>>19839635
>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]
>IWGP Women's Championship: Syuri (c) vs Athena

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

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Grimsters keep getting proved right.

I'm excused for Fantasticamania!

>>19839654
SHO gonna be the real next HoT leader when Wolf-kun brings Narita back to the lightside by purging him with his AURA playing out in their match.
Then you have Ren, now with a debt to repay and a friend to train a new style, as an on call tag partner ready if Wolf needs one for specific 2x2s

>>19839699
SHO gonna be the next to leave

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>>19839858
>starts a new faction
>everyone leaves or gets hurt 1 month in

Yota Tsuji fucking sucks.

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hey dribbler baloney your ride's here

>>19839858
dont think a xeet has made me kek on this board before, not guffawing but at least a heel callum doesnt completely undermine willy's reputation

>>19839870
Tsuji only has 2 facial expressions:
finner, or "I'm about to cry please don't point a camera at me"

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Mexican embassy in Japan promoting Fantastica Mania
https://x.com/EmbamexJP/status/2019251554554114119

>>19840028
Better or worse than Yuya's anxious/constipated face?

>>19840183
its a little better, but still shit
none of the new generation heavyweights look like they feel comfortable in their roles. Ironically Narita is probably the best along in that facet so far, because hes had the least responsibility

>be Drilla
>roid like a madman
>suffer muscle tears constantly
Take your foot off the gas a little man damn lol

>>19840143
I'm happy that Yutani is not there, because they only have a chance to introduce him.

>>19840143
remember when they had soberano on a 1 year deal and didn't use him once?

Oi, Nujamals. You faggots better do a good job preparing Callum Newman for us this year. He is a future #ALLELITE star. Get to work already and stop wasting time. We gave you Okada this year so you owe us big time now. No excuses. Have your Yota Sushi guy drop the belt to our Callum asap.

>>19840817
Yoba Sushi does need to drop that belt.

grim

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Fantasticamania without any LIJ or Tanahashi is gonna feel so fucking weird. I wonder if/how Yuya or Shota are gonna fit into the tour. We might get a good DOUKI match out of it at least.

I stand with ICE

>>19840659
Yes. It sounds like they did the same thing to Haste and Nicholls. And I assume it is one of the pay per appearance types. So kek.

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I'm your EVIL ashe now !!!

>>19839912
He deserves a lot of credit for having an over the shoulder piledriver and not killing SANADA whose right arm is atrophied to fuck

>>19841304
TMDK on the tour would be a great cover.

>>19841801
biggup

>>19842093
pleeezzz do a blindside, backstab maiming of Uemura in the middle of the ring the second after the bell for the KOB match. Go fo a few minutes, draw some color, with osk/ice paralyzed letting it unfold.

drilled bologna is going to get a toybox contract and tonikan will pay for his surgery

clark connors only got into the toybox because of thekla, there's no reason for tonikan to go for drilla

>>19842676
he has gabe and connors now, he wants the whole war dogs playset

I can't believe they would be their next tag team champion like this https://x.com/njpw_nyao/status/2019592464076771454

I watched Wrestle Kingdom and really enjoyed it. I haven't watched any of the other shows since then but I'll watch New Beginning. I really want New Japan to be successful. I hate AEW so much.

>>19843147
>kids fully behind wato
heatstormbros, i thought the kids loved him

>>19843501
based, here anon you shant lose that smile, for the court jester is at play

>>19843501
>I hate AEW
>so I'm gonna watch the feeder developmental league for AEW

The Yuto Ice name was genius, because AEW is not touching him anytime soon

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....What?

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https://www.njpw1972.com/627464
https://www.njpw1972.com/626994
Fantasticamania cards are out.

2/18 Yoyogi
>Main event: Fantasticamania Tag Tournament First Round- Mascara Dorada & Mistico vs SHO & Ultimo Guerrero
>6th Match: Match Relampago- Templario vs Soberano Jr.
>5th Match: El Desperado, Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato & Masatora Yasuda vs Unbound Co. (Yota Tsuji, Titan, Taiji Ishimori & Daiki Nagai)
>4th Match: Fantasticamania Tag Tournament 1st Round- Atlantis & Atlantis Jr. vs Satoshi Kojima & OKUMURA
>3rd Match: Fantasticamania Tag Tournament 1st Round & Black Cat Memorial- Tiger Mask & Stigma vs Magnus & Averno
>2nd Match: Match Relampago: Zane Jay vs Hechicero
>1st Match: Fantasticamania Tag Tournament First Round- Valiente Jr. & Futuro vs Hijo De Stuka Jr. & Shoma Kato

2/26
>Mascara Dorada vs Hechicero
>Averno vs Atlantis Jr.
>Shoma Kato vs Titan

2/27
>Mistico vs Soberano Jr.
>Templario vs Ultimo Guerrero
>Shoma Kato vs Averno

Shingo enters the tour

why the fuck is douki skipping the already dire japanese side of the tour? he's a no brainer for this

>Unbound Titan

Cute

>>19844086
bullet babe detected

>>19844112
Soberano/Mistico singles match environment will be great for that one

Anyone else here been converted to /smartbastard/? Post return he's been on another level of storytelling and personality, completely mogged Yota for the entire buildup. I know he's basically Puro Jey Uso but fuck it, I'm emotionally invested enough that I'm gonna be hanging on his every move.

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the match

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>>19844756
The shirt honestly does it for me

>>19845005
that's just Samo… Sweet Tooth

Jake Lee just needs to grow a chin.

it's possible that J. Lee and J. Epstein played Fortnite together

>>19845081
>too much hair
but if he is actually on turkey trip during this absence maybe the shirt is a visual plea to bushiroad

>>19844756
Jacob can stay employed for doing his job as heel and making us all /unbound/ rooting for the globe's and world's champ to ICE this migrator back to koreatown

>>19845158
Joe in UE with Henare vs KOB
new tag challengers would be needed after the Roughstorm breakup

>>19844756
>Puro Jey Uso
Jey Uso is just a catchphrase and an entrance. Jake has way more utility for the top of the card

>>19845081
I wish they incorporated the green eye in this design honestly. Kinda looks AI-ish

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.

who should wolftits face in the g1 finals this year

>>19847132
surprise entrant Taguchi, for the ultimate battle of ass vs tits

>>19847132
speedball mike bailey

>>19847132
Takeshita to finish the story of healing the 'evil' of the past, as he is the future, locked in

>>19847132
Nyla Rose

>>19847132
wait I thought they had a real life 'IP ban' on us with the bushiroad policy of not signing pdub users to any form of contract
>how did old Wolfy T get signed

>>19847132
Im more curious how theyre gonna book him for New Japan Cup. He obviously isnt winning but whoever beats him gets a NEVER title shot and probably has to give the win back.

>>19847276
he is losing to shota in the finals

>>19844756
wtf
Jake Lee is like the antithesis of Jey Uso. He's a decent worker with zero rizz.

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Watch now in English!

@njpw_yotatsuji talks

Unbound Co.
Jake Lee
The IWGP Heavyweight title

And more ahead of New Beginning in Osaka!

https://youtu.be/yeCAP4nZR5w

unco

>>19847276
Boltin feels like an easy/obvious option at any point. Oiwa can beat Wolf, if he's not winning the cup.

>>19847132
'The Protostar' Kyle Fletcher

Gunther was in Osaka for the Stardom PPV, what are the chances he's involved on the NJPW PPV?

>>19850717
what the fuck are you talking about?

>>19850717
proof?

>>19850717
kek

>>19850717
based so Shingo is that virile and Poi had to have her career killedTM early

>>19847276
You don't think he's finner lose to Ren? They need to establish the new HoT leader asap. Honestly I thought Wolfcuck staying in an angle with EVIL meant he was just getting his WK moment and would drop it back and be treated more like a young boy and hang around the dads being groomed for a big spot.

>>19850717
based retard

>>19852059
That would be retarded. Narita doesn't need it. They sold this show just on him and killing that momentum with the worst new heavyweight they have would benefit nobody.

>>19839635
Why are the road to shows on the weekend and the event on a wednesday?

>>19853018
wednesday is national foundation day, a public holiday

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>>19853029
well how about that, I learned something here today

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Gabe-"kun" is a fraud. Akira-SAN is the real deal.

>>19853331
The Roman Ronin

>>19853089
>skips your whole opening tour to drive off into the desert

sex with oiwa

>>19854298
>*shits up the card with another stinker*

>>19855051
Catch up, newfag. Nobody pretends Finlay sucks anymore.

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Big breaking news!

Today's Road to New Beginning event in Osaka will no air LIVE on @njpwworld!

(English to follow on demand)

Catch the very last stop before New Beginning on Wednesday!
2/8 EDION Arena Osaka 2nd Stadium (6:00pm)
>Gedo, David Finlay, & Yota Tsuji vs Francesco Akira, Callum Newman, & Jake Lee
>Robbie X, Taiji Ishimori, Hiromu Takahashi, & Drilla Moloney vs Zane Jay, Jakob Austin Young, Great-O-Khan, & HENARE
>El Desperado, Yuya Uemura, & Shota Umino vs Daiki Nagai, OSKAR, & Yuto-Ice
>Master Wato, YOH, Toru Yano, & Aaron Wolf vs Dick Togo, DOUKI, Yujiro Takahashi, & Ren Narita
>Ryusuke Taguchi, Boltin Oleg, YOSHI-HASHI, & Hirooki Goto vs Kosei Fujita, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa, & Zack Sabre Jr.
>Masatora Yasuda & Tomoaki Honma vs Katsuya Murashima & Tiger Mask
>Shoma Kato vs Tatsuya Matsumoto

>>19855917
They added Hiromu vs Yasuda to the card too. I'll at least be awake for that

>>19855917
Newman looks like he's gonna cry

The camera they're using there is so much better than the official cameras

What the fuck is this Hiromu music?

>>19856621
its the old young lion music

kato got his own lion mark variant shirt somehow

Taguchi comedy might finally be too played out to me. Idk how japs tolerate bits like this for so long

OIWA SEXOOOOO

>>19856688
this was supposed to be an untelevised house show so don't blame him for playing it basic, he mixes it up enough when it counts

the best piece of news this group has going for it is that SHO isn't leaving.

urufu's actually slimming down, cool

>>19856688
I'm ready for a veteran semi-serious run to help some jabronies

need to get the NEVER division back and get Urufu out of the HoT vortex

Narita fucking sucks

I miss EVIL.

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>Shota dyed his hair to something serviceable
ok based
>OSKAR growing his facial hair out
turbo based

Oskar's wristband things always fall off like 2 minutes into every match.

Shota please get new gear and start doing some crunches while you're gone for the month

ok they dont gotta make it THAT obvious theyre losing

it seems like at least drilla's injury is a partial tear

zane jay kinda cute ngl

HENARE might be shorter than Jakob lol

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Who exactly do we point the finger to as the reason why every top-ish heel in the country is or has to be some wacky, funny faces dilly-dally dipshit? is it EVIL? Shun?
I swear if this gook pulls that glove out one more time..

>>19856778
>>19856798
You really can't be wearing white and pink when you're very visibly out of shape. At least he chilled on the hair dye (buzzcut is still his best look)

>>19856843
Definitively they have something with him in that sense.

>How many people actually want to watch Shota’s matches?
>Then how many want to watch KOB’s matches?
>Which one is making the fans happier and bringing in the money for New Japan Pro-Wrestling — it’s already fucking obvious, right?

https://x.com/pw_oskar/status/2020468517686899026

>>19857060
based wissenschaft haus blitzes roidbaby crier
tag champs to retain in under 5 and this concludes todays local forecast

>>19857060
https://x.com/njpw1972/status/2020461209942655173
>Umino: “K.O.B is using pro wrestling and the belt just for money. I’m different. The belt, pro wrestling—they’re not tools for making money. All I want is to make people all over Japan happy through pro wrestling (omitted) Whether I end up seeing Nightmare at Edion, or whether I connect it to what I want to do, that’s up to me.”
Why did he think this was a smart thing to say against these guys?

>>19857093
i wasn't that bothered, but when 5ch uncs pointed out that comments and quote were ripping a new one on Shota's comment I went to check and kek
It's not even straight up hate but legit criticism, which is way worse
>But the reality is that KOB has increased the value of tag team matches and professional wrestling.
>Didn't you hear Ota Ward's microphone? It was always out of sync and the timing of the low drop kick was off.
>Seriously, stop talking. You can't become Tanahashi No. 2 even if you want to, so find your own path. The way you are now, you can only make a few die-hard Umino fans happy.
>In the end, you're just imitating Homma-san.
>It doesn't matter if it's for money or anything else as long as it's captivating. Umino doesn't have a clear idea of what he wants to do, so viewers don't know how to look at it and can't follow him. He just wants to make people happy? See? That's too abstract, isn't it?
>One of the people who made New Japan great was the "rainmaker"

>>19857129
if the japs think Shota needs his own path, and a correct way to interpret that is a unique facet to character and/or an alignment shift to heel, maybe a longterm played-out corrupt ref angle would work. Of course would be with his pops, either 2 directions to take it. doing it in a way where it is trying to be under-the-table but he has to no sell deny blatant evidence kinda campy pretending to be face but progressively dissociating into hysteria. Or the opposite where he is corporate sellout shoter and it's new HoT but with a veneer of straightlaced no nonense. his 'goons' are red shoes/timekeeper/production crew and his opponents are physically fighting the office to pin him.
>this kid is reducing me to sim booking with how close a call he gets to losing the house, begging to be a worked mark here prove it wrong

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>GEDO, YOU BITCH, LET ME SHOOT ON WOLFTITS

>>19857404
would no meme takes this as a vehicle to also become new twist House leader - BONUS points if they pull the trigger on it at the thematic new beginning

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I don't wreshtle for money, I jusht want to make you guysh happy !

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>>19847132
.

>>19857638
shotaposter is the echo fighter with a more legendary career [so far] than the original

mirror ace, extend your hand and pull that brother up to thine heights

Yeah, turn the cosplay wrestler heel.
We need another Ozawa/Jake Lee/Saya

>>19857641
the guy is once a month in his how promo because is a part-timer, he's having his FIRST solo match against ueno this month. i doubt he can do a full month with a tight schedule that might even strain his body.

>>19857683
>in his own promo

>>19857671
lee san gonna subvert the trope about subversion and begin anew at the new beginning try to keep up

>>19857404
DIMES

Wolftits vs Shotacon-gun leader Shota Umino in the G1 finals is going to save New Japan Professional Wrestling

>>19857671
Shota is shoot not a hundredth as charismatic as Kamitani and doesn't have any of Jake's anti-charisma autism swag that imbues him with immense presence either. I don't know what he can possibly do to get himself over honestly. He's a CAW like Take-san except without the god tier technical ability to carry him. He's basically WWE Moxley when he wasn't allowed to rely on busting his face open and say no-no words every match for cheap pops. He should go go GAYEW where they just mark out for wrestler: japan regardless.

>>19857404
holy YEN give him every belt right now

>>19857773
I genuinely think sending him to AEW and finally finishing up whatever thing Moxley was trying to do with him would be a good move. Unless he's still moving merch with kids somehow.

>>19839635
Lets go Taichi!

>>19857276
>if the japs think Shota needs his own path
if a wrestler is good he can made his own path, the biggest problem here is how he sells himself and talks. not everyone has to be the main protagonist, even being a solid midcarder sometimes is enough.
but even as midcarder you have to be good. i think he needs a reality check not abroad but outside njpw.

Wolftits stole Shotetty's female towel waving fanbase by being a bigger and nicer guy that they want to protect them
Yuto and Oskar stole Shotetty's young boy fanbase by being cooler and edgier and more inspirational for kids

It's shover

>>19857845
>outside New Japan
This would be the best option, grind small shows.

The boos when Shota gets the pin on Wednesday will eclipse House of Torture

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>I got this, Inokster

>>19857129
>prophecy said Tanahashi
>reality said YOSHI-HASHI

Kek even Taichi has to jump in
https://x.com/taichi0319/status/2020557968828428347
>That's not it either, huh?

>First off,
>let's start by producing results and raising our own value.
>Rather than looking around, focus on yourself first.

>If you do that,
>before you know it, the people around you will be happy for you and come along, right?

>You can definitely do it,
>so don't rush, don't get cocky.

>Right?

Surely nothing grim will happen this week...

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trust the flan

>>19859643
grim

>>19859643
fucking nerd

>>19859643
why does he always look so uncomfortable

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>>19859643
Yota Tsuji's going bald, Yota Tsuji's going bald, starting at the top of his head, Yota Tsuji's starting to go bald

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get fucked nigger

>>19859989
Genetic Family Tree, Branches of Descent, Primordial Blast, Yot-tyrano Tsuj-asaur des serias: Volcanic Flan Tarpit Pudding, Hard-Boiled Version
is unlocked when he holds all 3 Grand Slam belts at once

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The head Sublime, the heart Pathos, the genitals Beauty, the hands & feet Proportion

>>19860600
This but for Murashima

>>19860600
Oiwa isn't really all that good looking and he looked like more of a future top guy in noah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6euQ-lehTeU
Interview feature with Shota & Yuya but they're doing their interview separately.

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>>19859925
existence

>>19861216
>We can't accept being booed as normal
yuya nigga we not booing you

>>19861474
But even if people were booing him, what's wrong? Its part of his job.

>>19861492
He's supposed to be a face. Getting boo'd because his partner sucks dick from the back isn't really his job.

>>19861647
which is even worse, since he's face he should reply to those boos accordingly instead of being silent and then out of the ring saying something that make him sound like he can't handle out fo script situations

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Who needs the win more?

>>19861492
booing the morning sun will get them burned in a heat storm

>>19861684
buffets and grocery stores

>>19861684
Derailing the Wolf train a month later for Ren Palpatine seems pretty anti-climatic. I don't know if Ren is convincing anyone of anything right now win or lose.

>>19861668
i think that's a fair assessment, actually. its just gotta be frustrating to present yourself as the clean, straight forward babyface and have your dojo rival actually bring out a touch of edge to you only to have it squandered by this dimeless tag team thing. justice for yuya!

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https://www.njpw1972.com/627641

What a fucking idiot.

>>19863062
they should call him the retard instead of the rebel

>>19863062
KWAB

>>19863062
Yoba Sushi had an oopsie!

>>19862447
I completely agree with you but if they’re going to keep HOT going they’re probably going to want to give Narita some credibility. With Evil as the leader it didn’t really matter if he lost because they could always believably heat him back up again. I don’t think they have that luxury with Narita. Hope I’m wrong though.

>>19862447
I mean Wolfie just can't handle the NEVER style at this point, if he has to work a match without interference buffoonery to let him get his wind back against Goto or Takagi or someone he'll shit the bed. The best move for him long term is a fuck finish to get the belt off him and then let him tag in 3 man contention with mentors who can look after him until he gets his conditioning up.

>>19863062
I knew Finray wasn't going to take it lying down, he looked like he was seething even in Yoder's announcement promo. Some people have been saying the goatse logo stable is just a WK6 Okarder troll job and I'm starting to think it might be true. I think they just smashed all these guys together to see which will work best with Tsuji and the rest will split off again. KOB are going straight to hontai as their own solo act for sure.
I think it'll end up as Tsuji, Takagi, Drilla, Nagai, Robbie and Gedo. Not too sure about Drilla though because he's been acting pissy about having to be in Unbound co, but I doubt they split him and Shingo up, they're way too good together.

>>19861684
>>19862447
>>19863200
Why not just have Aaron Wolf as the leader of HoT? That's how I would book it. Now that EVIL's gone he's the perfect person to slot into his role as the cheating heel.

>>19863062
Unbound Co. is DOA. They need to just have Tsuji kick the shit out of Finlay in the ring and have Tsuji be the new Bullet Club leader. Then you can have Shota or even Jake Lee as an anti-hero going up against him and Aaron Wolf.

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I hope the outcome of this storyline is a Bullet Club reset that brings them back without slop dogs, elite, house of torture and gold baggage, brings back the original theme song. Especially since HoT are cartoon tier now and are quite over with the crowd, I think there's space for a bunch of evil white bois (and a token jap) to be genuine heels whose cheating actually makes crowds seethe, like early to mid era SZKG functioned during the "Bullet Club got too over to boo" Kenny era.

Which matches on the New Beginning road to shows are worth matching?

>>19863706
3 dimes niggas. @Grok remove the kneeling diaper baby bitch

If KOB lose I'm finna Kirk that nigga Gedo, because it means that Yuya is stuck with that chubby nepofag for the long term. Hope they get squashed and Yuya beats his bitch ass partner up.

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>>19863062
>>19863344
who could have predicted this

unbound co. is the grimest faction in njpw history

#unco

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>>19863996
nah sniper assassinarions are too cliche, you need to yamaguchi his ass

If AJ comes to work one final NJPW match at Dominion, who should be put in a program with him?

>>19864443
Shota Umino

>>19864443
Jake Lee but >>19865136 is a good shout too. Perhaps let Shota take the Styles Clash afterwards too?

They changed his nickname to Silent Jester
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFa9BWUlCRI

>>19864443
not solely for storyline reasons, yota between his moveset/build/workrate compliments a BC haunted heel AJ so greatly we might have an acemaker/final boneyard combo match where a dying star ingites the next super luminal partly by making use of the western attention

>>19866077
>AI slop
oh no...

>>19866077
old suj is melting his brain behind the clown mask thats why he cant talk; based for jake though if he sells a work shoot psychotic breakdown versus the work work one now being done to put over peace envoy finner whose gimmick is to reverse fifth column heel factions and poach them with face turns
(bonus Russo booking is anytime a talents about to take the Tonybucks they get put in unboundco by any wacky kayfabe reason needed, and them going out as a revolving door is the engine for grabbing the other unit guys which can play the grim situation for laughs)

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He not losing this, right?

>>19866291
>loses to Andrade the WWE jobber
kek based

>>19864443
The uncomfortable reality is that everybody who should is in AEW.

Okada number one, their match series was great. I think it's better than Okada/Omega.

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the grimposter should rope himself and pic related

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It's about time Reiwa Inoki come back home.
The only reason he fucked off was because he grew insufferably stale, but it's been years since then and now he's as fresh as new. Should come back to take the belt and have a several years-long reign until NJPW finds/builds a young superstar like him to carry the company.

>>19866592
Nobody cares about Okaka, he's beyond sawdusted

https://x.com/PrinceofpaceCN/status/2021085285761892464
Newman has a new theme song.

>>19866661
azm feeds this spaz plenty for him to be morphing into that rounded shape while continuing to flit and twit about the ring so much as always

>>19866592
He will definitely come back before he retires. Ain't no way he retires anywhere other than Japan, especially after he saw Tanahashi sell out the Dome.

>>19866717
dimes inflate and tarnish, but love and energy always sparkle under the lights

>whether or not the ace rekindled the fire in him, wolf would need an opponent in 2 yrs after he runs through the roster as the heavy open global tag tv trio champ anyway

>>19866661
>Q Brick
Grim

anyone making a gamethread for the show tomorrow night?

>>19866742
Too grim to care

>>19866742
yes

>calling okada sawdusted after he carried a kneeless tanahashi to the greatest retirement match of all time
lol okay pal

Are they doing a live stream of the press conference today?

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https://www.njpw1972.com/628508

>New Japan Pro-Wrestling is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former IWGP Heavyweight Champion Tadao Yasuda. He was 62.

>Born October 9, 1963 in Tokyo, Yasuda went into sumo wrestling from junior high school, where he competed at a high level through a 13 year career, retiring in May of 1992. From there, Yasuda would join New Japan Pro-Wrestling and debuted on February 24 1994 against Hiroshi Hase.

>In the early 2000s, Yasuda would head to the original Inoki LA Dojo where he trained in MMA in addition to continuing in pro-wrestling. His efforts paid off with strong performances in 2001, and the biggest win of his fighting career on New Year's Eve over Jerome Le Banner. The next April, Yasuda would win the vacant IWGP heavyweight Championship by defeating Yuji Nagata in a tournament final.

>Heading up the fearsome Makai Club stable, Yasuda continued to be a formidable force in NJPW until his departure in 2005. Yasuda eventually retired from professional wrestling in February 2011.

>The thoughts and deepest sympathies of all at New Japan Pro-Wrestling go to Yasuda's family, friends and fans.

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>>19867107
RIP
Yasuda Tadao vs Ogawa Naoya in 2000 was Inoki's real wrestle dream

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1nt4y1D7wd/

DEP

>>19866291
>He thinks Tony will let his new toy (Gabe), or one of the actual AEW guys they are pushing (Andrade) lose in America
Tsuji is losing

>>19866661
>Mom I need prince devitt in NJPW
We got prince devitt at home.
>Grim

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Hiromu humiliation ritual on the way out.

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that nigga sleep

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ム

>>19867282
Vader Mu vs. Tiger Mask V wk22

>>19867292
match thrown out when Zane Jay of Bullet Club Typhoon interferes

>>19867292
>Tiger Mask V
VIII*

>>19867423
me so sorray
no accountu foru alt. dimensional variantkuns

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>>19867107
>Tadao Yasuda has passed away.

>He was my opponent in my debut match, and precisely because he was someone who had experienced both professional wrestling and mixed martial arts at the same time,
>I will never forget how he repeatedly looked out for me—a young rookie at the time—who was taking on that very challenge.

>Rest in peace. May he rest in peace.

https://x.com/ShinsukeN/status/2021187405944860728

>>19867451
that connection was unknown to me and the use of precisely seems appropriate because now am realizing that was the pairing one would want for new era style's inheritor of a particular will's past style

>>19867606
Shota.... is miyu letting you use the internet this time of day go get ready to do the turn of the era instead

>>19864443
Best possible match quality wise is Styles vs Takagi but they have no reason to book it other than it would be fire, which they don't really do
Best case would have been him and Tana retiring each other, if only his contract ended a bit sooner. Okarder won't return, Naito won't return, I think the best we can hope for at this stage is AJ vs. Kenny, but Tony will probably refuse to share his toy and it'll happen at Shartbidden Door. I think Tana will be able to get AJ's ear so we'll probably see him one last time on Japanese soil, probably having to put over one of the scrubsketeers.

>>19867264
Shota going from seeming surefire next ace to clear Jannetty to AVRAmura is insane. He fumbled so fucking hard with this vanilla babyface shit. Fuck it send the nigga to the House of Torture to get some kind of heat on him. Have him kick out Narita so he can go be the Shibatabot he was supposed to be.

AJ was able to get a good match out of 2024 Marufuji, he'd probably do fine with most anyone on the roster.

AJ Styles vs Murashima

>>19867874
seems a little unrealistic to suggest that aj is on the level of World Shatterer Murashima

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>>19867898
>I'll beat you up so badly you'll think, "I don't want to do tag team matches anymore."

#FreeYuya

TYBKOB

Yuya is the same level of mid as Shota you niggas just give him a pass because he's handsome and still looked cool after shaving his head whereas Shota looked like an incel freak when he did it.

Shota needs to lean into the fact that he just inherently looks like an alcoholic rapist like his father, DEAN. Imagine DEAN trying to be all AISHITEMASUUUUU and shit. Wouldn't work. The Shooter thing is unironically the key to his success and despite being the most obvious path for him he doesn't take it. Just be NJPW DEAN nigga fucking hell.

it cant be true that yota is like between contracts or something from what im hearing even as of like yesterday. all the notes i saw were from autotranslated slop though if anyone has heard an clear version of this situation

>>19867918
shota looked fine before he started to gain weight.
i think yuya has more appealing, even if they were both pegged as next tanahashi, because overall his performance on the ring is more interesting

>>19867107
Back when they used to give the strap to real men who look like they rape asses, not feminine twinks

>>19867918
>same level as mid
>except he's way more charismatic

>>19867107
RIP

Tsuji, Umino and Narita are all getting KWAB'd tomorrow btw. Total muskekteer death. Silent Jester, KOB and Wolftits CHADS will prevail as the new leaders of the company.

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>>19868461
The elusive double company KWAB. Say what you want about Triple Phil, but he never announces this shit in advance and sets niggas up for humiliation.

>>19868461
Grimwa Three Grimskteers

>>19867898
Yeah I'd sleep this nigga too for this >>19867264

>>19868502
Shota Umino being the Jack Perry of this generation is hilarious

>>19868410
Main Event Yakuza stable reveal standing tall to end the show which includes Andrade revealing he is full time nooj by shoving his void Tony contract down pieter's throat because Yujiro will be their final member pin eater for now

>>19866291
He might if they want to keep around the Global belt as its own thing for some reason

e-drones are the lowest caste of /pw/ users. Go shit up another thread.

Who's winning the Tony's Toy-Off, Chadrade or Shitto? Time limit draw?

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Watching KOPW 2015 and they're running a TenKoji x Nakanishi x Nagata VS Ibushi x Goto x Shibata x Captain Nujamal match.

Fucking love the early golden age period, they were just throwing random ass niggas together to fight it out on every card.

>>19870112
id say its never random in nj because every character is so interconnected and besides it feels like shoot sports by the fact the graps are so peak spectators would go to see a jumble for the styles-make-fights opponent mixes no gimmick needed.
This particular matchup though does have the background of obviously dads vs hontai heavies *but the one wrench in that is cannot remember if Goto was chaos recruited at this moment so then you d have a point

Currently gaslighting myself coming up with cope reasons they'd put the strap on Jake so I stay invested

>>19870393
to pull of the gene collapse storyarc where both he and andrade strip bare tsuji of both belts casting him to his lowest point while UE reign at home and abroad (we get bonus Jake stock to invest in with this when he can make sporadic dynamite appearances and bury those heightlets in front of new western eyes for exposure to the smart clown cause)

>>19870393
Tsuji stinks Jake should get the strap

>>19870393
Its way way too early to have him drop to a heel so as much as I like Jake now isn't the time

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Huh?

Once you've seen New Japan Pro-Wrestling, you'll never stop wanting to beat Takaaki Kidani to death with your bare hands.

>"Even though it's not President Tanahashi or Chairman Sugabayashi" talking about contract negotiations
This geek can't be serious

the Yutster is taking the belt to the Inoki Genome Federation

My nigga Kaito will help Yota finally get laid in exchange for his belt

>>19870794
>>19871405
Its Kenoh on his youtube channel, not Kaito.

Naito is wrassling Kenta in NOAH now

>>19871757
I saw them fuck up the very first sequence they did in a match last week so Im plugged in for this

>>19871767
feel like Naito is trying to cripple himself in the ring

>>19871757
fucking grim

new beginning gamethread >>19871901