What's New

Five new chapters in joshi wrestling history

The Timeline grows with five new cards covering ARSION’s transition to AtoZ, the Kana Manifesto, the beginnings of Actwres girl’Z, Manami Toyota’s retirement, and Sareee’s return to Japan with Sareee-ISM.

Each chapter pairs historical context with three compact Documented Record entries, connecting changes in promotions, individual careers, and the wider women’s wrestling scene.

Get to know the moves behind the wrestler

237 wrestler profiles now feature 3,972 move entries, plus 487 variations. A dedicated Moves tab brings finishers, signature techniques, and repertoire details into each profile. Move descriptions explain how the techniques work, while grouped variations make it easier to follow the different forms of a hold, throw, or strike.

The expanded movesets help connect each wrestler’s profile to what you see in the ring, from familiar finishing moves to the smaller details that shape their approach. Research and descriptions continue to be refined as the archive grows.

17 promotion profiles, 34 new wrestler profiles, and a smoother archive

The new Promotions experience brings together 17 curated promotion profiles, covering their histories, leadership, championships, events, media, and connections across the archive.

Modern additions: Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, Prince Devitt, Miu Watanabe, Shoko Nakajima, Suzu Suzuki, AZM, Yuya Uemura, Ren Narita, Bryan Danielson, Mercedes Moné, Mina Shirakawa, Gabe Kidd, and Ryohei Oiwa.

Classic additions: Harley Race, Bob Backlund, Dick Murdoch, Masa Saito, Killer Khan, Super Strong Machine, Shiro Koshinaka, Yoshiaki Yatsu, Osamu Kido, Rusher Kimura, Great Kojika, Kuniaki Kobayashi, Dynamite Kansai, Shinobu Kandori, Etsuko Mita, Mima Shimoda, Kaoru Ito, Yumiko Hotta, Combat Toyoda, and The Sheik.

Mobile navigation, map scrolling, search, and detail views have been refined. Timeline events can now be shared directly from their detail views. The Vault, Venues, Voices & Officials, and About also received targeted polish.

Profile sharing added across the archive

Profiles for wrestlers, Voices & Officials, masks, and venues now include direct share controls. Phones and tablets open the device share sheet, while desktop copies a direct profile link and confirms the action with a brief status message.

Wrestler profiles receive a complete accomplishments pass

All 191 wrestler profiles now include populated Titles & Accomplishments records covering championships, tournaments, awards, and honors. Profiles also distinguish current employers from legacy affiliations, use corrected promotion filters, and support direct links that select and position each wrestler in the archive.

What's New now has a permanent home

Recent archive additions and site changes now live together on this page. The What's New link in the header shows a small dot when something new has been added, and the dot clears after you visit.

19 matches added to The Vault

The Vault now reaches further across classic eras and modern standouts, connecting Baba, Inoki, Choshu, Fujinami, landmark joshi bouts, and current-generation matches.

Timeline entries expanded

Key moments now carry more context about who was involved, why each event mattered, and how its effects continued through later promotions and eras.

Venues expanded

Venue profiles include more building context, clearer capacity notes, and stronger links to the matches that made each location important.

Archive Trails behavior updated

Homepage trails now rotate through curated paths while staying selectable, bringing Muta, Tiger Mask, the Four Pillars, Inokiism, deathmatch history, and monster gaijin runs into view.

A new Story page

The Story gives new visitors a guided route through eras, promotions, rivalries, stylistic shifts, and defining figures so the archive reads as one connected history.