WrestlePurists Match Ratings are decided by working out the average star rating submitted by our list of contributors. WRESTLER OF THE WEEK: KENTO MIYAHARA MATCH OF THE WEEK: KENTO MIYAHARA VS KATSUHIKO NAKAJIMA WWE RAW JULY 10 – The Miz vs Tommaso Ciampa: ***.25 The Judgement Day vs Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, & Seth Rollins: […]
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Well… I’m back with this. Doing what I love the most: talking about puroresu. Before I actually talk about what has been the best stuff in puro all year, I’d like to make a note of the fact that this has been by far the best year for the scene this decade. Cheering is back,
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TJPW The 10th edition of the Tokyo Princess Cup started last weekend with the first round. The winner of the tournament will get a Princess Of Princess Championship match against the Champion Mizuki on the biggest Tokyo Joshi Pro Show of the year – Wrestle Princess IV. With that in mind, a tournament victory is
Maki Itoh still aspires to be part of AEW someday. TJPW star Maki Itoh is an intense performer who has made occasional appearances in AEW. Her last appearance for Tony Khan’s company came on around a month ago when she was on the winning end of a six-woman tag match on Dark, though, for the
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Tetsuya Naito has stated he doesn’t think IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA is a ‘superstar’. Naito, a former 3-time IWGP World Champion himself, was a stablemate of SANADA in Los Ingobernables de Japon and during this time SANADA even helped the charismatic Naito defeat Kazuchika Okada for the World Championship at Invasion Attack in 2016.
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An interesting international name is reportedly backstage at tonight’s AEW/ROH tapings. Former World of Stardom Champion Utami Hayashishita has spent the past week in the United States, competing on three GCW shows and earning victories over Billie Starkz, Janai Kai, and LuFisto, although it now appears as though her US excursion isn’t over just yet.
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The CEO is reportedly set to be in attendance for IMPACT’s Slammiversary PPv. In May of last year, then-WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Sasha Banks and Naomi made headlines as the pair walked out of a Monday Night Raw taping, leading them to be stripped of their titles and indefinitely suspended. The pair have both
It appears one of World Wonder Ring Stardom’s top talents may have taken a trip to WWE’s Performance Center whilst over in the States. Former World of Stardom Utami Hayashishita currently finds herself in the United States, where she’s already featured on two shows for GCW, with another bout set for later today. Dave Meltzer
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There is reportedly no timeline for Mercedes Mone’s return from injury, though, when she does, it’s believed that she will challenge Giulia. Mercedes Mone sustained an unfortunate injury on May 21 at NJPW Resurgence in the midst of battling Willow Nightingale over the then vacant Strong Women’s Title. This led to the AEW talent unexpectedly
The time has come. We are coming off what can only be described as a sensational first half of the year for New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). The promotion has found its stride after some difficult times during the pandemic era of wrestling in Japan. Most will agree that no promotion has been as good
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