August 2023

Pro Wrestling Illustrated

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From The Desk Of…
TWO ISSUES AGO, our “Hotseat” interview was replaced by an “Editors’ Roundtable” regarding the potential sale of WWE. Shortly before Wall Street opened on Monday, April 3—and less than 12 hours after the much-debated ending of WrestleMania 39—SEC fil
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STANLEY WESTON Founder (1919-2002) EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Kevin McElvaney ART DIRECTOR Laura Brubaker SENIOR WRITERS Harry Burkett Al Castle CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Mike Bessler Brian R. Solomon Kristen Ashly Righteous Reg Jason McVeigh Brady Hicks Louie Dee A
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Before The Bell
We extend our apologies to readers expecting a review of AEW: All Access. At press time, that show was still premiering its earlier episodes. So, instead, we’re tackling another ongoing series meant to showcase AEW stars away from the squared circle.
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Ringside
IN THE BIGGEST business development for World Wrestling Entertainment since it went public in 1999, Vince McMahon—as majority shareholder—negotiated a $9.3-billion deal with Endeavor, placing WWE under that entity’s corporate umbrella, along with the
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Quick Count
WITH SO MANY major wrestling shows taking place within a span of weeks, one of the biggest challenges of putting together our “Supercards” issue is fitting it all into one magazine. If you think this is hard today, try to imagine what it was like bac
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Win Lose Or Draw
I WAS DELIGHTED when Editor-in-Chief Kevin McElvaney revived PWI’s “Supercard” issue in 2021, after the concept had remained dormant for two decades. “The Return Of Supercards” was the banner headline, touting coverage of New Japan’s Wrestle Kingdom,
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The Lockup
ANYONE WHO KNOWS me knows I have a soft spot for Detroit wrestling. After all, I’m the guy who wrote the biography of The Sheik, without a doubt the greatest legend and hottest attraction in the history of wrestling in the Motor City. I’ve long taken
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SUPERCARDS 2023: WrestleMania 39
HAS IT REALLY been 12 months since we reported on the numerous pro wrestling spectaculars of spring 2022? Much has changed over the last year, but one thing remains very much the same: Grappling enthusiasts have been spoiled rotten with supercards he
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SUPERCARDS: AEW Revolution
PROMOTION: ALL ELITE WRESTLING DATE: 03.05.23 LOCATION: SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA COULD THIS BE the start of a new growth period for All Elite Wrestling? Though most analysts would agree that the promotion’s late-2021 hot streak has long since cooled
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SUPERCARDS: NJPW Collision
PROMOTION: NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING DATE: 04.15.23-04.16.23 LOCATION: WASHINGTON, D.C. & PHILADELPHIA, PA FOLLOWING THE RECENT retooling of its STRONG brand, New Japan Pro-Wrestling has moved away from traditional TV tapings in the U.S. to focus on mu
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SUPERCARDS: Allstar Grand Cinderella
PROMOTION: WORLD WONDER RING STARDOM DATE: 04.23.23 LOCATION: YOKOHAMA, JAPAN THIRTY YEARS AFTER the fabled Dream Slam event presented by All Japan Women at the same venue, the industry’s current leading joshi promotion returned to the Yokohama Arena
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SUPERCARDS: Lucha Libre World Cup
PROMOTION: LUCHA LIBRE AAA WORLDWIDE DATE: 03.19.2023 LOCATION: ZAPOPAN, JALISCO FOR THE FOURTH time ever—and the first since 2017—Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide once again hosted the Lucha Libre World Cup. This year, the show emanated from the Panamerica
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SUPERCARDS: 16 Carat Gold
PROMOTION: WESTSIDE XTREME WRESTLING DATE: 03.10.23-03.12.23 LOCATION: OBERHAUSEN, GERMANY FOR THE FIRST time in its glorious history, the European 16 Carat Gold tournament would decree not only a winner, but also the new wXw Unified champion, as the
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SUPERCARDS: Supercard of Honor
PROMOTION: RING OF HONOR DATE: 03.31.23 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA THE LAST TIME Supercard of Honor attracted a brigade of wrestling fans in California was in 2015. Eight years later, with dicey L.A. weather barely in the city’s rearview mirro
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SUPERCARDS: IMPACT Rebellion
PROMOTION: IMPACT WRESTLING DATE: 04.16.23 LOCATION: TORONTO, ONTARIO ON APRIL 16, at the Rebel Complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, IMPACT Wrestling held the 2023 installment of its annual pay-per-view, Rebellion. Determined to make lemonade out of
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Quick Cards
PROMOTION: CONSEJO MUNDIAL DE LUCHA LIBRE DATE: 03.17.23 LOCATION: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO CMLL’s annual “Homenaje A Dos Leyendas” shows pay tribute to multiple Clegends of lucha libre. Each year, one of those leyendas is Salvador Lutteroth Gonzalez, wh
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SUPERCARDS: Super 8
PROMOTION: EAST COAST WRESTLING ASSOCIATION DATE: 03.25.23 LOCATION: MORGANVILLE, NEW JERSEY SINCE ITS INCEPTION in 1997, the ECWA Super 8 tournament has read the proverbial tea leaves. This showcase for future professional wrestling stardom has seen
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SUPERCARDS: Grand Princess ’23
PROMOTION: TOKYO JOSHI PRO DATE: 03.18.23 LOCATION: TOKYO, JAPAN THE ARIAKE COLISEUM sports complex played host to Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling’s highly anticipated supershow, TJPW Grand Princess ’23, which took place before a live audience of 1,500+ fa
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Fantasticamania: Lucha Returns to Japan
WHILE MUCH OF the world was loosening its COVID restrictions following the height of the pandemic, Japan held tightly to its own. Even as American promotions WWE and AEW allowed maskless fans to return to stadiums at full capacity in mid-2021, compan
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Spotlight Card
PROMOTION: WARRIOR WRESTLING (#29) DATE: 03-25-23 LOCATION: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN ■
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Coast To Coast
YOU MAY NOT know this, but aside from writing this column and wrestling books, I’m also the co-promoter of an all-women’s wrestling promotion. Femmes Fatales is the oldest such promotion still active in Canada. We had a show recently called Femmes Fa
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Official Ratings
265, Pensacola, FL (1) WWE Undisputed champion 220, Niigata, Japan (-) IWGP World champion 207, Nuevo Leon, Mexico (8) AAA Mega champion 240, Hokkaido, Japan (-) GHC heavyweight champion 205, Plainview, NY (3) AEW World champion 227, Rutherfor
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Drawing Blood
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