A tag team main event is set for the first show on New Japan Pro Wrestling’s tour of Australia. At the Titanium Arena in Adelaide on February 16th, Kazuchika Okada will team with Tomohiro Ishii against The Young Bucks. The other main event matches for the four-show tour will be announced this week. After the … Continue reading "Okada & Ishii vs. Young Bucks to headline NJPW show in Adelaide"

New Japan was back at Korakuen Hall today for the second night of action featuring members of the Ring of Honor roster, featuring a big main event putting the Golden Lovers in action against Cody and Marty Scurll, as well as Dalton Castle defending the Ring of Honor world title. Show results: Beer City Bruiser … Continue reading "NJPW-ROH Honor Rising night two results: Omega-Ibushi vs. Cody-Scurll"

> SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… NJPW has released the entire card for the finals of the 2020 NJPW Cup, which will take place on July 11 at Osaka-Jo Hall in Osaka Japan in front of a live crowd with limited seating. The entire lineup is as follows: -New Japan … Continue reading "Full lineup for NJPW Cup 2020 finals, Evil vs. Okada face off to decide who faces Naito at Dominion"

On the banks of Pyongyang’s River Taedong parents snap memories of their children on locally-made smartphones and young couples, the women in bright, traditional chima jeogori dresses, are trailed by wedding photographers. The capital of the world’s most reclusive dictatorship is showing creeping signs of modernisation, with an apparent emerging middle class who can purchase … Continue reading "Inside North Korea: Kim Jong-un’s pariah state defiantly tries on modern trappings in spite of sanctions"

1941  Minneapolis, Minnesota: – Bronko Nagurski won the National Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title from Ray Steele 1952  San Francisco, California:  – Hombre Montana defeated Mike Sharpe to win the San Francisco NWA Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title 1963 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: – Mitsu Arakawa and Kinji Shibuya defeated Gene Kiniski and Mr. X for … Continue reading "Daily Pro Wrestling History (03/11): Sting wins WCW World title"

> SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)… AEW DYNAMITE PRIMER MAY 6, 2020 AIRS ON TNT, 8:00 PM EST BY JOSHUA CHAMBERS (@JoshuaMChambers), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR ARENA This week’s episode will broadcast live from Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida. The 5,500 seat arena hosted AEW’s Fight for the Fallen in July 2019, … Continue reading "5/6 AEW DYNAMITE PRIMER: Omega & Broken Matt vs. Le Sex Gods (Jericho & Guevara), Moxley vs. Kaz, Cody vs. Janela, Archer in action, MJF live"

Japan has taken a step towards relaxing its strict immigration laws with a new bill that could pave the way for an influx of hundreds of thousands of overseas workers. The controversial legislation, which opposition parties attempted to block, was pushed through the lower house of parliament by the ruling coalition. The new bill marks … Continue reading "Japan moves forward on plan to let in hundreds of thousands of overseas workers"

AJ Styles was back in action and Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn continued their firing angle at last night’s SmackDown house show in Trenton, New Jersey. After facing Rusev on the March 13th episode of SmackDown, Styles didn’t wrestle at any of WWE’s house shows last weekend due to an undisclosed injury. He only appeared at … Continue reading "Styles back in the ring, Owens & Zayn appear at WWE house show"

> PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a special Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast featuring a WrestleMania 36 Preview with ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional stand-up comedian Matt McCarthy. (Search “wade keller” to subscribe in podcast app or CLICK HERE to subscribe in Apple Podcasts.) Wrestling legend Sting made it … Continue reading "Sting health update – procedure scheduled, “catastrophe” avoided at NOC, more"

Kim Jong-un has cleared his schedule for three days in late December and will use the time for a landmark visit to Seoul, according to a former South Korean government minister. Jeong Se-hyun, the South’s former unification minister, said in a radio interview that he expects the North Korean leader to travel to Seoul on … Continue reading "Kim ‘clears schedule’ for landmark visit to Seoul in late December"