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Puroresu Love & Resources V4

  • El Desperado & Katsuya Murashima vs. Jeff Cobb & Francesco Akira
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Togi Makabe
  • Shingo Takagi vs. Drilla Moloney
  • Shota Umino vs. Great O’Khan
  • Sanada vs. Taichi
  • Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita vs. Rocky Romero & Yoh for the IWGP jr. tag titles
  • Konosuke Takeshita vs. Oleg Boltin for the Never title
  • Young Bucks vs. Hiromu Takahashi & Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP tag titles
  • Yota Tsuji vs. Gabe Kidd for the Global title
  • Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Hirooki Goto for the IWGP heavyweight title
Goto goes for the title tonight!!
 
GOTO IS CHAMPION! GOTO IS CHAMPION!

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Fantastic fucking show with real story and character progression.

-Moloney debuts as a heavy and gets a big win over Shingo. He's got a really bright future.
-OKhan beats Shota in a good match but more importantly after the match when OKhan goes to shave Shota's head (as he'd earlier cut his hair in the road to shows) Shota grabs the clippers and shaves his own head and then lies in a dejected heap in the ring after, clearly foreshadowing some kind of big character change.
-Sanada was dressed like some kind of Persona Shadow and it was hilarious. Yuya made his return here as expected and the crowd adores him. He's going to be a big star.
-Takeshita can not have a bad match. Boltin got to look really good.
-Naito is beyond washed. Please let this man have a few months off or he's going to die.
-I was thinking as Tsuji/Kidd started neither could afford to lose so doing the draw was a great call. The crowd was going nuts for this. I wasn't thrilled at first when HoT came out but pulling the trigger FINALLY on HoT turning on War Dogs and making War Dogs faces is good business.
-GOTO GOTO GOTO GOTO. This crowd was fucking Rabid! They also completely sold the joint out. This is the Era of Goto!
 
It also sounds like they've disbanded Just 4 Guys. I'm expecting a big angle at the finals because they really need to do something to heat Shota up if they're determined to stick with him as they seem to be.
 

Watching Heat Wave '98 again made me want to go back and check out other matches from Hayabusa and Tanaka. This is the one I've seen rated the highest among the internet types with some saying it's the second-best match in FMW history (after Kudo/Toyoda), and it's damn good, but I still prefer the 5/5/00 match between them.
 

NJPW reveals Best of the Super Juniors 32 competitors

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the blocks for the upcoming Best of the Super Juniors 32. The tournament is set to kick off on May 10 and will take place across 13 shows…
www.f4wonline.com www.f4wonline.com

Non NJPW talent: CMLL mystery guy, MAO (DDT), Dragon Dia (DG), and NICK WAYNE

strong lineup.

Sakura Genesis was a good show. Shota is the next challenger and will challenge at Windy City Riot. I can't see Goto keeping the belt all year but it would be weird to have Shota win in the US when almost all the dislike for him is from english speaking fans. He seems to have won back most of the Japanese fans. Unless the idea is any heat is good heat and they're going to have Death Riders help him win, which is hilarious.
 
This is on Friday
1Konosuke Takeshita (c) vs. Hiroshi TanahashiSingles match for the NEVER Openweight Championship
This will be Tanahashi's final match in the United States.
2Gabe Kidd (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii30-minute Iron man match for the Strong Openweight Championship
3Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Shota UminoSingles match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship[6]
4David Finlay vs. Zack Sabre Jr.Singles match[7]
5El Phantasmo and Rocky Romero vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito and Titán)Tag team match[7]
6World Class Wrecking Crew (Royce Isaacs and Jorel Nelson) (c) vs. Intergalactic Jet Setters (Kevin Knight and Kushida)Tag team match for the Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship[7]
7Mina Shirakawa vs. AZMSingles match to determine the #1 contender for the Strong Women's Championship[8]

Really loaded show. 5pm pacific start time. I'll definitely be watching this.
 
I ended up spending time with my new nephew instead of watching this live but I caught Tanahashi Vs Takeshita and it was amazing. Tana's best match in years and a perfect way to do his last match in USA and put over Takeshita.
 
well god damn. I don't know where they wind up, i assume NOAH/DDT if they're staying in Japan. Naito is incredibly broken down physically but he's still a huge draw.

He's been very clear in the past in saying he isn't interested in US Wrestling, going as far as saying he doesn't watch it. But how much of that was true I don't know. I don't think he has a lot to offer WWE or AEW tbh given his physical condition. There's some matches he could do in AEW if he was capable that would draw but I just don't think he'd hold up. It'd be another Ibushi situation.
 
Naito in AEW and especially WWE seems like a waste of time. He was probably my favorite wrestler in the world 7-8 years ago but he's gotten more weathered so anything outside of a few big shots a years, i don't think he has much to offer TK.
 
BOSJ Blocks
A Block: KUSHIDA, Master Wato, Ninja Mack, Hiromu Takahashi, Kosei Fujita, Francesco Akira, Clark Connors, Robbie X, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Dragon Dia

B Block: El Desperado, Ryusuke Taguchi, YOH, Kevin Knight, Titan, Robbie Eagles, Taiji Ishimori, SHO, Nick Wayne & MAO.

Cards
5/10: Chiba

  • Nick Wayne vs. SHO (B Block)
  • Kosei Fujita vs. Francesco Akira (A Block)
  • Dragon Dia vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru (A Block)
  • El Desperado vs. Titan (B Block)
  • KUSHIDA vs. Hiromu Takahashi (A Block)
5/11: Miyagi

  • Ninja Mack vs. Robbie X (A Block)
  • Kevin Knight vs. MAO (B Block)
  • Master Wato vs. Clark Connors (A Block)
  • Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Taiji Ishimori (B Block)
  • YOH vs. Robbie Eagles (B Block)
5/14: Korakuen Hall

  • Ninja Mack vs. Francesco Akira (A Block)
  • KUSHIDA vs. Robbie X (A Block)
  • Hiromu Takahashi vs. Kosei Fujita (A Block)
  • Clark Connors vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru (A Block)
  • YOH vs. SHO (B Block)
  • MAO vs. Taiji Ishimori (B Block)
  • Master Wato vs. Dragon Dia (A Block)
  • El Desperado vs. Nick Wayne (B Block)
  • Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Titan (B Block)
  • Kevin Knight vs. Robbie Eagles (B Block)
5/15: Korakuen Hall

  • Dragon Dia vs. Clark Connors (A Block)
  • KUSHIDA vs. Ninja Mack (A Block)
  • Hiromu Takahashi vs. Francesco Akira (A Block)
  • Robbie X vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru (A Block)
  • Master Wato vs. Kosei Fujita (A Block)
  • Titan vs. Mao (B Block)
  • El Desperado vs. Taiji Ishimori (B Block)
  • Ryusuke Taguchi vs. SHO (B Block)
  • YOH vs. Kevin Knight (B Block)
  • Robbie Eagles vs. Nick Wayne (B Block)
5/17: Yoyogi

  • Master Wato vs. Ninja Mack (A Block)
  • Francesco Akira vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru (A Block)
  • Hiromu Takahashi vs. Dragon Dia (A Block)
  • Clark Connors vs. Robbie X (A Block)
  • El Desperado vs. MAO (B Block)
  • Kevin Knight vs. Nick Wayne (B Block)
  • KUSHIDA vs. Kosei Fujita (A Block)
  • Ryusuke Taguchi vs. YOH (B Block)
  • Robbie Eagles vs. SHO (B Block)
  • Titan vs. Taiji Ishimori (B Block)
5/18: Hachioji

  • Ninja Mack vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru (A Block)
  • Kosei Fujita vs. Robbie X (A Block)
  • KUSHIDA vs. Dragon Dia (A Block)
  • Master Wato vs. Francesco Akira (A Block)
  • Hiromu Takahashi vs. Clark Connors (A Block)
  • Robbie Eagles vs. Taiji Ishimori (B Block)
  • Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Nick Wayne (B Block)
  • Kevin Knight vs. Titan (B Block)
  • El Desperado vs. SHO (B Block)
  • YOH vs. MAO (B Block)
5/20: Gunma

  • Master Wato vs. Robbie X (A Block)
  • Ninja Mack vs. Hiromu Takahashi (A Block)
  • Francesco Akira vs. Dragon Dia (A Block)
  • Kosei Fujita vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru (A Block)
  • KUSHIDA vs. Clark Connors (A Block)
5/22: Osaka

  • Ryusuke Taguchi vs. MAO (B Block)
  • Kevin Knight vs. SHO (B Block)
  • Nick Wayne vs. Taiji Ishimori (B Block)
  • El Desperado vs. YOH (B Block)
  • Titan vs. Robbie Eagles (B Block)
5/24: Hyogo

  • Ninja Mack vs. Clark Connors (A Block)
  • Hiromu Takahashi vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru (A Block)
  • KUSHIDA vs. Master Wato (A Block)
  • Francesco Akira vs. Robbie X (A Block)
  • Kosei Fujita vs. Dragon Dia (A Block)
  • Kevin Knight vs. Taiji Ishimori (B Block)
  • Titan vs. SHO (B Block)
  • YOH vs. Nick Wayne (B Block)
  • El Desperado vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (B Block)
  • Robbie Eagles vs. MAO (B Block)
5/25: Aichi

  • Francesco Akira vs. Clark Connors (A Block)
  • KUSHIDA vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru (A Block)
  • Dragon Dia vs. Robbie X (A Block)
  • Ninja Mack vs. Kosei Fujita (A Block)
  • Master Wato vs. Hiromu Takahashi (A Block)
  • Taiji Ishimori vs. SHO (B Block)
  • Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Robbie Eagles (B Block)
  • YOH vs. Titan (B Block)
  • El Desperado vs. Kevin Knight (B Block)
  • MAO vs. Nick Wayne (B Block)
5/27: Shizuoka

  • Ninja Mack vs. Dragon Dia (A Block)
  • Kosei Fujita vs. Clark Connors (A Block)
  • KUSHIDA vs. Francesco Akira (A Block)
  • Hiromu Takahashi vs. Robbie X (A Block)
  • Master Wato vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru (A Block)
5/29: Niigata

  • Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Kevin Knight (B Block)
  • El Desperado vs. Robbie Eagles (B Block)
  • MAO vs. SHO (B Block)
  • YOH vs. Taiji Ishimori (B Block)
  • Titan vs. Nick Wayne (B Block)
6/1: Ota

  • BOSJ 32 Grand Final

Dontaku 5/3

-Katsuya Murashima vs. Daiki Nagai
-Master Wato, Oleg Boltin, Toru Yano & YOH vs. TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles & Ryohei Oiwa)
-Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Tetsuya Naito & Yota Tsuji) vs. Just 4 Guys (Taichi, TAKA Michinoku & Yuya Uemura) & Tomohiro Ishii
-Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. United Empire (Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan & Jakob Austin Young)
-NJPW World Television Title Match El Phantasmo (c) vs. Konosuke Takeshita
-Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
-Shingo Takagi vs. Shota Umino
-Loser Leaves BULLET CLUB Steel Cage Ten Man Tag Team Match House Of Torture (EVIL, Ren Narita, SANADA, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) vs. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Clark Connors, David Finlay, Drilla Moloney, Gabe Kidd & Taiji Ishimori)

Dontaku 5/4
-Hitamaru Sasaki & Jet Wei vs. Katsuya Murashima & Ryusuke Taguchi
-Batten Blabla & Mentai Kid vs. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Gedo & Taiji Ishimori)
-Master Wato & YOSHI-HASHI vs. United Empire (Great-O-Khan & Jakob Austin Young)
-STARS (Hazuki & Koguma) & Maika vs. Neo Genesis (AZM & Starlight Kid) & Yuna Mizumori
-El Phantasmo & Oleg Boltin vs. The Don Callis Family (Konosuke Takeshita & Rocky Romero)
-Be-Bop Tag Team (Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano), Ryota Chikuzen, TAJIRI & YOH vs. TMDK (Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.)
-Los Ingobernables de Japon (BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito) vs. Just 4 Guys (Taichi & TAKA Michinoku), Shota Umino & Tomohiro Ishii
-IWGP Global Heavyweight Title Match Yota Tsuji (c) vs. Yuya Uemura
-IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Callum Newman
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Some potential fun matches in BOSJ but the real stuff is them finally booting at least one faction from Bullet Club, Naito's last match (and BUSHI lol) in the company, Newman moving up to heavy, Stardom and other talent getting more roles on shows, etc. NJPW continues to be in a major transition period and it's becoming more noticeable that they're reacting to it. Whether all of those reactions will be positive is still to be seen.
 
HoT is out of BC and hopefully dead. Insane fucking cage match and Gedo took one of the worst bumps I've seen in ages. Just a fucking spectacle. Whole top of the card was really fun.
 
@Slayer I'm trying to catch up on DG and I just got Luis Mante seemingly going back heel and possibly becoming Diamante again? I feel like I missed a lot here can you explain this one to me. I know I could listen to the english commentary in theory but they only had JP track available plus you explain it much better!
 
If you're in chat tonight I'll be on for Dynamite

The last couple days I've taken in more puro than in some near-embarrassing time after watching Dontaku Night 1, the NOAH 25th anni with Ozawa/Kenta, and DG Dead or Alive. At this time I just have Dontaku Night 2 left, which for my overall time budget I just plan to watch the LIJ 8-man plus the two title matches. Was there anything else worthwhile from the undercard?
 
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