Opening a pack of 1997 BBM Pro Wrestling cards

Today, we will open a pack of 1997 BBM Pro Wrestling cards. Distributed in Japan, it originally carried a price tag of 200 Yen, about $2 in today's money not adjusting for inflation. The pack feature a Japanese style statue of two men in wrestling combat. The pack contains 8 cards, not including an blanked-back ad card of paper stock. The ad card appears to adverting this wrestling set and two other trading card product.

The first card features the logo for ZEN. ZEN was a professional wrestling stable in Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling (FMW), similar to the nWo wrestling stable of WCW at the time.. Unlike most wrestling card sets published in the United States, the BBM pro wrestling sets from the 1994 to 2006 feature wrestlers from a variety of promotion instead of a single promotion, such as WWE.

The next card we pull is of wrestling great Jaguar Yokota, who is one of the most popular Joshi wrestlers, and is consider one of the greatest pro wrestlers of all time. The majority of Yokota's career was a headliner for the All Japan Women's promotion (AJW). In 1995, she came out of her retirement to form her own promotion called Jd'.

Yuji Kito (real name Kido) is the subject of the next card. Kito debuted his carrer in 1997. In 2000, he won the BZW Heavyweight Title on United State territory. He was later known for his heel role, and went by a variety of ring names.

Yoji Anjo is featured in the third card from the pack. Anjor competed in several different promotions throughout his career, and held several tag-team titles, including partners Genichiro Tenryu and the Original Tiger Mask. He also competed in several mixed martial art and kickboxing events.

The fourth card features female wrestler Michiko Nagashima, who had a short career in Ladies Legend Pro-Wrestling (LLPW)

Gran Naniwa (real name Yoshikuni Kimura ) is the character shown on the next card. Gran Naniwa. He was best known for his comedy gimmick, in which he performed mannerisms of crabs. He won the title of Central American Middleweight Championship of Michinoku Pro Wrestling. Gran Naniwa passed away at the age in 33 in 1990 due to a heart attack.

The next card features Zero. A face-painted character breifly performed by the famous wrestler Chigusa Nagayo for the GAEA Japan promotion, in which she is also the founder. Chigusa Nagayo is best known for being 1/2 of Joshi tag-team The Crush Girls, perhaps the most well-known female tag-team of all time due to marketing and merchandising of the brand.

The last card features Atsushi Kikuchi, who wrestled for the Japanese promotion WAR (Wrestle Association R).