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Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 20:30:52 No.17521446 View View Reply Original Report

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Live on NJPW World:

>Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2025

4/26 Wrestling RedZone @ Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall (5:00pm)
>Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan
>Tomohiro Ishii & Taichi vs Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi
>David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, & Drilla Moloney vs EVIL, Ren Narita, & SANADA
>Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino vs Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi
>El Desperado, El Phantasmo, & Ryusuke Taguchi vs Templario, Francesco Akira, & Jakob Austin Young
>Clark Connors & Taiji Ishimori vs SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
>Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano, Boltin Oleg, YOH, & Master Wato vs Zack Sabre Jr, Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson, Robbie Eagles, & Kosei Fujita
>Katsuya Murashima vs Daiki Nagai

4/27 Yamaguchi KDDI Ishin Hall (5:00pm)
>Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, & El Desperado vs Callum Newman, Templario, & Jakob Austin Young
>Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano, Boltin Oleg, YOH, & Master Wato vs Zack Sabre Jr, Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson, Robbie Eagles, & Kosei Fujita
>David Finlay & Gedo vs EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi
>Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, & Taiji Ishimori vs Ren Narita, SANADA, SHO, & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
>Yuya Uemura, Shota Umino, Tomohiro Ishii, Taichi, & TAKA Michinoku vs Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, & BUSHI
>El Phantasmo & Jado vs Great-O-Khan & Francesco Akira
>Ryusuke Taguchi & Yuto Yasuda vs Katsuya Murashima & Daiki Nagai

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Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 20:31:33 No.17521455 Report

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>>17521446

4/30 Grandmesse Kumamoto (6:30pm)
5/1 Ichikikusukino City General Gymansium (6:30pm)

5/3 Wrestling Dontaku @ Fukuoka Convention Center (6:00pm)
>Dog Pound Cage Match: David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, & Taiji Ishimori vs EVIL, Ren Narita, SANADA, SHO, & Yoshinobu Kanemaru
>Shota Umino vs Shingo Takagi
>Hiroshi Tanahashi Final Road ~ Enishi: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Zack Sabre Jr
>El Phantasmo & Jado vs Konosuke Takeshita & X
>Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, & Ryusuke Taguchi vs Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, & Jakob Austin Young
>Yuya Uemura, Tomohiro Ishii, Taichi, & TAKA Michinoku vs Yota Tsuji, Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, & BUSHI
>Toru Yano, Boltin Oleg, YOH, & Master Wato vs Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson, Robbie Eagles, & Kosei Fujita
>Katsuya Murashima vs Daiki Nagai

5/4 Wrestling Dontaku @ Fukuoka Convention Center (3:00pm)
>IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Hirooki Goto (c) vs Callum Newman [12th champion, 5th defense]
>IWGP GLOBAL Heavyweight Championship: Yota Tsuji (c) vs Yuya Uemura [4th champion, 4th defense]
>Shota Umino, Tomohiro Ishii, Taichi, & TAKA Michinoku vs Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi, & BUSHI
>Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano, YOH, Ryota Chikuzen, & TAJIRI vs Zack Sabre Jr, Ryohei Oiwa, Robbie Eagles, Kosei Fujita, & Hartley Jackson
>El Phantasmo & Boltin Oleg vs Konosuke Takeshita & X
>Stardom Showcase
>YOSHI-HASHI & Master Wato vs Great-O-Khan & Jakob Austin Young
>MentaiKid & Batten×Burabura vs Taiji Ishimori & Gedo
>Taguchi Ryusuke & Katsuya Murashima vs Sasaki Hitamaru & Jet Wei

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Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 20:39:01 No.17521549 Report

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GRIM

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Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 20:40:37 No.17521565 Report

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>>17521446

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Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 20:44:56 No.17521623 Report

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So, when will you admit that Bushiroad and AEW killed NJPW?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 20:57:32 No.17521790 Report

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Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 21:02:17 No.17521854 Report

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>>17521446
Inoki is rolling in his grave

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 21:05:34 No.17521905 Report

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[Great News]
https://x.com/MegaTJP/status/1915674169267933686

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 21:35:07 No.17522176 Report

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Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 22:23:18 No.17522595 Report

Quoted By: >>17522617

It's officially over

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 22:26:37 No.17522617 Report

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>>17522595
Yeah, Tanahashi's career as a wrestler will be on January 4th 2026.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 22:28:39 No.17522637 Report

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>>17522617
Along with Nu Jamal ever filling the Dome halfway through ever again

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 22:41:20 No.17522759 Report

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>>17520463
what did they mean by this

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 22:41:52 No.17522765 Report

Quoted By: >>17522943

buried under wrestlemania news and naito leaving njpw.

it seems like umino tweeted a monkey emoji to shingo which was already deleted
https://x.com/Shooter_us/status/1913640300209426494

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Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 22:47:19 No.17522808 Report

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FUCK YOU NAITO-SHAN YOU WERE SHUPPOSED TO PUTSH ME OVER WHEN I BECOME SHIN ASHE !!!

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 22:50:00 No.17522829 Report

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he's here, thread is already ruined

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 22:51:38 No.17522847 Report

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Don't worry fellow Nu Jamals, Callum Newman is gonna save us

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Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 22:53:32 No.17522858 Report

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>Newman
>loses to an old man
profound

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Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 22:55:45 No.17522874 Report

Quoted By: >>17522889 >>17522942 >>17523016

>Yes, so you're gonna give me Jay White, Okada, Will Ospreay, Shibata, Kota Ibushi and Naito and we're taking Gabe Kidd and ZSJ next year too and you get nothing out of it

Yappari, I'm starting to believe the door should've stayed forbidden for a reason.

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Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 22:56:58 No.17522882 Report

Quoted By: >>17524727

>naito and bushi leaving
>callum fucking newman getting an iwgp title match
>shota bringing up the monkey
>tjp's wife having a melty and telling cobb to kill himself
wild week

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Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 22:58:11 No.17522889 Report

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>>17522874
don't forget he tweeted about Tsuji vs Uemura at WK18
he's waiting for the perfect moment...

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 23:06:08 No.17522942 Report

Quoted By: >>17527548

>>17522874
But WWE is the evil company because they stole uhhh, Jeff Cobb and Tama Tonga

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 23:06:22 No.17522943 Report

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>>17522765
Shingo brained him in the side of the head with a chair the next night as a receipt

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 23:10:45 No.17522977 Report

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God bless you Naito.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 23:12:11 No.17522992 Report

Quoted By: >>17522998

>>17521446
As an aside, Jeff Cobb had already informed NJPW that he was leaving on the date he said he was leaving, and they STILL put the tag belts on him. Bushiroad is so incompetently ran

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 23:13:18 No.17522998 Report

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>>17522992
what does this have to do with bushiroad

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 23:14:54 No.17523006 Report

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if it wasn't for Goto drawing dimes and being over as fuck, NJPW would be ranked number 1 in the race for KWABOTY 2025

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 23:15:45 No.17523016 Report

Quoted By: >>17523033

>>17522874
>Kota Ibushi
You really tried to slip that dumbass in there kek

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 23:17:49 No.17523033 Report

Quoted By: >>17523994

>>17523016
Still poached, as useless as he ended up being

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 23:18:03 No.17523036 Report

Quoted By: >>17523047

>>17522998
Eh, who owns NJPW? Who has 100% control over what happens?
Bushiroad.
Who cucked to AEW, dropped the Japanese crowd for a handful of fat American neckbeards, and lost all of their stars?
Bushiroad.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 23:19:50 No.17523047 Report

Quoted By: >>17523345 >>17523664

>>17523036
yeah i'm sure some bushiroad exec was the one who booked cobb to win the iwgp tag on that particular show

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 25 Apr 2025 23:51:14 No.17523345 Report

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>>17523047
they called an emergency meeting of the board of directors

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 00:10:42 No.17523549 Report

Quoted By: >>17523619 >>17524651

>>17521446
Could this Naito controversy be a smokescreen for retiring him? Like in reality both sides agreed that he just has to call it quits and his "freelancing" could just be making brief appearances afterwards for the sake of not making it look like the top draw isn't abruptly and awkwardly retiring, especially while Tanahashi is getting this long drawn out retirement tour with all kinds of fanfare?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 00:15:28 No.17523619 Report

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>>17523549
my headcanon is that the reason why naito left is because bushiroad is always keep booking him without rest knowing that he is the current top draw of njpw.

a 1 year break could have been fine but sadly gedo booked him to win the tag titles. possibly he had enough and left knowing that he can always get a contract from aew

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 00:18:19 No.17523664 Report

Quoted By: >>17523905

>>17523047
So, Bushiroad are clueless retards who don't know anything?
They really are responsible for the decline.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 00:34:32 No.17523905 Report

Quoted By: >>17523974

>>17523664
why would it be them and not new japan itself??

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 00:38:42 No.17523974 Report

Quoted By: >>17524077 >>17528632

>>17523905
Again, who signs-off on everything? Who owns the company? Where does the money come from?
Bushiroad.
Who let AEW take their entire main event scene from 2018-2022? Who sold out their Japanese fans for a handful of American neckbeards?
Bushiroad.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 00:39:48 No.17523994 Report

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>>17523033
The bridge was burned

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 00:45:49 No.17524077 Report

Quoted By: >>17524116

>>17523974
what makes you think that bushiroad "signs-off on everything"?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 00:48:30 No.17524116 Report

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>>17524077
Are you retarded?
That's how business works. Do you think that Endeavor/Silver Lake didn't have a say in WWE buying AAA?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 01:07:02 No.17524424 Report

Quoted By: >>17524454

>>17524116
wwe buying another company and cobb winning a fake belt aren't in the same ballpark you fucking imbecile

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 01:08:27 No.17524454 Report

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>>17524424
Nice goalpost move, bootlicker.
>what makes you think that bushiroad "signs-off on everything"?
>That's how business works. Do you think that Endeavor/Silver Lake didn't have a say in WWE buying AAA?
>wwe buying another company and cobb winning a fake belt aren't in the same ballpark you fucking imbecile

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Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 01:13:33 No.17524553 Report

Quoted By: >>17524588

>Nice goalpost move, bootlicker.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 01:15:28 No.17524588 Report

Quoted By: >>17524626

>>17524553
Talking about companies making financial decisions and you in your infinite wisdom think that the owners, the ones with the money, don't have a say in how that money is spent.
Lord have mercy.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 01:17:47 No.17524626 Report

Quoted By: >>17524675

>>17524588
do you think that champions are shoot paid more or something you baboon?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 01:19:11 No.17524651 Report

Quoted By: >>17524704

>>17523549
No because then BUSHI wouldn't leave and ditch BOSJ. I definitely don't think he's leaving to take time off even though he desperately needs it. So whoever (NOAH) gets to use him will see some nice gate movement along with the shittiest match imaginable because nobody learned anything watching him fumble all over Taichi last week muchless Ibushi.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 01:20:20 No.17524675 Report

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>>17524626
No, mongoloid.
I think that Bushiroad is retarded and has done irreparable damage to NJPW. They sign off on everything.
You think that NJPW is the problem, because you're retarded.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 01:21:45 No.17524704 Report

Quoted By: >>17524742

>>17524651
He will do a Muta and have a soulful no knees run and win the GHC. Or most grim case scenario, Tiny buys him and parades him around as a toy for his nostalgia spots

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 01:23:18 No.17524727 Report

Quoted By: >>17527557

I was enjoying Naito's tag run. I don't care if he is washed he is my guy. Fucking New Japan.

>>17522882
Apparently TJP thinks Cobbu was blocking TJP getting a heavyweight push and Cobb was being passive aggressive about the whole leader thing (pushing the whole is TJP really the captain angle) after UE already decided TJP was gonna be the captain.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 01:23:58 No.17524742 Report

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>>17524704
>Tiny buys him and parades him around as a toy for his nostalgia spots
No

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 01:25:59 No.17524770 Report

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>lets their biggest star go
>keeps their roster of generic western caws who aren't over or serious about japan and are just using them as a stepping stone to get to aew
bushiroad? more like retarded cunts

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 01:32:12 No.17524855 Report

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>>17522176
Oh shit it’s EVIL without makeup

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 01:36:34 No.17524924 Report

Quoted By: >>17525140

I suspect Naito wanted a combinación of less dates, similar pay, and to still be at the top of the card and Bushiroad was not interested. They probably wanted him to move down to dad status if he wanted to take less dates.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 01:50:43 No.17525140 Report

Quoted By: >>17525359

>>17524924
Apparently he wanted MORE dates, and it was NJPW who wanted him to work fewer (and probably take a pay cut too)

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 02:03:38 No.17525359 Report

Quoted By: >>17525643

>>17525140
According to what ToSpo or some interview? I haven't kept up with everything.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 02:24:36 No.17525643 Report

Quoted By: >>17525698

>>17525359
It was ToSpo, but I just looked it up again and his complaint was actually that certain people get fewer dates than others. He wanted to work as many dates as possible but also wanted everyone else to be doing the same
>In an interview with this paper, Naito confirmed the facts and revealed that since last year’s contract negotiations, he has been voicing concerns over the disparity in match appearances among wrestlers. Naito has a strong commitment to performing in all scheduled matches, but only under the assumption that all wrestlers are given a comparable number of matches.
>“I understand that I’m being treated as an important asset, but wrestlers who get time off can use that for rest, maintenance, or even to earn qualifications for life after wrestling. But those of us who are always wrestling don’t get that time — our bodies just keep wearing down. I’ve said that the gap is too wide, but that hasn’t really been acknowledged. So I still have the same concerns this year, which is why I’ve been holding off,” he explained.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 02:29:06 No.17525698 Report

Quoted By: >>17525806

>>17525643
i mean it sounds more like he wanna rest
just that he doesn't like the fact other niggas work less dates than him

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 02:36:22 No.17525806 Report

Quoted By: >>17526071

>>17525698
Yeah sounds like he wants a break and he is kinda pissed others get breaks. He worked 137 matches last year kinda nuts considering his physical shape.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 02:56:51 No.17526071 Report

Quoted By: >>17526157 >>17526209 >>17527011 >>17527930

>>17525806
This made me curious so I looked up how many NJPW matches certain guys worked in 2024, and yeah he absolutely has a right to be pissed looking at this
>Naito: 134
>Tsuji: 128
>Hiromu: 123
>EVIL: 123
>Shota: 120
>Kanemaru: 115
>ZSJ: 114
>Boltin: 118
>Takagi: 118
>Yano: 110
>Newman: 106
>Akira: 105
>O-Khan: 104
>Tanahashi: 104
>SANADA: 103
>Narita: 102
>Gabe: 100
>SHO: 100
>Fujita:96
>Goto: 93
>Ishimori: 91
>Taichi: 89
>Finlay: 86
>YOSHI-HASHI: 83
>Despe: 82
>Connors: 72
>Drilla: 69
>Chase: 61

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Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 03:04:11 No.17526157 Report

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>>17526071
Not shocked EVIL is so high but it's funny how he got a month off after WK but Naito couldn't/didn't

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 03:10:55 No.17526209 Report

Quoted By: >>17526269

>>17526071
I thought the Tokyo Sports article was about Naito wanting to wrestle MORE? Did I just misunderstand that this whole time?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 03:21:20 No.17526269 Report

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>>17526209
It's the odd translation I think, I'm still confused. I guess either Naito now wants to work less (Mr. I wanna do Tag League) or wants the others to carry the load he still wants to carry?
If it's the former then they're fucking retarded. It wouldn't make a difference locally if Naito is on every show or another with Tanahashi on his last run and Goto as champion. Another valuable tool in helping the new generation stick with fans gone.

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Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 03:49:01 No.17526463 Report

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>HOT attack Gabe and "kick" War Dogs out of Bullet Club
>both sides scream about being real Bullet Club
>HOT release a shirt saying they're real Bullet Club
>book a WarGames match
>Loser Leaves Bullet Club not a stip
Why?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 03:59:51 No.17526527 Report

Quoted By: >>17527023

>>17526463
It boggles the mind, but it is not like New Japan have a good track record on following through with much of anything aside from pushing the one guy per generation they want to.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 04:11:44 No.17526594 Report

Quoted By: >>17528117

It's official, we are now an AEW ass penetrated company

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 05:30:36 No.17527011 Report

Quoted By: >>17527238

>>17526071
I'm surprised Newman worked so many matches last year, more than any other UE member including even O-Khan, considering he missed a the last stretch with injury

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 05:33:43 No.17527023 Report

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>>17526463
>>17526527
Well in kayfabe the War Dogs in promos are beyond just contending for club rights and basically just saying they are going to murder them all and end the faction

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 06:29:53 No.17527238 Report

Quoted By: >>17527244

>>17527011
Newman is basically still a young lion so it makes sense to me. Kato worked 100 last year for example.

The only "good" thing to happen to New Japan in the last month was probably them committing to bringing that tall gaijin from the NJ Academy Zane Jay. That being said I'm sure he'll be a toy for Tony in about 4 years.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 06:30:53 No.17527244 Report

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>>17527238
bringing him into the Noge Dojo proper I mean.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 06:32:42 No.17527250 Report

Quoted By: >>17527262 >>17527276

>TJP and his wife going insane on twitter at Jeff Cobb
Like I've said before

TJP fucking sucks

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 06:37:35 No.17527262 Report

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>>17527250
Any highlights? I'm not going on Twitter

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Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 06:42:30 No.17527276 Report

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>>17527250
he's writing fucking essays on reddit now too kek

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Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 06:43:33 No.17527279 Report

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>>17527276

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Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 06:46:33 No.17527288 Report

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>>17527276
>>17527279
kek tjp is fucking redditor

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Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 07:37:02 No.17527502 Report

Quoted By: >>17527509

on in 35 minutes

>Katsuya Murashima vs. Daiki Nagai
>Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano, Boltin Oleg, YOH, & Master Wato vs. TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson, Robbie Eagles, & Kosei Fujita)
>BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Taiji Ishimori & Clark Connors) vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SHO)
>El Desperado, El Phantasmo, & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. United Empire (Templario, >Francesco Akira, & Jakob Austin Young)
Yuya Uemura & Shota Umino vs. Los Ingobernables de Japón (Yota Tsuji & Shingo Takagi)
>BULLET CLUB War Dogs (David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, & Drilla Moloney) vs. HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL, SANADA, & Ren Narita)
>Tomohiro Ishii & Taichi vs. Los Ingobernables De Japon (Tetsuya Naito & Hiromu Takahashi)
>Vacant IWGP Tag Team Championship – Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) vs. United Empire (Callum Newman & Great-O-Khan)

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 07:39:11 No.17527509 Report

Quoted By: >>17527558

>>17527502
GRIM

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 07:55:41 No.17527548 Report

Quoted By: >>17527553

>>17522942
>But WWE is the evil company
shoulda just ended your post there and it'd still be true

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 07:57:06 No.17527553 Report

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>>17527548
yeah it is true WWE is an evil company even if their prizes from NJPW are smaller.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 07:58:10 No.17527557 Report

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>>17524727
nah tjp was saying that cobbo wanted out of the empire entirely and was taking that out on everyone else

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 07:58:28 No.17527558 Report

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>>17527509
WELCOME BACK
WELCOME BACK
WELCOME BACK

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 08:06:03 No.17527583 Report

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The last time New Japan draws a good house in Hiroshima

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 08:07:03 No.17527586 Report

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>Connors on commentary
based

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 08:15:36 No.17527604 Report

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Murashima would be dimes if he wasn't 5"6

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 08:17:49 No.17527609 Report

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>Ace coming out to Wato music
Grim

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 08:25:25 No.17527621 Report

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gay ass spot

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 10:08:08 No.17527915 Report

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Naito and Taichi are at least doing better than their last outing

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 10:12:19 No.17527930 Report

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>>17526071
>>Chase: 61
based money and miles chaseter

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 10:13:27 No.17527933 Report

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He just keeps botching lmao

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 10:13:49 No.17527935 Report

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...nevermind but it is clear Taichi Ishii and Hiromu are carrying hard now

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 10:16:02 No.17527943 Report

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naito is so grim nowadays.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 10:16:53 No.17527945 Report

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Naito is turbo washed but that match was kino. I need more of this Ishii/Taichi team

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 10:18:05 No.17527952 Report

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lets see how many people leave after this match

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 10:18:10 No.17527953 Report

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Taichi made Naito cry

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 10:20:49 No.17527964 Report

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Naito leaving with his son and his handler

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 10:22:01 No.17527969 Report

Quoted By: >>17528001 >>17528193

Every member of United Empire needs to be fired except for Akira

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 10:31:26 No.17528001 Report

Quoted By:

>>17527969
leave templario alone nigga

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 10:35:39 No.17528008 Report

Quoted By: >>17528017 >>17528039

O-Khan is a funny little character but how can a dude train in a thousand disciplines be so boring as a pro wrestler?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 10:39:21 No.17528017 Report

Quoted By:

>>17528008
they trained him wrong on purpose

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 10:44:30 No.17528039 Report

Quoted By: >>17528082 >>17528089

>>17528008
If the rumors are true then he's a little bitch for refusing to be the UE leader because it would be disrespectful to Ospreay

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 10:47:03 No.17528056 Report

Quoted By:

at least Goto didn't get pinned

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 10:52:03 No.17528082 Report

Quoted By:

>>17528039
The Ospreay part of that is just about not calling anyone the new "leader" not that he didn't want to because of Ospreay
O-Khan is either cozy as just the 2nd in command for whoever leads or "captains" the group (an idea I like), or he's an anxious bitch

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 10:53:43 No.17528089 Report

Quoted By:

>>17528039
there was a new fate grand order season at the time. please understand

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 10:59:02 No.17528117 Report

Quoted By:

>>17526594
The AEW fans don't care about NJPW or the damage that has been done to it. They just want to have more toys to rub in the faces of drones.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 11:09:12 No.17528144 Report

Quoted By:

>Ishii/Taichi are challenging for the IWGP tag
:D
>It's against Callum and O-Khan
:(

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 11:23:33 No.17528193 Report

Quoted By:

>>17527969
Cobb was right to want out of this shit group. Should’ve let him be the top gaijin in Hontai like he wanted.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 11:55:05 No.17528286 Report

Quoted By: >>17528320 >>17528358

So who are Goto's Resurgence/Dominion opponents gonna be?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 12:04:31 No.17528315 Report

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:'(

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 12:06:24 No.17528320 Report

Quoted By:

>>17528286
Oiwa continuing his streak of unearned title shots that he loses for Resurgence. Then ZSJ wins the title back at Dominion.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 12:21:14 No.17528358 Report

Quoted By:

>>17528286
Zack for Resurgence and Oleg for Dominion

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 12:39:59 No.17528426 Report

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Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 12:43:33 No.17528441 Report

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still gonna miss this washed sawdusted nigga

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 12:50:12 No.17528478 Report

Quoted By: >>17528496

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 12:56:32 No.17528496 Report

Quoted By:

>>17528478
you got mind raped by the shooter

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 13:10:11 No.17528552 Report

Quoted By: >>17528576

would a rapist gimmick get shota over ?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 13:14:42 No.17528576 Report

Quoted By: >>17528646

>>17528552
you mean like raping other wrestlers? fujos would love it yeah

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 13:29:03 No.17528632 Report

Quoted By: >>17529455

>>17523974
God just shut up you goddamn shill. We all know you get paid ten cents a post to shit talk anything that isn't WWE. It's tiresome and you are a homosexual.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 13:33:37 No.17528646 Report

Quoted By:

>>17528576
yappari, Shingo was raped in the summer of 2023
will it happen again ?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 14:26:50 No.17528878 Report

Quoted By:

Every time I watch Connors I think “damn if this motherfucker was just 5 inches taller he’d be unstoppable”

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 14:44:29 No.17528947 Report

Quoted By:

How long since 4chan returned?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 14:46:47 No.17528963 Report

Quoted By: >>17528995 >>17529109

How do I get into Japanese wrestling?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 14:52:05 No.17528995 Report

Quoted By:

>>17528963
Unironically go watch CMLL

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 15:14:34 No.17529109 Report

Quoted By:

>>17528963
Subscriptions services are really cheap. Wrestle Universe is a bundle of NOAH, TJPW, DDT, Marigold and some smaller promotions.

There's tons of classic AJPW and NOAH available on YouTube and Dailymotion.

If you want specific recommendations, tell us what you're interested and I'm sure we can provide matches.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 15:16:37 No.17529115 Report

Quoted By:

njpw camera guys rule

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 15:43:26 No.17529235 Report

Quoted By: >>17529259 >>17529290

kek Finlay got pinned in a match that had Narita in it and Gedo did nothing

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 15:49:30 No.17529259 Report

Quoted By:

>>17529235
are we gonna lose Finlay too ?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 15:58:26 No.17529290 Report

Quoted By: >>17529473 >>17530805 >>17534836

>>17529235
And Naito was pinned by fucking Taichi. Fuck Bushiroad.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 16:26:44 No.17529455 Report

Quoted By:

>>17528632
>shill
Ironic considering you're quite literally gagging on Bushiroad's cock as we speak.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 16:31:50 No.17529473 Report

Quoted By:

>>17529290
This is a Taichi board and you always do business on your back newfag

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 16:42:34 No.17529531 Report

Quoted By: >>17529777 >>17530185 >>17536174

Suggestions for the Taichi/Ishii team name?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 17:21:46 No.17529777 Report

Quoted By: >>17536365

>>17529531
they should channel Kawada/Taue and go with Holy Pitbull Army

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 18:35:51 No.17530185 Report

Quoted By:

>>17529531
T.O.M.S
The Old Manlet Shitters

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 20:34:36 No.17530805 Report

Quoted By:

>>17529290
>And Naito was pinned
Yes bitch he's leaving. Hopefully Yuya pins him too before his title match

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 20:50:44 No.17530911 Report

Quoted By: >>17530946

shota umino fucking sucks

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 20:56:31 No.17530946 Report

Quoted By:

>>17530911
indeed

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 20:56:42 No.17530948 Report

Quoted By: >>17530992 >>17531016

For those of you who watch stuff on Youku, do you have accounts on there or do you just watch with shitty quality? These chinese websites are sketchy!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 21:02:49 No.17530992 Report

Quoted By:

>>17530948
are you really too poor to afford a world subscribtion?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 21:06:34 No.17531016 Report

Quoted By: >>17531046

>>17530948
Nah I just watch at 720p, but I only use it for non-NJPW shows. Mostly Dragongate stuff with the occasional major NOAH or AJPW event. With NOAH especially it looks fine as-is since their default quality is great.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 21:11:58 No.17531046 Report

Quoted By:

>>17531016
But you need to create an account in order to unlock 720p quality, do you not?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 21:14:00 No.17531055 Report

Quoted By: >>17531265 >>17531485 >>17532214

is it worth getting back into NJPW if i havent watched wrestling since 2022???

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 21:47:35 No.17531265 Report

Quoted By:

>>17531055
no go away

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 21:48:23 No.17531269 Report

Quoted By:

>4chan dies
>BUSHI, Cobb, and Naito leave

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 26 Apr 2025 22:23:30 No.17531485 Report

Quoted By: >>17532214 >>17532764

>>17531055
Yes, but skip this tour and the next one (BOSJ). Come back for Dominion and the G1. You’ll like it more then.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 00:24:35 No.17532214 Report

Quoted By:

>>17531055
>>17531485
>skip this tour
Fuck that, the Dontaku show in early may has a 5v5 cage match, it'll be a spectacle at least regardless

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 01:06:08 No.17532564 Report

Quoted By:

finna score some njpw rugs
https://x.com/BLCKSMTHApparel/status/1916162576892784724

Edgelord LIJ

Edgelord LIJ Sun 27 Apr 2025 01:30:06 No.17532764 Report

Quoted By: >>17532797 >>17532806 >>17532886 >>17532991

>>17531485
stupid casual faggot this tour has a tonne of barn burners plus match of the year - Tsuji vs Uemura

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 01:34:08 No.17532797 Report

Quoted By: >>17532863

>>17532764
you haven't posted with us in the past year you fat casual faggot, fuck off until wrestle kingdom as usual

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 01:34:53 No.17532806 Report

Quoted By:

>>17532764
WELCOME BACK
WELCOME BACK

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 01:36:10 No.17532817 Report

Quoted By: >>17533424 >>17533465

>>17521446
ssshheeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEeeeesssssssshhhhhhhhh we might finna have to cop the nooj rug today

Edgelord LIJ

Edgelord LIJ Sun 27 Apr 2025 01:43:10 No.17532863 Report

Quoted By: >>17532872 >>17532886

>>17532797
I posted as recently as march, who gives a fuck about "with us" anyway? this isnt some reddit circlejerk you fat fucking buffoon. plus i actually go to the shows live unlike you fucking povertyniggers who have to pirate the shows

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 01:45:28 No.17532872 Report

Quoted By:

>>17532863
Cool post some pictures of your 500 kilo body at shows you fat faggot casual queer

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 01:47:22 No.17532886 Report

Quoted By:

>>17532764
>>17532863
reminder that this fag's favorite wrestler is Kota Ibushi

now that's a KWAB

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 02:01:53 No.17532991 Report

Quoted By:

>>17532764
Tsuji/Uemura are talented but have never had a great match against each other. Their best one was the WK sprint, and even that was just OK.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 03:23:29 No.17533424 Report

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>>17532817
perfect for scraping off mud

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 03:33:15 No.17533465 Report

Quoted By:

>>17532817
Wiping my feet on the lion mark while lighting a cig

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 06:09:53 No.17534253 Report

Quoted By:

goto

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 06:42:47 No.17534437 Report

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Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 07:44:49 No.17534756 Report

Quoted By:

>>17521446
>4/27 Yamaguchi KDDI Ishin Hall (5:00pm)
boring ass house show to be putting on the schedule

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 08:02:33 No.17534836 Report

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>>17529290
Taichi is great what are you talking about?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 08:26:04 No.17534946 Report

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Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 08:35:56 No.17534980 Report

Quoted By: >>17535011 >>17535018

literally who the fuck is the top guy with Naito, Tana and Okada gone?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 08:42:46 No.17535011 Report

Quoted By:

>>17534980
Goto

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 08:43:52 No.17535017 Report

Quoted By:

haven't watched wwf since 1994 or whenever tha yokozuna fella was on top
does njpw have more or better actual athleticism and wrestling or is it of a lower standard?
just looking to see more actual wrestling than story telling

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 08:43:56 No.17535018 Report

Quoted By:

>>17534980
Transition period. We'll find out in the G1 but for now it's GOATo who at least draws well

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 08:46:26 No.17535036 Report

Quoted By:

it's time for Master Wato to rise.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 08:51:17 No.17535060 Report

Quoted By:

fuck it give the belt to Ishii

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 08:54:03 No.17535071 Report

Quoted By:

>tfw Goto quits too and they have to put the belt on YOSHI-HASHI

GET. BACK. UP.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 09:01:18 No.17535104 Report

Quoted By:

Yuya what the fuck lol

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 09:03:06 No.17535109 Report

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I love how SANADA was in War Dogs for 5 months without new music, joins House of Torture, spends every match coming out to Ren's music

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 11:31:05 No.17535856 Report

Quoted By: >>17535879 >>17535880 >>17537011

>War Dogs vs HoT build
based
>Shingo vs Shota build
half based, will be cringe if Shota just beats Shingo again
>Yuya vs Tsuji build
getting overshadowed super hard compared to everything else around them
>Oleg vs Jackson spots
kino
>Ishii/Taichi tag team
based
>Callum
not convinced, this nigga ugly too
>O-Khan
bitch

Fun tour so far. If the Dominion lineup is strong and they don't put Jakob whateverthefuck in BOSJ then the half year is a winner. Post G1 might be shit though.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 11:34:27 No.17535879 Report

Quoted By:

>>17535856
>Oleg vs Jackson
ive been loving these two almost as much as walker this tour.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 11:34:57 No.17535880 Report

Quoted By:

>>17535856
Thanks for your shit opinions faggot

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 12:33:58 No.17536111 Report

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TJP and Cobb are both known drama queen idiots. I doubt TJ is completely blameless, but his story of Cobb being a bitch is believable.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 12:40:55 No.17536148 Report

Quoted By:

[Good news]

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 12:45:22 No.17536174 Report

Quoted By: >>17536365

Whole tour is worth it just for Taichi/Ishii
>>17529531
The Titty Suckers

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 13:37:58 No.17536365 Report

Quoted By:

>>17529777
>>17536174
Holy Titty Sucker Army

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 14:59:00 No.17536655 Report

Quoted By: >>17536690 >>17536695 >>17536731 >>17536822

Look how fucking big Oskar is now lmao

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 15:08:33 No.17536690 Report

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>>17536655
I wonder if Gedo is holding back their return for after the G1 so that he doesn't have to put them both in there this year.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 15:09:25 No.17536693 Report

Quoted By:

Come to the sharty nujabros. You're the only real wrestling fans left here. Liberate yourselves from the tyranny of the janny scum.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 15:09:41 No.17536695 Report

Quoted By:

>>17536655
Oskar is the key to all this.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 15:19:15 No.17536731 Report

Quoted By:

>>17536655
Tsuji doing the kaiju gimmick is even funnier now that the young lion that's a legit foot taller than him is coming back

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 15:42:16 No.17536822 Report

Quoted By:

>>17536655
horry shitto ! this player could become the gaijin shuyaku of shin nihon pretty quickly !

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 16:30:54 No.17537011 Report

Quoted By:

>>17535856
why is o-khan a bitch??

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 16:41:33 No.17537054 Report

Quoted By: >>17537104 >>17537320

Insider here, Jake Lee is coming back at the end of the tour. He's taking the belt from Goto at Dominion.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 16:54:21 No.17537104 Report

Quoted By:

>>17537054
grim

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 17:40:02 No.17537320 Report

Quoted By:

>>17537054
Which side is he joining in the BC war?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 19:12:36 No.17537813 Report

Quoted By:

JEONG MOSQUE LI

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 19:27:17 No.17537898 Report

Quoted By: >>17537915 >>17537946 >>17537972 >>17538402 >>17539124 >>17540327

what did they mean by this
https://x.com/njpwglobal/status/1916545378855604237

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 19:31:22 No.17537915 Report

Quoted By:

>>17537898
much mana, my brother

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 19:38:00 No.17537946 Report

Quoted By:

>>17537898
charlton you cad

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 19:41:42 No.17537972 Report

Quoted By:

>>17537898
Good rib

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 20:43:41 No.17538402 Report

Quoted By:

>>17537898
WHAT'S RICKY SAINTS DOING IN THE LION ZONE???

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 21:55:56 No.17538801 Report

Quoted By: >>17538956 >>17538979 >>17539024 >>17539067 >>17539069 >>17539627 >>17548876

https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/342594
very intriguing indeed

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 22:26:22 No.17538956 Report

Quoted By: >>17539006

>>17538801
I see what he’s saying, but if he made it clear months ago that he didn’t want to re-sign, then waiting a month between renewal negotiations probably felt like a temporary reprieve from a foregone conclusion. It would be great if he were sticking around, but really just for the merch money, because his in-ring abilities are gone and his drawing power is decreasing even in the rural areas.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 22:29:36 No.17538979 Report

Quoted By:

>>17538801
>they didn't try that hard to keep me
What the fuck is the office thinking?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 22:34:54 No.17539006 Report

Quoted By:

>>17538956
This cope is now the new reddit narrative. Uhm Achkshually Naito isn't a draw now because houses were down at the end of last year with ZSJ was on top. Ignoring the fact that when he was the champ houses were up despite him being washed. Not only that, but his announcement massively bumped ticket sales for the remaining Dontaku dates including that sell out at Korakuen.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 22:37:28 No.17539024 Report

Quoted By: >>17539046

>>17538801
I figured it was not a money issue, but I am somewhat confused by what exactly he means regarding how they value players and what he wants them to do.

>I don't remember making any unreasonable demands. I never intended to say, “Raise my salary because I'm in the tournament, or lower it because he's not in the tournament,” but I wanted the value of a wrestler's match to be evaluated properly. I have been insisting on this for many years. The number of wrestlers is increasing, and I understand that there are some parts that can't be helped, but....

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 22:39:46 No.17539046 Report

Quoted By:

>>17539024
Nevermind this just relates back to him complaining about having too many salty games compared to other players.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 22:42:27 No.17539067 Report

Quoted By: >>17539248

>>17538801
I hope Tanahashi pulls an 80s Inoki and drives many wrestlers out of NJPW. That's the only way for NJPW to reflect and heal, maybe someone would emerge and we get a new 90s boom period.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 22:42:33 No.17539069 Report

Quoted By:

>>17538801
Tokyo Sports is kayfabe

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 22:44:08 No.17539077 Report

Quoted By: >>17539095 >>17539311

fuck rocky

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 22:46:50 No.17539095 Report

Quoted By:

>>17539077
Judging by STRONG’s history, Rocky doesn’t know shit about booking.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 22:50:22 No.17539124 Report

Quoted By:

>>17537898
BAH GAWD IT'S SHINSUKE NAKAMURA!

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 23:07:57 No.17539248 Report

Quoted By: >>17539311 >>17539553

>>17539067
The 90s boom period is largely thanks to Choshu's booking. He might be the GOAT booker really, every angle Choshu was ever involved in was hot and he booked others unselfishly and put guys like Hashimoto over

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 23:15:40 No.17539311 Report

Quoted By:

>>17539248
We may need to kill Gedo for real this time.

>>17539077
Tbf this is his send-off run, no shit it would draw

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 23:46:38 No.17539553 Report

Quoted By:

>>17539248
Jake Lee is Korean, close enough

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 27 Apr 2025 23:55:45 No.17539627 Report

Quoted By: >>17539672

>>17538801
So Trannyhashi fumbled again and Naito says they'll keep losing players. His issue is probably that they pay gaijin shitters a big amount of money while giving them way less matches than the true Shin Nihon players, which allows them to rest while the true Shin Nihon players have to work every show and can't rest and end up moving like grandpas by the age of 40.
Yappari, Shin Nihon is in deep trouble !

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 00:00:26 No.17539672 Report

Quoted By: >>17539859 >>17546227

>>17539627
>that they pay gaijin shitters a big amount of money
We know this isn't true though. Have you not seen all of the shit flying out of TJP's retarded mouth, or Cobb's replies, or the time Aussie Open left because they revealed NJPW wouldn't even give them a contract when they were tag champs?

For whatever reason, Bushiroad has closed the purse lately, I don't know what's going on with them

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 00:18:55 No.17539859 Report

Quoted By:

>>17539672
Last year Stardom and New Japan formally merged. Last year Stardom likely overpaid a bunch of rosters members because of the Marigold exodus which was originally going to be much larger. My headcanon is that along with contracts Bushiroad has upped investment to keep the promotion as the face of Joshi which has worked. Albeit running a retirement angle with your biggest draw has certainly helped (Nakano). Anyway I think the purse is closed because they share the same bag as they are officially the same sub-company of Bushiroad.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 00:23:20 No.17539894 Report

Quoted By: >>17539914

Also the yen is weak, and gaijin on full-time contracts versus pay-per-appearance is a no brainer. Put the money on the mobile, native talent.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 00:25:21 No.17539914 Report

Quoted By:

>>17539894
Normally I'd agree but NJPW should've tried to hold on to Kyle Fletcher a little longer

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 00:29:35 No.17539969 Report

Quoted By: >>17540015 >>17540085

it's a real shame that kanemaru and dick togo are fkn old because they're still some of the best in-ring talents njpw has
arguably it's a bigger shame that they don't seem to be able to teach people their talents

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 00:33:41 No.17540015 Report

Quoted By: >>17540048

>>17539969
Kanemaru doing the same 6/10 leg match for the last 10 years is not exactly something worth teaching. Although, I can see his influence in Narita.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 00:36:52 No.17540048 Report

Quoted By: >>17540077

>>17540015
hypothetically I agree, but given how bad most modern wrestlers are at leg matches I think his standard being 6/10 is already above what most can produce in that context
and I am happy to see that I'm not the only one seeing shades of kanemaru in narita (even if not quite fleshed out yet), I was worried I was becoming delusional

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 00:39:54 No.17540077 Report

Quoted By:

>>17540048
Fair enough, I don't disagree thinking about it more. (Regarding how bad modern wrestlers are at leg matches)

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 00:41:10 No.17540085 Report

Quoted By:

>>17539969
I look forward to the day Nagata & Makabe step down and Taichi & Ishii are the Noge Dojo teachers. Choppa time motherfuckers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 00:45:50 No.17540129 Report

Quoted By: >>17540154

How long has the site been back? Randomly checked and saw it was back. As shitty as ever, but I do like this shithole more than any other site. Haven't been able to talk about wrestling in weeks.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 00:46:35 No.17540133 Report

Quoted By: >>17540150 >>17540208

Shane Haste is in TNA, so he’s probably done with NJPW officially.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 00:47:38 No.17540148 Report

Quoted By: >>17540167 >>17540211 >>17540212 >>17540243

Alright so New Japan is fucked right? Naito may be blind and crippled but he was still their biggest draw by far. What the fuck are they even going to do?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 00:48:02 No.17540150 Report

Quoted By:

>>17540133
>comes out to NJPW music
>NJPW tron
>wearing NJPW merch
He's clearly just freelancing bro

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 00:48:23 No.17540154 Report

Quoted By: >>17540236

>>17540129
the english site? was brought back around the same time after chris got furloughed for daring to shittalk aew on wk commentary

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 00:49:39 No.17540167 Report

Quoted By: >>17540243

>>17540148
Rely heavily on the Tanahashi retirement tour for the rest of the year and hope someone of the new gen can get over. (Let's be real they are just gonna keep trying to make Shota a thing)

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 00:54:40 No.17540208 Report

Quoted By: >>17540392

>>17540133
I don't think he or Mikey were ever signed. I'm just more confused about Ace & Bey still being Bullet Club

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 00:55:02 No.17540211 Report

Quoted By:

>>17540148
Hope that Goto continues to draw for them and doesn't rapidly start to break down like Naito

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 00:55:03 No.17540212 Report

Quoted By:

>>17540148
GRIMOLA THEYRE FUCKING DEAD!!!!! (you people are so unserious, go watch tsuji vs kidd back and how much heat it had)

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 00:57:18 No.17540236 Report

Quoted By: >>17540250

>>17540154
No, 4chan

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 00:57:57 No.17540243 Report

Quoted By:

>>17540148
>>17540167
They're gonna do what they were already doing by getting the young guys in big angles while Tana & Goto carry the existing/lapsed fans for the year. They're just gonna be doing it without Naito wobbling around in the undercard

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 00:58:40 No.17540250 Report

Quoted By:

>>17540236
ah, it's only been 3-4 days, nothing important happened in njpw in that time anyway (except sanada adding "snake" to his nickname)

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Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 00:58:46 No.17540253 Report

Quoted By: >>17540297

It'sh me ! I'm shaving New Jshapan brosh !!

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 01:04:01 No.17540297 Report

Quoted By:

>>17540253
I hope they make his match against Shingo a No DQ match and that he's going to get killed (and I actually like Shota)

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 01:07:41 No.17540327 Report

Quoted By:

>>17537898

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 01:09:14 No.17540338 Report

Quoted By:

I'm looking forward to Shingo and Shota simply based off the idea it might vaguely resemble 90s New Japan.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 01:15:17 No.17540392 Report

Quoted By:

>>17540208
Are they still wearing the gear?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 01:32:24 No.17540560 Report

Quoted By:

cora the dragongate monkey is gonna do a run in and maul shingo while shota hits the griddy in the middle of the ring

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Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 01:34:44 No.17540588 Report

Quoted By: >>17541549

I think Finlay is leaving soon for WWE, that's why EVIL pinned him in Hiroshima and will also probably beat him again in the doggycagey match.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 03:09:50 No.17541412 Report

Quoted By: >>17541631

i think 100 young lions could beat 1 gorilla everybody just gotta be dedicated to the shit

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 03:27:34 No.17541549 Report

Quoted By: >>17542530

>>17540588
Finlay served his time. Frankly, he managed to get further than anyone thought I think. He seemed destined to be an alsoran shitter in the midcard. I enjoyed his last year. That being said I do not think bro is going succeed in the E. He can't cut a promo, is short, and has an awful look. They can at least hide Cobb behind someone else more charismatic who isn't PWG pilled to the max.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 03:45:17 No.17541631 Report

Quoted By:

>>17541412
i think one boltin oleg could beat one gorilla

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 05:54:57 No.17542530 Report

Quoted By:

>>17541549
Finlay is great in the ring and his dad is very important to WWE as, basically, one of its primary trainers, especially of women.

His WWE career is easy to chart: he'll mainly work in NXT, maybe a bit in the main roster underground, then he'll retire and become a trainer himself. I legitimately think his desire to become a trainer like his dad is what made him go to the NJPW Dojo in the first place.
Nobody has ever accused Finlay of being a self-mark who complains about not getting pushed.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 06:07:11 No.17542606 Report

Quoted By:

Templario vs Despy tomorrow

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 07:15:40 No.17542926 Report

Quoted By: >>17543104

>not booking Miyu so she can be on the same card as her boyfriend
Black company

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 08:09:02 No.17543104 Report

Quoted By:

>>17542926
what

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 08:17:17 No.17543138 Report

Quoted By: >>17543326 >>17543775 >>17546674

Gabe Kidd is having a meltdown again for some reason

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 09:32:57 No.17543326 Report

Quoted By: >>17543741

>>17543138
He drinks and parties on his off days, so this is normal behavior
>People quit all the time. Oh well. If Tetsuya Naito won't be at G1 Climax, put up Taichi. I'm waiting for the rematch.
I agree

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 09:49:14 No.17543383 Report

Quoted By:

danielson finna enter the G1

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 10:06:03 No.17543432 Report

Quoted By: >>17543440 >>17543613

I believe in the Acester brother all of you are faithless fools Tanasama will save us

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 10:07:57 No.17543440 Report

Quoted By: >>17543456

>>17543432
yup the same acester who fumbled naito's contract

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 10:10:52 No.17543447 Report

Quoted By:

Naito fumbled Naito.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 10:16:35 No.17543456 Report

Quoted By:

>>17543440
Naito fumbles tornado DDTs harder

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 10:21:29 No.17543464 Report

Quoted By:

Naitetty is a liability. CHADnahashi realised he was trying to Misawa himself in the ring and performed the Japanese boss practice of politely putting him in the cuckshed until he got fed up and quit.

Naito is not irreplaceable. The young boy system works. Reminder that Naietty debuted in 2006 and didn’t become his true self until 2015. For all we know Master Wato could be prepped to become the next ultimate dimes machine.

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Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 11:01:17 No.17543613 Report

Quoted By: >>17543689 >>17543769

>>17543432
facts. EVEN THROUGH THE DARKEST DAYS THIS FIRE BURNS ALWAYS!!!!!

The ace of the motherfucking MULTIVERSE has brought us out of a darker period. He will save us again.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 11:26:02 No.17543689 Report

Quoted By:

>>17543613
His retirement match against Umino will save puro frfr

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 11:42:46 No.17543741 Report

Quoted By: >>17543751

>>17543326
I like that everyone in 2025 New Japan basically says “yeah Taichi’s cool and I enjoy facing him” as opposed to people in 2015 going “please don’t put me in the ring with that sloppy fuck”

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 11:47:29 No.17543751 Report

Quoted By:

>>17543741
That match against Okada in 2020 literally turned his entire career around. Zack got a huge rub from it as well due to Tekkers becoming fan favourites with Taichi redeeming himself.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 11:53:33 No.17543769 Report

Quoted By: >>17544059

>>17543613
he's a tranny now though, people are leaving because he's a shit president, he's a failure

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 11:55:55 No.17543775 Report

Quoted By:

>>17543138
The reason (as always with Gabe) is alcoholism. He’s the Joshua Block of wrestling

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 12:35:41 No.17543931 Report

Quoted By: >>17544009

Gabe Kidd becoming a menhera saved his career.

>being a gaijin after about 9 thousand gaijin betrayals
>being Shibata’s most beloved son after Shibata went into business for himself
>shoots on the company and acts like a complete unprofessional in general

This is all grounds for immediate burial and a lack of bookings in attempt to force him to quit. However, his mental health issues seem to have awakened some paternal instinct from NJPW and they just take care of this alcoholic depressed lovable loser who hangs around the premises. Tanahashi especially adores him. And NJPW taking care of him has resulted in him becoming a hardcore NJPW loyalist, the level of which we haven’t seen in a gaijin before, which furthers their own loyalty to him. He’s like an abused dog that got rehomed into a loving home who shits on the floor occasionally and will viciously bite intruders.

I’m a big fan of Gabe. He has echoed my sentiments towards AEW perfectly. He’s a true supporter of NJPW whilst also wrestling at a high level, better than all the new blood except for Uemura-kun, who is the best.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 12:40:35 No.17543956 Report

Quoted By:

poi picture te nani

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Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 12:53:39 No.17544009 Report

Quoted By:

>>17543931
>He’s like an abused dog that got rehomed into a loving home who shits on the floor occasionally and will viciously bite intruders.
lol thats a great description of gabe

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 13:07:31 No.17544059 Report

Quoted By: >>17544093

>>17543769
yeah so you should stop watching and stop talking about the tranny company then faggot

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 13:18:52 No.17544093 Report

Quoted By: >>17544223

>>17544059
nah I'll keep reminding you trannies that Shin Nihon is similar to poop dick wrestling now

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Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 13:39:22 No.17544186 Report

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Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 13:41:30 No.17544194 Report

Quoted By: >>17544279 >>17544348 >>17544395 >>17544399 >>17548024

This? This is the match.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 13:49:45 No.17544223 Report

Quoted By: >>17544264

>>17544093
I can smell the vodka in your genetics you Polish faggot, kill yourself

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 13:56:10 No.17544264 Report

Quoted By: >>17544358

>>17544223
kek fuckin burger retard seething smelling his own disgusting breath
no wonder Shin Nihon is dead if that's the only fans they have left

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 13:59:48 No.17544279 Report

Quoted By: >>17544302

>>17544194
This is airing on NJPW World right?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 14:05:10 No.17544302 Report

Quoted By:

>>17544279
not on the schedule as of now
https://help.njpwworld.com/hc/en-us/articles/45836720033945-Schedule-for-May-2025

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 14:14:53 No.17544348 Report

Quoted By:

>>17544194
Taichi is a way better booker than Gedo desu

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 14:17:11 No.17544358 Report

Quoted By:

>>17544264
I knew it was you.

Imagine being some drunk Polish alcohol baby in a sewer that spends all day on free wifi posting in a NJPW thread so he can complain about NJPW. Go ahead bro, post about Shota Umino some more.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 14:25:24 No.17544395 Report

Quoted By:

>>17544194
Taichi coming up to Zack in the post-match comments to say “hey work my show with a mystery partner” then throwing Uncle Jun in randomly is proof he should get the book.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 14:26:43 No.17544399 Report

Quoted By:

>>17544194
based Taichi booking this just so he can pin Akiyama
daddy Kawada will love you one day

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 14:53:05 No.17544492 Report

Quoted By: >>17544878

>>17521446
>>17521455
4/30 Grandmesse Kumamoto (6:30pm)
>Goto Hirooki, YOSHI-HASHI, El Phantasmo, & Taguchi Ryusuke vs Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, Francesco Akira, & Jacob Austin Young
>Uemura Yuya, Umino Shota, Ishii Tomohiro, Taichi, & TAKA Michinoku vs Tsuji Yota, Takagi Shingo, Naito Tetsuya, Takahashi Hiromu, & BUSHI
>David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, & Gedo vs EVIL, Narita Ren, & Takahashi Yujiro
>Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors, & Ishimori Taiji vs SANADA, SHO, & Kanemaru Yoshinobu
>Tanahashi Hiroshi & Yano Toru vs Zack Sabre Jr. & Oiwa Ryohei
>Boltin Oleg, YOH, & Master Wato vs Hartley Jackson, Robbie Eagles, & Fujita Kosei
>Murashima Katsuya vs Nagai Daiki

5/1 Ichikikusukino City General Gymnasium (6:30pm)
>Goto Hirooki, YOSHI-HASHI, El Phantasmo, & Taguchi Ryusuke vs Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan, Francesco Akira, & Jacob Austin Young
>Uemura Yuya, Umino Shota, & TAKA Michinoku vs Tsuji Yota, Takagi Shingo, & Takahashi Hiromu
>Ishii Tomohiro & Taichi vs Naito Tetsuya & BUSHI
>David Finlay, Drilla Moloney, & Gedo vs EVIL, SANADA, & Dick Togo
>Gabe Kidd, Clark Connors, & Ishimori Taiji vs Narita Ren, SHO, & Kanemaru Yoshinobu
>Tanahashi Hiroshi, Yano Toru, Boltin Oleg, YOH, & Master Wato vs Zack Sabre Jr., Oiwa Ryohei, Hartley Jackson, Robbie Eagles, & Fujita Kosei
>Yasuda Masatora vs Nagai Daiki

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 15:06:39 No.17544542 Report

Quoted By: >>17544565 >>17544604 >>17544659 >>17545507

Decided to get into NJPW today. Watching Road to Wrestling Donatku (the latest one) as we speak. So far shits been awesome. The Young Lions are fucking talented as fuck. I love this shit. The crowds are fantastic and polite. This is what wrestling was like in the US during the territory days before everything was WWEfied. It wouldn't surprise me if some you don't even watch western wrestling, at least the modern stuff. By the way this is not my first time watching Japanese wrestling. I have seen some of AJPW 90s stuff in the past and I love that too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 15:11:53 No.17544565 Report

Quoted By: >>17544613

>>17544542
>It wouldn't surprise me if some you don't even watch western wrestling, at least the modern stuff
I'll watch PPVs but I can't stand week-to-week American wrestling TV, it's complete dogshit (so are most of the PPVs)

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 15:18:24 No.17544604 Report

Quoted By: >>17544627 >>17544630

>>17544542
>thinking a road to show is awesome
if this isn't some weird larp your mind is going to get blown when you're going to watch an actual show

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 15:19:45 No.17544613 Report

Quoted By:

>>17544565
Fair enough. I just can't stand western shit and I always find myself complaining about it and at one point I thought about just hanging up the boots and finding another hobby but I'm enjoying what I'm seeing from NJPW and Japanese wrestling in general.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 15:22:47 No.17544627 Report

Quoted By:

>>17544604
Like I said I have seen some other stuff from NJPW just not full shows. Kenny, at least NJPW Kenny is probably my second favorite wrestler of all time second only to Bret. I like Okada too.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 15:23:22 No.17544630 Report

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>>17544604
not him but i started watching with road to shows. the wrestlers work the entire storyline for the actual show the whole time so by the time you get to the event you know the storyline.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 15:26:59 No.17544659 Report

Quoted By:

>>17544542
I watch the annual Rumble and 75% of Mania depending on the year, but otherwise it’s all puro unless something special pops up. I watched a GCW show to see a Masato Tanaka match last year, for example. It was not worth my time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 15:57:08 No.17544878 Report

Quoted By:

>>17521446
>>17544492

5/7 TakaTaichiMania IV @ Korakuen (6:30pm)
>Special Singles Match: TAKA Michinoku vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
>Taichi & Ishii Tomohiro vs Akiyama Jun & Zack Sabre Jr.
>Aoi vs X
>Yuji Nagata & Daiki Nagai vs Thunder Masami & Ryoma Tsukamoto
>JTO GIRLS Championship Match: Azusa Inaba (c) vs Tomoka Inaba [5th Champion, 1st Defense]
>rhythm, Big Haruka, & Fujita Akane vs Anou Saori, Sayaka Kurara, & Yagami Ranna
>Next-Generation TakaTaichi Participation Rights Battle Royal

5/9 Resurgence @ Toyota Arena (10:00pm EST) [PPV]
>IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match
>NEVER Openweight Championship Match: KONOSUKE TAKESHITA (c) vs El Phantasmo [47th champion, 6th defense]
>STRONG Openweight Championship Match: Ishii Tomohiro (c) vs Drilla Moloney [8th champion, 1st defense]
>STRONG Women's Championship 3WAY Match: Mercedes Moné (c) vs AZM vs Mina Shirakawa [4th champion, 5th defense]
>STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship Match: Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs (c) vs Templario & TJP [3rd defense]
>David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Clark Connors, & Gedo vs Matthew Jackson, Nicholas Jackson, X, & X
>Fred Rosser vs Matt Vandagriff
>STRONG Survivor Match: Alan Breeze vs CJ Tino

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 16:33:48 No.17545132 Report

Quoted By:

what will naito's wwe name be

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 17:30:47 No.17545507 Report

Quoted By: >>17545620

>>17544542
The crowds in particular are exponentially better than western ones. They actually pay attention and react to the matches as opposed to just making white noise and occasionally popping when someone does a 360 flippy dippy. Although, most probably won't remember it now I think the wrestling community at large hoped we were getting getting New Japan in the west with AEW. Instead we just got WWE without the oppressive match agenting. Extremely disappointing really. Regardless, of the actual presentation of the wrestling they still never would match a good Japanese crowd. (Bald uncles sitting on their hands need not apply)

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 17:47:42 No.17545620 Report

Quoted By:

>>17545507
Yep. They are extremely polite too. In the west it's just millennial men in the stands putting themselves over. In Japan you see parents with their children just enjoying the show in the nicest way possible. Definitely a throwback to what wrestling used to be in America specifically.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 17:49:32 No.17545634 Report

Quoted By: >>17545747

Are the "Road to" shows important? I've heard people say to just watch the first and last one of them, no need to watch them all. How much of this is true?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 18:07:22 No.17545747 Report

Quoted By: >>17545803

>>17545634
Not “important” as in you’ll miss anything you need to see to understand the big shows. But NJPW cares more about live audiences than streaming ones so the road to shows still have a lot of effort and character work and they build hype for the big events. And if you gain an interest in any of the young boys (pause) this will be the place you get to watch them develop and get singles matches. I watched all the road to shows back when Tsuji, Uemura and the LA Dojo guys were grinding it out on them but not so much anymore.

There’s no need to watch them but if you have free time they’re still more worth watching than most wrestling shows. NJPW doesn’t put on comparatively that many shows anyway so you’ll probably end up watching road to shows if you get addicted

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 18:15:50 No.17545803 Report

Quoted By: >>17546064

>>17545747
I see. Thanks anon and sorry If I'm being annoying with these questions, but is every show not titled "Road to" a BIG show? For instance the next one I see on the schedule is Hizen no Kuni, would you say this one is important?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 18:49:56 No.17546064 Report

Quoted By: >>17546108

>>17545803
not every non-road to show is big. "hizen no kuni" is essentially just a jumped up road show. they do this occasionally when they're going to an out of the way location on the tour that doesn't get many events, they throw a name on it and put a couple of midcard title matches on it to make it more special for the locals. El Desperado is defending his Jr Heavyweight championship match on it, he does this occasionally on road to shows when they're being run in a larger venue than usual. This part of the year is more relaxed in terms of storyline because they're about to run the Jr heavyweight tournament series. their next event of earth shattering importance is Dominion in June. but any event where the heavyweight championship is being defended is "big", because they get defended fairly infrequently so all the matches are major.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 18:56:39 No.17546108 Report

Quoted By: >>17547530

>>17546064
Got it. Thank you so much.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 19:14:40 No.17546227 Report

Quoted By: >>17547125

>>17539672
Their stock has been shitting the bed, hard. I ended up having to drop all of my Japanese stocks because they were performing badly, but Bushiroad has been absolute dogshit, while CyberAgent's stock was declining at a much slower rate.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 20:22:45 No.17546674 Report

Quoted By:

>>17543138
And he challenged Baron Corbin to a match. Grim.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 20:33:10 No.17546747 Report

Quoted By:

>Cobb
>Naito
>Bushi
>Mayu
Something is deeply wrong with Bushitroad.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 20:36:20 No.17546766 Report

Quoted By: >>17546781

I'm starting to think NJPW should just start slowly disbanding every faction except maybe a Tsuji led LIJ and make new ones instead.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 20:39:12 No.17546781 Report

Quoted By:

>>17546766
they should just get rid of united empire

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 21:32:54 No.17547125 Report

Quoted By:

>>17546227
Their stock has been doing well this year outside of Trump's tariffs derailing the momentum. At least for the wrestling side it looks like the next financial report will look good for them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 22:22:55 No.17547530 Report

Quoted By:

>>17546108
To add to that generally the tours that are definitely worth watching in their entirety are the tournaments namely: New Japan Cup; Best of the Super Juniors; and G1. Some Road to shows can have title matches using for one of the midcard belts and those are worth checking out too if only for those title matches. Otherwise the "named" shows are the big ones like the upcoming 2 days of Wrestling Dontaku. If you wanted to pick out the biggest overall shows of the year its usually: Wrestle Kingdom, Sakura Genesis, Dominion, and the G1 Final.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 23:24:26 No.17548024 Report

Quoted By:

>>17544194
Oh well this is the closest we'll get to ishii vs kobashi aka choppa stage 4.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 28 Apr 2025 23:52:24 No.17548251 Report

Quoted By: >>17548553

I don't think they should split Dontaku into 2 days anymore. Both those cards look too dire to be spread apart.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 29 Apr 2025 00:04:01 No.17548401 Report

Quoted By:

wrestling dorktaco

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 29 Apr 2025 00:10:56 No.17548553 Report

Quoted By:

>>17548251
they'll keep doing that if it sells enough tickets
looks like day 2 will sell out
day 1 doesn't sell much for now but I guess it will end up better than last year which was headlined by fucking dolph ziggler

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 29 Apr 2025 00:12:03 No.17548587 Report

Quoted By: >>17548611 >>17548876

>On April 26 in Hiroshima, Naito teamed with Hiromu Takahashi for their final master-disciple tag match. They lost to Taichi and Tomohiro Ishii, and after the match, Naito was unusually seen crying in front of his "spiritual home" Hiroshima crowd’s massive cheers.

>Speaking by phone the next day, Naito said, "Yeah, 'Last Hiroshima' really hit me. There was the frustration of losing, but more than that, I felt an overwhelming sadness that it was all over. Have I ever cried like that in the ring before...? I couldn’t hold it in and said 'waaah.' Maybe it was the first time I cried out loud."

>At the same time that he’s been receiving cheers at every event of his final series, baseless rumors have been flying about his departure. Some foreign media outlets reported that "Naito demanded more money than NJPW could pay." Perhaps because of his repeated dine-and-dash jokes, people misunderstood Naito’s image as being money-obsessed.

>Naito said, "Let me make it clear: in the five contract negotiations I had, I never once talked about money. Since the first offer they made, I never brought it up again. I really don’t want people to think I'm leaving because of money. Honestly, it’s probably Tokyo Sports' fault. But if Tokyo Sports writes it, it’ll just sound like a lie, so what the hell am I supposed to do..." he said, holding his head.

https://x.com/s_d_naito/status/1917001343874855378

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Anonymous Tue 29 Apr 2025 00:13:04 No.17548611 Report

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>>17548587
>One thing that may have been twisted is Naito’s long-standing issue with the disparity in match appearances among NJPW wrestlers. His point wasn't just about raising his own salary.

>"It's not like I made any unreasonable demands. I never said, ‘Pay me more because I'm working’ or ‘Cut their pay because they aren’t.’ I just wanted the value of a wrestler’s matches to be properly evaluated. I've been saying that for years. The number of wrestlers has increased, so I get that it’s tough, but still..." he explained.

>Naito also questioned the way NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi issued a comment when his departure was announced.
>"Did they do that when other wrestlers left? I feel like some fans unfairly blamed Tanahashi for that. Actually, Tanahashi only got involved for the fifth and final negotiation," he revealed.
>"Sure, maybe I made some selfish demands. But there wasn't any really aggressive effort to keep me. After my contract expired on January 31, it was over a month before they even started the next negotiation," he said firmly.

>He continued, "I'm not complaining like, 'Why didn't they do this or that?' But unless something changes, I think the same thing will happen again next year and beyond. They need to rethink how they handle contract renewals—I'd like them to reflect on that based on my leaving."

>Feeling that the "misunderstandings" had been cleared up, Naito suddenly shifted the conversation: "By the way, why was this a phone interview today? I still have some time before I leave—wanna go to a restaurant?"
>However, the reporter had to cover the Stardom Yokohama event and was rushing to catch a Shinkansen. As Naito let out a loud, exaggerated click of his tongue, the call was abruptly ended...

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Anonymous Tue 29 Apr 2025 00:17:43 No.17548712 Report

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the tokyo sports article was already posted
bitch

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Anonymous Tue 29 Apr 2025 00:24:36 No.17548876 Report

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>>17548587
>>17548611
This has already been posted ITT >>17538801

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Anonymous Tue 29 Apr 2025 00:25:18 No.17548898 Report

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>>17548712
Okada you need to focus on AEW

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Anonymous Tue 29 Apr 2025 00:44:11 No.17549275 Report

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imagine Ibushi vs Naito in NOAH in 2025

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bucky beaver motherfucker

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Anonymous Tue 29 Apr 2025 00:58:05 No.17549568 Report

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>>17549275
Your images aren't funny you pollock retard, god your people are so dumb

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Anonymous Tue 29 Apr 2025 01:00:35 No.17549613 Report

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what is this fatty blabbering about

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>>17549755
It's crazy how ugly he is yet he has a very cute wife.

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>>17549802
there's just something about him they can't resist

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