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Start of new boom period
新幹線「のぞみ」で史上初のプロレス【動画有り】パイルドライバーで決着 ルールは「車内を汗で濡らさない」（CBCテレビ） - Yahoo!ニュース
18日、「のぞみ」の車両を貸し切って開催された「新幹線プロレス」。 プロレス興行団体の社長でもある高木三四郎選手と、高木選手の長年のライバル鈴木みのる選手が対戦しました。 JR東海が去年始めた「
ddt can be so fun
Jericho just appeared via video to challenge Takeshita to wrestle him on Nov 11 at one of DDT's bigges tshows of the year. Which will be Jerichos first match in DDT.
Destruction was an excellent show and even had a unit shakeup
Tsuji is going to be a huge fucking star. His moveset is amazing, his facial expressions, his ability to connect with the crowd, etc. And he's still so early in his career.
Ospreay has improved SO much as a promo and top guy as well. Any time he used to touch a mic used to be painful but now he's actually entertaining. Hanging out with OKhan fixes everyone.
Kanemaru turned on J5G and helped SHO beat Taichi to win the KOPW belt. So we're back to Just Four Guys for now! Can't last for long with all that merch they have. Maybe Yuya will join since he's coming back.
Tsuji is going to be a huge fucking star. His moveset is amazing, his facial expressions, his ability to connect with the crowd, etc. And he's still so early in his career.
Ospreay has improved SO much as a promo and top guy as well. Any time he used to touch a mic used to be painful but now he's actually entertaining. Hanging out with OKhan fixes everyone.
That's a huge loss for NOAH as Nakajima has been one of their best workers and biggest stars going back to 2005 and he's still only in his mid 30s. PLEASE GO TO NJPW.
tanahashi loves to get clean. @tekcop can you translate the part where yano pops up please?
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Longfellow couldn't have said it better
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Did Baba counter this with anything of note?
Two title matches, massive tag set for Power Struggle! | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING
First part of Osaka card set The first matches for Power Struggle on November 4 are set, with two championships set to be defended, and an intriguing preview for Wrestle Kingdom on the agenda. Watch Power Struggle LIVE in English on N...
so Power Struggle on Nov 4 will have Hiromu Vs Ishimori, Okada/Tana/Ishii Vs Sabre/TMDK, Sanada/Yuya Vs Naito/Yota and the finals of the Jr Tag League. Pretty fun lineup for a secondary level show.
Jr Tag League lineup
aside from Sho/Kanemaru this is a solid if not spectacular lineup. Should be some fun matches in here.
alkeiper
Welcoming our new insect overlords
I was reading the '89 Observer collection and of course the Russians coming into NJPW is one of the big topics. I always figured this was one of Inoki's fever dreams so I was a bit surprised reading that Super Powers Clash set a gate record at the time for professional wrestling. I'm checking it out, it's an interesting show. Not everything clicks but there's enough good stuff to make it worthwhile.
alkeiper
Welcoming our new insect overlords
To add: I'm just now getting to the historic debut of Jushin Liger and this is definitely not the outfit I associate him with.
Fuck I forgot Power Struggle was tongight. Just put it on in time for the last two matches.
Danielson Vs Okada is CONFIRMED for Wrestle Kingdom!!!!
Danielson Vs Okada is CONFIRMED for Wrestle Kingdom!!!!
Ospreay might be the best in the world right now honestly which I know a lot of people say but I generally dislike to give anyone that label. He made Shota look like incredible in this. Any doubts I had about Shota being a big star in the future were totally abolished. They also set up some really good shit for the Dome here.
long overdue. I've always said they should have focused on an Asian expansion first but with all the covid stuff they probably ended up being right by sheer luck. There's definitely a real market in many of these countries as I remember both AJPW and NJPW running overseas shows and doing well and that was when the rosters were far less loaded for NJPW.
This is a pretty solid card
NJPW Lonestar Shootout, Friday, November 10, 8 p.m. Eastern time on FITE TV pay-per-view --
- NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi defends against Trent Beretta
- IWGP Women's Champion Mayu Iwatani defends against Stephanie Vaquer
- NJPW World TV Champion Zack Sabre Jr. defends against "Speedball" Mike Bailey
- Jon Moxley & Wheeler Yuta vs. David Finlay & KENTA
- NJPW Strong Openweight Champion Eddie Kingston defends against Satoshi Kojima
- Mistico vs. TJP
- NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions El Phantasmo & Hikuleo defend against Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs
- Kevin Knight, KUSHIDA, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa vs. Alex Coughlin, Gabe Kidd, Clark Connors & Chase Owens
- Toru Yano vs. Joey Janela
- Atlantis, Tiger Mask & Mascara Dorada vs. Ultimo Guerrero, Rocky Romero & Hechicero
- Kickoff show: "Filthy" Tom Lawlor vs. Fred Rosser
- Kickoff show: Barrett Brown vs. Matt Vandergriff
Block A:
and NAGATA AND MISU UNITE~ THE ULTIMATE MEGAPOWERS!~
- Shota Umino & Ren Narita (tournament debut)
- CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano) (fourth tournament)
- United Empire (HENARE & Great-O-Khan) (third tournament)
- TMDK (Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls) (second tournament)
- Bullet Club War Dogs (Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd) (second tournament)
- House of Torture (EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi) (fourth tournament)
- Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa (tournament debut)
- Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona) (tournament debut)
- Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI & HIrooki Goto) (fifth tournament) (two-time World Tag League winners)
- HIKULEO & El Phantasmo (tournament debut)
- Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata (tournament debut)
- Just 5 Guys (Taichi & Yuya Uemura) (tournament debut)
- Yota Tsuji & TBA (tournament debut)
- Soberano Jr. & Atlantis Jr. (tournament debut)
- Monstersauce (Lance Archer & Alex Zayne) (tournament debut)
- Bullet Club Rogue Army (Bad Luck Fale & Jack Bonza) (tournament debut)
and NAGATA AND MISU UNITE~ THE ULTIMATE MEGAPOWERS!~
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Shota is a really common name for boys in Japan. At some point it became the generic term for any boy in pop culture media. So the jump from that to shotacon is pretty obvious. For the average Japanese person, Shota only has the first connotation.
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they put Ren Narita in HoT. Gedo you bastard.
In Memoriam: Osamu Kido (1950-2023) | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING
Former NJPW wrestler Osamu Kido passed away on December 11 2023. He was 73.Kido made his professional debut for JWA on February 21 1969, before wrestling on the first ever NJPW event in March 1972, and on his excursion to the US, received guidan...
Kido was a fun NJPW/UWF worker. I remember enjoying a number of his matches, he wasn't one of the big dawgs but he was a solid hand.
NJPW to join United Japan Pro-Wrestling industry group | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING
December 15, Tokyo JapanNew Japan Pro-Wrestling today announces that it is one of nine organizations that will constitute United Japan Pro-Wrestling, a new industry group representing professional wrestling in Japan. Without an industry wide gro...
We've seen things like this before but this feels a bit more substantive
This especially sounds good.
I'm glad that Big Japan gets to play with the big kids but I hope they let in more groups like CIMA's and the little indies if this is going to be a lasting thing. They're doing a joint show in May so we'll see what happens with this.
Kikuchi is the best babyface in peril IMO. When you watch Fuchi and Taue torture him in the multiman matches the way he builds up the tension and sells is amazing.