AJPW Roster in 1997: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

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On this page you find the full AJPW Roster in the year 1997. 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.

1997

AJPW: All (45)

Heavyweight

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Men

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Teams

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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MrAicrow · 11 minutes ago
RIP Jim Herd

That WCW booker who almost made Ric Flair Spartacus and created the Ding Dongs
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Amanda Pax · 9 hours ago
Giulia and Sol Ruca or Paige add Wargames 2026
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Roy · 16 hours ago
creed brothers leaving is just… not it.
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Alex Garcia · 16 hours ago
Is Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee still with LWO or no
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  Wright · 5 hours ago
  
  @Alex Garcia According to the WWE, they are still members.
  
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Vishnoah · 18 hours ago
AFter Crown Jewel,
Rey Fenix active on RAW and become top candidate for IC Title
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Jackson Conley · 19 hours ago
Jacob is back!!! And the 2 words have been said!!!!! "WAR GAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 20 hours ago
Donovan Dijak is no longer in MLW anymore and is back to being a free agent
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Nkrst · 1 days ago
Some updates to MLW following Saturday Night SuperFight:
- Tessa Blanchard and Yota Tsuji debuted and won their respective matches.
- The Good Brothers and Austin Aries retained their respective titles.

Also, the roster needs quite a few updates, such as the addition of Zamaya, Diego Hill, Labron Kozone, Jumbo, Brick Savage, Don Gato, and others.

There should also be the addition of CONTRA, led by Josef Samael, and other factions.

Joe Dombrowski should also be added to the commentary team, since Rich Bocchini is currently just an interviewer.

If you could update the roster, that would be awesome. Sorry for the long message!
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 2 days ago
I just want to say AEW on Twitter X made a post wishing Keith Lee a happy birthday so if you want definitive proof other than being listed on the roster page on their website that hes still employed there you go
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DJ Aphrodite Henrys Bartholomews The Second Cometh · 2 days ago
LA Knight is inactive (literally only doing dark matches and house shows)

Stephanie Vaquer is inactive (had a match at a house show on November 5th and 6th in Portland and Bangor Maine she also had a match at the hawaii live tour shows)
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Constance Affinito · 2 days ago
It still shows that Stratton has the briefcase on this roster, but also has the title, so that needs to he fixed.
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Vishnoah · 2 days ago
Tiffy is heel

Btw new team Penta and Jevon
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APLDAGOAT · 2 days ago
Well obviously WWE doesn’t agree with my predictions not one of them except for Chelsea green and even then she didn’t even walk out with the title
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Lensky · 2 days ago
Imma be honest, ive been a wwe only guy for 10-12 years, nowadays i'd watch an aew ple or an episode of dynamite if im bored, but besides that it's been strictly wwe. it's been such a terrible year for wwe(and it's not just me saying it), and it's getting hard to defend them, they do nothing but go backwards. I'll give them until the rumble, but im not liking anything im seeing from them, i'll have to consider a short-term switch to aew if things somehow get worse.
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Roy · 2 days ago
tommaso ciampa is your new national champion
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MrAicrow · 2 days ago
AAA has gone of the rails, My god, It's amazing
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MrAicrow · 3 days ago
How was Crown Jewel 2026 for you guys

My only problem was the Womens Crown Jewel Match, It was bad and Tiffy cashing in made it worse
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  The R · 3 days ago
  
  @MrAicrow I don't think it was the worst PLE of the year, but it was definitely on the podium.
  
  Cody vs Orton was just fine, but the feud has done nothing for either guy. Hopefully they can both move on to other things.
  
  The tag title switch was a curious decision and I think Oba's appearance was unnecessary and detracted from Penta and Evans winning. I can't imagine they'll be champions for long.
  
  Liv vs Chelsea was what it was and Tiffy's MITB cash-in had to be the most predictable one ever. However, I'm glad Stratton is now a heel; it's the only time she ever shows any personality.
  
  Reigns vs Zayn was the best bout on the card, but like the opener, it just felt like there were zero stakes.
  
  I'd give Crown Jewel a 2/5.
  
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  Firstname Lastname · 2 days ago
  
  It was probably the worst Women's MITB cash-in (it's between that and Nikki ASH, imo), but I think worst of all time is a bit of an exaggeration when ones like Austin Theory's and Baron Corbin's exist.
  
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  Draysin Martin · 2 days ago
  
  @MrAicrow Close contender for worst PPV of the year.
  It took place in Saudi Arabia still even after you know what was still happening.
  
  the crowd was so quiet you could hear a pen drop when Cody finally punt kicked Randy Orton,which completely ruined the "Hightlight of the Night".
  
  then the vision losing the tag titles wasn't bad, it was just we knew who was going to win after Oba Femi's Music hit, & they have been teasing Bron Breakker breaking away from The Vision and this was a perfect way to do that, it's just that Oba Femi kinda ruined in In My Opinion.
  
  then The Women's Crown jewel championship match, I have a lot to say about this but I don't feel like starting something so i'm just gonna say match could've gone either way but fans knew Chelsea would win.
  
  Tiffany Stratton's heel turn was predictable, once again. the cash in was the worst thing to happen in that night & I felt like Chelsea's Reign should've gone on way longer. and WWE still hasn't pulled the trigger on Roxxane when they know it's time but of course we can never get what we want when it comes to Creative using AI.
  
  I Agree with The R on the Roman Reigns vs. Sami Zayn match, there were no Stakes at all.
  
  If you ask me to rate it out of 5 I say 1.5/5
  
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  Constance Affinito · 2 days ago
  
  @MrAicrow I'd give it a 7 out if 10. I usually judge events by matches, and every match was good. Oh course, the cash-in is the one reason its not an 8.
  
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EverBlast · 3 days ago
Tiffany Stratton cashes in on Chelsea Green to win the WWE Women's Championship, she turns heel.
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MrAicrow · 3 days ago
Sami v Roman was amazing, Not as good as in Montreal, But still amazing

Though one complaint. Where the heck were the 946?
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  Constance Affinito · 2 days ago
  
  @MrAicrow Actually, I'm glad it ended fairly. It was a great match, but I think Roman's best match of this year was v.s. Seth Rollins
  
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Roy · 3 days ago
tiffy cashing in … what a shocker innit.
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  MrAicrow · 3 days ago
  
  @Roy Doesn't make it any better obviously
  
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AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship		Mitsuharu Misawa Won: January 20, 1997 Osaka, Japan \| New Year Giant Series tour	345+ days
AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship		Kenta Kobashi Won: July 24, 1996 Tokyo, Japan \| Super Power Series tour	180 days

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship	Maunakea Mossman Won: August 22, 1997 Tokyo, Japan \| Live event	131+ days
	Yoshinari Ogawa Won: January 15, 1997 Tokyo, Japan \| Live event	219 days
	Tsuyoshi Kikuchi Won: July 24, 1996 Tokyo, Japan \| Live event	175 days

AJPW World Tag Team Championship	G.E.T.Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi Won: October 4, 1997 Nagoya, Japan \| House show	88+ days
	T.O.P.Gary Albright & "Dr. Death" Steve Williams Won: July 25, 1997 Tokyo, Japan \| House show	71 days
	G.E.T.Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi Won: May 27, 1997 Sapporo, Japan \| House show	59 days
	The Holy Demon ArmyToshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue Won: January 17, 1997 Matsumoto, Japan \| House show	130 days
	Johnny Ace & "Dr. Death" Steve Williams Won: September 5, 1996 Tokyo, Japan \| House show	134 days

AJPW Roster in 1997: Full List of Wrestlers, Teams, Champions

AJPW: All (45)

Heavyweight

Junior Heavyweight

Men

Women

Teams

Burning Wild

GET - Global, Energetic, & Tough

Giant Kimala & Jun Izumida

Hayabusa & Jinsei Shinzaki

Headbutters

Holy Demon Army

Johnny Ace & Johnny Smith

Johnny Ace & Steve Williams

Rob Van Dam & Sabu

Super Generation Army

Triangle of Power

Champions

AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship

Mitsuharu Misawa

Kenta Kobashi

AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Championship

Maunakea Mossman

Yoshinari Ogawa

Tsuyoshi Kikuchi

AJPW World Tag Team Championship

G.E.T.Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi

T.O.P.Gary Albright & "Dr. Death" Steve Williams

G.E.T.Johnny Ace & Kenta Kobashi

The Holy Demon ArmyToshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue

Johnny Ace & "Dr. Death" Steve Williams

AJPW All Asia Tag Team Championship

Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori

Extras

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Ring Announcers

President

Chairman

Promoters

Director of Operations

Referees

Producer

Coaches

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