Essential Japanese Wrestling Discussion/News

[mannyrs13]

@The Rainmaker looks like its gonna be at 11pm EST. Thankfully its free on youtube.

 

[The Rainmaker]

@The Rainmaker looks like its gonna be at 11pm EST. Thankfully its free on youtube.

Yessir

 

[mannyrs13]

Yessir

they didnt wanna compete with vince and his ratings.

 

[The Rainmaker]

they didnt wanna compete with vince and his ratings.

They all want to see the daily Charlotte match

 

[TrueEpic08]

In other New Japan news...

Looks like Ospreay has spent his pandemic time doing nothing but lifting and a TON of steroids:



He says he's 227 right now...as a guy in the 220 range with balky knees, I'm not sure how his flippy shyt style is gonna work with all that mass. From how he tells it, we might be seeing a new Will Ospreay when shows start back up.

 

[Legal]

Yessir

I'mma need someone to explain to them that 9PM PDT definitely ain't 11PM EDT.

 

[mannyrs13]

They all want to see the daily Charlotte match

She gonna start a female G1 in NJPW. Wrestle every night.

 

[Jmare007]

In other New Japan news...

Looks like Ospreay has spent his pandemic time doing nothing but lifting and a TON of steroids:



He says he's 227 right now...as a guy in the 220 range with balky knees, I'm not sure how his flippy shyt style is gonna work with all that mass. From how he tells it, we might be seeing a new Will Ospreay when shows start back up.

He going for the Eddie Guerrero look in WWE, which isn't a good thing imo

But to be fair, people been waiting for Ospray's body to collapse with injuries for 3-4 years now. Dude just coming up with new ways to test how further it can go

 

[TrueEpic08]

He going for the Eddie Guerrero look in WWE, which isn't a good thing imo

But to be fair, people been waiting for Ospray's body to collapse with injuries for 3-4 years now. Dude just coming up with new ways to test how further it can go

As soon as I saw his traps, I knew this wasn't a good idea.

I understand that he wants to make heavyweight, but there's a lot of guys in that company competing at heavyweight that aren't clearing 220. You'd think he'd be smart enough to just add a bit of size and have them gimmick the rest, but that would require Will to show legitimate intelligence, which...yeah. Probably not happening any time soon.

Can't wait for him to blow out his knees in the next year!

 

[The Rainmaker]

WE BACK ON JUNE 15. No live audience. No announced card.

New Japan Cup starts on June 16. Heavy and Jr. Heavy wrestlers will participate. Winner will face Naito at Dominion for both titles.

Announced matches:
Makabe v Tsuji
Ishii v Despe
Yano v Jado
Honma v Hiromu
Okada v Gedo
Nagata v Suzuki
Uemura v Kanemaru
Kidd v Ishimori
Tanahashi v Taichi
Ibushi v ZSJ
Taguchi v SANADA
SHO v Shingo
Tenzan v YH
YOH v BUSHI
Kojima v EVIL
Goto v Yujiro

Dominion on July 11-12 will have a limited live audience.

 

[mannyrs13]

WE BACK ON JUNE 15

No live audience.

No announced card.

New Japan Cup starts on June 16

dont think ive ever seen the cup. hopefully its a good one.

 

[Breh the HitMang]

We byke

 

[MightyHealthy]

dont think ive ever seen the cup. hopefully its a good one.

It'll be a bit different without all the foreigners.

I honestly think this is Hiromu's to lose.

 

[mannyrs13]

It'll be a bit different without all the foreigners.

I honestly think this is Hiromu's to lose.

so basically anyone that isn't japanese will not be in it? other than Moxley don't know who still has ties to NJPW from AEW? or if Archer still does? guess Ospreay and ZSJ are out as well. don't know who else might be. few of the bullet club members I guess. I'm sure they can come up with a bracket with the available talent.

 

[Jmare007]

Smart move, they shouldn't move the G-1 up until they know they can get more people to buy tickets and more talent available for travel. The current schedule actually works for them in the sense...hopefully.

Did Tana get his wish of New Japan being the last entertainment biz to return?