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We've got some interesting stuff coming up this week. The G-1 has the final block matches & then the Quarter Finals, 5★STAR Grand Prix rolls on, All Japan have another Triple Crown defence in a city that isn't Tokyo (they aren't unknown, but the last time there were 2 back-to-back was 2018 when Zeus was champion, he won in Osaka & then defended in Nagareyama), Ice Ribbon's top belt is defended on a Ganbare Joshi show, Marvelous have a fun looking show marred by the presence of Mayumi Ozaki in the main event, BJW are at Korakuen. But. The show I want to single out is on Friday the 11th, a national holiday in Japan. Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS, the world's premiere deathmatch promotion, return to the Yokohama Budokan for the first time in 15 months & they bring a fairly stacked show. We have Junior & World Title matches, we've got a barefoot Lego deathmatch between Fujita & Ueki, we've got a BJW deathmatch guys vs FREEDOMS deathmatch guys match which is pretty exciting. And then we've got special guests as Hiromu Takahashi tags with former New Japan junior Tatsuhito Takaiwa against FREEDOMS young boys Dragon Libre & Takahiro Katori as well as a big deathmatch to celebrate Jun Kasai's 25th Anniversary in wrestling with El Desperado teaming with Kasai against Takeda & Yamashita in what is a match of the year candidate on paper. Weird enough as it is having 2 New Japan guys on this show, weirder still is how you're going to be able to watch this. Yes, it'll be on Samurai TV eventually (not until September 2nd, & it'll be cut down to 2 hours), but it's being shown live as a Pay Per View on New Japan World. New Japan is in the deathmatch business baby! Sorry, but I'm really tickled by this fact. 5/8/2023, Saturday 1pm JST/2pm AEST/5am BST/12am EST/9pm PST Stardom 5★STAR Grand Prix 2023 Night 4 Yoshitsune Arena, Komatsu HANAKO vs Saya Iida Club Venus (Mariah May & Mina Shirakawa) vs Donna Del Mondo (Giulia & Thekla) vs Megan Bayne & Mei Seira God's Eye (Ami Sourei, Saki Kashima & Syuri) vs STARS (Hanan, Hazuki & Mayu Iwatani) Oedo Tai (Momo Watanabe, Natsuko Tora & Rina) vs Queen's Quest (Hina, Lady C & Miyu Amasaki) 5★STAR Red Block: Starlight Kid vs Suzu Suzuki 5★STAR Blue Block: AZM vs MIRAI 5★STAR Blue Block: Maika vs Saori Anou Show presumably uploaded to Stardom World Tokyo Joshi Pro City Circuit '23 Night 7 Duo CEREZO, Joetsu Aja Kong vs Super Sasadango Machine Runa Okubo vs Suzume Haruna Neko vs HIMAWARI vs Hyper Misao Haru Kazashiro, Mizuki & Shino Suzuki vs Pom Harajuku, Raku & Yuki Arai Kaya Toribami & Moka Miyamoto vs Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi Arisu Endo & Miyu Yamashita vs Shoko Nakajima & Yuki Aino Uploaded later to Wrestle Universe 5pm JST/6pm AEST/9am BST/4am EST/1am PST New Japan G1 Climax 33 Night 13 EDION Arena, Osaka Just 5 Guys (DOUKI & Taichi) vs United Empire (Great O-Khan & Jeff Cobb) Bullet Club (David Finlay, Gedo & KENTA) vs CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, YOH & YOSHI-HASHI) House of Torture (EVIL, SHO & Yujiro) vs LIJ (BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito) El Phantasmo & Togi Makabe vs United Empire (HENARE & Will Ospreay) CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii) & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa) & Hiroyoshi Tenzan G1 A Block: Gabe Kidd vs Yota Tsuji G1 A Block: Kaito Kiyomiya vs Ren Narita G1 A Block: Chase Owens vs SANADA G1 A Block: Hikuleo vs Shota Umino Live on NJPW World Also shows from Sendai Girls, Ice Ribbon, Osaka Pro, Ryukyu Pro, BJW, Dragongate, 2AW, Heat-Up & COLOR'S 6/8/2023, Sunday 12:30pm JST/1:30pm AEST/4:30am BST/11:30pm EST/8:30pm PST Ganbare Pro Under The Silver Lake 2023 Takashimadaira Kumin Centre, Tokyo Keisuke Ishii vs Munetatsu Nakamura HisokA & Misa Kagura vs Riara & Yoshiko Hasegawa Mizuki Watase, Tyson Maeguchi & Yumehito Imanari vs Shinichiro Tominaga, Shota & Soma Takao Ken Ohka vs Koji Doi Spirit of Ganbare World Tag Team Titles: Shuichiro Katsumura & Takuya Wada(c) vs Hartley Jackson & HARUKAZE Spirit of Ganbare World Openweight Title: Isami Kodaka(c) vs YuuRI I can't find anything at the moment but it'll either be on the GanPro Youtube or on WU 1pm JST/2pm AEST/5am BST/12am EST/9pm PST DDT Memories of Summer Vacation 2023 Tour in Yamagata Yamagata Big Wing, Yamagata Akito & Makoto Oishi vs Danshoku Dieno & Yuki Iino Eruption (Hideki Okatani & Yukio Sakaguchi) vs Kazuki Hirata & Kazumi Sumi Daisuke Sasaki & KANON vs Rukiya & Yuji Hino 37KAMIINA (MAO, Toi Kojima & Yuki Ueno) vs Burning (Yusuke Okada & Yuya Koroku) & HARASHIMA Harimao (Kazusada Higuchi & Yuki Ishida) vs Keisuke Goto & Yukio Naya Chris Brookes & Takeshi Masada vs Jun Akiyama & Shigehiro Irie Uploaded later to Wrestle Universe Stardom 5★STAR Grand Prix 2023 Night 5 Act City, Hamamatsu Mariah May & Megan Bayne vs Natsupoi & Yuna Mizumori Mafia Bella (Giulia & Thekla) vs Oedo Tai (Momo Watanabe & Rina) Queen's Quest (Hina, Lady C & Miyu Amasaki) vs STARS (Koguma, Mayu Iwatani & Saya Iida) God's Eye (Ami Sourei, MIRAI & Saki Kashima) vs Maika, Mei Seira & Suzu Suzuki 5★STAR Blue Block: Hanan vs Mina Shirakawa 5★STAR Blue Block: AZM vs Saori Anou 5★STAR Red Block: Natsuko Tora vs Syuri 5★STAR Red Block: Hazuki vs Tam Nakano Show presumably uploaded to Stardom World 2pm JST/3pm AEST/6am BST/1am EST/10pm PST New Japan G1 Climax 33 Night 14 EDION Arena, Osaka Just 5 Guys (DOUKI & SANADA) vs Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomohiro Ishii vs TMDK (Kosei Fujita & Mikey Nicholls) Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Tama Tonga vs United Empire (HENARE & Jeff Cobb) Eddie Kingston & Togi Makabe vs Bullet Club (Chase Owens & David Finlay) House of Torture (Dick Togo, EVIL, SHO & Yujiro) vs LIJ (BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, Tetsuya Naito & Yota Tsuji) G1 B Block: KENTA vs YOSHI-HASHI G1 B Block: Great O-Khan vs Taichi G1 B Block: Kazuchika Okada vs Tanga Loa G1 B Block: El Phantasmo vs Will Ospreay Live on NJPW World 4pm JST/5pm AEST/8am BST/3am EST/12am PST Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 Victory 2023 Night 1 Yokohama Budokan, Yokohama GLG (Anthony Greene, Tadasuke & YO-HEY) vs Seiki Yoshioka, Shuji Konjdo & Stallion Rogers N-1 B Block: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Manabu Soya N-1 A Block: Jack Morris vs Yoshiki Inamura N-1 B Block: Lance Anoa'i vs Yuma Anzai N-1 A Block: Masa Kitamiya vs Yuki Yoshioka AMAKUSA, Junta Miyawaki & Kazuyuki Fujita vs Atsushi Kotoge, Hi69 & Naomichi Marufuji N-1 B Block: Daiki Inaba vs El Hijo del Dr Wagner Jr N-1 A Block: Adam Brooks vs Kenoh N-1 B Block: Go Shiozaki vs Saxon Huxley N-1 A Block: Jake Lee vs Timothy Thatcher Live on Wrestle Universe 5pm JST/6pm AEST/9am BST/4am EST/1am PST All Japan Summer Action Series Wangan MANIAx Mahuhari Messe International Expo Hall, Chiba Naruki Doi vs Ryo Inoue Aigle Blanc, Chicharito Shoki & Ren Ayabe vs Dan Tamura, Ryo Kawamura & Takuro Niki Hokuto Omori vs Kengo Mashimo Satoshi Kojima vs Takao Omori Ayame Sasamura, Maya Yukihi & Taishi Takizawa vs Shuji Ishikawa & Team 200kg (Chihiro Hashimoto & Yuu) Tornado Bunkhouse Megaton Current Blast Deathmatch: Atsushi Onita, Hikaru Sato & Miss Mongol vs SAKI, Unagi Sayaka & Yoshitatsu Ryuki Honda & Yuji Nagata vs Voodoo Murders (Jun Saito & Rei Saito) Ayato Yoshida vs Kento Miyahara PWF Junior Heavyweight Title #1 Contendership: Atsuki Aoyagi vs Rising HAYATO Triple Crown Title: Yuma Aoyagi(c) vs Suwama Will be on AJPW TV, can't find confirmation if live or taped though 5:30pm JST/6:30pm AEST/9:30am BST/4:30am EST/1:30am PST Gatoh Move 4 Aces Takashimadaira Kumin Centre, Tokyo Hagane Shinno & Masahiro Takanashi vs Munetatsu Nakamura & Shuichiro Katsumura Emi Sakura vs Mochi Natsumi Chie Koishikawa vs Nonoka Seto Mei Suruga vs Miya Yotsuba Rest of card TBA Uploaded later to Youtube Also shows from BJW, Wave, Sendai Girls, Doutonbori Pro, Ryukyu Pro, Dove Pro, alive, Dragongate, Kyushu Pro, JWP, BASARA & Land's End 7/8/2023, Monday 6pm JST/7pm AEST/10am BST/5am EST/2am PST Marvelous in Korakuen Korakuen Hall, Tokyo Ai Hozan vs Aoi Ikuto Hidaka & Itsuki Aoki vs Leo Isaka & Tomoko Watanabe Sakura Hirota vs Unagi Sayaka Azusa Inaba, Mika Iwata & Tomoka Inaba vs Maria, Riko Kawahata & Sandra Moone Chikayo Nagashima & Takumi Iroha vs Night Shade & Yuu AAAW Singles Title: Mio Momono(c) vs Mayumi Ozaki Live on Zaiko PPV 8/8/2023, Tuesday 6:30pm JST/7:30pm AEST/10:30am BST/5:30am EST/2:30am PST New Japan G1 Climax 33 Night 15 Yokohama Budokan, Yokohama Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa vs United Empire (Great O-Khan & Jeff Cobb) Tomoaki Honma & Toru Yano vs War Dogs (Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd) GoD (Hikuleo & Jado) & Shota Umino vs Strong Style (El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki & Ren Narita) CHAOS (Hirooki Goto & YOH) & Oskar Leube vs TMDK (Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste & Zack Sabre Jr) Hiroshi Tanahashi, Master Wato & Togi Makabe vs LIJ (BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito & Yota Tsuji) G1 C Block: Mikey Nicholls vs Tomohiro Ishii G1 C Block: HENARE vs Tama Tonga G1 C Block: David Finlay vs Eddie Kingston G1 C Block: EVIL vs Shingo Takagi Live on NJPW World Stardom 5★STAR Grand Prix 2023 Night 7 KBS Hall, Kyoto God's Eye (Ami Sourei, MIRAI & Saki Kashima) vs HANAKO & Queen's Quest (Hina & Lady C) Megan Bayne, Mei Seira & Thekla vs STARS (Hanan, Hazuki & Koguma) Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora & Rina) vs STARS (Momo Kohgo & Saya Iida) vs Tam Nakano & Yuna Mizumori 02line (AZM & Miyu Amasaki) vs Club Venus (Mina Shirakwa & Waka Tsukiyama) 5★STAR Blue Block: Giulia vs Mariah May 5★STAR Blue Block: Maika vs Momo Watanabe 5★STAR Red Block: Natsupoi vs Syuri 5★STAR Red Block: Mayu Iwatani vs Suzu Suzuki Show presumably uploaded to Stardom World 9/8/2023, Wednesday 6:30pm JST/7:30pm AEST/10:30am BST/5:30am EST/2:30am PST New Japan G1 Climax 33 Night 16 Act City, Hamamatsu Eddie Kingston & Yuto Nakashima vs House of Torture (EVIL & SHO) Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa vs TMDK (Kosei Fujita & Mikey Nicholls) Bullet Club (David Finlay, Gabe Kidd & Gedo) vs Hikuleo, Master Wato & Shota Umino Tomoaki Honma & Tomohiro Ishii vs United Empire (Great O-Khan & HENARE) LIJ (BUSHI, Shingo Takagi & Yota Tsuji) vs Strong Style (El Desperado, Minoru Suzuki & Ren Narita) G1 D Block: Alex Coughlin vs Toru Yano G1 D Block: Jeff Cobb vs Shane Haste G1 D Block: Hirooki Goto vs Zack Sabre Jr G1 D Block: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Tetsuya Naito Live on NJPW World Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 Victory 2023 Night 2 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo N-1 B Block: Daiki Inaba vs Manabu Soya N-1 A Block: Adam Brooks vs Masa Kitamiya N-1 B Block: Go Shiozaki vs Yuma Anzai N-1 A Block: Timothy Thatcher vs Yoshiki Inamura N-1 B Block: El Hijo del Dr Wagner Jr vs Lance Anoa'iceribbonlive GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title #1 Challenger Tournament 1st Round: GLG (Tadasuke & YO-HEY) vs Seiki Yoshioka & Shuji Kondo) N-1 A Block: Jake Lee vs Yuki Yoshioka N-1 B Block: Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Saxon Huxley Live on Wrestle Universe Also shows from Michinoku Pro & Sendai Girls 10/8/2023, Thursday 6:30pm JST/7:30pm AEST/10:30am BST/5:30am EST/2:30am PST New Japan G1 Climax 33 Night 17 Funabashi Arena, Funabashi G1 Quarter Final: A Block Winner vs C Block Runner-Up G1 Quarter Final: B Block Winner vs D Block Runner-Up G1 Quarter Final: C Block Winner vs B Block Runner-Up G1 Quarter Final: D Block Winner vs A Block Runner-Up Rest of card TBA Live on NJPW World Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 Victory 2023 Night 3 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo N-1 A Block: Timothy Thatcher vs Yuki Yoshioka N-1 B Block: Manabu Soya vs Yuma Anzai N-1 A Block: Masa Kitamiya vs Jack Morris N-1 B Block: Lance Anoa'i vs Saxon Huxley N-1 A Block: Adam Brooks vs Jake Lee GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title #1 Challenger Tournament 1st Round: AMAKUSA & Junta Miyawaki vs Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 N-1 B Block: El Hijo del Dr Wagner Jr vs Katsuhiko Nakajima N-1 A Block: Kenoh vs Yoshiki Inamura Live on Wrestle Universe Stardom 5★STAR Grand Prix 2023 Night 8 Mamakari Forum, Okayama HANAKO & Hina vs Mega Bayne & Mei Seira vs Oedo Tai (Momo Watanabe & Rina) Club Venus (Mariah May, Mina Shirakawa & Waka Tsukiyama) vs Queen's Quest (AZM, Miyu Amasaki & Utami Hayashishita) God's Eye (Ami Sourei, Konami, NIRAI, Saki Kashima & Syuri) vs STARS (Hanan, Hazuki, Koguma, Momo Kohgo & Saya Iida) COSMIC ANGELS (Saori Anou & Tam Nakano) & Yuna Mizumori vs Donna Del Mondo (Giulia, Maika & Thekla) 5★STAR Red Block: Natsuko Tora vs Suzu Suzuki 5★STAR Red Block: Mayu Iwatani vs Natsupoi Show presumably uploaded to Stardom World Also shows from BJW & Michinoku Pro 11/8/2023, Friday, Mountain Day 12:30pm JST/1:30pm AEST/4:30am BST/11:30pm EST/8:30pm PST Ganbare Joshi GanJo Battle Garegga '23 Itabashi Green Hall, Tokyo Ibuki Hoshi & Kaho Matsushita vs Tsukina Umino & Yappy Banny Oikawa vs Miyako Matsumoto Alex Lee & Maya Yukihi vs Riara & Sumire Natsu Unagi Sayaka vs Yoshiko 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Finally a gravure about the sexiest man in Japan! https://twitter.com/hakoten2017/status/1687065680242409473
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I'm a sucker for this shot composistion
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Caught up with yesterday's GLEAT show and as always it was very good. Top two matches were sweet, even Ibushi being a step slower it's still cool to see him, completely eating Ishida's shots in order to submit Shimatani was loving awesome. Both Gleaters that got thrown into kickboxing/MMA made a far better accounting of themselves this time around. Only downer for me was the ladies stable making their big debut and featuring a bunch of people I like only to get beaten in 6 minutes, maybe they had to cut time because they weren't expecting Izuchi to last the distance against old man Gono Pictured: Losers 
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Always curious about the N1 but I don't think I have the energy to start it while the G1 is still wrapping up. Hopefully the crossover isn't too extensive.
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A couple of years back the N-1 gave us Mutoh going to a time limit draw in two-thirds of his matches which really soured me on following it show to show. I'll just be watching stuff that seems good to me, so maybe 4 or 5 matches from night 1
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This is honestly the way to go, and not just with NOAH. I normally go for the first match I'm interested in and watch from there. I haven't watched Pheromones in an age
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I do that with most shows i'm catching up with but am resistant to doing it during tournaments because I like getting as clear a picture as possible what each person's story through the tour is. If it's like 2AW or Big Japan I usually only watch one or two matches a show from guys I know are guaranteed to bring it every time
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EVIL in the G1 taught me it's OK to skip Tournament matches. I'll watch everything in a tournaments which only has 4 matches a night, like the Tokyo Princess Cup or the BJW tournaments. But the trend for shows of 8 tournament matches a night is I bit too much if you're not just watching one promotion
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forkboy84 posted:This is honestly the way to go, and not just with NOAH. I normally go for the first match I'm interested in and watch from there. I haven't watched Pheromones in an age Pheromones haven't had a match in NOAH in at least a year. I should know, I've looked at every card and they appear nowhere in the line-ups. Now, there IS a comforting impenetrable void of utter blackness on every card that I'm surprised I don't hear more about, but we're getting off-topic now.
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SG Bamboo posted:Only downer for me was the ladies stable making their big debut and featuring a bunch of people I like only to get beaten in 6 minutes, maybe they had to cut time because they weren't expecting Izuchi to last the distance against old man Gono Is "Egoist" supposed to be a Magnum TOKYO reference?
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Kenoh rules Bonk posted:Is "Egoist" supposed to be a Magnum TOKYO reference? Possibly, maybe Las Fresa de Egoistas (ASUKA's stable in SEAd) is as well
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SG Bamboo posted:Kenoh rules He's the best, and the last thing NOAH has keeping me at least begrudgingly interested in them.
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lol I haven't been following the G1 closely and thought that Kaito was doing well from himself but like angry ladies, humiliation must always come to loser Kaito
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fez_machine posted:lol I haven't been following the G1 closely and thought that Kaito was doing well from himself 2 wins, 3 losses and 2 draws. It's baffling
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SG Bamboo posted:It's baffling The title of the Kaito Kiyomiya Career Retrospective.
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You easily can, and should.
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Jerusalem posted:The title of the Kaito Kiyomiya Career Retrospective. At a certain point you cant support him if he wont stand up for himself when he gets booked like this. Like have some pride man
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yea ok posted:You easily can, and should. Yeah, they knew what New Japan planned to do with him and were okay with it, which is insane, or they didn't know and let him go anyway which is ALSO insane.
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sleep with the vicious posted:At a certain point you cant support him if he wont stand up for himself when he gets booked like this. Like have some pride man
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I'm going to be in Tokyo for the back half of September, and I'd like to see at least one (possibly multiple!) wrestling shows while I'm there. I saw the OP recommend the Puwota website (ty!), and I used that to find a few shows happening in Tokyo that are probably compatible with my other plans. - 9/21: P.P.P. Tokyo "Re: Party" at Shinjuku FACE - 9/24: DDT "Who's Gonna Top" at Korakuen Hall - 9/29: Stardom "New Blood 11" at Shinagawa Intercity Hall I know that DDT is a comedy promotion, Stardom is a women's promotion, and that Korakuen Hall is one of the more famous venues, but that's kind of it. What should I know about these? What on earth is that 30,000 yen ticket for the P.P.P. show? Is the Stardom show's concept like an all-rookie thing? Puroresu goons, I would appreciate your knowledge and insights, thank you!
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New Blood isn't all-rookie but it's definitely a rookie showcase. If you have to choose one, choose DDT at Korakuen.
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PPP Tokyo is a newer company, no idea why they're priced that high, and STARDOM's show sounds like a rookie showcase (the company itself is good in general but that's probably not a good live introduction to it). DDT's comedy but has a fair amount of serious matches mixed in too. In terms of quality and in terms of entertainment, I think the move would be to go for DDT
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Chris James 2 posted:PPP Tokyo is a newer company, no idea why they're priced that high They've actually got the cheapest normal tickets at 6,000 yen (the other two are a little higher), but there's also a 30,000 option and I'm so curious because I can't find an explanation of it anywhere.
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DDT is a lot of fun with the more serious matches on the top of the card (and they're usually really drat good) plus their new champion - Chris Brookes - loving rules. Just be warned that they have an act called Pheromones which is basically Gay Panic: The Stable which generally opens or appears early in the card. It's treated as a comedy gimmick and is very popular with the fans, but it's pretty hosed up, wastes a lot of talented wrestlers, and the "comedy" is "what if these guys sexually molest their opponents instead of wrestling them!?!"
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DDT tends to have early comedy matches then an intermission then high work rate serious matches. Generally it's good quality stuff. Who's going to top is one of the larger shows they do. If you can catch a Chocopro Show in Ichigaya, the production quality might not appeal but it's an in person experience like no other. If Emi's there they'll heap on value adds for an international visitor. The same goes for Baka Gaijin and friends although tickets may be impossible to get.
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surf rock posted:I'm going to be in Tokyo for the back half of September, and I'd like to see at least one (possibly multiple!) wrestling shows while I'm there. The first thing to know about PPP is that they use Joji Otani, who was found guilty of the Japanese equivalence of statutory rape. He slept with an underage fan, & he knew she was underage to top it off. He's served his time obviously but still feel like this is useful information to consider. Putting that aside, it's a pretty standard Japanese indy that uses a mix of their own talent & some excellent outside & freelance talent. Well, I say standard, they have men's & women's divisions so that's still fairly unusual in Japan. Stardom is obviously a fantastic promotion, but New Blood shows aren't exactly normal Stardom. But they aren't just rookie shows, there's an nice mix of veterans for the youngsters to face, & you'll probably have 1 or 2 title matches, with the Future of Stardom Title & the New Blood Tag Team Titles routinely defended on those events. Obviously you won't get any matches on the level of Giulia vs Tam Nakano or Syuri vs Utami Hayashishita, but you'll get a really fun mix of talent, the most recent New Blood show had Nanae Takahashi (Stardom's original trainer) bullying Mai Sakurai which was very fun, Rebel X Enemy team of Ram Kaicho & Maika Ozaki, AZM, Starlight Kid is one of the tag champions & Rina is the Future of Stardom champion. DDT is a hard promotion to categorise; it's roots are in comedy, a pastiche of sports entertainment turned up to 11 but they have some absolutely tremendous talent too. Their Korakuen Hall shows are always worth watching for me, there will be some sort of title match on there, probably two (not likely to be the top belt though, the KO-D Openweight though, that's defended on the 9th September). Saki Akai is currently on the road to her retirement in November so there will be a fun match involving her, probably with her stablemates in Eruption who are very cool. But yeah, DDT have a lot of great talent like Yuji Hino, Chris Brookes, Kazusada Higuchi, Yuki Ueno, there's a bunch of really exciting talent trained by the head of their dojo Jun Akiyama, a lot to like. The downside of course is Pheromones who are really crappy gay panic stuff that the fans seem to think is hilarious but it's one match on the show, probably 2nd or 3rd. And they might not even exist by the time you go because there's a Unit Dissolves match at the 9/9 show with Akito vs Yuki Iino. There will still be Danshoku Dieno though. Obviously I have no idea of the other plans you have but I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that All Japan, my Promotion of the Year, featuring my top 2 wrestlers of the year, run Korakuen Hall on 23/9. Hard to say what the card will be this far out as they have the Royal Road tournament this month & then the winner of that, I assume, will face the Triple Crown champion (who is currently my #2 WOTY Yuma Aoyagi, who is actually defending the title on a show that starts in under an hour from when I write this) on the 8th September. But there's a good chance there will be a Tag Team Title match, & you'll probably get to see New Japan legends Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima too. Should be great, but then I am an unashamed AJPW booster right now. ZERO1 start their Junior Heavyweight tournament on 22/9, their Junior ace Shoki Kitamura is in it & he is fantastic. So far the other confirmed names are veteran Kenichiro Arai, Hikaru Sato (ex-MMA guy, Minoru Suzuki disciple, really good), Astro Black (ZERO1 junior who debuted in 2021, high flyer) & Makigo (who may be an MMA guy? I might not even have the name right, Google translate is what it is). On the 23rd there's a Tokyo Joshi Pro show in Yokohama Radiant Hall, which is about a 45 minute train ride from Tokyo Station, but the biggest show around the days you're in Japan is at the Yokohama Budokan: The finals of Stardom's 5 Star Grand Prix, on the 30th September. As well as having the winner of the Blue Stars block vs the winner of Red Stars block, there's a bunch of block matches too, including the mouthwatering prospect of Giulia vs Utami Hayashishita, AZM vs Momo Watanabe, Mayu Iwatani vs Starlight Kid & Natsupoi vs Tam Nakano. I have no idea if you have other plans or are going home by then or what, but god, that card will be absolutely fantastic. There's also a New Japan show on the 28th in Tokorozawa, which is in the Tokyo suburbs & is a little further out than Yokohama, between an hour & an hour 15 from Tokyo Station. It'll be a Road to Destruction show so I can't imagine there will be anything special, but it's a chance to see your favourite New Japan wrestlers. And yeah, fez_machine is right, when Gatoh Move put up their September schedule have a look at seeing a show at Ichigaya, it's a unique experience.
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Well, that's a ton of useful info, thank you all (and extra thanks to fork)! I did see that All Japan is having a show too, but I've got tickets already to a Yakult Swallows game that day instead. Unfortunately, I'm also leaving the morning of 9/30, so the really big Stardom show isn't an option.  The DDT show is the hardest one to make work schedule-wise, but I'll prioritize it. It's also good to hear that the Stardom New Blood show isn't only a rookie thing. If I can, I'll go for that too (unless the ChocoPro thingy works out). Not knowing what the 30,000 yen ticket to the PPP show is will haunt me for the rest of my days.
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surf rock posted:
I did some googling since the name of this expensive ticket piqued my interest; the Harenchi Seat or in English, "the shameless seat." This promotion appears to have some type of connection to the adult entertainment industry and has created a few options for customers that are inspired by host/hostess clubs. I found this official tweet about the Harenchi Seat and the machine translation and accompanying photos explain it well enough: https://twitter.com/PPP__TOKYO/status/1424642563487670281?s=20 Basically, you get to sit with some bikini models and drink champagne with them during the show. Similar to the hostess club experience of buying a bunch of drinks to enjoy the company of a hostess. Probably not something you really want to opt for unless you can speak Japanese well or are up for the challenge of navigating a remarkably awkward and potentially expensive night at the wrestling.
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just rust posted:Probably not something you really want to opt for unless you can speak Japanese well or are up for the challenge of navigating a remarkably awkward and potentially expensive night at the wrestling. Okay, dodged a bullet there. I thought it might be something like a meet-and-greet before the show or grabbing dinner afterward. That's very different. Thank you!
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Lol cool
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just rust posted:I did some googling since the name of this expensive ticket piqued my interest; the Harenchi Seat or in English, "the shameless seat." Aha, that checks out, PPP do indeed have ownership connections to the adult entertainment business. Possibly pornography IIRC? I suppose in the rich history of pro-wrestling companies rinsing marks for every penny they can this makes sense.
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I'd love to be able to say that Yuma Aoyagi totally won't lose the belt to Suwama; leading to even more Kento vs. Suwama. But, current times have me very jaded. 
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Yuma's going to lose the belt to my boy Takuya Nomura, or possibly his partner Fuminori Abe https://twitter.com/SisterJessiee/status/1688485409934979072
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Dishwasher posted:I'd love to be able to say that Yuma Aoyagi totally won't lose the belt to Suwama; leading to even more Kento vs. Suwama. But, current times have me very jaded. I may be an incredibly stupid mark who is incapable of learning from the past but I don't think that'll happen. If it does All Japan will sure lose a lot of good will with me. Saito Brothers aside the Royal Road lineup is real fun. Abe vs Suwama will be kind of fascinating, tall tag partners in Ayabe & Ishikawa colliding it fun, nice to see Hayato Tamura, Atsuki vs Kento is some real good poo poo, & Omori vs Nomura will slap.
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Atsuki Aoyagi dragged HAYATA to a pretty decent match back on the 20th July in NOAH
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