The Rainmaker’s future seems to lie away from New Japan Pro Wrestling. For many people, Kazuchika Okada is the first name that comes to mind when thinking of New Japan Pro Wrestling. However, in December, it was first reported that The Rainmaker was set to become a free agent in 2024, as his current contract […]
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Every year in pro wrestling, there are matches that should smash through the glass ceiling of most wrestling fans and be watched — no matter what. That glass ceiling, more often than not, are the wildly known promotions of WWE, AEW, and NJPW. Getting to wrestling fans’ eyes beyond those promotions is a task unless
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STARDOM STARDOM continued the start of the year with two shows in EDION #2 in Osaka on the road to the 13th Anniversary show this past weekend, which built up the big Osaka EDION #1 show on February 4th. The first show set up two future Championship matches, when Fukigen Death pinned Mei Seira and
STARDOM continued the start of the year with another show in EDION #2 in Osaka on the road to the 13th Anniversary show. The show featured six matches. In the undercard, Yuzuki asked Mayu Iwatani to join STARS and the Icon accepted it With that the 2023 STARDOM Rookie of the Year is the new
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STARDOM continued the start of the year with a show in EDION #2 in Osaka on the road to the 13th Anniversary show. The show featured seven matches, including a Wonder of Stardom Prelude match between Saori Anou & Suzu Suzuki against Momo Watanabe & Starlight Kid which ended in a 15-minute time-limit draw. In
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2023 has come to an end, and it definitely feels like it went by in a flash. This past year was a significant one for me, as far as my life goes, where I experienced some major changes. One thing that didn’t change is my love for Japanese professional wrestling. Safe to say it was
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In the year 2024, WWE continues to define its new era under the initiative of Triple H. WWE recently shipped NXT’s Charlie Dempsey to All Japan on somewhat of a mini-excursion that saw him unsuccessfully contend for their Triple Crown on January 3rd’s New Year Giant Series against Katsuhiko Nakajima. Dave Meltzer was quizzed on
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STARDOM continued their huge tour at the beginning of the year with a show in Anjo. The show featured six matches including the Rookies gaining experience in different matches, AZM & Utami Hayashishita facing off against Giulia & Mai Sakurai, and Crazy Star continuing to gain momentum by beating Lady C & Ami Sohrei just
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STARDOM held a show in Nagayo, and it was built around a one-night tag team tournament, with seven teams fighting in one night to come out as the winners. The teams included AphroditE, Giulia & Mai Sakurai, Crazy Star, Eye Contact, Divine Kingdom, Syuri & MIRAI, and Ruaka & Natsuko Tora. Due to multiple double
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The dream match of all dream matches. Something that none of us could’ve thought would be possible at the start of the decade. But it happened, and it was kind of disappointing last year, to be honest. However, Bryan and Okada would get another go at the most iconic venue in the history of NJPW.
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