Several matches have been confirmed for NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling on October 14. NJPW G1 Climax 34 winner Zack Sabre Jr. will officially challenge Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship. The company has also confirmed the full card. The lineup, courtesy of NJPW’s website, is as follows: RELATED: NJPW Announces Full Card For […]
New Japan Pro-Wrestling presented their NJPW Capital Collision event from the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C., on August 30. Mercedes Moné, Gabe Kidd, and other stars competed at the show. The results are as follows: RELATED: NJPW Announces Multiple Title Matches For Road To Destruction Events
Multiple championship matches have been announced for NJPW’s Road to Destruction tour. New Japan Pro-Wrestling confirmed that Jeff Cobb, HENARE, DOUKI, and more will defend their titles on the Road to Destruction series of events. The announced matches are as follows: Plus, at the September 14 event, Toru Yano and Kazushi Sakuraba will face Masatora […]
Hiromu Takahashi has challenged Mustafa Ali to face him at NJPW Capital Collision. The former IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion has not wrestled at all this month. He has not been a part of the G1 Climax 34, but he wants to avenge his loss against Mustafa Ali from earlier this year. Hiromu Takahashi previously battled […]
AEW continues to load up the card for the final edition of AEW Dynamite ahead of Forbidden Door. In a tweet, Tony Khan announced that the Blackpool Combat Club trio of Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, and Wheeler Yuta would face Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi, and Titan of Los Ingobernables de Japón (LIJ). Takagi will face […]
In a match that will be looked at as a Match of the Year candidate, Hiromu Takahashi defeated Will Ospreay to win the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship during night 1 of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom 14. Ospreay worked on Takahashi’s neck throughout the match and despite several close pin attempts, Takahashi was able […]
There isn’t much news coming out of Japan on the status of Hiromu Takahashi but the latest, according to what is being reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, is that New Japan doctors believe it will be nine to 12 months before he can return to the ring. That was the belief as of a […]
New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced that Hiromu Takahashi was able to return to Japan today an to continue treatment for the neck injury suffered on Saturday at the G1 Special in San Francisco during his match with Dragon Lee. As noted over the weekend, NJPW officials believed that he suffered a broken neck. However, […]
New Japan Pro Wrestling has posted an update on Hiromu Takahashi, following the scary bump he took on his neck during his match with Dragon Lee at the G1 Special in San Francisco show on Saturday night. The promotion announced that he is still hospitalized due to a neck injury and he is currently undergoing […]
There was a scary spot during the Hiromu Takahashi vs. Dragon Lee match at the G1 Special in San Francisco on Saturday night. Dave Meltzer reported on Sunday that the belief among New Japan Pro Wrestling officials is that Takahashi broke his neck after taking the Phoenix Plex. Lee was supposed to cradle him but […]