KENTA

It’s been over five years since Katsuyori Shibata wrestled his final match. He faced Kazuchika Okada in the main event of the first Sakura Genesis event in a match for the IWGP Heavyweight Champion. Often considered one of the best matches…
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Ever since All Elite Wrestling (AEW) was started up by names like Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks following some messy exits from New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), there was a so called ‘Forbidden Door’ between the two companies. This was…
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Right now, former two time-IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yuji Nagata is preparing for his next big singles match for the company. He’s been called out by the IWGP United States Champion Jon Moxley for a title match, and Nagata is never one to…
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For the past 470 days, Jon Moxley has been the IWGP United States Champion in New Japan Pro Wrestling. It’s been hard for him to make regular defenses, but he’s also maintained a tight grip on his championship. KENTA was his latest…
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Welcome to the first of today's coverage of Sakura Genesis 2021! Tonight will see the first defense of the shiny new IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, but first we need to get through the undercard. We have a lot of big names on display…
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It’s time for the semi-final action in the New Japan Cup. Shingo Takagi beat Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto, and KENTA to get to EVIL. EVIL got a first round bye before dropping Jeff Cobb & Toru Yano. On the other side, David Finlay beat…
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It's time for the eleventh day of New Japan Cup action, and as usual, we're starting with the undercard action. We have a traditional young lion exhibition match, Yuji Nagata taking on a former student in Great O-Khan in tag team action,…
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It’s time to get into the quarter finals of the 2021 New Japan Cup! We have the left side of the bracket here tonight, which will see Toru Yano take on last year's winner in EVIL, as well as a hard hitting clash between Shingo Takagi &…
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There’s just something about Korakuen Hall that brings out the best in everyone, and New Japan will run tonight and tomorrow's shows from this venue. We can expect a lot of chaos from Suzuki-Gun members in action, as they take on both…
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With every passing day, the field of the 2021 New Japan Cup shrinks some more. Last time, Minoru Suzuki & Hirooki Goto were taken out of the field, and tonight we have two more tournament matches. But first, we have some undercard tag…
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