Hiromu Takahashi did the impossible, and for the third year in a row – has won the Best of the…
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Already we know half of the entrants in the match to crown the first ever AEW All-Atlantic Champion. PAC defeated…
Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi are no longer the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. They lost the belt last…
Yuto Nakashima is showing potential as a future heavyweight great here in NJPW, but tonight he’s still a Young Lion.…
With Bullet Club jumping to a quick advantage aided by their underhanded tactics, LIJ had to use their resolve to get back to equal footing during the match.
The first title reign for Kanemaru/Desperado lasted 304 days and is the second-longest consecutive days’ streak as champions in the championship’s history. Only the July 1999 – June 2000 348 day reign of Shinjiro Otani and Tatsuhito Takaiwa was longer.
Hiromu/Bushi are unlikely to fall for the same trick, meaning they may have the advantage going into the decision match.
Yujiro Takahashi will face former five-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada at Sengoku Lord in one of two headline matches, in what is his biggest singles match opportunity since his October 13, 2014 v1 NEVER Openweight Championship defense against Tomohiro Ishii at King of Pro Wrestling.
Hiromu’s challenge will be the first time a reigning IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion has challenged for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship since July 20, 2013, when Prince Devitt challenged Okada at Kizuna Road. It’s also the first time the reigning junior champion has challenged for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship.
Everyone is ecstatic to have New Japan Pro Wrestling back. The New Japan Cup is off to a great start,…