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• WWE Releases Braun Strowman, Dakota Kai, More | In The Weeds 5/5/25
Jeremy Lambert and SP3 are back for the monthly main channel takeover: WWE makes its latest round of releases Tetsuya Naito and BUSHI finish with NJPW HOT is not BC Hirooki Goto has two new challengers...2025
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• Final Card Set For NJPW Resurgence
The card is set, though not in stone (because cards are subject to change), for New Japan Pro Wrestling's Resurgence show, happening Friday at the Toyota Arena in Ontario, California and airing exclusively on New Japan World. The show is headlined by Hirooki Goto defending the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Zack Sabre Jr., as well as a battle of the Bullet Club, with the War Dogs taking on...2025
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• NJPW “Wrestling Dontaku – Night Two” results (5/4): Vetter’s review of Hirooki Goto vs. Callum Newman for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura for the IWGP Global Title
By Chris Vetter, ProWrestling.net Contributor... The post NJPW “Wrestling Dontaku – Night Two” results (5/4): Vetter’s review of Hirooki Goto vs. Callum Newman for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura for the IWGP Global Title appeared first on Pro Wrestling Dot Net....2025
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• Hirooki Goto To Defend IWGP World Heavyweight Title Against Zack Sabre Jr At NJPW Resurgence
The next two IWGP World Heavyweight Title bouts are set. Hirooki Goto will defend his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Zack Sabre Jr at NJPW Resurgence on May 9th. The winner will defend against Shingo Takagi at NJPW Dominion on June 15th. The bouts were agreed to at NJPW Wrestling Dontaku after Goto successfully defended his title against Callum Newman in the main event. After the m...2025
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• NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Night Two Results (5/4): Two Title Bouts, Tetsuya Naito And BUSHI Final NJPW Match
New Japan Pro-Wrestling held night two of its NJPW Wrestling Dontaku event on May 4th from Fukuoka Convention Center in Fukuoka, Japan. The event aired on NJPW World. Full results and highlights are below. NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Night Two Results (5/4) - Katsuya Murashima & Ryusuke Taguchi def. Jet Wei & Hitamaru Sasaki - Gedo & Taiji Ishimori def. Batten Burabura & MentaiKid - Master Wato & YOS...2025
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• Bullet Club civil war ends in blood at NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Night One

@NJPWGlobal War Dogs and House of Torture battled in a Dog Pound Steel Cage match to decide the future of New Japan’s iconic faction and more from May 3’s show in Fukuoka! New Japan Pro-Wrestling kicked off two nights of action in Fukuoka with Night One of their annual Wrestling Dontaku event. Sat., May 3’s show was headlined by a Dog Pound Steel Cage Match to determine the future of Bulle...2025
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• Bishamon To Face Callum Newman And Great-O-Khan For Vacant IWGP Tag Team Titles At NJPW Wrestling Redzone
New IWGP Tag Team Champions will be crowned at NJPW Wrestling Redzone on April 26. New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) will face Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan at NJPW Wrestling Redzone for the vacant titles. The titles were vacated after Jeff Cobb's departure from NJPW. Cobb held the titles with Newman. From NJPW: New IWGP Tag Team Champions will be dec...2025
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• Bullet Club civil war breaks out, and a Shooter shaves his own head

@njpw1972 Some more newsworthy items from New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Feb. 11 The New Beginning in Osaka show, along with full results. New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Feb. 11 event, The New Beginning in Osaka, featured two titles changes that we already told you about, but they were far from the only newsworthy things that happened in EDION Arena today. Before the card’s championship matches, Gre...2025
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• NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka Results (2/11): Zack Sabre Jr vs. Hirooki Goto, Yota Tsuji vs. Gabe Kidd
New Japan Pro-Wrestling held its NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka event on February 11 from EDION Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan. The event aired on NJPW World. Full results and highlights are below. NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka Results (2/11) - United Empire (Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb) def. El Desperado & Katsuya Murashima - Akira and Desperado have a staredown. - Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Togi Ma...2025
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• Zack Sabre Jr: My Darts Technique Is So Ferocious That I Almost Blew My Arm Out
Zack Sabre Jr. goes hard. At the NJPW Road to the New Beginning event on February 3rd, CHAOS (YOH, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, and YOSHI-HASHI) and El Desperado defeated TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles and Zack Sabre Jr.) In his post-match comments, Sabre Jr. shared his thoughts following his loss. He then noted that he hurt his arm, but Hirooki Goto was not respo...2025
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• WWE SmackDown Preview, Tyrese Haliburton's Royal Rumble Prediction, More | Fight Size
Here is your fight size update for Friday, January 31, 2025. Below are the top highlights from the day, the best digital exclusives from around the world of wrestling, and top headlines. - WWE Now previews tonight's episode of SmackDown featuring the ongoing saga between Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens, Chelsea Green defending her Women’s United States Title against Michin, Nao...2025
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• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match, TV Title Bout Announced For NJPW Road To New Beginning Events
Two title matches have been announced for NJPW's Road to The New Beginning events. New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced multiple matches for the NJPW Road to the New Beginning tour. At the January 22nd event, IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion El Desperado and Hirooki Goto will face IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. and Kosei Fujita. Then, at the January 23rd event, Ryohei Oiwa will face Y...2025
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• Several new champs crowned in the Tokyo Dome today

@njpw1972 Seven of Wrestle Kingdom 19‘s ten matches were for a title or titles, so it should come as no surprise that several of them changed hands. We’ve already covered Konosuke Takeshita adding the NEVER Openweight championship to his AEW International one, and the unfortunate circumstances around El Desperado reclaiming the IWGP Junior Heavyweight belt. In addition to those, three othe...2025
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• Jake Lee Taken Out On Stretcher At NJPW Road To Destruction
Jake Lee reportedly suffered a right knee injury at NJPW Road to Destruction on September 11. Lee teamed with David Finlay & Gabe Kidd against CHAOS members Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI. During the bout, Jake collapsed to the ground and could not continue. He was taken out on a stretcher. Tokyo Sports reports that he suffered a right knee injury. Fightful will update fans on Jake...2024
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• Jon Moxley’s first IWGP World title defense is set

njpw1972.com Ren Narita gets the first shot at the new champ at Wrestling Dontaku, a two-night event that will also feature the rescheduled Nic Nemeth/Hiroshi Tanahashi clash. We unofficially knew who Jon Moxley’s first IWGP World Heavyweight title defense would be against within minutes of his winning the belt at New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Windy City Riot show in Chicago last Friday night ...2024
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• Let’s check in on Scapegoat Jack Perry’s New Japan Cup run

njpw1972.com It’s certainly not the only story playing out in New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s ongoing New Japan Cup tournament. The biggest one is obviously who will win the Cup, and with it the match against Testuya Naito for his IWGP World Heavyweight championship next month at Sakura Genesis. But speaking on behalf of my fellow American wrestling fans on the internet, we can’t look away from ...2024
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• Rumored WWE-target Jeff Cobb is officially leaving New Japan

Photo by Etsuo Hara/Getty Images The Tag titles he won just nine days ago have been vacated. Cobb will wrestle Hiroshi Tanahashi on Saturday, and then... Two weekends ago at New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Sakura Genesis event, United Empire’s Jeff Cobb & Callum Newman won the IWGP Tag Team championship from Los Ingobernables de Japon’s Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito. As we noted at the time, ...2025
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• Titles change hands at Sakura Genesis as New Japan continues a controversial push

@njpw1972 Results from the April 5 event in Tokyo, which set the stage for NJPW’s upcoming trip to the U.S., and more. New Japan Pro-Wrestling held their annual Sakura Genesis event in Tokyo’s Ryōgoku Sumo Hall today (April 5) — which you know because you read the indispensable Mr. Ares’ show preview. The main event saw New Japan Cup winner and Bullet Club War Dogs leader David Finlay ch...2025
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• Jeff Cobb has fun with WWE rumors before advancing in New Japan Cup

@njpwworld The big man used the fact his name’s been floating around the rumor mill to promote his 2nd round clash with Testuya Naito, and tease the internet a bit. They don’t have any sources claiming that Jeff Cobb is already on WWE’s internal roster like Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp does, but the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter does confirm yesterday’s report from Fightful that there ...2025
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• Hirooki Goto To Defend IWGP World Heavyweight Title Against Yuji Nagata At On March 15
Hirooki Goto will defend his IWGP World Heavyweight Title against Yuji Nagata on March 15. The event will take place on part of the NJPW New Japan Cup tour. From NJPW: Nagata to challenge for IWGP World title March 15! A massive championship match has been added to March 15's New Japan Cup card in Dolphin's Arena, Nagoya. After Hirooki Goto captured the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Febr...2025
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• Bullet Club civil war breaks out, and a Shooter shaves his own head
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• NEVER Openweight Title Bout Added To NJPW New Beginning In Osaka
Konosuke Takeshita will defend his NEVER Openweight Title against Oleg Boltin at NJPW New Beginning in Osaka on February 11. The match was confirmed by NJPW. From NJPW: An already stacked lineup for February 11 in Osaka that will see four big singles matchups and four major title bouts previously announced, now has a fifth title on the line! Immediately after retaining NEVER Openweight and AEW...2025
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• New Japan Cup winner declares himself the face of NJPW’s new era

NJPW Global’s X Last summer, New Japan Pro-Wrestling named Yota Tsuji one of their new “Three Musketeers”. Along with Shota Umino & Ren Narita, Tsuji is seen as one of a trio of young stars who New Japan believes will lead the promotion into the future the way Masahiro Chono, Shinya Hashimoto & Keiji Muto did in the 1990s and Hiroshi Tanahashi, Shinsuke Nakamura & Katsuyori Shibata did in ...2024
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• Jack Perry joins New Japan’s most hated faction

njpw1972.com At Mar. 6’s 52nd Anniversary show, the AEW exile won his first NJPW match and became a member of House of Torture. New Japan Pro-Wrestling held their 52nd Anniversary event on Mar. 6 in Ota. Among other things, the show featured the in-ring debut of AEW’s Jack Perry. Perry, who was suspended by AEW following his role in the incident which led to CM Punk’s firing at All In: Lo...2024
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• Jack Perry, Tomohiro Ishii, More Announced For NJPW Windy City Riot
Jack Perry and other stars are set to compete at NJPW Windy City Riot. NJPW announced that Jack Perry, Ren Narita, Tomohiro Ishii, and Guerrillas of Destiny (Hikuleo and El Phantasmo) have been added to NJPW Windy City Riot in Chicago on April 12. Perry previously appeared at NJPW Battle in the Valley and attacked Shota Umino. He then ripped up his AEW contract, and he has not been seen since. NE...2024
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• New Japan’s G1 Climax 33 quarterfinals are set

Photo by Etsuo Hara/Getty Images For most of the past month, 32 men have wrestled seven matches during the Block phase of New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s prestigious, grueling G1 Climax tournament. That’s whittled the field down to eight men who will compete in the G1’s single-elimination portion, with a contract for an IWGP World Heavyweight title shot at their Jan. 4 Tokyo Dome extravaganza, W...2023
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• Final Card Set For NJPW Resurgence
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• NJPW “Wrestling Dontaku – Night Two” results (5/4): Vetter’s review of Hirooki Goto vs. Callum Newman for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura for the IWGP Global Title
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• Hirooki Goto To Defend IWGP World Heavyweight Title Against Zack Sabre Jr At NJPW Resurgence
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• NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Night Two Results (5/4): Two Title Bouts, Tetsuya Naito And BUSHI Final NJPW Match
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• Bullet Club civil war ends in blood at NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Night One
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• NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Night One Results (5/3): Dogpound Cage Match Headlines
New Japan Pro Wrestling held night one of their Wrestling Dontaku event on May 3rd from the Fukuoka Convention Center in Fukuoka, Japan. The event streamed on NJPW World. You can read the full results (courtesy of Cagematch) and highlights from the show below. NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Night One Results (5/3) - Katsuya Murashima def. Daiki Nagai - Master Wato, Oleg Boltin, Toru Yano & YOH def. TMDK ...2025
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• NJPW Road To Wrestling Dontaku 2025 Night Seven Results (4/30): Tetsuya Naito And LIJ Compete
New Japan Pro-Wrestling held night seven of its NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku event on April 30th from Grand Messe Kumamoto in Mashiki, Kumamoto, Japan. The event aired on NJPW World. Full results and highlights are below. NJPW Road To Wrestling Dontaku 2025 Night Seven Results (4/30) - Katsuya Murashima def. Daiki Nagai - Master Wato, Oleg Boltin & YOH def. TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita &...2025
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• NJPW “Road to Dontaku” results (4/30): Vetter’s review of Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi, El Phantasmo, and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Callum Newman, Jakob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, and Great-O-Khan
By Chris Vetter, ProWrestling.net Contributor... The post NJPW “Road to Dontaku” results (4/30): Vetter’s review of Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi, El Phantasmo, and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Callum Newman, Jakob Austin Young, Francesco Akira, and Great-O-Khan appeared first on Pro Wrestling Dot Net....2025
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• NJPW Wrestling Hizen no Kuni Results (4/29): Three Title Bouts, Hiroshi Tanahashi Competes
New Japan Pro-Wrestling held its NJPW Wrestling Hizen no Kuni event on April 27th from Saga Arena in Saga, Japan. The event aired on NJPW World. Full results and highlights are below. NJPW Wrestling Hizen no Kuni Results (4/29) - Hiroshi Tanahashi def. Masatora Yasuda - TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.) def. Katsuya Murashima, Oleg Boltin & Toru Yano - Just 4 Guys (Taichi, TAKA...2025
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• NJPW Road To Wrestling Dontaku 2025 Night Six Results (4/27): Bishamon Team With El Desperado
New Japan Pro-Wrestling held night six of its NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku event on April 27th from KDDI Ishin Hall in Yamaguchi, Japan. The event aired on NJPW World. Full results and highlights are below. NJPW Road To Wrestling Dontaku 2025 Night Six Results (4/27) - Masatora Yasuda & Ryusuke Taguchi def. Daiki Nagai & Katsuya Murashima - United Empire (Francesco Akira & Great-O-Khan) def. E...2025
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• NJPW Road To Wrestling Dontaku Night Two Results (4/21): Los Ingobernables de Japon Headline
New Japan Pro Wrestling held night two of its NJPW Road To Wrestling Dontaku Night Two event on April 21st from EDION Arena Osaka #2 in Osaka, Japan. Full results and highlights are below. NJPW Road To Wrestling Dontaku Night Two Results (4/21) - Katsuya Murashima def. Masatora Yasuda - United Empire (Francesco Akira & Great-O-Khan) def. El Phantasmo & Jado - Master Wato, Oleg Boltin & YOH def. ...2025
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• A legend says goodbye & a surprise title change at NJPW Windy City Riot

@njpw1972 Hiroshi Tanahashi put AEW’s Konosuke Takeshita over in his final U.S. match to close a fun night in Chicago for New Japan and its fans. New Japan Pro-Wrestling held their latest show in the United States last night (April 11) in Chicago. Mr. Ares got us ready for Windy City Riot with their preview, now here are the results and highlights. The show was promoted around Hiroshi Tana...2025
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• Titles change hands at Sakura Genesis as New Japan continues a controversial push
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• Decorated New Japan veteran finishes his story at The New Beginning in Osaka

@njpwworld The main event of New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s The New Beginning in Osaka today (Feb. 11) saw Zack Sabre Jr. defend his IWGP World Heavyweight championship against Hirooki Goto. ZSJ’s 2024 run to capture NJPW’s top title was something many fans had hoped to see for years. It pales in comparison to Goto’s quest for that belt, however. The Samurai of New Japan has been with the compa...2025
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• New IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Crowned At NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka
Hirooki Goto finally won the big one. Hirooki Goto won the IWGP World Heavyweight Title at NJPW THe New Beginning in Osaka, defeating Zack Sabre Jr in the main event. The finish saw Goto connect with multiple GTRs to pin Sabre and win the title. An emotional Goto celebrated in the ring with his family after the bout. .@510njpw "GTR" Sign up Now & Stay tuned to https://t.co/CcdQ1X9P52#NJPW #nj...2025
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• Several new champs crowned in the Tokyo Dome today
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• Hirooki Goto Wins Ranbo Battle Royal, Eyes IWGP World Title
Hirooki Goto may make 2025 his year. The NJPW veteran claimed victory in the Ranbo battle royal at Wrestle Kingdom 19, securing a future IWGP World title shot. In the final moments, Goto and Great-O-Khan—former KOPW Champion—battled fiercely. Goto ultimately landed a GTR and eliminated GOK, who had clung to...2025
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• Jon Moxley gets to beat the crap out of Jack Perry on WrestleMania weekend

AEW Dynamite Jon Moxley was curiously left out of AEW’s tag team championship tournament and has been missing from AEW programming ever since he and Claudio Castagnoli defeated FTR earlier this month at the Revolution pay-per-view. Jon’s three week absence from AEW Dynamite and Collision has left me wondering, where the f*** is this guy? Well, if you are just like my 68-year-old mother and...2024
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• Guerrillas of Destiny Triumph at Wrestle Kingdom 18, Capture First IWGP Tag Team Titles
Guerrillas of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo) clinched the IWGP Tag Team Championships at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18, overpowering Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI). The decisive moment came when GOD executed a CR3 & an Avalanche Thunderkiss combination, sealing their triumph. In a notable ringside presence, Nic Nemeth (previously known...2024
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• Alex Coughlin Says He Was Told He Wasn’t In The G1 Until ‘A Couple Of Aussies’ Got The Bag In The US
Alex Coughlin details the sacrifices he made throughout his journey up to this point. Coughlin came up through the NJPW LA Dojo as he learned under Katsuyori Shibata. He has continued to climb up the ranks, as he competed in the 2022 World Tag League. Coughlin aligned with David Finlay and joined Bullet Club at NJPW Dominion 2023. He and Gabe Kidd then defeated Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HAS...2023
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• Mercedes Mone To Defend IWGP Women's Title Against Hazuki And AZM At NJPW Sakura Genesis
Two challengers for the price of one. New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that IWGP Women's Champion Mercedes Mone will defend her title against Hazuki and AZM in a triple threat bout at NJPW Sakura Genesis on April 8. From NJPW: Since winning the IWGP Women’s Championship at Battle in the Valley, Mercedes Moné has been hitting red carpets and conventions in VIP style with the title, but has yet...2023
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• Kazuchika Okada Says He Wants To Focus On Tag Team Wrestling
Kazuchika Okada is beginning a new chapter of his career. Okada is one of the top stars in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and he is a seven-time world champion. He has also won the G1 Climax four times, and he is widely regarded as one of the best wrestlers in the world. Okada recently lost the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship to SANADA at NJPW Sakura Genesis, and he's looking to bounce back by shaki...2023
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• The 11 best WWE theme songs of all time
Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports Basic Thuganomics takes the top spot, but who comes in after that? For a professional wrestler, the entrance is one of the most important parts of their entire gimmick. If a theme song is an automatic winner, it draws fans back into the wrestler, making them want to see the wrestler more. However, if a theme song kinda sucks, it’ll get really annoying really...2023
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• Willow Nightingale vs. Giulia Added To NJPW Strong Independence Day Night Two, Tag Bout Set For Night One
Two new matches have been added to NJPW Strong Independence Day. NJPW confirmed that Willow Nightingale will defend her NJPW Strong Women's Championship against Giulia at night two of NJPW Strong Independence Day on July 5. At STARDOM SUNSHINE 2023 on June 25, Giulia stated that she would like to head overseas and compete on NJPW STRONG, calling out Nightingale for the NJPW Strong Women's Champi...2023
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• Jack Perry, Tomohiro Ishii, More Announced For NJPW Windy City Riot
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• Alex Coughlin Says He Was Told He Wasn’t In The G1 Until ‘A Couple Of Aussies’ Got The Bag In The US
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• Another Big Title Change at NJPW Sakura Genesis Today
Aussie Open are your new IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions. Saturday’s NJPW Sakura Genesis event saw Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher defeat Bishamon’s Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi to capture the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Titles. This is the first reign for Aussie Open. Bishamon began their second reign together on January 4 at Wrestle Kingdom […] The post Another Big Title Change ...2023
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• Hirooki Goto Wins IWGP World Heavyweight Title For The First Time

Hirooki Goto has finally won the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. It has been nearly two decades since the Japanese star first challenged for the title. He earned multiple shots at the champion through his G1 Climax win in 2008 and three New Japan Cup victories, but always fell short when it came to taking home […] The post Hirooki Goto Wins IWGP World Heavyweight Title For The First Tim...2025
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• Karl Anderson Heard There Were Little Rumblings Of Him Winning IWGP Heavyweight Title In 2013
Karl Anderson made it to the G1 Final in 2012, losing to Kazuchika Okada. Anderson would go on to face Masato Tanaka for the NEVER Openweight Title tournament final in November 2012 and then win World Tag League 2012 with Hirooki Goto. Speaking on Talk N Shop, Anderson revealed he heard rumblings of a possible IWGP Heavyweight Title reign in 2013 after his run in 2012. "I’d heard there were litt...2025
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• Dogpound Cage Match, Konosuke Takeshita Mystery Partner, More Set For NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Night One
New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced the lineup for NJPW Wrestling Dontaku night one on May 3rd. The night will be headlined by a Dogpound Steel Cage match pitting Bullet Club WAR DOGS against House of Torture. WAR DOGS will be represented by David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, and Taiji Ishimori. SANADA, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SHO, Ren Narita, and EVIL make up team House of Tortur...2025
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• Two Title Bouts, Tajiri, STARDOM Showcase, More Announced For NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Night Two
New Japan Pro-Wrestling has announced the lineup for night two of NJPW Wrestling Dontaku night two on May 4th. The event will be headlined by Hirooki Goto defending the IWGP World Heavyweight Title against Callum Newman. The co-main event sees Yota Tsuji defending the IWGP Global Heavyweight Title against Yuya Uemura. In a special ten-man tag, Tajiri will team with Ryota Chikuzen, YOH, Toru Yan...2025
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• David Finlay Says He And Zack Sabre Jr. Bring Out The Best In Each Other
David Finlay believes he and Zack Sabre Jr. bring out the best in each other when they wrestle. Finlay and Sabre Jr. have wrestled twice in the past and, each time, the matches have wowed fans. Finlay believes that's because the two have great chemistry and bring out the best in each other. That's what Finlay told Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp in a recent interview, in preparation for his match with...2025
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• David Finlay On Reaction To Him Becoming Leader Of Bullet Club: To Quote Michael Jordan, 'I Took That Shit Personally'
David Finlay is not afraid to let spite guide him and he is fully aware of what fans have said and are saying about him. He doesn't care. Finlay is preparing for one of the most important matches of his career at New Japan Pro Wrestling's Windy City Riot. On a card full of big matches, Finlay is a part of one of the night's biggest and he's gearing up, once again, to prove the doubters wrong. Tha...2025
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• NJPW Windy City Riot Full Lineup Announced
New Japan Pro-Wrestling has announced the full lineup for NJPW Windy City Riot on April 11. The event will be headlined by Hirooki Goto defending the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship against Shota Umino. The co-main event pits Hiroshi Tanahashi in his final US bout against Konosuke Takeshita. The card also features an Iron Man Match with Gabe Kidd defending the NJPW Strong Championship again...2025
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• Titles change hands at Sakura Genesis as New Japan continues a controversial push
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• NJPW Announces Full Card For Sakura Genesis 2025
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2025 will be held on April 5 in Tokyo at Ryōgoku Kokugikan. The event will feature six title matches, and you can check out the lineup below: * IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Hirooki Goto (c) vs. David Finlay * IWGP Global Championship: Yota Tsuji (c) vs. EVIL * IWGP Tag Team Championships: Tetsuya Naito & […] The post NJPW Announces Full Card For Sakura Genesis...2025
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• Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shingo Takagi, IWGP Junior Title Bouts Set For NJPW Road To Sakura Genesis Events
New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced lineups for NJPW Road to Sakura Genesis. The April 2nd event will be headlined by Hiroshi Tanahashi taking on Shingo Takagi. On April 4, junior heavyweights will take center stage as El Desperado defends the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title against Clark Connors. The co-main event has TMDK (Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita) defending the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Te...2025
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• Hirooki Goto vs. David Finlay Headlines NJPW Sakura Genesis, Full Lineup Announced
New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced the full lineup for NJPW Sakura Genesis, which takes place on April 5. The night will be headlined by Hirooki Goto defending the IWGP World Heavyweight Title against New Japan Cup winner David Finlay. The co-main event sees Yota Tsuji defending the IWGP Global Heavyweight Title against EVIL. Four other title matches are on the card. NJPW Sakura Genesis (4/5) I...2025
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• NJPW Announces Full Lineup For NJPW New Japan Cup Final 2025
The lineup is set for New Japan Pro Wrestling's New Japan Cup 2025. The event will take place on March from Ao-re Nagaoka. Shota Umino and David Finlay will headline in the New Japan Cup Finals. The co-main event pits El Desperado, Boltin Oleg & Hirooki Goto against TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.). Check out the full card below. NJPW New Japan Cup Final (3/20) New Japan C...2025
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• Two Title Bouts, Tajiri, STARDOM Showcase, More Announced For NJPW Wrestling Dontaku Night Two
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