BS11 (2016–2018, broadcasting highlight/magazine show Eleven)

International (former):

* FITE TV (2017–2018)

## See also

[edit]

* Japan portal

* Professional wrestling in Japan
* List of professional wrestling promotions in Japan

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* G1 Climax (winners)
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* Super J-Cup (winners)
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Video games|

* Wrestle Kingdom
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* Fire Pro Wrestling World

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| Current|

* All Elite Wrestling
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* Big Japan Pro Wrestling
* Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre
* DDT Pro-Wrestling
* Dragongate
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* Toryumon Mexico
* Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
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* United Wrestling Network
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* WAR
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* World Championship Wrestling
* World Class Championship Wrestling
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* Amuse Inc. (5%)
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* World Wonder Ring Stardom

Personnel|

| Current|

* List of New Japan Pro-Wrestling personnel

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* List of former New Japan Pro-Wrestling personnel

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* Andy Wu
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* René Duprée
* Ryoji Sai
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* Shuji Kondo
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* Yusuke Kodama

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| Singles|

* Wrestle-1 Championship
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* Wrestle-1 Result Championship

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* Wrestle-1 Tag Team Championship
* F-1 Tag Team Championship
* UWA World Trios Championship

Tournaments|

* Wrestle-1 Grand Prix
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Events|

* 2014 Bound for Glory
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Partnerships|

* All Japan Pro Wrestling
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* Broadcasting rights

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* Amway Center
* Full Sail University
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* Hall of Fame
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* A–C
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* André the Giant–Hulk Hogan rivalry
* Bret Hart vs. Tom Magee
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* American Wrestling Association
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* Avid Technology
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* Tout

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* TKO Group Holdings
* Endeavor

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* IMG
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* Ultimate Fighting Championship
* Zuffa Boxing

Partnerships|

| Current|

* Game Changer Wrestling
* National Wrestling Alliance
* Pro Wrestling Noah
* Dream Star Fighting Marigold
* Reality of Wrestling
* Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

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Former|

* All Japan Pro Wrestling
* Deep South Wrestling
* Insane Championship Wrestling
* International Wrestling Association
* Memphis Championship Wrestling
* Michinoku Pro Wrestling
* New Japan Pro-Wrestling
* Ohio Valley Wrestling
* Power Pro Wrestling
* Progress Wrestling
* Smoky Mountain Wrestling
* Super World of Sports
* Ultimate Pro Wrestling
* United States Wrestling Association
* Universal Lucha Libre
* Universal Wrestling Association
* Universal Wrestling Federation
* WAR
* Westside Xtreme Wrestling
* World Wrestling Alliance

Championships|

* Current champions
* Former championships
* Types of championships
* Tag team
* Women's
* World

Accomplishments|

* Diva Search
* Money in the Bank
* Tough Enough
* Awards
* Slammys
* NXT Year-End
* WWE Year-End
* Grand Slam
* Triple Crown
* Battle royals
* André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal
* Royal Rumble
* WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal

Tournaments|

* Brawl for All
* Cruiserweight Classic
* Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic
* King of the Ring
* Mae Young Classic
* Mixed Match Challenge
* NXT Breakout Tournament
* Queen of the Ring
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International|

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Miscellaneous|

* Attendance records
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* Women in WWE
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* WWE action figures
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* WWE ID and WWE NIL

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Active promotions

Major promotions|

* All Japan Pro Wrestling
* CyberFight
* DDT Pro-Wrestling
* Pro Wrestling Noah
* Dragongate
* New Japan Pro-Wrestling

Women's|

* CyberFight
* Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling
* World Wonder Ring Stardom

Independent promotions|

* Active Advance Pro Wrestling
* Big Japan Pro Wrestling
* Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling-Explosion
* Dradition
* Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling
* Gleat
* Lidet UWF
* G Prowrestling
* Kyushu Pro-Wrestling
* Michinoku Pro Wrestling
* Osaka Pro Wrestling
* Pro-Wrestling Basara
* Pro Wrestling Freedoms
* Pro Wrestling Land's End
* Pro-Wrestling Shi-En
* Pro Wrestling Zero1
* Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out
* Strong Style Pro-Wrestling
* Tenryu Project
* Tokyo Gurentai
* Wrestling of Darkness 666

Women's|

* 2point5 Joshi Pro Wrestling
* Actwres girl'Z
* ChocoPro
* Dream Star Fighting Marigold
* Ice Ribbon
* Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling
* Marvelous That's Women Pro Wrestling
* Oz Academy
* Pro Wrestling Wave
* Pure-J
* Reina Joshi Puroresu
* Seadlinnng
* Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling
* World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana

Governing bodies and
interpromotional alliances|

| Legitimate|

* Asia-Pacific Federation of Wrestling
* United Japan Pro-Wrestling
* United Wrestling Network

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Storyline|

* AWA
* International Wrestling Grand Prix
* Global Honored Crown
* New Wrestling Alliance
* Pacific Wrestling Federation

Defunct promotions

Major promotions|

* Fighting Network Rings
* Hustle
* Inoki Genome Federation
* International Wrestling Enterprise
* Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance
* UWF International
* Wrestle-1

Women's|

* All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling
* Gaea Japan
* Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling

Independent promotions|

* Apache Pro-Wrestling Army
* Battlarts
* Diamond Ring
* Fighting of World Japan Pro Wrestling
* IWA Japan
* Japan Pro-Wrestling
* Kingdom
* Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi
* Smash
* Super World of Sports
* Tokyo Pro Wrestling
* Toryumon Japan
* Universal Lucha Libre
* Universal Wrestling Federation
* W*ING
* WAR
* Wrestling New Classic

Women's|

* Arsion
* JDStar
* JWP Joshi Puroresu
* NEO Japan Ladies Pro-Wrestling
* WNC-Reina

Governing bodies and
interpromotional alliances|

* AWA Superstars of Wrestling
* Global Professional Wrestling Alliance

* Attendance records
* Professional wrestling at the Tokyo Dome
* Puroresu
* Rikidōzan

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* Japan

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