by Daniel Johnson *At Stardom, Thunder Rock consisting of Io Shirai, 25, and Mayu Iwatani, 22, won the Goddess of Stardom Tag League 2015 in Tokyo, Japan on November 8. The duo defeated Santana Garrett, 27, and Hiroyo Matsumoto, 30,… Read More ›
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Indie Wrestling News Roundup 1/12/15
by Daniel Johnson *Syuri, 25, had her first successful defense of the CMLL World Women’s Championship on January 11. At a Universal Woman’s Pro Wrestling REINA (UWWR or REINA) show, Syuri defeated Shuu Shibutani, 35, in a match that went over… Read More ›
Cindy Sanders Interview
by Daniel Johnson Interviewer’s Note: Cindy Sanders is a wrestler from Belarus who had the chance to tour with Japan’s World Woman Pro Wrestling Diana (Diana) for the first time this year. In her home country she is more commonly… Read More ›
25 and Under: Syuri Hangs with the Best at WNC
by Daniel Johnson Syuri and Kyoko Kimura vs. Dump Matsumoto and Mima Shimoda Syuri is a 25 year-old joshi wrestler with over six years of experience. Despite having so much ring time at such a young age she was hanging… Read More ›
25 and Under: Aoi Kizuki in Ice Ribbon
by Daniel Johnson Aoi Kizuki vs. Kasey Owens This match between then 24 year-old Aoi Kizuki and world traveled veteran Kasey Owens took place on August 23, 2013 at an Ice Ribbon New Aisuhiro show. Despite being only 24 Kizuki… Read More ›
25 and Under: Mika Iida Wrestling Around Japan
by Daniel Johnson Luscious Latasha vs. Mika Iida This match happened when American Northeast talent, Luscious Latasha went on her first ever wrestling tour of Japan in 2011. Latasha wrestled almost exclusively for Universal Womam’s Pro Wrestling REINA called, just… Read More ›
Chris Jones Interview
by Daniel Johnson Interviewer’s Note: Chris Jones (shown above performing a double arm suplex) debuted just last year and since then has become increasingly well traveled on the independent wrestling scene in Tennessee. Although originally from Missouri he has crossed… Read More ›
Puro Flashback: Rene Dupree in AJPW
by Daniel Johnson Rene Dupree and Joe Doering vs. Taiyo Kea and Takao Omori Do not adjust your computers! I assure you the tattoos that Rene Dupree has in this clip are just as crappy in this video as they… Read More ›
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