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by Mike Lorefice


LATEST PRO WRESTLING & MIXED MARTIAL ARTS UPDATES
(reviews unless otherwise noted)


Best Matches Seen March 2024
Joshi Puroresu 1990 Recommended Matches
David's Recommended Matches
Joshi Puroresu 1989 Recommended Matches
Best Matches Seen February 2024
Mike's Recommended Matches
Joshi Puroresu 1988 Recommended Matches
AJW 1987 Recommended Matches
AJW 1986 Recommended Matches
AJW 1985 Recommended Matches
Best Matches Seen January 2024
AJW 1984 Recommended Matches
AJW 1983 Recommended Matches
AJW 1982 Recommended Matches
AJW 1981 Recommended Matches
AJW 1980 Recommended Matches
AJW 1979 Recommended Matches
Best Matches Seen December 2023
Hall Of Talent: Kiyoshi Tamura
Best Matches Seen November 2023
Best Matches Seen October 2023
Joshi Puroresu 2017 Recommended Matches
Best Matches Seen September 2023
Hall Of Talent: Eddy Guerrero
Best Matches Seen August 2023
Best Matches Seen July 2023
Hall Of Talent: Arisa Nakajima
Best Matches Seen June 2023
Best Matches Seen May 2023
Best Matches Seen April 2023
Best Matches Seen March 2023
Best Matches Seen February 2023
Hall Of Talent: Satoru Sayama
Best Matches Seen January 2023
Best Matches Seen December 2022
Best Matches Seen November 2022
Best Matches Seen October 2022
Best Matches Seen September 2022
Joshi Puroresu 2016 Recommended Matches
Shoot Wrestling 1992 Recommended Matches
Best Matches Seen August 2022
Hall Of Talent: Billy Robinson
UWF-I 1992 Recommended Matches
Joshi Puroresu 2015 Recommended Matches
Kakutogi Road Chapter 58: UWF-I 12/20/92
Best Matches Seen July 2022
PWFG 1992 Recommended Matches
Best Matches Seen June 2022
RINGS 1992 Recommended Matches
Best Matches Seen May 2022
Kakutogi Road Chapter 57: RINGS 12/19/92
Best Matches Seen April 2022
Kakutogi Road Chapter 56: PWFG 12/5/92
Hall Of Talent: Gran Hamada
Kakutogi Road Chapter 55: UWF-I 11/25/92
Best Matches Seen March 2022
Kakutogi Road Chapter 54: RINGS 11/13/92
Kakutogi Road Chapter 53: RINGS 10/29/92
Best Matches Seen February 2022
Kakutogi Road Chapter 52: UWF-I 10/23/92
Kakutogi Road Chapter 51: Seido Kaikan Kakutogi Olympic III 10/4/92
Best Matches Seen January 2022
Joshi Puroresu 2014 Recommended Matches
Best Matches Seen December 2021
Kakutogi Road Chapter 50: PWFG 10/4/92
Kakutogi Road Chapter 49: UWF-I 9/21/92
Best Matches Seen October 2021
Kakutogi Road Chapter 48: PWFG 9/4/92
Kakutogi Road Chapter 47: UWF-I 8/28/92
Kakutogi Road Chapter 46: RINGS 8/21/92
Hall Of Talent: Silver King
Joshi Puroresu 2013 Recommended Matches
Kakutogi Road Chapter 45: PWFG 8/15/92
Best Matches Seen September 2021
Kakutogi Road Chapter 44: UWF-I 8/14/92
Kakutogi Road Chapter 43: Seido Kaikan Kakutogi Olympic II 7/30/92
Kakutogi Road Chapter 42: PWFG 7/27/92
Best Matches Seen August 2021
Kakutogi Road Chapter 41: RINGS 7/16/92
Best Matches Seen July 2021
Kakutogi Road Chapter 40: UWF-I 7/12/92
Kakutogi Road Chapter 39: UWF-I 6/28/92
Kakutogi Road Chapter 38: RINGS 6/25/92
Kakutogi Road Chapter 37: PWFG 6/25/92
Best Matches Seen June 2021
Kakutogi Road U.W.F. 1984 Recommended Matches
Kakutogi Road Chapter 36: RINGS 5/16/92
Joshi Puroresu 2012 Recommended Matches
Kakutogi Road Chapter 35: PWFG 5/15/92
Best Matches Seen May 2021
Best Matches Seen April 2021
Kakutogi Road Chapter 34: UWF-I 5/8/92
Kakutogi Road Chapter 33: PWFG 4/19/92
Best Matches Seen March 2021
Kakutogi Road Chapter 32: RINGS 4/3/92
Kakutogi Road Chapter 31: Seido Kaikan Kakutogi Olympic I 3/26/92
Kakutogi Road Chapter 30: PWFG 3/20/92
Best Matches Seen February 2021
Kakutogi Road: Billy Scott Interview
Kakutogi Road Chapter 29: UWF-I 3/17/92
Best Matches Seen January 2021
Kakutogi Road Chapter 28: RINGS 3/5/92
Hall Of Talent: Dynamite Kid
Kakutogi Road Chapter 27: UWF-I 2/29/92
Kakutogi Road Chapter 26: PWFG 2/24/92
Kakutogi Road Chapter 25: UWF-I 2/15/92
Kakutogi Road Chapter 24: RINGS 1/25/92
Kakutogi Road Chapter 23: PWFG 1/15/92
Best Matches Seen December 2020
Kakutogi Road Chapter 22: UWF-I 1/9/92
Lucha Underground Season 2 Recommended Matches
Joshi Puroresu 2011 Recommended Matches
Shoot Wrestling 1991 Recommended Matches
Best Matches Seen November 2020
RINGS 1991 Recommended Matches
PWFG 1991 Recommended Matches
UWF-I 1991 Recommended Matches
Best Matches Seen October 2020
Kakutogi Road Chapter 21: UWF-I 12/22/91
Kakutogi Road Chapter 20: RINGS 12/7/91
Kakutogi Road Chapter 19: Shooto 11/28/90
Kakutogi Road Chapter 18: UWF-I 11/7/91 & Shooto 3/17/90
Best Matches Seen September 2020
Hall Of Talent: Volk Han
Kakutogi Road Chapter 17: PWFG 11/3/91
Lucha Underground Season 1 Recommended Matches
Kakutogi Road Chapter 16: PWFG 10/17/91
Best Matches Seen August 2020
Joshi Puroresu 2010 Recommended Matches
Kakutogi Road Chapter 15: UWF-I 10/6/91
WAVE 2010 Recommended Matches
Best Matches Seen July 2020
Kakutogi Road Chapter 14: PWFG 9/28/91
Best Matches Seen June 2020
OZ Academy 2010 Recommended Matches
Kakutogi Road Chapter 13: UWF-I 9/26/91
Hall Of Talent: Zack Sabre Jr.
Best Matches Seen May 2020
Hall Of Talent: KUSHIDA
Kakutogi Road Chapter 12: RINGS 9/14/91
Hall Of Talent: Katsuyori Shibata
Kakutogi Road Chapter 11: UWF-I 8/24/91
Kakutogi Road Chapter 10: PWFG 8/23/91
Best Matches Seen April 2020
Kakutogi Road Chapter 9: RINGS 8/1/91
Best Matches Seen March 2020
Kakutogi Road Chapter 8: UWF-I 7/30/91
Kakutogi Road Chapter 7: UWF-I 7/3/91
Kakutogi Road Chapter 6: UWF-I 6/6/91
Best Matches Seen February 2020
Kakutogi Road Chapter 5: PWFG 7/26/91
Best Matches Seen January 2020
Kakutogi Road Chapter 4: PWFG 5/16/91
Kakutogi Road Chapter 3: RINGS 5/11/91
Best Matches Seen December 2019
Kakutogi Road Chapter 2: UWF-I 5/10/91
Kakutogi Road Chapter 1: PWFG 3/4/91
Best Matches Seen November 2019
Best Matches Seen October 2019
Best Matches Seen September 2019
Best Matches Seen August 2019
Best Matches Seen July 2019
Best Matches Seen June 2019
Best Matches Seen May 2019
Best Matches Seen April 2019
Best Matches Seen March 2019
JWP Best Match Collection '90 Single Match Volume
JWP UWA Title Tournament 1/6/91-2/11/91
Best Matches Seen February 2019
Best Matches Seen January 2019
Best Matches Seen December 2018
Best Matches Seen November 2018
Best Matches Seen October 2018
Best Matches Seen September 2018
Best Matches Seen August 2018
Best Matches Seen July 2018
Best Matches Seen June 2018
Best Matches Seen May 2018
Best Matches Seen April 2018
Best Matches Seen March 2018
Best Matches Seen February 2018
GLORY 2017 Recommended Matches
Best Matches Seen January 2018
INVICTA FC 2017 Recommended Matches
Best Matches Seen December 2017
Best Matches Seen November 2017
Best Matches Seen October 2017
Best Matches Seen September 2017
Best Matches Seen August 2017
Best Matches Seen July 2017
Robinson vs. Jumbo Trilogy AJ G+ Classic #10 4/3/03
Best Matches Seen June 2017
Best Matches Seen May 2017
Best Matches Seen April 2017
STARDOM 2015 Recommended Matches
Best Matches Seen March 2017
UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis 12/10/16
UFC 202: Diaz vs. McGregor 2 8/20/16
GLORY 32: Virginia 7/22/16
GLORY 31: Amsterdam 6/25/16
GLORY 29: Copenhagen 4/16/16
GLORY 28: Paris 3/12/16
GLORY 27: Chicago 2/26/16
Rizin Fighting World Grand Prix -IZA no mai- 12/31/15
GLORY 26: Amsterdam 12/4/15
GLORY 25: Milan 11/6/15
GLORY 21: San Diego 5/8/15
Best of Verne Gagne Vol. 1
UFC 186: Johnson vs. Horiguchi 4/25/15
UFC on Fox 15: Machida vs. Rockhold 4/18/15
UFC Fight Night 62: Maia vs. LaFlare 3/21/15
NOAH DEPARTURE 2004 7/10/04
ROH Final Battle 2004 12/26/04
ROH All Star Extravaganza 2 12/4/04
ROH Weekend of Thunder Night Two 11/6/04
ROH Weekend of Thunder Night One 11/5/04
ROH Joe vs Punk II 10/16/04
ROH Gold 10/15/04
K-1 World MAX 2013 World Championship Tournament Final 16 9/14/13
K-1 The Battle for Spain 4/12/14
ROH Midnight Express Reunion 10/2/04
ROH Glory By Honor III 9/11/04
ROH Scramble Cage Melee 8/24/04
UFC 175: Weidman vs. Machida 7/5/14
UFC 174: Johnson vs. Bagautinov 6/14/14
UFC Fight Night 42: Henderson vs. Khabilov 6/7/14
UFC 173: Barao vs. Dillashaw 5/24/14
UFC The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 Finale: Miocic vs Maldonado 5/31/14
UFC Fight Night 40: Brown vs. Silva 5/10/14
GLORY 16: Denver 5/3/14
UFC 172: Jones vs. Teixeira 4/26/14
UFC 165: Jones vs. Gustafsson 9/21/13
UFC on Fox 11: Werdum vs. Browne 4/19/14
The Ultimate Fighter Nations Finale: Bisping vs. Kennedy 4/16/14
Glory 15: Istanbul 4/12/14
UFC 171: Hendricks vs. Lawler 3/15/14
UFC 170: Rousey vs. McMann 2/22/14
Recommended MMA Matches 2014
SUPERKOMBAT VIP Edition 8/31/13
SUPERKOMBAT New Heroes 8/30/13
GLORY 10: Los Angeles 9/28/13
ROH Round Robin Challenge III 5/15/04
ROH Reborn: Stage Two 4/24/04
Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields 6/6/09
UFC Fight Night 28: Teixeira vs. Bader 9/4/13
Best of Bellator Season 9 9/7/13-11/22/13
UFC Fight Night 27: Condit vs. Kampmann II 8/28/13
IWA Mid-South King of the Deathmatches 2004 6/25-6/26/2004
Strikeforce: San Jose: Diaz vs. Noons II 10/9/10
Strikeforce Challengers 2: Villasenor vs. Cyborg 6/19/09
UFC Fight Night 26: Shogun vs. Sonnen 8/17/13
Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Daley 4/9/11
IWA Mid-South Something to Prove 6/11/05
BJW Deathmatch Wars January 2008
UFC on Fox 8: Johnson vs. Moraga 7/27/13
Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal 12/17/11
Strikeforce: Diaz vs. Cyborg 1/29/11
Strikeforce: St. Louis Henderson vs. Babalu II 12/4/10
ROH Testing The Limit 8/7/04
PRIDE Openweight Grand Prix 2006 Opening/Total Elimination Absolute 5/5/06
Glory 4: Tokyo 2012 Heavyweight Grand Slam 12/31/12
UFC on Fox 6: Johnson vs. Dodson 1/26/13
UFC on FX 7: Belfort vs. Bisping 1/19/13
UFC 155: Dos Santos vs. Velasquez II 12/29/12
UFC The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Finale 12/15/12
UFC on Fox 5: Henderson vs. Diaz 12/8/12
UFC on FX 6: Sotiropoulos vs. Pearson 12/14/12
UFC 154: St-Pierre vs. Condit 11/17/12
Best of Bellator Season 7 9/28/12-12/14/12
UFC on Fuel 6: Franklin vs. Le 11/10/12
UFC 153: Silva vs. Bonnar 10/13/12
UFC on FUEL 1: Sanchez vs. Ellenberger 2/15/12
UFC on FX 5: Browne vs. Bigfoot 10/5/12
UFC 152: Jones vs. Belfort 9/22/12
UFC on Fuel 5: Struve vs. Miocic 9/29/12
UFC 136: Edgar vs. Maynard III 10/8/11
UFC 92: The Ultimate 2008 12/27/08
NWA Lou Thesz vs. Verne Gagne 1/25/52
Strikeforce 42: Rousey vs. Kaufman 8/18/12
UFC 135: Jones vs. Rampage 9/24/11
UFC 149: Faber vs. Barao 7/21/12
UFC 150: Henderson vs. Edgar II 8/11/12
AJW BIG EGG WRESTLING UNIVERSE 11/20/94
UFC on Fox 4: Shogun vs. Vera 8/4/12
UFC 147: Silva vs. Franklin 6/23/12
UFC 146: Dos Santos vs. Mir 5/26/12
CZW H-8 Club Dead? 7/14/01
UFC on Fuel 4: Munoz vs. Weidman 7/11/12
UFC 137: Penn vs. Diaz 10/29/11
UFC 148: Silva vs. Sonnen II 7/7/12
ROH Death Before Dishonor II - Part 2 7/24/04
UFC on FX 4: Maynard vs. Guida 6/22/12
UFC Fight Night FX 3: Johnson vs. McCall 6/8/12
UFC The Ultimate Fighter 15: Live Finale 6/1/12
ROH Death Before Dishonor II - Part 1 7/23/04
ROH Reborn: Completion 7/17/04
ROH Survival of the Fittest 6/24/04
ROH World Title Classic 6/12/04
ROH Reborn: Stage One 4/23/04
NJPW Wonderland Liger #17 7/30/00 taped 6/12/96 & 6/17/96
UFC 144: Edgar vs. Henderson 2/26/12
UFC FX 2: Alves vs. Kampmann 3/3/12
UFC 143: Diaz vs. Condit 2/4/12
DGUSA Open The Golden Gate 1/27/12
UFC on Fox 2: Evans vs. Davis 1/28/12
UFC on FX 1: Guillard vs. Miller 1/20/12
UFC 142: Aldo vs. Mendes 1/14/12
JWP December 2010 Notable Matches 12/12/10 & 12/23/10
JWP January 2011 Notable Matches 1/16/11 & 1/28/11
UFC 141: Lesnar vs. Overeem 12/30/11
NOAH 2009 Year in Review
UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida 12/10/11
UFC Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale 12/3/11
UFC on Fox 1: Velasquez vs. Dos Santos 11/12/11
UFC 138: Leben vs. Munoz 11/5/11
UFC Live 6: Cruz vs. Johnson 10/1/11
UFC Fight Night 25: Shields vs. Ellenberger 9/17/11
UFC Live 5: Lytle vs. Hardy 8/14/11
UFC Live: Kongo vs. Barry 6/26/11
OPW Osaka Hurricane 2005 2/13/05
UFC Fight Night 24: Nogueira vs. Davis 3/26/11
UFC 128: Shogun vs. Jones 3/19/11
Best of Bellator Season 4 3/5/11-5/21/11
Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson 3/5/11
UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann 3/3/11
UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch 2/26/11
AJW JAPAN GRAND PRIX '93 III 6/11/93
AJW Zenjo Is Dream * Last Night's Explosion 3/20/93
NOAH Nippon Budokan SP GREAT VOYAGE '03 1/10/03
Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Silva 2/12/11
UFC 126: Silva vs. Belfort 2/5/11
UFC Fight Night 23: Fight for the Troops 2 1/22/11
UFC Ultimate Finale 12 12/4/10
AJPW BBanquet #89 3/11/06 KOPW taped 2/11/06
AJPW BBanquet #90 3/18/06 taped 3/5/06
AJPW BBanquet Special 8/1/04 ~Ryogoku Battle Banquet~ taped 7/18/04
MPW MASKMANS WORLD BATTLE LEAGUE '95 7/27/95-8/25/95
NJPW Wonderland #535 7/20/99 taped 8/12/92
NJPW Classics #115 6/19/05 taped 12/9/88 & 1/6/89
NJPW Classics #145 3/9/06 taped 5/28/90 & 6/12/90
Strikeforce Challengers 13 1/7/11
NJPW Classics #168 10/11/06 taped 4/30/91 & 5/31/91
NJPW Classics #167 10/10/06 taped 4/28/91 & 5/11/91
NJPW Classics #166 9/12/06 taped 3/91 & 4/28/91
WEC 53 12/16/10
UFC 123: Rampage vs. Machida 11/20/10
UFC 122: Marquardt vs. Okami 11/13/10
AJPW Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jun Akiyama 1/26/98
WEC 52 11/11/10
AJW TV taped 1/4/90
NJPW Classics #165 9/3/06 taped 3/21/91 & 3/91
NJPW '91 Starrcade in Tokyo Dome 3/21/91
NJPW Classics #163 8/25/06 taped 3/14/91 & 3/21/91
NJPW Classics #162 8/25/06 taped 3/6/90, 3/4/91 & 3/14/91
NJPW Classics #160 7/18/06 taped 12/13/90, 1/4/91 & 2/5/91
NJPW Classics #159 7/12/06 taped 12/11/90 & 12/13/90
NJPW Wonderland Liger #3 4/23/00 taped 1989-90
NJPW Wonderland Liger #4 4/30/00 taped 1990
NOAH Toshiaki Kawada vs. Naomichi Marufuji 4/13/10
NJPW Super Powers Clash 4/24/89
NJPW El Samurai vs. Shinjiro Otani 1/21/96
NJPW Wonderland Liger #1 4/9/00 taped 1989
NJPW Wonderland Liger #2 4/16/00 taped 1989
JWP TV 11/12/94 taped 11/6/94
JWP OR 10/13/02 Day
AJPW Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jun Akiyama 9/6/97
AJPW Hiroshi Hase vs. Kenta Kobashi 8/26/97
Quebrada #37 Column: Booking the '98 Champion Carnival
AJW ATHENA #24 9/23/00 taped 9/17/00
Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery 5/15/10
OZ Academy Puroresu King #172 2/1/08 taped 1/13/08
JWP OR 9/15/02
NJPW TV 8/10/09 G1 CLIMAX 2009 Day 2 taped 8/8/09
NOAH Naomichi Marufuji vs. KENTA 10/25/08
WAR THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF REVOLUTION 6/17/93
U.W.F. Shooting Puroresu No Fall Death Match 12/5/84
U.W.F. Kakutogi Road League Match II 1/20/85 & 2/18/85
NJPW SUPER J-CUP ~1st STAGE~ 4/16/94
WAR NJPW vs. WAR Korakuen Decisive Battle 10/23/92
AJW Megamitachi no Densetsu III Manami Toyota
NOAH DESTINY 2005 7/18/05
NJPW SKY DIVING-J 6/17/96
NJPW Wonderland Liger #5 5/7/00 taped 1990
NJPW Wonderland Liger #6 5/14/00 taped 1990
FMW KAWASAKI LEGEND 5/5/96
01 Shinseiki Sozo 4/18/01
Quebrada #89 Column: Categorical Rankings of pro-wrestling's best from 1980-2004 Part 2
Quebrada #88 Column: Categorical Rankings of pro-wrestling's best from 1980-2004 Part 1
AJW Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori 4/2/93
AJW Aja Kong & Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori & Eagle Sawai 4/11/93
AJW Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori 12/6/93
AJW Toshiyo Yamada & Manami Toyota vs. Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki 11/26/92
AJW Toshiyo Yamada & Manami Toyota vs. Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki 4/11/93
AJW Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki vs. Toshiyo Yamada & Manami Toyota 12/6/93