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Encyclopedia > All Japan Pro Wrestling roster

This is a list of professional wrestlers who currently and/or have wrestled in All Japan Pro Wrestling. The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) (全日本プロレス, zen nihon puroresu) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1972. ...

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Current Roster

Home Unit

  • Nobutaka Araya
  • Masanobu Fuchi - also serves as a Director
  • Hiroshi Hase - Retired Wrestler, Pacific Wrestling Federation Commissioner
  • Ryuji Hijikata
  • Nobukazu Hirai
  • Brute Issei
  • Taiyō Kea
  • Keiji Mutoh - also serves as President of AJPW
  • Touru Owashi
  • Akira Raijin
  • Kiyonari Sanada
  • T28

Masanobu Fuchi , born January 14, 1954) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for All Japan Pro Wrestling as a full-time wrestler, as well as a director. ... Hiroshi/Hiro Hase was born on May 5, 1961 in Koyabe, Toyama, Japan. ... Maunakea Mossman is an American professional wrestler, better known under his stage name Taiyō Kea (太陽ケア). Although he was born in Hawaii, he has spent nearly his entire career as a member of the Japan-based All Japan Pro Wrestling promotion, where he is one of the former Triple Crown Heavyweight... Keiji Mutoh , born December 23, 1962), also called the Great Muta, is a Japanese professional wrestler who gained international fame in the National Wrestling Alliance. ... T28 may be: T-28 multi-turretted Soviet tank of the 1930s T-28 Super Heavy Tank, a U.S. experimental self-propelled gun of World War II T-28 Trojan, a U.S. trainer and close-support aircraft of the 1950s and 60s T-28 tuner, a Yamaha 28...

VooDoo Murders

brother YASSHI Yasushi Tsujimoto ), better known by his ringname brother YASSHI, is a Japanese professional wrestler, known for his appearances in El Dorado Wrestling, Dragon Gate, and All Japan Pro Wrestling. ... Satoshi Kojima ) is a Japanese professional wrestler and currently works for All Japan Pro Wrestling. ... Shuji Kondo Shuji Kondo (近藤修司, Kondo Syuji) is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for All Japan Pro Wrestling. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Kohei Suwama ), also known simply as Suwama ), is a Japanese professional wrestler, known for his work in All Japan Pro Wrestling as part of the Voodoo Murders stable. ... TARU in his entrance attire Yoshikazu Taru, better known as TARU, is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for All Japan Pro Wrestling. ...

Kensuke Office

Hisako Uno Sasaki is a former professional wrestler better known as Akira Hokuto. ... Katsuhiko Nakajima , born March 11, 1988) is a Japanese professional wrestler, represented as a freelancer by Kensuke Office, owned by his mentor Kensuke Sasaki. ... Kensuke Sasaki is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently wrestles for various promotions through his own agency, such as All Japan Pro Wrestling. ...

Mexico Amigos

Kazuhiro Kaz Hayashi (born May 18, 1973 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for All Japan Pro Wrestling. ... Takao Yoshida ) (born October 26, 1973) better known by his stage name TAKA Michinoku (TAKA is written in all caps in Japanese script), is a professional wrestler who has wrestled all over the world. ... Kazunari Nozawa ), better known by his ring names NOSAWA and NOSAWA Rongai, is a Japanese freelance professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in All Japan Pro Wrestling and various independent promotions, frequently teaming with MAZADA. He was also team captain for Team Japan in Total Nonstop Action Wrestlings...

Freelancers

Toshiaki Kawada (川田利明; Kawada Toshiaki) is a professional wrestler who is most known for his work in All Japan Pro Wrestling. ... Mitsunobu Kikuzawa, better known by his wrestling persona Kikutaro, is an Japanese professional wrestler. ... Minoru Suzuki (Suzuki Minoru, 鈴木 実; stage name 鈴木みのる) is a Japanese professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. ...

Gaijins

  • Phil Atlas
  • Joe Doering
  • Vampiro
  • John Williams
  • Chris Sabin

Alumni

Native

Takuya Sugi is a Japanese professional wrestler from Shizuoka. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Jun Akiyama (秋山準 Akiyama Jun) is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for Pro Wrestling NOAH. // In junior high school Akiyama practised swimming and in senior high school he did freestyle amateur wrestling and judo. ... Shohei Baba (1938–1999) was a professional wrestler and co-founder of All Japan Pro Wrestling. ... Gran Hamada (real name Hiroaki Hamada) is Japanese professional wrestler, the first to adopt the high-flying Mexican lucha libre style. ... Tamon Honda is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for Pro Wrestling NOAH. // Career Honda represented Japan in three Olympic Games in freestyle amaresu in 1984, 1988 and 1992. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Masao Inoue (井上雅央) is a professional wrestler who currently works for Pro Wrestling NOAH as a member of Dark Agents. ... ... Tsuyoshi Kikuchi is a professional wrestler who currently works for Pro Wrestling NOAH. He has previously worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling. ... Kenta Kobashi ) is a professional wrestler who currently works for Pro Wrestling NOAH. He has previously worked for All Japan Pro Wrestling. ... Mitsuharu Misawa ) is a Japanese professional wrestler. ... Kensuke Shinzaki (æ–°å´Ž 健介 Shinzaki Kensuke, born December 2, 1966 in Tokushima, Tokushima) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his stage names Jinsei Shinzaki (æ–°å´Ž 人生 Shinzaki Jinsei) and Hakushi. ... Yoshihiro Tajiri , born September 29, 1970 in Yokohama, Japan), is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances in Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment. ... Masato Tanaka (born February 23, 1973 in Wakayama City, Wakayama Prefecture) is a Japanese professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling in Japan and in Extreme Championship Wrestling in the United States. ... Akira Taue (田上明; Taue Akira), is a Japanese professional wrestler, who works for Pro Wrestling NOAH. // Career Akira Taue competed as a sumo wrestler (his shikona was Tamakirin) before becoming a professional wrestler. ... Genichiro Tenryu (天龍源一郎 TenryÅ« Genichirō), real name Genichiro Shimada (嶋田源一郎 Shimada Genichirō, born February 2, 1950), is a Japanese professional wrestler. ... Tomomi Tsuruta (March 25, 1951 - May 13, 2000), better known by his ring name Jumbo Tsuruta, was a professional wrestler who wrestled for All Japan Pro Wrestling for most of his career. ...

Gaijin

This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Akebono Taro , born May 8, 1969 as Chad George Rowan) is a retired sumo wrestler. ... André the Giant (May 19, 1946 – January 27, 1993) was a professional wrestler and actor, born André René Roussimoff in Grenoble, France. ... Robert Louis Backlund (b. ... Freddie Joe Brisco most to known as Jack Brisco (born September 21, 1941 in Blackwell, Oklahoma) was a popular and successful professional wrestler during 1970s, and into the 1980s. ... Leon White as Vader. ... Scott Charles Bigelow (September 1, 1961 – January 19, 2007) was an American professional wrestler, best known by the stage name Bam Bam Bigelow. ... Frank Goodish (1946-1988) was a professional wrestler better known in the professional wrestling world as Bruiser Brody. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Thomas Wilton Billington (born December 5, 1958) in Golborne, Lancashire is an English retired professional wrestler. ... Ric Flair (born February 25, 1949 [1] and named Richard Morgan Fliehr upon his adoption several weeks later), is an iconic American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment on its RAW brand. ... Dory Funk, Jr. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Terry Gordy (April 23, 1961 - July 16, 2001) was a professional wrestler who was most famous for being a member of the Fabulous Freebirds. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Phil Lafleur (born September 16, 1961) is a former Canadian professional wrestler better known as Dan Kroffat and Phil LaFon. ... Nature Boy Buddy Landel William Ansor is a professional wrestler better known as Nature Boy Buddy Landel. ... Aaron Rodríguez (born July 15, 1942), best known as Mil Mascaras (meaning Man of a Thousand Masks in Spanish), is a Mexican professional wrestler born in San Luis Potosí. Mascaras made his wrestling debut in April of 1965 in Guadalajara, Mexico. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Bob Roop is a wrestler whose career has spanned high school, college, Army, amateur and professional wrestling. ... Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino (born October 6, 1935), is a former professional wrestler, best known for being the longest-running champion of the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), holding the title across two reigns for over 12 years in total, as well as the longest world championship reign in professional... David Boy (Davey Boy) Smith (November 28, 1962 – May 18, 2002) was a British professional wrestler. ... James Reiher (born May 18, 1943) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name of Jimmy Superfly Snuka. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Ian Richard Hodgkinson (born May 31, 1967) is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name of Vampiro. ... David Adkisson David Allen Adkisson (July 22, 1958 - February 10, 1984) was an American professional wrestler famous under the ring name David Von Erich (of the famous Von Erich Family). ... Jack Barton Adkisson (August 16, 1929 - September 10, 1997) was an American professional wrestler under the ring name Fritz Von Erich, better known today as a wrestling promoter and the patriarch of the Von Erich wrestling family. ... Kerry Gene Adkisson (February 3, 1960 – February 18, 1993) was an American professional wrestler under the ring names Kerry Von Erich and The Texas Tornado (World Wrestling Federation or WWF) and part of the famous Von Erich family. ... Kevin Ross Adkisson (born May 15, 1957 in Belleville, Illinois) is a retired professional wrestler under the ring name Kevin Von Erich of the famous Von Erich Family. ... Dr. Death Steve Williams is a professional wrestler and former collegiate American football star at the University of Oklahoma. ...

See also


  Results from FactBites:
 
All Japan Pro Wrestling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (642 words)
All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) (全日本プロレス, zen nihon puroresu) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion established in 1972.
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 NWA, the PWF world title was downgraded to a regional championship.
Mitsuharu Misawa had been serving as company President and chief booker, but the two frequently clashed over how the promotion should be run, and in May 2000 Misawa and almost all the roster of Japanese wrestlers quit the company to start Pro Wrestling NOAH with Baba's original business partners the Momota brothers.
History of Pro Wrestling in Spain (2741 words)
In my country, wrestling was called "catch as catch can," but in the '50s it was shortened to "catch," but it also was named "lucha libre" by Mexican influence ("lucha libre" means "free fight" in Spanish).
He was said that he wrestled with a mask because he was son of a very important French diplomatic, but the truth is that he was a wrestler from Madrid named Angelo Pinos.
Without a wrestling program there can't be wrestling fans, and the few cards that were ran in Spain in 1995 (15th of December) and 1996 (17th of July) with new wrestlers like Furia Azul (Blue Fury), Kid Man, Los Fachas and a few others, were a total flop.
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