Please make Uta and Mizuki a regular thing

On the Marvelous show today, Rin announced she's retiring on 5/5 at the Yokohama Buntai show. Seems this comeback was always about having a wee run before saying goodbye.

Sera pulling a Hirota on Hirota

I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.

Very behind this Sakuraism adjacent pairing of Mizuki and Uta.

Another Marvelous rookie passed their pro-test today, so we've got two debuting on 5/5 and a third doing their pro-test later this month who is looking to join them.

I go about it all the time, but the difference between the Haru who needed Runa to take part in her documentary thing because she was too nervous to do it alone and the one who was grinning away as she took apart a rookie's arm is amazing.

Teppen & friends look back on what we enjoyed in 2025. The premise was simple. Shout out the things we loved during (not necessarily from) the year. No other rules. From K-pop to 1990s Indycar, it's exactly what we mean by "writing about whatever we want" teppen.life/teppen-and-f...

My rather substantial Ittenyon ramble is up now! It's always one of my favourite shows of the year, so give it a read and find out if that is still the case. #tjpw ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2026/01/05/t...

I decided to pop my head around the door and have a ramble about Ribbonmania, a show that I had a lovely time with. #iceribbon ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2026/01/06/i...

Mase is 11 and Moe is 14 (they're also sisters).

The Ice Ribbon kids are really good. It's also fun to see them get to wrestle each other, outside of something like Darejyo, it feels like most companies tend to only have one proper youngster at a time.

I decided to pop my head around the door and have a ramble about Ribbonmania, a show that I had a lovely time with. #iceribbon ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2026/01/06/i...

Teej Takes makes its unceremonious Monday at 9:58PM EST return to cover Ittenyon '26! open.substack.com/pub/unmanned...

How I am going to greet all of my friends going forward: #njpw

My rather substantial Ittenyon ramble is up now! It's always one of my favourite shows of the year, so give it a read and find out if that is still the case. #tjpw ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2026/01/05/t...

I'm a bit late, but what a joy Yuu vs Mei was. A match that captured why they're both great.

After the 1st episode, Rose is top of the New Year Treat folk who I'd have liked to get a full series of.

It's a very short Matches of the Month for December, as I was working on other things, but I feel fairly confident saying it's the only place you're likely to find ramblings on Giant Baba, Georges Méliès and Ayame Sora. Give it a read! ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2026/01/01/r...

Mei having a really fun match with all the Sendai wrestlers on the Yuu show makes me hopeful this is the year we get her in the ring with Bobubobu Momo Banana.

I don't think Seri and Senka quite managed to translate the fire of their briefer interactions into a full match, but they also didn't lose it entirely. It was raw and rough around the edges in all the ways I'd hope, and I think they're going to continue to be great together.

It's a very short Matches of the Month for December, as I was working on other things, but I feel fairly confident saying it's the only place you're likely to find ramblings on Giant Baba, Georges Méliès and Ayame Sora. Give it a read! ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2026/01/01/r...

I'm going to do a wee round-up of my end-of-year stuff and then shut up about it. First up was me admitting that I sensibly waited until just after Meiko Satomura had retired to fall in love with her wrestling. ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/12/17/m...

Right at the last minute, in classic Kurchak timing, I put together a random list of things I loved this year.

My match of the year ended up being, rather fittingly, between my two wrestlers of the year. Here's a big old ramble about it. #tjpw ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/12/31/r...

Some outstanding choices

My match of the year ended up being, rather fittingly, between my two wrestlers of the year. Here's a big old ramble about it. #tjpw ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/12/31/r...

I've been really impressed by Echika Miyabi's Marvelous appearances. She looked good again at the Korakuen.

It's a shame TJPW and Sendai don't crossover at all because I reckon Haru challenging YUNA for the Junior belt could be a load of fun.

Considering she hasn't been asked to do much of it, I thought Uta's foray into selling her leg against Suzume went pretty well.

Catching up on some TJPW and the pure desperation Shino brought to her match with Mahiro was impressive even by her standards.

My ramble about my wrestlers of the year is up. It spells the end of the Suruga and Momono dominance, but my choices have been obvious for a while now. Give it a read! ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/12/28/r...

If you're looking for something to do on Boxing Day, why not read about all the matches that weren't quite my match of the year, but which I loved all the same? Featuring Darejyo, TJPW, Fighting Detectives and more! ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/12/26/r...

Consensus aside, it’s wild to consider how many Shoko moments I forgot about this year and this was a lovely reminder. Also fuck yes to the floppiest player in the game, Uta Takami, getting her due

My ramble about my wrestlers of the year is up. It spells the end of the Suruga and Momono dominance, but my choices have been obvious for a while now. Give it a read! ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/12/28/r...

Going to be putting up my wrestlers of the year ramble tomorrow, and for the first time since Lulu Pencil's 2020, neither of them are Mei Suruga or Mio Momono. They're also the two wrestlers in my match of the year, so if you're paying attention to my nonsense, you can figure that out.

I love this kid so much.

If you're looking for something to do on Boxing Day, why not read about all the matches that weren't quite my match of the year, but which I loved all the same? Featuring Darejyo, TJPW, Fighting Detectives and more! ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/12/26/r...

🎄 merry christmas 🎄 #ぽむペイラー #tjpw

It's a shame that TJPW have decided to pull one of the rookie's debuts, but it's probably a good thing that the company is willing to make that call.

I'm not clued in enough on new releases to do any kind of album of the year thing, but Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo is the one released this year that's stuck with me the most. It opens up a new side of Chat Pile while retaining what makes them great. chatpile.bandcamp.com/album/in-the...

one lesser awful thing about the Epstein files is that genuine crimes against a huge number of children are being morphed into fuel for the influencer industrial complex who don't care about truth or accuracy and just want grist for the content mills

DPW Forever. teppen.life/dpw-forever/

I was so happy when I saw the email drop in my inbox and it was this match

Champions of Champions came out the gate strong

"lucha libre is no longer a sideshow" oh my god they're doing "wrestling was just in smoky bingo halls before wwe came along" for lucha libre now

My hopes for Mio's six-person X match were that she was going to try and do it all herself or Kyuri would be involved, but Rin is a nice substitute for that.

This was originally intended to be part of my Match of the Year list, but it became a bit unruly (and the list has too many matches), so I decided to publish it separately. Here's a ramble about finally falling in love with Meiko Satomura. #SENJO ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/12/17/m...

This was originally intended to be part of my Match of the Year list, but it became a bit unruly (and the list has too many matches), so I decided to publish it separately. Here's a ramble about finally falling in love with Meiko Satomura. #SENJO ramblingsaboutwrestling.com/2025/12/17/m...

The correct take, brilliantly put