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G1 Climax Night Seven: A Block is anyone’s block

Posted by John Powell | Sep 30, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

With a five-way tie for first place G1 Climax’s A Block is still very much undecided....

G1 Climax Night Six: Naito, Yano move ahead of Robinson

Posted by John Powell | Sep 29, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

Tetsuya Naito, the current IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental Champion, and Toru Yano have...

NJPW President resigns

Posted by John Powell | Sep 29, 2020 | News

Harold Meij, the president of New Japan Pro-Wrestling, will be leaving the wrestling promotion...

G1 Climax Night Five: Taichi, White lead A Block

Posted by John Powell | Sep 27, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

Suzuki-gun’s Taichi and Bullet Club’s Jay White have taken over A Block at NJPW’s G1 Climax 30....

G1 Climax Night Four: B Block mirroring A Block

Posted by John Powell | Sep 24, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

Yesterday, G1 Climax’s A Block had a three-way tie for first place and now B Block finds itself in...

G1 Climax Night Three brings a three-way tie

Posted by John Powell | Sep 23, 2020 | Event Reports, News, PPV Reports 2020

After night three of the G1 Climax 30 tournament Taichi, Will Opreay and Jay White now sit at the...

G1 Climax Night Two: The Champ trumps The Ace

Posted by John Powell | Sep 20, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

Two of NJPW’s top and most popular superstars headlined the second night of G1 Climax action. The...

G1 CLIMAX Night One: Okada and Ibushi put on a classic

Posted by John Powell | Sep 19, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

Kazuchika Okada and Kota Ibushi are two of the most talented wrestlers in the world today and they...

NJPW’s G1 Climax entrants announced

Posted by John Powell | Sep 9, 2020 | News

NJPW has announced the list of those who will be competing in this year’s G1 Climax...

Roppongi 3K vacates tag titles

Posted by John Powell | Aug 31, 2020 | News

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Roppongi 3K have surrendered the title belts. Yoh...

NJPW’s Summer Struggle in Jingu one of the best events of 2020

Posted by John Powell | Aug 29, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

And that’s how you end a wrestling tour. NJPW brought its Summer Struggle tour to a stunning...

Bullet Club targets Takahashi at Summer Struggle

Posted by John Powell | Aug 27, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

After a knock-out show yesterday it was back to more wishy-washy tag matches as NJPW’s Summer...

NJPW’s unique KOPW 2020 tournament begins

Posted by John Powell | Aug 26, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

The first round of NJPW’s King of Pro Wrestling 2020 tournament kicked off with a night of...

Kenta is the first New Japan Cup USA Champion

Posted by John Powell | Aug 21, 2020 | News, TV Reports

The ‘Worst Intruder Ever’ is now the first New Japan Cup USA Champion. Kenta defeated David Finlay...

Finlay, Kenta in New Japan Cup USA finals

Posted by John Powell | Aug 14, 2020 | TV Reports

David Finlay and Kenta are the finalists of the first-ever New Japan Cup USA tournament. David...

Chaos civil war at Summer Struggle

Posted by John Powell | Aug 9, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

Friends and stablemates clashed as the members of Chaos squared off for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man...

Summer Struggle: NEVER finalists decided

Posted by John Powell | Aug 8, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

It will be an all Chaos final in the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Championship Tournament. The Chaos...

NJPW Strong: Bullet Club gets cut in half

Posted by John Powell | Aug 8, 2020 | TV Reports

Bullet Club had the advantage heading into the New Japan USA Cup tournament but after round one...

Ibushi makes his choice at Summer Struggle

Posted by John Powell | Aug 7, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

Losing 7 out of the last 10 tag team matches to Suzuki-gun one can understand why Kota Ibushi has...

Ibushi, Tanahashi keep struggling at Summer Struggle

Posted by John Powell | Aug 6, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

Night four of the Summer Struggle tour was highlighted by the continued fracturing of the Hiroshi...

NJPW announces new show and New Japan Cup USA

Posted by John Powell | Jul 31, 2020 | News

A new weekly show is coming to the NJPW streaming service. New Japan Strong will take the place of...

Nagata, Suzuki go to war at Summer Struggle

Posted by John Powell | Jul 31, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

Veterans and NJPW icons Yugi Nagata and Minoru Suzuki have done it all at 52 years-old. There is...

NJPW introduces unique championship

Posted by John Powell | Jul 28, 2020 | News

A new championship is coming to NJPW but there are a number of twists to it. The KOPW 2020 title...

Summer Struggle Night Two pushes Ishimori, Takahashi feud

Posted by John Powell | Jul 27, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

With Naito ready to take on Evil for the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Championships in...

NJPW’s Summer Struggle tour slow to get out of the gate

Posted by John Powell | Jul 26, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

NJPW fans experienced an unexpected low key start to NJPW’s Summer Struggle tour. It was a decent...

Togo plays spoiler again at NJPW Sengoku Lord

Posted by John Powell | Jul 25, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

Whatever they are paying Dick Togo, the spoiler is proving to be a valuable addition to Bullet...

NJPW to hold stadium event, announces Summer Struggle

Posted by John Powell | Jul 25, 2020 | News

NJPW is doing something they haven’t done in a long time. They are holding an outdoor event. The...

Lion’s Break Collision: Cobb gets his revenge

Posted by John Powell | Jul 25, 2020 | TV Reports

It took three episodes but Lion’s Break Collision has come into its own presenting four matches...

Gallows and Anderson reveal WWE turmoil, AEW plans

Posted by John Powell | Jul 18, 2020 | News

Now that they have signed with Impact Wrestling and are assuredly appearing on the Slammiversary...

Lion’s Break: Lawlor makes NJPW debut

Posted by John Powell | Jul 17, 2020 | TV Reports

Former UFC fighter and former MLW World Heavyweight Champion ‘Filthy’ Tom Lawlor was victorious in...

NJPW reveals upcoming cards

Posted by John Powell | Jul 13, 2020 | News

NJPW has announced the matches for their upcoming events. Desperado will be getting his shot at...

New look Evil and mystery man defeat Naito at Dominion

Posted by John Powell | Jul 12, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

A new Evil has taken over NJPW. Long-time Los Ingobernables de Japon member and now new Bullet...

Evil wins Cup and joins Bullet Club, fans return

Posted by John Powell | Jul 11, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

NJPW wrestling has done what no North American promotion has accomplished since the pandemic...

Lion’s Break: The veterans win out

Posted by John Powell | Jul 10, 2020 | TV Reports

A mix of veterans and new faces on this week’s edition of Lion’s Break which sporting...

Lion’s Break Collision debuts

Posted by John Powell | Jul 3, 2020 | TV Reports

Not even a global pandemic can stop NJPW’s American superstars and Young Lions from shining. NJPW...

NJPW Cup finalists decided, Master Wato debuts

Posted by John Powell | Jul 3, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

Chaos’ Kazuchika Okada and Los Ingobernables de Japón’s Evil will face-off to determine the winner...

NJPW Cup Update: Only four remain

Posted by John Powell | Jul 2, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

The NJPW Cup 2020 has its final four and that four is dominated by the Los Ingobernables de Japon...

NJPW Cup Night Five: Yano defeated by an elevator

Posted by John Powell | Jun 24, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

The hijinks of Toru Yano and IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi stole the show...

Yano runs amok at NJPW Cup Night Four

Posted by John Powell | Jun 23, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

The most interesting bout of Night Four of the NJPW Cup was one that was not even part of the...

NJPW Cup Night 3: The Ace cannot overcome Taichi’s shenanigans

Posted by John Powell | Jun 22, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

NJPW’s Ace, Hiroshi Tanahashi fought a losing battle on Night 3 of the NJPW Cup. While he was...

Sadistic Suzuki versus Nagata match dominates NJPW Cup Night Two

Posted by John Powell | Jun 17, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

Two of NJPW’s respected war horses staked their claim on the NJPW Cup tournament with an...

New Japan Cup Night One: Ishii takes a bite out of El Desperado

Posted by John Powell | Jun 16, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

The war between Chaos and Suzuki-gun continued on the first day of the New Japan Cup Tournament...

NJPW returns with Together Project Special

Posted by John Powell | Jun 15, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

Welcome back, NJPW. After 110 days of being on haitus the promotion has returned with today’s...

NJPW announces return, New Japan Cup

Posted by John Powell | Jun 8, 2020 | News

It has been 110 days since their last live event but NJPW is returning next week. “We guarantee...

NJPW youngster Shota Umino shines in final match before UK lockdown

Posted by Mark Pickering | Mar 20, 2020 | Event Reports, House Show Reviews, Interviews, Other House Shows

I tracked down the Shooter Shota Umino at a bingo hall in Wales, and saw him wrestle in front of...

Coronavirus outbreak forces NJPW to cancel more dates

Posted by John Powell | Mar 10, 2020 | News

Due to the coronavirus outbreak, New Japan Pro-Wrestling is cancelling all of their shows until...

Manabu Nakanishi wrestles his final match

Posted by John Powell | Feb 22, 2020 | Event Reports, Events, PPV Reports 2020

Manabu Nakanishi’s 28 year wrestling career is over. In his final match he teamed with Yuji...

Gold eludes Mega Coaches at New Japan Road: Night One

Posted by John Powell | Feb 20, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

The students have become the masters. Try as they might, Mega Coaches Rocky Romero and Ryusuke...

Wrestling world pays tribute to Tiger Hattori at retirement event

Posted by John Powell | Feb 19, 2020 | Event Reports, Events, PPV Reports 2020

Tiger Hattori has called it a career. After 42 years of being a wrestler, a trainer, a manager and...

Road to NJPW New Beginning Night Five: Yano robs LIJ, steals title belts

Posted by Don Davies | Feb 6, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020

The NEVER Openweight six men tag team champions of Bushi, Evil and Shingo Takagi defeated Hirooki...

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