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STARDOM Stardom hosted two shows this past week where the cards were totally changed due to illness from multiple wrestlers including Starlight Kid, which canceled the big AZM vs. SLK rematch on the Nagoya show. The Korakuen Hall Show had a big angle with Chihiro Hashimoto from Sendai Girls appearing to confront Syuri. This happened…
Since Triple H was appointed as WWE’s Head of Talent Relations, the company have made an effort to sign a number of previously released talents, including the likes of Johnny Gargano, Hit Row, Dakota Kai, and many more. Recently, WWE’s recruitment strategy has seen them also show interest in external talent that have no prior…
On February 4th, Stardom will present their Supreme Fight PPV event in Osaka, featuring the first World of Stardom Championship defence from Giulia, who will take on her Prominence’s Suzu Suzuki in a match that is likely to further the personal rivalry between the two former Ice Ribbon stars. It now appears as though the…
There were few safer bets in wrestling than Kenny Omega and Will Ospreay stealing the show at Wrestle Kingdom. After all, that’s who both guys have so consistently been, especially in that setting. This was a match with almost impossibly high expectations and yet, they still felt certain to exceed them. At Wrestle Kingdom though,…
WWE reportedly have interest in another NJPW talent. Earlier this week, Fightful Select reported that WWE are interested in bringing NJPW’s Hikuleo into the company, a report that made Jay White’s ‘Loser Leaves Japan’ match challenge toward the 6″8 talent all the more interesting. It now appears as though Hikuleo isn’t the only NJPW star…
On November 19th last year, AEW announced that the former 5-time KO-D Openweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita had officially signed with the company, following several highly impressive appearances on both their YouTube and TV shows. Takeshita remains signed to DDT in Japan, whilst also being a fully-fledged AEW roster member in the States, with many hopeful…
Mercedes Monè formerly known as Sasha Banks in WWE is reportedly not on her way to AEW, despite that being what many fans were expecting to happen. Mercedes made her return to Wrestling this week at NJPW’s Tokyo Dome show, Wrestle Kingdom 17. Mercedes made an appearance at the show where she confronted current IWGP…
Saraya, one of All Elite Wrestling’s newest arrivals took time recently to heap praise onto her former colleague, Sasha Banks for having the courage to leave WWE amidst disheartening feelings of potential misuse. The former “Boss” is now free from her WWE contract for the first time in numerous years. Although WWE had made attempts…
Stardom held their second annual ‘Dream Queendom’ Show on December 29 in the Sumo Hall, which was a huge success. Nearly 3900 fans were in the building which is a record for the promotion. The show was a perfect way out of 2022. The Main Show started with a High-Speed Title match between AZM and…
In December, PWInsider broke the news that Mercedes Varnado (known as Sasha Banks in WWE) is expected to appear at NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 17 event at the Tokyo Dome on January 4th, noting that she’s now believed to be done with WWE. Since then, multiple sources have confirmed the report, and it is now apparent…