# All Star Junior Festival 2023

All Star Junior Festival 2023 was an interpromotional professional wrestling pay-per-view event organized by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). It was held on March 1, 2023 at Korakuen Hall in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The event, which was produced by NJPW wrestler Hiromu Takahashi, featured the participation of junior heavyweight wrestlers from over 20 different promotions from around the world.
In the main event, NJPW's Master Wato defeated All Japan Pro Wrestling's Atsuki Aoyagi. In other prominent matches, Taiji Ishimori defeated Soberano Jr., Shun Skywalker, Ninja Mack, and Yo-Hey in a five-way match and Hiromu Takahashi teamed with Fujita "Jr." Hayato and Amakusa to defeat Hayata, Yamato, and Kazuki Hashimoto.

## Production
### Background

On January 23, 2023, New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) officially announced the All Star Junior Festival. The event is produced by NJPW's Hiromu Takahashi and features junior heavyweight wrestlers from over 20 different Japanese and international promotions.

### Participating promotions

As part of the event's publicity efforts, participants were announced each day throughout the month of February by their respective promotion on Twitter.
| Representative | Promotion |
| Chicharito Shoki | Active Advance Pro Wrestling |
| Atsuki Aoyagi | All Japan Pro Wrestling |
| Black Menso-re | All Japan Pro Wrestling |
| Kazuki Hashimoto | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| Kota Sekifuda | Big Japan Pro Wrestling |
| Atlantis Jr. | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre |
| Soberano Jr. | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre |
| Místico | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre |
| Volador Jr. | Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre |
| Mao | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| Yuki Ueno | DDT Pro-Wrestling |
| Leona | Dradition |
| Dragon Kid | Dragongate |
| Shun Skywalker | Dragongate |
| Yamato | Dragongate |
| Yumehito Imanari | Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling |
| El Lindaman | Gleat |
| Minoru Tanaka | Gleat |
| Batten×Burabura | Kyushu Pro-Wrestling |
| Fujita "Jr." Hayato | Michinoku Pro Wrestling |
| Musashi | Michinoku Pro Wrestling |
| The Great Sasuke | Michinoku Pro Wrestling |
| Bushi | New Japan Pro-Wrestling |
| Douki | New Japan Pro-Wrestling |
| El Desperado | New Japan Pro-Wrestling |
| Hiromu Takahashi | New Japan Pro-Wrestling |
| Master Wato | New Japan Pro-Wrestling |
| Ryusuke Taguchi | New Japan Pro-Wrestling |
| Sho | New Japan Pro-Wrestling |
| Taiji Ishimori | New Japan Pro-Wrestling |
| Yoshinobu Kanemaru | New Japan Pro-Wrestling |
| Billyken Kid | Osaka Pro Wrestling |
| Tigers Mask | Osaka Pro Wrestling |
| Hikaru Sato | Pancrase Mission |
| Isami Kodaka | Pro-Wrestling Basara |
| Jun Kasai | Pro Wrestling Freedoms |
| Alejandro | Pro Wrestling Noah |
| Amakusa | Pro Wrestling Noah |
| Hayata | Pro Wrestling Noah |
| Ninja Mack | Pro Wrestling Noah |
| Yo-Hey | Pro Wrestling Noah |
| Hanaoka | Pro-Wrestling Secret Base |
| Shoki Kitamura | Pro Wrestling Zero1 |
| Taka Michinoku | Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out |
| Gurukun Mask | Ryukyu Dragon Pro-Wrestling |
| Onryo | Wrestling of Darkness 666 |
| Tatsuhito Takaiwa | Freelancer |

### Storylines

All Star Junior Festival 2023 featured ten professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match.

## Results

| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
| 1$^P$ | Yoh, Soma Watanabe and Kazuma Sumi defeated Fuminori Abe, Ryo Hoshino and Akira Jumonji | Six-man tag team match | 10:35 |
| 2 | Hiromu Takahashi, Fujita "Jr." Hayato, and Amakusa defeated Hayata, Yamato, and Kazuki Hashimoto | Six-man tag team match | 8:52 |
| 3 | Isami Kodaka and Mao defeated Sho and Onryo (with Ram Kaicho) | Tag team match | 9:43 |
| 4 | Tatsuhito Takaiwa, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Jun Kasai, Minoru Tanaka, and Taka Michinoku defeated Musashi, Shoki Kitamura, Leona, Chicharito Shoki, and Kota Sekifuda | Ten-man tag team match | 10:28 |
| 5 | Ryusuke Taguchi, Hikaru Sato, and Yumehito Imanari defeated The Great Sasuke, Tigers Mask, and Batten×Burabura (with Taro Nohashi) | Six-man tag team match | 7:29 |
| 6 | El Desperado and Volador Jr. defeated El Lindaman and Yuki Ueno and Los Japoneses Del Mal (Douki and Hanaoka) | Three-way tag team match This match was held under Lucha Libre rules. | 10:34 |
| 7 | Místico, Billyken Kid, Alejandro, and Gurukun Mask (with Teelan Shisa) defeated Dragon Kid, Bushi, Atlantis Jr., and Black Menso-re | Eight-man tag team match | 11:29 |
| 8 | Cima defeated Kazuki Hirata | Singles match | 7:16 |
| 9 | Taiji Ishimori defeated Soberano Jr., Shun Skywalker, Ninja Mack, and Yo-Hey | Five-way match | 9:38 |
| 10 | Master Wato defeated Atsuki Aoyagi | Singles match | 14:24 |
| P – the match was broadcast on the pre-show ||||