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MAIN CARD  NJPW kept the lights on and don’t have the usual big stage that is used for Tokyo Dome events. It feels like a very stripped down show in terms of the look.  Hiromu Takahashi was out first. Chris Charlton mentioned he’s cleared for in-ring competition, but he’s been acting as a master of ceremonies while injured. He introduced the show and then joined the English commentary booth.  (1) BULLET CLUB (ELP & TAIJI ISHIMORI vs. THE MEGA COACHES (ROCKY ROMERO & RYUSUKE TAGUCHI) �...

  June 12th, 2021 unexpectedly became a ‘Supermarine Spitfire Super Saturday’ at North Weald’s historic aerodrome thanks to the participation of Aero Legends’ beautiful Spitfire Mk.IX (TD314) and Tr.9 (NH341) and Peter Teichmann’s recently-restored, former Soviet Air Force Mk.IX, PT879.   North Weald’s airfield, situated as it is just outside of London, England, is steeped in aviation lore. It began life as a training base for the Royal Flying Corps in 1916, and remained involved ...

HIROSHI TANAHASHI vs. JAY WHITE (W/GEDO) – NEVER Openweight Title match Tanahashi had the upper hand early, but White cut him off and slammed both of his legs into the ring apron several times. White continued to work over Tanahashi’s legs for a long period of time. Tanahashi finally fired back and cut White off with a dragon screw. Tanahashi caught White with a dropkick to the leg. He went to go up top, but White tripped him and slammed his knee into the ringpost. White got up on the apron...

Hiroshi Tanahashi looked back at the origins of the Wrestle Kingdom event in his latest conversation with NJPW's website.

European Legacy of the Beast Summer 2021 Tour - Postponed to 2022 Share IRON MAIDEN EUROPEAN LEGACY OF THE BEAST SUMMER 2021 TOUR – POSTPONED TO 2022 We regret to announce that the IRON MAIDEN 2021 June & July dates on the Legacy Of The Beast Tour have been postponed due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic restrictions on global live events and travel. The Legacy Of The Beast European Tour will now take place in the Summer of 2022 on the dates below. All tickets remain valid. Please note: -Th...

The end of the Wednesday night war is the lead story in the current issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. We look at the announcement, international implications, barbs back-and-forth, Paul Levesques speech announcing the move to those who work at NXT, the Wednesday night stats with one week left, a look at the final head-to-head battle, advantages each side had going in, what lessons were shown by the Wednesday wars, where each side had the advantage and what lessons it says about what p...

By Sean Radican, PWTorch columnist (Twitter: @Sr_torch) SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... In the latest edition of his Aces High column on New Japan’s website, Tanahashi talked about Brock Lesnar not appearing in New Japan to defend the IWGP Hvt. Championship against him in July of 2006. At the time it was reported that Lesnar did not appear due to visa issues. “I go in there and Riki Choshu says ‘Lesnar’s not coming’,” said Tanahashi. “I was ju...

Weve got a huge issue of the Observer this week with a lot of business notes, polls on the biggest shows of the last week, Match of the Week, Performer of the Week, New Japan Cup polls, several  bios and updates on the biggest shows. With WrestleMania upcoming, we run down the show, why certain matches have changed, update on the WWE COVID situation including who was ad wasnt back, WrestleMania ticket sales updates and the demand, a look at both NXT Takeover shows, the WWEs new location for fi...

The story of Jim Crockett Jr., and the rise and fall of Jim Crockett Promotions is the lead story in the current double-sized issue of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.   We look at the death of Crockett, the Crocketts family original involvement in wrestling, how Jim took over the moves he made in building a small market territory into one of the big three companies in the U.S., original plans and why they changed, the rise of Ric Flair, where Jm was a Hall of Fame promoter, the fight with V...

Skip to main content Currently Reading Photos of empty San Antonio music venues The Lonesome Rose, Majestic Theatre, Paper Tiger capture toll of COVID on live entertainment Deborah Martin, Staff writer FacebookTwitterEmail 1of6 The Lonesome Rose is one of the San Antonio venues featured in “Bring Music Home,” a coffee table book that aims to depict the impact of the pandemic on performing arts spots across the country.Oscar MorenoShow MoreShow Less 2of6 The Paper Tiger is one of the San An...