Active Advance Pro Wrestling

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Active Advance Pro Wrestling
Acronym 2AW
Founded 2002
Style Puroresu
Headquarters Chiba, Japan
Founder(s) Taka Michinoku
Formerly Kaientai Dojo (K-DOJO)

Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2AW) is a Japanese professional wrestling promotion and training facility originally owned and promoted by Taka Michinoku. The promotion places emphasis on a style of puroresu that combines high-flying, technical wrestling, and martial arts. The promotion was originally called Kaientai Dojo (or K-DOJO for short).

This style was largely contributed to by Taka Michinoku and is gaining popularity in Japan and abroad. K-DOJO is also heavily influenced by American-style wrestling and places a large amount of importance on presentation. For instance, each Club-K 3000 show that K-DOJO runs is equipped with a large screen near the entrance gate, similar to the Titantron, where a short introductory vignette is played during each wrestler's entrance and where the crowd can follow the action on-screen.

They had a home building that doubles as their training facility, Chiba Blue Field, where all of their Club-K 3000 shows were held; in December 2011, the building was bought by the joshi pro-wrestling promotion Universal Woman's Pro Wrestling Reina, but K-Dojo continues to run shows from the renamed Reina Arena.[1] On April 1, 2013, the arena was again renamed Blue Field.

History

Kaientai Dojo originated in 2000 as a small wrestling school in Puerto Rico run by Taka Michinoku. After Taka returned to Japan in 2002, he established the Japanese branch of Kaientai Dojo, which would soon become a wrestling promotion. The small federation grew over the years and is now an independent league that runs as a promotion, wrestling school, and talent loan organization to various other leagues such as AJPW, Dragon Gate and Michinoku Pro.

Until recently, K-DOJO was separated into two distinct sides, GET and RAVE, which ran separate shows but often joined together during large shows and tours. GET was led by Taka Michinoku while RAVE's leader was Hi69. After Hi69's departure, Taka Michinoku became commissioner of RAVE, and 296 became commissioner of GET. On April 22, 2007, RAVE ran its last show; the two brands merged and now run joint shows.

A particular aspect of K-DOJO is that it is one of the few wrestling promotions to feature both men and women. Women can wrestle in the same ring as men, either during mixed tag matches or even singles matches. Also, they can challenge for championship belts, something that would be unheard of in most wrestling promotions.

In November 2018, it became known that Taka Michinoku had an eight-year-long extramarital relationship with a woman. After this scandal, the promotion fired him and sanctioned him for one year without payment.[2]

In April 2019, the promotion announced that they were rebranding as Active Advance Pro Wrestling (2AW for short). This came as the company attempted to rebrand itself after the Taka Michinoku scandal, also changing its colors to black & white. That same night, young wrestler Ayato Yoshida won the Strongest-K Championship, symbolically leading the company into the future.[3]

On January 10, 2020, it was announced that 2AW is now part of the Allied Independent Wrestling Federations as their Japanese affiliate.[4]

Roster

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Main article: List of Active Advance Pro Wrestling personnel

Championships

Current

Championship Current champion(s) Reign Date won Days held Defenses Location Notes
2AW Openweight Championship Kengo Mashimo 1 October 28, 2021 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.+ 6 Tokyo, Japan Defeated Shigehiro Irie at 2AW Grand Slam In Korakuen Hall.
2AW Tag Team Championship Koen
(Takuro Niki & Tatsuya Hanami)		 1
(1, 3)		 September 11, 2022 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.+ 0 Tokyo, Japan Defeated The Rule (Ayato Yoshida & The Andrew King Takuma) at 2AW Grand Slam In Korakuen Hall.
Chiba Six Man Tag Team Championship Ayumu Honda, Kyu Mogami & Taishi Takizawa 1
(3, 3, 1)		 January 10, 2020 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.+ 0 Tokyo, Japan

Formerly promoted

Championship Last champion(s) Reign Date won Location
AIWF World Heavyweight Championship Kevin Phoenix 1 August 24, 2019
Independent World Junior Heavyweight Championship Arata 2 January 15, 2021 Tokyo, Japan
UWA World Middleweight Championship Kyu Mogami 1 June 20, 2019 Tokyo, Japan
UWA World Tag Team Championship Jinsei Shinzaki & The Great Sasuke 1
(1, 1)		 May 4, 2021 Yahaba, Iwate, Japan
FMW/WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship Kunio Toshima & Yuma Aoyagi 1
(1, 1)		 April 17, 2016 Tokyo, Japan

2AW Openweight Championship

2AW Openweight Championship
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Current design of the title (2022 – present)
Details
Current champion(s) Ayato Yoshida
Date won December 25, 2022
Date established September 1, 2019
Promotion Active Advance Pro Wrestling

The 2AW Openweight Championship is a professional wrestling world championship created and promoted by the Japanese promotion Active Advance Pro Wrestling. There have been a total of seven reigns shared between six different champions. The current champion is Ayato Yoshida who is in his second reign.

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
+ Current reign is changing daily

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No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Defenses
1 Shu Asakawa September 1, 2019 2AW GRAND SLAM In Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 4 Defeated Ayato Yoshida in the tournament final to become the inaugural champion. [5]
2 Yuji Okabayashi March 25, 2020 2AW GRAND SLAM In Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 2 [6]
3 Ayato Yoshida July 5, 2020 2AW Launching Business 1st Anniversary ~ GRAND SLAM In TKP Garden City Chiba Chiba, Japan 1 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 6 [7]
4 Taishi Takizawa April 29, 2021 2AW Grand Slam In 2AW Square Chiba, Japan 1 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 4 [8]
5 Shigehiro Irie October 28, 2021 2AW Grand Slam In Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 3 [9]
6 Kengo Mashimo March 21, 2022 2AW Grand Slam In Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 7 [10]
7 Ayato Yoshida December 25, 2022 2AW Grand Slam in TKP Garden City Chiba ~ Final Event Of The Year Tokyo, Japan 2 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.+ 0 [11]

Combined reigns

As of June 17, 2024.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined
days
1 Ayato Yoshida † 2 6 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.+
2 Kengo Mashimo 1 7 279
3 Shu Asakawa 1 4 206
4 Taishi Takizawa 1 4 182
5 Shigehiro Irie 1 3 144
6 Yuji Okabayashi 1 2 102

2AW Tag Team Championship

2AW Tag Team Championship
Details
Current champion(s) Takuro Niki and Tatsuya Hanami
Date won September 11, 2022
Date established February 14, 2020
Promotion Active Advance Pro Wrestling

The 2AW Tag Team Championship is a professional wrestling tag team championship created and promoted by the Japanese promotion Active Advance Pro Wrestling. There have been a total of eleven reigns shared between ten different teams consisting of fifteen distinctive champions. The current title holders are Takuro Niki and Tatsuya Hanami who are in their first reign as a team.

Key
No. Overall reign number
Reign Reign number for the specific champion
Days Number of days held
Defenses Number of successful defenses
<1 Reign lasted less than a day
+ Current reign is changing daily

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No. Champion Championship change Reign statistics Notes Ref.
Date Event Location Reign Days Defenses
1 Ayato Yoshida & Tank Nagai February 14, 2020 2AW Tokyo, Japan 1 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 0 Defeated Kyu Mogami & Minoru Fujita in a tournament final to become the inaugural champions. [12]
2 Chango & Kaji Tomato March 25, 2020 2AW GRAND SLAM In Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 3 [6]
3 Tempest
(Ayumu Honda & Taishi Takizawa)		 June 9, 2020 2AW GRAND SLAM In Samurai! TV Chiba, Japan 1 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 0 [13]
4 Kengo Mashimo & Tatsuya Hanami August 2, 2020 2AW GRAND SLAM In Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 3 [14]
5 The Andrew Kingdom
(Shigehiro Irie & The Andrew King Takuma)		 October 16, 2020 2AW GRAND SLAM In Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 1 [15]
6 Kengo Mashimo & Tatsuya Hanami January 31, 2021 2AW Grand Slam In 2AW Square Chiba, Japan 2 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 5 [16]
7 Toll Glänz
(Kotaro Yoshino & Tank Nagai (2))		 August 29, 2021 2AW Grand Slam In TKP Garden City Chiba Chiba, Japan 1 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 2 [17]
8 The Rule
(Ayato Yoshida (2) & The Andrew King Takuma (2))		 November 14, 2021 2AW Grand Slam in TKP Garden City Chiba Chiba, Japan 1 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 3 [18]
9 Voodoo Murders
(Chris Vice & Yoshikazu Yokoyama)		 February 23, 2022 2AW Infinity ~ 2022 Winter Chiba, Japan 1 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 0 [19]
10 The Rule
(Ayato Yoshida (3) & Excilio)		 April 10, 2022 ZERO1 Osu Premium Show ZERO1 20th & 21st Anniversary Pro Wrestling Tokyo, Japan 1 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist. 2 [20]
11 Koen
(Takuro Niki & Tatsuya Hanami (3))		 September 11, 2022 2AW Grand Slam In Korakuen Hall Tokyo, Japan 1 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.+ 2 [21]

Combined reigns

As of June 17, 2024.

† Indicates the current champion
Rank Team No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined
days
1 Kengo Mashimo & Tatsuya Hanami 2 8 285
2 The Rule
(Ayato Yoshida & Excilio)		 1 2 154
3 Koen
(Takuro Niki & Tatsuya Hanami) †		 1 2 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.+
4 The Andrew Kingdom
(Shigehiro Irie & The Andrew King Takuma)		 1 1 107
5 The Rule
(Ayato Yoshida & The Andrew King Takuma)		 1 3 101
6 Toll Glänz
(Kotaro Yoshino & Tank Nagai)		 1 2 77
7 Chango & Kaji Tomato 1 3 76
8 Tempest
(Ayumu Honda & Taishi Takizawa)		 1 0 54
9 Voodoo Murders
(Chris Vice & Yoshikazu Yokoyama)		 1 0 46
10 Ayato Yoshida & Tank Nagai 1 0 40

By wrestler

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Record tied three-time champion as individual, Ayato Yoshida.
Rank Wrestler No. of
reigns		 Combined
defenses		 Combined
days
1 Tatsuya Hanami † 3 10 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.+
2 Ayato Yoshida 3 5 296
3 Kengo Mashimo 2 8 285
4 The Andrew King Takuma 2 4 208
5 Excilio 1 2 154
6 Takuro Niki † 1 2 Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.+
7 Tank Nagai 2 2 117
8 Shigehiro Irie 1 1 107
9 Kotaro Yoshino 1 2 77
10 Chango 1 3 76
Kaji Tomato 1 3 76
12 Ayumu Honda 1 0 54
Taishi Takizawa 1 0 54
14 Chris Vice 1 0 46
Yoshikazu Yokoyama 1 0 46

Defunct

Championship: Final champion(s): Date won:
Strongest-K Championship Ayato Yoshida April 13, 2019
Strongest-K Tag Team Championship Kaji Tomato & Taishi Takizawa April 13, 2019
UWA/UWF Intercontinental Tag Team Championship Kazma & Kengo Mashimo March 5, 2006
WEW Hardcore Tag Team Championship Kunio Toshima & Yuma Aoyagi April 17, 2016
Kitakami 6-Man Tag Team Championship Kengo Mashimo, Tank Nagai & Yuki Sato May 22, 2016

Annual tournaments

Tournament Latest winner: Date won:
Bo-so Golden Tag Tournament Ayato Yoshida & Kyu Mogami January 29, 2017
K-Metal League Marines Mask May 6, 2018
Kaio Tournament Kengo Mashimo August 26, 2018

See also

References

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