Could All Japan follow up a great start to the year with New Year Wars – Night 2?
Other Puroresu
Reviews of shows from various Japanese wrestling promotions, including Dragongate, STARDOM, TJPW, AJPW, NOAH & more!
Stardom 5th Anniversary (January 17) Review
Every January, Stardom has a big event to celebrate their anniversary, and this January continued that tradition with a big card at Korakuen Hall. The invading Gaijins are in full force here as they are involved in three of the matches, and in the main event it is Kairi Hojo trying to win back the Wonder of Stardom Championship against Stardom Ace Io Shirai.
Dragon Gate “Open the New Year Gate” (January 13) Review
Dragon Gate is back at Korakuen Hall to kick off their 2016. It’s a new year, but that doesn’t mean much has changed since Final Gate, which closed out 2015. VerserK is still running wild with Shingo Takagi as Open the Dream Gate Champion, YAMATO and Naruki Doi as Open the Twin Gate Champions, and Kotoka as Open the Brave Gate Champion. Korakuen is in for a treat as Takagi is aligned with familiar foes. He is forced to team with CIMA, Gamma, Masaaki Mochizuki, and Jimmy Kanda as Miracle Doi Darts returns! Dragon Gate was my Promotion of the Year for 2015, and I expect even bigger and better things for them in the new year.
