In Japan, however, pro wrestling is still all about the wrestling. In the land of the rising sun, NJPW is as big as WWE is in America. Founded by Japanese wrestling legend Antonio Inoki in 1972, ...

So, what is New Japan Pro Wrestling? NJPW is a wrestling promotion started in 1972 by Japanese wrestling legend and WWE Hall of Fame member Antonio Inoki. In terms of popularity, it’s #1 in Japan.

More than 40 years later, professional wrestling in Japan looks very different now than it did in the capital on that rainy Saturday. On Oct. 8, International Wrestling Grand Prix heavyweight ...

Street Fighter has found its E. Honda. The cast for the upcoming live-action Street Fighter film has continued to fill out in ...

New Japan Pro-Wrestling is owned by Japanese entertainment company Bushiroad. It was founded by Japanese wrestling legend Antonio Inoki in 1972.

Japanese pro wrestler Yutaka Yoshie died at 50 years old right after performing a match on Sunday. Yoshie had just competed in the Takasaki tournament in the All Japan Pro Wrestling promotion when ...

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) will air on the Roku Channel in the U.S., U.K., and Canada under a new television deal, Variety has learned. The professional wrestling promotion will air a one-hour ...

The premier all-female wrestling promotion in Japan, Tokyo Joshi, is coming to the Lone Star State for the first time.

Pro wrestling has thrived over the last five years in both WWE and All Elite Wrestling, and a large part of that has been the promotions' ability to utilize stables to their benefit creatively.

WWE and All Japan Pro Wrestling are in talks about a possible partnership, according to Wrestling Observer Radio. It was noted that WWE is "making moves" in Japan and while nothing is official, ...

Mexico and Japan are hard to decide which one sees professional wrestling as a bigger deal. So, let's consider them tied, and talk a bit about the legacy "puroresu" has in Japan.

Professional wrestling has become a genre of its own when it comes to the documentary space. From VICE's Dark Side of the Ring to WWE: Unreal on Netflix, there ...