Author: Val Prichard

Photo Credit: New Japan Pro Wrestling NJPW officially revealed the whole 48-man lineup for this year’s New Japan Cup! The 48-man field for the New Japan Cup, which begins March 2 at the Nippon Budokan, has been released. The tournament’s largest field ever will feature 16 first-round matchups, followed by 16 random seedings in the second round, all the way to the finals on March 26 and 27 in Osaka Jo Hall. https://twitter.com/njpwglobal/status/1495690075593900032?s=20&t=VlTO-T14cXq1TSr9u78mlw Fans already speculate about the wrestlers all around the world about this massive New Japan Cup, but unfortunately, they didn’t bring much of a wrestler outside of…

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Photo Credit: Stardom After a good amount of month waiting for the mystery signee from Rossy, and a best-kept secret by Momo Kohgo & Saya Kamitani being silent on the familiar signee finally being revealed. Kairi Sane revealed herself in Stardom’s newest press conference as the secret signee that Rossy is talking about for months right now. Kairi also gives an update about her condition after returning to Stardom. “I’m in my best condition ever” https://twitter.com/we_are_stardom/status/1494598619856801794?s=20&t=qEgdmFMgcuoSSBHOKG3MAw This was confirmed by the promotion during a press conference held earlier today. KAIRI, who wrestled in WWE as Kairi Sane, will work on…

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Photo Credit: Game Changer Wrestling GCW is expanding its product into Japan After a piece of breaking news by Game Changer Wrestling on Instagram, they announced that they’re ready to expand its product to Japanese Wrestling World on one of the biggest streaming platforms, Wrestle Universe. GCW will also include Japanese Commentary to make their product even more unique. two GCW events will be available at Wrestle Universe on Friday 3 February 2022 at 6 pm. First, there is the big two-night GCW Homecoming 2021 with Matt Cardona winning the GCW Title as the main event the first night, as…

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Photo Credit: NJPW The leader of Los Ingobernables de Japon is staying with NJPW, but with a few cuts. New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Tetsuya Naito made an astonishing confession to this publication. Before the start of the series, it was revealed that he had suffered the first major salary reduction in his career as a wrestler due to contract renewal, as he refrained from challenging IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada at the Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kitayeru Tournament on February 20. The wild man who reaffirmed his vow to triumph is going for “Tetsuya Naito” in terms of…

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Photo Credit: Impact Wrestling Impact star and a former X Division Champion Rohit Raju (Hakim Zane) is now a free agent. below is his announcement on Twitter https://twitter.com/HakimZane/status/1477821230925373441?s=20 Raju, also called Hakim Zayne, revealed the news on January 2 in a tweet. He was a notable member of IMPACT Wrestling’s roster as a former X-Division Champion, and he has been with the promotion since 2018. He was a member of Desi Hit Squad early in his career with the promotion before branching out on his own. Raju was last seen on AXS programming’s IMPACT programming on the 12/16 edition of…

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Photo Credit: Stardom Former TJPW & Ice Ribbon superstars have joined the dominant unit of Stardom, Donna del Mondo When the strange Momo Mask first appeared at Kawasaki Super Wars, no one in Stardom seemed to know what was going on. The unknown masked figure reappeared throughout time until being joined by a second at Osaka Super Wars. At Stardom’s Year-End Climax, the world would learn that the injured Giulia was behind it all, claiming that the Cosmic Angels’ newest recruits were weak, and she’d show them what strong recruits look like at the start of the year. Mirai Maiumi,…

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Photo Credit – NJPW World New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) legend Katsuyori Shibata made an impromptu five-minute exhibition match against Zack Sabre Jr. in what was a welcome surprise coming out of a contentious G1 Climax 31 Final. Shibata will be remembered by long-time NJPW fans as the hard-hitting mixed martial artist and puroresu master who was forced to retire prematurely in 2017 after being diagnosed with a subdural hematoma – a potentially fatal brain injury believed to have been caused by his extensive use of the headbutt as a finishing move. The five-minute match was a flashback to Shibata’s…

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Photo Credit – NJPW The participants for this year’s G1 Climax have been revealed by NJPW. On Saturday, September 18, G1 Climax 31 will go off at the Edion Arena in Osaka. The competition will come to a close on Thursday, October 21 at Budokan Hall in Tokyo, with the finals. On night two of Wrestle Grand Slam in the MetLife Dome, the contestants for each block were revealed: A Block Kota Ibushi (7th Entry)Shingo Takagi (3rd Entry)Tetsuya Naito (12th Entry)Zack Sabre Jr. (5th Entry)Great O’Khan (1st Entry)Toru Yano (16th Entry)Tomoshiro Ishii (9th Entry)KENTA (3rd Entry)Tanga Loa (1st Entry)Yujiro Takahashi…

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Photo Credit – NJPW Day 2 is here and NJPW continued their PPV inside Metlife Dome, Wrestle Grand Slam. This show is filled with another anticipated banger of a match. The Dragon is going to fire his breath to the darkness that comes upon him. Robbie Eagles also going to stay away from the Time Bomb when he defends his Jr Title against Hiromu. A massive three-way between top teams in NJPW. Are you ready for Day 2? let’s get through it!! GOOD: Wrestle Grand Slam started with a massive tag team bout between CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Tomoshiro Ishii)…

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Photo Credit – NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam is not over and it’s here in Metlife Dome, where NJPW continued their anticipated show with 5 matches each night. Night one is right upon us when the Golden Star returning to take on the Ace for the IWGP United States Title. Former Roppongi 3K members also will clash in a bout that definitely will make us stand from our sits. How is this PPV going to go? let’s go through it!! GOOD: Wrestle Grand Slam started with a Jr.Heavyweight Tag Team Match between the team of Robbie Eagles & Tiger Mask, where…

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