Superstar Of The Week

In addition to being a mainstay at Beyond Wrestling and Wrestling Open in New England, Dezmond Cole has been rising the ranks of Limitless Wrestling in Maine since he first made his debut there in 2022. On 17.08.2024, Cole won the prestigious Vacationland Cup tournament and earned himself a future title shot against Channing Thomas for the Limitless World Championship. Just one month later, on 21.09.2024 at Limitless 9 Lives, "Da Big Boofa" was able to win the first world championship of his young career when he defeated Thomas to become the new Limitless World Champion.

This year, CMLL's "Mad Scientist" Hechicero has been a revelation to pro wrestling fans worldwide. Ever since making his debut in AEW, the masked man has been turning heads week after week. Furthermore, on 13.09.2024 at CMLL 91. Aniversario at Arena Mexico, Hechicero competed in one of the biggest matches of his career to date. Hechicero, Euforia, Esfinge, and Valiente competed in a four-way elimination match, with the last individual taking a fall being forced to unmask. Euforia first eliminated Esfinge by submission, followed by Hechicero eliminating Valiente. After nearly 40 minutes of action, the "Mad Scientist" of CMLL forced Euforia to tap out, claiming the mask of Euforia in the process. The CAGEMATCH.net Team congratulates Hechicero on his big victory in Mexico City, and for being named our Superstar Of The Week!

At a DDT event in Osaka on 07.09.2024, "Sexy" Yuki Iino defeated KANON to win the Black Right To Challenge Anytime, Anywhere Shield. As a result, Iino earned the right to challenge for a DDT championship of his choosing at any time and any place. Following a successful defense of the DDT Universal Championship by MAO against Fuminori Abe on 08.09.2024, Yuki Iino emerged from backstage and cashed in his title shot on the exhausted champion. After just a little over one minute of action, Iino hit MAO with a spear and pinned him to become DDT Universal Champion for the first time, thereby putting an end to MAO's record-setting DDT Universal Title reign at 301 days.

On 30.08.2024 at TNA Emergence 2024, Zachary Wentz defeated Mike Bailey, Hammerstone, Laredo Kid, Jason Hotch, and Riley Osbourne in an Ultimate X Match to become the new X-Division Champion. This victory for Wentz marked the first time he has won a singles title in TNA. Additionally, just two days later, Wentz defeated his former Rascalz tag team partner Wes Lee at WWE NXT No Mercy 2024 in a grudge match. The CAGEMATCH.net Team would like to honor Zachary Wentz for his success over the past seven days by naming him our Superstar Of The Week!

After winning the Owen Hart Foundation 2024 Men's Tournament in July, Bryan Danielson earned the right to challenge Swerve Strickland for the AEW World Championship at All In London 2024 on 25.08.2024. Danielson declared that if he was not able to defeat Swerve at Wembley Stadium, then his career would be over. In a classic match, with his wife and children watching on closely at ringside, Danielson submitted Swerve Strickland to become the twelfth-ever AEW World Champion. The CAGEMATCH Team congratulates "The American Dragon" for winning the AEW World Title, as well as for being named our Superstar Of The Week!

On 18.08.2024, Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Yota Tsuji in the finals of this year's G1 Climax tournament. With his victory, ZSJ became the first British wrestler to win the tournament and only the fourth-ever gaijin to claim the prestigious prize. Instead of challenging for the IWGP World Heavyweight Title at Wrestle Kingdom in January, Sabre announced following his tournament win that he will take his title shot against Tetsuya Naito on 14.10.2024 at NJPW King Of Pro Wrestling. The CAGEMATCH.net Team would like to commend Zack Sabre Jr. for his G1 Climax tournament win and for being named our Superstar Of The Week!

B. Cool won the Loco Rumble at an event in Dublin, Ireland on 20.01.2024, earning himself an OTT World Championship match. At OTT ScrapperMania VIII - Tag 2 on 10.08.2024, B. Cool agreed to put his OTT World Title shot on the line in an eight-man tag team match against The Draw. As a result of B. Cool and his team winning, The Draw was forced to disband their stable. Following the tag bout, OTT World Champion Trent Seven stormed the ring, and a match between Seven and B. Cool for the OTT World Title began. With help from referee Foxy, B. Cool pinned Trent Seven to become the new OTT World Champion.

In May, Gunther defeated Randy Orton in the finals of the 2024 King Of The Ring tournament, earning himself a WWE World Heavyweight Title opportunity against Damian Priest at WWE SummerSlam In Cleveland. During the match on 03.08.2024, Finn Balor turned on his Judgment Day stablemate Damian Priest, which allowed Gunther to capitalize on his injured opponent. Gunther then submitted Priest to become the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion, marking his first WWE World Championship win of his career.

On 28.07.2024, at Stardom Sapporo World Rendezvous, Natsuko Tora defeated Maika to win the World Of Stardom Championship. Tora became the eighteenth World Of Stardom Champion and earned the first singles title of her career. Since 2017, Natsuko Tora has been the leader of the Oedo Tai faction. However, after winning the World of Stardom Title, she surprisingly announced that Oedo Tai was no more and introduced a new group called HATE. What's next for Tora and HATE remains to be seen, but for now, we would like to congratulate Natsuko Tora on becoming the new World Of Stardom Champion and being named CAGEMATCH.net Superstar Of The Week!

After being surprisingly let go by WWE last year, Nic Nemeth debuted for TNA Wrestling at the beginning of 2024. While competing for TNA, Nemeth went on to win championships elsewhere, capturing the AAA Mega Title in Mexico, as well as the IWGP Global Heavyweight Title in Japan. At TNA Slammiversary 2024 on 20.07.2024, Nemeth faced Frankie Kazarian, Joe Hendry, Josh Alexander, Steve Maclin, and then-champion Moose in an elimination match for the prestigious TNA World Championship. Nemeth eliminated Frankie Kazarian last to win the match, thereby adding the TNA World Championship to his already impressive resume. Congratulations to Nic Nemeth on becoming the new TNA World Champion, and for being voted CAGEMATCH.net Superstar of the Week for the first time since 2013!

Rossy Ogawa's newest promotion, Dream Star Fighting Marigold, held its inaugural PPV event titled Summer Destiny on 13.07.2024, at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo. In the main event, Sareee defeated Giulia, who recently signed with WWE, to become the first-ever Marigold World Champion. The CAGEMATCH.net team congratulates "The Warrior Of The Sun" on her championship win, as well as for being voted as our Superstar Of The Week!

After an impressive showing (but ultimately falling short) in the NJPW Best Of The Super Junior 31 tournament, the future seemed uncertain for DOUKI of Just 5 Guys. However, DOUKI was granted a shot at the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship against El Desperado at NJPW New Japan Soul 2024 - Tag 7. Desperado had been the one to eliminate DOUKI from the Best Of The Super Junior 31 tournament, leading many fans to anticipate a successful title defense by the reigning champion. Yet, in a surprising turn of events, DOUKI pinned Desperado at the NJPW event on May 7, 2024, capturing the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title. This victory marked DOUKI's first championship in his 13-year pro wrestling career.

Following a backstage incident that took place between Jack Perry and CM Punk at AEW All In London 2023, Perry was suspended indefinitely by AEW management. Perry would reemerge at a New Japan Pro Wrestling event in Tokyo on 06.03.2024 under the new moniker of "Scapegoat." A few months later, Perry returned to All Elite Wrestling and quickly aligned himself with The Elite's Matthew Jackson, Nicholas Jackson, and Kazuchika Okada. After defeating Dustin Rhodes in an AEW TNT Title Forbidden Door Qualifying Match on the 12.06.2024 edition of Dynamite, Perry was inserted into a six-person Ladder Match at AEW/NJPW Forbidden Door 2024 for the vacant AEW TNT Championship. It was the "Scapegoat" who walked away from the match victorious, defeating Dante Martin, El Phantasmo, Konosuke Takeshita, Lio Rush, and Mark Briscoe to become the new AEW TNT Champion. Congratulations to Jack Perry on winning his first singles title in AEW, in addition to being named the CAGEMATCH.net Superstar Of The Week!

Sendai Girl's Mika Iwata was scheduled to take on Wonder Of Stardom Champion Saori Anou for the title at Stardom's recent Show The Conversion at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium #2. Mika Iwata, currently the Sendai Girl's World Champion, had her last appereance on a Stardom show in 2016, but this match against Saori Anou was definitely the one that got the most attention in her career so far. The biggest shocker of the night was perfect when Iwata put Anou down to capture the White Belt off her. With such an important title win, Mika Iwata is a well deserved Superstar Of The Week! Congratulations Mika!

It's been eight year since HENARE had his debut in New Japan Pro Wrestling as a young lion. Since then the man from New Zealand had a dream of winning a championship on the cerulean blue mat and he got yet another crack at a title. At New Japan Soul he faced the current NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi, these two already faced each other just a week prior to this match, which ended in a Double KO. Sapporo was ready for the big showdown and to the delight of many, HENARE defeated Shingo Takagi on Sunday to lift the NEVER Openweight to win his first ever NJPW title. With an achievement like that, HENARE will be our newest Superstar Of The Week! Well done!

He has finally done it! After coming close on multiple occasions over the last years, El Desperado met Taiji Ishimori in the final match of this year's Best Of The Super Junior tournament. In the main event of Dominion El Desperado was able to hit his opponent with the Pinche Loco to get his hands raised after the three count. This marked Despe's first ever Best Of The Super Junior win and also his first victory over "Bone Soldier" Taiji Ishimori in three years. With that tournament win Despe will face IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion SHO next. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate El Desperado on his important tournament victory and that's why he's named as our newest Superstar Of The Week!

PROGRESS Wrestling held their eighth edition of their Super Strong Style 16 tournament, where sixteen of the best wrestlers in the world wanted to win UK's biggest wrestling tournament. After failing to reach the final last year, "Young Gun" Luke Jacobs was able to beat Mike D, Kid Lykos II and finally former PROGESS World Champion Eddie Dennis to reach the final against one of Britain's best Ricky Knight Jr. In a fantastic match Jacobs overcame RKJ to win his first SSS 16! With this tournament victory Jacobs is the second youngest winner ever of the prestigious tournament. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Luke on his achievement as well as for becoming our newest Superstar Of The Week!

A year after she was defeated by Willow Nightingale for the NJPW STRONG Women's Championship Mercedes Mone fka Sasha Banks met Nightingale yet again. But this time these two women met each other at All Elite Wrestling's Double Or Nothing PPV for the AEW TBS Championship. After little over eighteen minutes the match was over and Mercedes Mone has done it: She won the AEW TBS Championship and not only equalize her loss from last year against Willow, but also had a great comeback after her months long injury. With a victory like this we at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Mone on her recent success as well as for becoming our newest Superstar Of The Week!

The Don of NXT has done it! After coming up short of capturing the NXT North American as well as the NXT Championship, the leader of The D'Angelo Family finally grabbed some singles gold when he defeated NXT Heritage Cup Champion Charlie Dempsey at NXT #733. Tony D'Angelo had to go into the typical British Rounds Rules match against a member of the so called No Quarter Catch Crew, not an easy task. After winning a fall in the first round, losing the third round, D'Angelo beat Dempsey in the fifth round to become the new Heritage Cup titleholder. Congratulations to The Don Of NXT for becoming the new Heritage Cup Champion, as well as for being named the CAGEMATCH.net Superstar Of The Week!

Last weekend, Gabe Kidd made history by capturing his first ever Singles Championship since joining New Japan Pro Wrestling in 2020. Just a couple of weeks prior, he unsuccessfully challenged for the NEVER Openweight Championship when he lost to Shingo Takagi. At NJPW STRONG Resurgence 2024 he faced NJPW STRONG Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston in a dangerous No Ropes Last Man Standing match for the aforementioned title. The 27-year-old man from Nottingham beat Kingston after twenty minutes to become the seventh NJPW STRONG Champion. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Gabe on his recent achievements and also for becoming our newest Superstar Of The Week!

Jeff Cobb has been wrestling in New Japan Pro-Wrestling since 2017. He has been trying to win some singles gold since he first arrived on the cerulean blue mat. After winning the NEVER Openweight Championship in 2019, Cobb immediately lost the title one month later. He failed to win a title on two more occasions before having yet another chance to win a title last weekend at Wrestling Dontaku in Fukuoka where he faced the NJPW World TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. The dry spell without a singles title in NJPW was over when Cobb hit the Tour Of The Island to win the Championship, his first after five long years. And on top of that, Cobb was also named our newest Superstar Of The Week! Congratulations!

After failing in his first attempt to win the NXT Championship at New Year's Evil, Trick Williams had to shift focus away from the title to deal with Carmelo Hayes. The two former partners developed a bitter rivalry which ended when Williams defeated Hayes in a steel cage match. Just one week later Trick Williams earned himself another shot an NXT's most prestigeous price. After a grueling battle against champion Ilja Dragunov, it was indeed the challenger who had his hand raised high in victory. Trick Williams finished the two most important weeks of his career as the new NXT Champion, as well as CAGEMATCH Superstar Of The Week - congratulations!

Whose House? Swerve's House! Swerve Strickland's kept trying to win the AEW World Championship when he faced AEW Champion Samoa Joe at AEW Dynasty. The leader of the Mogul Embassy had a great run of singles matches against Hangman Page and as well as beating Konosuke Takeshita in a #1 Contendership Match. Strickland made an impressive entrance and did even better during the match by beating Samoa Joe to win his first major World Title. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Strickland on his recent accomplishments as well as becoming our newest Superstar Of The Week!

Jon Moxley made history last weekend. At New Japan Pro Wrestling's Windy City Riot show in Chicago, Illinois, Moxley faced IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Tetsuya Naito for the title in the main event of the show. Moxley, who was the AEW and WWE World Champion before, made history by beating the leader of Los Ingobernables de Jap�n. The win makes Moxley the first wrestler to capture the major titles of AEW, WWE, and New Japan. With such an impressive win, Moxley not only etched his name into history, but he also became our newest Superstar Of The Week. Congratulations Jon Moxley!

"Finish the story" - that was the motto for Cody Rhodes' journey ever since winning his 2nd Royal Rumble Match and punching his ticket for WrestleMania XL. The recent weeks leading up to The Biggest Stage Of 'Em All were exhausting for Rhodes. Roman Reigns and his Bloodline tried everything and threw obstacle after obstacle into his way - even The Rock returned for a brief period of time! However, Rhodes found an unlikely ally in Seth Rollins. Rollins and Rhodes teamed on WrestleMania Saturday against Roman Reigns and The Rock in a losing effort, making the Main Event on Sunday a Bloodline Rules Match. Come WrestleMania Sunday, Rhodes could overcome the odds - after interference from The Bloodline, Jey Uso, The Undertaker and John Cena - to pin champion Roman Reigns, ending his 1316-day title reign and crowning himself WWE Undisputed Champion for the very first time. Rhodes indeed finished his story, which we celebrate with our Superstar Of The Week award!

In front of over 2,300 fans at the legendary Ryogoku Kokugikan Miu Watanabe had her first chance at Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling's number one title since 2021 in the main event of TJPW's biggest show of the year. She faced TJP's biggest threat Miyu Yamashita and this match was a real banger with a happy end for Watanabe. The 24-year-old pinned Yamashita after her Tear Drop finisher to become the Princess Of Princess Champion for the first time in her career. With a great achievement like that we at CAGEMATCH.net are proud to have Miu Watanabe as our newest Superstar Of The Week! Congratulations Miu on your recent success.

They were childhood friends and his biggest dream was to end his career alongside his friend, however his friend had other ideas. This is the story of Adam Copeland in AEW so far, Copeland and Christian Cage met yet again in a match for the AEW TNT Championship but this time it was in an I Quit Match. In a grueling, nearly thirty minute match of back and forth action Copeland managed to force his former "brother" to say the famous two words "I Quit". After a long and intense feud the TAFKA Edge not only won the AEW TNT Title for the second time but also for becoming our new Superstar Of The Week for the first time in thirteen years. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Adam Copeland on his recent success!

Usually Niigata Pro Wrestling doesn't have many eyeballs on their product, however the small promotion from the Niigata Prefecture started the year with a new owner, a fresh new promotion logo and with the creation of a brand new championship: From now on the Niigata Heavyweight Championship will be the centerpiece of the promotion. The last Niigata Openweight Champion Koji Doi and homegrown star Hiroyuki Suzuki battled it out to become the inaugral champion. All good things come in threes with Suzuki finally overcoming Doi after failing to beat him twice in 2023. Congratulations to Hiroyuki Suzuki on becoming the inaugral Niigata Heavyweight Champion, as well as for being awarded the CAGEMATCH.net Superstar Of The Week award!

Last weekend wXw's prestigious 16 Carat Gold Tournament was held yet again at the Turbinenhalle in Oberhausen. Sixteen wrestlers battled it out to determine the next winner of the tournament. While not being considered a favourite before the start of the weekend, Amboss' Laurance Roman had an impressive run through his opponents by beating NJPW Young Lion Oskar, ECW Legend Masato Tanaka and GCW mainstay 1 Called Manders. In the final of the tournamend Roman met wXw's newest posterboy Peter Tihanyi and was able to beat the Hungarian to crown himself the winner of 16 Carat Gold, a tournament which was won by big names of the industry like Gunther, Zack Sabre Jr. and Malakai Black. After a weekend like that we at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Laurance Roman on his recent success and being named our new Superstar Of The Week!

At AEW Revolution 2024 on 03.03.2024, "The Icon" Sting retired after a legendary career that spanned nearly four decades. Alongside his tag team partner and prot�g� Darby Allin, Sting successfully defended the AEW World Tag Team Championships in a classic match against The Young Bucks. Following Sting's victory and retirement celebration, AEW figurehead Tony Khan announced that the AEW World Tag Team Titles would be relinquished and that a tournament would be held to crown new champions. The entire CAGEMATCH Team would like to wish Sting congratulations on a tremendous career! And for one last time, we are proud to call Sting Superstar Of The Week!

A career with highs and great lows, ups and downs but ultimately Kid Lykos made his dream come true last weekend at PROGRESS Chapter 163: Twisted Metal at the Electric Ballroom in London. Lykos faced PROGRESS World Champion Spike Trivet in a Steel Cage Match and after losing to Trivet twice last year, Lykos was eager to finally beat his nemesis. In a bloody match the former man with the wolf mask defeated Spike Trivet to capture one of the biggest prizes the UK wrestling scene has to offer. After having career threatening injuries he fought his way back on top of the wrestling world. Congratulations Kid Lykos for becoming the new PROGRESS World Champion, as well as for being named the CAGEMATCH.net Superstar Of The Week!

Neil Diamond Cutter's rise from relative nobody to one of the best American deathmatch wrestlers going today has been a joy to watch unfold. Even though he is a bit older (at 38-years of age), NDC has been on what is arguably the best run of his 18-year career as of late. At H2O's 'Causing Havoc' event on 17.02.2024, a Danny Havoc Hardcore Title Tournament took place. Neil Diamond Cutter overcame the odds by defeating the likes of Jimmy Lyon, Alex Stretch, Anthraxx, and Jess Moss to win the entire tournament and became the new H2O Danny Havoc Hardcore Champion. Congratulations to 'The Honey Badger' on becoming the new H2O Danny Havoc Hardcore Champ, as well as for being named the CAGEMATCH.net Superstar Of The Week!

As one of twenty junior heavyweights Masha Slamovich started in this year's edition of the Jersey J-Cup, the second-oldest tournament in United States, to add yet another great achievement to her career. After wins over Man Like DeReiss, former Martial Artist Matt Makowski and shooting star Alec Price she faced current JCW Champion Jordan Oliver in the final, not only to win the prestigious tournament but also to win the JCW Championship. After the exhausting and grueling tournament both combattans were already maxed out but still had a good match with the better ending for Slamovich. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Slamovich on her recent success and for being named our Superstar Of The Week!

Being from a famous mexican wrestling family isn't that easy. After working the mexican indies for nearly a decade, El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. came to Japan in 2019 to work frequently with Pro Wrestling NOAH. He didn't make any big headlines until post pandemic when he won the GHC National Championship at the end of 2022. This reign has been career defining for El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr., he had a stellar championship reign as the National Champion and hold the title for 352 days, which is the longest reign in title history. 2023 was a strong year for Wagner Jr., but 2024 kicked off even better when he could beat Kenoh for NOAH's biggest prize: The GHC Heavyweight Championship. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. for his recent success and that's why he's being named our Superstar Of The Week!

NXT Women's Champion, RAW Women's Champion, SmackDown Women's Champion, WWE Women's Tag Team Champion and Ms. Money In The Bank - Bayley's accomplishments are unprecedented. But while she achieved almost everything there is to achieve in WWE, she never had a singles match at WrestleMania. So when she entered the Royal Rumble 2024, her goal was pretty clear: winning the prestigeous battle royal for the first time in her career to earn a title shot at 'The Grandest Stage Of Them All'. After going into the match as entrant #3 she impressively outlasted all of her opponents by lastly eliminating Liv Morgan. With that victory Bayley did not only punch her ticket to WrestleMania XL, but also made her our Superstar Of The Week. Congratulations!

After a fourteen-year-long abstinence from the World Wrestling Council in Puerto Rico, Chris Adonis fka Chris Masters, made his comeback at WWC's recent Pay-Per-View Euphoria to challenge Intelecto 5 Estrellas for the biggest prize World Wrestling Council has to offer: The WWC Universal Heavyweight Championship. The former WWE Superstar came up victorious after little over eight minutes to be crowned as the new WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion, this makes him the first non Puerto-Rican born wrestler since 2012 winning the title. Congratulations to Chris Adonis on becoming WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion, as well as for being named the CAGEMATCH.net Superstar Of The Week!

TNA Wrestling celebrated their comeback after a seven year long name change to Impact Wrestling with the Pay-Per-View Hard To Kill 2024. Alex Shelley, a synonym for TNA Wrestling and their current World Champion, defended his championship against former World Champion Moose in Las Vegas, Nevada. After over twenty-one minutes Moose came out on top with a huge victory over a real TNA icon. The 39 year old Man from Seabrook, Maryland is now a two-time TNA World Champion. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Moose on his recent achievement and for being our Superstar Of The Week!

Tetsuya Naito finally achieved his destiny by defeating IWGP World Heavyweight Champion and former stablemate SANADA not only to become the new champion but finally having his long awaited Los Ingobernables de Japon roll call to close New Japan's biggest show of the year Wrestle Kingdom. Naito and his fans has waited ten long years for this opportunity. It started with being demoted to the semi main event at Wrestle Kingdom 8 despite having an IWGP Heavyweight title match. Then he was ambushed by KENTA after winning both IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental titles simultaneously at Wrestle Kingdom 14 and the roll call was postponed yet again. With finally having his roll call at the Tokyo Dome and winning the biggest prize in NJPW, we at CAGEMATCH.net are very happy to name Tetsuya Naito the first Superstar Of The Week of 2024!

After chasing the AEW World Championship for months, Samoa Joe finally got yet another chance at the prestigious title against long time reigning champion Maxwell Jacob Friedman at AEW's PPV Worlds End. Joe got this opportunity while having MJF's back against different enemies such as The Gunns and others. The Samoan Submission Machine took the bull by it's horns and with a little bit of luck Joe was able to lock in the dangerous Coquina Clutch to finally capture All Elite Wrestling's biggest gold. This marks Joe's first World Championship win since 2008 with now 44 years of age. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Samoa Joe on his recent achievement and that's why The Samoan Submission Machine is our newest Superstar Of The Week!

In summer Diamante lost his mask in a Mask Vs. Mask Steel Cage Five Way Survival match, which lead to his exit from the Z-Brats stable. The humilation he received by his stablemates were too much for the mexican, he left Dragongate for a short span of time and ultimately returned in October to the promotion to confront Shun Skywalker, the current Open The Dream Gate Champion and his former Z-Brats friend. Mante desperately tried to get a match with Skywalker and finally it happened at Final Gate where Mante, Madoka Kikuta and Sykwalker met for the title. Mante was able to tale the title off Skywalker and crowned himself as only the third ever foreign wrestler to ever win Dragongate's prestigious title. With one of DG's greatest success story ever from being an undercard guy to the face of the company, we at CAGEMATCH.net are happy to award Mante the Superstar Of The Week award!

After Samoa Joe's record breaking reign as the ROH World Television Champion, the title has been vacated and at Final Battle 2023 the title was contested between six competitors in a Survival Of The Fittest Six Way Match. The 24 year old australian wonderkid Kyle Fletcher survived Bryan Keith, Dalton Castle, Komander, Lee Johnson and Lee Moriarty to become the new ROH World Television Champion. Since becoming a member of the Don Callis Family he showed a change of character and with winning his first singles championship since joining All Elite Wrestling it was the right decision to side with Callis. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Fletcher on his recent success and for becoming our new Superstar Of The Week!

The american Joshi promotion Sukeban is making their waves with it's unique of approach of Joshi Pro-Wrestling. Joshi superstars from across Japan are travelling to the United States to compete in a very special universe with own characters and stories. On the recent Sukeban show in Miami, the promotion seeked it's first Sukeban World Champion in a match between Commander Nakajima aka Arisa Nakajima from SEAdLINNNG and Ichigo Sayaka aka Unagi Sayaka who worked for promotions such as GLEAT, Stardom and others. Nakajima was able to defeat Sayaka after eight minutes to crown herself the inaugral Sukeban World Champion. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Nakajima for her recent success and for winning our Superstar Of The Week award!

Back in April, Ichiban defeated Brad Hollister in the finals of a title tournament to become the inaugural Wrestling Open Champion. With nearly 10 successful title defenses to his name, Ichiban and the Wrestling Open Championship became synonymous with one another. However, with help from his Big Business stablemates, Hollister earned himself a shot at the Wrestling Open Title at Wrestling Open #100 on 30.11.2023. When the show came to a close, it was "Big Bacon" who had his hand held high as the new Wrestling Open Champion. Congrats to Hollister on his Wrestling Open Title victory, and for being voted as the CAGEMATCH.net Superstar Of The Week!

Over the past year, Junior Benito has made a name for himself as an accomplished tag team wrestler as part of Fresh Air alongside Macrae Martin. However, Benito's biggest win of his career came on 24.11.2023 at C4 Sixteen Candles in a singles match for the C4 Championship. Kevin Blackwood, the top heel in C4 and champion for just under two years, defended the C4 Title against Benito in a No Disqualification No Count Out match. With help from Cecil Nyx, who evened out the odds against Haley Dylan, Blackwood's valet, Benito pinned Kevin Blackwood after hitting his patented 450 Splash to become the new C4 Champion. Congratulations to "The Young Bull" on becoming C4 Champion for the first time, as well as for being awarded the title of CAGEMATCH.net Superstar Of The Week!

"None shall mourn, I am reborn.." and yes indeed Julia Hart is reborn. After having her debut as a cheerleader alongside the Varsity Blonds, Julia Hart had a reincarnation as a dark goth girl last year and joined the House Of Black. Julia Hart started an unbeaten run as a member of the House which finally lead to a TBS Championship match at AEW's WrestleDream in October against Champ Kris Statlander. Hart came up short, but she got herself back into the title picture by winning a TBS Title Eliminator match. At Full Gear, Julia Hart was able to overcome not only Statlander but also Skye Blue to become the third ever TBS Champion. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Julia Hart on her recent success and for becoming our newest Superstar Of The Week!

Yuki Ueno has finally done it. The 28-year-old man from Osaka had the biggest match of his seven-year-long career so far when he faced the current KO-D Openweight Champion Chris Brookes at the legendary Ryogoku Kokugikan in front of almost 5,000 fans. After nearly thirty minutes, Yuki Ueno dropped Chris Brookes to the ground with his finishing move the WR to capture the KO-D Openweight Championship to fulfill his dream to become the best DDT Pro Wrestling has to offer. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Yuki Ueno on his recent achievement, and that's why Ueno will be our newest Superstar Of The Week!

Having worked for Pro Wrestling NOAH since 2005, Katsuhiko Nakajima shocked the wrestling world when he announced this past September that he would be departing from the company. Many speculated WWE, AEW, and NJPW as potential landing spots for Nakajima. However, it was All Japan Pro Wrestling that "The Genius of the Kick" found himself signing a contract with. In his very first match with the company, on the final night of AJPW's Giant Series, Nakajima pinned Yuma Aoyagi to win the historic Triple Crown Championship for the first time.

After coming up short earlier this year in a WWE NXT Women's Title tournament, Lyra Valkyria had to face "The Man" Becky Lynch at NXT Halloween Havoc Night One in a fight among compatriots. After failing to win the title in July against Tiffany Stratton, the 27 year old had another chance in the biggest match of her 8 year long career. She did the unexpected and beat her compatriot after sixteen minutes to win the WWE NXT Women's Championship against one of the biggest female superstars WWE has ever produced. That's why Lyra Valkyria is our newest Superstar Of The Week!

If just one name had to be credited for the recent renewed interest in the UK independent wrestling scene, many would likely point to Leon Slater. On 21.10.2023, the innovator of the 450 Swanton won the coveted British J Cup 2023 tournament by overcoming CMLL's Mascara Dorada, Wild Boar, Harrison Bennett, and Will Kaven in matches. With his debut in the United States for Impact Wrestling right around the corner, it's surely only a matter of time before Leon Slater becomes a household name worldwide. For now, though, we are proud to name Slater as the CAGEMATCH.net Superstar Of The Week!

Back in August, the 20-year old Starboy Charlie defeated the likes of Bryan Keith, Alpha Zo, and Jay Malachi to win the 2023 edition of the West Coast Cup, also earning himself a future shot at Titus Alexander and the West Coast Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Title. On 14.10.2023 at West Coast Pro 5, Charlie defeated and ended the 371-day reign of Titus Alexander in a reported MOTYC to become the new West Coast Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Champion. Congratulations to Starboy Charlie on becoming West Coast Pro Wrestling Heavyweight Champion, as well as for being named the CAGEMATCH.net Superstar Of The Week!

She's only 18-years-old, but Billie Starkz is making waves in Pro-Wrestling since joining All Elite Wrestling. Not only she's Athena's personal project called "Minion In Training" on Ring Of Honor on Honor Club, but also she's still working independent successfully. So it was last weekend when Starkz went to Wrestling Revolver where she's competed at Revolver's Women's Grand Prix alongside seven other women. After victories over Rachel Armstrong and ROH co-worker Trish Adora, Starkz went into the final, where she faced AEW's Marina Shafir. After nearly twelve minutes, Starkz was able to defeat "The Problem" to win the inaugural Women's Grand Prix. With a huge win like that Billie Starkz is now our newest Superstar Of The Week!

The rise of young Suzu Suzuki in World Wonder Ring Stardom continued last weekend when the 21-year-old former Death Match wrestler came through the grueling long 5STAR Grand Prix and faced Donna del Mondo's Maika in the tournament final. In an outstanding match prodigy Suzuki was able to overcome Maika after fourteen minutes to win the most prestigious Joshi tournament's of them all. With that win Suzuki has now the rights to challenge for the #1 championship in STARDOM, the World of Stardom Championship. We at CAGEMATCH.net congratulate Suzuki on her recent success and therefore Suzu Suzuki is our new Superstar Of The Week!

The rivalry between the former roommates is nearly twenty years in the making, a rivalry with hate and passion - Eddie Kingston and Claudio Castagnoli met yet again in a singles match and this time it wasn't only for pride and honour, it was for the ROH World Championship and the NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship. In March at Supercard Of Honor the "Mad King" failed to win the ROH title of his old friend and left Los Angeles yet again as the loser against Castagnoli, last weekend Kingston turned the tables around and beat "Double C" for the first time after 14 years and crowned himself as the double champion. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Eddie on his recent success and that's why Kingston is our new Superstar Of The Week!

Last Tuesday Becky Lynch became a Grand Slam Champion by defeating Tiffany Stratton for the WWE NXT Women's Championship, a championship "The Man" didn't win before in her WWE career. With this title win Becky Lynch cement her status as one of the greatest female WWE wrestler ever, and it's yet another historic milestone for her after winning the first ever women's WrestleMania main event and now for becoming a Grand Slam Champion. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Becky Lynch for becoming a "Grand Slam Man" and for winning our Superstar Of The Week award!

For 35 years no wrestler was able to even come close to The Honky Tonk Man's record reign as WWE Intercontinental Champion. And when Gunther captured the prestigious title on 10 June 2022 very few people would have imagined that he could be the one to actually break that record of 453 days. But after yet another successful title defense against Chad Gable on Monday Night RAW it was clear that the Austrian would become the longest reigning WWE Intercontinental Champion of all time. That astonishing accomplishment makes Gunther our Superstar Of The Week!

Last weekend, Davey Vega had the chance to win his first ever AAW Heavyweight Championship and to put an end to Jake Something's 364-day long title reign. The current titleholder of the AAW Heritage title took the opportunity and beat Jake Something to not only get his first ever AAW Heavyweight Championship but also to become an AAW Triple Crown Champion. Vega joins an illustrious group of men like Jimmy Jacobs, Shane Hollister, ACH Penta El Zero Miedo and Jake Something who were the only men before him to win every title in AAW. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Davey Vega on his recent accomplishments and for becoming our Superstar Of The Week!

Ten. Ten long years of waiting, Ten years of waiting to finally win a title in a major US wrestling promotion again. Billy Gunn stepped foot into the full packed Wembley Stadium alongside his boys Max Caster and Anthony Bowens to take on the demonic House Of Black and to the surprise of many the unequal trio came out victorious to win the AEW World Trios Championship! It has been a long period of waiting for "Mr. Ass" but his patience finally payed off. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Billy Gunn for winning the AEW World Trios titles and for becoming our Superstar Of The Week for the first time in his career. Scissor me daddy ass!

Peter Tihanyi is making a name for himself over the last two years, is continuously improving and is one of the hottest talents in the world of wrestling today. Last weekend he faced the dominating Mike D for the WrestlingKULT Championship, the champion held the title for over 530 days and was the dominating force in germany's WrestlingKULT promotion. The hungarian grabbed the opportunity by his horns and defeated Mike D to the delight of the fans to become the new WrestlingKULT Champion! It's the best year of his career so far, with him reaching the semi-finals of the wXw 16 Carat Gold tournament and now winning his first ever singles title in Germany. Congratulations Peter not only for becoming a champion but also for winning our Superstar Of The Week award!

The final of the thirty-third edition of the G1 Climax was contested between last year's winner Kazuchika Okada and two time winner Tetsuya Naito, a battle between great rivals. Just days prior to the final the charismatic leader of Los Ingobernables de Jap�n overcame the massive Hikuleo in the quartfinals and Will Ospreay in the semi final to qualify himself for his fourth G1 Climax final in his career. After a hard match with the "Rainmaker" Naito could land a Destino to not only pin his nemesis Kazuchika Okada but to win his third G1 Climax which makes him only the fifth man to win three G1 Climax tournaments. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Tetsuya Naito on his great achievement and also for becoming our Superstar Of The Week!

Carmella, Alexa Bliss, Bayley, Asuka, Nikki A.S.H., Liv Morgan - every one of those women won Money In The Bank and every one of those women became champion by cashing in the contract. So when IYO SKY won the prestigious briefcase a couple of weeks ago, it was clear that she wanted to become "Lucky No.7". At SummerSlam champion Asuka, Bianca Belair and Charlotte Flair battled for the WWE Women's Title in a triple threat match. At the end, it was Bianca who was able to roll-up Asuka to win the initial match. While the "E.S.T. Of WWE" celebrated her victory, IYO SKY came out to capitalize on an injured new champion. She cashed in her contract and within seconds hit her trademark moonsault and beat her opponent to become WWE Women's Champion for the first time in her career. CAGEMATCH congratulates the "The Genius Of The Sky" and crowns her Superstar Of The Week!

To honor the legendary El Santo once again CMLL hosted the annual Leyenda de Plata tournament and the final of it took place at the Arena Mexico between New Japan Pro Wrestling's Rocky Romero and young and upcoming Mascara Dorada 2.0. In an amazing match Dorada pulled up the upset and beat the current NWA World Historic Welterweight Champion not only to win one of the most the prestigious tournaments of all Mexico but also to earn him a potential future titlematch against Romero. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate on Dorada's recent achievement and for becoming our Superstar Of The Week!

Four years ago a young brit flew to Japan to fulfill his dream of becoming a Pro Wrestler in the land of the rising sun, four years later Chris Brookes is a mainstay of DDT Pro Wrestling and since last weekend Brookes is also the current KO-D Openweight Champion, the biggest prize a wrestler can win in DDT. At the legendary Ryogoku Kokugikan at DDT's biggest show of the year, Wrestle Peter Pan, Brookes fought against the behemoth Yuji Hino and to the surprise of the packed crowd the man from the West Midlands beat Hino to become the KO-D Champion. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Brookes on his recent achievement and for becoming our Superstar Of The Week!

The heat was on in Chattanooga this past weekend, when a field of 16 wrestlers tried to win the coveted Scenic City Invitational Tournament. The likes of world traveler Timothy Thatcher, hardcore wrestling legend Tank and rising stars like Adam Priest and last years winner Jaden Newman gave it their all, but ultimately the Cornbelt Cowboy Manders was able to beat Noah Hossmann and Sawyer Wreck, before putting away Priest, Landon Hale and Darian Bengston in the final Four Way Match, much to the joy of everyone in the TWE Arena. Now, he's not only the 1 Called Manders, but the 1 Called Scenic City Invitational Tournament winner and our Superstar Of The Week.

From being the longest reigning RevPro Undisputed British Cruiserweight Champion to the RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Champion: Michael Oku has concluded his killer run for Revolution Pro Wrestling after becoming their Heavyweight Champion at Epic Encounter at York Hall in London's East End. Not only that Oku grabbed the title but he also ended the insanely long unbeaten run of New Japan Pro Wrestling's Great-O-Khan who had been undefeated in RevPro since his arrival 2018. With now being a Heavyweight Champ, Michael Oku is also RevPro's only Grand Slam Champion. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Oku for his recent achievements and also for winning our Superstar Of The Week award!

After failing to win the legendary Triple Crown Championship on four occasions it was finally the time for All Japan's very own Yuma Aoyagi to capture one of the biggest prizes in Japanese pro-wrestling. In front of a packed crowd at Korakuen Hall, Aoyagi met New Japan's Yuji Nagata who had the title since February. After twenty-one minutes Aoyagi was able to overcome "Blue Justice" to not only bring back the title to All Japan but to become the new Triple Crown Champion. From the All Japan dojo to being the best wrestler in the promotion, we at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Aoyagi for his achievement and for becoming our CAGEMATCH Superstar Of The Week!

At Wrestle Kingdom 17 the world witnesses the epic match between former AEW World Champion Kenny Omega and IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion Will Ospreay, which lead to Ospreay losing the title to "The Best Bout Machine". A match famous Dave Meltzer gave 6 1/4 stars to, a match which hurt Ospreay a lot. Not only losing the IWGP US title but also by not proving his point that he's the best wrestler on planet earth. Almost six months later the ""Commonwealth Kingpin" came through a #1 contender's tournament by beating the "Ace" Hiroshi Tanahashi and the "Murderhawk Monster" Lance Archer to meet Kenny Omega yet again. At Forbidden Door in Toronto Ospreay finally beat Kenny Omega to not only recapture the IWGP US title but also for becoming our CAGEMATCH Superstar Of The Week!

Work smart, not hard. That's a motto lots of heels in the history of professional wrestling lived by to make their way to the top. And at wXw Drive Of Champions 2023 it was Robert Dreissker who did a very smart thing when he challanged fighting champion Shigehiro Irie for the Unified World Wrestling Title. The Japanese, who just successfully defended his gold against Mike D in a hard-fought battle, accepted Dreissker's challenge. After unfairly attacking his opponent with his mask, it took the Austrian only two minutes to beat Irie for the title. That smart tactic made Robert Dreissker the wXw Unified World Wrestling Champion for the first time in his career - and CAGEMATCH Superstar Of The Week!

Alex Shelley has been an institution in Impact Wrestling for almost twenty years. Yet, in that time he was never able to really break out as a singles wrestler like he did in other promotions all over the world. At Under Siege a couple of weeks ago, he earned himself a rare World Title opportunity when he won a six way match. But considering the momentum current Champion Steve Maclin had, Shelley went into Against All Odds as the clear underdog and a title change seemed highly unlikely. Therefore, the joy of the fans in attendance was even bigger when Shelley hit the Shell Shock and pinned his opponent to finally become the Impact World Champion. Not only did that make him the #1 man in Impact Wrestling, but also our Superstar Of The Week!

Rina Yamashita has called herself the Game Changer Wrestling Ultraviolent Champion for nearly 300 days, which is quite an accomplishment. However, the "Deathmatch Amazon" went one better as she competed in the eighth edition of GCW's Tournament Of Survival and won the whole thing. Yamashita first survived a triple threat match with Sawyer Wreck and Kasey Kirk to advance to the semi-final, where Toru Sugiura waited. She went on to defeat the former FREEDOMS World Champion and even beat John Wayne Murdoch in the finals to win TOS. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Rina on her achievement, and for becoming our CAGEMATCH Superstar Of The Week!

Although he is considered by many as one of the best performers in WWE, Seth Rollins hasn't held a world title in almost four years. So when Triple H announced the introduction of the new World Heavyweight Championship, "The Visionary" saw his opportunity on the horizon to once again climb to the top of the mountain. After winning a Triple Threat Match on RAW a couple of weeks ago, Rollins advanced to the finals of the tournament, in which he had to face SmackDown's AJ Styles. At Night Of Champions in Jeddah these two top superstars had a back-and-forth match. In the end, it was indeed Seth Rollins who was able to pin his opponent after the Curb Stomp. With that victory Rollins made history by becoming the first World Heavyweight Champion. In addition to that, we crown him CAGEMATCH Superstar Of The Week for the sixth time in his career.

AEW's Willow Nightingale did the impossible last weekend when she came through a four women tournament to determinate the inaugral NJPW STRONG Women's Champion after defeating Mercedes Mone in the finals of the tournament. Nightingale defeated Stardom wrestler Momo Kohgo to advance to the finals. After nearly fourteen minutes, Nightingale shocked the wrestling world by hitting the Babe With The Powerbomb to put Mone's shoulders down for three seconds to become the champion. It's clearly Willow's biggest achievement so far in her career. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Willow on becoming the first ever NJPW STRONG Women's titleholder, while also naming her our Superstar Of The Week!

The feud between Templario and Dragon Rojo Jr. has quickly become one of the most notable rivalries in all of lucha libre. At the CMLL event on 12.05.2023, Dragon Rojo Jr. put his CMLL World Middleweight Championship on the line against Templario. With Rojo being forced to cover his face after Templario removed his mask, Templario scored a dirty pinfall victory over Dragon Rojo Jr. to become the new CMLL World Middleweight Champion, ending Dragon Rojo Jr.'s reign at 405 days. With this win, Templario is now a double champion, holding both the CMLL World Middleweight and Mexican National Middleweight Titles. It now appears that a Mask Vs. Mask match is in the future for these two luchadores.

After triumphantly returning from an injury that saw him fracture both his tibia and fibula last year, Yuya Aoki began teaming with Shigehiro Irie as Hearts On Fire. When Irie announced that he would be going on excursion in Europe and the United States, Aoki set his eyes on his mentor, Yuji Okabayashi, and the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Championship. At the BJW Endless Survivor ~ Infinity Independent event on 04.05.2023, Aoki defeated Okabayashi for the BJW World Strong Heavyweight Title, ending Okabayashi's historic reign at 487 days. Not only was Aoki's championship win on 04.05.2023 the biggest accomplishment of his career to date, but the 26-year old Aoki and Okabayashi are already receiving Match Of The Year acclaim by wrestling fans and journalists alike.

Over the past few years, Cole Radrick has quickly emerged as a standout of the independent wrestling circuit, especially in his home area of the Midwest. In the main event of the BLP 2 Cold 2 Hold pay-per-view event on 29.04.2023, "Raddy Daddy" defeated Billie Starkz, Alec Price, and Skye Blue to win the BLP Heavyweight Title, arguably his biggest accomplishment to date. Radrick adds his name to a long list of prestigious wrestlers to hold the BLP Heavyweight Championship, including Tom Lawlor, Jordynne Grace, Ethan Page, and PCO. From everyone here at CAGEMATCH.net, we applaud Cole for becoming the new BLP Heavyweight Champion, as well as for being named our Superstar Of The Week!

The saga between Giulia and Tam Nakano has continued once again in front of a big Yokohama crowd at Stardom's All Star Grand Queendom. The two rivals had another battle for a title, this time the World Of Stardom Championship was on the line, held by Donna del Mondo leader Giulia. In a very good match Tam Nakano defeated her rival for the Wonder Of Stardom Championship to crown herself as the World Of Stardom Champion for the very first time in her career after failing to win the title last year. We at CAGEMATCH.net would like to congratulate Tam Nakano for becoming the World Of Stardom Champion and to being named our Superstar Of The Week!

The former Steve Cutler of The Forgotten Sons in WWE, Steve Maclin earned an opportunity at the Impact World Championship after pinning Heath in a four-way match that also included Brian Myers and PCO at the No Surrender PPV event on 24.02.2023. After Josh Alexander was forced to relinquish the Impact World Title due to injury, Maclin was booked against and went on to defeat Kushida in a singles match for the vacant Impact World Championship at Rebellion on 16.04.2023. Congratulations to Steve Maclin for winning the top prize in Impact Wrestling, in addition to being named the CAGEMATCH.net Superstar Of The Week!

After seven years in New Japan Pro Wrestling SANADA's journey to become a World Heavyweight Champion came to an end when he defeated Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship at the Ryogoku Kokugikan, the place where he made his debut back then by attacking Kazuchika Okada after all to help Tetsuya Naito to become IWGP Champion. The last weeks have been pretty busy for SANADA with leaving Los Ingobernables de Jap�n, joining Just Four Guys and ultimately winning the New Japan Cup. From everyone here at CAGEMATCH.net we would like to congratulate SANADA on becoming the IWGP World Heavyweight Champion and for being voted as our Superstar Of The Week!

After winning the women's Royal Rumble match on 28.01.2023, Judgment Day's Rhea Ripley challenged Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania 39. Rhea had previously lost to Charlotte at WrestleMania 36 in 2020, and leading up to WrestleMania 39, Flair made Ripley very much aware of this fact. At WrestleMania 39 - Tag 1 on 01.04.2023, Ripley defeated Flair to win the SmackDown Women's Championship. With this victory, Ripley became the seventh Women's Triple Crown champion, the fifth Women's Grand Slam champion, and the youngest grand slam champion in WWE history at 26-years old. From everyone here at CAGEMATCH.net, we would like to congratulate Rhea Ripley on her recent accomplishments, as well as for being voted Superstar Of The Week!

From his humble beginnings at the FREEDOMS Dojo in 2017 to now becoming world champion in 2023, Tomoya Hirata has already left his mark on the wrestling business in a relatively short amount of time. After losing the King Of FREEDOM World Tag Team Titles alongside his partner Toru Sugiura, Hirata turned his eyes towards the biggest prize FREEDOMS has to offer, the King Of FREEDOM World Championship. In front of a packed at Korakuen, Hirata managed to defeat Violento Jack in a dangerous death match to become the 18th King Of FREEDOM World Champion. Congratulations to Tomoya Hirata on winning the King Of Freedom World Title and for being named Superstar Of The Week by all of us at CAGEMATCH.net!

After a brilliant weekend in Germany, Masha Slamovich returned to her hometown of New York City to challenge GCW legend Nick Gage for the Game Changer Wrestling World Championship in front of her family and friends. After a grueling 20-minute match in the squared circle with a formidable opponent like Gage, Slamovich overcame interference from Blake Christian with the help of her boyfriend AKIRA. She ultimately defeated Gage for the title with a piledriver and a rear -aked choke, forcing the current champ to tap out. Congratulations to Masha Slamovich on winning the GCW World Championship and being named Superstar Of The Week by CAGEMATCH.net!

The stakes couldn't have been any higher: this year's 16 Carat Gold Tournament was not only for the prestigeous trophy that comes along with a future world title opportunity, but for the first time ever the winner of 16 Carat Gold would be crowned the new wXw Unified World Wrestling Champion. After three days it came down to Shigehiro Irie and Axel Tischer in the finals. While the 'Axeman' was the odds-on favorite on paper as a former two-time champion, 'Beastmode' was certainly the sentimental favorite going into this match. And much to the delight of the fans in Oberhausen Irie was able to defeat Tischer via referee stoppage after a hard-fought battle to win 16 Carat Gold 2023. That victory not only made him the new wXw Unified World Wrestling Champion, but also CAGEMATCH's Superstar Of The Week!

Jason Lee did it! After being with Dragongate for six long years the man from Hong Kong finally won his first ever singles title at Champion Gate. In an exciting match he defeated the current champion Minorita in just twelve minutes to capture the Open The Brave Gate Championship at the EDION Arena in Osaka. After failing in three Brave Gate title matches before the 30 year-old crowned himself as a singles champion. From everyone here at CAGEMATCH.net, we congratulate Jason Lee on winning his first ever singles championship in Dragongate and for being named the Superstar Of The Week!

After having a great 2022, Ricky Knight Jr. continues his hot streak this year by challenging former WWE superstar Big Damo fka Killian Dain for the PROGRESS Atlas Championship. In a real test against a bigger opponent RKJ showed that he got the mental ability and the strength to beat such a well known opponent like "The Beast Of Belfast". It was at the famous Electric Ballroom in the heart of London where RKJ grabbed another opportunity to win a title of a big domestic promotion. Congratulations RKJ for becoming the new PROGRESS Atlas Champion and for becoming our Superstar Of The Week!

Yuji Nagata may be 54 years of age, but he made history over the weekend with his match against six-time Triple Crown Champion Kento Miyahara. "Blue Justice" is now just one of five men who has captured all three major titles of the Japanese "Big Three" promotions, including New Japan Pro Wrestling (2002), Pro Wrestling NOAH (2014), and All Japan Pro Wrestling. A true Grand Slam Champion. And it's also the right time to crown Yuji Nagata as our Superstar Of The Week for the fifth time after a 15-year dry spell. What a weekend for "Blue Justice," and congratulations, legend!

At just 23 years of age, Jordan Oliver has wrestled stars of the independent wrestling scene, such as YAMATO, Tony Deppen, and Matt Cardona, during his career. Last weekend, he wrestled for JCW, the sister company of Game Changer Wrestling, and was able to overcome Alex Shelley, Joey Janela, and even Mike Bailey to win the JCW Jersey J-Cup 2023. Not only did he win the tournament, but he also also won his first bigger singles title, the JCW Championship, making hi the inaugural titleholder. Congratulations, Jordan, for this accomplishment, and congratulations for becoming our Superstar Of The Week!

It may be already Jack's fourth King Of FREEDOM World title win in his 18 year long career but capturing the title of one of the hottest deathmatch wrestlers out there is quite something. Even more important is the fact that Jack and now former champion Drew Parker are stablemates of ERE, in which the welshman outstripped the mexican and became some sort of a leader of the faction. Jack's surprisingly challenge became a nightmare for Parker when the masked man locked in his dangerous mexican stretch for the title victory. Jack not only won his fourth King Of FREEDOM World title but he's also our Superstar Of The Week!

While going into the Women's Royal Rumble Match as one of the favourites, Rhea Ripley faced the biggest of odds when she had to enter the contest as entrant #1. But in the end it was indeed the 26-year old Australian who outlasted all of her 29 competitors to win the 2023 Royal Rumble Match. In the process she eliminated six superstars by herself and set a new women's record with a total match time of 61:08 minutes. Rhea Ripley is going to WrestleMania - as our Superstar Of The Week!

Former two-time ROH World Champion and 13-time ROH World Tag Team Champion, Jay Briscoe, tragically passed away on 17.01.2023. The Briscoe Brothers, of which Jay was a part of alongside his brother, Mark, for nearly 23 years, were one of the most beloved and decorated tag teams in modern pro wrestling history. Aside from their storied careers in Ring of Honor, the Briscoes also held tag team gold in numerous companies worldwide, such as New Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, Impact Wrestling, Game Changer Wrestling, and Combat Zone Wrestling, just to name a few. All of us at CAGEMATCH.net were fans of Jay Briscoe and watched him grace the ring for many years. He will be sorely missed. Our thoughts are with Jay's family, friends, and fans at this time.

Back in September 2022, Mickie James announced her "Last Rodeo" tour, which meant that she would have to retire if she were to lose a match again. However, Mickie stated that if she was able to keep on winning and capture the Impact Knockouts Championship, her career would continue on. After a string of impressive victories over the past several months, Mickie earned the right to challenge Jordynne Grace for the Knockouts Title in the main event of Hard To Kill 2023 on 13.01.2023. It was Mickie James, who pinned champion Jordynne Grace in a near-20 minute contest, thereby becoming the new Knockouts Champion, as well as being able to continue on with her in-ring career in the process.

It's funny that, with all his accolades, Kazuchika Okada had to wait seven long years to get his hands back on the CAGEMATCH Superstar Of The Week Award. After losing the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship last summer against Jay White, Okada came back better than ever when he won the prestigious G1 Climax tournament for a second straight year in a row and move on to Wrestle Kingdom 17 to challenge for the biggest price in New Japan Pro Wrestling. In front of a packed house in the Tokyo Dome "The Rainmaker" was then able to beat his former stablemate "Switchblade" after thirty-three minutes to win the IWGP World Heavyweight Title back. That big win does not only make Okada a seven-time champion, but also our first Superstar Of The Week of 2023.

Back in October, Giulia became our Superstar Of The Week after coming out on top of the 5STAR Grand Prix 2022 tournament. By winning the 5STAR Grand Prix, Giulia earned the right to challenge Syuri for the World Of Stardom Title on 29.12.2022 at Dream Queendom 2022. In a near 30-minute main event match, "Beautiful Madness" Giulia pinned Syuri following a Glorious Northern Lights Bomb to win the World Of Stardom Championship, Stardom's top prize, for the very first time. For this reason, the CAGEMATCH.net team has selected Giulia to be Superstar Of The Week once again!

The 25-year old, 156 cm sidekick of Ben-K, Minorita was granted an Open The Brave Gate Title match against H.Y.O after he defeated Ryu Fuda in a heated game of rock paper scissors. At Dragon Gate's The Final Gate event on 25.12.2022, Minorita pinned H.Y.O. to win the Open The Brave Gate Championship, ending H.Y.O.'s reign at 148 days. From everyone here at CAGEMATCH.net, we congratulate Minorita on winning his first-ever singles championship and for being named the Superstar Of The Week!

He's fighting "F�r die Liebe" (eng.: For the love) and boy he did that on saturday when Levaniel finally captured the wXw Unified World Wrestling Championship after defeating frenchman Tristan Archer at wXw's 22nd Anniversary show. The homegrown talent had quite a year with having multiple chances to win the big title of the promotion, most notable on wXw'S biggest stage the 16 Carat Gold in March, and winning the Shortcut To The Top Battle Royal in August. Congratulations Levaniel you're the wXw World Champion and our CAGEMATCH.net Superstar Of The Week!

On the 15.11.2022 edition of NXT, Shawn Michaels announced a new match format for WWE called the Iron Survivor Challenge, which would debut at NXT Deadline on 10.12.2022. The winners of the Iron Survivor Challenge matches would be declared the new number one contenders for the NXT Championship and NXT Women's Championship respectively. Grayson Waller would emerge from the men's match victorious, outlasting Carmelo Hayes, JD McDonagh, Joe Gacy, and Axiom, to win the bout. With his impressive victory at NXT Deadline, Grayson Waller is the CAGEMATCH.net Superstar Of The Week!

After losing a much-anticipated title match against Chihiro Hashimoto on 10.07.2022 at Sendai Girls' biggest show of the year, SENJO Chronicle, many expected ASUKA to fall to the back of the line of Hashimoto's top challengers for the Sendai Girls World Title. Just five months later, at Sendai Girls Big Show In Osaka on 04.12.2022 , however, ASUKA earned the right to challenge Hashimoto for the Sendai Girls World Championship once more. After a heated contest, ASUKA pinned Chihiro Hashimoto, ending her historic 1,148-day reign as champion, to win the Sendai Girls World Title for the first time in her young career. From everyone here at CAGEMATCH, congratulations to ASUKA for becoming the new Sendai Girls World Champion and for becoming our very own Superstar Of The Week!

Lana Austin, a nine-year veteran of the English professional wrestling scene and the leader of the Lana Austin Experience, earned the right to challenge "The Asian Sensation" Kanji for the prestigious PROGRESS Women's Championship in the main event of PROGRESS Chapter 146 on 27.11.2022. Despite a valiant effort by the defending champion Kanji, it was "The Queen Of Mean" Austin who walked out of Chapter 146 as the victor, thus becoming the PROGRESS Women's Champion for the first time in her career. Lana adds herself to a loaded list of former PROGRESS Women's Champions, including Toni Storm, Jinny, Meiko Satomura, Jordynne Grace, and Gisele Shaw. We congratulate Lana Austin on her recent success, as well as for being named the CAGEMATCH.net Superstar Of The Week!

"The greatest trick the devil ever pulled off was convincing the people he didn't exist" -- This famous saying has now become synonymous with the rise of Maxwell Jacob Friedman. Leading into AEW's final PPV event of 2022 MJF tried to make everybody believe that he wanted to win the AEW World Title in a respectable way. But champion Jon Moxley and the entire world eventually found out that you cannot trust the devil. With the help of William Regal and his famous brass knucks MJF was able to defeat his opponent in the main event of Full Gear to become the new AEW World Champion. After failing in his first attempt to become the top guy in All Elite Wrestling two years ago MJF finally reached his goal and with that the distinction of CAGEMATCH Superstar Of The Week.

In order to earn himself another shot at Trevor Murdoch and the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship, Tyrus relinquished his NWA Television Championship, ending his historic reign at 414 days. Tyrus' date with destiny was set in a three-way match for the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Title against champion Trevor Murdoch and his number one rival, Matt Cardona, at NWA Hard Times In New Orleans on 12.11.2022. Following a Tongan death grip and chokeslam, the former "Funkasaurus" pinned Murdoch to capture his first ever NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship.

Congratulations to "The Ultimate Influencer" Logan Paul for becoming the CAGEMATCH.net Superstar Of The Week! In just his third ever professional wrestling match, Paul challenged Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at WWE Crown Jewel 2022 on 05.11.2022 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Despite coming up short in the contest, Logan Paul gained the respect of wrestling fans worldwide for his spectacular performance and his ability to continue working through the match with a torn meniscus, MCL, and ACL.

A student of Matt Tremont at the H2O Wrestling Academy, Austin Luke made his professional wrestling debut in early 2019. Since then, "The Anti Social Anti Hero" has made appearances for some of the top independent promotions in the United States, such as GCW and Beyond Wrestling as part of the Wrestling Open brand. On 30.10.2022 at H2O's Bound By Blood event, Luke defeated Colby Corino for the H2O Heavyweight Title in an NWA Rules match. Subsequently, at just 21 years of age, Luke became the youngest H2O Heavyweight Champion in history. The future is undoubtedly very bright for young Austin Luke, but for now, we would like to congratulate him on becoming the new H2O Heavyweight Champion and the CAGEMATCH.net Superstar Of The Week!