Essential Japanese Wrestling Discussion/News

[krackdagawd]

If i see one more chaos vs lij multi man tag match those elite marks left a hole in nj

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

If i see one more chaos vs lij multi man tag match those elite marks left a hole in nj

Welcome to "off nights" on the tours. This always happens. New Years Dash is almost composed entirely of them every year

 

[THE 101]

Time for Shingo to get a junior title run. He's gonna show the fukk out in the best of super jrs

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

If i see one more chaos vs lij multi man tag match those elite marks left a hole in nj

I like when they do the elimination matches. Those seem to have more energy behind them. I heard the Kota-Chaos vs LIJ match was really good.

 

[TrueEpic08]

Yeah, the regular 8-man tags on these tours are New Japan's way of not killing guys every night. They'll go harder on the proper build-up tags, but when you see those large stable vs. stable deals, just expect a "professional" effort and you'll look at them differently.

 

[Jmare007]

Dylan James defeated Shuji Ishikawa today and leads Block A of the CC

This are the standings with 1 more day before they go to Korakuen and decide the winners of each block.


Block A:
1. Dylan James [9]
2. Zeus [8]
3. Shuji Ishikawa [7]
-. Ryouji Sai [7]
-. Yuji Okabayashi

[7]
6. Kento Miyahara [6]
-. Gianni Valletta [6]
-. Atsushi Aoki [6]
9. Yuma Aoyagi [4]


Block B:
1. Suwama [8]
-. Naoya Nomura [8]
-. Yoshytatsu [8]
-. Daichi Hashimoto

[8]
5. Takashi Yoshida

[6]
-. Jake Lee [6]
-. Joel Redman [6]
-. Joe Doering [6]
9. Sam Adonis [4]

Tomorrow is Kento/Sai & Yuji/Aoki for Block A. Lee/Adonis & Doering/Redman for B.


Final day for A has:
Zeus (8) vs. Shuji Ishikawa (7)
Atsushi Aoki (6*) vs. Dylan James (9)
Kento Miyahara (8*) vs. Yuji Okabayashi (9*)

* = my guess given the matches left before Korakuen.

I'm SHOCKED they made Shuji lose and get elimianted before his match with Zeus. Would be really weird if James beats Aoki because that would mean Kento is eliminated before the main event and could only play spoiler to Okabayashi. I still think Yuji gets the big W and advances to the Finals, where he loses to whoever comes out of Block B.

B Block is gonna have a 6 way tie most likely Final day card would look like this

Daichi Hashimoto (8) vs. Sam Adonis (6*)
Yoshytatsu (8) vs. Takashi Yoshida (6)
Suwama (8) vs. Naoya Nomura (8)
Jake Lee (8* )vs. Joe Doering (8*)

Nomura vs Suwama and Doering vs Lee will be the defacto semis. Daichi got really protected so an L to Adonis in Korakuen wont hurt him at all, same with Yoshi losing to Yoshida to take him out of contention. Jake Lee - who has been a huge disappointment to me this tourney @SubZeroDegrees - needs Nomura and Suwama to draw because they both have the tie breaker on him.

A lot of interesting scenarios. Lee vs Okabayashi is still an option but it's WAY more wide open than I thought, we could even get a Nomura vs Kento rematch as the Finals

 

[THE 101]

The names for this year’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament have been revealed.

The number of entrants for this year’s tournament has increased from 16 to 20 participants. They feature wrestlers from not only New Japan, but also CMLL and Ring of Honor.

The list, which was revealed during today's Road to Wrestling Dontaku event is as follows:

• Ryusuke Taguchi
• Tiger Mask IV
• Rocky Romero
• SHO
• YOH
• Will Ospreay
• Taiji Ishimori
• El Desperado
• Taka Michinoku
• Yoshinobu Kanemaru
• BUSHI
• Flip Gordon
• Titan
• Marty Scurll
• Dragon Lee
• Robbie Eagles
• Jonathan Gresham
• Bandido
• Shingo Takagi

The last participant was labeled as “X,” who based on previous vignettes may be El Phantasmo. NJPW’s website notes that X will be officially revealed at Wrestling Dontaku in Fukuoka on May 4.

English commentary during today's show stated that every show for the tournament will air live, and will also have English commentary.

The tournament starts on May 13 and ends on June 5, with the tournament finals taking place at Sumo Hall. Details involving blocks and cards will go down at a later date.

Bandido

 

[Jmare007]

It reads like the most "diverse" BOSJ in a while.

Why is Ospray there though I guess they really are pushing his "openweight" status? If he gets into the G-1 he would be the first one since Millano in 07' to compete in both tournaments in the same year.


I really hope they try to mix things up like this for the G-1

 

[smoove157]

It reads like the most "diverse" BOSJ in a while.

Why is Ospray there though I guess they really are pushing his "openweight" status? If he gets into the G-1 he would be the first one since Millano in 07' to compete in both tournaments in the same year.


I really hope they try to mix things up like this for the G-1

i'm not sure either about Ospreay.... i follow him on twitter, dude is always talking about his mental health. i thought he was gonna take time off

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

Yeah, English commentary has been putting over Ospreay as being just on the cusp of heavyweight status but not there yet. Good call. He should be in BOSJ.

They also foreshadowed the idea of Shingo doing the BOSJ and then "bulking up" to qualify for G1.

 

[stro]

My Gedo troll booking: Ospreay wins the BOTSJ, declares himself a heavyweight, enters the G1, ties for last in his block.

 

[Legal]

My Gedo troll booking: Ospreay wins the BOTSJ, declares himself a heavyweight, enters the G1, ties for last in his block.

That would mean they'd have to put Yoshi-Hashi, Toa Henare, and like, Mikey Nicolls or some shyt all in the same block. At least we'd know which block to largely ignore.

 

[Jmare007]

Yeah, English commentary has been putting over Ospreay as being just on the cusp of heavyweight status but not there yet. Good call. He should be in BOSJ.

They also foreshadowed the idea of Shingo doing the BOSJ and then "bulking up" to qualify for G1.

Now THAT'S an idea I can get behind.

Shingo needs to hang with the heavys, he's fukking awesome

My Gedo troll booking: Ospreay wins the BOTSJ, declares himself a heavyweight, enters the G1, ties for last in his block.

That's actually pretty traditional booking. I mean, it would depend on his block but normal puro booking would have a newly "graduated" Ospray getting like a couple of wins (1 big one) and a bunch of Ls

 

[TrueEpic08]

Yeah, English commentary has been putting over Ospreay as being just on the cusp of heavyweight status but not there yet. Good call. He should be in BOSJ.

They also foreshadowed the idea of Shingo doing the BOSJ and then "bulking up" to qualify for G1.

Been waiting for this. No idea why he's been a junior when he's just about as big as Naito.

 

[Shaq]

I watched this match so many damn times on limewire as a kid.

R.I.P. to my parents computer