Thread 18416585

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>G1 CLIMAX 35

8/2 Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall (4:00pm)
>B Block: Zack Sabre Jr. vs Great-O-Khan
>B Block: Drilla Moloney vs Konosuke Takeshita
>B Block: El Phantasmo vs Shingo Takagi
>B Block: Shota Umino vs YOSHI-HASHI
>Gedo & David Finlay vs Dick Togo & EVIL
>Shoma Kato & Yuya Uemura vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA
>Masatora Yasuda & Taichi vs Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa
>Katsuya Murashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji
>Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg vs Jakob Austin Young & Callum Newman

8/3 Fukuoka Kokusai Center (5:00pm)
>A Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Yota Tsuji
>A Block: David Finlay vs EVIL
>A Block: Yuya Uemura vs SANADA
>A Block: Taichi vs Ryohei Oiwa
>A Block: Boltin Oleg vs Callum Newman
>Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi vs Hartley Jackson & Zack Sabre Jr.
>Jado & El Phantasmo vs Taiji Ishimori & Drilla Moloney
>Jakob Austin Young & Great-O-Khan vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Ren Narita
>Shoma Kato & YOSHI-HASHI vs Rocky Romero & Konosuke Takeshita

8/5 INTEX Osaka Hall (6:30pm)
8/7 Korakuen Hall (6:30pm)
8/8 Yokohama Budokan (6:30pm)
8/10 G MESSE GUNMA (3:00pm)
8/13 Act City Hamamatsu (6:30pm)
8/14 Korakuen Hall (6:30pm)
8/16 ARIAKE ARENA (5:00pm)
8/17 Final @ ARIAKE ARENA (3:00pm)

9/7 Blue Justice XVI @ Togane Arena (4:00pm)
9/28 Destruction in Kobe @ Kobe World Memorial Hall (4:00pm)

Previous >>18377874

Surely the next show of the Grim-1 Crymax won't be so grim.

GO GO TAKESHITA

GO ACE

>>18416715
>headlines the only G1 show so far that not only didn't PLUMMET but actually SKYROCKETED
Thank you, Yuya-san.

>>18416599
Top 3 is definitely Tsuji, Yuya and EVIL. Tana will fail to get #100 and it'll be up to the new guys to defeat the overwhelming heel.

>1,244人
Trannyhashi not drawing a dime. Grim.

jesus christ
what the fuck is wrong with you nujamals huh?
cant you even get 1.5 thousy?
there should be a limit to how grim things can get

>>18416585 (OP)
Nujamal keep losing hope you die hard and last noojs you and your shitty garbage subhuman fans.

>>18417022
May as well run the whole tournament in Korakuen next year

New Japan was the only puro company to draw a "thousy" in Kagawa this year. Just felt like saying this.

JEONG MOSQUE LI

Does Meltzer think New Japan can book arenas that are being renovated?

>>18418290
>this was said
He doesn't even watch anymore, only the matches he sees people buzz about. The sad truth is that he only cares about wwe and aew nowadays.

>>18418377
shut the fuck up nujamal
why would big dave watch aew's raped bitch developmental promotion every week huh
big dave has more important wrestling companies to watch
ya nujamals should be glad that someone like big dave is giving any attention to nujapan at all
big dave is responsible for whatever tickets yer precious lil nujapan manages to sell on their usa bingo hall shows
ya nujamals should be thanking big dave
ya ungrateful lil shits
this is why nobody likes nujamals

>>18418700
don't you have a forbidden door show to book tony?

>>18417807
grim
yappari, puro is dead

Didn't Tanahashi say when he took over he wanted to build a home venue for NJPW like CMLL has with Arena Mexico? What ever happened with that.

>>18418864
Tana is a two faced liar, he says he cares about wrestling then proceeds to kill it

>>18418864
>"I want to build a venue of New Japan's own. Right now, we are honored to be able to hold many matches at Korakuen Hall, the holy ground of martial arts. However, in order to expand the scale of the company, I would like to hold large tournaments in a permanent venue that can attract 3,000 to 4,000 people. It would be a dream come true to build an 'Inoki Arena' named after Antonio Inoki, the founder of New Japan Pro-Wrestling, in a place like Tsukiji, where the market has been relocated."
https://smart-flash.jp/sports/271223/1/1/

>>18418290
>this was said to be
lol

e-drones might go on and on about how dave is an AEW homer but where he really shows his bias for them is in their dealings with NJPW
>oh the crowds were sad
>...
>no mention of why the crowds are poor, that every meaningful NJPW talent has been poached by AEW
>who, by the way, is also failing to draw crowds in the US which Dave never comments on
I hate this guy. His love of 90s AJPW was literally just a "broken clock being right twice a day" situation. His taste is abysmal.

>>18419056
He should never get the honor of naming a venue "Inoki Arena". Certainly not to fill only 4 thousy seats. If NJPW wasn't so dimeless maybe they could build the Inoki Dome.

FOUR SAVAGE G1 LOSSES

ROLLUP OUT OF DESPERATION

>>18418864
That takes years to do and japs say this "I would love to" shit all the time and not deliver

>>18420285
Born from B block
The grim amok
Four savage G1 losses
Middle of the block

Aura

>>18420475
less

>>18420475
In terms of practicality this is his best look so far. Idk why but it fits extremely well

>>18420579
It doesn't look too ridiculous without the glasses, the right amount of zesty

>>18419737
Why? 4k is the best he could do before they kicked him out (and after).

>>18418377
He focuses in on one group then dumps them when he gets distracted by some other shit. Happened to AJW (never watched the rest of the booming joshi scene), All Japan and NOAH already

https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/354322
>In the official A-block match of the New Japan Pro-Wrestling midsummer festival "G1 Climax" held in Takamatsu on the 1st, Yuya Uemura (30) won his fourth victory over Hiroshi Tanahashi (48). While Uemura is expected to be Tanahashi's "successor" when he retires at the Tokyo Dome on January 4th next year, his goal is to become a unique wrestler. What is the true intention behind him being the only person currently putting himself forward to be Tanahashi's opponent in his retirement match?

>After winning a fierce exchange of blows in the final stages, Uemura grabbed both of Tanahashi's arms and prepared for his deadly Kannuki Suplex. Tanahashi tried to escape with a series of headbutts, but Uemura tenaciously held on to his clutches and unleashed a powerful burst of power to get the three count. After the match, in the ring, he declared with confidence, "Now that I've beaten Hiroshi Tanahashi, I'm only going to keep rising. Yuya Uemura is the sun of New Japan Pro-Wrestling!"

>Uemura, who calls himself "Taiyo" among the new generation warriors and officially became a member of the main team in June, is often touted as the successor to Tanahashi, who is set to retire next year. However, Uemura himself says, "Ever since I was young, I've often been told, 'You look like Tanahashi when he was young,' but I don't like being told that. It's up to the people around me how they see me, but I want to create my own ideal of pro wrestling," and has no such awareness whatsoever.

>After losing a singles match against Tanahashi at the Korakuen Hall event in June 2021, someone called out to him in the ring, "You can become an ace." Even though he knew it was a sign of high expectations and the highest form of praise, he was unable to accept it. "I felt very frustrated. I didn't want to be confined to the mold of Hiroshi Tanahashi, or rather, I didn't want to fit into Tanahashi's image of an ace. I still feel that way," he recalls.

>>18421496
>Because he had no desire to "take over" someone else, he felt a sense of mission to surpass Tanahashi, whom he respected. Before the tournament even began, Uemura revealed his plan for after winning the G1: to capture the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship (currently held by Zack Sabre Jr.) and then face Tanahashi in his retirement match, and now that he has defeated Tanahashi, that feeling has not changed. "If no one else steps forward, then I want to take the IWGP and be Tanahashi's opponent in his retirement match in the best possible situation. I want to experience the strength of Hiroshi Tanahashi in the main event at the Tokyo Dome. I want to face Tanahashi when he is at his strongest," he said, asserting that defeating the highly-skilled Tanahashi in the main event at the Tokyo Dome would be the only way to truly "surpass the ace."

>"Tanahashi once said something like, 'I'm going to have Fujinami (Tatsumi) all to myself,' but I'd like to have Tanahashi all to myself. Of course we could fight again, and I'd be happy to team up with him too." The winner of the final G1 of the ace who has supported New Japan will be a new sun who will shine on the future of New Japan.

>>18418290
it's literally 20 minutes of your time and $10 a month for your profession to watch this "best bout of the tournament". this guy sucks.

match sucked, by the way. umino has only had like 2 good matches in 10 dates and i like him, so it is a little sad.

>>18421811
Douki CMLL match in about an hour

>>18421595
only thing i didn't like what was legwork that went nowhere. instead of focusing on it he just went with bangerino wanting to spam lariat which was at least more exciting

jeongmok

Which player will appear in forbidden door. kinda tricky because there is a g1 tournament going on

g1 is not important though, we will take whoever we need. nobody pays to watch njpw anyway, wouldn't make a difference if some wrestlers suddenly have to miss the rest of the g1.

Tana, Shota, Shingo, Zack, Newman, Drilla will definitely be there
Hiromu and Despy will be ignored because Tiny is a casual viewer
Tsuji and/or Yuya maybe be dragged kicking and screaming to participate
Taichi is scared to fly so Tiny better get him a ship to sail across the waters to go

>>18422767
Despy sucks elite cock as much as Tana and Shingo so he'll go

>>18422796
Only time he went was the first time and they treated him like 2017 Despy lol

grim

>>18422704
clark kent player will save swerve to set up a match vs okada at wrestler kingdom

>>18423405
Curaku Kento-san

>>18423405
goofy ahh

>>18422704
maybe nobody wants to go lol

I still can't believe ZSJ is the top gaijin. I wish Sasaki was around to HEEM him back to the Jr division.

game thread >>18424344

>2,002人
More than last year's G1 show that had Naito in the main event, but a thousand less than Wrestling Redzone this year.

>ELP eliminated
based

>>18425002
I thought they were gonna PLUMMET w/o Naito in Naito country so this is decent

>7 guys with 8 points in B block
Yawn...

>>18422767
>Hiromu and Despy will be ignored because Tiny is a casual viewer
These two are the only juniors that casual viewers know so this doesn't even make sense

>>18425062
tbf one of them outright had to forfeit

with him it'd probably be 4 guys at 8 points or something

>>18422767
What about Oleg? He had matches with Takeshita, surely Tony watched them

Can they do anything to get you caring about this G1 again?

>>18425507
I'm curious of the makeup of the playoffs and enjoying the matches as it goes on (when they're enjoyable). Other than that, I'm kinda looking at past it to see what they do post-G1.

>>18425507
yeah injure takeshita

>>18425507
If Takeshita wins the G1 then I might start caring about Nugrimpan grim grimming.

>>18425660
yeah that's exactly why someone needs to injure him, fuck you bitch

>>18425689
takeshita is tough ya lil bitch
unlike gaped kiddie kid and ojisan goto
he aint gettin injured
he is gonna win the g1 and then aew will rape njpw's ass once again
dont get cocky
know your place

>>18425507
Don't beat Yuya. That's all.

>>18425002
Kinda grim that 2.0 thousy feels like a good thing for NJPW's biggest tour of the year.

Top 3 in ring
Yuya
Taichi
Takeshita

Bottom 3 in ring
ELP
Drilla
SANADA

>>18424761
Boruchin and Worufu will take his spot soon enough.

>>18425611
I think they finally crown Shota Umino. They are way past the point where the "young lions" should already be in the main event. Not at WK though, that would get booes

>>18426065
Tsuji and Uemura are the only ones who truly belong there outright. Shota and Oiwa are about Global level in semi mains max until something clicks. They should start investing in some outsider title challengers once the top 2 are set in stone because you can't keep running back to Shingo and ZSJ forever.

>>18426022
>O-Khan
>not bottom three

nothing but soulless bangerinos

>>18426405
O-Khan has Takagi, YOSHI, ZSJ, Takeshita. He very much avoids being at the bottom

>>18426395
Shut the fuck up ya retard. Tsuji and Uemura are shitters. This company is gonna be all about Takeshita from now on. Who the fuck do you think you are talking all that nonsense? You know nothing. Keep your mouth shut. Your boys Tsuji and Uemura are not gonna save Nujapan from being AEW's raped bitch. It's all about Takeshita now.

elp fucking sucks

>>18426255
LETS GO TAI CHI

bold teen Oleg should win the G1

>>18426742
This. Then he wins the IWGP at a Destruction show and call out Aaron Wolf for WK

the only reiwa dude Naito accepted to put over was O-Khan

This year's shitty Grim-1 theme brought to you by the Ball-lick Boyz.

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

kek gotta say i did not expect to ever see Ishii playing video games on youtube

>>18427162
That may partially explain why crowds love him

>>18427992
If only I could stand the 3 shitters surrounding him I'd love to watch this

>>18425507
taichi better be finishing in top 3 or i’m not watching
>>18425611
i miss goto

>>18427162
More like the only one they asked him to do so with. He would've jobbed to Chase Owens if they said it'd be good for the story.

>>18425052
I like 2023 more

jeongmok

>>18427162
Waited 2 years to have a young guy pin an active main eventer and the 2 to do it were GOK and Callum fucking Newman. KWAB promotion

we need him

>>18435186
For once in a while shots, yes. Pissed they took away Stardust from him, though

>>18425611
miss our Daredevil Samurai dad

soon

>>18436468
Easy MOTT

Douki looks so much better in Mexico

day 11 gamethread

>>18437101
>>18437101
>>18437101

Go Ace

Wasn't the best show based on pure quality but that might've been the most fun I had watching outside of Sendai

That Osaka show looks so skippable though holy fuck

>>18437831
How can he produce kino in his physical state when Chez and Cena can barely hit their shit by minute 10?

>>18438001
fans' love pushes him forward to do greater things

>>18437831
i wanna play with tana’s hair and pinch his stomach fat

trannyhashi

>>18438001
Look at them, the blood money tires them out. The Ace, on the other hand, is never tired.

>>18438688
broke a thousand guitars, never drew a yen

>2534人
Up from 1,780 and 1,757 in the last G1

Why are he and YOH not in the same faction rn? Are they stupid?

>>18437093
I would not be surprised if he sees a lot of himself in Yutani and is working with s little extra pep to set a good example for the kid

>>18438759
still can't get 3 thousy
grim

>>18439433
dont you have a Jelly roll match to go watch

Dominated Great O-Khan
Dangerous JOI Jakob Austin Young
Princess Pace Callum Newman

>>18439468
don't know what that means cause I'm not a tranny

>>18438936
Him turning on HOT for tearing up one of YOH's recycled jackets would be kino.

>>18439032
If NJPW is still alive, Yutani should be a top guy there in a few years.
I wouldn't be surprised if more japanese wrestlers try to skip the YL system from now on

>>18437093
>>18439032
>>18440656
What's the story on this Yutani guy, I can't find much googling. Also is DOUKI full HoT over there?

JEONG MOSQUE LI

Tanahashi is making it to the finals.

>>18440677
Hes another guy like DOUKI to focus his time on working Mexico. Difference is Yutani getting to CMLL over working slums like DOUKI did

>>18440677
He went to Mexico to play soccer played for some minor team or something, that didn't work out so he got in lucha.

They need to start putting jobbers or young lions back into these G1s. I can't fucking take these 7-way ties for 8 points anymore. Do something else

>>18439533
>Dominated Great O-Khan
>Dangerous JOI Jakob Austin Young
>Princess Pace Callum Newman

>>18441223
grim

JEONG MOSQUE LI

>>18436468
Tsuji has sucked all tournament - their match will reframe the future

>>18438936
He's about to lead the HoT splinter group with Narita and Nobu

>>18447076
Tsuji vs. Taichi is my MOTT :(

>>18447076
Blueji has been great this tournament. Turn your monitor on

>>18447145
Weak pick. Wasn't even the best match on the show

>>18441223
Ibushi will make his return at block final to lay out Tanahashi.

former IWGP champion "brock lesnar" made his return tonight

>>18449252
eagled belts don't belong with the lion mark but damn that looks nice

So has Tony used Ishii AT ALL during G1 season? Literally the only time I've seen him mentioned is him in a gaming video

>>18448726
Well it was my favorite :(

>>18449252
inoki would be proud

>>18449252
Who cares? We have Boltin now.

I love SANADA's new theme even if it sounds like a babyface world champ theme. He stands out from the rest of HoT in other departments so I guess it's appropriate anyway.

GRIM

New Pyonsukes just dropped!