History Trivia / AllJapanProWrestling

** Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors used Music/BlackSabbath's "Iron Man" from ''Music/{{Paranoid}}''.

** In July 2014, YASSHI proposed to bring Voodoo Murders again to AJPW after he wrestled a few matches for them, but executives vetoed the idea fearing it would also bring back the controversy of the TARU-Hate incident. YASSHI had already cut a promo about it when he received the no.

** Wrestlers and journalists alike consider the early death of head trainer Masio Koma to have had a significant effect on the company's direction. While Koma's methods were rooted in the old style of the JWA, he also remained good friends with NJPW head trainer Kotetsu Yamamoto after the schism, and the two would talk shop about their ideas through the mid-70s. (It is also likely that Koma had received some training under Wrestling/KarlGotch during his one-year tenure as a JWA trainer.) The Great Kabuki has gone so far as to say that his death ruined the company, not only because they struggled to successfully produce a homegrown talent for much of the late 70s, but also because the training that the Funks did for top prospects (such as Tenryu and Takashi Ishikawa, both of whom were sent abroad to train and debut) resulted in a more Americanized "passive" style.

** Wrestlers and journalists alike consider the early death of head trainer Masio Koma to have had a significant effect on the company's direction. While Koma's methods were rooted in the old style of the JWA, he also remained good friends with NJPW head trainer Kotetsu Yamamoto after the schism, and the two would talk shop about their ideas through the mid-70s. The Great Kabuki has gone so far as to say that his death ruined the company, not only because they struggled to successfully produce a homegrown talent for much of the late 70s, but also because the training that the Funks did for top prospects (such as Tenryu and Takashi Ishikawa, both of whom were sent abroad to train and debut) resulted in a more Americanized "passive" style.

** Wrestlers and journalists alike consider the early death of head trainer Masio Koma to have had a significant effect on the company's direction. The Great Kabuki went so far as to say that it ruined the company, not only because they struggled to successfully produce a homegrown talent for much of the late 70s, but because the training that the Funks did for top prospects (such as Tenryu and Takashi Ishikawa, both of whom were sent abroad to train and debut) resulted in a more Americanized "passive" style.

** Yoshiaki Yatsu used Music/DeepPurple's "Comin' Home", then Music/Europe's "Love Chaser".

** Yoshiaki Yatsu used Music/DeepPurple's "Comin' Home".

** A more extreme example of this was the network-mandated restructuring in 1981. Wrestling/GiantBaba was replaced by Nippon TV president Mitsuo Mitsune as AJPW president, and a three-year plan was put in place to phase out Baba as a singles star, groom Wrestling/JumboTsuruta to take his place, and establish Wrestling/GenichiroTenryu as the #2 star of the new generation. Baba's leash as a singles star was somewhat loosened because of how big a draw his feud with Wrestling/StanHansen turned out to be, but sure enough, he never challenged the traveling NWA champion again after the ouster. (Akio Sato was instated as booker as part of this division of power, and he introduced major backstage reforms.)

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Despite its general attitude towards shoot-style, Giant Baba and the AJPW management did try to secure some of its stars a few times. Wrestling/AkiraMaeda and Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada were offered big money to wrestle for them after they left NJPW, Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura was also contacted when they heard he was returning to pro wrestling, and even Wrestling/VolkHan was in their list until he declined out of loyalty for Maeda. Only Wrestling/MasakatsuFunaki accepted one of their offers (Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki did come before him, but he had returned earlier for Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling and Wrestling/ProWrestlingNOAH and was not working shoot-style anymore).

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Despite its general attitude towards shoot-style, Giant Baba and the AJPW management did try to secure some of its stars a few times. Wrestling/AkiraMaeda and Wrestling/NobuhikoTakada were offered big money to wrestle for them after they left NJPW, Wrestling/KiyoshiTamura was also contacted when they heard he was returning to pro wrestling, and even Wrestling/VolkHan was in their list until he declined out of loyalty for Maeda.

* FollowTheLeader: All Japan is generally credited with popularizing the streamers fans throw at pro wrestling events. Previously such things would be reserved only for the promotion's very top star, if they were even seen at all. It was here that pretty much any moderately popular baby face could make them rain on the ring.

* FollowTheLeader: All Japan is generally credited with popularizing the streamers fans throw at pro wrestling events. Previously such things would be reserved only for the promotion's very top star, if they were event seen at all. It was here that pretty much any moderately popular baby face could make them rain on the ring.

* FakeNationality: The Mexico Amigos. They were all Japanese.

* CareerResurrection: Giant Bernard, high profile hairy eyesore to legit over star.