All Japan Pro Wrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling

Industry	Royal Road
Founded	October 21, 1972
Headquarters	Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Key people	Shohei Baba (founder) Nobuo Shiraishi (owner)
Website	www.all-japan.co.jp (Japanese)

All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW/AJP) is an Japanese professional wrestling company founded on October 21, 1972 by Shohei Baba.^[1]

Baba died on January 31, 1999 and Mitsuharu Misawa became president afterwards. There was a majority vote of the executive board that wanted Misawa removed from his position which he was. On June 13, 2000, Misawa, Mitsuo Momota (co-vice president, member of directory), Kenta Kobashi (member of directory), Akira Taue (member of directory, chairman), Kenichi Oyagi (member of directory) and Yoshihiro Momota (member of directory) all resigned from their board positions and the next day, Motoko Baba (Shohei Baba's widow) released a two-page written statement where she claimed claimed that Misawa "took no responsibility and abandoned his duty." Misawa would go on to create Pro Wrestling Noah on August 5, 2000.^[2]

On October 27 2013, Dory Funk, Jr. was announced as the new PWF chairman.^[3]

1. ↑ "全日本プロレス オフィシャルサイト – 公式ホームページ全日本プロレスとは". All Japan Pro Wrestling. Archived from the original on 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2013-12-24.
2. ↑ "June 26, 2000 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Birth of NOAH, Vince Russo quits WCW, tons of news". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved August 16, 2023.
3. ↑ "Japan News: Match format announced for IWGP Tag Title vs. NWA Tag Title match next month". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2013-12-24.