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This Week in NJPW: New Japan Cup finals results, full Invasion Attack card announced, fan-subbed Japanese wrestling video project starts

This Week in NJPW: New Japan Cup Round 2 results and finals preview, Kidani upset over piracy of NJPW shows, NWA invasion notes, Anderson wrestling in ROH, Stan Hansen is a crazy man

This Week in NJPW: NWA President Bruce Tharpe announces his intention to bring over an NWA wrestler with him in April to attack NJPW, but with the war in the press between NJPW and AJPW heating up, who are the real invaders behind "Invasion Attack"?

A war of words broke out between New Japan and All Japan this past week. Both promotions have recently been purchased by companies with deep pockets. Will it all lead to more than just talk?

The shakeup of the Japanese wrestling industry, started a year ago when Bushiroad purchased New Japan Pro Wrestling and helped transform the flagging promotion, has continued with their historic rival AJPW being taken over by a big corporation.

This Week in NJPW: WWE shuffles dates in Japan to avoid going head-to-head, UFC does go head-to-head, NJPW gets English TV in Canada, Champion vs. Champion matches abound, CHAOS vs. Suzukigun rolls on.

After a successful title defense against American Karl Anderson, IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi is being challenged by another top foreigner...

Results from the New Japan Pro-Wrestling "The New Beginning" iPPV from February 10, 2013. Read a full review of the show Tuesday, February 12 2013 in my This Week in New Japan column.

So you want to see what all the New Japan Pro-Wrestling hype is about, but don’t know where to start? Well you’re in luck, NJPW's "The New Beginning 2013" iPPV is the perfect place to start.