Monthly Puroresu is proud to enter our third year in print with an incredible, two-part interview with Debrah “Madusa” Miceli. Also known as Alundra Blayze, she goes in-depth with MP about her journey through Japan and wrestling for All Japan Women’s and Rossy Ogawa in the 1990s for Part One.

KAIRI is on a quest like no other, and we couldn’t help but wax philosophic on her importance to Joshi wrestling and the newly minted IWGP Women’s Title.

For this issue’s Monthly Match Analysis, we recap Mercedes Moné vs. KAIRI for the IWGP strap, and include a statistical breakdown for how the victor was decided.

Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI aka BISHAMON also dropped us a line. We acknowledge their journeys up to this point, as stalwarts of the IWGP heavyweight division and its current tag-team champions.

Acclaimed wrestling author Dr. Jonathan Foye chronicles the famous Nippon Budokan – and its place in history – during a sojourn in Tokyo where wrestlers and historians give us insight into the building’s meaning to puroresu.

Memories of Muto Final: Resident photographer Masahiro Kubota was on the scene for the legendary Keiji Muto‘s last match, a star-studded event in front of nearly 31,000 in the Tokyo Dome.

PLUS: Spotlight on Miu Watanabe • Who is Cara Noir? • Zack Sabre Jr. & the NJPW World TV Title • Event Shots • Exclusive Art • More!