New Japan Pro Wrestling Archives

January 4, 2023January 4, 2023

NJPW WRESTLE KINGDOM 17 [Review] – The Legacy, Refreshed.

-Preshow- -3-Minute Exhibition: Ryohei Oiwa vs. Oleg Boltin - Draw - NR/5 - This was silly. -NJ Ranbo: SHO, Great O-Khan, Toru Yano & Shingo Takagi were the final four - 2.75/5 - Most talent I've seen in the annual "Ranbo" in a long time, but no surprises-- despite being a KOPW qualifier, it focused …

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January 6, 2022January 8, 2022

NJPW WRESTLE KINGDOM 16 [Night 2 Review]: Reign Maker.

Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe & Yuji Nagata vs. Gedo, Jado & Bad Luck Fale - 1.75/5 - As bad as you would imagine. Master Wato, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. El Desperado, TAKA Michinoku & Yoshinobu Kanemaru - 2.5/5 - This was a neat way to get Master Wato over and make him the …

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January 4, 2022

NJPW WRESTLE KINGDOM 16 [Night 1 Review]: Return of The Wrestler.

Pre-Show Rambo – 2/5 – The usual/usual far worse version of the Royal Rumble silliness, but some cool surprises, including Stronghearts’ CIMA and the legend Tatsumi Fujinami. Sho vs. Yoh – 2.5-2.75/5 – This feud only gets 12-minutes? What is this, WWE? 😃 Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Rocky Romero vs. Bullet Club (Kenta, El …

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September 20, 2020September 22, 2020

NJPW G1 CLIMAX 30 [Nights 1 & 2 Review]: Destino Awaits.

NIGHT 1 A Block Will Ospreay vs. Yujiro Takahashi - Nice comeback for Will (yes, it's widely apparent that New Japan doesn't care about the #SpeakingOut movement; don't shoot the messenger). He looked powerful and strong, but still quick and agile. Yujiro took most of the match and cut off Will at his every momentum, …

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September 8, 2020

NEW JAPAN ACADEMY [Manga News]: Tranquil-Oh!

It’s the stars of New Japan Pro-Wrestling as you’ve never seen them before. Teenager Tetsuya Naito is aiming for the top of New Japan Academy, but in order to be the champion, he’ll have to face formidable students like “Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada and the “Once-in-a-Century Talent” Hiroshi Tanahashi. Luckily for Naito, he has his boys …

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July 11, 2020

NJPW NEW JAPAN CUP FINALS [Review]: EVIL Club.

Wrestling with fans is back, BAY-BEE! You read right; Osaka-Jo Hall had people in attendance this morning. It wasn’t packed because of social distancing, but it still managed to look full to my sleep-encrusted eyes at 4 a.m. Oh, and there was a huge swerve, but I’ll get to that soon enough. Togi Makabe …

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