Tag: NJPW
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G1 Final 2024
The annual G1 Climax tournament has finished in New Japan Pro Wrestling as British wrestler Zach Sabre Jr defeated Yota Tsuji in a high quality final at Ryugoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. The tournament had numerous quality matches and very few terrible ones but did not feature the sheer number of match of the year contenders…
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NJPW G1 Climax 34 Night 14
Saturday 10th August 2024 sees NJPW in Sendai for night 14 of the annual G1 Climax. This will be the second last night of block action for block B before the finals kick off later this week. The opening undercard match features Young Lion Katsuya Murashima team with Hiroshi Tanahashi and Toru Yano against the…
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New Beginning in Osaka – The End of an Era in NJPW
In front of a sold out crowd of 5,400 at Edion Arena New Japan Pro Wrestling put on one of their finest shows since the end of their golden age which ended with a global pandemic. Two of the matches on this show could be considered as contenders for match of the year and another…
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Wrestle Kingdom 18 – Good Start for New Japan in the Tokyo Dome
New Japan Pro Wrestling kicked off 2024 with their traditional January 4th show from The Tokyo Dome with Wrestle Kingdom 18. While NJPW is nowhere near their peak where in 2020 just before the pandemic they were able to pack over 70,000 into the dome over two nights Wrestle Kingdom this year drew a solid…
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Okada leaving NJPW
Kazuchika Okada the hall of fame wrestler. One of the all time greats and the biggest star of New Japan Pro Wrestling is leaving his promotion seemingly for one of the big two US promotions. In the last few months there has been some speculation that Okada would leave NJPW when his contract expires at…
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NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome – 23rd December 2022
The final New Japan show for 2022 and the last match for Suzuki-gun takes place at Korakuen Hall on the 23rd December 2022. The opener sees the House of Torture (SHO & Yujiro Takahashi( defeat Jado & Yuto Nakashima. This was a solid undercard opener with none of the nonsense we normally get from HOT…
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WhiteTail Wrestling Reviews Vol 1 No 3
Once again World Wrestling Entertainment have proven themselves to be the shittiest and most despicable wrestling promotion in the world by releasing top tier talent just before the holiday season citing budget cuts despite making record profits. Of course their defenders will say that this is business and this decision makes perfect sense. And in…
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