Earlier this week, Jay White defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi to become The New IWGP Heavyweight Champion during the main event of NJPW’s The New Beginning in Osaka. Apparently, a key reason that White has reached the top of NJPW and obtained The IWGP Heavyweight Title so fast is directly correlated to …
Read More »How Long is Kenny Omega’s AEW Contract For?
Kenny Omega revealed on a recent edition of The Wrestling Observer Radio Program with Dave Meltzer that he has signed a 4 year deal with All Elite Wrestling. Omega, who is a full-time AEW talent as well as an Executive Producer with Cody Rhodes & The Young Bucks, also revealed …
Read More »AEW Reportedly Makes An Outstanding Offer To A Big Time WWE Star
As All Elite Wrestling comes closer and closer to its Double or Nothing Ticket Announcement Party on February 7th in Las Vegas, the formation of the new promotion has already opened up the possibilities of siphoning away talent from other major promotions. With Chris Jericho already on board, Kenny Omega …
Read More »Report: Chris Jericho’s NJPW Deal Pays Him $100,000 Per Match
According to Dave Meltzer during a recent edition of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Jericho’s deal with NJPW pays him $100,000 per match. Meltzer previously reported that Jericho was paid $100,000 for his appearance at WWE’s Greatest Royal Rumble Event last year and notes that that price is the “same as …
Read More »FlashBack Wrestling Podcast Episode 20 – Pentagon Jr – Son of Darkness
FlashBack Wrestling Podcast is back with their 20th episode. In this episode Wesly Avendano, and his brother Anthony take a look at the career of Lucha Libre superstar Pentagon Jr who is also known as Pentagon Dark, Penta el OM, and Penta el Zero M. Before getting into Pentagon Jr they introduce their first ever guest …
Read More »Ten off the Top: Current Championship Reigns
The journey of a professional wrestler (or sports entertainer, depending on what end of the Cornette Kayfabe SpectrumTM you fall under) is often times underscored by his or her championship prowess. In this wonderful industry, it is not only the number of times we can reach the top of our …
Read More »Dear WrestleMania…An Open Letter
Dear WrestleMania, You don’t know this but you’ve been a huge part of my life since I was a small child. I’ll never known exactly when or where I was first exposed to pro wrestling. I have vague memories of being a child and having a “Macho Man” Randy Savage …
Read More »A War Is Brewing: Intro To New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW)
Throughout the years, competition has proven to be a huge driving force behind the success of WWE. When presented with true competitors like the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in the 80’s and WCW in the 90’s, Vince McMahon and his company successfully reshaped the professional wrestling world twice. However since …
Read More »Cody Rhodes Booked For PWG Battle Of Los Angeles
Former WWE Superstar Cody Rhodes is now confirmed Pro Wrestling Guerilla’s Battle of Los Angeles, which is scheduled to take place this August in Reseda, CA. Rhodes can now mark this off of his post WWE “wish list.” PWG’s BOLA is an annual tournament that has attracted many of the …
Read More »Kenny Omega out, KUSHIDA in for Saturday’s ROH show
Ring of Honor issued a statement on Kenny Omega being pulled from Saturday’s ROH show in Philly, also announcing that KUSHIDA has been added to the show and will be defending his IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship. Official Statement from ROH: “Due to circumstances out of his or Ring of Honor’s …
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