After more than a month of action, the finals of Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling’s Princess Cup tournament will take place on Sunday, August 23, at Korakuen Hall. The match will see one half of the Princess Tag Team Champions, Rika Tatsumi, face the current International Princess Champion, Suzume, with the winner earning a shot at Yuki…
CMLL has announced several wrestlers who will compete at the CMLL Lucha Kingdom event at Arena México on Monday, November 16. The event will feature talent from its home roster alongside wrestlers from New Japan Pro-Wrestling and STARDOM. The only STARDOM wrestler announced to appear so far is current IWGP Women’s Champion Syuri. She has…
New Japan Pro-Wrestling have announced that a new Young Lion is set to debut for the promotion at one of its Road to Destruction events at Korakuen Hall on September 9. 20-year-old Yushin Hatazawa is from Hokkaido Prefecture in northern Japan. He developed an interest in professional wrestling and began training in sumo, eventually earning…
32 women have been cut down to 12 as STARDOM’s 5★STAR Grand Prix has moved into the knockout round. Over the next two shows, we will find out who is the strong and the next to challenge for the World of Stardom Championship. How it’ll work is that, on August 18th, the A and B…
New Japan Pro-Wrestling has announced the first five matches for its upcoming Destruction in Kobe event on September 27. So far, the promotion has revealed three title matches, a special singles match, and a six-man tag team clash featuring the two men who shook the wrestling world to its core in the G1 Climax 36…
Ryohei Oiwa shares his respect for his peers following New Japan’s G1 Climax. This past Sunday in Tokyo, the G1 Climax 36 final took place, with Ryohei Oiwa squaring off against Yuya Uemura for the coveted trophy. In a match highly praised by fans and critics alike, Oiwa came out on top, submitting Uemura with…
In one of the greatest matches you will ever watch, Ryohei Oiwa defeated Yuya Uemura to become the first man to win the G1 Climax after reaching the tournament through the play-in. The match took place in the main event of NJPW’s final stop on the G1 Climax 36 tour at the famed Ryōgoku Kokugikan,…
Former NEVER Openweight Champion Jeff Cobb returned to New Japan Pro Wrestling on August 16th during the final night of the G1 Climax. Cobb arrived after the United Empire defeated Unbound Co. in an undercard trios match as Callum Newman continued to beat down Daiki Nagai after the match had ended. Newman held up a…
Hiroyoshi Tenzan, one of the greatest professional wrestlers in New Japan Pro-Wrestling history, called time on his career on Saturday, August 15, wrestling one final match against his longtime ally, tag team partner, and friend, Satoshi Kojima. The 55-year-old received massive cheers from the 7,777 fans inside the Ryogoku Kokugikan, entering the arena wearing his…
The finals of the 36th G1 Climax are set, with Ryohei Oiwa taking on Yuya Uemura in a clash between two first-time finalists. New Japan Pro-Wrestling held the semi-finals of the G1 Climax on Saturday night from the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. Ryohei Oiwa took on Callum Newman in the first match, while Yuya Uemura…