Wrestling News, Analysis, and Rumors
Game Changer Wrestling returns to the St. Louis, Illinois area this Saturday for GCW I Can’t Feel My Face 2023. This upcoming event is set to emanate from Pop’s, one of the most iconic nightclubs and venues in the state. This won’t be the company’s first time in said venue, as they’ve competed there twice […] READ MORE
Westside Extreme Wrestling (wXw) held their annual 16 Carat Gold tournament this past weekend and Shigehiro Irie not only won the tournament but was crowned the new wXw Unified World Wrestling Champion during the finals against Axel Tischer. Irie made history by becoming the first Japanese wrestler since Daisuke Sekimoto in 2011 to win the […] READ MORE
All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) returns with its highly-anticipated Champion Carnival round-robin tournament. Often one of the highlights of AJPW’s year, the 2022 field looks like the best in a long time. It is weird to see someone like Zeus no longer part of the tournament but they surely were able to make up for […] READ MORE
All Japan Pro Wrestling’s 2022 started off very awkwardly with no Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion. This month, the company delivers its next notable show of 2022 yet with the AJPW EXCITE SERIES 2022 event on February 23. While not the last event of this tour, it will be the most crucial, featuring four championship matches […] READ MORE
All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) has been one of the biggest wrestling promotions in the last few decades. In fact, the promotion is celebrating 50 years in business this year. With this celebration, we thought it would be appropriate to cover the current champions in AJPW. Learn more in this Beginner’s Guide for All Japan […] READ MORE
All Japan Pro Wrestling has started off 2022 in a major way. AJPW saw the recent crowning of new tag team titleholders, a new junior heavyweight titleholder, and the new Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion. In the upcoming month, we have multiple title matches featured during the AJPW Excite Series 2022 tour. AJPW Excite Series 2022 […] READ MORE
All Japan Pro Wrestling’s (AJPW) first two shows of 2022 are known as the New Year Wars tour. With the first event concluding yesterday, the second show is headlined by a major World Tag Team Championship title match, with two other title matches taking place on this show. Let’s get into the action set for AJPW […] READ MORE
All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) recently concluded its 49th Anniversary tour. In the final event, AJPW hosted a show that featured two title matches. One of those title matches was a title change in the bout between defending GAORA TV Champion, Shuji Ishikawa against Shigehiro Irie. Shigehiro Irie Captures GAORA TV Championship 「夢見ることができればそれは、実現できる。」この言葉を信じて戦い続けました。石川選手は本当に強かった。でもなんとか勝つことができた。本当に皆さんありがとうございました。 そして僕は全日本プロレスでチャンピオンになりましたよ。見てくれてるかな…🔵#ajpw pic.twitter.com/QFYfuPMLm6 […] READ MORE
New Jersey’s Game Changer Wrestling continues their amazing 2019 with the second of two straight sold-out shows in Japan this week with the GCW in Japan event, The New Face of War ’19, on Friday night. For those who can’t appear live, it will have its broadcast premier on Saturday evening at 8pm EST on […] READ MORE
This past Saturday night at Southside Wrestling Entertainment (SWE)‘s Speed King event in St. Neots, England, two titles changed hands, including the SWE World Heavyweight Championship. DDT Pro‘s Shigehiro Irie defeated Rob Lynch, ending his 245-day reign as SWE Champion, as Irie added his first UK championship following a year that has seen him work […] 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.