By Rick Poehling on 23rd August 2024
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Welcome back joshi fans, to the show that never ends.
Tonight, it’s Hazuki vs Maika on top of things!
Let’s watch some wrestling, shall we?
By Rick Poehling on 21st August 2024
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Been a minute, Stardom. I missed ya.
Let’s watch some wrestling, shall we?
By Rick Poehling on 29th December 2023
Greetings!
The best professional wrestling match of 2023 happened on July 15th, 2023 under the banner of Pro Wrestling NOAH.
I wrote about it and I want you to read about it.
Let’s watch some wrestling, shall we?
By Rick Poehling on 19th October 2023
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Blame Talbot for this one, he tagged me. Let’s go.
By Rick Poehling on 17th August 2023
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19 shows later, it’s all over.
So let’s talk about it.
Let’s watch some wrestling, shall we?
By Rick Poehling on 28th July 2023
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Carry on my wayward son, there’ll be peace when you are done….
Several days ago, my sleep schedule underwent a drastic change along with most Puro fans in North America, as we saw the start of the G-1 Climax for 2023!
Now, we sit a bit past the halfway point of the tournament and it feels like a good time to check in over in the Land of the Rising Sun. So as we make the turn, let’s watch some wrestling, shall we?
By Rick Poehling on 5th July 2023
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Took a bit off but this show was really good so I’m writing about it. That’s what I do around here.
Let’s watch some wrestling, shall we?
By Rick Poehling on 22nd March 2023
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I was watching the Triangle Derby, but I really was not planning to cover the Final…..and then this show happened.
Let’s watch some wrestling, shall we?
By Rick Poehling on 6th March 2023
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Well, it looked like people did want more Stardom reviews on the site, so it seems like it’s worth my time to do them! We’ll be hitting all the major events for the time being and tonight, we’ve got a big one on tap as Giulia defends her World of Stardom title against Suzu Suzuki in the main event!
Let’s watch some wrestling, shall we?
By Rick Poehling on 19th January 2023
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I wrote about Stardom back in 2021 (here, if you’re so inclined) and I wanted to again.
And I wanted to say a few things about the company because I like them and I think that you should like them as well. And from the Doomie nominations, it’s clear to me that more than a few of you are already watching; for those that aren’t or are just wondering about it, Part 1 of this is for you and is, I hope, well worth checking out.
So with that in mind, let’s watch some wrestling, shall we?
By Rick Poehling on 10th September 2022
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Last Monday, myself and a few others here on the blog watched a professional wrestling show. And you should watch it too.
I’d like to tell you about it.
Let’s watch some wrestling, shall we?
By Rick Poehling on 23rd August 2022
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The Climax has come to a close, as Kazuchika Okada reigns supreme again in the G-1, defeating Will Ospreay in the Final. This post will serve as bit of a wrap-up/preview, as we head towards the Fall months in New Japan, a bit of a freeform nonsense as we try to decipher it all.
Let’s watch some wrestling, shall we?
By Rick Poehling on 11th August 2022
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As all 4 of my dedicated New Japan fans know, over the last few weeks as part of my New Japan Strong recaps I’ve added a section of quick reviews of the currently ongoing G-1 Climax; with the G-1 scheduled to wind up here within the week, I felt it was time to give it a separate post. And now I’ll post twice this week! Time to get some of that sweet, sweet blog money from Scott’s new corporate….
….turns out I don’t get any of that money. Huh.
Damnit, y’all better flatter the hell outta me in the comments section.
With that in mind, let’s watch some wrestling, shall we?
By Rick Poehling on 5th August 2022
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Tonight, it’s a 4 match show on New Japan Strong as we get our next finalists in the Strong tag title tournament with Aussie Open meeting the Stray Dog Army! Also, it’s a big 6-man main event as the Ace comes to Strong! And, of course, we’ll take a (much less profane than last week) look at the G-1 as the tournament rounds the halfway point!
Let’s watch some wrestling, shall we?
By Rick Poehling on 29th July 2022
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Tonight, it’s the 100th episode of New Japan Strong! And we’ll cover the week in G-1 where, for one match in particular, I will use an overwhelming amount of profanity! You’ve been warned!
With that in mind, let’s watch some wrestling, shall we?
By Rick Poehling on 21st July 2022
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Well, with Forbidden Door behind me and the BOSJ done, I think it’s time to get back on the Strong beat to please Scott’s new blog overlords. We’ll throw in some G-1 thoughts at the end.
With that in mind, the tag tournament to crown our Strong Tag champs continues this week on New Japan Strong, so let’s watch some wrestling, shall we?
By Rick Poehling on 2nd June 2022
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So, 60 matches. 6 events, 10 match cards, 60 matches.
Yeah, I won’t subject you to that. I was going to do each match and I actually have notes on all of them (I’m a sad, sad human in many ways), but it would be the most boring thing written by myself in the history of boring things I’ve written for this site.
With that in mind, I’m going to give an overview of the second half of the tournament as a lead-in to the Final on Friday. It should be a breezier read and hopefully get people more excited, plus that will allow me to preview the Final a bit more in-depth.
Let’s watch some wrestling, shall we?
By Rick Poehling on 23rd May 2022
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It’s BOSJ time! For the next few weeks, I’ll be taking a hiatus from covering New Japan Strong to….cover New Japan.
But DIFFERENT New Japan.
Yeah, that’s the ticket. So, instead of doing a post a day which will surely end me at this point (work has been stressful recently), I’m instead going to do a weekly roundup of the shows in capsule form, with a few longform reviews of the top matches. Plus, the shorter paragraphs will surely make it much easier to ignore my usual nonsense and get straight to the star ratings! Win-win!
Let’s watch some wrestling, shall we?
By Rick Poehling on 5th May 2022
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Hey y’all. Needed to take a bit of a break there, mostly due to going to Chicago and work taking away most of my other time. But I’ll be back for the foreseeable future. I’ll also be taking on a bit for the Best of the Super Juniors with some weekly recaps once we get going. Not going to do every show, since I need to maintain some semblance of sanity.
That having been said, let’s get back to some NJPW Strong! I’ll be writing up a bit about my trip to Chicago after, along with some pics taken by my incredibly talented wife. Up first, though, our main event this week features one Jay Lethal taking on Ren Narita!
Let’s watch some wrestling, shall we?
By Rick Poehling on 7th April 2022
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FTR, man. FTR.
I’d like to say that I want to see them face off against the Dangerous Tekkers next, but I gotta be honest – I’m hoping against hope that Zack will be somewhat busy with other things come the end of this weekend.
But you know what? I didn’t think he was going to win the New Japan Cup. Hell, I didn’t even pick him to make the Final. And yet, on the back of two MOTY candidates (well one MOTY candidate and a very, very good match against Naito), he’ll be facing Okada with his best chance ever to win the big belt.
Still, don’t want to jinx it, so I’ll say that I think Okada is gonna retain. Take that, Rainmaker! You’re totally screwed now!
Speaking of titles, this week on New Japan Strong, the Strong Style Evolved tour begins and it’s time for Clark Connors to get his title shot against Filthy Tom Lawlor, so we’ve got no time to waste!
Let’s watch some wrestling, shall we?
