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Pinch, punch, first AEW Collision of the month! With a big return (rematch) from last week’s AEWDynamite, Saturday will be a good night for fighting. Speaking of no returns, Kenny Omega joins the list of big names on the injury list.

Wrestling News / Wrestling on SI / September 2

AEW World Tag Team Champion Bandido Talks About Return From Injury

Current reigning ROH World Champion and one-half of the AEW World Tag Team Champions, Bandido, has been riding an incredible wave of momentum in AEW/ROH since returning to the ring full-time this February.

NJPW G1 Climax 35 Winner Konosuke Takeshita World Title Match Set For October

NJPW G1 Climax 35 winner Konosuke Takeshita is set to get his shot at the IWGP World Heavyweight title in October. It will be at NJPW’s King of Pro Wrestling event on October 13.

Wrestling News / Wrestling on SI / August 23

AEW Collision Preview (8/23/25): Start Time, Match Card

AEW's Scotland debut continues with a massive episode of Collision in the final stop before Forbidden Door. Fresh off winning the G1 Climax tournament less than a week ago in Japan, Konosuke Takeshita makes his return to AEW tonight on Collision.

Wrestling News / Wrestling on SI / August 17

Konosuke Takeshita Wins G1 Climax 35, Defeats EVIL In Tournament Final

The Alpha can now call himself a G1 Climax winner. On the final night of G1 Climax 35, Konosuke Takeshita defeated EVIL in a 26-minute Ariake Arena main event.

Wrestling News / Last Word On Sports / August 17

NJPW G1 Climax 35 Results (8/17/25) – Day 19: Final

19 days of NJPW G1 Climax 35 all come down between EVIL and Konosuke Takeshita. Read on to see who won the 35th edition of the grandest tournament in pro-wrestling and everything else that went down in the final: Main event: G1 Climax 35 Final – Konosuke Takeshita def.

Wrestling News / Wrestling on SI / August 16

G1 Climax 35 Night 18 Results: Takeshita vs EVIL Official For G1 35 Final

The results are in from this year's G1 Climax 35 semifinals, and the participants are official for the final showdown in Ariake Arena. Despite not being the main event, Yota Tsuji versus EVIL ended up being the biggest talking point coming out of night 18 of G1 35.

Wrestling News / Wrestling on SI / August 15

NJPW G1 Climax 35 Night 17 Results: Tsuji, Takeshita Advance To Semifinals

The G1 Climax 35 semifinals are set. On Thursday, in front of a packed Korakuen Hall crowd, two quarterfinal matches took place to determine who would move on to the semifinals in Ariake Arena.

Wrestling News / Wrestling on SI / July 27

G1 Climax 35 Nights 3-6 Results: Kidd Out Due To Injury, Takeshita And Takagi Shine In Ota

Konosuke Takeshita continues to steal the show in G1 Climax 35. Is anyone surprised? In the Block B main event on night six, Takeshita defeated Shingo Takagi in a rematch of their Wrestle Kingdom 19 match in the Tokyo Dome earlier this year.

Wrestling News / Wrestling on SI / July 19

G1 Climax 35 Night 1 Results (7/19/25): Narita Upsets Sabre Jr, Takeshita Defeats Kidd

It's officially G1 season. NJPW's signature round-robin tournament kicked off Saturday in Sapporo with all 20 participants in action. The main event featured the Ace, Hiroshi Tanahashi, entering his 23rd and final G1 Climax tournament to face Taichi in A Block action.

Wrestling News / Wrestling on SI / July 11

ROH Supercard of Honor Preview: Start Time, Match Card

In a break from tradition, ROH Supercard of Honor will be held as a part of a stacked AEW All In Week, rather than its usual placement during WrestleMania Week.

Wrestling News / F4WOnline.com / April 30

NJPW World TV title match added to Wrestling Dontaku, BOSJ blocks revealed

A change has been made to the lineup for night one of Wrestling Dontaku. El Phantasmo will now defend his newly regained NJPW World TV title against Konosuke Takeshita on the show.

Wrestling News / F4WOnline.com / April 18

Rocky Romero revealed as Konosuke Takeshita’s partner for NJPW Wrestling Dontaku

Rocky Romero is now officially part of the Don Callis Family. Romero joined the faction on AEW Collision last night, aligning with his Roppongi Vice teammate Trent Beretta and attacking Tomohiro Ishii.

Wrestling News / F4WOnline.com / March 19

AEW’s Konosuke Takeshita to make House of Glory debut

Former AEW International Champion Konosuke Takeshita will make his House of Glory debut next month. Announced by the promotion Wednesday night, Takeshita will debut for the New York City-based indie promotion on Friday, April 25th against an opponent to be named.

Wrestling News / Athlon Sports / March 10

Massive Title Change During 'AEW Revolution 2025'

A championship has changed hands on the "AEW Revolution 2025" card. Six matches were booked for the pay-per-view portion of the event. That included an AEW World Championship match between titleholder Jon Moxley and Cope.

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Wrestling News / Wrestling on SI / February 27

Konosuke Takeshita Responds To Eddie Kingston Saying He's The Only Person He Watches AEW For

Eddie Kingston has been away from wrestling and AEW recovering from a brutal leg injury and he hasn't been watching much wrestling. One person that he is watching?

Wrestling News / F4WOnline.com / February 26

International title match official for AEW Revolution

Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kenny Omega is official for AEW Revolution. Takeshita defended his title on Wednesday’s Dynamite in the second bout of the International Championship Series, defeating Orange Cassidy.

Wrestling News / Wrestling on SI / February 26

AEW Dynamite Results (2/26/24): Cope Targets Death Riders, Takeshita Defends Title, Ospreay Beats Keith

The rivalry between MJF and Adam Page hit a new level on this week's episode of AEW Dynamite. Page started the show and decimated Aaron Solo in seconds.

Wrestling News / F4WOnline.com / February 26

AEW Dynamite live results: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Orange Cassidy title match

The AEW International Championship Series continues with a title match on tonight’s AEW Dynamite. Konosuke Takeshita will defend the title against Orange Cassidy on tonight’s show with the winner going on to defend against Kenny Omega at the Revolution pay-per-view on March 9.

Wrestling News / F4WOnline.com / February 24

Konosuke Takeshita to defend NEVER title in CMLL debut

Konosuke Takeshita will be making a title defense when he debuts at Arena Mexico this Friday night. In his first-ever CMLL match, Takeshita will put his NEVER Openweight Championship on the line against Angel de Oro.

Wrestling News / F4WOnline.com / February 19

Konosuke Takeshita, Taya Valkyrie to make CMLL debuts

Two AEW stars have been announced for future CMLL events at Arena Mexico, both making their promotional debuts. CMLL posted a video to its digital media channels on Wednesday night announcing AEW International Champion and NJPW NEVER Openweight Champion Konosuke Takeshita for a future appearance at an Arena Mexico show.

Wrestling News / F4WOnline.com / January 23

Konosuke Takeshita challenges Katsuyori Shibata for AEW Collision

A new match appears to be on tap for this Saturday’s Homecoming edition of AEW Collision featuring International Champion Konosuke Takeshita. Takeshita and Don Callis offered a challenge to former Ring of Honor Pure Champion Katsuyori Shibata, delivered via a backstage promo following Shibata’s win over Shane Taylor on ROH TV.

Wrestling News / F4WOnline.com / January 5

Konosuke Takeshita says he is now affiliated with NJPW along with AEW & DDT

Konosuke Takeshita is now affiliated with three different promotions. After retaining the NEVER Openweight title and AEW International titles at Wrestle Dynasty, Takeshita announced in a backstage interview that in addition to being affiliated with DDT and AEW, he is now affiliated with NJPW, who posted the comments on social media.

Wrestling News / Yardbarker / June 29, 2024

Three matches that could steal the show in AEW's 'Forbidden Door'

Here's a look at three top candidates to spark that "match of the night" feeling Sunday night at AEW: Forbidden Door 2024.

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Wrestling News / Wrestling News / March 3, 2024

AEW Revolution Results: Will Ospreay Outlasts Konosuke Takeshita In Classic Match

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Wrestling News / Yardbarker / January 19, 2024