By: Abid Chowdhury When fans bought their tickets to watch SEAdLINNNG's October Korakuen Hall show, they were expecting to see Arisa Nakajima defend her Beyond The Sea Championship. However, they weren't expecting to see SEAdLINNNG have a 1 day tournament to crown a new BTS champion. That's exactly what happened on October 19th from Korakuen Hall. Before we get to this event, a bit of a backstory on how we got this event. At SEAdLINNNG's 7th anniversary show in August from Korakuen Hall, Arisa Nakajima was set to defend her BTS championship against Hiroyo Matsumoto. The match was great, both talents took each other to the limit. They were having a match of the year contender. Within the last 2 minutes of the match, an accident happened. Arisa Nakajima went for a move off the top rope, Matsumoto went after her, and Nakajima slipped from Matsumoto's hands. She fell hard…

Welcome to Puroresu Gate, a weekly feature where we review attendance figures of Puroresu and Joshi promotions in the most well-known venues in Japan.

This week, we are looking at the 7,500-seat Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya Japan. Also known as the Dolphins Arena after the local basketball team, this venue first opened in 1964 has become a valuable arena for Puroresu in more recent years!

Yuuki Mashiro to Retire Against Suzu Suzuki in Ice Ribbon By: J. Curbelo Almost a year after leaving Ice Ribbon to form deathmatch independent unit PROMINENCE, Suzu Suzuki has been asked to return to the place she once called home per Yuuki Mashiro's request to retire from professional wrestling with a match against her on December 31st's Ribbonmania. It's a match that the Triangle Ribbon Champion has wanted for a while, but Ice Ribbon is yet to officially authorize the encounter despite its president giving a personal thumbs up. https://twitter.com/MonthlyPuroresu/status/1575563764891414528 In September, Yuuki Mashiro announced her retirement from professional wrestling to focus on the next chapter of her young life. It seems like yesterday when we highlighted her as a promising Ones to Watch talent, but joshi puroresu is truly a "Blink and you'll miss it" kind of sport. Little more than a month remains in Mashiro's road to retirement,…

Pro Wrestling NOAH have announced that Darby Allin will appear on Muta’s Final show, on January 22nd 2023.

The AEW star will team alongside his current tag-partner, Sting, and the Great Muta. The event, at Yokohama Arena, will be play host for the Great Muta’s final match.

TJPW Announce Grand Princess '23 Taking Place At Ariake Coliseum By: J. Curbelo TJPW continues to strive going into 2023, as Grand Princess returns for the company's biggest stage yet. Ariake Coliseum will host the biggest event of Tokyo Joshi's calendar and tickets information is already available. The 10,000 seat venue will be available at 50% capacity, allowing fans to cheer and be as vocal as they wish. https://twitter.com/tjpw2013/status/1595386691748974592 Seating is arranged in varying degrees of pricing, including "VIP", "S" and "A" tiers which will reward customers with an exclusive photobook, and even an all-female section. WRESTLE UNIVERSE members will also have access to two pre-order time windows for the show. Grand Princess is set to start at 3pm JST on March 18th, 2023, with doors opening an hour earlier. For further ticket pricing information, please visit the official website here.  

Queen's Quest Visit College Wrestling Club and Beat Up Student By: J. Curbelo Keio University, one of Tokyo's most prestigious research universities, held its annual festival which had a dedicated booth (And ring!) for Keio's Wrestling Association. The KWA is a research organization focused solely on pro-wrestling, established over 50 years ago. Today some of their students are active rookie wrestlers, they have their own championships and participate in multiple events while studying. [caption id="attachment_8201" align="alignnone" width="596"] Photo c/o Kasumi Nashimura (@uglypincmachine)[/caption] Such is the case of the KWA Champion, Kasumi Nashimura, who didn't look out of place next to STARDOM's elite faction, Queen's Quest. AZM, Miyu Amasaki and Lady C were invited to the festival to give speeches, answer questions and even get in the ring for some action. When asked about their hobbies, the trio gave somewhat unexpected answers. AZM mentioned being into videogames, but fellow 20 year…

The independent wrestling promotion Wrestling REVOLVER surprised us all with the announcement of a dream match between KENTA and "Speedball" Mike Bailey. This festival of kicks starts on December 3rd, and Wrestling REVOLVER has made the impossible possible. For the first time ever, we would see this match, and expectations are really high. Professional wrestling fans around the world will see a battle between two of the best strikers in the professional wrestling scene. https://twitter.com/PWRevolver/status/1595218186110222337?s=20&t=yVZ-wDR0uw1MLbJNn3y0Ig This match could be really good, and could showcase the talent that Mike Bailey has to the Japanese audience. Bailey wrestled already in Japan under the DDT banner, but he never took the next step. We will see what happens on December, but we already know this match will steal the show.

After months of appearing on WWE programming, we finally receive news of the NEVER Openweight Champion, Karl Anderson. By: R.Faliani "The Machine Gun" Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows left NJPW months ago and appeared at Monday Night RAW to reform the Original Club (OC) alongside A.J. Styles. Hikuleo was scheduled to wrestle Anderson, but the NEVER Openweight Champion was already on the United States, and kidnapped the belt. With no news of any match coming, people started to panic, and there were many that speculated about the future of the champion. https://twitter.com/MachineGunKA/status/1595154310517915648 It seems the many questions we have done over these months have been answered. With a message not only from Bullet Club, but the OC, Anderson confirmed his next title defense on December 14th, on the road to Wrestle Kingdom. The former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion was also featured on this message, and we think there's many fans…

Our weekly Puroresu Gate feature analyzing ticket sales takes us to the 290-seat Shin-Kiba 1st Ring arena, where SEAdLINNNG and Big Japan Pro Wrestling each ran shows recently.

KAIRI Wrestled Two High-Profile Matches While Injured By: J. Curbelo It was a monumental weekend for women's professional wrestling in Japan as STARDOM had two back-to-back shows, including the much anticipated Historic X-Over featuring talent from New Japan Pro Wrestling. One of the main characters of these two action packed days was the Pirate Princess, KAIRI, who walked into the shows as a double contender. https://twitter.com/njpwglobal/status/1594290444120489984 On Saturday's Gold Rush, KAIRI fought Wonder of Stardom Champion Saya Kamitani for the prestigious white belt to a 30 minute draw. Despite the frustrating result, KAIRI had one more opportunity at greatness on Sunday's joint event as she was set to face co-finalist of the inaugural IWGP Women's Championship tournament, Mayu Iwatani. Two of the three Daughters of STARDOM wrestled an emotional 25 minute match that saw KAIRI picking up the win and making history as the beginning of a new legacy unfolded…