Loaded lineup in California     Saturday May 11 sees the biggest SoCal event ever for NJPW, as Resurgence hits the Toyota Arena in Ontario California. It’s a loaded lineup headlined by a mentor and protege main event some five years in the making! Resurgence May 11 TICKETS (Ringside B SOLD OUT, Ringside A, Arena A,C, ALMOST GONE) LIVE on NJPW World PPV! (Separate $19.99 purchase required. No subscription needed) Main event: IWGP World Heavyweight Championship- Jon Moxley vs Shota Umino Singles record: 1-0 Moxley The main event sees Shota Umino complete a five year apprenticeship, fa ..read more

Moxley moves to V2 with world title The main event on day two of Wrestling Dontaku had the IWGP World heavyweight Championship as the stakes, Jon Moxley facing the challenge of Ren Narita. Watch the replay! Moxley couldn’t even enter the ring before HOUSE OF TORTURE reared their heads, SHO and Yoshinobu Kanemaru attacking from behind. Shota Umino darted to Moxley’s aid but the two were outnumbered, Narita choking the champion with a chair as SHO and Kanemaru handcuffed Shota’s hands behind his back and eliminated him with an unprotected chair shot to the head. In the ring, HOUSE OF TORTURE c ..read more

Nemeth reign ends in second title match in 24 hours The semi main event on day two of Wrestling Dontaku had Nic Nemeth defending the IWGP Global Championship for the second time in a 24 hour span, taking on David Finlay after a challenge issued in the heat of a post main event brawl the night before.  Watch the replay! Nemeth was barely able to enter through the curtain before Finlay went on the assault, the champion equal to the challenge as the two men fought around the outside before entering the ring to mark the official start of the match. Finlay would gain the advantage, crudely d ..read more

Takagi moves to V1 in fourth NEVER reign One of the most hotly anticipated matches on day two of Wrestling Dontaku on May 4 saw the NEVER Openweight Championship on the line, Shingo Takagi defending against Gabe Kidd. Watch the replay! The sound of the bell saw these two bulls charge, a battle of shoulder tackles giving way to thudding lariats and sizzling chops, Kidd the first to land a haymaker with a vertical suplex. The action tumbled to the outside, Kidd tossing Shingo into the steel barriers before inviting Shingo to a challenge of chairs; Kidd winning and cracking the chair across Shi ..read more

Chase Owens, KENTA claimn IWGP gold The first of four championship matches on day two of Wrestling Dontaku saw the IWGP Tag Team Championships defended, Bishamon facing the challenge of Chase Owens and KENTA.  Watch the replay! Bishamon combined well in the opening moments, landing their signature arm drag and suplex combination, however Owens quickly struck back with a senton, the challengers successfully cutting the ring in half to keep Goto away from his tag partner. Eventually though, a strong lariat from Goto dropped KENTA and opened the door for YOSHI-HASHI to legally enter the ma ..read more

After the main event of Wrestling Dontaku night one saw Nic Nemeth victorious over Hiroshi Tanahashi, a show of mutual respect for the two combatants was interrupted by David Finlay. The first IWGP Global Champion instigated a wild brawl with Nemeth, and after a pull-apart, a furious Nemeth insisted that he teach a lesson to the ‘coward’ Finlay.  Nemeth demanded that he defend the Global gold for a second time in 24 hours, and that match is now official. With a reshuffled card, Nic Nemeth will defend against David Finlay in the semi main event tonight of what is now a bumper card! The st ..read more

Wanted man keeps wanted prize The main event of night one at Dontaku saw the IWGP Global Championship on the line, Nic Nemeth defending for the first time against Hiroshi Tanahashi. Watch the replay! An exchange of holds had neither man able to gain stable footing at the start of the match, champion and challenger jockeying for position to lock in brief submissions and pinning combinations. Nemeth’s lofty standing dropkick landed clean but it would be Tanahashi’s Dragon Screw whip that proved to be the early difference maker, the Ace executing a springboard crossbody from the second rope. Ne ..read more

The Rebel defeats Tsuji  The semi main event on night one of Dontaku saw a grudge between Yota Tsuji and David Finlay settled in a special singles match. Watch the replay now! The Fukuoka crowd were entirely in Tsuji’s corner as he controlled the opening moments, taking aim at Finlay’s mid-section, but as the action tumbled to the outside the balance shifted; Finlay charging his opponent into the steel barricades repeatedly. Back in the ring Finlay displayed his strength, launching Tsuji with a release vertical suplex before tactfully dissecting with targeted strikes. A taut headlock ha ..read more

Cobb’s first singles championship in five years The first of two championship matches on day one of Dontaku in Fukuoka on May 3 saw the NJPW World TV Championship on the line, Zack Sabre Jr. defending against Jeff Cobb. Watch the replay! The opening moments had the champion out-wrestling his challenger, Sabre locking in an early armbar that had Cobb scrambling for the ropes. Back on his feet Cobb would begin to showcase his Herculean strength, hurling Sabre around the ring and clearly damaging his ribs in the process, a target now ready to be taken advantage of. With five minutes passed in ..read more

Wanted Man wants to put his wanted gold on the line for second consecutive night The main event of night one at Wrestling Dontaku saw Nic Nemeth record his first defence of the IWGP Global Championship after a grueling bout with Hiroshi Tanahashi. Just as the competitors embraced after a hard fought bout though, David Finlay hit the ring and attacked both men.  As a brawl broke out between Nemeth and Finlay, Young Lions and even the other War Dogs separated the two, before an enraged Nemth took to the microphone. Calling Finlay ‘a coward’ and nothing liek the fighting champion he is, the ..read more