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>>21438442
>CMLL/NJPW LUCHA KINGDOM

MON 11/16 5:00pm (CST) 6:00pm(EST) 11:00pm(GMT) Arena Mexico
>Relevos Increíbles Místico & Último Guerrero vs Yota Tsuji & Hirooki Goto
>CMLL World Heavyweight Championship: Hechicero (c) vs Zack Sabre Jr.
>Bárbaro Cavernario vs Konosuke Takeshita
>Soberano Jr. vs Shota Umino
>NJPW STONG Openweight Tag Championship 3-Way Match: Los Hermanos Chavez (Angel de Oro & Niebla Roja) (c) vs United Empire (Francesco Akira & Templario) vs Unbound Co. (Taiji Ishimori & Titan)
>House Of Torture (SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) vs La Fuerza Poblana (Guerrero Maya Jr. & Xelhua)
>Black Tiger, KUSHIDA, Shoma Kato & Yutani vs Galeon Fantasma (Barboza, Difunto, Furia Roja & Zandokan Jr.)
>IWGP Women's Championship: Syuri (c) vs. Kira
>Master Wato, Okumura & YOH vs Brillante Jr., Capitan Suicida & Rey Pegasus

Nu Japan is still a thing?

I want someone to shoot and kill Yohei Komatsu.

Grim

Shooter

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>watching Gabe get up twenty seconds after the match and clowning on Taichi until Yuya comes out

Wrestling hasn’t been good since hard gay retired.

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>>21438445
Not for much longer thankfully

>>21438752
i usually don’t mind either of them, but for some reason these two got so much go away heat with me that i dropped watching the tournament 2 days in

Ijla Dragunov’s girlfriend posted images of him in Japan - Osaka technically but you can take a 90 minute train to Hiroshima

>>21439309
Challenging someone and getting his dream bangerino at WK? May as well call it Reddit Kingdom at this rate, can imagine legions of gaijin starting THIS IS AWESOME chants in the Tokyo Dome.

>>21439614
very grim
yappari, shin nihon's spirit is dead

>>21439640
I can vent without being you grimfaggot

this nigga having a melty

>>21439218
Yeah i feel the same. I don't even mind back to back fujobait matches, but this duo gets me hot and bothered in the wrong way

jeongmok

>>21440620
Be strong tonight Chris, be strong

power struggle thread>>21440840

GRIM

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>Death Riders shitting up NJPW for the foreseeable

>3,683人(超満員札止め)

>>21441525
so are we getting another Mox tag?

>>21441526
>DOWN from a Takeshita reign
OOF

New Japan Pro Wrestling has been raped and compromised to a permanent end by Anthony Rafiq Khan

drones on suicide watch now based Kenny is back, I kneel tone dog

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>the realization that Shota should be in Shingo's place
>instead he crawled on his hands and knees pulled on a leash by two juniors
That concussion gigaraped his career holy shit

>>21441534
Nope. Mox is wrestling Shingo because its someone he can beat. He clearly didn't wanna put Shota over

This is like the 3rd WK in a row they flubbed the undercard lol

https://x.com/njpw1972/status/2117544397600702959
Oiwa & Hartley in Tag League filler slot

Damn that Forbidden Door card is looking real good! When are we getting some WK news though?

>>21441671
Bara bros eatin good

At least Mistico is based

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Reminder that Tonikan killed the American indies and is coming for Japan next

There is legitimately no point watching NJPW until New Year's Dash. All these AEW match-ups are just pointless filler that wont matter at all in the long run.

>>21441902
I think I'll watch Kenny's match(es?) and Gabe vs Yuya, but otherwise yeah. If sizzlin fajita and oy oy oy win the tag titles I might check those out, but not if I have to put in much effort. I normally make sure to sub for a couple months around this time of year; not gonna bother this time. This WK card is very disappointing

>>21441902
They'll matter when Omega will pin Tsuji clean as the whistle in the main event of the Tokyo Dome ya fuckin' cuck LMAO

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Is Shota a lost cause now?

Is it over for Shota?

>>21441943
>>21441944
Seething about Shota won't unrape New Japan btw

>>21441949
I asked it as a genuine question. His current booking cant just be blamed on his concussion

vs Soberano is his last chance

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Watching Goto win the hebbyq every week just to feel something.

>>21441902
There’s no point in watching unless AEW loses their TV deal and fucks off.

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>>21441902
I actually watched the SJTL but just checked the njpw1972.com results page at work today because I knew it would be G-word, but holy fuck was I not prepared. Will keep up with the WTL though, Boltin and Wolf sounds based. I'm expecting the comfy roster rest tours to be better than the landmark events in future because the toys don't work them. Nick Wayne innocent though, he really worked hard to get over with the Japanese fans and I hope he comes back for BOSJ.

>>21442444
We can only hope. I was completely apathetic towards AEW but they've done their very best to make me hate them

>Thank you for putting out the best G1 performance in a decade, Oiwa
>your reward is jobbing to MJF in a fifteen minute match for a fake belt in the Tokyo Dome in the middle of the card
T-Thank you, President Tanahashi ;-;

raped and gaped company

I don't care if Tana indulges his humiliation fetish by booking himself to get beaten up and spat on by Gape every card, but he should leave the rest of us out of it

>Tsuji vs Omega (AEW)
>Gaped Klitt (AEW) vs Uemura
>Max the Jewish Faggot (AEW) vs Oiwa
>Moxley (AEW) vs Shingo
>Newman (AEW soon) vs Ospreay (AEW)
>Takeshita will also have a singles match against some rando most likely, I guess it'll be ZSJ (who's also AEW bound)
>rest of the roster will be stuck in the ranbo match
Nice NJPW event we got over here

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>Goto, SANADA, Boltin, Drilla, Shota, Taichi, Hartley, Daiki, Narita

When the Ranbo is more alluring than every other match on the slate
The Tanahashi administration must end

>Roppongi 3K are reuniting

GRIM NVKE

Unironically looking forward to the Jr. match the most. I know people aren’t fans of YOH following the tag team fujobait stuff with Hyo, but he’s had two great BOSJ runs in a row and this reign is pretty solid. The crowd was super invested in him saving SHO at the Dome.

>>21442616
>ZSJ (who's also AEW bound)
He'll sooner jump to DDT than AEW. You niggas say this every year with no indication of it ever actually happening.

>>21443020
Yeah ZSJ has clearly had his chance to jump to AEW but decided to stay in Japan. Maybe he wanted to help form the future of NJPW or maybe Tony's offer wasnt good enough for him to work ROH

>>21442747
actually based because I miss SHO actually wrestling kek
when was the last time he had a serious match? 2020?

>>21441537
this nigga let orange cassidy beat him on ppv, I highly doubt he was going that don't work for me brother

>>21441943
I can't believe you guys unironically watch this grim shit.

>>21443876
kek Ospreay really is 90 IQ isn't he

I sit here embarrassed about what took place in Dresden.

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grim
very grim

>>21443876
also enraged, might even say I'm going nuclear

Wrestle Kingdom press conference in 30 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXRvFOzdFUs

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>>21444190
>consecutive Mox, Ospreay, Gabe and Ospreay promos

>>21444201
Kenny

Welp

Live translations https://x.com/njpwglobal/status/2117814094757573036

>Tanahashi: Wrestle Kingdom will air live on CS Asahi, @njpwworld
(in English) and in a TV special at 11:15PM on TV Asahi

They should refurbish that Jr title

>SHO: First of all, what's this press conference for? First of all, YOH needs to apologise.
>I was supposed to be a total suprise, the best possible challenger, the ultimate 'X' and you ruined it! Apologise now!

>YOH: I'm glad you challenged. I wanted a singles match at the Tokyo Dome, and I was waiting for SHO to do something. You really put in the work and made a video like a true pal, a true partner.

>When we reform Roppongi 3K, we'll be even more exciting together!

>>21444299
>SHO: For the sake of NJPW and the junior division, I'll make sure it's your last New Japan match! I'm a different level!

>YOH: I accept the extra stipulations, and I have no plans on losing.

>SHO: His conditions are unfair, but I'm not losing to him. You have two months before you're outta here, so make sure you get your things together!

>SHO: I have the certificate here! This is legally binding!

>YOH: You have a thing for jurispudence. I get it- I lose, I leave.

SHO chewing his gum loud as fuck into the mic is working me into a shoot

>>21444307
>YOH: I want this to be YOH versus SHO on the biggest scale ever. I always wanted YOH vs SHO to be a brand in itself like Nakamura vs Tanahashi

>SHO: I'm better than those guys. I'm happy to have YOH's last match in the Tokyo Dome.

>YOH: We don't have a match order but I hope to make the junior title the Tokyo Dome main event.

>SHO: I'm in the match so it's the main event. After I win the belt, every match I have will be the main event.

>>21444333
It’s the only NJPW-exclusive match on the card
Give it the main event

At least we can confirm the Gabe shit will end.

>Uemura: Right now, the biggest problem in New Japan is Gabe Kidd. He and I were together in the Noge Dojo and overseas as well. In fun times and tough times. When he as going through struggles, he would call me in the middle of the night in the US and I would go pick him up.
>Three and a half years on, and we're in this title match. I'm excited, but I can't accept his attitude. Hitting the Young Lions, throwing the belt, piledriving the president. I thought he was my friend, and as a friend I have to stop him. I'm the only one who can.

>Gabe: If we're doing a press conference, the day before the Dome, why am I here? I expect a wire to my account for my time here. But since I am here I'll say this. We spent time in the Dojo together, and that's a different type of bond. You were never my friend. You were more like a brother to me. But you just wanted to play things by the book, and what did that get you? No singles titles.

Black pussy saved Gabe Kidd.

ok nigga shut up now

That's gay

>>21444349
>Gabe: The one fact that saves you from me is that the time we shared together saved me. If it wasn't for you I would have been gone. I don't care who is first and who is last, the main event is me and you. Try and defend New Japan- I gave everything to it and they gave me nothing in return.

Yuya no longer looking constipated. Progress.

>>21444365
>Uemura: Looking at the Dome card so far it looks like there's a NJPW vs AEW theme, but I'm not really thinking about that. This is about me stopping Gabe.

>Gabe: Who started the whole NJPW vs AEW thing? It was me defending NJPW, and then everybody else hopped on, a bunch of sheep. But this match isn't about that. AEW will stand tall, but this is about me beating you. Everybody would say follow Uemura, do what he does, and I don't follow anyone. I'm not conventional. But you have a fluke pin win over me and I can't let that stand.

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>Omega: Tsuji, I put you in an unwinnable situation (at Power Struggle) because you lack the experience. I knew that I would win in a three way and I knew that then you would accept my challenge. I tend not to talk about my gameplans, but I'll give you mine.

>I will come back to Japan, main event the Tokyo Dome and take that belt. I know it'll take all I have because you are stronger, but to become the champion you have to represent on a worldwide stage and I don't think you have what it takes to do that.

>I am not your enemy. At the Dome, win lose or draw, the match will become the talk of the world because of my efforts. You don't have what it takes to get someone to bet a billion Dollars on your name. I might not be the champion you want, but I am the one you need.

>>21444417
>Tsuji: This is the first Tokyo Dome without Hiroshi Tanahashi. It should be me against a home grown NJPW wrestler, but I have to accept the result from last night.
Last night, Kenny was perfect. He made that three way match and he beat both me and Boltin. We lost. We both did and I have to acknowledge that. That's why I need revenge.

>This could be a chance to change my mindset when it comes to AEW. Not just to me but the other NJPW wrestlers as well. I don't know how everyone else feels, but to me this is an all out NJPW vs AEW war, and one we must win.

>Tsuji: Kenny wrestled Tanahashi when I was Tanahashi's second. This is strange for me to say to an opponent, but honestly I'm happy to be able to face him.

>Omega: Why do I want to be a champion again? To put it bluntly, I have respect for you, but you aren't experienced enough. I want to represent NJPW on the world stage again, and I need the title to be able to do that.

>>21444433
>Omega: I want to represent all of pro-wrestling . It would feel right for me to have that belt, even with the weight of the responsibilities and the schedule it would bring.

>Omega: Tsuji is different to other Japanese wrestlers, and I'd guess that's why he became champion. When it comes to styles, I want to wrestle my style and succeed with my style. If I look at this Lion mark behind me it feels... somewhat old fashioned. I think Tsuji got booed yesterday because they're sick of him. So let7s see. Whose style is stronger?

>Tsuji: Kenny brought a kind of strength that I ahven't felt before. When it comes to styles, I think back to the ideological clash Tanahashi and Omega had, the talk that Omega's style lacked grace. To me though, style is irrelevant. Some might have a more graceful style. Kenny's may be more violent. What matters to me is who wins.

>Tsuji/Omega
>Uemura/Kidd
>YOH/SHO
>Newman/Ospreay
>Shingo/Moxley
>Oiwa/MJF
>Jr. Tag 3 Way
>IWGP Womeme (assumed)
That’s 8 matches. Let’s say a NEVER defense to get Wolf featured - against whom? Who are KOB facing? Are we getting a TV title defense from Shun? A #1 contender Ranbo?

>>21444443
>Omega: The G1 final really caught eyes around the world. I'd like to wrestle Uemura, and who was it? Oiwa? Their fundamentals were incredible. So if I win that belt then Uemura and Oiwa would both be top of the list to face.

>Tsuji: As a champion, I have to win this match. If NJPW wrestlers win all their matches and I lose, then it would mean a loss for New Japan. To now there has been this disparity between NJPW and AEW and this is a chance to change that. I said that if things continues the way they were, then it's better to end this relationship, but that's if they continued the way they were. This battle, and a win for me in the Dome can change how the relationship is perceived.

Why is it that Tsuji's match is the most cordial and respectful lol

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>>21444451
>Omega: We want to co-operate. AEW have a great champion in Ospreay. NJPW has a great champion in Tsuji. But I don't know just how strong Tsuji is as a reprsentative. It's up to me to find out. It's now, or never, so it has to be now.