Full transparency here. I’ve been a fan of this great industry of ours for almost ten years at this point (shoutout to Money In The Bank 2013) but, the world of joshi pro wrestling is something that evaded me until very recently. I’m not afraid to admit that it took five years for my horizons […]
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Stardom The main show opened with the in-ring return of Mei Seria (fka Mei Hoshizuki) after her departure from Marvelous in August 2021 who was teaming up with Starlight Kid to face her “MeiMei” Tag Team Partner Mei Suruga and the current High-Speed Champion AZM. It was the typical High-Speed match with fast-paced action that
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There have been countless times in pro wrestling where someone has bet on themselves. And so many times, it’s been worth doing so that they can return as a bigger star to where they left. But there are very few times that it’s the biggest stars who bet on themselves in a unique path that
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If you’re here for technical breakdowns for this kind of match, I’m sorry this isn’t going to be that kind of review. This is me straight vibing to a masterpiece that’s a sleeper MOTYC. And here we are again with a AAA tag match that could only be described as a Hooper special. This is
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The tag team scene in 2022 and 2023 has been on an absolute high. Yes, tag team wrestling has been in a great place before in the landscape of all-time tag teams, from Harlem Heat to The Hardy Boyz to Motor City Machine Guns. Perhaps even more. But so many incredible teams have been stepping
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STARDOM With Stardom’s All Star Grand Queendom promising to be the promotion’s biggest and best show to date, anticipation is rightly at its highest. Just a week out from the historic event at the Yokohama Arena, however, the Stardom had yet another PPV event to bring to us, as the finals of the 2023 Cinderella
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family /ˈfam(ɪ)li/ noun 1. a group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit. 2. all the descendants of a common ancestor. What is family to you? Without getting into the nitty gritty of your personal situation (because family is different for everyone), what does the word itself make you
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It’s rare that a single Professional Wrestling show can signify a change in direction for a promotion, but on the 8th of April that may just be the reality for New Japan Pro Wrestling. The landscape of the company hasn’t been truly altered for some time but with some of the upcoming bouts for Sakura
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TJPW TJPW had its first show in the United States during WrestleMania Weekend, and they totally killed it. Their show on the 31st featured 6 matches, with two being Championship Matches. The Globe Theatre with over 600 fans in attendance was really loud during the show and proved that Tokyo Joshi Pro has a solid
As I’m writing this, the date is March 29th, 2023. That makes today one year since WrestlePurists released my feature, ‘Cody Rhodes – A Seismic Shift In The Wrestling Landscape’, an article in which relived the career of the ‘American Nightmare’ up until that point, highlighted how integral he was in shaping the pro-wrestling world
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