[BREAKING]Bushiroad transferred all of New Japan's shares to TV Asahi and CyberAgent.It's fucking ogre.
welpJapanese wrestling is done
>>20548413Stardom will remain with Bushiroad.Looks like they just cut off New Japan.
Thank you very much for your continued support of New Japan Pro-Wrestling.Today, we have decided to transfer all of our shares in New Japan Pro-Wrestling to TV Asahi and CyberAgent. We understand that this announcement may come as a surprise to many of our fans.In 2012, at a major turning point as New Japan Pro-Wrestling aimed for further development, we were fortunate enough to welcome them into the group. For the past 14 years, we have believed in the power of professional wrestling as a wonderful form of entertainment, and together with everyone, we have worked tirelessly to deliver its appeal to even more people.Thanks to our efforts, the Tokyo Dome event on January 4th of this year attracted a record-breaking 46,913 spectators, achieving a sold-out show for the first time in 28 years. Having overcome the challenges of generational change, young stars in their 20s and 30s are now emerging one after another, shining brightly in the ring. As Bushiroad, it is a great source of pride for me to witness New Japan Pro-Wrestling's powerful growth and to be able to pass the baton to the next generation.However, for New Japan Pro-Wrestling to make further global strides and continue its golden age, it is essential to make the most of the video assets it has accumulated so far and to evolve into a diversified monetization business centered on a powerful distribution platform.Therefore, we are convinced that the best course of action is to entrust the future to the best possible owner, who will be our partner from the very beginning of our founding, TV Asahi, who has continuously supported New Japan Pro-Wrestling through terrestrial broadcasting, and who will bring a breath of fresh air with cutting-edge digital media.To all the fans, and to the wrestlers and staff who have supported New Japan Pro-Wrestling with their passionate battles, thank you so much for walking alongside Bushiroad all this time. Your passion and cheers were our greatest driving force.
Although it will no longer be under Bushiroad's control, I can confidently say that the future of New Japan Pro-Wrestling is brighter than ever. As a passionate pro-wrestling fan, I will continue to support the further golden age that you all create.Thank you so much for the past 14 years. Please look forward to what's to come from New Japan Pro-Wrestling.Bushiroad Co., Ltd. Takaaki Kitani, President and Representative Director
yappari new japan deserves nothing but pain after hating on haroldthe wages of cozying up to tonikan
>>20548413Should have sold it to tonikan
Does this mean they can bring back that chick with the bunny mask that always has her ass out?
Never would have happened under The Meij.
inoki is crying
>>20548413They call that the Tony Khan effect. Like a midas touch but he turns your company into shit
Partnership with Stardom is over.Partnership with friendly girls now.
>>20548413NOAH won
Reminder that Nick predicted this
>>20548413>Cyberagent have a partnership with WWECant wait to see some NJPW superstars on NXT
>>20548413So is the NJPW-AEW partnership affected by this?
>>20548475It's more under TV Asahi and CA. Plus WWE is moving to Netflix Japan at the end of the year.
>>20548413If you're not a mark, this is actually good news for fans because some of the classic NJPW matches that you've never seen before might actually be aired for the first time ever
>>20548483why would it?
Mark my words, CA is selling NOAH to WWE
>>20548487Doesn't TV Asahi already co-own NJPW World? Why would this change anything?
>>20548487>mightWho's the real mark?
>>20548490this would make sense
>>20548487YAY SHIT FROM 1984!!! I literally only care if I enjoy the shows I'm watching right now. Which I am. BOSJ is going good, been enjoying Kasai in the league and Taguchi trying to break the record. Couldn't give a FUCK about some shit ass 1983 match finally airing, fuck am I gonna do with that? Watch and go huh a singular match with no context, riveting?
>>20548490Interesting turn of events. My headcannon was something like>NJPW purchased by Tony>Bushiroad buys AJPW or NOAH to replace NJPW
>>20548499Typical bushidrone Jamal
>>20548413So basically Cyberagent have Noah, DDT, TJPW and NJPW? Also Bushiroad didn't transfer Stardom too, right?
>>20548487yea it seems like good news from what i gathered
>>20548419Why? Bushiroad is evil.
>>20548487The entire Nujamal archive in WU would probably further cement WU as the best streaming service in wrestling and shit all over MyAEW and whatever WWE's deal is. Just get a goddamn second set of streaming equipment for TJPW.
>>20548490Either that or the have a deal like WWE does with AAA, so not buy it outright.
>>20548520No, afaik only NJPW. Stardom will stay with Bushiroad.
>>20548522because consolidation is the worst thing it could happen.Also WWE involved
>>20548413I Knew Trannyhashi was gonna kill NJPW
I remember it was some time ago that Kidani lost his majority stake in Bushiroad, so he probably wasn't in a position to protect it from this outcome anymore
How long until Tony makes an offer?
>>20548535You know it's grim when they willing to let go new japan and keeping stardom.
LAYMAN'S FUCKING TERMS PLEASEcan somebody explain what this means particularly with regards to the future of NJPW?
>>20548544cute girl
>>20548413Holy shit, how much percentage do TV Asashi and CyberAgent own?
>>20548559It's over. Only Tony Khan can fulfill Inoki's wrestledream now
>https://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/7803/tdnet/2823535/00.pdf>TV Asahi had 22.7% of the shares, now it will have 92.7%>CyberAgent is owned by various banks, one of them is the U.S.' CitibankNash is getting 92'd and NJPW is looking bleak.
is this even real neither pwinsider nor f4wonline have anything at all on this story
With WWE going to Netflix Japan i think it opens more for ABEMA and Cyberagent to do shit with AEW. Like seeing some Noah/AEW interactions. They already work with DDT and TJPW.
>>20548571So CyberAgent only owns 8%?
>>20548574because it literally just happenedhttps://x.com/bushi_PR/status/2059524156748906875
>>20548544I used to have a massive crush on her
>>20548571Wait, it's not all to TV Asahi, Nash avoids getting 92'd, but NJPW is still looking bleak.
>>20548576so wwe going to netflix japan ends the wwe and noah partnership?
>>20548579oh my god...
>>20548577I botched, TV Asahi gets 3,550,200 shares and CyberAgent gets 6,950,200 shares.
>>20548565
>>20548590ABEMA wouldn't want to give spotlight to WWE if they are not on there anymore. The whole reason for the Noah/WWE partnership was because ABEMA was the Japanese partner for WWE. They streamed RAW with Japanese subs for them but that deal has ended since Netflix Japan will now stream WWE instead.
>>20548574It's on NJPW's websitehttps://www.njpw1972.com/649902In JP if you can read thathttps://www.njpw.co.jp/649917
Here's the Bushiroad press release on their website: https://bushiroad.co.jp/news/information/300Here's the Bushiroad PR Tweet about it: https://x.com/bushi_PR/status/2059524156748906875
>>20548596i thought wwe was broadcasted on netflix internationally as well including japan
>>20548593>>20548595So Cyber Agent own majority of New Japan
>>20548555Month ago Stardome stopped being a sub entity under NJPW and moved directly under Bushiroad. Now in retrospective it explains why that happened if they were planning to do this.
>>20548602No ABEMA was doing WWE for a while.
You all got to understand Japan is always a decade behind. So while the west has already adopted streaming services since 2010s, Japan has just only recently tapped into this like it's some groundbreaking shit. Recently they just had the biggest boxing in Japan's history as well as the most famous Kickboxer since the 90s K1 heyday retirement all had exclusive Japanese media streaming deals along with global distributors like netflix and dazn. NJPW is just adapting to the current media landscape going this route whether you like it or not and more will follow because in execs mind this is what is going to make them more global
>>20548603No, Asahi already had 22% of the total shares. NJPW will become a subsidiary of TV Asahi according to thishttps://ssl4.eir-parts.net/doc/7803/tdnet/2823536/00.pdf
is this good or bad?
>>20548610So Japan still tries to fight the technology tengu. Hmmmm. Glory to Nippon
>>205486182026 NJPW is already grim, how bad can it get?
>>20548618Some people are doom posting. But i think It's good. Cyberagent is not bad. Now they get to do more shit that Bushiroad frowned upon.
>>20548413Naito and EVIL knew
>>20548623didn't we say this about wwe before the tko merger
>>2054861020 years from now, Nintendo will stop suing people for posting gameplay on Youtube.
>>20548576AEW won't do shit because Dave doesn't watch NOAH. Why do people not get that everything Tony does is based on what Dave writes and talks about?
cyberagent does sound like an evil company but i'm just going by the name
>>20548630So where would Tony send his dimeless shitters to now? Genuinely asking, what would become of AEW's partnership with NJPW?
>>20548630Do Dave still watch New Japan?
>>20548625Naito left specifically because of Bushiroad. He is under Cyberagent in Noah. Evil 100% left for Io because he saw CM Punk skulking around her.
>>20548626>We Cringe. Only you suffered from VDS
>>20548635>So where would Tony send his dimeless shitters to now?ROH like always
>>20548637Only when his AEW boyfriends are on it
>>20548610Abema started in 2016 so it was around right at the dawn of streaming really taking off, WU is 2017.
>>20548413That's what you get for relying on gaijin shitters for so long. #restinpiss
>>20548631Cyberagent are the owners of ABEMA and Cygames, the owners of the media franchise Uma Musume.
>>20548635I doubt the NJPW/AEW partnership gets affected. AEW already works to some extent with DDT and TJPW which are under Cyberagent. On the contrary I think this has potential to extend AEW's partnership to Noah.
Will NJPW World merge with Wrestle Universe or keeping it separate?
>>20548652wwe is going to buy noah like they did with aaa and have aj, finn and shinsuke run it
>>20548656Does TV Asahi have a streaming service? Maybe they'll put it on tv instead
what does it actually mean ? what will happen ? is it good ? bad ?
>>20548595I'm retarded, is that 22 mill or 220 mill? Jesus, Tony could have walked in and bought the whole lot if he wanted kek
>>20548661It's NJPW World, genius. They own the library and operate the site.
>>20548656Who knows but in their reason for this share transfer is because >(CF) has outstanding expertise in digital media operations, would be the better option to maximize NJPW’s video and digital strategy
>>20548603I think TV Asahi might edge them out just barely (relatively) with 5,000 shares. If Bushiroad had 70% of the shares with 10,500,400, the total number of shares is 15,000,571.43. If TV Asahi had 22.7% of the shares, that is 3,405,129.71. Adding the 3,550,200 shares Bushiroad is giving to TV Asahi results in 6,955,329.71. CyberAgent is only getting 6,950,200 shares. Of course, if CyberAgent has any shares already that the document just puts in the undefined "Other" category, then they might have the shareholder majority. Let me know if I messed up the math anywhere.
>>20548413>When the GRIM meme becomes trueHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH GRIM
>>2054866322 million, it's cheap as fuck, WWE or AEW could have easily acquired it.
>>20548490i have routinely heard that it's difficult for japanese companies to sell entirely to gaijin because of some laws they have. i heard this a lot when it was reported microsoft was looking into acquiring sega a few years ago. no clue if that's true but WWE would probably buy 51% of noah if they were able to. it'd probably be cheap.
>Bushiroad net income for 2025: ¥56,175 million ($30 million)>TV Asahi net income for 2025: ¥25.82 billion ($161 million)i think they'll be fine desu
>>2054866322 million, but japan has foreign ownership restrictions that would have severely complicated that
I wonder if all those anons who talk about WWE and AEW buying NJPW are purofags are else because why would you want that
>>20548413The Tony Khan effect
looks like it's gonna be a bushy road to WrestleMania
>>20548698Could they do similar to WWE/AAA deal of where WWE own 51% and the rest 49% own by Mexican company
>>20548659WWE is going to rev up their AJPW partnership again with NOAH probably now aligning closer with NJPW-AEW under the CA banner
What wouid be the change?
HHHChads were getting NXT Japan FINALLY
>>20548704That's what happen if you open the forbidden door
>>20548707They probably can, the restrictions are mostly on "strategic" sectors, like defense, semiconductors or energy. There are precedents of entertainment companies (which wrestling should fall under) being bought or managed by foreign companies.
How mad did the execs get over Tsuji saying he's indifferent to Cardfight Vanguard?
>>20548413That's what happens when evil billionaire Tony poaches your talent
>>20548718it was probably the nail in the coffin.
>>20548718>Cardfight VanguardI only heard of them because they had an anime a long time ago, how big are they, compared to something like Yugi oh?
>Becomes NJPW's president>Okada leaves>Naito leaves>BUSHI leaves>EVIL leaves>Hiromu leaves>Also lost white piggus like Assplay, Gaped Klitt and Finlet>Puts the world title on their last white piggu project: Callme Woman>Bushiroad sells NJPW
>>20548413ALLURED
>>20548720The poaching exclusively happened because Bushiroad was low balling everyone in Nooj. Fucking Naito went to Noah how much do you think fucking Noah is paying him? How low did NJPW offer him that he rather went to Noah? Think about it.
>>20548729That was only the issue with the gaijin. The Japanese wrestlers left due to management issues. Naito has outright said his decision to leave had nothing to do with money.
>>20548724They have Shingo, why put the belt on a dimeless white boy?
>>20548739umm sorry, that IWGP champion got aura !
>>20548559noah just bought njpw
That AEW partnership really turned out great
>>20548708Or WWE x NOAH x NJPW and AEW partnership ends
>>20548707the opposite, majority owned by japanese company
>>20548763ABEMA just lost the streaming rights to WWE. Why would they want to give free promotion to Netflix instead? The WWE partnership with Noah is pretty much over.
I now kind of wish Cyberagent would also buy AJPW so we could have some crazy shit events.
>>20548759HOLY SHIT
>>20548779>ulka sasaki is trapped in florida forever cursed to work dark matches
What will going to happen to Nooj women belts now?
Conspiracy theory time.Things have always been a bit tense between the locker room and Bushiroad, but current rumors suggests that relationships between the talent and 'management' is at an all time low, with implications that 'Management' is Bushiroad, for a ton of possible reasons. This is my theory.I think we've been seeing a quiet talent revolt against Bushiroad, which is why so many big names have left and why the new talent seems to just be going along with things for the most part. I think Tanahashi was made president in an attempt to appease the talent and it didn't work because they realized Tana would never have any real power to impliment the changes they wanted to see. So, Bushiroad, basically, gave up and just dumped the company.As to who bought it, less conspiracy theory and more just common sense. That New Japan tape library is easily worth 20 mil to a content provider, which both TV Asahi and CyberAgent are. For TV Asahi, this is a no brainer pick up, but they also realize there is potential millions to be made in revitalizing the current product, but they are also smart enough to know they don't know shit about rebuilding a flagging wrestling company. CyberAgent does, has a content platform that would benefit from the NJPW tape library and has the capital to go in with TV Asahi. Bushiroad dumps a company who's talent hates them with a burning passion, TV Asahi and Cyberagent get access to the massive tape library and CyberAgent has a chance to rebuild NJPW into a top tier product again.
Tony fumbled
>>20548788Stardom exclusive or Syuri drops to Miyu Yamashita
This is good for NJPW because CA has more money than BushiroadThis is also good for Stardom because they won't have to share their Bushiroad resources with NJPW.
>everything stays the same>WWE buys NOAH>NOAH and NJPW merge>NOAH,NJPW,TJPW and DDT mergewhat is more likely to happen
>>20548780Eh, I think AJPW with all the scandals distanced itself from others promotions except DG, who is already insular
>>20548559bushiroad sold their shares in njpw to a tv company and a conglomerate. the tv company already owned 22% of njpw and so are now the new owner of the company. realistically this probably won't change anything in a major way
>>20548805does japan have anti monopoly lawsi don't think any of the companies merge or consolidate but noah stops working with WWE and starts working even more with NJPW and DDT
>>20548792cyberagent already has abematv
>>20548805>>NOAH,NJPW,TJPW and DDT mergethis just happened
>>20548779Wrestle Odyssey is booked for October 25th 2026 at Ryogoku, that's during the WWE Japan tour, if they already knew they were buying NJPW and they still booked around the WWE tour again that tells you all you need to know
>AAA has new owners>PROGRESS has new owners>NJPW has new ownerswho's next
>>20548816yes, but also CF is a minor shareholder in this transfer so clearly there is no monopoly going on here BUT if we talking about WU there is a good possibility something might happen in the future
>>20548822TV Asahi is the major shareholder. CF doesn't hold any decisional power over NJPW with this transfer
>>205488051nothing ever happens
>>20548805I don't think NJPW going to merge with any promotions due to NJPW have several owners
>>20548792You know that TV Asahi already owns the majority of NJPW's library right?
>>20548806What scandals?
>>20548828>PROGRESS has new ownersWho the fuck bought Brit fed?>On 26 May 2026, it was announced that both PROGESS Wrestling and DEFY Wrestling were both purchased by Big Damo and Nikki CrossOh
>>20548848The older stuff yes. A bunch of the newer stuff is still owned by Bushiroad, most everything 2014 forward I believe.
>>205488051 and 2 are equally likely
>>20548859>sell off new japan ownership but still keeping tape library for some reason Why?
>>20548850A rookie getting killed by one of their bus and AJPW being sus about it, Yuma Aoyagi not renovating his driving license for like months (maybe a year) and causing a traffic accident, AJPW did not fire him but kept him (was suspended for few months) and also getting in their roster a sex pest (he confessed he molested a woman) who was fired from NOAH because of that(and Go Shiozaki quitting NOAH to go to AJPW and was quite heated but wouldn't call it a real scandal but still...)
>>20548868No, I'm saying that's why TV Asahi was willing to BUY IT because they wanted the library, even though they don't have much interest in running a wrestling promotion. That's why CyberAgent was brought in as well, so you can run NJPW day to day and both can benefit from the library. Christ, reading comprehension.
>>20548868rights fees bring in a lot of money for easy work
>>20548873>Yuma Aoyagi not renovating his driving license for like months (maybe a year) and causing a traffic accidentit's funny to me that driving on an expired license would be a big scandal in japan
>>20548859>A bunch of the newer stuff is still owned by BushiroadNo, it's all under TV Asahi.
>>20548842TV Asahi gets 3,550,200 shares and CyberAgent gets 6,950,200 shares>>20548848cyberagent owns abema, this is a consolidation.
>>20548883wouldn't call big, because wrestling is niche but whenever wrestling go on the front page of big site like yahoo jp it's always about bad stuff that give a bad image
>>20548894>TV Asahi gets 3,550,200 shares and CyberAgent gets 6,950,200 sharesTV Asahi already owned 22.7% of NJPW. They are the majority owners
>>20548879asahi keeps the old library, cyberfight already owns amebatv. this is a merger.
>>20548904the 22.7 is included in those 3,550,200 shares.
People speculating here are just throwing papers to the wind, japanese media conglomerates works differently from western media conglomerates
>>20548924No it isn't. those 3.5 million shares are from the 70% that Bushiroad owned. NJPW is a subsidiary of TV Asahi nowhttps://www.njpw.co.jp/649917>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.
I'm waiting for Meltzer's opinion on this
>>20548933yes, noah bought njpw, ddt & tjpw and will be working with tko
time for tanahashi to commit harry carey or sudoku
>>20548988he should book the tokyo dome and do it in the middle of the ring, it would sell a lot of tickets
How well is TV Asahi even doing right now to be able to push New Japan forward with majority ownership?
>>20548413All they had to do was APOLOGIZE to him
teej bros. we got them.
>>20548994Hope they have an extra large suicide knife on account of how fat Tanahashi is now.
>>20548413Fuck Bushiroad
>>20548413Inoki is rolling in his grave
>>20549142Unironically do Inoki even like Bushiroad
As it's looking, TV Asahi has major plans for the rest of the decade and this might be New Japan being figured into it. https://www.tv-asahihd.co.jp/e/presentation/data/2026/20260212_mgt_plan_materialEng.pdf
>>20549204>expand into urban sportsMighty Nippon is over
>>20549020the rings will be connected
>>20548739He's not a NJPW dojo boy or a pudgy White guy so no IWGP
>>20548413Save_us Sanada-san
>>20548739shingo is an honorary white. as far as im concerned hes whiter than callum newman.
>>20548792in other words, TSUJI WON.
>>20548419Bushiroad is literally at fault for all the top starts of NJPW leaving like Okada and Naito.Now they actually have a shot to not suck as much.
>>20548472Shut the fuck up Nick.
>>20548689This was true like 25 years ago. It is not true today.
>>20548490They will not do that, Japanese companies are too xenophobic of any companies outside of Japan, the Japanese companies would rather buy a company that's about to get bankrupt and make no money than allow an outside company enter Japan.Also it's not possible legally too because of Japanese laws, only Japanese citizens and entities are allowed to own companies.
>>20548544Post code, or source.
>>20548472screencap or it didnt happen
>>20548792This isn't a conspiracy, Okada left because the bushiroad execs were disrespecting him and the rest of the locker room.The conspiracy is if Naito left because of the same thing or because of some other issue(money?).
Should have kept Meji. Fucking retards
>>20549345I knew he would save NJPW, I never stopped believing.
>>20549362goddamit why cant america be based like japan? our government literally hates our culture and most of the people too. they dont protect us from foreigners, they sell us to foreigners. protect what you have, japanbros. may the gods bless the memory of based hirohito.
I like how Bushiroad kept Stardom to keep offering premium hostess experiences for their top execs and guests
>>20549400I wish I was a Bushiroad exec and have Saya being whored out to me.....
>>20549395Because American elites are fucking greedy.
>premium
>>20549411100% correct. they traded their moral compasses for cash registers. they care about nothing but profit. my country is ruled by goddamn ferengi.
>>20548425Is Stardom not fully owned by New Japan?
>>20549362Brother this hasn't been true since ookurashou was disbanded.
man fuck bushi(road)
Maybe TV Asahi will make an app for New Japan that actually looks like it was made this century
>>20549438Never was. It just Bushiroad mandate to do crossover
>>20549015Harold wanted them to cut ties with TV Asahi
>New Japan no longer affiliated with Stardom>Now owned by the same company that streams MarigoldRossy always wins in the end
As long as they don't start working with WWE they'll grow
>>20548425hi-poi!
So, if CyberAgent starts offering longer term contracts for more money, that could provide some important stability to the roster. Bringing in occasional talent from the other promotions they own will keep things fresh and TV Asahi can push the company via cheap ad spots and media tie ins. If Cyberagent and TV Asahi want to make NJPW successful again, they have everything they need on the business end. Can they do it?
>>20549529Longer contracts would be important, this nonsense of either just one year or no fucking fixed contract needs to end.
>>20549529I really hope so. And if they brought New Japan to wrestle-universe, it would be such a great value. And the wrestle-universe app is so much better than New Japan's current one. They'd need to put it on more devices like Apple TV and Roku, but if they do that, then you'd have a really amazing one stop shop for Japanese wrestling (except Stardom unfortunately)
>>20548413fuck
Every time a company buys another company, people act like it's automatically a bad thing, but I don't see why this is automatically a bad thing.
>>20548544Name?
>>20549548no one cares about slopdom btw
>>20548413Another brick added to the wrestling in Japan is dying wall.
>>20549575Bushiroad getting away from wrestling is a good thing thoughever
>>20549575>NJPW is now dead>Marigold is a total joke and empty arenas>Stardom has shrank with tiny "sold out" enclosures in precincts being the ultimate cope nowYep
>>20549558she's just a random cute girl
But why sell New Japan but keep Stardom? It doesn't make sense.
>>20548724Is that a real picture? Dude looks like shit. All those roids must've taken a toll.
>>20549191Nah, Inoki was a Yuke'sCHAD
>>20548413They should have took this GRIM opportunity to sell off NJPW to Tony Khan. It's Inoki's WrestleDream to have his successor own his dear company.
>>20549625TK doesn't have time for that manMaybe I'd agree if he wasn't too autistic to delegate but that's not the case
>>20548788It becomes Sareee's toy.
>>20549557it's plausible deniability for shitty booking
I predict nothing major will happen and New Japan will continue its gradual decline as the older fans continue to age out and die and no new fans emerge.
>>20549704Yep, Marigold and Stardom will follow suit and die out alongside it.
Can't wait for the Oiwa 4 month pilgrimage to NXT
I dont people fully understand any of this yet. Are NJPW and Stardom still under the same umbrella? Are they still partners?
>>20548610Japan used to be a decade ahead technology wise. Wtf happened?
>>20549723they gave up and got complacent
>>20549704Japan is in a recession, unless they can replicate their old quality (which i see no avenue for) they're kinda fucked
>>20549723they just like being traditional with mediapeople still buy dvds there
>>20549722>Are NJPW and Stardom still under the same umbrella?No>Are they still partners?Remains to be seen
>>20549738sadly their corporations are now going full speed ahead on digital only so they can stop "piracy". tragically the people of nipland are accepting it because they have been buck broken to treat corporations as people and their families and that artists, despite being paid by paycheck not residuals defend them against "pirates" who archive shit corporations don't sell anymore despite said corporations exploiting them.
>>20549733>Japan is in a recessionWhat else is new?
Has Meltzer said anything yet? I don't know how I'm supposed to feel about this.
>>20549764The Bushiroad thing, I mean, oh man, what can you even say, it's like, you know, uh, it's, it's like, you know they uh, you know, they
Stardom is so getting sold next because that fed was doing worse financially than NJPW. That'd be like TKO selling WWE but keeping NXT. But i suppose that maybe with Saya things turned out rapidly though I doubt it but we'll see.
>>20549764If Dave says its "bad news" then its probably good news for NJPW and bad news for the AEW partnership
>>20549775I think they have way less overhead, but it's still odd they didn't sell it along with Nooj.
Surprisingly muted reaction. Only 209 comments. https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/1toxh6a/bushiroad_have_transferred_all_of_their_new_japan/
>>20549787Not really. They can sell girls to their pervert fanbase. Joshi audience is different than regular fans.
>>20549794bushiroad is a trading card company, that sort of makes sense
>>20549787Yeah, it is odd. But maybe they wanted to shop both promotions around to different buyers? I don't really know who would fit as a potential suitor in this day and age besides WWE, which I don't even want to think about. If Bushiroad decided to keep Stardom, then that's more fine by me
kek yanks btfo
Just want to remind anyone on this board who posted one /wooo/ back in the day and gave me shit when I said Karl Anderson was lying about having a multimillion dollar contract with new Japan. Japanese wrestling in money laundering. It’s not profitable enough to make millionaire wrestlers.
>>20549808Seething bitch weeb>Everything is dying and he is crying about it
Tony killed NJPW.
>>20549816You got worked and are still seething about it more than a decade later, bravo
Good riddance, hope the rest of Nipig wrestling goes too
>>20549818nah you're the only one crying, bitch.
Sell it to Tony. It is his birthright.
>>20549827>Asuka becomes a millionare>Konami is living off ramen in a dingy apartment
>>20549822I am a red blooded American, not an Indian like yourself. My rage empowers me, it drives me.
Is Stardom even big enough to run the Tokyo Dome by themselves and without New Japan carrying the majority of the weight? I don't watch womeme wreslting.
HOLY SHIT TONY IS BUYING NJPW CONFIRMEDHE DOESN'T FUCKING MISS
>>20549825Huh? This is huge news and good news at that. This would be like NBC buying majority of AEW or WWE.
>>20549836shut up, tony khan is a faggot and a failure. he had a chance to make wrestling great again and he just decided to make it gay. fuck him. i hope TV asahi tells him to go eat shit.
>>20549799Knowing Japan I think a lot of people and companies would like to own it. It's way more stress free than NJPW which is a pretty much impossible to fix at this point, TK is a billionaire and he can't hit the high highs they used to have 10 years ago. Stardom is unique in that it's one of a kind and pretty much runs itself. If I was rich and Japanese and owned a company I'd grab it and wouldn't touch NJPW despite the fact I used to love it to death.
>>20549849>the billionaire should cater to me (a 50 year old broke guy) personally or else he's a failure
>>20549808>>20549827I hate this faggot and the wrestling omakase faggot so much, vow has usually good podcasts but they ruin their jap wrestling content with fags like these.
CyberAgent should fold New Japan, Noah, and DDT into one super fed called Elite Japan Pro Wrestling.
>>20549879you vill listen to the trannies talk carelessly about something you love and cherish—and you vill be happy
I hope bussyroad sell s Stardom to Nobuyuki Sakakibara.
>>20549885Well, it's a bit tricky because for one CyberAgent doesn't fully own NJPW. NJPW is also under a new subsidiary, whereas Noah (and DDT) are under the other wrestling subsidiary, CyberFight.
>>20549885>CyberAgent should fold New Japan, Noah, and DDTFTFY
>>20549246Stardom x Kasso
>>20549885Maybe turn NOAH into developmental for NJPW. The main issue for New Japan is making new stars so at least that would be an attempt to fix the problem.
>>20549876this is the typical dishonest argument of a liberal: responding to their own strawmen. im not 50 and im not the only one who is turned off by troons. your statement is therefore retarded.
>>20549808Kek they're being raped by muslims
>>20548483Not necessarily. CyberAgent does work with WWE, but that´s ending soon as they are moving from Ameba to Netflix JP.There is a chance they new owner may not want to keep the partnership going, but I doubt it.This is could potentially affect the relationship with Stardom though. Because CyberAgent also owns TJPW.
>>20549974most people who cry about that kinda stuff are old ass poor dudes, dont cry to me about it so you're 45 then
>>20549979yes Japan is being raped by muslims, just a week ago a 12th century castle was destroyed by islamic muslims they allowed to live in their country, so sad
>>20549992
>>20549992didn't hear that one, yet. i heard about the Shinto Shrines burning down. sad
>>20549989you wanna talk about crying? at least I never cried to the government and tried to get them to destroy the first amendment just to spare my feelings. the only people who defend tranny shit are trannies themselves, and let me remind you again that YWNBAW.
>>20550031They were never destroy. All they did are just praying at the park outside the castle.
TJPW Lords..... we won
it's crazy that tony actually managed to kill NJPW too. almost impressive
>>20550031>make shrine out of paper>put an ever burning fire in it>dedicate shrine to fire god>catches fire and burns downKWAB
>>20550055>Japanese deal with nothing to do with Tony>NJPW will be better off from it???
>>20548429Wow, so this is basically conceding that the creation of Wrestle Universe was the right move and it became so important that NJPW needs it to survive, which has precipitated its sale to CA. Who came up with WU? Was it Takagi? Absolute genius play.
>>20550064>>NJPW will be better off from itbased on what?
>>20549992I meant the two german pedophiles in that twitter screencap but yeah muslims are fucking up Japan too. It's almost like the world elite wants everywhere to be a brownoid pvp server
>>20549438No Bushiroad who is a card company bought both NJPW and Stardomfucked them both up reallyStardom for whatever reason is doing pretty well for a small company.
>>20550077Based on their own statements >>20548429 of needing a better distribution platform to maintain revenue, which WU provides and which Bushiroad doesn't have.
>>20550083it's a lot easier to sell women in revealing clothing than it is dudes wrestling
>>20549362>SNK is a subsidiary of a subsidiary of a Saudi Arabian conglomerateLiterally shut the fuck up, you God damn retard.
Only 23 milly? What a pissant fed.
So Tony killed NJPW. How will you know who defend this?
>>20548559It means nothing for you, or fans, or NJPW really. It's just the owners realizing they can't monetize old NJPW content without a sick subscription streaming set up. And CyberAgent owns WrestleUniverse which is perfect fit for NJPW. That's literally it.
>>20550082uhm velkej is a czech
>>20550050where are the trannies? in your walls?
>>20550105ewwww they never won a war lmao
>>20549309>JUST FUCK GUYS
>>20550099>Tony derangement>inability to speak English
>>20548806DG is pretty much owned by GAORA so it ain't going to be leaving
>>20550099he already said that this is actually good because a NJPW damage control press release said so and companies never lie in press releases after being sold for pennies on the dollar
>>20550145There he is and and as on would expect he's shitting himself LOL
>>20550167I feel bad for his toy collection, they're all taking a trip to the dark abyss tonight
>>20548413The Inoki Family should buy back NJPW and let AI Inoki book the shows, that's the only way to break away from the grim cycle that's been going since the early 2020s
>>20550182>Letting AI book your showPaul, is that you?
If Inoki-san was here to see this...
>>20550193Inoki would be happy because it's good news
>>20550182A true Inokist would think that the grim era started when Tanahashi won his first IWGP heavyweight title.
A true Inokist would be watching Rizin and not give a shit about New Japan.
>>20550201If Inoki-san was here to see this...
>>20550201It's not good news. Bushiroad wouldn't have sold if NJPW was making money
>>20550232For only $23 million too. How embarrassing.
>>20550232Bushiroad is the one unable to monetize NJPW's old content, which is why they sold it to a company which can.
>>20550257Yeah, it's very telling when even Bushiroad looked at the roster and said "grim...let's try to get a few pennies out of these schmucks..."
>>20550259>Bushiroad is the one unable to monetize NJPW's old content,qrd?>which is why they sold it to a company which can.How?
I don't see how this isn't good news for New Japan.
>>20550266the brand itself will be looked at as lowered value because it's going to join WU which houses other promotions ganbare pro a dirt tier shindie. NJPW is now part of an ensemble instead of being the industry leader
Shohei Otani could have bought New Japan for that price.
>>20550193>Something that was worth 500 million 25 years ago is now only worth 23 millionHe is rolling in his grave from pure disgust, the vultures got what they wanted and picked it part until there was only bones left.
>>20550275this post is pure headcanon btw
>>20548413RIP BOZO
Is it time for gamethread #2? He seemed to be really mad over this one
Tony killed nJPW with his partnership
>>20550275You're forgetting that TV Asahi owns 92.7% of NJPW now.
What do we think of a three man commentary table with Walker, Charlton, and Stoo?
>>20550264Read the fucking thread, idiot
>TIL there is pro wrestling in Japan.That has got be hilarious to watch some 5 ft tall 120 lb Jap boys do leg drops and bodyslams hahahaha
>>20550232Nobody liked Bushiroad anymore and now they're with a company with initiatives for the future so it is good news
>>20549611In a Kink vid?
>>20550054If I'm Callum Newman I trade in AZM for Wakana.
>>20550792Wakana wouldn't settle for a nerd like him
