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Roderick Strong Won’t Push His Son To Be A Wrestler, AJPW News

Ryan Clark - March 10, 2024

During a recent appearance on the "Under the Ring" podcast, Roderick Strong commented on his son Troy’s love of wrestling, and whether he'd push...

AEW

News On The Inspiration Behind The “Blackpool Combat Club”

David Esposito - December 2, 2022

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has a note about the inspiration behind the creation of the Blackpool Combat Club. The idea originated with Jon Moxley and...

AEW

Christopher Daniels Reacts To Getting Closer To The End Of His In-Ring Career

Ryan Clark - September 23, 2022

In a series of tweets following his recent appearances for AJPW (All Japan Pro Wrestling), Christopher Daniels commented on getting closer to the end...

AEW

Christopher Daniels To Debut For AJPW Next Month – Details

Ryan Clark - August 8, 2022

Christopher Daniels is coming to All Japan Pro Wrestling. All Japan Pro Wrestling took to Twitter today to announce that Daniels will be making his...

News

Goldberg Discusses His Time In AJPW Following The Closure Of WCW

Ryan Clark - July 23, 2022

Back in 2002 and 2003, WWE Hall of Famer Goldberg spent some time in All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) following the closure of WCW. During...

News

AJPW Holds Empty Arena Show – Details

Ryan Clark - May 30, 2020

According to Fightful, AJPW recently held an empty arena show that aired on Samurai! TV and the promotion’s streaming service on May 24th. The...

News

All Japan Pro Wrestling Superstar Joe Doering Diagnosed With Brain Cancer

Ryan Clark - March 31, 2016

All Japan Pro Wrestling will be announcing in the very near future that Joe Doering has been diagnosed with brain cancer. The former Triple...

News

Suwama Suffers A Ruptured Achilles Tendon, Vacates The AJPW Triple Crown Title

Ryan Clark - January 12, 2016

Due to suffering a ruptured Achilles tendon, Suwama has been forced to vacate AJPW’s triple crown championship.Kento Miyahara vs. Zeus is currently booked to...

Editorial

Backstage Report – Go Shiozaki Not Re-Signing With AJPW

Ryan Clark - October 1, 2015

Source: The Wrestling Observer NewsletterAccording to sources, Go Shiozaki’s contract with All Japan Pro Wrestling expired on September 30th, and he is not re-signing...

Editorial

ROH News & Notes – AJPW Legend Set To Debut, The Weekend Live Event Card Released, & More

Ryan Clark - July 7, 2015

-- Ring of Honor has announced that AJPW legend Nanae Takahashi is set to appear on the July 17th show in Las Vegas,...

News

TOP TEN: Best Face-Painted Wrestlers In History

Staff - November 6, 2013

Professional wrestling is fun. It's hard work for the guys who lace up the boots night-in and night-out, travel all over the globe on...

News

All Japan Pro Wrestling Has New Owners

Staff - February 26, 2013

The Japanese corporation Speed Partners purchased 100% of the stock of All Japan Pro Wrestling. Nobuo Shiraishi, the president of Speed Partners, made the...

News

John Morrison’s DGUSA Debut (Video) + Ric Flair’s Issues

Staff - January 26, 2013

Partial Source: The Wrestling Observer -- As noted earlier today here on the website, Ric Flair's advertised return to the ring for All Japan Pro...

News

Japan News – Ric Flair’s Opponents + Kenta Kobashi Retires

Staff - January 23, 2013

Credit: PuroresuSpirit.com -- Kenta Kobashi has announced that his retirement match will be on May 11th at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. The match will be...

News

Marti Funk Rips Kevin Nash, Ric Flair To All Japan & More

Staff - January 15, 2013

-- Marti Funk, the wife of Dory Funk, released the following statement today in regards to Kevin Nash's recent comments on John Travolta… TO Kayfabe...

News

Ric Flair’s AJPW Opponent(s) Revealed – Details Inside

Staff - January 3, 2013

UPDATE: All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) has announced that Ric Flair will team with Keiji Mutoh against Tatsumi Fujinami & Seiya Sanada for the...

News

Ric Flair’s Son Headed To All Japan, Bischoff’s New TV Show

Staff - December 28, 2012

-- Ric Flair did an interview with Mark Madden on his show in Pittsburgh on 105.9 WXDX FM on Thursday. Flair talked about LeBron...

News

Backstage News – The AJPW/WWE Deal + WWE Network

Staff - September 27, 2012

Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter -- In an update on the WWE and All Japan deal, it's apparently not all that it's being made out...

News

The Big Show To All Japan?, + nWo In All Japan & More

Staff - September 21, 2012

Source: The Wrestling Observer -- The Great Muta recently began playing up the idea of bringing Big Show to Japan as part of the WWE/AJPW...

News

Jeff Hardy Comments On WWE’s Pink Ropes, WWE/All Japan

Staff - September 20, 2012

Partial Source: The Wrestling Observer Newsletter -- On RAW Monday, WWE used a pink middle rope to raise breast cancer awareness. Regarding this, Jeff Hardy...

News

Report: WWE & All Japan Forge An Alliance

Staff - September 19, 2012

Tokyo Sport is reporting that WWE and All Japan Pro Wrestling have forged an alliance and will be working together. John Laurinaitis reportedly helped...

News

Various News: Kevin Nash To All Japan + Today’s Birthdays

Staff - September 6, 2012

-- Former ROH, TNA, and WWE star Low Ki turns 33 years old today. -- Former WWE Diva Jillian Hall turns 32 years of today. --...