Author: Alex Podgorski
Alex Podgorski
Alex has been a fan of pro wrestling for most of his life, and has been watching it since he was eight years old. He writes about it on a regular basis, and his work has been published on such sites as WhatCulture, TheRichest, Daily DDT, SportsKeeda, SLAM! Wrestling and TJR Wrestling.
Current IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Champion Tetsuya Naito discusses in an interview recently to discuss what has happened in his career of late. Naito made history on January 5th, 2020 by becoming the first-ever dual singles champion in NJPW history. Unfortunately, despite that major accomplishment, he hasn’t had many opportunities to show that he deserves being called the company’s ace. Like most wrestling companies, NJPW’s activities are completely on hold at this time due to the global coronavirus pandemic. Naito hasn’t defended his two belts since mid-February when he successfully defended both them against KENTA. But since that match, Naito…
DDT Pro Wrestling, one of Japan’s top independent wrestling federations, announced that it has canceled on if its largest annual events. Wrestle Peter Pan 2020 due to pandemic outbreak. The event was originally scheduled to take place on June 7th, 2020, at the Saitama Super Arena. This would have been the 12th edition of the annual event and the second under the ‘Wrestle Peter Pan’ name. DDT, like most wrestling promotions, is no longer hosting live events due to the ongoing global Coronavirus pandemic. Like most promotions in the Japanese wrestling market, a large portion of their revenue comes from…
(New Japan Pro-Wrestling) NJPWs Shingo Takagi conducted an interview with his company recently. In that interview, Takagi answered questions submitted by fans about a wide variety of subjects. Takagi spent the bulk of his career wrestling for the Dragon Gate promotion, before moving to NJPW in 2018. Once there, he became the newest member of the Los Ignobernables de Japon (LIJ) stable, led by current IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Champion Tetsuya Naito. As part of LIJ, Takagi has enjoyed incredible success. He went on an undefeated streak for eight months, before losing his first match in the finals of the…
Earlier today NJPW issued a statement about COVID-19 cancellations. Like most other wrestling promotions, it has been forced to cancel its upcoming events due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Two of its biggest shows and tours were canceled. The most recent was the New Japan Cup shows and the Sakura Genesis PPV. Furthermore, all NJPW events until May 4th, including live and non-televised events, were also canceled. NJPW President Harold Meij released the following open letter to the company’s fans: “As I’m sure you’re aware, last week we announced the cancellation of the remainder of the events on the Road…