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Both former AEW World Champion Hangman Adam Page and former NXT Champion Adam Cole want a shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship at the upcoming AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door PPV Page declared his intentions to challenge for the title at the PPV on this week's episode of AEW Dynamite, only for Cole to interrupt[...]

AEW will hold a tournament, to conclude at the AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door PPV, to crown the first champion The All-Atlantic Championship joins the AEW World Championship, the AEW Women's World Championship, the AEW World Tag Team Championship, the TNT Championship, the TBS Championship, the FTW Championship, and two Owen Hart Foundation Tournament Championships[...]

AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door takes place on June 26th at the United Center in Chicago, and will feature the stars of NJPW taking on the stars of AEW The show will be broadcast on PPV and streamed on Bleacher Report, Fite TV, and NPW World The show will also feature a match for the[...]

Following last night's episode of AEW Dynamite, the first match for AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door is set NJPW star Hiroshi Tanahashi will take on CM Punk at the event, which is scheduled to take place at the United Center at the end of June Tanahashi answered a challenge from CM Punk following Punk's victory[...]

On June 26th, the stars of All Elite Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling will compete at AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door, a PPV emanating from the United Center in Chicago No matches have been announced for the show yet, but it's already nearly sold out and anticipation is high In an interview with TSN,[...]

But more often than not, AEW doesn't want to fight fair, which is why that no-good Tony Khan invented the Forbidden Door, a concept by which AEW can team up with other companies like Impact Wrestling or Ring of Honor to bully WWE two on one, which is just so dang unfair. In June, AEW and[...]

Auugh man! So unfair! That's what The Chadster thought immediately upon learning about Forbidden Door, the upcoming joint PPV in which AEW and NJPW will team up to bully The Chadster's beloved WWE These kinds of tactics are nothing new coming from Tony Khan, who has made it his mission the past few years to[...]

Last night, Bleeding Cool was first to report on the historic announcement that AEW and NJPW will join forces for Forbidden Door, a super show featuring wrestlers from both promotions that will take place on Sunday, June 26th at the United Center in Chicago Tickets go on sale for the event on May 6th, and[...]

Former NXT head honcho Triple H's signing of Japanese superstar Kushida away from NJPW in 2019 was quite the coup at the time  He had become a star overseas with his unique presentation and personality and of course because of his incredible abilities in the ring  But now Kushida's contract with WWE is up and so is his time[...]

NJPW is headed back to AXS TV later this month, joining Impact Wrestling to create a formidable Thursday night wrestling block on the channel, which is owned by Impact parent Anthem Sports & Entertainment NJPW previously aired on the station but was removed from the channel when Anthem purchased it, as the relationship between the[...]

We have an update on the health of wrestling legend Terry Funk, who we learned recently wasn't doing so well.

Tetsuya Naito made a surprise announcement this morning as he revealed he will be back for the NJPW World Tag League 2021 As you might recall, Naito suffered a ruptured knee during his first match of the G1 Climax 31 against Zack Saber Jr on September 18th, which put him out of action for the[...]

 While he is currently internally listed as the number two babyface for NXT (behind NXT Champion Tommaso Ciampa), it is easy to see why they could let O'Reilly go for a couple of reasons. It's no secret that WWE has been shedding talent across all of its brands all year (including two of Kyle O'Reilly's former stablemates,[...]

One of the most unlikely things happened during NJPW's G1 Climax 31 as Katsuyori Shibata made his return to the promotion as a wrestler Last night during the G1 Final, we got a surprise match on the card as Shibata faced off against Zack Saber Jr in a short five-minute exhibition match The two weren't[...]

Our line-up of news & opinion topics for today include Showtime's Billions, The CW's DC's Stargirl, NJPW, FXX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, FX's What We Do in the Shadows, and NBC's Saturday Night Live And then we wrap things up with our reviews of AMC's The Walking Dead & The Walking Dead: World Beyond,[...]

New Japan Pro-Wrestling is giving pro-wrestling fans a special treat on NJPW World as you can check out a night of the G1 Climax for free In case you haven't had a chance to check it out, the company's biggest tournament is back, pushed into the Fall due to the Tokyo Olympics which took over[...]

That continues this week with a look at the (in)famous 1995 New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) PPV event "Collision in Korea"- first confirmed as a topic this season back in February 2021. Image: Vice TV Featuring 15 matches spread out over two evenings (April 28 and 29, 1995) in North Korea, "Collision in[...]

Jon Moxley will defend the IGPW United States Championship against Yuji Nagata on AEW Dynamite in two weeks, taking the collaboration between AEW and NJPW to the next level.  On Twitter, Tony Khan wrote, "Thank you for the amazing feedback on tonight's #AEWDynamite @AEWonTNT & I'm thrilled to announce that I've opened the #ForbiddenDoor as[...]

One of the worst ideas to come out of NJPW was the merger of their two biggest titles Then we saw the new belt design and it got worse To catch you up to speed if you didn't already know, the company has decided to merge two of its championships into one belt The decision[...]

You hang in there, little buddy. An ad for NJPW stars Juice Robinson and David Finlay ran at the end of Impact No Surrender on Saturday, February 13th Another shocking piece of news came at the end of No Surrender, when an add aired advertising the arrival of NJPW stars Juice Robinson and David Finlay on Impact[...]

A loaded card for AEW Dynamite tonight is headlined by Kenta and Kenny Omega vs. Jon Moxley and Lance Archer as the NJPW crossover continues.

Last night's edition of AEW Dynamite on TNT saw New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) star and Bullet Club member KENTA making a surprise appearance to take down Jon Moxley in retaliation for Moxley's previous attack in NJPW territory- setting up for their future match and paving the way for some major crossover cooperation between AEW, NJPW,[...]

No, that honor belongs to what happened after the main event match, when KENTA appeared to attack Jon Moxley and tease an AEW/NJPW Crossover Could you imagine that, comrades?! KENTA appeared on AEW Dynamite to attack Jon Moxley ahead of their match at NJPW New Beginning USA on February 26th, potentially kicking off an AEW/NJPW crossover From[...]

Less than a week after Evan Husney and Jason Eisener confirmed that "The Loose Cannon" Brian Pillman would be one of the focuses of the third season of Vice TV's Dark Side of the Ring, viewers are getting a brief update on how production is going. Taking to Twitter earlier today (you can check out the actual[...]

Following a pair of Andre the Giant figures, two revealed waves of NJPW figures, and Matt Cardona and Brian Myers figures, The Good Brothers get their due Each will comes with tons of articulation, four different swappable heads, five pairs of swappable hands, and a beerski All of that will be housed in the familiar[...]

CM Punk revealed it would either take "the stupidest amount of money" or a great storyline to get him to return to wrestling.

Some of the topics expected during the third season include Grizzly Smith, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Rockin' Robin, Sam Houston, the 1995 WCW/NJPW event "Collision in Korea" event, and the death of Brian Pillman This brings us to Friday, and to a tweet that shows the series is in production and working on its first[...]

Super7 is new to the wrestling figure game, with this Andre The Giant figure releasing now, and new Ultimates figures of NJPW wrestlers and Major Wrestling Figure Podcast figures to follow Let's take a look at their first stab at it, and see what we think of their tribute to Andre. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float:[...]

NJPW set plans for Wrestle Kingdom attendance in January And more! All Elite Wrestling (AEW) Star Chris Jericho appears on AEW Dynamite Photo Credit: AEW Who These Wrestlers Donated Money To May Surprise You (But Probably Not Because It's Trump) When you make a contribution to a political campaign in the United States, your information is registered in[...]

We can't wait to see what the series will throw down in the third round." Some of the topics expected during the season include Grizzly Smith, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Rockin' Robin, Sam Houston, the 1995 WCW/NJPW event "Collision in Korea" event, and the death of Brian Pillman. The second season of Vice's Dark Side of[...]