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I’ll admit it; I’m genuinely excited for tomorrow night’s TNA Destination X pay-per-view. In a rare month in which both major wrestling promotions are offering up intriguing PPV events, Destination X looks to be—on paper at least—an exciting show with some highly anticipated matches. It also marks the first time in several years that the annual event actually focuses on the X Division. Ever since the Hogan/Bischoff era of TNA began, longtime fans have felt slighted by the lack of focus on what was once the bread and butter of the company. For the past year and a half, the outcry for a ...

New Japan Pro Wrestling invades the United States for the first time ever next month. The largest promotion in Japan and arguably one of the most popular wrestling companies in the world will be teaming up with Jersey All Pro Wrestling for a historic weekend that will see the first ever IWGP (International Wrestling Grand Prix) Intercontinental Champion crowned in an eight-man tournament. Former WWE superstar Montel Vontavious Porter, better known around the wrestling world as MVP, is one of the eight men looking to become the inaugural Intercontinental Champion during the NJPW Invasion Tour 2011. The first-round matchups have been announced, and ...

On March 19, Eddie Edwards shocked the wrestling world by defeating Roderick Strong for the Ring of Honor World Heavyweight Championship at Manhattan Mayhem IV. For the past few years, Edwards has been a part of the American Wolves with his tag team partner Davey Richards. They ran roughshod over the tag division in ROH and became one of the most popular duos in the history of the promotion, but they also climbed up the ranks individually as singles wrestlers. Richards spent much of 2010 chasing after the ROH World Heavyweight Championship. He seemed like the sure bet to become the first ...

Numerous sources, including PWInsider.com and PWTorch.com, are reporting that the WWE has signed Jon Moxley to a developmental deal. Moxley has been one of the hottest rising stars on the independent scene for the past few years. About eight months ago, I wrote an article about Mox and how he had the potential to be the next big thing. Today's news of his WWE deal may be a bit of a surprise, but it certainly is not shocking given how well Moxley has performed in the independents. Over the past several months Moxley has been the mouthpiece of the Kamikaze USA stable ...

The eyes of the wrestling world will be focused on Atlanta, GA this weekend. World Wrestling Entertainment is bringing Wrestlemania 27 and a week’s worth of festivities to Hotlanta, which means that about 75,000 wrestling fans will be coming to town for the biggest weekend of the year in professional wrestling. Ring of Honor and Dragon Gate USA, two of the top independent promotions out there, are looking to capitalize on the buzz by running shows in Atlanta over the course of the weekend. By doing so, they are giving their fans even more reason to make the trek to ...

When Ring of Honor presented Final Battle 2009 on Internet pay-per-view, the concept of streaming live wrestling shows to fans around the world was a relatively new one. Just over one year later, it has become the latest trend to emerge in the independent wrestling scene. Earlier this week, Gabe Sapolsky and Sal Hamaoui unleashed an announcement that proves just how far the iPPV concept has come in less than two years. Sapolsky, the creative mind behind Dragon Gate USA and EVOLVE, along with Hamaoui, who runs the World Wrestling Network, a video production company, announced that they are opening their own iPPV ...

There is a new World Heavyweight Champion in Ring of Honor. Eddie Edwards upset Roderick Strong tonight in the Grand Ballroom of the Manhattan Center in New York City to become the 14th man to hold the gold in ROH. He is also the very first triple crown champion in ROH history, as he is a former World Tag Team Champion and World Television Champion. This news created such a buzz that Edwards was a worldwide trending topic on Twitter after his championship victory. The popularity of ROH seemingly continues to grow, and this weekend they put on two big shows that received great ...

Eddie Edwards might be the best wrestler that nobody really talks about. The Boston native, trained by the late Killer Kowalski, has been making waves in Ring of Honor for the past few years. Though he has turned in some solid performances, most notably becoming the first ever World Television Champion in ROH, he has yet to really break out as one of the top stars in the promotion. That could all change this Saturday night, when Edwards challenges Roderick Strong for the ROH World Heavyweight Championship at Manhattan Mayhem IV. Last November, Edwards overcame a shoulder injury to win the annual Survival ...

Austin Aries has faced many difficult challenges during his eleven years as a professional wrestler. Despite being one of the most popular stars on the independent wrestling scene for the better part of the past five years, success in the mainstream has always eluded “A Double.” A few weeks back, news broke that Aries auditioned for the upcoming version of WWE Tough Enough but did not make the roster for the rebooted reality project. This rejection appears to have been the final straw for the self-professed “Greatest Man That Ever Lived.“ The years of hard work that he has put in on the independent ...

Spoiler alert: The following article contains spoilers from yesterday’s NWA Championship Wrestling from Hollywood television tapings. If for some reason you are reading this and haven’t heard the news yet, proceed with caution. For everyone else, chances are it won’t matter to you either way. The National Wrestling Alliance is the oldest and arguably most prestigious wrestling organization in the world today. The list of men who have held the NWA World Heavyweight Championship boasts the names of competitors who have helped shape professional wrestling as we know it. The men are legends of the game, including Lou Thesz, “Whipper” ...