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Your show for news, notes, reviews and opinions on the world of japanese pro-wrestling on the @MLW Radio Network by @Viva_Zero & @STRIGGA
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📢N E W📢 Eastern Lariat episode! This time we have 2 big topics and some notes at the beginning:
➡️Marigold: Iyo Sky vs. Utami
➡️GLEAT & Katsuhiko Nakajima
➡️DRAGONGATE: Stables & Kobe World
➡️NJPW : Dominion, Despe & G1 predictions
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Hiromu Takahashi has "the wild idea of holding a junior and heavy festival at the same time". His idea is to hold the BOSJ and G1 Climax at the same time in October with each tourament final taking place on the final day.
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Zack Sabre Jr. is also interested in the IWGP (World) Heavyweight Title and suggested a tournament. He added: "What's the name of that belt again? IWGP Heavyweight Super World Wide Web Championship? Why did they change it to something new? I wanted to win the belt Inoki wore."
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TJPW announces a crowd of 1,714 fans for Grand Princess in Sumo Hall which makes this the highest attendance in Tokyo Joshi Pro history.
#tjpwGP22
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Katsuhiko Nakajima met with Hisashi Shinma. Not only will Shinma accompany the Triple Crown Champion to the ring on 12/31, but Nakajima also got permission to use "Ali Bom(b)aye", the original version of Antonio Inoki's theme song "Hono no Fighter" (Flame Fighter).
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Syuri's estranged father and her brother came to watch her win the Red Belt in Sumo Hall. It was the first time since her debut in 2008 that her father came to see her wrestle. He called her afterwards and told her: "I'm supporting you." #スターダム
#STARDOM
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Kota Ibushi was rushed to a hospital after his match with Naomichi Marufuji because he apparently " injured both ankles". After arriving backstage, Ibushi "he called for an ambulance because he was in severe pain and was unable to make any comments".
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The 2021 Tokyo Sports Awards:
MVP: Shingo Takagi
Best Tag: Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr
Best Bout: Go Shiozaki vs Keiji Muto
Outstanding Perform.: Jake Lee
Fighting Spirit: Konosuke Takeshita
Technique: Great-O-Khan
Joshi: Utami Hayashishita
Rookie: Yuki Arai
Achievement: Rumi Kazama
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IGF (Inoki Genki Factory) published the content of a warning letter sent to AJPW and Katsuhiko Nakajima. The letter states that if "such performances are repeated [...] in the future", IGF will "will seek an injunction and compensation for damages..." 1/
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Ganbare Pro's Korakuen Hall show on April 7 drew more fans to the building than New Japan's recent 3 Korakuen events.
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Kazuchika Okada in an interview on the NJPW website:
"I want to have an all-star show, but I think in the current situation it's time for us to show the power of New Japan."
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"An evil girl is born!" Atsushi Onita named Suzu Suzuki his successor to women's current blast matches. He plans a "Bombing Olympics" event with women's current blast matches and Onita himself will educate "his daughter who is 45 years younger than him."
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Shingo Takagi laid out his plan for an"Current Blast Title Match" at the Meiji Jingu Baseball Stadium on 8/29 with no challenger for the NEVER Openweight Title in sight. This would be the first of its kind in NJPW since Great Muta vs. Great Nita at the same site 21 years ago.
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For the first time since his in-ring accident ZERO1 posted a photo of Shinjiro Otani in his sickbed. He opened his phone for the first time in about 5 months and expressed his condolences to Antonio Inoki.
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ZERO1 also published a statement by Shinjiro Otano's wife Eriko:
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Shinjiro Otani's surgery "went as planned". Otani was now transferred to a different hospital for the next step of treatment.
【大谷晋二郎選手近況報告】
#pwzero1
#押忍PREMIUM
昨日手術を行い、執刀医「予定通りの処置は出来ました。順調です」と成功報告を受けております。
14日に次のステップとなる治療のために転院致しました。
大谷選手の奥様から皆様へメッセージ全文、他詳しくはこちら ↓
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Tokyo Sports about NXT Japan: "The aftermath of the mass layoffs by WWE is likely to extend to Japan." The article quotes not further specified "people invovled": "It is likely that this will make it difficult for the company to expand to Japan."
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Drew Parker is the first non-japanese BJW Death Match Heavyweight Champion (recognized by Big Japan) since Zandig won the title on December 2nd, 2001.
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Shinjiro Otani: "To all the passionate pro wrestling fans who love pro wrestling, and to all those involved in the pro wrestling industry, I am very sorry for the trouble and worry my injury has caused.
I am truly sorry for the trouble and worry my injury has caused you.
(1/3)
大谷晋二郎がコメントを発表！
#pwzero1
#何度でも立ち上がる
「プロレスを大好きでいてくださる熱いプロレスファンの皆様、
皆様から温かい気持ちを頂いている事に感謝します。
僕は必ず皆様の前に帰ります。」
大谷晋二郎
コメント全文はこちら ↓
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ZERO1 president Takahito Kami said that Shinjiro Otani as of yesterday was able to talk to his family. "It's a relief from what I saw in the ring on Sunday. We don't know what to expect [...]. We have to take our time and wait. We hope to see signs of recovery every day,"
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Shinjiro Otani passed along the following message:
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Keiji Muto on the "indefinite suspension" of WRESTLE-1: "I was not able to get out of red figures after the launch, and the only reason why I was able to continue was that WRESTLE-1 had an owner who made up for it."
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NJPW announces an attendance of 40,008 (no vacancy) for the first day of Wrestle Kingdom 14.
#njwk14
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AJPW announced the blocks for the Champion Carnival:
Block A:
Kento Miyahara
Zeus
Shuji Ishikawa
Yoshitatsu
Yuma Aoyagi
KAI
Joel Redman
Shigehiro Irie
Takashi Sugiura
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After Katsuhiko Nakajima highly questioned the Triple Crown Match on January 3rd, AJPW president Fukuda annouced that the winner of Nakajima vs. Miyahara (12/31) will face "a special assassin I will prepare for him" on 1/3.
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Kazuchika Okada says his interest in the current IWGP Double Championship is declining and he intends to temporarily break away "from the title front". When the "second championship" was added to Okada "it seemed like the value of the belt had been halved."
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Takahashi also proposed to have the fans vote if the Best of the Super Junior or the G1 Final should headline the eventual final event.
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Mayu Iwatani says after being in match 0 in the Tokyo Dome this year she wants to have a match on the main show next year. Her ultimate goal is to have a defense of the Red Belt on a Stardom show inside the Dome.
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The 2020 top 10 MVP list as voted in the Net Pro-Wrestling Awards by fans in Japan:
1. Go Shiozaki
2. Tetsuya Naito
3. Hiromu Takahashi
4. Tetsuya Endo
5. Minoru Fujita
6. Kota Iibushi
7. El Desperado
8. KENTA
9. Asuka (WWE)
10. Katsuhiko Nakajima
【MVP / ネット・プロレス大賞2020】
1位 潮崎豪(NOAH)
2位 内藤哲也(新日本)
3位 高橋ヒロム(新日本)
4位 遠藤哲哉(DDT)
5位 藤田ミノル(フリー)
6位 飯伏幸太(新日本)
7位 エル・デスペラード(新日本)
8位 KENTA(新日本)
9位 アスカ(WWE)
10位 中嶋勝彦(NOAH)
#npwa2020
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An update on Shinjiro Otani's condition from Tokyo Sports:
By mid-August, Otani became fit enough to focus on rehabilitation and was transferred to a rehabilitation hospital in Tokyo He is still paralyzed from the neck down.
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Sakakibara did NOT offer Ibushi to fight Manny Pacquiao. Sakakibara just threw it around as an idea: ""If that happens, it would be great. It would be a truly interdimensional match. [...] Certainly, [...] the imaginations are boundless as to what kind of match it would be. "
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@asianmma
That is not what Tokyo Sports is reporting.
Sakakibara did NOT offer Ibushi to fight Manny Pacquiao. Sakakibara just threw it around as an idea: ""If that happens, it would be great. It would be a truly interdimensional match. [...] Certainly, [...] the imaginations are boundless as to what kind of match it would be. "
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NJPW announced a crowd of 3,318 fans for the finals of the New Japan Cup 2020 in Osaka-jo Hall today.
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Strong Kobayashi died on January 2nd at the age of 81. Kobayashi started training in 1966 and became Japan's first masked wrestler making his debut in 1967. Kobayashi is a former IWA World Heavyweight and Tag Team Champion and held the NWA North American Tag Team Title twice.
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Akira Hokuto (53) made an appearance at today's Sendai Girls Korakuen Hall show. Hokuto revealed that 11/29 is a special day for her, because 4 years ago she overcame breast cancer and "returned to performing arts" for the first time in over a year.
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BADBOY Hido (Hideo Takayama) passed away on October 17 at the age of 51 after a long illness. He is survived by his wife Megumi Kudo. The funeral service was conducted by family members only.
【訃報】
#pwzero1
弊社工藤めぐみGM 夫BADBOY非道（本名高山秀男）さんが10月17日にご逝去されました。
享年51歳
ここに生前のご厚意を感謝いたしますとともに、謹んでお知らせ申し上げます。
工藤GM挨拶 ↓
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The latest update on Shinjiro Otani:
Because of COVID-19, he is not allowed to see his family very often so they are in contact with him by videophone or other means.
His consciousness is stable, but he's under mental stress and is receiving mental health care.
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Kenta Kobashi & Masahiro Chono, this year part of the selection commiteee for the Tokyo Sports Pro-Wrestling GP, suggested a reform of the Awards. Chono suggested
there should be at least 3 categories for women: Best Bout, MVP "and one more". #年度プロレス大賞
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IGF IS BACK! Antonio Inoki, still battling illness, brought it back as his management company called "Inoki Genki Factory":
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RIZIN CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara is showing strong interest in Kota Ibushi and "furthermore, RIZIN officials even expressed interest in the plan to expand into pro-wrestling with the invitation of Ibushi."
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Tokyo Sports has a very short article on their website where Takaaki Kidani said he had fun watching Wrestle Kingdom as a fan and this is the photo they used:
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The ending of the letter is very moralizing:
"As you know, the founder of All Japan Pro Wrestling is Giant Baba, who, along with Inoki, created the golden age of pro wrestling. We wonder how Baba is looking at this situation from heaven."
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Tokyo Sports: If both remain champions, there is a good chance that the first confrontation between Naito and Hiromu will happen at the March 3 Anniversary Show in Ota Ward.
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Wrestle Kingdom 18 drew an offical crowd of 27,422 to the Tokyo Dome. That's up from 26,085 last year, but didn't reach the 30,096 for Keji Muto's Grand Final.
#njwk18
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According to a nurse Otani is still paralysed from the neck down. (3/3)
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I'd also like to thank you all for the warmth you have shown me.
I'm working hard every day on my rehabilitation so I can return to you all as soon as possible.
I will definitely return to you all.
Thank you for your continued support for ZERO1 and pro wrestling. (2/3)
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After DDT returned to regular shows Sanshiro Takagi called for the unity of japanese wrestling promotions: "I would like to share information with other organizations because of this situation. I think it would be interesting to have such an idea as a spectator all-star battle."
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The 2021 Puroresu March Madness tournaments have winners, as chosen by the people of the world! 👑✊👑 Congratulations to
@goshiozaki54039
@MayuIwatani
&
@abe_fuminori
for a wonderful year of great wrestling in Japan & all over the world. All 3 earning well deserved victories.
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Katsuhiko Nakajima talked to Tokyo Sports about his departure from Pro Wrestling NOAH and what he hopes to find in pro wrestling beyond that:
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Atsushi Onita explained the concept for the first FMW-E main event: two sides of the ring will have exploding barbed wire, there will be 2 barbed wire current blast bats and a barbed wire barricade mat mine blast (8 mines) will be installed on one side on the floor. (1/2)
#FMWE
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All Japan drew 1,340 fans to Korakuen Hall for Yuma Aoyagi's 5th defense of the Triple Crown against Kento Miyahara. That's their second best Korakuen House of the year behind 2/19 (Miyahara vs. Nagata + Shingo Takagi vs. Yuma Anzai).
#ajpw
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Yutaka Yoshie passed away after today's AJPW show at the age of 50.
The "Pink Tank" was set to celebrate his 30th Anniversary in wrestling, which featured runs in NJPW from 1994-2006 & as a freelancer since '06.
Condolences to his family, friends & fans. Please Rest in Peace.
【訃報】吉江豊選手逝去のお知らせ
本日開催の高崎大会に出場しておりました吉江豊選手が、2024年3月10日にご逝去されました。
吉江豊選手は、試合終了後に控室に戻った後、体調が急変し、高崎市内の病院へ緊急搬送されましたが、そのまま帰らぬ人となりました。
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Zeus one day before his Triple Crown challenge: "The organizations at the top of the wrestling world today are becoming more and more like WWE. But to me, it just looks like a hero show. What I'm aiming for is more of an essential pro-wrestling style where...
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From expecting to conquer the world in December 2020 to realizing that someone else became God instead on January 5, 2021. Two powerful images.
#NJWK15
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The end of this video is using the final seconds of the song used for "All Together" in 2011. 👀
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At a press conference of the Japan Pro-Wrestling Hall of Fame Executive Committee Genichiro Tenryu, Tatsumi Fujinami and Riki Choshu announced the establishment of a japanese pro-wrestling hall of fame that will collaborate with Tokyo Sports.
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In an interview with Tokyo Sports Kento Miyahara talked about the issues between him and Katsuhiko Nakajima. Miyahara says their stances on pro wrestling are completely different: “He was spotted as a karate champion and was scouted." 1/4
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Full card for the final of Tatsumi Fujinami's 50th anniversary card featuring talent from all over the japanese wrestling scene:
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The Triple Crown will be decided in a Three Way Match between Jake Lee, Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi this coming Saturday in Ota Ward.
Therefore in cooperation with the Baba family Lee will carry the Internationl Title, Miyahara the PWF and Aoyagi the United National Title.
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Shinjiro Otani returned to ZERO1 for the first time in over a year after his accident in the match against Takashi Sugiura who's bowing down in this photo.
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Zeus about his relationship with AJPW going forward:
"We're talking about building a friendly relationship with All Japan Pro Wrestling and working together. I will continue to stand in the All Japan ring whenever I have the opportunity."
#osk_pw
#大阪プロレス
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In an interview with Tokyo Sports the "fighting manager" Zeus gave some insight into his management plans for Osaka Pro Wrestling starting in 2022.
First, he repeated his idea to hold Osaka Pro in the Universal Studios Japan. (1/9)
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POLL WINNER:
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At NOAH's Sumo Hall press conference Director Narihiro Takeda talked about Takashi Sugiura's state of mind after Shinjiro Otani's injury: "Sugiura is also a professional, so he comes to these events, but we are not yet at the stage where we can talk about it in depth." (1/2)
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After winning the Tohoku Jr. Heavyweight Championship in his return match, Fujita "Jr" Hayato called out former rival Kenoh as well as New Japan's Hiromu Takahashi! #みちのくプロレス
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CIMA is the new AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Champion after defeating Koji Iwamoto in Nagoya. He says he's going to bring T-Hawk & El Lindaman to All Japan too.
やはりマイクの上手さは、他の追随を許しませんね！Tホークやリンダマンも連れてきて、全日本を盛り上げると宣言、、CIMAさんに期待です(^^)。勿論全日ジュニア勢にも、奮起してもらわねば！
#ajpw
#stronghearts
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Nearly 20 women between age 16 to 30 applied for Evolution's Joshi pro-wrestling project according to Tokyo Sports. After the next "audition" with a physical fitness test and another interview, two to four students will be selected to become All Japan's first female wrestler.
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AJPW drew a crowd of 1,687 (super no vacancy full house) to Korakuen Hall today for Kento Miyahara vs. Yuma Aoyagi.
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New Japan Pro Wrestling announced a crowd of 26,085 fans for Wrestle Kingdom 17 in Tokyo Dome. The two pandemic affected shows last year did a combined 18,426.
#njwk17
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Takeda: " I think it's the same for everyone, but he (Sugiura) seems quite depressed."
Takeda says he saw some posts directed at Sugiura that may be "slanderous and defamatory." and he asked people to stop making these comments. (2/2)
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Naoya Ogawa (52) is thinking about a return to pro-wrestling after his appearance for All Japan on 12/13. Ogawa says it would require some preperation "to become a leader again, but there's no rule that says I can't do it."
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Today AJPW ran two shows in Hotel Emisia Sapporo drawing 596 to the first show (Lindaman vs. Gresham and Saitos vs. Suzuki/Omori) and 797 to the second one that saw Yuma Aoyagi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima for the Triple Crown. Overall a successful tour of Hokkaido.
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If you're wondering how things are going in Japan, let's just put it this way: Joji Otani was welcomed back into locker rooms and is working indies all over the country.
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All Japan announced a crowd of 4,780 for their 50th Anniversary in Nippon Budokan today!
#ajpw50th
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Coming off their biggest success in a long time, it still feels like All Japan is not in a good state. Now Tokyo Sports reports that Shuji Ishikawa is leaving at the end of January, supposedly "because of his distrust of president Tsuyoshi Fukuda".
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New Japan announces a crowd of 7,801 for night 2 of
#NJWK15
. That's down from 12,689 yesterday.
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All tickets for tomorrow's GLEAT VER.1 event in Tokyo Dome City Hall have been sold. At the beginning of the show GLEAT will present their official theme song by Yoko Shimomura who composed songs for Street Fighter II, Kingdom Hearts, Xenoblade and many more.
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Who is the best World/Top Champion in Japanese pro wrestling currently?
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NJPW owner Takaaki Kidani has 2 goals for the 50th anniversary in 2022: Continue running the Toyko Dome 2 days in a row and return to terrestrial prime-time broadcasting. Kidani's idea: "We'll run shows on the 4th & 5th and start (airing) at 8:00 on the 7th (Friday)."
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Tokyo Sports reports that Hideki Suzuki has left Japan via Haneda Airport with a one way ticket without mentioning his destination.
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Otani can't even use a mobile phone, so he uses his nurse to help him keep in touch with his family. Because of COVID, he is only allowed to be visited by relatives and has not been able to meet with ZERO1 company officials or wrestlers.
2/3
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Meiko Satomura explained why she decided to move to London and join NXT UK: "Senjo has been in business for 15 years and has been in danger of survival due to the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake for 10 years. For the last 10 years ... (1/4)
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Takaaki Kidani won't blame COVID-19 solely "for the slump in attendance" on NJPW shows.
"I don't think there is any way around the fact that foreign players can't come. We just might have to find a way to increase the number of matches (per show)."
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Tatsumi Fujinami defeated TAMURA to capture the HEAT UP Univseral & PWL World Championship Double Crown at today's HEAT UP event in the Todoroki Arena in Kawasaki. This is Fujinami's first singles title win since winning the IWGP Heavyweight championship in 1998.
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Jun Akiyama joining DDT seems to be a done deal. Sanshiro Takagi is already planning the future with Akiyama as an executive: "I'd like you to go one step further and take on a position of some kind. Something beyond coaching. We'll have to talk about the specifics."
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Arihiro Takeda, director of CyberFight, who was involved in the negotiations to realize Great Muta vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, revealed the circumstances that led to the match:
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In her new blog entry Jungle Kyona calls this day her "Independence Day". She posted an e-mail address for inquiries about work Since April she worked as a secretary for the president of an advertising agency and she was able to look forward. (1/2)
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Top 3 matches on the May 5 AJPW show. WRESTLE-1 alumni continue to invade AJPW! The main event is for the AJPW World Tag Team Title.dic
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Tatsumi Fujinami was tested positive for COVID-19 and will thus miss NJPW's Wrestling Dontaku on 5/1 as well as HEAT UP's second ever Korakuen Hall show on 5/2.
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The cause of Yutaka Yoshie's death is arteriosclerosis according to his family. After his match Suwama rushed to the hospital and he also later visited Yoshie's family. They told him that his death was not caused by a wrestling match.
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Champion Carnival Block B:
Suwama
Jake Lee
Ryouji Sai
Gianni Valletta
Hideyoshi Kamitani
Ayato Yoshida
Lucas Steel
Davey Boy Smith Jr.
X (to be announced)
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