After breaking the Meltzer scale for a 3rd time, AEW’s Kenny Omega is the Wrestling Republic Wrestler of the Day for January 6th. Kenny Omega Biography: Birth Name: Tyson Smith Age: 39 (October 16th, 1983) Height: 6’0 Weight: 218 pounds Debut: 2000 Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Canada Accolades: 1x AEW World Champion, 1x AEW Tag Team Champion, 1x AEW Trios Champion, 1x IWGP Heavyweight Champion, 1x IWGP Intercontinental Champion, 2x IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, 2x IWGP United States Champion, 1x Impact World Champion, #1 on PWI Top 500 in 2018 and 2021, 3x Wrestling Observer Newsletter Match of the Year…
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STARDOM has recently held another show of their brand-new Trios Tag League. Team H&M’s collides with Classmates, 7Upp faces Rebel x Enemy, Bari Bari Bombers clashes with MaiHime with C and more on TRIANGLE DERBY I Night 2. Welcome to another edition of Wrestling Republic’s coverage of Joshi Puroresu. This time, we’ll put the focus on STARDOM and it’s latest event. The promotion has recently hosted another show their brand-new Trios Tag League, the STARDOM Triangle Derby. The event took place from the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan and presented some very interesting in-ring action. So, with nothing else to say, here are the…
The whole schedule for Wrestle Kingdom 17’s second night has been made public. On Saturday, January 21, NJPW will host a second night of Wrestle Kingdom, with the event in the Yokohama Arena. The card theme will be an NJPW vs. Pro Wrestling NOAH joint event. On night one of Wrestle Kingdom, an angle pitting Noah’s KONGO Stable against Los Ingobernables de Japon took place backstage. Wrestle Kingdom 17 will feature five singles contests between Los Ingobernables de Japon and Kongo at Yokohama Arena. Tetsuya Naito vs. Kenoh, Shingo Takagi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, SANADA vs. Manabu Soya, Hiromu Takahashi vs.…
The first NJPW match for Mercedes Mone post-WWE has already been confirmed. The former Sasha Banks, now known as Mercedes Mone, will compete against KAIRI at Battle in the Valley on February 18 for the IWGP Women’s Championship, according to NJPW. The program will be a pay-per-view on Fite TV and NJPW World with English commentary. The title bout was already planned when Mone made her NJPW debut at Wrestle Kingdom 17. After Tam Nakano defeated KAIRI to retain the IWGP Women’s Championship, Mone made her NJPW debut, confronted KAIRI, and knocked her out. Mone declared herself “the standard, the…
NJPW has recently held New Year Dash!! 2023. Kazuchika Okada teams up with Kenny Omega for the first time to take on United Empire’s Aaron Henare & Great-O-Khan. Plus, GOD, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Master Wato collide BULLET CLUB in 8-Man Tag Team action and the KOPW 2023 Champion was crowned in a 4-Way Match. Welcome to another edition of Wrestling Republic’s coverage of New Japan Pro-Wrestling. This time, we’ll put the focus on the promotion first show after Wrestle Kingdom 17. The promotion has recently held NJPW NEW YEAR DASH!! 2023, which took place from the Ota City General Gymnasium in…
After her massive debut last night at Wrestle Kingdom, Sasha Banks is the Wrestling Republic Wrestler of the Day on January 4th. Sasha Banks Biography: Birth Name: Mercedes Kaestner-Varnado Age: 30 (January 26th, 1992) Height: 5’5 Debut: 2010 Place of Birth: Fairfield, California Accolades: 1x NXT Women’s Champion, 5x WWE Raw Women’s Champion, 1x WWE SmackDown Women’s Champion, 3x WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion, #2 on PWI Women’s Top 50 in 2016, #3 on PWI’s Top 50 Tag Teams On May 16th, Sasha Banks and Naomi walked out of WWE, not appearing in wrestling for months. Last night, Banks made…
TJPW has recently held Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling ’23. Yuka Sakazaki defends the TJPW Princess of Princess Championship against Pro Wrestling EVE Champion Miyu Yamashita, Trish Adora challenges Miu Watanabe for the TJPW International Princess Title, Saki Akai & Yuki Arai defend the Princess Tag Team Titles against Wasteland War Party, the professional debuts of HIMAWARI & Wakana Uehara and more. Welcome to another edition of Wrestling Republic’s coverage of Joshi Puroresu. This time, we’ll put the focus on Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling and its latest event. The promotion has recently held Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling ’23, which took place from the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo,…
NJPW has recently held Wrestle Kingdom 17. Jay White defends the IWGP World Heavyweight Title against Kazuchika Okada, AEW’s Kenny Omega challenges Will Ospreay for the IWGP US Title, KAIRI puts her IWGP Women’s Title on the line against Tam Nakano, Ren Narita battles Zack Sabre Jr to become the inaugural IWGP World TV Champion and more. Welcome to another edition of Wrestling Republic’s coverage of New Japan Pro-Wrestling. This time, we’ll put the focus on NJPW’s most important event of the year. The promotion has recently held Wrestle Kingdom 17, which took place from the iconic Tokyo Dome and served…
STARDOM has recently held Night 1 of the Triangle Derby. PROMINENCE collides with UNIQUE GLARE, Queen’s Quest battles Rampage GE, COSMIC ANGELS takes on MaiHime with C and more. Welcome to another edition of Wrestling Republic’s coverage of Joshi Puroresu. This time, we’ll put the focus on STARDOM and it’s latest event. The promotion has recently held the first night of their brand-new Trios Tag League, the STARDOM Triangle Derby. The event took place from the Yokohama Budokan in Yokohama, Kanagawa and presented some very interesting in-ring action. So, with nothing else to say, here are the full results of Night 1 of…
When you consider all the matches that take place in promotions all over the world and try to whittle that list down to just twenty-five matches that is a daunting task. However, I have put together the twenty-five must see matches of 2022. This is my second annual best of the year list; however, this has been the first year for Wrestling Republic, that I have done my personal best matches of the month lists leading up to these 25 best matches of the year list. It was a lot of fun for me to put together the best matches…