New Japan Pro-Wrestling General Discussion Thread

[Jay-Ashley]

 

[Geese]

Dragon Lee is returning to NJPW.

https://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/dragon-lee-is-headed-back-to-njpw

 

[Jay-Ashley]

Nice

 

[Geese]

Kenny Omega has said NJPW had nothing to do with his Japan travel problems.

https://www.sescoops.com/kenny-omega-confirms-njpw-werent-behind-japan-travel-issues/

 

[Jay-Ashley]

...okay everyone kind of figured that

 

[Jay-Ashley]

Dragon Lee is returning to NJPW.

https://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/dragon-lee-is-headed-back-to-njpw

His new name now is Ryu Lee

Spoiler: I need this feud

 

[Jay-Ashley]

Spoiler: I don't if this a spoiler or not, but...

Tanahashi v Jericho is going to happen...and I am not ready for it

 

[Geese]

New Japan has announced its New Beginning USA schedule which will take place January 24th to February 1st.

https://www.tpww.net/2019/12/njpw-announces-schedule-for-new-beginning-usa-2020-tour/

 

[Geese]

Darren Young is in talks with NJPW. "I'm looking to hopefully maybe to do New Japan Pro Wrestling. I've been talking to them a little bit."

https://www.sportskeeda.com/wwe/for...-has-been-talking-to-njpw-officials-exclusive

 

[Jay-Ashley]

Interesting

 

[Geese]

President Harold Meij made $851,000 plus $212,000 on its Board of Directors. He also owns 452,000 worth of stock, which is valued at $5 million.

https://www.ewrestlingnews.com/news/report-how-much-njpw-president-harold-meij-makes-annually

 

[Geese]

Will Ospreay was injured in his match against Hiromu Takahashi. It could be a broken heel.

https://www.ringsidenews.com/2020/01/04/top-star-reportedly-injured-at-njpw-wrestle-kingdom-14/

 

[Jay-Ashley]

 

[Apoho Creed]

Tetsuya Naito Talked About Why He Secretly Got Eye Surgery Before Wres

NJPW double champion Tetsuya Naito described the eye issues he dealt with throughout 2019 that he thought might force him into retirement.

uproxx.com

Shortly after Tetsuya Naito became the first man in New Japan Pro Wrestling‘s history to hold both the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and Intercontinental Championship at the same time, Tokyo Sports revealed that about a month before Wrestle Kingdom, he had surgery for an eye issue that he thought might force him into retirement. In a recent interview for NJPW’s website that was mostly in-character, Naito talked about what sounds like a very real medical problem and how it was impacting his wrestling.

Naito says he “started having issues with my right eye last May.” One of his muscles supporting the eye “was paralyzed. So essentially my right eye wasn’t being supported properly” and “with both eyes open, I couldn’t focus my vision.” He says he was seeing double in the ring until October, when he started seeing triple. Naito acknowledges that this was dangerous, and talks about how it made wrestling way more difficult than usual:

Even walking up the steps to the ring or running the ropes was something I was having to take much more care in doing. Things that I wouldn’t normally think twice about, I was suddenly having to consider really carefully. And up to now, I’ve always taken backstage comments quite seriously, but if I had nothing left over after my matches, I wasn’t going to half-ass a promo. So I was giving fewer comments.

The double champion had an extremely Naito answer for why he initially didn’t tell the company about his problems: “I really hate going to the hospital… I kind of thought at first that if I slept it off, it’d get better by itself, but it didn’t.”

He talked to different physicians and trainers about the issue, and in September 2019, he went to “a university hospital,” where the issue was diagnosed. Naito says he thought he “might be done” because his condition was a lot like the one that caused Milano Collection A.T. to retire about ten years ago. “He had paralysis in the muscles underneath both eyes.” However, Naito was able to take time off halfway through World Tag League in November, get surgery, and return to the ring.

Naito doesn’t sound like he’s still worried about retirement, but he admits that his vision isn’t where it was before last May, saying, “If I look upward, my vision’s a bit blurry, but it’s much better.” Fortunately, that sounds a lot less dangerous than doing a running Destino while seeing double.

When I heard this I fell to my knees. Naito wrestled under those conditions before WK, and still has problems Jesus. Naito gets alot of flack, but dude is one tough sob to wrestle with bad vision problems like that. I wear Glasses, and I went a Year without Glasses when I was a Teenager and I can only imagine being a Wrestler and how difficult it is to even see steps in front of you. I'm happy he got the Surgery and his vision seems to be better than before, thank goodness for that.

 

[Geese]

Kota Ibushi's illness is more severe than believed as he has Mallory-Weiss Syndrome, which is "a tear in the mucous membrane connecting the esophagus to the stomach." In severe instances, it requires surgery.

https://www.tpww.net/2020/01/njpw-k...s-injury-new-beginning-usa-night-2-3-results/