The All Japan Pro-wrestling follows the taste of the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance because it had many former members of the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance such as Great Kojika (the current president of the All Japan Pro-wrestling) and Motoshi OKUMA who were sumo wrestlers.
やはり角界出身のグレート小鹿（現・大日本プロレス社長）や大熊元司ら元日本プロレス（日プロ）勢が多く在籍していた全日本プロレスは日プロの味を踏襲している。