New Japan Pro-Wrestling General Discussion Thread

[Bort]

Holy smokes, Makabe/Okada from Dominion 2013 was superb, I don't remember the match being THAT good, watching it now with soft eyes, just amazing shit all around. Ranallo and Barnett did another great job at commentary. The definite Togi Makabe match.

 

[Prince Bálor]

Pumped for The New Beginning tomorrow, I won't be watching it live, though. But, I'll be sure to watch it the next day, just like Takeover: Rival. This Thursday is gonna a fabulous day!

Pretty awesome card:

IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Hiroshi Tanahashi (C) vs. AJ Styles

IWGP Tag Team Championship
Meiyu Tag [Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata] (C) vs. The Bullet Club [Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson]

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship
Kenny Omega (C) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi

IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championship - Three Way
reDRagon [Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly] (C) vs. The Young Bucks [Matt & Nick Jackson] vs. Time Splitters [Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA]

Six Man Tag Match
Tetsuya Naito, Togi Makabe & Yuji Nagata vs. CHAOS [Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI]

Six Man Tag
CHAOS [Kazuchika Okada, Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano] vs. The Bullet Club [Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga & Yujiro Takahashi]

Singles Match
Tomoaki Honma vs. Kota Ibushi

Tag Match
Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Jushin “Thunder” Liger vs. Chase Owens & Rob Conway

Six Man Tag Match
Mascara Dorada, Satoshi Kojima & Tiger Mask IV vs. Captain New Japan, Jay White & Manubu Nakanishi

Singles Match
Sho Tanaka vs. Yohei Komatsu

 

[Leo C]

Well, I should really pay more attention. Converted 5PM Japan to local time here but wasn't smart enough to look at how it was 6AM on the 12th, not the 11th. ffs such a moron

 

[Stopspot]

Results posted in spoilers below.

Spoiler

New Japan Pro Wrestling “NEW BEGINNING in OSAKA”, 2/11/2015 [Wed] 17:00 @ BODYMAKER COLOSSEUM in Osaka
(1) Sho Tanaka vs. Yohei Komatsu
◆Winner: Sho (5:38) with a Boston Crab.
(2) Tiger Mask IV & Mascara Dorada vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan
◆Winner: Dorada (5:03) via pin-fall on Captain.
(3) Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Rob Conway & Chase Owens
◆Winner: Owens (7:53) following a Package Piledriver on Liger.
~ Owens with the win over the NWA World Jr. Champion in prelude to their match on 2/14.
(4) Tomoaki Honma vs. Kota Ibushi
◆Winner: Ibushi (12:15) with a Phoenix Splash.

(5) IWGP Jr. Tag Team Championship 3WAY Match: [39th Champions] Kyle O’Reilly & Bobby Fish vs. [Challengers] KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley vs. [Challengers] Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson
◆Winner: Matt Jackson (13:31) with the More Bang 4 Your Buck on KUSHIDA.
~ Champions fall on their 2nd title defense. Young Bucks become the 40th Champions.(6) IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship Match: [70th Champion] Kenny Omega vs. [Challenger] Ryusuke Taguchi
◆Winner: Omega (13:58) with the Katayoku no Tenshi (One-winged Angel),
~ 1st successful title defense.

(7) Special 6 Man Tag Match: Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Tama Tonga
◆Winner: Okada (11:45) following the Rainmaker on Tonga.
(8) Special 6 Man Tag Match: Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Tetsuya Naito vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI
◆Winner: Naito (16:30) with the Stardust Press on HASHI.

(9) IWGP Tag Team Championship Match: [65th Champions] Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata vs. [Challengers] Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows
◆Winner: Gallows (16:26) following the Magic Killer on Shibata.
~ Champions fall on their 1st title defense. Anderson & Gallows become the 66th generation champions.

(10) IWGP Heavyweight Championship Match: [61st Champion] Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. [Challenger] AJ Styles
◆Winner: Styles (26:08) with the Styles Clash.
~ Champion falls on his 2nd title defense. Styles become the 62nd generation champion.

 

[Prince Bálor]

Totally knew and totally glad the BC members have won the titles they were challenging for.

Cannot wait to watch this show!

 

[Bort]

Styles/Tana, tag title match and Honma/Ibushi were all excellent. Karl & Doc regaining caught me off guard. Tana bled in main event.

 

[Leo C]

I wonder if the BC is getting the IC and the NEVER title also at some point.

 

[Bort]

I hope not, I hope Ishii regains the NEVER and Naito dethrones Shinsuke at some point.

 

[Leo C]

Yeah, I'm also not crazy for Fale/Takahashi reigns again either (nor MORE people on the Bullet Club).

 

[Bort]

I'm fine with Bullet Club collecting the titles as long as it's not ALL of them. Let Ishii and Swagsuke be the last stand.

 

[Bort]

Tomorrow's show:

NJPW "THE NEW BEGINNING IN SENDAI", 14.02.2015 (NJPW World)
Sendai Sun Plaza Hall

1. Satoshi Kojima, Tomoaki Honma & Yohei Komatsu vs. Manabu Nakanishi, Captain New Japan & Sho Tanaka
2. Tiger Mask & Máscara Dorada vs. Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish
3. Special Six Man Tag Match: Ryusuke Taguchi, Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA vs. Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson
4. NWA World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger (c) vs. Chase Owens
5. NWA World Heavyweight Title: Rob Conway (c) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
6. Special Tag Match: Tetsuya Naito & Kota Ibushi vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano
7. Special Tag Match: Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi
8. Special Six Man Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Tama Tonga
9. NEVER Openweight Title: Togi Makabe (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii
10. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Yuji Nagata

Hopefully Makabe shows up so Ishii can regain the strap. I expect good things from match #3. To prepare for main event, I rewatched their sweet match from G1 24:

Prettay, prettay, prettay good.

 

[Prince Bálor]

Tomorrow's show:

NJPW "THE NEW BEGINNING IN SENDAI", 14.02.2015 (NJPW World)
Sendai Sun Plaza Hall

1. Satoshi Kojima, Tomoaki Honma & Yohei Komatsu vs. Manabu Nakanishi, Captain New Japan & Sho Tanaka
2. Tiger Mask & Máscara Dorada vs. Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish
3. Special Six Man Tag Match: Ryusuke Taguchi, Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA vs. Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson
4. NWA World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger (c) vs. Chase Owens
5. NWA World Heavyweight Title: Rob Conway (c) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
6. Special Tag Match: Tetsuya Naito & Kota Ibushi vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano
7. Special Tag Match: Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi
8. Special Six Man Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Tama Tonga
9. NEVER Openweight Title: Togi Makabe (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii
10. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Yuji Nagata
.

Everything on this card should be pretty good, except matches #1, #4 and #5 which I don't really care about.

 

[Bort]

Makabe couldn't make it and had to vacate the strap, Ishii and Honma wrestled for it instead. THANK YOU, FLU!!! Jesus Christ on a spit, what a MATCH!

 

[Leo C]

Ah, more New Japan action. Hopefully this is uploaded soon.
So Makabe was sick? I was wondering what kept him off the Osaka card.

 

[Prince Bálor]

Just done watching 'The New Beginning In Sendai', it was a good show.

Positives:
- reDRagon vs Tiger Mask & Jay White was decent.

- Time Splitters & Mascara Dorada vs The Young Bucks & Kenny Omega was quite good, I enjoyed it.

- Kota Ibushi & Tetsuya Naito vs Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano was okay for what it was. Although I would've prefered Ibushi in singles action.

- Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI vs Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi was alright.

- Meiyu Tag & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Doc Gallows, Karl Anderson & Tama Tonga was alright.

- NEVER Openweight Championship
Tomohiro Ishii vs Tomoaki Honma was splendid, incredible... Can't find the right adjective to describe it. MOTN & MOTY material, easily. 5 star match? Yes, I think so.

- IWGP Intercontinental Championship
Shinsuke Nakamura vs Yuji Nagata was some good stuff.

Negatives:
- Captain New Japan & Manabu Nakanishi vs Satoshi Kojima & Yohei Komatsu was BS, shouldn't have even been on the card.
- Jushin Liger vs Chase Owens. What a yawn fest.
- Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Rob Conway was meh, didn't like it.