Author: John Hill

Miyu Yamashita. In professional wrestling, no moniker is more curious than that of the monarch. Whether it’s the king of kings, queens, princes, or princesses. In times of old, these titles were reserved for those chosen; by God or by themselves through conquest. In modern times, we are spoiled for wrestlers who take up those monikers, for they hold so much power within the collective imagination of wrestling fans. In Japan, under the shadow of a politically indistinguishable empire, is a princess. She is not of noble birth, but she rules her kingdom, and despite all conquests, there have been…

Tonight, WrestleMania capped off with a WWE RAW Women’s Championship match, with champion Sasha Banks defending against the 2021 Women’s Royal Rumble winner Bianca Belair. Sasha Banks gave Belair a fight worthy of the main event of WrestleMania. In the end, after 17 minutes, the match was over, with Belair able to put down Banks with a K.O.D to capture the Raw Women’s Championship. Bianca Belair wins the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship. A Back and Forth Contest The match was the second-longest–only giving up one minute to the opener, Bobby Lashley versus Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship. The match…

Last week, we saw two dominant competitors join the New Japan Cup USA bracket. This week, we will find out who the final two will be. With Brody King overcoming the mysterious Bateman and Ren Narita putting down Misterioso, whoever qualifies for the tournament will have to walk through hell to get a shot at the IWGP United States championship. This is NJPW STRONG for 3/26/21. _______________________ David Finlay and Karl Fredericks versus Tom Lawlor and Danny Limelight (New Japan Cup USA Qualifying Match) This week, we are set to start off with a regular tag match with irregular partners.…

Ontario independent wrestling promotion Alpha-1 Wrestling has announced their first show since February 13th, 2020 called “Escape From Your Basement” will be streamed live on their owner and promoter’s Twitch.tv channel. Alpha-1 Wrestling has promoted events in the Hamilton, Ontario region since February 2010. The promoter and owner, former IMPACT Wrestling Tag Team champion Ethan Page, announced via Twitter his intentions to stream the upcoming limited attendance event “Escape From Your Basement” for free. The event will feature an Alpha Male title match between current champion Mark Wheeler and former Alpha Male titleholder and former IMPACT tag team champion Josh…

As previously reported, Pro Wrestling Noah has kept the Ark alive by hosting no-fan shows on ABEMA TV. On May 24th, NOAH held the first day of “New Hope”. The event featured four matches and two announcements that have rocked through the Japanese wrestling world. The first announcement came from Go Shiozaki who, as previously reported, had suffered acute appendicitis. The current GHC Heavyweight Championship was making his return announcement when “The Dark King” Akitoshi Saito delivered a challenge for the GHC Heavyweight Championship on June 14th. Pro Wrestling NOAHs Kiyomia has demanded a match with a significant opponent! Saito’s…

Over the past 18 months, New Japan Pro Wrestling has bolstered its global presence. Wanting and needing their international fans to know more about their product and the roster. Those that can’t read or understand Japanese wouldn’t have seen the multitude of interviews such as that of Goto, Okada, and most recently Hiroshi Tanahashi in Japanese sports media. Until now. On the NJPW website, there is an ongoing interview series called “Hiroshi Tanahashi: Aces High”. Here the Ace of the Century discusses his life. From a young child to his rise as New Japan Pro Wrestling’s top wrestler. In the…

Ember Moon is known to most wrestling fans through her meteoric rise through NXT from 2015 through 2018. Despite struggling on the main roster, Ember Moon did challenge for Bayley’s SmackDown Women’s Championship at Summerslam 2019. Following her loss and a five-match losing streak, Ember Moon suffered an ankle injury, which she stated recently on WWE Backstage may be “career-threatening.” Ember Moon recounted the incident on Booker T’s “Hall of Fame” radio show, describing the event which took place on the September 24th episode of WWE SmackDown: “So they go through the curtain, and they didn’t realize how close I…

On May 6th, 2020, the worst fears of New Japan fans all over the world were realized; that the COVID-19 pandemic had claimed another tournament. New Japan canceled the Best of the Super Juniors 27 10 days before its scheduled start. Consequently, the current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi was denied another opportunity for “Motto!” (more) glory. Hiromu Takahashi has a plan to save the Best of the Super Juniors Tournament. Hiromu Takahashi reclaimed the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship following a return from a career-threatening injury at Wrestle Kingdom 14 day one, and pinned Jyushin “Thunder” Liger in his…

As readers of Pro Wrestling Post are sure to know, New Japan Pro Wrestling is a major outlier in the Japanese wrestling landscape in their response to COVID-19. Instead of presenting “no-fan” events like Pro-Wrestling NOAH, New Japan has offered a plethora of brand new wrestling adjacent content. Hirooki Goto sheds light on his early career. According to New Japan, the premise of the new series is as follows: “In Chain Reactions, we’ll be talking to different wrestlers and staff about their journey through fanhood and into NJPW. Each interviewee will then nominate the next, so we don’t know who…

As the endless sea of streaming services continues to churn one ship is flying new flags. DDT Universe, the platform which features the titular DDT Pro Wrestling as well as Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling, Ganbare Pro-Wrestling, Rojo Pro-Wrestling, and NOAH, is rebranding as WRESTLE UNIVERSE, according to a statement by DDT. The rebranding even comes complete with new social media. In addition, according to the press release by DDT Pro, “There will be no changes to the service itself, pricing, etc.”. Members of DDT Fan-club will continue to tap into their benefits. It is exciting to see if more promotions will…