NJPW New Japan Cup 2023 - March 5 - March 21, 2023

[Comrade Khan]

 

[Comrade Khan]

Spoiler

Sanada wins!

oh boy,

 

[Chris]

Spoiler

Sanada wins!

oh boy,

Why would you want to be ungovernable when you can be just one of five guys

 

[Comrade Khan]

Why would you want to be ungovernable when you can be just one of five guys

im curious what this means for Finlay

also Okada is going to fuck his ass up so bad lol

 

[Chris]

im curious what this means for Finlay

also Okada is going to fuck his ass up so bad lol

Might mean ELP continues to not respect him

I hope it's not the same SANADA/Okada match I've seen about 18,000 timed at least

 

[Comrade Khan]

Might mean ELP continues to not respect him

I hope it's not the same SANADA/Okada match I've seen about 18,000 timed at least

would be crazy if Sanada won but I very much doubt it

 

[Chris]

would be crazy if Sanada won but I very much doubt it

I'm cheering for it tbh lol I'm just so glad they seem to finally be shaking stuff up lol I'm sure a lot of people aren't fans but this company had become so stagnant especially with their factions. Maybe I'll start watching tour shows again

 

[Comrade Khan]

I'm cheering for it tbh lol I'm just so glad they seem to finally be shaking stuff up lol I'm sure a lot of people aren't fans but this company had become so stagnant especially with their factions. Maybe I'll start watching tour shows again

I can certainly accept this train of thought, and really I agree the factions were stale and it was the same multi man shit for like..5 years? Shake ups are good. Yes HoT was hit and miss but they did something new, same with this faction.

I don't think it's Sanada's time to win, but I at least think now he has more of a chance then when he did living under Naito's shadow

 

[Chris]

The semi-final show was the first NJPW Japan show I'd watched in full in a few weeks and it def felt fresher but that could just be bc I took a break. I'll try and watch this one at work today after Elevation

 

[Comrade Khan]

on the flip side (and to your point regarding stagnation) it's probably time to end the lolOKADAwins and lolHIROMUwin era lol its been pretty bad the last 3 years

 

[Chris]

I can certainly accept this train of thought, and really I agree the factions were stale and it was the same multi man shit for like..5 years? Shake ups are good. Yes HoT was hit and miss but they did something new, same with this faction.

I don't think it's Sanada's time to win, but I at least think now he has more of a chance then when he did living under Naito's shadow

Yeah they'd tried main event LIJ Sanada way too much, this is probably his last chance

 

[Chris]

on the flip side (and to your point regarding stagnation) it's probably time to end the lolOKADAwins and lolHIROMUwin era lol its been pretty bad the last 3 years

It wouldn't be as bad if they had fresher challengers too (which sanada is not admittedly even with the new faction lol)

 

[Comrade Khan]

Yeah they'd tried main event LIJ Sanada way too much, this is probably his last chance

agreed. Though I did love Naito's based promo where he was like '' lol LiJ ppl do great, look at me and Last Dragon''

 

[Comrade Khan]

It wouldn't be as bad if they had fresher challengers too (which sanada is not admittedly even with the new faction lol)

yeah I don't think I ever want to see Hiromu beat Bone Soldier ever again for example

 

[Chris]

yeah I don't think I ever want to see Hiromu beat Bone Soldier ever again for example

Love Despy but keep all 3 away from each other outside of tournaments please