Any Pro-Wrestling Fans Around?

[Denim&Venöm 20,421]

Hey.

Remember when NJPW's biggest star left the company?

Well it's happened again.

https://www.njpw1972.com/567258

Tetsuya Naito will be parting ways with NJPW on May 4th. The founder of LIJ and the man who lived and breathed NJPW could not reach a new deal. His 3rd ever hire in LIJ, the masked BUSHI, will also be leaving, freeing up a spot in BotSJ. After two defections, one ousting and now two departures, LIJ will only have four members in Hiromu, Shingo, Tsuji and TitAn, whenever he isn't in Mexico. Will the ungovernable ones even survive? 

And that's not all the departing news. Olympic powerhouse grappler, Jeff Cobb, will also be leaving, vacating the tag belts he won from Naito & Hiromu. Rumor has it he's WWE (and Bloodline) bound.

If I had a nickel for every time WWE snatched an NJPW champion, I'd have three nickels. 

 

 

 

[Denim&Venöm 20,421]

Now here's soemthign cool.

One of my favorite bands, bay area metal act Machine Head, have done an official collab with WWE for a WrestleMania hype package. 

 

[Denim&Venöm 20,421]

And holy balls.

After nearly 33 years in business, AAA Lucha Libre Worldwide, the second biggest Lucha fed in Mexico, and by extension, the world, has just been purchased by WWE. 

https://www.newsweek.com/sports/wrestling/wwe-officially-acquires-legendary-wrestling-promotion-2061836

 

 

[Unicorncob 5,740]

Well, Mania 41 is over

Spoiler

Tiffy and Iyo retaining, Becky returning, Joe Hendry showing up, El Grande Americano's debut, Seth and Heyman teaming up, Dom winning the Intercontinental belt and the street fight were good

Everything else kinda sucked

 

23 hours ago, Denim&Venöm said:

And holy balls.

After nearly 33 years in business, AAA Lucha Libre Worldwide, the second biggest Lucha fed in Mexico, and by extension, the world, has just been purchased by WWE. 

https://www.newsweek.com/sports/wrestling/wwe-officially-acquires-legendary-wrestling-promotion-2061836

 

 

This is really nuts

Worlds Collide is gonna be a hell of a show

5 minutes ago, Unicorncob said:

Well, Mania 41 is over

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Tiffy and Iyo retaining, Becky returning, Joe Hendry showing up, El Grande Americano's debut, Seth and Heyman teaming up, Dom winning the Intercontinental belt and the street fight were good

Everything else kinda sucked

Spoiler

Oh, and Jacob Fatu winning the US belt was great too

 

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1 hour ago, Unicorncob said:

Everything else kinda sucked

Spoiler

My favorite current wrestler Becky Lynch returning = My WrestleMania 41 highlight. 😁

 

[Patty Thundersnow 4,281]

Was Wrestlemania 41 great? Overall, no. But it wasn't as bad as people make it out to be.

 

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My favorite match of the weekend was easily Jey Uso beating Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship.  

Also, Raw after Mania was nuts. Becky Lynch and Lyra Valkyria dropped the titles, and Becky Lynch turned heel. 

Rusev is also back in the WWE as well.

 

[Denim&Venöm 20,421]

Snacking is officially all elite.

 

 

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56 minutes ago, Denim&Venöm said:

Snacking is officially all elite.

I know nothing but those short video clips make me a fan of Harley Cameron. She seems adorable and her puppet is unique.

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Rest in Peace Steve "Mongo" McMichael. May your legacy live on. 

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[Denim&Venöm 20,421]

Hey.

Former Lou Reed collaborator and entrance theme composer for the likes of James Fullington and Steven Borden ,one James Hetfield, took a picture with a fan. 

 

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On 2025-04-23 at 8:49 PM, Denim&Venöm said:

Hey.

Former Lou Reed collaborator and entrance theme composer for the likes of James Fullington and Steven Borden ,one James Hetfield, took a picture with a fan. 

Which one is Cope and which one is Edge? 

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6 hours ago, Sparklefan1234 said:

Which one is Cope and which one is Edge? 

Yes. 

[Denim&Venöm 20,421]

Hey.

Former IWGP WHC Seiya Sanada during his TNA days posing with a fan.

 

[Unicorncob 5,740]

On 2025-04-25 at 5:23 PM, Sparklefan1234 said:

Which one is Cope and which one is Edge? 

Which one is Cope and which one is Seethe?

[Sparklefan1234 180,055]

Lance Storm just looked the same throughout his entire career, I guess. 

 

[Denim&Venöm 20,421]

And some big changes have happened over NJPW over the last month, particularly at this past weekend's two night Dontaku show, feeling very much like the end of an era. 

Spoiler

• Jeff Cobb, the Olympic suplex machine, has left united empire for WWE. And with it, his world title match and tag team championship, both were claimed by partner, Callum Newman, who became the youngest ever champion in NJPW and the youngest ever world title challenger to Hirooki Goto in a valiant effort on Night II. Goto will defend at this weekends Resurgence PPV from So Cal against the man he took the belt from, ZSJ. The winner facing Shingo Takagi at Dominion next month, a man without a country, but more on that later. 
• Hiroshi Tanahashi marches along his retirement tour, facing Zack Sabre jr. one last time, a match I got to see in person back at MSG. ZSJ pinned Tana after a spinning Michinoku Driver, ending their rivalry with a score of 7-7. 
• In Night I's main event, the second ever NJPW war games took place to conclude the Bullet Club Civil War. The lying, cheating, backstabbing House of Torture vs. the violent, militant, fanatical War Dogs. Losers leave the BC. War Dogs repeated the feat after Gabe Kidd gave former LA dojo mate Ren Narita a top rope piledriver through a barbed wire table. Though it looks like the respective leaders of David Finlay and Evil will settle things once and for all in a dog collar match. 
• Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI have now departed NJPW. LIJ's leader and it's longest tenured member wrestled their final match alongside Hiromu & Shingo. After newest member Yota Tsuji successfully defended the Global title against rival Yuya Uemura in a showcase of the next generation, all of LIJ made one final pose, the torch being passed and the final announcement being made by Tsuji, marking the end of New Japan's most popular band of anti-heroes, in one of the rare times where a sub-group of a faction, the original Los Ignobernables in Mexico, was outshined and outlived by it's Japanese chapter. 
• Best of the Super Juniors also starts this weekend, with BUSHI being replaced by new BC member Robbie X and now Ex-LIJ member and new CMLL Universal championship tournament winner, TitAN, being revealed as the mystery final man. 

 

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In which, Chris Jericho discovers the Magic of Friendship in WCW. 

 

[Denim&Venöm 20,421]

Hey.

Darby Allin brought a skateboard with him on  his climb of Mt.Everest. And set a world record with it. 

 

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On 2025-04-19 at 8:53 PM, Denim&Venöm said:

After nearly 33 years in business, AAA Lucha Libre Worldwide, the second biggest Lucha fed in Mexico, and by extension, the world, has just been purchased by WWE. 

Is Alberto Del Rio returning to WWE again  because of this or not? I keep seeing different things. 

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Moments ago, Sparklefan1234 said:

Is Alberto Del Rio returning to WWE again  because of this or not? I keep seeing different things. 

Doubtful. He's only a WWE employee on a technicality. All WWE did was convert all AAA contracts into WWE ones. Odds are he stays in Mexico until the contract is up and he is let go. 

[Denim&Venöm 20,421]

Hey.

You're not gonna believe who's gonna be making their AEW debut next week.

[Sparklefan1234 180,055]

@Clawdeen@Denim&Venöm @TheRockARooster@Patty Thundersnow @Unicorncob@Starlight Serenade@Megas

The “WWE Vault” YouTube channel uploaded my favorite tag team match of all-time! 
 

FULL MATCH: Steve Austin & Triple H vs. Undertaker & Kane | Winner Take All Match: Backlash 2001

 

 

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[Sparklefan1234 180,055]

Evan Bourne's RKO is more impressive than Seth Rollins's, IMO.

 @Clawdeen@Denim&Venöm @TheRockARooster@Patty Thundersnow @Unicorncob@Starlight Serenade @Megas

 

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[Denim&Venöm 20,421]

Busy day in the wrestling world this weekend. 

Today is NJPW: Resurgence in Ontario, CA. Featuring Mercedes Mone defending the STRONG Women's title against AZM & Mina Shirakawa and Hirooki GOto defendign the IWGP WHC against the man he took it from, Zack Sabre Jr. 

 

 

But that's not the only NJPW action, tomorrow is the start of Best of the Super Juniors! And if prior years are anything to go by, the first night will be free!

 

And it ain't just NJPW action either. As tomorrow will also be the 3rd show for the revived Maple Leaf Pro, now bumping up its venue to the historic Toronto wrestling venue FKA The Maple Leaf Gardens. I dunno. I got a feeling folks here will dig this.

 

Happy wrestling everypony

[Sparklefan1234 180,055]

24 minutes ago, Denim&Venöm said:

Busy day in the wrestling world this weekend. 

WWE Backlash is on Saturday May 10, 2025, too.🙂