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business nigga

finnerISM I

Darg gart

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https://x.com/hotondotanukiii/status/2055601029400653956

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let's freakin' go shiochads

what

shoulda been Go

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Go handprint

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DDT show done, will wait for the VOD

bump

business nigga vs Odashima now on Monday Magic

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The good old times.

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fuck rocky

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yep

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smoking that kaito pack

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Daisuke with my old middle school fit

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https://x.com/W_UNIVERSE2020/status/2058896112329933096

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*paints you*

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put Honda on the Bachelorette cowards

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imagine this goofy ahh nigga on the bachelorette

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fuck dave

so cyberfight now owns njpw

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Last ones standing boys!

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Oh boy, look who showed up.

Kyushu is the future

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lmao /puro/chads won

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meanwhile

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should've sold to Vinny Mac

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basado

https://x.com/Katsuhiko_N311/status/2060687737280438582

CA should open up their sub 1k person venue

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>GLEAT Takehiro Yamamura Triumphant Local Return

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finnerman visits the temple
https://x.com/Katsuhiko_N311/status/2060911634256957611

Glad Shinya Aoki decided to clock in.

>>20572974
Thanks Shinya Aoki, as much as I like MAO I need them to cook better and longer for a future YukiMAO single.

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>>20569639
i watch for he (bundle of sticks)
even though i was rooting for him, this match between ueno and aoki next month should be fun

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So for DDT was announced:
Takao coming back next month (around the time shunma got his knee surgery he also underwent a surgery)
Sasaki showed up and was announced one of the X for his card for WPP
Train rojo in October (Kumamoto/Kumagawa railroad)
Harashima homecoming show (Ome/Tokyo) at the end of September
Yuki Ueno 10th anniversary show (Korakuen hall), mid September
and of course at the end of next month KOD title match, Ueno vs Shinya Aoki

15 minutes until DG's Hopeful Gate
first match live: https://www.youtube.com/live/Y9f5Q6Q21kM

>JACKY KAMEI, Riiita & Mochizuki Junior vs. Ryu Fuda, Homare & Kazuma Kimura
>GuC & @KEY vs. Takashi Yoshida & Problem Dragon vs. Ho Ho Lin & Punch Tominaga
>Royal Sambo Particepants: Ultimo Dragon, Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fujii, Genki Horiguchi, Yasushi Kanda, Shachihoko BOY, Madoka Kikuta, Jason Lee, Kota Minoura, KAI, ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato
>Luis Mante vs. El Cielo
>Yuki Yoshioka & Ryoya Tanaka vs. YAMATO & Naruki Doi
>Natural Vibes (Kzy, Strong Machine J, Flamita & U-T) vs. Paradox (Dragon Kid, BxB Hulk, KAGETORA & Susumu Yokosuka)

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>>20575558
>https://x.com/dna_ueno/status/2061010684671107290
>The main event of the "Yuki Ueno Debut 10th Anniversary Memorial Event (Tentative)" is...
>Yuki Ueno vs Shunma Katsumata

>I can hold my head high as DDT's champion thanks to Shunma, who always found so many good things in me and kept pushing my back.

>I'll deliver my gratitude and boast about my pride.
>9.13 will be that kind of event! It'll be fun~!

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>>20575961
>Cielo calls out Kato. Kato says he’s won the Young Dragon Cup, King of Chop, and is a double champion. Cielo escaped their cage match like a coward so if he wants to come at Kato again he needs to come with a title or some accomplishment

>>20460706
Puro l!

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nightmare blunt rotation

Anyone watch the Nakajima show yet?

>>20577770
no but they're saying he dropped the Inoki gimmick which is interesting

>[NOAH] Kenoh wants a “break” with NJPW: “If we cross paths, there’s no future.”

>NOAH’s “Mr. Pain in the Ass,” Kenoh (41), said he hopes for a state of “parallel lines” with NJPW under its new structure.

>On May 27, Bushiroad announced that it had transferred its shares in New Japan Pro-Wrestling, with TV Asahi and CyberAgent each holding approximately 46.3%. New Japan became a consolidated subsidiary of TV Asahi. CyberAgent, now a new shareholder of New Japan, is the parent company of CyberFight, which operates NOAH. Among fans, some are hoping for more active exchanges than ever before.

>Speaking to reporters, Kenoh laid out his view: “Fans are welcome to have expectations, but if we cross paths exactly the way they expect, then I think there’s no future for the pro wrestling industry.” He deliberately called for a “break,” saying, “I think it’s better if we keep this good sense of distance and never cross paths for the rest of our lives.”

>However, he does not want hostility. Looking ahead to NOAH’s comeback, he said, “It’s a question of which side can raise its corporate value more. NOAH just has to surpass them in the pecking order.” Since NOAH came under the CyberAgent umbrella first, he took an arrogant stance: “In other words, they’re the little brother, so in my heart I can act superior.”

>Having fully settled into the role of “New Japan’s big brother,” Kenoh mentioned Fujita Kosei, whom he faced at ALL TOGETHER in May 2024 at Nippon Budokan. “A long time ago, that little brat called me ‘old man.’ So this is what that was about... which means maybe that guy can predict the future,” he said, offering a theory that absolutely cannot be true. “If he has that kind of ability, he can win Best of the Super Juniors. If he wins, I’ll let him call me old man again,” he added, sending encouragement to Fujita in the middle of the league tournament. Attention will be focused on the future of both promotions.

https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/390250

■ May 2026 Attendance Rankings by Organization
1st: New Japan Pro-Wrestling: 19,261 people
2nd: Pro Wrestling Noah: 11,257 people
3rd: Stardom: 8,287 people
4th: Dragon Gate: 6,733 people
5th: All Japan Pro Wrestling: 6,621 people
6th: Marigold: 4,952 people
7th: Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling: 2,237 people
8th: Big Japan Pro-Wrestling: 1,890 people

■ January-May 2026 Attendance Rankings by Organization
1st: New Japan Pro-Wrestling: 136,703 people
2nd: Stardom: 48,670 people
3rd: Pro Wrestling Noah: 39,506 people
4th: Dragon Gate: 33,081 people
5th: All Japan Pro Wrestling: 26,839 people
6th: Marigold: 19,243 people
7th: Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling: 19,109 people
8th Big Japan Pro-Wrestling: 7,186 people

>>20583194
talk your shit kenoh. youre the senpai now

>>20581856
hm

>>20583194
Kenoh is right though. Crossover shows are dimeless as seen in the all together shows

>>20460706
Puro bump

>>20460706
I like puro

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>My beloved entrance theme,
>KICK START by @K_FORCE88,
>which I’ve continued using since 2020.
>I finally got to make my entrance together with him.
>Actually, this song
>is a special song that K-FORCE, who has known me since around the time I debuted, wrote and composed for me at the milestone of my 15th anniversary.

>#IST2026
>#中嶋勝彦
>#K_FORCE

https://x.com/Katsuhiko_N311/status/2061421905895371051

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10mRv3DO3k0

>>20590365
I just want Suwama to work a GHC program at least once before he retires. Although the only good time to do it was when Inamura was still champ because they could have hoss off

GLEAT 5/30 VOD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly4XNAvKGV0

What happened to Hikaru Sato? I heard he had to drop thee hardcore belt

baba

>>20592213
I haven't tried to read it yet but he just put up a blog post:

>An explanation about the current situation & making my note debut amid various circumstances.

https://x.com/hikaru310paipan/status/2061767229029691665

>>20592213
>>20593820
>This is Hikaru Sato (currently sidelined).
>I competed at the MONDAY MAGIC Shinjuku event held on May 25. After the match, my body suddenly stopped moving, and I was rushed to the hospital. I’m still in that hospital now.
>Up until now, I’ve been sharing event information and updates—like the photoshoot events of my regular favorite, Usako Kurusu—on platforms like X and Ameblo. However, I’ve now officially become an unemployed lump of flesh, and since I can’t exactly hang myself due to financial hardship, I’ve decided to start using note for the sake of moving forward.
>While I was writing columns for the paid site Prokaku DX, I remember thinking—based on something said in Samurai Spirits, which I used to play at Marunaka in Urayasu back in 1993—that earning money through regular writing goes against bushido. So until now, I never did it, not because anyone stopped me, but simply by choice. But this time, I received kind permission from Prokaku DX, and I’ve decided to start writing. For the record, I used Earthquake.
>What follows is a rather flippant piece of writing from someone who grew up with Masashi Ueda’s “Kariage-kun” always on the dinner table. I’ll be writing about my current condition, future outlook, how good Usako Kurusu’s face is, and how fun Toro-tan’s photoshoots are.
>As for the details of my injury, it’s an arrogant thing to say, but it’s not something that can be summed up in a single sentence.
>Even before the May 25 match, there were many times when my condition wasn’t great. Ever since I suffered a muscle contusion in my back a few years ago, my neck and lower back haven’t been in good shape either.
>That said, I’m now over 40 years old and wrestle around 200 matches a year. If I can make it home safely at the end of the day, I just call it “no problem”—that’s the kind of species a professional wrestler is.

>>20594226
>There’s a huge gap between what counts as “health” for a normal person and for a professional wrestler, and within that gap, it’s probably close to impossible to make proper judgments about your own condition.
>Up until now, saying “I’m fine” really was fine.
>Thinking back, not long ago there was a time when I took a routine move, went back to the locker room, and suddenly couldn’t move my fingers.
>I could still feel everything, but I couldn’t move my fingers at all by my own will. It was the first time I’d ever experienced something like that, so I panicked a little. Luckily, there was a trainer present at the event, and after receiving treatment in the medical room, I recovered in about 15 minutes.
>It was such a normal match that other wrestlers were even asking me, “Did something happen?” Once I was back to normal, I went home as usual, joking around like always.
>The next day, I wrestled again as if nothing had happened. I wasn’t in great condition, but I forced my body to move, pushing through it.
>My condition was clearly off, but I believed overcoming that was part of my career. After my title match with Masato Tanaka was set for May 25, I drew on every bit of healing ability I had to get myself into shape.
>Even on the day of the match, my movements during warm-up weren’t bad. I thought I’d be fine no matter how much I got hit with chairs or slammed into tables.
>But something had been wrong long before that.
>I rushed at Masato Tanaka as he made his entrance, and the match began in that aggressive fashion—but the more I tried to move like I always do, the more sensation I lost in my arms and legs.
>Of course, Masato Tanaka’s attacks were powerful. But it wasn’t just that—even as I landed my own offense, I kept losing feeling in my limbs.
>I even lost the sense that I was standing in the ring. And yet, I kept attacking, throwing a jumping high kick.

>>20594231
>With unnecessary tension gone from my body, the strike made a sound I’d never heard before as it smashed into the side of Tanaka’s head.
>In the end, I managed to slip through a narrow opening and lock in a cross armbreaker—but the first thing I said to referee Nishinaga, who stopped the match, was, “I can’t move my body.”
>A microphone was brought over, but I couldn’t move my fingers. Shuji Ishikawa and Daisuke Sekimoto came into the ring, but I couldn’t stand. By that point, I figured something must be seriously wrong inside my body. Still, I was able to leave with help from my seconds, so I thought, “Maybe I’ll be okay.”
>After giving my comments, I was laid down on the trainer’s bed behind the area. Everything hurt—but more than that, I couldn’t move anything on my own at all.
>I could tell my arms and legs were there—but I couldn’t move them.
>Even as time passed, nothing came back, but the NOAH wrestlers and staff took great care of me.
>I was then transported to a hospital—probably one where Dr. A, who has diagnosed more pro wrestlers’ necks than anyone in Japan, works.
>They immediately fitted a cervical collar on me, and after various treatments, I spent the night in bed waiting for morning.
>The next day, I had X-rays, an MRI, and a CT scan. During those tests, they told me there was something like a tumor deep in my throat, so that had to be examined as well. It turned out to just be a lump of fat, but honestly, that was the moment that hit me the hardest.
>Dr. A is an energetic person who always says, “You’ll definitely be okay.” He still works with many wrestling promotions in Japan, and even took the time to carefully explain my condition to someone like me—a freelance, bottom-tier wrestler, Hikaru Sato.
>Once most of the tests were done, the HARD HIT event carried on—encouraged by the passion of the wrestlers, staff, and fans, even with its promoter absent—and eventually there was nothing left for me to do.

>>20594236
>I couldn’t bathe, and I had to be taken to the toilet in a wheelchair. This “stinking lump of meat” also came with the strange phenomenon of my beard growing longer by the day.
>And now, one week has passed since I was hospitalized.
>At present, I can walk on my own without a walker. I can move my hands by my own will and eat meals. The numbness is mostly gone.
>However, the strength in my arms and legs is only about 30–40% of what it was before the injury.
>My grip strength—though different between left and right—has dropped significantly.
>This doesn’t mean I can return “immediately” to my normal life or to being a pro wrestler.
>This is something Dr. A told me, and I want not only wrestlers but also fans to remember it:
>This injury is to my neck—the worst possible place this time. When Dr. A pointed at a cross-sectional image of my neck, it was clearly quite deformed.
>Apparently, this had been developing for at least five years. And almost all pro wrestlers have this condition.
>By continuing to take opponents’ moves and repeatedly training, the body gradually becomes deformed. A wrestler’s body changes because “if it adapts, it can endure.” And one day, that strain explodes—that’s what happened to Hikaru Sato now.
>When a certain female wrestler got injured, some idiot on social media said, “It’s because she didn’t train.” I’m not going to tell you to stop watching wrestling altogether, but I do think you should stop twisting facts just to satisfy your own need for validation.
>Because my recovery has been relatively good so far, I’ll continue living while undergoing rehabilitation.
>Right now, I’m not even at the stage of aiming for a “comeback.” It’s possible I may never return. At the very least, this won’t be something where people say, “Oh, he came back surprisingly quickly.”
>It’s not that I’ve given up—I’m just not even at the starting line yet.

>>20594243
>Embarrassingly enough, what this injury made me realize most is that “Hikaru Sato was not alone.”
>I’m loud and obnoxious backstage at shows, but deep down I’ve always thought, “Yeah, but no one really wants to be around Hikaru Sato.” That’s honestly the kind of person I am—kind of a gloomy one.
>But so many wrestlers and fans immediately stepped up when I was in trouble. There are too many to even mention here. Thank you, truly.
>Now I’m thinking about how I can repay that.
>When I was 19, at a Pancrase event in Sendai, I rode the Shinkansen with Minoru Suzuki.
>He handed me 2,000 yen and told me to go buy two boxed meals.
>When I came back, he said, “One of those is yours.” I wondered if it was really okay to accept something like that from Minoru Suzuki, so I hesitated at first. Then he told me:
>“This is something someone did for me when I was young. They told me, ‘When you’re able to afford it, do the same for the younger guys.’ So now I’m doing it for you. That’s how pro wrestling continues.’”
>As long as you live as a professional wrestler, you can’t avoid injuries. But you can help injured wrestlers.
>The injury I suffered—and the experience I gained from it—I want to pass on in a way that helps those who step into the ring in the future. More than repaying it with money, I want to give back to pro wrestling itself. That’s how I feel.
>This rehabilitation life, with no clear end in sight, will continue. But if I sound too tragic, people will say it’s a “rehab scam,” and if I sound too carefree, they’ll say, “Oh, he’s actually fine.” It’s a tricky balance.
>Even so, please continue to support the pro wrestling you find interesting. You can watch it as something heavy and painful, or light and fun. Pure virtue isn’t the only thing that makes pro wrestling compelling.

>>20594246
>But seriously—every single one of you, be careful about injuries!
>And also, don’t get your hopes up—the nurses at hospitals these days don’t make even a 1% mistake! Even if you start thinking something stupid like, “Maybe Anzai could make something happen,” you’re still just going to be a stinking lump of meat!
>Alright, see you again

>>20594226
Damn I didn't realize it was that bad. Sounds like he's done and now it's a question of can he regain enough health to function in every day life.

Puro Attendance Numbers

New Japan - 135,666 (64 shows, 2,119 avg)
Stardom - 48,637 (49 shows, 992 avg)
NOAH - 39,067 (41 shows, 9 w/o reported attendance, 1,220 avg)
Dragon Gate - 32,450 (73 shows, 2 w/o attendance, 457 avg)
All Japan - 26,839 (27 shows, 994 avg)
Marigold - 19,243 (39 shows, 493 avg)
Tokyo Joshi Pro - 12,168 (25 shows, 1 w/o reported attendance, 507 avg)
Kyushu Pro - 10,976 (13 shows, 5 w/o reported attendance, 1,372 avg)
Big Japan - 6,842 (34 shows, 5 w/o reported attendance, 235 avg)
Oz Academy - 6,031 (12 shows, 502 avg)
Itabashi Pro - 5,931 (9 shows, 1 w/o reported attendance, 741 avg)
Michinoku Pro - 4,408 (32 shows, 24 w/o reported attendance, 551 avg)
GLEAT - 3,925 (21 shows, 4 w/o reported attendance, 230 avg)
WAVE - 3,627 (23 shows, 2 w/o reported attendance, 172 avg)
Marvelous - 3,492 (10 shows, 9 w/o reported attendance)
FREEDOMS - 3,390 (14 shows, 1 w/o reported attendance, 260 avg)
2AW - 2,765 (35 shows, 9 w/o reported attendance, 106 avg)
JTO - 2,708 (40 shows, 4 w/o reported attendance, 75 avg)
Osaka Pro - 2,618 (43 shows, 34 w/o reported attendance, 290 avg)
Ice Ribbon - 2,206 (35 shows, 5 w/o reported attendance, 73 avg)
Zero1 - 1,679 (18 shows, 11 w/o reported attendance, 239 avg)
Ganbare Pro - 1,433 (8 shows, 2 w/o reported attendance, 238 avg)
SEAdLINNING - 1,380 (5 shows, 276 avg)
Strong Style Pro - 1,350 (3 shows, 2 w/o reported attendance)
Actwres Girl'Z - 1,089 (12 shows, 4 w/o reported attendance, 136 avg)