Wrestling Chatter

Hi guys, Around a month ago, I had a look at the teams announced for the Power Struggle Super Jr Tag League. This tour all came to an end on Sunday in Osaka and, even though for some reason the tag final was not the main or semi or even semi semi main event of the final date, the entire tour was a great showcase of the calibre of Jr talent not only within NJPW but also CMLL.  So, here are my top 5 matches in the Power Struggle Jr Tag League, but in no specific order because they were all so amazing - Enjoy! Roppongi 3k v Mega Coaches When the line up for the Super Jr Tag League was announced, this was the match that I was most looking forward too in so many ways. With Sho and Yoh going up against their mentor Rocky Romero and fellow coach Taguchi, there was a lot of conflicted fans watching (including myself). From the very start, you knew it was going to be a great match because everyone was already laughing after Sho and Yoh spotted a stain on Taguchi's pants. Howe...

Hi guys, After my last post where I majorly fangirled about the Young Lion Cup, I thought that there might be some of them you don't know much about. If any of you missed it, I did one for the Japanese Young Lions (updated version) which you can read here https://wrestling-chatter.blogspot.com/2019/02/young-lions-njpw.html . But, thought I'd do one for the LA Lions who have really been impressing me lately and that's hard for me to say as a loyal Noge Dojo fan! But, they are really amazing and I wanted to get to know the future of NJPW a bit more! Credit: Alex Coughlin (somethingsomethingdeadlift) on IG Clark Connors Known as the LA Dojo Captain, Washington's Clark Connors started training under Lance Storm in Canada and was seen as one of the most 'promising prospects'. Debuting in 2017 for independent promotions across America like BWW, ASW and PCW, Connors cemented himself as a strong mat technician. Although smaller in size and stature compared...

Hi guys, One part of the New Japan shows that I've really been loving since I started watching are the Young Lion matches we see on the tours and the whole concept of young lions in general. I've seen a lot of amazing guides to the Young Lion system and I won't be trying to copy it but I'm going to focus on the current young lions. Obviously I'll give you all a bit of a short introduction including a brief summary of young lions including alumni and their role in NJPW. However, most of the post is going to be me looking at the current Young Lions based in Japan which means that I'm not counting Hirai Kawato and Tomoyuki Oka who are both on excursion at the moment in Mexico! I am going to look at Teruaki Kanemitsu, Shota Umino, Ren Narita, Yota Tsuji, Yuya Uemura and Ayato Yoshida. The NJPW Dojo has been said to be one of the toughest experiences wrestlers have gone through, but I've not heard of anyone who hasn't come out the other side as ...