Written By Alfredo Esparza NEWS: Yuji Nagata will be out due to a left pectoral muscle injury that will require surgery. He wrestled with the injury, but he was told he had to have surgery to fix it. No word on how long he’ll be out. RESULTS: AJPW 5/18/13 – Rise Up Tour 2013 – [...]

Written By Alfredo Esparza NEWS: Had a chance to watch the Kenta Kobashi retirement match from May 11th earlier in the week and thought it was great. Match itself I would describe as being a good 8-man tag match, but I wouldn’t say it was Match of the Year level beyond it being an emotional [...]

Written By Alfredo Esparza NEWS: During a break on the 5/3 Fukuoka show, Tetsuya Naito announced he would be back for the 6/22 show. If you missed the announcement of this year’s Best of the Super Junior participants, here is the list along with the video NJPW put out on youtube. KENSO will be out [...]

New Japan announced this year’s participants for the annual New Japan Best of The Super Jr. tournament that starts on May 24th and ends on June 9th. The participants are: Jushin “Thunder” Liger Tiger Mask Ryusuke Taguchi KUSHIDA Alex Shelley BUSHI Hiromu Takahashi Rocky Romero Alex Koslov Jado Brian Kendrick Taichi TAKA Michinoku Prince Devitt [...]

NEWS: Here’s the latest lineup for the May 11th NOAH show which will be Kenta Kobashi’s retirement. Show will feature participation from wrestlers from All Japan & New Japan. NOAH 5/11/13 – Final Burning in Budokan – Tokyo Nippon Budokan: 1. Feel the Dangerzone: Masanobu Fuchi vs. Hitoshi Kumano 2. This is the NOAH Junior: [...]

NEWS: At the April 20th NJPW show, Shelton Benjamin was introduced as the newest member of the Suzuki Army. He will challenge Shinsuke Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental title at the 5/3 Fukuoka show which will also be New Japan’s next PPV. It will also be available on iPPV. Here’s the lineup: NJPW 5/3/13 – [...]

NEWS: Naomichi Marufuji suffered a right knee injury during his match on Sunday (4/14). He needed help walking to the back. They will await a diagnosis on the knee injury before making a decision on how much time he’ll be out. RESULTS: Atsushi Onita Produce 4/12/13 – Shinjuku FACE (att. 890): 1. Masaru Toi & [...]

NEWS: New Japan announced their 5/3 Wrestling Dontaku show lineup. Kazuchika Okada defends the IWGP Heavyweight title against Minoru Suzuki. Nakamura’s opponent hasn’t been announced. There will be a four-way tag match for the IWGP Tag Title. The three challenging tag teams were announced. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. will face Scot Summers [...]