>>19896064
3/8 Baycom Gymnasium (4:00pm)
3/10 Shigeto Arena Okayama (6:30pm)
3/12 Takamatsu City Gymnasium 1st Stadium (7:00pm)
3/13 Kanaoka Park Gymnasium (6:30pm)
3/14 Nagoya Kinjo Pier Arena (5:00pm)
3/15 Aimesse Yamanashi (3:00pm)
3/17 Big Palette Fukushima (6:30pm)
3/20 Aore Nagaoka (5:00pm)
3/21 Final @ Aore Nagaoka (3:00pm)

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>>19896064
VIVA MEHICOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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Luchabros make a /lucha/ general please. It's the perfect time for it, with Fantastica Mania going on with CMLL and AAA all over WWE. I want to watch more lucha but I need a general to lurk in so I can figure out what the fuck is going on.

probably the weakest fantasticamania lineup in years

grim

>>19896193
Better than Los Ingobernables comedy and Gedo bullshit selling no one.

>>19896099
If it’s mostly luchadora asses then I’m in too

>>19896223
>Better than Los Ingobernables comedy
Not havig that is why it's ass this year

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>>19896259
I will commit to posting luchadoras.

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>>19896513
Why are you posting my wife?

>>19896099
If someone makes it I'll regularly necrobump it with webms from the Tuesday, Friday and Saturday shows throughout the week

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>>19896099
You can't call AAA "lucha" anymore if 85% of its roster is WWE crap. And the few mexican luchadores they have are trash. What WWE fans who claim to love AAA are currently watching is not AAA, but WWE (in a cheap version with some mexican shitters as guests).

The real AAA was still great 10 years ago when it started to die, but what people know as AAA today has nothing to do with AAA.

>>19896574
that is unironically the type of thing I want to lurk in a /lucha/ general to learn more about

>>19896688
CMLL could make so much more money if they just hired two guys who can speak english. theyre leaving huge amounts of money on the table by not doing so.

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>>19896688
The problem is that outside of CMLL, and the Taco Bell-style abomination that is now AAA, the rest of mexican lucha is very dispersed. It's an extremely active but very dispersed scene. You could say that the third "important" company in Mexico is IWRG, which is another breeding ground for talent but is very little known (the curious thing is that, unlike AAA, IWRG also has its own arena). IWRG is funny because is a game of russian roulette; in the same show it can offer truly awful shitty dimeless matches followed by true gems out of nowhere. That's where some luchadores develop who later become big stars in the world, such as Dragon Bane and Alpha Wolf (Los Golpeadores), or Daga and Galeno del Mal, who triumphed in Japan. Furthermore, it's the only promotion that interacts with both AAA and CMLL.

The fourth company might be "The Crash," but they only put on one show a month. Their strength lies in bringing in famous wrestlers from all over the world and putting on amazing dream matches alongside mexican luchadores.

Aside from that, everything else is an independent scene. Very active, as I said, but it's hard to keep track of everything because there's just too much. Currently, the most talked-about rivalry is between Demonio Infernal and Fresero Jr., who used to be friends but are now enemies. LA Park and his sons vs La Puerkiza Extrema (3 big, obese guys with sadistic pig masks who like to fight in extreme style). There are too many wrestlers who will probably not be known internationally, but in Mexico they are very loved. And in the independent scene, so many things are happening that I can't even name them all.

But yeah, maybe a /lucha/ would be good just so we could talk about all that, even though most of the people here are just WWE-addicted s.i.m.p. pigs that what interests them least is the wrestling.

don't listen to that dweeb you can follow lucha easily on youtube

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Fuck it I'm just gonna make it to see how it goes

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>>19896818
It's going to be full of memes; mexican lucha is just too funny and memeable.

>>19896818
>>19896099
>>19896790
I can make do a schedule/cards like in the >>19896064 OP if it helps. I'll need some critique from luchabros about doing it properly and what to include. Also I don't know where AAA's schedule is. I googled it and WWE lists results and AAA lists a stuffed iguana for sale.

>CMLL

2/15 Arena México
>Cuadrangular featuring CMLL & AEW stars: Neón vs El Clon vs Esfinge vs Daniel García
>Los Hermanos Chávez (Ángel de Oro & Niebla Roja) vs Los Infernales (Euforia & Mephisto)
>Star Jr., Star Black, & Dark Panther vs Las Bestias del Diablo (Akuma & Los Gemelos Diablo)
>Magia Blanca & Explosivo vs Guerrero Maya Jr. & El Cobarde
>Skadi & Akari vs Dark Silueta & Metálica
>El Pequeño Sky Team (Angelito, Kaligua, & Pequeño Magia) vs Los Metales Explosivos (Full Metal, Pequeño Pólvora, & Rostro de Acero)

2/16 Arena Puebla
>Neón, Esfinge, & Star Jr. vs Bárbaro Cavernario, Yutani, & Gran Guerrero
>Xelhua, Dragón de Fuego, & Dragón Legendario vs El Galeón Fantasma (Difunto, Barboza, & Furia Roja)
>Blue Panther Jr., Dark Panther, & El Hijo de Blue Panther vs Hijo del Villano III, El Valiente, & Villano III Jr.
>Tessa Blanchard, Lluvia, & La Jarochita vs Persephone, Zeuxis, & Dark Silueta
>Match Relámpago: Galaxy vs Mercurio
>Tiger Boy & Rey Espartano vs Dreyko & Rey Apocalipsis

>No CMLL talent at the New Beginning show
>Not even the NJPW STRONG Tag Team Champions

Romero is on the CMLL "Bad guys" list, right?

>>19896833
AAA’s new format under WWE is that they film in blocks, so the card for 2/21 was shot and you can find results for it. Next live show is 2/28, which they will film matches to show on 3/7 as well. 3/14 is Rey De Reyes 2026 which has Dominik Mysterio defending the Mega Championship against Vikingo. I can share further details when the thread is made.

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>>19896833
I don't think it's going to work, first you need many mexicans here because nobody here cares about lucha tbqh. The piggies pretend to LARP that they love AAA, but that's because it's now a sub-brand of WWE. Nobody here knows or is interested in knowing who Hellboy, or Caballero de Plata, or Tonalli, or Charro Negro, or Emperador Azteca or DMT Azul or Demonio Infernal are. Mexican lucha fans are usually in Facebook or Discord groups, not here.

don't listen to that other dweeb either, just make the damn already. I'm going to get groceries, if it's not up when I get back I'll make it myself

it's "arriba" (up)
>>19897226

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He couldn't jestermax any longer..

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>>19897490
KWAL

>>19896064
Honestly, we're gonna have to get a gamethread up for when Fantastica Mania starts.

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Has anyone else's life changed because of Jake Lee's character over the past few weeks? I've slowly started adopting more and more of his mannerisms and his in general lackadaisical outlook towards everything. When even someone like me is losing his patience, the devil shivers.

i've increased my flan consumption

>>19898246
He'll be the new Naito where half the Stardom roster starts mimicking his promos and mannerisms

>>19898117
is it tonight?

>>19898246
what the fuck were they thinking with that finish ? it makes him look dumb asf

>>19898246
I do not understand the Japanese mind.

>>19898843
he's korean

>>19898942
I'm talking about the booking too and why some fans like him enough for him to be anywhere near the top of the card

>>19898970
apparently he's charismatic and a good promo. also considered to be fairly good looking and is one of the few tall guys over there

>>19896090
A man without a faction :(

>>19898088
With Connors gone, I don't think there's a gaijin manlet left that I take seriously

>>19899118
>With Connors gone
When? I guess I haven't seen him around but I haven't seen a release statement. :(

>>19899231
After Super Jr Tag League he started reminiscing about his time in New Japan then basically said "goodbye for now". Then they gave him a WK payday where he brought Thekla out with him and pinned him at NYD.

>>19899002
>tfw the pujos and fujos put him in 9/10th place, placing him higher than yuto
considering they put ren in 5th too maybe anon is right to be confused

>>19899231
They never give gaijin any goodbye statements, even the ones they trained from scratch

>>19899231
he hit the peak for what NJPW wants from gaijin juniors and left
at least he got a singles title match, more than Knight got

>>19897866
Dude saw those shitty IT films and built a whole personality around them. He even has the balloons in his tron.

>>19899330
that's because guys like Yuto, makabe, and Chono resonate with male fans, not female ones

>>19899330
Standards for fujobait wrestlers rn is low so no wonder that big nose geek is 5th

for some reason honma is in some twitter drama over eating too much red pickled ginger https://x.com/kirinyoutuber/status/2023230863383650737

>>19900303
KWAB

>>19900303
Red pickled ginger sucks

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Full card for 3/4. New young lion debuts in the kickoff.

>Main event: New Japan Cup 1st Round- Yuya Uemura vs Great-O-Khan
>6th match: New Japan Cup 1st Round- Aaron Wolf vs Don Fale
>5th Match: Unbound Co. (Yota Tsuji, Yuto-Ice, Taiji Ishimori, Robbie X & Gedo) vs TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa, Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita & Hartley Jackson)
>4th Match: Taichi, Master Wato & Tomoaki Honma vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Ren Narita, DOUKI & Dick Togo)
>3rd Match: Unbound Co. (OSKAR, Shingo Takagi, Drilla Moloney & Daiki Nagai) vs United Empire (Callum Newman, Jake Lee, HENARE & Zane Jay)
>2nd Match: El Phantasmo & Jado vs Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano
>1st Match: Shota Umino & Masatora Yasuda vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens)
>Kickoff Match: Taisei Nakahara Debut- Tatsuya Matsumoto vs Taisei Nakahara

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>>19900331

After the New Beginning disaster, are we back to grim posting? Or are we pretending things are OK?

>>19900335
Depends on who wins the NJ Cup, I like Yota as champion but if they give us another challenger as shit as Jake it's fucking owari

Pretty fucked that Gabe isn't in the Cup.

>>19900331
I hope they finally found new young lions who are not manlets

https://www.njpw1972.com/profiles
They took Shane & Mikey off the roster page.

>>19900556
white genocide

>>19900556
Complete faction hijack

Andrade already done

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>>19900556
>have them as title match fodder throughout 2023
>finally give them a run with the tag belts (and the strong ones but who cares about those)
>have 1 defense against Fale and one of his fat shitters before dropping them
>booked to get obliterated in tag league right after that
>never booked again
>steal their faction name in the meantime

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>I quietly sipped wine with the ring announcer and referee who had looked after me .
>Time speaks more than words.
>https://www.instagram.com/p/DU0dqX9gcGm/

>>19900643
Hes never coming back, is he?

>>19900639
you're leaving out the part where Mikey nearly paralyzed like 3 of their talent being an unsafe shitter

>>19901108
for the best

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The top 10 most popular guys as chosen by female fans, from the most recent episode of Shinnichi-Champion

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>>19901413
The hosts on the other hand love Zane Jay

>>19901421
Who did Kitto like

>>19901444
Takeshita

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>>19901413
..

>>19900584
Proof?

>>19901413
Narita?! 2026 SHO?!

>>19901791
the fujos are still hoping for a roppongi 3k reunion and live sex celebration

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>>19901413
>Narita 5

>>19901785
He is not on the roster page

>>19901413
Only 2 niggas did a full gay kiss on this list on a live show and theyre the ones at the top.

Roppongi 3000 is on the way
Rocky, SHO & YOH, to save the day

>>19902088
He's considered an outsider. Hence challenging for the global

>>19901413
>Top 6 is all juniors
This is the real proof that the hebbyq division is grim

Once Oiwa tones down and goes for a 6 pack we'll be saved

>>19901413
>Even when running through the top 20, and I think top 30, Yuya Uemura was nowhere to be found (Umino was fairly high).
bros...

ム

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>trying to re-sign him
Who tf are they fooling lol

>>19901413
Why do they keep insisting on pushing shitters no one wants to fucking watch like Umino and Uemura when they have YOH and SHO.

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Kino

>>19905101
>no Caveman
grim

>>19905101
BASED

>>19901413
Fujos love the juniors. You see the same thing in other promotions like in AJPW the fujos go nuts for Atsuki and Rising Hayato.

>>19898751
>it makes him look dumb asf
exactly

>>19898751
Hes a theater kid. You know how these things go.

>>19898352
in this plan everyone has a part to play.
trust to not bind companion

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still grim ?

>>19906514
after you see the big scratchmark W on his stomach when the new version is listed on the fanatics shop, turn that frown upside down

>I want to fight you @DoukiPerros

https://x.com/sammyguevara/status/2023591665945006465

>>19906531
It can get worse >>19906640

>>19901413
women are absolutely retarded. if evolution were left entirely in their hands, the whole human race would be retarded and gay.

To be honest that list is basically everybody you can rescue from the roster.
The rest is Okhan, Gedo and similar.

>>19906892
Nice dumpy on Shoma spotted

>>19906936
Shota losing the Diaper Grand Cup to a young lion baka
>if there is some samurai ceremony Red Shoes can do to disown his child then it should happen in smack the middle of the ring and do it before dominion to get this heel turn on the roll

>>19907461
btw former lurker here does 'baka' filter to 'baka' only in this the /njpw/ general or is it a board wide thing cuz a surprise to be sure but not an unwelcome one

>>19907474
*s.m.h
bad filter bad worked into a shoot here apologies for vandalizing the board ill gotta go back now

>>19907474
those filters have been on all of 4chan longer than you've been on the internet
>>19906892
Shoma Kato doing the "are you craving my mcnuggies" pose

I hope Wolf is slimming down some more during this month-long break

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That time of year we see Wato's best gear again

i've seen no evidence Hirai Kawato has earned the honor of being called Master

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>>19909216
You simply don't understand. But you will soon.

>>19909663
wow what a clown

>>19909663
this nigga crazy fr

how about another fortnite dance

>>19909663
based sinatra chad

>>19909663
>i'm le hecking crazy joker
why are japanese people so out of touch ? they're very slow to catch up on the new trends, like yuto's 2005 rapper gimmick

>>19910200
yuto's 2005 gimmick is past the 20 year nostalgia cycle so it's fresh again, keep track anon

>>19910200
>>19910662
Do you know what BREAKING DOWN is? Yuto is literally part of present day trends

>>19908909
This tour always reminds me of how much of a little shit he was in Mexico, and how Okamura was told by the office to reel him in.

>>19911181
QRD, because theres "rascal like hiromu beefing with d lee in kayfabe" and theres "jabroni like vikingo seething about heel turning and stomping necks shoot style" and cant picture the enlightened master doing either even in his novice days

>>19911209
Basically, talent on excursion in Mexico are sent to live with Okamura and his wife, who have long lived in Mexico and worked in CMLL. With Hiromu, he took to Mexico very well and got over with his Dragon Lee feud quickly. Kawato on the other hand was completely lost and couldn’t perform to expectations initially, so he phoned in matches and spent his days being combative about his excursion. The New Japan office was not sympathetic to his attitude, and told Okamura to be tougher on him, resulting in a brief solid streak for him in 2019. Unfortunately he suffered a knee injury, came back to feud with an exótico, lost his hair and only got called back to do the Master Wato gimmick because COVID hit. Honestly a terrible excursion for a lion who was cooking when he left on a tag win.

>>19911279
muy pesos lorekeeper anon
senor wato is not a bad guy, hes not a good guy, hes the guy.. who is yet another example of nooj having top stories in the biz. makes his character even more based. am inspired to fill in my patchwork cmll timeline more this is what happens when #1 promotions work together and dont bubble out the rest of the industry in a mutually destructive fit cough paul

>>19911209
tbf nobody expected goofy ass dimwitted YOSHI-HASHI to allegedly have a big head and think he was gonna be a big star

>>19911478
the loose one did get shot on by physiognomy in many ways

>>19900556
They back on the roster page lol.

>>19911731
dimes they would be elevating antagonists to KOB in their current heat, mike and shane would help osk learn to work people more his size, and as it stands a well meshing style match that could beat the roughstorm/taichiishii rating

a lot of filler on that roster page

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>>19911773
ikr

>>19909663
njpw finally found their own ozawa

I miss Bullet Club already

VIVA JAPON >>19911969

https://x.com/ProresuToday/status/2023958845811253540
>The "MLB-ization" of the Pro Wrestling Market! The Pride of Wrestlers and Their Thirst for Stepping Up as Seen in the "Decisive Gap" Between Japan and the U.S.
>February 2026. The men who were once at the center of the excitement at New Japan Pro-Wrestling have disappeared from the ring.

>Tetsuya Naito, the pillar of Los Ingobernables de Japon, his ally BUSHI, EVIL, the King of Darkness, and the charismatic junior wrestler Hiromu Takahashi.

>If we turn back the clock a little, "Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada and "King of Strong Style" Shinsuke Nakamura also said goodbye to the cerulean blue mat and crossed the ocean.
>The successive departure of key players has led some to call this a "collapse." For fans, the sense of loss as beloved scenes are taken away one after another must be an indescribable pain.

>However, isn't it too sentimental to view this phenomenon solely as a "tragedy"?
>What is happening in the world of professional wrestling right now is no different from the "MLB (Major League Baseball) challenge" in the world of baseball; it is a legitimate career choice for professionals.
>I would like to take another look at the shock of the "exodus of key players" that hit New Japan Pro-Wrestling, the cold-hearted business reality behind it, and the life of a professional wrestler today.

>>19912111
>Strong Style" Crosses the Ocean: The Pro Wrestling Market is "Moving Like MLB"

>In the past, when a Japanese professional wrestler left a promotion, it was often accompanied by complicated interpersonal relationships and political conflicts, such as being "expelled," "poached," or "betrayed."
>The history of professional wrestling in the Showa era was exactly that history.

>However, things are different now. When Shinsuke Nakamura left for WWE , or Kazuchika Okada chose AEW , was there any bitterness about the two teams parting ways?
>What was there must have been a genuine desire to "step up" as an athlete.
>I want you to think about this in terms of baseball.
>When Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto left Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and moved to Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States, did we call them "traitors"?

>No, the whole country would have cheered on a player who had achieved overwhelming success in Japan as he took on the world in search of a higher level and a bigger market.

>What is happening in New Japan Pro-Wrestling today is essentially the same thing. Former wrestlers like Shinsuke Nakamura and Kazuchika Okada, as well as Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, and EVIL.

>After reaching the pinnacle of New Japan Pro-Wrestling, the "Japanese major league," he declared free agency in search of the next battlefield or the next stage in life.
>Isn't that the most natural and respectful way to look at it?

>A professional wrestler's career is short. You never know when you might suffer a serious injury and be unable to step back into the ring.
>As an artist and as a self-employed person, it is an extremely healthy desire to seek a place where you can maximize your value within that limited time, a place where you can see exciting new scenery.

>>19912114
>The biggest factor accelerating this "exodus" is the unavoidable reality of the crucial difference in business scale between Japan and the United States, namely the issue of "money."
>Due in part to the weak yen, the economic gap between Japan and the United States is widening.

>Huge American organizations like WWE and AEW are expanding their businesses on a global scale, backed by huge broadcasting rights fees. The market size is on a completely different level from that of Japanese professional wrestling organizations.

>As can be seen from the rumored annual salary of Kazuchika Okada when he transferred and Shohei Ohtani's signing bonus, the current situation is that the amount of compensation paid to top athletes far exceeds the limit that can be paid in Japan.
>New Japan Pro-Wrestling boasts an overwhelming scale in Japan, but it is obvious that it cannot compete in a "money game" with the huge American capital that is developing a global strategy.
>Some wrestlers say, "I don't do professional wrestling for the money." That's a noble goal.

>However, as a "professional," who can blame him for choosing a place where the value of his body is evaluated in monetary terms?
>Raising a family, thinking about life after retirement, and above all, wanting to be "the best in the world."
>This is also the driving force for professional wrestlers, who are full of a hungry spirit.

>There was a time when the pride that "Japan is the pinnacle of professional wrestling" kept wrestlers engaged.

>However, with the spread of the Internet, professional wrestling from all over the world can now be viewed in real time, and American rings are also continuing to evolve in terms of technology, production, and entertainment.

>In addition to making money, players can also become known around the world. With such attractive offers, it is no longer possible to tie players down based on obligation or personal feelings alone.

>>19912118
>Of all the mass exoduses, the one that has most affected fans is the mass departure of members from Los Ingobernables de Japon (L.I.J.).

>Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, BUSHI, and Hiromu Takahashi. SANADA is absent from the series with an "undecided return date."
>However, it would be premature to call this a "sad ending." L.I.J. was a collection of uncontrollable individuals.
>They are a group that dislikes getting too close to each other and each strives to be the best. This is what makes them shine.

>Tetsuya Naito won every belt in New Japan Pro-Wrestling and fulfilled his dream of singing along at the Tokyo Dome.

>Hiromu Takahashi broke the boundaries of the junior heavyweight division and established an era as the absolute champion.

>EVIL took the powerful drug of betrayal with his own hands and reached the pinnacle of heeldom.
>They painted the canvas of New Japan Pro-Wrestling with their own colors to the point that there was no more room left to paint.

>Some felt they had nothing left to do, some left with mixed feelings, and some were in search of a new frontier - each with their own thoughts as they set off.

>Just as a rock band at the height of its popularity might disband due to differences in musical style or new challenges, L.I.J. too has gone their separate ways, each with their own memories of their most beautiful moments still intact.

>Tetsuya Naito's departure from the organization means that the story of "Tetsuya Naito of New Japan Pro-Wrestling" has come to an end.

>Hiromu Takahashi's departure means that "TIME BOMB" has found a bigger target to explode.

>Their choice is not a letter of severance from New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
>It is an expression of his gratitude to the ring that raised him and his sense of responsibility for his own life as a wrestler.

>>19912133
>New Japan Pro-Wrestling has seen Hiroshi Tanahashi retire and Kazuchika Okada and Tetsuya Naito leave.

>Some people lament that it's all over, but I want you to look back at history.
>Antonio Inoki left, Riki Choshu left, the Three Musketeers left, Shinsuke Nakamura left, and each time, it was said that New Japan Pro-Wrestling was over.
>However, each time, a new star is born and weaves the era. Who will be next?

>Right now, in the center of the ring is Yota Tsuji, who has regained the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

>It's not just his rivals of the same generation who are after Tsuji's head.
>Their contemporaries, Umino Shota, Narita Ren, and Uemura Yuya, do not hide their burning jealousy, while the dominating Great-O-Khan, the monstrous Voltin Oleg, and young talents such as Oiwa Ryohei and Yuto-Ice are all eyeing the top spot.

>Furthermore, KONOSUKE TAKESHITA (AEW/DDT), a man who knows the world, will show off strength on a different level, while Jake Lee, who is aiming for a "grand slam" of complete domination of the domestic majors, will also exude an eerie presence.
>The icing on the cake is the participation of judo gold medalist Wolf Aaron in professional wrestling. The participation of the Olympic champion will bring an unpredictable chemical reaction to the IWGP front.

>Of course, New Japan's gatekeepers are not going to just sit back and watch.
>Veterans such as "Wild Warrior" Goto Hirooki and "Energetic Uncle" Takagi Shingo are standing in the way of the younger competitors with their skilled techniques and determination, and have not given up on the chance to win the championship in one go.
>Looking at the foreign wrestlers, Zack Sabre Jr. stands in the way of the new generation as the "strongest foreigner," while Gabe Kidd rampages around carrying the hottest "New Japan spirit" of all.
>The battle for the revived IWGP Heavyweight Championship ushered in an unprecedented era of "warring states," centered around Yota Tsuji.

>>19912145
>Just as Hiroshi Tanahashi once put his body on the line despite booing and led the organization to a V-shaped recovery, now it's Yota Tsuji and his team's turn to create a new New Japan Pro-Wrestling with their own hands.
>Just as the NPB, which sends players to the Major Leagues, has never declined, New Japan Pro-Wrestling will continue to be the top ring that produces talent for the world.
>And from this, another monster is born that will astonish the world. This cycle is the source of Lion Mark's strength, which has continued for over 50 years.

>The enthusiasm, emotion, and courage they left behind for New Japan Pro-Wrestling will never fade, even though they have left the company.

>Professional wrestlers are travelers. Staying in one place is not the answer. They have chosen to leave the company or transfer to another company.

>If you think of it this way, rather than "abandoning New Japan Pro-Wrestling," you'll feel a sense of pride rather than loneliness.

>The wrestlers nurtured by Japanese professional wrestling are now highly regarded and sought after around the world, which is also a victory for the entire Japanese professional wrestling world.

>That's why a somber farewell doesn't suit them. As they depart, I want to send them words of gratitude and the biggest round of applause, rather than shouting abuse.
>And we would like to continue to cheer on the remaining fighters who will grit their teeth and fight in the ring now that they are gone.

>Times change. Wrestlers change. But the power of the professional wrestling genre to stir human emotions never changes.

>New Japan Pro-Wrestling is currently at a major turning point, but beyond that lies a new landscape that no one has ever seen before.

>Good luck to those who leave and those who stay

>>19909663
>wanna know how i got these belts?
>you see, my booker, he was a drinker

>>19911929
Eh Ozawa's more of a kusogaki. Jake's going for a court jester kind of thing.

Mexicans are based

>2,022人

>Yota Tsuji and President Hiroshi Tanahashi shake hands. Despite the controversy over his microphone use at the Osaka tournament, he said, "I understood what he wanted to say."
>Tsuji explained, "When I took to the microphone last time in Osaka, I wanted to say, 'Let's work hard together from now on,'" emphasizing that he was not criticizing the parent company.
>https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/377852

>>19912537
based damage control session

>>19912537
>"Hey Bushiroad. We work hard! Don't treat us like disposable cardboard!"
>"I-I wasn't criticizing them at all"
Cuck

>>19912537
Not 5ch uncs commenting on Tana being fat keke but that aside...
>What Tsuji wants to say is that he wants to make money from wrestling like Yuto-Ice and Ito-chan, but because he wants to say something good, he ends up using roundabout language and it's hard to understand what he's trying to say. He keeps saying in the media that he wants to make 100 million yen.
>Bushiroad should just say that they want the company to be managed in a way that allows the wrestlers to make 100 million yen, but for some reason he ends up talking about card games.

i knew tsuji was a bitch

>>19912537
god damn yota tsuji is cringe

kiss the ring, flanman

Not very Ingobernable of Tsuji

>>19913175
they had this nigga and never used him.
Tells you everything about the people making decisions.

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>>19913689
He was injured, pork.
This tells you a lot about the CMLL "critics" who don't know shit and don't consume the product.

>>19913815
The injury was last year, the contract the year before.

>2k for Fantasticamania in Yoyogi and both Korakuen shows sold out
>both new Japan Cup shows in Korakuen nowhere near selling out
Grim

>>19913689
How do you book this guy honestly? House of Torture?

>>19913097
Alright that is a pretty cool mask

nothing that comes out of tanahashi's mouth is to be believed

>>19912537
Bound Company KEK

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Katsuya ム. Murashima

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https://www.njpw1972.com/629756
Full card for Sunday's show. We got triple threats now.

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>2/19 is Pro-wrestling Day in Japan
>nobody runs any shows on it

>>19915129
Just book him normally

>>19917137
>HOT

NOOOOOOOOOOO

>>19913672
>>19916313
Los Gobernables de Japón

>>19918080
kek

>>19917137
I wonder who is at fault for these 2 slopish cards, CMLL or NJPW?
It's just your average CMLL show but with NJPW seasoning on the tag slop

>>19918117
NJPW has nobody else to put there, maybe Boltin with a sombrero

>>19918117
This is literally how every Fantasticamania looks, retard.

>Ishii gets hurt on Collision - Misses World Tag League, misses final match with Tanahashi
>Ishii gets hurt on Dynamite - (potentially) Misses STRONG title match with Boltin, misses New Japan Cup match with Taichi or Narita
Enough

>>19917046
ムaped bitch

>>19896064
2/21 CHRES Kochi (5:00pm)
>El Desperado, Mascara Dorada, & Mistico vs SHO, Soberano Jr., & Hechicero
>Relevos Increíbles: Templario & Atlantis Jr. vs Averno & Ultimo Guerrero
>Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi, & Atlantis vs Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji, & Titán
>Relevos Increíbles: Tiger Mask, OKUMURA, & Satoshi Kojima vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, & Magnus
>Valiente Jr. & Futuro vs Daiki Nagai & Taiji Ishimori
>Relevos Increíbles: Masatora Yasuda & Stigma vs Shoma Kato & Hijo De Suka Jr.

2/22 ATC Hall - C Hall Osaka (3:00pm)
>Relevos Increíbles: Matsumoto Tatsuya & Tiger Mask vs Fujita Kosei & Hijo de Stuka Jr.
>Relevos Increíbles: OKUMURA, Kojima Satoshi, & Ultimo Guerrero vs Kanemaru Yoshinobu, SHO, & Takahashi Yujiro
>Yasuda Masatora, Master Wato, Taguchi Ryusuke, El Desperado, & Stigma vs Nagai Daiki, BONE SOLDIER Jr., Takagi Shingo, Tsuji Yota, & Titán
>Match Relámpago (3-Way Match): Templario vs Soberano Jr. vs Hechicero
>FANTASTICA MANIA Tag Tournament Round 1: Atlantis Jr. & Atlantis vs Magnus & Averno
>FANTASTICA MANIA Tag Tournament Round 1: Mascara Dorada & Mistico vs Valiente Jr. & Futuro

2/23 Aichiken Budokan Aichi (5:00pm)
>Masatora Yasuda & Futuro vs Yujiro Takahashi & Hijo de Stuka Jr.
>Relevos Increíbles: Shoma Kato, Master Wato, Ryusuke Taguchi, Okumura, & Satoshi Kojima vs Daiki Nagai, BONE SOLDIER Jr., Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji, & Titán
>Relevos Increíbles: Stigma & Templario vs Magnus & Ultimo Guerrero
>Match Relámpago: Atlantis vs Tiger Mask
>Valiente Jr., Atlantis Jr., & Mascara Dorada vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Averno, & Hechicero
>Special Tag Match: El Desperado & Mistico vs SHO & Soberano Jr.

2/24 EDION Arena Osaka 2nd Stadium (6:00pm)
>FANTASTICA MANIA Tag Tournament Final

Relevos Increíbles, my favorite genre

cook me up some Huevos Increíbles, Paco

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lol

>>19918729
Can't imagine why he doesn't care about expanding into the region where their potential fanbase got totally eaten up by a company that also constantly steals their top stars

North America includes Mexico

https://x.com/taguchiryusuke/status/2024352217344733414

Yota Tsuji killed my parents and I'm not even white

puro died

>>19921534
It died 3 years ago, almost to the date.

LAST LOVE.

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>>19921560
and you could have it all...
my empire of dirt

>>19921560
Idk, I was feeling love and energy about a month and a half ago

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>>19896099
Reposting from /lucha/ since I see the CMLL schizo pestering your general

>>19922648
We call him the Grimposting Seether around these parts

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fujinami is working the 54th anniversary show. unfortunately, he's bringing his dimeless shitter son with him

>>19922903
Lol I wonder what made you call him like that

Getting tired about reading how broke and/or stingy the company has been lately, at the end of the day there needs to be some fucking money. Supposedly Finlay still has interest in the company while both AEW and WWE have middling interest and offers yet they are still leaps and bounds ahead of whatever NJPW is offering.

>>19923533
We take what we can get.
Fuck it. One more run.

>>19923533
Japanese wrestlers and dimeless sons, iconic duo

>>19924139
>Japanese
Have you not heard of Erik Watts? Dimeless sons getting into wrestling is a global pandemic

>>19912537
Yota already killed his reign and character, only took one month.

fuck card games

If there was literally anybody else on the roster, he should lose the title.
Hell, he would have not being champion to begin with

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https://x.com/maronaaron0225/status/2024803644126945566

ム

>>19923742
Nothing NJPW can do can compete with the money AEW and WWE are getting from guaranteed TV deals. But I do think anyone that becomes Okada/Naito level will be heavily compensated though

>>19924139
>Otosan said sell

>>19923533
I know just the partner for him..

>>19925745
Because the whole International Expansion thing was a horrible and badly done idea, and the responsible are still there.

Endless conversation, but they could learn something from their most loyal partner.

>>19925745
>But I do think anyone that becomes Okada/Naito level will be heavily compensated though
Maybe but then they piss that anyone off and they leave anyway

Magnus decided to become the new Black Tiger but New Japan isn't acknowledging it (yet)

KENTA KOBASHI KICKED OUT OF MISAWA'S TIGER DRIVER '91???

Is it better to be Tony's toy or Kidani's booster pack card?

>>19929770
Neither of them care if you bend or break but at least one pays you to break faster

>>19925745
Of course that's well known, the issue is even regardless of competition it seems like the pay is laughable

>>19909663
GAMERS

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2020.2.21
Moments before disaster

NJPW wrestlers are overpaid if anything.

>>19931335
>15 guys gone not counting Colt
>only champions from that date still in the company are SHO, YOH & Takagi
What a fall from grace, man

>>19931445
Dribbler baloney, el fagtasmo, Jake pee, and honestly zsj definitely are. Evil and sanada probably were too so it's a good thing if both are actually leaving.

>>19931445
What, you think they shouldn't even get a strong zero with the handshake

>>19931445
Whatever they wanted to pay TJP was too much

Perhaps the biggest problem with Unbound Company besides the shitty logo is that they have no theme or identity, no crux to what brings them together. It's just 2 cooler factions sloppily merged together, like this era of CHAOS >>19931335 but much worse

>>19931864
Sacrilege and all, but units should be dropped for some time.

>https://x.com/kidanit/status/2024858169143668786ù
>It's a good memory now. It was fun. Naito-san incorporated everything into professional wrestling. That's why I was able to get into it too.
Kitani not so subtle and is dissing Tsuji?

>>19932030
If there's one thing you definitely wanna do right now with 0 draws (used Wolf to sell out Osaka and then killed him) it's sneak disses to the guy holding your top 2 titles.

>>19931881
Nah. Just House of Torture.

>>19932030
Where's Naito now, Kidani?

>>19932467
based

>>19932566
clipped playing tag matches in NOAH

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save us lonesome cowboy

>>19931335
>>19931864
Does this chart mean Cabana was part of Chaos, did they mess up or did that happen and I just totally forgot about it?

>>19934051
he joined Chaos when they were over for ROH I think

>>19933906
He needs to turn around and show off some of that New Japan management he's got back there

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>Craving NJPW
>Nothing canon until next month

>>19934621
our hermanos are always canon

ム

>>19934051
He did like 2 tours as part of the group and they counted him on the roster ever since. NJPW Collection still had his cards being used until they killed CHAOS and the game shut down. Reminder they still counted Lio Rush as a member despite him never coming back.

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2/22 ATC Hall - C Hall Osaka (3:00pm)
40 minutes till SHO-time

>Main event: Fantasticamania Tag Tournament Semifinal- Mistico & Mascara Dorada vs Futuro & Valiente Jr.
>5th Match: Fantasticamania Tag Tournament Semifinal- Averno & Magnus vs Atlantis & Atlantis Jr.
>4th Match: Relampago Three Way Match- Templario vs Soberano Jr. vs Hechicero
>3rd Match: Stigma, El Desperado, Ryusuke Taguchi, Master Wato & Masatora Yasuda vs Unbound Co. (Yota Tsuji, Titan, Shingo Takagi, Daiki Nagai & Bone Soldier Jr.)
>2nd Match: Relevos Increibles- Ultimo Guerrero, OKUMURA & Satoshi Kojima vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (SHO, Yujiro Takahashi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
>1st Match: Tiger Mask & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs Shoma Kato & Hijo de Stuka Jr.

this hardware is fucking me up

Too much young lion fodder on this tour

>Yujiro but no DOUKI
grim

>Mima in a dress
hell yeah you know what time it is

>>19936995
This tour lost so much value not having LIJ and Tanahashi around. Can't even get Uemura to work.

SHO is working harder this tour than he does most BOSJ matches

Who is this twink roaming around ringside?

that geek tsuji hasnt shown his face to the people since he bombed on the mic in osaka..

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>shingo refusing to wear the sombrero

Shoutout Tsuji choosing to not do shit except aura farm today

I needed to see a Shingo dive

sodomy with sober

>>19937094
These 3 way spots are sloppy as fuck. Odd considering they do this shit in trios matches multiple times a week

>>19937117
most of hechicero's shit is slow so he holds it back a bit

They've all joined House of Torture

So is Magnus actually turning into Black Tiger or is this just cosplay?

Atlantis moves pretty well for a guy who really dont wanna take a back bump

>>19937198
he's been doing this bit for years its just a fantasticamania thing. they should look into the idea tho

Based Averno

this ameno dub is hilarious

Futuro is pretty good

>>19937257
you could say he has a good future

I would kill to have 1 of these guys year-round

>>19937261
the JR division should have a CMLL guy rotating every few months.

>>19937284
Mistico title run going into WK would be dimes

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>931人

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I feel like he's gonna be next to leave.

>>19937490
There was that >VOW rumor that Dragon Gate came into contact with him and YOH years ago but agewise its probably too late for them there

https://x.com/majan_saitou/status/2025443352054038637
finnerbros...they're making fun of us

>>19937490
nobody feels any loyalty to the card game company anymore, his lidet uwf run should be fun

>>19937870
KEK but DDT had a old collab where the wrestlers got turned into cute girls for a mobage

Tsuji is fucking done

>>19938188
GLEAT is about to die so the run would be short. LTJ could use him, though. Their 2 new recruits are unfathomably awful.

>Stukato

cute...

How's ticket sales for the NJPW show in America looking like

>>19938256
Little over 2 thousy, so grim as expected

>>19938362
I just looked up the card and they have Take vs ELP and Andrade vs Tsuji. HOLY FUCKING BASED. Honestly I think it may be a marketing problem and not the card specifically

no one even cares about nooj anymore

>>19938993
Uemura and the KOB do baby

>>19938607
None of these people are draws.
>>19938993
The board neither. What do you mean this lived for 4 hours?

>>19937870
nobody respects yota tsuji. he's a pampered tanahashi guy leeching off of naito cutting half hearted "shoot" promos right after having the most mediocre performances you've ever seen. just give yuya the cup and the title already

>>19938607
They never ever market it efficiently. No commercials, Aew doesn't promote, no flyers. Gonna be depressing when G1 gets 1500

>>19940525
The lack of AEW promotion seems downright spiteful or at least wholly ignorant. I remember when Mox was IWGP champ they never talked about anything going on in NJPW (while having title matches on Dynamite).

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>>19940862
remember when everyone was pointing out how little AEW was promoting Wrestle Dynasty and some stooge tried to push a story about how they were blocked from promoting it, even though Mercedes had a whole segment talking about facing Mina Shirakawa on that show?

no one even cares about card games anymore

>>19941860
Modern yugioh is the least appealing card game I've ever seen

I'm in the mood for some wrestling. Any 80's/90's recommendations?

>>19941354
wow an AEW talent talking about facing a Stardom talent, real great cross promotional work for NJPW there I take it all back

>>19942043
oh and Mina signed less than half a year later for AEW, imagine that

Japanese wrestling is not strong enough to demand equality.
Make your product better and bigger, and then you will be in a better position.

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top 2 matches for the show today that theyre not streaming

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The eternal enigma that is Shota Umino

>>19942042
The Great Oz vs Hashimoto, summer 1992

>CMLL wrestlers can't go back to Mexico

There, roster problems solved

>>19942521
Also a blizzard meaning New Japan guys might not make it to New Jersey.

>>19942534
Based

>>19942042
Hashimoto vs Tenryu. Any match will do but 94 was kino

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>>19942042
Rick Steiner & Scott Norton (c) vs Muto & Hase 1991-11-05
Tenryu vs Fujinami 1996-4-29
Hashimoto vs Kazuo Yamazaki 1998-08-02
Tenryu vs Muto (c) 1999-12-10

Masatora to CMLL confirmed

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save us captain

>>19942521
they will make way for mistico

>>19944126
What happened to this nigga? I know he got let go cuz he was a gambling retard but what does he do now?

>>19896064
2/24 EDION Arena Osaka 2nd Stadium (6:00pm)
>FANTASTICA MANIA Tag Tournament Final: Mascara Dorada & Mistico vs Magnus & Averno
>Relevos Increibles: Templario, Atlantis Jr., & Atlantis vs Soberano Jr., Hechicero, & Ultimo Guerrero
>Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado, Valiente Jr., & Futuro vs BONE SOLDIER Jr., Shingo Takagi, PHILIP MARLOWE Jr., & Titán
>Shoma Kato Sendoff series 1.: Shoma Kato, Master Wato, & OKUMURA vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SHO, & Yujiro Takahashi
>Relevos Increibles: Tiger Mask & Satoshi Kojima vs Masatora Yasuda & Hijo De Stuka Jr.
>Stigma vs Daiki Nagai

2/26 Korakuen (6:30pm)
>Special Single Match: Mascara Dorada vs Hechicero
>World Historic Light Heavyweight Championship: Atlantis Jr. (c) vs Averno
>Stigma, Atlantis, & Mistico vs SHO, Hijo De Stuka Jr., & Soberano Jr.
>Relevos Increibles: Zane Jay & Templario vs Shingo Takagi & Ultimo Guerrero
>Relevos Increibles: Tiger Mask, OKUMURA, & Satoshi Kojima vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi, & Magnus
>Shoma Kato Sendoff series 2.: Shoma Kato vs Titán
>Masatora Yasuda, Valiente Jr., & Futuro vs Tatsuya Matsumoto, Master Wato, & Ryusuke Taguchi

2/27 Korakuen (6:30pm)
>Special Single Match: Mistico vs Soberano Jr.
>Special Single Match: Templario vs Ultimo Guerrero
>Valiente Jr., Futuro, & Mascara Dorada vs Daiki Nagai, Shingo Takagi, & Titán
>Relevos Increibles: Ryusuke Taguchi, Atlantis Jr., & Atlantis vs OKUMURA, Satoshi Kojima, & Hechicero
>Special Single Match: Tiger Mask vs Magnus
>Tatsuya Matsumoto, Masatora Yasuda, Master Wato, & Stigma vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, & Hijo De Stuka Jr.
>Shoma Kato Sendoff series 3.: Shoma Kato vs Averno

>>19944820
I forgot the handle but he has a twitter account. He was doing well last I checked

>The reason Mr. Chono didn't give President Tanahashi a bouquet
Apparently, he got a bit annoyed when TV staff or someone from NJPW casually asked him, "Since you're doing commentary, should we give him a bouquet?" and he declined.
Then rumors started spreading within NJPW that Mr. Chono dislikes Tanahashi.

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trust the flan

>>19948288
nah man let it die

>>19945493
Chono honestly sounds like a sensitive bitch honestly