Category: The Rising Sun

Right last time I looked at Pro Wrestling NOAH and this time I am going to look at another promotion… it was going to be Dragon’s Gate but their history is sort of wavy and up and down and well… odd. So I decided to take the easy route as I am a bit under the weather and do NJPW or New Japan Pro Wrestling to those who don’t want to try and guess what those letters mean…

I know I said last time that I would look at the overall structure of Puro and look at all the organisations histories and all but then I thought why go and blow it all in one piece? Why not just break it down and do it one by one and make it just that bit easier for the reader, afterall I’m doing it for them and not me…

So 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…

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…

Right then Puro-heads… After last week and the talk of NJPW’s future something big has happened… Several things in fact…

Well since I last wrote about NJPW a hell of a lot has happened… a hell of a lot! Lets see… Kojima and Tenzan was being built up for a four crown match and it happened with Kojima becoming perhaps the only man who will ever hold that honour…

Christ it’s been a long time hasn’t it guys? January I believe was the last time I could get to my keyboard and feel inspired to write something about the glorious world of Puroresu. Well I’m back and I want to make this a more regular thing once more. And the place I aim to start this week? Pro-Wrestling NOAH…

Welcome again Puro fans to the first Rising Sun of 2005, a very happy (and belated) new year to all! Now seen as it’s the turn of the year its time to look back over the past year and then forward to 2005 to see what the future holds for pro-wrestling in Japan…

Welcome again Puro-heads to another edition of the Rising Sun. This time is my sad duty to inform you of the upcoming closure of the self proclaimed ‘Biggest Indy’ in Japanese wrestling, Zero One…

Welcome Puro-heads to the latest edition of the Rising Sun! I know its been quite a while since my last article but hey thats what a new job does to your life, makes it hectic! After the last time when I looked into the Strong Style and its effects on the puro workers I was stuck for inspiration. Then along came the PWI 500 for this year and I felt moved to write about the ranking of Japanese based grapplers and in particular Kobashi, Kawada and Tenzan…