Wrestlers Who You Likely Didn't Know or Forgot Held A Title In A Promotion (All Japan Pro Wrestling)
October 27, 2022
By Ryan Porzl
As I've shown in previous articles, 2022 is a milestone year for many promotions and one of the biggest is the Japanese based
All Japan Pro Wrestling. Beginning in 1972, the promotion is best known for it's magical period of the 1980s and 1990s which featured talent and matches that are spoken in great awe. While it hasn't been as big as it was over the past 20 years, it provides another great product with great talent and matches that are actually on par with the top promotions. Over the decades, the promotion has had a who's who as champions including natives like Giant Baba, Jumbo Tsuruta, Genichiro Tenryu, The Four Pillars of Heaven, Keiji "the Great Muta" Mutoh, Satoshi Kojima, and Kensuke Sasaki along with foreigners or gaijins like Stan Hansen, Bruiser Brody, Terry Gordy, and Steve Williams. However, there's plenty more where that came from as they are not only some notable champions but many you may have forgotten or had no idea they held a championship. We'll conclude our look back on milestone anniversaries this year by looking at All Japan with this article looking at wrestlers you probably didn't know or forgot held a champion.
Note: I don't own any of the pictures as I found them on Google and Puroresusystem.fandom.com.
