It’s a slightly quieter week for the wrestling world, but only slightly. WWE’s World Heavyweight Title tournament gets underway, AEW takes us back to January with a virtual PPV card on Dynamite and NJPW’s Best of the Super Junior gets rolling also. Better yet, Ring of Honor returns to Universal Studios after an extended run…
TJPW Yuka Sakazaki announced in a press conference on Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling’s official YouTube channel that she is graduating from the promotion. The 10th Anniversary Show of TJPW in Korakuen Hall on December 1st will be her final show as a TJPW Wrestler, and she will be based in the United States from 2024….
Not long ago, this site hosted ‘The Hoopers Weekly Tour of the World.’ That flame burned bright but sadly, went out slightly sooner than expected. Moving forward, I will be taking on the mantle in some form or fashion but first, I wanted to give The Hooper a chance to conclude his “Tour of the…
On April 23rd at the Yokohama Arena, World Wonder Ring Stardom presented All Star Grand Queendom, a star-studded show that the promotion was billing as the biggest show in their history. The card featured a plethora of title matches, including a bout many had long hailed as a dream match as Mercedes Mone put her…
STARDOM Suzu Suzuki announced that she will be making STARDOM her new home promotion, shortly after, her departure from the death match group Prominence was official. The prodigy is wrestling at the upcoming Golden Week in Stardom, teaming together with Mei Seria. Suzu is one of the most promising freelancers in the entire landscape of…
On my journey of watching wrestling that I missed or going back to look at historical matches, I decided to deep dive on lucha libre, an important part of my people’s rich history. Then once I started going down that route and watching these matches, it made me remember so much from my childhood. One…
Full transparency here. I’ve been a fan of this great industry of ours for almost ten years at this point (shoutout to Money In The Bank 2013) but, the world of joshi pro wrestling is something that evaded me until very recently. I’m not afraid to admit that it took five years for my horizons…
Stardom The main show opened with the in-ring return of Mei Seria (fka Mei Hoshizuki) after her departure from Marvelous in August 2021 who was teaming up with Starlight Kid to face her “MeiMei” Tag Team Partner Mei Suruga and the current High-Speed Champion AZM. It was the typical High-Speed match with fast-paced action that…
There have been countless times in pro wrestling where someone has bet on themselves. And so many times, it’s been worth doing so that they can return as a bigger star to where they left. But there are very few times that it’s the biggest stars who bet on themselves in a unique path that…
If you’re here for technical breakdowns for this kind of match, I’m sorry this isn’t going to be that kind of review. This is me straight vibing to a masterpiece that’s a sleeper MOTYC. And here we are again with a AAA tag match that could only be described as a Hooper special. This is…