This is the destination for all based webms, brotherOn tonight's docket: 100+ webms of NJPW Wrestlekingdom, New Year Dash, NOAH The New Year and much more!
I'm starting with WK and New Year Dash, then I'll do NOAH's 1.1 show, and after that I'm going try work my way back from the Christmas shows. It's good to be back, bros.
Aaron Wolf vs EVIL >>>>> Takeshita vs TsujiFUCK DAVE MELTZER AND HIS SHIT TASTE
>>19657097BASED
>>19657097True>>19657144based spot ngl
I wonder how big a part of the budget these guys were.
God bless his heart.
>>19657353lmao
>>19657022Based webmbro. Did Wrestle Kingdom restore the feeling for you? I'm actually hype for NJPW for the first time in a while
>>19657421I don't think I ever lost the feeling as hard as some people on here did, but WK and NYD certainly did a lot for my optimism with the company and I may be willing to say it's overtaken NOAH as my favorite again. Just the "little" thing of Takeshita tapping to a Boston Crab feels pretty important. There's lots of other things that I'll go over as I post the relevant webms, but for a WK with this heavy outside influence I think things played out really, really well.
>>19657387I'm gonna use this on other boards
>>19657448Close enough, welcome back ELPbro
So good to have Henare back. I like the funky O-Khan-do as well, even though I miss the stache.
>>19657585They need to book Ishikawa again now that a fellow CTE Kino enthusiast is back on the roster
PURE FUCKING YENI like DOUKI just being a generic evil bad guy, but this "game master" persona is a cute addition. Doubt it'll last long, though. I kinda feel like they're turning him back with the Despy match, but maybe that's just wishful thinking on my part. My mark booking was a title rematch at WK with DOUKI turning face midway. Will still be cool if they do decide to do that later, but mirroring the venue would've been awesome.>>19657651>ynr when mikey nicholls hardway'd henare and then dropped him directly on his skull on night 1 of the G1
I still do not like this guy but one way he could get over is by just being an unintentional comedy guy. This got me good.
God damn. The pure FURY on this is great.
DIMES
Welcome to the business kid
As cool as this is, and as awesome as the moment is, I can't help but feel a little bad for Boltin. This is basically the exact spot Boltin was in in the KOPW feud, but with a different big shooter gaijin just with more hype. I can't help but feel Boltin could've gotten a moment like this because this crowd would've popped for Wolf doing absolutely anything.
While I agree that this match seems very overrated by some people, I also really like parts of it. The opening sequence of clean breaks is really, really good.
>>19657299They showed up for bro
Good to have you back. The Tochi Pro Happy New Year & Shinjiro Otani Aid was the best show of the season for me. MIRAI and Sareee had head-drop kino and the main event had Kohei Sato giving and receiving multiple gnarly headbutts.
>>19657387>Space Sheriff Gayvan
I'm a sucker for body blows so I can't not love this. The setup is great too.>>19658038Interesting, I was going to ask for shows I might've missed and that's one of them. I'll try to track it down and give it a watch for next week.>>19658040Kek
>>19658004I somehow didn't notice while watching it live, but that take down is a shoot. EVIL doesn't post at all, nice. I hope he can safely work in more judo stuff, especially after watching a highlight reel some anon posted in the njpw gen
I liked Tsuji's selling leading into this.>>19658078>a highlight reel some anon posted in the njpw genOh shit, I gotta see that. Judo is still pure wizardry to me.
God DAMN look how close he's cutting it.
Great sell from Takeshita.
Takeshita makes this look great too. I especially like how Tsuji just goes for it without waiting for Takeshita to "set up," makes it look way more chaotic.
>>19657097Mayu vs Takumi and Suzume vs Miu were better than both tho
Good on Takeshita for selling the stomach impact of this. Really nice detail.
>>19658513ref-kun loved that
FINNER
I really like this.
SHINNIHONICHIBANLike I said before, I'm happy for Tsuji and I think this result is a major step in righting the ship with NJPW. Really happy to see it.
>>19657353*Glass reassembles*
GO ACEGO ACEGO ACE
>>19658617Wrestle Kingdom was trash and you know it.
>>19657624Makes me sad that Oka is told to revert to Yano 2.0 every three months, he could still be reheated as an intimidating power guy but I guess Bushiroad want him to enthusiastically open TCG packs for their advertisements instead.
>>19658878Yeah, I agree, but this new UE direction, as skeptical as I was on it initially, has been good for him. I hope they stick to it.
>>19657353Hes painfully lame>>19658742Huge pop
Finner
>>19658585Probably the hardest hitting Gene Blaster he ever hit. Looked like broke Soup's ribs there
>>19658983Takeshita jumps INTO it which is why it looks like that. It looks a bit less picturesque this way but it adds to the car crash factor.
HOLY POP
It's like he hasn't aged in 10 years.
>>19657353I'm sure he was penciled in at one point to be the guy retiring Tana. Got to be kind of bittersweet to be working the show in the undercard instead. Although maybe he's relieved? He comes across sometimes as someone who really doesn't want to be "The Guy" in that way.
I can't tell if this was intended or not, but Okada's taunt afterwards feels improvised.>>19659120>at one pointAbsolutely true, but I feel like those plans had to have changed with his WK19 match and the crowd reactions that followed. It's a weird spot where he's clearly beloved by a section of the crowd but absolutely disrespected by a vocal part when it comes to title matches. > Although maybe he's relieved? He comes across sometimes as someone who really doesn't want to be "The Guy" in that way.I can see this sometimes. It feels like he was just thrust into this position and he doesn't really have the public persona for that position. Tsuji and Yuto feel like the most ready for the top position when it comes to promos and presence.
I genuinely popped out of my fucking seat. If this had happened after any of the other outsiders that reaction would've been far lessened but I genuinely lost it. I let myself believe for a second.
Shoot on my fucking feelings why don't you. Jesus Christ.
>>19657866>>19657911>>19657951>>19658004Can you post Aaron power slam spot? That shit pretty impressive
>>19659277>>19659289Here you go! Can't believe I didn't note that down.
>strikes a pose to pop the crowdLove this guy
>>19657022Haha time for the best thread of the week (not sure if it's your return from before Christmas when you said you'll be back in January). Good to see you!
Popped me huge.>>19659359>not sure if it's your return from before Christmas when you said you'll be back in JanuaryYep, this is my first thread since before Christmas. I hope you've been well.
I genuinely cannot tell if Naito showing up late was a work or a shoot and that's fucking hilarious to me.
>gets his big tokyodome moment all because he's no longer in the company>misses the flowers completelyPoetic.
>>19659379Fucking hilarious>>19659363>.webmGod damn, I miss my Switchblade>Yep, this is my first thread since before Christmas. I hope you've been well.The return of the king! Thanks, hope you been well too.>>19659116It's such perfection
>>19659400>God damn, I miss my SwitchbladeAt some point I'm going back to watch his NJPW matches. I don't think he'll ever return but I do fully believe he was the best wrestler in the world when he was with the company.
Cinema.
I'll start off with New Year Dash, unsure if I'll finish it tonight.>>19659464I'm gonna miss him. Thank you GOAT.
GO LITTLE MAN GO
Put Ishii in a singles match with every single young lion. Yesterday.
>>19659575Based Ishii putting our little niBBa in his place>>19659464o7>>19659409I'm sure we'll breathe with the Switchblade once more (even if it's in AEW).
>>19659582>even if it's in AEWDoesn't count. At least not to me. Maybe it's better now, but I watched those initial well-praised Collision matches and he felt completely gutted. His biggest strength is match builds and you just can't do that with weekly television structure.
GO KATO GO
The Oiwa/Yuto stuff was so kino that night
Wrong order, my bad.I'm really into this. Obviously Ishii is the GOAT worker and I'll be into absolutely anything he does, but Team 150 as pissed off dads is a total home run to me. This match got me as excited as anything on WK.>>19659613Hell yeah it was. Will wait until tomorrow but I'm very excited to post it.
We've seen this before, but I'll webm it every single time it happens. It's just so god damn good.
That's all for me for today! Tomorrow I'll have the rest of NYD, NOAH's 1.1 show and maybe more if I have time to make the webms. Thank you all for hanging out and for the warm welcome back! I'll see you all then. Goodnight, bros.
>>19659190I didn't truly realize how much I missed Jay until this moment. I'm so happy he got to tease Tana about his abs one more time
>>19659266
>>19659547>>19659559>>19659575Send my boy on a short excursion after YL Cup, either NOAH, Germany or Mexico. I honestly think he just needs 5-6 months of broadening his horizons so he can return debuting a gimmick, kid's basically already done.
>>19659585Juice and him vs FTR is still based.>>19659660Still so glad when I was in Japan that I got to see them in the G1>>19659800Goodnight based webmbro
what if I were to bump the webm thread tho
>>19659363kek what a callback
I'm back! Thank you all for keeping us bumped. I'm back with more New Year's action!>>19660926Hell yeah, brother. He'd be a perfect fit for NOAH I think, they've just the right hoss bullshittery for him. He should leave, do purely choppa/shoulder tackle/elbow merchant matches and come back with no visual differences and then singlehandedly revive the 2010s NEVER division.>>19661523>Juice and him vs FTR is still based.I didn't get much out of it, personally, and I like everyone involved in that. I think it was partially hurt by my sky-high expectations, but I also just do not like AEW's production at all.
Smooth.
>>19659266THIS IS REAL MAN SHIT ;_;
I like this tag team and I hope they stick around in a way that... No UE tag team ever has? I'm still mad we didn't get a Freebird rule reign from them in 2021.>>19663026That was one rainy night in the Tokyodome.
>>19663056that moment made the lump in my throat get really big and made my eyes water up. If you know their entire history, it is absolutely pinnacle kino. How powerful thi moment is cannot be overstated. I thought they'd never top the 'Shibata seconding Tana for the G1 Final 2018' moment. As far as capping off their story.
For whatever reason, him caring less makes me like Jake Lee so much more. I could never buy him as a War Dog, but as a stoic weirdo with a contact and who comes out with a half toga in the stable of misfits, he really works. I hope they keep it up.>>19663164Yeah. Their story is my favorite wrestling story bar none and they wrapped it up really nicely.
I haven't felt this good about UE as a whole since their first six months as a stable, and that's coming off of their recent extremely unconvincing heel turn which was in my opinion the stable's lowest point. Without someone as Ospreay in the lead the whole stable felt like a directionless collection of weirdos but never really committed to that fully. With the recent returns and additions they really do feel like a group of misfits in a great way, and that, in turn, has made me enjoy Newman's change in character more too. I don't buy him as a leader, but I buy him as a twerp wannabe who's managed to delude himself into thinking he's leader material because of the weirdos with nowhere better to be following him. And then capping it all off with this to give the stable direction going forward was great. I just really hope it doesn't turn into faction in-fighting but actually goes somewhere.
Christ, Robbie almost Misawa's himself here.
This "tank with tech" character Oiwa is doing right now is all I could ever ask for. The best of both worlds. So damn good.
>>19663368Obviously besides the Tanahashi match this was my favorite match of the weekend. Actually liked it considerably more than the Takeshita/Tsuji match. There's so much mileage they can get out of this Oiwa/Ice rivalry if they play it right. It's all right there for them with the classic pretty rich boy with something to prove against the hardened street kid that looks down on him.
This move's always been perplexing to me because Yuto so clearly just hits them. I'm very ready for the "lay your shit in" revival in NJPW.
>>19663402Yeah, I agree. NYD was an incredible show, opening and closing especially strong. Kind of glad this didn't go on WK, even though I get being mad about that if you're the BROTHERS. Commentary worked that well into the story, though.
I know he's tall, but the air Oskar gets surprises me every time. Good sell from Zack here too.
OIWA OIWA OIWA
I'll always pop for a short knee, but especially one where the momentum is so believably headed right for it.
GO OIWA GO OIWA GO
This was the ideal way to end this match. The BROTHERS retaining against the WTL winners cemented them as pillars of the tag team division, and Oiwa looked like an absolute monster all match, and he can hopefully carry that into singles competition.
Next up is NOAH The New Year!
MASSIVE
>>19663730I heard Naito stunk up the joint
>>19663433>even though I get being mad about that if you're the BROTHERSThey probably aren't mad about it anymore lmao
>>19663804Eh, honestly he was fine. Obviously he's not wrestling like it's 2018 anymore, but I don't think anyone who's on the Naito train in 2026 is on there for in-ring work. His character work is still great and the interactions with Kenoh are as good as they were in 2022.
It's baffling that I didn't immediately love Ohara when I first saw him. This kinda flashy grapplefuckery is exactly my shit.
>>19659322>gets himself over during your retirement ceremonyGOAT
>>19664394ABCAlways Be Workin' brotherrrrrrrrr
KWAWB (Kek What A Worked Ass Bitch)
Happy first day in the company Naito-san
I like the way Hiromu damn near crashes into the camera here.
NOT how you're meant to land from that.
WE DRAGON GATE NOW
I love how Inamura just does for the elbow drop no matter how midway the sell OZAWA is.
Just a nuts counter.
>>19657022
I'm closing out with AJPW's New Year's Eve show!
They've very consistently made this look great.
Shame about the miscommunication, but man, this is brutal.
The death sell Shiozaki does for a good minute before this owns.
I still don't really "get" fat-era Ishin but he does have one mean German.
Onto the title match!
>commentary going KEEEEEEENTO TAIMU DA
>>19665349I went into Miyahara vs Anzai with the highest expectations between it, Ozawa vs Inamura, and Tsuji vs Takeshita and I wasn't disappointed. I love how Miyahara and Anzai could do some really simple things but make it really engaging to watch.
>>19665411Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised. This was my favorite singles title match of all of the WK week.
Christ.
God DAMN, Kento.
I'm not sure if this is what busted Anzai open but it makes for one hell of a visual.
DEAD.
I like this. Feels like it's a subversion that's rarely used.
>>19662920>I didn't get much out of it, personally, and I like everyone involved in that. I think it was partially hurt by my sky-high expectations, but I also just do not like AEW's production at all.Feels bad, mang. To each his own.>>19662583Basado>>19662114Delightfully devilishii
First ever uppercut Blackout. The angle and Anzai's sell makes this look so good.>>19665567>Feels bad, mang.It sucks, but there'll always be the Switchblade era to look back on.
>anzai doing a running kneeWeird.Love the angle on this too.
I'm going to stop here because we're at a clean 151 and I've finished up most of the stuff I had planned anyway. Next week you can expect me to catch up on NJPW and NOAH's Christmas shows, at least one of AJPW's New Year Wars shows as well as GLEAT's December shows. I'm also hoping to have finalized my MOTY list, but there was a wrench in the works in the shape of my computer's C drive completely dying that delayed the finishing touches on that. Luckily I didn't lose anything important, but it stole two days of the time I expected to be free. But that's enough of that! Thank you all for the warm welcome back and the very active thread. These ones are always some of my favorites of the year, even though they're hard work. I hope you all had wonderful holidays. I'll see you all next week and throughout the rest of 2026! Goodnight, bros.
>>19665665Thank you and goodnight, webmbro. You must be tired...
>>19664480theres a lot of about wrestling that would fucking suck to be involved with, but getting chopped by marufuji has gotta be at the top.
*sip*
>>19658058>I'll try to track it down and give it a watch for next week.I found it on Archive.
>>19665642Damn good stuff here
more bangerinosthat's what i say
>>19663554bomboclaat
>>19665585I got gimlet confused with giblets when he first started using the move couldn't figure out why he'd call it that.
>>19657022AISHITEMASU webmchad