>>19619789
>1/19 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)
This shit is all on NJPW World? What the fuck. Ain't nobody got time for that.

"People" are pretending that the fat taco bell cashier with man tits is good. HOLY FUCKING GRIM!!!

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>We'll take it from here, Ace.

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>>19619789
I believe in the fat judoka

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>>19619812
Post it again faggot, surely you will convince everyone he's shit this time and that people actually hated him

>>19619839
Looks like Chase Owens from that thumbnail KWAB

>>19619822
>dimes but I struggle to see him as the guy
>lol
>lmao

>>19619822
Shooter is the one who over time decided to trash his good look. Tragic.

even evil wants to leave hahahaha fucking hilarious, even the shittiest of shitters are leaving, next year's main event is going to be ren narita vs chase owens hahahahahaha my fucking sides

>>19619844
This is an instance where our opinion doesn't even matter. We could all think he's shit. The reaction he got speaks for itself.

>>19619845
Has he given any real reason?
The company clearly needs him especially with Tanahashi gone. They need that big name.

>>19619856
>This is an instance where our opinion doesn't even matter.
It never does.

>>19619856
Japanese love the kind of story they wrote for Wolf debut match, even if he has zero presence or charisma they would had clapped for him for the stupidest move.
I think EVIL did an incredible job and he's the one who should get the praise for selling Wolf first match.

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>>19619883
>and even was dishonest enough to say selling out the Tokyo Dome for the first time in 20 years was "actually a bad thing."
I'd like to see this. Sounds like very funny coping desu senpai.

>>19619822
What about Yuya and Oiwa? They seem better the the right two.

>>19619883
Oh, is this the Tsujischizo guy or the AEW moron from the catalog?

>>19619867
I can remember the details but there are several articles about it easy to google

>>19619895
Yuya just needs a push and he'll be a gigastar, in my opinion. The last two G1s proved it. Every time he's given the main event ball, he delivers.

>>19619900
>Tsujischizo guy
lol
I'm the "Tsujischizo". Or rather, one of the many people that were called the Tsujischizo. And no, I'm calling shit grim.
I completely forgot that even was a nickname people gave to people in these threads. Some people really got mad over some very light Shota banter.

>>19619789
>those empty seats near the stage
nice "sellout", nujamals

>>19619867
the reason publicly given was that Naito didn't like that other people at the top of the card weren't working as many dates as he was

>>19619930
I'm sure it's a coincidence that it's precisely the seats that are being blocked by the stage that were not up for sale.

>>19619822
Bloata Pooji
Shitter Poomi
Grim Nobita

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They could've done so much easy stuff with Wolf to help him get over

Instead, they decided to tell a very good, very daring story
>EVIL threatened to cut off his hair if he lost
>said if Wolf lost he could never wear a gi to the ring again
>Wolf comes out with his head already shaved in plain black trunks, embraces being a Young Lion, and shows his commitment to pro wrestling
That's why the Japanese crowd popped so hard. That's some fucking inspired booking right there. I don't know if it was Gedo or whoever but goddamn, they could've played it so much safer but they decided to do something risky and it totally got the crowd behind him.

I thought for sure he would get special gear and all sorts of special treatment but instead they did the opposite and it was great. Kino stuff.

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>>19619960
>Preferring the IWGP match over the NEVER match
Please tell me no one on /njpw/ thinks like this.

I always thought that Bushiroad were mostly to blame for NJPW's decline and that AEW only played a small part. Today, I realized that it's either 50-50 or mostly AEW's fault.
White, Ospreay, Omega, Ibushi, Okada all gone. Tony overspending to the point where WWE wouldn't even bid.

oiwa fucker, thoughts on blonde oiwa? plap or pass?

>>19620025
>Tony overspending
imagine being THIS insufferable as a faggot, those guys were gonna leave regardless

>>19619956
doesn't this mean that an actual young lion holds a singles title? That seems like this is the first time that's ever happened. I think a young lion held the 6 men belt once but that's about it

>>19620048
Were they?
Okada was on a contract that had the value of $2,000,000. Would he take a cut to a standard WWE contract that he'd be bound to for five years?
He turned them down twice. Michaels and HHH both wanted him and he chose NJPW.
If rumours have to be believed, Khan threw absurd money at Okada, Ospreay and so on. Money that not even WWE matched.

>>19620025
The Japanese government going full retard is what caused NJPW's declined. Heading into covid, NJPW was still white fucking hot and Naito was crowned the double champion

>>19620073
dont worry, the nujamals will still blame tony for that somehow

>>19620073
Then why did every other promotion and sport recover? Why is RIZIN better now than it ever has been?
How was Stardom, NOAH, TJPW, DDT, Dragon Gate, and even AJPW able to recover and actually do well?
Why was it only NJPW that is STILL somehow suffering because of Covid?
>Loses their entire 2019-2023 main event scene in two years.
>Can't produce new stars because the old ones never stuck around to elevate the new ones.
The whole "MUH COOOOVID" argument is just a safety net and get out of jail free card for AEW fans.

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yeah just look at how much dragongate and ajpw are thriving these days

>>19620111
>How was Stardom, NOAH, TJPW, DDT, Dragon Gate, and even AJPW able to recover and actually do well?
???????? If they recovered then New Japan also did, what kind of logic are you using?

>>19619875
he has in-ring charisma. outside of it he has none.

>>19620147
Easy fix is to give him a manager then

>>19619956
>I thought for sure he would get special gear and all sorts of special treatment but instead they did the opposite and it was great. Kino stuff.
same on both counts. feel like I got worked in the good way.

>>19620144
I could ask you the same question.
Those promotions did better and got bigger in some cases. NJPW are in a bad way. Attendance is down, their big names are gone.
So, how did Covid only harm NJPW?
Again, they lost their big stars to their supposed partner. The same partner that killed their expansion and hype in the West.

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Yeah I'm thinking Wolf is based

>>19620061
Oleg held the trios tag belt as a young lion i think but yeah

>>19620204
If their goal is to make Wolf into a modern day Hashimoto that'll be interesting.

>>19620025
given that ibushi okada and naito all left on bad terms there's definitely a culture issue or something in the office as well

>>19620066
Yeah this is why ive always found the "NJPW should have paid them more" very disingenuous. Im sure Bushiroad is stingy but Tony can just add a zero to whatever anyone is making. He doesn't need to make a profit

btw metlzer inadvertently admitted on twitter that gabe was double contracted to njpw and aew

>>19620250
Pathetic cunt. For every ZSJ there's 20 Gabe Midds.

>>19620250
It's not a dual contract. He's just been contract tampered and is basically already on the AEW roster

>>19620279
Every single time an NJPW talent makes even as much as a ripple online, Khan runs in with a contract.
Fantastic partnership. Totally not AEW's developmental program.

>>19620043
Most japanese looks liek shit blonde but he's not that bad, at least he didn't cut his hair like post G1

>>19620297
and then does fuck all with them

>>19620147
I thought it would be a problem since a lot of athletes are not trained at talking or else, if its not something they are already good by their own.
But since he's a "rookie" he can learn, which is part of what make people root for young wrestlers, see them grow and improve etc

>>19620329
Okada was literally wearing a title he won in AEW on today's show?

>Okada still the best Japanese wrestler.
>Naito still the biggest star

>>19620343
Not him, but it's a meaningless midcard title.
Okada is literally a midcarder in AEW.

>>19620220
Reiwa Hashimoto would be cool.

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*betrays you*

>>19620415
I like him but a shot at the IWGP feel too early. He should be feuding with Gabe.

>>19620415
Aaron Wolf if he lose weight

>my gimmick is i walk into a company and instantly get a match for the top title
kek based ya gotta love the smart bastard

>>19620528
Wolf the Japanese hero vs Lee the Korean serial backstabber finna be selling out the Dome next year

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Ibushi got lost in the parking lot after the Tokyo Dome
>A 'wild' Ibushi-san appeared who had lost track of where he parked his own car. We searched for it together, found it, and he went home safely. That was a relief, that was a relief

>>19620604
He can drive with those fucked up legs?

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>Wolf was OK but didn't do anything to inspire great confidence
>Tsuji/Takeshita was generic bangerino Meltzerslop
>main event was decent but underwhelming
>big reveals were... Jake Pee and Ak-who-a
>best pops of the night outside of Wolf were for sawdusted dudes that are midcarders in other companies
2026 prognosis: grim

>>19620604
>Kenny didn't help his Golden Lovers brother find his car
What a bad teammate.

>>19620720
>Tsuji/Takeshita was generic bangerino Meltzerslop
I agree with you on this. Not so much with the rest.

>>19620720
>46k Japtards cheering for gimped Tanahashi
>Japtards whining about Naito being washed
Gotta love the hypocrisy.

>>19620737
well anon you see one of them is retiring and one of them is probably going to be in NOAH's main title picture going over one of their young guys

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>>19619883
>>19620720
PLEASE BE ADVISED

>>19620762
One is retiring about 5 years too late and a year full of going over younger, better talent on completely exploded knees. Should've been booed out of the arena. Dude played politics till the end and is effectively the HHH of Nooj and one of the reasons it's such ass right now.

Oh so we're just posting SUPER RETARDED bait I guess

jesus anon, surely you can do better

>>19620726
Knowing Kota, probably never called Kenny.

>>19620780
You are the schizo from the joshi generals.
Your revisionist newfag attitude is a big tell.

>>19619789
Can't believe they had me tearing up like a big old mark. I guess there's a good reason why I still continue watching this shit, despite all the terrible stuff we've seen over the past few years.
Fingers crossed for my boys Boltin, Leube, and Yuya so they can fulfill their potential.

Wolftitd doing joshi moves and being carried in a sports entertainment match is actually le good!

Right guy won the championship
Wrong company that New Japan is partnered with

the bushidrone sure is bubbling hard today, pretty strange to see him wheeze and bubble so much if the show was as good as he desperately says it was
grim

>>19621036
>bushidrone
Yeah, you are the schizo from the joshi generals.
Jesus fucking Christ. You have no life whatsoever.

why are you so miserable if the show was that good ?
does it uspet you that japanese fans think wolf has big tits ?
grim

sucking on wolf's big ole teets

>>19621049
But i was told that he goes by the name polekun?

>>19620516
I'll be surprised if Gabe stays after NYD desu

>>19621080
the bushidrone is mindbroken, so his boogeyman changes identity from time to time
sometimes it's a tsujischizo, sometimes it's a noah fan, sometimes a joshipedo. truly mindbroken I'm afraid.

>>19621014
New Japan needs to stop worrying about partnering with American companies and start worrying about elevating their young talent. All the AEW partnership has done is give Tony more information on which toys he wants to poach. New Japan was doing just fine when their big partner was CMLL

>>19621080
He's known as Hogwheels on the board.

>>19621116
Fucking THIS.

>>19621116
I think Kento Miyahara put it best in an interview he did a few months ago. The perception used to be that the best wanted to wrestle in Japan. Now the perception is they should make a name for themselves in Japan then rush to get signed by WWE or AEW. NJPW doesn't necessarily need to end the AEW partnership but NJPW really needs to pull back and focus on their domestic audience and domestic guys for now and keep the AEW interactions exclusively for Forbidden Door.

>>19621164
>perception
He's 100% right.
Almost every foreigner in Japan is just using the place as a stepping stone to get that bag from AEW/WWE.
Was watching a Jericho shoot interview last night and amongst the self-fellating, he mentioned how Khan saw the match between he and Omega and realised there and then that "People want an alternative to WWE," despite the fact that the retarded fuck was watching it.

gonna be interesting to see if the g1 in chicago will draw. really wonder why there are still pushing the us market even if the strong shows doesn't draw.

why not go for uk or something

>>19621164
>The perception used to be that the best wanted to wrestle in Japan
Who was the last gaijin who exemplified this? I can't think of any names since AEW's inception

>>19621201
Some people would probably say Sabre.

>>19621164
the problem is how bad the yen is against the dollar right now, if that wasnt the case you'd see way more guys hitting it up even if it meant losing a few dollars and do it for the love of the game
right now it's hard to live in the us and work in japan and live comfortably

>>19621248
Or, how about the real issue being a moron with infinite money offering insane contracts that not even WWE could match?

I don't really care all that much if foreigners leave. Sure, Omega and Ospreay leaving sucked. Finlay leaving would suck but I'm prepared for it. Zack leaving would REALLY suck but if it happens, I'll seethe about it for a while and move on.

The ones that really hurt are the Nakamura and Okada cases. It spells a bad precedent and really fucks with stories.

>>19621248
i thought guys like jay white or jeff cobb were living in japan?

>>19621272
Call me a retard but I really believed that all or at least most of the gaijin dojo guys would stick around for 10 years at the minimum. I think having your actual world class training system serve as a feeder for other promotions is more embarrassing than the other foreigner big stars eventually leaving the company.

>>19621303
I stopped believing that when Omega left, I'm afraid (I know he's not a dojo guy, but still.) Devitt was Strike 1 and Omega was Strike 2 and 3.

>>19621268
the aew/wwe offers all of them got are in the same ballpark and far more than japan can afford right now

>>19621277
not sure about jeff but jay was in florida for most of his run, he's pals with the tongans who live there too

>>19621315
>same ballpark
AEW literally gave Okada millions, dude.
WWE offers everyone the same garbage 300-500K for five years thing.

>>19621329
the number floating around was a work, more than wwe's most likely but i seriously doubt it's way off
he is okada after all. levesque wanted to hire him since before aew was even a thing

>>19621345
Checked online there. Multiple outlets claiming $14,000,000.
How can any company compete with that?

Meltzer confirmed that the aew offer is much more bigger. Also tokyo sports mentioned that Okada got 2.1 billion yen contract for 3 years

https://x.com/davemeltzerWON/status/2007586710499274816

>>19621356
they got worked, they put it out there as a njpw storyline to keep fans from getting too mad

>>19621363
based tonedog with the big bucks, get the zsj and gabe kidd toys ready kidani-san!

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when you finner gene blast

>>19621371
Proof? Source?
>njpw story
I'd believe that if it never took years for Okada to go back to Japan.

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>>19621450
he left cause of the economy and he ran out of stuff to do. was mulling over where to go but eventually picked aew

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>>19621409
>after gene blast

>>19621474
This has nothing to do with what you were talking about.
>economy
Dude, he was offered millions. Enough.

>>19621494
Post-Blast clarity.

>>19621409
>>19621494
proud of finner

>>19621503
you dont end up in deep negotiations with two parties when the offers arent reasonably comparable
tokyo sports is quasi-kayfabe and an unreliable narrator

>>19621313
Kenny had the benefit of spearheading arguably the most ambitious wrestling related project of the century, and memes aside, it's worked out decently well for him. Jay also supposedly needed the money for his wife's gigantic medical bills. Not sure about the rest.

>>19621546
>Source: Trust me bro
It was never close. AEW offered millions. Romero was actively involved and got him the best possible deal.

>>19621570
>spearheading
It was Rhodes who put it all together.
Rhodes bit Memezer's bait and that's how All In started.
That got them in direct contact with Khan.
The rest is history.

>>19621574
from context clues, they seemed competitive
beyond that there is nothing rock solid

why did they put the global title on tsuji

why did they put the never title on wolftits

>>19621587
Sure, but Kenny was the main draw that they had initially. Him and Jericho. It's too bad they immediately shat all over it with that bullshit ''doubtful kenny'' first year storyline.

>>19619883
Thank you, Anon

Erm wasn't Jay White banned from New Japan, why did President Tanahashi allow him to be here???

>>19621713
You got it chief. He's already been vibrating all day in here as you can tell. Luckily, most everyone ignores him and he just replies to himself.

>>19621795
SOVL

>>19621795
Yup, it's kino

>>19621795
I'm too jaded. I clicked thinking they were Fell For it Again Awards.

>>19621813
Gonna be dimes when Nakamura and Okada come back for their retirement shows

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>>19621813
>shit AEW entrance music
>tepid reaction
>no Rainmaker spectacle
Dismal. Hope he's having fun in Tony's Toybox.

https://youtu.be/8Qr4UFminCE

>>19621813
we miss you reiwa inoki

>https://www.instagram.com/p/DTGzdTHkgzo
Looks like SANADA’s message on his entrance gear last night was noting that his time with New Japan is ending with tonight’s event. Crazy that Naito, EVIL and SANADA could all be gone in less than a year.

>>19622214
He finally going to get that bicep surgery two years later?

he's retiring to become a gay av actor

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How many points does he get in his first G1?

>>19620043
for me, i’ll plap as long as there’s hair to pull
i liked the little bit of blonde at the bottom more than this full blonde look but it’s not horrible

>>19622214
SANADA's title run was based
JUST 5 GUYS was based
fuck gedo
fuck okada
fuck meltzer and alverez

>>19620043
the hair isn't bad but him being big and kinda pudgy with the generic trunks makes him look like a YL still

Is it safe to sub and start watching again or is this company still getting cucked and having to alter their storylines/events around Tony's demands and that I should wait another year? I gave up after the Powerhouse Hobbs random IWGP title match on Collision shit that happened.

>>19622642
the WK is basically the season finale for njpw and it's good (good wrestling / right wrestlers won / the retirement ceremony is good). Really depends on how you feel about KOB / Tsuji and Aaron Wolf if you want to sign.

>>19622642
finnerman won the title and made the aewkike tap to the boston crab
We in a based era for now
Jake Lee will probably beat Tsuji though then we're right back in the dark ages

>>19622642
Tsuji won but I wouldn't take any victory laps yet. That said the general optimism it's giving the fans is a good start for 2026.

>>19622486
The ol’ 4-5 special for 8 points

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based Champ

>>19622832
the jagster deserves better than that... thing

>>19622642
half the roster is leaving again so no

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>DADDY, I FOUND NEW TOYS I WANT.

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BRIDGE REBUILT

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Ogawa Naoya BURIES Aaron Wolf in a shoot interview
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/344bc0a267971770646efb24960aae4ae1b5702c

>>19623136
this grandpa still lives in the 90s and the 2000s
does he know that inoki passed away?

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Three new young lions spotted

>>19623136
Headline says he's just shitting on the physique which is understandable. The poll on the bottom overwhelmingly says they liked the debut.

>>19619789
Anyone have a link for the Observer or VoW Wrestle Kingdom reaction?

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we are officially back

>>19623277
I am rock hard right now.

>>19623277
Holy based
Inoki would be proud

>>19623277
I wish he waited till the show to reveal it.

>>19623136
I hope this would force him to clang and bang, that's the only thing he needs

>>19623276
Why do care what those fags think about the show?

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Can we have just one thread that doesn't devolve into some faggot crying about AEW?

>>19623388
I'm pretty sure the Grimposting Seether is the guy who fucking makes the threads, as ironic and sad as that is

what was the attendance

>>19623277
I rather they keep the divas belt if jake Lee is eventually going to champion. He doesn't deserve to be in the OG IWGP lineage

>>19623358
I'm bored, man. I just need something to do

>>19622598
Okada put him over clean bitch

>>19623277
Reminder that during his post match promo he did not say World Heavyweight Champion. He just said Heavyweight Champion.
It's fucking happening.

NYD thread >>19623505

Grimposter > Oiwafaggot

>>19623390
What a fucking twist

>>19621179
id cum for a G1 night in Manchester

SO
WHAT
WE GUNNA CHANGE
EBERY TING
YOU
ALREADY DIE
JUST
5
GUYS

Yuya has a shit theme
Tsuji has a shit theme
Shota has a dimes theme
Narita has a dimes theme

Interesting how the 2 shitters have the best themes

>>19623537
The intro to Tsuji's is pretty hype but then the rest is just kinda there. Very mid for a supposed top guy.
They should stop showing the crowd during Yuya's intro where they clearly don't give a fuck

>>19621179
The Strong Shows are Rocky Romero's baby. The guy who managed to insert himself into the semi main and be on commentary for Tanahashi's final match. Also they probably make more money from Dollars than British Pounds (plus only like 1-2k people attended the last NJPW show in the UK)

>>19621179
They're wasting that deep WK gate any way they can so they have an excuse to not pay talent.

>>19623277
Thank you god. May Tsuji reign forever

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>>19623277
As leader of the grimsters, I concede that this is a loss for us and that Yota Tsuji ungrimed himself for now. But let's see where all of this goes.

Aaron "Big Tits" Wolf is still grim though.

>Get fatter
>Lay your shit in
>Get a clue
New era is here

>>19623616
>Jake Lee wins next month
>brings back the world hebby q weight title
Imagine the HEAT

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I'm feeling it bros. The new era is looking good and I will be gatekeeping any AEWtists or Edrones who jump on the bandwagon

>Ospreay goes back to Nooj
>Tries to 'make things right'
>Gets backstabbed by Callum
>Ospreay's UE faction with O'Khan, Henare and Akira ends up feuding with Callum's faction of him, Andrade, Jake Lee and probably someone from another faction who joins them
>Will end in an 8 man tag match in which Ospreay will actually fucking die in the ring

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>3523人(満員)
we're back

>>19624177
I feel bad for Kevin Kelly getting fucked over by aew tho.
Even if he phoned it in hard his last year or two.
He made jew jokes on air though that was based

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What's next for this zesty nigga?

They should bring back Pieter to be Yuto Ice's hoe.

>>19624219
Taichi/Ishii should win the #1 contender match, then Ice brings back Miho Abe for the title match

why is jake lee hated by the meltzer cronies? like alvarez on his review said that it was first time watching him at wk and that he never wants to see him wrestle ever again, seems a bit excessive to me

>>19624187
that's 2 sell outy in a row

>>19624187
That's the best post-pandemic number in the building so far.

>>19624212
Hopefully some fucking bicep surgery.

>>19624212
My man needs to start cracking open babies like Superman and get some sweet stem cells and surgery
>>19624230
I don't know or care about Meltzer, but I do not get Jake Lee at all. I haven't seen him on a real run or anything since he got injured so quick but I figure I'm missing something. He does have smug asshole face down so maybe he'll work me enough to get invested in him getting his ass beat. I'm reasonably excited for NJPW going forward so I'll give the big bastard a chance for sure

>>19624229
I thought Miho Abe was too busy getting naked to fund her family crypt to play wrestling anymore.

I'm gonna be paranoid
everything looks fine right now, we're finally back
I don't want them to ruin this please

>>19624219
He should do it Godfather style instead. A fresh harem of random bimbos every show.

Didn't watch today match but as expected KOB won and i'm glad that the crowd was behind Oiwa.
Really nice start.

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>Tsuji vs Jake
>Wolf vs Narita
>KOB vs winners of
>YuSho (that means victory btw) vs Dangerous Pitbulls
>Despy vs DOUKI
>SHO & Nobu vs Ichiban Sweet Boys
>TMDK vs Bolshimon
>Finlay vs Newman
>GOK & Henare vs War Dragons
>Andrade vs Gabe
>Akira & whoever vs Hiromu & Ishimori

>>19624299
I want to say I feel bad for Shota but holy shit, he got sandbagged by EVERYONE in the ring AND the crowd, they were too busy cheering Oiwa's name to give a shit about anything he had to say.

>>19624219
Fuck no

did they put Yuya with Shota because they saw that Yuya was doing pretty good getting over as a babyface and they thought they could make fans cheer for Shota if he was teaming with Yuya ?

>>19624304
i read about that too but i didn't think was that bad. i need to watch asap
i wonder if they like to put him in this kind of situations or he just can't read the room

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Trannyhashi
Bloata Pooj-...
I can't even say it right now NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

>>19624300
We're so fucking back lads

this narrative that CMLL blocked Nakamura is fucking hilarious.

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>>19624320
Absolutely, and people have been saying this since the tag tournament. Yuya was getting over massive during the G1, particularly in his matches with Oiwa and Tanahashi. He was getting chants over Tana at one point.

Then, all of a sudden, he's paired with Ice Cold Umino. He still gets cheered in singles matches but as a tag they're dragged back down to Umino's level.

Yuya needs to get away from Umino ASAP. Team with Oiwa, feud with Yuto, battle his way out of the midcard and into the main event level.

>>19624321
the interesting thing is that yuya and shota were there to interrupt the promo but only shota got booed. pretty tragic. i don't hate the guy but also i don't get behind him but like anon said, it feels bad.

>>19624442
>only shota got booed
Holy fucking cope, Yuyafags are embarassing

Shota is a lot like Stardust era Naito. Failed babyface push, forcing it is making it worse, clearly alienated from the fans. Just send his ass to Mexico, see if he can find some charisma down there like Naito did.

>>19624463
What push? Even on today's show his team fucking lost before he asked for a title shot post main event, idiotic fucking booking

>>19624473
I'm talking about the big push he already had as the new ace that failed, leading to where he is now treading water.

If Shota didn't get laid out by mummy Ishii with 1 headbutt he would've faired better

Aaron Wolf's moobs are mesmerizing

With Unbound Company out, it basically means Bullet Club is over?

Where's he going?
https://x.com/njpwworld/status/2008120127066177702

>>19624597
>Retires Bullet Club
>Brings back the V4
>Defeats the AEW menace Takeshita
I apologise for doubting you finner man

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He needs to drop the global belt asap desu. It's hurting the aura of having the hebby q

>>19624638
Wrong. He actually needs to win the Never and start a belt collector gimmick

I would like a Henare/Wolf feud this year please

>>19624622
to NXT Japa... NOAH

>>19624638
>no nameplate yet
oop

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https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/372628?page=1
>Naoya Ogawa (57), known as the “former Rampage King,” who won a silver medal in judo at the Barcelona Olympics and later found success as a professional wrestler, spoke in an interview about Aaron Wolf (29), the Tokyo Olympics judo gold medalist in the men’s 100 kg class, who made a shocking debut at New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s Tokyo Dome event on the 4th.
>Wolf clashed with NEVER Openweight Champion EVIL in a title match. Despite enduring the lawless interference of EVIL’s villainous faction, the House of Torture, Wolf locked in a reverse triangle choke to score a decisive victory. Achieving the remarkable feat of capturing a championship belt in his debut match, Wolf made history. Ogawa, who watched the bout on television, unusually praised him, saying, “Wolf did everything he could with what he’s capable of right now. I think it was good.”
>Regarding Wolf’s in-ring performance, Ogawa evaluated it with a nuanced tone: “The match was interesting, right? It wasn’t the kind of stiff, hard-hitting strong style matches I know from New Japan, but still…” Ogawa himself won his pro-wrestling debut match in April 1997 by defeating the then IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinya Hashimoto in a singles bout. Reflecting on that, he said, “I won, but I was really just dancing in the palm of Hashimoto’s hand. Wolf won, but EVIL was the one controlling the match. He’s a fantastic wrestler. And he even did the airplane pose for me,” Ogawa added, lavishly praising EVIL for recreating the pose Ogawa struck in the ring after knocking out Hashimoto at the January 4, 1999 Tokyo Dome event.

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>>19624691
>That said, Ogawa believes Wolf still has issues to address. “It’s his body shape, after all. He had six months from the time his signing was announced, so I wish he had trimmed down a bit more properly,” he pointed out.
>Ogawa himself wrestled his debut match wearing a judo gi, which was on the instructions of his mentor, the late Antonio Inoki. “I debuted just over a month after announcing my switch, but Inoki told me to keep wearing the gi until my stomach went in. Inoki never tolerated wrestlers having a protruding belly. That’s why I didn’t take it off.” In fact, Ogawa did not appear bare-chested in black short tights until a year and a half after his debut, after slimming down through training and dietary changes.
>“New Japan’s Young Lions all have amazing six-pack abs. I want him to aim for at least that level,” Ogawa advised, offering words of caution to the new pro-wrestling star emerging from the world of judo.

>>19624463
>Shota is a lot like Stardust era Naito. Failed babyface push
Naito was sent to cut the go home promo after the Rainmaker Shock because Okada was horrible on the mic and the fans stayed behind as Naito went to high five every one of them. The real Stardust Naito (2010-2012) had a certain cockiness from his days as a No Limit heel that Shota lacks. Mocking Shinsuke after beating him, doing the Rainmaker pose after beating Okada in the 2012 G1, showing defiance against mutoh who tried to raise his hand but naito refused his gesture. The 2013 push failed because the front office told him to lose everything that had made him stand out, to the point of even dropping his eye pose for that year’s G1. If Naito had stayed true to his character back then, he wouldn't have lost the fans and he would've main evented WK8

He is right

>>19624633
The end of BC was really melancholic, War Dogs never took off

Are they going to actually restore the lineage for the HebbyQ or is it just an aesthetic change?

oiwa butt
wolf breasts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv1-3j4LT0c

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FUCK YOU GUYSH SHTOP BOOING ME I'M SHUPPOSHED TO BE YOUR SHIN ASHE !!!!

Haven't kept up with Yuya's or any of the younger generations careers at all, any recommendations for a guy who's just been watching main events and highlights very casually?

>>19624486
>I'm talking about something that did not exist and still does not exist

>>19624864
I really want him to succeed but he's so clueless. At least they didn't boo Yuya and he tried to really heat things up.

>>19624920
Yuto has learned the truth of pro wrestling, call a guy a faggot then slap him for real. Check out his match with Yuya and the build to it

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Jake Lee should bring his top hat look to counter Tsuji's fedora

>>19624486
but he's never got a big push, and that's one of the biggest problems with his booking. he never actually fucking wins anything important, gets put in the cooler for months, then repeats the cycle

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Smart Bastard thread btw

>Los Ingobernables de Japón can be abbreviated to LIJ, but the otakus abbreviate Unbound Co. to UnCo.
kek

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It's crazy that people are calling tanahashi's retirement match the greatest match of all time, right? Like it was a great match but no where near the peak of what these two have done together before.

>>19625149
he really is yota poopy LOL

the tsuji vs takeshita match has the most forced "i do your move on you but then you do my move on me" spot ever

>>19624695
Based. This was when NJPW had a clue

Insider that told you that Naito and Bushi would be in NOAH at the beginning of 2026 and that Sanada wouldn’t be far behind but you cunts don’t like to listen.

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>Woolf Aaron's powerslam is great.
>I think if he polishes it from now on, it could become a one-shot kill move.
>#ウルフ・アロン
>#棚橋弘至引退試合
>#小橋建太

https://x.com/FortuneKK0327/status/2008198208951062738

I'm happy seeing Yuto-Ice succeed after Bluesky fags called him a racist culture vulture

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>>19625315
Those people don't know shit about Japan

They don't do shit like this out of racism, it's completely innocent and naive in a way that western people poisoned by irony and contempt cannot understand

>>19624177
>Hiromo

>>19625315
>Bluesky
Everyone on there is suspect.

>>19625298
When Naito breaks his neck because he is wrestling legally blind NOAH can have another beloved hero die in their ring.

>>19625586
You're such a waste of space, Hogwheels.

>>19625298
So NOAH is aiming to sign all the broken down parts of LIJ plus Bushi?

>>19625315
Succeed is a big word

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Reminder that Kota never wanted to erase the IWGP History, that was a NJPW thing.

>>19624622
https://x.com/njpw1972/status/2008138397542756531

Interesting that the dirt sheets had no mention of SANADA. Only plausible place for now is Noah since the us companies are not interested with him

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some of you niggas

>>19624622
NOAH. He could even swerve the NOAH fans by joining Team 2000X instead of LTJ. Team 2000X is probably due to drop more guys anyway.

wouldn't it be a bit lame if Naito left just to form temu LIJ with the same fucking members?

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getting into njpw here. want to start with some G1 climax. which years should I watch first?
are there any older ones that really stand out? (like pre 2005)

>>19626118
It would be, but at the same time I dont blame them for doing it and making some yen.

>>19626118
How so? They literally broke off from NJPW to do their own thing. It would be based.

>>19626177
yeah but LIJ is 10 years old, you gotta make it fresh at some point, bringing the same members to do the same schtick might get old very quick

>>19626118
I don't think LTJ will be all the former LIJ members. My guess is if Sanada is going to NOAH he'll tease it then join Team 2000X. If anyone is joining LTJ I think it might be Naoya Nomura who just left AJPW and has been talking about potentially going to NOAH.

>>19626218
You don't need to "How do you do, fellow kids?" Every few years. Just be authentic.

Would Naito be the type to try starting his own fed instead of just jumping to NOAH? If he's bringing most of LIJ with him, he's got at least one rookie...maybe instead of just drawing a salary from CyberFight he asks for an investment? And they get another brand plus he boosts NOAH by working with them too.

>>19626297
nah this nigga doesn't seem to be able to manage a promotion
I think his original plan was to get a toybox contract, it seemed pretty clear from his first few interviews after leaving NJPW but things didn't go as planned so now he has no choice but to wrestle for NOAH as a part-timer

>>19626297
>Would Naito be the type to try starting his own fed
Using what money? All the sponsors and investors in Japan willing to put money into wrestling are already doing it, problem is compared to 26 years ago there's way less of them and there's way less money to go around. It'd be impossible for him to start anything other than a poverty shindie.

>>19626139
The old G1s are kino, they're usually single elimination tourneys that happen on a single night

Chono was the master of them, Mr. G1

>>19626297
he was getting scammed by some guy just after he decided to go freelance. making his own promotion seems a bit too much
he and bushi might have a 2-3 defenses and fuck off to another pomotion

>>19626297
>Naito doing the soul-crushing day to day busy work of running a promotion that sucked the life out of Misawa
Doubtful

Also he's fucking broke

>>19626344
they should build GLEAT around Naito and his buddies now that CIMA is out

I was surprised at how simple Tanahashi's entrance was for his last match. Like as soon as Okada's crappy AEW theme got muted they played Go Ace and he did a regular entrance, it felt weirdly rushed.

>>19626411
I was hoping to hear a medley of all his themes bu t they didn't play High Energy until the exit video

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>>19626390
do you really want to see nu-LIJ there ?

>>19626297
There's tons of little indies in Japan run by this or that wrestler that broke off from a bigger promotion. I don't know if that'd interest Naito but if it did it'd be smarter for him to play nice with CyberFight because then he could do some shows here and there off CyberFight money and get to borrow DDT and NOAH wrestlers for it.

>>19626463
Maybe he could produce a show using CF money like Nosawa does with Monday Magic

>>19626297
I'm not surprised people forgot. But Naito is a scammer. Anyone smart would not give him the book or investment.

>>19626411
I think it was neat. Nothing flashy, nothing spectacular, just the Ace we know and love until the finishing bell rang.

>>19624980
What a good looking gentleman

So is Kato the future or what? Dude can go

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What the fuck happened to Sanada man? Look at this dude

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>>19619789
>A new wrestler who's making Inoki proud debuted
>The real IWGP lineage is back
>Trannyhashi is gone
I'm finally back to watch NJPW after giving up on it 5 years ago.

>Trannyhashi
The 2022 WON bandwagon fan is pretending to have watched years ago again.

Puro is too slow these days. Everyone should learn how to wrestle like Takeshita.

>>19627307
I have anime/videogames psychology and style fatigue so I hope more wrestlers go back to the Gotch style, Inoki-ism style, catch wrestling style and all that good stuff

>>19627155
saucy little minx

>>19627344
Why I like AJPW has Hideki Suzuki working the dojo. It's great to see promotions keeping catch wrestling going and training younger guys in it.

>>19624683
Jake Lee's winning and bringing the World title back baby

>>19625162
wrestling is never in a vacuum anon

>>19625811
>Kota never wanted to erase the IWGP History
Then don't unify the titles

>>19626411
Considering the fact that he was gonna parade himself around the whole arena for 30 minutes, Im glad it was simple

>>19626427
That bothered me so much. High Energy should have been played way before then.

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the confused face one makes when yet another promotion is about to hand your dimeless ass a world championship

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>[NJPW] Aaron Wolf reveals the truth behind his "excess weight": "Victory is everything"

>New Japan Pro-Wrestling's NEVER Openweight Champion Aaron Wolf (29) revealed the "gains" and "tasks" of his shocking pro wrestling debut match on the 5th. The Tokyo Olympic Judo 100kg gold medalist suddenly snatched the belt by defeating EVIL at the January 4th Tokyo Dome show. While he proved his bottomless potential, some voices pointed out his physique as an issue. What is the truth and commitment behind the "excess weight" that Wolf himself admits to—?

>Wolf won by reversal with a triangle choke after enduring EVIL's lawless fight in his debut match. On this day, one night after his shocking first battle, he responded to an interview, reflecting: "I received an unprecedented number of LINE messages and such. So many people watched at the venue or on TV, and the response was once again huge. I was incredibly happy that everyone is evaluating me like this."

>He said he reviewed the match footage immediately. "There were some stiff parts, and places where I wanted to move a bit more like this. However, I was able to show my spirit and the part where I intimidate my opponent, so that was good. Being able to fight while having the face of a competitor is important for living in this world of competition," he says proudly.

>He smiled, noting that many responses came from his former home in the judo world, including Suzuki Keiji-shi—the All Japan Men's Judo director and 2004 Athens Olympic gold medalist who played the Japanese drums during his entrance. "Many different people came. Inoue Kosei-sensei and others also came to the venue, and receiving messages like 'It was interesting' or 'It was amazing' from people I've been involved with in the judo world makes me happy. Being able to have my new stage supported while maintaining those connections."

>>19629130
>On the other hand, Ogawa Naoya-shi, the "former Raging King" who was a Barcelona Olympic Judo silver medalist and active as a pro wrestler, praised his fighting style but pointed out a task: "It's the physique, after all. I wanted you to tighten up a bit more." Wolf himself is aware that there is room for evolution regarding his physical aspect. "I myself feel that the tightening is still insufficient, and I think that's something to build up from now," he prefaced before revealing the reason he avoided unreasonable shaping-up before his debut.

>"I thought about my true strength and which state is strongest. When I tried to reduce weight, training became a bit tough. If that happens, my physical strength ends up dropping, and I think I must be devoted to the competition. If I tighten my body but end up losing (it's meaningless). Of course, asserting oneself with the body is important, but victory is everything."

>In the modern pro wrestling world, many wrestlers boast muscular bodies and six-pack abs. Wolf analyzed himself: "I don't think I need to go that far. I'm not that type. I haven't been shredded since my judo days." He asserted, "To demonstrate my current performance to the maximum, this physique was the best yesterday. In order to build it up in half a year (since joining). Of course, since my wrestling life is long from here on, I hope to eventually tighten my body, shave off the useless parts, and make it a sharper body," pledging his future evolution.

>Being in a position where he is chased so soon after debuting is also motivation. "I think being targeted is the best. The more I'm targeted, the more I feel I must become stronger myself. I think the thrill of being targeted by someone will make me grow even more." Wolf, who climbed from super rookie to new star overnight, will liven up the pro wrestling world of 2026.

https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/372708

Uemura is just pissed off at everyone now, isnt he?

Iyo did a slingblade on Raw and Graves shouted out Tanahashi

>Bullet Club is actually dead
Damn dude

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