Wrestling News, Analysis, and Rumors
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
New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) is coming off of a successful Fighting Spirit Unleashed event at the Walter Pyramid in California where the main event for King Of Pro Wrestling was set. The Golden Lovers (IWGP heavyweight champion Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) defeated the CHAOS dream team of Tomohiro Ishii and Kazuchika Okada in the […] 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
Wrestle Kingdom 12 was a big success with 34,995 in attendance for eight championship matches on the biggest card of the year. Rivalries were settled between rivals Hirooki Goto and Minoru Suzuki while Tetsuya Naito while further his chase for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. Now, three big shows take place with The New Beginning In […] READ MORE
Another great offering from New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) on November 5th with most notably a Wrestle Kingdom worthy championship main event. Kota Ibushi had a fantastic run in this year’s G1 Climax tournament and would love nothing more than to become a champion again in NJPW. Ibushi has previously been the Junior Heavyweight champion but […] READ MORE