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In another busy week of pro wrestling, including catching up on some shows from previous weeks, a match from the the New Japan Fighting Spirit Unleashed show on November 8th topped my personal list of matches watched over the last week. The show too…

It was a great week of wrestling, at least for what I watched. There were at least three matches that would've taken the top spot on most weeks and they came from outside the big two companies, proving that there's great wrestling all over the world…

Last Wednesday's episode of AEW Dynamite saw Private Party recreate the massive upset they scored on the second week of the show in 2019 by defeating the Young Bucks. This time they dethroned the champions and won the AEW Tag Team championships for …

Power Struggle was a brisk show and full of noteworthy moments on the way to Wrestle Kingdom 19. Here are some notes from the show: - After EVIL and Ren Narita defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Oleg Boltin, EVIL threatened to cut Tanahashi’s hai…

With two matches to go in each block for each team, the stakes are raised in the Super Junior Tag League tournament. Last week, we discussed the favorites, dark horses and “better luck next time” teams in each block, so let’s see w…

On Saturday night, TNA Wrestling held its traditionally biggest show of the year, Bound for Glory, and for the first time since I started doing this column, TNA Wrestling produced what I consider last week's match of the week. It was a successful ni…

Photo via New Japan Global on TwitterNew Japan Pro Wrestling’s Super Junior Tag League is now here. The format this year is that one winner advances from each of the two blocks to face off at the finals, which will be at Power Struggle. A key …

For the first time since the debut of this weekly column, New Japan Pro Wrestling has secured the top match of the week. The IWGP Title match from the October 14th King of Pro Wrestling show was head and shoulders above everything else I saw this we…

Super Junior Tag League is back and it’s smaller than ever! The annual Junior Heavyweight tag tournament from New Japan will see 12 teams in two blocks. Over ten days starting on October 24th, these teams will compete in round robin format, w…

Photo via AEW For the third time in the four weeks I've been writing this column, Will Ospreay was in my top match of the week. Saturday night's WrestleDream was a very good PPV with several excellent matches that made the list. Topping them all wa…