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Ganbaru: How All Japan Pro Wrestling Survived the Year 2000 Roster Split
Ganbaru: How All Japan Pro Wrestling Survived the Year 2000 Roster Split
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In the year 2000, Mitsuharu Misawa left All Japan Pro Wrestling. He took all but two of the company’s contracted wrestlers with him.
To keep the company alive, company owner Motoko Baba made two phone calls. One was to a man who had walked out on the company a decade ago. The other was to an age-old rival.
Ganbaru lifts the curtain on the unique world of puroresu, or Japanese Pro Wrestling. It is the personal tale of a fallout between a popular leader and a pioneering businesswoman. It explores the unique relationship between All Japan Pro Wrestling’s owner Motoko Baba and company president Mitsuharu Misawa, and how everything changed after the death of Shohei ‘Giant’ Baba.
The book covers how All Japan Pro Wrestling managed to survive the loss of all but two members of its roster and all but six of its staff after Misawa led a shocking mass walkout. It is a look at the rise, fall, and rise again of a professional wrestling dynasty.
Ganbaru explores how All Japan managed this crisis and rebuilt, despite predictions the company would fold. As well as looking at the event from a crisis communications perspective, the book explores the human drama at the core of the split.
Veteran wrestling journalist Fumi Saito provided a lengthy interview and the book’s foreword. As someone who was backstage during the events described, Saito offers the perspective of an insider. As he writes, “This is a book about sport, entertainment, culture, and humanity.”
To keep the company alive, company owner Motoko Baba made two phone calls. One was to a man who had walked out on the company a decade ago. The other was to an age-old rival.
Ganbaru lifts the curtain on the unique world of puroresu, or Japanese Pro Wrestling. It is the personal tale of a fallout between a popular leader and a pioneering businesswoman. It explores the unique relationship between All Japan Pro Wrestling’s owner Motoko Baba and company president Mitsuharu Misawa, and how everything changed after the death of Shohei ‘Giant’ Baba.
The book covers how All Japan Pro Wrestling managed to survive the loss of all but two members of its roster and all but six of its staff after Misawa led a shocking mass walkout. It is a look at the rise, fall, and rise again of a professional wrestling dynasty.
Ganbaru explores how All Japan managed this crisis and rebuilt, despite predictions the company would fold. As well as looking at the event from a crisis communications perspective, the book explores the human drama at the core of the split.
Veteran wrestling journalist Fumi Saito provided a lengthy interview and the book’s foreword. As someone who was backstage during the events described, Saito offers the perspective of an insider. As he writes, “This is a book about sport, entertainment, culture, and humanity.”
- Publisher: Independently published
- Dimensions: 12.85 x 1.12 x 19.84 cm
- Language: English
- Print length: 193 pages
- Item weight: 272 g
- Book Type: Paperback
- ISBN-13: 979-8408371594
- Publication date: 7 February 2022
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