Jumbo Tsuruta is, simply put, one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. A big part of his rise came against some of the greatest that American wrestling had to offer, and we’re looking at several matches from 1973-1984: Classics…
Kenta Kobashi wasn’t destined to be a wrestling star — it was hard enough just to get his foot in the door. But he overcame many obstacles to reach the top in AJPW, and when it came to the ring,…
Before Dump Matsumoto, before Aja Kong…there was Rhonda Singh, the Monster Ripper. She came from Canada in the late 1970’s to destroy all before her, becoming Joshi’s first truly all-powerful monster. Unfortunately, 1995 WWF turned her into a bit of…
Since 1982, Dave Meltzer has given 258 matches a rating of 5 stars or better, and it often tends to cause a LOT of controversy. Why, now more than ever, does this one man’s opinion generate such frenzied debate in…
Stan Hansen was already one of the greatest foreigners in Japanese wrestling history by the start of the 1990’s, but his four AJPW Triple Crown reigns and battles with the New Generation of Misawa, Kawada and Kobashi would cement his…
This video covers the early career of the wrestler who defined Puroresu in the 2010s, Kazuchika Okada! From his debut in Toryumon to the North American Indys, his Young Lion losing streak to his rather disastrous trip to TNA, up…
This is all four parts of the legendary rivalry between Mitsuharu Misawa and Toshiaki Kawada, from the start of their careers all the way to the end. Covering all the famous matches from the greatest feud in AJPW’s history and…
In the 2nd part of our look at the rivalry between Mitsuharu Misawa and Toshiaki Kawada, they go at it. Following a friendlier 1st big title bout in October 1992, the Super Generation Army break up, the Holy Demon Army…