Hi, 👋😎 Nini just published 4 AJPW shows on her channel (Nini The Chao). These particular AJPW shows were from an on-demand TV thing called "Battle Station", which I've had sitting around for several years but I've done little with them. The reason why is because after all these years, I had no clue what the copyright status of the shows are & were compared to the rest of my AJPW collection. 😶 Now, I know the facts. 😃 She said that "Battle Station" wasn't an AJPW show, but rather an on-demand thing that aired every type of pro wrestling imaginable (particularly indies) but used AJPW as their mainstream anchor. As I expected, Mrs. Baba loaned out the episodes individually to "Battle Station", but they were the same exact episodes aired on local television (syndicated abandonware & lost footage like WWF Shotgun is).
Nini and her dad basically said, "You'd see some female sports entertainment in Arsion or some cruiserweight matches in BattleArts, but then at the end, Battle Station is hyping up AJPW episodes and pay-per-views like Steve Williams vs. Keiji Muto or Toshiaki Kawada vs. Keiji Muto. And the so-called exclusive AJPW episodes Battle Station claimed to have were literally copy-and-paste from the episodes we saw air on the Hokkaido local stations. Same matches, same promos, same order, same everything. Only different regional intro"
With that, Nini was kind enough to publish these 4 AJPW episodes on her channel. My sweetie cakes. 🤗💖 Mind you, 3 out of the 4 episodes she uploaded are the "WWE version", due to a TV station that's too controversial to even name. 🤐 The episodes are from July to September 2002, and of course there are appearances from Keiji Muto, Bart Gunn, "Dr. Death" Steve Williams (who wears a rare attire on the July 17th episode), Satoshi Kojima, Mike Rotunda, Masa Fuchi, etc. All those types of guys.
After a watch-along recently, Nini offered on her own accord to upload them since a few weeks ago I got a "1 out of 3 style copyright takedown strike". ⛔ 1/3 😕 With that strike, I did learn more about how AJPW's tape library works. Based on my strike experience, _*everything*_ starting right after the February 22, 2004 AJPW PPV, is most definitely owned by Gaora TV. With the way Gaora TV's copyright takedown claim message looked to me & their highlighted claimed segments, they have no real cases of "lost media" during 2004 and after. They claimed & _*copyright library correlated the majority of the segments*_ across a variety of episodes. 😮 I'm on good terms with Gaora TV, and their copyright takedown spree only applied the loose collections of shows I had from 2004 (which revolved around Jamal, a young Umaga) and a couple from 2008 (which revolved around an older Keiji Muto).
Gaora TV and I have always been good, and I've always put their stuff in my big playlist & promote them as an official AJPW source. I take that 1 out of 3 copyright strike they gave me, along with their video claimed segments & messages, as a warning for me & others to _*not*_ upload anything after the February 22, 2004 PPV. If anyone in the company is reading this, I won't make this mistake again, I promise you. 🙏
For background history, it was in early 1998 when Mrs. Baba started doing TV deals with PPV providers and syndicated TV stations, since Giant Baba's health declined. The way Mrs. Baba did it, it was done by the TV channel paying for each episode, segment, or PPV. Much of these shows literally became "abandonware", Nippon TV and Gaora TV only have a handful of Mrs. Baba era shows, mainly the more "mainstream" AJPW shows and not so much the "underground" AJPW shows (like I have).
The January 13th, 2003 AJPW PPV was Mrs. Baba's last known backstage appearance (and thus Dr. Death's last showing), but apparently, I learned she was still helping the new owner Keiji Muto throughout 2003. He had 75% ownership stake, while Gaora TV had 25% ownership stake. However, I learned that Mrs. Baba's help to Muto was over the phone & not in person to my knowledge, so my guess is that she helped him lease & sell TV episodes. It explains why most of 2003 "abandonware" is safe to upload, despite Mrs. Baba technically not owning the company.
I guess right after February 22nd, 2004 show ended (AJPW's last PPV in the Budokan) was when Muto made his deals exclusively through Gaora TV, giving them each tape archive of the episodes in full form. No cases of "abandonware" like from 1998 to 2003. The January 2004 tour was the last "Valis Home Video" release, which went out of business not long after & their tape library got lost.
So, with that said, everything AJPW on my channel is going to be primarily from 1998 to 2003, while segments from 1990 to 1997 on my channel (when Giant Baba did the TV rights) being only Dr. Death related stuff. Gotta play it safe & copyright respectful. 😎👍
Al Balog
Hi, 👋😎 Nini just published 4 AJPW shows on her channel (Nini The Chao). These particular AJPW shows were from an on-demand TV thing called "Battle Station", which I've had sitting around for several years but I've done little with them. The reason why is because after all these years, I had no clue what the copyright status of the shows are & were compared to the rest of my AJPW collection. 😶 Now, I know the facts. 😃 She said that "Battle Station" wasn't an AJPW show, but rather an on-demand thing that aired every type of pro wrestling imaginable (particularly indies) but used AJPW as their mainstream anchor. As I expected, Mrs. Baba loaned out the episodes individually to "Battle Station", but they were the same exact episodes aired on local television (syndicated abandonware & lost footage like WWF Shotgun is).
Nini and her dad basically said, "You'd see some female sports entertainment in Arsion or some cruiserweight matches in BattleArts, but then at the end, Battle Station is hyping up AJPW episodes and pay-per-views like Steve Williams vs. Keiji Muto or Toshiaki Kawada vs. Keiji Muto. And the so-called exclusive AJPW episodes Battle Station claimed to have were literally copy-and-paste from the episodes we saw air on the Hokkaido local stations. Same matches, same promos, same order, same everything. Only different regional intro"
Her channel "Nini The Chao":
youtube.com/@Nini-yc8hc/featured
With that, Nini was kind enough to publish these 4 AJPW episodes on her channel. My sweetie cakes. 🤗💖 Mind you, 3 out of the 4 episodes she uploaded are the "WWE version", due to a TV station that's too controversial to even name. 🤐 The episodes are from July to September 2002, and of course there are appearances from Keiji Muto, Bart Gunn, "Dr. Death" Steve Williams (who wears a rare attire on the July 17th episode), Satoshi Kojima, Mike Rotunda, Masa Fuchi, etc. All those types of guys.
After a watch-along recently, Nini offered on her own accord to upload them since a few weeks ago I got a "1 out of 3 style copyright takedown strike". ⛔ 1/3 😕 With that strike, I did learn more about how AJPW's tape library works. Based on my strike experience, _*everything*_ starting right after the February 22, 2004 AJPW PPV, is most definitely owned by Gaora TV. With the way Gaora TV's copyright takedown claim message looked to me & their highlighted claimed segments, they have no real cases of "lost media" during 2004 and after. They claimed & _*copyright library correlated the majority of the segments*_ across a variety of episodes. 😮 I'm on good terms with Gaora TV, and their copyright takedown spree only applied the loose collections of shows I had from 2004 (which revolved around Jamal, a young Umaga) and a couple from 2008 (which revolved around an older Keiji Muto).
Gaora TV and I have always been good, and I've always put their stuff in my big playlist & promote them as an official AJPW source. I take that 1 out of 3 copyright strike they gave me, along with their video claimed segments & messages, as a warning for me & others to _*not*_ upload anything after the February 22, 2004 PPV. If anyone in the company is reading this, I won't make this mistake again, I promise you. 🙏
For background history, it was in early 1998 when Mrs. Baba started doing TV deals with PPV providers and syndicated TV stations, since Giant Baba's health declined. The way Mrs. Baba did it, it was done by the TV channel paying for each episode, segment, or PPV. Much of these shows literally became "abandonware", Nippon TV and Gaora TV only have a handful of Mrs. Baba era shows, mainly the more "mainstream" AJPW shows and not so much the "underground" AJPW shows (like I have).
The January 13th, 2003 AJPW PPV was Mrs. Baba's last known backstage appearance (and thus Dr. Death's last showing), but apparently, I learned she was still helping the new owner Keiji Muto throughout 2003. He had 75% ownership stake, while Gaora TV had 25% ownership stake. However, I learned that Mrs. Baba's help to Muto was over the phone & not in person to my knowledge, so my guess is that she helped him lease & sell TV episodes. It explains why most of 2003 "abandonware" is safe to upload, despite Mrs. Baba technically not owning the company.
I guess right after February 22nd, 2004 show ended (AJPW's last PPV in the Budokan) was when Muto made his deals exclusively through Gaora TV, giving them each tape archive of the episodes in full form. No cases of "abandonware" like from 1998 to 2003. The January 2004 tour was the last "Valis Home Video" release, which went out of business not long after & their tape library got lost.
So, with that said, everything AJPW on my channel is going to be primarily from 1998 to 2003, while segments from 1990 to 1997 on my channel (when Giant Baba did the TV rights) being only Dr. Death related stuff. Gotta play it safe & copyright respectful. 😎👍
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