Fanfyte Staff Dec 8, 2021. 4 minute read
FanFyte’s Best of the Month: November 2021
We’re a bit into December now—dogs are wearing sweaters, people are arguing about whether nor not egg nog is good (it’s good!), and sites like ours are gearing up for a barrage of end of the year retrospective articles. We have plenty of those forthcoming, covering a wide spread of…
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Fanfyte Staff Nov 9, 2021. 4 minute read
FanFyte’s Best of the Month: October 2021
Another month in the books, another set of bangers in the world of professional wrestling. We’ve covered Bryan Danielson vs. Eddie Kingston and Danielson vs. Minoru Suzuki. Wheeler YUTA and Alex Shelley wrestled a classic that elevated the IWTV Independent Championship and Suzuki vs. Dominic Garrini restored editor Colette Arrand’s…
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Fanfyte Staff Oct 4, 2021. 6 minute read
FanFyte’s Best of the Month: September 2021
September was full of bangers. Don’t believe us? Take a look at AEW: in one month they had Jungle Boy vs. Adam Cole, Bryan Danielson vs. Kenny Omega, Miro vs. Eddie Kingston, CM Punk vs. Darby Allin, and The Young Bucks vs. the Lucha Brothers, to name the matches we…
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Fanfyte Staff Jul 20, 2020. 3 minute read
What Wrestling Should You Watch This Week? (July 20, 2020)
Wednesday 7/22: Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling Brand New Wrestling 4 (Streams live at 10:30PM EDT on Wrestle Universe.) The theme in my picks this week seems to be Korakuen Hall, as all three shows occur at the renowned Tokyo venue. This Tokyo Joshi Pro show shares the venue with its…
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Fanfyte Staff Jul 14, 2020. 3 minute read
What Wrestling Should You Watch This Week? (July 13, 2020)
Wednesday 7/15: DDT Pro Wrestling Summer Itaba Series (Streams at 5AM EDT on Wrestling Universe.) This show is one of the last DDT shows before their 7/23 Summer Vacation show at Korakuen Hall. Understandably, many of these matches feature wrestlers trying to either build momentum toward that show or get…
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Fanfyte Staff Jul 6, 2020. 3 minute read
What Wrestling Should You Watch This Week? (July 6, 2020)
Monday 7/6: Marvelous at Shin-Kiba 1st Ring (Streams live at 6AM EDT on PPV with a ¥3000 digital ticket.) It has been over 2 months since the last Marvelous dojo show, and over 3 since the last show with fans. The joshi promotion makes its triumphant return to live audience…
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Fanfyte Staff Mar 23, 2020. 5 minute read
What Wrestling Should You Watch This Week (3/23/20)
Except for in WWE and AEW, new wrestling in the Americas seems to be more or less off the table. On the other side of the Pacific, though, most of the Japanese promotions are back at it this week with a few live streaming shows and a whole bunch of…
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Fanfyte Staff Mar 9, 2020. 4 minute read
What Wrestling Should You Watch This Week (3/9/20)
Ed. Note: Fingers crossed that this will be the last weird week of no live wrestling in Japan. The new New Japan Cup start date of March 16 is still on the company’s schedule, so I guess we’ll have to wait and see. If you’re in the US and you’re…
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Fanfyte Staff Mar 3, 2020. 5 minute read
ICYMI: The Best Wrestling You Didn’t Watch in February
Another month of wrestling has come and gone. Did you see all of it? Of course you didn’t, unless you’re like…some kind of time-bending super entity who has for some reason decided to use your powers to keep up with professional wrestling. Fanfyte checked in with our smartest experts on…
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Fanfyte Staff Mar 2, 2020. 4 minute read
What Wrestling Should You Watch This Week (3/2/20)
Ed. Note: Daylight Savings Time starts on Sunday March 8 in the United States, but it won’t start in Mexico for another month. Please pray for Fanfyte in our efforts to try to get event times correct in this trying period. It’s a weird week for wrestling, as many Japanese…
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Fanfyte Staff Feb 24, 2020. 4 minute read
What Wrestling Should You Watch This Week (2/24/20)
Ed. Note: Stardom canceled their February 22nd show and all shows for the rest of the month, and we didn’t update last week’s recommendation list to reflect that. Our bad! Update: As of February 26th, the Japanese government has requested that major events be canceled for the next two weeks…
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Fanfyte Staff Feb 17, 2020. 4 minute read
What Wrestling Should You Watch This Week (2/17/20)
Tuesday 2/18: Freedoms Go Beyond the Limit 2020 (Streams at 5AM EST on Nico Pro.) Japanese deathmatch promotion Freedoms welcomes GCW’s roster to Korakuen Hall during the American promotion’s tour of Japan. GCW’s Jimmy Lloyd, Matt Tremont, Alex Colon & Danny Havoc face BASARA founder Isami Kodaka and Freedoms regulars…
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Fanfyte Staff Feb 10, 2020. 4 minute read
What Wrestling Should You Watch This Week (2/10/20)
Monday 2/10: All Japan Pro Wrestling (Streams live at 9:30 PM EST on AJPW.TV) Far and away the biggest story in All Japan in recent years has been ace and current Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara, who is currently the 500th day of his fourth reign with the title. Beginning…
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Fanfyte Staff Feb 3, 2020. 5 minute read
ICYMI: The Best Wrestling You Didn’t Watch in January
January was a big month for wrestling—bookended by Wrestle Kingdom and the Royal Rumble, there was a ton of good stuff to see. You’ve probably seen a lot of it? Some of it? A little of it? But there’s even more that you didn’t, because even when your full-time job…
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Fanfyte Staff Feb 3, 2020. 3 minute read
What Wrestling Should You Watch This Week (2/3/20)
Wednesday: AEW Dynamite (Airs at 8PM EST on TNT and FITE.) The combination of Yuka Sakazaki’s TV debut (even if it’s against Britt Baker) and Cody finally receiving his ten lashes means Dynamite this week is a must-watch for me. Who is the wild horny person who decided on this…
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