In
1968, the Matsunaga
sisters started the "
All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling" (AJW). It was very
popular through the
1970s and
1980s with a lot of
famous teams like
Beauty Pair and Crush Girls. Until the
1990s the
age limit for the
female wrestlers was 26 years. This limit was
abandoned in to focus on an older
audience.
In
1993,
AJW had huge
successes due to a new feature: The Dream Slams.
However, in
1996, the audience started
disappearing leading to lack of funds for the continuation of the AWF.
Its ceasure was delayed as two new characters - Las Cachorrus
Orientales (Etsuko Mita et Mima Shimoda) - appeared in
1997, but AJW finally 'died' in the year
2000.