After a relatively encouraging few months for the AEW women’s division, Full Gear represented a potential turning point. Improvements had been gradual and frankly, long overdue but with three promoted matches on the PPV card, there was an opportunity to make a major statement. In that sense, the AEW Women’s World Title tilt felt pivotal, […]
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STARDOM STARDOM had a busy weekend with two live shows. On Saturday, they held the Gold Rush PPV in the Osaka EDION Arena. The Main Show opened with the High-Speed Title Match, where Osaka’s own Momoka Hanazono challenged AZM. It was a fast-paced match that reminded a bit of the Mei Suruga title defense. An
Concluding a story that originally had a very different conclusion in mind, Jack Perry and Luchasaurus didn’t enter Full Gear with a great deal of excitement or momentum. In hindsight, that was probably unfair, especially considering their impressive effort on Dynamite but within a loaded line-up, this Steel Cage match almost went under the radar.
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PWG has built a reputation for being the place to be for independent wrestling. For well over a decade they’ve produced classics that gain major popularity among hardcore fans and ultimately, it was a platform that gave performers the chance to rise up the ranks in the business and gain further opportunities to earn contracts
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Distinct in its psychology and presentation of the sport, Puroresu is the Japanese style of professional wrestling that originated in the 1950s. The professional wrestling landscape in Japan is currently thriving, with numerous large-scale promotions such as NJPW, Pro Wrestling NOAH, and DDT, as well as the huge resurgence in popularity for Joshi wrestling thanks
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STARDOM STARDOM had a rather quiet week before the big weekend this week. Two Goddess Tag League days happened and it had two clear winners. The first one was Utami Hayashishita & Saya Kamitani. The Aphrodite Duo won three matches on the two shows. First, they beat the former Goddesses Of STARDOM Tag Champs Momo
Daniel Garcia is the perfect modern day wrestler. I can’t really pinpoint the exact things he does that make me think this, but as someone born in 2003, there’s something about him that draws me in. There are a generation of wrestlers coming through that reflect that same upbringing that I had and as a
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Takumi Iroha is a former AAAW Champion and one of our generation’s great female wrestlers. At just 29 years of age, Iroha won multiple top titles in different Joshi Promotions and is Ace of Marvelous. I got the chance to talk with her about Marvelous, her interest in facing Nyla Rose and Masha Slamovich and
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Deconstruction in pop culture challenges the status quo, what we’ve come to know of the most popular thing and twists it into something entirely different, challenging the ideas and methods presented. Take the 1990s hit television series Twin Peaks for example, as it addressed the way television shows had been presented in the late 80s
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STARDOM: The biggest Joshi Promotion continued the Goddess Of STARDOM Tag League with three Tag League Matches. Ruaka & Natsuko Tora picked up their first win in this tournament by defeating Hanan & Saya Iida. Hazuki and Koguma, who are considered a favorite to win the Tag League, also won their first tournament match when