WAR (wrestling promotion)

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This article is about the Japanese promotion. There is also an independent, unrelated WAR (Wrestling And Respect) promotion in Lima, Ohio, United States.

Wrestling And Romance, and later Wrestle Association R, was a professional wrestling promotion founded and ran by Genichiro Tenryu as the successor to Super World of Sports, and which lasted from 1992 to 2000. The promotion had very few regular contracted workers, instead most of the workers were either freelance or employed in other promotions, most notably All Japan Pro Wrestling. Because of this WAR ran many all-star cards. It had interpromotional feuds against New Japan Pro Wrestling, Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling, the new Tokyo Pro Wrestling, and UWF International. WAR also continued, albeit in a loose fashion, SWS's old working agreement with the WWF, when they backed the WWF's first Japan tour, in 1994, which unfortunately did not sell out any buildings.

In 1998, WAR began running less and less cards due to Tenryu's comeback in New Japan, and in July 2000, it promoted a farewell show that served as the prelude to Tenryu's return to All Japan Pro Wrestling. The WAR name was kept for the use of a stable led by Tenryu during a brief angle in All Japan in 2001.

On 27th July, 2006 WAR will be running a reunion show at Tokyo Korakuen Hall. The show will be supported by various Japanese wrestling promotions including New Japan, All Japan Pro Wrestling and Dragon Gate. This is likely to be the last WAR show which Tenryu has waited several years for.

WAR was the first promotion to create a steady junior heavyweight tag team title long before New Japan Pro Wrestling, WCW, and Pro Wrestling NOAH hit upon the idea.

Contents

1 WAR Roster

1.1 Natives
1.2 Foreigners

2 Titles promoted

WAR Roster

Natives

Genichiro Tenryu
Animal Hamaguchi
Great Kabuki
Hiromichi Fuyuki
Ashura Hara
Ultimo Dragon
Arashi
Nobutaka Araya
Masao Orihara
Nobukazu Hirai
Tomohiro Ishii
Yuji Yasuraoka
Koji Kitao
Masaaki Mochizuki

Foreigners

Titles promoted

J-1 Heavyweight Championship
WAR World 6 Man Tag Team Championship
WAR International Junior Heavyweight Championship
WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship

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