by Chris Samsa | Jun 21, 2020 | Column, NJPW, Preview
Round 1 Match: Zack Sabre Jr v. Kota Ibushi New Japan Cup History This will be this year’s only first round matchup between former New Japan Cup winners (Ibushi: 2015, Sabre: 2018) Statisically, this is the closest matchup of the first round. Both competitors have six...
by Chris Samsa | Jun 16, 2020 | Column, NJPW, Preview
Round 1 Match: Yuji Nagata v. Minoru Suzuki New Japan Cup History This will be the first of seven first round match-ups featuring wrestlers who have both competed in previous New Japan Cups. This will be Nagata’s 13th New Japan Cup, Suzuki’s sixth. Only Hiroshi...
by Chris Samsa | Jun 15, 2020 | Column, NJPW, Preview
Round 1 Match: Togi Makabe v. Yota Tsuji New Japan Cup History Recent History Notes: • This will be Togi Makabe’s first singles match since last year’s New Japan Cup. • This will be Yota Tsuji’s first New Japan Cup • This will be Togi Makabe’s 11th New Japan Cup and...
by Chris Samsa | Jan 26, 2020 | AEW, Column, NJPW, NXT, NXT UK, WWE
Match of The Year: Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi (6/5/19 – NJPW) Ospreay and Takagi had elevated each of their blocks throughout the 2019 Best of the Super Juniors tournament and they didn’t disappoint in the block finals. This match benefited from either...
by Chris Samsa | Jan 4, 2020 | Column, NJPW
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 – January 5th Statistics & Research New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom 14 is finally upon us! Here are all of the statistics and research that I provided to the English Broadcast for night two of the...
by Chris Samsa | Jan 3, 2020 | Column, NJPW
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 – January 4th Statistics & Research New Japan Pro Wrestling’s Wrestle Kingdom 14 is finally upon us! Here are all of the statistics and research that I provided to the English Broadcast for night one of the...
