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>>20088699
>Shota Umino vs Callum Newman

>>20088755
well maybe they found a way for people to cheer for Shotetty

Yuya/Shota makes sense but I'd rather have gotten Yuya vs one of the vets for full establishment

New Japan Cup has been a fucking disaster

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>>20088866
Up until ZSJ/Oiwa it was an awful tournament. They need to figure out how to start the tournament off without grim shit.

I do not care for Callum Newman.

>>20089270
they signed him to a multi-year deal so enjoy callme woman being forced into the main event. he'll win the world title and then he'll get a toybox contract and NJPW will choose another bland white piggu to push because they never learn.

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>>20089610
I don't get how they always have a couple white guys with charisma but choose to push the most dimeless one.

Just fold the company if Callum wins the world title

>>20088699
ZSJ - Goto - Oleg - Yuya would've been a goated semi final 4
Last time I watched New Japan, Callum Newman was trying so fucking hard to be literally Ospreay and it was embarrassingly bad. Been watching the whole Cup now, and he seems to be doing his own thing, and while I don't love it, I don't hate him anymore either
Shota is as shit as ever and that main event sucked dick. God, remember all the good faith he had as a Young Lion? Were we just wrong about him back then? What went wrong? I want to blame Jon Cuxley

The unwillingness to give Newman a chance just doesn't make sense to me after the years of huge pushes given to white, zsj, and Finlay

>>20089846
>Callum Newman was trying so fucking hard to be literally Ospreay and it was embarrassingly bad.
He's trying to be Finlay, who was trying to be Jay White. He has a better voice for it than Finlay but it still sucks

>>20089870
I am giving him a chance, the issue is he can wait. There was no need to put him in over Goto.

>>20089870
Jay White was good from the get go (or almost), so was ZSJ, even before he ever set foot in the company. Finlay was shit for ~8 years or so, and seeing as he fucked off as soon as he got better, it wasn't fucking worth it was it?

>>20089913
Well based on how njpw does things no one else made sense for that semi vs shota. They wanted to put focus on some young guys and the other options were baloney, Narita, and oiwa but he's stuck as Zack's fucktoy in his shit stable. Oh and I guess they could have put henare there especially after shota's interview

>>20089935
They still were never good enough for the huge pushes they got. Newman has already been in njpw for like 3 years and is apparently locked in for another 3

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>>20088699
https://www.njpw1972.com/635722
Card for Friday

>Main event: New Japan Cup Semifinal- Callum Newman vs Shota Umino
>7th Match: New Japan Cup Semifinal- Boltin Oleg vs Yuya Uemura
>6th Match: Unbound Co. (Yota Tsuji, Yuto-Ice, OSKAR & Gedo) vs TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson & Kosei Fujita)
>5th Match: Aaron Wolf, Toru Yano & Tomoaki Honma vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, Don Fale & Dick Togo)
>4th Match: Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi, Drilla Moloney, Taiji Ishimori & Daiki Nagai) vs United Empire (Jake Lee, HENARE, Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young)
>3rd Match: YOH, El Desperado & Master Wato vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (DOUKI, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
>2nd Match: Goto Revolutionary Army (Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tatsuya Matsumoto) vs Taichi, Satoshi Kojima & Masatora Yasuda
>1st Match: Taisei Nakahara & Ryusuke Taguchi vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi)

>>20090129
>Main event: New Japan Cup Semifinal- Callum Newman vs Shota Umino
1124人

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Cont.
>On the latest open the voice gate they said that Dragon Dia is expected to be signing with NJPW https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1gPWOQrNzw (go to 54 minutes into the episode)

>Also on the VOW patreon they said that NJPW is close to signing another Japanese junior wrestler who they refer to as a major freelancer, and say that he has a match against a NJPW wrestler on a indie show but the match hasn't been announced yet.

>They also say that "A NJPW source noted that this wrestler has fans within the company, including the wrestler he's working with. If this junior were to eventually end up being signed by NJPW, it would likely receive universal praise, both internally, and among fans."

>VOW

>>20090696
Its another "New Japan needs to poach talent from other promotions because they don't know how to build stars" episode

>>20090735
Japan lacks talent and numbers.

NJPW should have transitioned to a CMLL factory type like during the pandemic.

>>20090776
Maybe they should just adjust their young lion system and not wait to push their young lions until they are in their late 20s-early 30s.
Okada was 25 when he won the IWGP title. Look at the NJ Cup quarter finals participants
>Newman: 23
>Narita: 28
>Shota: 28
>Uemura: 31
>Oltin: 33
>ZSJ: 38 (Former champ, foreigner)
>Goto: 46 (Former champ, true born)
>Shingo: 43 (Former champ, former DG talent)

>>20090735
But it's ok for WWE and aew right? Stupid ass tranny

shota umino fucking sucks

>>20090776
What exactly is a cmll factory type?

Grimposters would've complained no matter what semis we got so I'm glad it's all younger guys, it's a great statement about the future

https://x.com/GBH_makabe/status/2034193120930455706
>To all of you who support me, and to everyone involved,
>This may come as sudden news, but I, Togi Makabe, got married to a non-celebrity woman in October 2025.
>I would be happy if you could warmly watch over us.
>Alright, that’s enough of the formal stuff—your guy has finally tied the knot!
>But of course, that doesn’t mean I’m going to mellow out.
>Whether it’s in the ring or in my other work, I’ll keep going full throttle as always!
>March 18, 2026, Togi Makabe

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>>20091073
The Goto Revolution marches forward.

>>20090965
It's tiring seeing discussion of NJPW on english websites now. NJPW has been getting better and rebuilding since Tanahashi came in.The young guys are stepping up and having great matches and getting showcased. As someone who has watched Nooj since around 2011ish, It's refreshing to see new guys put on great matches, It just doesn't have the same buzz in the west as it once did so a lot of the more casual watchers or people who just see clips or read news stories instead of watching the shows spread this whole doom narrative when the company is actually doing pretty well., It's tiring but whatever, Getting a lot of fresh matchups lately and it's cool to see guys carve out their own path. If anything, all the gaijin getting special treatment is just hurting NJPW

>>20090735
2 Jrs is not that deep honestly.

>>20090696
>JPW is close to signing another Japanese junior wrestler who they refer to as a major freelancer,
Kasai bros, its time for the crazy monkey to show these young punks how its done

Newman looks like he stinks of shit

>>20090696
I don't know ball about the indies like I used to so Im just gonna call the freelancer as Fuminori Abe. I would've gone with either nuHayabusa or Lindaman as candidates too but they're signed, no?

Why is Shota a failure at everything in his life

>>20090849
yes because you bitch and moan whenever wwe and aew do it so wheres your bitching now when njpw is doing it?

>>20090548
Too high

>>20091122
>It's tiring seeing discussion of NJPW on english websites now.
Cry more

>>20091122
its never discussion, its ragebaiting about 2/3 promotions they don't watch because they're desperate for online engagement through any means

>>20091122
For all intents and purposes I think puro is in a good place. NJPW, AJPW, NOAH, Dragon Gate, and DDT are all building their young guys and even some smaller promotions are building up a little young talent. You just won't get the sense of that if instead of watching you're trusting people online to tell you how these promotions are doing.

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>For all intents and purposes I think puro is in a good place.

I missed them and got spoiled on the results, for the non-shitposters how were the last two cup matches? I don't really want to watch Zack and Shota again unless it's worth it.

>>20090696
I've heard about a number of freelancers in play, doesn't really inspire me though knowing how averse the company is to signing contracts (let alone notable ones) and consequently being able to count on guys longer term

>The H.O.T boys go to Lamb bbq
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=timbJE9iAOs

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WE DO JOBS FOR REAL
WE DO JOBS FOR REAL
WE DO JOBS FOR REAL
WE DO JOBS FOR REAL

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Haven't watched NJPW since, I'll be honest, like 2021/2022
What's my boy ELP been up to?

>>20095335
Went babyface
Held the TV title a while
He was Tanahashi's wingman in his final year

Hasn't really had anything to dig his teeth into though so he's just kind of around in the space

>>20095404
Oh he had a good tag run with Hikuleo (who also went babyface but is now in the fed), won the tag belts at the Dome a couple years ago

>>20095314
I dont see how going to NXT is worse than being a jobber in AEW. Even if your main roster run sucks you would still get a bigger bag from Tony.

>>20095335
midcard Hontai face
had a long run with the TV title but is currently directionless after having lost it to Takeshita not that long ago
still has custody of Jado somehow

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>>20095314
GET OUR BLOOD SPIILLLLED
REF JUST COUNT US DOOOOWNNN
TONY TELLS US WHEEEEN
CLEAN JOBS HEEEERRE

CLARK IS FIVE FOOT FIIIIIIIIIIIVE
FINLAY KWABBED FOR REAL
GABE KIDD WANTS TO DIIIIIIIIIIEE
WE DO JOBS FOR REAL
WE DO JOBS FOR REAL

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this is the match

>>20089610
>then he'll get a toybox contract and NJPW will choose another bland white piggu to push because they never learn.
no. njpw has learned exactly what is expected of them. they are squinty-eyed slaves for america-sama, tony-sama and aew-sama. their purpose is to develop wrestlers for aew. they are a developmental, this is exactly what they are supposed to do. you are the one who never learns.

>>20093378
I mean NJPW clearly arent in that good a place when they feel the need to hire freelancere and stars from other promotions to bolster their Jr division instead of using their own jrs.
NJPW leveraged a working agreement to get a look at Dia for example, introduce him to fans over multiple Jr tournaments - basically test drove the jump - then signed him.

>Voices of Wrestling has learned that NJPW has shown serious interest in heavyweight ex-JTO tag team champion Ryoma Tsukamoto. A JTO source noted to The Flagship that Tsukamoto recently took the NJPW dojo entrance exam. Tsukamoto began his career with All Japan, before spending a few years with TAKA Michinoku's JTO
>He's now a freelancer who has primarily worked DDT since mid to late 2025

>Super J Cast's Joel Abraham reported on Tuesday that Tsukamoto was being "looked at" by NJPW, along with two previously unreported names, Pro Wrestling BASARA's Takata Nakano and Masato Kamino

>Abraham was also able to confirm the signing of Dragongate's Dragon Dia, whose NJPW interest was first reported here and by Open The Voice Gate on Tuesday, along with Kuukai, the ex-Michinoku Pro wrestler who had worked a two NJPW tours in 2025, and most recently worked New Year Dash on January 5.

>Another interesting name we've heard attached to NJPW is Yutani, a lucha trained Japanese wrestler currently working regularly with CMLL. Yutani is not believed to be under contract to CMLL, meaning he would be free to work or sign with NJPW at any time. He is believed to be a permanent resident of Mexico, however (and in a relationship), which could complicate a potential full time move. He is being looked at as a heavyweight.

>>20096711
>NJPW aggressively scouting and raiding smaller Japanese promotions was an inevitable ripple effect and a function of the post-AEW landscape. Prior to a second big money major league promotion emerging in America, New Japan largely operated on an island, able to sustain the occasional WWE raid by constantly restocking the dojo and leveraging jumps of major stars like Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, or Shingo Takagi once they outgrew their home promotions. The current WWE/AEW arms race means the threat of losing talent is constant, fast, and inevitable, and it extends beyond just the top of the card. In order to survive, New Japan had to find new ways to fill the roster beyond the slow moving Young Lion process, and we are seeing that play out in early 2026.

Leave YUTANI alone or else

theyre not streaming the press conference today?

>>20095314
I give it 6 months before he's having a twitter meltdown about not being used. Sad really

>>20096711
Sucs for the DDT fans who wanted Tsukamoto to officially sign to DDT but he was a freelancer and came in only for the DG's show and to fill cards when people were absent.

100% sure that Desperado suggested those names, if real.

>>20096993
Weird then that MAO wasn't considered since last year BOSJ

>>20096998
I'm sure he was considered, but he seems like a DDT lifer

>>20096993
>El Lindaman finally joining now that he's out of the CIMA vortex
Several years too late but I'll take it

>>20097312
Fascinating cup

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That'll put butts in seats

>>20097567
this is a Fujinami board

>Failed the entrance-test paperwork and got rejected.

>Quit university and moved back home.

>When I was working as a roofer, I built stamina by hauling more materials than anyone else—while stepping on nails and nearly dying from heatstroke and all that.

>I tried joining a restaurant just to give up once, but I didn’t have the resolve and ended up causing trouble.

>To try again, I needed time and money, so

>I worked part-time at a pachinko parlor because it paid the best in my hometown.

>I trained my basic fitness by using the weights at the town gym and, after getting home late at night, cutting my sleep down and working out every day while listening to Rockin’po Koroshi.

>When the test dropped the height requirement, I managed to squeak through and pass.

>So there’s someone like that out there—if you get desperate and work hard, the things you want to do can surprisingly work out.

>After that it’s about connections/luck, and there’s only so much you can do about that—but you’ve still got to give everything you’ve got on the parts you can control.

>That’s what I think

>when I look at the entryway where someone was doing 1,000 squats every day.

>Let’s do our best.

https://x.com/ElDesperado5/status/2034670185219870923

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Who should we poach next?

>>20096711
this is the big bald lad right? taichi did a interview with him a few months back too
>>20096998
iirc they discussed something back then but ultimately he said no

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>>20098945
Can someone more educated on Puro give me one good reason why NJPW doesn't sign Katsuhiko Nakajima?

>>20099185
His current gimmick was basically as the heir of Inoki which pissed off New Japan and All Japan to the point he got fired from the latter. Also rumored to be difficult to work with and may have shoot knocked out other workers (I think it was an accident but never know).

>>20099185
Bceause he's a clown who wasted all his upside with the Inoki cosplay and then the homelessness bit

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>>20099185
Because he's too based for pussy AEW American fans and he scares the Nihonjin nepobabies.

I haven't watched the last show. The cup matches worth going back for?

>>20090828
>Uemura is older than me
What the actual fuck. I thought he was 29 at worst. Idk what they're waiting for with him

>>20099185
Nakajima can't play nice anywhere he goes. The Endo incident was bad but he kind of recovered from that but then he left NOAH, did the Inoki larp which pissed off NJPW, and acted like an ass dropping the Triple Crown and leaving AJPW. Really it's depressing because for a small moment it seemed like Nakajima really had everything figured out and was ready to be a huge name in puro only for him to piss it all away with his shitty attitude.

>>20099185
He stopped using KICK START.

>>20099185
Fake tough guy, antidraw, manlet, too old, shitter, grimer than Shota.

>>20100733
>doing all this shit knowing he’s not getting any younger
why?

3 hours until shin ashe kisses the crown

I've never seen 2 people ask if the previous show's matches were worth watching, and getting 0 replies. I guess that says it all

>>20101816
Shota/Zack was really good but I'm not begging you to hunt it down the watch it

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>Based
Yuya/Takagi, ZSJ/Oiwa, ICE/Oiwa

>Good match
Shota/ZSJ, Yuya/O-Khan, Boltin/Narita, OSKAR/Newman, Yuya/Drilla, Boltin/Henare, Goto/Newman


>Meh
ELP/Boltin, Narita/Taichi, Yujiro/Shota, Shingo/Fale, Newman/Hartley, Jake/YOSHI-HASHI, Jake/Goto

>KYS, Tana
Wolf vs Fale, Narita vs Kojima, Shota/Chase

njc semis gamethread >>20101986

Predictions going strong >>20064084

>1,906人

At least give Shota the NEVER 6s lol

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>chokes

call me gay man in a tournament final lmao, this company is cooked ngl

damn the watchwrestling site I used for NJPW died
is there another one

>>20102701
https://watch.njpwworld.com/

>>20102638
grim

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Already got a card for tomorrow
https://www.njpw1972.com/636438

>Main event: New Japan Cup Final- Yuya Uemura vs Callum Newman
>7th Match: Unbound Co. (Yota Tsuji, Yuto-Ice, OSKAR & Daiki Nagai) vs TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson & Kosei Fujita)
>6th Match: Boltin Oleg, Aaron Wolf & Toru Yano vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, Don Fale & Dick Togo)
>5th Match: Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi, Drilla Moloney & Taiji Ishimori) vs United Empire (Jake Lee, Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young)
>4th Match: Shota Umino & Tomoaki Honma vs United Empire (Great-O-Khan & HENARE)
>3rd Match: YOH, Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (DOUKI, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
>2nd Match: Goto Revolutionary Army (Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Tatsuya Matsumoto) vs Taichi, Satoshi Kojima & El Desperado
>1st Match: NJPW World TV Championship Open Challenge- Konosuke Takeshita vs X
>Kickoff Match: Masatora Yasuda vs Taisei Nakahara

>>20103016
X is Chase Owens LOL

>>20103016
>get one Takeshita booking and its either Chase Owens or gucking Yujiro
>K.O.B. having yet another rematch for a title defense instead of something different, and theyre probably losing
>Aaron Wolf vs Don Fale rematch coming
>Callum Newman in the finals
Holy grim

>>20102947
I'm not paying for a Callum Newman main event

>>20103042
KOB just came off of confirming they can't win a singles match to save their lives, tbey'd be making a grave mistake beating them right after that. At the same time, Oiwa doesn't need another big match to lose either.

Are they aware that Newman's leaving them for AEW soon? Why are they pushing him so hard? This is the time to be solidifying the people that are gonna be with the company for the next 5+ years. What are they doing?

https://x.com/realchaseowens/status/2035026399577391146
LMAOOO it really is him

>>20103016
damn it's the night after?

>>20103286
So far he's following a standard Bullet Club leader pathway, top foreign heel who can have short reigns on top but puts others over

>>20103286
Callum has a longer term deal than most tho

Boltin needs a better finisher eventually. It's his least impressive signature move

>>20104588
weak finishers are holding back most of the new generation
Even Tsuji's is kind of lame as just a spear, but its carried by a funny name

>>20104704
Nothing is lamer than Narita using a fucking x-factor. Although at least he’s been using the hell’s guillotine more often.

>>20104704
Bigger problem with Tsuji's spear is it just looks weak. He needs to be drilling people with it.

>>20104704
>>20104972
yeah he just kind of runs and picks them up

>>20104992
and that's HENARE's move too lol

Shota is boring. Stop with the Shota psyop.

>>20106995
He's a good wrestler but he doesn't have what it takes to be pushed as a top guy even in this current field. If there was ever a bridesmaid figure to have for this generation it's him, not Oiwa like they seemingly wanna do.

>>20107148
I think Oiwa is in a much better spot with clearer direction. Dethroning KOB and overcoming Zack are clear goals for him. Shota has no clear feuds or goals, and is getting babyface mogged by Yuya. There was a time where thought feuding with Gabe would've been a good way to elevate him

njc final gamethread >>20107525

grim

shota umino fucking sucks.

>callme gayman wins a tournament over uemura
>there's still more posts itt whining about shota
you people are deranged

Grimmity grim

Gedo is so going to give Callum one of his famous gaijin heel short title runs, he'll win at SG then lose it either back to Tsuji or to Yuya at Dominion

That Tanahashi interview?

Just words

I'm just glad it's not Dilbert baloney getting this big of a push

good work nujamals
do your best preparing our callum newman for us
good lil developmental

After losing about 3 gaijin and barely keeping 1, naturally the best course of action was to make every japanese babyface a bridesmaid to another white boy who spits a lot, curses a lot and has already won more than they have

>>20108295
kwab

I just don't understand NJPW booking mindset.
It is because this guy is dating a STARDOM wrestler, and they believe he is not leaving?

>>20108295
takeshita mogs them all

New Japan cup isn't really a big deal so Newman winning doesn't matter. But it's kinda crazy how much njpw likes him giving him this and a multi-year deal

>>20108307
They want a gaijin heel for domestic talent to overcome like many times in the past, it's not that complicated the NJC is just his ticket and he's been building to it in the background a while.

>>20108307
Because the company is so lacking in credible main event heels that they gave fucking Jake Lee a heavyweight title shot, and Narita as HoT leader has been an absolute disaster. He's also only 23 when pretty much every AEW poached talent has been over 30, yeah everyone knows he won't be around for ever but he's got much more time in his career for a run in America later

>>20108395
>>20108469
They could have used Boltin as a dominant monster then.
Or literally anybody else.

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Let's take a look at the last 4 winnners of heavyweight tournaments in NJPW.
>G1 34: Zack Sabre Jr.
>New Japan Cup 2025: David Finlay
>G1 35: Konosuke Takeshita
>New Japan Cup 2026: Callum Newman
Seems that to win a tournament in the heavyweight division you either need to be a white piggu or be an AEW wrestler. Both winners of last year's tournaments are in AEW right now.
Yeah, I think there's a word for it...

>>20108655
>>G1 34: Zack Sabre Jr.
>>New Japan Cup 2025: David Finlay
>>G1 35: Konosuke Takeshita
>>New Japan Cup 2026: Callum Newman
lmao this is fucking GRIM

>Overcoming HOT 2.0

yeah, perfect strategy of business

>>20108655
I'm going to say the G-word

For the love of everything holy, Yuya needs to win the G1. Also a big showcase at Dominion

>>20109098
you don't understand, they need to build them more.
They REALLY need to overcome the odds

I get it. Callum Newman is probably gonna be in America by this time next year, you can't make the same mistake you made with Gabe. If you're gonna draw money with him, you have to do it right now.

But holy shit, if he was gonna win, could he at least do it as something other than yet another cheating heel?

>>20108295
Ren not being the jannetty of the cucketeers is the wildest shit to me.

I know grimposters don't actually watch wrestling but the thread being this negative after three really good matches in the semis and final is pretty comical

>>20088699
what ever happened to henare

>>20110027
was hurt for a while, returned at WK
still doing based retard shit
>>20109263
at least the cheating didn't play into the finish, it was thwarted minutes before that

>>20110027
no one wanted him so hes stuck here

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>>20110012
>b-but our bangerinos !!!
shut the fuck up ya nerd, it's grim.

>>20110012
will ospraey jr fucking sucks and looks like he's in his late 30s pal

nah ts do be grim ngl

>>20110027
Turned down the WWE contract, got injured and missed over a year, and is back to underperforming in New Japan tournaments while forming a tag team with O-Khan that could win the titles again if needed.

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I for one am still marking out for United Empire

>>20110876
Give WWE a shot, they're on the road to Mania and less grim than ever before

>>20108307
njpw booking mindset is to prepare young wrestlers for aew
big tony put a 6.9 billy bid to try and buy wwe
but im sure he doesnt have a financial stake in njpw and cmll
im sure everything is good
not grim
not

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>Titan broke his foot

>>20112195
grim

>>20112374
>yet another bosj spot to fill
bosj is gonna look like shit this year, isn’t it?

>>20112313
Callum Newman is better than every shitter in WWE and younger too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYcmwiDp-fg

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>>20112778
Big Daike can save us

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you mess with the bull
you get the horns

Struggling to see where Yuya slots into the Sakura Genesis card, unless they give him something really stupid like Jake Lee or tagging with Wolf vs. HoT

>>20114518
He'll be in an undercard tag or something. Wolf is facing Fale in a singles so they can have a Wolf singles match in Ryogoku to promote.

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The top selling items right now on Tokon Shop Japan. K.O.B. and Wolf have been top ranked consistently this year, and the shitty Unbound Co. merch left the top 10.

Have you fags kissed the crown yet?

>>20108395
>>20108654
Boltin is way more over as a face than Newman ever was, Callum is the right choice

>>20114708
They really need to bring back the IC or make Tsuji drop the global belt so these guys actually have something to fight for instead of being stuck in tagslop hell

>>20115298
As a comedy face.

>>20115434
you're insane

>>20114722
With Tsuji holding the top two singles belts, KOB should main event the first night of Dontaku.

>>20116163
That just means Tsuji main events both shows unfortunately. He'll be able to drop the Global there though.

>>20115431
It's why I was open to him losing to Andrade (though the win worked well). Tsuji isn't projecting enough strength/charisma or drawing to warrant both belts stuck on him.

>>20116163
Theyre dropping the belts to TMDK tho

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>Best of the Super Jr. 33 is coming!

>This year, entries will be announced online each day between March 28 and April 2!

>The last two entries and blocks will be revealed at Sakura Genesis April 4!

https://njpw1972.com/637041

>>20117627
Announcing online the same days as 2 live shows is retarded. Just announce them at the venue

They better have a good lineup, with a lot of new names if they are doing that

>>20117627
>>20117976
That random pic of Mox, Yuta and Garcia in the LA dojo has me unnerved now

id rather see a fucking chase owens push than callum jewman

>>20118157
He's a future iwgp champion. Either deal with it or kill yourself you ugly faggot cam

I'm assuming this is the year an outsider wins the BOSJ

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4/4 incomplete Sakura Genesis card
>IWGP Heavyweight Title: Yota Tsuji vs Callum Newman
>IWGP Tag Titles: KOB vs Zack & Oiwa
>NJPW World TV Title: Takeshita vs Umino
>NEVER 6 Man Tag Titles: Bishamontin vs Narita, Yujiro & Chase
>Wolf, YOH, Wato & Yano vs Fale, Nobu, DOUKI & SHO
>Shingo, Ishimori & Robbie X vs Jake, Jakob & Akira
>Tiger Mask & Makabe vs Fujita & Hartley
>Kickoff: KUSHIDA & Yasuda vs Matsumoto & Nakahara

4/2 Road To
>Main event: IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship- DOUKI vs YOH
>7th Match: IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championships- Unbound Co. (Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori) vs United Empire (Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young)
>6th Match: Unbound Co. (Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi & Daiki Nagai) vs United Empire (Callum Newman, Jake Lee & Zane Jay)
>5th Match: Unbound Co. (Yuto-Ice, OSKAR & Gedo) vs TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa, Zack Sabre Jr. & Hartley Jackson)
>4th Match: Boltin Oleg, Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Aaron Wolf & Toru Yano vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, Don Fale & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
>3rd Match: Yuya Uemura, Taichi & El Desperado vs Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Master Wato
>2nd Match: Konosuke Takeshita vs Tatsuya Matsumoto
>1st match: Shota Umino & Tiger Mask vs KUSHIDA & Masatora Yasuda

3/28 Road To
>Main event: Unbound Co. (Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori, Robbie X & Daiki Nagai) vs United Empire (Callum Newman, Jake Lee, Francesco Akira, Jakob Austin Young & Zane Jay)
>6th Match: Unbound Co. (Yuto-Ice, OSKAR & Gedo) vs TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa, Zack Sabre Jr. & Hartley Jackson)
>5th Match: Boltin Oleg, Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Shota Umino vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & Dick Togo)
>4th Match: Aaron Wolf, YOH, Toru Yano & Master Wato vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Don Fale, DOUKI, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
>3rd Match: Yuya Uemura, Taichi & El Desperado vs Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Tiger Mask
>2nd Match: KUSHIDA vs Taisei Nakahara
>1st Match: Masatora Yasuda vs Tatsuya Matsumoto

>>20118371
>vs Narita, Yujiro & Chase
Remove ONE (1) guy and the stable gets too grim for words

>>20118157
>chase owens push
many are saying this

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I'm so grateful for our fruitful partnership with Tony-san

thank you big tone
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thank you big tone
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thank you big tone
clap clap clapclapclap

>>20118371
grim

>>20118648
>keep going to Chicago after popping a single good house
>attendance drops over and over again the more they do it
>waste opening night of the G1 there to draw less than what TJPW draws in Texas
This company deserves to die

>>20118648
Should've just held it in Osaka again.

>>20118371
Yuya fighting the dads in the undercard and not even having a match in the main show yet is just ridiculous man what are we even doing here

>>20118648
Im predicting 3400

>>20119456
highlights how much they need the IC title back

>>20118648
Why in God's name did they do NOW Arena instead of Wintrust.

>>20119530
They're gonna have to bail out on Tsuji's whacky rules about it sooner rather than later.

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save us lonesome cowboy

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>>20118371
>NEVER 6 Man Tag Titles: Bishamontin vs Narita, Yujiro & Chase
back again are we

>>20119494
They did like 4.8k in 2019, I think you're being optimistic
>>20119575
The never belt would be fine if it wasn't in the HOT vortex

>>20121059
negative aura

>>20121059
they let fans take pictures with the cup now?

>>20120278
The 4 AEW guys in the tournament will justify my estimate.

>>20121059
AURA
This guy is the future of AEW

>>20121059
Guess who is in the cover of weekly shupro magazine this week

>>20123283
Guess the remaining 7 competitors

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>>20123322
6*

>>20123300
not him kek

>>20123355
I know hes retiring but do they have to waste a slot on tiger mask

Six Seven hehehe

So the "announcing 2 participants every day" thing...

best of the flippy juniors

>>20123861
intern was finishing his 16 hour shift (8 hours unpaid overtime) and uploaded it by accident before collapsing

best of the sloppy juniors

best of the puta juniors

grimmest of the poopy juniors

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Here's that Jr freelancer they were talking about KEK

best of the aew juniors

highlights of the great cruiserweights

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>>20126207
based match, based man

>>20123665
If it helps end the constant parity in these round robins I dont care.

>>20124818
You can count the amount of DG veterans who like CIMA on 1 hand and somehow Shingo is one of them. Hes like the reverse Tanahashi.

cima of the super colas

>>20123355
Could invite some dudes from NXT Japan(NOAH) or something.

grimest of the little flippy twinks

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what is Punk Time
https://x.com/njpwworld/status/2036632372415004818

>>20128912
sex time with fujita

PLAP Time

>>20128912
They're doing podcasts now. Theyre never translated

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WE GOT HIM

>>20126207
I will be the annoying boomer talking about this era like annoying boomers talk about the attitude era. This shit just hit different

can't wait for Yutani vs Don Fale

>>20089870
happens to every gaijin they push, people were skeptical of omega because styles was so good, people were skeptical of Jay because omega was so good, people were skeptical of Finaly cause jay was so good. same shit happened to ospreay during the start of the kingpin push. all of the guys were good to great before they got the push, and the push ultimately paid out on basically all of them.
Give it a year and a little more experience under Newmans belt and theyll dickride like they did the rest of the top pushed gaijins

>>20129205
nothing ever scratched that itch for wrestling like 2015-2019 nooj did for me. forever chasing the dragon

>>20123283
am i retarded for wanting a renewed Kushida push this tournament.
someone of his talent between the ropes needs to be up there especially with so many guys that are going to need elevating.
idk maybe im too woke

>>20129584
Agreed but ultimately nothing anyone says matters because njpw is just making due with the roster they have

>>20129592
for me it's 2013-2016 NJPW

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>>20123283
>>20123355
please give me something new

>>20129600
completely valid, i think you can choose anywhere from 2010-2019 for nooj and you will find excellent shit everywhere.

>>20129584
2 things
>alarming descending gaijin quality
>they need to push their own Japanese wrestlers

you can't build a promotion around an outsider or concepts like HOT, you just can't.

>>20129598
i honestly think their roster is in a very solid state at the moment, their is a few factions id personally change but its all preference.
the other day i mapped out who i think the 20 participants for G1 will be this year (including takeshita cause theres no reason to think he wont be in again) and i think they are in a good spot for fresh new talent really starting to hit their stride meanwhile having people like Ishii, Goto, Shingo and Zack benefitting from facing and creating stories with this new pool of wrestlers.

>>20129622
i disagree with rapidly descending quality as they were pretty much all vastly different wrestlers who had their own niche.
i get the worry about not pushing the native wrestlers, but NJC has always been a tool to push a guy to that top level without comitting to them winning a g1 which in my mind is clearly reserved for either Yuya or Shota this year.
it also establishes another top heel wrestler that isnt a HOT member which was desperately needed in the current landscape.
the NJC this year was never about them crowning Yuya or Shota winner in a breakout tournament it was about adding a wrinkle to their arc before G1 when both of them ultimately stumble out the gate but meet each other in the final.

>>20129595
He should have been a top player in the division since his return but they obviously want to put more focus on the young guys so it is what it is. Also everyone gets at least 8 points in bosj so it doesn't really matter

>>20129643
yeh i could really just see someone like Kosei Fujita benefitting from a long term rivalry with someone as great as Kushida

>>20129622
Wtf are you talking about? Njpw in 2026 has been built all around Tsuji and people still don't give a shit

>>20129648
Yeah, after two years of doing basically nothing with him the finally decided to push him in 2025

Balor, AJ and Omega are top tier talent.
The rest of gaijin are whoever they can sign

>>20129651
tsuji won njc in 2024? not even a year after redebuting.

new japan arent going to hotshot these belts onto the new guys fucking immediately and risk push back like they got with Shota in the dome main event. it will happen when they are ready.

not every wrestler is like okada or jay white who are ready for the belts months after redebuting.

>>20129658
them + ospreay yup

>>20129651
>>20129668
Yeah and really all the criticisms of the last two years don't matter because they had Tsuji beat take a shit as the ultimate homegrown babyface on the biggest WK ever

>>20129668
Tsuji is already 32. I give it 5 years before he's ready to slow down and be phased out of the main event

>>20129683
OHH NOOOO!!!! HES GOT 8 MORE YEARS TILL HES 40 HE IS WASHED!!!!

Tanahashi was still the best wrestler in the company at 46, just because your body slows down doesnt mean you suddenly get bad. this is a very workrate way to look at wrestling. The greatest wrestlers learn to work with aging bodies anon.

>>20129658
Pinn faglor isn't top tier shit you dumbass e drone faggot. Even aj was pretty overrated. I would have rather had omega take his push as was originally planned. We probably would have actually gotten that Nakamura match and a better shibata match

>>20129700
If not Devitt, not Bullet Club.
He was an excellent all around wrestler

>>20129705
>If not Devitt, not Bullet Club.
GOOD MORNING SIR!!!

He was always a boring shitter midget

best of the flippy grimmers

grim of the grimmest grimmers

>>20121059
love the lesbian sideshave

>>20129647
That's a good call desu. Probably won't happen though

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>>20130152
That shit is an epidemic

>>20129952
>>20130073
You two should give WWE a shot. It's Mania season.

>>20130601
i watch new japan oro wrestling's main roster
i watch all elite wrestling
okada is there
kenny is there
shibata is there
all my beloved njpw legends are in the main roster now
no flippy grimmers allowed

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Tony:
>you think dat muddafucka's wearin a wire?

Sil:

>>20131565
Kek *insert gif of Tony's crew laughing in slow mo*

Zero motion going on with these Sakura Genesis tickets...

>>20134150
Give WWE a shot, never have to worry about tickets again.

>>20134150
Wow Tsuji, zsj, kob, shota, and take a shita are just as dimeless as always
>>20134161
Kys dumbass edrone faggot

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>A video from Sugabyashi:

>Magnus asked if he could officially become Black Tiger. NJPW has no problem with that, so sure.

>Magnus is the new Black Tiger

the real successor of tiger mask will appear in aew

>>20134624
Nice

>>20134710
Who?

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New to New Japan. Am I supposed to watch all these road to Sakura Genesis shows? They all look the same.

>>20135782
https://help.njpwworld.com/hc/en-us/articles/56247331993241-Schedule-for-April-2026
No. The one you screenshotted and the one in Korakuen with the Jrs are the only ones being streamed live for this tour. And no, you really dont have to. This is essentially the touring schedule where they have a minor show in certain regions to gear those local fans up to see the tour closers like Sakura Genesis. Something MIGHT happen on the minor shows like Ibaraki they stream, but its not really worth it if you're not in the mood.

>>20135782
nah
if the show doesn't have an important looking singles match or a title match on it, its basically the equivalent to a WWE house show
fun enough to watch if you know what you're getting into, but completely skippable if you don't want to

Tsuji will never recover from being the ace of the grim era

>>20134150
uh yeah but at least call me gay man has signed a billion years contract

>>20136701
Tsuji cant draw flies to shit

https://youtu.be/EXdL7S4pzRg

>>20136701
Shinsuke did

>>20136701
I can't look at him the same after ge bent the knee to Bushiroad.

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*buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz*

>>20138672
I love how he still has the Rodman hair

MAKE WAY
MAKE WAY
MAKE WAY
FOR THE GRIIIIIIIM

house of the super tortures

njpw is a really good developmental for aew
good njpw
nice njpw

MAKE WAY
https://youtu.be/t_nYj2Y0oY4
MAKE WAY
MAKE WAY
https://youtu.be/t_nYj2Y0oY4
MAKE WAY
https://youtu.be/t_nYj2Y0oY4
MAKE WAY
MAKE WAY
https://youtu.be/t_nYj2Y0oY4

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STORYLINE ALERT!

>>20139572
>Yuya vs Ospreay
Finally, some good fucking food.

>all star tag

of course ospreay is autistic enough to actually mean when he said he'll be back soon after he left

Someone from the main roster is coming back to developmental, that's awesome!

>>20139572
Yep Callum is winning the title and fighting his dad to defend it at Dominion

>>20139507
AI slop
>>20139572
Callum is definitely winning now. Grim.

>>20139893
>>20139972
Why would this mean Callum is winning? Ospreay is gonna watch him fail and he's gonna get even more spiteful

Ospreay is turning heel and helping Callum win the title.

>>20140139
>Heel in NJPW
>While a face in AEW
That sounds like Tony's booking

>>20140169
El Grande Americano

El Grande Transvestito

>>20140139
>same stable as Andrade
not wrong

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This. So much this.

>>20140238
Hes just mad his deck got nerfed.

Im already bored of the Unbound Co./Empire meta.