he didnt want to be a card game card anymore so he made himself a cumrag

Real last thread >>20536560 died with 3 posts lol

GRIM

Yota Tsuji sucks

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save us

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it's not about sliding the thread

it's about semding a message

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The discourse about Kasai's spots in BOSJ turned into discourse about why young lions hold ladder/tables in place while bullshit is happening.

https://x.com/q3jQd9xK0aZSvEL/status/2058664888403394823
https://x.com/njpw_MASATORA/status/2058807886021853660
>I've been looking into all sorts of things, but a second's job isn't just about watching the match and studying—it also means protecting the safety of the audience and the athletes.

>It wasn't about helping with that person's foul; whether I held the ladder down or not, those crazy people were going to fly off regardless.

>It's just about protecting them so they don't get hurt.

>It's precisely because the athletes are risking their lives to step into the ring that we'll keep trying to protect those lives from here on out.

>>20539738
You think him vs Takeshita will be good?

>>20539586
kwab

>>20541081
Kasai better win BOSJ and he should be the one to retiring Tanahashi.

>>20541081
The amount of comedy and fujo slop in these tournaments is a much bigger issue than the hardcore wrestler doing hardcore shit.

>>20541081
nah, it's stupid

you use reinforced ladders or you don't use them

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Just gonna check out that new Bob Odenkirk kino... HOLY FUCK is that fake Yota Tsuji?

>>20541081
>I should help the person about to jump off the ladder and causing damage to his opponent I'm seconding

That's dumb

>>20542188
Young lions in kayfabe aren't allowed to take matters into their hands when it comes to cheating or whatnot and only do so under direction of seniors in specific situations (i.e. Yasuda helping Taichi fight off HoT). They're not referees, they're stagehands.

>>20542441
NTA but is still retarded. Holding a ladder or table it's just a matter of safety for both parties. Every wrestlers should know how to do that, especially when you are rookie.

>>20541874
griminion looking extra grim

>>20543153
Remember when this guy was exciting?

>>20542612
Tbf ladders are too flimsy to pull off most spots on them. Same with holding tables when wrestlers stand on them for spots, not wide enough with a base strong enough to where they can go through with it without assistance

>>20543514
i agree, which is why the "in kayfabe" point its retarded

>>20543363
I should've went more in with his turbo nationalist gimmick. full chinese torture and execution entrance.

didn't bother watching Bussin and Kasai, was it fun

>>20543363
Verserk? That was a decade ago

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5 Star Grand Prix Finals in Ryogoku is gonna outdraw G1 Finals and at that point we fold into /puro/ and never speak outside of it again. The future of puroresu is female.

>>20543919
That part

>>20539508
Tsuji really looks like shit here, I thought it was his twin brother.

>>20543919
clock it

>>20545540
cold fajitas

>>20545540
>5 way tie for first place

>>20543919
you won't be saying that when they announce a star like mark davis for the g1!

>Kushida - 2
>Jakob Austin Young - 4

>>20541874
I might tune in for this. Card seems decent to me.

save us jeongmok

>>20545540
Glad I'm not watching this gay ass shit.

>>20547307
real niggas

>>20545565
they've been parity booking tournaments so long they forgot that they need a stacked roster of star power to make that not awful

>>20547967
looking stylish in shades mogging some hillbilly and he's the alleged geek. bait used to be believable

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>>20547967
sounds like someones mad the president has his waifu in the darkness scorpion every night

Bushiroad is out. New Japan is now owned by TV Asahi & CyberAgent.
https://www.njpw1972.com/649902

Tsuji won.

NJPW and NOAH merge

>1. Reason for the Share Transfer
Since making NJPW a consolidated subsidiary in 2012, the Company has focused on
enhancing NJPW's corporate value through initiatives such as restructuring its management
system and developing and discovering affiliated wrestlers. As a result, NJPW has
established a strong business foundation and brand value, including the emergence of
young star wrestlers and recording its first complete sell-out crowd at its Tokyo Dome
event since 1998.
>Meanwhile, in recent years, in the global professional wrestling and entertainment market,
the use of video content assets and diversified monetization through distribution platforms Taking into account these changes in the business environment, the Company has carefully
considered various options as it advances, while optimizing the Company group’s business
portfolio.
>As a result of such consideration, the Company recognized that, since NJPW
became a consolidated subsidiary of the Company, NJPW’s business foundation and brand
value have grown significantly as described above, and that the Company has fulfilled a
substantial role in enhancing the corporate value of NJPW.

>>20548449
>In addition, from the
perspective of promoting diversified monetization through the utilization of video content
assets and distribution platforms, the Company determined that conducting NJPW’s
business under TV Asahi, which has long been a major shareholder of NJPW and possesses
a strong broadcasting and video business platform, and CyberAgent, which has outstanding
expertise in digital media operations, would be the better option to maximize NJPW’s video
and digital strategy for corporate value enhancement and to achieve sustainable growth and
further enhancement of corporate value. Accordingly, the Company decided to proceed
with the Share Transfer.
As a result of the Share Transfer, NJPW is expected to be excluded from the Company’s consolidation scope and to become a consolidated subsidiary of TV Asahi. The Company
will, however, continue to maintain favorable relationships with each party while aiming
further to enhance the corporate value of the Company group.
>2. Details of Share Transfer:
>(1) Number of Shares Held Before Transfer:
>10,500,400 shares (Voting rights holding
ratio: 70.0%)
>(2) Number of Shares to Be Transferred
>10,500,400 shares (Voting rights ownership ratio: 70.0%) (*1)
>(3) Transfer Price Approximately 3,597 million yen (*2)
>(4) Number of Shares Held After Transfer: 0 shares
>(*1) Breakdown: 3,550,200 shares to TV Asahi and 6,950,200 shares to CyberAgent.
>(*2) Breakdown: The transfer price of TV Asahi is Approximately 1,216 million yen and
the transfer price of CyberAgent is approximately 2,380 million yen.
>3. Schedule of the Transfer
:
>(1) Date of Board Resolution May 27, 2026
>(2) Date of Execution of Share Transfer Agreement May 27, 2026
>(3) Date of Execution of Share Transfer Scheduled for June 30, 2026 (*3)

Kek njpw is so grim that they were thrown away while stardom is still with bushiroad

Naito and Tana finishing up killed the territory

Doesn't CyberFight work with WWE?

>>20548501
And also AEW since there is also DDT and TJPW

>>20548501
Not an official partnership like TNA

>>20548501
They work with just NOAH but it's painted as a CyberFight thing. I don't think they're joining the collective.

>>20548504
>>20548508
>>20548509
You've tempered my fears, thank you anons. I'd they be an AEW farm than a WWE farm. WWE farms are worse, and if that happens. I'd probably debate dropping wrestling altogether.

>>20548526
*I'd rather
I'm sorry, it's late and I got freaked out by this.

>>20548504
everyone is like doesnt noah work with wwe??? this is going to affect njpw and aew's relationship while forgetting that aew and ddt and tjpw have a working relationship.

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better learn the lyrics to the uma musume pretty derby opening buddy

>>20548550
DDT barely works with AEW and aside for Takeshita's contract and sometimes booking some guys for their shows, things are at bare minimum right now.
(Can't talk about TJPW relationships with AEW tho)

>>20548573
It's funny to him to say that since DDT had a really good collab with NijiSanji VTubers kek

Is Wrestle Universe streaming better than NJPW World? I'm not talking about the contents but the streaming itself

>>20548573
Strongest bushidrone soldier fucked up. Tsuji was right

>>20548584
Sometimes the search function sucks if you want to look for old shows, but it's good.

I'm sorry guys, I forgot to resub to NJPW World. It's all my fault.

>>20547967
EVIL's only problem is that he's a manlet, otherwise he'd literally be a gigachad. He still looks better than whatever fat queer is standing in front of him.

But who wins Walker Stewart in the divorce proceedings?

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Grimsters won again. If Shin Nihon was doing so well, why would they sell all their shares ? The fact they didn't even sell Stardom tells you everything you need to know. They see a brighter future in joshitters than in Shin Nihon's grim roster.

GRIM !!

AJPW won

>>20548722
They'll never win anything until they make that fake Okada shitter change his look.

Japanese wrestling has been dying for a while and this is the nail in the coffin.

now the schizo can't call his boogeyman a NOAH fan because they're all under the same umbrella that leads puroresu to its (grim) death kek

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https://www.njpw.co.jp/649917
>To all fans of New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and to everyone who has supported and worked with us,
>We would like to inform you that Bushiroad Inc. will be transferring its shares in our company to TV Asahi Corporation and CyberAgent Inc.
>Since becoming our parent company in 2012, Bushiroad has helped New Japan Pro-Wrestling grow tremendously through large-scale advertising initiatives and various forms of support. We are deeply grateful.
>In order to repay that support, we will move forward as a consolidated subsidiary of TV Asahi, while also receiving support from CyberAgent, and strive as one unified company to achieve even greater growth for New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
>Our mission to create the best possible matches for everyone to enjoy remains unchanged. We sincerely ask for your continued support.
>May 27, 2026
>New Japan Pro-Wrestling Co., Ltd.
>President & CEO, Hiroshi Tanahashi

>>20548786
KWABOTY

I hope not, but everything will probably stay the same.
Maybe with less investment even

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>>20539508
i'll do gamethreads again when it's dual block shows
>BEST OF THE SUPER Jr.33
WED 5/27 @ 2:30am(PDT) 5:30am(EDT) 10:30am(BST) Kiramesse Numazu
23 MINUTES TILL SHO-TIME

>Best of the Super Jr. 33 A Block Match
Jun Kasai (4-2) vs Francesco Akira (3-3)
>Best of the Super Jr. 33 B Block Match
Taiji Ishimori (3-2) vs Robbie Eagles (2-3)
>Best of the Super Jr. 33 B Block Match
KUSHIDA (1-4) vs YOH (3-2)
>Best of the Super Jr. 33 B Block Match
El Desperado (3-2) vs Jakob Austin Young (2-3)
>Best of the Super Jr. 33 B Block Match
Hyo (2-2) vs SHO (3-2)
>Best of the Super Jr. 33 B Block Match
Daisuke Sasaki (3-2) vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru (2-2)
>8-Man Tag Match
Tiger Mask, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi & Nick Wayne vs Gedo, Daiki Nagai, Robbie X & Titan
>6-Man Tag Match
Masatora Yasuda, Toru Yano & Valiente Jr. vs Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Kosei Fujita
>Singles Match
Tatsuya Matsumoto vs Taisei Nakahara

>>20548871
tv asahi has far more money to piss away than bushiroad so maybe they'll actually up the salaries. i wouldn't bet on it though

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what went wrong

>>20548881
no one cares that's why njpw got sold

bushiroad fucking sucks so why is them leaving a bad thing exactly

>>20548887
-tranny partnership
-never fully trusting or pushing the young japanese talents until it's too late and no top guys from the previous gen is there to put them over
-pushing white piggus and outsiders
-puroresu has run its main event formula into the ground and they're afraid to move on, so they cling to a hardcore fanbase that gets smaller and smaller every year

>>20548903
Doomposters on this board will latch onto literally anything, ignore it

>>20548749
Grim indeed

>>20548881
>the 1 A block match main events a B block show
what the fuck lol

>>20548903
Bushiroad sucks but it's not like CyberAgent are much better. They either put their belts on grandpas or random white guys too so I wouldn't expect a big difference from the current booking.

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Feels great to be a GRIMchad !

>>20548926
cyberagent have more money and when njpw was on abema they did huge numbers, i remember them doing a milly on a show main evented by evil and sanada

>>20548881
>KUSHIDA (1-4)
I hate parity booking but why.

>>20548903
Looking at some Japanese comments there's a feeling of "thank god that's over" after the last 6 years of bullshit. I just wonder about it being straight up handed to TV Asahi over another company getting in on the shares.

>>20548926
CA dont do much in terms of fucking with booking especially like how Busbiroad was doing it but their resources are strong. Doesn't matter anyway since TV Asahi owns the whole thing.

>>20548926
cyberagent is not cyberfight

>>20548926
CF doesn't feel that present with their promotions like Bushiroad with NJPW desu

young lion with the weird titties

GOK is gonna kiss the Bushiroad sponsor logo on the mat before the last day of ownership

Fuck these bright ass messe halls.

oiwa sexooo

>>20548942
>I hate parity booking but why.
big kush keeps getting his toes stepped on this year

The Young Lion got a nice ass

>>20549021
Hindu squats work

Yasuda will be reunited with his brother soon :)

Robbie X's music fucking sucks

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HUH HUH
CALL ME NICK WAYNE

oh

GO! GO! TIGER!

Theyre making fun of Taguchi but that shit look good.

If they somehow get more than 8 minutes this could be kino

My nigga Illusion

Walker has no clue who walked out with Sasaki lol

>>20549110
Get him and Black Mensore mixed up

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>>20539508
this kind of wrestling looks really gay

sasaki is literally me

>>20549122
Don't drink whiskey with your eyeballs

UNCLE NOBU OVERCOMES THE ODDS AGAIN

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There's an uptick in the anti-NJPW threads today, did something happen?

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how did illusion get blinded if his mask covers his eyes?

>>20549132
Grim shit happened

>>20549132
See >>20548692>>20548786

SHO committing shoot child abuse. No wonder Bushiroad had to let them go

Z Brats Hyo?

>>20549139
Animal abuse whatever

live bestiality sex celebration?

This time its the Dragon Gate guy defending the animal's health. How times have changed.

happy to see SHO putting in actual effort. if only the booking didn't suck

Fucking boring

SHO WINS CUSTODY OF MYON MYON

>all that just for hyo to lose anyway

like 6 ref bumps and we're not halfway done

Never become a tonikan assrape company

Jakob Austin Young is everything people shit on Finlay for for the last 3 years

>all that just for jakob to lose anyway (good)

Genuinely afraid of what this man will do when KUSHIDA lets his feet out

oh this finna be freaky

YOH already licking his chops

Thankfully there's actually a good match on this show and YOH isn't being freaky somehow

Oh nevermind he has a sock on his hand

yaaaay kushida won

IN THE AFTERGLOW

IN THE AFTERGLOW

i hecking love limbwork

genuinely shocked at how good Ishimori still moves at this point

Holy shit what a counter

Kek just drop on his fucking leg

>>20545565
>number doesnt change

>Fork lore

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>>20549283
never forkget

Only issue with Kasai is that now this match is gonna have like 2 more ref bumps after the other shit that's happened tonight.

this chick cheering for akira must be right next the mic

>>20549298
There's 1.

>>20549293
Almost all these guys are gone. Akira got the last laugh

guys whats the italian equivalent to pearl harbor?

>>20549302
There's 2. Fucking predictable

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Tsuji Lost
Card Games Won

Great win for Akira

who the fuck is ron miller

>>20549307
Zinedine Zidane's headbutting Materazzi back in 2006 World Cup Final between France and Italy

>>20548786
is this good in terms of the direction of the shows? I don't give a shit about ratings or rich peoples pocket books. It suggests to me that njpw will continue to be shot and produced very well while getting an upgrade to their streaming platforms via cyberagent? This removes the bushiroad money marks influence and politicking from the booking as well?

>>20549319
nope. tsuji has won. bushiroad has retreated so now i will start watching NJPW again. this is exactly what ive been waiting for. I just hope TV Asahi doesnt let themselves get carnied by cocaine tony like those morons at bushiroad. see you guys in the gamethread later.

>>20549348
It's grim and Trannyhashi is a failure as a president just like he was as a wrestler

>>20549348
tv asahi was already doing most of the production so I doubt it'd be too different, if anything the biggest change is likely to just be cutting bureaucratic chaff
>>20549334
what does that make baggio's penalty miss

>777人
highest attendance in the venue since 2019

>>20548786
Bushiroad still owns Stardom?

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He won, Bushiroad lost.

>>20549437
I was already a tsuji fan but he just got mega-over with me. he actually beat the card-peddling faggots and he may have just saved NJPW in the process. all hail the new ace!

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LMAO /PURO/CHADS WON GRIMCHAD WON NEVER FORGET YOU POO JAPANLETS ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TOTEM POLE WWWWWWWWW

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>>20549416
Yes. Although what will happen to this belts?

>>20549437
in the end it was Kidani who was the discarded card

>>20549437
he should give out defaced trading cards with his signature on them like how shota gives out bracelets

>>20549437
If only he didn't lost a belt to a literal who gaijin.

grimsters still haven't explained why this is bad except by spamming the word grim, interesting

>>20549559
That was Bushiroad punishing him anon, he's gonna get it back in the rematch.

>>20549437
Finnerchads, we are so back!

Kidani just broke up Shingo and Natsupoi's marriage

>>20549597
What an evil man

>>20549448
WU has half the Joshi industry on their service, there will be plenty of people if Stardom is out of the picture

>>20549564
No one knows what is going to happen.
Aside the fact that it solidify TV Asahi control on NJPW and they might change in months some marketing strategy around their digital content.
CyberAgent is not CyberFight. CyberFight is a subsidiary of CyberAgent and CyberFight was formerly DDT
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CyberFight

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>NJPW sold to two companies which are both individually larger, more stable, and lucrative than Bushiroad
>one of them is TV Asahi which already airs NJPW content, and now has more of an impetus to push NJPW content on air
I'm not seeing how this is a bad thing or "grim" at all really. Can someone explain?

Also I hate womeme's wrestling so separating from Stardom is a 100% win in my book.

>>20549667
if NJPW was good and profitable, there will be no sale

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They should have transferred their shares back to Yuke's

>>20549681
They would have done that but Simon Inoki didn't pick up the phone call

>>20549680
It's more like Bushiroad's profit margins are so narrow that they feel like they can't sustain NJPW's ownership through a rebuilding period. Yes, things are definitely down, but Asahi would always buy NJPW for the value of the tape library if nothing else.

Kidani was playing cards while Tsuji was playing chess

>>20549667
thats how i feel about it too, the new owners have to be more competent than the cardpeddling faggots at bushichode. those idiots brought NJPW to record lows and all of them should visit aokigahara and never come back.

Kidani was probably the last guy supporting them, until the whole Tsuji thing happened.

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>>20549686
3d chess by god. maybe he's been taking lessons from trump.

>>20549681
>Yuke's Co., Ltd. has total assets of approximately ¥4.05 billion

>CyberAgent, Inc. has total assets worth approximately ¥556.5 billion

>>20549681
When did Simon Inoki stop working for NJPW?

>>20548646
>everyone make a retarded gay faggot face

This is grim despite the fact that the wrestlers were known to hate Bullshitroad and the fact that their new owners are bigger and richer, it just is okay!

>>20549755
You don't understand, it's grim because my entire life has become devoted to posting the word grim

That doesn't mean they are going to invest more money into the company. The real fear is Nooj might be so fucked and in such a financial/popularity blackhole that it's not worth throwing good money after bad, and it becomes a zombie fed like AJPW.

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>Tsuji sama... I kneel

>>20549759
is this one

>>20549755
this is the exact opposite of grim, bro. this is NJPW getting the big reset that they desperately need with the cardfags out of the way forever. they might even scrap the partnership with AEW which would be so wonderful.

>>20549759
>That doesn't mean they are going to invest more money into the company.
They are >>20549204

>>20549767
>they might even scrap the partnership with AEW
Lets not get ahead of ourselves

Maybe Tana isn't qualified to be the President of a major company.

>>20549767
The partnership is up to NJPW management tho?
It's their deliberate choice, how to negotiate with them. In CF both DDT and TJPW worked with AEW (but with TJPW TK hates women and with DDT they got Takeshita and a bunch of match abroad and in japan, nothing major)

I'm waiting for Meltzer to talk about it.

>>20549771
what are they going to do?
Pay more money to the current roster?

There is not a single wrestler in Japan worth investing money or time

>>20549564
if it came out that this offer was made to bushiroad and was rejected because njpw was exceeding expectations they'd be posting the same stuff

>>20549814
This. They just wanted cheap shit to throw on their streaming services and now they have it. I don't expect them to suddenly dump billions of yen into marketing and salary.

>>20549807
Why?

>>20549838
If he thinks it's bad news, it's actually good news and vice versa.

>>20549814
That sounds like it would go along with boosting popularity of the wrestling promotion you own, yes

>>20549823
What are you talking about?

>>20549838
So I know what to think about it. He's more informed than the spergy 3rd world retards on X and reddit.

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Lets give this unpopular shitter who cratered our popularity a huge pay raise. Maybe they should bring in Jon Moxley too.

>>20549838
nta but kenny, the bucks, okada, etc will probably get calls from their buds in japan and at least one of them is gonna call meltzer. he'll probably 'plans change' half of his rambles but there might be some interesting nuggets in there

>sperging about shota out of nowhere
So it's him huh...

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>Hmmm plans are finally in motion...

shota umino fucking sucks

>>20549853
can they realistically do something to give NJPW a real boost?

The people in charge and the wrestlers are the same, so nothing changes.

>>20549773
i know, maybe thats too optimistic but i think it could happen. everyone knows that tony is part of the problem. if the people at asahi are smart they will tell the dogwanker to fuck off.

>>20549898
Not force gedo to take the title off of tsuji out of spite for one

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>>20539508
Who was the Presidentetty?

>>20549898
>can they realistically do something to give NJPW a real boost?
Give them a good spot on prime time TV.

>>20549908
Trannyhashetty

>>20549908
The kuso gaijin with an inflated ego

>>20549908
The bald one

>>20549908
All Jannettys to Inoki

>>20549908
It'll never not be Seiichi Kusama

>>20549922
Everyone is.

>>20549908
Harold
No one liked that fag except for /pw/

Now that it is over is New Japan better or worse off before Bushiroad?

>>20549898
Fire gedo

>>20549963
Unfortunately they are not going to

>>20549980
Well they have two mid mens promotions already so why not have a third I guess.

>>20550000
nice digits

>>20549908
Who is #3, #4 and #6?

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>>20549861
nah he's just gonna get another swirly from tsuji and yuya

>>20549898
The people in charge were Bushiroad so yes something did change

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Grim

>>20549946
They did their biggest gates of the decade under him so sounds like /pw/ was right once again

So, what percentage belongs to TV Asahi and what percentage belongs to Cyber Fight? Because I've read somewhere that TV Asahi is now the majoritary owner
Does this mean NJPW World is dead too?

>>20550403
92.7% to TV Asahi

>>20550403
>Does this mean NJPW World is dead too?
It would be weird to keep it around instead of using the much better infrastructure WU offers, but Japanese companies move very slow so it wouldn't surprise me if it stuck around for years while WU, Asahi, and whichever third party manages NJPW World argue via fax and 2am izakaya sessions about licensing rights

>>20550391
In spite of him

They really did all this because Tsuji talked shit about gacha games topkek

>>20550468
what did he even say, again? wasn't it about card games?

New Japan will live on but what made them unique is dead. Now they are just a part of a bigger machine.

>>20549908
It's too early to put Tanahashi hear, we'll need to see how he performs now that the card peddlers aren't in his way.

>>20550538
NJPW is factually worse since he is on charge

>>20550546
He hasn't been in charge

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>Net sales: ¥4,755,307,000 ($29,806,620)
>Operating profit: ¥172,344,000 ($1,080,296)

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Is we getting Naito back?

>>20550933
GRIM

>>20550933
Hope not. Not with those knees (or eyes)

>>20549667
NJPW will get thrown away like a cumrag if they keep bleeding money. GRIMchads fucking WON

>>20550954
>Please include me guys
It's getting a bit sad Gabe

>>20549620
It's more likely that the IWGP womens belt will get phased out than that you'll see Teej or Marikek wrestlers on a Dome show. The whole Stardom/New Japan collaboration was pretty much a Bushiroad mandated thing, to boost Stardom. Nobody in New Japan seemed to be too into it (except for the Shingo, I guess) and TV Asahi has no reason to push for more joshishit on the cards. Meanwhile, CyberAgent doesn't seem to give too much attention to CyberFight, so I don't see them forcing Teej wrestlers on NJPW cards, let alone wrestlers from WU linked joshi promotions, that aren't even owned by CA.

>Reason for and aim of making the said company a consolidated subsidiary
>The TV Asahi Group is executing its new management plan “START UP TV Asahi Management Plan 2026-2029” from fiscal year ending March 31, 2027. The period of the management plan is positioned as “the four years of challenge and innovation” toward groundbreaking growth and the Group aims to achieve large growth by carrying out businesses by evolving its two helms, namely, TV Asahi’s content production capability and its new base TOKYO DREAM PARK. Placing content first, the Group aims to become No.1 in “IP development” and No. 1 in “Events” and also advance its global distribution efforts using its strong and attractive content and IP. As such, 100.0 billion yen has been allocated for strategic investments which shall be used for growth investments that focuses on strengthening content production and IP businesses mainly in the content and IP fields.
>NJPW boasts one of the top track records in Japan in planning and operating professional wrestling events, and it continues to grow through global expansion. In addition, NJPW is actively working to maximize the IP value centered on its wrestlers and to expand its business in multiple ways through streaming, events, and merchandise development. TV Asahi and NJPW have previously collaborated in the field of television programs and video content, in addition to event production. By further strengthening cooperation in the development and expansion of content and IP, and by jointly creating powerful content and IP with an eye on global expansion, TV Asahi has decided to newly make NJPW a consolidated subsidiary in order to further enhance the corporate value of both companies.

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>>20551429
A more comprehensive look.

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>>20551635

>>20550403
NJPW world is owned by tv asahi who is a majority holder. Its not going anywhere.

>>20551650
>not moving everything into the app with an arguably better search function
why

>>20551625
If this means NJPW wrestlers in more TV Asahi variety shows then I'm all for it

>>20551765
Oldheads holding on to their positions. Dragongate's streaming is the same way. There are probably young guys who could build a much better app but the same oldheads who designed DGs website back in early 2000s are still being used to design their streaming network

>>20551844
the more i'm hearing about this the less grim it sounds desu

>>20550954
>Ameba
I thought it was Abema?

>>20552051
ameba is a blogging/social networking site
abema is a streaming site
both are owned by cyberagent

I have grimposter fatigue

my cousin done goofed and pirated New Japan so cyberagents backtraced his ip

>>20552113
sorry we can't stop winning, we fucking told you trannyhashi selling out the dome was only temporarily hiding the grim events that would happen next.

>>20551024
TV Asahi has worked with NJPW for like 40 years you retard

>>20552146
>we
We all know it's just you, pal, and your grimposting doesn't even make sense as this is good news to anyone who has followed NJPW

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This is the game.

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>i-it's good news actually !! everything is fine !!!

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heh.... finnerman sends his regards

>>20552146
i thought tanahashi selling out the dome was still grim according to your grimometer?

>>20552468
We never said selling out the Dome in itself was grim, we acknowledged it was a win for the Trannyhashidrones, but a very short term one because they only sold out the Dome on the back of Trannyhashi retiring. Then it was back to business as usual, meaning Shin Nihon didn't show any growth, was back on track to bleed money and this is why Bushiroad sold the promotion.

where did the headcanon that they're losing money come from

>>20552399
Unironically yes, you can't even tell anyone what the downsides are
>NJPW now owned by bigger, more profitable companies that actually have motivation to see NJPW succeed
It never made sense for NJPW to be owned by a card company and online retailer in the first place but TV Asahi is a company that has aired NJPW for decades. They now have a much bigger reason to push the product now that they stand more to profit off of the results (literally double the stake).
>>20552526
What you don't understand is that this IS the growth and that without Tana selling out the Dome, it would've been much worse through this rebuilding era. I don't think you're giving the Dome show nearly enough credit. I think the drop offs in 2026 would've been huge without it, probably twice as big.

>>20552535
I've never heard anyone say NJPW loses money except for our resident schizo grimtard

NJPW doesn't SPEND money that it doesn't have but that is not the same as bleeding money. If they were bleeding money, they'd pay a lot more people a lot more money than they do.

>>20549368
You have been waiting since 2012 to watch NJPW?

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>>20552536
Yeah right we see how great Pro Wrestling NO-ACK, DDTroon or TJPooW are doing kek
You're in denial but you'll meet the same fate. Once Shin Nihon was in its own league, now it's in the same group as the other indy shitters. All under the same dying umbrella, the same dying sport. Puroresu is dying, it's factual and Griminion and the Grim1 Crymax will prove it again.
GRIM !!!!

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>Fumbleroad

>>20552604
I might agree with you if it was just CyberFight but TV Asahi owns what is basically a controlling stake and has a live channel in Japan to push NJPW content on, and now they stand to profit to do so.

NJPW's tape library alone is worth more than all of those companies you listed combined, because it goes back to 1972.

>>20552551
no i stopped watching when they took the belt off tsuji and put it on that stupid dimeless twink newman. i decided i would never watch again unless the ownership changed. now it has. i thought i would have to wait a lot longer to be honest.

>>20539508
What caused the grimtrannys TDS?

We're going to start seeing a lot more NJPW content on TV Asahi and that can only be good for business

But it might be bad for booking, if you consider how they've booked Aaron Wolf recently, and to keep him in the same storyline from WK so "casual audiences can know what is going on."
If they insist on booking changes like that, now it COULD be a little grim, I grant you.

>shafted at Forbidden Door again for Mark Briscoe

I think almost no one posting about this on any website whether positive or negative really knows how this bodes for the company in the slightest.

>Today, at 15:00 on May 28th,
>there is an [Announcement] for everyone.

https://x.com/njpw_yotatsuji/status/2059823029765747072

>>20554150
Celebration party

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at least it's a 5-way tie for 2nd place now

>>20554150
Card burning stream incoming

>【Notice of Termination of AEW Content Distribution Service】

>We sincerely thank you for your continued patronage of NJPW WORLD.

>We hereby announce that the distribution of AEW content (AEW DYNAMITE, AEW COLLISION, AEW RAMPAGE, AEW BATTLE OF THE BELTS, AEW NOW) on NJPW WORLD will end as of August 31, 2026, due to the conclusion of our contract.

>Please note that updates to the latest content for AEW DYNAMITE will cease after June 24, and for AEW COLLISION after June 27. Subsequent latest episodes can be enjoyed on MyAEW (https://myaew.com).

>Details here
> https://njpwworld.com/202605aew

>#njpwworld

https://x.com/njpwworld/status/2059832322317545800

>>20554528
I remember after Dontaku, fans complaining about the post-main event angle and how the announcers had no clue how to contextualize Ospreay being a Death Rider. Turns out they stopped providing Japanese commentary for AEW shows a long time ago and people just didn't watch the shows regardless lol

>>20554528
lel
>>20554457
are kushida, hyo, valiente and jay mathematically eliminated?

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>>20554528
LMAO EAT SHIT AEWTOURISTS!!

cyberfight should fire great o khan for defending bushiroad

>Inoki & Sakaguchi vs Gotch & Thesz
kino and classicpilled

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>>20554724
Legendary.

>>20554528
banishing the tranny menace

>>20554766
>watch old NJPW
>the crowd is nothing but male university students and salarymen

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>grimtrannys celebrating their product losing value
How brown and stupid are you people? Genuine question.

>>20554528
>the grimposter said the company being sold was a bad thing
YOU FUCKED UP
YOU FUCKED UP
YOU FUCKED UP

>>20554766
I wish people still did suplexes like this, where it looks like they're scrambling to grapple but once they are in position for the suplex, they don't pause and set their feet, they do it immediately like it's a shoot, like they have to get it off instantly or else the guy will get out of it

Wrestling has forgotten so many kino details like this

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>>20554150
>>20554222
>>20554467

>>20554606
Kinda but maybe not? Hyo especially since he has 4 matches left instead of 3. There are scenarios for them to win out and get pass tiebreakers but it's up to you to believe Jakob Austin Young is winning 3 matches in a row.

>>20554457
What is it with NJPW and giving DG wrestlers (that aren't gaijin or talent they're actively looking to sign) a maximum of 2 victories?
>BxB Hulk (2007) - 4 points
>YAMATO (2009) - 4 points
>Pac (2012) - 10 points
>Ricochet (2013) - 10 points
>Ricochet (2014) - 10 points (After this Ricochet is basically a NJPW junior)
>Dragon Dia (2024) - 2 points
>Dragon Dia (2025) - 8 points (it is around this time when Dia starts to show signs of wanting to leave Dragongate)

>>20554150
He's leaving

>>20554766
the ref is wearing red shoes!

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>For the next fight? Oi, Kanemaru, at the next (5.29 Tsubame) event, I'll pin you for the three-count, and then SHO, I'll fucking murder you too, and Myon-Myon, I'll absolutely take you back!"

grim

For the NJPW x DDT PPV was announced that for the autograph session it's Wolf Aaron vs Yuki Ueno kek Would actually love to see them together on the ring

Grimtrannys really do be thinking that selling a unpopular and failing company is a good thing

I'm just really tired how with this news people keep talking about american promotions.
It's worse than grim.

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>>20554150
>turns out it's just him announcing he's on instagram https://www.instagram.com/yotatsuji?utm_source=qr
>following 4 accounts
>one of them is this persian hafu singer
bros...has he finally done it?

>>20554528
Tsuji-san, I kneel

Why hasn't Tony Khan reacted yet? I thought he loved to make Le Epic Reaction Images on Twitter.