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 Kazuki Hashimoto Big Japan Pro Wrestling Kota Sekifuda Atlantis Jr. Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre Soberano Jr. Místico Volador Jr. Mao DDT Pro-Wrestling Yuki Ueno Leona Dradition Dragon Kid Dragongate Shun Skywalker Yamato Yumehito Imanari Ganbare☆Pro-Wrestling El Lindaman Gleat Minoru Tanaka Batten×Burabura Kyushu Pro-Wrestling Fujita "Jr." Hayato Michinoku Pro Wrestling Musashi The Great Sasuke Bushi New Japan Pro-Wrestling Douki El Desperado Hiromu Takahashi Master Wato Ryusuke Taguchi Sho Taiji Ishimori Yoshinobu Kanemaru Billyken Kid Osaka Pro Wrestling Tigers Mask Hikaru Sato Pancrase Mission Isami Kodaka Jun Kasai Pro Wrestling Freedoms Alejandro Pro Wrestling Noah Amakusa Hayata Ninja Mack Yo-Hey Hanaoka 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
See also
2023 in professional wrestling List of NJPW pay-per-view events Sky Diving J Super J-Cup
References
External links Official website