Professional Wrestling Discussion

>Watch Shoot Tube today starting at 4pm EST / 9pm GMT in /wooo/tube - http://taima.tv/r/wooo

>WOW - Women of Wrestling, when in season, airs weekly on Wednesdays at 10pm EDT / 3am BST in /wooo/tube - http://taima.tv/r/wooo. Replays air on Thursdays at 10:50am EDT / 4:50pm BST in /wooo/tube.
>Joshi Tube airs on Saturdays at 4pm EDT / 9pm BST in /wooo/tube - http://taima.tv/r/wooo and is a great way to discover what joshi is all about. People in the chat will be able to answer questions as you ask them, as we do on this thread.
>But if you're ever in the mood to watch joshi outside of Joshi Tube, there is joshi wrestling channel for streaming live events such as TJPW and Stardom - http://taima.tv/r/joshi. Furthermore, there is also a non-joshi women's wrestling channel - http://taima.tv/r/wooomens

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>In light of recommendations made on February 26 by the Japanese Ministry of Health connected to the new Coronavirus COVID-19, New Japan Pro-Wrestling has arrived at the decision to cancel all live events scheduled between Sunday March 1 and Sunday March 15.

>Further announcements will be made at a later date. All ticket holders will be refunded. Please check njpw1972.com and social media in the coming days for details on the refund procedure.

>NJPW has reached this difficult decision after careful consideration. Ultimately, the health and safety of our fans, staff and wrestlers is our highest concern. We remain deeply appreciative of your support of New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

>MLW Fusion airs on Mondays at 7pm EDT / 12am BST in /wooo/tube - http://taima.tv/r/wooo. Replays air on Tuesdays at 11am EDT / 4am BST in /wooo/tube.
>Impact! airs on Tuesdays at 8pm EDT / 1am BST in /wooo/tube. Replays air on Wednesdays at 1:30pm EDT / 6:30pm BST in /wooo/tube.
>Impact Xplosion also airs on Tuesdays at 10pm EDT / 3am BST in /wooo/tube. Replays air on Wednesdays at 1:20pm EDT / 6:20pm BST in /wooo/tube.
>ROH Wrestling also airs on Tuesdays at 10:10pm EDT / 3:10am BST in /wooo/tube. Replays air on Wednesdays at 12:30pm EDT / 5:30pm BST in /wooo/tube.
>AEW Dark airs on Tuesdays at 7pm EDT / 12am BST in /wooo/tube 2 - http://taima.tv/r/wooo2. Replays air on Wednesdays at 7pm EDT / 12am BST in /wooo/tube - http://taima.tv/r/wooo and /wooo/alt - http://taima.tv/r/woooalt.
>AEW Dynamite also airs on Wednesdays at 8pm EDT / 1am BST in /wooo/tube and /wooo/alt. Replays air on Thursdays at 2:20pm EDT / 7:20pm BST in /wooo/tube.
>AEW Live Specials/PPVs, Impact Plus/Twitch/PPV events, MLW Live Specials/PPVs, and ROH TV Taping/On Tour/PPV events will be shown when scheduled in the tubes.

>All Elite Wrestling

>Impact Wrestling

> After Japan’s Health Minister asked the public to avoid non-urgent and non-essential gatherings due to COVID-19 (the Coronavirus), Bushiroad ordered all Stardom activities through 3/14 to be canceled aside from a television taping, which will take place with no fans in attendance. There will be at least two significant events, a pro wrestling match in Japan and an MMA show in Singapore, that will be broadcast worldwide live on major services that will be the modern equivalent of empty arena matches.

> Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with medical experts over this past weekend and Katsunobu Kato, the health minister, asked people not to attend these type of events and the elderly in particular to avoid crowded places. Japan had the largest outbreak outside China, with 518 cases, of which 456 were related to the Diamond Princess cruise ship.

> Interestingly, while Bushiroad ordered all Stardom events either canceled or closed off to the general public, its main pro wrestling promotion, New Japan, is continuing its schedule but did issue precautions for fans thinking of attending and is offering refunds to those who have tickets but decide against attending. There was no explanation why the same parent company made what would seem to be contradictory decisions with its two pro wrestling properties. Obviously the New Japan shows coming up are both bigger money makers and also higher priorities, with the Manabu Nakanishi retirement show on 2/22, the 48th anniversary show on 3/3 and the New Japan Cup tournament from 3/4 to 3/21.

> The 2/19 Mayu Iwatani birthday fan event was canceled, as was an autograph signing event on 2/20. The company did hold a 2/20 press conference that was to be open to the public, but that changed and it was only open to accredited press. The company also announced that its shows on 2/22 in Osaka, 2/23 in Nagoya, 2/29 in Tokyo and afternoon and evening shows on 3/14 in Osaka have been canceled. The Nagoya show was to be headlined by Iwatani defending the World of Stardom title against Jungle Kyona.

> The only show left on the books will be a 3/8 show at Korakuen Hall, which will take place in the building, but with no fans in attendance. The promotion will be using the show to tape matches for its television show, and will also be airing the show live worldwide on Youtube. Because the show will be taking place at 11:30 a.m. in Japan, the idea was to do a YouTube show that would be convenient for live viewing in the U.S., as it will air at 9:30 p.m. on 3/7, a Saturday night, in the U.S.

> Even though there will be no fans, this will be a loaded show, featuring a Battle Royal, Hana Kimura & Kyona vs. Giulia & Maika, Bea Priestley & Jamie Hayter defending the Goddesses of Stardom tag titles against Utami Hayashishita & Momo Watanabe, Arisa Hoshiki defending the Wonder of Stardom title against Natsuko Tora and a main event of World of Stardom champion Mayu Iwatani vs. Saki Kashima in a non-title lumberjack match. Stardom has a Stardom World streaming service, which actually has more subscribers outside Japan than inside Japan, but the shows are put up on a delay, usually a couple of days later. They are hopeful of resuming a regular schedule after mid-March.

> In addition, the ONE promotion announced that its 2/28 show from the Singapore Indoor Stadium, which airs on B/R Live starting at 4:30 a.m. Eastern headlined by Kimihiro Eta (16-5-2) vs. Amir Khan (12-6) and also features Yoshihiro Akiyama, and Mei Yamaguchi, will be held but there will be no fans allowed in the building. In addition, the Tokyo Marathon, scheduled for 3/1, while not canceled, will be limited to 200 elite level competitors in both the regular and the wheelchair divisions. More than 38,000 runners had been originally accepted to compete.

> New Japan Pro Wrestling announced that all its events will continue and be open to the public, but issued guidelines. At the 2/19 and 2/20 shows at Korakuen Hall, it appeared that between 50 and 70 percent of the fans w…

>drew an average of 2.210 million viewers on the USA Network, according to Showbuzz Daily.

>For this week's show, the first hour drew 2.246 million viewers (last week's hour 1 - 2.671 million),
>the second hour drew 2.278 million viewers (last week's hour 2 - 2.559 million) >and the final hour drew 2.106 million viewers (last week's hour 3 - 2.082 million).

>RAW was #8 for the night in viewership on cable, behind Hannity, Tucker Carlson Tonight, The Ingraham Angle, The Five, Special Report, Rachel Maddow, and The Story. >WWE ranked #1 for the night, for the sixth week in a row, on the Cable Top 150 with an average 18-49 demographic rating of 0.71. Hannity topped the night on cable in viewership with 3.956 million viewers, ranking #10 on the Cable Top 150 with a 0.29 rating in the 18-49 demographic.