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Steve Maclin has been in the spotlight for all the right reasons lately, but an injury almost took that away. In wrestling, injuries can happen at the most innocuous of times, and moments that you feel would likely cause an injury often don’t affect wrestlers like you’d expect them to. With Steve Maclin, he had…
Max Caster’s run in TNA might be over before it ever truly began. Having been with All Elite Wrestling since the pandemic, Max Caster made a name for himself as part of The Acclaimed. However, AEW let his contract expire, and he wasted no time in working with TNA via the Bound For Glory pay-per-view…
Sakura Mizushima will soon leave Actwres Girl’Z. Two-time Actwres Girl’Z KING of Ring Entertainment Champion, Sakura Mizushima, announced today that she intends to graduate from the promotion she’s called home since she made her pro wrestling debut in 2022 and go freelance starting in 2027. Mizushima made her announcement after her tag team clash during…
Kenny Omega is back in New Japan Pro Wrestling. “The Cleaner” made his shocking return to New Japan Pro Wrestling at their King of Pro Wrestling event in Tokyo this morning, coming out to challenge Yota Tsuji and later Oleg Boltin to a three-way match for the Tsuji’s IWGP Heavyweight Championship at NJPW Power Struggle…
Will Ospreay and Callum Newman are anything but united in their empire, but they’ll have to fight as one to win gold next month. The King of Pro Wrestling event that New Japan just held was full of shocking moments and great matches, while also building up the future, as proven by the bubbling feud…
Sayaka Kurara will be back in a matter of days. Former World of STARDOM Champion Sayaka Kurara announced on during STARDOM’s Korakuen Hall show on Sunday that she will return to in-ring action in October 20 following a two month break to heal from nagging injuries. The announcement came following Aya Sakura’s two on one…
All Japan Pro Wrestling has new All Asia Tag Team Champions. MUSASHI and Seiki Yoshioka defeated Dan Tamura and Seigo Tachibana in 25:20 to win the vacated All Asia Tag Team Championships on Sunday during the second night of All Japan’s “Raising an Army Memorial Series” tour from the Sendai Sun Plaza Hall. This match…
Three titles are on the line at Marigold Grand Destiny. Marigold announced a seismic main event for their upcoming Grand Destiny event scheduled to take place on October 24th at the Ryugoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. The match in question will see the Marigold World Champion, Miku Aono, the Marigold United National Champion, Victoria Yuzuki, and…
Van Vert Jack has won the Tenkaichi Junior Tournament. In the final of the Tenkaichi Junior Tournament on Saturday, Van Vert Jack upset Naruki Doi after he hit a tremendous Shooting Star Press in 18:22. At 21, he is the now the youngest to ever win this tournament since its creation in 2002. Van Vert…
The Tiffany Stratton fall at the Money In The Bank event last night is still on many people’s minds. During the last night’s Women’s Money in the Bank ladder match,, Tiffany Stratton went up a ladder to do a swanton-style move on her fellow competitors. However, the move didn’t go as planned, and she fell…