New Japan Pro-Wrestling General Discussion Thread

[Roadster]

Hope they're saving Barnett and Ranallo for the best and biggest event, WK10.

Doubt that. Striker is getting that role along with either JR or somebody else.

 

[Prince Bálor]

Doubt that. Striker is getting that role along with either JR or somebody else.

Yeah, you're prolly right. But hey, a man can dream.

Honestly, I love Striker in LUG, but he and JR didn't do much for me while calling WK9.

 

[Roadster]

What turned me off to JR was him trying to educate the English speaking NJ fans. I'm sure if they spent money on the PPV, they've heard or known about the company beforehand, JR .

 

[Bort]

Striker was isnanely horrendous at TripleMania. And Kelly is simply the worst. Yeah, I'm sticking with my Japs.

 

[Prince Bálor]

Striker was isnanely horrendous at TripleMania. And Kelly is simply the worst. Yeah, I'm sticking with my Japs.

Striker couldn't even be heard at TripleMania. lel

I agree, though, the Japs rule!

 

[JBan]

Well, I decided to go full Karl Anderson with my avatar, lel.

 

[Prince Bálor]

 

[Roadster]

David Finlay, Jay White, Juice Robinson, Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu vs. Jushin Thunder Liger, KUSHIDA, Mascara Dorada, Ryusuke Taguchi & Tiger Mask
Tomoaki Honma vs. YOSHI-HASHI
Captain New Japan, Hirooki Goto, Katsuyori Shibata & Kota Ibushi vs. TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima), Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match: reDRagon (c) vs. Roppongi Vice
IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Matt Sydal
BULLET CLUB (Bad Luck Fale, Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson) vs. CHAOS (Kazushi Sakuraba, Shinsuke Nakamura & Toru Yano)
NEVER Openweight Title Match: Togi Makabe (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii
IWGP Heavyweight Title #1 Contendership Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito
IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. AJ Styles

Really well put together card. A good mixture of singles and tag matches, unlike Destruction in Kobe.

my predictions

Match #1 - Ey, Juice Robinson! Pretty sure Liger's team is gonna get the win.
Match #2 - YOSHI-HASHI
Match #3 - TenKoji
Match #4 - reDRagon
Match #5 - Bullet Club
Match #6 - Makabe
Match #7 - Tana
Match#8 - Okada

 

[Bort]

YOSHI-HASHI vs. Honma might end up being the MOTN, alls I'm sayin.

 

[Roadster]

AJ Styles vs. Tanahashi vs. Okada at WK 10 to finally end this feud. That would be good, imo.

 

[Prince Bálor]

AJ Styles vs. Tanahashi vs. Okada at WK 10 to finally end this feud. That would be good, imo.

The odds of that happening are small.

I assume AJ will be defeating Lethal for the ROH title at WK10 (wishful thinking, I know), while Ace Tana will be passing the torch to Okada and crowning him the new ace of the company, obviously.

 

[Roadster]

Anything to shake this shit up. We've had the same guys main-eventing. Awesome matches, but goddamn.

 

[Prince Bálor]

If anything's in desperate need of some shake up, it's the juniors division.

 

[Stopspot]

Pro tip. Don't watch amazing 90's all japan if you think the current new japan main event scene needs shake up. Odds are you'd hate it because it is the same guys main eventing for ten years.

Japanese wrestling is built on long rivalries. Tanahashi and Nakamura have been rivals for a decade.

And people are over exaggerating at how often AJ faces Okada or Okada faces Tanahashi. Tanahashi and Okada has wrestled 6 times since his return from America in 2011. That's not a lot. AJ and Okada have only faced off like 5 times as well since AJ showed up, this including the triple threat with Elgin at WOTW 2014. Meanwhile over in America we have Sheamus and Randy Orton wrestling each other every week throughout the summer.

 

[JBan]

Pro tip. Don't watch amazing 90's all japan if you think the current new japan main event scene needs shake up. Odds are you'd hate it because it is the same guys main eventing for ten years.

Japanese wrestling is built on long rivalries. Tanahashi and Nakamura have been rivals for a decade.

And people are over exaggerating at how often AJ faces Okada or Okada faces Tanahashi. Tanahashi and Okada has wrestled 6 times since his return from America in 2011. That's not a lot. AJ and Okada have only faced off like 5 times as well since AJ showed up, this including the triple threat with Elgin at WOTW 2014. Meanwhile over in America we have Sheamus and Randy Orton wrestling each other every week throughout the summer.

This.