AJPW 3/12/17 Lineup

The full event card was announced for the upcoming Korakuen Hall show on March 12.

Among the additions to the show will be Keisuke Ishii defending the World Junior Heavyweight belt against the winner of the “Jr. BATTLE OF GLORY” Koji Iwamoto. Iwamoto had a slow start with joining All Japan this year, but during the junior league has shown his worth by emerging the victor, let alone with two solid matches on the final day. Having won the junior league on his first ever appearance he is now faced with facing off for the World Junior belt for the first time in his career as well. Keisuke though is still living his dream as champion as he stated there is still much yet for him to do. Will Keisuke continue to prove to be a fighting champion or will the firsts continue to be a trend for the up-and-coming Iwamoto?

Director of All Japan, Takao Omori announced the rest of the card with the major addition to the show being a special 45th anniversary junior match. A match that looks to bring together the last 30 years of champions starting with the first in Hiro Saito, from the multi-time champion Masanobu Fuchi, and all the way to the previous champion in Soma Takao. A special condition to the match is that the winner will receive the next right to challenge the winner of the World Junior match, either Keisuke Ishii or Koji Iwamoto.

The full event card is as follows…

All Japan Pro-Wrestling “2017 Dream Power Series”, 3/12/2017 [Sun] 12:00 @ Korakuen Hall in Tokyo

Newly announced…

(1) Opeining Dream: Yohei Nakajima, Osamu Nishimura (FREE) & Yusuke Okada vs. Yutaka Yoshie (FREE), Ultimo Dragon (Toryumon MEXICO) & Fuminori Abe (Sportiva)
(-) Over The Future: Yuma Aoyagi vs. Atsushi Maruyama (FREE)
(-) 45th Anniversary - 30 Years of the World Junior Heavyweight Championship Special Festival of Champions! Special 6 Man Tag Match: Atsushi Aoki (37 & 39th), Hiro Saito (1st), Hikaru Sato (40th) vs. Masanobu Fuchi (3,6,10,12,15th), Minoru Tanaka (29th) & Soma Takao (41st)

(-) World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: [42nd Champion] Keisuke Ishii (DDT) vs. [Challenger] Koji Iwamoto
~ 3rd title defense

Previously announced…

(-) GAORA TV Championship Match: Jun Akiyama vs. KENSO
~ Winner becomes the 15th champion

(-) The Road to 2017 Champion Carnival ~ Anthology: Kento Miyahara, Shuji Ishikawa & KAI vs. Takao Omori, Zeus & The Bodyguard
(-) The Road to 2017 Champion Carnival ~ Resistance: Suwama & Jake Lee vs. Ryoji Sai & Naoya Nomura