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bah gawd Hirooki Goto in the finals of the NJ Cup like it's 2016. Go Goto Go!
Yota Tsuji greets media as New Japan Cup winner | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING
Tsuji meets the press with big ideasMarch 21 saw Yota Tsuji speak to the media for the first time since winning the New Japan Cup in Nagaoka and with his IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match at Sakura Genesis now official. In stylish garb a...
If Tsuji wins he is going to separate the IC Title, retire it and restore the IWGP Title.
TSUJI MUST WIN. GO TSUJI!
The following matches have been announced:
- Shota Umino (NJPW), Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH) and Yuki Ueno (DDT) vs. Yuya Uemura (NJPW), Konosuke Takeshita (AEW/DDT) and Shun Skywalker (Dragon Gate)
- Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW) and Daisuke Sekimoto (BJPW) vs. Jeff Cobb (NJPW) and Masa Kitamiya (NOAH)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW), Sanshiro Takagi (DDT), and Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH) vs. EVIL, Ren Narita, and Yujiro Takahashi (NJPW)
those top 2 are great. the best young talent in one and old MEAT vs new MEAT in the other
well he says he's done with AJPW and not going back to NOAH. Tony said before he wants him so its kind of wait and see.
Best of the Super Jr. 31 lineup revealed | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING
20 entrants announced with four debutsBest of the Super Junior 31 gets underway on May 11 in Chiba, with twenty of the world’s best junior heavyweights competing over a one month span. Those twenty will vie to wrestle in the biggest final ...
ninja mack, blake christian, hayata, kosei fujita all new to bosj this year
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Hawaii-born sumo champion Akebono Taro dies of heart failure at the age of 54 in Japan
Hawaii-born Akebono Taro, one of the greats of sumo wrestling and a former grand champion, has died. “It is with sadness that we announce Akebono Taro died of heart failure earlier this month while receiving care at a hospital in the Tokyo area,” the family said in a statement. Akebono grew up...
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Yeah it's sad about Akebono but I feel like he'd been sick for so long it might have been a mercy. In less sad news the big cross-promotional card is shaping up more.
- Hiroshi Tanahashi, Naomichi Marufuji & Sanshiro Takagi vs. EVIL, Ren Narita & Yujiro Takahashi
- Tomohiro Ishii & Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Jeff Cobb & Masa Kitamiya
- Kaito Kiyomiya, Shota Umino & Yuki Ueno vs. Konosuke Takeshita, Yuya Uemura & Shun Skywalker
- Kenoh vs. Kosei Fujita
- SANADA & KAI vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Chris Brookes
There's just shy of 7k at this NJPW show in Chicago and Perry is getting both heel and babyface reactions which is pretty surreal.
MOXLEY DID IT! First ever WWE, NJPW, AEW Champion!
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Can someone explain how NJPW bought out its owner?
They didn't. Bushiroad Fight is STARDOM. It's just a corporate restructuring within Bushiroad to streamline things. They want to make sure the companies aren't booking shows on the same days and can do more crosspromoting and other things.
more important (at least to me) is that Jake Lee showed up at NJPW and attacked Naito. Is he jumping or is this part of the NOAH/NJPW stuff? I'm interested either way.
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https://www.f4wonline.com/news/new-japan/njpw-reveals-best-of-the-super-juniors-31-block-assignments
Dragon Dia replacing Taguchi is a HUGE upgrade and makes me a fair bit more interested in the shows even if he just ends up being the block pin eater.
Great show but it was so cool how at the end my favorite wrestler ran down there to save New Japan from the dirty baka foreigner champion and give the big summer event such a great title match. They really know the audience.
On the subject of someone who might actually be my favorite wrestler, Tsuji should be the next ace. And not just the next ace but he has potential to actually be the best in the world. Whoever told him that he needs to smile all the time is a genius. You can see how phony it is and that the guy is just waiting to turn on everyone and take his place on top. There's a lot of little things that he does that show his desire to turn on Naito so it shouldn't be too much longer. My favorite one in this match was during the entrances when Naito was fucking around and Tsuji just stopped waiting to walk to the ring with him and ran in front of him.
Pres. Tanahashi Offers Ten Steps to NJPW Success in Coming Months
Tanahashi’s six month progress report sees top issues addressed
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1. Talent discovery and development (Tana was asked about more young guys in G1 and he seemed open. Let's hope.)
2. Elevating the value of title belts (they want to stop using Strong titles outside of the US, start focusing more on having titles having specific identities and people competing for them, etc)
3. Reducing/eliminating outside interference (They admitted fans have a huge problem with HoT and how much interference there has been and said they're going to work to cut back on it. Mostly talked in semi-kayfave since this is still Japan. Tanahashi promised he'd TAKE MATTERS INTO HIS OWN HANDS~!
4. Increasing the prominence and status of NJPW Hontai (This is the home unit)
5. Strengthening ties with STARDOM (they badly need the help as STARDOM has been badly struggling)
6. Strengthening ties with AEW (They're very gunho about doing more with AEW which is totally unsurprising. They feel they have a lot to offer them and vice versa as they have different strengths.)
7. Improving the live fan experience (Talked about ticket discounts and women's only seating among other things)
8. Improving NJPW World
9. Improved treatment of personal information
10. NJPW sponsorships
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Some really good and overdue things here, especially if they really are going to go after the interference hard. I'm hoping that EVIL/Mox is the death knell of HoT. They should outright disband the unit. I've said it before but I think it's time for NJPW to reboot basically every unit except LIJ (they're the only faction that is still obviously very popular and I don't want Tsuji's turn to get lost in the shuffle). It's also time to go all in on the youth movement.
I haven't finished Dominion yet but so far it's a great show. Ishii does a fucking running (with some help of course) in the match with Cobb. It's everything you'd expect and want from a match between them. The roster feels a lot more motivated here.
Also G1 is going back to 2 blocks
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'Major Announcement' To Be Made By WWE & Top International Wrestling Company - WrestleTalk
A major partnership between WWE and the Japanese wrestling promotion Pro Wrestling NOAH is set to be announced.
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Japan had a good run. Really not happy at companies letting WWE in, even if i get it shortterm economically.
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There's gotta be five names you'd be into seeing in the G1 or something though. Gotta be bright sides, even if in a vacuum
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NOAH has the N1 not the G1.
They need to do an Otis Vs Masa Kitamiya match to draw me and @BruiserBrody back into current rasslin.
They need to do an Otis Vs Masa Kitamiya match to draw me and @BruiserBrody back into current rasslin.