Thread 18654430

Live on NJPW World:

9/7 Blue Justice XVI @ Togane Arena (4:00pm)
>Hiroshi Tanahashi Final Road ~Kinship~: Yuji Nagata vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
>Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa, & Zack Sabre Jr. vs DOUKI, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA, & Ren Narita
>Yuya Uemura, Shota Umino, Ryusuke Taguchi, & El Desperado vs Togi Makabe, Master Wato, Toru Yano, & YOH
>Daiki Nagai, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, & Shingo Takagi vs Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, David Finlay, & Gabe Kidd
>TAKA Michinoku, Tomoaki Honma, & Taichi vs Clark Connors, OSKAR, & Yuto-Ice
>Katsuya Murashima, Shoma Kato, & Boltin Oleg vs Dick Togo, King of Darkness EVIL, & Don Fale
>Tatsuya Matsumoto & Tiger Mask vs Zane Jay & Masatora Yasuda

>Road to DESTRUCTION

9/9 Fujisanmesse (6:30pm)
>Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa, & Zack Sabre Jr. vs DOUKI, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA, & Ren Narita
>Shota Umino, Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado, & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Togi Makabe, Master Wato, YOH, & Toru Yano
>Daiki Nagai, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, & Shingo Takagi vs Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, David Finlay, & Gabe Kidd
>TAKA Michinoku, Tomoaki Honma, & Taichi vs Clark Connors, OSKAR, & Yuto-Ice
>Katsuya Murashima, Yuya Uemura, & Boltin Oleg vs Dick Togo, King of Darkness EVIL, & Don Fale
>Shoma Kato vs Masatora Yasuda
>Tatsuya Matsumoto vs Zane Jay

9/10 Mainichi Kogyo Arena Kuki (6:30pm)
>Kosei Fujita, Robbie Eagles, Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa, & Zack Sabre Jr. vs DOUKI, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, SANADA, & Ren Narita
>Yuya Uemura, Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado, & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Togi Makabe, Master Wato, YOH, & Toru Yano
>Daiki Nagai, Hiromu Takahashi, Yota Tsuji, & Shingo Takagi vs Gedo, Taiji Ishimori, David Finlay, & Gabe Kidd
>TAKA Michinoku, Tomoaki Honma, & Taichi vs Clark Connors, OSKAR, & Yuto-Ice
>Shoma Kato, Shota Umino, & Boltin Oleg vs Dick Togo, EVIL, & Don Fale
>Katsuya Murashima vs Masatora Yasuda
>Tatsuya Matsumoto vs Zane Jay

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>>18654430 (OP)
9/12 Shinnichi-Champion presents @ Korakuen Hall (6:30pm)
>Generation Crash: Ryusuke Taguchi, Taichi, Tomohiro Ishii, & Zack Sabre Jr. vs Kosei Fujita, Ryohei Oiwa, Yuya Uemura, & Shota Umino

9/13 Korakuen Hall (6:30pm)
>NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship: Master Wato, YOH, & Toru Yano (c) vs Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado, & Hiroshi Tanahashi [31st champions, 1st defense]

>Battle Line Hokkaido

9/15 Nippon Engineering College Hokkaido College Gymnasium Arena (4:00pm)
>Hiroshi Tanahashi Final Road ~Kinship~ 2/3 Falls Trio/Tag/Singles Match: Ryusuke Taguchi, El Desperado, & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Tomoaki Honma, Togi Makabe, & Toru Yano

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)
>IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: El Desperado (c) vs YOH [98th champion, 8th defense]
>IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship: DOUKI & SHO (c) vs Kosei Fujita & Robbie Eagles [79th champions, 2nd defense]
>Hiroshi Tanahashi Final Road ~Connection~: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Master Wato

9/28 Destruction in Kobe @ Kobe World Memorial Hall (4:00pm)
>IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs Ren Narita [13th champion, 2nd defense]
>IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship: Gabe Kidd (c) vs Shingo Takagi [5th champion, 2nd defense]
>Yota Tsuji vs David Finlay
>Hiromu Takahashi vs Taiji Ishimori
>IWGP Tag Team Championship: Taichi & Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs OSKAR & Yuto-Ice [110th champions, 1st defense]
>NEVER Openweight Championship: Boltin Oleg (c) vs Don Fale [48th champion, 2nd defense]
>Hiroshi Tanahashi Final Road ~Connection~: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Great-O-Khan
>YOSHI-HASHI, Yuya Uemura, & Shota Umino vs Dick Togo, SANADA, & King of Darkness EVIL

>>18654440
>9/24 Kitagas Arena Sapporo 46 (6:30pm)
>>IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: El Desperado (c) vs YOH [98th champion, 8th defense]
Despy shafted to minor cards yet again. If they shove him into a Korakuen defense again instead of Ryogoku I'm gonna be pissed.

I hate Gedo.

>Hiromu going to the toybox
>probably shingo and tsuji as well
It's ogre LIJ bros

>>18654661
Tsuji dont gaf, he'll just go to NOAH or try and stick it out as the savior. He's a Tana guy first, afterall.

>YOSHI-HASHI, Yuya Uemura, & Shota Umino vs Dick Togo, SANADA, & King of Darkness EVIL
Surely GOATo comes back to save his hontai BROTHERS, right?

>>18654710
crazy to think he might've skipped a match with shibata go get 2 minutes of screen time as e honda

Death to Gedo

>2 weeks no wrestling except 2 DDT matches
This won't hold

>>18654966
NOAH and AJPW are running shows aren't they?

>>18654966
I feel that and I'm a DDTfag who got hooked by NJPW from this year G1. Waiting this long to see NJPW is grim

>>18654986
talking the general, also /ourguy/s aren't working there

>>18654986
Yes, there is also GanPro in Korakuen Hall event tomorrow but no idea if they gonna stream or tape it somewhere

>>18654430 (OP)
>NJPW thread
>Immediately posts a picture of AEW's attendance

What did OP mean by this?

>>18655053
It's a future image of Kobe.

youre welcum for the forbidden door gate ya nujamals

>>18655244
We'll give you the gedo toy as a gift

we will take yuya toy and gabe toy
maybe tsuji toy too
nah nevermind actually
we take tsuji toy next year

What's worse
Gedo New Japan (current)
Jado NOAH

>>18655442
NJPW.
It can't ever recover.

Humble Wolf will restore the feeling

>>18654430 (OP)
Dead to me.

Zack Rajaing Goto killed this fed for good
Goto was the only thing drawing dimes and トニ。カン様 is buying anyone who could draw dimes in the future
I hope EVIL player goes to NOAH instead of NXT

Nigel McGuinness should be the IWGP champ

>Toru Yano has taken a more important role within NJPW this year.

>He has his hands in a little bit of everything, including even some influence regarding booking in the company.

grim

If you think about it, Naito kinda lost.
He thought he could get the toybox contract but even Tonikan doesn't want him, he can't even work indie mudshows because of his visa and he can't work in Japan because he's too much of a loyal cuck to New Japan he probably doesn't want to wrestle for any other company there.

>>18657635
>>18657543
Grim

>>18657635
Nah, he won. There's no confirmation that he wanted an AEW contract. Especially when you read over some of his old interviews where he wanted to build the brand in Japan THEN focus on expanding worldwide.

>>18657635
If Naito knew he wanted to go to AEW he should've been talking to Tony sooner and focusing on healing until Tony had everything arranged for him. That said unless Naito has heat with Tony somehow I don't see why Tony wouldn't sign Naito. He hasn't really turned down signing any NJPW guys so far.

>>18657713
I mean he was basically saying he wants to wrestle with Kenny Omega, Jay White, Will Ospreay and Kazuchika Okada again. A few days ago he talked about teaming with Okada against Golden Lovers. The dude wants the toybox money but he has been looking so rough no one wants to book him.

>>18654632
It's not Gedo. He's the fall guy here.
It's Bushiroad and AEW you should hate.

>>18657543
Let him cook.

takeshita's probably winning the belt at wrestledream, right?

I'm shocked Gedo hasn't brought Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows back yet

>>18659980
Yeah probably

>>18659980
Is that what they're calling KOPW now?

>>18659980
>tonikan-dono..........ore no resudreamu..........is for an aew wrestler to win the iwgp title on an aew show.................*BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP*

MY TOY IS GONNA BEAT YOUR TOY !!!

JEONG MOSQUE LI

>>18657635
Did nobody tell him how much Tony Khan was worked by his gimmick?

>Frustrated yet refreshed.
>Now it’s all about results!
>A simple “thank you” from the top can save us.
>Bosses, say it more!

holy dimes

>>18660210
NO!

>>18661370
New Japan is saved!

>>18660107
kek

>>18657635
>>18657635
Pic related is meme that Tony saw floating around on Twitter and then he decided that Naito was lazy. It was never about Naito's gimmick. Tony is just terminally online. Tony doesn't even know the gimmicks on New Japan guys.

What if they're giving it to Takeshita to replicate Tanahashi & Nakamura rushing Kojima for disrespecting the IWGP belt?

>>18662398
Soulless copy

And who cares about this IWGP title? It has no history or prestige. There hasn't been a single run you can point to with it as being great.

>>18662398
That's like Hunter trying to recreate Batista and Cena eliminating each other, stuff can be recycled every 10-20 years but some stuff is too specific to work again

>>18662412
nigga had his monitor off from february to june

>>18662482
yeah goto defending against gollum woman, shitter poomino, anti-draw finlay and the other british twink was surely a great run

>>18663103
>gollum woman
based match
>shitter poomino
ass
>anti-draw finlay
based match (also outdrew the same show last year)
>and the other british twink
based match with the wrong finish

cope. GOATo produced dimes

>>18663186
based and correctpilled

At least we still have Tsuji and Shota haha...

>>18663186
>>18663259
save us Goto

>>18663531
that'sh rightsh, be happy I'm shtill here !

Should NJPW just rip CMLL tourneys?

Aside of the badly done Concurso

>>18654430 (OP)
I'm not a huge Takahashi mark but if he leaves NJPW will truly feel souless :(

>>18663531
Holy Fucking Grim
Will literally stop watching wrasslin if tinycon gets all these toys

>>18664177
They should rip several ideas from CMLL starting with booking Zandokan.

>>18663531
Man, the way my love for wrestling has been slowly chipped away since covid...

JEONG MOSQUE LI

Tony Khan is sexually interested in Zack Sabre and that's why he wants to hire him as his personal cocksleeve. @SeanRossSapp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMM7ueqw8lM
mmmmmmm that's badass

>>18663531
>openly wanting to sign the top two belt holders of the "partner"
This is absurd if they're really putting it out there

>getting baited by an obvious shitpost this easily
grim

Realistically what can main wrestle kingdom

>>18665464
Tanahashi and Nakamura vs Naito and Bushi

That's the absolute best case scenario even if unrealistic. Either Nakamura gets released soon or they work something out with WWE.

>>18665464
Takeshita vs Shota is the main event lil bro
It's already confirmed that Takeshita is beating Zack before WK
No, Yuya or Tsuji ain't main eventing WK lmao

>>18665554
I wonder who would be taking the pin in that match

>>18665594
Naito of course. For old times sake.

>>18665594
Bushi hits 3 rockets (including naito) for the win then Rocky Romero comes out to say its a double count out because Naito got counted out to. then bushi kills rocky. 8 stars. njpw is saved

>>18665554
The "best case" would never involve BUSHI... c'mon now. Naito is more washed than Tanahashi. Might as well trot out Fujinami if you want to litter the main event with old guys.

The only scenario where old guys main event would be a real passing-of-the-torch situation, something like...

Tanahashi/Nakamura/Shibata vs Uemura/Oiwa/Tsuji

>>18665945
That scenario is more unrealistic than mine considering it involves putting young guys on top

>>18665986
Hmm... I think you're right.

How about:
Tana/Nak/Shibata/Goto/Naito vs Uemura/Oiwa/Umino/Tsuji/Narita vs Okada/Takeshita a 3-Way handicap match. Okada/Takeshita stack the bodies up and pin all 10 of them. Gedo creams his pants ringside.

>>18666143
Now we're talking

>>18666143
How dare you suggest that I send Okada to Wrestle Kingdom ? I will send Jack Perry and my toys will win.

we are aew and we won the war

Yota Tsuji fucking sucks.

>>18667833
yappari, they're truly are brothers

>>18668039
our*
GMS

detsooyer naiter

>>18665464
This retirement run has been completely void of excitement in New Japan so he better fucking get Nakamura or something. Wasting Kobe and Ryogoku on Great O Khan and fucking ELP, giving Tsuji his win back at the Dome isn't worth a 2nd stand B seat muchless 1 million yen for front row

Jake Lee will save Shin Nihon.

Is it weird to say I like the direction Okada is taking for his character but I wish he was doing it in NJPW?

>>18668342
I shoot miss Za Smartu Bastard
>>18668599
What's he doing now?

>>18665464
>MAIN EVENT
Tanahashi & Uemura vs. Nakamura & Oiwa

Let the shitshow IWGP title match be demoted to a midcard match. It's going to be shit anyway.

emperor shingo will save japan

>>18669281
Tsuji is the Nakamura though. Oiwa can win the title shot battle royal or something.

>>18670073
Nah, Tsuji is a lazy cosplayer version of Nakamura. Besides the vinyl pants there's nothing connecting the two.

Tsuji owes more to Naito, if you want him to topple a legend let him face Naito.

>>18670136
>Tsuji is a lazy cosplayer version of Nakamura. Besides the vinyl pants there's nothing connecting the two.
But he's still Uemura's main rival and Uemura is supposed to be Tanahashi. Oiwa is more like the Goto, or Makabe if he gets some attitude.

>>18670148
Isn't Tsuji supposed to be Umino's main rival?

>>18670239
Umino was supposed to be Okada & Tanahashi, while Tsuji was supposed to be Naito & Nakamura. Overstuffed, self-indulgent, and greedy thinking by Gedo. No wonder it backfired.

Uemura and Oiwa weren't supposed to be anything. They weren't a part of the Reiwa Muskateers. They were just meant to be support players like Goto & Ishii. It's only because the Reiwa Muskateers failed that they're even possibly, maybe, getting the chance at a push.

>>18670239
His rival is Narita.

Give up on the current "young guys" and do better with the next young lions.

>>18670352
That was the plan... until Gedo lost interest in 2023. Narita has no story, and no rival. He's just a modcard geek.

>>18670372
The Reiwa Muskateers are a failure but they can still be salvaged. Oiwa and Uemura will lead the way.

The young boys are 2 years away from being prime time ready... and NJPW is already in a holding pattern. They don't have 2 years, or even 1 year to figure out their future. They need to move now.

>>18670408
They should just put the belt on a young guy and get this over with. None of those young guys are ready because their booking for the last 2 years have made them look like geeks, but it's time to move on. Put the belt on anybody at this point. I like ZSJ but he's a holding pattern champ right now. It's sink or swim. If it doesn't work, just put it on a old guy again in a year.

>>18670437
Agreed 100%.

Takeshita fails against ZSJ, propelling the champ to seemingly unbeatable levels.

Narita challenges: Fails.
Umino challenges: Fails.
Tsuju challenges: Fails.

ZSJ mayyyyyyybe looks like the final boss for once. Scary, I know. Actually making a heel look strong in NJPW...

Uemura challenges: wins.

Now his peers are gunning for him. The current top guys take offense, go after the Young Ace. A few legends return to test the kid. That's a year+ of challengers, maybe two.

The biggest point is to establish one of the young guys and then have them establish their peers. Pull the trigger. Put someone fresh over.

This is an endless discussion.

If a wrestler is good enough on their low 20s, you should push them regardless of the process.

>>18668599
The most I ever liked Okada was when he was bullying and torturing Kaito-kun even though I'm a NOAH fag.

>>18671131
Why they won't just fucking pick someone and go with them I don't know. Is Gedo really that terrified of failing? Feel like any other era of New Japan they'd have belted up someone completely unexpected to then lose to the new top guy by now.

https://x.com/njpwglobal/status/1960628355218465231
???

>>18657635
There is zero confirmation anywhere that Naito wanted to go to AEW.

Seems like takeshita will not be at the destruction shows. But at least we got fale vs boltin oleg

>>18671546
njpw is retarded for not booking him after he explicitly said that is NJPW who make the calls and he's willing to travel as much as possible but really they don't give a fuck

>>18671546
>lose the NEVER title and gets in the G1 but not booked for the SOVL tour
>wins the G1 but not booked for Destruction
>wins the world title but not booked for anything after because it's Super Jr Tag League followed by World Tag League and him possibly being in AEW Temu G1
grim

>>18671578
Who have to blame for this, Gedo? Yano?
Because if they can do that shit with Sally (who is a freelancer) in Stardom don't see how they can't with him who is signed up to NJPW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_gLCiDWLZQ&feature=youtu.be
>https://x.com/nagata769/status/1960585042385887523
>Enemy scouting ahead of the fateful Tanahashi match... but actually a hidden "NJPW fan"?

>https://x.com/cozy_lariat/status/1960568344022802709
>The DDT Ueno event on September 2nd.
>Everyone except Antonio Honda will be having their first interaction. I'm looking forward to it, but I don't want it to end there.
>I want to create something, and I also have a sense of mission for that.

>>18671475
they want some of that Saudi money

>>18671668
The Saudis just heard Japan and asked if they could get Yokozuna

JEONG MOSQUE LI

>Last Friday, during a match in England, I got injured and now need surgery.
>I’ll be taking some time off.

>Sorry for the sudden announcement, and thank you as always for your warm support.
>I’ll definitely not let this setback beat me—I’ll come back even stronger!

https://x.com/francescoakira/status/1960643799396364520

>>18671766
finally, NJPW is healing

Please tell me what you think of this

>Zack defends the belt against Takeshita
>Zack drops the belt to Goto before the Dome
>Goto's post match promo is about how NJPW is dying and needs the youth to step up, and is requesting the office gives title challenges only to young guys
>Beats Tsuji, Umino, Narita, and Uemura before dropping it to someone (could be one of those four, could be a shock) at Dominion
>the new champ goes on to hold it for over a year
I think some people would view this as weak, but I think for the most part people would respect that Goto and by extension the company recognize the issue facing them. I think they should just see who's young and over right before Dominion and go with it.
I'd personally go Uemura, but a lot could work. Tsuji could benefit from the responsibility of being the guy, a face Narita opens up options, Oiwa would be interesting. Anyone except for Shota, pretty much.

>>18671882
Not bad, but for me should be
>ZSJ drops the title clean to somebody new.
It should be drastic and immediate

what if daniel garcia beat zsj

what if daniel garcia gave me a rimjob

[Sad news] Yuya Uemura was unable to fight off interference in his latest bout.
https://x.com/njpw_nyao/status/1960553170347942346

>>18671882
I don't think you need Goto for this, and I think it just slows everything down.

We're just over 4 months from Wrestle Kingdom. Dominion is then 6 months afterwards. You're planning to have the next potential Ace waste over 10 more months in a holding pattern before winning in a secondary show?

Keep the belt where it is, ZSJ beats Takeshita, then one or two more challengers before WK. New Ace crowned @ the biggest show of the year and the 20th anniversary of WK. Spend those 4 months making ZSJ look strong and strapping a rocket to the young lion of choice... Uemura would be my choice but Oiwa would be a welcome surprise.

ayo rate my fit

>>18671323
They already picked someone. His name is Shota ROUGHNECK Umino. He is the future of Shin Nihon.

>>18671766
flippy circus monkeys like franceso dont deserve my support

>>18672304
SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESHHHHH DEM BOYZ BE DRIPPY AS FUHHHH DEY BE TAPPED IN CUUHHH

we need Jeong Mok

Japanese fans loved Deathrider Mox
We should have appreciated him more when he was wrestling for Nujapan
We need Mox

>>18672971
Who's the niqqa on the far left

>>18673155
only thing I know is he came inside Iyo Sky

bow down to aew-sama
do the dogeza

Goto is not coming back to NJPW.

>>18673598
Good. He had his "thank you" run with the title. I don't need to see him ever again. One less old guy.

>>18673598
I 100% expect him to go to WWE after making connections on the street fighter movie set.

>>18671674
Another sex haver exposed

>>18673685
Sweet! Surely WWE will know exactly what to do with a 46-year old Japanese man that speaks no English.

Shinsuke is 45 and featured so prominently these days.

>>18673749
she call him friend on her twitter post so

>>18673783
OH THEY FAWKIN

>>18673749
does he do a shoot senton on the bed

>>18673749
someone check on walker

Anyone know where Naito is wrestling next?

>>18674722
your local favourite family restaurant to get out of paying

[NJPW] O-Khan to deliver the “Hammer of Justice” against Tanahashi on 9/28!
“I alone know his violent true nature.”

>We once again secured an exclusive interview with Great O-Khan of United Empire, the faction that rules over New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Though he fell short of reaching the G1 Climax semifinals and finished worse than last year, O-Khan now has a singles match set for the September 28 Kobe show against Hiroshi Tanahashi (48). With an apparent grudge between them, O-Khan had much to say—here are his words.

—You suffered an early exit from the G1

>O-Khan (hereafter “Yo”): Indeed, the circumstances were poor. With members departing one after another, UE’s very survival into next year was uncertain, so I bore a heavy burden. Perhaps the pressure was too much. But there were positives: I unveiled a new avalanche-style Eliminator, and in my match with (Konosuke) Takeshita I felt a true kinship. Takeshita also said, “I feel a kinship with O-Khan. He’s handsome, charismatic, and strong enough to compete across four major promotions.”

—We didn’t see such comments…

>Yo: Fools! You media types lack the insight to read between the lines. What he really meant was, “I only happened to beat O-Khan this year, but next year O-Khan will be champion.” The true intent behind his words—I, who share this kinship, understand best.

—Pardon me. Having missed the semifinals, UE remains in crisis, and the upcoming tour (opening Sept 9 in Fuji) has no cards announced

>Yo: That, we must accept. Perhaps President Tanahashi doesn’t consider us necessary right now.

—And yet you face Tanahashi in Kobe

>Yo: I often hear that some youth named “Oka” once served as Tanahashi’s attendant. Thus some dare to say O-Khan is also Tanahashi’s attendant. Why would I… ugh! Ah… my head…!

>>18676155
—What’s wrong, shall I listen?

>Yo: S-stop, Tanahashi-san… forgive me! Forgive me! Ugh… sorry… please don’t hit me… don’t hit me… Hah! Haa… haa… What is this? Suddenly, false memories flood O-Khan’s mind…

—You’re Oka, aren’t you!

>Yo: Silence! I am a ruler! I am O-Khan—no matter what anyone says, I am Great O-Khan! Still, I do remember this: at Korakuen in December 2020, Tanahashi struck me repeatedly with a chair. I alone know his violent true nature. I must deliver the hammer of justice upon him.

—Forgive the rudeness. Tanahashi is set to retire at Wrestle Kingdom on Jan 4

>Yo: Then he will not make it to the Tokyo Dome. Just as I presided over the Great Muta’s NJPW farewell, I will preside over Tanahashi’s final match as well. One more thing: I cannot accept how those who never learned anything under Tanahashi, never spent the time or effort as his attendants, now spout empty words of admiration and respect to curry favor. To see the ignorant masses deceived by such talk is disgusting. In contrast, the promising youth Oka personally petitioned Tanahashi to become his very first attendant. Allegedly. From there, it continued by appointment to (Yota) Tsuji, then (Yuto) Nakashima. But for people to talk about “Tanahashi’s successor” while overlooking Oka himself—it’s laughable. Oka, this was your story from the beginning.

—So only Oka… no, only you, can end Tanahashi?

>Yo: YES I AM! Yet this is also a do-or-die battle for me. If I had waited until Jan 4, even UE’s survival might have been uncertain. Before that, I will deliver the requiem to Hiroshi Tanahashi and return United Empire to glory! Now bow down, foolish masses!

https://x.com/tospo_battle/status/1960839091941204433

forgotten player

>>18676155
>>18676162
Holy fuck who cares

Our dubaloos bros are not doing that good. Which toy should we give them to finally kill their business ?

>>18677444
Please take him

https://x.com/tanahashi1_100/status/1960482794007879751
Tanahashi was watching Naito's TV appearance yesterday.

>>18678415
Good. He should be taking notes on what a real draw looks like.

>>18676155
>Takeshita also said, “I feel a kinship with O-Khan. He’s handsome, charismatic, and strong enough to compete across four major promotions.”

>>18678554
They can have him.

>>18677788
I get that the money is better, but Kenny and Will put their full effort into trying to be the best thing in njpw before making it clear they were looking elsewhere

I still think about the Uemura/Oiwa match. It's different, but I'm starting to compare it to Okada's first title defence against Naito. 2 of the new Gen really showing what they've got

goto

>>18679046
The best uemura match/the best he's ever looked is still vs takeshita from last year. That should've been the final this year

gimme all your toys

my toys are better stronger and faster than your toys
of course my toys will win

grim

>>18679844
who the fuck are these NPC looking shitters ?

>>18679849
Fale Dojo's finest

>>18679849
Jado's illegitimate children

Based Tifón de Osaka

>Takeshita (c) vs Okada at WK
>It's the AEW version of Okada where he just says "bitch" and relies on interference
Would be hilarious and signal the official death of NJPW (and that's a good thing)

>>18679844
I see 2 or 3 future Bloodline members in there

Our domestic hero and loyal Shin Nihon roster member Konosuke Takeshita will defend the IWGP against the AEW outsider Kazuchika Okada.

When can we officially turn on Tanahashi?
>Shit President
>Completely sells out to Tonikon and AEW to get a win at a PPV in Bongland
>His retirement doesn't draw shit (because he's wrestling on every show)
>Makes the G1 blocks about himself (instead of putting the spotlight on the younger generation who need to carry the company going forward)
>Loses to everyone, making the losses meaningless
>Doesn't let anyone else get over and overshadow him in his final year
At least Muto didnt pretend he wasnt a cunt. Can't wait until he High Fly Fucks Off and the company can actually evolve, though its probably too late now

We love our Ace! President Tanahashi!
GO ACE!

>>18680032
I've been hating on this soft ass bitch for years now
>>18680114
nah fuck him

>>18680114
that we do
GO ACE

>CMLL x Pokemon

Literally the biggest promotion in the world

>>18680114
>>18680312
im gonna be there for tanahashi vs evil at wrestle kingdom 20 bros
i got the 1 million yen seat
cant wait for house of torture shenanigans and for our ace to overcome the odds with love power and energy

>>18680323
What do you think of Konosuke Takeshita?

>https://x.com/SelfMadePW/status/1960789754284532082
>NJPW wrestler Gabriel Kidd was seen backstage at AEW Dynamite in the 2300 Arena.

>Kidd remains a member of the NJPW roster but is expected to continue to make appearances for AEW. He is considered at this point to be a permanent member of the Death Riders and was spotted training with them today at TV.

>>18680323
takeshita is holy gigabased
no wonder surprised tv asahi wants him to be the new ace of shin nihon puroresu
future looks bright for shin nihon as long as takeshita is with them
cant wait for iwgp title match bw takeshita and okada

>>18680538
There's no shows till next week lol what else was he gonna do

>>18680805
Shut the fuck up. A loyal Shin Nihon wrestler wouldn't join Tiny's toybox like this. Gabe is dead to me.

>>18680538
Are they really that fucking blind to see how much this decision damaged Gabe to every part of the fanbase including the AEW fans? What's to gain from this? The dork isn't even feuding with the other Moxley son in Japan.

>>18680805
he's gonna yell about being pure shin nihon in his blood and then he's gonna suck on tonikan's cock to get a toybox contract as usual

>>18681226
huh? what you mean? nujapan isn't making decisions here, gabe is. and he gains tony money from this.

shut uo nujamals
gabe toy is mine now

>Mega Hawlucha in CMLL
Absolutely based. Even Pokemon knows that NJPW is useless. They chose CMLL to advertise Pokemon Legends Z-A. Assassin's Creed chose AEW and Ospreay. No brand wants anything to do with NJPW. It all makes sense now.

>>18681598
Mexicans love anime. The day Dragonball does this they'll declare it a national holiday.

>>18681617
Cinco de Goku

>>18681598
>Assassin's Creed
Even the Tekken 8 collabs this year are were more and that game sucks

>>18681676
worth*
good morning

>>18681598
CMLL only makes sense because it's a lucha Pokémon being promoted.
Also they do Kinnikuman collabs pretty much annually so the lion mark wins.

>steals your commercial partners

Nothing personal...

AEW even stole CMLL partnership from New Japan

>>18680805
it's really weird how he got injured, didn't show his ass at the end of G1 but was announced for a cagematch and then this.
Even if they are all coincidences people will think whatever they want especially since what he said before

>>18681598
>Pokemon based on Lucha
>CMLL
I mean, it's not a stretch and makes sense, don't think it's that deep

>YOU NEED A REBEL
>I NEED A REBEL
>NEW JAPAN NEED A REBEL
>Refuses to provide New Japan with the Rebel that he acknowledges they need
What the fuck is his problem?

Tony Khan is the rebel

>>18682203
We know the problem is not just him, there is also Jado, Togo, Yano, Tana and someone else I surely forgot.

It's sad how slow these threads have gotten

I blame Jado. His NOAH run was an abomination.

we are aew
we won the war

>>18682417
It's weird how AEW draws great for PPVs but can barely get 2 thousy in the building for TV

>>18682378
>and someone else I surely forgot.

>>18682400
It's because these threads just turn into a proxy war between AEW and WWE... neither of which give any shit about NJPW.

...and, recently, there's been some TMZ-style relationship posting. I assume by Joshipedos upset that there's still 3 or 4 threads NOT simping for ugly women.

>>18682583
Why are you posting Ai slop

>>18682625
AEW cares about NJPW and its survival.
AEW are the good guys.
If we are being completely honest then AEW has absolutely nothing to gain from this partnership.
Tony Khan is just doing this out of the goodness of his heart and his money is what's keeping NJPW afloat right now. Otherwise WWE would have AAA'd NJPW anyday.
This is a fact btw. If any of you actually think that WWE wouldn't have made moves to destroy and conquer NJPW then you are being intentionally delusional. Please take your meds.
Fact of the matter is, AEW saved NJPW.