AJPW Roster in 1978: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

All Japan Pro Wrestling: Rosters History Database

On this page you find the full AJPW Roster in the year 1978. This includes the list of all AJPW Wrestlers, division between Men and Women Rosters, active Tag Teams & Stables, the current reigning Champions, as well as Managers, Announcers, Authority figures, Producers and other personalities in All Japan Pro Wrestling.

Our complete Pro Wrestlers Database allows you to travel through time and see the AJPW Roster by Year or any specific Date in history. Simply use the filters below! You even have the option to view a breakdown of the rosters split by Face and Heel divisions.

1978

AJPW: All (34)

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Champions

Extras

The profile of each AJPW wrestler features their Career History, Ring Names, Face / Heel Turns, Accomplishments, Pictures, Bio and more information and statistics.

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Wright · 6 hours ago
AJ Styles has been a coach and producer in WWE. There have also been rumors circling that Styles may replace Shawn Michaels as the head of NXT.
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  MrAicrow · 4 hours ago
  
  @Wright I think it'll be either AJ or Punk
  
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Yansy Martínez · 6 hours ago
They still need to add Big Mami to the AAA roster
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Nkrst · 11 hours ago
Yota Tsuji and Tessa Blanchard are going to debut in MLW at SuperFight on november 7.
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Roy · 19 hours ago
there seriously better be a change in locations for crown jewel. idk what tko is tryna do but seriously.
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  MrAicrow · 4 hours ago
  
  @Roy They did move it
  
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  This company is corporate greed personified
  
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Lensky · 1 days ago
Apparently we're gonna get Balor vs Gunther at Crown Jewel. The original plan was Punk vs Owens, but they have no intentions on traveling to Riyadh(at least they care about their health), which explains why their match is on the SmackDown episode before Crown Jewel. Balor and Gunther will replace the two, they've already advertised the match all over Saudi.
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Eddie Sallin · 1 days ago
Dijak attacked Matt riddle during a match with Riddle vs Kross face turn maybe?
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MIAMI DOLPHINS FANS · 1 days ago
Matt Riddle Is A Face!!!
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Haunted Stories · 1 days ago
Matt Riddle is face again he got attacked by Donavon Dijak last episode of MLW
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Draysin Martin · 1 days ago
Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher for the AEW World Championship at Full Gear
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Constance Affinito · 1 days ago
Hey, guys, I'm back! I've been gone only a few days, too short for you to notice, but the reason its important is because I almost completely lost the account
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  Roy · 1 days ago
  
  @Constance Affinito Welcome back man, Havent seen you here in a while.
  
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  Lensky · 1 days ago
  
  @Constance Affinito Yo the same thing happened to me! I couldn't log into my account for two weeks, thought my stuff got deleted but I've been able to log back in. Thank goodness I wasn't the only one experiencing this
  
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 1 days ago
Queen Aminata is new AEW TBS Champion
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Draysin Martin · 1 days ago
I have viewed The R's most recent message & I just want say this.....@Chad I'm Sorry. I didn't want to turn this situation into something bigger than it needed to be, I shouldn't have called you out. I can give you a chance. I just feel like Smackdown hotel is a place to post your wrestling facts, recent information, & all of that. I feel like the negativity was unnecessary to begin with.
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  Roy · 1 days ago
  
  @Draysin Martin Same here, after reading Mr The R.’s comment, i felt like there were times i think was unnecessary of me to have replied back hostile when i could have done something different. But at the same time i felt that there were times Chad should have been picked some of his words better… I apologize for all my nuisance at this website towards Chad and hope that SmackDownHotel still can be a website that everyone can freely share what they think and view.
  
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  Chad · 1 days ago
  
  @Roy Oh Roy Boy, that was a sweet comment! I accept your apology.
  
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APLDAGOAT · 2 days ago
@Chad Y’all I get it but some people make mistakes give him a second chance
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MrAicrow · 2 days ago
They moved crown jewel to a different location in Riyadh

They aren't fixing the problem, My god 🤦‍♂️
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EverBlast · 2 days ago
Frankie Kazarian turned face, he's supporting Avery Styles and feuded with Mustafa Ali.
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Davey Castegnaro · 2 days ago
TNA roster looks great!
Here are some fixes though for the roster:

For the remaining Men's Mid Card: John Skyler, Joseph Sawyer, Ryan Nemeth, Special Agent 0, Vincent, Rich Swann, Ricky Sosa.

For the Remaining Men's Low Card: Mr. Elegance & Joe Alonzo.

Erick Redbeard should be taken off the roster since I don't believe he's signed to TNA.

For the Women's roster, for the Upper Card: Indi Hartwell, Xia Brookside, should be listed in the upper card.

For the Mid Card: Shayna Baszler, Heather By Elegance, M By Elegance, Tasha Steelz, Kiera Hogan, Harley Hudson, Jada Stone & Rosemary.

For the Low Card: Mila Moore & Gabby Forza.

Hopefully this helps!!
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  Wright · 2 days ago
  
  @Davey Castegnaro Erick Redbeard did sign with TNA.
  
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  Vinny · 2 days ago
  
  @Davey Castegnaro Thanks so much for the input Davey! A colleague of mine and I actually just had a conversation about the card status of the roster. So we are currently working on updating the current status of each. Once that's updated I'll go through and do historical card status for the roster.
  
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The R · 2 days ago
I've been on this site a very, very, VERY long time. Honestly, I've forgotten how many years.
Over that time, I've seen the same patterns again and again.
Every once in a while, some idiot comes along and tries to be funny or hostile or offensive. And because they get away with it a few times - usually just have comments removed or hidden - they think they can do it forever. Then one day they just......stop posting. Usually because a mod has had enough.
I get that if someone is baiting you it's difficult to hold back, sometimes. But honestly, that's just encouraging the troll more. The best way is to treat them like a ghost; don't respond, flag the comment and let a mod do their job. Trust me - eventually it works. The SDH has a small team, but things have improved a LOT around here in recent years. They do deal with stuff - it just might take a little time.

One other thing I want to say is that the SDH is for everyone. Getting in someone's face because they're attacking you is one thing, but I've seen multiple instances of the same three or four accounts dog-piling someone just for having a different opinion. And that's something the mods will notice, too.
I get that people want this to be a nice place to chat, but there's a fine line between keeping the trash out and smothering anyone who disagrees with you.
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  Roy · 2 days ago
  
  @The R i wouldn’t say dog pile… but i agree with you. I do want to be as positive as i can be on this website. Because everyone here is sharing about what they saw or know, I too do the same. I respect you for your views on this. Thank you for pointing it out.
  
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 2 days ago
Elio LeFleur is inactive he confirmed on social media he is medically cleared and had a dark match on NXT
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 2 days ago
Max Caster mentioned on K & S WrestleFest that Anthony Bowens is still signed to AEW which is possibly true as he is still listed on the roster page on the AEW website
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Keith Meyer · 3 days ago
Chantel Monroe is definitely a heal she used the ropes in her match tonight
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PWF Heavyweight Championship	Abdullah the Butcher Won: October 18, 1978 Utsunomiya, Japan \| House show	74+ days
	Billy Robinson Won: June 12, 1978 Ichinomiya, Japan \| House show	128 days
	Tor Kamata Won: June 1, 1978 Akita, Japan \| House show	11 days
	Giant Baba Won: February 27, 1973 Tokyo, Japan \| House show Baba originally defeats The Destroyer on December 19, 1972 via count out in a decision match. Unsatisfied with the result, Baba decides to earn the championship by winning a series of 10 matches, the last against Bobo Brazil.	1920 days

PWF United States Heavyweight Championship	The Destroyer Won: September 11, 1978 Morioka, Japan \| House show	111+ days
	Mil Máscaras Won: August 18, 1978 Kagoshima, Japan \| House show	24 days
	The Destroyer Won: October 28, 1976 Tokyo, Japan \| House show Defeated Abdullah in a rematch to win the held up title.	659 days

AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship	Vacant Won: August 1, 1978 Kojika and Okuma did not defend the titles for six months.	152+ days
	Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma Won: February 22, 1978 Gifu, Japan \| Live event	160 days
	Animal Hamaguchi & Mighty Inoue Won: November 6, 1977 Tokyo, Japan \| Live event	108 days

NWA International Tag Team Championship		Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta Won: May 11, 1978 Tokyo, Japan \| Live event	234+ days
NWA International Tag Team Championship		Kintaro Oki & Kim Duk Won: November 7, 1977 Seoul, South Korea \| Live event	185 days

AJPW Roster in 1978: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

AJPW: All (34)

Heavyweight

Junior Heavyweight

Men

Women

Teams

Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik

The Funks

Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta

Gokudo Combi

Kim Duk & Kintaro Oki

Pat O'Connor & Rufus R. Jones

Champions

PWF Heavyweight Championship

Tor Kamata

NWA United National Championship

AJPW All Asia Heavyweight Championship

PWF United States Heavyweight Championship

AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship

Great Kojika & Motoshi Okuma

Animal Hamaguchi & Mighty Inoue

NWA International Tag Team Championship

Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta

Kintaro Oki & Kim Duk

Extras

Commentator

Ring Announcers

President

Chairman

Promoters

Director of Operation

Referees

Producers

Coaches

Ambassador