All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling: Difference between revisions

 

All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling (AJW) was a [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Japanese Women's]] [[Professional Wrestling]] (''joshi puroresu'', often shortend to just ''joshi'') promotion that was founded in 1968 and folded in 2005. AJW was the largest promotion during the glory days of ''joshi'' in the [[The Eighties|1980s]] and [[The Nineties|1990s]].

By the mid-1990s, there were several joshi promotions, and the "retire at 25" policy was abandoned, allowing the Crush Gals (among others) to return (ironically, given their famous feud with Dump Matsumoto, as monster heels that beat up the new generation of cute, young faces). However, this meant AJW had the same problem as many other wrestling promotions: the veterans wanted to hold onto their spots at the top of the card, and they weren't willing to give them up to newer wrestlers. This, combined with financial mismanagement by the owners and the general decline in the popularity of pro wrestling in the early [[Turn of the Millennium|2000s]], led to AJW losing its TV deal in 2002, and eventually folding in 2005. However, its legacy of housing arguably the greatest women's wrestlers - and some of the best women's wrestling matches - in the history of the industry remains.

 

 

 

* [[Action Girl]] or [[Dark Action Girl]]: The entire roster.

 

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