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NJPW Strong results: Fred Rosser vs. Chris Dickinson

Posted on by Justin Knipper

Tonight saw the next set of matches from NJPW Strong’s Autumn Attack tapings in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Ian Riccaboni and Alex Koslov were running down tonight’s card when Young Lion Kevin Knight appeared, albeit briefly. He wanted to let both STRONG Tag Team champions Aussie Open and Team Filthy know that he was going to be scouting their match tonight, because Knight and his tag team partner, The DKC, are looking to challenge for the tag titles in the near future.

Doc Gallows defeated Che Cabrera

“Wild Rhino” Clark Connors was on commentary for a few of tonight’s matches.

Cabrera’s nickname is “Latino Meat” and the crowd sounded to have had a good time chanting “Beat That Meat!” at Gallows, who pinned Cabrera in a little over five minutes with an Anarchy Suplex.

STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship match: Aussie Open (Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher) (c) defeated Team Filthy (JR Kratos & Danny Limelight)

This was really good.

When Kratos and Davis were in together early on, we had a mini-hoss battle on our hands. Davis is deceptively big and is about the same height as Kratos, actually. They crashed into each other with shoulder blocks. Team Filthy later stood over Davis and posed with “The Filthy Flex.”

Kratos later held Fletcher in a stalling suplex before slamming him into the mat. Limelight tagged in and worked Fletcher over for a bit, at one point connecting with a flying lariat into the corner.

Davis and Kratos went at it again later in the match. Both traded forearms and palm strikes. Kratos tossed Davis with a big release German suplex; Davis answered back with a flying harpoon elbow smash in the corner to a seated Kratos.

Aussie Open attempted to hoist Kratos up for Coriolis, their double-team finisher, but they weren’t able to get Kratos in the air. Limelight broke up the hold, and Kratos connected with a jumping back enzuigiri to Davis’ head. Limelight then bounced off the middle rope and caught Fletcher with a springboard Canadian Destroyer, or the Puerto Rican Destroyer, as Riccaboni called it. I don’t think I’ve ever seen one before, it looked wild. Kratos immediately dashed off the apron onto the floor, somersaulting onto Davis. We’ll call this spot the “Liger XXL.”

Limelight landed a frog splash back in the ring but only scored a count of two. The crowd ate this up and were chanting “This-is-awe-some!” by this point in the match.

Fletcher took Limelight out with a 360 tombstone piledriver. Aussie Open then used a creative double-team power offense to neutralize Kratos. Davis & Fletcher then locked the double-pumphandle clutch on Limelight and finally put him away with Coriolis; Aussie Open retains. Again, really good stuff from both teams.

STRONG Openweight Championship match: Fred Rosser (c) and Chris Dickinson wrestled to a count-out

Rosser was fired up before the match got underway. He even attacked Dickinson before the bell rang while he was still wearing his STRONG Openweight championship belt. Dickinson was able to throw Rosser with a release German suplex, which halted Rosser’s sudden onslaught. Dickinson was away from NJPW for a few months and is now a bitter, nasty heel, which turned out to be the perfect complement to Rosser’s no-BS-tough-guy approach. Dickinson paintbrushed Rosser’s head while he was down and smack-talked him as he tried getting up. Dickinson threw a hard kick into Rosser’s chest; Rosser ate it and went back for seconds. He threw elbows from the right and left side. He finally took Dickinson down with a running shoulder tackle.

Rosser tried backdropping Dickinson onto the apron, but Dickinson blocked the move, then caught Rosser with a running, diving lariat from the apron onto the floor.

Back in the ring, Rosser slapped on the cross-face chicken wing, but Dickinson countered it with a backdrop suplex. Dickinson connected with a big axe bomber for another two.

Rosser would answer back later with a running powerslam from out of the corner, reminiscent of the late, great Davey Boy Smith’s finish. He tried locking in the chicken wing STF next, the submission hold that won him the title from “Filthy” Tom Lawlor, but he couldn’t fully clamp down on it. Dickinson was able to inch his way to the bottom rope for a break.

Rosser returned to the ring apron and dropped Dickinson back-first onto it. Dickinson fought through the pain, flipped Rosser the double bird, kicked him in the chest, then took him over the guardrail with a big lariat. The two landed in the front row on the side of the commentator’s table.

Both collected themselves after a few moments, though it was Rosser who’d be back on the attack first; he put his arms through the guardrail and grabbed Dickinson by the face and began yanking on it. Bar room brawl stuff. He landed more shots with Dickinson still against the guard, proof that the champ is willing to “go there” regardless of his opponent. Both men prevented one another from re-entering the ring, eventually causing the referee to call for a twenty count and ending the match via double count out. The crowd let out a loud “Boooo!”

The two continued going at it at ringside, enough that the ring staff had to break the two up. Rosser tried strangling Dickinson with a green video cable. Dickinson attempted to grab Rosser’s title belt. Ring security would pull them apart, but they’d go right back at it a number of times. Rosser went back into the ring to pose for the crowd, but again Dickinson went after Rosser. He even looked to have bit Rosser’s leg or boot while the two were being pulled apart.

This was great. It was short, but that’s fine because these two are clearly building to a rematch. Both Rosser and Dickinson have distinct kinds of charisma and powerful presences. They could end up being perfect rivals down the road.

Final thoughts:

This was one of the better episodes of Strong in a few weeks. Both title matches are well worth going out of your way to see this week.

Next week sees Rocky Romero vs. Shingo Takagi in the main event.

Chris Dickinson appears at NJPW Strong Fighting Spirit Unleashed tapings

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Chris Dickinson is back in New Japan.

At Sunday’s NJPW Strong Fighting Spirit Unleashed tapings in Hollywood, California, Dickinson made a surprise return to the promotion, attacking Fred Rosser after he successfully defended the Strong Openweight title against TJP. Video footage from the event shows Dickinson confronting fans after the attack.

Dickinson, who is signed to NJPW, hasn’t wrestled since June. He lost to Hiroshi Tanahashi at the Collision 2022 tapings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 15.

Christina Von Eerie, who previously had a relationship with Dickinson, accused Dickinson of domestic abuse back in April, saying he had been abusive both physically and emotionally. Another woman, McKaila Coulter, also alleged domestic abuse, though did not mention Dickinson by name. 

Earlier this month, Dickinson filed a defamation lawsuit against Von Eerie and Coulter, saying that the allegations of abuse are false and have had a detrimental impact on his wrestling career as a result, with NJPW no longer booking him. Von Eerie and Coulter responded in a statement that “everything we have spoken out against is true” and that they “will continue to stand our ground in the court of law”.

Christina Von Eerie releases statement regarding Chris Dickinson lawsuit

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Christina Von Eerie has released a statement on social media regarding the defamation lawsuit launched against her and McKaila Coulter by Chris Dickinson. 

Dickinson’s lawsuit alleges that Von Eerie and Coulter committed “blatant acts of defamation that wrongfully accuse Mr. Torre of abusive conduct” when they released statements in April alleging Dickinson was physically and verbally abusive to them. 

Von Eerie’s statement reads as follows: 

“It has been made public that Christopher Torre, (Chris Dickinson) has filed a federal defamation lawsuit in the district of New Jersey, against McKaila Coulter (ex girlfriend) and myself (ex girlfriend). None of the 3 parties live in NJ. Even his attorneys office is based out of Brooklyn, NY. New Jersey has no anti-SLAPP Law statute. That has made it very difficult and costly for us to find representation. Especially because neither of [us] live anywhere near there.

We fear that if we don’t reply to the lawsuit with proper legal representation not only will it harm us, but it will reinforce that women should be afraid to speak out against their abusers unless they have the resources to also fight them in court.

Defamation can only be claimed if there is false information. Everything we have spoken out against is true.

That being said, we did not back down after being sent C&Ds to our jobs and homes. We will continue to stand our ground in the court of law.

If anyone has any lawyer recommendations or groups they would recommend to help us fight this please reach out.

Thank you for your support.

CVE & MAC”

Wrestling Observer Live: AEW Dynamite, Trios Titles, CM Punk return, tons more

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Wrestling Observer Live with Bryan Alvarez and Mike Sempervive is back with tons to talk about including AEW Dynamite from last night, the Trios Tournament, Ric Flair’s last match, Chris Dickinson filing suit, and tons more. A packed show as always so check it out~!

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Chris Dickinson files defamation lawsuit against accusers

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Chris Dickinson has filed suit against two women regarding accusations they made against him of domestic abuse. 

According to a report from PW Insider, Dickinson’s lawsuit was filed on July 22 before the United States District Court of New Jersey.

His suit alleges the two women committed “blatant acts of defamation” that have hurt his professional wrestling career.

On April 27, independent wrestler Christina Von Eerie took to social media and accused Dickinson of being physically and verbally abusive to her. 

“He would push me, hold me down, block me from getting to the door, or even pulling me off the door and throwing me on the bed or the floor. He would throw and break things. He didn’t care what it was,” she wrote. 

On April 30, a second woman posted a lengthy statement on social media that never directly mentioned Dickinson by name. 

“I don’t know Christina. I’ve heard a lot about her. I am scared to share my story but I can’t sit there and watch her get called a liar when I know everything she said about him is 100% true. Reading what she posted triggered so many emotions for me,” wrote @McKailaMary on Twitter. 

“I look back now and I can’t believe the vile things I let happen. That I put up with. Yeah there was some physical stuff but he makes it feel like no big deal. ‘Oh I lightly pushed you into the wall.’ ‘I just threw a water bottle at you, it’s not a big deal, not like I hit you.’ He breaks sh*t all the time. Especially things you care about. The worst thing he does is mental. His mental abuse is real. It’s traumatizing,” her statement continued. 

Dickinson’s suit alleges the accusations of abuse are false and that statements by the two women have had a detrimental impact on his wrestling career. He has only wrestled once for NJPW since the accusations were made. It was also noted in his suit that his contract with NJPW is now a “valueless deal” as it was a pay-per-performance agreement and he is no longer being booked by the promotion. 

Dickinson announced on April 30 that he was pulling out of GCW Life Goes On in Atlantic City in light of the accusations. He has not returned to the promotion since. 

“I have made the decision to pull myself off of Saturday’s GCW event in Atlantic City,” he wrote on Twitter. “I do not want to serve as a distraction to my peers. The accusations made about me by a former partner are false, and contain multiple defamatory allegations that will be addressed in due time. I do not wish to engage in public discourse on this matter. Instead, I will pursue all legal options afforded to me in an effort to clear my name.”

Dickinson has wrestled on just two shows since the accusations were made. He lost to Hiroshi Tanahashi on a set of Strong tapings from Philadelphia on May 15. He also wrestled on a show from Italy in June. 

 

NJPW Strong results: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Chris Dickinson

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Tonight saw the second installment of Collision tapings from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which were hosted by Ian Riccaboni and Matt Rehwoldt.

Team Filthy (JR Kratos & West Coast Wrecking Crew) defeated Alex Coughlin, Kevin Knight & The DKC

Coughlin debuted his new post-Young Lion look before the match. He’s now “The Android” Alex Coughlin, walking to the ring wearing a Terminator-meets-Big Van Vader exoskeleton body armor type of thing. With that mustache of his, if you were to put him in a helmet, he’d look just like Man-at-Arms from Masters of the Universe.

Coughlin and Kratos went back and forth before the match got started. Before he got into the ring, Kratos threw a cardboard sign at Coughlin. Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs of West Coast Wrecking Crew went at the Young Lions, Knight and DKC, shoving and jaw-jacking. The crowd started chanting “F*CK YOU, KRA-TOS!” All this action and the bell hadn’t even rung yet.

Nelson and Knight were to start the match off, but once the bell sounded, Kratos went right after Coughlin, ambushing him and whipping him into the barricade at ringside.

Nelson and Knight traded moves. Knight did a high standing frog splash for two. Coughlin came in later and launched Knight onto Isaacs. Team Filthy reconvened on the floor while the babyfaces posed in the ring. While they weren’t paying attention, Team Filthy came back into the ring and took out the three LA Dojo trainees. Moments later, Kratos held Knight up in a hanging vertical suplex while Nelson and Isaacs used hanging vertical suplexes of their own on Coughlin and DKC, while they were on the floor and on opposite sides of the ring. So, we got triple hanging vertical suplexes from different areas in and around the ring.

Team Filthy worked over Kevin Knight for a few more minutes until he was able to tag out to Coughlin, who went suplex-crazy. He deadlifted both Isaacs and Nelson with gutwrench suplexes before slamming them again with a double backdrop suplex. Wow.

When Coughlin lifted Isaacs up on his shoulders, Knight was able to get enough air to dropkick Isaacs off of Coughlin’s shoulders. I don’t know who has the highest vertical leap in pro wrestling right now, but if I had to put money on it, I’d say with confidence that it’s Kevin Knight. This young man “has hops,” as the kids say.

Towards the end of the match, Coughlin and Kratos were finally in the ring together, one on one. The crowd heated up before they’d even touched. This slow-burning program between Kratos and Coughlin is one of the tightest and most effective rivalries going right now. I’ve said this in the past, but these two are building to a massive blow-off match down the road some day, and it’s going to be special.

They traded stiff shots. The crowd was 100% behind Coughlin. Kratos eventually laid “The Android” out with a falling lariat. When Kratos went for an avalanche in the corner, Coughlin caught him in mid-air. The crowd gasped. Coughlin launched the larger Kratos over his head with a front suplex. Kratos rolled to the floor, so Coughlin followed up with a pescado dive, taking Kratos out.

In the ring, the DKC lit Isaacs up with DK Fire chops until Nelson broke it up. The finish saw WCWC first take out Knight with a cool-looking fireman’s carry toss-to-German suplex, then the DKC with a Claymore Kick-brainbuster combo.

Well after the bell sounded, Coughlin and Kratos continued fighting on the floor, and in the ring. Security had to break them up. Kratos teased jumping back into the ring for more, but flipped Coughlin off and walked to the back.

Ariya Daivari defeated Delirious

Delirious bounced off all four ropes to avoid contact with Daivari, evading him, then used a lariat to lay Daivari out. He did nine leg drops before Daivari rolled to the floor.

Daivari used a big uranage slam on Delirious for two. He superkicked Delirious then pinned him after a hammerlock lariat.

Brody King defeated Jake Something

Once he stepped into the ring, King received a star’s ovation from the Philadelphia crowd.

Something, most known for his time spent with IMPACT, is roughly the same size as King, which is somewhat rare in the context of NJPW Strong. He took King out with a jumping avalanche. They traded chops. King later spiked Something with a piledriver and earned a nearfall for it. They clobbered each other with lariats; neither would fall down. King caught Something with a rolling elbow that brought Something to a knee. King bounced off the ropes, but Something decked him with a lariat, sending King to the mat. King answered with a release German suplex. Five minutes in, they collided mid-air when both went for a cross body-block at the same time.

After a few moments on the mat, they were back on their feet trading shots. King bullied Something into the corner with a flurry of Tenryu-styled chops & punches. Something responded with a spear into the corner.

Something was able put King down with a Liger Bomb for a close two-count. He clotheslined King over the top rope and onto the floor, then dove onto him with a tope and landed on his feet. Something is super athletic for a dude his size.

King finished Something off with a huge lariat and the Gonzo Bomb for the win. This was short but great, and these two had good chemistry together.

Hiroshi Tanahashi defeated Chris Dickinson

Tanahashi got the type of response you’d expect from the Philly crowd in attendance. It looked like everyone was on their feet.

They went hold for hold in the center of the ring for the first few minutes. While no titles were on the line, it had the pace and feel of a championship bout.

They grappled into the corner and were forced to break and reposition themselves. Tanahashi audibly asked for a clean break, but Dickinson snuck in a kick as they were breaking from the tie-up. Dickinson whipped Tanahashi into the corner; Tana countered with a back elbow followed by a cross body-block from the middle rope. He then played some air guitar to celebrate before tossing the air guitar into the audience.

A bit later, the two found themselves locked against the ropes once again, and when the referee ordered a break, Tanahashi tried sneaking a kick of his own in while they were breaking, but Dickinson caught Tana’s foot and brought him down hard with a dragon screw leg whip. The crowd booed. Dickinson then did some sick air guitar of his own, much to the dismay of the audience.

Dickinson began attacking Tanahashi’s left leg. He slammed it into the mat, and later, while Dickinson stood on the floor, he rammed the leg across the ring post. A dueling chant broke out.

Dickinson continued working over Tanahashi’s knee, using a combination of joint-locks and hard stomps and strikes to the leg. Dickinson busted out the dreaded air bass and patronized the hell out of Tana with it. This must have been what did it for Tanahashi, because a short moment later he was able to bounce off the ropes and catch Dickinson with a flying forearm smash. The crowd chanted “GO ACE!”

Tanahashi did a somersault senton off the second rope. When Dickinson went to kick him, Tana waved “bye-bye” and put Dickinson down with his own signature dragon screw leg whip, then followed with a slingblade. Tanahashi then charged up to the top turnbuckle for a High Fly Attack bodypress, but Dickinson used Tanahashi’s momentum to roll through and come out on top of Tanahashi. From there, he immediately slapped on a figure-four leglock. Tanahashi was eventually able to reverse it, but Dickinson was able to grab the bottom rope for a break. Ten minutes had passed at this point.

They traded elbows in the center of the ring. Tanahashi’s chest was pink from all of the chops throughout the match. Dickinson put Tanahashi in an STF, but Tana was able to grab the bottom rope for the break.

When Dickinson went for a brainbuster, Tanahashi countered with the Twist-and-Shout followed by an Anarchy Suplex. He put Dickinson down with another slingblade but could only keep Dickinson down for two. Tanahashi finally put Dickinson away in the end with the High Fly Flow.

Afterwards, Tanahashi offered his hand to Dickinson, who accepted, then bowed in respect before exiting the ring.

Tanahashi then grabbed the mic and cut an enthusiastic promo thanking the crowd. “You are amazing!!” He also apologized for his English, to which the crowd responded via chant: “IT’S O-K! IT’S O-K!”

Tanahashi then treated us to a final air guitar performance, which included the ceremonial Passing of the Air Guitar from crowd to ring. Tanahashi made a great catch before rocking the hell out as the show wrapped.

Final thoughts:

The opening six-man tag team match and the main event of this week’s NJPW Strong were this week’s highlights. The Alex Coughlin vs. JR Kratos rivalry isn’t even close to stale and continues to impress. And this week’s main event was arguably a perfect pro wrestling match; not the best, not the most exciting ever, but, functionally, it was perfect in a lot of ways, and a perfect main event for an hour-long wrestling show on a Saturday night.

I might be in the minority on this, but I actually preferred Dickinson’s match with Tanahashi to his recent bouts with Minoru Suzuki. All were excellent, but I think Dickinson really shined with Tanahashi for some reason. He’s the ideal opponent for Tanahashi in terms of size, style, skill, etc., and I hope they’re able to do this one again in the future but for higher stakes—or at least for a longer time.

Next week sees STRONG Openweight Champion “Filthy” Tom Lawlor take on Fred Rosser in a match that stipulates that if Rosser wins, he becomes the new champion, though if Rosser loses, he must leave NJPW Strong. 

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Chris Dickinson headlining this week’s NJPW Strong

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Four matches have been announced for Saturday’s NJPW Strong, as the Collision in Philadelphia series of episodes continues. 

In the main event, Hiroshi Tanahashi faces Chris Dickinson in Dickinson’s highest-profile NJPW match to date.

In another singles bout, AEW’s Brody King takes on the debuting Jake Something. Also announced, former Ring of Honor talent and booker Delirious will face Ariya Daivari in his first NJPW bout since Honor Rising in 2019.

In Saturday’s opener, Team Filthy’s JR Kratos, Jorel Nelson, and Royce Isaacs take on Kevin Knight, The DKC, and Alex Coughlin. 

Collision in Philadelphia was taped on Sunday, May 15 at the 2300 Arena. 

Saturday’s lineup: 

NJPW Strong Collision in Philadelphia night three, Saturday, June 18, 8 p.m. Eastern time on NJPW World —

  • Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Chris Dickinson
  • Brody King vs. Jake Something
  • Delirious vs. Ariya Daivari
  • Team Filthy (JR Kratos, Royce Isaacs & Jorel Nelson) vs. Alex Coughlin, Kevin Knight & The DKC

Chris Dickinson pulls out of GCW event following domestic abuse allegations

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Chris Dickinson has pulled himself off of this Saturday’s GCW event following domestic abuse allegations.

Dickinson is off Saturday’s In Too Deep show following abuse allegations by independent wrestler Christina Von Eerie. He was originally scheduled to face Biff Busick.

“I have made the decision to pull myself off of Saturday’s GCW event in Atlantic City,” he wrote on Twitter. “I do not want to serve as a distraction to my peers. The accusations made about me by a former partner are false, and contain multiple defamatory allegations that will be addressed in due time. I do not wish to engage in public discourse on this matter. Instead, I will pursue all legal options afforded to me in an effort to clear my name.”

Von Eerie wrote both on Twitter and Facebook on April 27 regarding her relationship with Dickinson, which she alleges eventually turned abusive both physically and mentally.

“Chris would continuously degrade and insult me and my work,” she wrote on Facebook. “He absolutely hated watching my matches and would rip me apart and make fun of me. This got so bad that I couldn’t even watch my own matches back by myself. I began to cringe at the sight of myself. [Slowly] beginning to believe all the awful, mean things he was saying to actually be true.”

“Things started getting physical,” the post later read. “He would push me, hold me down, block me from getting to the door, or even pulling me off the door and throwing me on the bed or the floor. He would throw and break things. He didn’t care what it was.”

Von Eerie also wrote about a specific incident involving seeing an ex-girlfriends name on Dickinson’s phone that led to a physical attack.

“I attempted multiple times to grab the phone out of his hands,” she wrote. “I finally managed to get it. That’s when Chris hit me. He slapped me so hard across the face that my ear started ringing, my mouth had been busted open and was bleeding so much that I was spitting blood. I had a black eye, my lips swollen and split, and the corner of my mouth was bruised. He was in fact talking to his ex, and there was definitely something he didn’t want me to see. He got his phone back and I never got see or know what it was that he was hiding. Must have been bad enough to where he felt the need to physically assault a 130 lbs 24yr old woman…there were even [times] where intimacy was very physically painful for me. Just enduring it, when he knew he was hurting me.”

Dickinson denied the claims on Twitter after they were posted.

“I saw what was said about me by a former partner,” he wrote. “I need to make it very clear. I have NEVER physically abused her or any other partner. These accusations are FALSE, they are hurtful, and they go against everything I believe in.”

Tanahashi vs. Dickinson set for NJPW Strong Philadelphia taping

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NJPW has made the first four match announcements for their Collision in Philadelphia Strong taping on May 15. 

In a singles bout, Hiroshi Tanahashi will take on Chris Dickinson. Tanahashi returns to action on Strong for the first time since the Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2021 episodes, taped last August and aired last September.

Killer Kross will return to the promotion, facing Yuya Uemura. Kross lost to Minoru Suzuki in his NJPW debut match at Lonestar Shootout on April 1. 

Making his NJPW debut, Tony Deppen will face Suzuki in another singles contest.

Additionally, Team Filthy’s JR Kratos, Royce Isaacs, and Jorel Nelson will take on Alex Coughlin, Kevin Knight, and The DKC in a trios bout.

Tickets for Collision in Philadelphia at the 2300 Arena are on sale now. Here is the announced lineup to this point: 

NJPW Strong Collision in Philadelphia, Sunday, May 15 —

  • Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Chris Dickinson
  • Minoru Suzuki vs. Tony Deppen
  • Killer Kross vs. Yuya Uemura
  • JR Kratos, Royce Isaacs & Jorel Nelson vs. Alex Coughlin, Kevin Knight & The DKC

Chris Dickinson signs agreement with NJPW

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Chris Dickinson is making NJPW his pro wrestling home.

In an Instagram post on Tuesday, Dickinson announced that he’s officially signed an agreement with NJPW. The deal allows Dickinson to still work indies in the United States and internationally (except for in Japan).

Dickinson wrote that, with NJPW’s expansion in the United States and Japan finally reopening, the future is brighter than ever:

I am beyond proud to announce that I have officially signed an agreement with New Japan Pro Wrestling. I’ve heard you all for years say I should sign with other companies and I appreciate everyone of your hopes for my success but this is what I’ve always wanted. With the companies expansion in the USA on the rise and Japan finally reopening, the future is brighter than ever. I am still available to work independently in the USA and internationally excluding Japan but NJPW is now home. Let’s continue to bring the highest level of pro wrestling to the world together.

Dickinson has been a regular on NJPW Strong since the start of 2021. 

At NJPW Battle in the Valley last November, Dickinson suffered a hip injury that was expected to keep him out of action for six months, but he returned to the ring this March.

Dickinson, Fred Rosser, Josh Alexander, Alex Coughlin & Ren Narita will face Team Filthy (JR Kratos, Royce Isaacs, Danny Limelight, Jorel Nelson & Black Tiger) in a 10-man tag team match at NJPW Windy City Riot this Saturday. The show is airing on Fite TV as a pay-per-view.

Daily Update: Corey Graves & Carmella, Logan Paul, Chris Dickinson vs. Matt Cardona

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Tuesday News Update

WWE

  • Bron Breakker & Tommaso Ciampa vs. Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode will open this week’s NXT.
  • Logan Paul was on Ariel Helwani’s The MMA Hour and talked about being part of WrestleMania. “I say yes to things that sound kind of fun, and they wanted me to compete at WrestleMania,” he said. “I like The Miz. I’ve had him on our podcast. We’re both from Ohio and we’ve always just gotten along.” He also mentioned that he would be going to Florida for training.
  • Matches for Main Event this week has Veer Mahaan facing a local competitor and Austin Theory vs. Apollo Crews.
  • Sami Zayn on Twitter: “Today marks my 20th anniversary as a pro wrestler. A sincere thank you to everyone who has played a part in this amazing journey of mine. I’ve loved it all. You can celebrate this little guy’s unlikely success story by donating today to http://SamiForSyria.com.”
  • The company has applied a new trademark for ‘Royal Rumble’ and has also applied for the term ‘WWE Priority Pass’.
  • Corey Graves and Carmella spoke to DAZN about their new reality show, as well as their relationship. “I don’t think anyone wants the relationship to start out the way ours did. It was a fallacy,” he said. “The facts have come out since then. It was an angry reaction and heat of the moment. Social media doing what it does. Luckily, that’s all been debunked by this point. But to start any relationship at literally the worst possible scenario. Talk about fighting from the ground up. That to me, like I said from the early goings, the fact that she didn’t run screaming into the hills, which she would have had every right to do going I don’t need this headache. I don’t need this drama. I’m the most beautiful woman in all of WWE. I can have any guy I want. But for some reason, she stuck with me, and from that point forward, I realized it’s a cliche that she’s a ride or die, but I was like this is this is my person, and I’ve gone over and above since then to protect and continue to grow this relationship from for that very reason.”
  • Graves and Carmella also spoke to Chris Van Vliet.
  • Becky Lynch showed off welts after Bianca Belair used her hair against Lynch on Raw.
  • Matches added to WWE’s YouTube page today include Seth Rollins & Finn Balor vs. The Miztourage (Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel) from the March 5, 2018 edition of Raw, Alexa Bliss vs. Sasha Banks for the Raw Women’s title from WWE Great Balls of Fire, and John Cena & Roman Reigns vs. Randy Orton & Kane from the June 30, 2014 episode of Raw.
  • Big E turns 36 today.

AEW

Other Wrestling

  • Cain Velasquez is slated to be arraigned on charges of attempted murder tomorrow in San Jose.
  • Chris Dickinson vs. Matt Cardona has been announced for night 2 of Joey Janela’s Spring Break 6.
  • H8 Club (Matt Tremont and Nick Gage) will defend the GCW Tag Team titles against the Second Gear Crew (Mance Warner and Matthew Justice) at GCW Astronaut on March 12.
  • Hulk Hogan on Twitter announced that he is divorced from his second wife, Jennifer McDaniel. “Yo Maniacs just for the record,the Facebook and Instagram posts are of me and my girlfriend Sky,I am officially divorced, sorry I thought everyone already knew,love my Maniacs4Life.”
  • ‘Kobra Kai’ and ‘Karate Kid’ star Martin Kove is the guest on this week’s The Sessions with Renee Paquette.
  • Moose and Mickie Jamers were guests on WDRB in the Morning this past Friday to talk about Impact’s upcoming Sacrifice event on March 5.
  • NJPW’s website has comments from former wrestlers and personnel who appeared on their 50th Anniversary Show this morning, including Riki Choshu, Akira Maeda, Keiji Mutoh, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Hattori, and former ring announcer Kero Tanaka.
  • Liger has been added to this year’s WrestleCon set to take place during WrestleMania weekend.
  • Zamariah Loupe, best known as ZZ from the 2015 season of Tough Enough, was profiled by Vice. He is now an alligator trainer.

Minoru Suzuki vs. Chris Dickinson set for GCW Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 8

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Minoru Suzuki vs. Chris Dickinson is official for GCW Josh Barnett’s Bloodsport 8. 

At GCW’s Welcome to Heartbreak event on Friday night, Dickinson called on Barnett to give him another match against the man who defeated him at Bloodsport 7. Today, the match was made official. 

This will be the third time Suzuki and Dickinson have faced each other in singles competition, with Suzuki winning the first two matches. Their first bout took place at NJPW Showdown from Philadelphia’s 2300 Arena on October 16th of last year. The second match took place six days later when they headlined Bloodsport 7 in Los Angeles. 

Jon Moxley, John Hennigan, Timothy Thatcher, Janai Kai, Marina Shafir, Biff Busick, and JONAH have also been announced for the show. Suzuki vs. Dickinson is the only match announced thus far.

Bloodsport 8 will take place March 31st from Fair Park in Dallas, Texas and stream live on FITE TV. 

 

Tomohiro Ishii vs. Chris Dickinson set for NJPW Lonestar Shootout

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Chris Dickinson vs. Tomohiro Ishii is official for NJPW Lonestar Shootout. 

After posting a video on Wednesday that featured Dickinson announcing his return from an injury, Dickinson challenged Ishii to meet him in Texas. The match is now set for the Friday, April 1 event in Dallas.

This will be Dickinson’s first NJPW bout since suffering a dislocated leg at Battle in the Valley in November 2021. 

Dickinson posted a statement two days after his injury occurred, updating fans on how long he expected to be out of action. He noted that he was given a range of six months recovery time, but returning sooner was possible given his athletic background. 

“My timeline I’ve been given for recovery is within the range of six months,” Dickinson wrote. “My surgeon just said because of my background and athletic nature if I do everything right I can probably do it in five months. I give my word I will do my absolute best to return to the ring as fast as humanly possible.” 

Chris Dickinson challenges Tomohiro Ishii for NJPW Lonestar Shootout

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Chris Dickinson is returning to NJPW in April, and already has a name in mind.

A video posted on NJPW Global’s social media had Dickinson issuing a challenge to Tomohiro Ishii on April 1. That would be NJPW Strong’s Lonestar Shootout event in Dallas, Texas during WrestleMania weekend.

In the video, which you can see above, Dickinson said they said five months has a highly accelerated recovery time, but his response was that he was a highly accelerated human being. He went on to say that he will pick himself up again and again to accomplish his goals, and that is the definition of strong style. The video then ended with Dickinson throwing out the challenge to Ishii.

Dickinson injured his hip joint at NJPW’s Battle in the Valley back on November 13 following a frog splash. In January, Dickinson said he would return to action around GCW’s Spring Break event, which will also take place during WrestleMania weekend.

Chris Dickinson to return from injury at GCW’s Spring Break

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Chris Dickinson is returning to action by GCW’s next Spring Break event.

Dickinson appeared at tonight’s The Wrld on GCW pre-show and put over GCW and New York City. He ended his promo by saying he would be back for Spring Break weekend. That is an event usually held by Joey Janela and GCW during WrestleMania weekend, which this year takes place the weekend of April 2 and 3.

The injury that has kept Dickinson out of action took place back on November 14 of last year during NJPW’s Battle in the Valley card in San Jose. Towards the finish of the match, Dickinson went for a frog splash, but upon impact dislocated and fractured his hip. Dickinson had to be stretchered out of the ring after the match.

GCW Owner Brett Lauderdale also cut a promo prior to the start of tonight’s show, describing his background and talking about how tonight was special, as many said that there were many GCW’s before him. He ended the promo saying there’s been nothing like GCW ever before and they are on pay-per-view tonight because of the fans.