Interviewer’s Note: ACH began life in Texas, but since that time has traveled the United States to compete in some of the most well-known and fastest growing independent promotions. He first got into wrestling as a fan of major promotions,… Read More ›
Japan
Experienced Opponents
The beauty of this match is that El Samurai and Ryusuke Taguchi have plenty of familiarity with one another. Still, the two feel each other out a bit before locking up. Samurai pulls ahead in the match first by performing… Read More ›
7 Candidates Capable of Making Heath Slater’s Stable a 4 Man Band
Now that the former Nexus punching bag has his own jobberific stable featuring Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal the three could actually go somewhere promising in the WWE. Yet, the name of the group shows one strike that 3MB already… Read More ›
Good Thing He Hit the Moonsault
The 2011 edition of NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors Tournament saw tournament veterans Prince Devitt and Kenny Omega lock up. Omega starts by hitting a flying elbow on Devitt that sends the latter into the corner. Omega then is… Read More ›
When in Doubt, Strike It Out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkCSsttTurs&feature=plcp Two months ago tomorrow Masakatsu Funaki defeated Jun Akiyama to gain the AJPW Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship. AJPW is far from its peak and Funaki is a guy that fits perfectly as the champion of the company today so… 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 ›
Liger Shows Up in Style
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uldxzz1glW8 When I went to AJPW’s YouTube channel today I thought they were going to make my post today about this clip easy. After all they show Jushin “Thunder” Liger right up front looking like the inverse of The White… Read More ›
Bernard in a Battle
One argument that could be made as to why the former-Albert hasn’t been more successful since his return to the WWE is that in Japan a lot of his better work was as a tag wrestler. There is no shame… Read More ›
Nick Jackson Interview
Interviewer’s Note: Nick Jackson is a 23-year-old wrestler best known for performing alongside his brother Matt Jackson in the tag team, The Young Bucks. Despite his young age he has already competed for the second biggest promotion in the United… Read More ›
Tiger Masks Battle for the Best of the Super Juniors’ Top Prize
NJPW’s Best of the Super Juniors has produced a ton of great matches since the inaugural event was held in 1988, but few tournament finals had the intrigue that the 2004 edition had. Kojo Kanemoto was a former winner of… Read More ›