Previous: >>21047165 Week 1 out of a 3-week break has passed. MJF wants Oiwa's attention, Kosei Fujita keeps calling Aaron Wolf fat, Jake Lee is still dead...Live on NJPW World (full cards are out but here's a summary of them):>Road to DESTRUCTION(*)SAT 9/5 12:00am(PDT) 3:00am(EDT) 8:00am(BST) Light Cube Utsunomiya*>YUJI NAGATA PRODUCE BLUE JUSTICE XIXSUN 09/06 12:00am(PDT) 3:00am(EDT) 8:00am(BST) Togane Arena>Yuji Nagata, Togi Makabe & Toru Yano vs Unbound Co. (Yuto-Ice, OSKAR & Daiki Nagai)>Hirooki Goto, YOH, YOSHI-HASHI & Master Wato vs Unbound Co. (Yota Tsuji, Taiji Ishimori, Robbie X & Gedo)>Aaron Wolf, Yuya Uemura & Taichi vs TMDK (Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson & Kosei Fujita)>Jeff Cobb vs Zane Jay>Shota Umino, Boltin Oleg, Satoshi Kojima & Jado vs United Empire (Callum Newman, HENARE, Great-O-Khan & Jakob Austin Young)>El Desperado, Ryusuke Taguchi & Masatora Yasuda vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (DOUKI, SHO & Dick Togo)>Tatsuya Matsumoto vs Taisei NakaharaWED 9/9 2:30am(PDT) 5:30am(EDT) 10:30am(BST) Korakuen Hall*>Special Tag Match: Hirooki Goto & YOH vs Yota Tsuji & Taiji Ishimori>Boltin Oleg & Master Wato vs Shingo Takagi & Robbie X>Yushin Hatazawa Debut (Kickoff): Tatsuya Matsumoto vs Yushin HatazawaTHU 09/10 2:30am(PDT) 5:30am(EDT) 10:30am(BST) Korakuen Hall*>Aaron Wolf & Taichi vs Ryohei Oiwa & Kosei Fujita>Special Tag Match: Bishamon vs Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi>SAT 09/12 23:00am(PDT) / SUN 09/13 2:00am(EDT) 7:00am(BST) Sendai Sun Plaza Hall*>Special Six Man Tag Match: YOH & Bishamon vs Tsuji, Takagi & Ishimori
>BATTLE LINE HOKKAIDO ~ ROAD TO DESTRUCTION (NJPW BATTLE LINE HOKKAIDO ~Road to DESTRUCTION~FRI 09/18 11:00pm(PDT) / SAT 09/19 2:00am(EDT) 7:00am(BST) Kuribayashi Shokai Arena (Irie Sports Park Gymnasium)>IWGP Tag Title Contenders Match: Most Violent Players (Togi Makabe & Toru Yano vs Knock Out Brothers (Yuto-Ice & OSKAR>Mura (not Noribetsu) RumbleMON 09/21 12:00am(PDT) 3:00am(EDT) 8:00am(BST) Kitami-city Sport CenterTUE 09/22 12:00am(PDT) 3:00am(EDT) 8:00am(BST) Yotsuba Arena TokachiTUE 09/22 11:00pm(PDT) / WED 09/23 2:00am(EDT) 7:00am(BST) Yotsuba Arena Tokachi>IWGP Jr Heavyweight Championship: YOH (c) vs Taiji ishimoriSpecial Tag Match: El Desperado & Mistico vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (DOUKI & SHO)>DESTRUCTION IN KOBESUN 09/27 12:00am(PDT) 3:00am(EDT) 8:00am(BST) Kobe World Memorial Hall>IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Yota Tsuji (c)vs Hirooki Goto>IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: Gabe Kidd (c) vs Drilla Moloney>NJPW World TV Championship: Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs Shun Skywalker>Jeff Cobb vs Callum Newman>Aaron Wolf, Yuya Uemura & Taichi vs Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson & Kosei Fujita
GRIP
>>21070686When he came out with the Tenzan cosplay I was like oh no he's losingthen he GRIPPED me
grim
shota umino needs his brain removed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk7XjCBmI28
Who?
>>21071452random AEW lowcarders/indy shitters tweet like this to get booked all the time. this is usually a sign they're never coming over
Only ones I want from over there are Mox to finally job to Shota and get this noose off shin ashe's neck and O'Reilly cuz a match with Yuya or Oiwa would be really good.
>Good morning>Full of energy today too!>#HokkaidoFullPromotion Day 3!>Getting fired up>I hope this can serve as even a small trigger for you to learn about the appeal of pro wrestling, develop an interest, and come visit the venuehttps://x.com/Shooter_us/status/2093124675186708932
>>21071622Him and Amasaki are such retards
>>21071452The non-flippy dippy Top Flight brother, a guy who actually loves puro but last time I saw him was years ago and he was pretty green
>>21072330He also kept getting injured and is now fat as fuck
>>21071209I don't hate this guy, is this actually a decent video?
>>21072398 TL;DW because frankly I alreaddy know you guys aren't watching this before commenting on it: Self-admittedly has not been an NJPW diehard post-COVID. G1 likely first time he sat down and watched everything in a tour for years Thinks Narita is a great wrestler saddled in a position and character that he doesn't fucking work with Thinks if Oiwa and Uemura did a fusion dance they'd make Hiroshi Tanahashi LMAO the We Used To Be A Proper Country meme comes up Loves Boltin Oleg. Who doesn't Didn't like Tsuji much until the G1, he came around. Hates his new theme though. He's wrong. You're wrong if you hate Wildfire. FIGHT ME Thinks there's an internal conflict between wrestlers who want NJPW to be a global promotion and wrestlers like Tsuji who want to stay focused on Japan Feels the block stage was full of good matches but didn't really have many standout ones above the "good" level Yuto-Ice is his new favourite wrestler. basedbasedbasedbasedbased Hasn't seen anyone take to wrestling as quickly as Aaron Wolf Thought of Oiwa vs Uemura as like Ken vs Ryu in Street Fighter Unsurprisingly loved the final and that Oiwa has made a headlock a finisher Opinion on Oiwa is that his presentation is lacking but his in-ring is top-notch. I think we'd all agree at least that Oiwa needs a new fucking theme Is glad that the G1 made him believe in New Japan again, saw Oiwa as the right call to win. Concludes that the tournament's goal was to find the new ace of the promotion and that Oiwa may be that guy. For me I still see Uemura as the next Tanahashi, but frankly the final being Oiwa vs Uemura was a "whoever wins, us the viewers win" situation. Also thought Henare vs Newman was the second best match of the tournament Verdict on G1 Climax 2026 is THE POWER IS BACK essentially
>>21072508I ended up watching it. His conclusions on the R3M threw me for a fucking loop. Also questioning Yuya's in ring is insane
>>21072508>LMAO the We Used To Be A Proper Country meme comes up>Thought of Oiwa vs Uemura as like Ken vs Ryu in Street FighterGrim. His Shenmue video alright though
>>21070686>last post 3 hours ago>page 4what is going on
>>21073285wrestling is dying because everything is grim, that's what I kept telling you guys
>>21073285The difference is the mods started autosaging threads when they've been up on the board for like 4+ days so there arent 100 zombie threads being bumped by 1 autist in the catalog anymore
>>21073360>nujamal gets a crumb of good notoriety and ungrimness>the board and every other promotion diesThe GRIP works in mysterious ways
>>21073360No, its because the wrestling itself is slow and undramatic now. No good storyline and every match is so badly choreographed that its painful to watch.Its not like when Stone Cold was fighting Vince and every week he was doing something nuts like destroying his car or attacking him at the hospital. Plus the wrestling iyself is boring. No more dramatic surprise run ins that start long feuds or stables/alliances that feel as epic or threatening as the 4 horsemen or nwo.Its weak.
>>21071209>And then..the G1 happened..and it..broke..me.
We got our highlight for the first "half" of the year AKA up until G1https://youtu.be/c22sLxMBsaM
actually, bringing AEW lowcarders and ROH guys would be much better than fucking Gabe again, or any former wrestlers at all.
>>21073752>bringing AEW lowcarders and ROH guysYou just made NJPW into NXT Japan (AEW version)
>>21073740Didn't watch the video. What's the context?
>>21073765>they work harder>zero baggage so you can use them like you want.
>>21073769In most of his long form edited videos he puts on this overly dramatic annoying voice that gets meme’d a lot.
>>21073790Oh. Was curious what about the G1 broke him
>>21073751I just remembered ELP was supposed to be say something after losing to Oiwa and then he disappeared
>>21074034I wonder if something happened behind the scene to not even show up to TIger Mask and Tenzan's retirements
>>21074069That was probably his actual last day and then he said "see you tomorrow" but they never planned to use him after that show
>>21074209>Ren Narita's sleep paralysis demon
>>21073775I couldn't give a fuck if you work harder when you're such a shitter you're a lowcarder in ARE or ROHI want to get attached to wrestlers so "no attachment" is also a negative
>>21074209I like flippy EVIL more than the overgrown Kanemaru knockoff we've been stuck with
that boy not right https://x.com/njpw_nyao/status/2093500088324903228
>>21077025Shin Ashe :3
>>21077025I'm guessing Shoko-san is not cooking up a heel turn. It was hard enough with Tsuji and Yuya now with Oiwa's ascension it's harder to picture him elevating as he is now.
>>21077025He should go to CMLL and train to become NJPW's first main event exotico
>E-Celeb shit in my /njpw/
>>21077615The opinions of normies and drones is what will lift us from grimness whether we like it or not
>>21077418>NJPW's first main event exoticoWhy are we whitewashing Kenny's accomplishments here?
>>21077644You are delusional and delirious. Drink water and sleep. Continued nonshit booking, combined with over wrestlers and good matches are all that's needed and we have all three of those things now. I don't need retards talking about an even stupider retard who speaks like a troglodyte's opinions about things he knows nothing about.
>>21077700hey anon :,)
>>21077730Thanks anon.
>>21077746bonk
shoko umino fucks and sucks
>>21078665Based
The year really picked with Ice's NYD promo until Oiwa won the G1.
>>21079090peaked* fuck me
>>21073740I had to stop watching his videos because I know he would put on the most dramatic fucking reading no matter what the subject is. It annoyed me the most in his wrestling videos.
https://youtu.be/CAUkSu-yKpA
>>21077644I shall be gatekeeping. You cant just come back just because Twitter said NJPW is good again now.
>>21071209This dude still think the Golden Lovers was the peak of NJPW. His opinion can be disregarded
>>21079497he isn't different from the average intl njpw fan
>>21079457Wildfire :)
>RevPro 14 Year Anniversary Spoilers>Callum Newman was in an 8 man tag with some no names. Ospreay showed up unannounced and joined the team>There was clear tension between Ospreay and Newman but the team managed to get the win. >After the match Will took the mic and apologized to Callum Newman for betraying his trust and asked him to be in his corner for his AEW World Title match at All In like Will was for Newman for his IWGP match >After some thought Newman agreed to with a huge and UE crown hand signIs Tony stealing the Callum turning on Will moment for himself? Kek
>>21080218Well, it makes more sense to do it on a bigger stage with bigger stakes now that Callum isn't champ and the focus is off him in Japan
>>21080861Its not an AEW angle at all whatsoever so its gonna look fucking stupid and just be another grim ass penetrated moment.
After Eddie Kingston and Thunder Rosa have shat up Arena Mexico, it's best that the Bongline get settled elsewhere. And give back the NEVER 6s.
everyone keeps shitting on shota umion but please talk to me about Ren Narita and his downfall. was it size ? lack of effort? booking?
>>21082074There was no real downfall, anon. People expected baby Shibata, he clearly wasn't, and people have been 4/10 excited about him since
>>21082074He peaked in like the first 6 months and just became a protoype of what Oiwa and Yuya would perfect. Now he's just a boring, pudgy Kanemaru with more height. Togo needs to take him away for 3 months or something.
>>21073003saved
>>21082506>Now he's just a boring, pudgy Kanemaru with more height. Togo needs to take him away for 3 months or something.God that's brutal but true
>>21082506It doesn't help that only a guy like EVIL can carry a net negative ass faction like this one and they just brought in a flippy version of him while still trying to refer to Narita as "leader".
>Breaking News＼Antonio's Challenge to Taguchi, the First-Time Universal Champion, Has Been Decided!"DRAMATIC INFINITY 2026 ~Autumn of Pro Wrestling~"9/21(Mon=Holiday) Start 11:30Tokyo Korakuen HallDDT UNIVERSAL Championship Match<Champion>Ryogoku Taguchi vs Antonio Honda <Challenger>*22nd Champion's Second Defense Match.
>>21080218Instead of the usual "wrestler shows up in AEW 6 months before leaving" Callum is gonna be doing it for the next 3 years
They shat up the main event scene for 3 months just to push the story as an AEW story and for Ospreay to not put over Newman cuz he'll be champion
The first show back was today in collaboration with Boat Race ShimonosekiIce showed up late and/or forgot his gear
>>21083576the match with sasaki was ok, it started a bit slow but i woke up when i saw sasaki dropkick taguchi (never saw sasaki dropkick anyone).but if they want to use that belt for a "veteran" run i don't mind considered the other belts are with young guys.
>>21083700
>>21084065dressed like a midwest grandma who loves limp bizkit. my man takes casual friday seriously
>>21083700>>21084065New Japan fucking sucks. But Le Headlock!!!
>>21084284All In's really that grim, huh?
>>21084284If you say that because how he dress, you never saw what the average wrestlers wears in his free day kek
>>21083700shingo was late tooThat was a close call today...Scheduled to depart from Haneda at 10 AM, but delayed by about two and a half hoursLanded in Fukuoka just past 2 PMMatch starts at 3 PM, but didn't arrive at the venue until 6:30 PMMade it to the waiting room during the break, and the semi-final started right awayOnly taped my wrist and put on the robeWent into a long-awaited match with no warm-up!Truly living on a constant battlefieldGood thing I changed on the way there~
>>21084526Nice tweet
>>21080218would be a swerve too based for Tone if he repeated the Kenny AJ Ibushi apron spot and had Kenny win in wembleh
>>21084564shit you right https://x.com/itsajaime/status/2093801548920848599
With no NJPW to consume, I'm just appreciating the artful and meditative qualities of Takeshita's instagram snaps of Aaron Wolf hangout sessions.
>>21084821He can slap his thigh real good but his photography is better
Akira & HENARE are at Wembley with Newman and Ospreay
>>21083576When the fuck is Abe coming??
>>21085834Don't think NJPW is his place. In DDT he held the red tag belts last year (got from mao and toi) and challenged mao for the Universal back in 2024, So aside Yuto, he's not close to anyone in NJPW (idk if SSPW Strong Style count since he gets invited in their shows often)btw that mao render is terrible, jesus fuck
gabe just lost to the new day lelgood riddance gabelet, now you know there's always a newer shinier toy
>>21086679Gabe will return to Shin Nihon after Tony permanently moves him to the toy box
>>21086679>cultivated an unprecedented following in NJPW>leaves for the toybox early>spends his days getting beat by Orange Cassidy and New Daysuch a waste
>>21088109we don't want him
