It’s no secret that for the past decade, Kazuchika Okada has been the biggest key to the success of New Japan Pro Wrestling, leading the promotion through what we refer to as it’s golden age of the 2010’s. Arriving in style after sending shockwaves throughout the wrestling world by defeating Hiroshi Tanahashi in the infamous […]
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Challenging Kazuyuki Fujita for the GHC Heavyweight Title, Go Shiozaki’s potential title win represents a necessary return to form for Pro Wrestling NOAH.
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It’s the calm before the storm here in the world of Joshi as this upcoming weekend marks the beginning of Golden Week, where essentially every promotion you can think of will be running a notable show with title matches galore and moments guaranteed. There are a number of directions to go in this week’s Joshi
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With Wednesday’s exciting announcement of the AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door show, wrestling fans have been understandably abuzz, thinking about the endless possibilities that could come with it. Kazuchika Okada against someone from AEW. Bryan Danielson getting to have one of the many dream matches that wrestling fans have for him. There are so many different
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This week’s Weekly Joshi Guide is a focus on Stardom’s newest faction, God’s Eye, as they continue to make waves throughout the company with the World of Stardom Champion Syuri as their leader. It’s difficult to start anywhere other than the return of Konami, who revealed on Sunday’s Cinderella Tournament show she would be returning
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The dust has now finally settled after this year’s Wrestlemania, meaning this is a better time than any to look back on what was a truly special two night event at the start of April. Despite the competition growing stronger for WWE, no one can quite replicate the special feeling and aura that ‘the showcase
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Black women are something truly incredible. We live in a day and age when so many Black women are flourishing beyond the ceiling that society tried to build over them. From business to entertainment to fashion to technology advances, we are merely playing catch up to the impact and influences that they left in the
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The time is (finally) coming for Himeka. SPOILER ALERTOn Sunday, Stardom’s Cinderella Tournament continued with two second-round matches. While one of the matches had some history backing it with a potential favorite advancing, the second-round matchup between Syuri and Himeka gave fans a result that carries the potential for another match long in the making.
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Four years after Zack Sabre Jr. almost broke Kazuchika Okada’s legendary title reign, they met again. Same venue, same roles. Okada, the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. Sabre Jr., the New Japan Cup winner. There was a laughable amount of support for Zack going in, but isn’t that the point of pro wrestling? Simply put, the
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Willow Nightingale is the definition of the perfect babyface. She embodies the look, the promo work, the in ring-ability of what it takes to be a top babyface in a promotion. The sheer joy and positivity that Willow possesses is radiant and tangible. From her entrance music to how she makes her way to the
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