Yota Tsuji fucking sucks

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I did most of the recent OPs but my schedule changed so I'm not as available. Anybody who wants to do it when we hit the bump limit from now on, go for it.

They had a 5000 seater and it drew 702. Super grim. Fire Narita.

>>20053088
It drew less than Fantasticamania shows in the same town but smaller buildings. Did they really think Ren Narita was gonna fill that?

Surely nothing GRIM can happen this weekend...

Yappari, Grim Narita really is an antidraw shitter.

what if SANADA comes back, takes EVIL's spot and kicks out Narita

>>20053429
SANADA is one bump away from Ohtani status. Lets not.

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>>20053306
>The Plebel, David Fingay
>War Lady, Gaybe Klitt
>100 Poof, Clark Coomers
>41% Calibre, Drilla Baloney
>Bloody Tampon, Gaydo
>Boner Soldier, Heidi Ishi-smallie

https://www.njpw1972.com/634173
Today's card in 6 1/2 hours

>Main event: New Japan Cup 2nd Round- Jake Lee vs Hirooki Goto
>6th Match: New Japan Cup 2nd Round- Hartley Jackson vs Callum Newman
>5th Match: Unbound Co. (Yota Tsuji, Yuto-Ice, OSKAR, Gedo & Daiki Nagai) vs United Empire (HENARE, Great-O-Khan, Francesco Akira, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay)
>4th Match: Yuya Uemura & Tomoaki Honma vs War Dragons (Shingo Takagi & Drilla Moloney)
>3rd Match: Boltin Oleg, Aaron Wolf & Toru Yano vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, Don Fale & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
>2nd Match: YOSHI-HASHI, Satoshi Kojima & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa & Kosei Fujita)
>1st Match: Shota Umino & Masatora Yasuda vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi)

>>20054234
A night without the House in a cup match is as much as you can ask for at this point

>>20054274
yeah but it's 2 dimeless white piggus in the semi-main and fucking jake lee in the main
grim

Cup has been grim af. But quarters onwards will be dimes

>>20054756
That's how the tournament is every year when it shouldn't and doesn't have to be. This year we get maybe 1 good/decent match and 1 piece of skippable shit every night

>>20054234
They should've had OSKAR beat Hartley in round 1 and Newman beats OSKAR here.

>>20055108
or have OSKAR squash Yujiro on the way to Newman and Hartley faces Shota

>>20055108
Newman needs as many singles matches as he can get. He's still not all that good and I'm blaming njpw because they obviously like him or they wouldn't have given him a multi-year deal

DAREDAAAAAAAAAAA

Yasuda is the best worker in this match

oiwa sexo

>>20055212
Zack...

damn i love kojima

>urufu-boruchin teamup
ok ill watch

>mogged by Korean Wrestling

I'm so excited to get this match again that I don't mind having to watch a Ren Narita match to get it

should have hit that drilla killa

>>20055264
If he hit that and didn't hurt Honma he would've had a world title reign waiting for him this year

Honma please retire

>made him do the young lion run to the young lion theme knowing he hates it
Good bit

Holy fuck his chest is fried

eternal finner seethe over the venue lights being on

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*massive pop*

drilla save commentary i beg

CALLUM NAMBA WAN

kek the way he landed on the barricade is making me laugh too hard

That dive was fucking crazy lol

gotta love the jagster ya just gotta

those poor old people newman almost killed

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This is better than I expected. Had the most convincing countout tease I've seen in a while (cuz Hartley is fat and old ya see)

>>20055356
also kinda crazy that out of all the people in this company newman pulled off decent selling
hartley definitely needs to produce more matches, his yl series last year was also great

Will they ever fucking mentioned that Goto was the one that injured Jake? That seems really important

>>20055369
he wasnt though, jake was holding yoshihashi who ducked and finlay was the one to push jake out of the ring

>>20055361
I don't need him taking up a spot in the G1 but he does deliver when asked, especially with bigger guys.

Nice chokeslam, Jeiku

maybe tsuji was the problem...

GOATO

>>20055398
nevermind that finish was lame

>>20055398
damn was it that good?

>Oiwa beats Zack
>Goto beats Newman
>Oiwa beats Shota
>Oiwa finally beats Goto
There ya go

>>20055410
sadly they're making Goto put over the lame ass Temu Ospreay white piggu

>>20055410
Surely Oiwa beating his trainer and stable leader is being saved for a bigger occasion than the second round of the cup

>800人
So grim I accidentally posted it in a joshi thread

>>20055479
800 fans for a heavyweight tournament in Osaka is embarrassing.

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>>20055479
yikes, dire, grim.

>>20055411
After everything you should be grateful you get to watch Callum Newman. He could be a worldwide wrestling star in WWE or aew but he chose njpw

>>20055479
I thought goto was a draw?

NJC attendance 7 shows in
2026: 10411 (anniversary show included)
2025: 10833 (not counting the sold out show in Korakuen that got cancelled)

Today's Osaka show was down from about 200 last year, only show so far that's up from the previous year is Hyogo with Yuto vs Oiwa (2511 in 2026 vs 2412 in 2025)

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>After dominantly beating Finlay on the way out, Newman has needed interference in both of his NJC wins so far
You know, Gedo, you are allowed to have one heel group in your company that wins without cheating. You can just do that.

>>20056025
I have no clue why theyre going this route. And to need to cheat to be Hartley Jackson of all people. The tall angry German I get, but he shouldn't be making himself look like a buffoon

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save us Inokidroid

>>20056330
This is one of the most irritating parts. I hate all interference at this point, because it's SO overdone in modern wrestling, but I do at least understand the idea of getting heat by presenting a heel as capable of winning on his own, but he cheats, because he's an asshole who takes shortcuts.

Without cheating, Gedo heels would lose to basically everybody on the roster, short of young lions. Newman almost lost to Hartley Jackson, Narita took a visual pin to Kojima yesterday.

I hope AEW, Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi and BUSHI all fucking DIE of painful and life-threatening injuries

No thousy for the cup. At this rate we are gonna fall to the Joshis. This year's overall numbers will look fine thanks to Bakahashi, but next year's outlook is grim. Newman will probably win the title at some point next year and sign with Tony by WK 2028. Glad we are gonna spend a year and change building him up for one title run though!

>>20057427
>Glad we are gonna spend a year and change building him up for one title run though!
As opposed to what, do nothing and draw no money with him at all, like they did with Kidd?

>>20057596
I view it as a lose lose. Because they do have to push him now to get any value, but at the same time, it would probably have been more beneficial to put someone else in that spot (ideally a domestic talent); Like Ice. Tsuji is clearly just Goto, (not the nostalgia run version) but if he had no competition in his generation. He is not a hot act on top and pushing Newman doesn't help them rebound with respect to drawing because he is 1 a gaijin and 2 not a long term wrestler who can be used to get someone else over. I appreciate they at least used Kidd to help Tsuji. What is the long term play with Newman? You sacrifice potentially two years to getting him over at the expense of everyone else hoping he'll be the Ospreay that stays?

>>20057596
he's a bland shitter, he shouldn't be in NJPW at all. I wish Tony bought this dude too, because NJPW never learns and always falls for another white piggu meme.

>>20057708
It's the reality of where NJPW lives in the ecosystem right now. You have to push them while you have them, use them to draw what money you have and then hopefully you can elevate somebody with them on the way out. They should probably already be thinking about who's going to be leading UE after Newman leaves.

>>20057734
>who's going to be leading UE after Newman leaves
Zane, probably

>>20057596
>like they did with Kidd?
Are you retarded? Gabe was a central part of the company all year last year

>every heel is a feckless pussy who can't beat broken down old men by themselves
>every babyface is a dipshit who can't win anything and dont help each other when one another are getting jumped 7 on 1
>attendance falls
crazy how that works

>>20057734
>They should probably already be thinking about who's going to be leading UE after Newman leaves.
Hes on a multi-year deal. Way too early to be thinking about that when you can maximize his worth now and worry about that later

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Card for 4 hours from now

>Main event: New Japan Cup 2nd Round- Ryohei Oiwa vs Zack Sabre Jr.
>7th Match: New Japan Cup 2nd Round- Shota Umino vs Yujiro Takahashi
>5th Match: Yuya Uemura & Tomoaki Honma vs Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji)
>4th Match: Goto Revolutionary Army (Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tastuya Matsumoto) vs United Empire (Callum Newman, Jake Lee & Zane Jay)
>3rd Match: Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita & Dick Togo)
>2nd Match: Aaron Wolf, Satoshi Kojima & Masatora Yasuda vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Don Fale, Chase Owens & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
>1st Match: Unbound Co. (Yuto-Ice, OSKAR, Drilla Moloney & Daiki Nagai) vs United Empire (HENARE, Great-O-Khan, Jakob Austin Young & Francesco Akira)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l1hAyD2f2A
KWAGG (kek what a gentle giant)

>>20061264
Not even tired to someone's tournament preview and they still shove Wolf in with HOT. What a joke

>>20061560
>didn't scream at him in German and big boot him
EXPOSIN' THE DAMN BUSINESS

Why did Tsuji say to the press that he couldn't entrust his life to OKhan yesterday????

>I just remembered that Oiwa is from Aichi and this show is in Nagoya. EZ for sexy boy

Akira going out of his way to expose more empty seats with his retarded gimmick

Daiki's cute lil shuffle

>>20062102
mad about o-khan's dickriding of kidani after the card game promo

This building is really nice. If only they weren't so ice cold they could fill it.

>Germany and UK jumping on the Italian

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Wolf having to have "take care of me kid" matches with shitters like Fale all tour instead of teaming with Yuya vs Shingo's team in the prelude match later. God help us.

>splitting hontai vs hot into 2 separate tags
fuck you

I love Honma but please stop man

>booing cuz tsuji won't let him hit kokeshi on him
kek

Shingo and Yuya have the same fucking lol

United Empire sucks

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>"The retirement of Jeff Cobb from the sport of professional wrestling, exiting nowhere to be seen since"

oh he fucked up his shoulder for sure

why even doing that twisting bump so much

>>20062398
>>20062401
Seems like he's okay so either it wasn't that bad or someone popped his shoulder back in

I miss EVIL.

Yujiro should throw that ball right at Shota's face

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If this match breaks 15 minutes I'm making sure the next North Korean ballistic missile hits New Japan HQ.

this sucks ass, yujiro can barely do the bare minimum basics

>Shota struggling to beat Yujiro Takahashi in 2026
>Newman needing to cheat to beat Hartley Jackson
>Narita needing 20 people and a table to beat Satoshi Kojima
What the fuck is this

Gay

>>20062476
better call them now

>>20062496
don't underestimate kojima

Shota is a fucking idiot, Yujiro got more over from this than he did, 16 or so minutes of that.

Wasn't bad but also wasn't needed at all.

Unironically not a bad match but I still dont care for Shota

>>20062496
Pretty brutal when you frame it like this

OIWA SEXOOOO (will beat zack and win njc this year)

>>20062508
Now imagine having to watch it all happen. At least Newman's excuse is that Hartley is big and fat, but he's still cheating to beat a jobber. The other 2 are straight embarrassing

SEXOOOOOOOOOOOOO

does the bell guy really have to hold the hammer like that every time there's a submission hold? Zack matches must be hell for his arm

Wtf was that Dragon Screw?

Hartley hates having to watch mom and dad fight

>>20062517
>>20062532
Almost very staff member is trained to wrestle first and tossed into other positions, he's got no issue with this

>>20062542
I want to apply for a janitor position as an excuse to be beaten by the oji-sans in the dojo

These submissions are so fucking good man

>>20062552
Oiwa needs better ones though

COVER HIM

No way they beat him after all this right?

Come the fuck on Oiwa

Dude fuck off

and with that loss, Oiwa was forced to remain in his position as TMDK cocksleeve for yet another 5 months

>Zack vs Shota 300
For what fucking reason

>>20062582
nightmares of that 40 minutes match at WK

Sad for Oiwa but what a fucking banger

oiwabros.. he’ll win g1 and won’t get banished to the shadow realm for the whole year again, right?

I had a little bit of hope but like many felt was too early for Oiwa to beat his dad.

>>20055479
>>20055658
>1,449人
Last year's Nagoya event was in Dolphins Arena which closed in July, but that did 2752. The year before did 1750.

>2023 (SANADA vs KENTA/Naito vs Owens 2nd round) : 2190人
>2024 (Finlay vs Goto (cancelled)/SANADA vs Jack Perry quarterfinals) : 1750人
>2025 (Shingo vs Drilla/Shota vs Cobb/Finlay vs Uemura/Zack vs Taichi quarterfinals, Goto vs Nagata World Title) : 2752人
>2026 (Shota vs Yujiro/Zack vs Oiwa 2nd round) : 1449人

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I tried to warn all you slurpers that the Wrestle Kingdom attendance was a dead cat bounce, but you wouldn't listen. I tried to warn you...

>>20062775
These shows need all the help they can get, yet every show is only 2 tournament matches per show, and you got guys like Yujiro Takahashi and Don Fale taking up space. They should be on their hands and knees begging for freelancers and other companies for help rn.

>>20062817
>They should be on their hands and knees begging for freelancers and other companies for help rn.
I would agree if at the end of the day freelancers and players from other companies would be treated fairly.
For now, I think it only works outside NJPW ring (see DDT, zsj&brookes vs mao&ueno or the yano vs dango ppv) and when it's about Jrs

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>>20062775
Yep, grimsters won...AGAIN !

>>20062817
>>20062838
If wrestlers outside of njpw are so great why aren't their promotions doing better?

>>20062775
all this is telling me is that dangerous tekkers is a draw

>>20063279
>Bushidrone uses Edrone logic

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How the fuck were the first round byes decided? Why would fucking Yujiro and Hartley automatically make it to the second round?

>Chase Owens vs Takeshita
>Chase Owens & Fale vs KOB
Gedo is cooking ngl

>>20063279
I didn't say they are great or better but definitely outside of NJPW you can find interesting people.
It's just a matter of balance to me. But I feel that even talented people from the outside could flop because a lot of times NJPW booking is questionable, and I'm being nice.

>>20063826
They were random byes, that's what the explanation was in kayfabe.

>>20062496
>Narita needing Fale to splash fucking Kojima through a table to beat him
It’s horrible booking and sad but I can’t help but laugh.

>>20061264
>Quarters
Uemura over Takagi
Boltin over Narita
Newman over Goto
Umino over ZSJ
>Semis
Uemura over Boltin
Newman over Umino
>Finals
Uemura over Newman
>Sakura Genesis
Tsuji over Uemura
Narita over Boltin
>Dontaku
Tsuji over Newman
KOB over GOK/HENARE
>Dominion
Tsuji over Umino
Wolf over Narita
BOSJ winner over DOUKI

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Well I guess the upside here (besides the nebulous he'll get him le next time) is we don't have to watch Oiwa lose to Shota

>>20052918
>JACKED

>>20064756
seething bitch, your life is worthless

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I made this but I feel like not posting it would make me even sadder than posting it after a loss

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>>20065268
I just like Oiwa you schizo

Oh shit
https://x.com/njpwglobal/status/2032834136449106051

>>20066041
Screencap for niggas who don't have an X: The Everything App account

>>20066052
its just Okada doing a "pls watch the G1" promo, then he says bitch so they age restricted it

>>20066221
Is Okader still good? Haven't seen him wrestle since he left except for WK

>>20066247
he can be when he cares and wants to try, but most of the time hes just enjoying himself doing silly heel stuff
they've been taking way too long building up a big match with him and Takeshita which is likely the next time he'll give a fuck in an AEW match

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I really thought this was gonna be the finals... T_T

>>20066323
Is All In, in the summer? I guess that's what TK is waiting for

>>20066756
You and me both brother. Though so far Oiwa and Wolf are the only KWABs in my bracket

Full card just dropped for tonight

>3/15 Aimesse Yamanashi (3:00pm)
2 hours and 30 minutes fuck daylight savings.
>Main event: New Japan Cup Quarterfinal- Shingo Takagi vs Yuya Uemura
>6th Match: New Japan Cup Quarterfinal- Ren Narita vs Boltin Oleg
>5th Match: Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma vs TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.)
>4th Match: Hirooki Goto & Tatsuya Matsumoto) vs United Empire Callum Newman & Zane Jay)
>3rd Match: Unbound Co. (Yota Tsuji, OSKAR, Yuto-Ice, Drilla Moloney & Gedo) vs United Empire (Jake Lee, Great-O-Khan, HENARE, Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young)
>2nd Match: Aaron Wolf, Satoshi Kojima, Toru Yasno & Masatora Yasuda vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Don Fale, Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
>1st Match: Taisei Nakahara & YOSHI-HASHI vs TMDK (Hartley Jackson & Kosei Fujita)

>>20066756
>match that marks the future of New Japan
>Have to wait a year or even more to see it again cuz we gotta have Callum vs Zack

this new young lion looks like he has breast implants

Fujita's new music sucks

>>20067706
I guess theyre forcing us to watch more Narita in the semifinals. Grim.

>>20068852
I can see Boltin winning to set up for Sakura Genesis

Redditors tried to defend Wolf losing to Fale as protecting him from being exposed against Shingo or some retarded shit but the more they have him in with these immobile shitters and no one else, he's getting exposed a ton more

>>20068873
Having him run the circuit doing basic shit in tags is fine but just having him wrestle the other fucking young lions in singles or something.

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>Oskar ultimately loses the outside brawl with Akira

>gedo flip bumping for a lariat
Togo finding sharing some of his soldier serum with the other geezers

idk how these niggas tolerate this jake gimmick

Kek Jake getting himself jumped over a monkey

They don't need to settle this in an Dogbound Steel Cage match

you know, Callum and Zane are real jerks

OK good Newman can lose now

Well after the hard fought, lengthy Chase and Yujiro wins it's nice Shota has as easier match in Zack

That was a fuckin sloppy ass sequence from two guys who main evented the dome

Yujiro beat this kid so bad his arm is heavily taped up, but he's an alleged title contender?

Good bullying from Zack

Narita getting mentored by Kanemaru explains a lot when it comes to how fucking boring he still is after all these years

Does literally anyone in Hontai like each other

>>20069091
Well they at least like him more than Kojima

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was it really that surprising that Oiwa didn't beat his stable leader and multiple time IWGP champion? it seemed a bit early for that to happen, at least by New Japan standards

Please kill this faggot Boruchin-san

thank fucking god

would've liked Taichi to make the save too but I'll take what I can get

I believe in the Sun.

I love these two and just hope they have fun

>1,192人

>attacking the arm that's not taped up

KITA KITA KITAAAAAAAAAAA

alright its picked up

No nigga get the bridge on that suplex

Kino match so far

fucking based

YUYA

YES

Yuya incorporates hittinf the deadlock like okada did with the rainmaker

>>20069260
*hitting, the deadbolt. Wow it's late

Yuya continues to show why he is him

glad we got to witness one of the 3 good ren narita matches we get every year

They got Kenny promoting the G1 show now too. Will someone clue them in on actually running TV commercials for this?
https://x.com/njpwglobal/status/2033196528421191812

if a Kenny is promoting the G1 it should be Kenny G not Kenny O

>>20070509
Who?

>>20069162
grim

since Dom is AAA champion CMLL should make Shooter CMLL champion

>>20072062
That's my guy right there!

In terms of creating a compelling closing stretch, is Deadbolt the best finisher going today?

>>20072834
hot opinion, I like the move but I think its visually a weak finisher
he could use something more impactful

>>20072834
Maybe. Im just glad to have a guy around who doesn't just rely on some goofy 3-move combo to finish a match. Way more oomph when he just gets a hold of you, struggles bit, then boom.

>>20073160
That's on purpose I think. Yuya is trying to outwrestle over beating his opponent to death like others would

>>20074505
It's interesting cause he's THE HEAT STORM, which is this fiery, hot-blooded, high-energy gimmick, but he's a surprisingly technical wrestler.

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r savior

>>20071150
CMLL is bigger than us

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https://www.njpw1972.com/635529
The card for tomorrow in Fukushima

>Main event: New Japan Cup Quarterfinal- Zack Sabre Jr. vs Shota Umino
>6th Match: New Japan Cup Quarterfinal- Callum Newman vs Hirooki Goto
>5th Match: Yuya Uemura & Tomoaki Honma vs Boltin Oleg & YOSHI-HASHI
>4th Match: Unbound Co. (Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, Drilla Moloney, Taiji Ishimori & Gedo) vs United Empire (Jake Lee, HENARE, Great-O-Khan, Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young)
>3rd Match: Knockout Bros. (Yuto-Ice & OSKAR) vs TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson)
>2nd Match: Aaron Wolf, Toru Yano & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, Don Fale & Dick Togo)
>1st Match: Taichi, Satoshi Kojima & Masatora Yasuda vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)

Surely THIS week won't be another grim embarrassment...

>>20076769
Shota really thinks he's That Guy when shooting for these renders, huh?

dawgs jobbed out in their first match

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>>20077288
shocking

>>20077288
That was annoying. Jay didn't even come back yet

Kek Gabe Kidd is shooting on New Japan

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>>20077407
DO NOT JUDGE THE MAN IN THE ARENA AND SHIT I'M A FOOKIN MADMAN

>>20077407
Didn't he lose to the company mascot again?

>>20077407
Tsuji could bury all these geeks just be reminding them he took their own faction from then and speared them all on the way out but as we know he's too pussy for that.

Insane that NJPW never capitalized on the Lucha Libre wave

>>20052918
>Even Kidd is saying fuck NJPW now
Huh, maybe AEW has nothing to do with the problems NJPW is having and it actually has to do with how to company is being ran.

>>20076769
Shota getting to the finals again and facing his tag partner makes sense. But I think I'd prefer Zack as a big obstacle in the finals for Yuya.

I hope nobody takes Kidd bait

>>20078022
I haven't seen anything with him but when I heard he brought up Marty and the bus that convinced me he was working. But it's still just awkward to see him double down being a heel for an audience that doesn't give a shit at the expense of NJPW.

>>20077072
When he doesn't make those expression and tries to emote like a normal person looks weird

>>20077288
Jobbers

>>20077407
Retards will say that he's building something for Forbidden Door, but we know he's just doing his "company im in is good, company im not in is bad" act. I guess he's worried he's not gonna get over with the AEWtists

>>20076769
The semis being Oleg, Yuya, Shota and Newman would be a good statement about the future of NJPW

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Nu Grimpan Grimresu is GRIM !

>>20078671
If Newman wasn't against Goto I would go with this. You still need credibility present in the semis IMO.

Bringing back people that just left would be another mistake

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>>20079041
But what about bringing black people that just left?

>>20079070
only with Mistico and Speedball

>>20079070
Hes on a double contract so he never left

>>20079105
nah you are

>>20079070
he left for a reason, he wouldn't come back

NJPW is kinda embarrassing right now

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>>20079537
All this schizo shitposting aside I do feel down about the whole thing right now. I like a lot of guys on the roster old and young but any momentum from the beginning of the year feels like eons ago now. HoT has absolutely worn out any inkling of goodwill EVIL put in and Ren has shown zero growth, they suck the life out of anything they are in for me now. Wolf has been kneecapped by the House and looks to be stuck in the vortex until Dominion. Tsuji is severely lacking for someone with his accolades and status in the company. There are other young guys I think are better gaining support but it all moves too slow and steady for the lethargic crowds and company atmosphere.

It feels like there is little future for pro-wrestling in general let alone in the land of of live touring and struggle Japan.

>>20079971
>lethargic
actually that might be a bit harsh, there is enthusiasm, but it all feels small and attendance isn't going in the right direction despite the hot start in January

>>20079537
Stardom is better nowadays

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It's not too late to join the grimsters, we told you how grim things were going to be.

>>20079971
>Tsuji is severely lacking for someone with his accolades and status in the company.
I kinda of disagree with this, I think Tsuji's been really good whenever he's had stuff to do, but a big problem with this tour has been that he's not doing anything. It's fucking crazy he didn't have a singles match at the Anniversary Show.

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>>20080015
as grim as it gets modern Western pro-wrestling is infinitely gayer and lamer so I'm still here

On the bright side, a TEW modern day save with NJPW is an interesting idea.

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>/njpw/ has forgetten how to get high
Sad. I've still got hope for the future. Ren Narita's HOT fucking sucks though

>>20080051
Fair, the booking is certainly doing few people much good. His first defence being the clown show of Lee didn't help, it's part of why I actually think Goto winning and Tsuji defending could be the best thing for keeping Tsuji strong. You can save Uemura for later on a bigger stage.

>>20080375
I certainly wouldn't turn down Goto vs. Tsuji, but I think Uemura should win the cup. It'd be his first major accolade, I think Sumo Hall is an appropriately big stage for these two having their first match over the IWGP Championship, it'd be showing a commitment to the Reiwa guys that to this point I think has still been somewhat tentative.

I'd absolutely love a Goto defense at Dontaku or something, though.

>>20080327
What's this guy saying when he's a dimeless shitter?

>>20080327
EVIL deserves all the money hes getting from WWE for carrying these shitters for years.

I'm fine with any combo of Yuya, Zack, and Goto as the challengers between now and Dominion. Just keep Shota away

>>20077682
Tsuji is the reason NJPW is so dimeless right now, enjoy being the king of retard mountain

>>20080065
yeah fr at least new japan is still troon-free

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Tsuji: dimeless, balding, already killed the little hype he had with his match against Joke Lee.
Yuya: no hype after they put him in a team with certified lame ass antidimes Shota Poomino.
Yuto-Ice Cold: jigger, loses every singles match.
Wolf: big tits + caught in the HOT vortex.
Narita: no charisma, dimeless, looks like shit, has not heat.
Callum: nu-gaijin flavor of the moment, dimeless Assplay cosplayer.

Uhh, yeah...Grim.

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I hope SHO is coping well with the fact that Nakatsu killed Tekken (Im not)

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Holy fuck, everyone in the roster is a dimeless, charisma-less, cringe-inducing shitter

>>20083901
You dont fw Prince of Pace?

more like prince of trans
he's the new gaped klitt
grim

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>[Live broadcast on Saturday, April 11th]

>ABEMA's 10th anniversary "30 Hour Limit Breaking Festival"
>“10 million yen if you get 3 counts from Wolf Aron” project decided to be broadcast

>>20084177
Good thing they've been booking him like shit

>>20084177
Wonder how things would have turned for the company if they booked him like 70s and 80s Inoki

>>20083944
nta but newman will always be an absolute dork to me

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>[New Japan] President Hiroshi Tanahashi speaks about his complete transition from player to manager: "I'm not pessimistic about the departure of a top star. This is part of New Japan Pro-Wrestling's history and a process of renewal."

https://proresu-today.com/archives/292451/

>On January 4, 2026, at the Tokyo Dome, Hiroshi Tanahashi , who had led New Japan Pro-Wrestling as its "ace" for many years and saved the ring from the brink of despair countless times , finally put an end to his active career.

>Watched by a packed crowd—the largest since Antonio Inoki's retirement show—Tanahashi left the ring and is now dressed in a suit, dedicating himself to the important responsibility of "President and CEO of New Japan Pro-Wrestling."

>With the passion of a player still lurking within him, he faces the cold, hard reality of numbers as a manager. Amidst the shockwaves caused by the departure of key players who built an era, what kind of blueprint does the new president envision?

>In the first part of this two-part interview, we delved into President Tanahashi's current position, covering everything from the changes in his mindset immediately after retiring from active competition, to organizational reforms from a management perspective, and his positive organizational theory that views the departure of top players as "renewal."

--: Thank you for joining us today. First of all, congratulations on your retirement from active competition at the January 4th Tokyo Dome event. It must have been a very tough day, but were you able to give it your all?
>Tanahashi: Yes, thank you. Well... I was able to give it my all.

--We fans also have a firm grasp of Tanahashi's final heroic performance. Now, as you make a complete transition from player to manager, what were the first reforms you undertook, or what aspects of yourself did you change?
>Tanahashi: In terms of physical things, I cut the back of my hair.

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>>20084711
--: I think it suits you very well, and you have the aura of a business person. Have you made any declarations within the company, such as at morning meetings, about your intention to "focus on management from now on"?
>Tanahashi: I think I said it on January 5th, the first day back at work. I went to the office in the morning on the 5th, and then headed to the tournament at Ota City General Gymnasium, and I told all the employees, "I've once again become solely focused on being president. I look forward to your continued support."

--: You've gone from being a player in the ring to being the president leading an organization. Is the difference in perspective significant?
>Tanahashi: It's completely different now.

--: Specifically, what aspects are you referring to?
>Tanahashi: It's all about the "numbers." When I was a wrestler, I relied on my own "feelings" to gauge things like fatigue from travel, attendance figures at venues, and the energy and atmosphere. But now, the president's office receives reports with precise figures. "This tour incurred these expenses for travel and accommodation, attendance was around this much, and sales were around this much. This is the projected balance for this month."

--: As a company, you have a responsibility to always be profitable, right? Especially since New Japan Pro-Wrestling is a group company of a listed company (Bushiroad), I imagine that year-on-year comparisons and other figures put a lot of pressure on you.
>Tanahashi: We also get clear year-on-year data. The tour routes for each venue are roughly the same every year, so the attendance figures—whether it's an increase or decrease compared to the same time and venue last year—are brutally clear. We can be happy about the increases, but the problem is when it's a decrease. If we don't do a thorough analysis of why we didn't draw a crowd in this location on this day of the week, it just ends up being a case of "we didn't draw a crowd."

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>>20084711
-: We've had a rather lighthearted conversation, but now we'll move on to a more serious topic. In recent years, we've seen a series of departures from key players and top stars who defined an era. As the head of the organization, how do you view this situation, and how do you plan to rebuild it?
>Tanahashi: I've stayed with New Japan Pro-Wrestling my whole career, but there was a time in the past, around 2004, when I considered going to America. So I understand how the wrestlers feel. It's a natural right for a professional wrestler to go to an organization that values them highly and offers better conditions, including a higher guarantee. That's why improving the internal structure of New Japan Pro-Wrestling, raising guarantees, and reviewing contract terms are urgent priorities. I strongly feel that we must create a "bulwark to prevent other organizations from poaching our best wrestlers," such as introducing multi-year contracts, in order to maintain what makes New Japan Pro-Wrestling unique.

--: So, while you are aware of the crisis caused by the departure of key players, you are also working to improve the environment?
>Tanahashi: However, I'm not at all "pessimistic" about the current situation. That's because this is the very "history" that New Japan Pro-Wrestling has repeated over the years. When the older generation is full and the positions are settled, someone leaves. In the past, we've seen the Three Musketeers of Fighting Spirit leave, and Satoshi Kojima leave, right? More recently, Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay have left. But each time, young wrestlers have fiercely competed for the "open positions," and new stars have been born—that's the history of New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

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>>20084714
-: When the top is left open, it creates space for something to push up from below, right?
>Tanahashi: That's right. With the top tier gone, the question is who will come next to fill the void? Right now, a new generation, including Tsuji (Yota), is rising up at a tremendous pace. In general companies, after a charismatic employee leaves to start their own company or is poached, the remaining younger employees often awaken and become the new star employees, right? I've seen that history happen many times in the past, so I'm not pessimistic about this departure. I even think, "This is the greatest opportunity for young wrestlers." However, I understand all too well that the fans who have supported us for so many years are feeling lonely.

--: Because professional wrestling has a long career lifespan, there's also the aspect that generational change is less likely to occur.
>Tanahashi: That's right. Professional wrestling takes time to develop, but once you reach the top, you can continue to perform at the forefront even into your 40s and 50s, so it's really hard for upper positions to become vacant. That's why phenomena like this, where top performers leave, can be seen as one of the healthy "renewal" systems of the organization.

—In a way, it might be similar to a system like Recruit, which is known as a company that produces talent, where people rotate through the company over a certain period of time, and new talent is nurtured one after another.
>Tanahashi: That's absolutely right. Inoki once said that "professional wrestling is a mirror of society," and that's really true. I think the changes in employment mobility and organizational cycles in society are directly reflected in the New Japan Pro-Wrestling ring. Inoki was truly a prophet.

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>>20084715
--: I'd like to ask you from the perspective of wrestler management. You mentioned that it's necessary to review contract structures and compensation designs in order to compete with large overseas professional wrestling organizations. What specific blueprint do you have in mind?
>Tanahashi: The guarantee amounts offered by overseas organizations are enormous. It's a world where hundreds of millions of yen change hands with multi-year contracts, so the reality is that it's still difficult to offer contracts of that level in Japan, given the current market size. So, how do we raise the guarantees for the wrestlers who stay and fight in Japan? There's only one way to do that: "have good matches, work hard on promotional activities, and increase the organization's sales."

--: So the only way is to increase the size of the business itself.
>Tanahashi: Yes. That's why we're now actively encouraging young wrestlers like Shota Umino and Yuya Uemura to appear in the media and participate in promotional activities. They're helping to raise their profile, increase merchandise sales, and boost audience attendance. This, in turn, benefits the entire organization and ultimately leads to an increase in their own guarantees. It's important that they understand this cycle and act accordingly.

--: So, it's about the expansion of New Japan Pro-Wrestling's market size within the entire domestic sports industry.
>Tanahashi: The total number of people who spend money and time on sports and entertainment won't change drastically. It will be a "competition for disposable time" with various genres such as baseball, soccer, basketball, and volleyball. But I believe that professional wrestling is the genre with the "greatest potential for growth" among all sports.

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>>20084720
--: The most likely possibility, you say?
>Tanahashi: Yes. That's because the proportion of people who "know the name of professional wrestling but have never actually seen a match" is overwhelmingly higher than in other genres. With baseball or soccer, most people have probably seen it on TV or in person at least once, even if they don't know the rules. But with professional wrestling, there's a huge segment of people who "know about it but have never experienced it." In other words, if you can get them to watch it once and experience the excitement and fun, it's the blue ocean where there's the greatest potential for them to become fans.

--: I see. So the challenge is how to attract untapped fan bases. To do that, the promotional activities that President Tanahashi diligently carried out during his time as the ace are now needed across the entire organization.
>Tanahashi: The DNA I've cultivated by traveling all over the country and promoting pro wrestling to people who don't know about it has been passed down to today's young wrestlers. Ten years ago, people in their 20s came to the venue because of my promotion, and now they're married and come to the venue with their children as a family. This is a by-product of the promotion that I've been steadily sowing seeds for over the years, and it's the greatest achievement. Pro wrestling venues, which were once "something that men get excited about," are seeing an increase in female fans, and are now evolving into "a space that families can enjoy with peace of mind." I want to accelerate this trend and create a New Japan Pro-Wrestling space that the whole family can enjoy, just like going to an amusement park or theme park.

(To be continued in Part 2)


I skipped through a bunch of fluff like talking about his hair and fucking suit

not bad, but when they are implementing those changes.

>>20084729
yeah still waiting...

>>20084729
Remember that this is a Japanese company so they'll tell the public "we're aware of the issue" then show nothing to actually fix it. Hell, Tana himself already did that 2 years ago

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oh yeah it started

at least they're getting the hot slop out the way early

too bad aaron wolf is still stuck in it

ren narita sucks

>>20084799
Any result is fine as long as the end doesn't lead to Shota Umino vs Callum Newman.

>>20084799
oh shit I didn't see posting about it so I thought it was another day, timezone pushes this shit to too unreasonable time for me to sit through all live anyway

holy shit what a slam

>>20084857
I want that just because it would show njpw actually has balls. It's not like goto vs shota/zsj are these big time drawing matches so it would be interesting to see how Yuya vs Oleg does

>>20084873
They could show balms just show it when it involves giving me something i care about

Honma...

>>20084904
Having to watch young guys sell for someone this immobile is credibly painful to watch. Suddenly they have to turn 48 and beaten up just to make sure Honma can keep up.

why does this dude carry a sword with him?

GOATo please we need someone with an inkling of an ability to draw in the semi finals

I think the winner (Yuya) needs the stronger benefit of beating the old guard in the Finals rather than a contemporary, but I guess we also gotta see about Zack too.

>>20084721
>I skipped through a bunch of fluff like talking about his hair and fucking suit
Shoot don't fucking care about anything but those, now chop chop

nigga doing finlay moves now?

Gay

good match, grim result

is shota giving booboo face rn?

>too early for Oiwa to beat Zack
>too early to give Wolf literally anything else after WK
>white boy with the bad haircut gets to beat Goto on his 2nd try

Shota's hair is slowly starting to look better. His gear is dogshit though

oiwa sexo (background character)

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>Instant trading of 1 counts

>>20084968
Dark brunette really is right for him

Zack really is everyone's best opponent huh

im shocked he didnt die from that lariat bump lol

kill him zacku

holy fuck

shit

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Did they know they were running Aore Nagaoka 2 days straight when they booked Shota Umino vs Callum Newman to be a marquee match??

Heat Storm bros we've got this

it would be so funny if they have oleg go over yuya

>707人

>>20084968
t. tasteless faggot

>>20085156
very grim

Yuya has a show-closing promo catchphrase now, no way he's losing this

make new

>>20084966
okay Oiwa beats Zack in their next match but he cheats to do it and joins HoT