Essential Japanese Wrestling Discussion/News

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

The kayfab....I mean, Tokyo Sports Awards are out

Tokyo Sports MVP: Hiroshi Tanahashi (New Japan Pro Wrestling)

Match Of The Year: Okada vs Omega - Dominion 09/06/2018 (New Japan Pro Wrestling)

Best Tag Team Award: The Violent Giants (Suwama & Shuji Ishikawa)

Fighting Spirit Award: Kaito Kiyomiya (Pro Wrestling NOAH)

Skill Award: Tetsuya Naito (New Japan Pro Wrestling)

Rookie Award: Utami Hayashishyta (STARDOM)

Women's Wrestling Award: Tsukasa Fujimoto (Ice Ribbon)

Special Prize: Naomichi Marufuji (Pro Wrestling NOAH)

What is a "Skill Award" and a "Special Prize"? What basis does any of this have?

 

[Jmare007]

What is a "Skill Award" and a "Special Prize"? What basis does any of this have?

The skill award is the "Technique" award...which means whatever the fukk you want I think it's kind of a "best wrestler" award, like, solely in ring. But given the fact that Tokyo Sports treats this stuff like the PWI 500, it's almost impossible to figure out a legit criteria.

Most awards have no criteria. Last year Violent Giants won Best Tag Team and they had like 3 fukkING MATCHES total as a team when the awards were given

The special award I have no clue what is supposed to be about. *EDIT* Checking Wiki, it seems whoever translated the award fukked up, what Marufuji won was the "outstanding performance" award. I guess for his work in CC Finals? Idk

 

[Bryan Danielson]

THE NEW BEGINNING USA tour announcement | NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING

Wow!!!

My homey that’s a wrestler just informed me that NJPW coming to NC next year!

Holy shyt!!!

I’m definitely gonna have to peep this show

Martha

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Double

 

[Mr. Manhattan]

I've been binge watching some old school Japanese matches. Misawa was that dude

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

The skill award is the "Technique" award...which means whatever the fukk you want I think it's kind of a "best wrestler" award, like, solely in ring. But given the fact that Tokyo Sports treats this stuff like the PWI 500, it's almost impossible to figure out a legit criteria.

Most awards have no criteria. Last year Violent Giants won Best Tag Team and they had like 3 fukkING MATCHES total as a team when the awards were given

The special award I have no clue what is supposed to be about. *EDIT* Checking Wiki, it seems whoever translated the award fukked up, what Marufuji won was the "outstanding performance" award. I guess for his work in CC Finals? Idk

This is a bigger joke than the slammys

 

[Jmare007]

I've been binge watching some old school Japanese matches. Misawa was that dude

The GOAT

Misawa's slow burn comebacks are a thing of beauty, no one has ever come close to do it as well as him, and for so many fukking years

 

[MightyHealthy]

Missing the show this morning

 

[Kidd Dibiase]

 

[stro]

How does Masato Tanaka still have a functioning brain?

 

[The Rainmaker]

A faction that STOOD together for nearly a decade? Is CHAOS finally (and unceremoniously) dead?

 

[stro]

Stood together like guys that sometimes tag with each other to fill out the undercards

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

'Show Out' Shota got busy in the match with Shingo last night

I know he's probably getting the nepotism push because of his dad, but for a young lion, dude is genuinely pretty good

Hold on - MiSu didn't even make the WK card this year?

Somebody's got to die

 

[Jmare007]

'Show Out' Shota got busy in the match with Shingo last night

I know he's probably getting the nepotism push because of his dad, but for a young lion, dude is genuinely pretty good

Shota is getting the green light push because he's their best prospect since Okada. If he sucked it wouldn't matter if he was Red Shoes kid, he'd probably end up being the next Yuyiro.

 

[THE 101]

Shingo and Shoto