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El Desperado will be making his first appearance for TJPW at the promotion’s upcoming Summer Sun Princess show this July.

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Victor Wembanyama continues to travel in what has been a busy offseason. This time, he was spotted playing soccer with a club ...

Hiyashi was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan, where he grew up idolizing Japanese-born MLB players like Shohei Ohtani and ...