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Disastrous Week For NJPW, Outstanding Kaisei Takechi Debut + More| Weekly Puro Guide

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New Japan Pro Wrestling New Japan held two shows in Sapporo in the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center as part of the New Beginning tour. The first show drew 3231 fans and featured five Championship matches. The first title match was for the IWGP Women’s Championship when Mayu Iwatani defended against Mina Shirakawa of EXV. They […]

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The Tale Of The Dream Team: Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi

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For the better part of the last 12 years, New Japan Pro Wrestling has been the gold standard of pro wrestling. And at the helm of the promotion have been the 2 greatest wrestlers of the 2010s, Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi. As a team or as opponents, they represented NJPW through thick and thin. Their careers have been intertwined to

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STARDOM Cinderella Line-Up Revealed, Tag Title Change In Sendai Girls | Weekly Joshi Guide

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STARDOM STARDOM announced the line-up of the annual Cinderella Tournament and the tournament looks to be very different this year with many of the big names noticeably missing including Maika, Saori Anou, Giulia, Utami Hayashishita, Mayu Iwatani, Syuri, Saya Kamitani, and Momo Watanabe. President Okada stated that they reconsidered the concept and decided it was

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STARDOM Korakuen Shows Deliver, Hikari Noa Takes Hiatus, Marvelous Tag League Starts | Weekly Joshi Guide

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STARDOM STARDOM held two Korakuen Hall shows this past week with the second one airing live on Pay-Per-View. The first show had an attendance of 690 fans, while the second had an attendance of 956 fans, which is the best-attended Korakuen for Stardom since November, which featured the comeback of AphroditE. The Valentine’s Day Korakuen

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Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka) Match Review

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In October, Bryan Danielson and Zack Sabre Jr. brought their much anticipated dream match to life, producing one of 2023’s finest bouts. The all-star grappling clash was a rematch well over a decade in the making, as the pairing had wrestled twice in the late 2000s. That time apart certainly didn’t show inside the ropes

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Daisy Monkey Wins TJPW Max Heart, Umesaki Ties Defense Record, Momono vs. Ozaki 2 Official | Weekly Joshi Guide

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STARDOM The first week after the departure of founder Rossy Ogawa, who got fired from the company after the 13th Anniversary show, was quit for STARDOM. They held one show in Fuji in front of over 500 fans in a sold-out venue. The show featured the return match of Xena in the semi-main event of

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Hangman Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland III (AEW Dynamite) Match Review

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There are very few feuds in AEW’s brief but eventful history that compare to the war between Hangman Adam Page and Swerve Strickland. At Full Gear, their rivalry produced an instant classic, cementing Strickland as a headline act while rejuvenating Page in defeat. In distinctly un-AEW fashion, they’ve remain linked since then too, seemingly embroiled

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Rossy Ogawa Fired From STARDOM, Supreme Fight Delivers | Weekly Joshi Guide

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STARDOM STARDOM continues its 2024 with a PPV in Osaka EDION #1 with nine matches in front of 1377 fans. The undercard featured a Future of Stardom Championship match, where Rina defeated Yuzuki with the Pink Devil in the best Future Title match in a while. Yuzuki is just 3 months into her career and

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Ilja Dragunov vs. Trick Williams (NXT Vengeance Day) Match Review

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Last August, Ilja Dragunov clobbered Trick Williams towards his first hit singles match. That was notable, as while his personality and presence had always jumped off the page, Williams was a visibly raw prospect inside the ropes. Even since then, his limitations were on display against Dominik Mysterio, not quite wrestling to the level of

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