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By Oliver Taylor on 2021-04-29 22:28:00 Impact Wrestling announced during tonight’s show that New Japan Pro Wrestling junior heavyweight star El Phantasmo will debut next week. El Phantasmo joined New Japan as a member of Bullet Club in 2019, pinning current IWGP World Heavyweight Championship holder Will Ospreay in his first match. Since then, he has won the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships twice with Bullet Club stablemate Taiji Ishimori - who also made regular appearances for Impact throughout 2017 and 2018. El Phantasmo is originally from Vancouver, Canada but was a regul...

Will Ospreay is the new IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. Ospreay defeated Kota Ibushi to win the championship at this morning's Sakura Genesis event at Sumo Hall. Ospreay kicked out of two kamigoyes, hit the hidden blade, then pinned Ibushi with the stormbreaker to win the title. Ibushi had held the championship since the 49th Anniversary show, when the IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental titles were dropped and the new championship was established. After the match, Ibushi was laid out by Jeff Cobb and was eventually helped to the back. Ospreay cut a promo saying he wanted revenge over wha...

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 Crockett's 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 Vince McMahon from 1984-88, getting the TBS deal, what led to JCP selling to Turner, the framework o...

A new match is official for this week's NXT, Nick Khan talks the WWE Network's move to Peacock, and Big Cass opens up about his recovery.

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 Crockett's 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 Vince McMahon from 1984-88, getting the TBS deal, what led to JCP selling to Turner, the framework o...