Wrestling News, Analysis, and Rumors
All Japan Pro Wrestling legend and backstage worker Suwama has announced that he will be helping to launch a new all women’s promotion called Evolution. The group is not officially affiliated with AJPW but Suwama notes that the two groups will have a healthy relationship and the Evolution talent is aiming to be unveiled at […] 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
It is time for All Japan Pro Wrestling to gear up for its annual round-robin tournament, the Champion Carnival. AJPW has suffered some blows over the past year but it will surely put its best foot forward for its biggest tournament of the year. Let’s take a look at the Champion Carnival 2022 blocks and […] READ MORE
All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) has a jam-packed March scheduled, with the next major tour the Dream Power Series. There will be multiple events for this tour, but one of the most significant events will happen on March 21st, known as Champions Night 3. With the month before Champion Carnival, what title matches do we […] 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
Match Point is an ongoing series at Last Word on Pro Wrestling, where we look at intriguing matchups in indie wrestling and beyond. They may be dream matches, first-time matchups, or hotly anticipated rematches. Take a deep dive into the World Tag Team Championship match between Runaway Suplex and Total Eclipse at AJPW’s upcoming Excite […] 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
The Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship has been vacant for All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) since the end of 2021 following to the unfortunate injury of Jake Lee. Because of this, a mini-tournament was created to crown a new champion at NEW YEAR WARS 2022 on January 23rd. This led to the final match to crown […] READ MORE
All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) concludes its NEW YEAR WARS 2022 tour at this weekend’s upcoming event. This show features multiple title matches, a mini-tournament to crown the next Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, and more. Let’s take a deeper look. AJPW NEW YEAR WARS 2022 (1/23/22) – Full Card Shuji Ishikawa, Takao Omori, Black Menso-re, […] READ MORE