Wrestling 101So 1951 was the year it truly all began in Japan, properly at least with the rise of a Korean, billed as a Japanese Sumo champion who with a fistful of Yakuza money and the backing of several “businessmen” took the sport from a cult to a national passion…
A look at one of the greatest cruiserweights in the world…Jushin Liger.
At the start of his career in All Japan Misawa wrestled as the second generation of Tiger Mask, Tiger Mask II and fought around the globe and in All Japan as a successful continuation of the original gimmick. All that changed when in a tag team match alongside future rival Toshiaki Kawada he unmasked and showed himself to the world and signalled an intent to move to the top of the heavyweight tree in All Japan.
A look at one of the greatest pro wrestlers of all time, the one and only Kenta Kobashi…
Hey puro-heads, long time no see… It’s been a weird few months over in the land of the rising sun what with legal action, take-overs, buy outs, new champions and such and I thought I’d give you a brief on each company and where it may go from here…
Keiji Mutohs profile
Yuji Nagata’s profile
NJPW “2006 FAN THANKSGIVING DAY”, 1/8/06 (SXW)Tokyo Korakuen Hall1,391 Fans – No Vacancy1. Ryushi Yanagisawa beat Hiroshi Nagao (6:45) with a right kick.2. El Samurai beat Katsushi Takemura (10:18) with an avalanche-style reverse DDT.3. Takashi Iizuka beat Masayuki Naruse (13:43) with a uranage.4. Osamu Nishimura & Naofumi Yamamoto beat Togi Makabe & Toru Yano (10:50) […]
WXW posted the following statement on the UKFF… Westside Xtreme WrestlingTurock, Essen, GermanyJanuary 27th-January 29th“16 Carat Gold Tournament”wXw will run their first 3 day tournament which is supposed to get the same prestige as other big international tournaments all over the world. 16 wrestlers will compete in four rounds to determinate the winner! A truly […]
(Taken directly from Dave Meltzers WrestlingObserver.com) –Due to a poor advance (less than 10,000 tickets sold so far), New Japan has gotten desperate once again for the 1/4 Dome show. They made a deal with K-1 to get Akebono to make his New Japan debut, teaming with Yutaka Yoshie as a pair of blimps against […]