AJPW's Miscellaneous Series & Tours

AJPW New Year's Giant Series 1995

Akira Taue beat Tommy Dreamer (4:24).

Stan Hansen, Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas beat Steve Williams, Johnny Ace & Johnny Smith (12:12) when Hansen pinned Smith.

Giant Baba, Jumbo Tsuruta & Mitsuharu Misawa beat Jun Akiyama, Takao Omori & Tamon Honda (15:37) when Misawa pinned Omori.

AJPW Triple Crown Champion Toshiaki Kawada fought Kenta Kobashi (60:00) to a draw.

AJPW Super Power Series 1996

Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama beat Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (27:26) to win the AJPW Unified Tag Team Titles when Akiyama pinned Kawada.

Akira Taue beat Mitsuharu Misawa (16:05) to win the AJPW Triple Crown Titles.

Toshiaki Kawada beat Kenta Kobashi (19:41).

AJPW Super Power Series 1997

AJPW Triple Crown Champion Mitsuharu Misawa beat Toshiaki Kawada (31:22).

Mitsuharu Misawa interview.

Kenta Kobashi, The Patriot & Johnny Ace beat Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue & Takao Omori (20:21) when Patriot pinned Omori.

Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace beat Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (28:40) to win the AJPW Unified Tag Team Titles when Kobashi pinned Taue.

Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace interview.

Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi & Kentaro Shiga beat Steve Williams, The Patriot & Johnny Smith (19:54) when Kobashi pinned Smith.

Kenta Kobashi, The Patriot & Johnny Ace beat Steve Williams, Gary Albright & Lacrosse (22:00) when Ace pinned Williams.

Giant Baba, Daisuke Ikeda & Rusher Kimura beat Masanobu Fuchi, Haruka Eigen & Masao Inoue (14:56) when Baba pinned Eigen.

Johnny Smith & Satoru Asako beat Daisuke Ikeda & Yoshinobu Kanemura (14:32) when Smith pinned Kanemura. 

AJPW Summer Action Series 1997 Volume #2

AJPW Triple Crown Champion Mitsuharu Misawa beat Jun Akiyama (24:57).

Jun Akiyama interview.

AJPW Unified Tag Team Champions Steve Williams & Gary Albright beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama (8:42) when Albright pinned Misawa.

Steve Williams & Gary Albright interview.

Kenta Kobashi beat Hiroshi Hase (32:49).

Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki beat Kenta Kobashi & Kentaro Shiga (20:32) when Hayabusa pinned Shiga

Hiroshi Hase beat Shoji Nakano (8:37).

AJPW Miscellaneous TV 1997

Steve Williams, Gary Albright & Barry Windham beat Stan Hansen, Takao Omori & Bobby Duncum, Jr. (9:31) when Williams pinned Duncum.

Steve Williams & Gary Albright beat Barry Windham & Justin Bradshaw (12:35) when Williams pinned Windham.

AJPW Unified Tag Team Champions Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue beat Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki (18:09) when Kawada pinned Shinzaki.

AJPW Super Power Series 1998

Kenta Kobashi beat Toshiaki Kawada to win the AJPW Triple Crown Title (33:49).

Kenta Kobashi interview.

The Mighty Inoue retirement ceremony.

Johnny Smith & Wolf Hawkfield beat Takao Omori & Tamon Honda (26:30) when Hawkfield pinned Honda.

Steve Williams fought Jun Akiyama (30:00) to a draw.

AJPW Unified Tag Team Champions Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue beat Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace (30:26) when Taue pinned Kobashi.

AJPW Junior Heavyweight Champion Maunakea Mossman beat Saturo Asako (10:12).

Satoru Asako & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Super Delfin & Gran Naniwa (11:55) when Asako pinned Naniwa.

AJPW Summer Action Series 1998 Volume #1

Kenta Kobashi interview.

Jun Akiyama interview.

AJPW Triple Crown Champion Kenta Kobashi beat Jun Akiyama (32:50).

Kenta Kobashi press conference.

Toshiaki Kawada & Takao Omori beat Hiroshi Hase & Maunakea Mossman (25:13) when Kawada pinned Hase.

Yoshinari Ogawa beat Satoru Asako (5:31).

Johnny Smith & Wolf Hawkfield beat The Headhunters (18:23) to win the AJPW All-Asian Tag Team Titles when Hawkfield pinned Headhunter A.

AJPW Unified Tag Team Champions Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue beat Yoshihiro Takayama & Gary Albright (19:51) when Kawada pinned Takayama.

Kenta Kobashi beat Masahito Kakihara (9:50).

AJPW Summer Action Series 1998 Volume #2

Clips of Akira Taue in training.

Akira Taue & Toman Honda Kenta Kobashi & Johnny Ace (14:02) when Taue pinned Kobashi.

AJPW Triple Crown Champion Kenta Kobashi beat Akira Taue (25:39).

Kenta Kobashi press conference.

Mitsuharu Misawa, Jun Akiyama & Satoru Asako vs. Kenta Kobashi, Johnny Ace & Johnny Smith (20:36) when Misawa pinned Smith.

Mitsuharu Misawa beat Maunakea Mossman (7:34).

Toshiaki Kawada, Takao Omori & Yoshinari Ogawa beat Mitsuharu Misawa, Jun Akiyama & Satoru Asako (21:32) when Ogawa pinned Akiyama.

Jun Akiyama beat Yoshinari Ogawa (11:10).

Toshiaki Kawada beat Masahito Kakihara (6:52).

AJPW October Giant Series 1998

Kenta Kobashi & Jinsei Shinzaki beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Takao Omori (19:07) when Kobashi pinned Misawa.

Mitsuharu Misawa beat Kenta Kobashi (43:29) to win the AJPW Triple Crown Title.

Mitsuharu Misawa press conference.

AJPW Unified Tag Team Champions Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue beat Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama (29:51) when Kawada pinned Akiyama.

Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue press conference.

Mitsuharu Misawa beat Jinsei Shinzaki (21:32).

AJPW New Year's Giant Series 1999

Toshiaki Kawada beat Mitsuharu Misawa (24:15) to win the AJPW Triple Crown Title.

Toshiaki Kawada press conference.

Clips of Big Van Vader attacking Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama.

Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama beat Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (25:58) to win the AJPW Unified Tag Team Titles when Kobashi pinned Taue.

Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama press conference.

Big Van Vader beat Kenta Kobashi (16:59).

AJPW Junior Heavyweight Champion Yoshinari Ogawa beat Masahito Kakihara (16:22).

Yoshinari Ogawa press conference.

AJPW All Asian Tag Team Champions Tamon Honda & Jun Izumida beat Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki (23:37) when Honda pinned Shinzaki.

AJPW Excite Series 1999

Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa press conference.

Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama press conference.

AJPW Unified Tag Team Champions Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (30:49) when Akiyama pinned Ogawa.

Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama press conference.

Mitsuharu Misawa & Akira Taue beat Stan Hansen & Big Van Vader (10:38) when Taue pinned Vader.

Big Van Vader beat Akira Taue (12:51) to win the vacant AJPW Triple Crown Titles.

Big Van Vader press conference.

Jumbo Tsuruta retirement ceremony.

AJPW Super Power Series 1999

Mitsuharu Misawa press conference.

Kenta Kobashi press conference.

AJPW Triple Crown Champion Mitsuharu Misawa beat Kenta Kobashi (43:40).

Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Akira Taue (24:24) when Kobashi pinned Taue.

Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama beat Jinsei Shinzaki & Hayabusa (27:11) when Omori pinned Shinzaki.

Johnny Ace & Mike Barton beat Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama (19:36) to win the AJPW Unified Tag Team Titles when Ace pinned Akiyama.

AJPW Junior Heavyweight Champion Yoshinari Ogawa beat Kentaro Shiga (20:31).

Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama beat Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (16:06) when Takayama pinned Taue.

AJPW Summer Action Series 1999 #1

Gary Albright, Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama beat Johnny Ace, Mike Burton & Johnny Smith (18:50) when Omori pinned Ace.

Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama beat Johnny Ace & Mike Burton (17:30) to win the AJPW Unified Tag Team Titles when Omori pinned Burton.

AJPW Triple Crown Champion Mitsuharu Misawa beat Toshiaki Kawada (21:58).

Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama beat Big Van Vader & Gary Albright (13:29) when Kobashi pinned Albright.

Clips of the drawings for the pairings of the next three matches.

Mitsuharu Misawa beat Kentaro Shiga (8:09).

Kenta Kobashi beat Masahito Kakihara (11:58).

Jun Akiyama beat Yoshinari Ogawa (17:55).

Toshiaki Kawada beat Yoshihiro Takayama (6:50) via KO.

AJPW October Giant Series 1999

Big Van Vader beat Mitsuharu Misawa (12:12) to win the AJPW Triple Crown Title.

Takao Omori, Yoshihiro Takayama & Masanobu Fuchi beat Kenta Kobashi, Jun Akiyama & Kintaro Shiga (25:23) when Takayama pinned Shiga.

Kenta Kobashi, Jun Akiyama & Yoshinobu Kanemaru beat Mitsuharu Misawa, Yoshinari Ogawa & Naomichi Marufuji (22:19) when Kanemaru pinned Marufuji.

Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama beat Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (27:25) to win the AJPW Unified Tag Team Titles when Kobashi pinned Misawa.

AJPW Unified Tag Team Champions Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama beat Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama (14:54) when Kobashi pinned Takayama.

Tamon Honda & Masao Inoue beat Johnny Smith & Maunakea Mossman (26:18) to win the AJPW All Asian Tag Team Titles when Inoue forced Mossman to submit.

AJPW New Year's Giant Series 2000

AJPW Triple Crown Champion Big Van Vader beat Jun Akiyama (16:13).

Big Van Vader interview.

Mitsuharu Misawa beat Hiroshi Hase (24:42).

AJPW Unified Tag Team Champions Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama beat Big Van Vader & Johnny Smith (17:10) when Akiyama pinned Smith.

Kenta Kobashi beat Toshiaki Kawada (18:15).

Kenta Kobashi interview.

Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama beat Big Van Vader & Akira Taue (14:09) when Misawa pinned Taue.

Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama vs Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada (14:44) when Omori pinned Kawada.

Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama interview.

AJPW Excite Series 2000

Big Van Vader & Steve Williams beat Takao Omori & Yoshihiro Takayama (8:02) when Williams pinned Takayama.

Kenta Kobashi beat Steve Williams (24:37).

AJPW Triple Crown Champion Big Van Vader beat Toshiaki Kawada (13:44).

Big Van Vader & Steve Williams beat Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama (25:14) to win the AJPW Unified Tag Team Titles.

Jun Akiyama beat Mitsuharu Misawa (23:40).

Kenta Kobashi beat Big Van Vader (19:49) to win the AJPW Triple Crown Titles.

AJPW Summer Action Series 2000 Volume #1-Part 1

"AJPW After Giant Baba" documentary.

Giant Kimala II beat Too Cold Scorpio (13:13).

Maunakea Mossman beat Yuto Aijima (3:34).

Jinsei Shinzaki & Johnny Smith beat Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Shigeo Okumura (19:24) when Shinzaki forced Okumura to submit.

Steve Williams & Wolf Hawkfield beat Mike Burton & George Hines (13:57) when Williams pinned Hines.

Toshiaki Kawada beat Masanobu Fuchi (22:48).

Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Shigeo Okamura (12:14) via submission.

Wolf Hawkfield beat Giant Kimala II (13:48).

Clips of Motoko Baba, Toshiaki Kawada, Masanobu Fuchi & Maunakea Mossman introduce Genichiro Tenryu back to AJPW.

Jinsei Shinzaki beat Too Cold Scorpio (11:21).

Steve Williams beat Johnny Smith (17:14).

Toshiaki Kawada & Maunakea Mossman beat Mike Barton & George Hines (17:14) when Kawada pinned Hines.

Too Cold Scorpio beat Shinobi (8:11).

Jinsei Shinzaki beat Yuto Aijima (10:33) via submission.

Yuki Ishikawa & Johnny Smith vs. Masanobu Fuchi & Shigeo Okamura (20:46) when Smith pinned Okamura.

Mike Burton & Giant Kimala II beat Steve Williams & Wolf Hawkfield (19:26) when Kimala pinned Hawkfield.

Toshiaki Kawada & Maunakea Mossman beat Mohammed Yone & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (20:53) when Mossman pinned Yone.

AJPW Summer Action Series 2000 Volume #1-Part 2

Shigeo Okamura beat Ryuji Hijikata (9:40) via submission.

Johnny Smith beat Yuto Aijima (12:39).

Mike Barton & Wolf Hawkfield beat Too Cold Scorpio & Giant Kimala II (19:52) when Barton pinned Scorpio.

Steve Williams beat Mohammed Yone (4:56).

Yoshiaki Fujiwara fought Masanobu Fuchi (30:00) to a draw.

Toshiaki Kawada & Maunakea Mossman beat Yuki Ishikawa & Jinsei Shinzaki (25:15) when Kawada pinned Shinzaki.

Masanobu Fuchi beat Shigeo Okamura (9:57).

Shiba beat Shinobi (8:48).

Giant Kimala II beat Yuto Aijima (10:19).

Mike Barton & Wolf Hawkfield beat Too Cold Scorpio & George Hines (15:08) when Barton pinned Scorpio.

Yoshiaki Fujiwara beat Johnny Smith (19:52) via submission.

Steve Williams beat Jinsei Shinzaki (21:11).

Toshiaki Kawada & Genichiro Tenryu beat Stan Hansen & Maunakea Mossman (23:12) when Kawada pinned Mossman.

AJPW Summer Action Series 2000 Volume #2-Part 1

Halloween beat Super Calo & Super Parka in a "Three Way Match" (9:04) when Calo was pinned.

Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda beat Cima Nobunaga, Judo Suwa & Sumo Fuji (11:13) when Kanda pinned Fuji.

Atsushi Onita interview.

Stan Hansen, Mike Barton & Johnny Smith beat Toshiaki Kawada, Genichiro Tenryu & Nobutaka Araya (17:49) when Barton pinned Kawada.

Toshiaki Kawada, Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Taiyo Kea beat Genichiro Tenryu, Stan Hansen & Jinsei Shinzaki (19:27) when Kawada pinned Shinzaki.

Stan Hansen & Genichiro Tenryu beat Toshiaki Kawada & Steve Williams (26:54) when Hansen pinned Williams.

AJPW Summer Action Series 2000 Volume #2-Part 2

Clips of Taiyo Kea's matches on the tour.

Mike Barton, Johnny Smith & The Cedman beat Jinsei Shinzaki, Taiyo Kea & Mohammed Yone (13:46) when Barton pinned Yone.

Clips of Sabu's matches on the tour.

Sabu beat Shigeo Okamura (7:57).

Sabu beat Ryuji Hijikata (7:42).

Sabu beat Damien 666 (12:53).

Johnny Smith beat The Cedman (15:14).

Masanobu Fuchi beat Yuto Aijima (13:15).

Masahiro Chono beat Masanobu Fuchi (16:53).

AJPW October Giant Series 2000

"The AJPW Triple Crown Tournament"

Documentary on the history of the PWF, NWA International & NWA United National Heavyweight Titles.

Shiro Koshinaka beat Johnny Smith (11:52) to advance in the "AJPW Triple Crown Title Tournament."

Toshiaki Kawada beat Steve Williams (12:45) to advance in the "AJPW Triple Crown Title Tournament."

Stan Hansen beat Jinsei Shinzaki (11:36) to advance in the "AJPW Triple Crown Title Tournament."

Genichiro Tenryu beat Mike Barton (10:43) to advance in the "AJPW Triple Crown Title Tournament."

Genichiro Tenryu beat Stan Hansen (11:22) to advance in the "AJPW Triple Crown Title Tournament."

Toshiaki Kawada beat Shiro Koshinaka (18:23) to advance in the "AJPW Triple Crown Title Tournament."

Genichiro Tenryu beat Toshiaki Kawada (26:28) to win the vacant AJPW Triple Crown Title.

Yasushi Kanda, Masaaki Mochizuki & Susumu Mochizuki beat Gran Naniwa, Taru & Ryuji Hijikata (14:32) when Masaaki pinned Taru.

Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Masanobu Fuchi & Johnny Smith beat Stan Hansen, Steve Williams & Wolf Hawkfield (13:08) when Smith pinned Hawkfield.

Shiro Koshinaka & Nobutaka Araya beat Mike Barton & George Hines (12:18) when Araya pinned Hines.

Taiyo Kea won a "Battle Royal." Also in the match were Toshiaki Kawada, Genichiro Tenryu, Jinsei Shinzaki, Steve Williams, Wolf Hawkfield, Mike Barton, Johnny Smith, Gran Naniwa, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Shiro Koshinaka, Nobutaka Araya & Masanobu Fuchi.

Jinsei Shinzaki & Masahito Kakihara beat Taiyo Kea & Mohammed Yone (16:20) when Kakihara pinned Yone.

Johnny Smith beat Michiyoshi Ohara (10:03).

Satoshi Kojima & Tatsutoshi Goto beat Steve Williams & Nobutaka Araya (11:17) when Kojima pinned Araya.

Toshiaki Kawada, Masanobu Fuchi & Shiro Koshinaka beat Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hiro Saito (17:37) when Kawada pinned Saito.

AJPW New Year's Giant Series 2001

Mike Barton won a "Battle Royal" (9:45) that also included: Toshiaki Kawada, Hiroshi Hase, Genichiro Tenryu, Masanobu Fuchi, Masahito Kakihara, Nobutaka Araya, Shigeo Okumura, Mitsuya Nagai, Michiyoshi Ohara, Taiyo Kea, Mohammed Yone, Johnny Smith, Giant Kimala II, George Hines, The Cedman & Jim Steele.

Mohammed Yone won a "Junior Heavyweight Battle Royal" (10:42) that also included: Wally Yamaguchi (referee), Masanobu Fuchi, The Dragon Kid, Judo Suwa, Shigeo Okumura, Gran Naniwa, Damien 666, Halloween, Psychosis, Nobutaka Araya, Ryuji Hijikata & Nobukazu Hirai. 

Taiyo Kea, Masahito Kakihara, Mitsuya Nagai & Mohamed Yone beat Toshiaki Kawada, Masanobu Fuchi, Nobutaka Araya & Shigeo Okumura (34:45) in an "Elimination Match."

          Taiyo Kea & Masahito Kakihara were the survivors.

Taiyo Kea & Johnny Smith beat Toshiaki Kawada & Masanobu Fuchi (23:54) to win the vacant AJPW Unified Tag Team Titles when Kea pinned Fuchi.

Masanobu Fuchi beat Nobukazu Hirai (8:30) via submission.

Shigeo Okumura beat Kyoshiro Suizenji (4:30).

Shigeo Okumura & Nobukazu Hirai beat Yuto Aijima & Kyoshiro Suizenji (11:13) when Okumura pinned Suizenji.

Hiroshi Hase fought Masanobu Fuchi (20:00) to a draw.

Hiroshi Hase & Johnny Smith beat Genichiro Tenryu & Yuto Aijima (15:03) when Smith pinned Aijima.

Genichiro Tenryu, Toshiaki Kawada & Shigeo Okumura beat Mike Barton, Jim Steele & George Hines (17:58) when Kawada pinned Hines.

Hiroshi Hase & George Hines beat Masahito Kakihara & Mitsuya Nagai (22:19) when Hines pinned Nagai.

Kim Duk, Jim Steele & The Cedman beat Nobutaka Araya, Ryuji Hijikata & Nobukazu Hirai (16:28) when Steele pinned Araya.

Stan Hansen press conference.  (Stan Hansen announces his retirement)

Stan Hansen panel forum.  (Discusses his eating contest with the late Jumbo Tsuruta & his first match against Giant Baba)

AJPW Fierce Battle Collection 2001

AJPW Unified Tag Team Champions Taiyo Kea & Johnny Smith beat Steve Williams & Mike Rotunda (20:22) when Smith pinned Rotunda.

AJPW Triple Crown Champion Genichiro Tenryu beat Taiyo Kea (19:39).

AJPW Unified Tag Team Champions Taiyo Kea & Johnny Smith beat Genichiro Tenryu & Kim Duk (12:40) when Kea pinned Duk.

Opening ceremonies for the AJPW Champions Carnival 2001 Tournament.

Various highlights of the AJPW Champions Carnival 2001 Tournament.

Genichiro Tenryu beat Taiyo Kea (17:08) to win the AJPW Champions Carnival 2001 Tournament.

Tonomi "Jumbo" Tsuruta memorial ceremony.

Masato Tanaka & Hideki Hosaka vs. Nobutaka Araya & Shigeo Okumura (22:04) when Tanaka pinned Okumura.

Taiyo Kea & Hiroshi Hase beat Michiyoshi Ohara & Tatsutoshi Gotoh (18:05) when Kea pinned Gotoh.

Masahito Kakihara & Mitsuya Nagai beat Masanobu Fuchi & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (16:49) when Kakihara forced Fuchi to submit.

Mitsuya Nagai won a "Jumbo Tsuruta Memorial Battle Royal" (12:09) that also included: Genichiro Tenryu, Masanobu Fuchi, Masahito Kakihara, Kim Duk, Tarzan Goto, Nobutaka Araya, Shigeo Okumura, Taiyo Kea & many others.

Toshiaki Kawada beat Mitsuya Nagai (11:25) via submission.

Abdullah the Butcher beat Sabu (7:07).

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