Captain Lou

NEW JAPAN CUP, BABY! Winner gets a shot at the title belt of his choosing (Heavyweight, Intercontinental, NEVER). This is...

Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask, Ryusuke Taguchi & KUSHIDA vs. Yuji Nagata, Tomoyuki Oka, Shota Umino, Tetsuhiro Yagi...

How great is the New Beginning theme song? I’ve watched and rewatched the opening package on every show from this...

Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask & KUSHIDA vs. Shota Umino, Tetsuhiro Yagi & Ren Narita Same match as yesterday except...

Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Shota Umino, Tetsuhiro Yagi & Ren Narita Grumpy Liger and Tiger...

Katsuya Kitamura vs. Juice Robinson – Trial Series Match #3 Another strong showing from Big K after the solid match...

Katsuya Kitamura vs. Michael Elgin – Trial Series Match #2 This is Old Lion Kitamura working a compact version of...

Following my little experiment with All Japan, why not do the same thing with NOAH? Since the last time I...

Full disclosure: I’m not the world’s biggest Lucha Libre fan, so I’ll be skipping out on reviewing NJPW’s Fantasticamania shows....

Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi vs. Tomoyuki Oka, Shota Umino, Tetsuhiro Yagi & Ren Narita Happy...

New Japan Rumble My most anticipated match of the year: the NEW JAPAN RUMBLE! Every leftover midcard wrestler from the...

Christmas vacation is already over for Captain Lou. Back to work tomorrow morning. Thankfully, I have some New Japan Pro-Wrestling...

Here we are, finally past the wrestling purgatory known as the World Tag League, and firmly on the way to...

Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Togi Makabe, David Finlay, Henare, Hirai Kawato...

David Finlay, Katsuya Kitamura & Tomoyuki Oka vs. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Leo Tonga By-the-numbers opening match wrestling. Kitamura...

Guys, you have no idea how happy I am to see the lights of Korakuen Hall and non-tag league-participants. I...

It’s Friday night, and here I am, fighting off a cold and watching the World Tag League matches that went...

New Japan are trying a new approach to the tag league this year by excluding the Big Four (Okada/Tanahashi/Naito/Omega) from...

Guys, the tag league starts tomorrow and I am feeling all sorts of existential dread. The amount of people involved...

The long Road to Power Struggle has finally led us to… POWER STRUGGLE. That’s right, people. We’ve got 4 title...