All Japan Pro Wrestling
Japanese professional wrestling promotion
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January 26 2025 | Musashi won the World Junior Heavyweight Championship in Tokyo, Japan by defeating Naruki Doi at New Year Wars 2025 - Night 3. |
January 1 2025 | Baka No Jidai (Fuminori Abe, Hikaru Sato and Yuma Aoyagi) won the AJPW TV Six-Man Tag Team Championship in Tokyo, Japan by defeating Hokuto-gun (Cyrus, Hokuto Omori and Kuma Arashi) at New Year Wars 2025 - Night 1. |
December 31 2024 | Jun Saito won the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship in Tokyo, Japan by defeating Davey Boy Smith Jr. at New Year's Eve event. |
December 8 2024 | World's Strongest Tag Determination League tournament won by tag team Jun Saito and Rei Saito |
December 8 2024 | Yuko Miyamoto won the Gaora TV Championship in Tokyo, Japan by defeating Seigo Tachibana at Real World Tag League - Night 11. |
October 13 2024 | ELPIDA (Yuma Anzai and Rising Hayato) won the All Asia Tag Team Championship in Tokyo, Japan by defeating Musashi and Seiki Yoshioka at Raising An Army Memorial Series 2024 - Night 2. |
September 22 2024 | Ōdō Tournament won by Ren Ayabe |
May 12 2024 | Champion Carnival tournament won by Kento Miyahara |
March 30 2024 | Zen Nisshin Jidai (Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi) win the World Tag Team Championship in Tokyo, Japan by defeating Jun Saito and Rei Saito at Dream Power Series 2025 - Night 1. |
March 30 2024 | Saito Brothers (Jun Saito and Rei Saito) won the World Tag Team Championship in Tokyo, Japan by defeating Hideki Suzuki and Suwama at Dream Power Series 2024 - Night 5. |
December 15 2023 | AJPW was announced as a founding member of the United Japan Pro-Wrestling alliance, with Seiji Sakaguchi named as the chairman of the project. |
December 15 2023 | Noah becomes a founding member of the United Japan Pro-Wrestling alliance, with Seiji Sakaguchi named as the chairman. |
December 6 2023 | Jr. Battle of Glory tournament won by Dan Tamura |
May 4 2023 | Jr. Tag Battle of Glory tournament won by tag team Kaito Ishida and Kotaro Suzuki |
July 12 2022 | AJPW announced plans to celebrate its 50th anniversary event on September 18 at Nippon Budokan, marking its return to the arena after eighteen years. |
November 19 2021 | Noah re-establishes its relationship with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) during Wrestle Kingdom 16 event. |
October 18 2021 | Zeus announced his resignation from All Japan Pro Wrestling, planning to leave on December 31 after purchasing Osaka Pro Wrestling shares. |
June 26 2021 | AJPW announced a special Tomoe Battle to determine the Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, involving Jake Lee, Kento Miyahara, and Yuma Aoyagi. |
May 7 2021 | Due to a government-announced state of emergency, AJPW postponed their event at Ota City General Gymnasium from May 15 to June 26. |
2020 | Tsuyoki Fukuda took over leadership of All Japan Pro Wrestling, beginning a new era for the promotion after previous leadership changes. |
2020 | AJPW starts streaming on Amazon Prime Video Japan, further expanding their digital media presence. |
2020 | Multiple broadcasting changes occur: Nippon TV ends its broadcast, AbemaTV and Wrestle Universe begin streaming Noah events, and Triller TV starts broadcasting Noah content. |
November 28 2020 | AJPW launched its women's division 'Evolution's Girls', with Suwama and Shuji Ishikawa heading the initiative and establishing a working relationship with Ice Ribbon. |
November 14 2020 | AJPW announced the creation of its first six-man tag team championship, the AJPW TV Six-Man Tag Team Championship. |
June 26 2020 | Jun Akiyama announced his departure from AJPW after nine years, with management to be transferred to Tsuyoki Fukuda. |
April 2 2020 | AJPW president Tsuyoki Fukuda canceled the 2020 Champion Carnival and began planning empty arena shows due to the pandemic. |
January 2020 | CyberAgent, the parent company of DDT Pro-Wrestling, purchased Pro Wrestling Noah. DDT's executives took over Noah's operations, and Noah's content began appearing on the Wrestle Universe streaming service. |
October 10 2019 | Jun Akiyama left his position as president to become General Manager, with Tsuyoki Fukuda later appointed as the new president of AJPW. |
February 1 2019 | Noah is purchased by Lidet Entertainment, which acquires a 75% stake in the company. |
2018 | AJPW ends broadcasting on BS11's Eleven highlight show. |
2017 | AJPW begins international streaming on FITE TV (which ended in 2018). |
August 2017 | Toryumon Mexico started working with All Japan Pro Wrestling in a collaborative event tour called Lucha Fiesta. |
2016 | AJPW starts streaming on Nico Nico Douga, expanding their digital media distribution. |
November 27 2016 | The promotion returned to Ryōgoku Kokugikan for its first event at the venue in three years, with Kento Miyahara defending the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship against Suwama. |
November 1 2016 | Noah is sold to IT development company Estbee, with former AJPW president Masayuki Uchida becoming the new Noah president. |
October 2016 | All Japan Pro Wrestling reached a deal with Nippon BS Broadcasting for a monthly highlights show called Eleven, to be broadcast on the third Monday of each month. |
2015 | Final year of Pro Wrestling Sem events, after which no further events were held. |
November 20 2015 | Yoshinobu Kanemaru announced he would be leaving All Japan after December 15, part of a mass exodus due to changes in wrestler contracts to pay-per-appearance basis. |
November 2 2015 | Akebono announced his departure from All Japan Pro Wrestling to return to mixed martial arts. |
May 3 2015 | All Japan Pro Wrestling holds the Champion Carnival tournament, a significant annual event in the promotion's wrestling calendar. |
2014 | Nobuo Shiraishi's leadership of All Japan Pro Wrestling concludes, marking the end of his tenure with the promotion. |
July 1 2014 | All Japan Pro Wrestling officially changed its corporate name and relocated headquarters from Tokyo to Yokohama, with Akiyama establishing Zen Nihon Puroresu Innovation to run the promotion. |
June 5 2014 | All Japan announced a corporate restructuring with Jun Akiyama set to take over as the promotion's new president. |
April 30 2014 | Kenta announces his resignation from Noah to sign with WWE. |
December 2013 | Manabu Soya quits All Japan Pro Wrestling to join Wrestle-1 before the end of the year. |
October 27 2013 | A new Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship belt was revealed, and Dory Funk, Jr. was announced as the new Pacific Wrestling Federation chairman. |
September 8 2013 | Wrestle-1 promotion holds its first show at Tokyo Dome City Hall, with René Dupree making his debut in the new promotion. |
September 1 2013 | Longtime freelancer Akebono signed a full-time contract with All Japan Pro Wrestling. |
September 1 2013 | Akebono signed a full-time contract with All Japan. |
August 27 2013 | Nobuo Shiraishi announced his resignation as All Japan president, though he would remain the owner of the promotion. |
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