All Together

**All Together** was a series of two professional wrestling events organized together by Japan's three biggest promotions; All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and Pro Wrestling Noah (Noah), in response to the March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The first event was held in Tokyo on August 27, 2011, and the second in Sendai on February 19, 2012. All proceeds from the events were donated to Japanese Red Cross. The events featured no storylines or championship matches, instead they were booked as "supercards", putting together combinations of wrestlers from the three promotions that fans would normally not see. In 2023, a third event named "All Together Again" took place in Tokyo on June 9, 2023, as a memorial to Antonio Inoki who had died the previous year.

## Information

### Promotion

All Japan Pro Wrestling
New Japan Pro Wrestling
Pro Wrestling Noah

### City

Tokyo

On April 18, 2011, Yukinobu Ebata, president of the *Tokyo Sports* magazine, All Japan Pro Wrestling president Keiji Mutoh and top champion Suwama, New Japan Pro Wrestling president Naoki Sugabayashi and top champion Hiroshi Tanahashi and Pro Wrestling Noah president Akira Taue and top champion Takashi Sugiura held a press conference in Tokyo's Nippon Budokan, announcing that the three promotions would be coming together for a charity event on August 27 at the same arena. All proceeds from the event would be donated to help those affected by the March 11, 2011, Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The event marked the first time all three promotions had come together to co-produce an event and the first time since August 1979, when AJPW and NJPW had co-produced an event. The event was sponsored by *Tokyo Sports*. Rock band Funkist composed a song named "All Together" for the event, which featured thirty wrestlers from the three promotions singing backing vocals. The event aired live on pay-per-view, and was later aired on tape delay on Fighting TV Samurai, Gaora, NTV G+ and TV Asahi.

In addition to AJPW, NJPW and Noah wrestlers, Kota Ibushi from DDT Pro-Wrestling and Kensuke Sasaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kento Miyahara and Satoshi Kajiwara from Kensuke Office also took part in the event. American retired wrestler Dick Beyer, using his famous The Destroyer character, attended the event and presented a trophy to the winner of the Destroyer Cup. Manabu Nakanishi and Satoshi Kojima from NJPW and Naomichi Marufuji and Takeshi Rikio from Noah were forced to miss the event due to injuries. All in all, the event featured ten matches involving 82 wrestlers. The semi-main event, where AJPW wrestler Keiji Mutoh and Noah wrestler Kenta Kobashi defeated the NJPW tag team of Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano, was later named the 2011 Match of the Year by *Tokyo Sports*. On October 25, representatives of the three promotions handed a check of ¥58,273,560, made up of ticket, PPV and merchandise sales, to Japanese Red Cross.

### Results

1. **^** Order of elimination: Hiromu Takahashi, King Fale, Takumi Soya, Black Bushi, Yasufumi Nakanoue, Hideo Saito, Takaaki Watanabe, René Duprée, Akira Taue, Yoshinari Ogawa, Soshun, Lee Jae-kyung, Mazada, Zack Sabre Jr., Satoshi Kajiwara, Tomohiro Ishii, Tomoaki Honma, KUSHIDA, Jun Nishikawa, Joe Doering, Kento Miyahara, Masanobu Fuchi, Super Strong Machine, Masao Inoue, Gedo.

## Information

### Promotion

All Japan Pro Wrestling
New Japan Pro Wrestling
Pro Wrestling Noah

### City

Sendai, Miyagi

The second All Together show, subtitled *Mōikkai, Hitotsu ni Narō ze* ("Once More, Let's Become One"), was announced at the conclusion of the first show. It was held on February 19, 2012, at the Sendai Sun Plaza Hall in Sendai, Miyagi, which was the nearest major city to the epicenter of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and suffered major damage in it and the following tsunami. Much like the first All Together, the second one also aired live on pay-per-view and on tape delay on Fighting TV Samurai, Gaora, NTV G+ and TV Asahi.

The second All Together event featured outside participation from The Great Sasuke, Jinsei Shinzaki, Kenoh and Taro Nohashi from Michinoku Pro Wrestling and Kensuke Sasaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima from Diamond Ring, the recently renamed Kensuke Office. Female wrestler and owner of the Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling promotion, Meiko Satomura, greeted fans during the intermission. The event featured eight matches and 50 wrestlers. AJPW's KENSO and NJPW's Kazuchika Okada and Prince Devitt missed the event due to schedule conflicts.

## All Together: Again

Promotional poster for the event featuring several AJPW, NJPW and NOAH wrestlers

## Information

### Promotion

All Japan Pro Wrestling
New Japan Pro-Wrestling
Pro Wrestling Noah

### City

Tokyo, Japan

On April 9, 2023, AJPW, NJPW and NOAH teased an announcement in their social media networks. Three days later, at a press conference, the three promotions announced "All Together Again", which would take place on June 9 at Ryogoku Kokugikan. NJPW Chairman Naoki Sugabayashi made the official announcement, stating that the impact of the COVID pandemic, with various wrestling promotions cancelling or postponing their shows in an attempt to prevent further spreading of the COVID-19 virus, was one of the factors that motivated the three promotions to held the event. This was the first time All Together was held since February 2012. At the press conference, NJPW's Hiroshi Tanahashi, AJPW's Kento Miyahara, and NOAH's Kaito Kiyomiya all made comments regarding the crossover event. The full card was announced on June 9.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 ja:被災地思い３団体30人集結！魂の激唱 (in Japanese). *Daily Sports Online*. Kobe Shimbun (2011-06-10). Archived from the original on 2011-08-14. Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
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3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 東日本大震災復興支援チャリティープロレス　「All Together」  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 東日本大震災復興支援チャリティープロレス「All Together」  (in Japanese). *Pro Wrestling Noah*. Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
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6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 プロレスで元気を！ 新日本＆全日本＆ノアが「東日本大震災復興支援チャリティープロレス All Together」を開催！  (in Japanese). *All Together* (2011-04-18). Archived from the original on 2011-05-07. Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
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8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 ja:新日・全日・ノアがチャリティー興行で団結　32年ぶり夢のオールスター実現 (in Japanese). *Sports Navi*. Yahoo! (2011-04-18). Archived from the original on 2011-04-23. Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
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10. ↑ あなたの購入したPPVがチャリティーになります！「All Together」をスカパー！でPPV完全生中継!!  (in Japanese). *All Together* (2011-07-15). Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
11. ↑ テレビ中継も「All Together」!!　テレビ朝日&日本テレビ&Gaora&サムライTVで8.27日本武道館大会を視聴しよう！  (in Japanese). *All Together* (2011-07-15). Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
12. ↑ 東日本大震災復興支援チャリティープロレス　「All Together」  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
13. ↑ 棚橋、諏訪魔、潮崎が「被災地に元気を」と意気込み＝All Together メーンは『ビチッ』と"Kensoワールド"さく裂か!?  (in Japanese). *Sports Navi*. Yahoo! (2011-08-27). Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
14. ↑ *ja:日本列島に夢と感動と希望を与えた武藤＆小橋のムーンサルトプレス* (in Japanese). *Tokyo Sports* (2011-12-15). Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
15. ↑ 『All Together』義援金、5,827万円を赤十字社へ!! 棚橋、潮崎、カズ、3団体の代表選手が贈呈!!  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2011-10-25). Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
16. ↑ *ja:プロレス３団体が義援金5800万円寄付* (in Japanese). *Nikkan Sports* (2011-10-25). Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 東日本大震災復興支援チャリティープロレス　「All Together ～もう一回、ひとつになろうぜ～」」  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 東日本大震災復興支援チャリティープロレス 「All Together ～もう一回、ひとつになろうぜ～」  (in Japanese). *All Japan Pro Wrestling*. Archived from the original on 2012-10-31. Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 東日本大震災復興支援チャリティープロレス「All Together ～もう一回、ひとつになろうぜ～」  (in Japanese). *Pro Wrestling Noah*. Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 東日本大震災復興支援チャリティープロレス「All Together～もう一回、ひとつになろうぜ～」  (in Japanese). *Sports Navi*. Yahoo! (2012-02-19). Archived from the original on 2012-09-08. Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
21. ↑ 東日本大震災復興支援チャリティープロレス　「All Together」  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling*. Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
22. ↑ Magnitude 9.03 – Near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan . *United States Geological Survey*. Archived from the original on 2011-04-05. Retrieved on 2013-09-08.
23. ↑ テレビ朝日、G+、Gaora、サムライ、CSテレ朝!!　「All Together」仙台大会、テレビ放映情報決定！  (in Japanese). *New Japan Pro Wrestling* (2012-02-20). Retrieved on 2013-09-08.