Wrestling News, Analysis, and Rumors
On today’s Castle Attack event NJPW had three different titles on the line as Kota Ibushi defended the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, while Guerrilas Of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) defended their IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships. In the other title match on the night the vacant IWGP Heavyweight Championship was on the line in a three-way match between Desperado, BUSHI, and El […] READ MORE
During Friday night’s final for New Japan Pro Wrestling‘s Best of the Super Juniors 27, eventual winner Hiromu Takahashi ripped away at the mask of his opponent, Suzuki-gun‘s El Desperado. With his mask in ruins, El Desperado did what few masked men have done in the history of the sport – instead of trying to […] READ MORE
When New Japan Pro Wrestling came back from break, it started its major return with the New Japan Cup. This New Japan Cup featured heavyweights, Young Lions, and even a few junior heavyweights. One of those juniors in the tournament was IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champion YOH, who teamed with SHO in Roppongi 3K. […] READ MORE
New Japan Pro Wrestling has been doing a tour this past month known as Summer Struggle. This tour has a conclusion: a show in an arena that NJPW hasn’t been in many years. This leads us to the aforementioned event. It will feature multiple title matches right before the infamous G1 Climax. NJPW will host […] READ MORE
WrestleCon Worldwide has emerged as one of the most exciting shows of WrestleMania Week. The show pits some of the world’s best against each other with Australian talent, Lucha talent, British talent, and more featured. Caveman Ugg vs Barbaro Cavernario in a battle of the cavemen was one of the first matches announced and was covered previously. Let’s take […] READ MORE
NJPW’s Wrestling Dontaku has been an annual event since 2009, but starting in 2018, it switched to a two-day event on the holiday weekend in Japan and that trend continues this year, as night two takes place on Saturday night, with a huge IWGP Heavyweight Championship title defense and a new Bullet Club debut. Ren […] READ MORE
Every May 3rd, New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) holds it’s annual Wrestling Dontaku, an event that began in 1993. While it was inconsistent in its first decade (running from 1993 through 1995, then again in 2000 and 2001), it’s been an annual tradition since 2009. Dontaku is a Japanese word for “holiday”, taken from the Dutch word “Zondag”, […] READ MORE
A special champion vs champion match will headline the NJPW 47th Anniversary and the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship along with the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships will be on the line. It’s an annual tradition for New Japan Pro Wrestling to present an anniversary event every March but what’s so interesting about this year […] READ MORE
There will be two nights in Sapporo on the New Beginning tour from New Japan Pro Wrestling with three championships to be decided on night two. The faction wars are highlighted heavily as well as NJPW setting up young attractions as co-main eventers. EVIL, Zack Sabre Jr and SANADA all have big matches as wrestlers […] READ MORE
New Japan Pro Wrestling is the only wrestling company in the world to set their biggest event of the year at the beginning of January, it’s become a staple of NJPW to feature the best matches possible and the Winter events have led up to an outstanding Wrestle Kingdom 13 card. Surprise title changes happened […] READ MORE