>>19763774
2/11 The New Beginning in Osaka @ EDION Arena (3:00pm)
>IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Yota Tsuji (c) vs Jake Lee [87th champion, 1st defense]
>IWGP Tag Team Championship: OSKAR & Yuto-Ice (c) vs Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino [111th champions, 3rd defense]
>NEVER Openweight Championship: Wolf Aaron (c) vs Ren Narita [50th champion, 1st defense]
>David Finlay vs Callum Newman
>Diablo Cado vs Andrade El Idolo
>NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship: Boltin Oleg, YOSHI-HASHI, & Hirooki Goto (c) vs Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa, & Zack Sabre Jr. [33rd champions, 1st defense]
>Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi vs Great-O-Khan & HENARE
>Taiji Ishimori & Hiromu Takahashi vs Jacob Austin Young & Francesco Akira

>NJPW/CMLL Fantastica Mania 2026
2/18 - 2/27

2/27 The New Beginning USA @ CURE Insurance Arena, Long Beach CA (8:00pm EST)
>NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship: Ishii Tomohirio (c) vs Boltin Oleg [8th champion, 2nd defense]
>NJPW World TV Championship: El Phantasmo (c) vs Konosuke Takeshita [7th defense]

>New Japan Cup 2026
3/4 - 3/21

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>and make the lionmark black and white

WE'LL MISS YOU, GOAT

Ebiru...

NO EBIRU
GRIMU

>>19763774
kill me, pete

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BREAKING

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IT'SH MY TIME !! THE ASHE OF DARKNESSH !!!!

>>19764147
well at least he came back with keni level cardio to give Tsuji the rub in a ~40min squash match

>>19763774
The only reason i got into NJPW is leaving. I shall follow. EVIL-SAN! Do your best!

>>19764257
This will shift the global economy and we are ready for it. GO 2/100cen. TALENT SPITE AND ENERGY

>>19764244
kek
Taichi sticking around is interesting to me though. Guy is a puro mark turned wrestler and you’d think he would get a solid world title run elsewhere if he wanted to go.

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I need to panic buy these shirts before they go away

At least before leaving he gave us one of the funniest crowd ever that cheered the top heel over the AEW shitter

>>19764257
WHERE ARE YOUUUUU
AND IM SO SORRYYYY

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I was a prolific grimposter in 2025, and yet the grimness of 2026 exceeds even my darkest predictions.

Evil won't be missed and anyone pretending to like HoT is a lying faggot. We still have Narita and Jake Lee as main event heels who are doing some of the best work right now that New Japan have seen in years

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>>19764382
>We still have Narita and Jake Lee as main event heels who are doing some of the best work right now that New Japan have seen in years

>>19764382
>We still have Narita
Fell asleep just reading this

>>19764382
>Jake Lee
>best work
anyone interested should check out >>19764147 to see this work in action

>>19764382
Narita is so unremarkable that people don't even get on him like they do with Shota. Narita is a lost cause until he proves otherwise

>>19764474
>dogshit haircut
>generic long tights that make him look like Kanemaru's shitty son
>zero charisma
>no promo
>boring ass matches when he's not wrestling Zack or Takeshita
>boring ass music
HoT is entirely built around EVIL anyway so just do a losing faction disbands match to pop attendance and kill the group

I'll never get over how everyone in the '24 G1 got something out of washed Naito and Jake Lee proceeded to have the worst match of Naito's career. The dimes are flying back into my pocket as we speak.

Newman sucks and it doubly sucks that its looking like he's gonna get nepobaby'd up the card by Ospreay. Don't see him as a future top gaijin at all.

>>19764514
Among his many problems that haircut cannot be understated.

I don't see why people hate Newman. He doesn't even wrestle like a flippy shitter anymore like he did back in '24. His match against Goto showed he is a better seller than Ospreay ever was and he has long since abandoned being a bad Will tribute act.

I just don't like Newman's face desu

I have infinitely more faith in Newman than Narita.

Lots of spots open in the G1 this year. Evil, Sanada, and Tanahashi are definitely out. And other guys who might miss depending on contracts: Kidd, Takeshita, and Finlay. Of the play-in guys we will have a non zero chance of the Lonestar and/or Ishii depending on how desperate New Japan is. Oskar and Yuto will definitely get slots and Goto as well.

>>19764826
If nothing else, I'm glad this guarantees KOB. I thought they would pull the "tag team wants to focus on that" when the time came, but it's dumb to at the very least not let Ice get some singles matches against his Reiwa classmates.

Urufu and Lee slipped my mind so sans the play in guys. If only 3 leave i could see them cutting Yoshi Hashi. To make room for both of KoB. I would imagine they would do that instead of both members of Bishamon who they were clearly going to down cycle if not for roster turn over and the whole spontaneous Goto revolution.

>>19764826
There's going to be some AEW guys in it, surely? I figure Okada and Takeshita are locks. Maybe Fletcher or Swerve. Not saying I want this just that it's gonna happen.

>>19765057
I doubt Okada is coming back for a G1. He wants to coast as much as possible till he retires. It really depends on who has double contracts and what not. Like is Takeshita still contracted? Who knows? He is working NB-USA, but that could just be a leftover date or a favor to New Japan. Kidd maybe could be in it, but I am doubtful. Andrade seems like a real possibility. Then it also depends on if it overlaps with their fake G1. Last year they placed a premium on using their own guys, so I could see that being the case again this year.

>>19765057
>>19765098
I hope you enjoy Eddie Kingston and Brody King

>>19765057
If they feel the need to bring in any outsiders for it hopefully they look outside of AEW, Mistico(doubtful CMLL would give him up for the whole tour) or Shun Skywalker would be based.

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>enters your G1

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the new vilain of new japan

>>19765391
Having recently rewatched the sakura genesis match, this is a painful sight

HAHAHA
WE TOOK YOUR EBIRU TOY
NUJAFAGS WERE GETTIN COCKY AFTER TANAHASHI RETIREMENT SHOW

Kill yourself grimposting seether

or get a fucking job maybe

>>19765490
Bullet Club is dead. Now it's time for Bussin Club

>>19765490
Geek shouldve kept his head shaved

>>19765391
Why didnt he just fucking go to NOAH or something

>>19765164
>Brody King
this is unironically a good pick for a 3-6 guy

>>19768906
Nobody taught Shota how to dress, huh?

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>When asked about the future if HOT Ren declared "We're not going anywhere. Im not gonna explain myself to the likes of you, but I took over what EVIL left behind, including his philosophy. Nothing [HOT] does will change."
So its the same shit but with an uncharismatic leader.

>>19769030
Maybe they're refer to him as captain like they did TJP to really highlight the grimness

>>19768933
they taught him how to dress like Steve Albini

>>19769030
It's unsurprising in some sense. Half the roster is in that shitty faction. It is gonna to be absolutely brutal to watch now though. At least at the end of HoT fueds we got a semi decent Evil match at the end. Now we are cooked.

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Sad to see our president going (https://streamable.com/2y7zbn is my vote for most kino NJPW moment of the decade so far) but I'm very excited to finally see if Ren has what it takes, they're gonna make him sink or swim now. If he steps up to the plate it's gonna KWAB Shokek even more than Tsuji breaking out already did. I'm supporting Ren for president! #NARITA2026

>>19768906
Yuya looking like a quadrillion yennerinos, looking like the Solid Snake to Tana's Big Boss. Hope Gedo unlinks him from Shita very soon so he can make a break for the main event.

>>19769556
My first thought when it comes to Narita is his performance in the dog pound steel cage match. Killer look drenched in blood and fighting with Gabe. Felt like that was a turning point for him that they didn't do anything with, outside of his G1 upset over ZSJ.

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>I think this is probably the first time we've had drinks and food just the two of us privately. It was such a fun time that I completely lost track of time. Thank you! Here's to good fortune in Nabe-chan's life from here on out! See you again sometime!

Really sad that both Jay and EVIL were starting to get serious traction from the audience like AJ and Kenny had only for their runs to abruptly end. Just ONE fucking match where Ibiru wrestles clean as a whistle, I mean come on, the crowd was cheering him to win the damn G1, they were ready for it. Would have positioned Narita to take over by beating the shit out of him after for being an honorablecel like Kenny did to AJ when he lost his heel edge against Shinsuke. I guess they let EVIL go unburied in order to not take away any of Wolf's rub.

>>19768906
Iron your t-shirt you goddamn bum

>I was watching a video of Takagi and Natsupoi, and I found it funny that they wake up to military songs every morning, but it was a difficult line to walk when it came to whether it was okay to laugh or not.
KEK

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>>19769986
based

Really interested to see how far Boltin will go and when they're gonna start his big push, he was already very protected as a young boy but they haven't pushed the button yet for some reason. One of the very few gaijins in history alongside Zacky Big Tekkers who are locks for being NJPW 4 LIFE, but went even further than Zack by having his name be in Japanese naming conventions (ultimate honoraburu gaijin move), overall the fans have an extremely close bond with him. Hopefully Boltin can get a few main events this year!

I hate the whole Anime over the top Villain gimmick.
Everybody does it exactly the same, no nuance.

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>>19769986
meme magic is real

>>19770083
>meme magic
Yep, the racist Natsupoi saying the n word meme caused her to become a shoot nationalist and wife to Shingo

>>19769986
I need to see this video lol

>>19769986
ngl they sound lame as fuck

>>19770080
you've had nuance all of Tana's reign of terror. Look what it led to

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>>19769986

>>19769789
EXPOSIN' THE DAMN BUSINESS

>>19770837
30 YEARS
I DON'T CARE

>>19770837
A bunch of wrestlers on the roster were wishing him farewell, seems like he was really beloved behind the scenes. Even Honma tweeted that he was sad about it. Kayfabe? Doesn't matter brother, this is the President we're talking about here.

:( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPFIgJySXPo

>>19770041
I'm not surprised Boltin has been in limbo, he's clearly valued and respected by fans but making him a draw, especially with this push for women fans, at the very least will take time.

>>19771200
This performance will age like the finest of wines when Wolfcuck wrestles his next singles match and everyone realises he's absolute fucking dogshit, lower than the worst young lion tier at wrestling, when he isn't paired up with a god tier ring general like the Iyo smasher. I'm dreading the inevitable Umino vs. Wolf program....

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...

>And then there was another big piece of news. Shingo Takagi-kun, who trained at the Hamaguchi Dojo, announced that he married Natsupoi-san. Actually, before it was made public, Takagi-kun suddenly came to our gym in Asakusa. He asked, “Is Chairman (Animal Hamaguchi) here?” Then the three of us—my father, Takagi, and me—were talking, and he said, “I’m getting married.” And he was wearing a wedding ring! I was totally shocked and so happy that I got all excited and went, “Uoooo!” And then he apologized to me, saying, “Sorry I’m getting ahead of you” (laugh). At the time it was all celebratory, but later, when I thought back on it, I couldn’t help laughing. In my head I muttered, “That’s none of your business!”

>Other people were there, so he contacted me again that night and told me who his partner was: Natsupoi-san.

>Takagi-kun is very laid-back and does things at his own pace. Once, even when I and the gym staff were all eating together, having a great time, and the vibe turned into “Next place!” Takagi-kun had this intense “I want to go home” aura (laugh). He doesn’t get swept along! If he has work or training the next day, he absolutely sticks to his own priorities. Pro wrestling and self-management come first—that’s why he’s where he is now. Truly “charging straight ahead on my own path.” So if that Takagi-kun is getting married, I think it means Natsupoi-san really captivated him. I’m genuinely happy for them. He also said, “I wanted to come together with her.” I’d be happy if I get to meet her sometime soon.

>>19771347
>It inspired me too~. I read in the Tokyo Sports article that Natsupoi-san made the first move. Like Takagi-kun, I also have a bit of that laid-back, my-own-pace side, so I thought it’d be nice if there were someone more proactive. I feel like the momentum is coming to me, too. Last year I got to do three wedding toasts, and then Takagi-kun and people around me are getting married. Up until now I’d get nervous and not show myself, or I’d end up hiding how I felt—but I feel like I’m at my peak right now, and like I could have a fun romance. It’ll be a fun date!

>My muscles are in really good shape right now, too. I’m eating less than when I was competing, but I’m bulking up. Maybe it’s because even if I have an early-morning shoot, I still make sure to go to the gym and get my hands on the dumbbells and machines.

>Alright! Let’s go for 30 kg dumbbell curls! How about a muscly grown woman~! Kiai da~!

https://x.com/tospo_battle/status/2015903684232966641

>The NJPW World English archive project!

>English introductions and historical context have now been added to the @njpwworld archives up through September 1984, including this Riki Choshu and Andre the Giant clash during a highly controversial IWGP League!

>#njpw

https://x.com/njpwglobal/status/2016255140181790778

>>19772147
Glad to hear desu

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still grim ?

>Okada leaves
>"Saw that one coming."
>Jay White leaves
>"They didn't need him anyways."
>Naito leaves
>"He was sawdusted."
>Tanahashi retires
>"It was a long time coming."
Okay, but what are they going to do without EVIL for a shoot? Who's their next top heel? Kanemaru? GOK? Taiji Ishimori?

>>19773115
It's Callum and Lee. Do with that what you will. Always an outside shot they get a clue and turn Umino

>>19773115
You're such a retarded newfag and it shows

Jay White was the one we all saw coming and knew was coming for a long time because of his wife's illness

>>19772147
Actually cool stuff. Shout outs to whoever pushed for it.

>>19770636
>waking up with the mindset to tackle the day like a drill exercise, completing tasks diligently with discipline is le bad because..... uh militaries try to implement order and so you shouldn't..... uh yeah
taste be gained, may the patriotic couple have a healthy home and land

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>>19773007
lemme check... YUP

>>19773278
I'm not going to say the same thing twice, you snivelling faggot. Why don't you go back to bumping your joshi threads and crying?

SINISTER LMAO

>>19773528
I don't watch womeme's wrestling fag

Also you, the Grimposting Seether, are a known TJPW SEAmonkey who spergs about Bushiroad all day long
basically what im saying is kys

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>>19773568
>If-if-if you dis-dis-disagree with me you-you-you must be my b-b-boogeyman!
Pathetic.

you make the same gay posts day in and day out so it's really audacious when you try to pretend to be someone else in a general that maybe has 5 unique posters total

>>19772147
This is the shit I still subscribe for

>>19773615
I only make the mistake of coming to this general about once a month. Worst general on the board, desu, and that includes the 66 "active" Joshit threads.

>>19773663
In that case, you got worked by the grimposter and you're a retarded tourist that hasn't been following the promotion

Either way fuck off because you're wrong and your entire narrative about NJPW is off

>>19773677
You are literally worse than the grim poster. No one likes you and you lower the quality of this board by chosing to continue your faggy ways each and every day.

>>19773693
by being realistic about the promotion and an actual fan instead of a whiny cunt who cries over joshit which has nothing to do with NJPW? fuck off faggot, back to whatever awful threats you normally inhabit

you'll get no more bait yous from me, cretin

>>19773706
You've never baited anyone in your life. Being genuinely retarded and unbearable doesn't count as "bait" but sadly, you are far too stupid to understand this until it is far too late. Lonely death. Unattended funeral.

>>19773197
There's always gotta be a top Japanese heel along with a foreign one. Lee and Callum lead the gaijin side and unfortunately all we have for a foreigner is Narita.
>Always an outside shot they get a clue and turn Umino
Not happening since Tanahashi wants more than just Uemura and Wolf leading the Hontai heavyweights.

Japanese New Japan twitter is so depressing right now. It's like someone died.

>>19775670 The cure comes from >>19775053 we need Moxed out Shota. plz Tana see that Umino's natural nerd disposition can be pulled on anytime after* the needed heel run. In 2 years at most the roster will be brimming again and shooter can faceturn on a dime.

>>19765218
NJPW should consider trades. See if NOAH, Dragon Gate, and AJPW would let a rep each go to the G1 in exchange for borrowing a NJPW wrestler for the N1 or Champion Carnival or whatever. Problem is when NJPW does this usually their offer is either a dad like Nagata or a Young Lion they don't care about getting jobbed out.

Heavyweight wrestling is basically dead worldwide.

>>19775806
NJPW is the big leagues in Japan by a significant margin. As more spots on NJPW cards open up, they'll be filled more by guys from NOAH, DDT, AJPW, etc, who are looking for more money and more notoriety.

That's how we got guys like SANADA, Taichi, Shingo Takagi, Ishii, Kanemaru, etc.

Winning by default, the best kind of victory

>>19775806
>See if NOAH, Dragon Gate, and AJPW would let a rep each go to the G1 in exchange for borrowing a NJPW wrestler for the N1 or Champion Carnival or whatever.
This only worked out in the 2000s because the promotions were a lot closer to the same level as each other. This is why New Japan doesn't care to do so now, they're much much bigger than everyone else. Stardom does more cooperation with their talent because they want to. Hiromu did that NOAH run for his buddy AMAKUSA to go over in the end.

>>19776216
>Stardom does more cooperation with their talent because they want to
also to freeze out Rossy

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Grim...sinister even.

Grimjeet lost

Reiwachads won

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Umino got a clue and changed his diaper fur look

>>19776491
Auraless

>>19776491
looks like emergency pants because he forgot his diaper or shat in it

>>19776491
he likely forgot his gear

>>19776491
GOD FORBID

>>19776491
The Wheeler Yuta of NJPW

>>19775808 Takeshita possibly in NJC

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Dimes

He shoulda just went out in trunks

>>19776491
KEK what an empty Arena

>>19776649
>>19776753

>>19776491
>>19776649
The snow fucked up their buses. I guess Umino had his gear not on the bus that he was on

>>19776753
>987人
no thousy
I thought the dude with big nipples was a draw
grim

house show
doesn't count

>>19778054
For a weekday in the middle of nowhere that's not too bad.

>>19776649
>both of Moxley's geek sons in New Japan got the lion mark on their knee pads

>>19776491
>>19776649
Apparently this show was extra fucked because the wrestlers were 30 minutes late due to the snow
https://x.com/tanahashi1_100/status/2016526928434671922

>>19776227
This is really the main reason. When Marigold first started they were genuinely worried about it taking market share so Okada employed as many tactics as possible to make it harder to get off the ground. Like trying to draw eyes to other Joshi indies. That being said it has still found its own niche. Stardom has distanced itself as a clear number 1. Whereas Marigold competes with TJPW for number 2 with the former being much stronger outside of Tokyo compared to the latter. Marigold doing good outside Tokyo enables them to run more shows and have higher total ticket sales despite similar averages. Reminds me of DG kinda.

>Tetsuya Naito congratulates Shingo Takagi and EVIL on their “new beginnings,” and sends a reunion message: “It really fires you up”

>Tetsuya Naito (43) of “Los Tranquilos de Japon (LTJ)” celebrated the “new beginnings” of his former comrades. Shingo Takagi, who fought alongside him in “Los Ingobernables de Japon (LIJ),” has gotten married, while EVIL has left the company—each reaching a major turning point. While drawing inspiration from the two of them, Naito also looked ahead to a possible reunion in the ring someday.

>Naito competed for the French promotion BZW on the 24th (25th Japan time). After returning home, he summoned this paper’s reporter to a family restaurant and reflected on his solo excursion: “It was my first time going to France, and sure, the venue was small, but the reason I left NJPW was because I wanted to wrestle in front of all kinds of people. This time was probably the closest I’ve come to what I most wanted to do.” He added with a grin, “And as you’d expect from a country of fine cuisine—Burger King and Subway were both extremely delicious.” It seems that no matter where he goes in the world, what he eats doesn’t really change.

>At NOAH’s 2/11 Korakuen event, he and BUSHI are set for their first defense of the GHC Tag Team Titles against KENTA & HAYATA. But what’s been lighting a fire under Naito lately is news about his former parejas. First, Takagi—who announced on the 13th that he had married Stardom’s Natsupoi—reportedly told Naito directly. “I’ve known Takagi for 25 years, so I probably know him better than his wife does. Maybe Natsupoi is regretting it by now? I can’t help but worry,” he said, meddling unnecessarily, before continuing: “We’re the same age, but he’s incredibly energetic, and now that he’s got a partner, he’s probably even more fulfilled, right? Seeing how fulfilled he is is really motivating. But I didn’t want to see Takagi all lovey-dovey, so I didn’t watch the livestream,” he said, eyes shining.

>>19779727
>Meanwhile, EVIL—who had been active as an original member until leaving LIJ in July 2020—was announced on the 26th as having departed the company. Naito confessed what he’s been feeling: “Back in the LIJ days, I thought about so many things—how to fight, what to say, even something as simple as an entrance. We ended up walking different paths, but he was still someone I paid attention to. I’d even thought maybe someday we’d be standing in the same corner again… Watching him take a step forward like this really fires you up.” He continued: “LIJ was that big of a thing for me, and I don’t know what ring it’ll be, but as long as we’re still active, we might meet again. Maybe it’ll be soon, maybe it’ll be way down the line—I’m looking forward to that moment,” his motivation clearly rising.

>After saying everything he wanted to say, Naito pressed at the corners of his eyes and abruptly stood up: “Still… to think a day like this would come for ‘that man’ I signed up at the Animal Hamaguchi Gym with… Oops, sorry. Mind if I go to the bagno (note: the restroom) for a bit?” He then left his seat. But he showed no sign of returning, and all that remained on the table was the bill.

https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/375250

>>19776506
They fucking do look like quick replacement pants lmao

>>19779727
>and sure, the venue was small, but the reason I left NJPW was because I wanted to wrestle in front of all kinds of people.
This dude literally calls up his own personal Tokyo Sports reporter just to cope post

>>19776491
he should wrestle in dress pants like Corporate Kane

I feel like those long pants make him look fat compared to his more recent gear.

clark is on collision this week. guess hes aew bound.

>>19779738
Curious if Naito thinks if WWE will let NOAH borrow EVIL here and there or something

>>19779923
man's gotta eat

>>19781264
>get on an 18 hour flight to Japan for minimal yen
>stay in America and pound Thekla’s asshole for big mark money
Hard choice to make

>>19781264
Good for him

>>19781296
I hope he does and he immediately turns on him again

I wonder what would have happened if La Sombra never recruited Naito.