Japanese wrestler Yutaka Yoshie passes away
Yutaka Yoshie, a former IWGP Tag Team Champion, passed away suddenly while wrestling as a...
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Book on 2000 All Japan/NOAH split fascinating & detailed
Fans of Japanese puroresu, pro-wrestling in general, and non-wrestling fans interested in complex...
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Japanese legend Tenryu suffering from congestive heart failure
Genichiro Tenryu, one of Japan’s biggest wrestling stars of the past 50 years, is suffering from...
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Joel Deaton is proof that hard work pays off
Joel Deaton, one of the longest-lasting pro wrestlers of the territories era, will be honored at a...
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Motorcycle crash kills All Japan’s Atsushi Aoki
Atsushi Aoki, one of the biggest stars in both All Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling NOAH,...
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Mat Matters: Hideo Itami in WWE, how did it all go so wrong?
On February 22nd, Hideo Itami was released from WWE, one month after wrestling his final match for...
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Mat Matters: Don Davies’ Japan Wrestling Diary
From the epic Wrestle Kingdom 12 to violent death matches to raunchy comedy wrestling this...
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All Japan’s Four Pillars of Heaven set the standard
When The Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer gave the Wrestle Kingdom 11 match between Kenny...
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Tough guy Gypsy Joe passes away
Gypsy Joe, who died on Wednesday night, carved out a reputation as one of the toughest wrestlers...
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René Dupre stayed loyal to Mutoh, Wrestle-1
In June 2013, Keiji Mutoh — the Great Muta — resigned from All Japan Pro Wrestling and...
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Tiger Jeet Singh remembers Umanosuke Ueda
Tiger Jeet Singh’s tag team partnership and friendship with Umanosuke Ueda, who died...
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Phil Atlas gaining experience points daily
As if in an role-playing video game, indy wrestler Phil Atlas values what he calls experience...
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Japanese legend Mitsuharu Misawa dies in the ring
Mitsuharu Misawa, whom many considered the best wrestler in the world during the 1990s, shockingly...
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Humble Doering a major star in Japan
There have been many North American wrestlers, like Big Van Vader and Stan Hansen who,...
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One year after the split, All Japan is alive and well
It was the biggest news story in all of professional wrestling last year. When All Japan Pro...
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Misawa knocks All-Japan off TV
Mitsuharu Misawa scored his first major victory in the promotional war brewing with All Japan Pro...
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Misawa announces new Japanese promotion
Former All Japan Pro Wrestling President Mitsuharu Misawa held a press conference in Tokyo, Japan,...
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Mat Matters: Misawa’s departure cripples All Japan
Wrestling is comprised of a series of defining moments that have become ingrained in the very...
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Mitsuharu Misawa leaves All Japan
Month long speculation of a major shake up in Japan came to full fruition today as word officially...
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Jumbo Tsuruta memorial planned
After the wrestling world was sent into shock over the passing of Japanese wrestling legend Tomomi...
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Jumbo, Baba and The Destroyer
The Big Three when the All-Japan Pro Wrestling Promotion was formed in the early 1970s were Giant...
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Friends remember Jumbo Tsuruta
Tomomi “Jumbo” Tsuruta was perhaps the best wrestler ever in the 28-year history of...
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The legacy of Giant Baba
No one had any idea on September 30, 1959 what was going to happen. It was just a normal Japanese...
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Giant Baba dead at 61
The wrestling world has lost another giant. Shohei “Giant” Baba is dead at 61 of liver...
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