Night four of New Japan’s G1 Climax commenced inside the Sendai Sun Plaza in Sendai, Japan on Tuesday evening in front of 1,612 fans. The event saw five tournament clashes, all from the A Block, and featured some notable surprises that will no doubt effect the long-term strategies for all the wrestlers in the block….
It was finally “Kzy Time” inside Kobe World Hall in Kobe, Japan, after the 40-year-old finally defeated his demons and Madoka Kikuta to win his first-ever Open the Dream Gate Championship at Dragon Gate’s “Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival” event on July 20th. The former leader of Natural Vibes was forced to weather Kikuta for over…
The fans inside Herbis Hall in Osaka, Japan were treated to a fun evening of tournament matches as STARDOM rolled on to the third night of their 5★STAR Grand Prix. Headlined by two singles matches pitting the members of High Hai Mate and 02line, HANAKO and Maika were able to avenge their tag team loss…
Yota Tsuji may have caused Bushiroad to push ahead with selling NJPW. On May 27, Bushiroad announced that it would sell its shares in New Japan Pro-Wrestling to CyberAgent and previous minority shareholder TV Asahi, with the deal officially finalised on June 30. Earlier this year, at The New Beginning in Osaka, Yota Tsuji criticised…
Takaaki Kidani has opened up on how AEW’s formation nearly led to Bushiroad selling NJPW. All Elite Wrestling was founded on January 1, 2019, with Cody Rhodes, The Young Bucks, and Adam Page officially signing with the promotion the following day alongside the announcement that Tony Khan would serve as company president, while his father,…
The Phenomenal One has addressed his recent comments amid internet speculation. The WWE Hall of Famer is also known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling, where he is a two-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion and former leader of Bullet Club. Last week, Styles expressed his desire for WWE to purchase a Japanese wrestling company…
STARDOM returned to the Loisir Hotel Toyohashi Holiday Hall on Sunday for Night 2 of the 5★STAR Grand Prix. The event featured eight tournament matches featuring some of the biggest names in STARDOM including World of Stardom Champion, Suzu Suzuki and Wonder of Stardom Champion, Hanan. Hanan began festivities when she caught Kikyo Furusawa with…
New Japan Pro Wrestling returned to the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo to host Night 3 of their annual G1 Climax tournament on Sunday, July 19th. The show featured four Block B clashes and was headlined by an all-TMDK battle between former G1 Climax winner, Zack Sabre Jr., and his protege, Yuya Uemura. The…
A week after New Japan began their 36th annual G1 Climax in Chicago, Illinois, the company commenced the competition inside the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center in Sapporo to a reported 2,555 fans. The show featured five matches from the tournament’s A Block and one from the B Block. Drilla Moloney surprised many in attendance after…
Hiroshi Tanahashi is well aware that he is a one-of-a-kind professional wrestler. Wrestle Kingdom 20 at the Tokyo Dome on January 4 earlier this year saw Hiroshi Tanahashi bring his legendary in-ring career to an end, falling to fellow former IWGP Heavyweight Champion and long-time rival Kazuchika Okada in a fitting farewell for New Japan…