[9.0] "By far the best bang for your buck in Japan at the moment. The roster is small, but it is quite good. They may have the best young talent in the country, and there talent around the top title matches any other company in the country. When it comes to live shows, you would be hard pressed to find a company that will put on a better show. AJPW will generally provide a better card than any other company, barring a major monthly show from a top company."
[8.0] "All Japan truly is going through a renaissance as of late, is it not? The mass exodus in 2000 almost killed All Japan stone dead, which is a shame because the King's Road style is insanely good. But they persevere and whilst it's probably never gonna compete with the juggernaut that is NJPW again, they're quietly and confidently putting on really good matches for a somewhat different taste. A great Pepsi to NJPW's Coke, if you will."
"Just getting into AJPW.tv and am excited to figure out how to tune into the matches they have available based on the data the community has generated here. I used to use ditch.us back in college to access matches from the 90s, and have been excited to see Nakajima headlining the promotion now, though there's so much I would love to go back and see. Too bad I cannot find any of Joe Doering's title defenses on All Japan's streaming network!"
[7.0] "It's a bit sad to see what All Japan Pro Wrestling has become and how far it's fallen, It took it's hit after The NOAH Exodus in 2000 and never really recovered. The state it's in is saddening from it's one peak and best place for professional wrestling in the world. They still offer good wrestling but they never really have standout shows anymore except 1 or 2 a year but that's it. [***1/2]"
"Rating AJPW is a challenge. The 90s marked a pinnacle of in-ring excellence, arguably the best for any wrestling promotion. However, the mass departure of talent in the 2000s and the emergence of NOAH had a profound impact, and AJPW hasn't fully rebounded. Despite featuring remarkable talents like Miyahara and hosting some impressive matches."
[10.0] "AJPW is by no means the biggest company in Japan or even anywhere close to that level. But they've been the smartest at making do with what they have in 2023. Consistent wrestling and stories, and two years of building up younger wrestlers has paid off in 2023 where they have a fantastic set of young wrestlers and experienced wrestlers who all have become viable for top spots in the company. This company has moved on from being stuck with only Kento, Lee and Suwama as their top wrestlers, which has made every matchup a lot more interesting."
[9.0] "They are probably my favourite (men's) Puro promotion right now. Of course their history is long, unique and excellent, but their current day output is excellent, a great selection of young and old talent, along with constant great matches, up there with some of the best matches out there."
[7.0] "AJPW is a tough one to rate. On the one hand 90s AJPW was probably the peak of in-ring action ever for any promotion... then the mass exodus of talent in the 2000s and the formation of NOAH really hurt and it still to this day hasn't really recovered. They have some great talent like Miyahara and there have been some really good matches but AJPW is probably a distant third - if not fourth - behind NJPW and NOAH for top male promotion in Japan currently."
"This is my first major experience of getting into Japanese wrestling, its an overwhelming task at first when you realize how much youve missed out on but I really think I started with the right promotion! With most of the storytelling being exclusively in the ring, the language barrier plays little part and I feel fully invested in the shows and matches. The performers are amazing and pour their hearts out in the ring every time."
[5.0] "All Japan has been mostly unbearable for half a decade now, it would be completely unwatchable if it wasn't for Kento Miyahara who they are lucky to have as their ace. I turn up for his matches."
[8.0] "Im rating them all time, in the 80s and 90s, they were pro wrestling in its purest, most perfect form, however today, they are just somewhat of a super indy."
[6.0] "Kento Miyahara's main events never miss, but AJPW nowadays is the uppermost hit-and-miss promotion among the major Japanese ones. They've produced a lot great things in recent memory, such as Jake Lee's main event push and Gungir of Anarchy, but for every one of those there is a way-past-his-prime Suwama Triple Crown reign and Voodoo Murders title matches rated 3/10 on average here. Even after getting back on track with a fantastic Nippon Budokan show, they always find their way back to subpar decisions, and the recent major departures aren't giving them a helping hand. There's for sure no way back to the level they had in the 90s, but they have the potential to match what other major promotions do with what they have."
[8.0] "People don't give AJPW enough credit nowadays. It's still a very good product, but of course nowhere near it's hayday. It's a smaller scene than NJPW, or even Noah, but the wrestling is still great. Things were shaky in the 2000s sure, but by the mid 2010s things were back to being consistently good. They could of course make it easier to watch, and not having a tv deal doesnt work in their favor, but good wrestling is good wrestling"
[10.0] "From a historical perspective, AJPW's Four Pillars period may be considered the greatest wrestling period of all time. The Mutoh era revived a near dead All Japan after the NOAH split and while not as epic as the previous era, there was still a lot of fun and positives that came from it. These days AJPW may seem like a shell of what it was, but despite the problems it may be the most consistently booked and entertaining promotion in terms of its top-end and main events. Kento, Jake, Suwama, Yuma etc are all amazing and deserve to have more eyes on them."
[7.0] "From an in-ring perspective, I believe the only period that compares to AJPW at its best is Ring of Honor from 2002-2007. AJPW was the gold standard for pro wrestling for close to a decade and a half. While it's not that anymore, it's still a quality promotion that's effectively become a superindie over the last 10 years or so, to pretty good results as well, though the quality varies from year to year."
[7.0] "A once-mighty promotion that is now a sad shell of it's former self. The 1990s was, unarguably, their most profitable and most remarkable decade with the Four Pillars (Misawa, Kobashi, Kawada, Taue) producing five-star matches but by the start of 2000, it started to fall as Misawa was just months away from forming NOAH then after most of AJPW's native roster joined NOAH, everything just fell off. Today, AJPW is, sadly and in my opinion, in a very stale position."
[8.0] "From a history standpoint it doesn't get much more important than AJPW at it's peak. So many guys today try to work that King's Road style even modern New Japan. And some of the best to ever do it. That said the company has been so down for so long. Sure there are years they put on a very good product. But it just feels like such a let down compared to what it used to be."
[9.0] "They were obviously a far cry version from their best days right now. But back in their heyday in the 80s and 90s, AJPW was a true force to be reckoned with. They gave us the Four Pillars of Japan, which was unquestionably one of wrestling's greatest treasures."
"When I'm just in the mood to watch wrestling, and I don't care about storylines or any phony bullshit, I go straight to 80s/90s AJPW, specifically Jumbo or Misawa matches, or random tag league matchups. They didn't know how good they had it back then."
[9.0] "classic promotion, the era of the pillars and others like Akiyama, Tsuruta, Williams and Vader was classic, nowadays AJPW is a pretty underrated promotion, it's still good, but no one really pays it much mind"
[8.0] "All Japan hatte nach den goldenen 90ern eine Identitätskrise, die der Promotion kein Bisschen gut getan hat. Seitdem Jun Akiyama Präsident wurde, ging es stets bergauf. Vor allem mit Kento Miyahara haben sie den perfekten Mann gefunden, um die Liga aus dem doch recht tiefen Loch rauszuholen. Natürlich ist All Japan lange nicht so groß wie in den 90ern, aber definitiv auf einem mehr als anständigen Level und aktuell deutlich sehenswerter als New Japan."
[10.0] "According to me and after hundreds and perhaps even thousands hours of watching, All Japan Pro-Wrestling is the best wrestling promotion of all-time. Everyone know The Golden Era in the 90's with The Four Pillars of Heaven, Akiyama, Williams and Co. where fans had all-time classics each week/month. Nevertheless, 80's AJPW is so damn underated : Tsuruta, Tenryu, Hansen, The Funks, Brody, Gordy and all foreigners coming from the NWA, some classics have not yet been discovered. Even in the 70's you got once again The Funks, Race, Brisco, Baba (in his prime), Destroyer and all others. Many describe post-Baba's death in 2000's as the darkest hour of All Japan, sure it was but between 2002 and 2005, you got also some very underated bouts with Muto, Kawada, Tenryu, Kojima, etc... ? Its rebuilding is on the way with Miyahara, Suwama, Ishikawa, Lee, Zeus, Aoyagi, Nomura and others. I wish AJPW to form an alliance with some promotions like CyberFight does it, find a reliable owner and shine again on the wrestling landscape."
[10.0] "All Japan Pro Wrestling is the best promotion ever. From the 80's-90's, with guys like Kenta Kobashi, Genichiro Tenryu, Jumbo Tsuruta, Toshiaki Kawada or the greatest wrestler of all time Mitsuharu Misawa, they did classics after classics, and with Giant Baba who is one of the bests bookers in the history. But what makes AJPW the bests, is that in 2021, they are for me the very best promotion in the world. Suwama's reign has been fantastic since he beat Miyahara in 2020, the booking is very good, the matches are too, AJPW has a fantastic main event formula with the best match-building in the world. They can deliver classics even today ( Suwama/Ishikawa in 2020, Suwama/Miyahara this year ). Like said before, the booking is great, the tag team championships scene is very well booked. What is incredible with AJPW, is that they never were a bad promotion, and that they exist since 1972. I can love TJPW so much, they exist since 2013 and they don't have this experience. The biggest emotions I had watching wrestling are thanks to AJPW. The pure intelligence of wrestling."
[9.0] "Same thing I said about NJPW. The company that has long history and had one of the greatest wrestling matches ever. Kobashi Kenta was the GOAT."
[10.0] "In the 90's this was the best wrestling promotions that ever existed, from 2000's until mid 2010's this promotions passed a hard period but even in this dark age they still managed to bring a couple of great matches every year, and now they're starting to reborn as a Fenyx from his ashes and with wrestlers like Zeus, Jake lee, Akira Franchesco, Kento Miayahara, Yoshitatsu, etc. (and also some wrestlers from other promotions like BJW and Freedoms appearing regularly) they still manage to put an overall great product with great classic-style matches. This promotion have a well deserved 10 in my opinion."
[10.0] "One of the most legendary promotions in all of pro wrestling, all the classics they have put on during the years, especially during the 90s. Now they still have some great wrestlers and deliver a great product."
[10.0] "I must confess that I've not being keeping up with All Japan in recent years, so I'm only rating the legendary promotion of the 80s and 90s which is probably still the best wrestling promotion ever"
"Not leaving a rating for All Japan because it seems impossible to find a fair balanced rating for the modern decent promotion and the legendary historic promotion. The former is an alright promotion that produces decent wrestling and the latter is correctly regarded as the best pro wrestling in history."
[10.0] "The world's greatest wrestling promotion. In a market as oversaturated as it is and in a period where wrestling is arguably as critically acclaimed as it has ever been, I don't say that lightly. Any further review I write will be a hyperbole laden mess. Just trust me on this."
[8.0] "AJPW in the 20th Century was 1 of the greatest wrestling companies in the entire world, with easily the best main event scene, the best heavyweight tag scene, the best heavyweight champions and more 5 star matches than any other company in its day. What NJPW has been going through in the 2010s is what AJPW went through between 1988 and 2000. The only thing that held them back was how exclusive it was, which led to many dream matches not taking place when all these wrestlers were in their prime. AJPW in the 21st Century has been a very rocky existence. Some champions were still worth their cut and some excellent matches could still be found. But it was a shell of its glory days. However over the last few years, the collaboration between All Japan and Big Japan has led to some tremendous matches and has created new and interesting stars. Hopefully with the likes of Miyahara now entering his prime, we'll see huge turnover in years to come."
[7.0] "The 90s All Japan is the best wrestling company I've ever seen. The amount of talent they had was incredible and the quality of their matches were from another planet (the current New Japan is a child thing by their side). THAT All Japan was a 10 without hesitation, but the current version is very far from it. Since the 2000s is just another company with short periods of good wrestling and very little importance. I really hope that one day it will become relevant again."
[7.0] "At their peak, All Japan were consistently providing the highest quality main events anywhere in the world, spending most of the 90s churning out great matches on a regular basis. Unfortunately, as with all dynasties, All Japan's time on top ended, and they fell from their great heights. They came close to going away for good, but All Japan pulled through, and whilst they are nowhere near being the major force that they once were, the company are now regularly putting on a solid wrestling product."
[9.0] "What a revival. Everybody who has stepped foot in this promotion over the past 5 years deserves a round of applause for the great business and work put in to bring some buzz back to this company. Credit to Akiyama for sticking through with them for all these years to bring us one of the best promotions in Japan and by proxy the world. Their Ace Kento Miyahara is one of the best wrestlers in the world period, This years Champion Carnival was amazing and showed how good AJPW is with non-regulars coming in. I'm excited to see where they go in 2018"
[8.0] "It's a fun promotion with some incredibly diverse talent. They are a bit of throw back to older puro promotions but it gives them a unique look that's quite enjoyable. Kento Miyahara is a fantastic ace who is extremely charismatic, versatile and a fantastic wrestler. Joe Doering is a big nasty gajin who can work very well with lots of different opponents. Reminds me of Stan Hansen but that could be just his attire. The booking of the promotion has it's moments but it can be very confusing and bit chaotic at times. The Junior division needs to serious work and it's possibly the worst Jr division from the top puro promotions but they book the tag division fairly well, using main eventers who aren't in an angle like 90's all Japan. I would recommend All Japan to anyone looking for someone new."
[9.0] "Right now, the second best federation in Japan and the best if you look for puroresu. Also, one of the best in the world. I'm only disappointed by the misuse of some talents."
[9.0] "All Japan has been doing good lately, but i do wish Jun Akiyama would stop putting himself in title matches & let some other newer guys have a chance. But I do like that Ultimo Dragon & Tajiri had a match against each other & that All Japan has a talent working agreement with Big Japan."
[10.0] "All Japan Pro Wrestling is the original biggest Japanese promotion. Sadly it's lost its fame. It's like they became a independent promotion because I see a lot of the independent wrestlers in the promotion. They make up for it by having great young talent like Kento Miyahara and Jake Lee."
[10.0] "Straight-laced pure puroresu at it's purest form. AJPW for me (sans the Muta era, which wasn't bad at all) was always about presenting pure wrestling and it's that kind of wrestling I gravitate towards the most. The wrestling that treats itself with class and serious respect. I get the most of that from AJPW, and even today they are still great."
[7.0] "A company with a very rich history that had its fair share of ups and downs. Right now they are definitely in an upswing, putting on good shows. The future is once again bright for All Japan."
[9.0] "Another great major wrestling promotion (alongside their rival NJPW) had also the same experience for over 44 years to establish their existence and dispose it to all the fans that they are the best of the best than any promotion on this earth. Giant Baba, the founder of this biggest promotion, maybe had to spill his sweat even his blood to make this promotion a biggest promotion ever"
[8.0] "AJPW has had many, many amazing matches in their hey-day, and after a bad 2014/2015, have has a sneakily amazing 2016 and are a promotion I would recommwnd watching."
[10.0] "Through 2016 AJPW has consistently booked amazing matches, their partnership with BJW having paid dividends. In terms of in ring product, AJPW is one of the best promotions right now. If they can continue their hot streak I can see them moving up in prominence."
[4.0] "Bemerkenswert wie aus der größten Liga Japans nur noch eine Randnotiz der aktuellen japanischen Wrestlingszene wurde. Die Machtspielchen werden wohl einer der Hauptfaktoren dabei gewesen sein. Naja, ein Ausreichend für die Vergangenheit gibt es noch, heute weder gut, noch relevant."
[9.0] "A legendary promotion, from the 70s to the 90s they frequently featured some of the best stuff in the world. In the past 15 years or so they have been reduced in importance but they still produce some quality stuff from time to time."
[8.0] "Bis zu den 2000ern eine absolut Göttliche Promotion.... Dann passierte der erste knall und absolute Topstar gingen... All Japan hielt sich trotzdem über Wasser bis dann ein anderer netter die Promotion besaß und sie gekillt hat. Momentan ist All Japan leider nurnoch solide. Es gibt kaum nennenswerte Stars und die Show und Matchqualität hat auch genau deshalb nach gelassen. ES ist einfach schade was aus so einer großartigen Promotion geworden ist. Ich schaue heute ab und zu mal rein wenn ich etwas im MG sehe oder über eine Show stolpere.... Was ich aber sehe bringt mich nie dazu All Japan noch eine Chance zu geben. Schade."
[3.0] "Was ist bloß aus dieser Promotion geworden? Früher ein Sammelbecken für absolute Superstars auch wenn mir der Stil immer etwas zu gesundheitsgefährdend war. Inzwischen schaue ich immer mal wieder rein, in der Hoffnung wieder irgendeinen Wrestler, ein Match oder irgendetwas zu finden, was mich irgendwie interessiert. Leider passiert da gar nix. Das ich kein glattes "mangelhaft" vergebe, hat nur mit der großen Vergangenheit zu tun."
[10.0] "My favorite promotion of all time. Currently is pretty average with some bad shows and few good shows, but in it's prime (In the 90's), was the best wrestling that i ever watched."
[7.0] "Diese Liga zu bewerten ist sehr schwierig. Würde ich nur die 80er & 90er bewerten, wäre das ohne Frage eine glatte 10.... nur sind wir mittlerweile im 21. Jhdt. & da sieht es -unter anderem durch interne Machtkämpfe & ein durchwachsenes Roster- eher mau aus. Eigentlich traurig, wie sehr sich eine Liga, die in früheren Jahren 5*-Matches rausgehauen hat wie ein Bäcker Brötchen, durch anhaltendes Mismanagement selbst aufs Abstellgleis befördern kann. NJPW, NOAH & auch Dragon Gate sind im Booking und dem Roster besser. Nun scheint es zwar wieder ein wenig aufwärts zu gehen, es bleibt aber abzuwarten, ob man aus Fehlern der Vergangenheit gelernt hat. Aufgrund der glorreichen Vergangenheit in Summe 7 Punkte."
[7.0] "Ich will nicht sagen, dass AJP "über'n Berg" ist, aber das Produkt wirkt auf mich momentan wieder geordnet und gefestigt und ist in meinen Augen deutlich besser, als es die Zuschauerzahlen vermuten lassen. Unter Jun Akiyama zeichnet sich jedoch auch in der Hinsicht ein Aufwärtstrend ab - AJP wird jetzt Konstanz und Durchhaltevermögen beweisen müssen, um wieder dauerhaft mehr Tickets zu verkaufen. Bei den Titelträgern wurde mit Doering und jetzt Shiozaki die richtige Richtung eingeschlagen und der Main Event erweitert. Abseits dessen verfügt der Roster über eine gute Mischung aus gereiften Juniors, Heavyweight-Altstars, Dojo-Talenten, echten Superstars und solchen wie Zeus, die es werden können und so Attraktionen wie KENSO oder Akebono. Interessant wird der April und in dem Zusammenhang das Champion Carnival-Turnier. In dem Zeitraum kann AJP Zuschauer zurückgewinnen, da die Japaner bei den großen Turnieren eher gewillt sind, eine Traditionsliga wieder eine Chance zu geben."
[5.0] "Was für ein Absturz und das in nicht mal ganz zwei Jahren, so rasant und konstant das man sich nur die Augen reiben kann. AJPW war nie mehr so groß wie unter Baba, aber man hat es geschaft über Jahre, selbst die erste Zeit nachdem NOAH-Split, ein vielseitiges Produkt zu erschaffen. Man überholt sogar ZERO One und NOAH die in ihren ersten Jahren deutlich über AJPW stand. Wer gesehen hat wie heiß die Leute reagiert haben auf die Fehde mit Team Bruning und Puro Love Ära Leute, dem ist fast zum heulen zu mute. Was war das für ein Spaß mit Get Wild, Smop und Strong BJ, den guten und oft starken Heavyweight Title Matches usw. Man war kein Konkurrenz auf Augenhöhe für NJPW, aber man machte die Puro Landschaft bunter. Und nun? Fast alles dahin nachdem WRESTLE 1 Exodus ist fast die gesamte Arbeit der letzten Jahre weg. Man hat Fans, andere Promotion und Wrestler verprellt, dilettantisch Unsinn von sich geben und heiße Luft produziert. Wobei hier natürlich ein Mann gemeint ist der nach Muto Besitzer und Präsident wurde, Shiraishi. Nun haben die letzen verbleibenden Wrestler den Exzentriker abgesetzt und versuchen den Sturz in die Tiefe zu verhindern. Sie haben noch einige gute und starke Wrestler die ich mir gern immer noch ansehe. Da wird mir aber auch immer wieder klar wie gut ihre Matches noch vor nicht allzu langer Zeit waren und wie konzeptlos und blutarm das ganze heute im Vergleich dazu ist. AJPW stand schon einmal vor dem aus, damals hat man sich erholt, aber hier fragt man sich ob Akiyama und Co. ihr aufbegehren nicht zu spät kam?"
[8.0] "Update: Natürlich muss man schauen, wie es jetzt weitergehen wird. Nach den glorreichen Zeiten in den 80ern und 90ern gab es schwere Zeiten, die aber mit Bravour überstanden wurden und AJPW ist, bis zum Abgang Mutas immer noch ein starkes Produkt gewesen. Was jetzt kommt, wird man sehen, aber es wird erneut schwer werden. Aber AJPW ist prinzipiell gut genug, um auch diese Krise überstehen zu können."
[9.0] "All Japan Pro Wrestling was great in almost every decade(in the 80's and 90's i preferred NJPW though) I even enjoyed the Mutoh era as most did not."
[9.0] "Vor allem in den 90igern war All Japan die wrestlerisch unbestritten beste Promotion weltweit. Die Klasse, die Babas Liga damals hatte, ist bis heute nie wieder von einer Promotion erreicht worden und wird es wohl auch nie wieder werden. Nach dem Abgang von Misawa, Kobashi und Co hatte man es sehr schwer, allerdings brachte man unter Mutoh auch gelegentlich tolle Shows heraus. Insgesamt 9 Punkte, denn für die 10 waren die letzten Jahre nicht gut genug."
[7.0] "Haben einige tolle HWs, weswegen ich mir AJ auch gerne mal anschaue. Der Rest geht allerdings fast komplett an mir vorbei. Die 7 Punkte aber trotzdem, da ich mir viele Main Events und Co Main Events anschaue und dort gut unterhalten werde und ich mir Undercard in Japan eh nicht anschaue."
[8.0] "All Japan ist wieder auf einem guten Weg. Dass ein Verlust von über 20 Wrestlern nur nachhaltig wett zu machen war, ist nur logisch. Für die alten Verdienste und die mittlerweile wieder gesteigerte Showqualität gibt es 8 Punkte."
[8.0] "Dank den nicht so tollen 2000+ kann ich leider nicht volle Punktzahl geben. Über die 80er und 90er muss man nicht reden denke ich. Da waren es 11/10 und besser als NOAH es jemals war und werden wird."
[7.0] "Was früher Gipfel der wrestlerischen Schaffenskraft war kommt nun nach einer bitteren Durststrecke endlich wieder in Schwung. Natürlich wird man wohl nie wieder an die glorreichen Zeiten der Kings Road anknüpfen können, doch ein durchaus interessantes Produkt stellt man derzeit dennoch wieder auf die Beine."
[6.0] "AJPW versucht die japanische WWE zu sein mit Ex-Wrestlern aus Stamford, komischen japanischen Mexikanern und dazwischen echten Topwrestlern, die leider manchmal am Storylineshit leiden. Ich habe kürzlich aufgehört AJPW zu verfolgen, da es mir zu schwach wurde, ich gebe eine 3 da doch manchmal was gutes dabei ist."
[4.0] "Die einstige beste Pro-Wrestling Liga der Welt (1989-1999) ist in den Jahren von Muto's Regime in meinem Augen ein Schatten vergangener Tage. Uninteressante Ex-WWE ler und blöde Entertainment-Gimmicks, die das einst so glanzvolle Produkt in meinen Augen zur qualitativen #4 in Japan degradiert haben (hinter NOAH, NJPW und Dragon Gate) - für die Ära unter Giant Baba kann man ohne mit der Wimper zu zucken die vollen 10 vergeben, aber Muto's Schreckens-Regime bekommt von mir nicht mehr als 6. Schade, dass man die beiden Epochen Pre-Split und Post-Split nicht separat bewerten kann."
[6.0] "War früher mit Leuten wie Misawa, Kawada, Vader, Hansen oder Kobashi immer wieder ein Lieferant von ***** Matches. Mittlerweile setzt man allerdings viel auf ehemalige WWE Wrestler."
