>[NOAH] Endo Tetsuya to continue appearing in the Ark even if he captures the GHC: “This summer, I’ll win the belt, catch stag beetles...”

>Endo Tetsuya (34, DDT) is fired up to capture NOAH’s treasure, the GHC Heavyweight Championship.

>Endo declared his challenge to Shane Haste, who defeated KENTA at the May 13 Korakuen show to make his first successful defense. Explaining why he is taking on a showdown within the same unit, WHITE RAVEN SQWAD, he said, “When I made the challenge, it had only been about a month since I met Shane. But in that time, he left an impact strong enough to rewrite the history of my roughly 13-year career. So I thought that if I took the belt from Shane, my own career would shine even brighter.”

>At the beginning of May, Endo declared, “Until I leave the name Endo Tetsuya in GHC history, I will continue fighting in this NOAH ring.” From those words, speculation spread on social media and elsewhere that “Endo might go back to DDT if he wins the belt.” But he made it clear: “The GHC is the symbol of NOAH. That’s why I want GHC fights to happen in NOAH’s ring. Even if I win the belt, I intend to keep fighting in NOAH’s ring.”

>Outside the ring, he also has a side as a stag beetle enthusiast. On what he has been up to recently, he said, “It’s not just breeding. For about two years now, I’ve also been into catching them in parks around Tokyo.” Apparently, even in Tokyo, one can catch species such as flat stag beetles and small stag beetles. He smiled and said, “This year, I’ve only gone once in May so far, but even then I already caught a few. It’s a good omen heading into the title match.”

>At Shinjuku on the 2nd, he teamed with HAYATA in an official Neo Global Tag League match against Sugiura Takashi & Masa Kitamiya, winning decisively with strong teamwork. Endo vowed, “This summer, I’ll win the belt, catch stag beetles, and go full throttle!” Will he become the central figure of the Ark?

https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/390463

>>20595819
never would’ve looked at him and guessed that he was a stag beetle breeder lol
what does he do with them anyway? sell them? sounds like he keeps them as pets

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>>20594668
>outdraws Slopdom
>subdues Poo Japan

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This year produced show are killing it
(it's from Toru Owashi's Luchako)
>https://x.com/owashi_toru/status/2061794449450258625

DDT MY LOVE 2026
>https://www.wrestle-universe.com/en/lives/nNH8NZUUnHb9ZPr5B33WzS

>>20596933
opening match continue but with the "Anywhere Disappearance" rule so Takagi&Akito and Ueno&Shunma might pop up at some point

>>20597033
>https://x.com/ddtpro/status/2062119108095910199?s=20

>>20597078
>https://x.com/ddtpro/status/2062133522991907043?s=20

and nakamura got unmasked. no idea if was planned because a girl calling him out with his name during his match vs shinya aoki triggered that

Reposting the attendance numbers.

New Japan - 135,666 (64 shows, 2,119 avg)
Stardom - 48,637 (49 shows, 992 avg)
NOAH - 39,067 (41 shows, 9 w/o reported attendance, 1,220 avg)
Dragon Gate - 32,450 (73 shows, 2 w/o attendance, 457 avg)
All Japan - 26,839 (27 shows, 994 avg)
Marigold - 19,243 (39 shows, 493 avg)
Tokyo Joshi Pro - 12,168 (25 shows, 1 w/o reported attendance, 507 avg)
Kyushu Pro - 10,976 (13 shows, 5 w/o reported attendance, 1,372 avg)
Big Japan - 6,842 (34 shows, 5 w/o reported attendance, 235 avg)
Oz Academy - 6,031 (12 shows, 502 avg)
Itabashi Pro - 5,931 (9 shows, 1 w/o reported attendance, 741 avg)
Michinoku Pro - 4,408 (32 shows, 24 w/o reported attendance, 551 avg)
GLEAT - 3,925 (21 shows, 4 w/o reported attendance, 230 avg)
WAVE - 3,627 (23 shows, 2 w/o reported attendance, 172 avg)
Marvelous - 3,492 (10 shows, 9 w/o reported attendance)
FREEDOMS - 3,390 (14 shows, 1 w/o reported attendance, 260 avg)
2AW - 2,765 (35 shows, 9 w/o reported attendance, 106 avg)
JTO - 2,708 (40 shows, 4 w/o reported attendance, 75 avg)
Osaka Pro - 2,618 (43 shows, 34 w/o reported attendance, 290 avg)
Ice Ribbon - 2,206 (35 shows, 5 w/o reported attendance, 73 avg)
Zero1 - 1,679 (18 shows, 11 w/o reported attendance, 239 avg)
Ganbare Pro - 1,433 (8 shows, 2 w/o reported attendance, 238 avg)
SEAdLINNING - 1,380 (5 shows, 276 avg)
Strong Style Pro - 1,350 (3 shows, 2 w/o reported attendance)
Actwres Girl'Z - 1,089 (12 shows, 4 w/o reported attendance, 136 avg)

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>noah, njpw and ddt live shows back to back
no more

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>>20597375
thanks attendancechad

NEO GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE 2026
June 3, 2026 (Wed)
Hodogaya Public Hall, Kanagawa
318 people

>[NOAH] Kenoh demands that Naito Tetsuya “withdraw from the Ark”: “I want him to end his career in NJPW.”

>NOAH’s “Mr. Pain in the Ass,” Kenoh (41), demanded that Naito Tetsuya “withdraw” from the Ark mat.

>NOAH is currently holding the Neo Global Tag League 2026. Kenoh has entered B Block in the “MaruKen” tag team with Marufuji Naomichi. His immediate goals are to win the league tournament and to capture the GHC Tag Team Championship held by the outside enemy team of LTJ’s Naito and BUSHI. Speaking to reporters, Kenoh bluntly said, “Personally, I really want him to go back to New Japan. He isn’t someone who belongs in Pro Wrestling NOAH.” He issued an order for Naito, who left New Japan last April, to return to his old home.

>Kenoh is wary of the influence Naito’s presence will have on the promotion. He laid out his view: “Some time ago, what happened when they clung to Mutoh Keiji for everything? What happened to the young wrestlers when they brought in legends even if it meant taking away the younger guys’ opportunities? They just rotted away, right? NOAH is a promotion that really doesn’t learn.” On the other hand, he also argued that returning would be for Naito’s own sake, showing the face of a “Naito fan” as well: “Thinking about Naito Tetsuya’s life as a pro wrestler, he shouldn’t be in NOAH. While he can still move, I want him to end his career in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. The fans probably want that too, and I hope for it as well.”

>>20600145
>What supports Kenoh’s wish is that NOAH’s parent company, CyberAgent, will become a new shareholder in New Japan. “They’re the same company, so it’s a matter of saying, please just go to New Japan already,” Kenoh urged. Having lost to the LTJ team at the Nippon Budokan show in January and allowed the belts to flow out of the promotion, he looked toward reclaiming the treasures: “Marufuji and I created the reason for them to stay. We have to win quickly and recover the belts.” Kenoh, who also showed a hard fight at the Hodogaya show on the 3rd, now looks to see whether his own success can send Naito off from NOAH.

https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/390619

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>>20600145

>>20595676
Did Baba ever perform a non-pussified version of a push-up?

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>>20595676
>GLEAT
6/4 G-GLASS 2026 @ Shinjuku FACE (6:30pm)

live now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5TG2Ayr2-4

>https://x.com/dragongatentwk/status/2062494429467041806
>Shun Skywalker has announced he is leaving Dragongate

>In the past, Shun has teased to do that a couple of times. Easily could be an angle, or he might actually leave.

>Dragongate English Commentator Jae said on BlueSky that this is no angle and Shun is leaving DG
>https://x.com/peps_wrestling/status/2062496070437937632

>>20603374
Asahi opening up the wallet to rebuild NJPW by poaching big names? Or Shun's just unhappy and wants to move on? Maybe both I guess.

>>20603426
I have to imagine whatever he planned to do was planned months before what was finalized last week with the share transfer

>>20603479
yeah that's probably true

>goes back to IWRG in you're path

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soon
https://youtu.be/3YlHSSH1gWs

>[Dragon Gate] Shun Skywalker makes surprise announcement that he is “leaving the promotion,” previews appearance at Korakuen show on the 5th: “Burn it into your hearts.”

>At Dragon Gate’s Korakuen Hall show on the 4th, Shun Skywalker made the surprise announcement that he is leaving the promotion.

>At the Aichi show on April 26, PSYPATRA, PP, the unit led by Shun, clashed with the villainous army Z-Brats in a mascara contra cabellera cage 6-way match with unit dissolution on the line. Homare from Shun’s side lost, and PP was eliminated. After that, Shun had been absent due to the effects of injuring his right ankle at that same show.

>Then on this day, he appeared in the fifth match tag bout as “X,” the tag partner of his classmate Hyo. They fought a back-and-forth battle against opponents Yoshioka Yuki & Tanaka Ryoya, and Hyo scored the three-count on Yoshioka with the Samson Driver.

>After the match, Shun took the microphone and said, “I came to this ring today seeking a fight. And right now, that fight was indeed here in this ring. And my other purpose: there is something I must say while standing in this ring. Shun Skywalker is returning to the heavens. In other words, I am leaving Dragon Gate.” It was a sudden announcement, and a loud stir rose from the crowd.

>>20604513
>Hyo also took the microphone and said, “I thought that if it was the two of us, we could take the top of the pro wrestling world. But you’re going back to the sky, and you’ve already decided you’re going to do things with all kinds of people, right? You’re going to go take the top of the pro wrestling world, aren’t you?” Ben-K, who was at ringside as a second, and his opponent Yoshioka also sent him encouragement.

>In response, Shun spat back, “To me, it sounds like you’re acting tough, but pushing me forward. If I have one thing to say to you classmates, it’s that this is what makes you soft.”

>Dragon Gate will also hold a Korakuen show the next day, on the 5th. “Tomorrow too, Shun Skywalker will fight in this ring. The people watching are the same. You who call yourselves my classmates, and GM Saito Ryo, you too. Burn Shun Skywalker’s fights in Dragon Gate into your hearts,” he said, previewing his appearance before leaving the ring.

https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/390708

It makes sense, like Shingo he's pretty much done all there is for him to do in DG and ended his relationship with Homare. I dont know what more they could do with him save unmasking him.

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Long article on The Bachelorette Japan in Toyo Keizai, big mainstream outlet, all about Anzai calling him the star of the show this season.
https://toyokeizai.net/articles/-/945174?display=b

Too much to post so it's here:
https://markdownpastebin.com/?id=c55ff96ec0a348e5afd44cadda7b2af0

Shun is bigger than DG. He can get over anywhere, and if he’s leaving, knows a world title is definite at his next stop. New Japan is a fun fit, but NOAH feels weak up too currently.

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>Shun Skywalker.

>You're really leaving the group, right?

>Teammate, classmate.

>You're a special little leopard.

>I'll claim the top of the pro wrestling world in my own way.

>We'll meet again, right.

>No, you come visit the leopard yourself.

>#dragongate

https://x.com/dragongate_hyo/status/2062510458968662127

There are conflicting accounts on if it's a work or not

Jae (DGs English commentator:
>Also not an angle. Shun is leaving. Last will be World at the latest, hometown show at the earliest. It’s fine. It’s like when Shingo went, it’s not like it was stopping any momentum or making things any worse. There’s nothing else to do if he doesn’t want to do anything. It sucks but there are bigger problems with or without him.

Gutsdozer (wrestling editor with some DG connections. He was the one who mostly got the Dia information right, how he wasn't going to be as BOSJ and was instead taking a hiatus so far):
>I think people are focusing too much on where Shun will go. He's been working hurt for a long time (knee/ankle/neck). The hiatus after the cage was to recover. This was an abrupt kayfabe pre-intermission promo; it's more in-character if he's "ascending" and he'll be back when/if his body lets him.

>>20605253
Yeah but do they need another TEAM 2000X guy?

>>20605253
No matter which promotion he goes to, he'll give a massive boost to their Junior roster.

>After today's tournament, the guidance of the heavens
>https://www.youtube.com/@SSWSSW-MICHIBIKI

https://x.com/ssw_skywalk/status/2062821736811462692

no new video, it's just a link to his channel

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https://x.com/GLEAT0701/status/2062836866651652464

>Royoya Tanaka pins Doi after hitting the Stardust Press! Tanaka officially ties PAC’s V11 defense record. Afterwards, Homare would come out, making the challenge for V12, with Tanaka saying it would be a fitting match to showcase the future of the promotion. GM Saito would make it official, that it’ll be Tanaka vs Homare at Kobe World on July 20th. After that, Tanaka would announce that he was stepping away/“graduating” from D’Courage, with Yuki Yoshioka’s blessing; this is seemingly the end for the unit.

>Shun would team with Yuki Yoshioka to face Luis Mante & El Cielo, with Shun getting the win via rollup on Mante. Afterwards, GM Ryo Saito would confront Shun, asking if today was his last date in DG. Shun dithered, saying that he thought Saito would do more to keep him and also saying that while he’s leaving, he plans on having one foot in DG still. Saito would say that he wants to plan a sendoff for Shun for Kobe World, as well as wanting Shun to work Korakuen before that. The two would go backstage to further negotiate Shun’s last dates, seemingly.

> The team of Minoura, Lee & Kikuta would win (after Minoura pinned ISHIN) with Minoura saying that he was satisfied, trying to make peace with ISHIN, only for Kikuta to hit Minoura with a Lariat. Lee would take a baking sheet and hit his own partner Minoura in the head with it, as the group officially expelled Minoura.

>El Cielo would be the first to come out and challenge Kikuta for the Belt, only for Kzy to throw his own challenge down. Kikuta would say he didn’t care and even stated he’d like to face the two of them in a gauntlet match, one after the other. GM Saito would say that there can only be one challenger for Kobe World, making a #1 contenders match for July 2nd at Korakuen between Kzy and El Cielo.

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>>20595676
>AJPW
6/6 NIKKO Arena Kakuda (2:00pm)
>World Tag Team Championship: Ayabe Ren & TALOS (c) vs Saito Jun & Saito Rei [103rd champions, 4th defense]
>Miyahara Kento, Honda Ryuki, & Tachibana Seigo vs Suzuki Hideki, Tamura Dan, & Kono Masayuki
>Aoyagi Yuma & Aoyagi Atsuki vs Anzai Yuma & Kofuji Shouta
>Xyon & Ashino Shotaro vs Shiozaki Go & Sekimoto Daisuke
>GAORA TV Championship: Kumaarashi (c) vs Aizawa No. 1 [33rd champion, 1st defense]
>Rising HAYATO & Inoue Ryo vs MUSASHI & Oishi Makoto
>Omori Hokuto vs Yano Yasutaka

https://www.ajpw.tv/lives/bf99abb1-76b4-4dea-9817-ca1283027fb5

>>20609229
tenryu looks like a chinese shibata

>>20607038
Yee Haw

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Ryuku Dragon live in about 2 bongs with YAMATO and a couple other Dragongate guests
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzHlMaZrDqc

>https://x.com/Puzzle62017/status/2063471198026203139?s=20
Shun??

Is there any promotion in Japan that isn't in the grimmest state in its history?

>>20621354
Stardom maybe

>>20621354
New Japan today >>20621265

>>20621379
The MyonMyon effect.

>>20621354
idk, I know that Jae has been really down on Dragongate on the podcast he sometimes guests. But reality is that he's just lashing out due to his Japanese residency application was denied recently.

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>Shun Skywalker Player
>Scheduled Participation Schedule

>|◤SSW DRAGONGATE FINAL SERIES ◢|

>6/14 (Sun) Gifu Ceratopia Toki
>6/27 (Sat) Osaka Umeda Stella Hall
>7/13 (Mon) Tokyo Shinjuku FACE
>7/20 (Mon Holiday) Hyogo Kobe World Memorial Hall
>8/4 (Tue) Tokyo Korakuen Hall *Final appearance event

>Advance tickets for each event are on sale at #LawsonTicket
>l-tike.com

>#DRAGONGATE

https://x.com/dragongate_pro/status/2063558821671489857

>>20621809
can't take SareeeISM seriously until one of the fat joshis replicates this with her photo

>>20621354
>Is there any promotion in Japan that isn't in the grimmest state in its history?

Yeah. It's really noticeable at this point and it's a big problem. Japanese wrestling was above American wrestling at one point. It wasn't because they had amazing athletes. They just made their work look real and held down people who sucked. Mexico and Puerto Rico are now above Japanese wrestling.

NJPW is probably the worst offender in my book because so many of their problems were self-inflicted. They chose to push non-loyal foreigners over natives. They chose to delay young lions development and keep people like Shota, Yuya and Yota down for no real reason. They chose to do more comedy and House of Torture stuff every show.

Noah's up there too. They let Kenta run off all of their trainees back in the day and trained very few people up until the last few years. They are obsessed with pushing 40 year olds over younger talent. They've done stupid stuff like constantly holding Masa Kitamiya, Kaito and Manabu Soya back.

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>>20623907
the Shape Store and become Sky Shapewalker

>[Regarding Inoue Ryo’s Diagnosis]

>Inoue Ryo, who is currently absent due to a left knee injury, underwent a detailed examination and was diagnosed with “left knee anterior cruciate ligament injury, and medial and lateral meniscus injuries.” As a result, he will be absent from each event from June 18 Korakuen onward for the time being.

>#ajpw

https://x.com/alljapan_pw/status/2063871145330282916

>>20621354
I'd argue that top to bottom AJPW is putting out the most entertaining cards since the NOAH exodus right now. Zero-1 is trending upwards for the first time in at least a decade. Senjo and Wave have both done much worse. NOAH is reaping the financial benefits of letting OZAWA turn the place into NJPW'esque American tribute wrestling. honestly, NJPW might be the only promotion at an all-time low and even that's purely from the quality standpoint - I'm sure they've done way worse financially

>>20595676
beautiful men

>>20626791
>[NOAH/MM] Ishikawa Shuji vs Sekimoto Daisuke: Before the June 15 GHC Hardcore match... an unexpected tag team forms.

>Ahead of the GHC Hardcore Championship decision match to be held at NOAH’s Korakuen show on the 15th, former champion Ishikawa Shuji (50, Evolution) and Sekimoto Daisuke (45, freelance) unexpectedly formed a tag team on the 8th.

>At last month’s MONDAY MAGIC (MM) Shinjuku show on the 25th, Sato Hikaru defeated Tanaka Masato to win the title for the first time. However, because Sato vacated the belt due to injury, a title match between Ishikawa and Sekimoto was set for the 15th.

>Then, at this day’s MM Shinjuku show, the two teamed together and clashed with Black Menso-re & Kikutaro. Even though they were supposed to be allies, the two glared at each other in the ring before the match. There was even a scene where Ishikawa kicked Sekimoto in the face while Sekimoto had Kikutaro in a submission hold. In the end, Sekimoto put Menso-re down with a lariat.

>After the match as well, the two engaged in a staredown before leaving the ring. Backstage, Sekimoto flexed his arm and said, “Next week... Ishikawa, it’s a fight. Fight me with the GHC Hardcore on the line. It’s a battle between man and man. Got it? Come prepared.”

>Ishikawa, for his part, also vowed victory: “I didn’t think I’d be teaming with Sekimoto. Well, whatever. Next week is a singles match, so I’ll collide with him head-on, and I’ll put the Hardcore belt around my waist again.”

https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/391176

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>>20628550

>>20629166
I'd like to see Sekimoto go after Anzai assuming he's winning the belt one way or the other after Kento/Suzuki. That's a strong challenge and a fresh match, not sure they've ever had a single.

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>I heard that DRAGONGATE's D'Courage disbanded today.
>It's sad that the theme song I worked on, "Courage and Diamond," won't be playing at venues anymore, but I'd be happy if it continues to flow and be heard in everyone's hearts from now on.
>Thank you for letting me sing in the ring and for the wonderful memories.

>#DRAGONGATE #D_Courage

https://x.com/Tincy_saya/status/2062909719103316007

>>20625849
>I'd argue that top to bottom AJPW is putting out the most entertaining cards since the NOAH exodus right now. Zero-1 is trending upwards for the first time in at least a decade
We're just making stuff up now?

>[AJPW] Kento Miyahara Fires Up for V7 Triple Crown Match Against Suzuki Hideki: “A battle that will greatly influence the second half of All Japan Pro Wrestling’s year”

>All Japan Pro Wrestling Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion Kento Miyahara (37) showed extraordinary resolve ahead of his V7 title defense against Suzuki Hideki (46) on the 18th at Korakuen.

>Suzuki, the winner of this spring’s “Champion Carnival” (CC), and Miyahara attended a press conference on the 9th at All Japan’s office in Tokyo. The champion clenched his fist and said, “This match will be a battle that greatly influences the second half of All Japan Pro Wrestling’s year. In a professional wrestling battle, I will not lose. I will definitely defend this belt.”

>Regarding Suzuki’s run in the CC, Miyahara explained, “Technically speaking, the way he finished every official league match was different. That was the part of Suzuki Hideki’s CC that left the strongest impression on me.” He then showed confidence in victory, saying, “On June 18, there are honestly parts of me that can’t predict what Suzuki Hideki will bring out. But I’ve faced every preview match with everything I have.”

>Suzuki, for his part, emphasized, “Suzuki Hideki, the man with the best technique in the pro wrestling world, will defeat Kento Miyahara, the best man in the pro wrestling world.” Finally, he addressed the press before leaving the venue: “This match will, without question, be the best match in the pro wrestling world. Not just this time, but both Kento Miyahara and I always fight with everything we have, desperately. So those of you reporting on it, please fight with everything you have too.”

https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/391251

>>20631030
puro legends collide

>>20631270
oh, a smug redditor. very elaborate and classy. allow me to explain: in 2024-2025 Zero-1 underwent a change in ownership and restructuring, leading to most of their young wrestlers choosing to stay in a regional indie that split away from the main promotion, and the belts only being defended in other promotions, if at all. that is by any definition an all-time low, and one they have been heading towards for a long time. in comparison, since then, they regained some of the young blood, got a new Hayabusa over, and even manned up enough to start posting attendance numbers for the first time in ages.
lol at "making up" my personal opinion about AJPW. I'm sure you'd find the concept confusing, but it's not like you know what you're talking about, anyway

>>20632312
Absolutely nobody cares about Z1 and hasn't since Hash died. All Japan isn't good. They had a bit of a resurgence about 10 years ago and that died. Maximum grimness all around.

All Japan's been really good the past few years the big downer was the DBS and then long Jun Saito title reign and Rei Saito Champion Carnival win. Really bogged things down at the top. And it's got the best crowd. It's so refreshing to hear actual women's voices cheering instead of just smarks and faggots.

>>20632643
that's a total cop out. saying that AJPW is bad because you think it is bad is a complete non-argument and there is no way you've been actually following it closely. this year is already better than the previous one, which only got salvaged towards the end, once Jun dropped the belt and Shiozaki came over. I liked AJPW a decade ago too, but the match quality was not as good top to bottom. not with the Shining exodus, Akebono and Funaki often having underwhelming main events, an overall tiny roster, and fucking KENSO of all people getting featured way too heavily
according to you, Zero-1 is at an all-time low, but that exact same low has also lasted for most of its existence, whereas in reality them getting some things right, for once, is only more obvious when looking at their track record of being the most pitiful long-running promotion around, and especially fresh off that one year they nearly went out of business. btw, there are multiple people in this thread hyped for Fire Festival, if you haven't noticed
NJPW crybaby narratives belong in their containment threads, especially after all the harm NJPW has done over the years trying to monopolize and Americanize puroresu

>>20633026
I think you're missing the point. Japanese wrestling industry is in a shit era that they haven't yet escaped. No matter how some of your fav promos are better than they used to be. No matter "muh workrate match". Fact is people dont care like they used to and it doesnt seem like that will change. You're more likely to see it go the way MMA did. Slip down, then resurge a little with NJPW closer to the monopoly fed that will feature weird interbreed shows, freak shows, mix with western shows

>>20635572
i eat like that

AJPW is totally irrelevant, in a totally irrelevant industry.

>>20636283
ajpw is relevant in some ways because it's name and legacy but it got insular like DG
puro is niche. and it's not a bad thing, but clearly every company is trying to bring in new people in different ways

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>We’ve received a #火祭り2026Winning Prediction
>from Fuminori Abe of Kakuto Tanteidan.

>Well, the season of the midsummer festival has come around again this year.

>SummerSlam? G1? No, no, it’s Fire Festival 2026!!

>This year’s field is incredibly stacked, making it an extremely difficult league to predict.

>What makes it especially troubling is that there are several seniors who have helped me out day to day in both A Block and B Block. That makes it even harder to think through.

>However, since this is a prediction, I’ll set those personal feelings aside and go with the safe pick here.

>My prediction to win is Kuroshio TOKYO Japan.

>My reason is that the opponents he has beaten up to now have been overwhelmingly strong.

>I was there in person and saw the moments when he beat Suzuki-san, beat Funaki-san, and beat Shrek Sekine-san.

>Every one of them was strong, and they were all tough fighters. They were truly shocking victories.

>However, conversely, if there is one concern, it is that against opponents who look weaker than him, he very often gets too relaxed and loses.

>To sum it up, Kuroshio TOKYO Japan is strong against wrestlers who look strong, and weak against wrestlers who look weak.

>But this year’s Fire Festival is packed with tough fighters.

>Which means he should absolutely be able to win.

>Once he wins and obtains the Fire Festival sword, I am secretly looking forward to seeing him spend the next year using it as a weapon, running around every corner of every venue while swinging a Japanese sword.

>>20636425
>My dark-horse candidate is Miyamoto Yuko.

>Miyamoto-san is always ZERO1’s super-sub!

>Whenever something happens, Miyamoto-san has always suddenly stepped in and saved the Fire Festival.

>For the year after he won in 2018, the Fire Festival sword was always sticking out of Miyamoto-san’s carry case.

>I’m looking forward to seeing Miyamoto-san run all over Japan, from one end of the country to the other, carrying the Fire Festival sword, and I also strongly want to see that again in 2026.

>Above all, I pray for good fortune so that every participating wrestler can make it through the whole tournament without injury!!

>#火祭り2026
>#pwzero1

https://x.com/ZERO1_Wrestling/status/2064661399033565202

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hey arkchads your ride's here

>>20637845
What does the All Japan bus look like?

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>>20638439

>>20638587
This doesn't make any sense because AJPW has done a demonstrably better job of developing young talent than NOAH and NJPW.

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>>20595676
>AJPW
6/11 Shinjuku FACE (6:30pm)
>Special Singles Match: Xyon vs Go Shiozaki
>Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship Preview 8-Man Tag Team Match: Suzuki Hideki, Suwama, Mashimo Kengo, & Aoki Yuya vs Kento Miyahara, Ashino Shotaro, MUSASHI, & Yoshioka Seiki
>Aoyagi Yuma, Aoyagi Atsuki, & Carbell Ito vs Ayabe Ren, TALOS, & Rising HAYATO
>Intermission
>Honda Ryuki & Yano Yasutaka vs Anzai Yuma & MAZADA
>Takanashi vs Omori Hokuto
>Sekimoto Daisuke & Kumaarashi vs Saito Jun & Saito Rei
>World Junior Heavyweight Championship Preview Tag Team Match: Tamura Dan & Kono Masayuki vs Tachibana Seigo & Ogawa Takeru

https://www.ajpw.tv/lives/b986f411-a30c-45c8-986e-6efdcf10a0d6

first four matches stream free on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oD6FOsaOJM

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>[DDT] Kasai Hinata Vows to Rise on a “Different Path” from His Father Jun: “I don’t think it would be right to wrestle by borrowing his legacy”

>Kasai Hinata (22), who debuted in DDT in August 2025, vowed to make his leap forward on a “different path” from his great father.

>He is the son of “the charismatic deathmatch wrestler” Kasai Jun of FREEDOMS, and he will team with his father for the first time at the August 11 Ryogoku show. In a tag match at the Shinjuku show on the 10th, he fought hard, including hitting Sanshiro Takagi of the opposing team with a corner dropkick, but lost when he was rolled up by Yume Niji.

>According to Hinata, match videos were playing at home from the time he was young, and “by the time I became aware of things, I loved pro wrestling.” As for why he joined DDT, he revealed that his father’s recommendation was part of it: “If I had joined the same promotion as my father, people would have looked at it as me living off my parent. The expectation that ‘he’s going to do deathmatches’ would have become too strong, so I wanted to debut in a different promotion.”

>He then looked toward the future, saying, “Honestly, at this point I have absolutely no thought of doing deathmatches. I feel like it would be wrong to wrestle by borrowing the accumulation of what my parent has done, or his legacy. I want to rise as a pro wrestler strictly on a different path from my father.”

>>20641170

>Hinata is 171 cm tall, which puts him on the smaller side among wrestlers. He studies the wrestling of Bryan Danielson of the United States, who has been active in AEW and has also competed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling. He emphasized, “Danielson isn’t big either at 178 cm, but when he stands up to opponents bigger than himself, the fans can emotionally invest in that. I’m conscious of taking things from that, in terms of how I should fight in order to get the fans behind me.”

>Hinata, who continues to grow, is fully fired up for his tag-team outing with his father. He put force behind his words: “There must be things we can do, and things we can communicate to the audience, because we’re father and son. Over these next two months, I want to make that clear.”

https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/391446

>>20641173
of course there is some nepotism playing here because he has no particular talent or shine in a particular way. at least from what I read from 5ch uncs even a younger guy like yuni is more interesting (and they are pretty hard on him, aside some cool high fly moves he never improved over the years, and he's been wrestling since forever)
don't think nepotism is bad per se but not going to expect much. still he's still young and has time to find his footing

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did you guys see this ? lol

>Konosuke Takeshita has a big idea to unify pro wrestling. He wants to hold the world’s largest wrestling league containing 365 wrestlers so there will be tournament matches every day of the year. He already came up with a tentative schedule and list of participants. #ddtpro #njpw

https://x.com/DramaticDDT/status/2064041799845355842

>>20642512
it was a stupid joke don't even know how so many throught he was serious about jt

>>20642656
They really could do it though if they wanted to. Put some guys in masks and new costumes. It would just have to be a regular tournament though. It could be fun.

>>20641512
when you're rampaging president they let you do it

>>20642806
having a interpromotion tournament is not bad per se, but it will hell not just for organizing it but all toxicity it going to create around it
and not even takeshita is built for that considered he deleted his x account earlier this year kek

>>20642982
Here's what I'm saying:

DDT could easily put Hirata in a mask and say he's "Tokyo Dancing Machine from Dancing Japan Pro Wrestling". They could then do stuff like this for others. It's DDT and they could really have a lot of fun with this. And if one wrestler with two gimmicks has to face himself, they could also turn it into a joke because it's DDT.

I really think it would work.

>>20642512
this is absolute tism incarnate, fantasy booking 365 wrestlers for 365 matches
interesting concept though even if he was just joking

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>[AJPW] Go Shiozaki Reveals He Suffered Two “Fractures” During CC Official Matches: “Wasn’t it a good opportunity to push myself?”

>All Japan Pro Wrestling’s Go Shiozaki (44) revealed that he made it through “Champion Carnival 2026” (CC) while dealing with two fractures.

>Competing in the festival for the first time in 11 years, Shiozaki finished first in A Block. Although he lost to Suzuki Hideki in the final and ended as runner-up, he captivated the crowd with performances that showed no sign of any long absence. Meanwhile, partway through the league matches, he began wearing tape on his chest. In an interview, he revealed that he had somehow suffered two fractures during official CC matches.

>According to Shiozaki, he first injured the right side of his chest early in the CC. Then, in his match against Kumaarashi at the April Niigata show, he also broke a rib on his left side. “When I lifted Kumaarashi up, he countered in a way that was like a body press. That’s when it went crack,” he recalled. Later, a doctor diagnosed him with fractures of the cartilage on the right side of his ribs and a left rib fracture.

>>20645138
>After that, he revealed, “I kept wrestling the whole time while using painkiller suppositories.” He further confessed that even in the final, “When I kept getting hit with elbows to the stomach, I heard a cracking sound from my left chest.” He has not been examined at a hospital for that, but if it was a fracture, there is a possibility he suffered “three fractures during the CC.”

>Did it never cross his mind to miss matches? Shiozaki laughed it off, saying, “It’s just ribs.” Referring to Saito Jun and Anzai Yuma, who had to withdraw partway through, he showed his superhuman toughness: “For them, their injuries were bad enough that they couldn’t wrestle anymore, so that couldn’t be helped. But if you can move, it’s better to do it. Wasn’t it a good opportunity to push myself?”

>Unfazed by injury, Shiozaki scored a hard-fought victory over Xyon at the Shinjuku show on the 11th. Even battered from head to toe, his march does not stop.

https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/391584#google_vignette

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>>20645146
>painkiller suppositories
Ehhhhhhhhh?!

>>20642512
there is only a promotion that could do this

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Oh my... is it... IT IS!
Kentaro Miyazaki is here! The hottest free agent from the Land of the Rising Sun!

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>Tomorrow is the 17th anniversary of Misawa-san’s passing.

>How have these 17 years been for everyone?

>Twenty years ago, when I told him I was going to have surgery for kidney cancer, Misawa-san said to me, “Kobashi, do your best. Make sure you come back!!” and supported me in so many ways. He was a good older-brother figure, both as a pro wrestler and as a person.
>Hands together in prayer.
>#三沢光晴
>#小橋建太
>#小橋健太

https://x.com/FortuneKK0327/status/2065441832008306834

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>[Uptown] “The Unsinkable Battleship” Stan Hansen Makes a Surprise Appearance! His First and Last Time at Shinjuku FACE… Celebrates Tachibana Seigo’s 10th Anniversary with a “Youth!”

>Stan Hansen (76), “the Unsinkable Battleship,” made a surprise appearance at the Uptown show promoted by Kuroshio TOKYO Japan (33) at Shinjuku FACE on the 12th.

>The show was held as Tachibana Seigo’s 10th anniversary event. In the opening match, Tachibana & Kuroshio faced Ashino Shotaro & Kodama Yusuke. After Tachibana lost to Kodama, Kanna-zuki, dressed as his WRESTLE-1-era mentor Muto Keiji, appeared as a guest and congratulated him on his 10th anniversary.

>Then, in the second match, Tachibana, working back-to-back matches, competed in a handicap match against the unusual team of Danshoku Dieno & Yosuke Santa Maria. Tachibana was sunk by merciless Danshoku tactics, giving his commemorative show a disastrous start despite the occasion.

>However, a surprise was waiting immediately afterward. Holding the microphone in the ring, Kuroshio said, “Just now, Muto-san [Kanna-zuki] came to celebrate. There’s one more person here to celebrate,” and as “Sunrise” played in the venue, the real Hansen appeared.

>Hansen appealed to the crowd, saying, “Always remember youth!” When Kuroshio asked if he knew Tachibana, Hansen replied, “Yes, I know.” Even Tachibana was understandably confused, saying, “I’m incredibly happy! But what does this mean? I have no connection to him at all, do I?” Hansen congratulated him, saying, “Congratulations, 10 years!” and the segment closed with a mass chant of his trademark “Youth!”

>Shinjuku FACE, which has hosted many pro wrestling events centered on independent promotions, is set to close at the end of September. Hansen’s visit was literally his first and last time there. As he left, a huge “Hansen” chant echoed through the venue.

https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/391680

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>>20645138
>>20645146
>go had two broken ribs during this
Is the nigga shoot actually insane?

NOAH should bring back the green ring. It'd still be shit but at least it'd be shit wrestling in a cool ring.

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Kumamoto niggas are just built different

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>>20652294
kek

>>20652294
holy fuck this gimmick sucks

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It's funny how every time Dieno shows up in Dragon Gate Jae very audibly seethes about it out of kayfabe.

>>20658670
>Charlton legitimately rages about Hyo in NJPW
>Jae legitimately rages about Dieno in DG
based

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Card for Wrestle Magic tomorrow. Mystery niggas galore.

>>20660288
if nosawa wasn't a coward he would book ueno on opposing side of kiyomiya, to me feels like it's the only sensible choice but might not happen, but no idea who njpw and dg sent since the other two guys are literal who

After reading this thread, I fell for the "AJPW is good again" meme and watched the Champion Carnival final show. Well, that was a fucking lie. I got worked like a jabroni mark.

The problem with All Japan (and every promotion really) is that New Japan is so dominant that every promotion basically ends up being NJPW-lite. It's all the same stylistically. If you look back 20 years, when things were supposedly terrible, NJPW, NOAH, AJPW etc all had different styles. Now, every company is just bad comedy, boring strike exchanges, anti-dimes factions and false finish spam fests. And then, after the match is over, somebody walks out and challenges the champion.

Grim, in a nutshell.

>>20661570
>after the match is over, somebody walks out and challenges the champion
This really does need to stop. It only became a thing about 10-15 years ago and it's just lazy booking. Especially when you've got two guys cutting promos at each other in different languages.

>>20661535
nosawa no balls and except kiyomiya is a gaijin match

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>>20595676
NOAH 6/16 Global Tag League Final @ Korakuen (6:30pm)
>Mercari Presents NEO GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE 2026 Championship Match: Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows vs Manabu Soya & Yuki Iino
>GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match: Dragon Bane & Alejandro (c) vs Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara [65th champions, 3rd defense]
>NEO-GTL 2026 Special: Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI, Kaito Kiyomiya, & KENTA vs Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura, Tetsuya Endo, & HAYATA
>Naomichi Marufuji & Kenoh vs Shuji Kondo & Eita
>AMAKUSA, Daiki Odashima, Kid Lykos, & Kid LykosⅡ vs OZAWA, Tadasuke, Alpha Wolf, & Jun Masaoka
>Unfinished Business: Yoshiki Inamura & Stallion Rogers vs Kazuyuki Fujita & Muhammad Yone
>Super Crazy, Yuto Koyanagi, & Aoi Takahashi vs Black Mensore, Katsumi Inahata, & Hiroto Tsuruya

https://www.wrestle-universe.com/en/lives/2dqmFYv1GRsmMGiBzaTWRB

>>20665808
caveman bros we got this

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maybe they'll just grow a new Shun Skywalker

>>20658693
The fuck was Charlton’s problem?

>>20667620
HYO's gimmick I guess

Anyway, glad to see Iino and Soya win the NOAH Tag Tournament.
I really liked when he was a duo with Yukio Naya and their tag reign was pretty funny, them being incorporated with Mao's faction was random and probably make sense since Iino would be busy with his football job and Naya would be left alone.
Iino and Soya match well, so I'm not surprised they worked extremely well on ring (and i'm sorry Naya but Soya its a better wrestler). Seeing another DDT guy being praised outside their niche feels good. No idea if Iino got picked after his title match against Ueno or it was planned beforehand. Still very proud for this result.

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>NOAH Korakuen Hall Event

>Neo Global Tag League

>I won, baby!

>I've got a ton to say!

>First off, huge thanks to everyone who gave me that passion chant at the venue today!

>#noah_ghc #情熱ラーテルズ #情熱MAX

https://x.com/manabusoya/status/2066891840809549936

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>>20668231

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>[TAJIRI Serial #22] The Unique Rhythm of Kyushu Pro Wrestling That He Feels Ahead of the June 27 “Kyushu Super Genki Festival”

>Even within pro wrestling, when the promotion changes, the atmosphere flowing through it changes too. Ahead of Kyushu Pro Wrestling’s 18th anniversary show, “Kyushu Super Genki Festival,” to be held on June 27 at Fukuoka International Center, what TAJIRI is once again feeling is the unique rhythm possessed by Kyushu Pro Wrestling as a promotion.

>“In my three years with Kyushu Pro Wrestling, I’ve almost never wrestled wrestlers from other promotions up to this point, only people within the promotion. I do think that the rhythm differs in all kinds of ways depending on the promotion.” When you keep having matches for a long time in the same environment, that atmosphere naturally becomes normal. That is exactly why, when you mix with outside wrestlers, the differences become even clearer.

>What TAJIRI feels is the difference from Tokyo promotions. “People from Tokyo really have sharp individuality.” Each person’s individuality is strong, and the individual comes forward first. By those individuals colliding with one another, the whole thing begins to move. TAJIRI sees that structure itself as different from Kyushu.

>“Here, the individuals gather in order to make the whole thing turn, but over there, the individuals gather and then the whole thing turns. I guess that’s the difference.” Even in the same ring, the way things are built is completely different. Rather than one person standing out and pulling everyone along, each individual fulfills a role within the overall flow. That feeling is strong in Kyushu Pro Wrestling.

>>20670866
>Of course, this is not a question of which is correct. The center has the center’s sense of speed, and the regions have the regions’ atmosphere. But Kyushu Pro Wrestling is a promotion that has continued while taking root in the local community. The sense of unity and distance that arises from that naturally appears in the ring as well.

>What the audience is watching is not only the techniques. The atmosphere and flow drifting from the entire ring also come across as that promotion’s character. Kyushu Pro Wrestling has a color of trying to create one atmosphere as a whole.

>At Fukuoka International Center on June 27, that rhythm will not change. It is not about one person alone standing out, but about how the whole thing flows. In the accumulation of that flow, the characteristics of Kyushu Pro Wrestling as a promotion are revealed.

https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/392184

>>20668231
>>20669390
jonetsu niggas

Kyushu Pro, the Japanese CMLL

>The @ThrillbillyTCB Silas Mason is in Japan, to defend the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship Thursday at Korakuen Hall.

>“Big Daddy Thrill” joins The Who’s Who of NWA champions to defend “The Ten Pounds of Gold” in @AllJapan_PW and The Land of the Rising Sun. https://x.com/alljapan_pw/status/2066818352761455076/video/1…

https://x.com/nwa/status/2066925009218744473

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>>20595676
AJPW 6/18 Korakuen (6:30pm)
>Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship Match: Suzuki Hideki vs Kento Miyahara (c) [76th champion, 7th defense]
>Asia Tag Team Championship Match: Aoyagi Atsuki & Rising HAYATO vs ISHIN & Kato Yoshiki (c) [131st champions, 1st defense]
>Suwama & Aoyagi Yuma vs Go Shiozaki & Anzai Yuma
>Intermission
>NWA World Heavyweight Championship Match: Ashino Shotaro vs “The Thrillbilly” Silas Mason (c)
>Ayabe Ren, TAROS, Sekimoto Daisuke, & Mashimo Kengo vs Saito Jun, Saito Rei, Honda Ryuki, & Kumaarashi
>World Junior Heavyweight Championship Match: Tamura Dan vs Tachibana Seigo (c) [73rd champion, 1st defense]
>Omori Hokuto, Yano Yasutaka, Kono Masayuki, Fuminori Abe, & Aoki Yuya vs Xyon, MUSASHI, Yoshioka Seiki, Kofuji Shouta, & Ogawa Takeru

>>20674380
Good looking card.

>>20674380
>Suwama & Aoyagi Yuma vs Go Shiozaki & Anzai Yuma
This is the match.

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>>20674380
>Korakuen
a sold out Korakuen
https://x.com/alljapan_pw/status/2067151937041219963

>>20674627
Is it though?

>>20595676
Why didn't jumbo come out? Did he take the photo or too much of a lazy shitter to get out of bed and run on the beach with the lads?

Nakajima self-produced show will be up on K-Force YouTube channel 7:00pm JST tomorrow
https://x.com/Katsuhiko_N311/status/2067548672372687231

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they got Anzai entering through the crowd

>>20677805
Thank you, I've been wondering about its availability.

>[AJPW] Miyahara Kento Defeats Suzuki Hideki for V7 Triple Crown Defense: “I’ll use my authority as champion to decide the location of the next championship match!”

...

>Early on, Miyahara tried to seize the pace with his specialty, headbutts in the outside-the-ring battle, but Suzuki stopped his movement by driving elbows into his stomach and back. Even after they returned to the ring, Miyahara writhed in agony from a backbreaker. Suzuki then kept up a one-sided stretch of offense, immobilizing Miyahara’s arms and legs while driving elbows into his stomach, and even trapping him in a KENSO-style Tarantula.

>Miyahara showed his grit during an exchange on the apron by spiking Suzuki head-first with a piledriver, but Suzuki kept pressing him with a European clutch pin and choking techniques, and Miyahara struggled to escape a pattern where he was always one step behind.

>Even so, the moment Suzuki hit him with a human windmill, Miyahara showed terrifying toughness by getting right back up and firing back with Blackout, his knee strike, to counterattack. In the end, he blasted the standing Suzuki with another Blackout, then launched him with the Shutdown Suplex and took the three-count.

>After the match, Miyahara extended his hand himself and shook hands with Suzuki. Taking the microphone, he rejoiced, “Seventh defense — I defended it!” He continued, pushing the crowd away: “There are no vacations for the champion. The next challenger is… I don’t know. You people predict that yourselves. Who do you want to see? Go ahead and say whatever you want.” He then unilaterally decided that his V8 defense would be held at the July 25 show at Kobe Sambo Hall in Hyogo, saying, “However, I’ll use my authority as champion to decide the location of the next championship match. We’ve had a run in Tokyo. I’m a nationwide superstar. It’s not only the people of Tokyo who want to see Miyahara Kento.”

https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/392497

>>20677905
did he run it back

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>I had Kenoh, a Japanese kenpo champion who is currently active in Pro Wrestling NOAH, teach me Japanese kenpo.

>When I actually tried it, the stance, distance, and way of entering with strikes had unique movements that were different from kickboxing or karate, and it was stimulating.

>If K-1 fighters incorporated Japanese kenpo movements, the range of their fighting styles would expand even further and become interesting — and I’d also love to see Japanese kenpo fighters challenge themselves in the K-1 ring.

>Kenoh, thank you very much!
>#k1wgp

https://x.com/genki_sudo/status/2067517647118635159

>>20679713
did nakajima and kenoh train the same martial art?

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>>20658693
Jae refusing to even call Mochi "Oka Masaaki" and inventing his own nickname for him cracked me up

>>20680960
yenny

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Mora companies should debut their young boys like GLEAT does imho

>>20682002
Hell yeah

>>20682065
actually, dropping the whole YL thing would be very positive at this point.

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junteenth > juneteenth

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>On June 16, after the end of "Pro-Wrestling Classic: Legacy DX Special Edition - It's Hansen!! SP," I had a meal with Hansen husband and wife, the Kobashi family, interpreter Ted-san, and the staff.
>It's been about 40 years since we first met, and I never imagined... that the day would come when I'd be having a meal with the Hansen couple and my family.
>My daughter, watching Mrs. Hansen and Ted-san interpreting, got fired up and said, "I want to learn to speak English!" Stan Hansen has influenced father and daughter!!

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Nakajima show is up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj5jQXy6LtI

>Katsuhiko Nakajima's First Independent Event
>"IT'S SHOWTIME" Full Footage from the May 31 Osaka Show Now Available on the K-FORCE YouTube Channel.

>As someone who has been closely involved with both the public and private sides of Katsuhiko Nakajima's career for over 15 years, I wanted to lend whatever support I could to this major challenge—his very first independent event—so I've been cooperating since January with that heartfelt intention.

>To everyone who came to the venue and everyone who supported us, thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts.

>I hope that those who couldn't make it to the venue can still catch even a little of the atmosphere and energy from that day through this.

>On the channel, we also plan to gradually release behind-the-scenes content from this event.
>Including that, please enjoy it all.

>And moving forward, we kindly ask for your continued support for Katsuhiko Nakajima.

>#中嶋勝彦
>#KATSUHIKONAKAJIMA #IST2026 #K_FORCE

https://x.com/K_FORCE88/status/2067940960718487835

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>>20682833
sho 'nuff!

The latest AJPW show was pretty good.

>>20682334
Nah, it's clearly good to let the young boys get some heat before they debut. Look at Murashima, Nagai, Odashima, Kimura, so many of them have gotten a huge boost before they get their proper gimmick

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>>20595676
NOAH 6/20 Eita 15th Anniversary @ Agematsu Community Center (4:30PM)
>GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship: Dragon Bane (c) vs Eita [61st champion, 1st defense]
>Manabu Soya, Yuki Iino, & Hiroto Tsuruya vs Yoshiki Inamura, Stallion Rogers, & Hayato Koyanagi
>Kaito Kiyomiya & Daiki Odashima vs Kid Lykos & Kid LykosⅡ
>Naomichi Marufuji, Kenoh, AMAKUSA, & Katsumi Inahata vs OZAWA, Masa Kitamiya, Takashi Sugiura, & Tadasuke
>Tetsuya Endo & HAYATA vs Kai Fujimura & Jun Masaoka
>Alejandro, Super Crazy, & Black Mensore vs Atsushi Kotoge, Muhammad Yone, & Hajime Ohara
>Alpha Wolf vs Aoi Takahashi

>>20595676
Bump

>>20687518
Kino look

>>20625885
I am saying that!

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>>20595676
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Is5OWiu09w

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the board is moving too fast it needs to slow down

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>>20595676

>>20682836
KAWAII

>>20661570
This is why you go into the basement of the indies where all the weird, oddball, don't-give-a-fuck wrestling is taking place.

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https://x.com/shosen_online/status/2068520302905286682

DDT OWARI WARS 2026 live stream up
>https://www.wrestle-universe.com/en/lives/td4CzB21dBy8DXZ88hYCfS

>>20694118
the 6 man tag match was kind of average. really liked ilusion here
the extreme was a bit too long for my taste, some spots very cool but think some noah fans will get mad at how it ended. it was more hardcore than i expected but the rules they set didn't help
the main event was VERY good, of course any mf wished to see more ueno vs harashima but the focus was to-y, so ueno acted more as support. it was very heated and to-y is a good worker, he's so underrated. harashima still has it no one is surprised.

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>Are you not eitatained?

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*sells you a Nissan Rogue*

>>20595676
bump

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They tried to fucking kill Junta at the DDT show yesterday

>>20699379
How does that even happen to your ams? Did they throw him on the grill?

>>20698806
Contemplating one more run?

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>>20699379
i like hardcore, it this wasn't my cup of tea because okatani lack emotions.and his previous hardcore matches (vs isami kodaka and kasai) lacked any chemistry the only one that was more enjoyable was vs yukio naya
>>20699779
about the arms, its the shinai (kendo bamboo sword) hitting him

>>20699379
>>20699928
How is Junta doing in DDT?
It seemed like he was finally close to putting it together and NOAH shipped him off. I wonder if that was his decision or they forced him into it.

>>20700277
He fits the DDT style far more imo. Hopefully this seasoning stops his incontsistency.

>[NOAH] The Cross Naito Tetsuya Carries for Victory to “Remain on the Ark Mat” — To Kenoh, Who Demands He Return to New Japan: “Show Me an Example”

>On the 22nd, Naito Tetsuya (44) of Los Tranquilos de Japon (LTJ), who will challenge in a V4 defense of the GHC Tag Team Championship at NOAH’s Korakuen Hall show on the 25th, shouldered the cross of having to win in order to “remain on the Ark mat.” Naito, who holds the titles with BUSHI, will face the team of Soya Manabu and Iino Yuki, winners of the “NEO GLOBAL TAG LEAGUE.” While vowing to protect the belts, which are also his reason for continuing to appear in NOAH, he cut down Kenoh, who had one-sidedly demanded that he return to New Japan.

>After failing to win the tag league, Naito is looking to clear his name in the Korakuen showdown. When this paper requested an interview, naturally, an emergency summons to a family restaurant went out.

>Regarding the challengers, who are known by the nickname “Passion MAX,” he gave them high marks: “The voices cheering for them created a sense of unity among the fans in the venue, and they produced results too… At first I thought they were complete comedy acts, but apparently that isn’t the case. I guess they’re not in the same category as Captain Ace (Tanahashi Hiroshi & Captain New Japan).” But in order to preserve the dignity of the champions, they cannot afford to lose. Having lost in the league to Kiyomiya Kaito & Harutoki and to Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows, he revealed both his outlook going forward and his thoughts on his first singles match with Kiyomiya, scheduled for the July 18 Osaka show: “We have to face those two teams, and I personally want revenge too. And as GHC Tag Team Champion, I also want to stand in front of Kiyomiya, who I think is the symbol of NOAH today.”

>>20701575
>Roughly half a year has passed since he appeared at the New Year’s Nippon Budokan show. “Right now, because I hold these tag titles, it’s like I have a reason to keep appearing here. That’s exactly why my feeling of not wanting to lose them grows stronger day by day. Little by little, I’m developing an attachment to this ring too, and I find myself thinking that I want to keep wrestling in this ring,” he said, showing his attachment to the belts, which he views as a kind of “passport.”

>Put another way, if he loses the belts, he may lose his reason to keep appearing in NOAH. In fact, there have been critical voices from within NOAH, and Kenoh has called for him to return to his old home. His argument is: “While he can still move, I want him to end things in NJPW. I think the fans want that too, and I want it as well.”

>However, Naito pushed back: “Does that mean Kenoh is publicly declaring himself my fan? But at this moment, New Japan is not an option for me at all. I want to keep appearing in NOAH, so if he’s saying he wants me to return to New Japan Pro-Wrestling, is he really my fan? Isn’t he just a New Japan Pro-Wrestling fan?” He then returned the favor: “If he’s going to say that even though I have no desire to do it, I should go back to my old home for the fans, then first I’d like Kenoh to go back to Michinoku , and I’ll watch that and use it as a reference. Since he said it, I’d like him to show me an example. I’m a fan of Kenoh, and I hope he returns to Michinoku.”

>Naito, who unusually polished off even a muskmelon parfait, kept asking questions between bits of small talk: “Is my Wikipedia wrong?” “What does my profile look like on NOAH’s site again?” Since he was being annoying, the reporter reluctantly checked, and once Naito confirmed that the reporter had noticed that this day was his 44th birthday, he leisurely left with a fearless smile, leaving only the bill on the table…

https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/393001

>>20700277
I think I read people said he was too arrogant for someone who didn't give results and inconsistent(not sure how these comments were accurate tho), so when he showed up at ddt last ryogoku i noticed passing comments on how wrestling with people his age would benefit him etc
I admit I don't know much of him, and so far he never never acted in the same he did in noah

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>An update on Joe Doering.

>Mandy Banh, Doering’s sister-in-law, shared on his GoFundMe page that the TNA star is heading to hospice care amid his third battle with brain cancer.

>“Sad to share the news that Joe is heading to hospice soon,” she wrote. “If anyone is local & would want to visit, please send a message. Joe could use all your good thoughts and prayers.”
Doering has been battling cancer for a decade

>Doering, 44, was first diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2016. In 2022, he announced that the disease had returned and would undergo further surgery.

>Last November, Banh launched a GoFundMe for Doering and revealed that he was battling a third brain tumor. She went into detail on what Doering has gone through since his second diagnosis.

>“After Joe’s last brain surgery in 2022, located on his brain stem, he developed ataxia on his right side, which has greatly impacted his mobility,” she wrote. “Joe works very hard with physiotherapy, however, he mostly uses his wheelchair in his day-to-day life, requiring assistance when using stairs, a walker, and any transitioning. This has been a great change, as one would imagine, from being a professional sports athlete.”

>“However despite this great challenge, Joe has remained determined, focused, and most of all- in good spirits!,” she continued. “He chooses not to feel sorry for himself and battles his journey very privately. I feel after 10 years, to show Joe more love- that he still has support and encouragement- will help him embark on this latest battle!”

>Although he was briefly under a WWE developmental deal in 2010, Doering is best known for his run in All Japan Pro Wrestling, where he won the Triple Crown title on two occasions. In 2020 he began his latest run in TNA as a member of Violent by Design.

https://x.com/WONF4W/status/2069226781429682497

hideki suzuki finally got the cover for this week

>>20703317
I didn't even Joe Doring had cancer that's really horrible. He's in my prayers over this.

>>20703317
Not familiar with him but damn going through 3 brain tumors sounds brutal

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https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/393003
>[DDT] Shinya Aoki warns of a "boring match" (塩試合) ! Vows to show KO-D Champion Yuki Ueno "a world he's never seen" on June 28th.
>Shinya Aoki (43), the "Baka Survivor", has issued an ominous warning ahead of his challenge against KO-D Openweight Champion Yuki Ueno at the DDT Pro-Wrestling event at Korakuen Hall on the 28th.

>Aoki earned his title shot by winning this year’s "King of DDT" tournament, and now sets his sights on reclaiming the gold for the first time in two and a half years. Reflecting on Ueno, who has become the driving force behind DDT, Aoki said with a gravelly voice, "Honestly, I never thought Ueno-san would reach this level. But now, he really is that guy, isn't he?"

>Commenting on Ueno's strength, he adjusted his glasses and noted, "Despite how he looks, he has a strong sense of self. He may seem like a soft, gentle guy at first glance, but he has a solid ego. Even when we grapple, he doesn't just let me take control. There's a real sense of him imposing his will."

>However, Aoki has no intention of playing second fiddle. "It’s going to be a clash of egos. He’s charismatic, flashy, and popular. If I’m going up against that, I’ll be bringing what people often call a 'boring' (shio) style. I’m better than anyone at extinguishing my opponent's light," he declared, promising to drag Ueno into his own brand of professional wrestling.

>He continued, "I’ve fought Montanha Silva just two days after a match with Kazushi Sakuraba. He’s never experienced anything like that! I’m going to show him a world he knows nothing about." With this "old-timer" move of bringing up an event from over a decade ago, he vowed to reclaim the championship.

>>20703928
>Additionally, three days after the title match, on July 1st, Aoki will participate in an eight-man tag match at the GLEAT event at SGC Hall Ariake, joining Kazuyuki Fujita on a team called the "Real Toukon Strong Styles (tentative)" alongside Katsuhiko Nakajima and Kendo Kashin. Affecting a look of mock distress, he lamented, "Nakajima said he's 'graduating from the Toukon (Fighting Spirit) style.' If that's the case, what’s going to happen to the Real Toukon Strong Styles?!" He then pedaled away on his bicycle.

does anyone have a link for kobashi's reign of fire matches? i've watched all but three, bison smith, akitoshi saito and Rikkio II

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>Noah's fresh crew.
>Since we're all matching in jerseys, I look like one of the young ones too, right!?

https://x.com/muto_keiji/status/2069681673512571041

https://x.com/donfryeusa/status/2069616976880644528

Frye advocating for Takayama to be entered in to the ufc hall of fame
also wishes him well.

>>20709312
dimeless