Essential Japanese Wrestling Discussion/News

[Honga Ciganesta]

Alright brehs. I'm only a casual japanese wrestling fan but i'm ready to get deeper in the game. Show me the way

I'd recommend checking the Shibata/Ishii match a couple of posts up, I think pretty much any wrestling fan can enjoy it. Really only have to know that Shibata was an MMA fighter for a few years and came nack to kick people in NJPW and Ishii is the lovabale underdog who fans love and who never wins. But it's the G1 so anything can happen The newest NJPW shows, and most great matches from other promotions, are usually posted in this thread a few days later.

Apart from that I'd say try out a match from some of the big names, 90's wise you have Misawa, any match with Kawada will be great with 6/3/94 being their best and maybe THE best match ever, Hashimoto from NJPW, maybe his match against Takada would be a good start:



That crowd Here's the full match



Any KENTA match shouldbe enjoyable: this one is worth five minutes:



Beyond that if you enjoy any match, try checking out other matches with the same wrestler, soon you won't be able to stop

Hope that helped, I could go on all day here

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

So I hear Kota Ibushi is officially signed with New Japan now. Guess he'll probably be the one to finally take the Junior Heavyweight title from Devitt.

New Japan also just announced The Young Bucks will be debuting on October 25th for their Jr. tag tournament. They'll be representing Bullet Club.

Young Bucks part of the two best stables on the planet


Oh and Low-Ki retired again...

 

[Miracle Violence]

Not sure if it tops their match from Invasion Attack, but this was excellent regardless.

 

[Honga Ciganesta]

Ishii/Shibata II

 

[usopp]

I'm checking for that NJPW show. An all-out Okada/Kojima is the match I most wanted to see post-G1. MiSu/Yano should be great on account of MiSu. Naito/Tanaka is important. Naito really can't afford to be up and down like he has been throughout much of career during these next few months. This is going to be a major win for him, and has to start the momentum for his Dome showdown with Okada.

rainu maykuhh

 

[Honga Ciganesta]

AJPW staring their recovery by putting the strap on Akebono

AJPW "ANNIVERSARY TOUR 2013", 27.10.2013 (Nico Nico)
Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan
2,563 Fans

0. KENSO besiegt Mr. 450 (3:43) mit dem Hagakure.
1. Hikaru Sato & Masao Inoue besiegen Kazushi Miyamoto & Nobutaka Araya (10:06) mit einem Side Cradle von Sato gegen Araya.
2. Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk vs. Osamu Nishimura & Masanobu Fuchi - Time Limit Draw (20:00).
3. Joe Doering & James Raideen

besiegen D-Lo Brown & Bambi Killer (13:40) mit der Revolution Bomb von Doering gegen Brown.
4. All Asia Tag Team Title: Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki (c) besiegen Shigehiro Irie

& Keisuke Ishii

(20:14) mit dem Assault Point von Aoki gegen Ishii (4th defense).
5. AJPW World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Yoshinobu Kanemaru (c) besiegt SUSHI (15:30) nach dem Touch Out (6th defense).
6. Jun Akiyama & Takao Omori besiegen Go Shiozaki & Kento Miyahara (25:29) nach einem Axe Bomber von Omori gegen Miyahara.
7. Triple Crown: Akebono besiegt Suwama (c) (19:30) nach dem Yokozuna Impact - Titelwechsel.

I wonder what the real attendence was.

Power Stuggle line up

NJPW “POWER STRUGGLE”, 11/9/2013 [Sat] 17:00 @ Osaka BODYMAKER COLOSSEUM (Osaka Prefectual Gymnasium)
Special Single Match: Tomoaki Honma vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Special Tag Match: Yuji Nagata & Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka
Special Tag Match: Togi Makabe & Kota Ibushi vs. Prince Devitt & Bad Luck Fale
Special Single Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
IWGP Tag & NWA World Tag Double Championship 3WAY Match: [62nd IWGP Champions] Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. [NWA Champions] Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. [Challengers] Rob Conway & Jax Dane
Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship Challenger Rights Contract & NEVER Openweight Championship Match: [2nd Champion] Tetsuya Naito vs. [Challenger] Masato Tanaka
IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: [6th Champion] Shinsuke Nakamura vs. [Challenger] Minoru Suzuki
IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: [59th Champion] Kazuchika Okada vs. [Challenger] “The Machine Gun” Karl Anderson

Neat Dome poster

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

AJPW staring their recovery by putting the strap on Akebono

I wonder what the real attendence was.

Power Stuggle line up

NJPW “POWER STRUGGLE”, 11/9/2013 [Sat] 17:00 @ Osaka BODYMAKER COLOSSEUM (Osaka Prefectual Gymnasium)
Special Single Match: Tomoaki Honma vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Special Tag Match: Yuji Nagata & Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Toru Yano & Takashi Iizuka
Special Tag Match: Togi Makabe & Kota Ibushi vs. Prince Devitt & Bad Luck Fale
Special Single Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
IWGP Tag & NWA World Tag Double Championship 3WAY Match: [62nd IWGP Champions] Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. [NWA Champions] Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. [Challengers] Rob Conway & Jax Dane
Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship Challenger Rights Contract & NEVER Openweight Championship Match: [2nd Champion] Tetsuya Naito vs. [Challenger] Masato Tanaka
IWGP Intercontinental Championship Match: [6th Champion] Shinsuke Nakamura vs. [Challenger] Minoru Suzuki
IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: [59th Champion] Kazuchika Okada vs. [Challenger] “The Machine Gun” Karl Anderson

Neat Dome poster

Rob Conway on the card. Struggle indeed.

 

[Scottie Drippin]

The last three matches should be though

I wonder if Ishii/Tanahashi can hit that magic again, even if this is just Tana getting his win back

 

[Miracle Violence]

Mike Johnson reported yesterday that Prince Devitt is negotiating a deal with WWE.

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

Mike Johnson reported yesterday that Prince Devitt is negotiating a deal with WWE.

Why not? New Japan guys always do well in WWE. The inevitable tag team with Pac though

 

[Miracle Violence]

Why not? New Japan guys always do well in WWE. The inevitable tag team with Pac though

Lol, I could see him having some success in the States though honestly. I think his current heel character would get over in WWE.

I'd still rather he stayed in New Japan just because his career is in better hands there, but ultimately he's going to make more money in WWE, even if they completely drop the ball on him.

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

A Bullet Club with him, Corey Graves, Kassius Ohno and Sami Callihan could be pretty piff. Jericho would be all over that Real Rock n Rolla gimmick. Its sounding better as I think about it

 

[Miracle Violence]

Young Bucks in New Japan:

 

[Scottie Drippin]

Lol, I could see him having some success in the States though honestly. I think his current heel character would get over in WWE.

I'd still rather he stayed in New Japan just because his career is in better hands there, but ultimately he's going to make more money in WWE, even if they completely drop the ball on him.

He's hit the ceiling of what he'll ever be allowed to achieve in Japan. The Jr/HW divide is REAL. This summer of him getting W's over heavies thanks to mass interference is really as high as he'll ever be allowed to go. NJPW not having any jr's of note (aside from now Kota, but they've already had tons of matches) just doesn't give him anything to do.

I can completely understand if he looks at his NJPW career as "Mission Accomplished". Really, what else can he realistically aim to do?

In the WWE , it's not unreasonable to think he can be a world champ one day.

 

[Scottie Drippin]

Young Bucks in New Japan:

That CHAOS/Bullet Club beef is getting hectic I wonder if we can get a Okada/Shinsuke//Hooligans v Machine Gun/Devitt/Bucks or something out of this. Would probably have to replace Shinsuke with Gedo or Ishii