Well… I’m back with this. Doing what I love the most: talking about puroresu. Before I actually talk about what has been the best stuff in puro all year, I’d like to make a note of the fact that this has been by far the best year for the scene this decade. Cheering is back, […]
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TJPW The 10th edition of the Tokyo Princess Cup started last weekend with the first round. The winner of the tournament will get a Princess Of Princess Championship match against the Champion Mizuki on the biggest Tokyo Joshi Pro Show of the year – Wrestle Princess IV. With that in mind, a tournament victory is
It’s perhaps the most loaded weekend of wrestling’s 2023 thus far, as NJPW’s G1 Climax gets underway while NOAH hosts a blockbuster main event. In addition, Collision boasts a television special lineup, with FTR’s rematch against Jay White and Juice Robinson stealing the headlines. Elsewhere, Kenny Omega shares his own rematch with El Hijo del
It’s a special time for Joe Hulbert Promotions and so, we have eight matches to cover in this week’s match guide. New Japan’s STRONG brand dominates the headlines, producing two of the year’s coolest events at Korakuen Hall. That makes up much of the action while elsewhere, Kenny Omega headlines Dynamite and Natalya rocks RAW
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TJPW With the Summer Sun Princess ’23 show, TJP had one of the biggest shows of their year on Saturday. The show had 1222 fans in attendance in the Ota Ward Gymnasium that was main evented by Mizuki retaining her Princess Of Princess Championship over Maki Itoh. The show opened with the return of Juria
When something in the universe happens that is so striking, so epic, so grand in sheer scope and magnitude, that moment hangs, and it hangs in a way that makes time itself feel obsolete. All that matters is what is happening in front of you. Like Moses to the Burning Bush that spoke to him
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STARDOM On July 2nd, STARDOM had their last PPV before the start of the 5STAR GP in the Yokohama Budokan. The show featured three title matches, multiple interesting angles and an Indian Strap Match During the undercard matches, Utami announced that she’ll go on a trip to find herself after her recent disappointments to be
Another week, another blockbuster event, as WWE’s Money in the Bank PLE takes centre stage. Bloodline Civil War is the attraction there but elsewhere, the men’s Owen bracket concludes round one, with Roderick Strong and Samoa Joe meeting in Joe Hulbert Promotions’ official season finale. Even beyond those JHP encounters, it’s a loaded weekend, with
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It’s a special week for the wrestling world, as AEW and NJPW again come together for the blockbuster Forbidden Door event. In fact, it’s such a special week that this match guide is coming to you a day later than usual, as I required an extra evening to recover from such an onslaught of graps.
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STARDOM STARDOM held their latest PPV, called “Sunshine” on May 25th in Yoyogi National Gymnasium #2 in front of 1715 fans. The show featured two title matches, including one in a Cage, and the Loser Must Leave Unit Steel Cage Match between Oedo Tai and Queen’s Quest In the first title match of the night,