The next PPV event of the year has arrived, with New Japan Pro Wrestling storming Ishikawa ahead of its Muscle Storm 1995 tour for another huge card. With another SOLD OUT, twenty thousand fans on hand, Keiji Muto will get his shot against Shinya Hashimoto for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship! Plus, the white-hot Último Dragón meets Tiger Mask III for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, Hawk Warrior takes on the rising star of Hiroyoshi Tenzan, and much more!
Tag: Fantasy
NJPW Fighting Spirit ’95 02/19/1995
Our second PPV event of the year has arrived, with New Japan Pro Wrestling landing back in Tokyo for a STACKED card of action. All titles are on the line, Michinoku Pro gets a chance to showcase some of their greatest talents, and the arena is SOLD OUT with twenty thousand fans on hand!
NJPW Fighting Spirit Tour 1995 (01/30 – 02/18)
New Japan Pro Wrestling’s second tour of the New Year is underway, all leading up to the next PPV event, NJPW Fighting Spirit. This tour will feature IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Shinya Hashimoto, Masahiro Chono, and the IWGP Tag Team Champions, Hiroshi Hase and Keiji Muto. Also to be crowned, a new Number One Contender for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship!
NJPW Heisei Ishingun Restoration Spirit Tour 1995 (01/19 – 01/27)
New Japan Pro Wrestling kicks off the spring of 1995 with the very first tour of the year, Heisei Ishingun Restoration Spirit Tour! This tour will focus on the heel group, Heisei Ishingun, alongside headliners like Kensuke Sasaki, Masahiro Chono, and current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, Norio Honaga. Tonight is night one, and fans in Oita, Japan, will see a huge tag team match main event!
NJPW Tokyo Dome Battle 7 01/04/1995
In this series, Austin Skinner will take over the books for New Japan Pro Wrestling, starting in January of 1995. With there being very little angle-driven pieces and matches alone being used to sell seats, how will he measure up to the challenge? Well, show number one is BATTLE 7 in Tokyo Dome… there’s only one way to find out!
Wrestlemania 2… What If?
Long-standing rumors surrounding the main event of Wrestlemania II have started to swirl up again this week on social media. The rumor in question? Allegedly, Bruiser Brody NEARLY signed with the World Wrestling Federation in 1986 and was to be programmed against WWF Champion, Hulk Hogan, for a dream showdown of epic proportions at Wrestlemania! Could it have really worked? What was the situation heading into April of 1986? We’ll take a look at all those questions, plus a little more ‘slightly tweaked’ history in this piece.
Rebooking WCW: Week 13, 1992
March comes to an explosive close as WCW presents Power Hour and Saturday Night this week. The return of WCW United States Champion, “Ravishing” Rick Rude, is expected and much more! Also covered, this week’s promotion headlines.
Rebooking WCW: Week 12, 1992
Lines in the sand are slowly being drawn as Hart’s Faces of Fear continue to dominate the rest of World Championship Wrestling. With April around the corner, how will week 12 shake out? Coverage of both WCW Power Hour and WCW Saturday Night for the third week of March within, including some news notes!
Rebooking WCW: Week 11, 1992
As we march closer and closer to WrestleWar 1992 this coming May, mid-March continues to deliver with this week’s installments of both WCW Power Hour and WCW Saturday Night. Also, some more developments in the news this week to cover!
Rebooking WCW: Week 10, 1992
WCW begins March with a bang, as this week, the first week’s worth of March episodes are covered. Both WCW Power Hour and WCW Saturday Night will unfold, also a few headlines of promotion news will be featured!