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First set of names announced for Wrestling All-Star Battle

Posted on by Bryan Rose

The first batch of names have been announced for next year’s Wrestling All-Star Battle.

Tokyo Sports announced that the following stars would be making an appearance on the show:

  • Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW)
  • Kento Miyahara (AJPW)
  • Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH)
  • Jun Akiyama (AJPW)
  • Daisuke Sekimoto (BJW)
  • The Great Kojika (BJW)
  • Takao Omori (AJPW)
  • Taichi (NJPW/Suzuki-gun)
  • Yoshinobu Kanemaru (NJPW/Suzuki-gun)
  • Tomoaki Honma (NJPW)
  • Masanobu Fuchi (AJPW)
  • Kazushi Miyamoto (Free Agent)
  • Tomohiko Hashimoto (Free Agent)
  • Taiyo Kea (Free Agent)

Wrestling All Star Battle will feature wrestlers from Japan’s top wrestling promotions, including NJPW, AJPW, NOAH, BJW, Wrestle-1 and more. It will also feature the retirement ceremony for Abdullah the Butcher, who hasn’t wrestled a match since around 2010. Stan Hansen will also make an appearance.

The show is being held in honor of the 20th anniversary of Giant Baba’s passing and the 60th anniversary of Tokyo Sports’ founding. It will take place on February 19, 2019 at Sumo Hall. There is no word on plans for a broadcast.

Wrestling All-Star Battle to be held at Sumo Hall in February

Posted on by Bryan Rose

A multi-promotional event featuring a number of high profile Japanese promotions will take place next February.

Tokyo Sports announced this morning that Wrestling All-Star Battle will go down on February 19 at Sumo Hall. It will feature wrestlers from All Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Big Japan Pro Wrestling and Wrestle-1. Broadcasting information for the event isn’t currently known, nor were any matches announced.

The event is in commemoration of two events: the 20th anniversary of Giant Baba’s death (which took place on January 31, 1999) as well as the 60th anniversary of Tokyo Sports itself.

The last Wrestling All-Star Battle took place in August of 1979. On that show, Giant Baba and Antonio Inoki, who teamed for years before a split led to the eventual founding of both AJPW and NJPW, teamed for the last time. They defeated Abdullah the Butcher and Tiger Jeet Singh.