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New Japan Cup Bracket Announced, Champion Gate Delivers + More| Weekly Puro Guide

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New Japan Pro Wrestling After the disastrous last week for New Japan, this week was just full of announcements for the New Japan Cup, the Anniversary show, and Sakura Genesis. The Cup this year features 28 participants with the winner getting an IWGP World Championship shot against Tetsuya Naito at Sakura Genesis. Four prior winners […]

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Sareee & Vaquer in STARDOM, Multiple Debuts In TJPW, Sisters Main Event In JTO | Weekly Joshi Guide

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STARDOM STARDOM had a quiet past week with two tour shows in Ishikawa & Niigata that both didn’t have something newsworthy on just a week before the start of the Cinderella Tournament. For that, STARDOM released the bracket on Thursday including cards for the opening night at Yokohama Budokan and the second night in Korakuen

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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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