Author: Walter Yeates

Walter Yeates is an actor, journalist, novelist, and lifelong wrestling fan. He is the co-host of the Kayfabe Brothers' Podcast, and brings his journalism experience to wrestling. He specializes in Lucha Libre and Puroresu.

New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) began its annual World Tag League (WTL) tournament on November 16th. This entry looks at four teams from the group of sixteen who look to win the biggest round robin heavyweight tag team tournament in wrestling. All pictures are property of NJPW. Minoru Suzuki and Lance Archer won the last G1 Tag League in 2011 (The World Tag League tournament began in 2012) and have a reputation of being fierce competitors. While the team has six points, two wins behind tournament leaders Cold Darkness (Evil and Sanada), they have enough time to make a run.…

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New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) began its annual World Tag League (WTL) tournament on November 16th. This entry looks at four teams from the group of sixteen who look to win the biggest round robin heavyweight tag team tournament in wrestling. All pictures are property of NJPW. The new team of Jeff Cobb and Mikey Nicholls have put together an impressive showing thus far during the World Tag League. As of the writing of this piece, the team has managed three wins while taking three defeats. Their six points have them firmly within the trophy chase. Their most recent victory…

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On Tuesday, New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) held a lengthy press conference after their Power Struggle headline event on November 3rd. A card which saw Roppongi 3k (Sho & Yoh) defeat Suzuki-Gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desparado) to win their third straight Super Junior Tag League, Chris Jericho challenge Hiroshi Tanahashi to a match on January 5th, the second day of Wrestle Kingdom 14.  NEVER Openweight Champion KENTA was able to defeat Tomohiro Ishii in his v2 defense of the championship known for its hard-hitting bouts. Later in the night after IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay had a successful…

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After this morning’s Road to POWER Struggle ~SUPER Jr. TAG LEAGUE 2019~ event watchers now know the Super Junior Tag League finals, competitors, after Suzuki-Gun (El Desparado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) and Roppongi 3k (Sho & Yoh) were victorious and Mega Coaches (Ryusuke Taguchi & Rocky Romero) fell to Volador Jr and Titan. On Sunday, Suzuki-Gun will try to keep Roppongi 3k for winning their third straight Super Junior Tag League tournament crown. The event also had the final build-up to the Tetsuya Naito and Taichi match for the defacto number one contendership to the IWGP Intercontinental Championship. Along with a…

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New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) is currently winding up the Road to POWER Struggle ~SUPER Jr. TAG LEAGUE 2019~ which culminates this Sunday, November the 3rd at the sold-out Osaka Prefectural Gym (Edion Arena Osaka). On October 27th, NJPW’s official English Twitter announced the show was officially sold out, which typically accounts for approximately 5,555 to 5,570 tickets. https://twitter.com/njpwglobal/status/1188663147931951105?s=20 Super Junior Tag League Power Struggle will see the finals of the Super Junior Tag League, which headlined the tours October 27th & 28th events live on NJPW World from the legendary Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.  Titan [CMLL] & Volador Jr [CMLL]…

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