Category: New Japan Pro Wrestling

Wrestler’s Comment on the Tragic Passing of Perro Aguayo Jr.

Several wrestlers took to Twitter and Instagram to comment on the horrible tragic passing of El Hijo del Perro Aguayo in Mexico on Friday night. Below are some of the tweets:

 

Japanese Wrestling Legend Tatsumi Fujinami Announced For WWE HOF 2015

Japanese wrestling legend Tatsumi Fujinami will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2015. Fujinami became the first person to hold the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the NWA World Heavyweight Champion simultaneously when he defeated NWA Champion Ric Flair for the title on March 21, 1991 in front of over 50,000 fans at the Tokyo Dome.

The Young Bucks On WWE Trademarking ‘Too Sweet’ Hand Gesture

It was reported this week that WWE registered to trademark the NWO/Kliq ‘Too Sweet’ Hand gesture. New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s popular stable The Bullet Club uses the gesture.

The Bullet Club’s, The Young Bucks responded this week on Twitter and again on the microphone after their match at the FWE iPPV in Brooklyn on Wednesday. They cut a promo and said WWE will have to cut their hands off.

Here is some tweets of theirs and one Nick Jackson retweeted:

 

Many fans last night on Twitter during SmackDown believed that WWE took a shot at The Young Bucks during the Roman Reigns and Mark Henry segment. Henry told Reigns that young bucks like him think they know it all and done it all but haven’t been nowhere.

 

Sean “X-Pac” Waltman weighed in on WWE trying to trademark the symbol. Here is a exchange he had with Nick of The Young Bucks on Twitter:

 

 

 

WWE Trying To Trademark The Bullet Club Hand Gesture

PWInsider reports that WWE is apparently taking aim at New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s The Bullet Club stable. WWE recently registered to trademark the old NWO/Kliq hand gesture for merchandise purposes. NJPW’s The Bullet Club uses the same hand gesture and it’s featured on some of their t-shirts. Below is the version that WWE is trying to trademark:

NWO Kliq hand gesture

NJPW- New Japan Cup Results: 3/8/15

YOSHI-HASHI def. Jay White

Manabu Nakanishi, Mascara Doraga, Ryusuke Taguchi, Satoshi Kojima & Tiger Mask IV def. Captain New Japan, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jushin Thunder Liger, KUSHIDA & Tomoaki Homma

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tohei Komatsu def, Sho Tanaka & Yuji Nagata

Kazuchika Okada, Kazushi Sakuraba, Tomohiro Ishii & Shinsuke Nakamura def. The Bullet Club (Cody Hall, Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson & Tama Tonga)

New Japan Cup Quarterfinal Match: Togi Makabe def. Yujiro Takahashi

New Japan Cup Quarterfinal Match: Kota Ibushi def. Toru Yano

New Japan Cup Quarterfinal Match:Tetsuya Naito def. Bud Luck Fale

New Japan Cup Quarterfinal Match:Hirooki Goto def. Katsuyori Shibata

AJ Styles Interview: Talks NJPW, The Bullet Club & ROH

Below is a video in which AJ Styles talks to Fight Network’s John Pollock and The LAW (Live Audio Wrestling) about his match against Hiroshi Tanahashi at NJPW Ne Beginning, The Bullet Club’s popularity and Sunday’s Ring of Honor 13th Anniversary “Winner Takes All” pay-per-view match against ACH and more.

 

The Bullet Club Is Coming To ROH’s 13th Anniversary PPV Show

The Bullet Club is coming to Ring of Honor’s 13 Anniversary show in Las Vegas live on pay-per-view Sunday, March 1, 2015, 7:30pm EST at the Orleans Hotel & Casino.

The Bullet Club (Anderson & Gallows) VS The Addiction (Kazarian & Daniels) VS The Kingdom (Bennett & Taven)

ROH World Tag Team Championship: Young Bucks VS (C) reDRagon (O’Reilly & Fish)

AJ Styles VS ACH

Possible GFW Announcements Coming Soon From Jeff Jarrett

Source: WrestlingINC.com

According to PWInsider Jeff Jarrett is reportedly preparing to make Global Force Wrestling announcements next month during WrestleMania week, that’s the same time he made GFW announcement last year. Word is that the announcement will have to do with GFW talents and live events.

PWInsider also reports that there has been discussions of doing another live pay-per-view with New Japan Pro-Wrestling this spring and bringing a AAA live pay-per-view to the United States.

 

NJPW New Beginning Results

Sho Tanaka def. Yohei Komatsu

Tiger Mask & Mascara Dorada def. Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan

Rob Conway & Chase Owens def. Jushin Liger & Hiroyoshi Tenzan

Kota Ibushi def. Tomoaki Honma

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Young Bucks def. (c) ReDRagon (Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish) and The Timespitters (Alex Shelley & Kushida) – Young Bucks are new Champs.

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: (C) Kenny Omega def. Ryuske Taguchi

Kazuchika Okada, Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano def. The Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Tama Tonga)

Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Tetsuya Naito def. Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & Yoshi-Hashi

IWGP Tag Team Championship: The Bullet Club (Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) def. (C) Meiyu Tag (Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata) – The Bullet Club are the new Champs

IWGP Heavyweight Championship: AJ Styles def. (C) Hiroshi Tanahashi – Styles is the new Champ

 

 

Scott Hall Talks Being A Dad & Not Drinking

Scott Hall talks about his children, being a dad and his struggles with alcohol. Hall mentions that his son Cody is in Japan wrestling for New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Cody being a member of The Bullet Club.