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 ›
NJPW
Ivan Markov Interview
by Daniel Johnson Interviewer’s Note: Ivan Markov has wrestled since 2004 for Russia’s Independent Wrestling Federation (IWF). In this promotion he has held the IWF Heavyweight Championship, the IWF Hardcore Championship and is a two time holder of the IWF… Read More ›
A Handicap Match with a Bad Man from Japan
by Daniel Johnson With his big chain in hand and absolutely jacked physique,Togi Makabe has to be one of the scariest performers on the Japanese wrestling scene today. If this match where he takes on NOSAWA and Taichi should be… Read More ›
DH Smith Makes it Back to the Big Time
by Daniel Johnson The last time DH Smith had any real noticeable part on WWE television it was as part of a list of names of recently released workers that CM Punk mentioned while doing his voice of the voiceless… Read More ›
Okada is Up Against a Wall
A few days ago I posted a clip of Kazuchika Okada, one of NJPW’s brightest stars from 2008 where he was a bit younger and less experienced. So, I figured with it being 2012 I would post a match of… Read More ›
An Even Younger Okada
Yesterday, I posted a little bit about how much Kazuchika Okada has progressed in a short amount of time. Despite being only 25 years-old he has already held the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, arguably the most prestigious wrestling title outside of… Read More ›
Rhino’s Rampage
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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