Brian Fowler Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 On one hand, WWE owning All Japan sounds awful. On the other, Kento Miyahara coming to America and me possibly having a chance to someday see him live is intriguing... Except, of course, if he's forced to wrestle WWE style it'll suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horangi Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 14 hours ago, Control said: Thanks. Someone noted that Hartley Jackson returned to Z1, and he apparently is (was?) a WWE trainer for NXT. Hartley has been gone from WWE for months, has been doing Aus Indies since October. Glad to see ol' Jacko back on Z1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Puroresu is dead, time to move on. So, how about that Kazakhstani Wrestling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 Tajiri is Nomura’a replacement in the CC, perhaps the worst choice possible. Bravo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert S Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 7 hours ago, Ryan said: Puroresu is dead, time to move on. So, how about that Kazakhstani Wrestling? According to Alex Shelley, Madagascar Pro has the best wrestling in the world, including stars like Somalia Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgian_Waffle Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Yikes that's a lot of new bad Tajiri singles matches 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted March 4, 2020 Author Share Posted March 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Belgian_Waffle said: Yikes that's a lot of new bad Tajiri singles matches Tajiri vs Gianni Valetta is gonna be something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 We'll see if anything happens with Simon Inoki and NXT-JAPAN AJP. The W-1 world title might stay with Noah, if Nakajima doesn't lose it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted March 9, 2020 Author Share Posted March 9, 2020 Yeah, it’s weird that the Japan wrestling scene is going through a massive period of change, and it’s dead in here. In other news, I’d like one of these cushion covers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) AJPW cancelled the rest of their March shows. The Suwama-Kento show looked good, too. Assuming the CC still goes on as scheduled, I wonder if this affects the winner, since now Kento hasn’t broken the defence record yet. EDIT: Never mind, Apparently they’ve cancelled all shows except the Suwama-Kento show. Edited March 11, 2020 by Control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgian_Waffle Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 What kind of shape is Masao Inoue in these days? Surprised to see the Dark Agents booked for a tag league in 2020... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 It's possible Zero 1 could shut down as well in the future. It's one of the few remaining promotions left in Japan that isn't financially healthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted March 10, 2020 Author Share Posted March 10, 2020 (edited) Huh. There was word that BJW was in trouble, too. Apparently they had a fundraiser for their broken down trucks (that they use to transport the ring, etc) since they couldn’t afford to fix it, and there was also a good drive event for the wrestlers (?). I’m hearing this from Strigga. Which doesn’t sound promising. So while I typically have a wait-and-see approach to rumours, I can see how, in this context, AJPW might welcome a backer with $, even the WWE. Edit to add: I’m sure the smaller promotions are under stress from running fewer or no shows throughout March as well. Edited March 11, 2020 by Control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 I remember when Treasure Island mag in Japan would report about NOAH's monetary ills and woes for years and lesser so for Mutoh's era AJPW. Jun mostly runs AJP fiscally conservative, instead of lots of excessive spending like Mutoh did. Still having a big money backer would help greatly. I could dig up more info about the state of the current business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted March 15, 2020 Author Share Posted March 15, 2020 Kaz Hayashi defeated Nakajima to become the new (and perhaps final) Wrestle-1 champion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Keiji Muto, Kaz Hayashi, Shuji Kondo & Masayuki Kono vs. Daiki Inaba, Koji Doi, Shotaro Ashino & Kuma Arashi. For the last W-1 show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiji Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 What does the future hold for Mutoh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Working for NOAH and more promotions. Tv shows spots, commericals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted March 17, 2020 Author Share Posted March 17, 2020 24 minutes ago, Oyaji said: What does the future hold for Mutoh? Well, he is in RATELs in NOAH, I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ka-to Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Muto's Pro Wrestling Masters shows do very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Yoshiaki Yatsu will return to pro wrestling. At the DDT June 7 show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 I presume in some other capacity than in-ring? Because, you know, he's missing a leg. Not that that stopped Zach Gowen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E. Dynamite Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 (edited) Anybody else doing a spin before they do the elbow-touch handshake? Edited March 19, 2020 by John E. Dynamite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ka-to Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 17 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: I presume in some other capacity than in-ring? Because, you know, he's missing a leg. Not that that stopped Zach Gowen. He has a new one. Look at the picture one more time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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