Thread 18519411

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>G1 CLIMAX 35

8/13 Act City Hamamatsu (6:30pm)
>B Block: Konosuke Takeshita vs Ren Narita
>B Block: Shota Umino vs Great-O-Khan
>B Block: YOSHI-HASHI vs Zack Sabre Jr.
>B Block: Shingo Takagi vs Drilla Moloney
>Gedo & David Finlay vs Dick Togo & King of Darkness EVIL
>Shoma Kato & Yuya Uemura vs Daiki Nagai & Yota Tsuji
>Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA
>Hartley Jackson & Ryohei Oiwa vs Jakob Austin Young & Callum Newman
>Katsuya Murashima & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Masatora Yasuda & Taichi

8/14 Korakuen (6:30pm)
>Playoff: David Finlay (A Block 2nd) vs B Block 3rd
>Playoff: B Block 2nd vs Yota Tsuji (A Block 3rd)

8/16 Semifinal @ ARIAKE ARENA (5:00pm)
>Semifinal: EVIL (A Block Winner) vs B2 vs A3 Winner
>Semifinal: Winner of B Block vs A2 vs B3 Winner

8/17 Final @ ARIAKE ARENA (3:00pm)
>G1 Climax 35 Final: 8/16 Ariake Winner vs 8/16 Ariake Winner

9/7 Blue Justice XVI @ Togane Arena (4:00pm)

>Road to DESTRUCTION
9/9 Fujisanmesse (6:30pm)
9/10 Mainichi Kogyo Arena Kuki (6:30pm)
9/12 Shinnichi-Champion presents @ Korakuen Hall (6:30pm)
9/13 Korakuen Hall (6:30pm)

>Battle Line Hokkaido
9/15 Nippon Engineering College Hokkaido College Gymnasium Arena (4:00pm)
9/17 Recruit Staffing RICK&SUE Asahikawa Gymnasium (6:30pm)
9/18 Kitami-city Sport Center (6:30pm)
9/20 Yakumo-city General Gymnasium (3:00pm)
9/21 Kuriyama Town Sports Center (4:00pm)
9/22 Yotsuba Arena Tokachi (6:30pm)
9/24 Kitagas Arena Sapporo 46 (6:30pm)

9/28 Destruction in Kobe @ Kobe World Memorial Hall (4:00pm)

Previous >>18498797

>>18519411 (OP)
>EVIL (A Block Winner)
No wonder last thread got bumped off

EVILGODS! the tourch has been passed

Remember, lads

Gedo is booking war crimes.

why do you keep making a thread for this dimless grim company? nobody cares
you will just keep bumping it with nonsense. fuck you you stupid fuck

>How come you Got Back Up?!?

Because he always did.

>>18519492
>>18519592
funny seeing everyone blame Gedo for this as if Tanahashi hasn't been competing with Naito over who loves EVIL more for years

>>18519477
kinda sad desu

>>18519704
It's also a committee now. And booking committees ALWAYS work out in wrestling, right guys?!

with this character's death the thread of prophecy was severed

>>18519592
the mid south obsession is cute until they forget mid south was fun to watch

>general died again
I'm thinking of a word. Four letters. Starts with a "g".

gays?

gape?

>>18520512
war?
lady?

>>18520404
goto?

>nearly G1 finals
>can't even hold a general
GRIM

meanwhile

Aura

>>18521745
itll look hella grim when hiromu does the job

https://x.com/muchahaosorosii/status/1955101942138483165
Superhuman Ishimori produce show on 10/7.

>>18521747
Sanada is just japanese Seff now. grim

>>18522342
deadpan sociopath SHEEEEESHNADA is way more natural with it than jasethyy playing cartoon villain

*must suffer*

Why are they wrestling in half filled middle schools gyms and doing the job to Noah and marigold?

>>18523067
>no bump
>same filename as the other thread's OP

Tsuji getting into a car crash and replaced by Uemura will save us

a weapon to surpass the black and white lion mark

>>18523229
>Celebrate ZSJ wrestling some AEW midcarder at Forbidden Door
Grimola

>>18519411 (OP)
Kek why is the guy on the left dressed like dominatrix and why the right one has such big titts is this the superior non western wrestling you guys were talking about, lmao

>>18523246
Nigel doesn't even wrestle lol

>>18523487
Isn't he doing the mentor-student act with Garcia? Garcia is clearly winning.

>>18523551
>IWGP Heavyweight challenger Daniel Garcia
Just end the partnership. No money is worth it at this point

>>18523570
No Naito? Take all you can get

>>18523299
>guy on the left dressed like dominatrix
demolition paved the way

>>18523570
They put in an announcer who has wrestled one match in a decade in the #1 contender match. It's insulting.

>>18523689
It feels like Rocky got told 2 days before Collision to go to Zack mid-G1 to ask what he wants and he handpicked everyone. Maybe he was actually gonna face Ospreay and they did this cuz Ospreay went down. We didn't know how good we had it...

>>18523794
I wonder who Tana gets. The easy option seems like Okada (and he doesn't even have to lose)

>>18523794
I think it was going to be Gabe. He was already a soft member of the AEW roster the same way Ospreay was before he jumped.

>>18523801
>>18523844
Ospreay was either facing Tana or Zack, Gabe was gonna face Takeshita in a rematch, Fletcher is most likely wrestling Newman

JEONG MOSQUE LI

>"I'm a heel now and I'll knock your favourites out the G1"
>"Also I'm gonna work a sympathetic back injuring angle throughout the tournament"
What was he thinking?

>>18524326
Not really a heel just a cocky lad biting off more than he could chew. It works alright since he's young but he also forces it

>>18524481
why didn't his genes blast him to being 6'0?

>>18524481
Gonna be a sad day when his hairline fully betrays him. He might as well retire.

>>18523570
is it really any worse than giving them ricochet for a tokyo dome main event tho? this is just oibruv island for a non canon show

https://fxtwitter.com/WrestlingNow1/status/1955103195954622678/quotes
Japs are fed the fuck up

JEONG MOSQUE LI

>>18525638
EEEEEEHH ???!!
Tsuji Yota player with women ? Did he finally have sex ?? Yabai !!

>>18525184
>If you take it all the way to Zack, I'll seriously make Tony Khan eat a righteous hand chop.
kek based

At this point EVIL should be in the same group with Matt Taven, Jeff Jarrett and Justin Credible.

>>18526897
EVIL, Jarret, and Credible are based. Taven blows.

>>18526018
Inoki-sama...welcome back...

>>18526051
There really isn't. A piece of that gate is nice but they can't live off that wild having 400 unresolved issues domestically

This Shota vs EVIL semis finna be a stinker ngl

>>18528842
he's gonna be on the other side of the bracket so no need to worry

Does the fagoon mentioned in this screenshot still post here, or has he killed this general like he did the Stardom and Marigold ones.

>>18526051
Who said this?
>>18528478
The problem is that Bushiroad allowed AEW to poach their entire 2019-2022 main event scene in a little over two years. They sold out their home audience to chase quarter-full arenas of swamp-assed neckbeards.

Humble Wolf will restore the feeling

This is fucking stupid idea desu
https://x.com/njpwglobal/status/1955463217112838478

>>18530842
why?

As a lapsed fan I really wanna go to a live show, but all these G1 play-off matches seem kind of lame. Am I sleeping on anyone or should I just wait for Destruction.

>>18530971
personally i’d wait for destruction but i’m a taichi fucker who couldn’t care less about g1 at this point
you run the risk of the destruction card potentially being shitty by not knowing what’s on it at this point over having an idea on how the g1 playoffs will go, so do with that knowledge what you will

>>18530971
You may have to wait till Wrestle Kingdom, buddy.

>>18530971
You're in Japan? I say just go to the finals and see how things shape up l. I dont expect shitters like EVIL and Narita to make it that far

>>18530894
Could have done it in Japan instead of China

>>18531619
They originally weren't gonna have it this year, though. I don't know how they do wrestling over there but I doubt they're gonna do big name intergender matches or whatever

>>18530971
If you don't like any of Tsuji, Finlay, Zack or Takeshita you should just stop watching New Japan in its entirety honestly

>>18532071
nah they makeup of the playoffs is likely gonna suck ass for who's in the semifinals. if korakuen wasn't sold out i'd definitely say go there

b block finals gamethread

>>18532469
>>18532469
>>18532469

so it's really gonna be tsujincel vs trannyshitter in the finals huh

>>18533127
fuck off you fat faggot

>>18533142
turn your monitor on

>>18533127
>tsujincel
keep up, lil nigga >>18525638

>>18533127
no it's going to be takeshita vs shota, he's getting his win back and in the semis he's beating zack and also getting his win back, and at forbidden door he's drawing with elp for the tv title, takeshita isn't allowed to lose after all

Objectively correct block stage tier list. Feeling a little more generous I'd bump Tsuji up a tier

>>18533243
>ZSJ in any tier but "kys britbong"

This G1 needed Goto

>>18533253
>360 more than G133
how the fuck...

>[Sad news] New Japan fans don't know about tapouts
KEK seems like even japanese were confused because didn't know you have to tap 3 times

Now that both UE guys are free can we please get JAY off the cards? Dude can barely walk

would an Italian Brainrot gimmick save NJPW?

>>18533253
1,730
lying ass nigga

>>18519411 (OP)
Did Tana borrow Kobashi's chest?

>1,730人
grim

>>18533647
on 5ch they reported this number IDK their mistake

Was the show any good? My spirit has died since yuya got eliminated

>>18533783
nah it was shit

>>18533783
skippable besides 1 match. drilla/takagi was fine, zsj/yoshi-hashi was outstanding, shota/okhan sucked dick and ren/take wouldve been 100x better if it was evil in ren's place

>>18533938
cute purse

>>18533142
>calling anyone fat

JEONG MOSQUE LI

>>18523570
You now remember this

>>18533963
KWAFB

>"she" thought runny nose nobita would actually prevent konosugoi takeshita from making the playoffs
hahahahaha
hahahahahahahaha!
BWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
DATS WAT YA GET FOR GETTING COCKY!!

God, I feel so good for not believing in Narita. I kept thinking, "surely Narita would get his revenge against Takeshita this year, right?" But then I was like, "Nah, Narita is a bitch. No way they advance Narita over Takeshita. NJPW doesn't have the balls to do that, lmao" and look what happened. God this feels so good. Narita is such a fuckin bitch. He will never win a match that truly matters. He will never win the G1 either. He is a mid-carder for life. What a bitch. Seriously. He is like the SANADA of the new generation.

might as well have EVIL win the G1 then have Yuya beating him for the briefcase/contract

>>18533938
did they ever have gay sex?

>>18523570
Daniel Garcia is 100 times the wrestler than Yota Tsuji, Yuya Umerua or any other new gen shitter on your dimeless roster. Fuck you ya Nujamal. Danny Garcia will win your IWGP and you will watch it. You will fucking watch it. You will. You just will.

>>18534331
nigga that hasn't been a thing since 2021

>>18533431
Likely getting Nagata/Tanahashi here. They move about the same these days so I'm not interested in watching it

>>18534383
so what ? doesn't mean it can't be a thing again, nigga.

>>18534534
Basically confirmed it won't be already. They can get their shot whenever they choose

>>18533963
book him vs walker for wrestle kingdom

narita is better than shota who fucking sucks

>>18534783
not really to both of your stupid points

on a scale from 0 to 10 how hyped are you about the rest of the G1 ?

Takeshita catching Narita off the top and doing that Last Ride was the moment of the G1 for me

What a badass spot

>>18534783
no one cares about shota poomino and ran toyota
this lil tourney of yours is all about takeshita
he is the new shuyaku of shin nihon
he is the protagonist
get used to it ya bitch
this is takeshita's yard now

>>18534334
shooter was too busy getting plowed by his roommate will

>>18535430
4

no yoshi hashi no watchi

still no card for tomorrow's show

Shin nihon wa meccha gurimu desu ne...

>>18536497
That drops at midnight EST or something

nailsu statusuuu?

>>18537205
untrimmeduuuu desuuuuu

only takeshita matters in this tournament

>>18535438
That, Yuya's armdrag counter and Muscle Asami were the highlights

>>18535438
should have ended the match desu

Hiromu on Dynamite, challenging Fletcher for the TNT title at Forbidden Door apparently

This company is so cucked

Good news. Only hiromu will appear in forbidden door and not zsj and gabe kidd

>>18519411 (OP)
>no Page vs Tana
Good to know I 100% don't need to watch that shit

>>18539244
anon..

>>18538707
HOLY SHITTTTT
HIROMU TOY IS #ALLELITE?!!
YES
YES
YESSSSSSS
RAPERAPERAPERAPERAPERAAAAAAAAAPPEEE NEW JAAPAAANN AHAAAHAHAAA MY DICKUUU

So we not gonna talk about how Gabe miraculously healed up in time for FD

>>18539438
He hyperextended it, he didn't tear anything

>>18539438
Insider-kun already said Gabe injury was a work and he refused to G1 because Tony gave him a big money deal. But whenever this is brought up schizos in this thread start chimping out so what's the point of bringing it up? He is gone. It's over.

>>18539224
It's beyond a fucking joke now.
Just sell to Khan and get it over with already.

>>18534215
The start of the famous Hook and Jungle Boy feud, of course I remember.

>>18539462
>Insider-kun
The same one that said Jake Lee was beating Goto surely

Serious question for actual fans, are you happy with NJPW today? Do you think the partnership has been anything other than damaging and one-sided?

>>18539497
i hate njpw rn and the ayedub partnership is killing them

>>18539497
japanese fans are pretty sick of it and aren't even interested in buying the ppv but tana & ibushi on the same team may change that for some

>>18539528
>>18539545
I thought as much. Why did they sell the Japanese audience out to chase AEW's?

https://www.njpw1972.com/593390
Card for Korakuen tonight. Tsuji/Shota is the main event. DOUKI, Yujiro and Kojima are booked.

based HEAT STORM staying clear of the tranny rodeo once again

Ibushi and Ace on the same team all but confirms they're doing a singles match soon, followed by more Ibushi in New Japan till someone works him into a shoot

This Forbidden Door card is a complete joke and I say that as an AEW fan. I'm sorry NJPW bros, this isn't what we wanted either. Barely any NJPW vs. AEW matches, what is even the point of this.

goto

>>18540679
the g in g-spot stands for goto

>>18534618
Based Hoss enjoyer

>>18540599
our booking here is shit anyway so it doesnt matter

>>18539704
>ME AND MY DAWGS 4 REAL THE YOUNG BUCKS, I FOOKIN LUV THESE GUYS

>>18539704
>Skips his last G1 so he can heal up in time to be a background guy in the Death Riders
Kek

>>18540943
Truly an ass penetrated company

>>18539497
real njpw fan here
i actually buy tickets to their shows unlike most of you faggots
i love aew too
i want more aew involvement in njpw
only aew can save njpw

President Tanahashi's last match in the UK being a cluster fuck multiman (based around an AEW storyline), featuring the ghosts of NJPW's past (Kenny, Bucks, Ospreay etc) and the next NJPW to jump to AEW (Gabe), is oddly fitting

>>18540985
ebiru kakkoi~

Damn. Tanahashi just lubed Gabe's ass up personally for tonikan. Fuck the G1, I got an AEW booking. KWAB.

>>18541083
Surprised he didn't milk a CMLL farewell match

day 17 korakuen playoff gamethread shota better not win (he will probably)

>>18541249
>>18541249
>>18541249

>>18519411 (OP)
I can't think
Bad TV and other people's lives
On the Instagram and Facebook feeds
Got me
Fatigued
Another night holed up inside
So we hit the streets
And walked around
Routes we've run in
To the ground
A THOUSAND TIMES BEFORE

Shan't be watching
At a handegg game rn

The 3 failed musketeers

>>18539561
nearsighted corporate greed

****1/4 a little too long

>https://x.com/njpw1972/status/1955953036293234861
KEK

>>18541943
Uh oh you aren't allowed to point out the inconsistencies with Gabe because it makes him mad

>>18541943
I guess it's Shingo vs Gabe in Kobe then. I hope Oiwa and Uemura get something important to do too

>>18541943
why doesn't Shingo just enjoy the ride

>>18541943
I hate AEW so much

>>18541943
Even Despe agree with him kek

>>18542020
Despy's last match was on a TJPW show lol who's he talking to?

Shingo and Despy did so much promotion for AEW to the Japanese and they don't get invited to FD, they really don't understand how one sided the relationship is and how selfish Tony is.

>>18542048
but he was not competing in G1 and left because he was injured

>DOUKI: “I realized it when I went to Mexico. (Excerpt)… Japanese fans—because of you, the value of Japanese pro wrestling is dropping. Right? It’s because you keep making all these pointless assumptions and comments that the value of Japanese pro wrestling is plummeting.”

>Full text: https://njpw.co.jp/593777

https://x.com/njpw1972/status/1955966267036520690

GO ACE!

GO GO TAKESHITA

>>18541943
>>18542020
>the two biggest AEW fans on the roster are starting to turn on them
Is there anyone that still wants this partnership to be a thing outside of TK and Bushiroad execs?

>>18542097
always problems to access NJPW website

>>18541943
The Tonikan effect

>>18542062
It's not a relationship. Tony will take whomever he wants, and NJPW is forced to grovel to him so they can have the honor of using AEW contracted wrestlers. They have no choice to partner with AEW. If not Tony just takes all their talent and probably starts behaving spitefully to them.

>WWE making a NXT Japan slideshow.... LE BAD.
>AEW anally penetrating NJPW and putting a chill over the entire puro scene... LE GOOD.

*crickets*

>>18542232
why do you feel the need to lie?

8/24 AEW/NJPW Forbidden Door @ O2 Arena London (PPV @ 6:00pm BST)
>Lights Out Steel Cage Match: Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi), Darby Allin, Hiroshi Tanahashi, & Will Ospreay vs Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli & Jon Moxley), The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson), & Gabe Kidd
>AEW World Title: Adam Page (c) vs MJF
>IWGP World Heavyweight Title: Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs winner of Hechicero vs Nigel McGuinness vs Lee Moriarty vs Daniel Garcia on 8/14
>AEW Women’s World Title: Toni Storm (c) vs Athena
>AEW Unified Title: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Swerve Strickland
>AEW World Tag Team Title: The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) (c) vs winner of FTR vs Bandido & Brody King on 8/20
>AEW TBS Title: Mercedes Mone (c) vs Alex Windsor vs Persephone (CMLL) vs ??? (Stardom)
>AEW TNT Title: Kyle Fletcher (c) vs Hiromu Takahashi
>Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs The Matriarchy (Kip Sabian & Nick Wayne)

>>18542247
nigga when shota was in control at any point it sounded as if they were doing chain wrestling in the first 2 minutes. they pop for some big moves but don't care about him otherwise.

>>18542424
>Lights Out Steel Cage Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi,
tanas gonna get injured isnt he?

>>18542482
It will delay his retirement until Jan 4th 2027

>>18542424
Honestly, just make Hechicero champion

>>18542482
>G1 over
>cage match the week after
>Dieno match the week after that where he'll miss a HFF and then do another one with Dieno's trunks on his face
>likely Nagata the week after that in Chiba
>Destruction tour into Kobe
>KOPW tour into Ryogoku
>Power Struggle
>possibly WTL cuz why tf not

>>18542097
Must be hard going back to NJPW after enjoying current CMLL

>>18542482
Just as likely to get injured as Ospreay and golden faggots
>>18542504
Would be the worst outcome for NJPW but the best for /pw/.

>>18542097
Is he calling the jap fans doomers lol

>>18543024
Tsuji is the least grim option. We must root for him until they finally decide to let Yuya win something.

>>18542870
a hyperextended knee can keep you out for 1-2 weeks

it pretty much perfectly aligned to ruin the G1 which is why he was forfeiting at first, they were clearly going to try to bring him back even if only at the end but they decided against it

>>18543090
No, Takeshita is.

>>18543024
This is the year that EVIL does it, live sex celebration with Iyo at Destruction in Kobe.

>>18543470
the only person that evil has sex with is gedo that's why is pushed so hard

>>18542097
a little over the top, but nice to see somebody with a spine

>>18541943
>>18542020
>>18542151
It was mostly just some Westerners at first questioning him but now the seeds are planted domestically. Someone charismatic like Shingo working it makes it much higher profile especially.

>>18544461
Why aren't you just enjoying the ride?

totally forgot there was a g1 show today

I am NOT watching the finals if Tsuji is in it.

Who did this G1 help in your opinion?

I think Uemura, Takeshita, and Oiwa most of all.
The crowd has been lukewarm on Takeshita but I feel like he's starting to finally get some NJPW crowd support. Both Uemura and Oiwa I think took a step up both in performance and in the eyes of the fans.

>>18545037
Nobody because this is the least talked about G1 in year, just completely heatless. Takeshita is the only one that looks good coming out of it and he's an AEW wrestler kek

>>18545049
Answer again but less like a whiny faggot this time and more in line with your true opinion please

>>18545060
>Wahh, wahhh, you have to agree with me
Stfu, bitch.

>>18545071
You didn't name any wrestlers so no you're just being a faggot, an anti-fan, you have zero actual opinion on the G1 because you're a cancerous bitch

anyway can a non faggot answer me please? >>18545037

>>18545037
i agree, oiwa benefited the most because he really had nothing going for him since the shingo match he when he first came back here. i’d throw taichi in there but he was already doing well going into g1

>>18545197
hopefully NJPW rewards Taichi for being johnny on the spot and providing great matches (they won't)

>>18521747
His entire career is just a rib at this point

>>18545037
Oiwa for sure. Shota seems like hes recovering a bit? maybe? i struggle to get the vibes of the domestic crowd with him. dudes jacked either way so props to him. yuya was great and i hope he gets more of a push. i liked finlays turn around arc, though i dont think he'll win and his loss to tana was weird. the current crop of active young lions got some heat. murashima in particular.
takeshita i feel like has been presented very odd and inconsistently. he comes in as a don callis heel supposedly but the fans all like him as more of a face guy. rocky is acting like a heel manager for a bit, including on comms but that kind of gets dropped. if you want to establish take as a heel you probably have to get don over to manage him. the "outsider" angle also didnt work for me. the neck twist thing is dimeless and i dont think it fits him. i like the chicken wing though. maybe heel takeshita works better in aew?
all in all i think take was entertaining but neither helped nor hindered

>>18545197
>>18545282
Lmao shut the fuck up nigga, you don't care about any of those faggots, you just wish Okada was back or any real star

Moe, Larry, & Curly

>>18545282
I agree, I wish they'd let Takeshita go full Choshu, not sure why they're keeping him as a tweener

maybe Tony's orders, not to take him too hard heel?

>>18545901
>AI sharpening
>it sharpens some random guy's face in the background
KEK

Takeshita's Last Ride may be my new favorite move

its all bout takeshita now
this raped bitch belongs to takeshita

That one retard ITT still thinks Tsuji will beat Takeshita, lmao. Just like he thought Uemura would make the playoffs. Just like he thought Narita would prevent Takeshita from making the playoffs. It's amazing how he manages to be wrong every fucking time, kek.

Ong we all want to see a EVIL vs Takeshita finals

>>18545238
Imagine how extra fucked this tournament would've been if anyone else in that 4-way got the spot instead of him. Not even Ishii could carry things like he did.

>>18545020
You'd rather see ZSJ vs EVIL?

>>18546295
yes

>>18545037
Oiwa doesn't feel like a midcarder anymore
Yuya has everything put together now and the crowd takes his style seriously
Taichi crowd sympathy is peaking
Ren is kinda more threatening now (even though fans still don't care about him)

Everyone else is sorta just same old, same old or their presence felt weaker. Shingo felt like just a guy in the ring this year

https://youtu.be/DooJQMj0nQM
I have an odd feeling this leads to Gedo being kicked out. Makes more sense for Finlay to lash out on someone rather than leave himself open to be booted.

jeongmok

>>18545037
I went into it knowing it would be Oiwa because the guy had fucking nothing going into despite his ability and look, nowhere but up to go. I think an argument can be made for Yuya though because I think despite the booking he's proving himself as The Guy to more and more people, more than Tsuji who has gotten way more with booking.

>>18547175
sully

it doesnt matter what ya want
youre gettin takeshita vs tsuji finals
and takeshita is going over
simple as
there is no "we"
your opinion doesnt matter
only takeshita and aew matters
suck it bitch

2 stars of equal caliber

>>18548158
2 send ass niggas

https://www.njpw1972.com/594028
Full card for Ariake Saturday. Mostly just the card from Korakuen with more people and, ZSJ/Takeshita is the main event. Still no Gabe after the Shingo callout.

>>18548521
Oh and Nigel won the 4-Way and asked Garcia to be in his corner.

>>18548521
Grim card. You could've at least thrown in a Jr title match or something

>>18548753
Why does he look so inbred?

>>18548521
yep, takeshita's winning

>>18540985
we got a sequel

>>18548521
Glad I can blame both of them for a shitty house again

>>18545982
He is getting the most enjoyment out of the moment

goto

>80 Years Since the End of the War...
>Before the game on the 14th, I visited Yasukuni Shrine
>The Obon season always stirs deep emotions...
>As I wrote in my autobiography, my grandfathers went to the battlefield and barely made it back alive to Japan
>My paternal grandfather, who served as a communications soldier, was shot in the neck and nearly died, and perhaps because of that, he rarely spoke about his experiences.
>On the other hand, my maternal grandfather, who served as a squad leader, would become talkative when drinking and often told me about the harsh realities of the battlefield
>It really makes you want to study modern history again — it’s something important...
>Hands together in prayer, with gratitude.

wiggly ass fed
https://x.com/88yasushi/status/1955984785895252446

>>18519411 (OP)
8/16 Semifinal @ ARIAKE ARENA (5:00pm)
>Semifinal: Zack Sabre Jr. (B Block Winner) vs Konosuke Takeshita (B Block 3rd)
>Semifinal: King of Darkness EVIL (A Block Winner) vs Yota Tsuji (A Block 3rd)
>Hartley Jackson, Kosei Fujita, & Ryohei Oiwa vs DOUKI, SHO, & Ren Narita
>Taiji Ishimori & Drilla Moloney vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru & SANADA
>Daiki Nagai & Shingo Takagi vs Gedo & David Finlay
>Katsuya Murashima, El Phantasmo, & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Jakob Austin Young, Callum Newman, & Great-O-Khan
>Tomoaki Honma & Boltin Oleg vs Yujiro Takahashi & Don Fale
>Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado, YOSHI-HASHI, Yuya Uemura, & Shota Umino vs Master Wato, YOH, Toru Yano, Satoshi Kojima, & Taichi
>Kickoff Match (4:30pm): Tatsuya Matsumoto, Tiger Mask, & Togi Makabe vs Zane Jay, Masatora Yasuda, & Shoma Kato

8/17 Final @ ARIAKE ARENA (3:00pm)
>G1 Climax 35 Final: 8/16 Ariake Winner vs 8/16 Ariake Winner

8/24 AEW/NJPW Forbidden Door @ O2 Arena London (PPV @ 6:00pm BST)
>Lights Out Steel Cage Match: Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi), Darby Allin, Hiroshi Tanahashi, & Will Ospreay vs Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli & Jon Moxley), The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson), & Gabe Kidd
>AEW World Title: Adam Page (c) vs MJF
>IWGP World Heavyweight Title: Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs Nigel McGuinness
>AEW Women’s World Title: Toni Storm (c) vs Athena
>AEW Unified Title: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Swerve Strickland
>AEW World Tag Team Title: The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) (c) vs winner of FTR vs Bandido & Brody King on 8/20
>AEW TBS Title: Mercedes Mone (c) vs Alex Windsor vs Persephone (CMLL) vs ??? (Stardom)
>AEW TNT Title: Kyle Fletcher (c) vs Hiromu Takahashi
>Adam Copeland & Christian Cage vs The Matriarchy (Kip Sabian & Nick Wayne)

>>18549896
GRIM

>>18549829
where did he post that

>>18549902
https://www.instagram.com/p/DNXPDwKvuzT/

They announced dates for Super Jr Tag League and there seemingly is no November Osaka show. Instead they're going to Gifu with Tanahashi's homecoming and the finals.

When is Milano going to have a match for the AEW championship?

>>18550097
when Forbidden Door is in Italy

>>18549941
>Tana's last show in Osaka is a jr tag tournament show for 800 people
Grim

>>18550225
can you not read

>>18550266
The last fully tournament show is gonna be Edion Osaka #2, dumbass

>>18550366
what does this have to do with anything

Predict the (grim) ariake arena attendance number for tomorrow. I say 3.1 thousy.

>>18550390
238人

>>18550390
Even if it's 25,000 you faggots will still find reasons to cry in this thread tomorrow because it's the G1 CRYMAX

>>18550390
Just barely above 4k.

this is the match

>>18550763
what's the strength spot going to be

it's literally the only reason to have tihs match

>>18550763
no Muffin Ass no watch

>>18550653
nah but they'd never sold out a 25k seats arena though, they're doing korakuen numbers

>>18549896
This starts 2am EST, right
I cannot into timezones.

>zsj is still champion and very much could be in the finals.
Grim.

>>18550820
honma top rope powerbombs fale

>>18551060
Champion should never job

Great performance and really good tournament overall from Shota. Won’t change the casual discourse - people have dug their heels in and are more concerned with the small-brain analysis of his hair/gear/music etc but post-WK he has improved a ton for those paying attention

>>18551050
No, 3:30 am EST is the pre-show, actual show starts at 4:00 am EST.

>>18551534
I disagree. I think he's improved a little but he still struggles at building compelling matches. He's great at the finishing stretch and can execute an exciting conclusion to a match but it's the beginning where he feels awkward and doesn't quite sell like he should, etc.

And c'mon, you can't just ignore the fact that everybody expected this Naito-like reinvention after the head shave and then he just comes back as the exact same guy who smiles less and is more intense.

>>18551954
I wasn't expecting anyone to give a real reply. I just copied that from the Super J Cast twitter account. Good reply though.

>>18551954
Dogshit reply that just proved that the JCast xeet was right lol

Here's what real wrestling experts think of Shota btw

>Takeshita beating Sabre Jr., in the semifinals and Tsuji in the finals does make for the better Wrestle Kingdom main event against Sabre Jr., for the IWGP title. But with the feeling that one of the younger group of Uemura, Tsuji, Oiwa or Umino need to win the title, then that one favors Tsuji. But if they want the title to be a big deal worldwide, then Takeshita should beat Sabre Jr.
Do we agree with Big Dave?

>>18551534
>Presentation doesn’t matter! It’s all about having bangarino’s!
How can they have covered NJPW for so long and still be so bad at it?

>>18552126
It just sounds like Dave blowing AEW as usual.

>>18552063
I can't believe Dave skipped on watching again and stole my rating!

>>18552126
>>Takeshita beating Sabre Jr., in the semifinals and Tsuji in the finals does make for the better Wrestle Kingdom main event against Sabre Jr., for the IWGP title. But with the feeling that one of the younger group of Uemura, Tsuji, Oiwa or Umino need to win the title, then that one favors Tsuji. But if they want the title to be a big deal worldwide, then Takeshita should beat Sabre Jr.
>Do we agree with Big Dave?
Listen to Big Dave, New Japan. He knows what he is talking about. Honestly, New Japan should just fire Gedo and hire Big Dave to be the new booker of New Japan Pro Wrestling. Rocky Romero might be a good option too. Gedo needs to go though.

>>18551534
Shotetty isn't main eventing Wrestle Grimdom this year. It's over for him, Nujapan gave up on him. He was supposed to be the next Okada/Tanahashi. He was supposed to main event multiple Wrestle Grimdoms in a row. But he failed. It's all about Takeshita now.

>>18552126
zsj should lose the title before wrestle kingdom because he is a terrible wrestler and has never drawn a dime.

>>18551937
>starts at 4am.
How many matches are there

https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/355938?page=1
>[New Japan G1] Yota Tsuji's first victory and ambition to "disintegrate" the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: "We should connect history once again"
Yeah this nigga is never winning the belt saying this shit over and over again.

>>18553191
there's 8 but you can start watching at 5am only the last two are going to matter, they won't do any angle on the semis show

>>18553517
I do not know if I will make it, bro.

>>18553752
awesome, they should dress like this and win wtl

Lets go Taichi!

>>18553410
Either Tanahashi took charge and said fuck the Ohbaris and is changing it back or Tsuji is setting himself up to look like a dipshit when nothing changes

>>18550820
Nah Don Fale is going to pin Oleg and earn himself a NEVER title opportunity

save us Humble Wolf

shota umino fucking sucks

shooters shoot

next >>18555135