>>19949243
2/27 The New Beginning USA @ CURE Insurance Arena, Long Beach CA (8:00pm EST)
>Yota Tsuji (c) vs Andrade El Idolo [6th champion, 3rd defense]
>IWGP Women's Championship: Syuri (c) vs Athena [6th champion, 2nd defense]
>IWGP Tag Championship: OSKAR & Yuto-Ice (c) vs Toa Liona & Bishop Kaun [111th champions, 4th defense]
>NJPW World TV Championship: El Phantasmo (c) vs Konosuke Takeshita [7th defense]
>KUSHIDA & El Desperado vs Alec Price & Jordan Oliver
>AEW National Championship: Ricochet (c) vs Taiji Ishimori [1st champion, 8th defense]
>NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs Boltin Oleg [8th champion, 2nd defense]
>Fred Rosser vs David Finlay

>New Japan Cup 2026
3/4 Opening Night @ Korakuen (6:30pm)
3/5 Korakuen (6:30pm)

3/6 Anniversary Event @ Ota-City General Gymnasium (6:30pm)
>IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: DOUKI (c) vs Master Wato
>IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championship: Robbie Eagles & Kosei Fujita (c) vs Robbie X & Taiji Ishimori

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)

>>19948963
They showed this pic?

>>19949262
just for a second during the Creed video

yota tsuji fucking sucks

>>19949270
>>19949262
gotta plant the seeds for the Dominion build up

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>Mistico: "Everyone has a dream. I've come to Japan with the dream of becoming the world's greatest luchador. You know who I'm aiming to be like, right? That's Tanahashi-san. I want to make history in Japan too. Tonight will be the start of that. Because I want to become the 'main event' of New Japan Pro-Wrestling."

>>19949427
ey cabron, the gate to the top is guarded by a Wolf, aces aren't made lightly

>>19949427
I say give him the Global title at the anniversary show. That show looks dire as fuck rn.

https://www.njpw1972.com/630847
Valiente Jr. injured is knee and is off the show today.

>>19949744
all according to plan, now UE can insert Zane in that slot to get him "accidentally" in front of a crowd in a showcased spot and begin the rocket push up the Jrs

>>19949784
I think in this era Zane is big enough to go straight to heavy

>>19942976
>>19943309
My first Tenryu matches. He's based

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Why is New Japan afraid of trying out new stuff and instead content on relying on the same old same old. Love Dia, but he was in 2024 BOSJ & Jr. Tag League and 2025 BOSJ & Jr. Tag League

>>19950016
A new idea would be a block with gaijin and a block with Japanese.
Hell, just do CMLL vs Japan already.

>>19950097
That's what that one anon worked everyone into thinking was gonna happened at the G1 and we all seethed

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>>19950104
2/24 EDION Arena Osaka 2nd Stadium (6:00pm)
25 minutes till SHO-time.

>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, Tatsuya Matsumoto, & 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

oh shit it started early lol

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They really decided to pad out this tour with HOT and don't even include the member who wrestles in a fucking mask

>>19950190
not including guys like wolf or uemura is such a dumb move

You can tell how little SHO cares in the ring when he's with his group vs teaming with CMLL guys

why does shingo look so sad?

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this tour sucks

GRIMtasticamania

they should sign this soberano guy to a deal

sex with soberano

Match 5 of 6 and the show finally starts

this rudo (?) team is kino

I thought this dude unmasked. Someone rip that shit off him.

Great match

Magnus deserves to be Black Tiger, too bad his rival will end up being Shoma Kato lol

mistico in 43 years old moving almost as much as dorada

Misticowinslol

Last 2 matches made this mediocre New Japan show worth it

Okumura please translate

okumura please translate

https://x.com/njpw1972/status/2026254945637609620
>Desperado: "This wraps up my 'FANTASTICA MANIA' for this year. I'm heading off to America, you know. The dream that Místico talked about. When Hiromu Takahashi was leaving, he found his dream and went over there. (Omitted in the middle...) I've got a ton of stuff I wanna do too. But me, I'm gonna keep doing it right here in New Japan."
At least we got him

>>19950394
love our handsome, masochistic masked wrestler

>>19950679
>frat bro
Based on fucking what?

>>19950355
well since Shoma is gonna be the next tiger (mask X?) he gets to be an honorary black by proxy masked or not. and not meming have heard insider spec about it, that is Kato dont know bout Mag

>>19950679
>>19951181
was gonna say top right is veeerrryyy generous and saying frat bro is an upgraded compliment is already not a flattering to our bumbling subject;
the interaction between all his personas and how they both inexplicably somehow cover up the geekdom while it yet seeps into every facet should be studied {not to be replicated but for the safety of humanity so no one else can suffer from the state of this again}

Nu Grimpan looking extra grim these days

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>>19950013
Which one did you like the most? I can rec more if you want 'em

>>19951795
Kino

>>19951795
Yeah more would be sweet thanks. He's such a bastard in the best way. 6 think the Fujinami one, I thought Fuj was gonna get the big comeback

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>>19951806
Tenryu vs Riki Choshu 1993-01-04 - Bit sloppy with some major botches but they're shoot hitting each other and the crowd is molten hot. Total spectacle
Tenryu vs Inoki 1994-01-04
Tenryu vs Muto (c) 1999-03-05

I'll add some non-Nooj matches too

Tenryu vs Jumbo Tsuruta 1989-06-05 AJPW
Tenryu & Hansen vs Giant Baba & Rusher Kimura 1989-11-29 AJPW
Tenryu vs Hashimoto 1993-06-17 WAR
Tenryu vs Great Muta 1996-10-11 WAR
Tenryu vs Keiji Muto 2001-06-08 AJPW
Tenryu vs Satoshi Kojima 2002-07-17 AJPW

>>19950216
No poissy, no LIJ hombres

>>19951795
back when NJPW wasn't completely grim
now we have Yota Poojeet and Jade Lee shitting up the main events

>>19952796
It must be fun being a wrestler this tall. Too bad they won't treat him or Yuto seriously as singles guys

>>19951806
>the Fujinami one
the part where Fujinami locks in the dragon sleeper while his blood pours out onto Tenryu is so based

>>19951404
The grace period is over for new New Japan. Now their champion is an obedient cuck and every top heel in the country is the Joker.

https://youtu.be/8m_B05pmAVs
WHERE MY BROTHERS AT

>>19952796
The facial hair doing wonders

Bustah

>>19954831
quite salvaged despite the Tone demands and meddling and contract tampering and undermining and..... but seriously Nooj still has the touch and core feeling to get the job done. This Silver Era was finding its feet after the Tana Arc finale at kingdom and all the pieces are in place now to have the continued great wrestling begin to mesh with the new elite story that takes off from the cup tourney.

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>>19954831
This poster is beautiful.

>>19952796
based colossal kraut

>>19954703
Jay White effect

>>19954831
This genuinely isnt a New Japan show and they should stop doing these until they're able to actually have one in the US.

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>>19952796

[Catastrophic News] Rocky Romero is back

>>19955584
He's also the one trying to drag Persephone away from CMLL. He will be dealt with eventually.

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>Special live broadcast with Shota! Chat with the 100 Questions Game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxlH5PC8oRc

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Say happy birthday to the humble wolf!

>>19956399
They buried him for no reason and now his first singles in korakuen can't even draw. I feel bad for him

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The Age of Men is over.

Don Fale will defeat Aaron Wolf

>>19956493
Puroresu saved just like that

>>19956493
the ungriming of Shin Nihon might happen if they can survive 2026

CJNG killed /lucha/

>>19956493
He can finally have that rematch with himself

>>19957870
theyre safe with us, hermanos

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oof

I can never bring myself to watch Fantasticamania

>>19956493
The dimes were always going to the next evolution of man but this just hammers it home.

>>19959102
grim

>>19959398
I love it every year but the supply of Japanese talent feels so dry this year. Couldn't even get DOUKI or Uemura or YOH to be involved, so we get House of Torture copy/paste 6 mans and the only difference is Okumura is there

6 hours until New Japan starts to transition back to being mostly skippable

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>>19959398
you missing out hermano. are you just not a fan of lucha?

>>19955885
Face Break Shot through the skull temple, hitting in sync with a Blue Thunder Bomb while he is lifted in the spin portion to propel the momentum even more; that should do the trick [dispose of za rat and make mr.sakazaki the real jap representative of the Empire in one fell swoop]

>>19961061
I'll admit I haven't seen much but nothing has compelled me. In NJPW there was Mistico vs Hiromu in the past couple years at a show and I thought it was fucking dreadful and like Mistico was mostly at fault. I did like the CMLL guys a couple WTLs ago, Soberano Jr. and Atlantis Jr. were a cool, skilled team (I heard Soberano went heel like immediately after and changed his look or something) and I liked Zandokan Jr.'s look and energy. But again nothing compelled me to explore more.

>>19955525
'eurobeat club bouncer for a dutch clog dancehall' gimmick with phantasmo when?

>>19961395
Oh and how could I forget Titan, I will admit I think he is great and he is always a highlight in the BOSJ. Fucking loved him vs MAO last year, probably one of my favourite matches.

>>19955508
agreed, but how are the unarmed hostages supposed to fight back against the kidnapper with daddy's multi-billion dollar, futuretech, black ops, pachyderm cluster, quadbarrel shotgun down their throat

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>>19949243
2/26 Korakuen (6:30pm)
50 minutes till SHO-time.

>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

VIVA MEXICOOOOOOO

now that nobody is reading, slightly disrespectful to have half the roster traveling to the USA with FM still ongoing.

Why not force Umino and co to do some dates here

the only 2 korakuen sellouts new japan will se all year

that belt looks dumb as fuck, like something out of tjpw

>>19961803
Theres guys that definitely could use that extra experience and can fill the massive hole left. Tana just chose the usual crew and begged Shingo to show up lol

aside from the armbar kato does nothing to impress me. i hope he finds something in mexico

Based Torture Tiger

Why isnt Kojima in New Japan Cup but they have space for Yujiro and Chase Owens?

MIMA NOOOOOOOOOO

keep him as black tiger please

Zane cant talk for shit but he's got good personality

>>19961915
Apparently he's still just doing a bit, but his Instagram handle is literally blacktigercmll so he really really wants it

i want soberano to land on me :3

>>19954831
I’m not sure if KOB will be able to carry those two shitters to a passable match but respect if they can manage it.

>Hachioji without Hiromu
oof

Atlantis Jr. must be the most unfairly "hated" wrestler ever.

>>19962117
If the spics don't want him, Nooj should get him

>>19962117
I dont know the core reason but it's spread over here

BASADO

Theyre both wearing purple wtf

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>>19962144
Saints Row bitch!

>>19962117
Why tho

what the fuck

wtf are they doing

a wee bit messy

Decent but not as good as the Averno match

Kek he said Tokyo Dome for that

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2026 will see the 33rd annual Best of the Super Jr. tournament across 14 events between May 14 and June 7. Since 1994, the tournament has determined the very best junior heavyweight in the world, with Kosei Fujita taking the mantle in 2025, the youngest to ever do so. Who will be named BOSJ for 2026? The tournament lineup will be announced soon, but tonight we can reveal the event schedule!

Night 1: Thursday May 14 Tokyo Korakuen Hall

Night 2: Saturday May 16 Tokyo Esforte Arena Hachioji

Night 3: Sunday May 17 Tokyo Yoyogi National 2nd Gymnasium

Night 4: Wednesday May 20 Tokyo Korakuen Hall

Night 5: Friday May 22 Osaka Asue Arena

Night 6: Saturday May 23 Hyogo Acrie Himeji

Night 7: Sunday May 24 Kyoto KBS Hall

Night 8: Wednesday May 27 Shizuoka Kira Messe Numazu

Night 9: Friday May 29 Niigata Tsubame Citizens Gymnasium

Night 10: Saturday May 30 Toyama Takaoka Techno Dome

Night 11 & 12: Tuesday June 2 & Wednesday June 3 Tokyo Korakuen Hall

Night 13: Friday June 5 Gunma G Messe

Night 14 (Final): Sunday June 7 Tokyo Ota City Gymnasium

>>19962223
>literally half the tournament in Tokyo
A bit much, maybe?

>>19962621
naw the Wato-Akira-JYPunk mini musketeers race to the top workrate and character drama finna rejuvenate the scene

>>19963472
biggest crowd of the year

>>19962117
is it just the lucha thing where they boo all Jrs/nepobabies?

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>Rocky Romero on the AEW/NJPW/CMLL partnership, says it’s essential when they’re going against WWE:

>“What’s cool about it is AEW, especially Tony Khan, has so much respect and love for New Japan and New Japan has always been supportive of AEW. I think it’s a partnership that really works and obviously it’s an essential partnership when you’re going against someone who has such a huge market share in WWE. So, I think it’s very strategic and now that we’ve thrown CMLL into the mix, these 3 big promotions really working fluidly together and working on storylines that cross all 3 promotions and having talent go from each company and champions.

>I think the people who make out the most in this are fans because the fans get to see these dream matches and these dream situations. I think the fans are the ones who are winning the most on this."

>(via Fox News)

https://x.com/TheDrainmaker/status/2026996624455799050

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>>19964140
>What’s cool about it is AEW, especially Tony
>I think the people who make out the most in this are fans because the fans get to see these dream matches and these dream situations

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>>19964140
>these 3 big promotions really working fluidly together and working on storylines that cross all 3 promotions
Lol, lmao even. I dont think a single NJPW storyline has appeared in AEW. If anything Tony activity undermines them

>>19964140
Yup, Rocky nails it. Fuck E-Drones

>>19963570
Atlantis is overpushed while Jr is seen as a nepobaby. Its kinda Shota-esque mixed with Big Dog Roman.

>>19965149
it just seems weird that they have a cultural convention for the "son of" whatever wrestlers but then they just get fucking booed lol

>>19964140
what fucking storylines lol

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The Storyline: I take your toy because you aren't using it!

All Kidani and Tana had to do was hug Okada enough. Your loss.

>>19965947
forgot the part "or even if you are using it, or it's contracted, or if undermines a character, or if it does not make work sense, neither taking into account the health or future of the business that I entered artificially so uprooting all dynamics that keep things barely scraping by as it was, and in no way with regard for custom or decency. forget that, I finish my collection, does anybody realize how many years wasting away in luxury I had to wait seeing my TEW file not grabbing hold of the real life toys but only electronic versions, please nobody stand in the way of my toybox so I can relieve my suffering. arigatto in advance my new first ever friends, TK.

A strange feud has broken out between Kenoh and Yano.
Here’s the timeline:

>February 10
An article is published in Weekly Pro-Wrestling (ShuPro) in which Tsuji says things like, “I’ve put my contract renewal on hold and am currently working NJPW shows as a freelancer,” and “The company’s upper management should think about what kind of product wrestlers actually are.”

Kenoh uploads a video to YouTube quoting that ShuPro article. He criticizes Tsuji, saying, “For the champion to make comments like this in a magazine that comes out the day before a title match will only make NJPW fans anxious,” and “If you have complaints about the company, don’t just casually mention them in a magazine article — make it a proper, dramatic angle.”

>February 11
Right before NJPW’s Osaka show, Tsuji posts on X that he has signed a contract with NJPW, adding, “In this social media information age, don’t forget to find out the true nature of things for yourself.”

After winning the main event, Tsuji says in the ring, “Hey, Bushiroad! We wrestlers aren’t trading cards!” (Bushiroad is NJPW’s parent company and is heavily involved in character businesses like CCGs/TCGs.)

Bushiroad President Kidani posts on X, apologizing to card game fans:
“At today’s NJPW Osaka event, a wrestler used the term ‘card game’ as a negative example. Some of you may have felt uncomfortable, and for that we apologize.”

Yano goes live on his own YouTube channel. While clearly drunk, he criticizes Kenoh, calling him “a YouTuber who farms views with gossip” and saying, “Come say that to my face.”

>February 13
Kenoh does a live YouTube stream unboxing newly released Bushiroad trading cards. It’s obviously poking fun at Tsuji’s comment, but he deliberately avoids directly mentioning it during the stream.

>February 14
Kidani replies to Kenoh on X: “Thank you for your purchase.”

>February 18
Backstage at NJPW’s Yoyogi show, Tsuji clarifies that his Osaka comment was simply meant to convey, “Let’s work hard together from here on.” He then shakes hands with President Tanahashi.

>February 20
Kidani quotes an old ShuPro article on X and posts, “Nostalgic. Naito connected everything back to pro wrestling. That’s why I was able to go along with it.”

>February 26
Kenoh appears on YouTube wearing a black suit and apologizes. However, he does not apologize to Yano or NJPW. Instead, he apologizes to his channel’s fans for having allowed Yano and others to label the Kenoh Channel as “gossip YouTubers” (yes, it’s complicated).

All of this has sparked heated discussion among both NOAH and NJPW fans.

There are almost no voices criticizing Kenoh.
As for Yano, many fans are criticizing him for complaining without having read the ShuPro article or watched Kenoh’s video. The archive of his livestream from two weeks ago has been flooded with critical comments from both NOAH and NJPW fans.

Regarding Tsuji, some fans express disappointment that he had a real chance to position himself as an anti-establishment hero, but ultimately let it fizzle out ambiguously.

There are also complaints from NJPW fans that Kenoh is the one doing everything that NJPW’s own wrestlers should have been doing in the first place.

The question now is whether this feud can be properly translated into something meaningful in the ring.
Some people are calling for a Kenoh vs. Yano match to settle things, but personally, I don’t think that would make for a particularly interesting match…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvIrfU0Jgok

>>19967125
>>19967128
Yano is unironically right but but the fans are right to be mad about how docile the roster is and Tsuji is a fucking idiot. Tana guy or not at least read the room and double down when you already talked shit about soft-locking outsiders from the hebbyq

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>the yen gets weaker every day cuz they just had to elect a foid as PM
>the wrestlers in the top promotion are dimeless pussies who talk like idols and have nothing interesting or confrontational to say
>the only real stars left in the whole business is a guy in his mid 40s who's blind and moves like he's 70 and a "le wacky faces wearing black" joshi wrestler
>veterans are doing youtube drama
It's never been so over

The Paramount news has made me realise how I don't want the majority of the AEW wrestlers in NJPW. It's also been nice without their faggy fanbase pretending to watch NJPW

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>>19949243
2/27 Korakuen (6:30pm)
The final day. 20 minutes till SHO-time

>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

YOH what the fuck we needed you

Averno is fucking based

>>19967128
Tsuji was wrong for apologizing for the card comment
Kenoh was wrong for gossiping just for clickbait
Yano was the worst since he got worked and very surprising to see him be a bootlicker

lol what was that

poor nobu fighting for his life trying to keep him up

>>19967725
>Kenoh was wrong for gossiping just for clickbait
He wasn't gossiping, he was reporting a interview that Tsuji had done and was criticizing his statement (and i think Tsuji should had just renewed his contract in silence without saying anything). If he was gossipping also Shurpro was gossipping since they were the one who published that interview.

Anyway this just prove that you can work in the top company and have the best environment set for you but still can't sell yourself to your own public
He's not acting like a ace, and as much as can dislike Kenoh, he was right about that.

>Magnus lost
Gay

I guess CMLL dont want him with the name but man what a missed opportunity for something interesting to actually happen

nobody's cared for tiger mask since liger jannetty'd the 3rd one. let the gimmick die.

YAHWER

Damn look at these guys actually gatch the people diving

based ug time

the ref fucked templario from leaving the ring

>>19967872
fucking Marty

Damn that bounce off the ring

homeboy got his gengar jacker

Based Tiger Mistico

daaaaaamn this nigga spikey

Soberano should win New Japan Cup

COME ON MISTICO

soberano way too cautious that piledriver was ass

>>19967919
yeah he's screwing up some spots

Goto watch out these mexicans stole your young boy

Bro has a UFC jersey on

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charlton using hana kimura to get woke on us to end the show

there's been better tours but these will never not be fun. just please ask for more talent to participate. not trying to watch yujiro takahashi on the lucha show

>>19967580
Outside of a few names like Okada, Andrade and Briscoe I can't think of many names I'd want here.

>>19967761
NJPW fags didn't even know about that ShuPro interview and the content of it until KENOH mentioned it. It really tells how much they care about Tsuji kek

why the fuck Kenoh has a YouTube clickbait channel to begin with

>>19968932
A lot of wrestlers have a thing on the side, some like KENOH have a youtbe channel, some a note blog and others a bar.

>>19949243
Will someone make a gamethread for tonight's show?

>>19949243

>>19968932
Hes had a youtube channel for a while after people like Hiromu, Yano and Taichi made one. He ended Kongo with a self produced show streamed on his channel, the beginning of the end

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>>19949243
>>19969438
New Beginning USA Gamethread >>19969441

>>19971024
really is a based poster even the selection and then arrangement of the players make use of the limits of this show while placing it within the larger nooj story props if they lurk here or chris can pass it on to whoever

Trannies getting instaworked by Newman lol

>>19971514
maybe Ospreay wasnt being a bong cody and only getting jobs for his friends and this kid does have it in him to pull the uno-reverse of the century and actually unbrainwash Ospreay and recruit him back to Nuj after milking tony for health insurance for the surgery and subverting expectations of newman getting poached himself

it is fucking EMPTY in that building

>>19971876
its not a bad crowd but NJPW's production outside of Japan is so fucking bad you can barely tell

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https://x.com/DaizonNonaka/status/2027539641562440046

>>19971514
incredible how many people who love to talk "the business" and how savvy they are will get pulled right into whatever the fuck is said anywhere regardless of alignment

>more titles for Takeshita in 14 months than any new gen guy in the company after 6 years minus Tsuji
The worst priorities in the business these people have

>>19973799
giving takeshita something is not necessarily a mistake but then making him some weird tweener that waffles between face/heel and ends up getting like 0 fan support was terrible

and they do need to give the other young guys more
both Oiwa and Uemura should be carrying belts

>>19973799
Takeshita is so above everybody on the NJPW roster that it looks like a different sport.
The generation is done, unsalvable.

>>19974407
in constructively disagreeing, id flat out say nah, matchwise most of the main players are right with him or rise up when called, and others are sitting with the potential stored only that we havent personally viewed yet on a broadcast but it is still there in waiting.
so the top of the card could be relatively equal and should be booked competitively (not saying anything groundbreaking but this would require unmeddled booking).
as a matter of fact where Takesh does differ from his homebound rivals ends up offset balancing even with their faults leaving them again in similar standing. the dojo boys have fleshed out gimmicks and character work but are missing the freak physicality and satisfied angles. on the flip takeshita is the height athlete placed to mog everyone in the stories (that comes off undeservedly due to the promotions outside presentation) but is slightly free of a bombastic personality (that he can have but isnt implemented yet in the big leagues) and lacks as meaningful interactions due to in part poached bouncing around

who here is ready for yota tsuji vs leona fujinami?

>>19974960
who names their son Leona

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>King of Darkness #EVIL suddenly appeared in the ring of New Japan in 2015
>In 2020, he betrayed his friends and led the new unit HOUSE OF TORTURE until it became a huge evil organization.
>We look back at the many fierce battles from his first appearance until his last match as a member of New Japan Pro Wrestling on January 20, 2026, as well as the many evil deeds that will make you want to cover your eyes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YzFktVht00

So, how NJPW fags here feel that now takeshita has another belt but didn't win it in 15 min? The comments on the official backstage are pretty rough

>>19975150
anything better than ELP

>>19975147
LIJ EVIL doesn't even take up 50% of the highlights and they skipped like a whole year from getting caged to the SANADA title feud lol

2 notes I have from this confirmation that SANADA's rut at the start of 2020 was just a red herring and EVIL was always the one to turn even before COVID hit. Also got context to EVIL breaking Milano's toy, it was a gift </3

And regardless of size, these pre-COVID crowds feel so much more into what's happening than they do for anything else now and you can even say the same about pre-2015 crowds. Gonna take years of solid booking before you get a pop like EVIL pinning Okada in the G1 again

grim

Well, at least nothing else grim can happen this weekend...

we need regime change at Bushiroad...

>>19975150
I don't really care outside of the fact that they have absolutely nothing for him to do so they just give him yet another belt, and of course him getting the G1 and 3 belts this quickly while multiple Jrs and Heavies float around with minimal accomplishments or none at all

>>19974407
Soulless. Just does a series of moves with no rhyme or reason behind them because he can. Same deal with Will and now Fletcher. Zero psychology and can’t sell.

>>19975147
Putting a heel who spends every match cheating nonstop in the forefront of an era where fans can't cheer is generational booking malpractice.

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>This was just my introduction to all the NJPW fans. #Newark

>LOSING A BATTLE YOU FIND A NEW WAY TO WIN THE WAR.
>@njpwglobal @njpwworld @njpw1972
>The eyes in both championships!!!!

https://x.com/AndradeElIdolo/status/2027709699932520641

Honestly totally sold on Tsuji at this point, his 2026 is easy, make him beat all the former champions and put AEW guys in Boston Crabs until WK. The main focus has got to be making one of the other younger guys a credible rival for him to fight there, don't really care who but they need to pick someone and get the ball rolling right now.

>>19975511
We have a whole month of it to look forward to

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>mfw GayEW fans asking for Boltin to show up on GayEW shows

>>19975606
Kidani has minority ownership now. Tick tock

Unbound Co. x PalWorld collab

So who's winning the Grim Japan Cup?

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>>19982597
I want Uemura or Oiwa but I fear something shitty like Newman

If they have any brains they would have Ishii beat Narita to set up a NEVER title match.

>>19972512
basado nuja's character environment is so rich slotting people in and retains interest in matchups even if booking slacks and these vestiges of the old peak njp/cmll/ogroh make it feel like we can climb those heights again

>>19984200
Taichi should beat him and they both get title matches

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>>19982597
Finals

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>>19951806
>>19951892
Seconding that '93 match vs. Choshu. Nigga shoot puts a bootprint over his eye, it's awesome

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>>19975147
>The man who built the era and value of New Japan Junior #Hiromu Takahashi
>Looking back on the many fierce battles from his debut match on August 24, 2010 to his last match as a member of New Japan Pro Wrestling on February 11, 2026, and his thoughts on his dreams.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDTEEZIWRF8

They'll give Finlay one, right?

>>19982597
Pulling for Goto, I want to see him hold the V4.

so which jap ends up leaving in 2027?

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>>19986005
All of them.

>>19986005
SHO
Makabe retires (please)
SANADA if he doesn't leave before then

ム

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it's sinple

we kill the card gamers

Which Young Lion should come back from excursion in a box?

>>19987224
Zanejayhausen

>>19987224
Uminodroid after his DDT excursion

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the future is bright

>>19974407
takeshita is a spot monkey faggot who brings shame and disgrace upon all associated with him. he was literally on DDT shows getting humped from the back as IWGP champion, he should be killed.

>>19987224
Not a young lion but Iizuka. They put it next to Nogami, then the music plays and Iizuka busts out and drags him into the box

>>19975147
>>19985446
You can see the deterioration in Naito's movement in real time in these

>>19988984
Watching Naito/Okada's first title match compared to their G1 final is wild. Their speed is halved

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>>19988302
kino

>>19987216
spurned-lawman P.I. who moonlights as a snuff nightcrawler while under the cover of an inside CCG racketeer would be industry saving

>>19987890
but not a bright as The Morning Sun! how can genetics, and necks, and apeing shibata withstand a storm of heat!

>>19987890
Narita and Tsuji were actually on fire after their returns. Big mistake on their part. Gotta pay your dues when you return. Just like Hiromu di-
oh right >>19985446

Why the fuck does the world champion still not have a match at the anniversary show?

>>19990180
Okada's classic robe era was kino

>>19990217
and kidani mandated too
what a nice boss getting his hands dirty meddling down in the mud wit da boys

grim

Actually a "classic" style wrestler could work very well in current NJPW

Actually a good booker could work very well in current NJPW

>>19990735
booking wrestling is basically the easiest thing.
>You win
>you lose
>go there and wrestle

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reminder that New Japan Pro-Wrestling is a shi'ite fed and /njpw/ stands with the Islamic Republic of Iran

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>>19990910
That's right, habibi. Death to all Crackas

Totally different countries

>>19990271
if it was up to okada he'd still doing the balloon gimmick

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god i hate when they talk like this

>>19991167
they come across like jilted lovers

>>19991167
I like Uemura, but him saying that when he never won anything. This is something a top guy should say

>>19991167
eh, at least somebody is showing a little fire.
Fewer tributes, less crying, and more of this mentality.

Rocky Romero believes contract structure in wrestling needs to evolve, explaining that while it’s tradition in Japan to renew deals at the same time each year, he’s long supported stability through longer agreements. He said, “I’ve always been an advocate to sign people to multi-year deals,” adding that having so many contracts expire right after Wrestle Kingdom can be disruptive: “To come out of that and then have a whole completely new roster or changes in the roster, I think it’s just too much at once and it’s not good for the fan base.” Romero suggested staggered deals like “a year and three months, a year and six months” to give promotions more flexibility.

He also praised former Harold Meij for locking in top talent long-term, noting, “The first thing he did was sign Okada to like a five year contract.” While not everyone operates on the same timeline, Romero said there’s been a conscious effort to spread contracts out. When discussing dual deals, he referenced The Young Bucks and their old Ring of Honor contracts, explaining they had carve-outs to work for New Japan Pro-Wrestling. “It wasn’t exactly a dual contract, but a lot of people would have carve outs… to wrestle for New Japan x amount of times per year.” Now, he says, “I think now is the era of the dual contract or, for some people, triple contracts.”

Romero believes these partnerships are necessary in today’s landscape, especially with WWE looming large. “I think it makes sense for all the partners who are doing business regularly… We’ve kind of all, on the other side, have unionized together a bit.” He pointed to AEW talent appearing across promotions as proof of that collaboration.

Romero believes these partnerships are necessary in today’s landscape, especially with WWE looming large. “I think it makes sense for all the partners who are doing business regularly… We’ve kind of all, on the other side, have unionized together a bit.” He pointed to AEW talent appearing across promotions as proof of that collaboration. Romero also said Kazuchika Okada signing with AEW ensured he could face Hiroshi Tanahashi in his final match, stating, “I think Okada proved that he was the guy that should have been the guy in Tanahashi’s final match… It was an incredible night.” He added that moment likely wouldn’t have happened if Okada had gone elsewhere, saying, “I’m glad that he ended up signing with AEW.”

>>19992930
>He added that moment likely wouldn’t have happened if Okada had gone elsewhere
Yeah because Tanahashi would have got his first choice of Nakamura instead

Since Japanese people are quiet during matches can you easily hear guys calling spots?

Rocky Romero needs to be renditioned to a CIA black site

feel the grimness

>>19993019
Oiwa and Yuto were calling spots very loudly at NYD lol

>Tomohiro Ishii sustains neck injury; Satoshi Kojima to take his place in New Japan Cup tour

>njpw1972.com/632179

>#njpw #njcup

https://x.com/njpwglobal/status/2028667176836809080

Disappointing cuz I expected Ishii to get a shock win or 2 starting with Narita. Hopefully that's still the plan and we get a Kojima NEVER match out of it.

But also why the fuck wasn't Kojima in the tournament already?

Oh lordie, it's only Monday and the grim is starting.

he has a neck?

>>19996263
Well, a little less of one now

>>19996244
>Korakuen shows struggling to break a thousy
>DOOKIE is the anniversary main event
>NJC finals wont break 3 thousy cuz they decided to run it 2 days in a row with literally 0 stars
it's just the beginning

>>19992897
>>19992930
Rocky Romero is definitely a habitual liar and bullshitter

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>The "NEW JAPAN CUP 2026" is finally about to begin!

>New Japan Pro-Wrestling's official LINE account conducted a "winner prediction survey" and many of you voted.
>A total of 5,512 votes were submitted! What will be the results of your predictions?

>11th place: Yuto-Ice = 198 votes
>10th place: Jake Lee = 209 votes
>9th place: Ryohei Oiwa = 213 votes
>8th place: Hirooki Goto = 234 votes
>7th place: Wolf Aaron = 311 votes
>6th place: Ren Narita = 322 votes
>5th place: Shingo Takagi = 463 votes
>4th place: Zack Sabre Jr. = 484 votes
>3rd place: Shota Umino = 522 votes
>2nd place: Callum Newman = 523 votes

And...
>1st place: Uemura Yuya = 812 votes!

>>19997486
For comparison, here's what 2025's poll survey looked like (6,335 votes)

>10th place: Taichi = 215 votes
>9th place: David Finlay = 287 votes
>8th place: Zack Sabre Jr. = 309 votes
>7th place: EVIL = 380 votes
>6th place: Yota Tsuji = 425 votes
>5th place: Shingo Takagi = 523 votes
>4th place: Tetsuya Naito = 657 votes
>3rd place: Shota Umino = 660 votes
>2nd place: Gabe Kidd = 784 votes
>1st place: Yuya Uemura = 951 votes!

>>19991167
Sounds based
Naito, Bushi and Hiromu are all traitorous little bitches and I hope they suffer career ending injuries

they're not trading cards they're living breathing human beings with souls

>>19995923
kek i can't believe Ishii is actually landing a contract in America at 50+ years old

>>19997692
That's the power of bangerinos.

>>19997681
Yota Tsuji fucking sucks

found the cardgamer

>>19997692
And they're actively trying to kill him

>>19997486
>>19997490
>800 less voters than last year
Uh oh

>>19997969
many people are saying this

>>19998210
Are these people in the room with us right now?

>>19997141
most humble Muto shirt

>>19998413
Online. People are making fun of him on the japanese side

If Fale wins Bushiroad will be the next Kyoani

when is evil making his aew debut

>>20000168
Should've made them the US Embassy in Saudi for beating Wolf in 2 minutes

>>19997141
gigadimes. they should main event the dome in 2027

>>19999458
kek

>>19998204
grim

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Reiwa Inoki demoted to ROH

>>20001736
If what I'm seeing is true, poor Okada.

Taro Okada works more high profile matches than his cousin Kazuchika

is now a good time to sub?

I can't wait for Okada to come back

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>the 2nd most successful guy in picrelated is the guy who left 6 months after

[Sad news] They changed the New Japan Cup theme

>>20002517
Is he? I never hear or see anything about the Tongans or Cobb

Don’t mind me just checking what the GETs were… err wonder who’s gonna win the New Japan Cup guys?!

>>19999992
>>20000000

NJC Day 1 gamethread >>20002839

Tanahashi is gonna have to do another 10 point damage control conference at this rate

>1,136人

>>20003241
>March 7, 2024 (Thursday) Korakuen Hall 1,324 people
>March 8, 2025 (Saturday) Korakuen Hall 1,508 people (sold out)
>March 4, 2026 (Wednesday) Korakuen Hall 1,136 people

>>20002517
he just shows up in smackdown to be the bump guy of someone else

Wolf's still getting huge reactions even after his humiliating loss to Narita but I kinda get why they stalled his push a little.
Man's got them bitchtits, needs to hit the gym ASAP.

>>20003241
>>20003403
>2 tournament matches per show
>running Tokyo 3 days in a row including Ota
>0 stars
>1 guy with potential star power and attention that you killed in Osaka in front of the sold out crowd HE drew, then kill him some more
It truly is the dark ages. Stardom will carry Bushiroad wrestling from here.

>Tsuji makes dimes return
>Loses his first few singles matches, killing his aura instantly
>Yuya is doing great as a babyface during last G1
>Loses to fucking Finlay, doesn't even make it past his block and then is stuck in a team with Shota Boomino
>Wolf makes dimes debut
>Loses to lowcard heel shitters with no heat
What's with NJPW and making all of their young guys lose momentum ? Why the constant humiliation ritual ? What's the point ?

Wtf are they doing with Wolf?!

Lazy Negro Japan Pro-Wrestling doesn't have full cards up for tomorrow or for the anniversary show on Friday yet

>>20004216
A program leading up to Dominion for the TV Asahi guys, probably want a simple running story casuals can follow. Lame for the regular viewers who want to see him be more than a HoT punching bag.

New Japan Cup is ALREADY turning into a huge, grim fucking disaster. FML...

>>20005181
>HoT DOUKI vs Master "60/40 on slipping on a springboard" Wato for a main event. Anything over 1200 because you won't just book the undercard ahead of time is a miracle

this nigga named dookie

finlay debuted in aew
no wwe

Everyone thought he is going to wwe. Guess Gabe Kidd has convinced the money mark to hire all the war dogs

They signed Gabe lol

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So, it happened AGAIN.

NJPW is developmental for AEW after all

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Grim shit just keeps happening...

>>20006599
Why didn’t Drilla Maloney came out?

yappari, njpw is an aew ass-penetrated company

>>20006599
this one really makes me sad bros.

shin nihon ichiban eh?

Yappari, Japanese fans' opinions on AEW and Tony Khan just got even lower

It's okay, they can still show up once a year to take a Wrestle Kingdom spot from an actual NJPW exclusive wrestler.

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our BROTHERS react to the news

>>20006856
Damn they really are cucks

>>20005396
That's my fear. It's just the WK feud but worse.