March 20th, 15:00 from Ao-re Nagaoka, Niigata Yesterday’s show saw Bad Luck Fale and Katsuyori Shibata get past EVIL and Tomohiro Ishii respectively to reach today’s final. Up for grabs,…
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2017: Semi-Finals
March 19th, 15:00 from Act City Hamamatsu, Shizuoka The 2nd Round saw EVIL and Bad Luck Fale progress on the left-hand side of the bracket while familiar foes Katsuyori Shibata…
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017: 2nd Round Review
The exits of Tanahashi, Elgin, Suzuki and Omega in the 1st Round busted many a bracket and, more importantly, blew the tournament wide open. The 2nd Round took place over…
NJPW New Japan Cup 2017: 1st Round
The New Japan Cup is a sixteen-man, single elimination tournament, the winner of which gets to choose to challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight, IWGP Intercontinental, or NEVER Openweight Championship at…
NJPW 45th Anniversary Review
March 6th, 19:00 from Ota City General Gymnasium, Tokyo In this venue exactly 45 years ago, NJPW ran its debut show headlined by Antonio Inoki vs. Karl Gotch. Today’s anniversary…
NJPW x ROH Honor Rising: Night 2 2017 Review
February 27th, 18:30 from Korakuen Hall, Tokyo The second of two NJPW and ROH co-promoted shows sees Omega and Okada face off for the first time since Wrestle Kingdom in…
NJPW x ROH Honor Rising: Night 1 2017 Review
February 26th, 18:30 from Korakuen Hall, Tokyo The first of two co-promoted shows sees Kenny Omega and Bullet Club return to NJPW for the first time since January 5th. Let’s…
NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka
February 11th, 17:00 from EDION Arena, Osaka The second of two New Beginning shows features Tetsuya Naito vs. Michael Elgin, Hiromu Takahashi vs. Dragon Lee and Katsuyori Shibata vs. Will…
NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo Review
February 5th, 15:00 from Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Centre This is the first of two New Beginning shows and the focus here is on the return of the Suzuki-gun stable, with…
NJPW/CMLL Fantastica Mania 2017: Sunday, January 22nd
January 22nd, 18:30 from Korakuen Hall, Tokyo This is the final show of these joint NJPW and CMLL shows, and it’s topped by two big singles matches: Mistico vs. Euforia…
