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• FREE PODCAST 12/20 – WKPWP Interview Classic (10 Yrs Ago): Jim Ross on upcoming NJPW Tokyo Dome PPV, CM Punk news, was McMahon right about Millennials, TLC, Ziggler, NXT (116 min.)

SHOW SUMMARY: In this week’s Interview Classic episode from ten years ago (12-19-2014), Wade Keller interviewed Jim Ross about upcoming New Japan Tokyo Dome PPV, teaming with Matt Striker, was Vince McMahon right about Millennials, TLC, [...]...2024
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• Mercedes Moné Reflects On Main Eventing Against Hazuki At NJPW Strong Style Evolved

Mercedes Moné is still riding a high from her match with Hazuki in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. In the latest issue of the MonéMag, Mercedes Moné wrote about her recent match against Hazuki at Strong Style Evolved. Moné reflected on the match and what main eventing this show meant to her. “What an incredible whirlwind of a […] The post Mercedes Moné Reflects On Main Eventing Against Hazuki...2024
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• Davey Boy Smith Jr: I Don’t Have Any Problem With Doing Anything With AEW
Davey Boy Smith Jr. is open to working with AEW. In recent years, Davey Boy Smith Jr., also known as Harry Smith, has wrestled for MLW, AJPW, and CMLL. He has been featured in AJPW throughout 2024. and he won the AJPW Triple Crown Championship on November 4th. Smith Jr. has yet to make an appearance in AEW, but he has been linked to the company, especially leading up to AEW All In at Wembley Stadi...2024
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• Drew McIntyre caught up on AEW when he was gone from WWE, and here are his thoughts

WWE.com When Drew McIntyre went live on TikTok tonight, someone asked for his thoughts on AEW’s current product. Drew said he caught up on a lot of other wrestling when he was recently on hiatus from WWE, and he’s happy to see that so many of his friends are making a full-time living. Drew McIntyre was asked for thoughts on AEW on a TikTok live today.“I’m just happy to see so many peopl...2024
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• Drew McIntyre On AEW: I'm Happy To See People I'm Friends With Make A Full Time Living
Drew McIntyre is happy to see his friends succeed. Drew McIntyre was on TikTok live (via WrestleOps) when he was asked for his thoughts on AEW. "I'm happy to watch all wrestling, especially when I'm off. When I was out that three months, when one person called me the entire time I was out, that's the time for me to catch up on everything. IMPACT, AEW, New Japan, the independents. I'm happy to see...2024
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• Backstage Update On Kenny Omega’s Return To AEW
As we reported earlier here on eWn, Kenny Omega’s return to AEW is said to be coming “very soon.” Omega’s return to New Japan Pro Wrestling, specifically his match with Gabe Kidd at Wrestle Dynasty on January 5, 2025, is part of a broader collaboration between AEW and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW). While there […] The post Backstage Update On Kenny Omega’s Retu...2024
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• The War Raiders get emotional after ending 5-year title drought

WWE.com The War Raiders overcame years of heartache and injuries to capture the WWE World Tag Team Championship in a thrilling victory on Monday Night Raw. The War Raiders’ quest for the WWE World Tag Team Championship ended in triumph on Monday night. Erik and Ivar, with an assist from Damian Priest, defeated Judgment Day’s Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh to win the titles in the main event of...2024
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• Mercedes Moné vs. Mina Shirawkawa official for Tokyo Dome after dance-off

@FiteTV The main event of New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Strong Style Evolved show last night (Dec. 15) in Long Beach, California’s Walter Pyramid saw Mercedes Moné successfully defend her NJPW Strong Women’s title against Stardom’s Hazuki. The C.E.O. continued to prove that she’s shaken off the ring rust from only working five matches from May 2022-May 2024, going nearly 30 minutes en route t...2024
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• Ricochet is where he belongs

Ricky Havlik for All Elite Wrestling Welcome to the weekly Rumor Look Back, where we look at the rumors from six months ago and see which played out as originally stated. Let’s jump right to it. June 8, 2024 According to this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Rhea Ripley is rehabbing her shoulder right now instead of having surgery. She’s not currently scheduled for SummerSlam in earl...2024
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• Tony Khan tells SB Nation about the future of AEW

Photo by Mert Alper Dervis/Anadolu via Getty Images A new media rights deal, All In 2025, and more. In just over five years All Elite Wrestling has changed the landscape of professional wrestling around the world. This isn’t a take that needs to be litigated or debated, because it stands as objective truth. The biggest challenger to WWE since WCW, the company has effectively ended WWE’s vi...2024
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• Young Bucks will face a MYSTERY PARTNER for now-vacant IWGP Tag titles

@njpw1972 A couple weeks ago, a video of AEW’s The Young Bucks played at a New Japan Pro-Wrestling show to set-up their match at next month’s cross-promotional Wrestle Dynasty event at the Tokyo Dome. The Bucks said they wanted to regain the IWGP Heavyweight Tag belts, and the men holding them at the time — United Empire’s Great-O-Khan and HENARE — quickly accepted. Since then, HENARE suf...2024
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• El Deporte de las Mil Emociones: Puerto Rico 1991
Week 41: Puerto Rico 1991EB: As 1991 approaches, we have a couple of pending results from the 1990 Christmas Day show. We’ve already talked about Bronco #1 winning the Caribbean title, Sasha regaining the Women's World title from Monster Ripper, Scott Hall turning on Giant Warrior, and the Super Medicos defeating Eric Embry & Rick Valentine in a fire match. Still, there are two key results we need...2024
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• NJPW Announces Injuries To Two Competitors
NJPW announces multiple injuries. New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that HENARE and Callum Newman will be unable to compete at the December 6th NJPW World Tag League event due to injuries. Both competitors sustained knee injuries. From NJPW: Thank you for supporting New Japan Pro-Wrestling. HENARE and Callum Newman, both of whom scheduled to compete on tonight’s World Tag League card in Kagoshi...2024
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• AEW should have just dropped the MJF/Cole feud

@AEWonTV Welcome to the weekly Rumor Look Back, where we look at the rumors from six months ago and see which played out as originally stated. Let’s jump right to it. May 24, 2024 According to Fightful Select, most people in AEW believe that former world champion MJF will return in time for next month’s Forbidden Door pay-per-view event in Long Island, New York. He returned two days later...2024
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• Shota Umino Note, Christian Cage Turns 51, Costco Guys On Hey! (EW), TNA Turning Point
New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced that Shota Umino has withdrawn from tomorrow’s NJPW World Tag League 2024 event due to an ankle injury he suffered during yesterday’s event in Shizuoka, Japan. Due to the withdrawal, tomorrow’s lineup now includes a match featuring Tiger Mask and Tomoaki Honma facing off against Chase Owens and KENTA. […] The post Shota Umino Note, Chri...2024
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• Shota Umino To Miss December 1st NJPW World Tag League Evet Due To Ankle Injury
Shota Umino will miss the December 1st New Japan Pro Wrestling World Tag League show. Shota along with his tag team partner sit 5th in Block A of the World Tag League standings, amassing a 2-3 record alongside Tomoaki Honma. However, Umino has now hit a bump in the road, as per NJPW, Umino will miss the December 1st World Tag League show due to an ankle injury. From NJPW: Shota Umino, who was sc...2024
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• MLW To Make Los Angeles Debut With MLW Battle Riot VII
MLW is coming to Los Angeles. Major League Wrestling announced that they would make their debut in Los Angeles with MLW Battle Riot VII on April 5, 2025. The event will be held at the Commerce Casino & Hotel, and it will feature the 40-man Battle Riot. From MLW: Los Angeles, CA – Major League Wrestling (MLW) is bringing its most anticipated event of the year, Battle RIOT VII, to Los Angeles for t...2024
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• NJPW World Tag League 2024 Night Nine Results (11/29): Los Ingobernables De Japon vs. United Empire
New Japan Pro-Wrestling held night nine of its NJPW World Tag League tournament on November 29th from Shizuoka Twin Messe Shizuoka North Hall in Shizuoka, Japan. The event aired on NJPW World. Full results and highlights are below. NJPW World Tag League 2024 Night Nine Results (11/29) - Shoma Kato def. Daiki Nagai - Just Four Guys (TAKA Michinoku, Taichi & DOUKI) def. Toru Yano, Boltin Oleg & Tig...2024
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• Kenny Omega says, ‘There’s nothing wrong with AEW at all’

Lee South for All Elite Wrestling Omega also talks about his potential return to New Japan Pro Wrestling instead of AEW, citing a desire to repay the promotion that launched his career. Kenny Omega recently got fans talking when he teased that his long-awaited return to the ring would come in New Japan Pro Wrestling, not All Elite Wrestling, saying that New Japan is “the best professional ...2024
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• AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door predictions

Mariah May’s Instagram For the third year in a row, All Elite Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling are teaming up to bring us Forbidden Door. This year’s cross-promotional supershow comes to us from Long Island, New York’s UBS Arena on Sun., June 30, 2024. After a free streaming “Zero Hour” pre-show which starts 90 minutes earlier, the event begins at 8PM Eastern, and can be purchased on ...2024
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• Atlantis Jr. To Face Okumura In Opera Cup First Round Matchup At MLW Blood & Thunder
A new match has been added to MLW Blood & Thunder. On June 19, the company announced that Atlantis Jr. will take on Okumura in singles action at Blood & Thunder on Friday, July 12. This match will be first round matchup in the 2024 Opera Cup. From MLW: Major League Wrestling (MLW) today announced Atlantis Jr. vs. Okumura in round 1 of the Opera Cup at MLW Blood & Thunder’24, from the Coliseum in ...2024
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• MJF is back in AEW with a new look, an old attitude, and a big promise

@AEW Rumors were flying all day about possible surprise returns or debuts during AEW’s Double or Nothing tonight (May 26) in Las Vegas. One of those, from X/Twitter scoopster WrestleVotes, said we wouldn’t want to miss the start of the show as “big happenings” were expected early. The opening contest of the PPV between Will Ospreay and Roderick Strong wasn’t uneventful (read about what hap...2024
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• Matt Riddle: I'd Like To See Myself In AEW Or TNA, But Wrestling On Live TV Is A Poop Storm
Matt Riddle comments on potentially working with AEW or TNA. WWE released former United States Champion Matt Riddle in September 2023. Since then, he has landed in NJPW and MLW. He defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the NJPW World TV Championship at NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo. Meanwhile, fans continue to wonder whether he could show up in TNA or AEW. Speaking with Jamal Niaz for Monopoly Events,...2024
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• Will Ospreay’s official AEW debut proved he shouldn’t be a heel for long

TBS Will Ospreay has been in AEW several times before, but on the Feb. 28 Dynamite he officially started his career as a member of the All Elite roster. The Aerial Assassin was obviously excited, sharing the story of the vacation he took to Barbados after completing his obligations to New Japan and not even letting the fact Delta lost his luggage keep him from cracking a few jokes about ho...2024
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• Matt Riddle talks JFK Airport incident, failed drug tests at WWE

MMA Fighting’s YouTube As he reestablishes himself outside the company, Matt Riddle is addressing some things that happened toward the end of his run with WWE. Riddle will wrestle at MLW Intimidation Games tomorrow night (Feb. 29) in New York City, defending his newly won New Japan Pro-Wrestling Television title against Bad Dude Tito. First, he stopped by The MMA Hour to talk with Ariel He...2024
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• Will Ospreay Gets NJPW Tattoo Ahead Of His Departure From The Company
AEW star Will Ospreay, who will soon be joining the company officially as he recently wrapped things up with NJPW, took to his Twitter (X) account and posted a photo of the New Japan lion mark, which he got the tattoo of. The announcement of Ospreay signing with AEW was made at Full Gear last […] The post Will Ospreay Gets NJPW Tattoo Ahead Of His Departure From The Company first appeared on...2024
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• KUSHIDA Wraps Up TNA Run, Focuses on NJPW Commitments
KUSHIDA has officially parted ways with TNA Wrestling. According to PWInsider, KUSHIDA completed his final duties with the promotion during this past weekend's Impact TV tapings in Atlanta, Georgia. KUSHIDA had been operating under a dual contract with TNA and New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) since December 2023. The deal...2024
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• Young Bucks will face a MYSTERY PARTNER for now-vacant IWGP Tag titles
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• Ricochet says ‘there wouldn’t be AEW’ without him

The same goes for Will Ospreay, according to the veteran high-flyer. Since coming to AEW this past August, Ricochet believes he’s made a big splash in the company, which he feels he was custom-made for. Why, if it weren’t for Ricochet, AEW might not exist, according to the man himself. During an interview with Chicago’s 103.5 Kiss FM, Ricochet took a moment to pat himself on the back, saying, “I’m...2024
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• Great-O-Khan: I'd Consider A Dual NJPW/AEW Contract, But Only If It's For At Least $13 Million
Great-O-Khan has a high price. AEW and NJPW continue to build their working relationship, and their latest collaboration will be NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty, which will also feature talent from ROH, CMLL, and STARDOM. NJPW has announced that the Young Bucks (Matthew and Nicholas Jackson) will challenge for the IWGP Tag Team Championships, which are held by HENARE and Great-O-Khan. In an interview w...2024
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• Rick Martel leads The Visionaries to WWE’s first clean sweep in Survivor Series history

WWE.com An in-depth look at Rick Martel, The Warlord, and Power & Glory, the first team to emerge from WWE’s fall classic unscathed Since 1987, the Survivor Series has been a November tradition and the second longest-running premium event in WWE history. Initially, WWE’s fall classic was defined by its signature tag team elimination matches, as teams of four or five battled until one side ...2024
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• The Effy quote that allegedly led AEW to pull Ricky Starks from GCW

Fite TV As you’ve probably seen around the wrestle web (including in our latest Rumor Roundup), AEW has pulled Ricky Starks from his planned appearances with Game Changer Wrestling (GCW). Since the news came out the same day as an interview in which Starks talks about not being used by AEW despite being healthy, it seems logical to assume the move was about him. And we can’t say with any c...2024
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• NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome Results (12/19): Shota Umino & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling held its NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome event on December 19th from Yamagata Big Wing in Yamagata, Japan. Full results and highlights are below. NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome Results (12/19) - Oleg Boltin & Toru Yano def. Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato - TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles & Ryohei Oiwa) def. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney & Gedo) - Intergalactic Je...2024
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• NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome Results (12/18): Shota Umino & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling held night one of its NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome event on December 18th from Saitama Tokorozawa Municipal Gymnasium in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan. Full results are below. NJPW Road Tokyo Dome Results (12/18) - Shoma Kato & Tomoaki Honma def. Daiki Nagai & Katsuya Murashima - TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles & Ryohei Oiwa) def. United Empire (Francesco Akira, Jakob Austin Yo...2024
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• Mercedes Moné vs. Mina Shirawkawa official for Tokyo Dome after dance-off
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• NJPW Announces Stipulation For Final KOPW Title Bout Of 2024
New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that The Great-O-Khan and Taichi will face off in a Best of Taichi KOPW Two out of Three Falls match for the KOPW Championship on December 22. Taichi's stipulation won the fan vote with 72% of the vote. The first fall will be no rope sumo rules, the second will have Yoshinobu Kanemaru as special guest referee, and the third will be Last man Standing. The winner...2024
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• NJPW Strong Style Evolved (12/15/2024) Results: Mercedes Moné vs. Hazuki, Takeshita, LIJ, More Set
New Japan Pro-Wrestling held the "Strong Style Evolved" event on December 15, 2024, from Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California. The show aired on NJPW World (Japan only) & Triller TV (Internationally). Fans can see the results & highlights for the show listed below. Refresh the site for the latest updates as the show happens. NJPW Strong Style Evolved (12/15/2024). NJPW STRONG Women’s Champion...2024
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• How Stardom will determine its entrant in the International Women’s Cup

@wwr_stardom Wrestle Dynasty is an event taking place on Jan. 5, 2025 at the Tokyo Dome. It’s a co-promotion of New Japan, AEW, CMLL, Ring of Honor, and Stardom, and the four companies in that list with an active women’s division will all send one member of their roster to compete in the first-ever International Women’s Cup match at Wrestle Dynasty. Ring of Honor’s long-reigning Women’s ch...2024
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• Gabe Kidd Responds To Kenny Omega's 'Glory Hole' Comment, Calls Him A Little Weird Fetish Nerd
Gabe Kidd says Kenny Omega is pathetic. The rivalry between Kenny Omega and Gabe Kidd heated up in the last few months of 2024. They took shots at each other at different points, and they were involved in a backstage altercation at NJPW Power Struggle. Omega then agreed to face Kidd in his in-ring return at NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty, which will mark his first match since December 2023. In a new i...2024
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• NJPW World Tag League 2024 Finals Results
New Japan Pro Wrestling held the 2024 World Tag League finals earlier today. You can check out the complete results from the show below: * Tiger Mask def. Daiki Nagai * Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste def. Katsuya Murashima & Shoma Kato * Bishamon def. Natural Classics * DOUKI, Taichi & TAKA Michinoku def. Great-O-Khan, […] The post NJPW World Tag League 2024 Finals Results appeared...2024
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• Mercedes Moné vs. Mina Shirawkawa official for Tokyo Dome after dance-off
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• Ricochet says ‘there wouldn’t be AEW’ without him
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• MLW To Make Los Angeles Debut With MLW Battle Riot VII
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• Rick Martel leads The Visionaries to WWE’s first clean sweep in Survivor Series history
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• The Effy quote that allegedly led AEW to pull Ricky Starks from GCW
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• AEW Full Gear predictions!

@AEW All Elite Wrestling is back on Nov. 23 with their annual fall PPV — Full Gear! This year’s edition, the sixth, comes our way from Newark, New Jersey at 8 p.m. Eastern. Including a free streaming pre-show which starts ninety minutes earlier, the event will feature 12 total matches — five of them with championships on the line, and more! It’s a lot to process. But our motley crew is bac...2024
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• Kazuchika Okada to leave New Japan Pro-Wrestling

Thank you for supporting New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Kazuchika Okada will be leaving New Japan Pro-Wrestling after the conclusion of his contract on January 31 2024. We apologise to fans for the abrupt nature of this announcement, but join them in wishing Okada the very best in his future. As the New Beginning series begins this weekend, […]...2024
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• Eddie Kingston And Claudio Castagnoli Agree To AEW Dynamite Grand Slam Match

Claudio Castagnoli and Eddie Kingston agreed to put both the ROH World Title and the New Japan Strong Openweight Title on the line in Arthur Ashe Stadium....2023
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• Her first IWGP Women’s title defense in the books, Mercedes Moné heads to Stardom
New Japan’s Twitter At New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Sakura Genesis show today (April 8) in Tokyo, Mercedes Moné put her IWGP Women’s title on the line in a 3-way match against AZM & Hazuki. It was the former Sasha Banks’ first defense of the belt she won from KAIRI at February’s Battle in the Valley, and just her second match outside of WWE since 2012. The Legit C.E.O. had her work cut out fo...2023
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• Mercedes Moné Wants To Be Viewed In The Same Light As Kenny Omega And John Cena
Mercedes Moné wants to make a mark on women’s wrestling that will be remembered for decades to come. IWGP Women’s Champion Mercedes Moné recently sat down with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated to discuss a wide variety of subjects. When asked about her run in New Japan Pro-Wrestling so far in 2023, Moné said while […] The post Mercedes Moné Wants To Be Viewed In The Same Lig...2023
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• NJPW to join United Japan Pro-Wrestling industry group

December 15, Tokyo Japan New Japan Pro-Wrestling today announces that it is one of nine organizations that will constitute United Japan Pro-Wrestling, a new industry group representing professional wrestling in Japan. Without an industry wide group for professional wrestling in Japan, the unprecedented crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic made it all the more clear that there was a […]...2023
• Kevin Kelly, Nigel McGuinness, And Jim Ross Revealed As AEW Collision Broadcast Team
The AEW Collision broadcast team has been confirmed. On May 17, AEW and Warner Brothers Discovery confirmed that AEW's third weekly show, AEW Collision, would premiere on June 17. As recently as the day before the premiere, the commentary team had not been confirmed yet, but Tony Khan has announced the lineup. In a tweet, Khan wrote that the AEW Collision commentary team would be Kevin Kelly and N...2023
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• Kenny Omega Says He Has Unfinished Business With The Elite, Thinks A Match With Gabe Kidd Too Quick
Kenny Omega has not wrestled since December 2023 as he's been sidelined after undergoing surgery for diverticulitis. Omega did appear on the May 1st episode of AEW Dynamite, where he was attacked by The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson), Kazuchika Okada and Jack Perry. The Elite reference Kenny on his birthday (October 16), dumping organs on his birthday cake. “We’ve got a lot of u...2024
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• Kenny Omega Talks Reunion With Hiroshi Tanahashi, Explains Lesson That He Learned After Wrestle Kingdom 13 Loss
Kenny Omega is very similar to Hiroshi Tanahashi. Earlier this month, Kenny Omega and Hiroshi Tanahashi reunited for the first time in years. The event was buzzworthy, with NJPW even posting a video of the reunion on their YouTube channel. The history between Omega and Tanahashi is well documented, as the stars clashed in two high-profile singles matches during the late 2010s. The first bout came ...2024
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• Athena: I Don’t Have To Do A Dance And Say I Got Money. I Got Grit, Determination, And Two Fists That Will Dot Those Eyes
Athena is ready to take out Mercedes Mone. The prospect of a match between Athena and Mercedes Mone has been tossed around by fans for nearly two years at this point, with many believing that it could be one of the best women's matches of all time. As it turns out, Mercedes Mone has been on the radar of Athena for a long time, so long that Athena considers Mone as her ultimate rival. “That’s some...2024
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• Trevor Lee Wasn't Intimidated When He Arrived In WWE NXT, Says Coconut Loop Shows Were 'Very Comforting'
Trevor Lee discusses his time in NXT. The former Cameron Grimes was one of NXT's biggest additions in 2019, joining a roster that already included big names like Adam Cole, Damian Priest, Keith Lee, KUSHIDA, Pete Dunne, and Tommaso Ciampa. Upon his arrival to the brand, Lee had already faced off with a ton of the names on the brand, allowing fans to get excited for potential rematches. While speak...2024
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• Lucha Gauntlet Match Added To NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty
Eight luchadors will collide at NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty. New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced a Lucha Gauntlet Match for NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty on January 5th. There will be four representatives from NJPW and four representatives from CMLL in the bout. From NJPW: Also set for Wrestle Dynasty is a special NJPW vs CMLL lucha gauntlet match. In this matchup, up to eight participants, four fr...2024
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• NJPW Confirms Full Card For NJPW Strong Style Evolved, Mercedes Moné To Main Event

New Japan Pro-Wrestling has confirmed the card for NJPW Strong Style Evolved on December 15. NJPW will hold their last United States show of 2024 in Long Beach, California, on December 15. Mercedes Moné and other stars are set to compete, and NJPW has confirmed the full card. The full lineup is as follows: WrestleZone will […] The post NJPW Confirms Full Card For NJPW Strong Style Evolved, M...2024
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• Mercedes Moné Set to Defend Her NJPW Strong Women’s Title at Strong Style Evolved
New Japan Pro-Wrestling is turning up the heat with the full lineup for Strong Style Evolved, taking place on December 15. The event promises a star-studded card, headlined by Mercedes ......2024
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• Mercedes Mone vs. Hazuki To Headline NJPW Strong Style Evolved, Full Card Announced
New Japan Pro-Wrestling has announced the full lineup and match order for NJPW Strong Style Evolved on December 15th. The event will be headlined by Mercedes Mone defending her NJPW Strong Women's Championship against Hazuki. The co-main event pits Los Ingobernables De Japon (Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji) against Konosuke Takeshita & Jack Perry. IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr will ...2024
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• It Lives, It Breathes Vocalist Kevin Lacerda Recalls How AEW Talent's Theme Song Came To Be
Kevin Lacerda of It Lives, It Breathes discusses the origin of a popular theme song. Theme songs are an important part of a wrestler's presentation, as they often resonate with fans, who then sing along during the talent's entrance. Among others, Will Ospreay's "Elevated" by It Lives, It Breathes has become an especially popular theme. Speaking on Ropes N Riffs, It Lives, It Breathes vocalist Kev...2024
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• Hikuleo’s WWE Journey: Training Underway as NXT Debut Looms
One Big Thing Former NJPW star Hikuleo is actively training in WWE’s system, with plans pointing to an NXT debut rather than an immediate main roster appearance with The Bloodline. Key Details Hikuleo signed with WWE after leaving New Japan Pro Wrestling in June 2024 Initial reports suggested he would join The Bloodline with brothers […] The post Hikuleo’s WWE Journey: Training Underwa...2024

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• The 5 Minute Legend of Angus Legstrong
Angus Legstrong vs. Hex NJPW Academy 10/7/23ER: The only known recorded match of the legendary Angus Legstrong. There have been rumors of dark matches, but those are only close whispers in darkened hallways. This is our only existing proof of the wrecking ball that is Angus Legstrong, and I want more. This is the only 5 minutes we have of a guy who I wanted to feature on DEAN~! earlier this ...2024
• NJPW & Stardom’s Historic X-Over II to include intergender hardcore match

njpw1972.com Since 2020, New Japan Pro-Wrestling shows have included the occasional women’s match, featuring joshis (the Japanese term for women wrestlers) from its sister promotion Stardom. In 2022, the two Bushiroad-owned brands co-promoted their first show tgether — Historic X-Over. The event wasn’t held last year, but Historic X-Over II is happening this year. It’s in just a few weeks,...2024
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• One-Post Complete and Accurate Bockwinkel vs Jumbo

MD: Back in November 2022, I was doing fairly detailed bullet point write ups of AEW TV over at DVDVR. I think maybe it was a little bit easier to do that at that point of the pandemic, I don't know. I had no intention of writing up the Death Triangle vs Elite series though, so I decided to counter-program by going through all of the singles Bockwinkel vs Jumbo matches we had on tape. These are mo...2024
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• Ricochet vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Confirmed For NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty

AEW star Ricochet will officially face Zack Sabre Jr. at NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty. New Japan Pro-Wrestling confirmed that Ricochet will be in action at NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty. He will face IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Zack Sabre Jr. in a buzzworthy singles match. The announcement did not specify whether the world title […] The post Ricochet vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Confirmed For NJPW ...2024
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• IWGP Champion Zack Sabre Jr vs. Ricochet Set For Wrestle Dynasty In January
The post IWGP Champion Zack Sabre Jr vs. Ricochet Set For Wrestle Dynasty In January first appeared on PWMania - Wrestling News.Ricochet vs. Zack Sabre Jr. is official. New Japan Pro Wrestling released the following announcement this week to announce the match for AEW x NJPW Wrestle Dynasty 2025 in January at the Tokyo Dome: Ricochet vs ZSJ official for Wrestle Dynasty!After a shocking end to Powe...2024
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• Zack Sabre Jr. To Ricochet: You’ve Been All Around The World But You Haven’t Grown Any F*cking Hair, Have You?
Zack Sabre Jr makes fun of Ricochet. Ricochet made his shocking return to New Japan Pro Wrestling at the Power Struggle event, attacking IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Zack Sabre Jr. after his match with Shingo Takagi. Ricochet then challenged Sabre to a match with NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty. During the Power Struggle backstage presser, Sabre had some choice words for Ricochet, calling him out ...2024
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