![]() ![]() ![]() With established stars such as Keiji Mutoh, 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. 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. 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, Bill Goldberg and Mike Rotunda.īy 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. In January 2002, Keiji Mutoh defected to All Japan, and was officially appointed as its new president that September. 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. ![]() This led to a loss of All Japan's TV deal and a period of hardship for the company. Misawa created Pro Wrestling NOAH and every single native wrestler besides Masanobu Fuchi and Toshiaki Kawada left All Japan. Misawa was named President but left in 2000 after disagreements with Motoko. In 1999, Giant Baba died and the promotion was run by Motoko Baba. Death" Steve Williams, Kenta Kobashi, Gary Albright, Toshiaki Kawada, Mike Barton (Bart Gunn) and Akira Taue, leading to perhaps AJPW's most profitable period in the 1990s. As the 1990s began, aging stars gave way to a younger generation including Mitsuharu Misawa, "Dr. From the mid-1970s, All Japan was firmly established as the largest promotion in Japan. Many wrestlers had left with Baba, with many more joining the following year when JWA folded. Japanese professional wrestling promotion All Japan Pro WrestlingĪll Japan Pro Wrestling ( オールジャパン・プロレスリング, Ōru Japan Puroresuringu, originally 全日本プロレス Zen Nihon Puroresu) ( AJPW/ AJP) or simply All Japan is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established on Octowhen Giant Baba split away from the Japanese Wrestling Association and created his own promotion. ![]()
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