Griffin Kaye One of the more surprising recent revelations in British wrestling was Kendo Nagasaki becoming a champion of the LGBTQ+ movement. Once a silent and mysterious masked miscreant, he would come out about his sexuality in his tell-all 2018 autobiography Kendo Nagasaki and The Man Behind The Mask. Early Years Peter Thornley, the man who … Read more
As we all know, WWE’s WrestleMania is the biggest event on the wrestling calendar drawing in tens of thousands of fans every year. Over the past 40 events, all have taken place in North America (38 in the United States and twice in Canada) but could recent moves indicate the event may cross the Atlantic? … Read more
If you were to say Kendo Nagasaki to a Japanese, American, or Canadian wrestling fan the gimmick portrayed by Peter Thornley may not be foremost in their mind. Indeed, the mysterious masked man may be a household name in the UK, but abroad, the name is more synonymous with Kazuo Sakurada who coopted the Nagasaki … Read more
All Elite Wrestling’s All In Pay-Per-View took place at Wembley Stadium on August 25th 2024. The second such event, it also proved to be a show that would break historical records. At the PPV, seven wrestlers (counting the televised pre-show) were able to claim to have wrestled across four of the biggest wrestling venues across … Read more
Wrestling was in a state of flux in 1987 and Kendo Nagasaki had a slightly faulty vision for how All-Star Wrestling could compete with the glitz and glamour of the WWE. If one word could describe Joint Promotions’s presentation, it might be ‘traditionalist’. Indeed, its conservative approach saw few real characters, white meat goodies take … Read more
Today, Lord Alfred Hayes is best remembered for his time as the bumbling, ostensibly posh jack of all trades in 1980s WWF. Yet, as Greg Oliver wrote: “Remembering Lord Alfred Hayes…as just the buffoon second-banana on the WWF Tuesday Night Titans is to do a huge injustice to one of the greatest wrestlers ever to … Read more