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TNA has confirmed a new start time for Bound For Glory this Sunday. The company announced on October 6 that Bound For Glory will now begin at 4:30pm ET on Sunday, October 11 from the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida. The TNA Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, sponsored by iHeartRadio, will take place beforehand at…
Suzu Suzuki’s next challenger has been confirmed. It has been confirmed that Suzu Suzuki will defend her World of STARDOM Championship against Starlight Kid at STARDOM Crimson Nightmare 2026 on October 29th at the Ota City General Gymnasium. After Starlight Kid and Miyu Amasaki beat Suzu Suzuki and Akira Kurogane, SLK took the microphone and…
Natsupoi will look to become High Speed Champion on October 11. Even though she is planning to retire in January, that doesn’t mean that Natsupoi is willing to coast into her final months in the squared circle. On October 4, STARDOM’s High Speed Champion, Yuna Mizumori, challenged the High Speed Fairy to a match for…
A huge GHC Heavyweight Championship match is set for Wrestle Odyssey II. Following his victory in the end of the N-1 Victory, former GHC Heavyweight Champion OZAWA earned a chance to regain his title on October 25th when he challenges Tetsuya Naito at Pro Wrestling NOAH’s Wrestle Odyssey II on October 25. OZAWA earned this…
The Tenkaichi Junior Final is set. Naruki Doi and Van Vert Jack will compete in the finals of ZERO1’s Tenkaichi Junior tournament on October 10 in Shinkiba 1st RING. The two men each survived two rounds over the past two weeks and will fight to earn a spot on the legendary list of names to…
The full lineup for Masato Yoshino’s Produce Show is now available to fans. Masato Yoshino announced the card for his third produce show, “Sense of Unity – The Third”. The former four time Open the Dream Gate Champion will host a five-match show on October 24, 2026, from Azalea Taisho Hall in Osaka. This will…
The Knockout Brothers are IWGP Tag Team Champions again. OSKAR and Yuto-Ice from the Knockout Brothers defeated United Empire’s Great-O-Khan and HENARE to take back the IWGP Tag Team Championships during the first show on New Japan’s Road to King of Pro Wrestling tour at Korakuen Hall on Tuesday. This win happened nearly four months…
Shuhei Taniguchi has revealed the date of his last match. During NOAH’s N-1 Victory final show on Sunday, longtime pro wrestler Shuhei Taniguchi announced his plans to retire from the squared circle in around two months. The 49-year-old had not been in action since May after reportedly being the victim of a hit and run…
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,…
Speedball Mike Bailey said AEW had the most appropriate celebration of PAC. On September 27, PAC sadly passed away in Des Plaines, Illinois, less than 24 hours after wrestling in the opening match of AEW All Out. The loss of the British wrestler, aged 40, naturally resulted in an outpouring of love and grief from…