Top New Japan stars announced for Global Wars PPV & ROH-NJPW tour
Ring of Honor announced Saturday the full line-up of New Japan stars traveling to the U.S. to be part of the Global Wars PPV and “War of the Worlds” Tour in May. Included is new […]
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WWE announces Nakamura, Styles, Asuka & more stars for Japan return tour
WWE has announced the headline stars for WWE’s return tour of Japan on July 1 and 2. The headliners are Shinsuke Nakamura, A.J. Styles, and NXT Women’s champion Asuka. Plus, Chris Jericho, WWE World Hvt. […]
NOAH announces Global Tag League teams, including New Japan stars
NOAH announced Monday the teams, dates, and match-ups for the annual NOAH Global Tag League tournament running April 21 through May 4. New Japan also announced their involvement, sending Tenzan & Kojima to the tournament. […]
Cody Hall injury update from NJPW “Invasion Attack”
Cody Hall of the Bullet Club suffered a reported head injury during a big spot at New Japan’s “Invasion Attack 2016” PPV Sunday in Tokyo. According to the Young Bucks, Cody did not suffer a […]
ROH announces two more big New Japan U.S. tours in 2016
Ring of Honor announced Friday two more sets of PPV events and TV tapings with New Japan Pro Wrestling in the U.S. this year. The first set is “Death Before Dishonor” on August 19 and […]
A.J. Styles Video Interview – responds to TNA’s handling of contract talks, TNA to New Japan to WWE, Nakamura, career resurgence, more
A.J. Styles opened up about his transition to WWE, emotional departure from New Japan, and shunning TNA in a sit-down interview with Brian Fritz of Between the Ropes from WrestleMania Media. Asked about his letter […]
A.J. Styles Fox Sports Interview – #1 goal in WWE, top WWE stars he hasn’t even met yet, Styles Clash status, Nakamura to WWE
A.J. Styles talked to Fox Sports’s Nick Schwartz on Tuesday morning discussing his first WrestleMania match on Sunday, jumping from Japan/ROH to WWE, and who he wants to meet – much less wrestle – from […]
A.J. Styles discusses pre-WWE negotiations with “people I was going to sign with,” how Triple H landed him for WWE
March 28 Update: A.J. Styles spoke in generalities about his negotiations with TNA and WWE when he was looking to begin a new chapter in his career after an international run in New Japan. Included was […]
Int’l tag team TMDK officially signs with WWE after finishing NOAH run
Mar. 25 Update: WWE officially announced the signings of top international tag team Michael Nicholls (Mikey Nicholls) and Shane Veryzer (Shane Haste). WWE named them by their international tag team name of TMDK (The Mighty Don’t […]
New Japan – Yoshi Tatsu cleared to wrestle again, big return match announced, plus six title matches on April 10 show
Former WWE wrestler Yoshi Tatsu (Yoshitatsu) has officially been cleared to wrestle again. New Japan released a video from Yoshitatsu announcing his return from a serious neck injury that sidelined him for all of 2015. […]
Tanahashi SI Interview – loyal to New Japan vs. WWE, big goal for 2016, ROH’s style, Young Bucks
Following the departure of top New Japan star Shinsuke Nakamura, former IWGP World Hvt. champion Tanahashi says he has no interest in WWE and there has not been contact from WWE. Instead, Tanahashi says his […]
New Japan sets big title matches for “Invasion Attack” tour, including ROH TV Title match
Following the New Japan Cup, New Japan announced several big title matches for their upcoming “Invasion Attack” tour. The tour culminates with “Invasion Attack 2016” on April 10 in Tokyo. Included on the tour is […]
Kota Ibushi announced for Mania Weekend six-man tag, Updated WWNLive Line-ups
Japanese star Kota Ibushi will be part of the traditional WrestleMania weekend six-man tag match at the WWN Supershow on April 2. The match will be Ibushi & Johnny Gargano & T.J. Perkins vs. Will Ospreay […]
Report – Japanese legend Hayabusa dies at 47
Japanese wrestling legend Hayabusa (Eiji Ezaki) died at the age of 47 on Thursday (March 3), reports Tokyo Sports. According to the report, Hayabusa was found dead on Thursday afternoon. Police say the cause of death was […]
New Japan News – Elgin’s deal official, Shibata, Super J-Cup returning, more
New Japan made several announcements on Thursday before the start of the New Japan Cup. – New Japan officially announced the signing of ROH wrestler Michael Elgin to a two-year deal. – Shibata, the NEVER Openweight champion, […]
A.J. Styles reveals why he left Japan, talks signing with WWE, D-Bryan retirement, more
A.J. Styles says the key factor that led to him leaving New Japan was the distance from home. And, after considering offers on the table (including TNA), he decided that WWE offered him the most financial […]
Michael Elgin update – Elgin comments on signing with New Japan
February 20 Report PWTorch has confirmed that Michael Elgin has signed a deal with New Japan Pro Wrestling. Elgin was in Japan this weekend for the ROH vs. New Japan series, where a deal was […]
Update – WWE officially signs NJPW star Shinsuke Nakamura
Update: WWE noted in a press release on Monday that Shinsuke Nakamura will officially report to the Performance Center in Florida in “late March.” Nakamura then makes his NXT in-ring debut at “NXT Takeover” in Dallas […]
New Japan Cup announced – ROH star included, tourney details, first round
After the dust settles from New Japan’s series of shows with Ring of Honor this month, the focus will shift to the 2016 New Japan Cup. The 16-man, single-elimination tournament is set to begin on […]
Video – Shinsuke Nakamura arrives at WWE, meets the McMahons, former NJPW stars comment, more
WWE released a video documenting Shinsuke Nakamura’s arrival at WWE earlier this month to begin his new journey. – Nakamura was shown arriving at WWE HQ in Stamford, Conn. to meet Vince McMahon, Triple H, […]
Big Japan News – Ibushi ending NJPW & DDT run despite being healthy again, planning school
There is more fall-out from a “tumultuous start to 2016” in Japanese wrestling. Kota Ibushi, one of the rising stars of the New Japan roster, has decided to end his NJPW and DDT contracts to […]
AXS TV begins big push for Jim Ross’s New Japan announcing debut (w/Video)
Two weeks out from Hall of Fame announcer Jim Ross’s return to U.S. television calling New Japan Pro Wrestling, AXS TV is starting the big push for Ross’s debut broadcast on Friday, March 4. AXS […]
“Honor Rising” Night 2 – Lethal vs. Honma for ROH Title, new six-man tag champs, Doc & Karl farewell match
“Honor Rising” ROH vs. New Japan News & Notes – Jay Lethal retained the ROH World Title over Honma in the main event of Night 2 on Saturday. After ROH referee Todd Sinclair was bumped […]
Ross’s latest blog – could O’Neil suspension have been handled differently?, who is Cena training to face?, NJPW/AXS TV announcing preview
Former WWE announcer/top executive Jim Ross covered a lot of ground on hot topics in wrestling in his latest blog at jrsbarbq.com. – Ross wrote about how he thinks Titus O’Neil’s 60-day suspension and rumored […]