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Here I recap/review Kyushu Pro and cover unjustly forgotten or neglected wrestling stars of years past.

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[Kyushu Pro] A New Era Dawns - 21/06 and 22/06 Recaps, plus Attendance Analysis

The Irresistible Rise of Kyushu Pro Before starting the recaps proper, I saw stats gathered by F.G.C. (https://x.com/FGC648948974342/status/1940307839060426897) on puro company attendances through the first half of 2025. Kyushu Pro comes out very well: in terms of total attendance (30,434), it is the fifth-biggest men’s company (behind NJPW, Dragongate, NOAH, and AJPW) and eighth-biggest overall (adding in Stardom, Marigold, and TJPW). That’s respectable – but the average attendance is eve
Kyushu Pro

[Kyushu Pro] The Most Over Wrestler In Puro Today Retires - 11/05 Recap

Kyushu Pro Mentai Kid Retirement Memorial Event – Kyushu Ba Genki Ni Goodbye 11/05/2025 Held at the Fukuoka Island City Forum, with an announced attendance of 1,430, good for the third biggest show of the year. The venue looks very full as far as these things go. They set this up as one of their “big events” – room lights off, full lighting rig. I actually usually perhaps prefer their more informal Gymnasium setups, but for this occasion it’s fitting. Fifteen wrestlers are slate
Classic All-Japan

With Jumbo Tsuruta Through The 1970s: Ten Matches

Introduction Jumbo Tsuruta is widely considered one of the best professional wrestlers ever. His physicality and athleticism, his subtle acting, his superlative match layouts and workrate – he is recognized as an all-time great for these, and rightly so.   The period we think about when we consider those qualities is, let’s say, 1985-1992, between Riki Choshu’s arrival in All Japan and Jumbo’s time out for health reasons that marked the end of his “serious” wrestling career. In
Kyushu Pro

[Kyushu Pro] The Ghosts of Mentai Past - 3 x recent event recaps, plus a dive into the Mentai Kid archives

Three event recaps and digging into the Mentai Kid archives in light of his retirement.   Kyushu Pro AEON Omura Shopping Center 30th Anniversary 03/05/2025 Held at AEON Omura Shopping Center in Omura, Nagasaki Prefecture. Not aired. KPW do a number of these “community-side” events, presumably as a result of sponsorships or where there is a charitable upside. No announced attendance, and it’d be hard to know because the ring (per photos) is literally in the mall forecourt next t
Mitsuo Momota

The Ballad of Mitsuo Momota, Part 1: The Noble Art of Jerking Curtains

Series Outline Part 1: The Noble Art of Jerking Curtains (You Are Here) Part 2: King of Comedy Part 3: The Heir to Rikidozan   Introduction – Who On Earth Is Mitsuo Momota? On CageMatch, Mitsuo Momota has a fan rating of 4.71 out of 10. He mostly seems to turn up in six-man comedy matches with arthritic old men. For Mitsuo Momota’s official 30th Anniversary match, he wrestled a rookie in the first match on the card, and it was even clipped when shown on TV. He
Kyushu Pro

[Kyushu Pro] Chigusa vs Dump in 2025 (???) and Mentai Kid Conquers New Japan - 27/04 and 29/04 recaps and a selection from Dontaku

Kyushu Pro Super Genki Festival ~ 17th Anniversary 27/04/2025 The biggest show of the year so far, in Fukuoka City’s Fukuoka West Japan General Exhibition Hall’s New Hall. Declared attendance of 2,576. This is a pretty big show by modern standards. All Japan’s Champion Carnival 2025 opener at the Korakuen (9th April) drew 1,105, and their biggest show of the year so far was their 24th February date in Hachioji, with an attendance of 1,870; KPW has two bigger than that. NOAH had
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