January 11th marks a landmark day in the Japanese Calendar. Nationally, the country is set to celebrate its National Foundation Day, a public holiday marking the ascension of the first emperor of Japan. For wrestling fans, the event is marked with two major events from its biggest companies! First up, the morning sees Pro Wrestling NOAH run its second Legacy Rise event of the year, featuring the world title up for grabs and a focus on their Jr Tag League. Following this, New Japan Pro Wrestling, a company rife in uncertainty and incoming departures, host its annual New Beginning In…
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January 11th marks a landmark day in the Japanese Calendar. Nationally, the country is set to celebrate its National Foundation Day, a public holiday marking the ascension of the first emperor of Japan. For wrestling fans, the event is marked with two major events from its biggest companies! First up, the morning sees Pro Wrestling NOAH run its second Legacy Rise event of the year, featuring the world title up for grabs and a focus on their Jr Tag League. Following this, New Japan Pro Wrestling, a company rife in uncertainty and incoming departures, host its annual New Beginning In…
NJPW New Years Dash 2026 features a blockbuster tag team title match as The Knockout Brothers battle the World Tag League winners Zac Sabre Jr and Ryohei Oiwa. Elsewhere on the card, a 4 way tag for the Junior Heavyweight Tag Titles and all the fallout from Wrestle Kingdom! NJPW New Years Dash 2026 Star RatingsMatch / In Ring Promo Result and Star Rating. NJPW New Years Dash 2026 Opening Match Shota Umino, Yuya Uemura and Katsuya Morishima vs Satoshi Kojima, Taichi and Tomohiro Ishii Tomohiro Ishii by Submission via Boston Crab(Ishii laid out Shota Umino with a headbutt after the match) …
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20 brings the closing night of the Ace of the Universe’s career, Hiroshi Tanahashi. With a sold out Tokyo Dome, Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi headline the historic venue one last time. A night of double championship matches, with Konosuke Takeshita defending against the Global Champion Yota Tsuji. Syuri and Saya Kamitani also set for winner take all with the IWGP Women’s Championship and the NJPW Strong women’s championship. The Junior Heavyweight’s collide for a chance to face Douki at New Years’ Dash. A Six man tag Rambo, A Ten Man Tag based on Faction Warfare and…
Every January 4th the wrestling community descends upon the pinnacle of Japanese grappling! Wrestle Kingdom has become one of the biggest showpiece wrestling events of the year and you are almost guaranteed to see at least one match of the year contender. As exciting as this time is, it can be difficult going into a show for the first time, or after even a short break, given storylines in any wrestling company are consistently evolving. To help with those looking for a leg up, I have put together a primer on each match on the card, discussing the wrestlers and…
In the world of Professional Wrestling, hundreds of matches come and go every year. While many enter and leave our consciousness with little more than a fleeting comment, sometimes they deserve a closer look. Welcome to Sheldon’s Study, the place in which matches past and present are broken down and dissected. Here we discuss the how, what and why of a given bout and bring a critical, analytical eye to the medium we love! January 4th, 2026 sees the final outing of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s ace, as Hiroshi Tanahashi takes his final bow against longtime rival Kazuchika Okada! As…
NOAH The New Year 2026 features Ozawa looking to claim the GHC Heavyweight Championship for the second year in a row, this time against champion Yoshiki Inamura. AMAKUSA also looks to bring the Junior Heavyweight Championship back to NOAH as he takes on the invading force of New Japan’s Hiromu Takahashi. Bushi has promised a mystery partner to take on Kenoh and Naomichi Marufuji for the GHC tag team titles, but will it be their destiny to claim the gold. Elsewhere on the card, its brother vs brother as Alpha Wolf battles Dragon Bane and The Good Brothers come to…
This week, the inaugural batch of WWE ID prospects have begun to be announced. One of the best, yet most underrated names on the current list is none other than the ‘Petite Powerhouse’ herself, Zara Zakher. Hailing from San Jose, California and at just 22 years of age, Zakher is wise beyond her years, a thrilling mix of ferocious intensity and a superstar aura that makes her a complete joy to watch. I am such a fan of Zakher’s that (and I promise this is true) I had already written a draft of this article before she was signed to…
With its recent introduction, Rossy Ogawa’s new promotion Marigold already promises to shake the joshi wrestling landscape from a product and business standpoint. Ever since the news of his release from Stardom broke up, many fans started to speculate about the possibilities of having Stardom founder and former Executive Producer Rossy Ogawa creating a brand-new promotion from scratch once again. And the speculations turned out to be true with the recent announcement of his latest project, a new joshi promotion named Dream Star Fighting Marigold. During the inaugural press conference, which also introduced us to the first main talents of…
On todays episode of Wrestling Republic’s Daily Broadcast Ben Allison, Clark Taylor and Soul discuss if the AEW/NJPW deal has actually hurt NJPW. They also preview tonights episode of Dynamite and Roderick Strong turning on Kyle O’Reilly. Todays episode will be LIVE at 8:00pm BST / 3:00pm EST / 12:00pm PST! Wrestling Republic’s Daily Broadcast is a 45 minute daily podcast (with video) discussing the days wrestling news and all of the latest shows. The show is hosted by Ben Allison and Clark Taylor, with a cast of rotating panelists to join the discussion. To join in with the discussion,…