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>>20926230
>Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi & Taiji Ishimori) vs Unbound Co. (Yuto-Ice & Gedo))
>Unbound Co. (Yota Tsuji & Daiki Nagai) vs United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Jakob Austin Young)
>Konosuke Takeshita & Toru Yano vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (SANADA & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
>TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson) vs United Empire (Jake Lee & Zane Jay)
>Hirooki Goto & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs Boltin Oleg & Masatora Yasuda

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Hiroshima attendance was too good so the universe had to balance things.

this wouldnt have happened if shota umino was still here...

I want oiwa to spread open my bussy

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>>20926230
>SUN 08/02 2:00am(PDT) 5:00am(EDT) 10:00am(BST) FUKUOKA CONVENTION CENTER
>G1 Climax 36 B Block- HENARE vs Gabe Kidd
shouldve kept the thread dead until wednesdau when the real tournament resumed

>thread dies after 54 posts
>julia hart in the 5 star
>fumbleslam was a flop
>b block tonight
グリム

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>>20926306
need to see what he can do with the yaoi paddle first

>>20926230
How the fuck did we get bumped off? It happened hours before summerslop even started

great o khan fucking sucks

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The Tsuji/Ice match was fucking retarded dogshit and karmically responsible for the general dying.

>>20927433
Would've been fine if Yuto actually fought back instead of just wandering around the arena and then stopping to take more chops. They both looked fucking stupid. Thank God the Oiwa match happened

>>20927433
Fact

Not looking forward to tonight's show bros -_-

>>20927704
Don't worry... I'm sure it won't be GRIM!

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You can pinpoint the exact moment the portuguese shota hater/ice hater/everything hater/grimposting faggot wakes up

>>20927704
I thought this was gonna be an earlier show since it's Sunday but it's probably gonna end at 7:30 and the top half of the G1 matches look awful

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https://x.com/taguchiryusuke/status/2083315328902406227/
>On the big stage, Ken Za Ken Za with the center part Ken Za!

>Center Part Life Day 69

>Finally ending the center part

>Thank you all for sticking with me for 69 days


>#69DayEnduranceHairstyle

>@njpw_Fujita

>Kō-chan, I kept the 69-day center part promise
It's over today!

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>>20927869
>>20928213
I'll be watching some of these instead

>>20928282
>JumboVsCaras
damn now Im interested

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I've gone fully into working the uncle gimmick and I'm just rewatching old G1 matches. The new games aren't inspiring confidence, I had to tap out of this G1 and quit watching. I'm watching G1 26 at the moment. *pops open a coors banquet* ahhh... now THAT was a G1 Climax!

>>20926591
>グリム
Nah that's you

day 11 gamethread >>20928755

Gabe is the funniest comedy act in NJPW and also the best wrestler under 30. if you can't appreciate him you're just getting sucked up in console wars.

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First good B block show and we're 11 shows in. Yuya Uemura got a good match out of big nose so I'm satisfied.

Gabe got down on his ass and farted up into the air several times in the backstage segment

get ready for the first all-tony's toys g1 final

>>20929183
Kato looks great, and Yutani fits right in with House of Torture. Both should come back to Japan next year and join the group. Adding those two plus Shun Skywalker would be dimes.

2 main events in a row with Tonikan toys standing tall
grim

>2,306人
Down from 2,534 last year for Tana's 100th win.

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>>20929403
So far

>2026 (11 shows):
Total: 23,728
Avg: 2,157
High: 4,133 (7/11 NOW Arena, Chicago)
Low: 1,271 (07/31 Takamatsu City Gymnasium Kagawa)

>2025 (11 shows):
Total: 21,250
Avg: 1,932
High: 2,579 (7/19 Hokkaido Kittayell)
Low: 1,244 (08/01 Sun Messe Kagawa)

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I miss him

>>20929454
never been more back

>>20929375
If NJPW wants Yutani, they should push him hard by himself.
No weird gimmicks, no cheating heel.

Just let him wrestle and he will be over easily.

>>20929454
Also, Fukuoka tonight dropped from last year almost as much as Hiroshima gained last night vs last year.

Boltin > ZSJ >> OSKAR > Callum > Drilla >>> HENARE > Gabe

Callum goes 2-1 - ends at 12 (is B1)
Uemura wins out - ends at 12 (is B2)
Narita goes 1-2 - ends at 10
Gabe loses out - ends at 10
ZSJ wins out - ends at 10
OSKAR goes 1-1 - ends at 10
Drilla goes 1-1 - ends at 10
Wolf goes 1-2 - ends at 8
Henare loses out - ends at 8
Umino is fried - ends at 0

>>20929454
Tanahashi being in that last G1 really didn't do shit for business, huh

>>20929806
he had to retire to draw for once

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nigga im blowin' that loud

>>20929914
kek based

would be incredible if japan legalized weed during ice's run

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look what they got this nigga oskar doing

>>20930045
His calves shouldn't be the same size as Saya Kamitani bro.

>>20930045
You want the gaijin to take part in shit like this. They rarely do - Eagles did more variety programming in his run than any of the white guys who held the world title.

https://x.com/njpwglobal/status/2083583536460923342
I miss when they have the fucking blue lights shining over the crowd in Ryogoku.

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>>20930045
I'm so glad he shaved that fucking stache off

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>>20930364
Oops wrong pic, he should've never shaved

Daiki, however...

>>20930083
They dont care about legs at all in that dojo, that's why Yuya & Tsuji are already becoming bowlegged

>>20930045
Standing blowjob players

>>20930520
they're bowlegged because they're japanese kek

>>20930083
calves are brutal, some dudes can work them shits every day and show no growth. others can never do a leg exercise and look like they could kick down a tree

>>20930576
calves are impossible to get if you're a lanklet, it's a curse of height

>>20929454
Grim numbers of a dying, dimeless, ass penetrated promotion.

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>that Oleg/Sanada finish
why you gotta put so much poop behind those bombs Oleg, give the poor guy a break

>>20931564
Webm bro - can you slow down the powerbombs on SANADA? Pretty sure he was dead after the second

>>20929914
>>20929938
its so funny that HOT would get heat with this for years and then yuto shows up and becomes a babyface off the back of telling every man woman and child in the audience to get high as fuck with him. it rules

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Takeshita, Gabe and Tsuji are the best players in the G1, yet are the most derided on /njpw/.

Bunch of mumsuckers in here.

>>20932138
Tsuji, Oiwa, and Boltin are the MVPs for my money. What do the semifinals look like to you?

>>20932138
Tsuji sure, I'll even accept Takeshita. Gabe is an overrated shitter that got carried by the momentum from his matches with Kenny in Wrestle Dynasty (WK19 day 2) and with Tsuji at New Beginning 2025.

I feel like Yuya is going to win the G1 and re-introduce the briefcase stuff, then he'll defend the contract against Narita and Callum. I could even see Narita coming to beat him up during his G1 celebration.

>>20933165
First part of that I don't mind too much. Second part is annoying. I'd say let him have his moment. I just don't think the G1 winner should win the belt off of Tsuji just yet. Tsuji needs a long reign to solidfy himself first.

>>20932696
I think Gabe and Take are locks because it's just free audience seethe + babyface underdog heat for the opponents. I think the crowd would go absolutely nuts for Boruchin against Take... B block is more open, because you have Callum, Ren and Yuya, 3 guys they probably want to pull the trigger on. Yuya has brutal tiebreak losses to both, but isn't he the easiest prediction for the tournament winner with Umino gone...? I wouldn't mind if they gave Ren the win either, I want Tsuji vs another musketeer at Wrestle Kingdom.

>>20933348
He isn’t solidifying anything when crowds want his opponents to win every time

>>20934065
That happened with Okada too though and even Tanahashi at certain points, not really a sign or being a shitter.

>>20934065
Champion Okada's entire matchstyle was based around fooling the audience into thinking he has a shot of losing. He had crowds going ballistic for guys who had no shot of winning like Suzuki.
Tsuji can face Goto in a filler foregone conclusion defence before WK and still have the roof about to blow off for Goto, that's a sign of a guy you can keep around on top.

>>20934236
yeah also Tsuji already lost too much big matches to get this booking to work anyway, Okada was booked as a top guy as soon as he came back, he didn't get pinned by some 23 years old random bongshmuck

A big problem for New Japan in this new era is parity. They need to have guys in the BOSJ and G1 just dominate in the block stage. Having 75% of the field land at the same record doesn’t help anyone stand out. No one will complain if O-Khan ends with 4 points to make it happen.

>>20935774
Jake and SANADA are perfectly fine picks to sit at 4 or maybe 6 points, I just hope they dont saddle Tsuji with a 5-4 or some shit as champion.i wonder about Oiwa and Goto coming up though. Goto being out this early feels wrong but Oiwa should be a lock for the playoffs.

ム

>>20937461
My MOTT
Oiwa should've won thoughbeit

fato ice will never be an iwgp heavyweight champion. he literally can't wrestle.
>i thigh slappa you you thigh slappa me
it'll get old very soon

>>20937545
>>i thigh slappa you you thigh slappa me
Didn't stop Takeshita.

Yuto's strikes are awful. He missed a headbutt and then did a weakass forearm for the finish of the Taichi match.

>>20937564
Yuto's quads would explode if he tried a spinning falcon arrow or a blue thunder bomb, be for real man. His tag team finisher is OSKAR doing all the work in murdering someone with a tombstone piledriver while fatso does gang signs in the corner then slaps his thigh. He sucks and always does the least amount of work in all of his matches.

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>>20937545
It clearly doesn't matter, he's the most over wrestler on the roster. You can't teach presence, and he's got that in droves.

>>20937688
This. Another anon mentioned this last week (maybe anon above me) that puro isn’t catching up to mma in Japan, so enough of the workrate stuff, focus on characters that the younger audience are willing to pay to see. Ice is super over already.

>>20937545
He's a tag wrestler that hasn't even been back for a year yet. I'm not concerned about him being hebbyq ready atm

What was worthwhile from the B Block show? Streets are saying Yuya worked a miracle with Narita

>>20937897
I liked it but I think that’s the minority opinion. As much as people shit on Narita, he’s a smart wrestler when it comes to pacing and limb work, and Uemura is the best of the Reiwa gen at fighting from underneath and selling. They are good opponents for one another.

>>20937995
Anyone saying that match wasn't great is just pissy about Narita winning. Even the interference made sense with how Uemura was clearly outclassing Narita when it was 1 on 1.

impatient niggas don't realise Ren is going to get an earth shattering pop when he eliminates Gabe when Dick and Nobu get knocked out and Ren has to muster the fighting spirit to defeat Gabe clean

I'm dropping Ren for good if he needs tortureslop to beat Gabe. How you gonna let some gaijin aew player be the real Shibata disciple

The whole Gabe thing is inexplicable.
No idea why the keep using him after he left

>>20938326
they need someone to break the faggy new belt so they can bring back the IC

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New Pyonsukes coming!

>>20938722
Ishii in 2026 -_-
Who's in the undies in the top right?

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>Cope/Edge posting that he wants to wrestle in the Toyko Dome
Are you excited for Cope and Cage to beat KOB at WK?

I hate the whole list thing

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>>20938744
It's a 2nd YOH.

shota umino fucking sucks

>>20939165
Wrong.

>>20938326
He's on a dual contract you idiot

https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUA064G70W6A700C2000000/?n_cid=SNSTW006&n_tw=1785642679
Kidani is still crying about Tsuji but it's paywalled.

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>>20939552
No he isn't

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RESPECT card games

>>20939552
that's actually worse

poortugal? now that's grim

>>20939972
holy based collaboration

Are NJPW gonna do a Bong show this year? I know the last Royal Quest drew pretty badly, but thats not stopped them before

>>20939972
Kidani's house nigger

gaped clit is going to be in the finals for heckin' HEAT and it's going to be g word, fraid so

Gabe Kidd is one of the top 5 workers in this tournament easily. He has been excellent.

You are, how do the westerners say, "worked"

>Gabe Kidd is one of the top 5 workers in this tournament easily.
So you agree with me and think that this is genuinely one of the worst G1 ever?

>>20939577
https://x.com/nikkei/status/2083763056975184255
Some QRTs are pretty sick of his crying about it still, also pointing out him doing the Weekly Playboy interview at the start of the G1 and now doing this in the middle. Him stepping down and being in a card game division (lol) means Stardom really doesnt have to deal with him anymore, good for them

Baron Corbin is more exciting to watch than Kidd

Bishop Dyer vs Gabe Kidd for the Global championship... BOOK IT GEDO YOU COWARD!!!!

>>20940060
Probably to run Gabe's defense of the Global title versus Drilla as the main event

>>20938722
>>20938882
>butt ass naked yoh and regular yoh so they can both double team sho
roppongi3k fujos eating good
i’m happy for ishimori, i remember when some girls showed off their custom dolls to him months ago he said that he doubted he’d ever get an official one

>>20940191
Best G1 since 2018

based YOH

>>20937635
Money and miles, mark

>>20937635
Imagine this faggot watching a post-injury Chono match

kek

>>20941061
2019 is the best one so thats a retarded statement. Its close to beating the best one this decade (34)

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>>20940174
Top 3 for me. I wonder how the Japgrimsters rate him over on 5ch. I wonder if Gebbu feels regret for leaving because he isn't really loved by the western fans, his style is too japanese. But he has a broken relationship with the people his style pops, so he has to antagonise the crowd that embraced him now, because a strong reaction of hate is better than a lukewarm cheer when there was once adoration.
Gabe-san, as a menhera I relate to your struggle. i will forgive you if you feel that you need forgiveness. de wa

>>20941741
What is Fato's crippling injury? Childhood bullying that caused him to be fat?

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>>20942157
At least 3 of NJPW's most based wrestlers ever have been fat dudes

why do you say fat like it's a bad thing in wrestling? are you a fujo or a fag or something? KWAB

gabe betrayed his cute japanese housewife fans in a way that his conscience cannot escape from

the american crowd are so retarded they made Kevin Shite's trash ass a star

the only place that will probably treat him like a hero is bong crowds, the chavoid gimmick will go off like a thermonuclear missile in RevPro or Royal Quest

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The G1 theme, lil niggas.
https://suno.com/song/4ddc6de0-0349-43b4-95c3-49bcd29ffc5d

>>20942149
Westerners dont like him because his shtick that already got overbearing here is even less endearing over there. Whoever made him join the Death Riders mid-career surge fucked him over big.

Gabe is a good wrestler, but the character disconnect is so strong that I can't get into anything he does anymore.

I think the current Gabe arc will be resolved at the end of the G1 and Tana will have him tone it down after that.
I do think he'll continue working Nooj because Tony doesn't really like that kind of style and will let him keep working NJPW just to say "see, i share my toys with our partners!"
it's a pretty good arrangement for Gabe desu, he has the money mark contract but still gets to wrestle the way he was trained to in front of a crowd that enjoys it.
best heel in the world right now imo

>>20943186
It's funny that he's the one wrestler that aew fans don't treat Meltzer's opinion as gospel about. He said that Kidd v Henare was a MOTY candidate kek. for some reason Kidd doesn't translate at all for western-onlies like Takeshita, Will, Okada and Omega did.

>>20943574
His heel work is just "company bad" while wrestling the same way he did before though

WHERE MY BROTHERS AT

>00s hip hop beat
>birds chirping

Bros, I think OSKAR is closing out Saturday night with mic in hand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=584013brzxc
Oiwa vs Tsuji (MOTT) is free to watch on Youtube and World.

>>20945426
oiwa sexxxo

I'm trying to figure out if it's a blessing or a curse that they saved the shitters for the end of Tsuji's tournament

>>20946041
It's a blessing for his G1 run which gives you the best matches till the last 2 for him to truly perform as champion. It's a curse for us because of the worry that 1 of those shitters are gonna be the spoiler to end Tsuji's run and get a title shot.

The Olegster deserves the filler defence against him in november

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https://x.com/njpw1972/status/2084560375283142666

>August 16 (Sun) Ryogoku Kokugikan
>・Ringside SeatsSold Out
>・General Admission A Sold Out
>・General Admission B※Limited Seats Remaining
>・Ladies' Seats
>・2nd Floor Reserved A※Limited Seats Remaining
>・2nd Floor Reserved B
>・2nd Floor Reserved C※Limited Seats Remaining
>・Family SeatsSold Out
>・Box SeatsSold Out
>・Wheelchair Seats Sold Out

>>20946345
>they can only sell out on a wrestler's retirem-*ACK*

Grimcels lost

>>20944013
None of them are as insufferable as Gabe, not even ospreay

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BGKWTOS

Suck your mums

>>20946353
It's not selling out. We will compare the numbers and laugh at you.

one more run?
https://x.com/tanahashi1_100/status/2084616861044662370

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Soon (allegedly)

>>20947018
another grim queer

>>20946345
>Ladies section not even close to selling out
Yappari the heavyweights are the busu division

>>20947130
Oiwa and Yuya are good looking but they lack charisma, that's what gets most of the ladies. That's why Naito was very popular with women despite being an ugly goblin ass nigga.

welp, time for the kob photo book then

>>20947018
He's going to outclass everyone so quickly

>>20947135
Naito was like 10 years into his career before he finally figured out how to have charisma
his stardust genius persona is pretty similar to the gimmicks Uemura and oiwa have right now in terms of being generic and forgettable

give the lads time

I feel like Oiwa is ready to be hebby Q champ but somehow he won't even make it past his block because Gedo is retarded.

>>20946457
Very homoerotic

>>20947018
Ren's days are numbered

>>20947679
He's gotta lean back more into the technical/shooter stuff, it's all he's got and easily the best stuff with him this G1 anyway

>>20947585
I throught the same but only because he went to noah

Bro this time for sure the shitter from outside Nooj will outperform everyone on the roster, you'll see::!!!!!

Meltzman called Kidd vs. Henare a match of the year candidate

>>20947754
Aaron HENARE finna be the next guy leaving the Japanese sinking ship

>>20947758
don't count your sheep, he ranted and raved about how well Drilla carried Aaron Wolf, said he deserved a bonus for it

>>20947754
Their worst match easily, Meltz can't be trusted with anything that happens in Japan these days (or in general until definitive proof he has no stake in AEW)

>>20947509
This is absolutely not true.

>>20947810
Elab

>>20947765
Drilla is absolutely going to AEW after his contract ends. Its why he was one of the only NJPW guys on FD. Tonikan is too transparent

>>20947765
>>20947831
To be fair he's the only War Dog left not in AEW, there was never any real doubt. I think he's shown goodwill to the fans though and isn't leading them on as some kind of loyalist, just putting in the work and playing to the crowd.

>>20947864
>isn't leading them on as some kind of loyalist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kze4-5b5SAo
what's this then?

>>20947876
lol I thought this would get brought up, he's a face assuring people he's not just looking for an immediate exit. He's still doing the work and not showing up on random Dynamites to help Finlay.

>>20947916
Drilla helping Finlay on a random Dynamite would not bother anyone since it would probably make sense, it's not like he's screaming FUCK THE DUB and then showing up on a random Collision to fight The Butcher

I haven't watched Nooj since Wrestle Kingdom. When did Tsooj get this banger of a theme?

>>20947961
Kek. Dominion

>>20947758
>aron HENARE finna be the next guy leaving
Oh no...not Henare...please dont...please...

>>20947754
El Grande Americano vs Original was better and even he knows it because he ain't finna give Gabe and Henare 5 and 3 quarter star

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logging on

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>>20948897
>"we wrestlers are not cards !"
>*becomes a lunchpack*

>>20948912
Because he nourishes our sovls. Kino

>>20948897
>Supervised by Yota Tsuji: "Thick Cheese Hamburger Steak and Bolognese"
Holy dimes

My early predictions for G1 finals is Shota returning to beat up Gabe and Shun Skywalker debuting and joining HOT

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Prease resupekuto cado gamu...

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as someone who still wears his old 2019 LA Dojo tshirt, this is my most anticipated bout.
Ganbare Ren-san
Remind Gabriel of his meaningful past as a disciple of Shibata

>>20949056
>7 years ago
Fuck man

>>20949056
A beautiful **3/4 star classic!

I would pop for Narita hitting his old finish

>>20949056
RIP cyborg

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https://www.njpw1972.com/663880
>In Memoriam: Dory Funk Jr. (1941-2026)

>New Japan Pro-Wrestling is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Dory Funk Jr. at the age of 85.

>The son of Dory Funk Sr. and brother to Terry Funk, Dory Jr. made his pro-wrestling debut in 1963. On February 11 1969, he defeated Gene Kiniski to lift the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, a title he held for four years and three months. During that reign, Dory made his first trip to Japan for the JWA, where he wrestled memorable bouts with Giant Baba and NJPW founder Antonio Inoki, both in singles matches and in tag bouts alongside brother Terry.

>The Funk brothers would be beloved by the Japanese fans, and became key international players in the Japanese pro-wrestling boom of the '70s and '80s. 'The Great Texan' wouldn't wrestle in NJPW however until October 2001, where the Funks took on Tatsumi Fujinami and Bob Backlund for a dream tag team match in the Tokyo Dome.

>The thoughts and deepest sympathies of all at NJPW go out to Funk's family, friends and fans.

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>>20950692

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>Kills Bushiroad
>Kills the NJPW/AEW Partnership
>Wins the G1 as Champ

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>>20948897
for me, it's the wolfman hello sirs food rations

how about using a player that doesn't have moobs for your foodslop promo
i'd eat something if Oiwer shilled it and it would make me look like him

what if oiwa sold steroids

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>>20951028
Ace is the man whose physique (better than Oiwa's) was in an eternal battle with his own gluttonous cravings. You will eat the egg salad/tuna Lunch Pack and be proud.

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Are the other Japanese promotions high body fat pilled or is it just NJPW that has cultivated that image? My dad thinks wrestling is gay generally, but it was a mark of pride for me that he stopped by the tv when I was watching NJPW and said, "Those guys could beat the shit out of Roman Reigns, wouldn't they?"
But I don't know if it's a Japanese thing or a NJPW thing to carry extra padding. I heard DG was a twink promotion but not sure if just a meme or not.

>>20951297
Stardom has a good amount of fatties right now.

I hope Shun changes his look

>>20951574
You don't like 200lbs of shit in a 50lbs bag?

also his stupid name

>>20951297
It's a Jap wrestling thing. They carry a little extra weight to help them pad out bumps.

I don't think it's ever really made a noticeable impact for them over western guys who are more cut though.

I forgot the g1 existed because none of my favorite wrestlers are in njpw anymore.
Are there any matches worth going back and watching

https://x.com/njpwglobal/status/2084670949312643266
I love how much more engaged Japanese fans are to these older clips over the westerners this account was made to service (also what a sexy ass counter)

>>20952122
japanese fans want to watch japanese wrestlers.
I also want to watch japanese wrestlers, not aew-lite.

Nobody on the current NJPW roster would win a real fight.
Except Boltin

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>>20951297
NJPW is in the new Fat Boy Era and its based

>>20952152
Boltin
O-Khan
Yano
Maybe Wolf if he learns what to do on the ground
SHO maybe

At least the guys with backgrounds

Can someone remind me what the G in G1 stands for?

>>20952331
'rim

>>20952122
The only way for western fans to become aware of the glory days of NJPW is for NJPW and Asahi to stop copystriking every bit of footage on Youtube. Let people upload matches. Hell, take a page from the WWE Vault and upload them all yourself if you want.

But most of all, let people make fucking video essays about the storylines and the big moments of the 90s etc

>>20951903
Every match with Tsuji, Boltin & Oiwa
Yuya Uemura vs Aaron Wolf
Drilla vs Aaron Wolf
Gabe vs HENARE
ZSJ vs OSKAR

>>20952331
gnarly

>>20951903
Every Oiwa and Uemura match
Tsuji/SANADA for an organic crowd reaction
All OSKAR moments because he's so handsome
Ice's entrances but you don't need to stick around to watch him wrestle

>>20952636
>Ice's entrances but you don't need to stick around to watch him wrestle
Yeeto Uso

>>20952522
Based Katseye enjoyer

great o kwab vs jake pee might be the worst match of all time

>>20953148
Thankfully the rest of the card is guaranteed kino

>>20953148
Its the containment match also makes sure theyre both eliminated

>>20955748
Man, A Block fucking rules (except for Jake Lee and GOK obviously)

>>20955748
Crazy how Oiwa got 0 main events this year

SANADA is gonna beat Ice by DQ

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comfy 10:30 am card for the bongsters today, woot woot

let's go Boruchin

I wonder who would be the most over NJPW member in Mexico right now

Do you think Shota is getting the WK main event? And if so how does he get there?

day 12 thread >>20956912

>>20946345
>The first floor has about 6,000 seats, and the second floor has about 4,500 seats, making a total of approximately 10,500 seats.
So cut the 1st floor in half since it's 2 people per box seat except for that specific section and a sellout would be closer to 8000 for Tenzan. The best the finals can do is beat last year's number.

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NOT SO FAST TAKEKSHITA

A MONSTER IS WINNING THE A BLOCK

Goto at Destruction and Boltin at King of Pro Wrestling for Tsuji then?

>>20956903
If he comes back from his injury before WK he's going to be in the semi main with Gabe

>>20957441
Nobody else could possibly do that roar spot and get away with it

Gabe isn't wrestling on the next B block show so Callum and Drilla both have the chance to overtake first place if they win. They both have tie breakers over him.

The Tony's toy menace is starting to weaken its grip, yappari

Actually jelous of AEW

>>20957449
Boltin doesn't have the drawing power to carry Ryogoku. It'll be the G1 winner and that won't be him.

Takaaki Kidani can suck my dick.

Rest in piss to Gedo's shiny toy Yuto Bitch, who despite being protected from being pinned for some reason, is still totally smoked and won't make the last stretch no matter what, Jake too.
SANADA is also on 6 but he hasn't lost to Take so he can still lie, cheat and steal his way to the finish line.

>1,494人
another grim bingo hall number

>Ryohei Oiwa [8] defeats Hirooki Goto [4] (8:51)
Why was this so short?

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>New Japan Pro-Wrestling President Hiroyoshi Tanaashi, in front of a lineup of 20 TV Asahi Group executives, was the first to raise his hand and fire off an "unexpected question"—what was it? @tanahashi1_100

https://x.com/weekly_SPA/status/2085258992935108931

>>20957478
Both will lose though - ZSJ needs the win to get to 10 and OSKAR is matching Boltin as a Yuro closing the show at Korakuen

>>20957525
kidani should be fed to wild dogs

>>20957866
>Hiroyoshi Tanaashi
okado tier

zack will be lucky to get 6 and if he does itll be off Henare and not Drilla or Wolf. he's getting dadded out like Goto is to prove that the times are a changin

A1: Tsuji
A2: Oiwa

B1: Callum
B2: Uemura

Final: Oiwa vs Uemura

the fact that a Takeshita vs Gabe G1 finals is still mathematically possible has me shivering

Tsuji goes wins out - ends at 12 (is A1)
Oiwa wins out - ends at 12 (is A2)
Takeshita goes 1-1 - ends at 12
Boltin loses out - ends at 10
Shingo goes 1-1 - ends at 10
Goto wins out - ends at 8
SANADA goes 1-1 - ends at 8
Ice loses out - ends at 6
Jake loses out - ends at 6
GOK goes 1-1 - ends at 6

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>>20958019
>Takeshita defending the honour of NJPW from the traitorous gaijin Gabe
>Then both go back to the AEW midcard

>>20957964
That's nonsense. Zack is obviously gonna be as close to the running as possible before being cut off by Wolf at the very end.

Proud of Tsuji.
Proud of Boltin.
Proud of Oiwa.
Simple as.

>>20958206
takeshita has brought nothing but dishonor to NJPW. once a faggot DDT shitter, always a faggot DDT shitter.

>>20957889
The show is in Yokohama Budokan

>>20957977
Tsuji vs Uemura is not happening until its for the belt

>main event of the Tokyo Dome
>Oiwa (G1 winner) vs. Tsuji (champion)
>goes 30:02 minutes and ends with a headlock
dimes

>>20958889
they're curtain jerking to Gabe vs Shota for the intercontinental championship sadly. fan vote, please understand

>>20958889
That would be very based
>>20958904
Kek Shota ain't winning no fan vote

>>20958914
>Loses the G1, main events the Dome
>Misses the G1, main events the Dome for the secondary belt
Would get a GIGA KEK out of me

>>20958904
Fan vote would move Shota to the opening match of New Year Dash

Tony will make Dean Ambrose walk out at the opening of Dynamite every single week and have him threaten to retire if his Death Rider BROTHER Shooter doesn't win the fan vote to headline Wrestle Kingdom, and that everyone watching should follow the link and vote for him.

>>20958974
This only works with Asian voters - Americans are too divisive. Yao Ming was an NBA All Star like a decade after he played because the Chinese were a force. Or that Indian kid on American Idol that was terrible but made the Top 10 due to massive poo voter turnout.

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Jesus this is grim. He really fucked his body huh

>>20958930
You're a weirdo stuck in the past. Move on.

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>>20959693

>>20959693
I'd been meaning to ask, does anyone know if he's ever going to be able to gain muscle on his arms again? He's wrestling pretty well all things considered but it's definitely a big negative

>>20959777
I think his arm's just done at this point, trying to push through his injury years ago instead of taking time off to prepare for WK might have been the biggest mistake of his life

Im realizing that this is exactly how SANADA's G1 played out last year except its better framed as a real story with a more coherent field.

>>20959777
Doesn't he have a similar injury to Marufuji? His arms are uneven as fuck and that's over 15 years ago now

>>20959693
This match was great, what a fucking story

>>20957574
They still have the same floor seating they had during COVID (3 rows on the east/west side, none behind the timekeeper english commentary, 1 or 2 behind JP commentary) and for some reason refuse to adjust it for more seating even when they sell out in advance. So the sellout number is always a bit lower than a Stardom or NOAH sellout for example.

Red Shoes marking out for the spear catch into powerbomb spot was cute

kek i didn't realize how Dory Funk Jr humiliated Inoki like multiple times in his career
>he didn't show up for the match
Also what a fucking scumbag Inoki really was, trying to fix their NWA title match

ajpw were definitely the good guys back in the day, hell, probably still are

>>20961098
Qrd?

It's a shame Oiwa named a discus lariat "the grip" instead of, you know, his submission finisher

>>20961155
The lariat came first, so we got the Big Lock now

>>20959777
he was talking about scalenus syndrome.
There are several medical journals that talks about it
>https://oamjms.eu/index.php/mjms/article/view/5571

>>20960790
The kick up at the 8 count got an audible kek from me

>>20959693
My goat unlocked a whole new level of ring storytelling though to compensate though. We're watching the Perc SANADA run. Hope he gets singles matches at all the eventos to come.

so no Royal Questy this year? we only have a few more days where it could be announced

>>20961591
The last time they did RQ they only drew like 1300 people, with Zack as champ so maybe they've just given up on it?

>>20961591
The last 2 shows they're announced at G1 Final. There's no reason to bother with it this year unless Tsuji is beating Zack there.

>>20961659
Zack main evented the last 3 in a row and attendance went down every time. The Jap bookers need to realise that we want to see Japanese talent showcased because we rarely get to see them. They had their hands on the western smark pulse when they had Suzuki main event the first time. If they do go back to bongland, they should run a main event that has Goto or Shingo.

just another thing.
They need to restructure the whole schedule

They put one of Dory's old matches up on NJPW World for free
>Tatsumi Fujinami, Bob Backlund vs Dory Funk Jr., Terry Funk

Any snapshot of the Tokyo Dome shows pre WK are like holy grails to me, lol.

>>20961666
I went to the third RQ and the Ishii/Shingo semi main was much more enjoyable than the ZSJ/Ospreay Bong-off in the main. If I wanted to see English wrestlers, id go to a terrible indie show

Tsuji is the opposite of an "...and then the bell rung" guy, kek. I always think he's turbo cringe and am like, this geek shouldn't be champion. But then the bell rings and I'm like oh yeah he's a fucking beast.

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>no shows today
I have no mouth and I must grim

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>>20962022
we got something for ya then

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>>20962229
>Unironically posting Meltzer stars

>>20962229
Henagay has go away heat with me, don't like him one bit and wish he'd go away. Sadly he's too dimeless for Tony to poach. Gebu's match with Zack was far better

>>20962229
if mr star merchant doesn't rate Tsuji/Oleg the same or better he's beyond lost the plot

>[History] The Raging Bull Hiroyoshi Tenzan: Fierce Battles, Friendship, and Emotion—A 35-Year Legacy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUI6zdEGNeI

>Masahiro Chono, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Hiro Saito vs Riki Choshu, Hashimoto Shinya and Junji Hirata | 2/12/1995 FIGHTING SPIRIT
https://watch.njpwworld.com/details/40692?playlist_id=2593&shw_ep=1

>G1 CLIMAX 2003 FINAL Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Jun Akiyama | 8/17/2003 G1 CLIMAX 2003
https://watch.njpwworld.com/details/63478?playlist_id=2593

>Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Satoshi Kojima | 2/20/2005 FIGHTING SPIRIT 2005
watch.njpwworld.com/details/63478?playlist_id=2593&shw_ep=1

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>>20962229
grim

jeongmok

WE all want HENARE to go to AEW, right? Just imagine the bangers, HENARE vs Fletcher, MJF, Kevin Knight, Speedball, Darby etc fire emoji

>>20962719
NO! We do NOT want Henare to go to AEW. He is our most prized wrestler, who puts on 5 star epics every time he steps on the mat. Tony better NOT take him! NJPW would CRUMBLE without Henare!!!

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Oiwa is so cool.

>>20962229
Same rating as Shibata vs Okada

>>20962875
Comments like these really put it into perspective. How does one lower their standards this much? I get getting older and being a bit less critical, but this is so extreme

>>20962885
Funny thing is that is hardly the most egregious example, at least these guys put some serious working boots on. I don't even want to know how many heatless non-bangers a random episode of Collision or Dynamite Dave has hailed "classic"

>>20962229
let me guess it was an epic bangerino where they no sell each other's moves for 20 minutes

>>20962940
not really, just a standard NEVER type match where they beat each other up. nothing that Ishii and Makabe weren't putting on every match at mininum.

>>20962940
>>20962944
It was definitely good but there have been a bunch of better matches this G1 for sure.

>>20962229
Henare's AEW try out match? Maybe he can take GOK with him

I don't get why they kept GOK in UE, he was getting over before they turned him full heel again, it's like they completely destroy all the work on his character

>>20961146
When Dory and Inoki were scheduled to have an NWA championship match at the end of the JWA days Inoki got the ref in his pocket and they were planning to steal the match to get Inoki the NWA title win

But they got found out and they gave Dory the win by forfeiture, so Dory would always say in Japanese media when he later became a staunch AJPW guy that Inoki didn't show up for their match

>>20962804
I really like the black hair dye

>>20963051
Scummy and desperate by Inoki, and based on Dory "they tried to fuck on me" Funk

>>20962913
I wonder if wrestlers even give af about these anymore. I assume every half decent wrestler in AEW has a 5 star by this point

>>20963091
I think Mercedes made a clown of herself recently tweeting about waiting for a 5 star rating for some match she had

>>20963051
All Japan really was "gaijin heaven" even pre-Mutoh

>>20964193
They also had some of the best presented gaijin ever. Even guys like Albright who were barely around in the grand scheme of things looked incredible in their time there.