By: Sonal Lad On January 4th, New Japan Pro Wrestling will hold its annual Wrestle Kingdom event, signaling the start of 2022 and cementing itself as the biggest show of the year. Like every year, the card is full of some of the biggest wrestlers fighting for all the company's titles and special matches to suit every wrestling fan. Here's a look at the card for New Japan Pro Wrestling's Wrestle Kingdom 17. Pre-Show Exhibition Match – Ryohei Oiwa v Boltin Oleg Young Lion Ryohei Oiwa will be making his Wrestle Kingdom singles debut against amateur wrestler Boltin Oleg, who is making his New Japan debut after being introduced to crowds by Yuji Nagata. While Oiwa has impressed fans in his matches, it will be a chance to see the hype surrounding Oleg. With a three-minute time limit, it wouldn't be surprising to see a time-limit draw. The importance of…

Pro Wrestling NOAH's New Year is shaping up, and these videos are hyping up the show! By: R.Faliani The January 1st Nippon Budokan spectacle has been the talk of the town on Pro Wrestling NOAH, and the company has decided to release interview videos with some of the protagonists of the night. The GHC Heavyweight Champion Kaito Kiyomiya will face Kongo's leader Kenoh for the belt, and the things he said about this match are noteworthy. —Kaito Kiyomiya's message to KENOH "I've fought you many times before, but this time, at Nippon Budokan on New Year's Day, I won't give up. Go ahead and take this belt away from me, if you can. I'm the one who will take NOAH to Budokan. I will never lose to you. I'm the one who will take NOAH all the way." The former GHC Heavyweight Champion, and Kiyomiya's biggest rival, was as harsh…

Our weekly Puroresu Gate feature analyzing ticket sales takes us to the 290-seat Shin-Kiba 1st Ring arena, where Pro Wrestling Noah held a fantastic event recently.

Inside a stunned York Hall, the Great O-Khan captured the Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship, at RevPro’s Uprising event.

"The Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada has been selected as the most valuable wrestler of the year! By: R.Faliani https://twitter.com/tospo_battle/status/1603480094668107777 The Japanese sports-orientated magazine has released their yearly Puroresu awards, and Okada is the man once again. Tokyo Sports also choose Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay as Match of The Year, calling it a masterpiece! Here's all the awards listed on the website: MVP: Kazuchika Okada Best Match: Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay (NJPW G1 Climax 32, Nippon Budokan) Best Tag Team: United Empire (Jeff Cobb & Great O'Khan) (NJPW) Outstanding Performance: Kento Miyahara (AJPW) Fighting Spirit Award: Great O'Khan (NJPW) Best Technique Award: El Lindaman (GLEAT) Rookie of The Year: Yuma Anzai Female MVP Award: Syuri (STARDOM) You can read more about the Tokyo Sports Awards on the link below, including an analysis of the BUSHIROAD dominance over CyberFight this year! https://kakutolog.info/media/award/25433/

"I want them to feel something new." Naomichi Marufuji shares thoughts on MaruKEN reunion and more in this exclusive interview. By: R.Faliani At Yoyogi National Gymnasium event on 11.23, Naomichi Marufuji announced that he would challenge for the GHC Tag Championship with former partner KENTA, who currently wrestles for New Japan Pro Wrestling.  What did “The Genius of the Ark” have on his mind? On KENTA ——Please tell us why you chose KENTA as your partner. Naomichi Marufuji “Well, the Yoyogi crowd were the ones who brought KENTA’s name up, but my partners were [Masato] Tanaka and [Masaaki] Mochizuki. It's hard. If you go to win the belt, do you think Tanaka and Mochizuki have the better chance at winning? Maybe. However, 2023 is also a milestone year for me, so . . . Sugiura, Kojima, no . . . “TAKA & SATOSHI.” Those two have the tag belts. Well,…

This week, we are looking at the 1,800-seat Tokyo Korakuen Hall. Known as the MECCA of Japanese Pro Wrestling, this venue is used by every Puroresu and Joshi promotion and is considered sacred ground for fans and wrestlers alike.

This week, we are looking at the 1,800-seat Tokyo Korakuen Hall. Known as the MECCA of Japanese Pro Wrestling, this venue is used by every Puroresu and Joshi promotion and is considered sacred ground for fans and wrestlers alike.

Eight years after Nanae Takahashi won the Goddess of Stardom Tag League, she did so once more. This time there was no Pirate Princess by her side, just the immovable force that is Yuu.

Yuki Ueno managed to defeat the Goliath, Yukio Naya, in DDT’s D-Oh Grand Prix Final on December 4th. It was a hard-fought victory, as Ueno fought back resiliently in the face of vicious knees and strikes from Naya.