(ALL JAPAN) President Akiyama, and an invasion of the mats of Big Japan and Noah.

23rd January 2019
Tokyo Sports Web

All Japan's president, Jun Akiyama (49) issued a "conflict in earnest" with Noah. On the 17th January on the occasion of Tokyo Sport's "2018 Pro Wrestling Grand Prix" ceremony, the momentum increased when Suwama (42) and Shuji Ishikawa (43), came face to face with Noah's Naomichi Marufuji (39) and Kaito Kiyomiya (22).
All Japan this year will establish active diplomacy, including the battle with Big Japan, which has been of fast action.

Suwama & Ishiikawa, who won the "Best Tag Award" for the second year running, came face to face with the "Outstanding Achievement" award winner, Naomichi Marufuji, and the "Fighting Spirit" award winner, Kaito Kiyomiya.
From his seat, Suwama said, "Once you have the incentive, it is natural that you will seek more intense things. The Noah participation is attractive and appealing, isn't it?)
Ishiikawa was also in agreement with this.

Last year, Marufuji participated in All Japan's "Champions Carnival", and Akiyama also made an exchange, by participating in Marufuji's 20th anniversary box office. After that, there has not been any contact (and President Akiyama says "there is nothing wrong"), so now this is clearly the time of the "Reckless Giants."

Akiyama's comment doesn't really translate well in parts, the best way I can describe the first part is that he is saying something like "It us up to me?" he goes on to say something like, "up until now, you can't say to the well liked junior* guy that to "make your debut elsewhere" as "useless". The most important thing is the schedule of All Japan, other than that if you want to go, you can do it without distinguishing between groups."

During the era he belonged to Noah, Akiyama personally made a change and opened the door to New Japan, which at that time there was no interaction with. As a result, he fought for the GHC Heavyweight Championship with Yuji Nagata on January 4th 2002 at New Japan's event at the Tokyo Dome. This is why rather than hold Suwama back he says, "I will not refuse him, if nothing comes of it over there and it does not develop, then it's not my problem. I have said it plainly", he said about The Ark.

It is not only Noah though. The "Wild Giants" have been defeated by Daisuke Sekimoto (37) and Yuji Okabayashi (36) and the World Tag Championship has gone out.
The battle with Big Japan has already begun. On February 7th at the Tokyo Korakuen Hall event, the Asian Tag champs Naoya Nomura (25) and Yuma Aoyagi (23) will be challenged by the Big Japan team of Ryūichi Kawakami (30) and Kazumi Kikuta (32).

Looking at the situation with Aoyagi is provoking a fight, Akiyama says "lip service won't work in an ordinary match, you have to show more than what the fans can imagine in a counterattack like battle."

All Japan, when issued a major order by the President himself, will increasingly begin an invasion of other groups.

 Picture credit: Tokyo Sports
* Junior as in terms of seniority, not in terms of weight.