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United Japan Pro-Wrestling (Japanese: 日本プロレスリング連盟, Hepburn: Nihon Puroresuringu Renmei) (also stylised as United Japan Pro-wrestling; UJPW), officially the General Incorporated Association United Japan Pro-Wrestling (一般社団法人日本プロレスリング連盟, Ippan shadan hōjin Nihon Puroresuringu Renmei), [3] is an association of several professional wrestling ...
Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2AW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion and training facility originally owned and promoted by Taka Michinoku.The promotion places emphasis on a style of puroresu that combines high-flying, technical wrestling, and martial arts.
Kazumasa Ito (伊藤一正, Itō Kazumasa) better known by his ring name Carbell Ito is a Japanese professional wrestler and businessman signed to All Japan Pro Wrestling where he is a former AJPW TV Six-Man Tag Team Champion. He is also the representative director of the Japanese auto retail company Carbell. [3]
The first Japanese person to involve themselves in catch wrestling (the basis of traditional professional wrestling) was former sumo wrestler Sorakichi Matsuda. [1] There were subsequent attempts before and after World War II to popularize the sport in Japan, but these generally failed until the advent of its first big star, Rikidōzan , in ...
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (新日本プロレスリング株式会社, Shin Nihon Puroresuringu Kabushiki-gaisha) (NJPW) [2] is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded on January 13, 1972, by Antonio Inoki, and based in Nakano, Tokyo.
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Logo of the All Together events. All Together is a series of professional wrestling events organized by United Japan Pro-Wrestling.Initially the All Together event series was organized by Japan's three biggest promotions; All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH), in response to the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.
The location is notable as the area has other professional wrestling landmarks including the Tokyo Dome, Korakuen Hall and New Japan Pro Wrestling's Toukon shop within walking distance. The shop was initially opened as a professional wrestling version of a manga cafe where you could drink, eat and either read wrestling books or watch wrestling ...