Live on NJPW World:FRI.Aug.14.2026 23:00am(PDT) / SAT.Aug.15 2:00am(EDT) 7:00am(BST) Ryogoku Sumo Hall>Hiroyoshi Tenzan Retirement Exhibition Match: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Satoshi Kojima>G1 Climax Semifinal Match: Yota Tsuji (A1) vs Yuya Uemura (B2)>G1 Climax Semifinal Match: Callum Newman (B1) vs Ryohei Oiwa (A2)SAT.Aug.15.2026 23:00am(PDT) / SUN.Aug.16 2:00am(EDT) 7:00am(BST) Ryogoku Sumo Hall>G1 Climax Finals: Winner of Tsuji/Uemura vs Winner of Newman/Oiwahttps://ws.formzu.net/fgen/S949325280/One month has almost gone by in a flash, and the league phase of G1 Climax 36 is coming down to the wire, with just a few matches left. Just as with best of the Super Jr. earlier in the year, fans will be able to vote on three G1 Climax 36 awards for this summer! Voting takes place between August 11 and August 13, with the voting period to be based on the block phase, which started in Chicago in July, and will end on the 13th in Korakuen Hall. > ◎Outstanding Achievement>◎Fighting Spirit>◎Technique
>Callum and Yuya coming out for the semi final matches
>>20997003Great OP
Best G1 this decade, I'm afraid.
>>20997003>No Dads make it out the blocks>No AEW guys make it out the blocks >The G1 is guaranteed to be a first time winnerBased new era
>>20997003previous thread niggas keep forgetting >>20966858
So Gabe is basically a full time NJPW player again despite having the money mark contract? Already got his match set up for Destruction.
>>20997016Shota is defending against Mox at WK, Gabe is facing Drilla.
>>20997016If he is, I hope he drops this off-putting Death Riders shit while in Japan. He can be a heel for sure, but this weird AEW shit's gotta go
>>20997016He didn't work any tags on this tour and he doesn't have a faction here. I don't think so
>>20997016Whats the Destruction match?
>>20997016He's been stuck in Japan due to visa issues and hasn't been on AEW tv for ages bar sending in a taped video segment. If it isn't cleared up he'll do a tour, if it's been sorted out then he'll skip the road shows and appear on the big card.
>>20997055>Leave NJPW for AEW and get a big pay increase >Ask to do angles in NJPW ASAP >Pretend to have visa issues so you can't wrestle in the USA>Work the schedule you did in NJPW while getting paid by Tony for "sitting at home" >Do a generic "i hate NJPW. I love other company" gimmick ensuring you'll always be a guy that NJPW can book to put a babyface over I'm starting to think that Gabe has it all figured out...
>>20997054Shota rematch
Im gonna miss Tenzan...
>>20997003kek based op
>>20997160Interesting. Seems a little bit early for Shota to win it back?
>>20997226Gabe was supposed to beat Tsuji ages ago. And since I think the plan was always for Shota to beat Gabe and face Mox, this is just a different way of getting there
if oiwa or yuya lose i will kill myself
i decided to skip today block because i didn't want to start the day in bad mood. everything went right, right?
grim
>>20997603I'm afraid at the start of the show they announced that Tsuji and Oiwa are injured and they're replacing them in the semifinals with Takeshita and Okada. Then Gabe did a piledriver on Yuya on the concrete, allowing his Death Riders BROTHER Jon Moxley to replace Yuya in the semifinals. The G1 is ALL ELITE, baby.
>>20997620We heard you the first 3 times during the show, Chris.
When Yuya wins he should ask for his title match to take place at WK, I want to see Tsuji defend the IWGP against all the guy that beat him in the G1
Called the final four - where is that anon who guaranteed Tsuji wouldn't face Uemura until the belt was on the line?
In canon why would a person ever pass up a Tokyo Dome main event for a Ryogoku one? I guess they're just extremely cocky and think they'll win and main event both.
>>20997623
>>20997706Because you want to enter WK as champion or you don't wanna wait to fuck the champion up. It's just their excuse to revert back the old challenger rule rather than the WWE-esque rule added under Bushiroad.
>>20997679That was me. Assuming Takeshita was gonna be top 4 wasn't crazy. But I kneel
Tenzan will fall and give his power to Oiwa, raising his power level enough to win the G1.
>>20998213Kek, Oiwa's gonna get a nuclear pop when he breaks out the mongolian chops.
comparison of attendance figures between this year and last>https://x.com/littlebetty1245/status/2087886972543287375
>>20998320holy grimola
>>20998320Ryogoku with 2 people per box seat is about 7500 and there's a 4-person box seat section on both nights. They may or may not touch 50k total but definitely outdraw last year
>>20998393Thank you based Grip
How does Shokek make up the ground he lost to the other Reiwa players during the young guy showcase G1? He's behind Uemura, Tsuji, Oiwa, Yuto, OSKAR, Wolf, Callum, Boltin, Gabe and Drilla now in hype. He's probably still more over than Narita but that's it. He might be turning into the Reiwa YOSHI-HASHI at this rate.
Shokek sounds Egyptian
Yeah this guy hasn't been on any shows since his injury but uhhh I can make up his hype in my head while ignoring that he was massively cheered in his latest title match when I said he was going to be booed so uuhhhh yeah anyway
>the singular shotacon in /njpw/ coming out to angrily defend his boy's honour every time someone insults himKek. I'm afraid it's Uminover, mate.
>>20999269I'm sure it's over in your imaginary grimland you fucking faggot, I wonder for how many years you'll continued to bring him up unprompted all the time like the deranged subhuman that you are
>◤No matter who advances,◢>First-Ever Final Between Two Wrestlers Born in the 1990s or Later—A New Era for the G1 in Hiroshi Tanahashi’s Retirement YearWhy didn't Shokek come out?
>>20998848Hes gotta paralyze Zack Sabre Jr.
>>20999339Genuinely a great top four for this G1. Maybe Gedo's still got it
>>20997003Power Rangers villain lookin ass
Honestly, I'm glad New Japan is dying.
>>20999339I can confidently say I love 3/4 of these guys <3
>>20999339Thankfully the one guy Im not fully behind has no chance of winning so I'll be satisfied not matter the result.
>>20998848Him beating up Gabe is gonna get a big pop
>>20999339HOLY FUCKING AVRA
On a scale of 1 to KWAB, how bad of a week has it been for the grimfaggot?
So does this mean next year’s G1 will have qualifiers for Murashima, Kato and Shun against Oka, Jake and Umino?
Bros... the Murashima return is going to be fucking incredible...
>>20998992It does lol>>21000475Where’s he at again? Germany or something?
Oiwa vs Uemura...... chills
>>21000480UK I think>>21000493Can't wait, it's going to be some classic NJPW mat wrestling
I thought Kevin Nash played Shredder
>>21000480Most of what I've seen has been in WXW but Europe as a whole is his excursion spot. We'll see if he gets transfered elsewhere like KOB went New Zealand after Europe or bring him back right away.
>>20997003https://www.njpw1972.com/666078FRI.Aug.14.2026 23:00am(PDT) / SAT.Aug.15 2:00am(EDT) 7:00am(BST) Ryogoku Sumo Hall>Main event: Hiroyoshi Tenzan Retirement Match- Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Satoshi Kojima>7th Match: G1 Climax 36 Semifinal- Yota Tsuji vs Yuya Uemura>6th Match: G1 Climax 36 Semifinal- Ryohei Oiwa vs Callum Newman>5th Match: Aaron Wolf, Boltin Oleg & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Hartley Jackson & Kosei Fujita)>4th Match: Togi Makabe, Toru Yano, Yuji Nagata, YOH & Master Wato vs Unbound Co. (Shingo Takagi, Yuto-Ice, OSKAR, Taiji Ishimori & Gedo)>3rd Match: Unbound Co. (Drilla Moloney & Daiki Nagai) vs Death Riders (Gabe Kidd & Wheeler Yuta) >2nd Match: Konosuke Takeshita, Taichi, El Desperado & Ryusuke Taguchi vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, SANADA, DOUKI & SHO) >1st Match: Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Masatora Yasuda & Taisei Nakahara vs United Empire (HENARE, Great-O-Khan, Francesco Akira & Jakob Austin Young)
Tenzan going last after the young guys will look very sad and embarrassing, even for a 5 minutes match.
>Wheeler Yuta"Grim" - Chris Charlton, 2026
did chris really say "grim" ?
>>21001101Yes, but I've said it before. Hell, I say it quite regularly.
>>21001101repeated it like 3 times after seeing what newman's back looked like
Can we get Chris to say something during the finals to indicate he's here? That'd be kino
shota umino fucking sucks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8qy87Ox6QI
>>21001424We respect the Silent Jester here.
>>21001424Translation: "sorry for injuring you, mate"
>>21001034>>3rd Match: Unbound Co. (Drilla Moloney & Daiki Nagai) vs Death Riders (Gabe Kidd & Wheeler Yuta)
>>21001034"Those who complained about Gabe not having a tag partner on the tour will regret their words and deeds" — Gedo
>>21001133Kek>>21001168Chris can you say the phrase “Bad to the Bone” during specifically the Hontai/Unbound tag at the semis to give a nod that you’ve seen this?
>>21001168If he says grim again during the Yuta match I'll pop
>>20997003>Tenzan-esque hair >Kojima-esque gear>semifinals with an annoying foreign heel and the finals vs either Clark Kent (not even a really cool version) or the World ChampionIf he didn't change his theme he'd be the smartest man in the company right now.
>>21001941I don't hate Callum like many of you, but if Oiwa loses..
>>21001941I feel like we live in a weird alternate timeline where the AEW style guy stayed and the NJPW style guy left... Callum is a bit of a wet fart in this final four, both leg slap wise and because he's been tied up all year with UE community theatre, he doesn't have as strong of a connection with the other players.I really love the Naruto-Sasuke thing that Yuya built with Gabe, and I feel like the Jakeler is still Tsuji's number 1 nemesis instead of Callum. And Big Sexo is just there to grip dudes so he doesn't really need anything.But no more free handouts for tonikan toys in the reiwa era, so re-sign if you want to take your place as top gaijin heel, Gabeu.
I'm not a shit guy anymoreI'm a piss guy now
Oiwa finna lift the G1 trophy with his We Are Charlie Kirk ass theme song blaring
i just have to say, that tsuji/lee match earlier this week was fire. absolutely loved the clown angle they did with that.
>>21002147For sure, Jake earned his spot in next year's G1 as the designated spoiler. GOK should fuck off to qualifiers though (and lose)
>>21002134Oiwa will be the first wrestler in history to raise the G1 above his head using his butt. Spumco style
>>21002153I never liked GOK but his match with Oleg was very good imo. I wanted Oleg to win but the way they did it was great storytelling and definitely got some heat.
The Complete History of Hiroyoshi Tenzan in Englishhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8qy87Ox6QI
>>21002256actually somebody posted it already >>21001372i'm retarded
Oiwa vs Yuya is the closest thing to Muto vs Chono we could haveI really hope they don't make the white piggu go over Oiwa
>>21001034>Konosuke Takeshita, Taichi, El Desperado & Ryusuke Taguchi vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, SANADA, DOUKI & SHO)Taguchi has the DDT Universal title so who does the job here?
>>21002291the Tonikan toy is pinning any of these guys
>【August 19th (Tue) "ROTTENGRAFFTY vs KOSEI FUJIITA" Osaka Gorilla Hall card has been decided! 】>Kosei Fujita vs Dragon Kid is realized! >NOBUYA recommended players & Masked Gorilla vs Takeshi Masada & Rina Yamshita!Fujita's theme song also releases on that day
Skywalkerbros which faction we joining?
>>21002316>fajita vs dragon kidwhere do i watch this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t9z-lPHu3c
>>21002464kek i didnt see they uploaded yuya/oskar too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4rRrmZ7fKc
>>21002330NeoGenesis
>>21002464>>21002469Heat Storm getting viewmogged KEK
>>21002330Shun's gimmick only works as a psycho that inevitably loses the trust of everyone around him. He has to lead House of Torture.
dribbler baloney army ROLL OUT
>>21001168He 92posted on the official account, we already know he posts here.
>>21001935If I was the booker, I'd tell him to rename the headlock to The Grip, and get a new name for the discuss lariat
>>21002464>>21002469Are they telling us what the finals is? It's what the people want anyways>>21002504Kawaii desu ne
>>21001424>fucks up Newman's shoulder>buries GOK in their match and in backstage comments>fucks up Lee's neckTsuji treating the UE feud as a shoot
Tsuji using the Boston Crab as a humiliation ritual on full-time contracted NJPW players has heat with me brother. I hope Oiwa gives him a taste of his own medicine and makes him tap out to the Ark Clutch and the power of NOAH.
Wasn't going to go to the gym today but I was watching a Shingo game and he said, "Kita kita kita!" So now I have to go. Oshaaa
>>21003109Doing all he can to avoid having to feud with them for another 7 months
What was your move of the tournament?For me, it was Tsuji turning Oiwa's headlock into a standing fireblaster.
>>21002356Probably gonna end up being one of those NJPWWorld PPV deals
Gabe is doing a tag match rather than fucking off because Shokek is returning
>>21004846Tsuji's Ohtaninator on Jake Lee
>>21004846That was a good one. I may have to give it to Tsuji spearing Boltin to the floor. That's when I knew they were cooking
>>21004846Blue Thunder Bomb countered to a headlock 3rd behind >>21005032 might be OSKAR slinging Newman into the chairs
>>21006147I’ll second the Blue Thunder counter into Big Lock. Just for the crowd reaction being the biggest for a side headlock I’ve ever witnessed.
>>21004846This might be recency bias, but the judo throw on the apron in Wolf v Callum was crazy to me. Also Boltin scrambling SANADA's brains with power bombs
>wrestler whose nickname is The Grip>he has a submission grappling style and has several different submissions targeting the head, the arms, and the legs, and all tap opponents out>his move called The Grip is a lariat
>>21006404This is the company that's had a wrestler called "TOKYO PIMPS" for a decade now anon
>>21003065>>21006404
How do I stop being a shit guy?
G1 in the webm thread lads>>21004303
>>21006404The lariat came first tbf
>>20997003
>>21001372required viewing, good video
The Tenzan history video made me realize how fucking horrible O-Khan's mongolian chops are
>>21006484The second powerbomb is so fucking nasty
Hiromu just debuted in a vignette with Nakamura and Evil’s dumbass is still stuck in NXT.
I don't give half a fuck about the G1 this year but I WILL be watching Kojima vs. Tenzan
will iizuka be back to normal for tenzan?
>>21006757Best G1 in years, your loss
>>21006742https://youtu.be/aU1sKBcq6wU
>>21006786im sure it was lmfao
Does anyone know if Boltin's a fan of pro-wrestling at all? What are the odds Boltin's attire is a nod to Otsuka? I know it's the Kazakh flag, but could be a two birds one stone situation.
>>21006772He’ll show up in character to shake Tenzan’s hand and then attack Nogami for being in the building
semifinals gamethread >>21007041
grippers trust and believe in oiwa sexo, he will defeat the evil gaijin today
>7,777Naitetty vs Okama in the G1 final drew more than this "sold out" show. another fake sell out. grim.
>>21007395JUST ONE MORE, LADS
Only a pro wrestler can have legs like that, wrestle a near 10-minute match and stand up for the next 30 minutes.
Does he kick SANADA or Ren out of HOT first?
>>21008646If sanada's body is half decent, he gets kicked out and faces Shun for the tv title at WK
>>21008646I feel like they're just gonna keep the group as is and add Shun.
>>21008646>not kicking out douki
>>20998320>7,777人(超満員札止め)The total is now 43,235, overtaking last year. If tomorrow's show matches tonight as a 超満員札止め (only 2 floor B and fujo box seats remain) then it would only be 2000 less than 2023's number of 53,277.
>>21008646Him using his Dragon Gate music felt strange. Perhaps they brought the rights to it? Or there's some other play going on.
AI INOKI LMAOOOO WHAT A GRIM ASS COMPANY
why is ojisan channeling don fale
>>21008919Perhaps its a good thing they didn't have crying Oiwa come out during the ceremony getting full coronation because Yuya would've been dead to rights.
>>21008646He’s keeping everyone. Shun must feel loved and in control over the largest amount of people until he is overthrown for abusing those closest to him. That is his fate in all incarnations.
>>21009206This aint Dragon Gate lil nigga we do straightforward "Im in charge, fuck you" faction angles here
>>21006909Fucking called it and it was glorious
>Based on Takeshita's commentary, it seemed like Oiwa was a lock to win. That said, I'm also worried it might end up being Uemura.>Is Shun transferring? Do we really need any more mid-level wrestlers?Let Narita have a decent singles match first. He's been doing nothing but matches with interference for years now, and if he doesn't put on an impressive performance, it's going to get tough for him as he gets older.>Yano getting a three-count on Oscar was quite an event, and it was sad to see Makabe, who was getting into a brawl outside the ring after Ice confronts him, lack the intensity he had in his GBH days.>Shun managed to transfer smoothly, but what happened to Dia...?>I have a feeling Shun will either take over HOT or betray them early and form his own unit, but we'll see what happens.>Taichi said on his stream that he predicted Uemura would win tomorrow, but after seeing how Uemura was doing behind the scenes, it seems his back is in such bad shape that he has no chance of winning, and Oiwa will win instead.>I wonder who will be in charge of Kojima's retirement match? Most of the wrestlers he had a connection with have probably retired or something, and he's probably not so beloved by the younger wrestlers that they'd be able to be the one to give him his final send-off...>I wonder if Tsuji will say tomorrow, "Wrestlers aren't AI.">Regarding the AI Inoki thing, I'm also against it, but in the replies, someone wrote that Inoki wouldn't do something like that. On the contrary, I think Inoki would be the type to do something like that.>AI has recently been met with some disapproval.NJPW recently used AI on a poster, and was full of mistakes, drawing criticism. Oiwa's entrance music is also suspected to be AI-generated, which has given it a bad reputation overseas (though it's only a suspicion). There are also ethical concerns about using AI to represent deceased people.
>>21008706very grim numbers
>>21006742tbf Hiromu is someone they probably really wanted and signing EVIL was just a favour to Iyo
>>21009405The best possible outcome has arrived
>>21009495Chono dubbing Uemura’s move “Mystical Elbow” before Tenzan’s final match was a nice nod by the originator.
https://x.com/ketuatu170_105/status/2088401958243897648>Good morning!>22 years ago today, on August 15th, was the day Tenshan achieved his second consecutive G1 victory>After the tournament, even the first victory parade was held—from that day 22 years ago, today let's all send Tenshan off in grand style>World group: Assemble in front of the TV at 3 PM; local group: Deliver our "Thank you!" to Tenshan on behalf of us in the World group too—I'm counting on you!
Callum Newman, KWASG (Kek What A Shit Guy)
AI Inoki watching the final
After today’s show I’m ready to say Zack is the worst part of TMDK. Oiwa and Fujita are more exciting to watch and even Hartley pops me doing the bare minimum.
In my opinion, this G1 has truly separated Tsuji from his peers. He's the Reiwa Best Bout Machine. I used to be a doubter. I apologise, Big Tsuj. It's your yard now.Regardless of who wins tomorrow, I hope both Oiwa and Uemura challenge him for the belt in the months to come.
>>21010101im absolutely loving NJPW right now. these younger guys are actually telling stories in the ring instead of having 10,000 heatless bangers. i regret that i used to hate on gedo's booking because now i see that he wasnt the problem. i do think takeshita should not have been booked so strong but gedo likely had no choice on that one.
>>21010067Probably because you are used to see him more often. I think for him going part-time with NJPW and fuck around elsewhere would make things better imo
>>21010067Zakku can go to AEWOiwa can remake the group and get them a new second heavyweight
>>21010549If Zack leaves the rest of the group can split off.Oiwa would fit in great with Oleg and Wolf if they make Goto Army a true stable, Fujita would fit in with UnCo or KOB, Robbie can go to Hontai or whatever, Hartley can job for whatever stable needs a jobber
>>21010067factions doing pretty damn good if you rate Zack at the bottom, I'm not huge into him these days but he had some solid matches this G1
https://x.com/RMLabel_yk/status/2088656125306773810The composer of NJPW entrance themes is absolutely furious.
>>21011289>Because there have been far too many definitive statements based on speculation and assumptions, I will be making part of the production track data public for a limited time.>Please confirm it visually.>I will never again make this kind of data public in the future.>During the tournament, I did not want to throw cold water on things, so I endured it the whole time, but I have no choice.>Also, the reason I decided to use this method is because this is the only way to prove it.>Incidentally, according to statistics from a specialized institution in America, based on a survey of 9,000 people, it was announced that humans are 97% unable to distinguish AI music.>Since those statistics exist, I do not intend to blame people who misidentified it.>But if reputational damage continues to grow amid further misinformation, no one will be happy.>I do not particularly think AI is good or bad. I think it depends on how it is used,>because anyone who touches a smartphone or the like is unconsciously touching AI in some form.>I will speak technically.>I am a sound creator,>so I am not specialized in one instrument; I make full use of an enormous number of plugins.>“Soundrion,” “WordMaster,” “Heavier7Strings,” “Shreddage,” and others.>Using every means available, I create sounds in detail, including guitar and voice.>As I wrote above, I think it is acceptable depending on how it is used.>In that context, it is true that I used AI for part of the lyric worldbuilding. It was my first time using it.>However, that was fragmentary use in order to expand the world of the lyrics further.>If complaints are going to come from that, then I cannot understand why Vocaloid works such as Hatsune Miku are praised.>And I became sad at being told things as though I had generated it with one click.
>>21011357>Up to this point, there are a total of six songs I created. Five of them remain unreleased.>The production period was the longest ever, and with no time to sleep, every day was extremely painful.>Also, since there were people who very politely used information online>and tested it with something called an AI checker app, I also ran an accurate judgment on the full-length “original sound” source through an AI checker.>The probability of it being an AI work was 32.3%.>Some slight numerical value cannot be helped, but it has almost no credibility.>To all the fans, please support the paths of the two wrestlers in the final with a good feeling, at full power, at full throttle, and in a loud voice. That is all!>Still, I want to know the reason why the person who first tried to spread this baseless information did it.>I realized SNS is scary.https://note.com/rmlabel/n/ne7eaac1c71f8
>>21011289>Cuts a massive promo seething at everyone and denying he just generated the song with "the push of a button" >sneaks in the admission that he did use AIslop for the lyrics (but defends it by whatabouting you with OH SO IT'S OKAY WHEN VOCALOID DOES IT HUH?)literally that's all we were saying mate lol no one said you got chatgpt to make the song. it was always about Oiwa being not a shit guy anymore.
>>21011289>>21011357>>21011363This guy is retarded.Hey, idiot, if everyone thinks the crap you're producing is AI and it isn't AI -- it's probably SHIT.
feels good bros
I watched the free matches uploaded and I think I miss Karl Anderson......
>shit wrestling>shit booking>shit entrance music>shitty promotional tacticsWhy do you guys still watch this slop?
Just here to laugh at the Shota fanboy that was seething in another thread out of nowhere at someone lightly making fun of him.
Tsuji's theme may be a hilariously transparent attempt to try and impress some popstar he has a crush on, but it's a pretty good song on its own when you listen to it out of the context of some big muscle nigga walking out to beat someone up to it.
>>21011395>>21011400niggas walk into an oasis and try to convince people they're in an empty desertGet GRIP'd and STORM'd schizos
[Heartbreaking News]Either Yuya Uemura or Ryohei Oiwa is going to lose in the G1 final
>>21011441Fucking GRIMFuck this fucking companyAll that good will for NOTHING!
>>21011441Seeing them sad will hurt, but seeing the other happy will be beautiful
>>21011429T H E G R I PHEGRIP
>>21011429Its all fed pilled faggots. They wouldn't know anything about actual pro wrestling.
>>21011468If you've actually watched any historical Japanese wrestling beyond what Big Dave predigested for you, you'd know why modern New Japan is so GRIM!
So how long does he take off this time?
>>21011486i hope he quits the reddit empire when he comes back, he's too cool for that mandrama vortex.
>I'm back.
>>21011486Idk but I thought he was actually decent in this G1, which makes his horrid IWGP title match earlier this year even more baffling
Antonio Muhammad Hussain Inoki has returned in the Islamic Republic's greatest hour of need
>>21011644Desu I think the matches dominated by the clown gimmick were among the worst of the whole tour. His matches vs. Oiwa and Tsuji were solid enough but those were also the tournament MVPs so that's not super surprising
>>21011660I said he was decent, faggot, fuck off, you retards don't know what nuance is, genuinely you should end it
The VTR for /ourguys/ https://youtu.be/NC5rKX8-tgs
>>21011688This nigga seething
>DUDE HE'S GOT A FREAKIN' HEADLOCK OVER IT'S LE HECKIN' WHOLESOME REAL GRAPS
>>21011644The gimmick wasn't really fleshed out enough to be affective smoke and mirrors like they were in the G1 and the layout was shitty. Tsuji going along with it on Wednesday kinda showed that the pairing does have some potential and I wouldn't mind if they were in the same block next year.
Just realized that the reason they keep taking on western young lions despite them always leaving the company, is because they need english speaking slave boys for the foreign talent...
>>21012049not enough cuck storyline or flips for ya?
>>21010549>>21010602I’d keep Oiwa and Fujita together. Add Murashima as the secondary heavy (their Ishii) in the NEVER ranks and get the 6ft Lion that keeps rearranging the chairs post-Callum to be their pin eater.
https://www.njpw1972.com/666550Full card for the Final. Goto & YOH vs Tsuji & Ishimori the semi-main, Aaron Wolf not on the show due to illness.
>>21012049he doesn't just do headlocks thoughoiwa's gimmick is that he uses his giant fucking arms to kill you, be it with lariats, or various locks which he uses the power of his arms to apply.He's basically Strong Arm Man Guy
>>21012578Wolfetty got staph from taking his his boots off and wrestling barefoot KWAB
Guessing these are upcoming plans>DestructionGoto/TsujiKOB/MVPWolf/FujitaDrilla/GabeYOH/Ishimori>King of Pro WrestlingUemura/TsujiKOB/UEWolf/ZSJ
>>21012968The G1 Winner should be a WK match
>>21012968KOPW probably also Gabe/Shota
>>21012968Also Shun/Take gonna be on one of these
>>21012578>We're getting the KOB theme tonightWe are blessed
>>21013036Destruction is in Kobe so Shun is going over brother
>>21013272Better the 100% signed guy than the 33% signed guy
Akira and Henare are on AEW next week and Callum is confirmed for the battle royal at the PPV. Say goodbye to United Empire.
>>21013313That's fine, they haven't been good since the Ospreay/Cobb/Henare power trio with Oka doing micless The Devils promos
>>21013313oh no whatever will we do without that team of shitters + HENARE
g1 final gamethread >>21013392
>>21013313Newman, Akira, Henare to Khantanamo BayJake to TMDK as support for his Ark Brother OiwaO-Khan to House of TortureJay and JAY back to the US shindies where they belong
>>21008935lots of cosplaying ojisans yesterday. 2 tenzan haircuts, 1 fale and 1 despy in the crowd
>>21008706>7,260人Total is now 50495, most since 2023.
Hurt but satisfied
I just felt a new fucking era start brosNEW GODPAN IS FUCKING BACKWE'RE NOT SHIT GUYS ANYMORETHANK YOU GOD UEMURA THANK YOU GOD OIWA
>>21014672I've been waiting for this match as long as you and I was rooting for Oiwa this whole time. Our feud will be legendary
>>21014633Weaker than even I expected but with building blocks this strong we take those.
>>21014700Naito is my number 1 all time, I painfully accept this glorious path of suffering T_T
Where does that rank among top G1 Finals?
>>21014714Spend the next two days watching them all and get back to us
Yoshinari Ogawa facetiming Kaito just to stare at him angrily
Oiwa and Uemura just reached gods of wrestling level in terms of aura. Can't wait to see Tsuji defend against them.
>>21014714Best of the decade no question
Rest hold chads fucking won, fuck your gay flippy shit
>>21014722Watch Okada/Naito again
The G1 always reminds me why I still bother to watch wrestling. Tried getting back into it a few years ago, watched the Western stuff, was ready to throw in the towel and the G1 arrived ad I decided to just try it. This is where it's at.
>>21014733That's second
Most attended G1 of the 2020's babyyyy
THE G IN G1 STANDS FOR GRIP
the double lariato where they got a hold of each other's arm and swung through the air together was absolute gigadimes
I love pro wrestling. You love pro wrestling. We love pro wrestling. It feels good man.
The ecstasy of Oiwa winningThe agony of Uemura losing
YOUNG PUNKS
>>21014786GRIP HOLDS
>AEW defeated>Bushiroad defeated>Card games defeated >Ren Narita's HOT defeated >Shota Umino's enternal push defeated >Flippy shit finisher spam wrestling defeatedWhat a year for NJPW so far
Why were Despe and Taichi cornering Yuya?
>After fans voted in their thousands for Outstanding Achievement, Fighting Spirit and Technique awards during the G1 Climax league phase, winners were celebrated in Ryogoku Sumo Hall. >The winners were as follows:After fans voted in their thousands for Outstanding Achievement, Fighting Spirit and Technique awards during the G1 Climax league phase, winners were celebrated in Ryogoku Sumo Hall. >The winners were as follows:>OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT WINNER >Boltin Oleg: 40.09% (2nd: Ryohei Oiwa 21.46% 3rd: Drilla Moloney 8.5%)Boltin's incredible power and determination saw him to five wins over the course of the league phase, including a knockout victory over Yuto-Ice, a lightning quick win against SANADA and biggest of all, a victory over IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yota Tauji in Korakuen Hall.>FIGHTING SPIRIT WINNER >Yuto-Ice: 36.93% (2nd: Boltin Oleg 12.75% 3rd: Ryohei Oiwa 10.13%) Bringing a pro-wrestling high to every one of his performances, Ice brought the hardest fight out of everyone in this tournament, including eating 278 chops from Yota Tsuji in Osaka.>TECHNIQUE AWARD>Ryohei Oiwa 30.17% (2nd: Ren Narita 10.57% 3rd: Zack Sabre Jr. 9.15%)Oiwa's Big Lock headlock has changed perceptions of pro-wrestling this tour and brought excitement throughout. The skill and technique Oiwa brings to the table has been well rewarded with both popular and in ring success as Oiwa blazed a trail to the final.
>>21014800hontai
>>21014800Hontai bros
>>21014800Just Two Guys plus One Unrelated Guy
I want Oiwa to be the tank counter to all flippy faggotsanytime they try to flip he just GRIPS THEM into submissionflippyfaggot #1 newman should never be allowed to defeat THE GRIPwill ospraey should only show his shitter flippy faggot self in njpw ever again if and only if it means he gets GRIPPED into submission 10 matches in a rowflippyfag dave meltzer style is DEADLONG LIVE THE GRIP
Shota must be seething, he missed out on an era defining summer that made multiple new stars, and when he comes back he's gonna have to feud with some AEW toy.
>>21014832ZSJ is my hero for KWABing that shitter
>>21014835He injured Shota so his boy Oiwa could win
>>21014845That's just smart wrestling right there
>>21014845Kek based tekkers.
>>21014717i unironically plan too im going to watch kojima vs tenzan soon
>>21014845it was a concussion, not vehicular manslaughtershooter literally disappeared everywhere so idk if was really that or something else
Kek why is Jeff Cobb back? Didn't he no show a title match when be jumped to WWE?
>Tsuji vs Goto>YOH vs Ishimori (likely in Sendai)>MVP vs KOB (Hokkaido)>KOB vs Empire>Cobb vs Newman>Despy/Mistico vs DOUKI/SHO>Shun vs Takeshita>Wolf vs Fajitawe finna eat out here, bruh
>Oiwa defeats Uemura in a "New Standard" showdown to claim his first G1 title; declares himself the "Summer Man of the Reiwa Era" in front of Tenzan.
>>21014832>>21014835You're the only people on the internet that still hate Shota like this btw you inbred cunt
>>21014974shota umino fucking sucks
>>21014931NJPW made a deal with WWE to release Cobb early to secure Nakamura for Tana’s retirement. Only Tony found out and threatened to pull Okada, Jay etc if Nakamura turned up
>>21014934>Tsuji>YOH>KOB>KOB>Cobb>DOUKI/SHO>Shun>Urufu
>>21015098I believe this
>the finalgrip>the attendancegrimOiwa is a non-grim wrestler in a grim ass penetrated promotion.
>>21014931No, his contract was already up and he was basically signed to WWE while he finished up in New Japan. They decided to debut him earlier than they were gonna so he had to dip. Its why he and Boltin were pulled from the Chicago show they were both gonna wrestle on
current Nakamura is awful and fat, Okada carried Tanahashi to his best match in 5 years
>In the G1 final, there was an atmosphere where no one, not even a single person, could criticize. Maybe it's better not to start talking about a "new standard.">I could read up to the point where Shun gets the belt in Kobe and acts all cocky, and then Umino confronts him.>Having Wolf & Bolchin team up this year for a title match against someone like KOD at the Dome seems like a waste of how Bolchin and Wolf are being used.>Umino suddenly returned after Tsuji and Oiwa's title match, proposing a title match at the Dome, only to be criticized again, and then he shaved his head again.>Even overseas, there are posts mentioning the names of the new generation and saying they're the best! But they leave out Narita and Callum, and there are a lot of critical comments. How much do they hate groin shots?>Recently, New Japan Pro-Wrestling's heavyweight division has been removing lucha libre elements and returning to its strong style roots.>Looking at X, it seems like the G1 finals are being praised all over the world...? If there are that many people who are tired of predictable story battles, then maybe NJPW can expand globally again.>Technically, Uemura is probably superior, but Uemura chooses opponents who will go along with his style of wrestling, while Oiwa can adapt to his opponent's style. I think Uemura's stubbornness, in both good and bad ways, is what makes him similar to Narita in a sense.
>>21015362>Recently, New Japan Pro-Wrestling's heavyweight division has been removing lucha libre elements and returning to its strong style roots.Time to start doing holds, Yota. The backwork into the Boston Crab is a start.
>>21012977I predicted Oiwa anon. I knew what I was doing
Shingo called out Claudio. Sadly, it appears that Shokek is sucking us into the Death Riders Vortex so he can get his Mox match at WK.
THIS IS STRONG LIMITI WANT YOU FOR SURVIVALI'M GONNA BREAK IT WIDE OPENKICK DOWN EVERY LOCKED DOORTHERE'S A LIMIT I'M CHOSENTHEY CAN SCREAM THROUGH THE FLOORI WANNA SAYKEEP COPINGI'M NOT A SHIT GUY ANYMORE
>>21015622Im sure losing to Mox at WK will help Shota
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJ9xhsVV42Ibest thing about this match is that they're gonna fight forever nowyuyachads, we're gonna fucking get him back with the wristlock next summer.
>>21015669Would be kino if the new era is some submission style kings road thing. Yuya goes down the wristlock path to weaken Oiwa's headlock strength, someone develops some sort of knee/ankle sub so Tsuji can't sit back in his Boston crab.
>>21015622Im fine with it as long as they finally end that connection and Shota can move the fuck on
>>21014803B Block BTFO
Heat Storm and The Grip got them seething in the catalog
Holy fucking SOVL Two SZKG dads congratulating the other for their son's efforts
These motherfuckers got me biting on headlocks and wristlocks in year of our lord 2026. What the fuck sorcery is this?
Starting to think Nick Piccolo was cooking about AEW's downfall because NJPW are starting to treat them like ROH
>watched Wrestle Kingdom 10 whilst waiting for the card>Nakamura/AJ, Ishii/Shibata and Okada/Tanahashi straight into Uemura vs OiwaThink I might overdose on this wrestling high bros
>>21015753I jumped out of my chair when Yuya countered the grip into an arm drag, I can't wait to see what he comes up with for the next match
>>21015940There's definitely been a shift in how NJPW treats AEW. Maybe the Nakamura stuff was true and it was the final straw, or maybe we are just in a grace period and WK is gonna be full of the usual AEW guys
https://youtu.be/nY51bMRV4ssKek - Cobb calling TJP a Hot Topic manager
I wonder if Místico vs Douki will actually happen.Would NJPW allow a mask vs mask happen in México?
Takeshita is over with me now desu, I want him to keep coming back. He does all the tour dates and does commentary as well, he's no slouch like Gabe is. He's wrestled 19 AEW matches this year but 40 matches across NJPW and DDT so far, so I truly believe him when he says he just wants fans across the world to be able to see him wrestle. Tonikan did him no favours with the NJPW crowd by having him Roman Reigns everyone last year but now that he's midcard he's my nigga. He can have the NJC and the tv belt.Get Gebbu his visa and let him piss off though.
>>21016082Yeah him losing to the right guys (plus agreeing to lose via Boston Crab at the biggest WK in recent history) has made me warm to him. I dont watch AEW but it seems pretty likely that he's just there for the paycheck, which i can respect
>>21016082Takeshita is ultimately a selfless guy that I would be happy to have in NJPW, he seems to have a great attitude about most things and does not mind losing. If you watched him in DDT, he jobbed to the right guys there as well.he's just being controlled by a piece of shit billionaire unfortunately
>>21015199>can't even hide a compliment in the ritual shitpoststop being tsundere and embrace the good wrestling grimposter, we're in good times fuck the West
Wrestle Kingdom 21>IWGP HeavyweightOiwa (c) vs. Uemura>IWGP GlobalUmino (c) vs. Tsuji>IWGP JrYOH (c) vs. Fujita>IWGP TagKOB (c) vs. Boltin/Wolf>NEVERZSJ (c) vs. Goto>British Drama (maybe for AEW title)Newman vs. Ospreay>IWGP WomemeJoshi A vs. Joshi B>TVShun (c) vs. Drilla>IWGP Jr TagSHO/DOUKI (c) vs. Akira/JAY vs. Ishimori/Robbie X vs. DespeWato>NEVER 6-Man RanboHontai A vs. Hontai B vs. HoT vs. UE vs. Unbound
>>21016199I'd be really surprised if Tsuji fell down the card at all. I expect him to be in the main event.
>>21016082His instagram page makes me a bit sad, when he's in Japan he posts lots of photos of him hanging out with DDT and NJPW wrestlers, plus his wife with her former TJPW friends. When he's in the US, he just posts photos of his wife, his dog, and Shinsuke Nakamura. I'm not sure he has any friends in AEW. But with his wife in the toybox, his hands are tied, so he has no choice but to just go along.
>>21016199>SHO/DOUKI>(c)Do not put that evil back on us
He is truly TAICHI's prospect
>>21016359You know what's funny is I thought Oiwa was going to get the Kobashi booking where he just never wins the big one, given the way he started back from excursionNever would've guessed it would be Uemurabut it will be big when he wins
>>21016359If I think who needed it more it was definitely Oiwa. Uemura can (and probably will) just walk into the main event at Wrestle Kingdom, but Oiwa needed the credibility boost to stand alongside him, Tsuji and Newman. He wasn't even the A1 in TMDK before this, now he's one of THE guys. Gedo made the best decision he could have, I apologise for saying he was washed.
>>21015988unironically bushiroad's fault
>>21016236I do too. Just hopeful Oiwa wins, otherwise he’s headed for the RANBO.
>>21016467I think he loses, maybe him and Zack win WTL, and they run back the NYD main event at WK
>>21016199people will (fairly) shit on this but I like the 90s All Japan gaijin team of Boltin & Wolf
used to think Okada did the clap before his dropkicku to signal to the opponent that they were supposed to bump to it (like how Randy won't clap if the opponent is meant to reverse his powerslam, but will if they're meant to take it)but i noticed that he does it regardless of whether they reverse or not, so i guess it's just an autism tic, like how Nadal pulled his shorts out of his asscrack before every serve.
>>21016281i think a lot of people, especially /njpw/ who don't know much about him have only negative opinions because aew affiliation(not talking if you like his blue thunder or not etc).i don't follow aew, i only watch japanese promotions, so my experience with him is only based on ddt and njpw but except for some schizos i understood since last year why some might not dig him. and aew fans makes him obnoxious and his booking there is not that great (imo)of course can't comment on that but i also feel that is mentally draining to live like he do
>>21016932okarder trained in mexico, that's a pretty common thing with lucha guys in generalit's like when guys in noah do noah breathing, just shows where you trained
>>21015574Yeah you did my bad. I just wish he challenged at WK is all.
Taichi and Desperado were in the red corner, and Zack in the blue corner.It was an irresistible sight for Suzuki-gun fans.
I haven't watched any of the product since Shingo's HebbyQ reign somewhere during the Wrestle Kingdom build back in 2021.Is it safe to start watching again or are they still booking around/to Tony's whims? I heard from the grapevine that all of the young lions from back then grew up well, except for Alex having to retire after an injury and Karl being the janetty, despite them booking him to win that cup early on.I'm assuming at this point that Taichi and Ishii are nearing dad status. Also, have they done anything yet with Great O-Khan or is he still losing any big singles match he ends up in?
>>21017674there was a slight hiccup in the spring (not from tony booking but Gedo panic booking callum fucking newman into the IWGP title), but 2026 has been pure kino so far otherwise
>>21017674NJPW started standing up for themselves re: Tiny Khunt when Bushiroad started to go on the way out. It's been a great summer.Taichi and Ishii are both dads now. They had one last run together as tag champs but passed the torch to the reiwa boys. They had a great match in January vs Uemura and Umino. before fading into multimans. Taichi was Uemura's ring dad for the main evento yesterday.Great O-Khan is by far the worst wrestler in the promotion sadly, approaching Captain New Japan tier. Other wrestlers shit on him all the time, Shingo said his matches are pissbreaks recently and Tsuji buried him in their match.
Another player buckbroken based nooj. Jew crying that no one cares about gayew anymore https://x.com/The_MJF/status/2089012285373120572
>>21017470I too read the comments on YouTube
>>21017721>Great O-Khan is by far the worst wrestler in the promotionWhat the fuck happened to him? I know most here don’t like him but I thought he was fine up until the last year or so. Didn’t blow me away but he was serviceable enough. His G1 this year was awful.
>>21018046I think he's just turning into Yujiro. He's accepted that he's gonna be booked in a midcard role, and doing the bare minimum. Also he didn't grow up a fan, so maybe Tsuji was on to something about him being more interested in all his otaku stuff https://youtu.be/so53mw6P-yc
>>21018060Imagine the champion of your promotion openly calling you a lazy shitter after wrestling you. This better light a fire under GOK's pride or he's just worthless as a human being"Grim" - Chris Charlton, 2026
>>21016199Don’t think half of this will happen, but I admire the dedication to actually following Gedo’s booking / unit wars for Road To tags.
>>21018060>FOR THE CARD GAMES?kek
>>21018046Being no sold by Reiwa Inoki turned him into a geek. Being a bushiroad boot licker as well
Taichi is getting a TV shot before Shun apparently
I really really really want Goto to have a final Tanahashi 2018 G1 out of no where win
>>21018419He's probably the dad they have the most belief in now, he's been a great gatekeeper. I think he's the only guy on the roster currently over 40 that has a chance of ever winning a G1 in the future
>>21018419>List of people more likely to have a G1 winTsujiUemuraNewmanUminoBoltinNaritaWolfShunIceHenareYasudaMurashimaKatoZaneOzawa
>>21015984One of the sickest counters I ever done seen.
I'd make new but can they drop the Destruction cards already
>>21018600Best I can do is Blue Justice in an hour & 4 minutes.
fuck it new >>21018948
