Category: New Japan Pro Wrestling

Multiple Title Matches Announced For ROH NJPW G1 Supercard

We are just a few weeks away from Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling taking over Madison Square Garden for the G1 Supercard. The collaboration between both organizations on April 6 has been months in the making. One of the main title matches includes Jay White defending his IWGP Heavyweight Championship against New Japan Cup winner Kazuchika Okada. The Ring of Honor World Title is also on the line as Jay Lethal defends it in a ladder match against Matt Taven and Marty Scurll.

The entire main card was announced late last night, with a total of eight titles on the line. Zack Sabre Jr. will be defending his RPW British Heavyweight Championship against Hiroshi Tanahashiwhile Tetsuya Naito will defend the IWGP Intercontinental Title against Kota Ibushi. Additionally, Mayu Iwatani will defend the Women of Honor World Championship in a rematch against former champion Kelly Klein. Jushin Thunder Liger has been confirmed for the Honor Rumble match.

There was a significant change to one match, as the title v. title bout between the Guerrillas of Destiny and Villain Enterprises’ PCO and Brody King is now a fatal four-way. The Briscoes and the team of EVIL and SANADA have been added to the match for the IWGP and Ring of Honor World Tag Team Titles.

Below is the updated and potentially final match card:

* Jay White (c) v. Kazuchika Okada – IWGP Heavyweight Championship
* Jay Lethal (c) v. Marty Scurll v. Matt Taven – Ladder Match for the ROH World Championship
* Tetsuya Naito (c) v. Kota Ibushi – IWGP Intercontinental Championship
* Will Ospreay (c) v. Jeff Cobb (c) – Winner Takes All match for the NEVER Openweight and ROH TV TItle
* Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa (c) v. Brody King and PCO (c) v. EVIL and SANADA v. The Briscoes – Winner Takes All match for the IWGP and ROH World Tag Team Titles
* Taiji Ishimori (c) v. Dragon Lee v. Bandido – IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
* Zack Sabre Jr. (c) v. Hiroshi Tanahashi – RPW British Heavyweight Championship
* Mayu Iwatani (c) v. Kelly Klein – Women of Honor World Championship
* Bully Ray v. TBA – New York Street Fight Open Challenge
* Rush v. Dalton Castle
* Honor Rumble (Pre-Show) – Jushin Thunder Liger

Source: Wrestling Inc.

ROH announced the full schedule for G1 Supercard Festival of Honor, When Is Flip Gordon Returning?

ROH announced the full schedule for G1 Supercard Festival of Honor (seen here) featuring numerous meet and greets, Q&As, and a press conference. Individual tickets for meet and greets go on sale March 21 at 12 pm ET.

Flip Gordon will be making his return to an ROH ring on March 31 at Road to G1 Supercard in Baltimore, Maryland. Gordon has been out since January with a torn MCL in his right knee. Gordon was never expected to miss the G1 Supercard, although he doesn’t currently have a match on the event.

ROH Confirms Big Title Match For G1 Supercard At MSG

The video below is from this past weekend’s ROH TV tapings at Las Vegas featuring ROH World Champion Jay Lethal, Marty Scurll, and Matt Taven. Scurll is currently the number one contender, thanks to winning last year’s Survival of the Fittest tournament. Taven and Lethal went to a 60-minute time limit draw for the title at 17th Anniversary PPV.

Lethal felt both men deserved a shot at G1 Supercard, but wanted to up the ante a bit more by making it a Triple Threat Ladder Match for the ROH World Championship.

Also teased for the event, but not yet officially announced by ROH: World TV Champion Jeff Cobb vs. NEVER Openweight Champion Will Ospreay (Title vs. Title), and Dalton Castle vs. Rush.

Update: ROH officials confirmed that RUSH vs. Dalton Castle will go down at G1 Supercard. The challenge was laid out at ROH 17th Anniversary Show this past Friday after RUSH picked up a victory over Bandido.

Below is the updated announced card:

* Jay White (c) vs. New Japan Cup 2019 Winner (IWGP Heavyweight Championship)

* Jay Lethal (c) vs. Marty Scurll vs. Matt Taven (Ladder Match for the ROH World Championship)

* ROH World Tag Team Champions PCO & Brody King vs. IWGP Tag Team Champions Guerrillas of Destiny (Titles vs. Titles Match)

* Taiji Ishimori (c) vs. Dragon Lee vs. Bandido (IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship)

* Bully Ray vs. TBA

* RUSH vs. Dalton Castle

* Honor Rumble (Pre-Show)

Update: ROH officials confirmed that RUSH vs. Dalton Castle will go down at G1 Supercard. The challenge was laid out at ROH 17th Anniversary Show this past Friday after RUSH picked up a victory over Bandido.

NJPW Holding Event In Brooklyn During WrestleMania 35 Weekend 4/4/19

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced an event that will take place in Brooklyn, NY on Thursday 4/4:

New Japan Matsuri Stage to Feature Tanahashi, Naito and more on April 4!New Japan Pro Wrestling is kicking off G-1 Supercard week with New Japan Matsuri at Japan Village in Brooklyn, NY on Thursday, April 4, 2019.

Come meet your favorite NJPW wrestlers as they take part in New Japan Matsuri stage events throughout the day!

Stage Event Schedule

12:00 PM Opening Ceremony with Jyushin Thunder Liger

2:00 PM DAISO Special Stage with Toru Yano

5:00 PM Special Talk Show with Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI

7:00 PM Special Talk Show with Hiroshi Tanahashi

7:50 PM Closing Ceremony with Hiroshi Tanahashi

Event Hours: 12:00PM – 8:00PM

Event Location: Japan Village

Address: 934 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11232

Daiso, recently opened its flagship store in Flushing, NY on Friday, March 8, will be sponsoring New Japan Matsuri. Daiso will have a booth at New Japan Matsuri and will host a special stage event featuring Toru Yano.

Daiso Flushing Store

40-24 College Point Blvd., Flushing NY 11354

(At Skyview Center, next to the Converse store)

Store Hours: M-F 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM, Sat-Sun 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM

Part of the tweet, as seen below and translated by Google, reads, “April 4…the event: “New Japan Matsuri” for the prior day of MSG Tournament!!”

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Wrestling News Blog Podcast Episode Two – King Kong Bundy, AEW, Memphis Wrestling & More

In this week’s Wrestling News Blog Podcast Episode Two, Ed remembers King Kong Bundy, discusses All Elite Wrestling, Memphis Wrestling, Jim Ross and more.

Segment One – King Kong Bundy

Segment Two – This past week in wrestling news

Segment Three -All Elite Wrestling (AEW)

Segment Four -RAW Women’s Championship Triple Threat Match at WrestleMania 35: (C) Ronda Rousey vs. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair

Segment five – Blast from the Past: Jerry Lawler foes in Memphis Wrestling Territory

Wrestling News Blog Podcast is available on all major podcast apps such as Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts and Stitcher.

Bullet Club Adding A New Member

During night one of the NJPW New Japan Cup it was teased Bullet Club would be adding a new member soon. Most of the vignette hid the individual, but there is a glimpse near the end and it’s Canadian wrestler, El Phantasmo.

Debuting back in 2005, El Phantasmo has been a big part of numerous promotions in Canada. Currently working on the UK indie scene, he typically works with RevPro Wrestling where he won last year’s British J-Cup tournament. RevPro is also a partner of NJPW.

The current Bullet Club roster is: IWGP Heavyweight Champion Jay White (leader), Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens, Gedo, Hikuleo, Jado, Robbie Eagles, IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Taiji Ishimori, IWGP Tag Team Champion Tama Tonga, IWGP Tag Team Champion Tagna Loa, and Yujiro Takahashi.

Source: Wrestling Inc.

Jushin Thunder Liger Announces Plans For Retirement

Japanese pro wrestling legend Jushin Thunder Liger announced during a press event today that he will be retiring at the Tokyo Dome next January.

“Thank you for joining me here,” said Liger at this morning’s press conference. “I will retire next year in January at the Tokyo Dome.”

Liger, 54, has been in the business for several decades and has captured championships and notoriety in a number of promotions, including WCW, Pro Wrestling NOAH, Dragon Gate, New Japan Pro Wrestling, Ring Of Honor, WWE NXT, among many others.

Source: EWrestling.com

NJPW Reveals G1 Climax 29 Schedule

NJPW announced earlier today the full schedule for its biggest tournament of the year, G1 Climax 29. For the first time ever, the tournament will kick off outside of Japan at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on July 6.

The winner of the tournament receives an opportunity at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship in the main event of next January’s Wrestle Kingdom. Last year’s tournament winner was Hiroshi Tanahashi. This year’s participants have yet to be revealed.

Below is the full schedule:

* July 6: American Airlines Center in Dallas TX
* July 13: Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo
* July 14: Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo
* July 15: Hokkai Kitayell in Hokkaido
* July 18: Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
* July 19: Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
* July 20: Korakuen Hall in Tokyo
* July 24: Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall in Hiroshima
* July 27: Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Aichi
* July 28: Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Aichi
* July 30: Takamatsu City General Gymnasium in Kagawa
* August 1: Fukuoka Citizen Gymnasium in Fukuoka
* August 3: Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka
* August 4: Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka
* August 7: Hamamatsu Arena in Shizuoka
* August 8: Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in Kanagawa
* August 10: Nippon Budokan in Tokyo
* August 11: Nippon Budokan in Tokyo
* August 12: Nippon Budokan in Tokyo

NJPW 47th Anniversary Results

* Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, Ayato Yoshida, Shota Umino & Ren Narita vs. Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Chase Owens & Hikuleo) – Winners: Bullet Club

* Yuji Nagata & Toa Henare vs. Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI – Winners: Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI

* Satoshi Kojima, Tomoaki Honma, Tiger Mask IV, Ryusuke Taguchi & Dragon Lee vs. Minoru Suzuki, Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Taka Michinoku – Winners: Satoshi Kojima, Tomoaki Honma, Tiger Mask IV, Ryusuke Taguchi & Dragon Lee

* IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Shingo Takagi & BUSHI (c) vs. Roppongi 3K – Winners and new IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Champions: Roppongi 3k

* IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: Taiji Ishimori (c) vs. Jushin Thunder Liger – Winner: Taiji Ishimori

* Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada & Hirooki Goto vs. Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & SANADA – Winners: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada & Hirooki Goto

* IWGP Heavyweight Champion Jay White vs. NEVER Openweight Champion Will Ospreay – Winner: Jay White

NJPW 47th Anniversary Show 3/6/19

The 47th Anniversary of New Japan Pro Wrestling will be celebrated inside the Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan on March 6th. Exclusively on New Japan World, the company announced the full match card for the show.

Here is the full match lineup for the Anniversary Show:

* IWGP Heavyweight Champion Jay White vs. NEVER Openweight Champion Will Ospreay

* Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada & Hirooki Goto vs. Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & SANADA

* IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Taiji Ishimori (c) vs. Jushin Thunder Liger

* IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Shingo Takagi & BUSHI (c) vs. Roppongi 3K

* Satoshi Kojima, Tomoaki Honma, Tiger Mask IV, Ryusuke Taguchi & Dragon Lee vs. Minoru Suzuki, Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Taka Michinoku

* Yuji Nagata & Toa Henare vs. Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI

* Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, Ayato Yoshida, Shota Umino & Ren Narita vs. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Chase Owens & Hikuleo