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The lineup for the NOAH Jr. Grand Prix 2 has been revealed. Pro Wrestling NOAH has unveiled the 17 men who will compete in their upcoming NOAH Jr. Grand Prix 2 tournament set to begin on November 9 and conclude with the finals on November 28. Headlining this year’s tournament are GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion,…
If KAIRI is set to debut in AEW, it reportedly won’t be at All Out. When WWE made a series of talent releases in April before further departures took place in May, attention quickly turned to which wrestlers could potentially make the move to All Elite Wrestling. Several have already crossed over, including The New…
Ryuki Honda has won the Royal Road tournament. Earlier today, Ryuki Honda defeated Yuma Aoyagi to win the first Royal Road tournament of his career. The 26-year-old had previously been in three consecutive finals from 2023 to 2025, however he lost in every single one of them. Winning on Tuesday wasn’t just a massive moment…
Atsushi Onita is set for a deathmatch with Great Sasuke next month. Legendary deathmatch wrestler Atsushi Onita announced this week that he will wrestle fellow legend Great Sasuke in an Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch in the main event of an FMW-E show on October 25. The show is set to take place on Onita’s 69th…
A huge main event is set for Sareee-ISM Chapter XII. Sareee has unveiled the full card for Sareee-ISM Chapter XII, which is set to take place on September 26th in Shinjuku FACE. In the main event of the show, Sareee will team up with her ever present Spark Rush tag partner Takumi Iroha against STARDOM’s…
Kota Ibushi isn’t ruling out an in-ring return, despite medical advice. During the October 8 taping of AEW Collision, Kota Ibushi suffered a leg injury during his match with Josh Alexander that resulted in him being stretchered out of the arena. The following week, Ibushi confirmed that he had suffered a broken femur and was…
Secret Base has held their final event at Shinjuku FACE. Japanese independent promotion Secret Base held their final event inside the beloved Shinjuku FACE venue on September 15. The card featured wrestlers from their home roster as well as others from the wider Puro community. The main event of the evening featured a six-man tag…
Legendary Amateur and Professional wrestler, Yoshiaki Yatsu, announced his intent to help make wrestling, the amateur version, an official Paralympic sport through a crowdfunding campaign on Campfire. On the fundraiser’s page, Yatsu set a goal of 3 million yen in order to help fund the Japan Para Wrestling Federation NPO, publications regarding “Para Wrestling”, and…
All Japan Pro Wrestling unveiled their cards for their upcoming shows on September 16th and 17th, and luckily one man who is currently scheduled to compete is Go Shiozaki. The 44-year-old recently had to miss a couple shows after he received a hip injury. It was unclear for a few days whether or not he…
WWE will soon have a new home in Japan. On Tuesday, WWE announced that they have reached an agreement with Netflix to air their weekly content, RAW, NXT, and SmackDown, in Japan starting on October 1. This news comes months after they initially announced that their distribution rights with ABEMA will end on September 30….