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Jonah set to face top New Japan Pro Wrestling star at Rebellion PPV

March 24, 2022

Jonah will square off against New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Tomohiro Ishii at the Impact Wrestling Rebellion PPV event on April 23. This week on Impact television Jonah confirmed the news in a vignette. During the […]

RADICAN’S 5/4 NJPW Wrestling Dontaku: Night 2 report – “X” revealed, Ishii vs. EVIL, Okada vs. SANADA main event

May 5, 2019

RADICAN’S NJPW WRESTLING DONTAKU 2019: NIGHT 2 REPORT MAY 4, 2019 FUKUOKA, JAPAN FUKUOKA CONVENTION CENTER AIRED LIVE ON NJPW WORLD BY SEAN RADICAN, TORCH COLUMNIST Commentary: Kevin Kelly, Rocky Romero, Gino Gambino, and Chris […]

FANN’S 5/3 & 5/4 NJPW Wrestling Donataku preview – Ishimori vs. Lee, Okada vs. SANADA

May 3, 2019

FANN’S NJPW WRESTLING DONTAKU 2019: NIGHT 1 & NIGHT 2 PREVIEW MAY 3 & MAY 4, 2019 FUKUOKA, JAPAN BY RICH FANN, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR This weekend marks the final big show prior to the Best […]

LEAHY’S 4/5 RPW: Live In New York iPPV report – Ishii-Starr, Aussie Open vs. SHO & YOH main event

April 6, 2019

(1) KARL FREDERICKS & CLARK CONNORS  vs. CCK (CHRIS BROOKES & JONATHAN GRESHAM) CCK of Brookes and Gresham, pre-match favourites, as they actually have non-generic tights and gimmicks, traded mat holds early before being out-powered […]

RADICAN’S 1/4 NJPW WK 13 BIG MATCH SPOTLIGHT – RPW UNDISPUTED BRITISH Champion Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr

January 5, 2019

RADICAN’S BIG MATCH SPOTLIGHT NJPW WK 13: RPW UNDISPUTED BRITISH CHAMPION HVT. CHAMPION TOMOHIRO ISHII vs. ZACK SABRE JR. JAN. 4, 2019 THE TOKYO DOME TOKYO, JAPAN AIRED LIVE ON NJPWWORLD.COM & FITE.TV Commentators: Kevin […]

RADICAN’S 9/15 NJPW Destruction In Hiroshima PPV Report : Omega vs. Ishii main event in-depth recap & analysis, plus undercard results

September 19, 2018

RADICAN’S NJPW DESTRUCTION IN HIROSHIMA REPORT SEPT. 15, 2018 HIROSHIMA, JAPAN HIROSHIMA SUN PLAZA HALL AIRED LIVE ON NJPW WORLD Announcers: Kevin Kelly and Marc Warzecha. UNDERCARD RESULTS (1) Jushin Liger & Tiger Mask & […]

RADICAN’S NJPW “2018 NJPW CUP” Playlist – top matches to watch from the tournament including Ibushi-HASHI, Sabre-Naito, and the incredible Sabre-Ibushi match

March 17, 2018

NJPW “NJPW CUP 2018: NIGHT 1” HIGHLIGHTS MARCH 9, 2018 TOKYO, JAPAN AIRED LIVE ON NJPW WORLD Commentators: Kevin Kelly and Chuck Taylor Tomohiro Ishii vs. Michael Elgin in a 2018 NJPW Cup First Round […]

RADICAN’S 10/9 NJPW “King of Pro Wrestling” PPV report – Ospreay-KUSHIDA, Naito-Ishii, Okada-EVIL

October 11, 2017

RADICAN’S NJPW KING OF PRO WRESTLING REPORT OCT. 9, 2017 SUMO HALL TOKYO, JAPAN AIRED LIVE ON NJPWWORLD.COM (1) Bullet Club (Leo Tonga & Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi) vs. L.I.J (BUSHI & SANADA […]

VIP AUDIO 7/5 – Radican’s Wrestling Community Audio (w/Fann) – Complete breakdown of NJPW G1 Special in USA: Night 2, first IWGP U.S. Hvt. Champion crown, epic MOTYC finals, more (58 min)

July 8, 2017

SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch columnist Sean Radican is joined by PWTorch specialist Rich Fann for another blockbuster edition of Radican’s Wrestling Community Audio. Radican and Fann break down NJPW’s “G1 Special in the US: Night 2,” which […]

VIP AUDIO 7/5 – Radican’s Wrestling Community Audio (w/Fann) – Complete breakdown of NJPW G1 Special in USA: Night 2, first IWGP U.S. Hvt. Champion crown, epic MOTYC finals, more (58 min)

July 8, 2017

SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch columnist Sean Radican is joined by PWTorch specialist Rich Fann for another blockbuster edition of Radican’s Wrestling Community Audio. Radican and Fann break down NJPW’s “G1 Special in the US: Night 2,” which […]

7/2 NJPW in Long Beach, Calif. HOLT Report (Night 2): In-person notes on crowd reactions for each match, other observations from venue

July 3, 2017

NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING – G1 USA – NIGHT ONE JULY 2, 2017 LONG BEACH, CALIF. AIRED LIVE ON AXS TV REPORT BY TED LONDON, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT The venue had the same setup as the […]

NEW JAPAN FEUD FOCUS: Tracking the key matches in the Tomohiro Ishii vs. Togi Makable rivalry from Wrestle Kingdom 9 to

January 27, 2017

NJPW FLASHBACK JANUARY 5, 2015 Ryogoku Kokugikan Part 3 & Hakata Starlanes By R.W. Andrews, PWTorch contributor Pain Game: A NEVER Openweight Love Song I mentioned last week that I came running back to NJPW with […]

12/16 NJPW on AXS TV Review: Okada vs. Sanada, Omega & Young Bucks vs. Yoshitatsu & Elgin & Takahashi, Ishii vs. Naito

December 20, 2016

NJPW on AXS TV Report December 16, 2016 Ryogoku Kokugikan Part 3 & Hakata Starlanes By R.W. Andrews, PWTorch contributor   Wrap yourselves up in a blanket and cozy up.  We’ve got three shows in […]

11/11 Global Wars UK 2016, Night Two: Shibata vs. Hero, Ospreay vs. Liger, Nagata vs. Seven, Iishi vs. Dunne, plus Galloway

November 11, 2016

GLOBAL WARS UK 2016, NIGHT 2 NOV. 11, 2016 WALTHAMSTOW, LONDON AT WALTHAMSTOW ASSEMBLY HALL REPORT BY DAVID GREEN, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT (1) RPW Tag Champions Joel Redman & Charlie Garrett defeated Los Ingobernables de Japón representatives […]

11/10 Global Wars UK 2016, Night One: Sabre Jr., Ospreay, Shibata, Nagata, Dunne, Scurll, Liger, Honma, more

November 11, 2016

GLOBAL WARS UK 2016, PT. 1 NOV. 10, 2016 BETHNAL GREEN, LONDON AT YORK HALL REPORT BY DAVID GREEN, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT Revolution Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling presented Global Wars UK 2016 Night […]

7/10 Rev Pro in London Results – Shibata vs. Zack Sabre, Jr. dream match, Ishii, Moose, Sydal, Ospreay wins big title match, Big Damo farewell set-up

July 10, 2016

Rev Pro Summer Sizzler Report July 10, 2016 London, England at York Hall Report by David Green, PWTorch U.K. correspondent The big news was New Japan stars Shibata and Tomohiro Ishii traveling to the U.K. […]

ROH “Honor Rising” Night 1 in Japan – new ROH TV champion

February 20, 2016

Former NEVER Openweight champion Tomohiro Ishii is the new ROH TV champion. Ishii captured the ROH TV Title from Roderick Strong in the main event of “Honor Rising Night 1” Friday night in Tokyo, Japan. […]

2/19 ROH vs. NJPW “Honor Rising Night 1” Results – Strong vs. Ishii, ROH Champ & IWGP Champ meet, Bullet Club

February 19, 2016

ROH vs. New Japan Series “Honor Rising” Night 1 February 19, 2016 Tokyo, Japan Full Results via PuroresuSpirit.net (1) Matt Sydal & Jushin Liger beat Dalton Castle & Ryusuke Taguchi. (2) Delirious beat Gedo. (3) […]

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