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>>19197951 (OP)
Is Takeshita really going to take all the titles in NJPW?

Yota Tsuji fucking sucks.

>>19197951 (OP)
The guy on the left just showed up in a ddt show instead of njpw

>>19197958
I honestly think Mercedes inadvertently saved NJPW from total humiliation because Tony would give Takeshita the belt collector gimmick if she wasn't already doing it and the company would've gone along with it.

>>19196527
Honestly they don't need a ton if that is the preference. They can break the roster down as:
>Hontai (Lawful Faces)
Goto
Umino
Uemura
Oleg
ELP
Taichi
YOSHI-HASHI
Desperado
Akira
Wato
YOH
TAKA
Most of the Lions
>New Faction A (Neutral Faces - like UE/TMDK)
Tsuji
O-Khan
Oiwa
Hiromu
Ishimori
Robbie X
Young
Gedo
>New Faction B (Abrasive Faces - like old LIJ/current War Dogs)
Ice
OSKAR
Shingo
Drilla
Callum
Henare
Fujita
Eagles
Nagai
>House of Torture (Chaotic Heels)
They have enough members

Well, at least Uemura/Umino vs Bishamon should be a solid WTL final...

>>19198032
Don’t jinx it or you’re gonna get Evil/Sanada vs a team from AEW.

>>19197958
Afraid so. He'll have a year and a bit long run while Tsuji wins the G1 to defeat him at WK21.

I hate whatever Takeshita’s style is. Do a bunch of moves because you’re athletic, no selling, no rhyme or reason to anything you do. The Meltzer special? I have no interest in his matches.

>>19198129
He's one of the worst to ever do it but he's in good company in AEW and modern NJPW

>>19194750
If Takeshita retains, it's because they specifically want Wolf to be the one to overthrow him and they really are trying to recreate the Choshu/Hashimoto dynamic.

Wolf to me looks to have 0 charisma, I sure hope I'm fucking wrong.

These threads read like rape victim counciling lmao. Just fuck off and watch something different if you hate New Japan. There's other wrestling companies, even Japanese ones. Or you could just watch something other than wrestling you whiny cunts.

grim
>>19198244
>There's other wrestling companies, even Japanese ones.
nah it's even more grim, see pic related.
>Or you could just watch something other than wrestling you whiny cunts.
that's what people do, that's why Shin Nihon lost a lot of fans in the last 5 years. (grim)

>>19198274
Real sports draw much bigger crowds. You should switch to watching those instead of crying about the attendance of fake fighting shows

No one's crying, you're the only one who's bubbling real hard right now.
We grimsters have a duty:

GRIM !

Grim Nihon posting will continue until wrestling becomes good again.

>>19198043
Take will win the G1 and beat himself for the belts.

make the switch, jamals

Puroresu died after Muto retired.

>>19198411
Wrestling is fantastic right now. WWE is making more money than ever. What happens outside of that is irrelevant because normal people have no idea there is wrestling besides WWE

>>19198438
Is Nakajima still in GLEAT?

>>19198438
Do they draw better crowds than New Japan? That's all that matters after all

>>19198456
I dont care about North American wrestling and WWE bombed at sumo hall. Nor is my enjoyment tied to spreadsheets in the first place.

>>19198661
What's the point of this if they arent gonna announce Tanahashi's opponent

>>19198723
You tell me

>>19198723
They will cancel WK because it's grim and they don't have an opponent for Tanahashi. Even Tonikan doesn't want to lend Okada.

Wrestle Kindom main event should be Tanhashi doing dogeza for shameful booking

>>19198628
>WWE bombed at sumo hall
Only because Japan is broke. Notice WWE is making record profits everywhere else?

>>19198575
He is for now though a part of me wonders if he's trying to get back to AJPW to be with Go.

>>19198438
Soma looks like a stand-in for Ibushi. That Miyake pic is like the worst looking wrestling portrait I've seen.

>>19198779
'fraid so

>>19199011
Meanwhile WWE is more successful than ever. Bushiroad should just cut their losses and sell to Haitch

Make the grimposter SEETHE with this one neat trick!

>>19199230
numbers out of context are not relevant but whatever, you can stay delusional if you want to. actually it'll make things even funnier for us grimsters, I can't wait for the grim posts after trannyhashi retires.

>>19199295
You'll be waiting a long time if you're waiting on NOAH or AJPW to outdraw NJPW

KWAB

>>19199230
The Tokyo Dome shows don't count and uhhh the numbers are out of context and uhhh grim trannyhashi tonikan gaped klitt!

>>19199309
kek he do be saying shit like that

>>19199230
NOOOOO YOU DONT UNDERSTAND! Wrestle Dynasty doesn't count and it doesn't matter that NJPW is only like 1k down from last year after losing Naito which is a win in itself! NJPW running more shows which means there is more demand is unfair! It's... grim! The yakuza are... preventing NOAH from running more shows, yeah, that's the ticket, and if that didn't happen, they'd outdraw NJPW easily! Yeah!!!

It's GRIM!

>>19199307
Grimposters are not console warriors. We've been saying for a while now that puroresu is shit and dimeless. That's why we call Shin Nihon "king of grim" meaning they're the leaders of a dying dimeless industry. Being first in an industry where the average puroresu show looks like >>19198274 is nothing to be proud of.
>>19199309
Yes retard, having 2 Tokyo Dome shows inflates the numbers. It doesn't change the fact they did very grim numbers and that even with 2 Dome shows and Trannyhashi's retirement tour they're barely doing better than in 2024. Trannyhashi's retirement is their last hope to make a decent number, after that it's all grim and no, the fatass judoka won't draw a dime.

>>19199361
>We've been saying
>we
>'fact' imaging your own post
All the signs of crippling autism are here! Delusional sense of belonging to a greater community which does not exist! Pretending to be validated by samefagging!

People buying tickets to NJPW shows inlfate their numbers, it's so freakin' unfair!

>>19199373
Agreed. Supply and demand does NOT matter.

NJPW is cheating by having its fans by tickets to a second Dome show.
If NOAH ran 8 Dome shows a year, they would be number 1 for sure!

>>19199367
We mindbroke you that's a fact, and we'll do it again after Wrestle Grimdom.
>>19199373
Nothing unfair about doing 16k in the Tokyo Dome which is very grim. But if you're not 12 years old you can still understand that doing 2 grim Dome shows instead of one grim Dome show will make a difference. But Wrestle Dynasty was so grim that Bushiroad's financial report showed they still lost money anyway, which is the real grim thing about all of this.

>we
Who do you think you're lying to, lil bro? We've been watching you samefag spam this general for like 3 years now.

There is no "we". It's just you. First you focused in on shota because you thought he would be the guy they giga pushed but since then you've shifted your one-man-seetheniggering towards every single guy on the roster.
You're very clearly not a NJPW fan, just some retard from /puro/ here that is mad Bushiroad insulted his favorite joshi bug fed or some other gay shit. You are not wanted and /we/ have never stopped laughing at /you/

>>19199399
if demand is that high, why did the attendance number of their biggest tour PLUMMET ?
NOAH is irrelevant, their biggest achievement is selling out a few korakuen bingo halls earlier this year. The fact Bushidrones are coping by comparing themselves to such grim shit is really showing how desperate you all are kek.

>>19199400
They just need TKO to turn the ship around for them

>>19199442
There is simply 0 way to rationalize only being down 1k on the year after losing Naito as anything but a win.

You can seethe, you can sputter, you can dribble spit on your lil' bib but it doesn't make it any less true.
The fact that NJPW had as good of a year as it did while not getting behind any new stars, in total rebuilding mode, is good. Tanahashi's retirement is selling extremely well, and Wolf is getting them some national headlines.

Things are unironically looking quite good for NJPW's future.
On top of that, the Humble Wolf just came out as an Ishii/Shibata-head. I'm hyped for the next few years but that's because I'm an actual fan of Japanese wrestling and not some sputtering joshi idolfag like yourself.

>>19198274
Someone they still pay TJP better than New Japan did

The non grimsters are incapable of understanding selling 16k to the dome is an abject failure and Kidani said as much. They are also incapable of grasping NJPW's biggest tour of the year doing poorly is concerning.

>>19199425
I don't know about the other grimsters but I'm pretty sure most of us don't support NOAH, All Japoo or any other grim promotion. I'm here to remind you that puroresu is dying every day, more and more and when Newjapoo finally gets bought by Tonikan I'll be here to say it one last time: grim.

>>19199473
Trannyhashi's retirement tour is carrying and the grim Dynasty show makes the numbers look better than they are because they actually lost money. If everything was going so well why can't they sign any of their dudes ? Why are so many people leaving ? They don't have the money. Naito's drawing power was already weaker in 2024 because everyone could see he was completely sawdusted and grim and him getting another hot potato reign didn't do him any favor.

Do the grimposters actually watch and like any wrestling or is this what their terminally autistic selves do for fun

>the numbers look better than they are
>uhhh trannyhashi is... carrying!
kek what a pathetic faggot

i remember when you coped and made excuses about 2023 as well in the face of all evidence
you're just a little seething faggot here to troll the thread and anyone who has been here for longer than a couple of months figures it out

>>19199509
Yeah just like those European indies are paying Naito better than Bushiroad did, you're delusional lil bro

>>19199574
If they did that great in 2023 then why did they lose most of their main eventers in a bidding war ?

Reminder that Bushiroad pays so little Walker got stranded in Japan because he had no money to fly home.

>>19199633
grim

>>19199527
If you want to watch a successful wrestling company WWE is right there and always will be. You don't have to mope about the tranny developmental league.

>>19199706
Big true

if profitability is all you care about, go be an e-drone
we're actual wrestling fans here

>>19199628
https://www.forbes.com/profile/shahid-khan/

>>19199706
nah WWE is slop owned by the TKO jews, they're grim in their own way.

>>19199633
haha what? really?

>>19199787
Nah if they were grim they wouldn't be making more money than ever. That's the most objective sign of success.

>>19199307
I don't care if NOAH or AJPW ever outdraw NJPW. I like all three and support all three when they're doing something good.

WWE is sports entertainment

>New Japan: grim.
>STARDOM: flopped.
Bushiroad has failed us.

>>19199963
>WWE is sports entertainment

>>19198723
It's as if there's other matches on this show.

>>19199975
To the death of Bushiroad.

The worst part about these threads is that it's just grim posters and console warriors. Nobody even talks about the product... and I can't criticize it without being labeled whatever boogeyman of the day is.

ok lets talk about the latest Dribbler Baloney bangerino

nah let's talk about sanada's clone

>>19199975
>>19200020
The hatred for Bushiroad in particular reveals you to be some TJPW joshi bug faggot

let's talk about who's leaving for AEW next

>>19200117
>AAAAH YOU HAVE TO BE A CONSOLE WARRIOR !!!! Y-YOU HAVE TO BE A FAN OF SOME PROMOTION I SWEAR !!! AAAAAAH !!!
kek
nah, you're still wrong, Bushidrone.

>>19200122
easy, gabe and clark

>>19200117
I love Japanese wrestling as a medium and want everyone to succeed. Of course, the lowly Bushidrone can't conceive of such a thing.

NJPW is fucking grim because it doesn't draw enough, my favorite promotions are BJW and GLEAT btw

>>19200258
You'll never be a real grimster.

>>19200229
It can't be fixed it's too grim. We have to go back to WWE.

>>19195516
The guest is Kenny obviously https://x.com/KennyOmegamanX/status/1985468857780240473

>>19200122
Clark has essentially announced he us leaving. Probably why he was in a filler tag team with Nagai for the tour. Gabe seems likely too. I was thinking Finlay would stick around but now with the rumors of merging Bullet Club and Unaffiliated I am less confident unless they really are just consolidating into a few mega sized factions.

I haven’t watched NJPW for a minute. I’m gonna sub to World this coming weekend. What are some of the best matches/events from the last 1-2 months?

>>19200077
I think it was not a clone per say, but simply Sanada demonstrating he has he power of teleportation.

>>19200422
Anything with KoB. I liked Destruction more than KPOW, but it's mostly because I'm over Kidd and Takeshita so if you aren't that show is probably considered the best. The top two from the Tanahashi Final Homecoming were good.

>>19201903
Impressive that the head shape is real life accurate.

>>19197951 (OP)
Grim Grimpan Grim Grimstling

>>19198026
Eagles doesn’t fit in that group.

King of Grims

Press conference in 20 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etox4GtaKgg

>>19202205
Predictions: Aaron Wolf will give a monotone monologue, Kamitani and Syuri will pull each others hair, Nakamura announcement video

>>19202205
https://x.com/njpwglobal/status/1985557621936382208
>Wrestle Kingdom 20 will be broadcast live worldwide on @njpwworld and in Japan live on CS Asahi.

>For the first time in 24 years, the event will also air at 10:15 PM on network TV Asahi, in prime time.

>Sansei R & D will be the official title sponsor of Wrestle Kingdom 20.

>Artists with a connection to Hiroshi Tanahashi are composing Ring Star, the official theme of Wrestle Kingdom 20.
>Baseball Bear, Husking Bee, Bazra, Uchikubi Gokumon Doukoukai, 10-Feet, Low IQ 01 and more will contribute.

Low IQ bros we are back

oh god this cringe cunt is here

Guess no Tana opponent today

>Fake deep voice
kek. It's like if evil was a cringe anime villian instead of a goofy cartoon character.

>@koyaike47
Naito lookalike vs. Naito speaking lookalike

Kek What A Draw

I love how every single time a New Japan fan hears a Stardom wrestler cut a promo they point out how they all sound like Naito

Kamitani:
>Yesterday, the STRONG title match stayed around the waist of Saya-sama. And the Tokyo Dome card is set, for me and Syuri. I wanted and plan to bring the red belt with me to the Tokyo Dome as well, but with the IWGP and STRONG titles both on the line, that will certainly show just who the icon of women's wrestling is.

>But Syuri, you're getting tired, right? I'll take that IWGP eight of your shoulders, and all the tens of thousands who come to the Tokyo Dome will leave as devotees of Saya-sama. Be ready.

Syuri:
>What you have done in 2025, has gotten an incredible number of eyes on STARDOM and women's wrestling. You are more than MVP worthy, so I'm definitely excited to wrestle that Saya Kamitani. January 4 in the Tokyo Dome, I'm happy and honoured to have this match. So many new fans will see how great Women's wrestling is, and after that incredible match we'll have, I will be the winner. My champion road has only just begun and I will not be losing. I promise victory. That's all.

>Feminist Icon Soya Kamikaze

>Kamitani: The men are having a double title match, but rather than thinking about that, I think that mens and women's wrestling have much different appeals. The men might have more size, but we have much more heart. It isn't just about strength. It's about passion, pain, sadness even. That is where women's wrestling won't lose out, and that's why it's important for us to show exactly how great this is on this stage. #njwk20

>Kamitani: I'm more interested in wanting people to see me and Syuri than I am the IWGP title. That's why I took the challenge and that's the appeal here.

>Syuri: I had the red belt for a whole year in 2022, and took female MVP. But I was wondering how best to move forward as a wrestle. I was so happy to see the IWGP title made, and that became the goal I worked toward for a full year. But I lost the belt right away. I never got to have the champion's road I wanted. Now I had surgery, came back, won the IWGP again and finally I can show my era again. I want more and more people to see how great women's wrestling is, me and the two IWGP and STRONG belts. This (IWGP) title is the top belt in women's wrestling.

is it me or does urufu have tiny hands?

Mr president!

Wolf: I have two more months to go before my debut, and I'll put all of them into preparing for this match. I want to shwo everything that I've learned and all of my heart for wrestling in this match in two months time.

>EVIL: (spray painting the NEVER title belt) look, this is my gold medal. I am the ONLY gold medalist in professional wrestling! This is a true gold medal, right?
>Wolf: No, I'm a gold medalist.
>EVIL: Why?
>Wolf: I won it in the Olympics. I brought it with me today. I'm here to fight you because this part of my life is done, and I am now a professional wrestler.

They made him NEVER champion just so he can do this gold medal bit kek

>EVIL: Why don't you respect a gold medalist like me?

>Wolf: I can't respect someone who fights like you.

>EVIL: So you have no respect for a champion, no respect for NJPW and no respect for pro-wrestling. You think your little Olympic medal is more important right?
>Let's see which is better. I beat you and I am better than any Olympic medal. Can you step to me? You're scared of your debut, right? So I'll make it even more pressured! I'll put this NEVER title on the line and make sure you're humiliated.

This is not an inspiring performance from Hamburger Wolf

>>19202434
>Wolf: I'm still a trainee, so I can't say anything about this being a title match. I'll leave it to the company to decide.

>EVIL: It's nothing to do with the company. I said it so it'll happen.

youtube chat

Here it is ! The most popular item among kids
Ibi-sama is greeted with applause
The king of heels, in excellent condition
The super popular wrestler EVIL
EVIL is sexy!
EVIL 's way of saying it is really good
EVIL leading the press conference is so kind
EVIL is really good at commenting
EVIL is so kind, leading the conversation
EVIL 's move shows respect for Wolf.
Truly the Dark Emperor
Truly the King of Darkness!
Evil has increased viewership
Dad is kind
It was a press conference that highlighted EVIL 's cleverness.

>Oiwa and Boltin dont do shit for the rest of the year so they can give the NEVER to Aaron Wolf
Fuck you

>Wolf: I expect there'll be a lot of interference and he'll bring his seconds, but I've been training and preparing for that and I'll do my best to handle it. I feel right now I'm 80% ready for my debut, and will be completely set by January 4.

>Wolf: Pro-wrestling has been my focus for the last six months, but while judo is my backbone and I won't be throwing that away, I've gone into pro-wrestling from scratch. In the next two months, it'll be all about getting as deep as I can into pro-wrestling and being ready for the Tokyo Dome.

>>19202459
Don't worry if Aaron Wolf shows even the slightest amount of promise he will be given the Okada push.

>Tsuji: I have something I have to do.
I need to restore the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
I don't think fans have a good impression of double title matches. But to get the IWGP Heavyweight back, I needed to have this Global title, and now I need to have this double title match.
Now I have it, I plan to create a new golden era for NJPW.

>Takeshita: It's special to be an IWGP Champion in the Tokyo Dome, so let me be real here. As I became a fan, it was right as Antonio Inoki was retiring. For a time, TV, news, the papers, pro-wrestling was everywhere. To have seen wrestlers be in that building, and now to be a champion and wrestle there, is no greater honour.
I wrestle in America, but I believe that in terms of heart, skill, pride and spirit, there is nothing to beat Japanese wrestling.
The wrestlers, the staff and the fans being here to support this sport is why we are here today. So that's why I need to express this to parents, children, staff, media, worldwide. I want people to be proud to say that 'I was there' to see this match. And Tsuji, you need to have this match to show a bright future for NJPW right? So we will bring pro-wrestling to a new level together, and then I will win, and I will show the world just who is at the very pinnacle of it.

>>19202464
I'm really nervous he's gonna be shit. I don't know why but just a feeling. Hopefully i'm wrong though trying to stay cautiously optimistic

>>19202477
>I need to restore the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.
Yeah, he's losing.

>Takeshita: If I beat him, I get two belts. I am triple contracted, and that's a tough schedule, but with two belts, I have double the title defences, and I come and wrestle in Japan more. I will defend both titles separately and would have no plans to unify them. #njwk20

Good news. Well minus Takeshita holding the whole main event scene hostage.

>Tsuji: I really don't think there is anybody that can top Takeshita as a wrestler with his experience, athletic ability and mind. So beating him will make the wrestling world even more exciting. To bounce off what he said, maybe in business terms, America is on a bigger stage, but in the ring, nothing can beat NJPW

>Takeshita: If I beat him, I get two belts. I am triple contracted, and that's a tough schedule, but with two belts, I have double the title defences, and I come and wrestle in Japan more. I will defend both titles separately and would have no plans to unify them.

>Tsuji: What I want is not a unification. I want to split the world title. I want the IWGP Heavyweight title back. How does that affect the other belts? That isn't for me to say right now. I am the Global champion, not the world champion. So all I'll say right now is I win and I want the IWGP Heavyweight title back.

>Takeshita: As someone who wrestles a lot in America, let me say this. Sometimes in America, you can have the top title defended in the first match of the card. If that7s how the fans are more drawn in and how it best affects the entire event then so be it. At the Tokyo Dome, there is a very important match with Hiroshi Tanahashi as well. So where this match is on the card really doesn't matter to me and I don't think it will to Tsuji. What matters is that this is the best ever event in NJPW history, and the best send off to Tanahashi.

>Tsuji: I think the top title should be in the main event, because the top title is what every wrestler aspires to. But recently in NJPW, the IWGP isn't necessarily in the main event. I hav eno control fo that right now, so I will just focus on my own performance. As for Takeshita not being in Japan all the time, I think that is something fans feel a certain sadness toward. But I don't think that's all bad. Freshness is important. You see Yuto-Ice and OSKAR, they bring a freshness and impact wrestling hasn't seen for a long time. Someone doing something different is important.

>I know Takeshita has said he wouldn't turn down NJPW bookings. But I wonder, if all this is the case, and you put your life on the line to win that title, then what is ti you actually want to do? I feel slightly let down by what you're saying here. But I do plan on January 4 to have a match that proves NJPW is the best in the world.

GO ACE

oh shit...

Just announced by President Hiroshi Tanahashi, THANK YOU to the 31,548 who have already bought tickets to the Tokyo Dome!

Let's sell out on January 4!

Chris get your bitch ass on the twitter account and translate Tana's answers (please)

>Still no opponent for Tanahashi.
We are cooked.

>>19202550
grim

Some japs unironically think its The Rock lol

>>19197951 (OP)
>11/8 Tosho Arena Anjo (5:00pm)
Main event: Hiroshi Tanahashi Final Road ~Connection~ Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Yuto-Ice
6th Match: NEVER Openweight 6 Man tag team Championships- Toru Yano, YOH & Master Wato vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Dick Togo)
5th Match: Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, Taichi & El Desperado vs TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa, Hartley Jackson & Kosei Fujita)
4th Match: Shota Umino, Yuya Uemura & Ryusuke Taguchi vs Yota Tsuji, OSKAR & Daiki Nagai
3rd Match: Shingo Takagi, Taiji Ishimori & Gedo vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Yujiro Takahashi, DOUKI & SHO)
2nd Match: Boltin Oleg, Tomoaki Honma & Tiger Mask vs United Empire (Great-O-Khan, Callum Newman & Jakob Austin Young)
1st Match: Shoma Kato & Tatsuya Matsumoto vs Katsuya Murashima & Zane Jay

Wolf needs a manager or to be paired with a charismatic wrestler (eg Despe) to help him develop a personality. He can't just be an "autism stare-i-defend-NJPW" guy

>>19202495
>What I want is not a unification. I want to split the world title. I want the IWGP Heavyweight title back
Ffs he's talking this shit again which means he's losing

>>19202629
>Main event: Hiroshi Tanahashi Final Road ~Connection~ Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Yuto-Ice
At this point I would have been happy to see that at the dome.

>>19202718
Desperado drags people down

>>19202495
>>19202738
>I want to lead the company into a new age
>the first thing I want to do is bring an old title back
????

>>19203260
Its the NJPW equivalent of when AEW says "the momentum has shifted" or "restore the feeling". Its a way of acknowledging that the company was going through a slump but now we are going back to the "good ole days"

>>19203260
Excusable here because nobody likes the decision to throw away the lineage AND the belt and could be seen as a new top star setting past wrongs right. Issue is most people are just apathetic to it at this point and probably feel it's too late to do much about it

>>19202533
Mutobros...

>>19203327
But this year had the Goto Revolution doing more for the new belt's lineage than probably anyone. Seems a waste to throw it away now.

Per Ibou, Hiroshi Tanahashi's last opponent will be Jeong Mokusu Lee.

Did they announce the Tag League yet?

>>19203560
I'm don't know why people still listen to that clown.

AHAHAHAHAHAHA
/njpw/ SEETHERS BTFO AGAIN
>>19203874
>>19203874
>>19203874

>>19202477
Why are they still trying to babyface takeshita?

>>19203891
Because he's having a babyface turn in AEW and some Japanese TV executive is in love with him

>>19203898
If they're booking based off what aew's doing then there's no way takeshita's losing because he needs to look strong for the okada match

>>19203901
To be fair, I dont think Tsuji is winning, because they want Takeshita to be the "new Okada" and have a lengthy first reign

>>19203652
I'm guessing they do it post-Anjo, and Tana's final opponent is set at the WTL Finals.

Damn, nobody watched the Tenryu show?

>>19203434
as far as i can remember the ppv sold a fuckton and was the most watched show on abema, don't remember the actual numbers

all I remember from the Tana/Omega match is that Kenny went out and produced a whole little movie about him being a retro video game shop keeper that he wanted them to play before his intro and he got pissy when they wouldn't do it

NJPW drawing what is probably going to be its biggest house in the Bushiroad era is grim actually. I am a wrestling specialist.

>>19204548
It is when it's on the back of someone that's never wrestling again. It's not like NOAH saw sustained success after the Muto retirement show in the dome

>>19204566
With this fuckass logic every show ever is grim, you really are a special kind of retarded

>>19204548
What do you think they'll draw next year?

>>19204659
They'll do another crossover show with aew that draws 10k while also cutting wk down to 20k

>>19204659
Less because it's not going to have two special attractions like this one. Doesn't mean it's going to be grim and a sign of New Japan's death.

I believe in Aaron wolf

Don't worry guys, Tsuji will bring back v4 and save our glorious shin nihon!

>>19204659
>>19204675
>>19204979
Naito will come back to retire next year. Ez 30k+ again. Then the next year, Okada will challenge Uemura or Tsuji in the dome for another 30k+. Njpw is saved bros!

>>19197951 (OP)
Why does that faggot paint his finger nails?

>>19205570
Thankfully he's not going to win so they won't do this stupid shit

>>19204675
1/4 is on a weekday. They wouldn't dare.

ummmmm losing Naito and Tanahashi is a GOOD thing ackshully, the future of New Japan is trending up up UP!

He is mindbroken wwwwwwww

>>19202902
No one cares that you think Desperado fucked your favorite joshi you little faggot.

>>19206768
i've seen no credible intelligence Despe fucked Waka

Bryan Alvarez thinks that Je'Von Evans should retire Tanahashi. Thoughts?

Insider here: Rumor has it Brock Lesner is main eventing the dome to squash Tanahashi and then challenge Takeshita at New Year's Dash and squash him in 3 minutes. He will then drop both titles and the New Japan Cup will be for the IWGP title.

Aaron Wolf is going to retire Tanahashi then leave for MMA by June of next year and never return.

Aaron Wolf is NOT ready for the dome.

Now he's making shit up because he's afraid of the Humble Wolf actually adapting to wrestling well wwwwww

>>19206914
despy’s too busy fucking hiromu

Don't disrespect the Humble Wolf

he really does have that same vacant stare humble bear had

You are now in 1989 /njpw/
>Inoki is cucking out to WCW again
>Muta is working for the gaijins, he has no loyalty to Shin Nihon and is a traitor
>Chono hasn't done shit and is NOT over and never will be
>Hashimoto is a fat charisma vacuum
>truly a GRIM generation!

>>19207753
He needs to shave his head. He looks like a geek with that shaggy ass hair

It's gonna be so funny when AEW wrestlers win the Co-main and main event. Thank you for the toys Tonikan and Rockey Romero!

>>19208007
The guy retiring someone always wins so if Okada wins that it's literally meaningless and something you should be glad for. Beating a guy everyone knows is losing does nothing for a young guy btw.

If Takeshita retains, that means they believe in Aaron Wolf massively and intend for him to dethrone Takeshita next year. Either that, or Uemura but definitely not Tsuji who will probably have a long redemption arc that will benefit him greatly.
This is also good but ONLY IF Takeshita actually tours with the company on the tours he should be there for (he can skip tag league, junior tours, etc) and plays the role of the gatekeeper. He also needs to commit to being a heel.

The NJPW roster has basically nothing, any guests with some name value would be welcomed.

Soberano just confirmed he had a NJPW contract and they never used him

>>19207753
Reminds me of my cousin's kid. He is half white, half pinoy, three years old, and quite autistic. Exactly the same facial expression.

https://x.com/njpwglobal/status/1985972948419952769
Ishii dislocated his shoulder.

The World Tag League teams are set!

A BLOCK
>Bishamon
>Taichi & Satoshi Kojima
>Toru Yano & Boltin Oleg
>El Desperado & Shuji Ishikawa
>Yota Tsuji & Gabe Kidd
>Shingo Takagi & Drilla Moloney
>EVIL & Don Fale
>Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi


B BLOCK
>Tanahashi & ELP
>Umino & Uemura
>David Finlay & Hiromu Takahashi
>Knockout Brothers
>ZSJ & Oiwa
>O-Khan & Callum Newman
>Narita & SANADA
>Monster Sauce

>Evil and Fale
Fuck. Those are going to be horrible matches. Not an awful lineup. Although, shame they’re too broke to bring in TMDK.

>>19209090
Grim

World Tag league kicks off November 20, live in English on @njpwworld
!

>Main event: World Tag League A Block- Yota Tsuji & Gabe Kidd vs Drilla Moloney & Shingo Takagi
>7th Match: World Tag League A Block- Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI & Hirooki Goto) vs Taichi & Satoshi Kojima
>6th Match: World Tag League A Block- HOUSE OF TORTURE (EVIL & Don Fale) vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (Chase Owens & Yujiro Takahashi)
>5th Match: World Tag League A Block- Boltin Oleg & Toru Yano vs El Desperado & Shuji Ishikawa
>4th Match: David Finlay, Hiromu Takahashi & Gedo vs Yuto-Ice, OSKAR & Daiki Nagai
>3rd Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, El Phantasmo & Katsuya Murashima vs Shota Umino, Yuya Uemura & Shoma Kato
>2nd Match: Zack Sabre Jr., Ryohei Oiwa & Hartley Jackson vs United Empire (Callum Newman, Great-O-Khan & Jakob Austin Young)
>1st Match: Lance Archer, Alex Zayne & Zane Jay vs HOUSE OF TORTURE (SANADA, Ren Narita & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)

>>19209090
>>ZSJ & Oiwa
Thank you so fucking much

>>19209090
Couple of suprisingly based teams in here. Despe and Shuji Ishikawa should be interesting. Fale is the only thing dragging A Block down

>>19209090
Eat some pins Gabeu

bad roster and an alarming lack of depth

An actual interesting WTL lineup. Never thought id see the day.

>>19209090
B > A.

>>19209091
They're too broke for TMDK and not for Monster Sauce? Seems weird to me

>>19209709
Maybe Tonibakan is paying for them because ishii got injured on his watch.

>>19209090
>zack and taichi in different blocks
giga dropped

>>19209706
Doesn't take a genius to say the block without Fale and a combined Chase/Yujiro is going to look better

>>19209090
>>El Desperado & Shuji Ishikawa
CTE Kino bros, we won!

Is the WK broadcast on Japanese TV going to get a milly?

>>19209436
this isn't the puro thread

>most kino World Tag League set up in years
>same faggot who complains about everything complaining

>>19209090
>Monster Sauce
wait why

>>19210505
what's so kino about it?

I'm no longer asking. Give Ishikawa the book.

>>19210711
quite literally everything except Taichi/Ishii being out