Tag: wrestling reviews
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AEW Wrestledream 2024
We kick things off with babyface Switchblade Jay White newly returned from injury against Hangman Adam Page. White gets a nice welcome with the Hangman receiving a chorus of boos. Hangman dominates the match early and he gets steadily more frustrated at being unable to put away the Switchblade. Despite being a face Switchblade is…
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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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N-1 Victory 2024 Night 2 – 9th August 2024
Night 2 of the Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 Victory takes place at Korakuen Hall on the night of the 9th August 2024. Non tournament action to start as Junta Miyawaki, Ninja Mack and Alejandro clash in a three way match. Nice fast paced junior action with the crowd getting into the match and therefore the…
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The First TakeOver – NXT TakeOver 2014
For a few short years during the last decade TakeOver became the name synonymous with great in ring wrestling in North America. While New Japan Pro Wrestling reached its zenith Paul Levesque the artist formerly known as Triple H was developing his reputation as a booker with what was supposed to be WWE’s developmental brand…
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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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NOAH The New Year 2023 – 1st January 2023
The first show of the year as NOAH put on their big Nippon Budokan show. The opening match sees Yasutaka Yano take on Taishi Ozawa. A short match that was well worked by two young NOAH talents with Yano winning after the fisherman suplex. **1/2 Funky Express (Mohammed Yone & Akitoshi Saito & Shuhei Tanaguchi)…
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Stardom Dream Queendom 2022 – 29th December 2022
The opening pre-show match is the Stardom Ranbo which is a royal rumble style match with two competitors starting and more entrants appearing at regular intervals. Typical match of this type with lots of comedy and silliness with average wrestling but lots of fun. The final two wrestlers are Super Strong Stardom Machine and Super…
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AEW Dynamite #169 – 28th December 2022
Dynamite is coming at you live from the 1st Bank Center in Denver Colorado. Bryan Danielson is taking on Ethan Page in the opening match. This was an excellent ***3/4 match which was eventually won by Danielson after a series of elbow strikes but Danielson gave a lot to Page here giving him plenty of…
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NOAH The New Year 2022 – 1st January 2022
NOAH began the year 2022 with a big show at the Nippon Budokan in front of a good crowd for the pandemic of 3,181. I decided I would watch the final 5 matches on the card starting with the GHC Junior Heavyweight Title match as HAYATA defended against Yoshinari Ogawa. An excellent ***1/2 match. This…
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