History Wrestling / AllJapanProWrestling

All Japan Pro Wrestling was one of two wrestling promotions (the other being Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling) to split off from the JWA in the [[TheSeventies 1970s]]. All Japan was established in 1972. It competed with NJPW for supremacy in the wrestling field, employing a more "real sport"-based approach to professional wrestling storylines than NJPW's more WWE-like "sports entertainment" atmosphere (although, ironically, everything else about the promotion, primarily the wrestling style, was much more westernized than New Japan). It co founded by Akio Sato and Giant Baba, the latter of whom gained a reputation as a booker for his ability to slowly but surely build talent up into superstars.

** Recent {{Foreign Wrestling Heel}}s that have wrestled for All Japan inculde René Duprée, Big Daddy Voodoo and the late Lance Cade.

* FragileSpeedster: AHII's gimmick. At 5'5 143lbs he's not ''that'' small to most men but he's a shrimp of a pro wrestler.

** The "''Gaijin''", or "Foreigners", including Wrestling/AbdullahTheButcher, Wrestling/BruiserBrody, Steve Williams and Wrestling/StanHansen, who were also all Monster Heels.

* BigDamnHeroes: [[Wrestling/TakuyaSugi AHII]] during his debut.

* {{Parody}}: TARU as "The Great Ruta". As to be expected, he was no match for the real thing.

* TournamentArc: Their best known singles competition is the round robin known as the Champion Carnival, where the winner receives a shot at the Unified Triple Crown belt. The tag league could be considered better known if not for the a few other companies run them.

* GameOfNerds: Know to recruit fairly heavily from baseball. Giant Baba playing the sport likely has nothing to do with this.

** With his bald head, wrestling championships and high-impact moveset, Taiyo Kea is one to Wrestling/KurtAngle. It helps that their faces are very look alike.

* {{Crossover}}: The roster was apart of ''GAORA 20th Anniversary ~ Super Fighting Spirit 2011'' along with Wrestling/DragonGate's and wrestler representing Oz Academy.

* {{Crossover}}: The roster was apart of ''GAORA 20th Anniversary ~ Super Fighting Spirit 2011'' along with Wrestling/DragonGate's

* Crossover: The roster was apart of ''GAORA 20th Anniversary ~ Super Fighting Spirit 2011'' along with Wrestling/DragonGate's

* LicensedGame: All Japan is among the companies the ''King Of Colosseum'' series pools for its rosters.

* BigFun: Yutaka Yoshie.

* FullyAbsorbedFinale: The Unified Triple Crown Heavyweight Title was created in 1989 after NWA International champion Jumbo Tsuruta, beat Stan Hansen, who already held bot the Pacific Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Title and NWA United National Title. The three belts would then be replaced by one.

* FullyAbsorbedFinal: The Unified Triple Crown Heavyweight Title was created in 1989 after NWA International champion Jumbo Tsuruta, beat Stan Hansen, who already held bot the Pacific Wrestling Federation Heavyweight Title and NWA United National Title. The three belts would then be replaced by one.

* Parody: TARU as "The Great Ruta". As to be expected, he was no match for the real thing.

In 2011, [[TheGreatMuta Keiji Mutoh]] would resign his presidency of All Japan, and was succeeded by Masayuki Uchida. Mutoh's decision to resign came after he took the blame for a real-life incident where TARU assaulted Super Hate backstage at a All Japan Pro Wrestling show, which led to Super Hate suffering a stroke after competing in a match.

After Giant Baba's death in 1999, Misawa started his own promotion, Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH, and took all of the AJPW native roster with him except for Kawada and older veteran Fuchi. The company was eventually taken over by former NJPW star [[Wrestling/TheGreatMuta Keiji Muto]], who spent the entire [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s decade]] trying to drag the company out of the financial hole created by Misawa's departure. This era, called "Puroresu Love", saw the AJPW turn into a more sports entertainment-based company, getting working agreements with all sorts of merchandising sponsors and having part in bizarre experiments like the first WRESTLE-1 and the more successful ProfessionalWrestling/{{HUSTLE}}. It also featured a improvement in the dojo and a bigger openness in order to revitalize its roster, producing new talents and bringing freelancers from the independent circuit and abroad. Opinions aside about its quality, the Puroresu Love was a technically succesful era for AJPW, as it saved it from the closure and gave it back its place among the big promotions.

In 2011, Keiji Mutoh would resign his presidency of All Japan, and was suceed by Masayuki Uchida. Mutoh's decision to resign came after he took the blame for a real-life incident where TARU assaulted Super Hate backstage at a All Japan Pro Wrestling show, which led to Super Hate suffering a stroke after competing in a match.