Thread 18555135

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>G1 CLIMAX 35

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)

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>>18555135 (OP)
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)

>>18555135 (OP)
BOOM

CRASH THE MAT TWIX YORU WO KUDAKE

GO GO TAKESHITA

where is Oskar Leube i thought his excursion was over

Trust The Flan

>>18555212
https://youtu.be/U3gvBLs8eUI?si=uRpmp4p4_HPLMgTa&t=5295
He's close

>>18555212
not coming back
he is earning more in europe than the nujapan salary

>>18555135 (OP)
why is iyo's husband making this face?

>>18555290
Why is Takeshita looking at him like that?

Nanjing "Massacre" never happened btw

>>18555817
He has a soldier's face. I could definitely see him beheading a few Chinamen to test his blade.

can we please have take and Tsuji in the final? that would be yen

>>18555817
Someone post the screenshot. You know the one.

>>18555876
Tsuji going over Takeshita in the finals has been confirmed by my sources

grim

1. takeshita vs tsuji.
2. takeshita vs evil.
<<>>
3. zsj vs tsuji.
<<>>
4. zsj vs evil.

It's fun watching r/njpw slowly break out of its shill mode for AEW and fall into seething hatred of the promotion and Tony Khan

>>18555817
He REALLY doesn't want that China show to happen

>>18556505
What about 5ch

>>18556422
Takeshita/Tsuji is the best match booking-wise
Takeshita/EVIL is the most entertaining match available
ZSJ/Tsuji has some backstory from last year's G1 final
ZSJ/EVIL has no redeeming qualities

shota umino fucking sucks

>>18557819
ummmm but the Cagesmarks and Twitter trannies said he's GOOD actually

>>18557847
>Twitter trannies
They treat him like they treat Chase Owens and Austin Theory. They have near schizo hate for him and Gabe now.

Lowering my attendance prediction to 3.7k. I remembered Takeshita is main eventing.

>>18557847
I have seen this man wrestle twice and I can safely conclude that he has no aura.
And he was wrestling zack sabre jr., the man who is the antithesis of aura.

>>18557847
The coolest NJPW entrance i ever seen

>>18558388
He is just riding a bike.

EVIL winning would filter AEWsissies off Nooj for good...

>>18558438
I would filter me and I'm a devout EVILdoer

How many bells from now does it start?

>>18558668
only 3

>>18558394
Yea. But it was cool asf to see

what is this lil nigga cookin?

>>18557847
you're mad at the wrong group of people retard

>>18559166
you can't take the indie shitter from inside these guys

>Has a win over both Takeshita and ZSJ in you're path
Are you looking for to another Dome main event for Shota?

>>18555966
The only thing you confirm is sauces

>>18558818
Wrestlers riding motorcycles to the ring has been a thing for decades. How is it any different when he does it

They're using practically the whole building. Just begging for us to make grim posts

>>18559321
uhhh thats not me dude

Semi Finals gamethread also the kickoff match started

>>18559586
>>18559586
>>18559586

>>18559334
Why does it make some of you niggas mad when people are enjoying anything involving Shota? Fucking obsessed weirdos

DOUKI was right

>>18555135 (OP)
good card

Why are all these faggot ass heel bookers so obsessed with heel factions this year?

Did Tsuji, Uemura, Oiwa and Umino all gangrape Gedo's wife or something?

SAVE US PRESIDENT EVIL

Can we stop pretending Tana saved NJPW from the dark age now?

Come home to the Ark puro fan. You don't have to watch this cuckodry

>Fakes being KOd so he doesn't have to put over Takeshita
Gotta love the Gene Blaster

Your Wresle Kingdom main event sir

Why was Takeshita presented as a heel throughout the tournament if the plan was to position him as the "saviour of NJPW" against EVIL?

>>18560947
yes Kenta-san, I'm jumping on board the ark

>>18561000
Gedo just cant bring himself to book faces so he books a gray heel or unlikely hero vs a dark heel

>>18555135 (OP)
We are officially an AEW ass penetrated company.

Are we all just ignoring the protests from Shingo about Tsuji and how this is inevitably going to lead to a briefcase match with evil that he will win

>>18561000
Who? He literally showed up with his new white gear and he gets called SHIN Takeshita. He no heel he's just a bit of an asshole but no heel.

>>18561033
Has been for years

>"We need Takeshita to win the G1 and defeat EVIL (the antithesis of Shin Nihon), making him the saviour of NJPW. Then which ever young guy beats him will get over"
>"Why don't we put one of our guys in that position instead (eg Yuya)? Because then you get two young guys over, instead of an outsider"
>"..."
Fuck Rocky Romero

>>18561034
Keep coping.

>>18561034
There is no briefcase you fucking retard

>>18561050
we miss you Bushi

>>18561051
How is that cope? Did you watch the show? It was on it.

Naito was right

GOK vs EVIL should main event WK

>>18561055
>every year has a briefcase
>oh but last year Zack so bldhfiemav
Every year has a briefcase

>>18561058
He knew what the plan for the G1 was. That's why he said that EVIL should win.

>>18561062
Might as well, those are the only two people Tony won't steal

>>18561065
Show me a picture of Naito carrying a briefcase in 2023

>>18561073
He carried a tote bag instead because it was funny

>>18561083
And it wasn't recognized by NJPW and he was complaining about it. So there was no briefcase this year.

>>18561073
or Okada the year before

Jeong Mok

>>18561085
>it’s not an actual briefcase
Fine the title shot. Would you prefer that you shoot fucking autist.

>pretend to be NJPW’s savior for years
>become president and kill it
GO ACE

THANK YOU TONY

I stopped watching when jeongmok took the title last year, guess I haven't missed much
fuck toni bakan

>>18561104
Naito didn't defend his title shot either.

>AEWtists are complaining because EVIL is in the finals
>Diehard NJPW fans are complaining because an outsider is winning the G1 over other roster members that are clearly ready
Who is this finals booked for exactly?

>>18561121
EVIL fans

Hearing rumors that Jake Lee vs Kota Ibushi might be the WK main event

I know we all like to joke around, but I'm genuinely starting to think this company is completely lost and there's no coming back. Its got morons in charge and is cucking to AEW at an embarrassing rate

>>18561126
But he's not winning.

I am a faggot for being genuinely sad about the current state of affairs? I feel like I kinda am and I don't really hate Takeshita, it's just so dire.

>>18561121
Gedo and Tony Khan.

Weird to see fans of the developmental fed seething at a main roster guy getting more eyes on the product

>>18561138
This. We want the title to be a big deal worldwide. That's why Takeshita needs to win.

>>18555876
Kek
Lol
Lmao even

>>18561138
Take is not getting more eyes anywhere

>>18561154
Why would Big Dave say it then?

EVIL’s best match?

Literally nobody ever paid a ticket to see EVIL.

>>18561151
I give him 2 matches at most before he quits or NJPW folds

EVIL should beat Takeshita clean and then hang and burn an effigy of Tony Khan during his celebration. Then Takeshita does a naked dogeza and apologizes for being in AEW.

>>18561167
kek

>>18555135 (OP)
I seriously thought that they were finally going to pull the trigger on the Tsuji push and have him defeat Takeshita in the finals

Oh boy was I wrong

>>18561165
I am never going to care about cagematch ratings. Sorry tranny.

>>18561169
False.
>>18561175
True.

With the rate they’re losing customers at next years semi finals will be in Korakuen

next year's G1 will hold residency at ribera's steakhouse

>>18561165
EVIL's best match unironically is the one where he beat Okada

This year’s G1 final should be a 10 minutes match on Dynamite

>>18561214
The one where Okada beat him to qualify for the G1 finals was better but it had le heckin' cheating heels so it was le bad!!! Kys

>>18561212
He made a troll pick. Gedo was dumb enough to actually do it

>>18561220
stupid retard go watch their 2017 G1 match, see how molten hot the crowd was, write me a personal apology, then live stream yourself doing a flip

>>18561231
i watched that match live dipshit shut the fuck up

>The whole G1 is just about making Takeshita into a star
Why didn't they just chose one of their own guys instead of Takeshita? Did Tony make the call?

>4558 in Ariake arena

How do you get outdrawn by NOAH

>>18561232
Sure you did

>>18561236
Ibushi is famously a NOAH guy.

>>18561244
>NOOOO IF YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR TASTES MOLDED BY MELTZER'S HANDS YOU'RE FUCKING LYING
I hate you. Stay away from me. Ewww.

>>18561250
lmao sure you did. Do a 900 too along with the flip

>>18561253
Why are you still talking to me? Go away you disgusting fuck. I'm about to puke.

>>18561260
Last word

>>18561263
Nuh uh

Let’s all calm down and thank Tonikan for sending Take to save NJPW

>>18561268
final word

your G1 Climax 35 Semifinal

>>18561337
NJPW is a comedy promotion

>>18561337
AEW's fault according to (you)

>>18561337
We need to bring Inoki back from the grave somehow

>>18561337
what happened to the sport aspect of the G1?

>>18561337
This was unironically based. Then the finish happened.

>>18561337
It makes retarded smarks seethe so this is good.

>>18561337
Inoki-san... WE MISS YOU!

I didn't think this could get more grim but here we are.

Gabe still not acknowledging Shingo's callouts but has risen from the grave to shit on the semifinals

>>18561410
the whole thing is a joke and makes the crowd leave, but hey it "worked" somebody on social media

>>18561337
Nice of NJ to partner up with DDT

>>18555135 (OP)
EVIL and Takeshita is the final? Bro. What the fuck

>>18561435
no it didn't make the crowd leave

Naito and his stem cell repaired knees showing up in NOAH is gonna be the nail in the coffin.

>>18561473
>Naito and Bushi leave
>Hiromu starts working a feud for NOAH's Jr title
What are they up to...

>>18561470
there is no crowd no to begin with, they already left

lol

lmao even

grimposter won, i'm afraid

yappari, this truly is the grim1 crymax

Grim-sama...

Kill Gedo. Behead Gedo. Roundhouse kick Gedo into the concrete. Slam dunk Gedo's head into the trashcan. Crucify Gedo. Defecate in Gedo's mouth. Launch Gedo into the sun. Stir fry Gedo into a ramen. Toss Gedo into an active volcano. Urinate into Gedo's gas tank. Judo throw Gedo into a wood chipper. Twist Gedo's head off. Report Gedo to the FBI. Karate chop Gedo in half. Curb stomp Gedo's head into the pavement. Trap Gedo in quicksand. Crush Gedo in the trash compactor. Liquefy Gedo in a vat of acid. Eat Gedo. Dissect Gedo. Exterminate Gedo in the gas chamber. Stomp Gedo's skull with steel toed boots. Cremate Gedo in the oven. Lobotomize Gedo. Mandatory castration for Gedo. Grind Gedo's remains in the garbage disposal. Drown Gedo in yakiniku grease. Vaporize Gedo with a ray gun. Kick Gedo down the Korakuen stairs. Feed Gedo to alligators. Slice Gedo with a katana.

So how you feeling guys ?
Who do you want to win ? The heel shitter or the bangerino AEW wrestler who barely wrestles in New Japan ?

If Yuya or Oiwa were in Takeshita's position then this would be a based final

The collective accomplishments of every wrestlers who graduated from the young lion system this decade
New Japan Cup Winner (Tsuji)
Best of the Super Jr Winner (Wato, Fujita)
Tokyo Dome Main Event (Shota)
IWGP Global (Tsuji, Gabe)
NEVER 6 Man Tag Champion (Tsuji, Boltin, Wato, Narita)
IWGP Jr/Hvy Tag Champion (GOK, Fujita, Wato)
NEVER Openweight Champion (Boltin)
TV Champion (Narita, GOK)
KOPW Provisional Champion (GOK, Uemura)
NOAH Victory Challenge Tag League (Oiwa)

>>18561763
lmfao at uemura
literally their best wrestler under 40
fucking retards
they deserve to be eaten up by gAyEW

>>18561763
Seriously what is going with creative? New gen should have taken over last year

The story of this G1 is that Tony Khan is your savior and that you should all thank him for sending Takeshita to stop the big bad EVIL.

>>18561797
fuck being mad about gAyEW
i dont give a FUCK about those trannies and their e-fed toybox
this is all njpw being retards
behead gedo

>>18561648
This. People crying about EVIL are stupid. The problem is his opponent.

>>18561873
In a way it feels like a fuck you from Gedo.
>"Takeshita is winning and you have to make him look strong"
>Books him to beat the comedy heel in the final

Anyone checked in on what 5ch is sayin?

the funniest part is that NOAH is even worse.

>>18561968
NOAH took a guy who debuted a month before Narita returned to Japan and made him both a champion and a draw before New Japan could muster the courage to put any 2 reiwa graduates in a top spot together. They're better.

>>18561897
>"The babyface defeats the heel" or "The affiliation protects the G1 from an outside enemy (affiliation)"
>EVIL's attributes and Takeshita's undeniable sense of being an outside enemy are the hooks, but at least the company doesn't seem to think of them as an outside enemy lol

>If you just look at Takeshita's abilities, he's a hybrid of Nakamura and Okada, so why isn't he more popular?
>Because fans have a low level of understanding of Takeshita, they don't know what kind of person he is, so they can't support him.
>From the perspective of New Japan, he suddenly appeared, so I guess it's still difficult to empathize with him.

>Do people who want to pretend Okada was popular seriously have lost their memories? He was always ranked below 5th in popularity polls, rarely featured in merchandise rankings, and never ranked #1 in any NJPW rankings. He was certainly a strong and cool face of the promotion, but he wasn't really popular.
>Conversely, if being ranked below 5th is enough to be considered popular, then all of today's young wrestlers would be popular too.

>I think if you search for X, 70-80% of the results are in support of Takeshita. I don't know about Yahoo! Comments, but there are a lot of people who dislike Takeshita on the NJPW thread. Well, it's hard to make anti-comments even on X.

>Ibukeni had been participating in spot matches as a member of DDT since the Yukes days, so New Japan fans already had some sort of attachment to him when he announced he was joining the company. It's a shame that Takeshita wasn't able to have that kind of time because he was cut off from DDT. In short,
>it's President Tanahashi's fault for creating the opportunity to cut off the relationship.

>I also didn't like the company's intention of using Umino to get people to sympathize with Tsuji. I seriously think that Korakuen incident showed they were neglecting their training.

>>18561993
making a champion someone with 2 years of in-ring experience doesn't mean shit. they were just good at selling him, the guy did not become a champion because is talented but because they made him a new persona to appeal to the general public.

>>18560903
Omega was right

>>18562030
It shows a company that knows how to take a calculated risk to make a star. Meanwhile there's 7-year veterans who've done fuckall and are served up as either fodder for guys who couldn't touch the top belt when there were actual stars around or to foreigners and outsiders.

blud is crying because his legacy is ruined

>>18561993
nigga, their main event today was KENTA vs Marufuji.
Wrestlers that should be doing trios matches down the card

>>18562022
>Regardless of Tsuji, yesterday may have been Umino's last chance as a baby wrestler. If this doesn't work out, then it'll be a shift to Uemura Oiwa, but he's given enough chances so it can't be helped.

>The new generation isn't very popular yet, so Tsuji is the best of his generation due to his former LIJ bias, but he's probably less popular than Yoshihashi, who has a strong fanbase.

>In the heavyweight division, the ones who suffered the most were the mid-career wrestlers in their 30s. The veterans were always getting attention in comparison to the new generation.

>Zack said that if EVIL wins, he'll throw himself into the Pacific Ocean and the title will be vacant.

>Just like Kojima won the G1 and belt right after he returned, I think Takeshita probably had similar conditions when he signed his contract, but I still want to see EVIL win.

>You guys are happy that EVIL advanced to the finals, but if you think about it objectively, it's the same as Takeshita being confirmed as the winner. Pushing such a sham is really the end of NJPW.

I'm an experienced cuckold and New Japan Pro Wrestling is my favorite wrestling promotion.

>>18562082
And?

>>18562069
I'm not saying that was wrong, but certainly what NOAH did right was to focus on a single guy but TO ME it felt way to forced especially because he faced to more experienced wrestlers and ironically what helped him, and is helped EVIL during this G1 is having a heel group to back you.
NJPW is making questionable choices, and I'm not even talking about Takeshita because he has a contract with NJPW, it's not like MAO who went for BOSJ as an outsider, but about Tsuji vs EVIL and Uemura and Oiwa pushed on the side.

>>18562111
It might be because Tana knows that this dome is the best chance they have at selling it out so he thinks his retirement and the debut is enough for the Japanese audience and he needs someone the foreigners know in the title picture to get as many foreigners to come as possible.

>>18561968
NOAH has done a better job with OZAWA than New Japan has with any of their recent young talent. He also draws for them.

>>18562082
Marufuji shit the bed and should never be in another main event but Kenta’s had good matches.

The solution to getting a sustained push? Be white.

>>18562121
It's possible, but I wouldn't put this a main reason.
Also was retarded that let ZSJ get that far in the tournament IMO

>Boltin vs Fale soon
>Tanahashi vs ELP soon
>Zack vs Narita or Shota soon

>>18562181
nothing wrong with the last two, bitch

>>18562102
you are talking about young guys...

Broken down Kenta is your champion

>>18562237
And even a sloppy nostalgia main event sees them in better positioning for the future than a roster full of fucking losers, gaijin who won't be around long and 2010s midcarders

BASED EVIL

This feels like Tenzan, Nagata and Kojima all over again. Kojima then escaped to All Japan only for Muto to squash him with Goldberg.

>>18562280
That being said all 3 of them were better than any of the current crop

>>18561337
The match actually started to pick up here.
And then it just ended.

>>18562280
Mutoh made him Triple Crown champion. And at least Goldberg was a superstar coming in. What the fuck is Drilla Moloney ?

Gabe skipping the entire G1 to ensure ye made the AEW booking. For fucks sake this company is so cucked.

>same company that made Shibata, Ibushi, and Shingo earn their spot for years after being not fully committed or just a outsider
>let a part time wrestler from another company walk in and take the G1 main event
Guess I'm a EVIL fan

>>18562347
What's wrong with that, huh bitch? Listen up ya stupid cunt. One Foridden Door match earn ls Gabe Kidd way more money than 4 weeks worth of matches in your lil "G1" tourney. So why should a star like Gabe Kidd work your shitty bingo hall promotion for peanut yen salary, huh? You fucked in the head or something? You got shit for brains, huh?! Gabe got the Tony Khan big money dealy. He doesn't need Nujapan. Don't get cocky. Don't you fucking DARE get cocky. I'm a madman just like Kidd. Say this shit in front of me and I'll fuckin muder ya!!

>>18562347
Nigga it's a tweaked knee lol dont be retarded

>>18561000
There aren’t faces and heels in puro retard you just support whatever faction / wrestler you think is the coolest

>>18562247
NOAH is NJPW's TNA

I know we all like EVIL here, but he's not a draw right now. ZSJ vs him will draw a grim crowds tbqhdesu.

>>18562354
Shibata and Ishii are also AEW toys. Shingo would happily become an AEW toy if he got the offer. No wrestler on planet Earth is "fully committed" to NJPW. No wrestler is loyal to NJPW.

>>18562422
So the problem is that NJPW can't have loyal top players? I mean, it's all up what kind of contract they sign, many wrestlers in japan are freelancers or frequently work in a promotion but also do side jobs.
The problem is when they get poached or else.

>NOAH IS THE FUTURE

Kill yourselves, you will never be Japanese

MJF in CMLL and Takeshita in NJPW. The rape of our subsidiary promotions is in full effect. Rocky Romero is leading the way. AEW domination. AEW is your lord and master. Turn around. Bend over. Spread em!
PLAP PLAP PLAP PLAP
PLAP PLAP PLAP PLAP
PLAPPLAPPLAPPLAPPLAPPLAPPLAPPLAP
PLAPPLAPPLAPPLAPPLAPPLAPPLAPPLAP
MY DIKKKUU IS GONNA BAKAHAAAAATSUUUUU

>New Japan announced an attendance of 4.558 in Ariake Arena, which is down from 5.340 last year in Sumo Hall for the semi finals

>They booked a bigger venue to draw more and drew 800 less.

grim

Erm actually Tsuji was concussed and so they were forced to put EVIL in the finals. I'm not coping.

>>18562453
So sad seeing Marufuji like this

>>18562416
And their booking is worse than their TNA. Grim

>>18562485
It's pretty crazy that AJ managed to get a half decent match out of him last year

We should really stop fighting. All of our companies are cucked in some way. We're all in this grim situation together.

>>18562479
He was quite literally KO'd kek

saying he wasn't hurt just so you can post GRIM GRIM TONIKHAN TRANNYHASHI ASS PENETRATED ORGANIZATION is where the cope begins

>Takagi: "When I commented about Gabe, I got more reactions than I expected, so I thought he might show up, but he didn’t. (Omitted) What he says and what he does don’t match up. It’s contradictory. But there’s still the final day. Maybe Gabe will show up tomorrow."
https://x.com/njpw1972/status/1956662427061514346

>>18562453
Good lord

>>18562453
Is not much different from Tana lately, even if Tana hides that better.

I fell alseep during takeshita/zsj, how was it as a match

>>18562528
Tanahashi shouldn't be working single matches either

>>18562545
i could understand if they were indies who had no choice but wrestle because it's their only income but i think they can definitely take a break.

>>18562453
Based Ozawa is more over and charismatic than every under 35 njpw wrestler put together lol

>>18562520
Post >yfw he actually doesn't

>>18562611
More over with the 100 60 year old marufuji and kenta fans in the crowd maybe

go back to your old man fed
how's that title run working out btw?
KWAB

>>18562515
How are you going to react when he's going to work the undercard tomorrow?

>>18562611
He does funny faces and tiktok dances, what's charismatic in that? He got popular because chicks dig him for reasons, which is why NOAH is full of fujo

>>18562666
It would mean either that he wasn't hurt or that NJPW has basically no concussion protocols whatsoever which may also be true kek

god damn it feels good to be a Yota Tsuji hater

I didn't watch the G1
Have they done ZSJ vs Taichi? I feel like thats a decent G1 semifinals or whatever

>>18562453
>Keep doing GTS when Murafuji are absolutely gassed
Just pull a running knee and end his misery, man.

>>18562422
Don't cry when AEW crumble, tranny.

>>18562453
maripoopy is so washed KEK

Thank God we don't have anyone working past his expiration date.

>>18562805
NJPW at least has the good sense to have a dad division.

If Tanahashi was in NOAH, he'd retire with the top belt after a 3 year reign of terror and dominate Kaito in 10 straight matches during it, only to put over someone who is 45 years old+ at the very end.

>>18562669
Why does it matter how he draws as long as he’s drawing?

Why did Drillher Baloney and Callboy Newgay fail us?

>>18562978
Probably because we're wrestling fans who want to see good wrestling you massive faggot lol

go watch idolshit you joshipedo bitch

>>18563043
>”N-Nooooo! I want my heckin bangarino’s! I don’t care if the company sells tickets!”
Okay, got it, you’re an ESL child. Thank you for confirming.

>>18563105
Yes, I don't care if the company sells tickets, I do only care about the match quality. That is correct.

>>18562978
i'd say the same if all the time someone say shit like "x player sells because something unrelated to wrestling and is good" no one agree because >>18563043

>>18563130
Based. joshipedos don't understand this at all

>>18563130
NTA since G1 started we constantly have discussion that venues are half empties and attendance numbers are embarrassing. be honest at least

>>18563143
>we constantly have discussion
No, YOU have constantly had """discussion""" if by discussion you mean
>WAHHH TONIKHAN TRANNYHASHI ASS PENETRATED COMPANY GRIM THE GRIM1
I have constantly called you gay retards

>>18563130
Your new champion will be EVIL lol

>>18563174
Yeah you're a retard alright

and the EVIL hate also tells me you're a seething joshipedo
sorry he fucks iyo bro

>>18563183
Based retard, EVIL was chosen as a champion because he draws and sells, not because his match quality lmao
Need to follow your own logic nigger

>>18563195
EVIL was chosen as champion because both of the top heels at the time were stuck in america because of COVID ya newfagola

>>18563200
EVIL will win the G1 and the belt from ZSJ because nigger

I hope Tanahashi gets in the ring after Takeshita wins, cries, does a dogeza and thanks him for saving New Japan. Then he makes Tsuji enter the ring and pisses on him.

>>18563148
Never mentioned aew or anything related to it when talking about G1. Some of you are obsessed and it shows but doesn't mean that everyone is like that

>last year in /njpw/ I posted that Takeshita should win and become the Choshu-like gatekeeper for the new generation as he did for Hashimoto, Chono, and Mutoh
>the thread largely agrees
>now it looks like Takeshita is going to win the G1 and do just that
>NOOOOO TONIKHAN TRANNYHASHI
>THE GRIM 1! AEW OWNS US! *commits seppuku and dishonors entire famiry*
>REEEE EVIL STOP FUCKING MY WAIFU
This thread has truly become pathetic

>>18563227
YOU NEED A REBERRRR

We were soooo close to be so back with a certified banger between Takeshita and Tsuji...

>>18563248
Tsuji is a shitter. They are gonna send his ass back to the mid card.

>>18563227
Nobody ITT knows NJPW history aside from the Inoki-fag who doesn't like talking about Choshu being the one that got Hashimoto/Chono/Mutoh over and booked NJPW during their primes

>>18563130
based and truth pilled.

>>18563200
>both of the top heels at the time were stuck in america
Who were they

>>18563350
jay white and kenta

>>18563371
did japan not let anyone come back to japan, I do not remember anything from that time.

>>18563350
This >>18563371
>>18563385
That's correct, they were not allowed back in the country, or allowed to leave from the US for that matter lol

>>18563387
What a retarded time period.

>>18563400
It was like 2 years of clap-only crowds. It was hell.

WAY WORSE than anything today.

>>18563411
>clap only.
That is something so retarded that I actually remember it. Seeing clips of concerts with the crowd dead silent was dumb. So many retarded rules and ordnances to satisfy the fears of insane and paranoid freaks.
The japanese need to learn to not blindly follow every dumb rule they are told to follow.

the state of shin nihon, what the fuck bruv

>>18563227
Could have done that with Kaito, he didn't leave Japan and made a star with one match

>>18563546
I don't think NOAH would let Kaito have a dual contract with NJPW. But sure, anyone like that could have worked possibly.

>>18563304
>Reiwa Hashimoto

>>18563671
I hope he gets fat and comes to the ring in a headband
imagine the dimes

>>18561250
Meltz never said anything about that match wtf are u talking about

>>18564098
I miss when BTE bullshit was a part of the main event scene too.

>>18562085
>Zack said that if EVIL wins, he'll throw himself into the Pacific Ocean and the title will be vacant.
Holy shit I'm now on the EVIL train
EVILdoers, where can I start my support of EVIL?

>>18564116
Buy the merch.

>>18563227
Choshu wasn't an outsider, he had returned from AJPW years earlier and had spent years dedicating himself to NJPW both as a wrestler and booker. When it came time to put over the 3 musketeers Choshu was seen as a pillar of the company. Inoki and Fujinami had largely transitioned away from regular schedules, and there was nobody credible and healthy enough to put over the young talent aside from Choshu.

If they wanted an outsider to be the grindstone for the musketeers they could have used Tenryu. He was already periodically "invading" on behalf of WAR, which was a better partner to NJPW than most. Takeshita is too young to he the big boss, and he's not a company man. Makes no sense to be the one getting the rub from the G1, particularly as the G1 is more often than not used as an "honorable" path to the title. If he's supposed to be a heel invader why would it make sense for him to dominate the G1 with clean tactics and fair fights? Why put him opposite EVIL? The plan is to make him a babyface outsider that beats the top heels instead of the rising talent that desperately need a rub?

Takeshita COULD work as final stepping stone to get over a plucky young homegrown face... but this G1 wasn't booked even remotely conducive to that. It only works if he was the big heel of the tournament of if he skipped the line and challenged the champ (preferably fan favorite Goto) and beat him in underhanded ways.

>>18564116
>EVIL wins.
>zsj is no longer champion and kills himself.
I am now an EVIL mark.

Many people are saying this

>Gabe threatens to kill himself over Garcia imitating Shibata
>Zack threatens to kill himself over Evil winning the G1
Why are bongs so mentally ill

>>18564181
That's where I'm at... I despise EVIL but an outsider winning the G1 would be pathetic. Also, as a longtime fan of DDT I can honestly say I'm sick of Takeshita.

If HoT is so bad why does Togo doing some dumb shit and the commentator saying "TOOOGOOOO" pops me?

>>18564200
Takeshita is on a dual contract and is less of an outsider than past winners like Kensuke Sasaki

>>18564259
The fuck are you talking about? Kensuke Sasaki joined NJPW in his second year of wrestling. His trainers were Masa Saito and Riki Choshu, and by the time he won his first G1 in 1997 he had been under NJPW contract for 11 years. He won his second G1 in 2000 a full 4 years BEFORE signing with All Japan.

How the fuck is part-time Takeshita in any way more of a loyalist than Kensuke Sasaki?

the schizo had an extra large melty last night it appears

>>18564334
anybody who didn't train in the dojo is an outsider you newfag

including choshu, sasaki, tenryu, SANADA, kenny omega, kota ibushi, etc, just to name a few

Tsuji is fucking dead now. He's officially as fucked as his fellow musketeers

>>18564463
Honestly they should just give up on them now. Focus on Yuya, Oiwa and the younger guys. The reiwa musketeers are an absolute failure, so stop trying with them

>>18564475
Yuya and Oiwa are failures too.

>>18564482
sure they are schizo

>>18564454
Stop pretending like you know what you're talking about. Choshu was brought up in the NJPW dojo and debuted in NJPW in 1974. Riki Choshu is among the first homegrown NJPW talent ever.

The other talents you mentioned have NEVER been considered homegrown. Tenryu, Ibushi, Omega, Sanada spent close to a decade or more of their career elsewhere. They were established stars by the time they showed up in NJPW. Kensuke was in dark matches for a few months when Choshu and Inoki poached him and put him in the NJPW Dojo. He was built into a star by NJPW and even if he wasn't the original argument is that Takeshita is somehow less of an outsider than Sasaki. Takeshita didn't spend any time in the dojo, he only has a part time contract, and he's spent only a few years making periodic appearances in NJPW. How is that less of an outsider than the 11-year dojo-trained full time Sasaki of 1997?

>>18564482
Not yet, this was only the 2nd G1 for Uemura and the 1st for Oiwa. It is extremely rare for talent to win in their first few appearances.

It was the 3rd G1 for Narita, Umino and Tsuji. It was hopeful to think Uemura would win, naive to think Oiwa ...but this should have been the year for one of the Reiwa Muskateers.

Plus, they've all had title shots, and Cup appearances (Tsuji even won the NJC in 2024). They are due. Tsuji and Narita have single and tag titles to their name as well. All 5 have a few more chances to prove their success.

So who is showing up tonight besides Jake Lee?

>>18564796
The roster is so heatless right now that I'm actually excited for Jake Lee... the fucking state of this fed.

Believe in him

>>18565397
I'd SHIT on his head, pal!

>>18565397
I believe in him... I believe he has a better chance of being IWGP champion than Honma, Makabe, Tenzan or Kojima. Not as likely as Nagata but certainly better odds than Nakanishi or Chono at this stage.

>>18565552
He finished this G1 with the least amount of point out of everyone who competed. Stop memeing. He is a shitter. Even Yoshi Hashi managed to get more wins than him.

Is this all you do in these threads everyday? Your precious lil Nujapan is getting absolutely raped by AEW and meanwhile you are so mindbroken that all you can do is say, "Oh I BELIVE in my undercard shitter X...I just BELIEVE in him, okay?!". Then you reply to yourself saying, "Yeah bro, WE believe in undercard shitter X...He will win the world championship one day". Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you? Just fuck off you absolute fucking retard.

>>18565663
I suggest you read my previous post a little closer. I was saying Taichi is better than a bunch of hasbeen broken down shitters. I was mocking the fans of this useless midcarder.

Next time concentrate a little a bit, really activate those almonds.

>>18565707
Shut the fuck up. You contribute nothing to these threads except schizoposting and useless retarded ramblings. No one gives a flying fuck about a 6 pointer. Talk about Evil vs Takeshita. Talk about the G1 finals or get the fuck out of my thread. Goddamn retards like you deserve to get their heads bashed against the wall.

>>18565707
If you scroll through the thread you'll find this autistic schizo shit throughout, you're basically talking to a bot or a brick wall

>>18565663
yes this is all he does in these threads everyday
yes he is mentally ill
no we cannot get rid of him

>>18565743
I'm embarrassed that I didn't recognize him at first. It's getting harder and harder to separate the retards from the faggots, I thought he was just random moron not the resident schizo of /njpw/ threads.

I haven't been watching the tournament but I'd be interested to watch the final. Are there any other big matches happening tomorrow, or is it all house show stuff until the main event?

>>18565663
He is also wrong about everything ever. This is the guy who kept spamming that Narita would eliminate Takeshita (lol) and Uemura would win the G1 (lmao). When none of his fantasy booking came true, he had a huge melty. Now he is replying to himself while sweating outta his armpits. He is shameless.

>>18562611
That backdrop is awesome. What's that from? I want to watch it.

>>18565883
It's KBS Hall. NOAH'S most recent show there was Sunny Voyage 2025 in late July.

>>18565883
It's KBS Hall in Kyoto. Relatively small venue but popular for obvious reasons, so most of the feds run shows there... DDT, Stardom, Dragon Gate, NOAH, NJPW, etc.

>>18566049
I didn't watch that show. I really only watch the shows with English commentary because I'm more of a casual.

>>18566076
This place looks amazing though. They should do some bigger shows from there.

>>18566138
It's tiny unfortunately, can only get a couple hundred in there which is why NJPW runs it less than other promotions

>>18566217
That's too bad. I like seeing NXT go to smaller venues that Raw and SmackDown would never go to. Wish there'd be a reason for some company to have a major show there because it looks like absolute kino.

>>18563227
>>last year in /njpw/ I posted that Takeshita should win and become the Choshu-like gatekeeper for the new generation as he did for Hashimoto, Chono, and Mutoh
>>the thread largely agrees
I call bullshit
Archive me on that garbage.
Who the fuck wanted Takeshita as a top guy champion over everyone else when we already have a cavalcade of people that get treated like geeks by Gedo?

>>18566434
A transitional champ is meant to get other people over

If they book it right, he should be making Uemura the next top guy through a long feud

>>18566559
They didn't really "book it right" though. A transitional champ should be someone the audience wants to see lose, traditionally a heel. Takeshita beating EVIL and taking the belt off ZSJ is the opposite of that.

>>18566434
Takeshita is a million times better than everyone in your shitty "new generation" roster. Look, buddy. Nujapan tried their luck with Shota Umino. What happened? That's right, he fucking flopped. Tsuji is doing all right but you cannot put all your eggs in one basket. Don't get me started on Uemura or Grippu Oiwa. They are same story as Shota. They are geeks who cannot draw a dime. Takeshita is a wrestling god. Of course New Japan went with Takeshita instead of your geeky young lions with their failed excursions.

What the fuck is Yuya gonna do, huh? He gonna do his dimeless armdrags in the main event of Tokyo Dome? Piss off. You're getting Takeshita. Deal with it. You cannot do anything about it anyway. You don't buy tickets to the shows, you're not Japanese. You cannot even loudly boo him if you wanted to. The Japanese fanbase is gonna cheer for Takeshita. The AEW fanbase is gonna cheer for Takeshita. Fujos are gonna be dropping their wet panties for him at the Dome. Mina Shirakawa is gonna be sleeping with him backstage. He is gonna be an epic success while you sit in your basement in Dublin, Ireland and cry about your fantasy booking not coming true in these threads. This is your life.

>>18566600
Promo is good, Kyle. Must be a boring flight.

trannyhashi killed njpw
grim

>>18566622
tanahashi is gettin a huge payday at forbidden door
he won at life

>>18566597
Nah you're absolutely right about that

Takeshita should've been a dominant monster heel all tournament.
Now, he's the de facto babyface against EVIL which is clearly not planned at all, lol. It's a bit of a disaster, Tsuji getting hurt.

>>18566600
kek
cooked em

>>18566642
Worked retard. It was planned. It's the same finish as all the other EVIL matches. It's just a way to sell Tsuji as slightly less of a geek for losing to EVIL. Gedo is a fucking retard.

does this start at 2am est? i'm gonna watch njpw for the first time since the dome to see if they are dimeless enough to push evil AGAIN

>>18566725
>same finish as all the other matches
Are you blind are retarded?

EVIL putting the Scorpion Deathlock on an unconscious man is how his matches usually end?
There's no way in hell that was the planned finish. I can't believe your seething has twisted your mind up so much you can't even see it. That is truly pathetic.
Tsuji got X'd after that first powerbomb by Asami very blatantly and obviously. The entire narrative of the tournament has been disrupted in a way that is beneficial to no one and was clearly not planned.

New Thread: >>18566841

>>18566642
Takeshita in the babyface role is Gedo's latest faceplant. The crowds are silent for him, just like when they tried to push Umino. They just don't know how to reach their audience anymore, Gedo is lost.

Also, like >>18566725 said Tsuji wasn't injured. Don't get worked, Brother. lol

I wish it was legit, he needs to be put on the shelf for a bit. Figure out how to get into better shape, tired of seeing a flabby young lion that gasses in every match.

JEONG MOSQUE LI

New thred plox