Satoshi Kojima

Satoshi Kojima is the new GHC Heavyweight Champion. Kojima defeated former champion Go Shiozaki in the main event of today’s CyberFight Festival 2022 event at the Saitama Super Arena to win the title for the first time. With the win, he became only the fourth person in history to hold the GHC, IWGP Heavyweight, and Triple Crown titles, joining Yoshihiro Takayama, Kensuke Sasake, and Keiji Mutoh.

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced a total of forty-eight competitors for this year’s New Japan Cup, which begins on March 2. There will be sixteen first-round matches involving 32 wrestlers, with the remaining sixteen getting first-round byes. The finals happen on March 27. The first round features:. *...

Hiroshi Tanahashi looked back at his IWGP Heavyweight Championship win over Satoshi Kojima at 2011’s Wrestle Kingdom V in his latest Ace’s High interview for NJPW. You can check out the full article here and a couple highlights below:. On beating Satoshi Kojima at Wrestle Kingdom V for the title:...

AEW star Jon Moxley picked up a victory against another Japanese legend, defeating Satoshi Kojima in a classic puroreso match, but was then laid out by another NJPW star Minoru Suzuki to set up another must-see match. Moxley arrived at the match wearing a GCW hoodie, a reference to his most recent championship victory. The match between Moxley and Kojima was a classic slobberknocker, with Kojima going pound for pound against Moxley despite a decent age difference. Moxley, a known purveyor of violence, gave Kojima all he could handle, blasting the veteran with nasty blows to the head and some brutal submission holds. Kojima, meanwhile, landed several of his classic moves, including the Koji-cutter. However, Kojima could not score his fabled lariat on Moxley, which directly set up the end of the match. Kojima went to hit Moxley with a lariat, but Moxley countered and then hit Kojima with two Paradigm Shifts to score the victory.

Jon Moxley defeated Satoshi Kojima at AEW All Out, only to be left lying by none other than Minoru Suzuki. Moxley defeated Kojima in the second match at the AEW PPV on Sunday, after which Suzuki came out and confronted the former AEW World Champion. Moxley and Suzuki began trading...

NJPW star Satoshi Kojima will make his promotional debut when he wrestles Jon Moxley in a singles match at Sunday’s All Out pay-per-view event. To promote it, he spoke with Sports Illustrated. Here are the highlights:. On Moxley: “Moxley has earned the respect of wrestling fans around the world, and...

The following is from our play-by-play coverage of the AEW All Out PPV event:. A fast start with them going back and forth until Moxley hit an outside dive. Kojima with a series of chops in the corner then an elbow in the corner and off the top rope. Moxley with some strikes and locked in an armbar, but Kojima got to the bottom rope. Kojima got up and hit a brain buster for a near fall. Moxley with a german suplex then a running knee strike. Kojima blocked the DDT. Moments later, Moxley got the pinfall.

During a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, AEW Superstar Jon Moxley commented on his match with Satoshi Kojima at AEW All Out this Sunday night, and more. You can check out some highlights from the interview below:. On his respect for Kojima: “Kojima is an icon; he’s someone that is...

Jon Moxley is ready for a hard-hitting showdown with one of Japan’s best.

As we previously reported, Jon Moxley announced on Dynamite this past week that he has a match with NJPW’s Satoshi Kojima at AEW All Out on September 5. According to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the plan was always for Moxley to face Kojima at this event. The reason Moxley had...

– In a post on Twitter, Satoshi Kojima reacted to the news that he will face Jon Moxley in a match at AEW All Out on September 5. He wrote: “I’m not famous to wrestling fans around the world. I understand that. But Moxley said my name. That’s enough. I want to get a great experience.”

Tonight marked the 50th episode of NJPW Strong. Tag Team Turbulence semi-finals: Violence Unlimited (Brody King & Chris Dickinson) West Coast Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs) Dickinson and Isaacs were in first for the teams. They mixed it up on the mat early on. Both excel in this...

– NJPW1972.com recently conducted an interview with wrestler Satoshi Kojima. Below are some highlights:. Satoshi Kojima on the past legend who would be his dream opponent: “Stan Hansen. Gotta be. When I was in New Japan, he was in All Japan, so our paths never got to cross. I’d love to have wrestled him while he was running wild.”

– Impact Wrestling has announced that Eddie Edwards vs. Satoshi Kojima has been added to this week’s edition of IMPACT! on AXS TV. The show will air this Thursday, July 1 on AXS V. You can see the updated lineup below:. * Team Callis (Kenny Omega & The Good Brothers)...

– Steve Maclin made his debut on this week’s Impact Wrestling, and a clip is online. You can see the video below of Maclin defeating Jason Page in his first match for the brand:. – Deonna Purrazzo ended her alliance with Susan and Kimber Lee on this week’s show. As...

NJPW has revealed the full lineup for this week's Road to Ignition episode of Strong. Satoshi Kojima will make his Strong debut this week. In Friday's main event, he will team with Karl Fredericks. They will take on Team Filthy's JR Kratos and Danny Limelight. Fredericks is next in line to face Team Filthy leader Tom Lawlor for the NJPW Strong Openweight Championship.

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It didn't take long for New Japan Pro Wrestling legend Satoshi Kojima to make an impact in his new temporary home as in his first appearance on Impact Wrestling, he said three words and already has two matches lined up as a result. During Violent By Design's promo Thursday, Kojima...