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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 11, 2021January 14, 2021

RINGSIDE APOSTLES [Episode 2]: Happy New Japan Year!

Happy New Japan Year! That's right, it's a brand-new year and our brand-new Ringside Apostles show is Okada dropkickin' with the Best of Wrestle Kingdom 15, our thoughts on New Year's Dash and that incredibly riveting Jay White post-match interview. https://youtu.be/qlfPTHxWzyw Puroresu expert Destiny Edwards and your host Travis Moody also throw up the "too …

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January 6, 2020

WRESTLE KINGDOM 14 [Night 2 Review]: Destinooooooo.

What a morning! After the sheer greatness that was the ending of Wrestle Kingdom 14's Night 1, I was expecting to catch my breath with Night 2. Nuh-uh. Once the pre-show ended, WK14 stepped on the gas and didn’t let up— not even after the last match was over. Thanks to this show, I’m even …

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January 5, 2020

NJPW WRESTLE KINGDOM 14 [Night 1 Review]: Here Comes the ‘Rain’ Again.

The holidays are over and now it’s time to get to the real most wonderful time of the year: Wrestle Kingdom Season. The first big show of the Roaring ‘20s (ha!) -- New Japan Pro Wrestling's Wrestle Kingdom 14 -- gave us some damn good wrestling to kick off the decade and a couple of …

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January 4, 2019

NJPW WRESTLE KINGDOM 13 [Review]: High Fly Whoa.

I made a joke on social media that every match at Wrestle Kingdom 13 last night/this morning felt like a "Loser Leave Town [to AAE or WWE]" match. For many taking the fall last night, that joke will become reality. While we don't yet know the details of what went on backstage at the Tokyo …

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December 14, 2017January 23, 2018

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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