Tag: NJPW
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Pacific Rim: Onita, FMW, strength of NJPW, your questions
The Pacific Rim Pro Wrestling podcast is back. Fumi Saito and Jim Valley talk about Fumi’s thoughts on The Dark Side of the Ring episode on Frontier Martial Arts Wrestling and Atsushi Onita, including stories and insight not featured in the documentary. Plus, Fumi dispels the myth that New Japan Pro Wrestling is dying or…
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BAN: Stardom 5Star GP, NJPW G1 Climax, NOAH N1 Victory tourney
The solo express edition of the Big Audio Nightmare is back as I guide you through the latest in the world of Japanese professional wrestling. Topics include: The conclusion of Stardom’s 5Star GP A look at the first week of the NJPW G1 Climax Thoughts on Pro Wrestling NOAH’s N1 Victory as we head into the…
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Big Audio Nightmare: New Japan G1 Climax 31 prediction show
The original alternative here at the EMPIRE~! is back to bring you the world famous New Japan G1 Climax prediction show! This is our annual adventure where Mike Sempervive and I run down each night of New Japan’s showcase tournament and with our predictions for every single match, dropping knowledge and opinion along the way.…
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Big Audio Nightmare: Stardom 5Star GP, NOAH N-1 Victory preview
The solo express edition of the Big Audio Nightmare is back as I guide you through the latest in the world of Japanese professional wrestling. Topics include: A great start to Stardom’s 5Star GP A preview of NOAH’s N-1 Victory tournament A look at the TJPW Princess Cup Thoughts on recent events in Dragon Gate, NJPW, and…
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Big Audio Nightmare: Moxley vs. Nagata, COVID cancellations, Stardom
It’s a solo express edition of the Big Audio Nightmare this week as Adam Summers guides you through the world of Japanese professional wrestling. Topics this week include: The ongoing and expanding state of emergency in Japan and how it is affecting wrestling there The NJPW COVID-19 outbreak The Jon Moxley vs. Yuji Nagata IWGP…
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Big Audio Nightmare: AJPW Champion Carnival, NJPW Wrestling Dontaku, Muto
It’s a solo express edition of the Big Audio Nightmare this week as I guide you through the world of Japanese professional wrestling. Topics this week include: The effect of the current state of emergency on wrestling in Tokyo and elsewhere A deep dive into the greatness of this year’s AJPW Champion Carnival and why it…
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WOR: Jericho, WrestleMania 37 week, AEW/NXT ratings
Image via WWE.com Dave Meltzer and I are back with Wrestling Observer Radio. We talk about Chris Jericho being a guest on Steve Austin’s Broken Skull Sessions on Peacock. We take a look at what WrestleMania 37 week entails, including all the content that will be on Peacock that week. We go over the AEW…
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Big Audio Nightmare: A look at Keiji Mutoh’s GHC Championship win
The original alternate programming is back with Mike Sempervive and I and there’s much to discuss about the Japanese wrestling scene. Those topics include but are not limited to the new GHC Champion at 58 years oldKeiji Mutoh, everything about good and bad about NOAH’s Return to Budokan, NJPW’s New Beginning tour and Gedo pushing…
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Mat Men: AEW and NJPW are working together
Today on Mat Men Andrew and Rich have a lot of news to discuss! The Royal Rumble was this past Sunday and Edge is your men’s Rumble winner. The big question now is who his opponent will be at Wrestlemania 37. Additionally, who from previous eras could work in today’s environment? Bianca Belair was the eomen’s Rumble…
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Speak Now: KENTA, AEW Beach Break & NXT recaps
After an explosive night of pro wrestling action, join Denise Salcedo on Speak Now Pro Wrestling episode 19. This episode is filled with thoughts and opinions on the very newsworthy AEW Beach Break edition of Dynamite, as well as NXT! Denise begins the show discussing the trendiest topic of night, the debut of KENTA on…
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WOR: Wrestle Kingdom 15 preview with Kevin Kelly, WON & media talk
We’re back with Wrestling Observer Radio as Dave Meltzer and I interview Kevin Kelly, previewing this week’s Wrestle Kingdom 15. Kevin talks about the situation with COVID-19 in Japan, broadcasting shows when everyone is in different parts of the world, matches he’s looking forward to calling, and more. After the interview, Dave and I talk…
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Big Audio Nightmare: Previewing Road To Tokyo Dome, STARDOM & more
It’s a solo holiday express edition of the Big Audio Nightmare this week as I guideyou through the world of Japanese professional wrestling as we head into the final weeks of 2020. Topics this week include: The final word on Desperado vs. Hiromu An in-depth look at the Tokyo Sports Awards A preview of the…
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Big Audio Nightmare: Shiozaki-Nakajima GHC epic, NJPW BOSJ & WTL, more
It’s a solo express edition of the Big Audio Nightmare this week as Adam Summers guides you through the world of Japanese professional wrestling as we head into the final month of 2020. Topics include the incredible Shiozaki vs. Nakajima GHC title match from NOAHs recent Yokohama show, a look at what you need to…
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Big Audio Nightmare: NJPW Power Struggle thoughts & plenty more
The Adam & Mike Big Audio Nightmare is back with another full episode covering everything that is going on in the Japanese wrestling scene. We start by taking adeep dive at New Japan’s Power Struggle show, the briefcase controversy, and the various roads to WrestleKingdom for Kota Ibushi, Tetsuya Naito, and Jay White. We then…
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Speak Now: NXT & AEW reviews, Halloween Havoc
It’s the latest episode of Speak Now with Denise Salcedo! In this special Halloween edition of Speak Now, Denise will cover Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite as well as the special Halloween Havoc edition of NXT. Denise will also review Halloween Havoc matches of the past, including the Chamber of Horrors match, Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior,…
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FREE Speak Now: G1 finals, Bound for Glory predictions, AEW & NXT
Join Denise Salcedo’s weekly Wednesday night show, Speak Now Pro Wrestling! In this episode Denise will discuss numerous and current topics in the world of wrestling including a breakdown of both AEW and NXT. For AEW, we will talk about everything including the four way tag team match in the main event and the singing/dancing…
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Speak Now: Join Denise Salcedo on her debut episode
In the debut episode of Speak Now, Denise Salcedo runs down tonight’s NXT, which featured the build to this weekend’s TakeOver event, and AEW, which had a main event featuring Jon Moxley taking on The Butcher. Denise also covers her favorite matches that have taken place so far in the G1 Climax 30 tournament. Catch…
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Big Audio Nightmare: The annual G1 Climax prediction spectacular
The original alternative here at the EMPIRE~! is back to bring you the world famous G1 Climax Prediction Show! This is our annual adventure where Mike Sempervive and I run down each night of New Japan’s showcase tournament and give our predictions for every single match, dropping knowledge and opinion along the way. Enjoy these 100…
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Big Audio Nightmare free show: A deep dive into NJPW’s summer
The Adam & Mike Big Audio Nightmare is back to take you through all of the week’s Japanese pro wrestling news and more. Featuring the return of Mike Sempervive, we take a deep dive into NJPW after the Jingu Stadium show like what’s working, what isn’t, what they are missing out on most by being so…
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Big Audio Nightmare: Virus scares in Japan, NOAH booking woes, more
This week’s Big Audio Nightmare is a solo affair as I guide you through a spate of COVID-19 scares in New Japan Pro Wrestling, STARDOM, Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling and 2AW. I talk about what happened, what is canceled, what may be coming next, and what it could all mean for the Japanese wrestling scene. After that,…