A lot of matches in the NJPW New Japan Cup tend to be solid strong style bouts, but few of them are nearly hardcore matches like this one from the 2008 edition. With all this brawling all over the arena… Read More ›
Japan
A WCW Cruiserweight Match in AJPW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMpdhlJbGAI Here is a match that could have stolen the show as part of the undercard in 2001 WCW. Despite the company being criticized heavily during the end of its run 2001 actually wasn’t too bad. At the bare minimum… Read More ›
Anderson Rips Into Nakamura
This strong style match is brought to you by the letter “p” for pain! Actually, it is brought to you courtesy of the 2012 edition of the NJPW New Japan Cup. NJPW is capping off a great year and this… Read More ›
Big Daddy V Reinventing Himself in Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSPGaA9fJkk Here is a match from 20111 that AJPW just put on their YouTube page yesterday. Akebono and Ryota Hama take on Big Daddy V and former WWE developmental wrestler Chris “The Bambikiller” Raaber. These guys are all gigantic…wait. Hold… Read More ›
A Quality Match from the Dark Days of NJPW
Katsuyori Shibata comes into this match fired up and starts laying into Koji Kanemoto before Koji even has the chance to take off his ring jacket. Shibata explodes with some of the flashier moves possible in professional wrestling that you… Read More ›
Worthy of a “You’ve Still Got It Chant” in Japanese
Here is a super weird battle between Jushin “Thunder” Liger and TAKA Michinoku that took place in NJPW last year. Despite the big names involved the entirety of the bout is shot using one camera. With both competitors moving up… Read More ›
Jonathan Gresham Interview
Interviewer’s Note: At the age of 24, Jonathan Gresham has already traveled the world as a wrestler and has performed in Japan, Hong Kong, Europe and all over the United States. A few of the more notable promotions he has… Read More ›
Another Brief, But Brilliant Taiwan Cup Bout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb-_joosKV8 After watching this match I figured I’d track down another contest from the AJPW Taiwan Cup 2009. Following a showing of this one it is easy to see why the tournament made the little buzz that it did back… Read More ›
Condensed, But Fun
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRmjDDvN0gg As opposed to “Condensed Butt Fun,” which is the name of something that would surely be horrific. Anyway, when I first saw this match I thought I could write about it in one of two ways. Either based on… Read More ›
A Happy Halloween with Muta and Goldust
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6Vcl7IrYc4 If pictures like this and this are any indication then The Great Muta and Goldust should be two of the most popular costumes for tonight’s festivities. Perhaps even more unusual than our continuing tradition of having young children go… Read More ›
The Johnson Transcript 