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After challenging Ryohei Oiwa last month, MJF’s match with “The Grip” is set. MJF will make his Japanese wrestling debut on January 4, 2027, inside the Tokyo Dome against G1 Climax winner Ryohei Oiwa at Wrestle Kingdom 21. The former AEW World Champion appeared on the video board inside the Hiroshima Sun Plaza to taunt…
Robbie X and Taiji Ishimori have claimed a huge victory. The Super Junior Tag League concluded on Tuesday at NJPW Power Struggle after Unbound Co’s Robbie X and Taiji Ishimori defeated Kosei Fujita and Robbie Eagles from TMDK’s Ichiban Sweet Boys. It is the first tournament victory of any kind for the Unbound Co. faction…
The United Empire will never be the same. Following their failed attempt at the IWGP Tag Team Championships during NJPW Power Struggle on Tuesday, Callum Newman and Will Ospreay started brawling with one another. Both men started shoving each other, butting heads before things soon devolved into an out brawl. Newman gave his own ally…
“The Cleaner” returned to Japan and walked out with a title shot for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. At New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Power Struggle event, many AEW vs. NJPW matches went down, and as a result, many more have been set up for Wrestle Kingdom in January. A key one was a triple-threat match between…
Genichiro Tenryu has unveiled the 16 men who will take part in Tenryu Projects’ upcoming Ryūkon Cup, which is set to take place over one show on November 21. The annual single elimination tournament will feature some of the best and brightest regulars from the indie, as well as some of the most prominent outsiders…
Fujita “Jr.” Hayato will return to the ring. Japanese indie wrestling legend, Fujita “Jr.” Hayato announced that he has stepped down as Michinoku Pro commissioner and is set to return to wrestle starting sometime next year against the reigning MPW Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Champion, Sangre Azteca Jr. The announcement came following Azteca’s latest defense of…
FWC have advanced to the finals of Marvelous’ Tag League The Beat tournament. Hazuki and Koguma can now call yheksekfes finalists after they defeated Chikayo Nagashima & Echika Miyabi and then Magneta’s Maria and RIKO in consecutive days. The former Goddesses of STARDOM champions certainly had a tough time against both teams, especially Magneta, however…
Callum Newman isn’t amused with AEW wrestlers jumping into New Japan for quick tours and then leaving. In recent weeks, AEW’s presence within New Japan Pro Wrestling has become more prominent. While crossovers aren’t unfamiliar to fans, former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley are set for upcoming trips to Japan, with “The…
Sangre Azteca Jr., the reigning MPW Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Champion in Michinoku Pro, will have his final match for the time being in Japan on Sunday, November 15. The 23-year-old has been in Japan wrestling mostly for Michinoku Pro since March, where he’s wrestled as a heel member of the Demonios stable with ARASHI and…
A new tournament is coming to Pro Wrestling NOAH. On Sunday, Pro Wrestling NOAH announced a new initiative called NEO GREEN BOYS. This will include a round robin tournament pitting four of the promotion’s most promising young talents, as well as an ongoing program to give prospective wrestlers an opportunity to learn the craft from…