Welcome! This is a weekly insight into the world of joshi pro wrestling, discussing the shows, the best matches to watch, what wrestler(s) stood out, and a look ahead at what’s to come. It goes hand-in-hand with the Five Star Joshi Podcast, which you can listen to every Friday on the Fight Game Media Network! THOUGHTS OF THE WEEK…
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The Best of Joshi is back once again to go hand-in-hand with the Five Star Podcast on Fight Game Media’s Patreon, meaning that it is time to tell you the best matches to watch from the world of Joshi from this past week. It is the biggest time of the year in the world of…
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Here’s Match Madness: All the best wrestling from the month of July, from WWE’s Money in the Bank, to NJPW hitting the Tokyo Dome, to the biggest Dragon Gate show of the year and everything in between. WWE Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens (7/2) Generico vs. Steen was one of the pre-eminent indie rivalries in…
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If you have been listening to the Five Star Joshi Podcast on Fight Game Media’s Patreon, you may be wondering what matches that we reviewed are truly worth going out of the way to watch and why. Well beginning this week, here’s an in-depth look at the must-see matches from all of joshi pro wrestling….
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Last year, Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling’s yearly Tokyo Princess Cup was the catalyst for the biggest match in company history when Yuka Sakazaki defended the Princess of Princess Championship against Cup winner Mizuki in an instant classic. Historically, only top stars win this tournament, and odds are they win the Princess of Princess championship, TJPW’s…
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June was all about that newsworthy Utami Hayashishita vs. Syuri match from STARDOM. Other notable events included DDT/TJPW/NOAH’s joint CyberFight Festival, NJPW Dominion, WWE Hell in a Cell, the conclusion of DRAGON GATE’s King of Gate tournament, and the coronation of a new AJPW Triple Crown champion. In Match Madness, I rate them all! WWE…
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Highlights from May included Will Ospreay’s sole IWGP World Heavyweight Championship defense, a fantastic AEW pay-per-view in Double or Nothing, a shockingly spectacular tag match out of Australia, the finals of the AJPW Champion Carnival, and so much more. WWE .@WWECesaro takes to the sky!!!#WMBacklash #UniversalTitle @WWERomanReigns @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/RB9S75ixz1 — WWE (@WWE) May 17, 2021…
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April Match Madness: WrestleMania weekend is always a highlight of the year for wrestling fans. This year’s ‘Mania week was a truncated version that also included two nights of NXT TakeOver supercards and a variety of other great indie shows. In Japan last month, a brand new IWGP World Heavyweight champion was crowned, yet another…
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The two current hubs for professional wrestling around the world, the United States and Japan, moved in opposite directions in March. While American wrestling took a mild step back with WWE’s incompetent WrestleMania build and the worst AEW pay-per-view so far in Revolution, it seems that every other promotion in Japan knocked it out of…
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NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day, NJPW Castle Attack, and NOAH’s return to Nippon Budokan were February’s most anticipated shows, and while each of them featured fantastic matches, there was a world of great wrestling beyond those three events. In this month’s Match Madness, I break down the month of February and share with you the best…
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