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Another shocking win at the G1 Climax Tournament

Posted by John Powell | Oct 4, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

Reader Alert: Today’s NJPW G1 tournament action is completely free to watch on NJPW World....

G1 Update: Cobb and Okada destined to be finalists?

Posted by John Powell | Oct 2, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

Jeff Cobb and Kazuchika Okada look more and more like they will be meeting in the finals of B...

G1 Update: Great-O-Khan still undefeated

Posted by John Powell | Sep 27, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

While Zack Sabre Jr., Kenta and Toru Yano continued their winning ways at NJPW’s G1 Climax...

G1 Update: Sabre Jr. beats the champ, Okada gains momentum

Posted by John Powell | Sep 24, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

The biggest news out of NJPW’s annual G1 Climax tournament is that Los Ingobernables de...

Titans clash at G1 Climax 31

Posted by John Powell | Sep 19, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

Two of NJPW’s very best of all-time engaged in a head-on collision as B Block took the stage...

Stunning upsets on first night of G1 CLIMAX 31

Posted by John Powell | Sep 18, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

This year’s NJPW G1 Climax tournament has begun with a bang. In the very first match of the...

A bizarre offer tendered at Wrestle Grand Slam

Posted by John Powell | Sep 5, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

NJPW has new IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions and the belts are already back on the line....

Bullet Club gets a new member at Wrestle Grand Slam

Posted by John Powell | Sep 4, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

Bullet Club has acquired another rising talent. On the first night of Wrestle Grand Slam from the...

Summer Struggle: Takahashi talks to a belt, Cobb fails to end Okada

Posted by John Powell | Aug 27, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

The war between Jeff Cobb and Kazuchika Okada will apparently continue to rage on as nothing was...

Cobb: ‘Tomorrow is the last time you will see Okada in Korakuen Hall’

Posted by John Powell | Aug 26, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

Even without their leader Will Ospreay or ally Henare, the United Empire is still tearing things...

Summer Struggle: Owens Whips Yano Into Shape, Goto Survives Elimination Match

Posted by John Powell | Aug 25, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

The often underappreciated Hirooki Goto came through for his team as he, Tiger Mask, Robbie Eagles...

Owens – Yano feud burns on at Summer Struggle

Posted by John Powell | Aug 24, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

NJPW’s Summer Struggle tour is rolling along with a stop tonight at the world famous...

Desperado, Kanemaru win Super Jr. Tag League

Posted by John Powell | Aug 17, 2021 | Event Reports

El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru are your Super Jr. Tag League 2021 winners. They defeated...

Lots of Surprises, Lots of Great Action at NJPW Resurgence

Posted by John Powell | Aug 15, 2021 | Event Reports

What appeared to be a simple event built around the New Japan Strong show and brand became a...

Summer Struggle: Owens challenges Yano to another strap match, Bullet Club clobbers Shingo

Posted by John Powell | Aug 10, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

Both Yano Toru and IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Shingo Takagi were the victims of Bullet Club...

Big upset at Super Jr. Tag League

Posted by John Powell | Aug 9, 2021 | Event Reports, News

In what has to be considered to be a massive upset the newly-formed team of Tiger Mask and Robbie...

Phantasmo plays career counselor at Super Jr. Tag League

Posted by John Powell | Aug 7, 2021 | Event Reports, News, PPV Reports 2021

NJPW kicked off its Super Jr. Tag League tournament with three matches on the Summer Struggle card...

Desperado, Kanemaru survive elimination match

Posted by John Powell | Jul 31, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

It was a battle to the very end between Suzuki-gun and Chaos in the main event of the last Summer...

LIJ eliminate the competition at Summer Struggle 2021

Posted by Amos Mina | Jul 30, 2021 | Event Reports

Stepping up to the plate to cover this morning’s NJPW show is SlamWrestling.net’s Amos...

Cobb crushes Okada

Posted by John Powell | Jul 27, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

The feud between Jeff Cobb and Kazuchika Okada raged on at Summer Struggle tonight. Driven by...

Eagles soars and Evil sinks at Wrestle Grand Slam

Posted by John Powell | Jul 25, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

As it turns out NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam was more of a double. Hindered by a major change to the...

Bullet Club outsmarts, outnumbers Ishii at Summer Struggle

Posted by John Powell | Jul 24, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

A knock-down, drag-out fight between Evil and The Stone Pit Bull headlined the final event before...

NJPW gives Ibushi medical update

Posted by John Powell | Jul 21, 2021 | News

Kota Ibushi’s health status has been clarified by NJPW. In a statement today the promotion...

The Mega Coaches bare it all

Posted by John Powell | Jul 17, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

The third night of the NJPW Summer Struggle highlighted the new feud between the veterans –...

Los Ingobernables de Japon amasses more gold

Posted by John Powell | Jul 11, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

LIJ is on a gold rush. Not only do Los Ingobernables de Japon have the IWGP World Heavyweight...

El Desperado fractures the Bone Soldier

Posted by John Powell | Jul 10, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

The start of the first night of NJPW’s Summer Struggle tour began with the news that Kota...

Chaos wins then loses at Kizuna Road

Posted by John Powell | Jul 2, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

It was never say die for the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Champions on the final night of the...

Champs come out ahead at Kizuna Road

Posted by John Powell | Jul 1, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

The NJPW Never Openweight Six Man Tag Team Champions were victorious by a score of 2 to 1 in their...

Bullet Club wins tag team gold

Posted by John Powell | Jun 23, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

Bullet Club’s El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori are the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team...

Chaos still the champs in NJPW

Posted by John Powell | Jun 22, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

Led by an outstanding performance by ‘Stone Pitbull’ Tomohiro Ishii, Chaos is still...

‘Bone Soldier’ Ishimori survives elimination match

Posted by John Powell | Jun 16, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

Taiji Ishimori was the last man standing in the main event elimination tag team match on the third...

Kizuna Road Night Two: Chaos returns fire

Posted by John Powell | Jun 15, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

The latest chapter in the forever war between Bullet Club and Chaos was written at Kizuna Road...

Chaos gets creamed at Kizuna Road

Posted by John Powell | Jun 14, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

Bullet Club wants those NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship belts and they let Chaos know...

Takagi crowned NJPW champ at Dominion

Posted by John Powell | Jun 7, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

The Dragon is now truly breathing fire in NJPW. Los Ingobernables de Japón’s Shingo Takagi...

LIJ comes up short again at Road to Dominion

Posted by John Powell | Jun 2, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

Los Ingobernables de Japón’s crappy 2021 continued on as the faction failed to win the NEVER...

New champions at Road to Dominion

Posted by John Powell | Jun 1, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

The return of Taichi’s valet Miho Abe has inspired the Dangerous Tekkers to another title...

Cobb embarrasses Ibushi at Road to Wrestle Grand Slam

Posted by John Powell | May 26, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

It is bad enough to be beaten by a hated rival. It is even worse to be laid out with your own...

New feuds heat up at Road to Wrestle Grand Slam

Posted by John Powell | May 25, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

Night two of NJPW Road to Wrestle Grand Slam proved once again why Tetsuya Naito continues to be...

LIJ trounces Chaos…but mostly Ishii…at Road to Wrestle Grand Slam

Posted by John Powell | May 24, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

Hampered by some COVID absences, injuries and cancelled events due to the pandemic, NJPW soldiered...

Ospreay surrenders IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

Posted by John Powell | May 20, 2021 | News

Just over a month after winning the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, Will Ospreay has had to...

NJPW schedule to resume May 22

Posted by John Powell | May 17, 2021 | News

NJPW has announced that the company will resume touring on May 22 after several of their talent...

Ospreay retains at NJPW’s Wrestling Dontaku

Posted by John Powell | May 4, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

The second night of NJPW’s Wrestling Dontaku began on a disappointing note. Naoki...

Ladder match highlights NJPW’s Wrestling Dontaku

Posted by John Powell | May 3, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

It may have not been WWE or ECW style of crazy but the Iron Finger From Hell Ladder Match between...

Bullet Club, Suzuki-gun feud erupts into ladder brawl

Posted by John Powell | Apr 29, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

A ladder? I would rather cave someone’s skull in with a steel chair, a walking stick or a...

Yano defeats Evil in blindfold match that didn’t suck

Posted by John Powell | Apr 28, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

Blindfold matches are a bad idea no matter who promotes them or books them. The match between Jake...

Guerrillas’ ladder attack stuns Dangerous Tekkers

Posted by John Powell | Apr 26, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

Taichi got a taste of what’s might be in store for him at night seven of NJPW’s Road...

Chaos, Yoshi-Hashi retain at Dontaku

Posted by John Powell | Apr 20, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

Chaos has held on to their six-man tag team gold. The NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Champions...

Kenta wins Dontaku bo stick battle

Posted by John Powell | Apr 19, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

After a litany of tag team matches NJPW’s Road to Wrestling Dontaku tour got back to some...

United Empire pummels LIJ at Road to Dontaku

Posted by John Powell | Apr 18, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

The fourth night of Road to Wrestling Dontaku saw The United Empire scored two decisive victories...

LIJ – Empire feud main events Road to Wrestling Dontaku

Posted by John Powell | Apr 15, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021

As if they didn’t hate each other already, the feud between Los Ingobernables de Japon and...

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