Wrestling in Universities: How Japanese Students are Breaking into the Pro Wrestling World

We at the PWSA strive to bridge professional wrestling and academia. In Japan, university students have been doing just that for decades. Since the late 1970s, several Japanese universities have been home to student-run professional wrestling promotions. The students, whose gimmicks sometimes parody actual wrestlers, train at the campus and perform regularly at individual shows … Read more Wrestling in Universities: How Japanese Students are Breaking into the Pro Wrestling World

The First Female World Champion and Her Two Main ‘Challengers’

January 12, 2020 is a date that will forever be remembered in the wrestling industry all over the world: It was on this day that a woman, the ‘Undeniable’ Tessa Blanchard, defeated Sami Callihan to win the Impact World Championship, a world title that prior to that point had been exclusively held by, and open … Read more The First Female World Champion and Her Two Main ‘Challengers’