Road to Tokyo Dome Night Two: The Birds of Prey strike again
During Night One of the Road to Tokyo Dome, the Birds of Prey won their match against Los Ingobernables de Japón. Tonight, the Birds of Prey pinned BUSHI of LIG to win their second match in two nights. Robbie Eagles, Will Ospreay, Yoshi-Hashi & Kazuchika Okada...
Road to Tokyo Dome Night One: Takahashi falls short in ring return
It wasn’t the comeback Hiromu Takahashi had hoped for. After being out of action with a broken neck for 530 days, Los Ingobernables de Japón’s Hiromu Takahashi returned to action at Night One of Road to Tokyo Dome. Takahashi teamed with his Los Ingobernables de Japón...
TLC matches fail to deliver at TLC (which fails to deliver)
TLC, WWE’s annual pay-per-view event, is supposed to stand for Tables, Ladders, and Chairs. Unfortunately, this year’s edition was Trite and Largely Crummy. Particularly disappointing was the fact that both of the show’s titular TLC matches failed to deliver the...
PCO shocks Rush for world title at dire ROH Final Battle 2019
Tonight at ROH Final Battle 2019, PCO looks to complete his wrestling resurrection and fulfill his destiny at 51 years of age. All that stands in his way is the dominant ROH World Champion Rush, who took the company by storm in under a year. The world title is on the...
NJPW World Tag League Finals: FinJuice win, Jericho and Moxley deliver Wrestle Kingdom messages
FinJuice is fighting for the gold at Wrestle Kingdom. Juice Robinson and David Finlay have won NJPW World Tag League 2019 by beating the two-time former IWGP Tag Team Champions, Sanada and Evil. In their main event bout, Finlay made it to the ropes breaking Evil’s...
NJPW World Tag League Update: Evil and Sanada poised for three-peat
It is up to Evil and Sanada to win or lose World Tag League 2019. Evil and Sanada beat one of NJPW’s most successful tag teams in Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima to claim the top spot heading into Sunday's finale. Evil survived a Kojima lariat to pin him with...
NJPW World Tag League Update: Los Ingobernables take over top spot
The two-time IWGP Tag Team Champions are now leading the pack. Los Ingobernables’ Sanada and Evil have moved ahead in NJPW’s World Tag League tournament taking the number one spot away from Juice Robinson and David Finlay and current IWGP Tag Team Champions, Tama...
NJPW World Tag League Update: Los Ingobernables hold their ground
EVIL and SANADA of Los Ingobernables de Japon continue to be tied for the lead in the World Tag League tournament winning eight of their nine matches so far and facing Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI tonight. EVIL and Ishii started the match off tentatively. SANADA ran...
Owens subs for Rusev at Starrcade
Although WWE Network subscribers saw that ominous steel cage hovering above the ring, they never got to see The Fiend defend his WWE Championship against challenger Braun Strowman. For the second year in a row, WWE aired only a part of the annual Starrcade show, a...
NJPW World Tag League Update: Los Ingobernables challenge for the lead
The former champs are in the hunt. The Los Ingobernables de Japon team of Evil and Sanada has moved into the three-way lead by building up some solid momentum winning seven of their eight matches in the tournament so far. Evil and Sanada, who lost the IWGP Tag Team...
NJPW World Tag League Update: Three-way tie for first place
It sure is getting crowded at the top of the NJPW World Tag League standings. The teams of Juice Robinson and David Finlay, Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi, Evil and Sanada are all tied at the top of the tournament with 12 points each. Jeff Cobb and Mikey Nicholls are...
Survivor Series a tasty Thanksgiving treat
For the first few years, Survivor Series was held on the night of the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. This year's version wasn't, but it was certainly stuffed like a turkey. Not only with a third brand in both of the traditional elimination matches. But also in terms of...
The absolute carnage that was NXT TakeOver: WarGames
The most entertaining wrestlers come with a fire in their belly, a glow of determination in their eyes and a demolition mentality. The NXT women’s roster definitely did not come to play, they came for a fight at NXT TakeOver: WarGames. In the pre-show we learned that...
NJPW World Tag League Day Five: FinJuice is in the lead
With Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi having a day off, Juice Robinson and David Finlay are at the top of the NJPW World Tag League tournament. On Day Five, the bombastic, crowd-pleasing team has overtaken former tournament leaders by two points. The shift in fortunes...
NJPW World Tag League Day Four: It’s getting crowded at the top
Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi have some competition for the top spot in NJPW’s World Tag League tournament. They now share that distinction with Juice Robinson and David Finlay as well as Toru Yano and Colt Cabana. The odd couple of Yano and Cabana stole a win right...
NJPW World Tag League Day Three: Chaos pulls ahead
The Chaos faction team of Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi sit at the top of the World Tag League tournament with an undefeated record. At Day Three emanating from Korakuen Hall, the team defeated the powerhouse Los Ingobernables team of Terrible and Shingo Takagi who...
NJPW World Tag League Day Two: Evil, Sanada win the battle of Los Ingobernables de Japon
The World Tag League is a round-robin tournament that has a tendency to produce matches that wouldn’t usually occur. Los Ingobernables de Japon put their allegiance aside during the EVIL and SANADA vs. Shingo Takagi and El Terrible match. EVIL pinned the unofficial...
Moxley, Omega take unsanctioned violence to a crescendo to close out AEW Full Gear
Perhaps because the buzz around AEW has been huge even before it debuted on weekly TV, it's almost impossible for the promotion to live up to its own expectations. Full Gear didn't change the face of professional wrestling on Saturday night, but it did treat the fans...
NJPW World Tag League Day One: Ishii delivers a hard-hitting main event
NJPW kicked off this year’s World Tag League with the main event of Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI taking on Zack Sabre Jr. and Taichi. Ishii punished Sabre Jr. and Taichi with stiff strikes and power moves to win their match. The main event started off with Sabre Jr....
Jericho makes more history at AEW All Out that isn’t quite the sum of its parts
It's safe to say that a few months into its existence, AEW has yet to find its hook, the one thing it can point to that makes it a distinct alternative to WWE programming, let alone living up to its lofty goal of revolutionizing professional wrestling. That's the bad...
NJPW Power Struggle: Roppongi 3K wins Tag League, massive Wrestle Kingdom news
NJPW's vision for Wrestle Kingdom came into better focus at the Power Struggle pay-per-view. Wrestle Kingdom 2020 will be held on two nights, January 4th and January 5th at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. In card stacked with title matches, Roppongi 3K won the Super...
The Fiend, WWE women make history at Crown Jewel
The WWE’s boogeyman has bagged a treat on Halloween. Bray Wyatt, known as The Fiend in the WWE, defeated Seth Rollins for the WWE Universal Championship at the Crown Jewel pay-per-view from the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Perhaps...
Cage retains against Callihan at intense Impact Wrestling: Bound for Glory
Tonight at Impact Wrestling: Bound for Glory, oVe's Sami Callihan gets his world title shot in the main event against Impact World Champion "The Machine" Brian Cage! Plus, "The World's Most Dangerous Man" Ken Shamrock returns to the ring to take on Moose. All that and...
NJPW’s Road to Power Struggle: Super Jr. Tag League begins
It is time once again for the “juniors” to shine. The eight teams competing in this year’s NJPW Super Jr. Tag League tournament are: Roppongi 3K (Sho Tanaka and Yohei Komatsu) Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori and El Phantasmo) Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Yoshinobu...
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2019: Typhon Hagibis strips Moxley of US Title, NJPW audibles well
New Japan was dealt a rough blow thanks to Typhoon Hagibis and had to call multiple audibles throughout the night. We get an announcement to start the night that Jon Moxley and Zach Sabre Jr. will be unable to compete in their respective matches tonight due to Typhoon...
Tag team grudge matches highlight NJPW’s New Japan Road
The more the merrier was the theme of NJPW’s New Japan Road with six of the seven matches being tag team wars. In a special tag team main event match, it was Kota Ibushi and current IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada teaming up to face the Los Ingobernables de...
Hell in a Cell: Kingslayer … Beastslayer … Fiendslayer?
As Universal Champion Seth Rollins stepped into the Hell in a Cell structure, the question being asked was whether he could withstand "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt’s fight for the title. Halfway through the match, the conversation changed to whether the title had anything to...
NJPW Destruction in Kobe: White wins Intercontinental Championship
Jay White dominated defending IWGP Intercontinental Champion Tetsuya Naito for the majority of their main event match. White hit his signature Blade Runner to pin Naito and become the new IWGP Intercontinental Champion. Yuji Nagata, Yota Tsuji & Yuya Uemura vs....
NJPW Destruction In Kagoshima: KENTA vs. Ibushi settled but WK14 briefcase is not
With Kota Ibushi claiming the annual G1 Tournament it’s time to see if he’ll still main event at WrestleKingdom 14. Standing in the Golden Warrior’s Way is KENTA as both will wrestle over the WK14 Main Event briefcase in tonight's main event. Main Event: Briefcase to...
Seth gets monster mashed at Clash of Champions
The WWE Universal Champion didn’t have much time to celebrate after defeating ‘The Monster Among Men’ Braun Strowman at Clash of Champions before another monster struck. As Rollins held up the belt, saluting the Spectrum Center audience in Charlotte, North Carolina,...
NJPW Destruction in Beppu: ZSJ is the new RevPro champ
Hiroshi Tanahashi and Zack Sabre Jr. battled for the RevPro championship at NJPW Destruction in Beppu. After a series of back and forth roll ups, Sabre Jr. was able to pin Tanahashi to become the new RevPro champion. Young Lion’s Cup Match: Karl Fredericks vs. Yota...
Road to Destruction Night Four: Blue Justice celebrates career milestone
Yuji 'Blue Justice' Nagata returned to his hometown of Togane in Chiba to celebrate the milestone of his 35th year in the wrestling business on night four of the Destruction tour. Nagata teamed up with long-time friends Manabu Nakanishi, Satoshi Kojima, Hiroyoshi...
Road to Destruction Night Three: Sabre Jr. injures the Ace
The battle for the RevPro British Heavyweight Championship wages on in NJPW. Zack Sabre Jr., who lost the championship to Hiroshi Tanahashi at NJPW Royal Quest last week, punished The Ace on the third night of the Road to Destruction tour. In their main event tag team...
Road to Destruction Night Two: Los Ingobernables de Japón victorious again
For the second night in a row Tetsuya Naito’s Los Ingobernables de Japon have pulled out another impressive victory. Not sure why NJPW is headlining the Destruction tour with so many main event tag team matches thus far but Los Ingobernables de Japon waging war with...
Road to Destruction Night One: Los Ingobernables de Japón comes out on top
Los Ingobernables de Japón (Shingo Takagi and Sanada) scored a crucial victory over Hirooki Goto and Kazuchika Okada at the first night of the Destruction tour. Okada will be putting the IWGP Heavyweight Championship on the line against Sanada at King of Pro Wrestling...
Bate and Walter wrestle match of a lifetime at NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff
Ricky Steamboat versus Randy ‘Machoman’ Savage at WrestleMania 3. Ric Flair versus Ricky Steamboat at WrestleWar 1989. Shawn Michaels versus Razor Ramon at WrestleMania X. Kazuchika Okada versus Kenny Omega at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom XI. The Undertaker versus Shawn...
G1 Climax 29 Finals: A winner crowned, a superstar returns, Bullet Club grows
It was a busy G1 Climax finale. Not only do we have a winner of the tournament but a New Japan favourite made a run-in and Bullet Club recruited a new member. Kota Ibushi defeated ‘Switchblade’ Jay White to become the winner of the G1 Climax 29 tournament. He is now...
Canada goes 1-for-3 in Toronto Summerslam
Though the conventional wisdom is that SummerSlam is WWE's second-biggest event of any calendar year, the truth is that it has slipped behind the Royal Rumble in terms of both anticipation and venue size. The 2019 edition wasn't helped by a card that didn't feel much...
SummerSlam 2019 Insider
The Beast was slain. The Fiend arrived. SummerSlam 2019 is in the books. Unlike some other WWE shows, there wasn't a whole lot that happened in the arena that you didn't see on the broadcast but here are some tidbits and the sentiment of the crowd. Some of these might...
G1 Climax finalists determined
Much to the chagrin of those in the Nippon Budokan, Jay White is the B Block finalist. Fans booed and started filing out of the arena before White even had the time to address them and celebrate. White won his last six matches to secure the block win. White will...
Cole outlasts Gargano in steel cage fall at exciting NXT TakeOver: Toronto 2019
Tonight at NXT TakeOver: Toronto 2019, NXT Champion Adam Cole and Johnny Gargano look to settle it all in two out of three falls. A singles match, a street fight, and a barbed wire steel cage match determine who walks out NXT Champion! Plus, the NXT Tag Team...
NXT TakeOver: Toronto gets love from Triple H
After NXT TakeOver: Toronto, Paul "Triple H" Levesque, WWE's Executive Vice President of Talent, Live Events and Creative, answered questions in person and on the phone from media, calling it "across the board, a phenomenal show." The main event, Adam Cole defeating...
G1 Climax 29 Night 17: Ibushi and Okada battle for A Block
For the second year in a row the Golden Star is in the finals of the G1. Kota Ibushi defeated the current IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Kazuchika Okada, to claim the spot. Ibushi will face either Hirooki Goto, Jay White, Jon Moxley or Tetsuya Naito in the finals of the...
G1 Climax 29 Night 16: Four-way tie in B Block
It will either be Hirooki Goto, Jay White, Jon Moxley or Tetsuya Naito who will be your G1 Climax B Block winner this year. All four superstars are tied with 10 points each following last night's tournament action. Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano, Jeff Cobb, Juice Robinson,...
G1 Climax 29 Night 15: Okada and Ibushi to face off in A Block finals
It is down to just two superstars in A Block. It will either be Kota Ibushi or IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada who will be moving on to the finals of the G1 Climax tournament. Following the action of night 15, all of the other A Block participants have been...
G1 Climax 29 Night 14: Challengers close in on Moxley
Only two points separates B Block leader Jon Moxley from his closest competition. Tetsuya Naito, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii and Jay White all sit in second with eight points each, Moxley has ten points after Night 14 of the G1 Climax 29 tournament. B Block members...
G1 Climax 29 Night 13: A Block field thins out
After Night 13 of the G1 Climax tournament only five superstars remain in contention as the competition in A Block was whittled down by exactly half. Sanada, Zack Sabre Jr., Lance Archer, Will Ospreay and Bad Luck Fale now have no chance of winning this year’s...
G1 Climax 29 Night 12: Moxley suffers first NJPW loss
Sneaky Style has played spoiler once again. Toru Yano, the Sublime Master Thief of NJPW, bamboozled Jon Moxley to hand him his first loss of the G1 Climax tournament and his first ever loss in NJPW. Yano was up to his old tricks even before their match began. Yano...
G1 Climax 29 Night 11: The champ moves ahead
With eight days left in the G1 Climax tournament, the five-time IWGP Heavyweight champion sits at the top of A Block. Defeating Suzuki-gun’s Lance Archer, Kazuchika Okada leads the block by four points over Kenta, Kota Ibushi and Hiroshi Tanahashi who are all tied for...
G1 Climax 29 Night Ten: Moxley takes command of B Block
Jon Moxley has pulled ahead of his nearest rival Juice Robinson by four points (two wins) to rule the B Block roost. Robinson lost to Tomohiro Ishii on night ten while Moxley continued his unbeaten G1 Climax streak by taking Tetsuya Naito, the leader of Los...
G1 Climax 29 Night Nine: Okada and Kenta battle for A Block
There is a tie no more. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada has defeated Kenta for the top spot in A Block. In their main event match which was rather disappointing and sluggish considering those involved, Okada took everything Kenta had to throw at him and...
G1 Climax 29 Night Eight: Moxley sits on top of B Block
Dean Ambrose who? The reinvigorated Jon Moxley is slowly but surely putting his WWE past behind him as he continues to dominate the NJPW G1 Climax tournament. Moxley is on a four match winning streak. He now leads B Block with 8 points, 2 points over his NJPW rival...
G1 Climax 29 Night Seven: Kenta and Okada double up on A Block
Each unbeaten with four wins in a row, Kenta and the current IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada now have double the points of their nearest A Block competitors. Kenta has put his jumbled run as Hideo Itami in NXT and 205 Live for the WWE to rest as one of the...
G1 Climax 29 Night Five: KENTA and Okada tied for the lead in A block
Both KENTA and Okada won their respective matches and are tied for the lead in the A block. KENTA defeated Lance Archer in a hard-hitting match to finish his night with six points while Okada had to overcome the bullet club to defeat Bad Luck Fale to finish his night...
G1 Climax 29 Night Four: Moxley, Ishii and Robinson dominate B Block
Two matches. Two wins. Jon Moxley, Juice Robinson and Tomohiro Ishii have yet to be beaten in B Block at NJPW's G1 Tournament. Moxley relied on his hardcore, smash mouth style to frustrate Jeff Cobb and offset his strength advantage. Moxley even resorted to biting...
Lesnar cashes in on Rollins and ends promising WWE Extreme Rules on sour note
Tonight at WWE Extreme Rules 2019, it is winner takes all as WWE's power couple of Universal champion Seth Rollins and Raw Women's Champion "The Man" Becky Lynch put their titles on the line against Baron Corbin and Lacey Evans in an attempt to finish their rivals...
G1 Climax 29 Night Three: A trio remains undefeated
After their second night of A Block competition Lance Archer, Kenta and Kazuchika Okada are tied at the top of the division, each having won two matches in a row. In a battle of the big men, Fale kicked out of a chokeslam leaving Archer and the crowd completely...
Tag team wrestling rules at AEW Fight for the Fallen
AEW is kind of in a weird limbo this summer. Its TV show doesn't start up until October, and it's next really big pay-per-view, All Out, is set for late August. In the meantime, the promotion is still running events and has to figure out ways to make them stand out...
Cole defends and Drake and Theory steal the show at EVOLVE 131 anniversary
Tonight at EVOLVE 131: 10th Anniversary Celebration, NXT Champion Adam Cole and Akira Tozawa return to EVOLVE with the title on the line in the main event! Plus, WWN Champion JD Drake and Evolve Champion Austin Theory put it all on the line in a Winner Takes All...
Upsets rule G1 Climax 29 Night Two
It was a night of upsets as B Block took centre stage at the G1 Climax 29 tournament. In a shocker, Juice Robinson defeated Shingo Takagi, who was virtually unstoppable in the Best of the Super Juniors tournament just a few months ago. Robinson sent Shingo flying into...
Slammiversary delivers a Five-Star show in the Lone Star state
Hank Hill, one of TV's wisest characters, had nothing good to say about Dallas, Texas, even going so far as to tell his wife Peggy "I don't want you going to Dallas at all." I rarely disagree with Hank Hill - but if Impact Wrestling can put great PPV shows like...
G1 Climax Night One: Okada defeats Tanahashi for the first time
Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi have battled many times before in the G1 Climax with each match ending in a time limit draw. However, in Dallas at the first night of the G1 Climax, Okada defeated Tanahashi after hitting three rain makers. Roppongi 3K (Sho and...
AEW x CEO Fyter Fest: Street Fighting Elite closes out Main Event
After Double or Nothing proved to be a huge success for All Elite Wrestling now it's time to see how AEW puts on shows when they don't have months and months to prepare a card. With a headline to mock the failed Fyre Fest, expect some silliness from the matches, but...
Taven holds on to title against Cobb at ROH’s very average Best in the World
Tonight at ROH Best in the World 2019, Jeff Cobb gets a world title opportunity in the main event and ROH World Champion Matt Taven is all that stands in his way to complete his rise! Plus, ROH World Six-Man tag champs Villain Enterprises defend against PJ Black &...
Stomping Grounds becomes Courting Grounds
Eyebrows deep in recycled, tiresome angles and matches, the WWE is placing their bets on a real-life love connection to capture the imagination of fans. The WWE’s power couple of Universal Champion Seth Rollins and Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch is not only being...
NJPW Kizuna Road 2019: Sabre Jr. puts RevPro British Heavyweight title on the line
Kizuna Road 2019 continues with the June 25 event taking place in Miyagi at the Sendai Sunplaza Hall. No English commentary on this one in a card. There are two British Championship titles on the line tonight. The Cruiserweight Championship between El Phantasmo and...
Titans clash badly, no cash-in sadly at WWE Super ShowDown
Surprise. Surprise. Despite their assurances that it would be, the second annual Super ShowDown was nowhere near a WrestleMania quality broadcast. Perhaps the WrestleMania the WWE were referring to was WrestleMania 12. If so, that would make total sense. The...
Moxley’s ferocious debut, title win almost overshadows Ospreay’s BOSJ victory
How do we follow that? That is the question finalists Will Ospreay and Shingo Takagi must have been asking themselves after witnessing the brutal battle that was the IWGP United States Championship match between Jon Moxley and Juice Robinson which tore down the house...
Best of the Super Jrs. Night 14: Ospreay to face Shingo Takagi in finals
The Dragon and The Aerial Assassin will meet to determine the winner of the Best of the Super Juniors 2019 tournament this Wednesday. The overall winner will take on Dragon Lee, the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, for the title. Ospreay defeated Ryusuke Taguchi to...
NXT Takeover XXV: Cole and Gargano great, the rest not so much
Since the first NXT special five years ago, WWE's "third brand" has delivered some incredible shows. Often, they've been the best of the lot when included as part of a big PPV weekend. While Saturday's Takeover XXV show was fine, and featured a very solid main event,...
Best of the Super Jrs. Night 13: Shingo Takagi wins A Block
The Bone Soldier couldn’t slay The Dragon. Los Ingobernables de Japon’s Shingo Takagi has defeated Bullet Club’s Taiji Ishimori to win A Block division of this year’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament. Ishimori used his speed and agility to counter Takagi’s pure...
Best of the Super Jrs. Night 12: Taguchi and Ospreay to meet in B Block final, Phantasmo’s run ends
After starting the tournament with such promise, Canadian Phantasmo has lost his third match in a row and is out of the Best of the Super Juniors tournament. He finishes in second place tied with Robbie Eagles, Bushi and Yoh. Even at 12 points a piece, Ryusuke Taguchi...
Best of the Super Jrs. Night 11: Takagi and Ishimori in the A Block finals
It will be The Dragon versus The Bone Soldier. Shingo Takagi and Taiji Ishimori will face-off to determine who will be the A Block winner this Friday. Los Ingobernables de Japon’s Takagi win over Jonathan Gresham today puts him at 16 points. No one has been able to...
Best of the Super Jrs. Night Nine: Phantasmo loses ground, Takagi extends lead
On day ten of the Best of the Super Juniors, Canadian El Phantasmo experienced his second loss of the tournament. He surrendered his lead in B Block which he now shares with three other opponents. Phantasmo is tied at 10 points with Robbie Eagles, Ryusuke Taguchi and...
AEW: Double or Nothing, THE competition has arrived
It only took 18 long years but the day is finally here. In 2018, they were just five men who proved to the industry and fans alike that you could become some of the biggest names, one of the biggest brands in pro wrestling without signing a contract in Stamford,...
Best of the Super Jrs. Night Nine: El Phantasmo’s first loss forces him to share first place
It wasn’t a good night for Canadian El Phantasmo. Not only did he lose his first match of the Best of the Super Juniors tournament but he is only no longer alone in the top spot in B Block. Veteran Rocky Romero ended El Phantasmo’s tournament winning streak at five...
Best of the Super Jrs. Night Eight: Michinoku, Narita, Douki out of the running, Takagi and Phantasmo widen their leads
Night eight of the Best of the Super Jrs. saw some competitors fall by the wayside while the leaders surged ahead. Due to their losses, Taka Michinoku, Ren Narita and Douki have no mathematical chance of winning and are essentially out of the tournament. A Block...
Best of the Super Jrs. Night Seven: El Phantasmo rules B Block
It was a lucky seventh night of the Best of the Super Jrs 2019 for NJPW fans as it had none of those tag team filler matches. It was all singles tournament matches and at the end of the night it was Canadian El Phantasmo leading B Block. It was no easy night for the...
Lesnar returns, Becky goes 50/50, Bayley wins gold at eventful Money in the Bank
Perhaps it was appropriate that the first image of WWE's Money in the Bank pay-per-view event was Naomi in a bee-themed outfit. Because "B" was a recurring theme on the show, between the brawling beast Brock Lesnar blazing back to boldly bash bodies before becoming...
Best of the Super Jrs. Night Six: Canadian El Phantasmo tied at the top of B Block
Canadian El Phantasmo, Ryusuke Taguchi and Will Ospreay all sit at the top of B Block after Night Six of the Best of the Super Jrs. tournament. Each has a perfect record thus far with three matches won and six points for those matches. The British Columbia native El...
Best of the Super Jrs. Night Five: Ishimori, Takagi remain undefeated
The Bone Soldier of Bullet Club and The Dragon of Los Ingobernables de Japan retained their perfect records on Night Five of the Best of the Super Juniors. With six points each now, Taiji Ishimori and Shingo Takagi are tied for first place in A Block neither having...
Best of the Super Jrs: Four-way tie on Night Four
Robbie Eagles, El Phantasmo, Will Ospreay and Ryusuke Taguchi are now all tied at the top of B Block. Each of the superstars has four points with wins tonight. A Block resumes action on Saturday as Friday is a day off for NJPW. Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori and Tiger...
Best of the Super Jrs. Night Three: The champ gets on the board
The IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion has notched a win. Dragon Lee scored a victory against Sho, one half of the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions, tonight in the latest round of the Super Jr. tournament. Lee, the brother of Rush, lost to the former champion...
Best of the Super Jrs. Night Two: Canadian El Phantasmo defeats Bandido
Vancouver native El Phantasmo has begun the Best of the Super Jr. tournament with a big win over Bandido. The match was fast and furious with Phantasmo displaying his knowledge of international sign language by flipping a familiar gesture to Bandido at the start of...
Best of the Super Jrs. Night One: 2018 finalist starts with an impressive win
The annual and historic Best of the Super Jr. tournament began with one of last year’s finalists defeating the current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. As the tournament got underway with Block A action, Taiji Ishimori, who wrestled but lost in the finals last year...
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Night One: Taichi a two-time champ
On the first night of NJPW’s Wrestling Dontaku Taichi became the NEVER Openweight Champion for the second time while Dragon Lee retained his IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship for the first time. At the start of the NEVER Openweight Championship match, Taichi...
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Night Two: Y2J makes a surprise return, El Phantasmo debuts
Chris Jericho has reappeared in NJPW despite having signed on with AEW. Just as IWGP Heavyweight Champion Okada was addressing the crowd after he defeated challenger Sanada the lights went off in the arena and a video played. Playing lullaby music in the background,...
LAX and Brian Cage go for the gold at intense Impact Wrestling Rebellion
Tonight at Impact Wrestling Rebellion, Full Metal Mayhem in the main event as The Lucha Bros defend the Impact World Tag Team Championships against LAX. Plus, Impact World Champion Johnny Impact defends against "The Machine" Brian Cage with special guest referee Lance...
NJPW Road to Dontaku: Super Jr. entrants announced, Chaos and LIJ feud on
How do you know your latest tour isn’t generating the excitement it needs to? When a tournament roster reveal is almost more interesting than any of the bouts you are staging. NJPW revealed the participants for the always exciting, always best bout producing annual...
Road to Wrestling Dontaku: Liger and Suzuki clash
On the 30th anniversary of his career in wrestling Jyushin Thunder Liger was not backing down from one Minoru Suzuki. On night six of the Road to Wrestling Dontaku, it was the dastardly Suzuki-gun (El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Minoru Suzuki) against Ryusuke...
NJPW Road to Dontaku: Roppongi 3K still the champs
The main event of night seven of Road to Dontaku featured an exciting tag team match with Los Ingobernables de Japon members Bushi and Shingo Takagi challenging IWGP Junior Tag Champions Roppongi 3K, Sho and Yoh. Road to Wrestling Dontaku – Aki no Kuni SENGOKU EMAKI...
NJPW’s Wrestling Hinokuni: Guerrillas of Destiny get violent with the Players
The Guerrillas of Destiny not only successfully defended their IWGP Tag Team Championships against The Most Violent Players at Wrestling Hinokuni but they reclaimed the ROH World Tag Team Championship belts that Toru Yano stole from them at G1 Supercard. “Master...
NJPW Road to Dontaku: Suzuki-gun blindsides Cobb
A double champion got into double trouble at Road to Wrestling Dontaku. Jeff Cobb, the current ROH World Television Champion and NJPW’s NEVER Openweight Champion, had his bell rung by the dastardly Suzuki-gun. Cobb’s team of Toa Henare and Yoshi-Hashi were facing...
NJPW Road to Dontaku: Thrilling elimination matches at the end of the Road
A pair of elimination style matches highlighted the last Road to Wrestling Dontaku event before the two big Wrestling Dontaku cards this weekend for New Japan Pro-Wrestling. In the first, it was IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Dragon Lee, Will Ospreay, Mikey...
Naito challenges Ibushi at NJPW Sengorku Lord
Kota Ibushi was successful in his first IWGP Intercontinental title defence defeating the most electrifying superstar in sports entertainment today, Zack Sabre Jr, at the Sengorku Lord event in Nagoya, Japan. Ibushi received a surprise though as former champion...
A slow start to The Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2019
The first lead-up card to May's two night NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 event featured decent wrestling but not much else. One of nine events meant to push the upcoming Dontaku show, tonight's card was mostly devoid of any big angles or intriguing happenings. At the end...
Lynch, Kingston triumphs highlight entertaining but draining WrestleMania 35
By DALE PLUMMER and NICK TYLWALK - SlamWrestling.net There's no question that WWE leadership has an unenviable task trying to put together WrestleMania each year. The most famous wrestling event in the world has to deliver spectacle, serve as the culmination to the...
G1 Supercard: Okada and White have a 30-minute classic for the IWGP title
For the first time in decades the legendary Madison Square Garden is hosting a non-WWE pro wrestling event. Ring of Honor and NJPW have teamed up for G1 Supercard of honor with nearly every belt on the line. Follow the live updates here. Main Event No. 2: IWGP...
NXT TakeOver: Gargano overcomes the Undisputed Era
In a dramatic finale to NXT TakeOver: New York, Johnny Gargano had to overcome not only Adam Cole in their best two-out-of-three fall match but also Bobby Fish, Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong to become the new NXT champion. Gargano never stopped fighting even with...
New Japan Cup Night Twelve: Kazuchika Okada wins
Kazuchika Okada has defeated SANADA in the New Japan Cup finals and will go on to challenge Jay White for the IWGP heavyweight championship at the G1 Supercard at Madison Square Garden on April 6th. Once the bell rang, SANADA took Okada down to apply a knee lock and...
