JAPANESE COVER OF THE WEEK

2018 Carnival Champion

The winner of AJPW Champion Carnival 2018: 

Naomichi Marufuji

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Ryota Hama and Akebono 

2 time AJPW All Asia Tag Team Champions

September 23rd - April 29th 2010

July 1st 2012 - September 4th 2012

2017 AJPW Champion Carnival

Congrats to the winner of 2017 AJPW Champion Carnival: 

Shuji Ishikawa

Wrestler of the Year 1994

Toshiaki Kawada

1994 Wrestling Observer Wrestler of the Year

Winner of the 1994 Champion Carnival 

5 time Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion

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Kento Miyahara 

 AJPW Triple Crown Champion

He defeated Zeus at the 2016 Excite Series on February 12th 2016

He has had 6 successful title defenses in 2016. 

New All Japan World Tag Team Champions

The Big Guns

(Bodyguard and Zeus)

November 27th 2016

defeated Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi in Tokyo, Japan to begin a 2nd reign as AJPW World Tag Team champions.  

They previously held the belts for 175 days (December 23rd 2015-June 15th 2016)

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AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Champion

Soma Takao

(won the title August 28th 2016 by defeating Hikaru Sato)

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Big Van Vader

1999 winner of the All Japan Champion Carnival

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Minoru Suzuki 

2009 and 2010 winner of the All Japan Champion Carnival 

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Shohei "Giant" Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta

6 time NWA International Tag Team Champions

Between 1975 and 1983

International Match of the Day

April 1975

All Japan PWF Heavyweight Title Match

Shohei "Giant" Baba

(champion)

vs

Dick the Bruiser

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Dick the Bruiser and The Crusher

NWA International Tag Team Champions

All Japan Pro Wrestling

August 11th 1969

defeated Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki 

Wrestling Observer Wrestler of the Year (2011-2013)

Hiroshi Tanahashi

Wrestling Observer Wrestler of the Year

2011, 2012, 2013

International Match of the Night (Goldberg)

International Match of the Night

August 31st 2002

AJPW

Bill Goldberg

vs

Taiyo Kea

Match of the Day (Japan 1991)

July 18th 1991

Billy Black & Joel Deaton defeated 
Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi to win the 
AJPW All-Asia Tag Team Championship

Black and Deaton would hold the belts for 8 days before dropping them to 
Doug Furnas and Dan Kroffat.

International Match of the Day

NWA International Tag Team Championship

All Japan Pro Wrestling

April 3rd 1985

Yamagata,  Japan

(Champions)

Jumbo Tsuruta and Genichiro Tenryu

vs

Stan Hansen and Ron Bass

Today in Wrestling History (June 5th)

Title Changes for June 5th

1958 – Dory Funk, Sr. defeated Angelo Savoldi to win the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship

1975 – "Dirty" Dick Murdoch defeated "Dandy" Danny Miller to win the NWA North American (Tri-State) Heavyweight Championship

1989 – Genichiro Tenryu defeated Jumbo Tsuruta to win the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship

1989 - Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat defeated Footloose (Samson Fuyuki & Toshiaki Kawada) to win the AJPW All-Asia Tag Team Championship

1990 – Terry "Bamm Bamm" Gordy defeated Jumbo Tsuruta to win the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship

1990 - Shinichi Nakano &; Akira Taue defeated Johnny & Davey Boy Smith to win the vacant AJPW All-Asia Tag Team Championship

1998 – Cho-Ten (Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan) defeated Genichiro Tenryu & Shiro Koshinaka to win the vacant NJPW IWGP Tag Team Championship

2000 – Eric Bischoff defeated Terry Funk to win the WCW Hardcore Championship

2001 – Jeff Hardy defeated Jerry Lynn to win the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship

2004 – Gedo & Jado defeated American Dragon & Curry Man to win the NJPW IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship

2004 – Kazuyuji Fujita defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the vacant NJPW IWGP Heavyweight Championship

2005 – Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Sugiura defeated Kenta & Naomichi Marufuji to win the Pro Wrestling Noah GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship

WWF/All Japan Show 1990

WWF/All Japan Supershow

April 13th 1990

Tokyo Dome

Andre the Giant(WWF)/Giant Baba(AJPW)

vs

Demolition (WWF)

NWA World Heavyweight Title November 7th 1979

November 7th 1979, Harley Race would face japanese legend and NWA World Heavyweight Champion, Giant Baba in a rematch for the NWA World Heavyweight Title.  Race lost the title 7 days earlier to Baba in Nagoya, Japan.  This time they met in Amagasaki, Japan with the belt on the line.

Harley Race would hold the belt for 302 days, from November 7th 1979 to September 4th 1980 when he again would lose the belt to Giant Baba, this time in Saga, Japan.  Baba would be World champion for 5 days this time and Race would win back the belt on September 9th in Otsu, Japan.