There can be no doubt that since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic that New Japan Pro Wrestling’s product has suffered due to the restrictions put in place by the Japanese government. Times appear to be changing however, as during today’s NJPW press conference, it was revealed that fans will be allowed to cheer for […]
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The annual King of DDT tournament culminated today at Korakuen Hall. The tournament was for the KO-D Openweight championship, since the previous champion Tetsuya Endo had to vacate the title due to a concussion that he suffered at the Cyberfight Festival. Heading into the show we had two semi finals laid out. Yuki Ueno vs
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At this past Sunday’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door event, FTR captured the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships in a three way bout that also featured Jeff Cobb & Great O-Khan and Roppongi Vice. The match also saw FTR put their ROH Tag Team Championships on the line, with the result meaning that the duo
This past Sunday, AEW held their first ever joint pay-per view event with New Japan Pro Wrestling, Forbidden Door, with reviews of the show being resoundingly positive following an excellent night of pro-wrestling. The card, however, only featured one women’s wrestling match, with that being Thunder Rosa’s successful defence of her AEW Women’s Championship against
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Io Shirai is a former NXT Women’s Champion and had one of the best runs with the brands top womens title. Though, viewers will have noticed that it’s been quite a few weeks since the former champion has been seen on TV. The Japanese star has been suffering from an undisclosed injury and it’s unknown
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Dave Meltzer Match Ratings all taken from the July 4 2022 edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter WWE SMACKDOWN JUNE 24: Drew McIntyre & Sheamus vs The Usos: **** AEW RAMPAGE JUNE 24: Andrade El Idolo vs Rey Fenix: ****.25 STARDOM Fight In The Top June 26: Tam Nakano vs Natsupoi, Cage Match: ****.5 Mayu
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Before the first bell rang at least, Forbidden Door sure felt like a cursed show. Dream matches were taken from us almost weekly, with an injury preventing CM Punk vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi before removing Bryan Danielson as well as others from the show also. Wrestling’s many political elements seemed present too, combining with an almost
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AEW star Kenny Omega is currently absent from in-ring action, with the former AEW World Champion having not competed since dropping the title to Hangman Adam Page in November of last year. Kenny Omega’s former Golden Lovers tag-team partner and long-time best friend Kota Ibushi is also currently on the sidelines, with both injury troubles
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June 26 saw the first ever AEW x NJPW ‘Forbidden Door’ event take place. The idea was that the top stars of New Japan would take on the very best All Elite performers. Unfortunately, the card was severely hampered by a blitz of injuries meaning CM Punk, Bryan Danielson and Tetsuya Naito were just some
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Tony Khan wanted another promotion involved with AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. When the card for the Forbidden Door PPV was being announced, many fans were hoping that their may be a small chance that we saw some Stardom talent on the show, but unfortunately was not the case. Stardom, the all womens promotion is
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