The rookie class in 1986 for AJW is regarded as possibly the best crop of rookies ever produced in a single year. This classic episode focuses on the debuts of some of those wrestlers. Also, the conclusion of Tag League The Best in 1986 as super rookies Hotta and Uno (Hokuto) are pushed into prominence tagging with Nagayo and Omori respectively.


May 1986


Bull Nakano vs Dump Matsumoto (possibly JGP match)


Jumping Bomb Angels vs Dump Matsumoto and Condor Saito


(All Matches from AJW @ Japan, Aug-Oct 1986)


Kaoru Maeda vs. Megumi Kudo (AJW @ Higashimurayama Shimin Sports Center, 8/8/1986)


Nobuko Kimura vs. Junko Ohashi (AJW @ Koga Municipal Gymnasium, 9/10/1986)


Erika Shisido vs. Noriyo Toyoda (AJW @ Japan, 9/17/1986)


Reibun Amada vs. Yachiyo Hirata (AJW @ Omiya Skate Center, 9/25/1986)


Miori Kamiya vs. Mika Takahashi (AJW @ Omiya Skate Center, 9/25/1986)


Kanako Nagatomo vs. Yukon Erika (AJW @ Korakuen Hall, 10/10/1986)


Tag League The Best ’86 League Final: Chigusa Nagayo & Yumiko Hotta vs. Yukari Omori & Hisako Uno (AJW @ Korakuen Hall, 10/10/1986)


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