Author: TOMAS BLZ

International music sensation Bad Bunny has been awarded Wrestling Republic’s Entrance of The Year Award for 2023. Bad Bunny, 29 years old, received numerous praises from wrestling fans and media around the world for all of his amazing in-ring performances. However, his remarkable entrance at WWE’s Backlash PLE in Puerto Rico was beyond amazing. Bunny made this iconic entrance at the chorus of his very own song ‘Chambea’ in a sold-out Jose Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in Puerto Rico as a prelude to his San Juan Street Fight with Damian Priest. Sami Zayn’s entrance at Elimination Chamber 2023 in his hometown…

WWE’s Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens and the Bloodline have been awarded the Wrestling Republic’s Storyline of the Year Award for 2023. The storyline involving long-time friends Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens standing up together against reigning Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns and The Bloodline have received many praises from Wrestling Republic staff throughout the entire year, earning five star rating matches in the WR scale in almost every important chapter of the story. This storyline was more than a year in the making and featured a great work in the rising tensions between all the superstars involved, before culminating…

From the emergence of freelancer talents, to the appearances of new overseas stars and deeper development of younger competitors, 2023 was definitely a year to remember for all Stardom fans. Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic was over and the entire scene of Japanese Puroresu and Joshi Puroresu regained their normal atmosphere, we the fans were constantly looking forward to the expansion of this industry in the coming years. If we look from the last two years to today, the truth is that all the biggest pro wrestling promotions around Japan have continued to offer more high-level matches and iconic moments,…

Wrestle Kingdom 18 is getting closer and the entire pro wrestling world is preparing to kick off the next year with another huge event. In this article, I will explain why I consider that Tetsuya Naito & SANADA have earned their respective spots in the main event. We are closing in to the end of another great year in the world of professional wrestling that delivered a lot of iconic moments and matches that will go down to the history books of our beloved sport. Along with WWE’s WrestleMania 40 and AEW Revolution, NJPW’s Wrestle Kingdom 18 is definitely one…

TJPW SUMMER SUN PRINCESS ’23 is right around the corner and it promises to deliver a great spectacle. So, for this article, Tomas will be explaining those he considers are the most important points and facts leading up to the event. TJPW has definitely had a great year so far, with many interesting shows and more intense battles taking place throught the entire year so far. And, if this alone wasn’t enough, the company has also brought numerous foreign talents from all over the globe and even managed to host their first show in America. Even though it wasn’t too…

AEW have recently announced the official participants of this year’s Blood & Guts Match, which will feature another chapther of BCC vs The Elite. Ever since its introduction in 2021, the AEW Dynamite Blood & Guts special became one of the most important and brutal episodes of AEW Dynamite in the entire year. With a lot of heated rivalries taking place inside the brutal Blood & Guts Match, this show always succeds in delivering one of the most violent nights in the entire pro wrestling world. After containing heated rivalries like The Pinnacle vs. The Inner Circle in 2021 and…

STARDOM SUNSHINE 2023 has recently taken place. QQ battles Oedo Tai in a Loser Leaves Unit Cage Match, while DDM puts the Artist of Stardom Titles on the line against STARS in a Trios Cage Match. THE NEW ERAS clash with Club Venus and more in another action-packed card. Welcome to another edition of Wrestling Republic’s coverage of Joshi Puroresu. This time, we’ll put the focus on STARDOM and its latest event. The promotion has recently held STARDOM SUNSHINE 2023, which took place from the Yoyogi National Stadium (2nd Gymnasium) in Tokyo, Japan and presented some very interesting in-ring action…

As seen during tonight’s edition of AEW Dynamite, more matches have been officially announced for the upcoming Forbidden Door 2023 PPV. It was back on June 2022 that AEW and NJPW held the first-ever Forbidden Door PPV, which also marked the first joint event between both companies and became one of the best pro wrestling events of the entire year. After announcing a brand-new edition of AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door for this year, many fans got hyped about the numerous high potential matches we could see during the event. However, AEW and NJPW didn’t waste any time and announced…

CM Punk has made his first appearance in AEW Dynamite following his 9 month absence, setting up a huge 8-Man Tag Team Match for this Saturday’s AEW Collision event. After more than 9-months of long absence, ‘The Best in the World’ CM Punk made his long-awaited return during this past Saturday’s edition of AEW Collision, which also marked the debut episode of this brand-new AEW show. Ever since making his return and scoring up an important victory over Bullet Club Gold (‘SwitchBlade’ Jay White & ‘Rock Hard’ Juice Robinson’) & Samoa Joe, many fans started to speculate about the possibilities…

As seen recently on social media, Tony Khan has announced the official theme song and commentary team for the brand-new AEW Collision show. Earlier this year, AEW’s official broadcasting channel TNT decided they wanted to expand their pro wrestling lineup to offer more content. And, to accomplish that, they decided to create a brand-new show named ‘AEW Collision’ that would air every Saturday night starting June 17th. Even though this announcement got mixed reactions from the fans, AEW President Tony Khan made some interesting week-to-week announcements to get the pro wrestling world more hyped for this brand-new AEW show. Now,…