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 [...]

NJPW/CMLL 1/18/13 – FantasticaMania 2013 – Tokyo Korakuen Hall (att. 1,650): 1. Tama Tonga & Titan b. OKUMURA & Euforia (8:17) with the Headshrinker by Tonga on Euforia. 2. Yujiro Takahashi, Tomohiro Ishii & Rey Escorpión b. Ryusuke Taguchi, Diamante & BUSHI (8:29) with the Aguijón Mortal by Rey Scorpion on Diamante. 3. Rush b. [...]

NEWS: The big news from these past few days was the announcement that New Japan’s October 8th show, “King Of Pro Wrestling” from Ryogoku will be broadcast worldwide as an iPPV via ustream.tv. For additional information, here is the link to New Japan’s ustream channel. The start time is 17:00 on Oct. 8th and you [...]

Low Ki, Jado & Averno b. Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask & Máscara Dorada (10:12) Good trios match. About the same from these guys. Kinda wish there was a little more interaction with the other guys against Averno and Mascara Dorada. I’ve seen those two wrestle quite a bit in trios matches. Averno gets the [...]

NJPW 7/8/12 – Tokyo Korakuen Hall (att. 1,900): 1. Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask, Maximo & KUSHIDA b. Jado, Gedo, Rocky Romero & Alex Koslov (9:38) with the Midnight Express by KUSHIDA on Gedo. 2. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Captain New Japan vs. Toru Yano, Takashi Iizuka & YOSHI-HASHI ended in a Double Countout [...]

NJPW 6/9/12 – Nagoya International Conference Hall: 1. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Hiromu Takahashi [2] beat TAKA Michinoku [8] (3:30) with a Small Package Hold. 2. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Jado [4] beat Tiger Mask [8] (7:26) via Pinfall. 3. Best of the Super Jr. – Block [...]

NJPW 5/27/12 – Tokyo Korakuen Hall (att. 1,950): 1. Best of the Super Jr. – Block A: BUSHI [2] beat Rocky Romero [0] (5:23) with the Bushi Roll. 2. Best of the Super Jr. – Block B: Daisuke Sasaki [2] beat Jado [0] (8:57) with the Sasaki-Style Hurricanrana. 3. Best of the Super Jr. – [...]

63. Jushin “Thunder” Liger – (12) – (5’7″, 209 lbs, 28 yr. pro): New Japan legend had another extended tour in Mexico during late 2011. Unlike the previous year were he appeared in CMLL as a rudo, he was brought in as a tecnico. Liger being on that side seemed to lack less memorable moments. [...]