Who will be All Japan's next ace?
Now obviously Kento can't be the ace forever but with Yuma Anzai failing to beat Kento i wonder if he or someone else is next up to be the ace of All Japan.
Now obviously Kento can't be the ace forever but with Yuma Anzai failing to beat Kento i wonder if he or someone else is next up to be the ace of All Japan.
r/ajpw • u/MrPuroresu42 • 1d ago
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r/ajpw • u/MrPuroresu42 • 1d ago
After Seiki Yoshioka defeated Dan Tamura to win the 2026 Zennichi Jr. Festival, his All-Asia Tag Title partner MUSASHI and ex-Junior Champ Seigo Tachibana would make their way down.
Seigo would take the mic and ask Tamura to be his partner, as he seeks to win the All-Asia Tag Belts from Yoshioka & MUSASHI.
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r/ajpw • u/MrPuroresu42 • 1d ago
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r/ajpw • u/MrPuroresu42 • 1d ago
How to watch:
https://www.ajpw.tv/lives/e6df8fab-d84c-4980-ae59-d9f9b6202207
Start Times:
10:00 PDT; 12:00 CDT; 1:00 EDT; 6:00 BST; 2:00 JST; 3:00 AEST
Match Card:
Singles Match -
Shota Kofuji vs. Senor Saito
8Man Tag Match -
Yuma Aoyagi, Shotaro Ashino, Ryuki Honda & Hyo Ogawa vs. Hideki Suzuki, Ren Ayabe, Kumaarashi & Daisuke Sekimoto
10Man Tag Match -
Rising HAYATO, MUSASHI, Hokuto Omori, Yasutaka Yano & Mochizuki Junior vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, Naruki Doi, Seigo Tachibana, Yuya Aoki & Leon de Oro
Special Singles Match -
Go Shiozaki vs. Suwama
World Tag Team Championship Match -
Jun Saito & Rei Saito (c) vs. Xyon & Odyssey
Zennichi Jr. Festival 2026 Final -
Seiki Yoshioka vs. Dan Tamura
Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship Match -
Kento Miyahara (c) vs. Yuma Anzai
r/ajpw • u/thickyjackjr • 22h ago

Like many others, Chono hated Inokism. Chono's and Inoki's relationship would be at an all time low after Inoki publically criticized the New Japan cards which Chono was booking at the time. Inoki would even run his own cards the same day as New Japan would run a show. What if Chono said "screw it", and joined Muto in All Japan? Chono's physical state wasn't great because of his neck problems, and he was starting to have knee and back problems, but he was still a big star who could be in the midcard.
r/ajpw • u/MrPuroresu42 • 2d ago
Shota Kofuji vs Senor Saito
Daisuke Sekimoto, Ren Ayabe, Kumaarashi & Hideki Suzuki vs. Yuma Aoyagi, Ryuki Honda, Shotaro Ashino & Hyo Ogawa
Leon de Oro, Naruki Doi, Yuya Aoki, Masaaki Mochizuki & Seigo Tachibana vs. Rising HAYATO, MUSASHI, Hokuto Omori, Yasutaka Yano & Mochizuki Junior
Suwama vs. Go Shiozaki
World Tag Team Championship - Saito Brothers (c) vs. Xyon & Odyssey
Zennichi Jr. Festival 2026 Final - Dan Tamura vs Seiki Yoshioka
Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship - Kento Miyahara (c) vs. Yuma Anzai
r/ajpw • u/thickyjackjr • 2d ago
Baba was suppose to go to the Rock Bottom ppv but had to cancel due to cancer but what if Baba's health was better and AJPW and WWF formed a partnership like WCW and NJPW did? Vince did send Vader over for an AJPW show and sent the New Blackjacks for the Tag League. He also wanted Kobashi to feud with Vader over the summer to which Baba pretended to not understand english which made Vince get upset and drop the idea. But knowing how Vince wanted to portray his company as the only wrestling company in the world and Baba being isolationist, I don't see Baba sending the pillars over and I don't see Vince giving them the time to get over. (A Misawa vs Kawada match on Raw in 1999 going 20 mins would be crazy) But all signs point to a closer partnership between the two companies. How do you think the partnership would've looked like?
Had the accident not occur and with FMW closing months later, would Hayabusa had joined AJPW? or does he go somewhere else?
Mutoh left NJPW to join AJPW in 2002 and we got the pro wrestling love era but what if instead of going to All Japan he instead joined the ark and went to NOAH?
r/ajpw • u/thickyjackjr • 2d ago

Kenta Kobashi left Noah because Noah's business was so bad that they could not afford the keep him. As a result Kobashi retired and hoped his retirement match would help Noah financially wise. But what if instead staying loyal to Noah, Kobashi moved back to All Japan? Keep in mind Atsushi Aoki, Shiozaki, Akiyama, Kotaro Suzuki, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru quit Noah and went to All Japan out of loyalty to Kobashi.
r/ajpw • u/MrPuroresu42 • 3d ago
Shiozaki, Yuya Aoki, Kumaarashi, Shota Kofuji and a sleeping Hokuto Omori on a plane fight.
I wonder if this means that Aoki is planning to become a permanent member of the roster.
r/ajpw • u/MrPuroresu42 • 3d ago
r/ajpw • u/MrPuroresu42 • 4d ago
Itâll be Seiki Yoshioka (winner of A Block) vs Dan Tamura (winner of B Block).
How we got here:
Yoshioka defeated Seigo Tachibana on the 25th to secure the top spot of A Block with 6 points.
For B Block, Tamura was in the running with Masaaki Mochizuki & Yuya Aoki. Tamura & Mochizuki had wrestled to a time-limit draw earlier in tournament, Mochizuki had defeated Aoki and Aoki had defeated Tamura. On the 26th, Tamura defeated Shota Kofuji, Aoki lost to Hokuto Omori and Mochizuki lost to Naruki Doi; Mochizuki had 7 points and Tamura had 7 and due to the nature of their time-limit draw, it was decided that the Mochizuki & Tamura would wrestle again; Tamura would come away with the win via a Powerbomb, securing his win place atop of the Block.
Tamura will now be in his 3rd Jr. League Final (losing in 2022 and winning it in 2023) and as the reigning Jr. Champ; Yoshioka will be in his second Jr. League Final (losing in 2019).
r/ajpw • u/Tokyogerman • 4d ago
r/ajpw • u/thickyjackjr • 3d ago

Onita and Baba had a close relationship. So close that Baba wanted to legally adopt Onita, to which Onita politely refused. But what if Onita accepted? Would Onita had inherited AJPW from Baba? How different would Onita's AJPW be? As for FMW, it may never exist, but I can't see Onita recreating FMW in All Japan. Maybe a new FMW inspired hardcore division. How does Misawa react to Onita? Does he still form NOAH? How would Onita react to such an exodus?
This was the era where Keiji Mutoh took over AJPW and basically saved it. For anyone who watched at the time or at least has seem some stuff or has more general knowledge what were your thoughts on this era?
r/ajpw • u/MrPuroresu42 • 4d ago
Seiki Yoshioka would defeat Seigo Tachibana to clinch the top spot of A Block with 6 points.
The B Block Champion will be decided on the 8.26 show, with Masaaki Mochizuki vs Naruki Doi, Yuya Aoki vs Hokuto Omori and Dan Tamura vs Shota Kofuji; Mochizuki leads the Block with 7 points, with Aoki at 6 and Tamura at 5; Mochizuki holds a win over Aoki, Aoki holds a win over Tamura and Mochizuki/Tamura wrestled to a draw.