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
STARDOM: The biggest Joshi Promotion in the world had a busy week last week with three essential shows. The 5th Edition of NEW BLOOD was the first one. rhythm, Ancham and Chanyota all made their STARDOM debut on this show. Also, Haruka Umesaki, who at the NEW BLOOD 4 fully snapped and hit MIRAI with
September 4, 2022 will be remembered for all the wrong reasons when it comes to AEW. But just hours before things took a turn for the worse, Kenny Omega, the Young Bucks, Hangman Adam Page, John Silver and Alex Reynolds put on an all timer trios match in Chicago. The existence of trios titles in
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A match that was filled with blood, emotion and passion. A battle of life and death. A fight for legacies. First you got Pentagon Jr, a wrestler in his prime trying to make history in Mexico and the United States trying to build a legacy. Then you got Villano IV a legend at the end
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Nobody in Wrestling has had the rise in 2022 that Miu Watanabe has. The Saitama born Wrestler was able to capture her first-ever singles Belt in her career after defeating Alex Windsor at Wrestle Princess 3 a couple of weeks ago. Miu has came a long, emotional way to reach this point in her career.
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