Before The Bell
WRESTLE UNIVERSE
The venues of Tokyo and Osaka are a world away from the flat screens and laptops of Anytown, U.S.A., but the shared ubiquity of streaming technology and wrestling action ensures that wrestling fans everywhere can experience the unique spectacle of puroresu. Newbies can easily get acquainted with the scene in Japan through YouTube, but a far more immersive experience awaits via WRESTLE UNIVERSE—a streaming service offered by CyberFight, the parent company of DDT Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling NOAH.
Although WRESTLE UNIVERSE has been around in different incarnations since 2017, the service was overhauled and relaunched in October 2021, offering a substantial library of content for less than nine dollars per month. Featuring live streams and archived shows from DDT, NOAH, Tokyo Joshi Pro, and Ganbare, WRESTLE UNIVERSE is a motherlode of hard-hitting bouts with a healthy dose of contemporary Japanese pop culture, including an occasional dose of silliness mixed in for good measure.
Some of Japan’s biggest wrestling events, including NOAH’s annual N-1 Victory tournament and DDT’s flagship Wrestle Peter Pan show, comprise the cornerstones of the WRESTLE UNIVERSE library. Though the collection is heavy on the biggest and brightest stars of today, the presence of veterans such as Keiji Muto and Takashi Sugiura represents standards
