In 2019, I had only been watching professional wrestling for a few years, still in the infancy of my fandom. My fandom at this point consisted of almost exclusively mainstream American wrestling, a fancy way of saying WWE, and a smattering of the U.K indies. Like many fans at this stage, I began to wonder […]
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New Japan Pro Wrestling The New Japan Cup started last week and this year the tournament features 28 participants with the winner getting an IWGP World Championship shot against Tetsuya Naito at Sakura Genesis. Four prior winners of the tournament received byes to the second round. The matches started on the Anniversary on March 6
STARDOM The annual Cinderella Tournament kicked off, where the winner will receive a “wish” that leads to them challenging for a championship of their choosing, which has been the Wonder of Stardom Championship in recent years. This year, 24 wrestlers are competing to win the second biggest annual tournament in Stardom’s schedule. After the underwhelming
The end could be near for MIRAI in STARDOM. Since Bushiroad and STARDOM terminated the contract of Rossy Ogawa on February 4th and the former executive producer’s announcement of his intention to start his own promotion, many fans have been speculating about which STARDOM talents could be following him out the exit door, and it
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STARDOM held a show in the Korakuen Hall today to continue the annual Cinderella Tournament kicked off, where the winner will receive a “wish” that leads to them challenging for a championship of their choosing, which has been the Wonder of Stardom Championship in recent years. This year 24 Wrestlers are competing to win the
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The annual Cinderella Tournament kicked off, where the winner will receive a “wish” that leads to them challenging for a championship of their choosing, which has been the Wonder of Stardom Championship in recent years. This year 24 Wrestlers are competing to win the second biggest annual tournament in Stardom’s schedule. Today’s show featured the
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‘The Rainmaker’ is officially All Elite, and we now know more regarding his contract. Former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada’s contract with New Japan Pro Wrestling officially expired on January 31st earlier this year, with ‘The Rainmaker’ wrestling in his last match in his home country on February 24th. This past Wednesday’s episode of
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The wrestling world is awaiting the return of ‘The CEO’. Former IWGP Women’s Champion Mercedes Moné has been absent from in-ring action since May of last year after suffering a serious ankle injury during her NJPW STRONG Women’s Championship match against Willow Nightingale, although reports are suggesting that a return to the ring is imminent.
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The former WWF Women’s Champion is set to be the latest inductee into the WWE Hall of Fame. With WrestleMania 40 rapidly approaching, so too is this year’s WWE Hall of Fame ceremony. Yesterday saw the announcement that Paul Heyman will be inducted as part of the Class of 2024, and it now appears as
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New Japan Pro Wrestling After the disastrous last week for New Japan, this week was just full of announcements for the New Japan Cup, the Anniversary show, and Sakura Genesis. The Cup this year features 28 participants with the winner getting an IWGP World Championship shot against Tetsuya Naito at Sakura Genesis. Four prior winners
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