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Yamanobe, Japan played host to All Japan Pro Wrestling’s October 8th event. There were six matches on the bill and coming out of the show, the company pushed out the news that a new referee made his debut at the event.
Kimitoshi Ogata, a nephew of former All Japan owners Giant Baba and his wife Mokoto, made his refereeing debut for AJPW. Ogata gave a comment for AJPW to share on social media:
My name is Kimitoshi Ogata, and I have made my debut as a referee. I am grateful for the opportunity I have been given and will work hard…”
Baba passed away at 61 years old in 1999. Mokoto Baba passed away at 78 in April 2018.
Below are the results from the 10/8 AJPW event:
- Ryuki Honda def. Kouki Iwasaki
- Three Way Match: Takao Omori def. Black Menso-re and Yoshitatsu
- Hikaru Sato & Koji Iwamoto vs. Atsuki Aoyagi & Rising HAYATO – Time Limit Draw (15:00)
- Hideki Suzuki & Takuya Nomura def. Ryo Inoue & Yuma Anzai
- Hokuto Omori def. Dan Tamura
- Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi & Suwama def. Voodoo Murders (Jun Saito, KONO & Rei Saito)
