New Japan Pro-Wrestling General Discussion Thread

[Chris]

I pictured a purple border and now all I can see is the Divas title

Internet already made hella edits including that one lmao they're ruthless

 

[Chris]

Fuck this was a good episode of Strong, everyone is just going all out for Mania week lmao. Only result I was surprised with was Hikuleo beating Rosser but don't mind it at all, Rosser is a great guy to put him over in this. Also holy shit they're really making Ren Narita look like a star since returning, even in defeat like this.

 

[Geese]

NJPW and STARDOM earned $13.3 million in profits for Bushiroad. NJPW has 116,000 paid subscriptions.

NJPW Parent Company Bushiroad Earned $13.3 Million In Q2 Of 2020 - eWrestlingNews.com

 

[Chris]

Here's the card for this week's Strong episode:

 

[Chris]

Brody King vs Tom Lawlor in the finals of the USA NJ Cup wouldn't have booked it any other way

 

[Ace]

That Hikuleo guy looks like if Kenny Omega was a Maori.

 

[O-Blaze]

CM Punk Says He’s Interested In Will Ospreay Match, Doesn’t Want To Give False Hope

In a new interview with Stephanie Chase of Digital Spy, CM Punk said that while he doesn’t want to give false hope, somebody should ask him the question again if Will still has the gold by the end of the summer.

“I don’t want to give people false hope in answering Ospreay,” Punk said. “But he’s for sure somebody that I’ve never wrestled before that interests me a lot more than, I guess, the corporate side of professional wrestling nowadays. New and different things are going to interest me more than doing the same old, same old. I always need new goals.”

“I don’t know,” he added. “Let’s see if he has it at the end of the summer and then ask me the question again.”

 

[Chris]

Drew McIntyre also said this recently I like Will doing this tho, matches probs won't ever happen but throwing out some feelers won't hurt lmao

 

[O-Blaze]

Is it bad that even tho Punk is the one who could actually go do it, that I think Drew has a better chance happening LOL

 

[Chris]

Zack Sabre, Jr. vs Tanga Loa now has a stip where if Sabre wins, Dangerous Tekkers get a title shot but if Loa wins, then they can't challenge as long as G.O.D are champions....

 

[Chris]

 

[Chris]

White/Tanahashi from this morning bro Jay White is seriously becoming a next level talent in these longer matches. Like his selling and psychology in both this one and the Ibushi match from WK has just been ridiculously good, dude has really gotten a lot better since losing the fuckin' main title

 

[Chris]

Bruh Jay White just called himself THE REAL BELT COLLECTOR in professional wrestling and if anyone has a problem with that then come find him

 

[Kairi HoHo]

Bruh Jay White just called himself THE REAL BELT COLLECTOR in professional wrestling and if anyone has a problem with that then come find him

Yeah I just saw this Show and man Jay White is the Man for real. I love him as a Heel and then he puts the Icing on the Cake telling Tana to retire to hang up his Boots too you Villain. Come to Impact Jay White!

 

[Chris]

Honestly I was so indifferent to Jay White until 2021 thought he was a weak world champ but overall was fine. But man he's one of my top guys in 2021 not even gonna lie, he's just killing it.

Watched all but the main event of N2 today and I saw it got well over 40 minutes I assume they gave it extra time bc COVID fucked up the card and that's a great consolation