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NJPW World Tag League Day Four: It’s getting crowded at the top

Posted by John Powell | Nov 20, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi have some competition for the top spot in NJPW’s World Tag League...

NJPW World Tag League Day Three: Chaos pulls ahead

Posted by John Powell | Nov 18, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

The Chaos faction team of Tomohiro Ishii and Yoshi-Hashi sit at the top of the World Tag League...

NJPW World Tag League Day Two: Evil, Sanada win the battle of Los Ingobernables de Japon

Posted by Don Davies | Nov 17, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

The World Tag League is a round-robin tournament that has a tendency to produce matches that...

NJPW Power Struggle: Roppongi 3K wins Tag League, massive Wrestle Kingdom news

Posted by John Powell | Nov 2, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

NJPW’s vision for Wrestle Kingdom came into better focus at the Power Struggle pay-per-view....

NJPW’s Road to Power Struggle: Super Jr. Tag League begins

Posted by John Powell | Oct 16, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

It is time once again for the “juniors” to shine. The eight teams competing in this year’s NJPW...

NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2019: Typhon Hagibis strips Moxley of US Title, NJPW audibles well

Posted by Matthew Asher | Oct 14, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

New Japan was dealt a rough blow thanks to Typhoon Hagibis and had to call multiple audibles...

Tag team grudge matches highlight NJPW’s New Japan Road

Posted by John Powell | Oct 7, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

The more the merrier was the theme of NJPW’s New Japan Road with six of the seven matches being...

NJPW Destruction in Kobe: White wins Intercontinental Championship

Posted by Don Davies | Sep 22, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

Jay White dominated defending IWGP Intercontinental Champion Tetsuya Naito for the majority of...

NJPW Destruction In Kagoshima: KENTA vs. Ibushi settled but WK14 briefcase is not

Posted by Matthew Asher | Sep 16, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

With Kota Ibushi claiming the annual G1 Tournament it’s time to see if he’ll still main event at...

NJPW Destruction in Beppu: ZSJ is the new RevPro champ

Posted by Don Davies | Sep 14, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

Hiroshi Tanahashi and Zack Sabre Jr. battled for the RevPro championship at NJPW Destruction in...

Road to Destruction Night Four: Blue Justice celebrates career milestone

Posted by Don Davies | Sep 8, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

Yuji ‘Blue Justice’ Nagata returned to his hometown of Togane in Chiba to celebrate...

Road to Destruction Night One: Los Ingobernables de Japón comes out on top

Posted by John Powell | Sep 4, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

Los Ingobernables de Japón (Shingo Takagi and Sanada) scored a crucial victory over Hirooki Goto...

G1 Climax 29 Finals: A winner crowned, a superstar returns, Bullet Club grows

Posted by John Powell | Aug 12, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

It was a busy G1 Climax finale. Not only do we have a winner of the tournament but a New Japan...

G1 Climax 29 Night 12: Moxley suffers first NJPW loss

Posted by John Powell | Aug 1, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

Sneaky Style has played spoiler once again. Toru Yano, the Sublime Master Thief of NJPW,...

G1 Climax 29 Night Nine: Okada and Kenta battle for A Block

Posted by John Powell | Jul 27, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

There is a tie no more. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada has defeated Kenta for the top...

G1 Climax 29 Night Seven: Kenta and Okada double up on A Block

Posted by John Powell | Jul 20, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

Each unbeaten with four wins in a row, Kenta and the current IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika...

G1 Climax 29 Night Five: KENTA and Okada tied for the lead in A block

Posted by Don Davies | Jul 18, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

Both KENTA and Okada won their respective matches and are tied for the lead in the A block. KENTA...

NJPW Kizuna Road 2019: Sabre Jr. puts RevPro British Heavyweight title on the line

Posted by Matthew Asher | Jun 20, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

Kizuna Road 2019 continues with the June 25 event taking place in Miyagi at the Sendai Sunplaza...

Moxley’s ferocious debut, title win almost overshadows Ospreay’s BOSJ victory

Posted by John Powell | Jun 5, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

How do we follow that? That is the question finalists Will Ospreay and Shingo Takagi must have...

Best of the Super Jrs. Night 14: Ospreay to face Shingo Takagi in finals

Posted by John Powell | Jun 3, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

The Dragon and The Aerial Assassin will meet to determine the winner of the Best of the Super...

Best of the Super Jrs. Night 12: Taguchi and Ospreay to meet in B Block final, Phantasmo’s run ends

Posted by John Powell | May 30, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

After starting the tournament with such promise, Canadian Phantasmo has lost his third match in a...

Best of the Super Jrs. Night Seven: El Phantasmo rules B Block

Posted by John Powell | May 22, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

It was a lucky seventh night of the Best of the Super Jrs 2019 for NJPW fans as it had none of...

Best of the Super Jrs. Night Six: Canadian El Phantasmo tied at the top of B Block

Posted by John Powell | May 19, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

Canadian El Phantasmo, Ryusuke Taguchi and Will Ospreay all sit at the top of B Block after Night...

Best of the Super Jrs. Night Five: Ishimori, Takagi remain undefeated

Posted by John Powell | May 18, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

The Bone Soldier of Bullet Club and The Dragon of Los Ingobernables de Japan retained their...

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Night One: Taichi a two-time champ

Posted by John Powell | May 4, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

On the first night of NJPW’s Wrestling Dontaku Taichi became the NEVER Openweight Champion for the...

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Night Two: Y2J makes a surprise return, El Phantasmo debuts

Posted by John Powell | May 4, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

Chris Jericho has reappeared in NJPW despite having signed on with AEW. Just as IWGP Heavyweight...

NJPW Road to Dontaku: Super Jr. entrants announced, Chaos and LIJ feud on

Posted by John Powell | Apr 24, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

How do you know your latest tour isn’t generating the excitement it needs to? When a tournament...

NJPW Road to Dontaku: Roppongi 3K still the champs

Posted by Don Davies | Apr 22, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

The main event of night seven of Road to Dontaku featured an exciting tag team match with Los...

NJPW’s Wrestling Hinokuni: Guerrillas of Destiny get violent with the Players

Posted by John Powell | Apr 22, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

The Guerrillas of Destiny not only successfully defended their IWGP Tag Team Championships against...

NJPW Road to Dontaku: Suzuki-gun blindsides Cobb

Posted by John Powell | Apr 22, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

A double champion got into double trouble at Road to Wrestling Dontaku. Jeff Cobb, the current ROH...

NJPW Road to Dontaku: Thrilling elimination matches at the end of the Road

Posted by John Powell | Apr 22, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

A pair of elimination style matches highlighted the last Road to Wrestling Dontaku event before...

Naito challenges Ibushi at NJPW Sengorku Lord

Posted by John Powell | Apr 21, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

Kota Ibushi was successful in his first IWGP Intercontinental title defence defeating the most...

G1 Supercard: Okada and White have a 30-minute classic for the IWGP title

Posted by Matthew Asher | Apr 6, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

For the first time in decades the legendary Madison Square Garden is hosting a non-WWE pro...

New Japan Cup Night Six: Okada and Ospreay heading for a showdown, Owens attacks Juice

Posted by John Powell | Mar 14, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019

Night Six of the New Japan Cup featured a classic David versus Goliath match-up and an all Chaos...

SLAM! Wrestling 2018 Awards

Posted by Slam Wrestling | Jan 8, 2019 | Year End Award Stories

2018 was a year of change. From women getting a big push to The Elite and their indie pals...

Juice Robinson thriving in New Japan

Posted by Greg Oliver | Nov 21, 2018 | Interviews

Being honest, Juice Robinson never thought he would work in Japan, let alone star, but that is...

Nakamura’s autobiography deserves a loud ‘yeahOH!’

Posted by Greg Oliver | Oct 8, 2018 | Gary Howard Memorial Library

The autobiography of Shinsuke Nakamura, King of Strong Style: 1980-2014, is a lot like him....

NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed: Triple threat set for the IWGP Heavyweight title set up for King of Pro Wrestling

Posted by Matthew Asher | Sep 30, 2018 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2018

Hard to believe that 15 months ago New Japan had yet to make an official full show on US soil....

Jericho makes even more NJPW friends at Dominion

Posted by John Powell | Jun 8, 2018 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2018

Nowadays, Chris Jericho is making friends wherever he goes including NJPW where The Ace has him in...

Mat Matters: Tiger Mask IV deserves another title run

Posted by John Powell | Jun 4, 2018 | Opinion

New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament is an annual showcase of some...

Los Ingobernables De Japon dominate War of the Worlds show

Posted by Don Davies | May 12, 2018 | Event Reports, House Show Reviews, ROH House Shows

TORONTO – At the 2018 War of the Worlds event in Toronto, Sanada, Evil, and Hiromu Takahashi...

Castle survives surprise opponent at Honor Rising

Posted by John Powell | Feb 24, 2018 | PPV Reports 2018

Ring of Honor World Champion Dalton Castle had to fight off two opponents to walk out of Honor...

Mat Matters: Don Davies’ Japan Wrestling Diary

Posted by Don Davies | Jan 18, 2018 | Opinion, Other House Shows

From the epic Wrestle Kingdom 12 to violent death matches to raunchy comedy wrestling this...

Live Report: NJPW’s New Year Dash sets up Jericho vs Naito

Posted by Don Davies | Jan 5, 2018 | Other House Shows

TOKYO – New Year Dash featured Chris Jericho attacking Tetsuya Naito and daring fans to hit...

Jericho fires back at Tetsuya Naito

Posted by John Powell | Dec 20, 2017 | Interviews

Chris Jericho has three words for Tetsuya Naito: Gimme a break. Naito, who faces IWGP Heavyweight...

Omega, Jericho brawl at Wrestle Kingdom presser

Posted by John Powell | Dec 12, 2017 | Canadian Hall of Fame, News

Kenny Omega got some measure of revenge at the Wrestle Kingdom press conference today. While Chris...

Jericho attacks Omega in Japan

Posted by John Powell | Dec 12, 2017 | News

Chris Jericho has turned up the heat on his rivalry with Kenny Omega. As Omega was celebrating his...

Mat Matters: How Jericho-Omega happened, and why I’m excited

Posted by Don Davies | Dec 10, 2017 | Opinion

It’s less than a month now until we get the most anticipated match of 2018: Chris Jericho...

NJPW drops Jericho vs Omega bombshell

Posted by John Powell | Nov 5, 2017 | News

It will be The Cleaner against Y2J at Wrestle Kingdom 12 on January 4th. After weeks of Twitter...

Mat Matters: WWE firing blanks with (Bullet) Club

Posted by John Powell | Sep 28, 2016 | Opinion

Back in 2002, the New World Order debuted in the WWE. Having purchased WCW’s video library...

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