STARDOM STARDOM continued their start to 2024 with two shows in Takadanobaba on the road to the Supreme Fight show on February 4th in Osaka EDION #1. The first show was the newsworthy one with two title matches and multiple faction developments. Waka Tsukiyama made her return in a Tag Team Match together with Mina […]
It was an especially eventful weekend in pro wrestling, as NJPW and TNA accompanied AEW’s usual Collision offering. Beyond anything else though, Shingo Takagi is the story of this edition, producing two of the week’s top matches, starting in Dragongate and then battling Jon Moxley at Battle in the Valley. Elsewhere, Kenoh makes another notable
Every year in pro wrestling, there are matches that should smash through the glass ceiling of most wrestling fans and be watched — no matter what. That glass ceiling, more often than not, are the wildly known promotions of WWE, AEW, and NJPW. Getting to wrestling fans’ eyes beyond those promotions is a task unless
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STARDOM STARDOM continued the start of the year with two shows in EDION #2 in Osaka on the road to the 13th Anniversary show this past weekend, which built up the big Osaka EDION #1 show on February 4th. The first show set up two future Championship matches, when Fukigen Death pinned Mei Seira and
In stories, sometimes it goes beyond a singular protagonist and antagonist. Sometimes, there’s an additional hero or villain or even an antihero. Characters may go through arcs that change who they are or remain static, where their actions inform who they are at their core. Either way, if told well, with the right precision, these
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Well, you made it! Somehow, you’ve all fought through two excruciating weeks without Hulbert’s Weekly Match Guide but at last, it’s back! What a week to return to also, as NJPW produces their biggest show of the year: Wrestle Kingdom 18, LIVE from Tokyo Dome. Before that though, both TJPW and Stardom produce major hits
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2023 has come to an end, and it definitely feels like it went by in a flash. This past year was a significant one for me, as far as my life goes, where I experienced some major changes. One thing that didn’t change is my love for Japanese professional wrestling. Safe to say it was
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The dream match of all dream matches. Something that none of us could’ve thought would be possible at the start of the decade. But it happened, and it was kind of disappointing last year, to be honest. However, Bryan and Okada would get another go at the most iconic venue in the history of NJPW.
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Ittenyon is the biggest day for Pro Wrestling in Japanese Wrestling, and for the first time, STARDOM has a major show on January 4th in the Tokyo Dome City Hall show right before Wrestle Kingdom. The show features seven matches with a major main event between Mayu Iwatani and Syuri going at it for the
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STARDOM STARDOM’s annual Dream Queendom show happened in front of over 3,000 fans in the Sumo Hall on December 29th. The show featured eight matches, including four undercard matches and four championship matches. In the main event of the show, Maika and Suzu Suzuki collided with the World of Stardom Championship on the line. The