Live on NJPW World:1/4 Wrestle Kingdom 20 @ Tokyo Dome (4:00pm)>Hiroshi Tanahashi Retirement Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada>IWGP World Heavyweight & IWGP Global Heavyweight Double Championship Match: Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs Yota Tsuji (c) [14th World champion, 6th Global champion, 2nd defense each]>Aaron Wolf Debut & NEVER Openweight Championship: EVIL (c) vs Aaron Wolf [49th champion, 1st defense]>IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship No. 1 Contender 4 Way: El Desperado vs Taiji Ishimori vs Kosei Fujita vs SHO>IWGP Women’s & STRONG Women’s Double Championship: Syuri (c) vs Saya Kamitani (c) [6th IWGP Women’s champion, 6th STRONG Women’s champion, 1st and 2nd defenses]>Hiromu Takahashi, Drilla Moloney, Gabe Kidd, David Finlay, & Shingo Takagi vs Great-O-Khan, Callum Newman, HENARE, La Sombra, & X>NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Championship Tornado Rumble: Toru Yano, YOH, & Master Wato (c) vs Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, & Boltin Oleg vs Togi Makabe, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Tiger Mask vs Tomohiro Ishii, Taichi, & Satoshi Kojima vs Shota Umino, Yuya Uemura, & Kaisei Takechi vs Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa, & Hartley Jackson vs Yuto-Ice, OSKAR, & Clark Connors vs Ren Narita, SANADA, & Yoshinobu Kanemaru [31st champions, 4th defense]>NJPW WORLD TV Championship: El Phantasmo (c) vs Chris Brookes [9th champion, 6th defense]1/5 New Year Dash!! @ Ota Ward Gymnasium (6:30pm)>IWGP Tag Team Championship: OSKAR & Yuto-Ice (c) vs Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa [11th champions, 4th defense]Previous >>19554829
>>19586608jeongmok
>>195866081/18 Yuji Nagata Produce: Blue Justice XVII @ Sakura Civic Gymnasium (4:00pm)>Road to The New Beginning1/19 Korakuen (6:30pm)1/20 Korakuen (6:30pm)1/28 Ito Kougyou Arena Tsugaru (7:00pm)1/29 Iwate Prefectural Gymnasium (7:00pm)2/1 Korakuen (6:30pm)2/2 Korakuen (6:30pm)2/3 Iwaki City General Gymnasium (6:30pm)2/4 Fukushima Toyota Crown Arena (6:30pm)2/7 Takeda Ham Habikino Coliseum (4:00pm)2/8 EDION Arena Osaka 2nd Stadium (6:00pm)2/11 The New Beginning in Osaka @ EDION Arena (3:00pm)
Was rewatching the Tana/Yano hair match (sorry, LOSER BALD match) the other day, as much as I love pure comedy/night off Yano I do miss "actually trying" heel Yano.
Have to call my bank tomorrow to tell them me trying to sign up for NJPW World is not a scam.
>>19586608fixed
All the stars are herehttps://x.com/njpw1972/status/2006198665573188066
>>19586675Iyo…
>>19586675dimes
Are actual New Japan fans hyped for this event?
>>19586852I'm more interested in the New Year Dash show, we need to move on from this dismal year. Bury the past, build the future.
>>19586852I am. Hope Okada gets the band to play his new theme song.
grim
>>19586685Let me know if Nakamura, Shibata, or Naito will be there
>>19586830"Like only they can, they'll make it rain love."
>>19586852No. I am just hoping it isn't a complete disaster. So honestly, I will probably end up enjoying it by virtue of how low my expectations are. >>19586872Agreed. Maybe for once NYD will be good.
https://www.njpw1972.com/621915>Takeshita now listed as a member of the Don Callis FamilyI have a bad feeling about this
>Evil beats Aaron Wolf after a close contest where Wolf gives a valiant effort, but still needs to gambarize.>Takeshita beats Tsuji with Rocky Romero on commentary burying New Japan.>Okada faces Tanahashi and cheats. >He brings out the screwdriver only for Takeshita to run down the ramp to save Tanahashi and turn face. >Okada and Takeshita have a stare down for a future AEW video package.>Tanahashi wins with Takeshita's help and does Dogeza to Takeshita and tells him he is the shin ace.>Air Guitar, Curtains Close
Could Kyle Fletcher be the X for United Empire since I don't think he ever formally left the alliance.
>>19587316Thanks for the info, Insider-kun
>>19587339No but it will be Ospreay
>>19587466Yeah Callum is like "FUCK OSPREAY IM GOING TO DO WHAT HE NEVER COULD AND KILL THE WAR DOGS" and then he'll bring Ospreay as his ally, you're retarded
if is not Templario, just drop the relationship already
>>19587516Brother on what planet is Templario going to be a noteworthy X when the first guy revealed is fucking Andrade in a match against former LIJ guys
>>19587535Because he is part of the stable
What if it's Jay White
>>19587538That's what makes him an unremarkable X, did watching too much lucha fry your brain amigo?
Oh just realized it is obviously Akira, LOL! Do you think Andrade signed or is he going to the dub?
>>19587316This is the darkest possible future for NJPW. So therefore I can see it happening
>>19587578Akira is the guy pulling the strings that Callum mentioned? Grim if so
>>19587572I just assumed the big surprise was Andrade, but you know better, so I kneel
>>19587254That's what the English site did. The Japanese site puts him under DDTプロレスリング/AEW/新日本プロレス https://www.njpw.co.jp/621826/
>>19587778It's CC trying to warn us
>>19587023Nakamura is WWE toy so he won't be there. Naito was lazy on my shows and bragged about it so he won't be there.
I think this IWGP World title reign has shown that Takeshita is someone you should absolutely not build a major company around.He's japanese Ricochet in terms of being impressive in the ring and dimeless everywhere else.
>>19587861Building a promotion around a single person is not a thing anymore.Someday, Japan will catch up.
Anyone got any predictions, hopes or fears for Dash? I know there's not been any big angles for the last few years, but maybe itll be different this time?
>>19588100Tony Khan comes out and addresses the crowd like picrel
>>19588100I predict it'll be grim
>that WWS theory on how a Tanahashi roll-up could work, fit their rivalry history and send everyone home happyHope is a dangerous thing. Hope can drive a man insane.
anyway:gaped klittdrilled bolognaquirk con-asstrannyhashitakeashitokamayota chubbyshitter poomino......GRIM !!
>Okama vs Trannyhashi in a sold out Tokyo Dome Maybe Japan is more progressive than I thought...
[Sad News] President Tanahashi (49) has ascended to heaven
Wolf Aaron was on a TBS New Years Eve show where a bunch of strong dudes were doing a test of strength contest and I have clips for you guysRound 1: >Pro Wrestler Wolf Aaron vs Judoka Kokoro Kageura, the man who defeated Teddy Riner
Round 2: >World Championships Hammer Throw Gold Medalist Ethan Katzberg vs Pro Wrestler Aaron Wolf
Final: >Pro Wrestler Aaron Wolf vs. Powerlifting Champion Tatsuyuki Fujimoto
>>19589156what a fucking jobberbringing shame to New Japan before even having his first match
>>19589143Eeeeh?! Wolf-sama is kakkoi...
>>19589156njpw should recruit the powerlifter
>>19589370the roster really could use a new cobb-style guy who just tosses dudes around
Aaron Wolf will save New Japan and bring it back to the mainstream, y'all ain't have the vision yet
>>19589156KWAB
For the anons in the last thread - any other gaijin aside from Hartley and Brookes living in Japan and able to come in for cheap? Is Quiet Storm still over there?
>>19589585>Is Quiet Storm still over there?yes, he mainly works gleat. there's a plethora of gaijin working no name indies they could book but they're all yenless shitters
>>19589143>>19589153>>19589156Put Boltin in this shit
>>19586761ebil a cute
What the fuck are they even going for with this guy?
>>19586852Yes because I don't post in here to seethe because Bushiroad shits on my pet joshifed like our resident schizo who shits up the thread
>>19589906No one knows. Not even Takeshita himself.
>>19589906The office desperately wants him to be a face despite the fact he has a heel character in AEW and is rejected by the domestic audience.
>>19589940If you honestly believe only one guy has criticisms of the current state of affairs you are more delusional than your boogeyman.
>>19590098There are people who criticize NJPW because they clearly like it and then there's the schizo who says every single wrestler is shit, but everyone else is shit so they shouldn't sign anyone else, and it's actually bad they sold out the Tokyo Dome, so on and so forth.The guy is just a legitimate psycho who is well known in joshithreads as a guy who just shits on everything and trolls every threadI don't know what else to tell you pal. If you don't know who I'm talking about you're either him, or a newfag, one or the other
>>19589156We... are... FUCKED.
2026 is the year that our grim, ass-penetrated company dies. I have made peace with that.
>>19590604Yuuuup. Pretty much this.
Andre the Giant's New Japan Pro-Wrestling issued suitcase (Legendary Item)https://x.com/COwens73/status/2006113078115434970
Happy new year everynyan.
>>19589153>Ethan KatzbergI recognize that guy, Canadian bloke
>>19590604good riddance ya gimped fuck
>>19589153>Ethan Katzberg vs Aaron Wolfwas this on NHK or Arutz Sheva
save us captain
>>19591449Shota Umino was made for this gimmick
>>19592190Based Okada selling out the Dome and proving all of his haters wrong
I think Shita Umino should become the next Tiger Mask. And at the same time Wato should also be Tiger Mask. Then proceed to fued over who is the real one.
Are we really gonna have to hear Okada's aew theme for his final Tokyo dome match with Tanahashi...? -__-
okada should come out with the rizzler while aj and big justice do a live version of “we bring the boom”if you don’t know who that is just trust me it’d be cool
Tanahashi should lose to Okada thanks to a refbump and a screwdriver finish. Then Okada beats up Tanahashi, Takeshita comes for the save. Then they instantly book one more match: Takeshita vs Okada. They ring the bell, Tanahashi is ringside and tells Takeshita he's the new Ace so he must use the high fly flow. Takeshita beats Okada with it and then does the promo to end the show.
>>19593216Okada should be carried out on a litter by the 4 pillars of AEW: MJF, Sammy Guevara, Jungle Boy, and Darby Allin and every NJPW wrestler should line up and dogeza as he passes. Or maybe they just bend over and present their asses to him.
>>19593216>>19593266>>19593389a lot of great ideas !
>>19589906Is it that hard to get?>"they can be mad but this is the WORLD title so I'm gonna be going across the world with itBut it's Takeshita and he's incapable of getting any decent heat on his own storyline
>>19593112'fraid so
>>19593112its based
>>19593656shut up rocky
If this show is bad I will be going on a voyage to the ark.
>>19593656I listened to the song, and also watched an entrance to get a feel. It's like Nakamura's heel theme in WWE. It's cool, but nowhere near the same
>>19593676We're taking a quick trip on the ark today for the shuyaku
>>19593676NOAH is everything bad about NJPW x100 + the dads control the book and still put themselves into the main eventsThere is nothing about NOAH that is better than NJPW right now, absolutely nothing
>>19589906I've been saying he's a worse Ibushi, and this cements it for me. Big movez boi
>>19593699grim
>>19593687My ace
>>19593699massive cope postOZAWA is more organically over than all the Reiwa shitters combined
>>19594040Organically over with who exactly? The tiny third-string NOAH audience? That's like saying "Well, James Storm is over with the TNA crowd!" lolWho gives a shitLet me know when they can sell out the Dome in 2026 like a real puro company, ya ding dong diddily kiddie diddler
>le heckin' SOLD OUT Tokyo DomerinoYeah, just like last year and next year I'm sure. Tick tock, New Japanlets. Your promotion dies next week.
>>19594070Damn was NOAH beating NJPW in attendance before this year? Huh...Wait, you're telling me they got beat my both DDT and Stardom last year? And were less than 1/4th of NJPW's total attendance?YOWCH!!!!!!! That's gotta sting!Even if NJPW gets 10k in the Tokyo Dome next year they'll triple NOAH's attendance
>>19594087You should watch the WWE. You'll love it.
>>19594108You mean NOAH's partner? KWAB
>>19594108WWE can't draw in Japan either just like NOAH. I don't care what draws fat chicanos in El Paso
why did takesoup deleted his twitter account?not even shota umino did this
>>19594152Not sure. Deleting twitter can be based or cringe.Deleting it because twitter and social media are gay is based, deleting it because you don't want to read bad stuff is totally bitchmade
>>19594152He is preparing for the massive amount of hate he will get from the Japanese after beating Blota in the dome main event.
Happy New Year Nu-jamals
>>19593699NOAH actually has momentum as a promotion with 2 young stars who their audience is actually engaged in, which is 2 more than what New Japan has heading into a quasi-dark age after Tanahashi made a mediocre year center around himself, 46 year-old Goto, an antidraw heel faction and an AEW guy
>>19594219yeah with their current level of momentum they should catch up to NJPW in about 30 yearsNOAH superpower 2020 saar
