Wrestling News, Analysis, and Rumors
It’s not very often where a wrestler that was once a Young Lion just two years prior, loses the biggest match of his career then skyrockets his career from there. Every young athlete must face the best in New Japan Pro Wrestling in order to get better and test their newfound skills against the veterans […] READ MORE
Less than an hour after Bad Luck Fale announced that Australian indie star Robbie Eagles would be joining Bullet Club OG as the new tag team partner for Taiji Ishimori, a huge turn of events following the Jay White vs Hiroshi Tanahashi has increased Bullet Club OG’s ranks even further. After Tanahashi held on to […] READ MORE
There are a lot of moving parts in New Japan Pro Wrestling right now after the NJPW Destruction Tour in September. Tetsuya Naito defeated Minoru Suzuki, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship tournament started with KUSHIDA getting a victory over BUSHI, Kenny Omega retained the IWGP heavyweight championship against Tomohiro Ishii and Gedo turned his back on Kazuchika […] READ MORE
CHAOS, the stable lead by former IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada, is in shambles today after Destruction in Kobe‘s main event left the group in disarray due to some huge turns of events. Following months of seemingly disinterest in his own stable, Jay White has been disrespecting his own stable mates, but nothing was compared to […] READ MORE
New Japan Pro Wrestling continues the expansion towards North America with the second G1 Special In USA, this time emanating from San Francisco at the legendary Cow Palace. The G1 Climax tournament is set to get under way this Summer in NJPW with twenty of the companies top stars but first this blockbuster event will […] READ MORE
The North American expansion of New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) continues with a trip to the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California on March 25. Last July’s G1 In USA event was a big success with an attendance of over 2,000 but the company can and will do much bigger numbers in the future. NJPW did […] READ MORE
Zack Sabre Jr has outlasted sixteen of the top performers in New Japan Pro Wrestling to become the first ever European winner of the prestigious New Japan Cup tournament. This puts Sabre in elite company, as he is the first gaijin to win this tournament in twelve years, since Giant Bernard (WWE’s Albert/NXT’s Matt Bloom) in 2005. […] READ MORE
RevPro has announced the rematch between WWN Live champion Keith Lee and New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Tomohiro Ishii for May 11 at the annual big event Epic Encounter. The first meeting at RevPro Global Wars was a match of the year contender. Keith Lee used his size advantage, but “The Stone Pitbull” mounted a comeback […] READ MORE
We continue our look at NJPW‘s The New Beginning tour, with Night 2 of The New Beginning in Sapporo! Kitamura Trial Series #3: Kitamura Vs. Juice Robinson The end-game in the Kitamura trial series should be longer matches where we all get to see what the former Young Lion with a bodybuilders physique has to […] READ MORE
Factions and gang warfare has been a tradition in New Japan for decades. Competing rival gangs, often lead by NJPW veterans became a simple and effective method of getting new stars over, introducing new gaijin wrestlers, and helping fill cards with territorial 6-man tag team matches, all within the construct of competing stables fighting for dominance in […] READ MORE
Jamie Greer joined LWOPW in 2015 and was the site's Managing Editor from 2016 through 2020. After handing over ME duties to Alex Richards, he remains a frequent contributor to the site. He's also written for Pro Wrestling Illustrated, WrestleZone, The Windsor Star, and other publications. He lives in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, with his wife and son.