All Japan Pro Wrestling Major Events
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March 4, 1995 in Tokyo, Japan
The Budokan Hall drawing 16,300 ($1,000,000)
Stan Hansen beat Toshiaki Kawada (31:26) to win the AJPW Triple Crown Titles.
October 15, 1995 in Nagoya, Japan
The Budokan Hall drawing ???
Masao Inoue beat Maunakea Mossman (9:45).
Yoshinari Ogawa & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi beat Rob Van Dam & Johnny Smith (15:00) when Kikuchi pinned Van Dam.
Abdullah The Butcher & Giant Kimala II beat Dory Funk, Jr. & Mike Anthony (9:36) when Abdullah pinned Anthony.
Giant Baba, Rusher Kimura & Mitso Mimota beat Masanobu Fuchi, Haruka Eigen & Mighty Inoue (17:45) when Baba pinned Inoue.
Tamon Honda, Jun Izumida & Satoru Asako beat Jun Akiyama, Takao Omori & Kentaro Shiga (15:40) when Izumida pinned Shiga.
The Patriot, Johnny Ace & Gary Albright beat Stan Hansen, Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas (14:36) when Albright pinned Kroffat.
AJPW Unified Tag Team Champions Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue fought Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi (60:00) to a draw.
January 2 & 3, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan
Korakuen Hall drawing ???
Hiroshi Hase beat Maunakea Mossman (16:09).
Maunakea Mossman won a "Junior Heavyweight Battle Royal" (6:42) that also included: Masanobu Fuchi, Hiroshi Hase, Yoshinari Ogawa, Kentaro Shiga, Satoru Asako & Yoshinobu Kanemaru.
Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Rob Van Dam beat Maunakea Mossman & Kentaro Shiga (13:57) when Van Dam pinned Mossman.
Yoshinari Ogawa beat Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (17:18) to win the AJPW Junior Heavyweight Title.
Steve Williams, Johnny Ace & Bobby Duncum, Jr. beat Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue & Masao Inoue (21:21) when Ace pinned Yatsu.
Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama beat Kenta Kobashi & Satoru Asako (19:23) when Akiyama pinned Asako.
Giant Baba, Rusher Kimura & Mitsuo Momota beat Masanobu Fuchi, Mighty Inoue & Haruka Eigen (18:57) when Momota pinned Eigen.
Johnny Ace & Bobby Duncum, Jr. beat The Patriot & Lacrosse (13:54) when Ace pinned Lacrosse.
AJPW All Asian Tag Team Champions Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori beat Sabu & Rob Van Dam (12:26) when Omori pinned Van Dam.
Stan Hansen, Gary Albright & Jun Izumida beat Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue & Tamon Honda (17:38) when Albright pinned Honda.
Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi beat Steve Williams & Maunakea Mossman (15:25) when Kobashi pinned Mossman.
Toshiaki Kawada & Masanobu Fuchi beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (12:24) when Kawada forced Kikuchi to submit.
Mitsuharu Misawa, Jun Akiyama, Kentaro Shiga & Satoru Asako beat Kenta Kobashi, Takao Omori, Maunakea Mossman & Masao Inoue (34:45) in an "Elimination Match."
Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama were the survivors.
September 15, 1997 in Tokyo, Japan
Clips of an "AJPW Fan Appreciation Banquet."
Yoshinari Ogawa & Mitsuo Momota beat Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Masao Inoue (14:22) when Ogawa pinned Inoue
Takao Omori & Kentaro Shiga beat Tamon Honda & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (15:47) when Shiga pinned Kanemaru.
Maunakea Mossman beat Satoru Asako (19:55).
Giant Baba, Haruka Eigen & Don Arakawa beat Rusher Kimura, Masanobu Fuchi & Jun Izumida (16:11) when Eigen pinned Kimura.
Mitsuhara Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Hiroshi Hase fought Kenta Kobashi, Akira Taue & Jun Akiyama (60:00) to a draw.
AJPW Showdown At The Tokyo Egg Dome
May 1, 1998 in Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Egg Dome drawing 58,300 ($4,000,000)
Toshiaki Kawada beat Mitsuharu Misawa (28:15) to win the AJPW Triple Crown Titles.
Jun Akiyama beat Hiroshi Hase (26:35).
Akira Taue, Takao Omori & Masao Inoue beat Mike Awesome, Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Hideki Hosaka (17:43) when Taue pinned Hosaka.
The Headhunters beat Tamon Honda & Shigeo Okumura (9:24) when Headhunter A pinned Honda.
Satoru Asako beat Yoshinobu Kanemura (6:28).
Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace beat Stan Hansen & Big Van Vader (22:12) when Kobashi pinned Hansen.
Giant Baba, Hayabusa & Kentaro Shiga beat Jinsei Shinzaki, Jun Izumida & Giant Kimala II (20:19) when Hayabusa pinned Izumida.
Steve Williams & Gary Albright beat Masahito Kakihara & Yoshihiro Takayama (15:08) when Williams pinned Takayama.
Johnny Smith & Wolf Hawkfield beat Gedo & Jado (12:31) when Smith pinned Jado
Jumbo Tsuruta, Rusher Kimura & Mitsuo Momota beat Masanobu Fuchi, Haruka Eigan & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (10:22) when Momota pinned Kikuchi.
Maunakea Mossman beat Daisuke Ikeda (10:50).
AJPW Shohei "Giant" Baba Memorial Show
May 2, 1999 in Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Egg Dome drawing 65,000 ($5,000,000)
Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Marufuji beat Gran Naniwa & Makoto Hashi (15:25) when Kikuchi pinned Hashi.
Satoru Asako & Takashi Morshima beat Kentaro Shiga & Yoshinobu Kanemura (13:33) when Asako pinned Kanemura.
Giant Kimala II, Haruka Eigan & Jun Izumida beat Rusher Kimura, Mitsuo Momota & Masao Inoue (14:03) when Kimala pinned Inoue.
Johnny Smith, Tamon Honda & Masanobu Fuchi beat Gedo, Yoshihiro Kanemura & Koji Nakagawa (14:41) when Honda pinned Gedo.
The Great Sasuke, Hayabusa & Tiger Mask IV fought Masahito Kakihara, Maneukea Mossman & Yoshinari Ogawa to a time limit draw (30:00).
Shohei "Giant" Baba memorial ceremony with guests: Motoko Baba, James Blears, The Destroyer, Joe Higuchi, Gene Kiniski and Bruno Sammartino.
Stan Hansen, Steve Williams & Akira Taue beat Gary Albright, Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama (16:10) when Hansen pinned Takayama.
Toshiaki Kawada pinned Hiro Hase (20:55).
The Road Warriors & Johnny Ace beat Kenta Kobashi, Jun Akiyama & Hakushi (17:37) when Hawk pinned Hakushi.
Mitsuharu Misawa pinned Vader (18:07) to win the AJPW Triple Crown Title.
January 31, 2000 in Tokyo, Japan
The Budokan Hall drawing ???
Tamon Honda & Masao Inoue beat Yoshihiro Takayama & Masahito Kakihara (17:01) when Honda pinned Kakihara.
Maunakea Mossman won a "Battle Royal" (29:38) with The Destroyer as the referee. Also in the match were: Yoshinari Ogawa, The Mighty Inoue, Mitsuo Mimota, Rusher Kimura, Yoshinobu Kanemura, Makoto Hashi, Haruka Eigan, Takashi Morshima, Satoru Asako, Kentaro Shiga & others.
Toshiaki Kawada beat Jun Izumida (10:12).
Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama beat Stan Hansen, Akira Taue & Takao Omori (19:01) when Kobashi pinned Omori.
October 8, 2000
Genichiro Tenryu shoot interview panel forum.
Masahito Kakihara interview. (Masahito Kakihara returns to AJPW after a brief stint in NOAH)
Taiyo Kea won a "Royal Rumble" (33:51) that also included Genichiro Tenryu, Toshiaki Kawada, Masanobu Fuchi, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Jinsei Shinzaki, Nobutaka Araya, Gran Naniwa, Yokoshiji Kandai, Steve Williams, and many others.
AJPW Colosseo In The Tokyo Dome 2001
"The Stan Hansen Retirement & Giant Baba Memorial 2001"
January 28, 2001 in Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo Egg Dome drawing 30,000
Toshiaki Kawada & Kensuke Sasaki beat Genichiro Tenryu & Hiroshi Hase (23:48) when Kawada pinned Hase.
Keiji Mutoh beat Taiyo Kea (18:43) via submission.
Jushin Liger pinned Masanobu Fuchi (18:04).
Stan Hansen retirement ceremony with guests: Motoko Baba, James Blears, The Destroyer, Billy Robinson, Toshiaki Kawada & Steve Williams.
Terry Funk & Atsushi Onita beat Abdullah The Butcher & Giant Kimala II (8:26) when Funk forced Kimala to submit.
Mil Mascaras & El Hijo Del Santo beat Blue Panther & Arkangel De La Muerte (13:40) when Mascaras pinned Muerte.
Kim Duk & Shigeo Okumura beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Nobutaka Araya (14:33) when Duk pinned Araya.
Masahito Kakihara & Mitsuya Nagai beat Alexander Otsuka & Mohammed Yone (11:39) when Nagai forced Yone to submit.
Johnny Smith, Jim Steele & George Hines beat Mike Rotunda, Curt Hennig & Barry Windham (15:22) when Steele pinned Windham.
Steve Williams beat Mike Barton (14:47).
Note: This is one of the only places where you will find the ENTIRE event, because the people who produced this video did not include the matches with wrestlers from New Japan Pro Wrestling.
AJPW Champions Carnival Special 2001
Highlights From April 28-May 12, 2001 Tours
Shown on Gaora TV
Rob Van Dam beat Sabu (15:31) via submission.
Johnny Smith beat George Hines (15:54).
Mike Barton beat Jim Steele (14:11).
Toshiaki Kawada beat Mitsuya Nagai (11:25) via submission.
Steve Williams & Mike Rotunda beat Masanobu Fuchi & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (5:34) when Williams pinned Fuchi.
AJPW Triple Crown Champion Genichiro Tenryu beat Taiyo Kea (19:39).
The opening ceremonies for The 2001 Champions Carnival Tournament.
Mike Barton beat George Hines (17:13).
Steve Williams beat Jim Steele (12:44).
Taiyo Kea beat Johnny Smith (20:18).
Genichiro Tenyru beat Mitsuya Nagai (3:08).
Toshiaki Kawada beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara (12:11).
February 24, 2002 in Tokyo, Japan
Budokan Hall drawing 16,300
Nobukazu Hirai pinned Ryuji Hijikata (9:32).
Hi69 beat Gran Naniwa & Yaz Urano (6:56) in a "Triangle Match" when Urano was pinned.
Masato Tanaka & Hideki Hosaka beat Shawn Hernandez & Kasey Geyer (10:33) when Tanaka pinned Geyer.
Steve Williams & Mike Rotunda beat Tomoaki Honma & Shigeo Okumura (10:05) when Williams pinned Honma.
Kendo Ka Shin beat Kazushi Miyamoto (2:47) via submission.
Mike Barton, George Hines & Jim Steele beat Yoji Anjoh, Nobutaka Araya & Arashi (17:22) when Barton pinned Araya.
Taiyo Kea beat Mitsuya Nagai (17:23).
Genichiro Tenryu beat Satoshi Kojima (17:51).
Toshiaki Kawada beat Keiji Mutoh (27:37) to win the AJPW Triple Crown Titles.
April 13, 2002 in Tokyo, Japan
Budokan Hall drawing 16,000
Nobukazu Hirai beat Yaz Urano (5:39) via submission.
Kaz Hayashi, Jimmy Yang & Hi69 beat Gran Naniwa, Kazushi Miyamoto & Ryuji Hijikata (10:30) when Yang pinned Hijikata.
Hiroshi Hase & Hideki Hosaka beat George Hines & Tomoaki Honma (11:56) when Hase pinned Honma.
Kendo Ka Shin beat Masanobu Fuchi (16:55) via submission to win the vacant AJPW Junior Heavyweight Title.
Steve Williams, Mike Rotunda & Yoji Anjoh beat Mike Barton, Jim Steele & The Cedman (16:16) when Williams pinned Cedman.
Shoichi Arashi & Nobutaka Araya beat Mitsuya Nagai & Shigeo Okumura (23:27) to win the vacant AJPW All-Asian Tag Team Titles when Arashi pinned Okumura.
Satoshi Kojima beat Taiyo Kea (17:13).
Genichiro Tenryu beat Keiji Mutoh (19:38) to win the vacant AJPW Triple Crown Titles.
July 17, 2002 in Osaka, Japan
The Osaka Prefectural Gym drawing 5,400
Shown live on Japanese PPV
Masanobu Fuchi & Kazushi Miyamoto beat Shigeo Okumura & Hideki Hosaka (6:40) when Fuchi pinned Hosaka.
George Hines, Kaz Hayashi & Jimmy Yang beat Johnny Smith, Gran Naniwa & Ryuji Hijikata (11:26) when Hayashi beat Naniwa.
Steve Williams, Mike Rotunda & Yuto Aijima beat Nobutaka Araya, Arashi & Nobukazu Hirai (7:05) when Williams pinned Araya.
AJPW Junior Heavyweight Champion Kendo Ka Shin beat Gran Hamada (11:38) via submission.
Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras beat Abdullah The Butcher & Yoji Anjoh (8:20) when Mascaras pinned Anjoh.
Mike Barton & Jim Steele beat Mitsuya Nagai & Tomoaki Honma (5:52) when Steele pinned Honma.
Kronik beat Keiji Mutoh & Taiyo Kea (14:59) to win the AJPW Unified World Tag Team Titles when Brian Clark pinned Mutoh.
AJPW Triple Crown Champion Genichiro Tenryu beat Satoshi Kojima (28:55).
August 30, 2002 in Tokyo, Japan
Budokan Hall drawing 14,800
Shown live on Japanese PPV
Kazushi Miyamoto beat Tomoaki Honma (2:26).
Hideki Hosaka beat Nobukazu Hirai & Ryuji Hijikata (4:16) in a "Triangle Match" when Hirai was pinned.
Yoji Anjoh, Mitsuya Nagai & Shigeo Okumura beat Nobutaka Araya, Arashi & Yuto Aijima (10:36) when Nagai pinned Aijima.
Johnny Smith, George Hines & El Gran Hamada beat Steve Williams, Mike Rotunda & Gran Naniwa (12:46) when Hines pinned Naniwa.
Abdullah The Butcher & Kendo Ka Shin beat Masanobu Fuchi & Mr. Problem (8:12) when Abdullah pinned Fuchi.
Kaz Hayashi beat Jimmy Yang (13:58).
Genichiro Tenryu beat Hiroshi Hase (14:32).
Bill Goldberg beat Satoshi Kojima (4:02).
AJPW Unified World Tag Team Champions Kronik beat Mike Barton & Jim Steele (17:25) when Brian Adams pinned Steele.
Keiji Mutoh beat Taiyo Kea (19:47).
August 31, 2002 in Tokyo, Japan
Budokan Hall drawing 14,800
Shown live on Japanese PPV
Nobukazu Hirai beat Ryuji Hijikata (7:01).
Mike Rotunda, Johnny Smith & Gran Naniwa beat Masanobu Fuchi, El Gran Hamada & Kazushi Miyamoto (16:19) when Smith pinned Miyamoto.
Abdullah The Butcher & Kendo Ka Shin beat Yoji Anjoh & Mitsuya Nagai (9:32) when Abdullah pinned Nagai.
The Dragon Kid, Masaaki Mochizuki & Jimmy Yang beat Magnum Tokyo, The Darkness Dragon & Susumu Yokosuka (13:39) when Dragon Kid pinned Yokosuka.
Kronik beat Tomoaki Honma & Yuto Aijima (5:55) when Brian Adams pinned Aijima.
Mike Barton & Jim Steele beat Shigeo Okumura & Hideki Hosaka (4:10) when Barton pinned Hosaka.
Satoshi Kojima beat Nobutaka Araya (12:00).
Bill Goldberg beat Taiyo Kea (3:56).
Genichiro Tenryu, Steve Williams, Arashi, Koki Kitahara & Masao Orihara beat Keiji Mutoh, Hiroshi Hase, Jinsei Shinzaki, George Hines & Kaz Hayashi (37:59) in an "Elimination Match."
Tenryu & Williams were the survivors.
"AJPW 30'th Anniversary Show"
October 27, 2002 in Tokyo, Japan
Budokan Hall drawing 16,300
Shown live on Japanese PPV
Masanobu Fuchi & El Gran Hamada beat Shigeo Okumura & Kazushi Miyamoto (9:47) when Fuchi pinned Miyamoto.
Kaz Hayashi & Jimmy Yang beat Gran Naniwa & Hideki Hosaka (10:53) when Hayashi pinned Naniwa.
Steve Williams, Mike Rotunda & Johnny Smith beat Yoji Anjoh, Mitsuya Nagai & Ryuji Hijikata (12:29) when Williams pinned Hijikata.
Mike Barton, George Hines & Jim Steele beat Nobutaka Araya, Arashi & Nobukazu Hirai (15:52) when Barton pinned Hirai.
All Japan's 30th anniversary ceremony with Motoko Baba, The Destroyer, Nick Bockwinkle, Gene Kiniski, Toshiaki Kawada & Keiji Mutoh.
Terry Funk & Abdullah The Butcher beat Tarzan Goto & Tomoaki Honma (13:42) when Butcher pinned Honma.
Agnes Kamen (Taiyo Kea) beat Kendo Ka Shin (7:05).
Satoshi Kojima beat Hiroshi Hase (20:41).
Keiji Mutoh beat Genichiro Tenryu (17:12) to win the AJPW Triple Crown Titles.
December 6, 2002 in Tokyo, Japan
Budokan Hall drawing 9,800
Shown live on Japanese PPV
Nobukazu Hirai beat Gran Naniwa (6:11).
Hideki Hosaka & Nobutaka Araya beat Masanobu Fuchi & Taichi Ishikari (8:31) when Hosaka beat Ishikari.
Kaz Hayashi & Jimmy Yang beat Mr. Problem (Daijiro Matsui) & The Extreme Blade (10:32) when Hayashi pinned Blade.
Mike Awesome & P.J. Friedman beat Shigeo Okumura & Ryuji Hijikata (6:13) when Awesome pinned Hijikata.
AJPW Junior Heavyweight Champion Kendo Ka Shin beat Tatsuhito Takaiwa (10:56).
Steve Williams & Mike Rotundo beat Yoji Anjoh & Kazushi Miyamoto (13:19) when Williams pinned Miyamoto.
Genichiro Tenryu & Big John Tenta beat Keiji Mutoh & Road Warrior Animal (13:31) when Tenta pinned Animal.
Satoshi Kojima & Taiyo Kea beat Shinjiro Ohtani & Masato Tanaka (14:39) to win the AJPW 2002 Real World Tag Team Tournament and the vacant AJPW Unified World Tag Team Titles when Kojima pinned Tanaka.