DOUKImania still running wild edition>Schedule9.6-23 - Road to Destruction9.29 - Destruction in Kobe10.5-12 - Road to King of Pro-Wrestling10.14 - King of Pro-Wrestling10.20 - Royal Quest IV10.24-11.02 - Super Junior Tag League11.04 - Power Struggle11.17 - Historic X-Over II11.19-12.08 - World Tag League1.4.25 - Wrestle Kingdom 191.5 25 - Wrestle Dynasty>FAQs! New Japan Pro-Wrestling does not feature a weekly TV show like WWE, AEW, and TNA, instead relying on the streaming service of NJPW World for their shows.! NJPW's major shows all feature a clear schedule, and feature in the same buildings—Wrestle Kingdom occurs on January 4th at the Tokyo Dome, Sakura Genesis generally occurs in early April at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Wrestling Dontaku is mainly around May 1st - 4th at the Fukuoka Kokusai Center, etc.! NJPW Strong is the brand name for New Japan's American events. They carry their own belts, but the main NJPW belts can be defended in these shows as well.>NJPW World LinksIn-Browser: https://watch.njpwworld.com/App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/njpw-world/id6451441843Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tvasahi.njpwworldFire TV: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0CCS28SGSRoku TV: https://channelstore.roku.com/details/2683188c1fe3c439b3e1109a0981febd/njpw-world>Previous thread>>15772437
Say something nice about your WK main eventer and shin ASHE.
Would you fancy some pudding, my lady?
>>15813523Shota Umino sucks. I hope he gets signed by Tony Bakan.
Guess all 7 title matches at WK
Gedo, the injuries will keep happening until you realize what you need to do
>>15814312Is Goto the greatest Dojo product to never win the Hebby Q? Juniors notwithstanding
>>158139539* these niggas can't control themselves
>>15814337Yeah without a doubtAnd it's not even Goto's fault, really. It's Gedo's.There were so many times over the years they could've slipped him a little run and made him more of an actual viable contender in tournaments and the like. It's a big missed opportunity.
>>15814312He's listening to us, get ready for his next 6 tag belt wins with Ishii this time.
>>15814337>>15814385This year was on par with 2016, they really teased a lot with him and the fans bit during the NJC Final and G1 hard.
>>15813464Will someone buy SANADA a pair of fucking socks already? jfc
>>15814654Taichi's not wearing socks either
>>15813953>WorldZSJ vs Umino>GlobalFinlay vs Tsuji>TagTMDK vs SANADA/Taichi>NeverShingo/Kidd>TVCobb/EVIL>JrDOUKI/Akira>Jr TagWar Dogs/TMDK
>>15814970>Umino main eventno thx
>>15813523baka>>15813687i want tsuji’s pudding
Shota is way too fucking lame to push to that main event. Oiwa Shock at Wrestle Kingdom.
>>15814970Umino in the main event after how his booking was this year makes zero sense.>>15815244I wanna try some Marlowe pudding now too lol.
>>15815281I like Oiwa but he needs just as much work as the other guys. He's no further along than Uemura for example. It might ruin him to push him like that, too much too soon.
JEONG MOSQUE LI
>>15813464Hokkaidobros we eating GOOD
>>15815707>double Yano>Sakuraba returns>Iizuka runs wild>HoT main eventBased event
shota umino derangement syndrome: the thread
>>15815212>>15815291>mainA couple of LIJ dudes have a say with that>b-but the title main ev-This ain't Okada's era, they've already shown a willingness to buck newer traditions with Zack calling his shot early. There's a million and one ways to justify the two biggest draws with no belts and it's a story that's been brewing for years.
https://x.com/NinjaMack1/status/1834599970315358675I guess X isn't Ninja Mack.
>>15816386The living embodiment of Japan has open bookings, yappari the nation truly is in turmoil
25 MINUTES >Main event: NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag team Championships- Be-Bop Champions (Boltin Oleg, Toru Yano & Hiroshi Tanahashi) vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi & Dick Togo)>4th Match: Los Ingobernables De Japon (Tetsuya Naito, Yota Tsuji, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI) vs United Empire (Great-O-Khan, Jeff Cobb, HENARE, Callum Newman & Jakob Austin Young)>3rd Match: YOSHI-HASHI, Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & Tomoaki Honma vs BULLET CLUB War Dogs (David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Jake Lee & Gedo)>2nd Match: 20 Man Noboribetsu Ranbo>1st match: Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano vs Masatora Yasuda & Shoma Kato
>>15816652Sakuraba's back? I'll watch.
>young lions fighting over who gets to wrestle Sakuraba first kek
>>15816734I'd hit my partner with a shoot worm then have a 30 minute classic with my hero
It wouldnt surprise me if they have Sakuraba stick around. You can never have too many dads
Here for the battle royal with the KENTA doppleganger
>SakurabaInoki is smiling down from heaven
RIP Nogami
Nigga on Iizuka's left on the graphic looks like KENTA doing an ELP shitpost
>this is for a free hot springs tripDamn I shouldve enetered
He looks NOTHING like KENTA it turns out. He's got Nobu's face even
dude looks 40
TORA NI NAREEEEEE
>WE ARE JADO (no Gedo) HA HA HA HABased
>old Jado themeHe's ready for the strap
The old men are winning tonight
...who?
yeah Tenzan is still over when he's ancient
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
OH NO
ITS TIMERUNNING NOGAMI RUN
UH OH
>>15816831He did the Frontier Zone stuff in Sapporo
Nogami is safe for no
FUCK HIM UP NOGAMI
>>15816857lol spoke too soon
YOU SHOULD HAVE KILLED HIM BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE NOGAMI
LMAO
That leap over the fucking railing killed meNigga is shirtless once more
lol they're jumping Kanemaru
based retard
Nogami, how did you go back for a jacket but not a shirt?
SANADA and 3 old niggas I wonder how this will go
Shota may finally win something
>>15816899spoke too soon...again
>>15815707You didn't lie
COME ON ZACK RUIN THIS GEEK'S YEAR FURTHER
>>15816899>>15816902nevermind, fuck me then
>>15813464Why does Taka look so cursed in this image? Looks like he's been photoshopped in or something.
LOL HE FUCKING DROPPED IT
He and Amasaki can enjoy the hotsprings together!
>>15813464Damn. This picture is proof that this is an upper-body business. >>15814312I've been trying to like Goto for nearly 12 years at this point. His moveset just sucks, I think - plus he just doesn't have 'it'. It's not like Tana or Naito or Okada have good movesets either so it must be something else.
>>15816934
THESE MY DAWGS FRTHESE MY DAWGS FRTHESE MY DAWGS FRTHESE MY DAWGS FR
>>15816934>His moveset just sucksBait used to be believable
Finlay literally treating Gabe like a dog
>>15816934also>his moveset suckshe has the best set of finishers and signatures that people legit ignore for some reason
https://x.com/i/status/1834861089743343987
>>15816114>Sakuraba returnsU WOT M8?
IM A MADMAN
>>15816955see >>15816652
>>15816955You missed him, he was the opener. It was cool seeing him but he of course didn't do much of anything
>Finlay hurt now tooI fucking called it
Damn they dropped Shouten Kai
Based Goto giving Gabe his win back
>Naito/GOK>Finlay/YH>Gabe/Goto>Tsuji/Cobb/Narita>new TMDK memberGood card so far
See you in 10 months, Jake.
>>15816984Henare vs Takagi too
>>15814970what makes you think Umino is main eventing the biggest show of the year after a losing record in G1 and doing very little other than job to moxley and evil for the rest of the year? MORON
>>15816984They couldn't find a single team to challenge Mikey & Shane? Not even outsiders?
>>15817009Bishamon are booked so no
>>15817001Sounds like a classic dumb New Japan move.
>>15817028name one time this happened in the past, retard-sama
Nice spot call, Jakob
>>15817034kek this never gets old
Cobb has to be getting paid super well to do that moonsault and ruin his knees for house shows
Did they forget they did this angle Monday?
It's time, Torturebros
wait a minute, just realized Yano is doing double duty...wtf
>>15817108It's essentially a produce show and it wouldn't be the first time he's done it
lol they couldn't turn off all the lights for HoT
I wonder what all this EVIL/Tana fighting is leading to. Hair vs hair?
What a faction this is
>>15817123There is indeed SOME light in the midst of darkness
EVIL should jump the kids
Give Tomu kun the dome shot. He's ready.
NEW CHAMPIONS
>me when I fucking GET you
Imagine the heat if the boys win this
>>15817208It'd be just like Yokohama last year but they'll just keep it on Hontai and do a Tana/EVIL singles in Kobe.
>1,255人(札止め)Advance sellout
What a fun show. See you in Kobe, lads.
>YOH: “I think SHO is cute too.”roppongi BL is back on the menu
Oiwa's last match in NOAH is about to start
NOAHsisters, thank you
Kaito fucked up his arm trying to make Oiwa look dimes on the way out. We owe him now.
>>15817832They should definitely invest in domestic excursions to other promotions.
>>15817001Days like today
Njpw will immediately bury Oiwa for being associated to Noah
>>15818033shota won a random ass battle royale with a free hot spring trip on the line so that means he's going to main event the dome? you fuckers really are deranged
>>15818067He beat Zack and SANADA to win it so it kinda does work as a start to some sort of momentum for him. It just matters what they do with him now to make him more credible.
>>15817852This. Send Murashima to Dragongate as an Ishii type.
>>15814970>WorldNaito/Umino>GlobalFinlay/ZSJ>TagTMDK/Shingo+Tsuji>NeverHenare/Kidd>TVNarita/Cobb>JrDOUKI/Desperado>Jr TagWar Dogs/Catch 22
>>15818179he managed to hit a drop kick on ZSJ to send him out of the ring on a road to show…you’re fucking delusional
>>15816951>https://x.com/i/status/1834861089743343987i love this bit so much its unreal
>>15817034>when the bartender tells me last call
Shota count your fucking days
>>15819109https://x.com/njpw1972/status/1834898395590455612He's once again annoyed the fans by going on about Zack for the 50th time.
>>15816925Taichi's arm is positioned next to TAKA in a way that kinda of fucks with the perspective and your eyes, like he's in front or behind him depending on how you're looking
the boys
>>15820567YOSHI-HASHI playing it fast and loose with his clothes. potential heel turn?
I'm watching Henare vs Hiromu now. General recommendation levels for the other main events of this tour? Shingo anniversary LIJ tag included
>>15821066The three singles matches are good ones. LIJ Shingo anniversary was a nice novelty, and the never 6 man is good if you want a feel good moment for aging Yano.
>>15821066>>15821467I'd love to add the 3 Ishii/Honma vs Gabe/Jake tag matches. The 3rd one especially was awesome.
>>15819161Oh shit this is really going to happen. Maybe they do it at Power Struggle or X-Over 2?
>>15821467>>15822425Respect
Main event for Blue Justice XIV
>>15822926Didn't they both get hurt in the N1 lol
Destruction in Kobe card:>IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Great-O-Khan vs Tetsuya Naito>IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: YOSHI-HASHI vs David Finlay>NEVER Openweight Championship: Shingo Takagi vs HENARE>IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: DOUKI vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru>NEVER Openweight 6 man Tag team Championships: Boltin Oleg, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi)>TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Kosei Fujita & X) vs Just Five Guys (SANADA, Taichi & TAKA Michinoku)>Hirooki Goto vs Gabe Kidd>Los Ingobernables De Japon (Yota Tsuji, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI) vs United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Callum Newman & Francesco Akira)>Yuji Nagata, Tomoaki Honma & Tiger Mask vs Shota Umino, Ryusuke Taguchi & Dragon Dia
>>15823439>Great-O-Khan main event>YOSHI-HASHI semi main
>>15823439>>NEVER Openweight 6 man Tag team Championships: Boltin Oleg, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi)These belts are already fucking dead again lol
Shota is winning the g1 (next year)
>>15823439>could be decent>based>overdone>based>cringe>basedbased>zzzzzzzShota is a fucking geek
>>15824097Put your name back on Fatlard LIJew
>>15823445Is this excitement or cringe
>>15823439If it was current O-Khan vs Naito from any other year this main event would be amazing. Current day both it'll be a ***3/4 effort
>>15823439dragon dia is back :D
>>15824799Who cares
>>15824942Me.
>>15824942My ears care when that theme song hits
>>15823439X has to be Oiwa, right?
>>15825105DERGADERGDERGADERGADERG>TDERGADERGDERGADERGADERG>MDERGADERGDERGADERGADERG>DDERGADERGDERGADERGADERG>KDERGADERGDERGADERGADERGIMAHEADBANGA
>>15825763holy cringeola
>>15823439Grim.
Kojima and a fan
shota umino fucking sucks
shota umino sucking fucks
>>15827909>>15828022Shut up, Tsuji
>>15827403He's everywhere lately
Yoshi won
>>15829389
https://x.com/njpw1972/status/1835483596674699324Tenzan got a knee injury. Bro has to stop at this point. Take the Kobayashi role.
>>15829408Did he just do the fucking Spider-Man cumshot thing?
>>15829408fuckin multiple miggs lookin ass
>>15829453He lost a ton of weight but those legs are long fucked
>>15829408Didnt YOSHI HASHI come back from excursion with a big head thinking he was gonna be a superstar?
>>15829453Imagine Tenzan trying to get stem cell treatment
>>15830256'Fraido so
>>15830256Why else do you think Gabe compared Shota to him? Loudmouth shitter.
I wonder how much of the dumb okada shit was actually okada's idea and gedo cucked himself into letting what that shitter wanted, or it was credited to him like how ibushi's reputation died with the iwgp/ic unification
A potential ZSJ vs Shota WK main event makes sense when you remember that this year's WK is just a set up to Wrestle Dynasty. Both ZSJ and Shota have a big match up with an AEW wrestler (Okada and Mox)
>>15831187Stuff like the briefcase was definitely a Bushiroad idea considering how much they still like to rip off WWE (see the current "Wrestle Kingdom Week" shtick they want to stick). The KOPW title could go either way but he never challenged for that shit again after the inaugural title match.
>>15823439holy fucking dimes card. I'll watch it all except for the first match>>15823445mark>>15831203moron, just as likely as naito vs tenzan in a hell in a cell match
>>15829453He should just retire at this point. Have a nice undercard retirement run, challenge for the tag belt with Kojima one last time, final match on a big show to boost attendance, take up a bigger role BTS like the dojo. It's a shame the booking and injuries he's went through and the crowds love him, but he's should definitely stop at this point
>>15830256There is no source to this statement
>>15831282>see the current "Wrestle Kingdom Week" shtick they want to stickWasn't NJPW the first one to come up with this gay shit tho?
>>15831316>naito vs tenzan in a hell in a cell matchthis would be a better main event than zesty sabre vs shotetty desu
>>15830510i don't think they can regrow ankles but it'd be worth a shot
>>15830510Tenzan the Iron Man
Look at Gabe's instagram stories. Jake Lee might be his bestie.
>>15833356nah he's just a queer, a faggot maybe
>>15833356ZSJ and Drilla are his real life closest friends in the company, but I could see Jake and him bonding over these last two tours since they joked about the age difference gag from the G1 press conference.
TJP as UE captain looks more and more ridiculous with Great O-Khan's rebound. It's weird how he much he refuses the leadership role despite his gimmick screaming for it. This whole refusing to leave Ospreay behind/Callum as the prince angle keeps the faction from going into high gear.
>>15813523Is it possible
>>15834084GOK should just remake UE in his image or start a new faction
>>15835678Nah
>>15833403Kek
>>15833356He's lost too many Dawgs this year. Sometimes it gets to ya
>>15835678We’re stuck with the group now that they have Callum to build up. Plus TJP’s newest nepo hire. In general I wouldn’t expect any unit shakeups for the remainder of this year aside from the new TMDK member.
>>15834084Shinsuke was "leader of CHAOS" while he was in secondary title purgatory and Okada was World champion. It genuinely doesn't matter
>>15838933He was the elder statesman and just as popular as anyone on the card to be fair. That makes sense, a kind of sense TJP as leader does not make.
>>15834084I doubt GOK likes TJP being a little bitch trying to claim himself as the leader
>>15839718He was appointed by Ospreay
whats the wk main event gonnab e?
>>15839030This. A junior can’t be leader of a faction. Devitt was beating heavyweights and winning G1 matches, so he was a true openweight competitor by the end, likely leaning heavyweight if he stayed. TJP can’t even get into the tournament and he’s only beaten a dad.
>>15839908ZSJ/Umino is happening whether people like it or notIf they don’t do it at Power Struggle in November then it’s happening in January
>>15839030I think it was just a storyline they abandoned
>>15831282The briefcase going away was more what I was thinkingI absolutely think he used pull to not have to lose a match at the end though and we got those crappy matchups instead of something cool.
>>15840097Shota Mox and zsj okada for wrestle dynasty
>A press conference on September 11 in Shanghai saw the announcement of an Antonio Inoki Memorial Event to be held in Shanghai on December 14. Chinese promotions Dragon Fighting Wrestling, Infin Pro-Wrestling, and the Hong Kong Wrestling Federation will be joined by representation from NJPW and the Inoki Genome Federation from Japan.>Speaking at the press conference, Naoki Sugabayashi stated ‘It’s an honour to be participating in this event. NJPW’s wrestlers will be giving all they have to ensure a great event for the Shanghai fans’.>More information will follow at a later date.
>AEW>Now ChinaNJPW should have done something in Japan already
>>15841027All Together last year was basically the Inoki memorial from them
>>15841053He deserves a yearly cup/tournament minimum
>>15823439Lol one of the dragongate podcasters was co hosting VOW and claimed the NJPW office "didn't get" Dia. Dude probably got worked by him getting Taguchi's booking. Why else would they randomly bring him in here if they didn't like him?
>>15841027NJPW has had like 10 Inoki memorial shows/events. It was getting to the point where the dead horse started disintegrating
>>15841144>VOW FlagshipSomehow the gay rape fanfiction board on planet retard is significantly more informed about the Japanese wrestling scene than the paywall podcast who’s been around for over a decade
>>15841378Whenever I've learned to the VOW flagship, it's just them seething about WWE or seething that Tony isn't destroying WWE. They stopped watching NJPW after the yummy Meltzer star enthusiasts all left
>>15841378Kek>>15841386Yes it is pretty much this.
>>15839908Naito/SANADA
>>15839908Mox vs Okada
>>15841411They are parachuters by in large; Outside of following the smark zeitgeist as is their business model. Joe watches more than rich for sure, but neither of them actually follow it closely enough to give a more profound opinion beyond "Match was good." and " I hate bullet club reee".
>>15839908Naito/Takagi
>>15840980If NJPW managed to get even a decent foot into China (Think around 10% of the popularity they have in Japan), it'd gigabasedChina could save us from AEWtrannies
>>15841521this
>>15840980When they did the Taiwan show I remember thinking “NJPW should just expand in Asia” rather than fight for fourth in the west. Can’t speak to logistics or monetary value versus the yen, but I think they could conquer the region easier.
fuck rocky
>>15841144Must be a newfag to both BOSJ booking and Dragongate despite calling himself a fan. Hulk and Yamato didn't have major showcases when they took part, and neither did other outside talents like Daisuke Sasaki.
>>15813464mint
>>15842298It dont hit the same
[Great News] Yuya showed support for a wrestler involved in a sexual assault case that went nowhere in court with next to nothing known who also repented whatever actions took place, meaning reddit is of course mindlessly seething and he can be even more /our/ guy
>>15844801Shota is a rapist, is he /our/ guy too?
>>15844801TBF Jap police and court are pretty shitty
>>15844801Okada and Yano allegedly groped a women. Seemed likely it happened though given that they were arrested and it was settled in the way Japan seems to handle most disputes with an apology to the women rather than charges.
>>15844954This is always a dumb blanket excuse that ironically makes the "good" side look ignorant. All the "progressives" who automatically sentence everyone involved in any case no matter if glorified tabloid headlines are the extent of research into the case and call anyone Hitler for supporting or even questioning the defending side. "Oh my god they're Japanese that means it always works out this way, no exceptions! btw I'm on the positive, open, non-judgmental side :)". Ignorant hypocritical retards.
