The Best Bout Machine returns to NJPW and set to face Will Ospreay at Wrestle Kingdom 17 for the IWGP US Title. After Will Ospreay successfully defended his US belt against Shota Umino at NJPW & STARDOM’s HISTORIC-X-OVER event, the lights shut down and none other than Kenny Omega was shown on the screen. Kenny Omega said that ever since he left NJPW, NJPW needed a replacement for Omega and they chose Will Ospreay. He also stated that ever since Ospreay took over, things have not been the same and Ospreay is just a “Knock off Kenny Omega”. (Doing most…
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The King Of Strong Style of Strong Style will be facing The Great Muta at New Years. Today, Pro Wrestling Noah revealed that Shinsuke Nakamura will face The Great Muta at New Years in Budokan for Noah. This will be one of the last matches for Keiji Muto as the Muta persona before his retirement in early 2023. The Great Muta/Keiji Muto is currently on his retirement tour. Muto’s retirement tour is set to end next February at the Tokyo Dome next year. Keiji Muto’s last match in his career is set to have long-time rival, Sting involved in the…
This morning, NJPW put out a statement regarding Karl Anderson’s NEVER Openweight Championship. “The Machine Gun” Karl Anderson has been in deep water recently. Anderson recently showed up on the October 10th episode of WWE RAW alongside Doc Gallows, reuniting with AJ Styles. Anderson, who is the current NEVER Openweight Championship for NJPW, has been making appearances on WWE TV with Doc/Luke Gallows. This led to The O.C (Good Brothers & Style) being booked for Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia on November 5th, working a 6-man tag with Judgement Day. In addition, on November 5th, Anderson is set to defend…
Former Young Lion, amateur wrestler, and bodybuilder, Katsuya Kitamura passes away at the age of 36. Friday morning, Tokyo Sports reported that former young lion Katsuya Kitamura has passed away at the age of 36. The cause of death is currently unknown. It was reported that he felt unwell and called the ambulance to rush to the hospital. His condition changed drastically after arriving at the hospital. Kitamura was last seen on his Youtube channel where his last video was on October 9th. Katsuya Kitamura started off as an amateur wrestler before going into the world of pro wrestling. He…
During their Declaration of Power show in Ryogoku, New Japan have announced a new TV title to their line of championships. During NJPW’s Declaration of Power show in Ryogoku, president Takami Ohbari had an announcement to make. Ohbari revealed that their broadcasting partner, TV Asahi had a request for Ohbari to make a new TV championship. The design was revealed by Ohbari with brand new title being named the ”NJPW World TV Championship”. Ohbari revealed that the title would be aimed towards younger talent with each title match set at a 15 minute time limit. The title will also be…
AEW has a massive interest in signing “Rock Hard” Juice Robinson of Bullet Club and making him a regular on the AEW roster. According to PWInsider, AEW has a massive interest in New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Juice Robinson and making him a part of the AEW roster. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson wrote “after his match against Jon Moxley this past Wednesday in Philadelphia as well, there is massive interest in bringing in Juice Robinson as often as possible and making him a regular for the company”. Robinson recently made his AEW debut on Dynamite in Philadelphia against Jon Moxley for an…
This morning it was revealed that the founder of New Japan Pro Wrestling, Antonio Inoki has passed away. Antonio Inoki is a name that you definitely heard of in Japanese wrestling. He is one of the legends of pro wrestling to this day. He is not only a superstar in wrestling but also a superstar in Japan in general. Antonio Inoki was born on February 20 1943 as Kanji Inoki. His early wrestling career started as he was a pupil of the great Rikidozan. He was also a pupil of the god of professional wrestling, Karl Gotch in the JWA…
This morning it was announced that Japan will be allowing individual tourists back to the country, but how does this affect the wrestling business? Japan has recently started to open up its borders for international travelers starting in late August but only with organized tour groups. This morning prime minister Kishida announced that Japan will be allowing individual tourists back into the country. This has been a long time waiting for international tourists and many Japanese citizens as we all have been waiting for many people to see the wonders of Japan. Many Japanese citizens are pleased with individual tourists…
NJPW & Stardom have announced a tournament to crown the first ever IWGP Women’s Champion. The Japanese wrestling scene exploded when the IWGP Women’s Championship was created and sent shockwaves through Joshi Wrestling and wrestling as a whole. We have been wondering on how the first inaugural champion would be crowned, then the answer was finally announced during last night’s (as of writing) press conference regarding Historic X Over Chairman Sugabayashi and Stardom president Hiroshi Ogawa announced that the first ever champion for the IWGP Women’s Champion would be crowned with a tournament with the first-round matchup being held in…
NJPW will kick off 2023 going back to their traditional one-night Wrestle Kingdom show. During the G1 CLIMAX 32 Finals, it was announced that New Japan Pro Wrestling’s biggest show of the year Wrestle Kingdom will be returning on its one-night 1.4 (January 4th) format along with the return of New Years Dash at Ota-ku General Gymnasium. NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom was traditionally a one-night event where it would be their biggest show of the year, basically the Wrestlemania of Japan. The one-night format would be switched to a 2-night event in 2020 where a “Double Gold Dash” where both IWGP…