NJPW, NOAH & All Japan Coming Together For First Event In Seven Years

February 19th, 2019 will be a historic day in Japanese wrestling as it has been announced that New Japan Pro Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling NOAH will come together for Wrestling All-Star Battle.

This will be the first time since the All Together show in February of 2012 and will also feature Big Japan and Wrestle-1. It’s significance is also marked by this year being the 40th Anniversary of the last Wrestling All-Star Battle in 1979, which saw Antonio Inoki (the founder of NJPW) and Giant Baba (the founder of AJPW) tag up together for the last time. According to our very own Hisame, the event will also be commemorating the 20 year anniversary of Baba’s passing:

*UPDATE*

"Wrestling All-Star Battle" featuring New Japan, All Japan, Noah, Big Japan and W-1 will be held on 19th February 2019 at Sumo Hall.

The event will be held to commemorate the 20 year anniversary of Giant Baba's death in January 1999, and the founding of Tokyo Sports.

— Hisame (冰雨Pro-Wrestling Noah in English) (@Hi5ame) October 16, 2018

While the companies have all shared talent when it comes to events such as the G1 Climax or the ongoing Super Jr. Tag League, some believe this could be a step towards the promotions working together even further in the future given the continued growth of Japanese wrestling into the western part of the world, more specifically the United States.

Currently, there are no matches scheduled for Wrestling All-Star Battle.

EA’s Take: This is definitely a step in the right direction if fans want to see a lot more of the company’s working together, no doubt about that. It will be interesting to see how they approach the card, some fans are thinking it could be a lot of multi-man tag matches to get guys on the show. Meanwhile, some others think it could be a case of each promotion getting to put on its own “showcase” match in a sense. That’s definitely what intrigues me, how the politics of it all plays out.

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