Embracing the fun in Wrestling
Throughout history, pop culture has been filled with stories of anti-heroes: people who walk a fine line between good and evil. The professional wrestling world also has its fair share of legendary anti-heroes like WWE’s Stone Cold Steve Austin. One of the industry’s best has been Tetsuya Naito, the leader of New Japan Pro Wrestling’s most popular faction, Los Ingobernables …
November 5, 2016. A timebomb appears on the huge video screen in the Edion Arena in Osaka, nearing its final countdown. New Japan Pro Wrestling’s junior ace and then IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion, Kushida, stands in the middle of the ring, having just successfully defended his title. The countdown ends, revealing his next challenger: a former young lion returning after a …
We like to believe that the hero wins and the villain gets their comeuppance. At Dominion, EVIL entirely blackened the bright lights of New Japan, but one flame is still burning strong and fighting for a now sullied dream. Current IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi will clash with EVIL for the IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental Championship. It …
Scar and Mufasa. Lando and Han Solo. Roose Bolton and the Starks. All names involved in the darkest of betrayals. The freshest cut of them all; EVIL and Los Ingobernables de Japon. At the New Japan Cup final, EVIL found victory over Kazuchika Okada thanks to the surprising assistance of Bullet Club. Victory signified that he would be challenging …
