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New Japan Pro Wrestling's new owner says he wants to surpass WWE in popularity
Last week was a major game changer for the Japanese wrestling industry. The owners of Japan's largest wrestling company New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), Yuke's, the developers of THQ's WWE videogames for over a decade, shockingly sold the promotion for just over $6.5 million to Bushiroad Group...
On this date in NJPW history: A New Jersey native goes to Japan to compete in Russia
Wait, what? After he initially made his mark in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), but long before he joined up with World Championship Wrestling (WCW), New Jersey native Scott Charles "Bam Bam" Bigelow was a regular competitor under the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) banner, where he would...
Did the Hirai scandal lead to two symbolic departures from AJPW?
The fallout from the backstage beating of Nobukazu Hirai and his subsequent acute subdural hematoma has not ended with the resignation of Keiji Mutoh as long time President of All Japan Pro Wrestling. In a bizarre turn of events, the veteran referee who broke up the beating, Kyohei Wada, has left...
[UFC 118] YouTube takes us back to 1976, lets us watch Muhammad Ali vs Antonio Inoki with all of the buildup
With the new biggest boxer vs wrestler/boxer in MMA fight ever coming up tonight in James Toney vs Randy Couture, let's take a look at the previous holder of that crown: Muhammad Ali vs Antonio Inoki in 1976. Originally scheduled to be a traditional worked wrestling match with Inoki winning (Ali...
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