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NJPW officials: Please I beg of you. You're our champion. This is the go-home show before our biggest event of the year, which you're headlining. Please say something, anything about your title match SANADA: I hear someone's got a birthday coming up...
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Burn Down Canberra posted:https://twitter.com/njpw_Fujita/status/1738190792232251766?t=3R-xW1ryGvg1YV6O3-3ugw&s=19 Didn't realise we had an artist on our hands.
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https://x.com/thesuperjcast/status/1738345713916928414?s=20 Jack Bonza is in trouble
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quote:Hiroshi Tanahashi was born November 13 1976 in Ogaki City, Gifu. After graduating in law at Ristumeikan University, Tanahashi joined NJPW in 1999 and debuted that October. He won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship for the first of a record eight times in 2006, achievements along with four time pro-wrestling MVP status that have led him to be called the ‘Ace’ of New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Interesting to learn the background of the new suit.
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Thankful that NJPW is rejecting modernity and embracing tradition. RETVRN.
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GO ACE
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Also interesting that the guy who was put in charge of Stardom is also now a NJPW director as well.
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I want to know what led to these changes. I thought Ohbari was well liked.
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read the loving tights and listen to the song
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Stall_19 posted:I want to know what led to these changes. I thought Ohbari was well liked. They're about to lose the skipper
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Stall_19 posted:I want to know what led to these changes. I thought Ohbari was well liked. There's been a lot of talk of New Japan turmoil recently.
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abraham linksys posted:read the loving tights and listen to the song
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yea ok posted:They're about to lose the skipper They aren't losing their next booker.
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https://x.com/TAKAMIOHBARI/status/1738401380245938374?s=20 deep l translation he baton has now been passed to our ace, Hiroshi Tanahashi. From now on, I believe that Mr. Tanahashi, who has a fan's perspective, a player's perspective, and a management perspective, will create the best New Japan ever. Thank you very much for your support over the past five years at New Japan Pro-Wrestling and three years and two months as president. He started his management career at the bottom of the Corona disaster, when mobilization plummeted due to the NG's voice. Along with measures against Corona and cost reduction, I have created various reforms, new businesses, globalization, and other systems, but most of the time I was still in "birth pains". However, whenever I went to the meeting place, I was always cheered up by everyone, which encouraged me to work hard again, and through this cycle, we managed to recover our business performance to the level of record sales. All that remains now is for the new president to go above and beyond! I would like to thank everyone again at the press conference on the 26th. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
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Barry Bluejeans posted:So...realistically speaking, what sort of influence/power does The Ace have as President? Some but they aren't an independent promotion and Kidani just ripped through stardom because they embarrassed him personally. So the buck stops with bushiroad at the end of the day
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I haven't paid attention to anything outside of the shows w/r/t NJPW recently besides Okada might be leaving. So this all seems crazy.
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Idk ohbari has been in the role for a good few years. He did very well in some areas business wise but even if everything was ticking over perfectly a change wouldn't be the worst thing coming out the pandemic. Njpw has bizarrely kept revenue strong despite gates collapsing I don't think this will make a huge difference but Okadas language over the last two nights in backstage promos has been very much about carrying njpw over 2024. His buddy being made president likely wouldn't hurt on that front. I just wouldn't expect sweeping changes because they are still owned by bushiroad. The stardom president Okada having a position is also very interesting. Realistically keeping njpw seperate from bushiroad fight doesn't make a lot of sense from a corporate perspective.
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Go back to 2000 and tell a wrestling fan that both Danielson and Tanahashi would have major positions in big companies and people would think your crazy but here we are. This feels good for New Japan though especially in terms of keeping talent happy
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NOW SEND HOUSE OF TORTURE TO THE SHADOW REALM WHERE IT BELONGS ACE
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Ahem. Go President ACE!
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Congratulations to New Japan on their first milf president.
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1glitch0 posted:Would these changes affect Gedo as booker? If anything it entrenches him. The recent rumours (would probably say they are very likely to be true) is that there were issues within New Japan between Kidani (and Ohbari) and Gedo and the vets on the roster (with the rest going along). It’s a big part of why you’d get Kidani making big announcements like the TV title being a young person thing or regular women’s matches with the IWGP Champion being on domestic NJPW shows only for them not to end up as advertised; Gedo and co didn’t really want them so half arsed things. Happened before (Shibata coming back in 2012 was a Kidani call right after the acquisition and people there were not consulted and hated it) and Tanahashi ended up galvanising a push back and well I suspect that is what happened here. Very similar to the Stardom rumours although in Stardom you had finishes being changed and stuff like that which is more extreme. By the end you had a roster revolt almost at Harada; and there’s still speculation that Rossy might leave to retire or start something else and the latter would be interesting as he 100% could (and I suspect would) take some prominent Stardom wrestlers with him.
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tanahashi no longer does the job in AEWIceAgeComing posted:If anything it entrenches him. hmm well I hope the wrestlers being in charge doesn't end up like NOAH or All Japan. it feels like puro in general is at an inflection point where new stars need to be made remember the rainmaker shock, tanahashi!
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2023 Concurso is up, if DOUKI loses again there is no God https://www.njpw1972.com/166920
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I guess the WK card is pretty much set: Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Tama Tonga – NEVER Openweight Championship match Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. El Desperado – IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship match Bullet Club War Dogs (Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney) (c) vs. Catch 2/2 (TJP and Francesco Akira) – IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship match Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) (c) vs. Guerillas of Destiny (Hikuleo and El Phantasmo) – IWGP Tag Team Championship and Strong Openweight Tag Team Championship match Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi – NJPW World Television Championship match Will Ospreay (c) vs. David Finlay vs. Jon Moxley – IWGP Global Heavyweight Championship match Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada Sanada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito – IWGP World Heavyweight Championship match Based on the last show they may add Uemura vs. Tsuji, but I guess that could go on the preshow. Hell of a card - ZSJ vs. Tana escaped my notice but they're always fun. It will be a shame if they don't get Ren, Shota, Tsuji, or Uemura on the main show though. Hahah J5G getting that vinegar sponsorship money. Chinston Wurchill fucked around with this message at 15:14 on Dec 23, 2023 |
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Chinston Wurchill posted:I guess the WK card is pretty much set: I'll be honest, this card isn't really setting me on fire. Shingo vs Tama will be as perfectly OK as most Tama matches. Hiromu vs Despy will be great because it always is, as will War Dogs vs Catch 2/2. I don't care about Bishamon vs New Guerillas. ZSJ vs Tana will be good as it always is. Ospreay vs Mox vs Finlay is a potentially awesome match with Finlay bolted onto it Danielson vs Okada will be amazing Sanada vs Naito will be very good But other than Danielson / Okada there's nothing I can't wait for.
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IceAgeComing posted:If anything it entrenches him. Very interesting. Thanks!
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