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KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
Jerusalem please change the thread title to NJPW 2017 - chappin in peace

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KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008

fuuuck that's so much better

rip shibata, got to chappin and had a 5 star match

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008

Jack Anderson posted:

So how was Lions Gate?

It was fine. I wish they weren't hard cam shows because there was a lot of crowd brawling on this show. Kitamura was a beast again in the main event. Syota has some more steps to go, but as a guy with no apparent athletic background he's alright for a fresh lion. It was nice that his dad refereed his first match. AJPW guys looked good. Loved Dinosaur being the pudgy lil' dinosaur. His partner was a poor mans Shibata. The Freedom's guy buried Yoshi-Hashi in chairs on the outside and did a senton on them but again no cameras. The shows are apparently going to be monthly.

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
The way NJPW and most other Japanese companies book where the bigger stars don't take the pinfalls while lower card allies normally do. That was Capt. thing for a long time.

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
Lions Gate 5 card 5/9 6 am est

Young Lion Debut: Tetsuhiro Yagi vs. Hirai Kawato
Syota Umino vs. El Desperado
Tiger Mask 4 & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Toru Sugiura (FREEDOMS) & Dinosaur Takuma (K-DOJO)
YOSHI-HASHI vs. Daisuke Kanehira (HEAT-UP)
Satoshi Kojima vs. Ayato Yoshida (K-DOJO)
Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata vs. Katsuya Kitamura & Tomoyuki Oka

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
I know no one will miss him, but Iizuka is off the rest of the tour due to a fractured ankle.

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008

Thauros posted:

Very glad Minoru Suzuki won as I'd have to think this increases his chances of being booked for Long Beach.

Tomorrow's the "B show" of the Dontaku tour but it honestly looks better to me than the main Dontaku show.


NJPW "WRESTLING TOYONOKUNI 2017",
April 29th 2017 at 4:00 AM EDT/9:00 BST
Beppu Baycon Plaza

1. Jushin Thunder Liger, Hirai Kawato & Tomoyuki Oka vs. Tiger Mask, Katsuya Kitamura & Shota Umino
2. Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi & El Desperado vs. Rocky Romero, Beretta & Jado
3. SANADA & BUSHI vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Yoshitatsu
4. Hiroyoshi Tanzan, Satoshi Kojima & David Finlay vs. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Yujiro Takahashi
5. Minoru Suzki, Takashi Iizuka & TAKA Michinoku vs. Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI & Will Ospreay
6. Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs. Bad Luck Fale, Kenny Omega & Chase Owens
7. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Ricochet
8. Special Singles Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. "King of Darkness" EVIL
9. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Juice Robinson

Minor change to this card. Match 2 is Kanemaru and Desperado vs. RPG Vice and then Match 5 is Suzuki, TAKA, and Taichi vs. Goto, Yoshi-Hashi & Ospreay. Iizuka is injured.

Dontaku's match is Goto, Yoshi-Hashi, Jado, Yano, Rocky, Beretta vs. Suzuki, Taichi, Desperado, TAKA, Kanemaru

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
Best of Super Jrs 2017 poster shows Taguchi, Tiger Mask 4, Liger, Kushida, Hiromu, Ospreay, Bushi, Ricochet, and Dragon Lee on it.

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
I thought Dontaku was earlier than 4. I'll skip staying up for it then and catch it afterwards.

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008

Baron Corbyn posted:

I love BUSHI because there's something so unlikable about him without it being that he's terrible like Taichi. He's like the weird annoying kid at school who is inexplicably friends with the cool kids and uses that status to be extra lovely. His theme music is great too.

the first time I read this I thought you said Bushi was a bad wrestler like Taichi, and I was about to form the Bushi Defense Squad.

My favorite thing about Bushi is how he was basically the Captain New Japan of the Jrs being a bran mascot just like Capt.

KungFu Grip fucked around with this message at 09:33 on May 6, 2017

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008

Perry Normal posted:

Anyone know if the ROH/NJPW shows will end up on NJPWorld? I had tickets to the one in Toronto, but we're not going to be able to make the trip.

Probably not right away. I dont remember what shows are VOD and what are PPV. The ppv one will probably be duel streamed with a vpn gate on njpw world for a month or so.

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008

Baron Corbyn posted:

Suzuki/Goto is going to be a Lumberjack Deathmatch. What's a deathmatch in an NJPW context?

Any match with a gimmick in japan is a death match

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
Its literally just a lumber jack match

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
NJPW World has War of the Worlds up for VPN users, but they edited out the Marty Scrull vs. Matt Sydal match for reasons.

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008

sigmachiev posted:

Sorry if this is a noob idiot question, but on NJPW World, is there a way to unlock regions? Just tried to fire it up and i'm getting a lock out.

If you don't want to use shady VPNs that might gently caress with your internet speeds, just wait a couple weeks and it should be available to everyone

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008

Now it's just ugly and hard to navigate for both english and japanese users.

also first night of BOSJ is free for everyone

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
https://twitter.com/Jacobs_Bawks/status/864345331542183936

good news, roh war of the worlds minus the TV Title match is up for everyone with NJPW World

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
lets hope Naito wins!!!

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008

Benne posted:

How good is Kitamura? Haven't really had a chance to watch him since AXS doesn't air the prelim Young Lions matches.

He has a real good presence for a big lad, which is just "large as gently caress" and everyone works off of that presence he has well so he comes across as a big deal/good wrestler

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
wait are the USA G1 shows this weekend

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
July 17th all A Block matches
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr
Togi Makabe vs. Bad Luck Fale
Yuji Nagata vs. Yoshi-Hashi
Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito
Hirooki Goto vs. Tomohiro Ishii

July 20th all B Block matches
Satoshi Kojima vs. Juice Robinson
Michael Elgin vs. Tama Tonga
Kazuchika Okada vs. Yano Toru
Sanada vs. Evil
Minoru Suzuki vs. Kenny Omega

July 21st all A Block matches
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fale
Togi Makabe vs. Tomohiro Ishii
Yuji Nagata vs. Hirooki Goto
Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr
Yoshi-Hashi vs. Tetsuya Naito

July 22nd all B Block matches
Satoshi Kojima vs. Yano Toru
Michael Elgin vs. Kazuchika Okada
Juice Robinson vs. Evil
Minoru Suzuki vs. Sanada
Kenny Omega vs. Tama Tonga

July 23rd all A Block matches
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuji Nagata
Togi Makabe vs. Hirooki Goto
Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
Yoshi-Hashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr
Bad Luck Fale vs. Tetsuya Naito

July 25th all B Block matches
Satoshi Kojima vs. Michael Elgin
Juice Robinson vs. Minoru Suzuki
Kazuchika Okada vs. Sanada
Yano Toru vs. Kenny Omega
Tama Tonga vs. Evil

July 26th all A Block matches
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto
Togi Makabe vs. Kota Ibushi
Yuji Nagata vs. Tetsuya Naito
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yoshi-Hashi
Zack Sabre Jr vs. Bad Luck Fale

July 27th all B Block matches
Satoshi Kojima vs. Kazuchika Okada
Michael Elgin vs. Kenny Omega
Juice Robinson vs. Tama Tonga
Yano Toru vs. Sanada
Minoru Suzuki vs. Evil

July 29th all A Block matches
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yoshi-Hashi
Togi Makabe vs. Yuji Nagata
Kota Ibushi vs Bad Luck Fale
Hirooki Goto vs. Zack Sabre Jr
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tetsuya Naito

July 30th all B Block matches
Satoshi Kojima vs. Kenny Omega
Michael Elgin vs. Sanada
Juice Robinson vs. Kazuchika Okada
Yano Toru vs. Evil
Minoru Suzuki vs. Tama Tonga

August 1st all A Block matches
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi
Togi Makabe vs. Zack Sabre Jr
Yuji Nagata vs. Tomohiro Ishii
Hirooki Goto vs. Tetsuya Naito
Yoshi-Hashi vs. Bad Luck Fale

August 2nd all B Block matches
Satoshi Kojima vs. Minoru Suzuki
Michael Elgin vs. Yano Toru
Juice Robinson vs. Sanada
Kazuchika Okada vs. Tama Tonga
Kenny Omega vs. Evil

August 4th all A Block matches
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Togi Makabe
Yuji Nagata vs. Kota Ibushi
Hirooki Goto vs. Yoshi-Hashi
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Bad Luck Fale
Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr

August 5th all B Block matches
Satoshi Kojima vs. Sanada
Michael Elgin vs. Minoru Suzuki
Juice Robinson vs. Kenny Omega
Kazuchika Okada vs. Evil
Yano Toru vs. Tama Tonga

August 6th all A Block matches
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
Togi Makabe vs. Tetsuya Naito
Yuji Nagata vs. Zack Sabre Jr
Kota Ibushi vs. Yoshi-Hashi
Hirooki Goto vs. Bad Luck Fale

August 8th all B Block matches
Satoshi Kojima vs. Tama Tonga
Michael Elgin vs. Evil
Juice Robinson vs. Yano Toru
Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki
Kenny Omega vs. Sanada

August 11th all A Block matches
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito
Togi Makabe vs. Yoshi-Hashi
Yuji Nagata vs. Bad Luck Fale
Kota Ibushi vs. Hirooki Goto
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr

August 12th all B Block matches
Satoshi Kojima vs. Evil
Michael Elgin vs. Juice Robinson
Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega
Yano Toru vs. Minoru Suzuki
Tama Tonga vs. Sanada

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
Are the US G1 Specials shows getting their own thread

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008

El Gallinero Gros posted:

Like, as an employee? That's pretty cool.

no I think Rob did some training

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008

Benne posted:

lol they edited off Ricochet's promo on the AXS replay

i think it happened during the commercial break technically

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008

SalTheBard posted:

Any chance the greatest man alive A Double might be headed to NJPW?

why'd he go from being stuck in a stagnant cruiserweight division in one promotion to another.

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008

Chris James 2 posted:

Hot Topic will stock more New Japan stuff in August, including the classic Lion Mark shirt, a Bullet Club hoodie, shirts for Hangman Page and G.O.D., and the red Los Ingobernables de Japon shirt

This is still just PWTees stuff and not straight from Japan merch though right

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
never mind the g1 climax, here's the real climax https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3826085

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008

Baron Corbyn posted:

I want to watch the Riddle/Ishii match on NJPW World but it's saying the match isn't available in my area. Anyone know what area it is available to watch in?

Give it a couple weeks and it'll be available for us all. If you want it bad enough and feel like sending more money, I'm sure RevPro has it available in some form

here's riddle vs shibata if you haven't seen it yet http://njpwworld.com/p/s_archive_37_01_07

here's the last UK show matches they put up awhile ago http://njpwworld.com/pg/s_archive_53_01

KungFu Grip fucked around with this message at 19:18 on Jul 12, 2017

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
I want to see Bushi and Hiromu as Jr Tag Champions imo

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008

shiksa posted:

i'd be into it. and you gotta do something to break evil out of the trios scene.

Evil and Sanada for the Heavyweight tag titles

Naito for the Heavyweight title too

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008

cams posted:

lariatooo twitter account is tweeting out fansubbed gifs fron yano's third dvd

https://twitter.com/MrLARIATO/status/772774596894392320

That reminds me of Liger trying to pin the faces after a night out partying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gS2nSn42Ag

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
not only that, but inoki brought in real mma wrestlers and had them win titles, most were god awful and inoki himself even put himself in some of the earlier matches to stroke his ego, but those were when they were work mma matches that sucked. the MMA wrestlers that became IWGP champions lwere Tadao Yasuda, Kazuyuki Fujita, and Bob Sapp. The former of two are not brought up during the parade of champions videos. Fujita's matches aren't even on NJPW World.

MRT beat me to it but i elaborated a bit more

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
two suzukigun teams
ospreay and rocky probably
scurll and new partner probably
bushi and hiromu
maybe the tempura boyz
jado and gedo
taguchi japan people


Baron Corbyn posted:

The only person I see hanging out with Taichi regularly on social media is Kanemaru. Which probably explains the bottle of whisky he's constantly taking swigs of to maintain his sanity.

https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/901157376320876544

Who's even going to be in this tournament?

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008

Giant Murderbaby posted:

He really is intensely hateable. Do any other wrestlers get a similar response to the "Taichi go home" chant? I imagine there are very few who do since Japanese audiences are so respectful.

Did the Bullet Club get any heat like that when they first started? I haven't gone back to watch Devitt!Bullet Club yet but I was listening to an interview with him where he was saying that NJPW had to set up a hotline for people complaining about their antics.

When Young Bucks first started crowds either didn't care, or hated them for being disrespectful and cheating so much. They're the only other guys I remember getting "Go Home" chants.

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008

Chris James 2 posted:

gently caress This



Good to see NJPW bringing in Chuck Taylor.

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
Once Cobb rag dolls someone around with his gut wrench german suplex thing he does the crowd will love him. That and when be busts out the flips. If theres one thing Japan is impressed by besides really strong big dudes, its strong big dudes doing high flyer stuff.

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
The fact that Nakanishi and Nagata aren't paired together when they normally are is suspect

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008
so is rocky the us and gaijin booker

KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008

Thauros posted:


DESTRUCTION in HIROSHIMA
September 16th at 5:00 EDT/9:00 BST
Hiroshima Sun Plaza Hall


Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Jushin Liger, and Tiger Mask IV vs. CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, YOSHI-HASHI, and Jado)
Juice Robinson and David Finlay vs. Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Leo Tonga)
RPG Vice Farewell Match:RPG Vice vs. Bullet Club (Yujiro Takahashi and Chase Owens
Kota Ibushi, Michael Elgin, and Togi Makabe vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka, and TAKA Michinoku)
IWGP Jr Tag Championship:Funky Future(c) vs. Suzuki-gun (Taichi and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)
IWGP Tag Championship 3 Way:War Machine(c) vs. GoD vs. KES
CHAOS (Okada, Ishii, YTR, Ospreay, and Gedo) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon
IWGP Jr Heavyweight Championship:KUSHIDA(c) vs. El Desperado
IWGP Intercontinental Championship:Hiroshi Tanahashi(c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

this is tonight actually

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KungFu Grip
Jun 18, 2008

Super No Vacancy posted:

no, it's a single person and it's a junior.

its def two people. he kept saying "they" when describing them and that he was bringing them in.

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