My Decade with Wrestling (2010 – 2019)

So as we come to the end of the decade, it’s time to reflect on the events of the past 10 years. Wrestling has been real good this decade, the quality and availability of stuff has been higher than ever, though of course this has still been a fair amount of hot garbage to go along with it. But rather than do a match of the decade list, which in all honesty, I would have real trouble picking in the first place, I wanted to just highlight some events and things that have stuck with me or kept me interested as a fan, whether it be something specific or much more general. I did plan writing something big and detailed, but not really had the time to, so instead here’s just a few things that stuck me this decade.

Wrestle-1 Pro Wrestling Love in Yokohama 2019 (1/9/19) Review

So I’ve really fallen behind on Japanese wrestling, these past few months including Wrestle-1, but I definitely knew I wanted to watch and review this show at least, since it’s one of their biggest of the year. So let’s see how it went, as Inaba challenges T-Hawk for the W-1 Title in the main event.

W-1 WRESTLE WARS (21/3/19) Review

It’s Wrestlemania weekend and I’ve got a lot to catch up on, but I wanted to get this W-1 show out the way first, featuring Jiro ‘Ikemen’ Kuroshio challenging T-Hawk for the Wresle-1 Title, let’s go!

WRESTLE-1 Tour 2019: W-Impact (13/2/19) Review

Been slouching a bit on the current reviews, but here’s one for a recent W-1 show featuring opening round matches in the Cruiser-fes tournament and a big WRESTLE-1 vs. Strong Hearts elimination tag team main event.

WRESTLE-1 Tour 2019 Sunrise (5/1/19) Review

It’s W-1 first show of the year, which took a while to air but it’s finally here andit’s all about the W-1/Strong Hearts feud including a big 8 man tag and T-Hawk challenging Shotaro Ashino for the W-1 Title. Lets go!

My Top 10 Favourite Matches of 2018

So we finally come to the end to another great year of wrestling so time to pick my favourite matches and whilst last year I had a very New Japan heavy list, this year I’ve tried to spread it out a bit more and include matches from all the main promotions I’ve been watching.
I actually found  it to be surprisingly easy to put this years list together as there were a number of matches that really stuck with me that I could think of right away. The interesting thing is how this list is more about the general impact and lasting effect these matches had on me than the actual rating I gave it, which is why you may see a  ****1/2 higher on the list than a  ***** one.

Also as usual this list is completely subjective and not necessarily definitive as opinions can change over time, but this is how I feel in this very moment.

Wrestle-1 Tour 2018 Updraft (24/10/18) Review

Time for more Wrestle-1 goodness, with this show featuring  a CIMA/Jun Tonsho re-match the 2018 Tag League final and Pegaso Illuminar makes his first ever challenge for the WRESTLE-1 Title. Lets go!

AJPW 2ND WRESTLE-1 Show (19/1/03) Review

Someone recently uploaded this oddball show and as soon as I saw the card, I thought I would check it out and review it even though I’m not really expecting much good from it, but still find these bizarre shows quite fascinating.
From one I can gather this is the second of two shows run by AJPW in partnership with K-1 and PRIDE. The first show was in Yokohama and was main evented  by Bob Sapp/Great Muta, whilst this one is in the Tokyo Dome and main evented by Bob Sapp/Ernesto Hoost, so there was obviously a lot of money thrown at it considering the venues.
It has a bit of an early HUSTLE vibe to it and certainly looks like a card they would have produced in the beginning almost like a prototype event for it. So lets see how it went.

WRESTLE-1 Pro-Wrestling LOVE in Yokohama 2018 (2/9/18) review

Late with this review than intended but it’s time to delve into one WRestle-1’s of the biggest shows of the year as Ashino looks to take back the W-1 belt that Soya took from him earlier in the year. lets go!

WRESTLE-1 Grand Prix 2018 Finals (18/7/18) Review

It’s time for more Wrestle-1 as we find out the winner of the 2018 Grand Prix. Also El Hijo Del Pantera challenges Kodama for the cruiserweight belt and Team WRESTLE-1 take on STRONG HEARTS in a big 8 man elimination tag match.