Big Audio Nightmare: Stardom, Marigold, NOAH, NJPW, more

The Big Audio Nightmare is back as Adam Summers & Mike Sempervive talk about everything happening in NJPW, Stardom, Pro Wrestling NOAH, AJPW, and throughout the very busy world of Japanese wrestling.

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Big Audio Nightmare: Mayu Iwatani, All Star Grand Queendom, more

The Big Audio Nightmare is back as Adam Summers and Mike Sempervive talk about everything happening in the very busy world of Japanese wrestling.

This week’s topics include:

  • Mayu Iwatani leaves Stardom to join Marigold in wrestling’s worst kept secret
  • The impact of Iwatani’s move on both promotions
  • Full analysis of Stardom’s All Star Grand Queendom megashow and where they go next
  • A look back at the career of Tam Nakano
  • Much more!

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Big Audio Nightmare: Hirooki Goto, New Japan Cup, Stardom

The Big Audio Nightmare is back as Adam Summers and Mike Sempervive talk about everything happening in the very busy world of Japanese wrestling.

This week’s topics include:

  • The final world on Hirooki Goto’s emotional, improbable IWGP Title win
  • A preview of the wide open New Japan Cup field and tournament
  • Thoughts on Kevin Knight’s potential future in WWE or AEW
  • Yoshiki Inamura in NXT
  • A look at the recently announced AJPW Champion Carnival lineup
  • Stardom’s next PPV and more TAM LORE

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Big Audio Nightmare: Queen of Villains, Stardom, NJPW, GLEAT

The Big Audio Nightmare is back as Adam Summers and Mike Sempervive talk about everything happening in the very busy world of Japanese wrestling.

This week’s topics include:

  • The greatness of Netflix’s Queen of Villains show
  • Thoughts on recent Stardom and Marigold shows
  • A full preview of NJPW’s King of Pro Wrestling show
  • We try to game out the possibilities of Naito vs ZSJ and the booking for the rest of the year
  • A look at GLEAT’s intriguing and truly unhinged lineup at Osaka’s Edion Arena

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Big Audio Nightmare: NJPW G1 Climax preview & prediction show

The original alternate here at the EMPIRE~! is back to bring you the world famous NJPW G1 Climax 34 preview and prediction show.

This is the annual odyssey where Mike Sempervive and I run down each night of NJPW’s showcase tournament, complete with our predictions for every single match, dropping knowledge and opinion along the way.

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Big Audio Nightmare: NOAH-WWE speculation, NJPW, Marigold, Stardom

The Big Audio Nightmare is back as Adam Summers and Mike Sempervive talk about everything happening in the very busy world of Japanese wrestling.

This week’s topics include:

  • Speculation on the Pro Wrestling NOAH x WWE announcement and what it will mean for all parties
  • Thoughts on NJPW Dominion and Moxley vs. EVIL in particular
  • A look ahead to this weekend’s New Japan Soul show with five title matches
  • A preview of Kaito Kiyomiya vs Gabe Kidd for the GHC Heavyweight Championship
  • A hype (or lack thereof) check on this weekend’s All Together show
  • One-month report card on Marigold and their relationship with WWE
  • Thoughts on Stardom’s next PPV

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Big Audio Nightmare: Kaisei Takechi debut, NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo

The Big Audio Nightmare is back with Adam Summers and Mike Sempervive to talk about everything happening in the very busy world of Japanese wrestling.

This week’s topics include:

  • Kaisei Takechi’s INCREDIBLE debut for DDT and what it means
  • New Japan’s VERY rough weekend in Sapporo
  • Kazuchika Okada’s odd final days in NJPW and how it affects the promotion going forward
  • A deep dive into New Japan’s future, what’s wrong, what caused it, and how things can be salvaged
  • Thoughts on recent AJPW and NOAH attendance numbers
  • The expansion of Wrestle Universe

All that and MUCH more on the Big Audio Nightmare, only f4wonline.com subscribers!

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Big Audio Nightmare: The departure of Kazuchika Okada from NJPW

The Big Audio Nightmare is back with an EMERGENCY PODCAST on Kazuchika Okada leaving NJPW

This week’s topics include:

  • Okada leaves New Japan
  • Why Okada is leaving and what it means
  • Is the Japanese professional wrestling scene becoming the NPB?
  • Why didn’t NJPW prepare for this, and what can they do to recover
  • Where will Okada go vs. where should he go
  • How would WWE or AEW present Okada differently
  • Is anyone in NJPW ready to step up

All this and much more, only for f4wonline.com subscribers!

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Big Audio Nightmare: Giulia, Nakajima, Power Struggle review, Wrestle Kingdom

The Big Audio Nightmare is back to talk about everything happening in the very busy world of Japanese professional wrestling.

This week’s topics include:

  • The Giulia-to-WWE rumors and what they mean for AEW, Stardom, New Japan, and more
  • Stardom’s injury issues continue while one major star is set to return
  • Katsuhiko Nakajima wins AJPW’s Triple Crown
  • NJPW Power Struggle review
  • A discussion Will Ospreay’s incredible 2023 and how it relates to where he may end up in 2024
  • Early thoughts on the Wrestle Kingdom card as it continues to take shape

All that and more for f4wonline.com subscribers!

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Big Audio Nightmare: NJPW World, meeting Kawada, Stardom, more

The Big Audio Nightmare with Adam Summers solo (and guest Jeremy Diemer) is back to talk about everything happening in the very busy world of Japanese professional wrestling.

This week’s topics include:

  • The N1 Victory Final for Pro Wrestling NOAH
  • Yuma Anzai’s N1 performance and how AJPW’s future star is everything NOAH isn’t
  • The under-the-radar greatness of AJPW in 2023
  • Stardom’s recent PPVs and standout performances
  • Jeremy joins the show to talk about the New Japan World relaunch, meeting Toshiaki Kawada, and the fascinating Kingston-Kawada Starrcast interview

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Big Audio Nightmare: AJPW & NOAH show reviews, Forbidden Door, STARDOM

This week’s two-hour Big Audio Nightmare is back to talk about everything happening in the world of Japanese professional wrestling and more.

This week’s topics include:

  • An in-person perspective on AEW’s debut episode of Collision
  • A preview for Forbidden Door and why the underwhelming title matches are nothing to worry about
  • The contrast between AJPW and Pro Wrestling NOAH as seen by their major shows last weekend
  • A potentially surprising choice for first half Japanese wrestling MVP
  • Thoughts on recent STARDOM matches and upcoming PPVs
  • A look at the NJPW Strong in Japan cards

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Big Audio Nightmare: Kiyomiya, Okada, and the kick heard ’round the world

The Big Audio Nightmare is back to talk about everything happening in the world of Japanese professional wrestling, especially the news from a wild weekend.

This week’s topics include:

  • Kiyomiya, Okada, and the kick heard ’round the world
  • A full review of NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 in Yokohama featuring NOAH vs. NJPW
  • A deep dive into interpromotional angles, their history in Japan, and how that bodes for the future
  • Great Muta Final Bye-Bye thoughts
  • A look at the Tokyo Dome Keiji Muto retirement show card
  • Thoughts on Hiromu Takahashi’s All-Star Junior Festival
  • Stardom NEW BLOOD 7 and upcoming show thoughts
  • We reflect on the life and career of Jay Briscoe

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Big Audio Nightmare: NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 preview

The Big Audio Nightmare is back to talk about everything that has taken place in Japanese pro wrestling over the last two weeks.

It has been extremely busy as we lead into Wednesday’s NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 and we give our predictions as well as take a look back at Stardom’s Dream Queendom and NOAH’s The New Year supershow, which featured the returns of Shinsuke Nakamura, KENTA, and Hiroshi Hase.

We also give our thoughts on All Japan’s New Year Giant Series, Dragon Gate’s Final Gate and the return of Shingo Takagi, GLEAT’s Ver. 4, DDT Never Mind featuring Kazusada Higuchi (who is as good as any champion going) vs. Yuki Ueno, Nakajima-Matsumoto, Inaba-Suzuki and so much more!

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