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NJPW WRESTLE KINGDOM 12 [Bible Report]: Best in the World.

If you thought the hype was REAL for last year's Wrestle Kingdom 11 spectacular, New Japan Pro Wrestling made even broader strokes this year with Chris Jericho's surprise return to the Lionmark logo in a heated street fight confrontation against, arguably, the best wrestler in the world, Kenny Omega. Japanese heel fan favorite Tetsuya Naito …

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THE APOSTLE AWARDS [Best Wrestling of 2017]: All the Stars, Aligned.

Calling all smarks across the globe: It's the second annual Apostle Awards! To come up with the very Best of Everything in Pro Wrestling for 2017, we asked 10 members of the Ringside Apostle congregation to vote. And, damn did we have answers -- answers that ranged from the highest mountaintop of World Wrestling Entertaiment …

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NJPW G1 Special in the USA [Ringside Apostle Review]: ‘Raining’ over Long Beach.

The weekend in Long Beach was so crazy, we forgot to record a podcast. But that's alright. Your favorite wrestling fanatics--the Ringside Apostles--are back at it with a brief roundtable review of New Japan Pro Wrestling's first-ever G1 Special in the USA. While each of these four horsemen may have differing views, one thing we …

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TEKKEN 7 [Face-Off Review]: The ‘Rainmaking King’ of Fighters.

TRAVIS "Monsignor" MOODY: Quite obviously, my hype for Tekken 7 got real when Bandai Namco announced that it hit the "hot tag" with the gods of New Japan Pro Wrestling. Just look my t-shirt collection. So, coming from that angle of wrasslin' mark-slash-Tekken-n00b (having only played the franchise's earlier entries), it's a joy to tell …

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WRESTLE KINGDOM 11 [Bible Report]: Let it ‘RAINNNNNNN!!!!’

If you consider yourself a wrestling fan and you haven't been living under a Rock plushdoll the past couple of days, then you know all about the craze that was New Japan Pro Wrestling's Wrestle Kingdom 11. WK11 was, in short, outstanding. WK11 had at least 4 Match of the Year candidates. WK11 was 6-hours long. WK11 had a 7-hour press …

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