>>12341169It's actually just $30 million when I went and checked but who's countin
Details on what happened aren't as documented like WCW so unfortunately most of your info on the late stages of death come from plebbit and Dave
>Dec. 13: All Japan Women, which has been in major financial straits for years, is so heavily in debt that there is legit Japanese media talking about it possibly shutting down for good. The first thin in making it public is when the city of Onoda on 12/6 filed a lawsuit against All Japan Women for not paying the $3,000 rent for the publicly owned gym where they ran a show recently. Chairman and long-time promoter Takashi Matsunaga said the company simply doesn't have the money to pay even that, and is now almost $3 million in debt. They haven't paid the wrestlers a salary in years, and the wrestlers earn mainly money from their own gimmicks and occasionally get cash out of the till at successful house shows to keep going.>Dec. 20: We were incorrect last week in reporting that All Japan Women are $3 million deep in debt. The actual debt is closer to $30 million. The debt is not actually much from money losses in running the wrestling operation, but from some bad real estate investments using the big money the company made during the two boom periods. To show how bad things are, All Japan reached an out-of-court settlement with the city of Onoda over the $3,000 in rent owed for booking a show in their city gym. The promotion has agreed to a payment plan of $100 per month over 32 months to take care of the debt. Is that pathetic or what? The company also lost its Samurai TV deal and the wrestlers are paid out of the box office and merchandising till in cash every night, ranging from $30 for bottom wrestlers to $250 for Dump Matsumoto. It's considered a joke a star like Matsumoto works for so little, but for whatever reason, she feels personally obligated because the promoters that made her such a star need her and she's giving back. 