Intergender matches, including a Championship bout, have been confirmed for the upcoming ‘Historic X-Over II’ event promoted by Japanese promotions Stardom and New Japan Pro Wrestling. NJPW’s King of Pro Wrestling Championship, a title all about gimmick and stipulation matches, will be defended when NJPW’s Great O’Khan defends against Suzu […]
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Athena to Defend ROH Women’s World Championship against Gisele Shaw at MLP Forged In Excellence Event
Following the news of Gisele Shaw’s departure from TNA Wrestling last week, earlier today it was revealed that the former Knockout will participate in former TNA President Scott D’Amore’s upcoming Maple Leaf PRO Wrestling event Forged in Excellence. As part of the two night event it was revealed that Shaw […]
WWE’s Iyo Sky to compete in Dream Match in Japan
WWE Superstar and former WWE Women’s Champion IYO SKY has been announced for a dream match for Japanese women’s wrestling promotion Marigold. Sky will face former Stardom wrestler Utami Hayashishita at Marigold’s Summer Destiny event on July 13. The match is being billed as Queen of Queen, in reference to […]
NJPW to Fully Acquire Stardom/Bushiroad Fight
It has been announced that New Japan Pro Wrestling will fully acquire the stakes in Bushiroad Fight from Bushiroad itself, and in the process take control of Stardom. This will result in Stardom being a “fully owned subsidiary’ within NJPW. It will remain to be seen what changes this will […]
New Joshi Promotion Marigold Formed by former Stardom Executive/founder & Wrestlers
The long-rumoured new women’s wrestling promotion in Japan by former Stardom Executive Director and founder Rossy Ogawa has been named as Marigold (full title Marigold Dream Star Fighting). The debut press conference for the new promotion saw the far-from-unexpected roster announcement of several talents who had left Stardom this month […]
Mercedes Martinez inducted into the GCW Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame
Over the weekend GCW held their very own prestigious event hosting ‘The Indie Wrestling Hall of Fame’ ceremony as part of WrestleCon. In this year’s event Indie legend Mercedes Martinez was honoured as part of the celebrations alongside Sabu, Steve Corino, Trent Acid, The Briscoes and “Hot Stuff” Eddie Gilbert. […]
Former NXT Superstar Sarray/Sareee, CMLL’s Stephanie Vaquer Announced for Stardom
Stardom has announced that a former NXT Superstar along with a top CMLL Luchadora will take part in upcoming events in March. Sareee, who competed as Sarray in NXT but is now signed with the unique ‘artistic’ Sukeban promotion in America, will be part of a showcase tag team match […]
Stardom Founder & Booker Rossy Ogawa Fired Over ‘Talent Poaching’
One of the original founders of Japanese Women’s Wrestling promotion Stardom, and the company’s lead booker, has been fired over accusations of ‘talent poaching’. Bushi Road, the parent company that owns Stardom and New Japan Pro Wrestling, announced today that it had terminated the ‘business consignment agreement’ with Ogawa to […]
ROH on HonorClub November 23rd 2023 Preview
Yes, this is real; one of the greatest fighters in the history of mixed martial arts, who crossed over into professional wrestling with spectacular results, is making her debut in Ring of Honor this Thursday night on Honor Club! Ronda Rousey, a Bronze Medal Judo player in the 2008 Summer […]
ROH on HonorClub October 19th 2023 Preview
There’s plenty of history between AEW Women’s World Champion Athena, Diamante, and Mercedes Martinez; after all Athena is the woman who ended Mercedes’ championship reign at FINAL BATTLE 2022 nearly 315 days ago. Since that time, part of it spent healing up nagging injuries and questioning her future in wrestling, […]