by Daniel Johnson Alberto Del Rio was fired from WWE on August 7 and since then the smoke has started to clear. Although what has come out is that Alberto Del Rio has allegedly been fired for a heinous reason,… Read More ›
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Puro Flashback: An Old Match Featuring the New NWA World Heavyweight Champion
by Daniel Johnson Togi Makabe and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Satoshi Kojima and Masato Tanaka In case you missed this past Saturday’s NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8 you should know that Satoshi Kojima defeated “The Iron Man” Rob Conway to become the… Read More ›
AJ Istria Interview
by Daniel Johnson Interviewer’s Note: AJ Istria is the current top dog in Pacific Pro Wrestling (PPW) having won the PPW Heavyweight Championship in November at PPW SHOWDOWN. Istria is a native of Australia and has been with PPW since… Read More ›
Tanahashi Sweeps the Leg
by Daniel Johnson Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Prince Devitt Yes, in this bout Tanahashi uses the same strategy that the fearsome Cobra Kai used on poor Ralph Macchio. As talented as Tanahashi and Devitt are the logic behind this bout is… Read More ›
Random Roundtable: Looking Back at 2012 and Forward to 2013
by Daniel Johnson, Kyle Childers, Jeremy Cundiff and Bad Booking – What wrestler do you think deserves to be called Mr. 2012 or Ms./Mrs. 2012? Daniel Johnson: CM Punk deserves the title of Mr. 2012 beyond a shadow of a… Read More ›
AJPW Fails to Learn a Lesson from NJPW
by Daniel Johnson Masakatsu Funaki vs. Kyotaro If you are a puroresu fan and have been able to avoid watching any NJPW from the early 2000s then I suppose congratulations are in order. The early 2000s are known as the… Read More ›
Honma Gets Caught in the Rain
by Daniel Johnson Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto, Tomoaki Honma and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Kazuchika Okada, Yujiro Takahashi, Yoshi-Hashi and Rocky Romero Tanahashi and Okada have been tearing it up this year and if there is any logic in this world… Read More ›
The Technical Wizard Shines
Only a few days ago I posted an unimpressive match featuring Jushin “Thunder” Liger and Yuji Nagata. Yet, I didn’t want to leave readers with the impression that either guy is incapable of having a great match in a short… Read More ›