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>>18541565
It's the spring quarter which had Goto's title reign, New Japan Cup Final was up in attendance, and Naito's last shows got a strong attendance boost to. The summer numbers won't look like this, but up until June they were doing well.

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 15:33:07 No.18543088 Report

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>>18541561
I had my doubts initially but Okada has worked wonders. He's literally the reason Marigold is in the shape it is because it definitely would have had more seasoned workers had things continued to go in the direction they did under the previous Bushiroad exec who drove it into the ground.
I don't know how Tam would do on the business end of things but her mind for pro-wrestling in general is unparalleled. I personally think she's been guiding Okada in a lot of his decisions.

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 15:40:28 No.18543148 Report

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>>18543007
Has nothing to do with "pushing" EVIL and everything do with Naito leaving and everyone else of value being poached by AEW

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 15:44:09 No.18543169 Report

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>>18543007
Why do western fans always blame Evil and not Tony taking away the top guys?

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 15:47:19 No.18543187 Report

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>>18541521
NJPW has been ice cold and never recovered from that state ever since they made that shitter EVIL a top guy like 5 years ago.
Nujamals as usual will cope and blame the scamdemic instead of admitting that their ugly self-insert shitter killed the company more than Covid or Tony ever did. Watch as they bring up irrelevant shit like merch sales next.

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 15:50:26 No.18543204 Report

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>>18543187
>irrelevant shit like merch sales
yeah what matters is cagematch ratings, you're right

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 15:51:03 No.18543211 Report

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>>18543148
>>18543169
nah, it's evil being shit and an anti draw

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 15:55:14 No.18543241 Report

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>>18543187
>>18543211
HoT is the top merch seller in the company. And the truth is that the company DID recover from the pandemic era. They didn't hit another slump until Tony went toy-wild.

You can really tell the Davedrones on this board because they blame Dave's boogieman (EVIL) without knowing anything about what's going on.

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 16:00:00 No.18543272 Report

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>>18543241
seff was a top merch seller and he still lead the fed into a dark age. evil is shit and is killing the territory. homosexuals can't draw

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 16:00:41 No.18543276 Report

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>>18543007
>>18543211
HAHAHA!

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 16:02:03 No.18543289 Report

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>>18543241
Tony isn't the reason they all left because they would have left either way. In a world without AEW, Okada would have joined his friend Nakamura in WWE and Jay White would have been in NXT or on the main roster. Maybe Ospreay would have stayed because he doesn't want to leave in the US. Also, Naito was a bigger star than all of them and his departure had nothing to do with AEW.

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 16:03:48 No.18543301 Report

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>>18543289
NTA, but, I mean, in a world without AEW, while WWE would have hired *some* talent, they wouldn't have hired nearly as many as AEW did.
New Japan invested a lot in some of those talents at the expense of the Japanese talent who ended up staying and that's part of why it's in the state it's in.

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 16:08:41 No.18543331 Report

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>>18543276
nope, gay married to the booker, has gay sex where he is the woman every night and his dick don't work

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 16:31:07 No.18543481 Report

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If Stardom wants me to watch, they need more English commentary so I can understand the stories.

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 16:35:11 No.18543521 Report

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>>18543289
Absurd cope. Tony completely destabilized the entire market because 1) he has unlimited money and doesn't care about overpaying, 2) he doesn't run AEW like a business and doesn't need to balance the books.

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 16:40:54 No.18543562 Report

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>>18541521
Does this mean Stardom gonna be forced to have NJPW exhibition matches during big shows?

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 16:41:10 No.18543565 Report

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Have you taken the NOAHpill yet?

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 16:49:42 No.18543626 Report

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>>18543289
AEW fans always try and use this talking point to justify Tony fucking over his partner

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 16:56:07 No.18543663 Report

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>>18543565
that match was good 20 years ago, NOAH is a shell

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 16:59:15 No.18543686 Report

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No, liking EVIL just because the star kike doesn't like him doesn't make you unique or special
No, he isn't an acquired taste since he's genuinely dogshit
No, he isn't some 400IQ deconstruction of a wrestler

Jamals latching on this shitter out of sheer contrarianism is so funny.

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 16:59:23 No.18543688 Report

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>>18541547
Neither do I. They've never been in a state like this.
Fucking Bushiroad is the root cause. They let this happen. They still partner with AEW who poach any shiny new name who makes as much as a ripple online.

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 17:00:20 No.18543697 Report

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>>18543688
Tony's coming for Stardom next.

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 17:00:53 No.18543704 Report

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>>18543169
It's the AEW cult, man. You can't criticise them or Khan.
It has to be some random thing.

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 17:01:43 No.18543711 Report

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>>18541521
Thank you for drawing the house, Phenex Queen.

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 17:02:04 No.18543714 Report

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>>18543289
>Tony isn't the reason they all left because they would have left either way.
Retarded cope.
Okada was making big money in NJPW. He turned WWE down multiple times.
Jay and Ospreay would've bounced eventually, but not as quickly as they both left NJPW.

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 17:02:37 No.18543722 Report

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Stardom loses half of its main event scene every year and keeps growing. Stop blaming AEW for NJPW's inability to build up the next generation of domestic main eventers

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 17:03:04 No.18543724 Report

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>>18543626
This.
>>18543697
Yup.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 17:04:19 No.18543736 Report

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>>18543722
How can they build when AEW takes anyone who gets a single Retweet? Look at Kidd.

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 17:05:25 No.18543745 Report

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>>18541521
Maybe they wouldn't be in this state if NJPW tried cultivating homegrown wrestlers instead of relying on gaijins and nepobabies to carry the company.

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 17:06:16 No.18543757 Report

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>>18543745
>>18543736

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 17:21:31 No.18543896 Report

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>>18543714
It's a different time now. Iyo has proven that Japanese wrestlers can be treated really well and get extremely over in WWE. She's one of the top three women in the company right now when it comes to fan reactions and TV time.

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Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 19:50:34 No.18544998 Report

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>>18541547
The Tony Khan effect

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