William Ospreay
Known for: Acting
Born: May 7, 1993
Place of birth: Havering, London, UK
William Peter Charles Ospreay, better known as Will Ospreay, is an English professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) since 2024, where he is a one-time AEW World Champion and a two-time AEW International Champion. Ospreay rose to prominence during an eight-year run with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) from 2016 to 2023, winning the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship, the IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship as its final holder, and the 2021 New Japan Cup, while also becoming a three-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion and winning Best of the Super Juniors in 2016 and 2019. He is the founder and leader of the United Empire stable, and became a NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champion in 2026 alongside Great-O-Khan and HENARE. Outside Japan, Ospreay held top titles in Revolution Pro Wrestling (RevPro) and Progress Wrestling, won the Ring of Honor (ROH) World Television Championship, and also worked in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG). Widely regarded as one of the best in-ring performers of his generation, Ospreay holds the record for the most matches rated five stars or higher by Dave Meltzer and was ranked No. 3 in the 2024 PWI 500 by Pro Wrestling Illustrated. Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards include Best Flying Wrestler (2016–2019, 2024), Best Wrestling Maneuver (2019 – Storm Breaker, 2022–2024 – Hidden Blade), Europe MVP (2021–2023), Japan MVP (2023), Non-Heavyweight MVP (2018, 2019), Most Outstanding Wrestler (2019, 2022–2024), Match of the Year (2019 vs. Shingo Takagi, 2022 vs. Kazuchika Okada, 2023 vs. Kenny Omega, 2024 vs. Bryan Danielson), and Wrestler of the Year (2023).
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Filmography
323 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
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AEW All Out 2026
2026
9.2
AEW All In 2026: London
2026
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RevPro 14 Year Anniversary Show
2026
7.6
AEW Redemption 2026
2026
9.0
AEW x NJPW x CMLL x Stardom Present Forbidden Door 2026
2026
9.3
AEW Double or Nothing 2026
2026
8.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 2
20267.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026 - Day 1
2026
8.4
AEW Dynasty 2026
2026
8.5
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2026
2026
9.1
AEW Revolution 2026
2026
7.0
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2026
2026
8.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20
2026
8.5
AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door 2025
2025
9.2
AEW All In 2025: Texas
2025
9.2
AEW Double or Nothing 2025
2025
6.8
AEW Dynasty 2025
2025
8.0
AEW Revolution 2025
2025
7.2
AEW: Grand Slam Australia
20257.0
EVE 131: Multiverse Rumble
2025
7.3
AEW Worlds End 2024
2024
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RevPro: How To Start A Revolution
2024
6.6
AEW Full Gear 2024
2024
6.9
AEW WrestleDream 2024
2024
7.6
AEW All Out 2024
2024
6.9
AEW All In 2024: London
2024
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Will Ospreay: Closing My Chapter
2024
7.3
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2024
2024
6.9
AEW Double or Nothing 2024
2024
7.6
AEW Dynasty 2024
2024
8.4
AEW Revolution 2024
2024
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RevPro High Stakes 2024
2024
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NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024
2024
8.8
NJPW Battle in the Valley 2024
2024
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NJPW New Year Dash!! 2024
2024
6.5
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18
2024
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RevPro Uprising 2023
2023
10.0
NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2023
2023
4.5
IMPACT Wrestling: Turning Point 2023
2023
7.0
IMPACT Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2023
2023
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NJPW Royal Quest III
2023
8.3
AEW: WrestleDream 2023
2023
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NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2023
2023
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NOAH: Naomichi Marufuji 25th Anniversary Show
2023
7.8
AEW All In 2023: London
2023
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RevPro 11 Year Anniversary Show
2023
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 19 (Final)
2023
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 18
2023
7.3
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 17
2023
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 14
2023
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 13
2023
8.5
NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 11
2023
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 9
2023
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 7
2023
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 5
2023
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 3
2023
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NJPW G1 Climax 33: Day 1
2023
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RevPro Epic Encounter 2023
2023
7.9
AEW x NJPW Present Forbidden Door 2023
2023
7.7
All Elite Wrestling: Collision
2023
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NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall 2023
2023
5.5
NJPW Resurgence 2023
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1PW All Or Nothing 2023
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RevPro Revolution Rumble 2023
2023
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 4
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Day 3
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NJPW 51st Anniversary Event & New Japan Cup 2023: Day 2
2023
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 2
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2023 - Day 1
2023
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NJPW New Year Dash !! 2023
2023
7.0
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17: Night 1 in Tokyo Dome
2023
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RevPro Uprising 2022
2022
8.0
NJPW x STARDOM: Historic X-Over
2022
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NJPW Battle Autumn 2022 - Day 16
2022
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NJPW Declaration of Power
2022
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NJPW Royal Quest II - Night 2
2022NR
NJPW Royal Quest II - Night 1
2022
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NJPW Burning Spirit 2022 - Day 14
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RevPro 10 Year Anniversary - Day Two
2022NR
RevPro 10 Year Anniversary - Day One
2022
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 20 (Final)
2022
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 19
2022
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 18
2022
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 17
2022
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 16
2022
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 15
2022
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 14
2022
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 13
2022
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 12
2022
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 11
2022
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 10
2022
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 9
2022
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 8
2022
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 7
2022
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 6
2022
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 5
2022
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 4
2022
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 3
2022
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 2
2022
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NJPW G1 Climax 32: Day 1
2022
8.9
AEW x NJPW Presents Forbidden Door 2022
2022
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GCW I Never Liked You
2022
9.0
NJPW Dominion 6.12 In Osaka-Jo Hall 2022
2022
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NJPW Capital Collision 2022
2022
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NJPW Windy City Riot 2022
2022
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 15 (Final)
2022NR
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 14
2022NR
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 13
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 12
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 11
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 10
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 9
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 8
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 7
2022
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Hey! (EW)
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 6
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 5
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 4
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 3
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 2
2022
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RevPro High Stakes 2022
2022NR
Warrior Wrestling 18
2022
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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 2
2022NR
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16: Night 1
2022
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RevPro Uprising 2021
2021
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NJPW Battle In The Valley 2021
2021
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HOG: Born Again
2021
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RevPro High Stakes 2021
2021
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NJPW Resurgence 2021
2021
7.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2021 - Night 2
20217.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2021 - Night 1
2021
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NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021
2021
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 13 (Final)
2021NR
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 12
2021NR
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 11
2021NR
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 10
2021
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 9
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 8
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 7
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 5
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 4
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 3
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 2
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 1
2021
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NJPW Castle Attack 2021 - Day 2
2021NR
NJPW Castle Attack 2021 - Day 1
2021
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NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
2021
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NJPW New Year Dash !! 2021
2021
8.7
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15: Night 1
2021
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Ospreay: The Rise of an International Pro Wrestler
2020
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 19 (Final)
2020
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 17
2020
8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 15
2020
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 13
2020
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 11
2020
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 9
2020
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 7
2020
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 5
2020
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 3
2020
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NJPW G1 Climax 30: Day 1
2020
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NJPW Best Bout Collection Vol 1.
2020
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RevPro High Stakes 2020
2020
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NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020
2020
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NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 7
2020
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NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 6
2020
3.5
NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2020 - Night 5
2020
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 2
2020NR
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2020 - Day 1
2020
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NJPW New Year Dash !! 2020
2020
9.7
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14: Night 1
2020
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NJPW Showdown San Jose
2019
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NJPW Power Struggle ~ Super Junior Tag League 2019
2019
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NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2019
2019
7.9
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite
2019
9.0
NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2019
2019
9.0
NJPW Royal Quest
2019
NR
NJPW Super J-Cup 2019: Night 3
2019NR
NJPW Super J-Cup 2019: Night 2
2019
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NJPW Super J-Cup 2019: Night 1
2019
10.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 19 (Final)
2019
9.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 18
2019
10.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 17
2019
8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 16
2019
8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 15
2019
8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 14
2019
9.5
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 13
2019
8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 12
2019
8.5
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 11
2019
8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 10
2019
8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 9
2019
8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 8
2019
9.7
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 7
2019
8.7
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 6
2019
9.3
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 5
2019
8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 4
2019
9.3
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 3
2019
8.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 2
2019
9.0
NJPW G1 Climax 29: Day 1
2019
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NJPW Southern Showdown in Sydney
2019
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NJPW Southern Showdown In Melbourne
2019
8.2
NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall 2019
2019
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 15 (Final)
2019NR
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 26 - Day 8
2019
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 2
2019NR
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 - Day 1
2019
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ROH & NJPW: G1 Supercard
2019NR
Revolution Pro Wrestling- Live in New York 2019
2019
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WrestleCon Mark Hitchcock Memorial SuperShow 2019
2019
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NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 4
2019NR
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 3
2019NR
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 2
2019NR
NJPW New Japan Cup 2019 - Day 1
2019
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NJPW 47th Anniversary Show
2019
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PROGRESS Chapter 84: Eskeewd beef! Have anybody got any bokkle oran doove?
2019
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RevPro High Stakes 2019
2019
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Making Enemies: Ospreay & Havoc
2019
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PROGRESS Chapter 83: Remove Child Before Ironing
2019
8.0
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2019
2019
8.1
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13
2019
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PROGRESS Chapter 82: Unboxing Live - A Dukla Prague Away Kit
2018NR
NJPW World Tag League 2018 Finals
2018
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RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars 2018
2018NR
RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK
2018
9.0
NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2018
2018
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NJPW Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2018
2018
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ROH: Death Before Dishonor XVI
2018
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018
2018
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NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2018
2018
4.0
PROGRESS Chapter 75: These Violent Delights Have Violent Ends
2018
6.2
London Rampage
2018
8.0
NJPW G1 Special In San Francisco
2018
9.5
NJPW Strong Style Evolved UK - Night 2
2018
8.5
NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall 2018
2018
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 25 - Day 1
2018
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ScrapperMania 4
2018
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 2
2018
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Night 1
2018
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WWN Supershow: Mercury Rising 2018
2018
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Wrestlecon Supershow 2018
2018
8.0
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018
2018
NR
NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2018
2018
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PWG: Time Is A Flat Circle
2018
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NJPW 46th Anniversary Show
2018
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NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2018
2018
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 2
2018NR
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2018 - Day 1
2018
7.0
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2018
2018
8.8
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12
2018
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ROH Final Battle 2017
2017
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RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK 2017 - Night 2
2017NR
RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK 2017 - Night 1
2017
NR
NJPW Power Struggle 2017
2017
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ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Chicago
2017
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ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Columbus
2017NR
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Pittsburgh
2017NR
ROH & NJPW: Global Wars - Buffalo
2017
9.0
NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2017
2017
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RIPTIDE: The Storm
2017
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2017
2017
NR
NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2017
2017
8.0
Nixon Newell: First Female of Fight Club
2017
8.0
NJPW G1 Special in USA 2017 - Night 2
2017
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NJPW G1 Special in USA 2017 - Night 1
2017
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ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds 2017 - Day 3
2017NR
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds 2017 - Day 2
2017NR
ROH & NJPW: War of the Worlds 2017 - Day 1
2017
7.0
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2017
2017
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NJPW Wrestling Toyonokuni 2017
201710.0
Over The Top Wrestling Presents Scrappermania 3
2017
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ROH: Supercard of Honor XI
2017
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WrestleCon SuperShow 2017
2017
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WCPW Pro Wrestling World Cup 2017 • English Qualifier
2017
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ROH & NJPW: Honor Rising Japan - Night 2
2017NR
ROH & NJPW: Honor Rising Japan - Night 1
2017
7.0
WCPW True Destiny
2017
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NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2017
2017
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NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2017
2017
8.0
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2017
2017
9.5
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11
2017NR
IPW:UK Supershow 5
2016
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PROGRESS Chapter 40: Intercepted Angel
2016
8.0
ROH Final Battle 2016
2016
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RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK 2016 - Night 2
20168.0
RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK 2016 - Night 1
2016
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NJPW Power Struggle 2016
2016
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NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016
2016
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NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2016
2016
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NJPW Destruction in Hiroshima 2016
2016
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PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage
2016
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PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage Two
2016
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PWG: 2016 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
2016
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RevPro Uprising 2016
2016
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NJPW Dominion 6.19 in Osaka-jo Hall 2016
2016
7.0
RevPro: Angle Vs. Sabre Jr.
2016
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NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 14 (Final)
2016NR
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 7
2016NR
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 6
2016NR
NJPW Best of the Super Junior 23 - Day 1
2016
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NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2016
2016
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NJPW Invasion Attack 2016
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EVOLVE 59
2016NR
WWN Supershow: Mercury Rising 2016
2016
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WrestleCon SuperShow 2016
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EVOLVE 58
2016
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TNA One Night Only: Joker's Wild 4
2016NR
PROGRESS Chapter 25: Chat Shit Get Banged
2016
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RevPro High Stakes 2016
2016
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PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night Two
2015
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PWG: All Star Weekend 11 - Night One
2015NR
PROGRESS Chapter 23: What A Time To Be Alive!
2015NR
SWE 5th Anniversary Show
2015NR
PROGRESS Chapter 22: Trust, Encouragement, Reward, Loyalty, Satisfaction
2015NR
RevPro & NJPW: Global Wars UK
2015
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RevPro Uprising 2015
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PROGRESS Chapter 21: You Know We Don't Like to Use the Sit Down Gun
2015
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PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Final Stage
2015
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PWG: 2015 Battle of Los Angeles - Stage One
2015NR
RevPro Summer Sizzler 2015
2015NR
RPW: At Our Best 2015
2015
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RevPro High Stakes 2015
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RevPro Summer Sizzler 2014
2014
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RevPro High Stakes 2014
2014NR
PROGRESS Chapter 7: Every Saint Has A Past, Every Sinner Has A Future
2013NR
RevPro High Stakes 2013
2013NR
PROGRESS Chapter 4: The Ballad Of El Ligero
2012NR
PROGRESS Chapter 2: The March Of Progress
2012
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Stardom on Stardom World
2011
8.0
New Japan Pro Wrestling
1972