Fantasticamania wrapped up for another year – as New Japan waved farewell (for now) to Hirai Kawato.

PROGRESS’ first chapter of the new year saw them head to Birmingham for a cracking show that featured some rescheduled matches from that snow-struck Sheffield show.

The penultimate night of the Fantasticamania tour saw CMLL hit Korakuen Hall for the start of the Brother Tag Team Tournament.

The Defiant/IPW rivalry continued again this week, as Defiant somehow were goaded into putting temporary control of the company on the line in this week’s main event.

NORTH’s last show of 2017 was typical fare as a rowdy Newcastle crowd saw Dom Black get a surprise chance for some retribution in on Liam Slater.

Our first sight of the annual New Japan x CMLL tie-in came at Korakuen Hall, as a really lucha-heavy line-up graced Tokyo.

wXw wrapped up their build for Back to the Roots with another Shotgun featuring the in-ring return of that snake, Absolute Andy!

3CW’s final double-header of the year saw them head to Northallerton for a show headlined with a wacky blend of War Games and the Survivor Series as Alex Gracie again took on the Damned Nation!