Best of the Super Juniors 26 Night 5 Review

by Arul Viswanathan | May 22, 2019 | New Japan, Newsletter

Night 5 was the third set of matches in the A block. It featured SHO vs Taka Michinoku, Marty Scurll vs Tiger Mask, Taiji Ishimori vs Titan, Dragon Lee vs Jonathan Gresham, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs Shingo Takagi. SHO vs Taka Michinoku First on the card was Roppongi...

Best of the Super Juniors 26 Night 4 Review

by Arul Viswanathan | May 22, 2019 | New Japan, Newsletter

Best of the Super Juniors Night 4 was the second round of the B Block. The 5 tournament matches of the night were Robbie Eagles vs Ren Narita, YOH vs Bandido, Bushi vs El Phantasmo, Will Ospreay vs Rocky Romero, and Ryusuke Taguchi vs Douki. Robbie Eagles vs Ren...

Best of the Super Juniors 26 Night 3 Review

by Arul Viswanathan | May 22, 2019 | New Japan, Newsletter

Night 3 of the Best of the Super Juniors consisted of 5 tournament matches. They were Jonathan Gresham vs Taka Michinoku, Tiger Mask vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Shingo Takagi vs Titan, Taiji Ishimori vs Marty Scurll, and Dragon Lee vs SHO. Jonathan Gresham vs Taka...

Best of the Super Juniors 26 Night 2 Review

by Arul Viswanathan | May 22, 2019 | New Japan, Newsletter

Night 2 of the Best of the Super Juniors was solid but couldn’t match the previous night’s semi-main event. It consisted of 5 matches, DOUKI vs Ren Narita, Robbie Eagles vs Rocky Romero, Bandido vs El Phantasmo, Will Ospreay vs Bushi, and Ryusuke Taguchi vs YOH. DOUKI...

205 Clive’s Purple Brand Review (5/21/19): Fatal 5-Way Main Event

by Brian "Clive" Kinsella | May 22, 2019 | Newsletter, WWE

Many questions can be asked heading into this week’s 205 Live. What’s next for Tony Nese’s Cruiserweight Championship reign, and what will Ariya Daivari have to say about his loss to Nese at Money In The Bank? Will The Singh Brothers’ losing...

How to Catch Up on NJPW

by Greg "Mauserratte" Records | May 21, 2019 | New Japan, Newsletter

I can’t claim to be an expert on Puroresu let alone New Japan Pro Wrestling. I got into it after seeing numerous videos of Kenny Omega on YouTube highlighting his budding feud with Okada and antics in the Bullet Club. I remembered Kenny from Ring of Honor when...