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gdwessel · 5 years

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Upcoming NJPW Events - 9/3/2019

This is the most up to date list of upcoming New Japan Pro Wrestling events I can provide, with full cards announced where possible.(NJPWWorld) means the event will be shown live on NJPWWorld. All cards subject to change.

Road to Destruction - 9/4/2019, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (NJPWWorld)

12th Young Lions Cup: Yota Tsuji v. Alex Coughlin

12th Young Lions Cup: Shota Umino v. Clark Connors

Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Ren Narita & Yuya Uemura v. Satoshi Kojima, Karl Fredericks & Michael Richards [Fale Dojo]

Will Ospreay [CHAOS], Robbie Eagles [CHAOS], Tomoaki Honma & Toa Henare v. Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Jado [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi, SHO [CHAOS] & YOH [CHAOS] v. Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] v. Jay White, Bad Luck Fale & Gedo [Bullet Club]

Kazuchika Okada & Hirooki Goto [CHAOS] v. SANADA & Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables]

- 9/5/2019, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (NJPWWorld)

12th Young Lions Cup: Yuya Uemura v. Michael Richards [Fale Dojo]

12th Young Lions Cup: Ren Narita v. Karl Fredericks

Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Shota Umino & Yota Tsuji v. Satoshi Kojima, Alex Coughlin & Clark Connors

Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS], YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] & Toa Henare v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Will Ospreay [CHAOS], Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] & Tomoaki Honma v. Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo & Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi, SHO [CHAOS] & YOH [CHAOS] v. Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] v. SANADA, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Tetsuya Naito & EVIL [Los Ingobernables] v. Jay White & Bad Luck Fale [Bullet Club]

- 9/6/2019, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (NJPWWorld)

12th Young Lions Cup: Alex Coughlin v. Michael Richards [Fale Dojo]

12th Young Lions Cup: Clark Connors v. Karl Fredericks

Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura v. Satoshi Kojima, Ren Narita & Yota Tsuji

Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS], YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] & Tomoaki Honma v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club]

Will Ospreay [CHAOS], Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] & Toa Henare v. Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo & Bad Luck Fale [Bullet Club]

Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] v. SANADA, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Tetsuya Naito & EVIL [Los Ingobernables] v. Jay White & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Zack Sabre Jr. & Minoru Suzuki [SZKG]

- 9/8/2019, Chiba Togane Arena (NJPWWorld) - Blue Justice IX

12th Young Lions Cup: Yota Tsuji v. Yuya Uemura

12th Young Lions Cup: Shota Umino v. Ren Narita

Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS]. YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS], Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma v. Clark Connors, Karl Fredericks, Alex Coughlin & Michael Richards [Fale Dojo]

Will Ospreay [CHAOS], Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] & Toa Henare v. Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ryusuke Taguchi, SHO [CHAOS] & YOH [CHAOS] v. Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] v. SANADA, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Tetsuya Naito & EVIL [Los Ingobernables] v. Jay White & Gedo [Bullet Club]

Yuji Nagata 35th Wrestling Anniversary: Yuji Nagata, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Manabu Nakanishi & Jushin Thunder Liger v. Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi & Jado [Bullet Club]

- 9/10/2019, Shizuoka Fujisan Messe

12th Young Lions Cup: Yuya Uemura v. Karl Fredericks

12th Young Lions Cup: Shota Umino v. Michael Richards [Fale Dojo]

Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Ren Narita & Yota Tsuji v. Satoshi Kojima, Clark Connors & Alex Coughlin

Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS], YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS], Togi Makabe, Toa Henare & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Jado [Bullet Club]

Will Ospreay [CHAOS], Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] & Tomoaki Honma v. Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jushin Thunder Liger, SHO [CHAOS] & YOH [CHAOS] v. Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] v. SANADA, Shingo Takagi & EVIL [Los Ingobernables]

Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] v. Jay White & Gedo [Bullet Club]

- 9/11/2019, Aichi Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall

12th Young Lions Cup: Yota Tsuji v. Clark Connors

12th Young Lions Cup: Ren Narita v. Alex Coughlin

Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura v. Satoshi Kojima, Karl Fredericks & Michael Richards [Fale Dojo]

Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS], YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS], Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Jado [Bullet Club]

Will Ospreay [CHAOS], Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] & Toa Henare v. Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jushin Thunder Liger, SHO [CHAOS] & YOH [CHAOS] v. Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] v. SANADA, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Tetsuya Naito & EVIL [Los Ingobernables] v. Jay White & Gedo [Bullet Club]

- 9/12/2019, Osaka EDION Arena Sub-Arena

12th Young Lions Cup: Ren Narita v. Yota Tsuji

12th Young Lions Cup: Karl Fredericks v. Alex Coughlin

Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Shota Umino & Yuya Uemura v. Satoshi Kojima, Clark Connors & Michael Richards [Fale Dojo]

Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS], YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS], Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Toa Henare v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Jado [Bullet Club]

Will Ospreay [CHAOS], Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jushin Thunder Liger, SHO [CHAOS] & YOH [CHAOS] v. Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] v. SANADA, Shingo Takagi & EVIL [Los Ingobernables]

Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] v. Jay White & Gedo [Bullet Club]

- 9/14/2019, Yamaguchi Refresh Park

12th Young Lions Cup: Shota Umino v. Yuya Uemura

12th Young Lions Cup: Clark Connors v. Michael Richards [Fale Dojo]

Yuji Nagata, Ren Narita & Yota Tsuji v. Manabu Nakanishi, Karl Fredericks & Alex Coughlin

Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS], YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS], Togi Makabe, Toa Henare & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Jado [Bullet Club]

Will Ospreay [CHAOS], Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] & Tomoaki Honma v. Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jushin Thunder Liger, SHO [CHAOS] & YOH [CHAOS] v. Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] v. SANADA, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Tetsuya Naito & EVIL [Los Ingobernables] v. Jay White & Gedo [Bullet Club]

- 9/18/2019, Shimane Matsue City Public Gymnasium

12th Young Lions Cup: Ren Narita v. Yuya Uemura

12th Young Lions Cup: Clark Connors v. Alex Coughlin

Yuji Nagata, Ren Narita & Yota Tsuji v. Manabu Nakanishi, Karl Fredericks & Michael Richards [Fale Dojo]

Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS], YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS], Tiger Mask IV & Toa Henare v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club]

Kota Ibushi, Togi Makabe, Will Ospreay [CHAOS] & Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] v. KENTA, Chase Owens, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tomoaki Honma, SHO [CHAOS] & YOH [CHAOS] v. Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] v. SANADA, Shingo Takagi & EVIL [Los Ingobernables]

Tetsuya Naito & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] v. Jay White & Gedo [Bullet Club]

- 9/19/2019, Tottori Prefectural Industrial Gym

12th Young Lions Cup: Shota Umino v. Yota Tsuji

12th Young Lions Cup: Karl Fredericks v. Michael Richards [Fale Dojo]

Yuji Nagata, Ren Narita & Yuya Uemura v. Manabu Nakanishi, Clark Connors & Alex Coughlin

Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS], YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS], Tiger Mask IV & Toa Henare v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Kota Ibushi, Tomoaki Honma, Will Ospreay [CHAOS] & Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] v. KENTA, Yujiro Takahashi, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, SHO [CHAOS] & YOH [CHAOS] v. Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] v. SANADA, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Tetsuya Naito & EVIL [Los Ingobernables] v. Jay White & Gedo [Bullet Club]

- 9/20/2019, Kyoto City Gymnasium

12th Young Lions Cup: Yuya Uemura v. Alex Coughlin

12th Young Lions Cup: Yota Tsuji v. Michael Richards [Fale Dojo]

Yuji Nagata, Shota Umino & Ren Narita v. Manabu Nakanishi, Clark Connors & Karl Fredericks

Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Toa Henare v. Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tiger Mask IV, SHO [CHAOS] & YOH [CHAOS] v. Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS], Kota Ibushi, Will Ospreay [CHAOS] & Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] v. KENTA, Chase Owens, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

Elimination Match: Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] v. Jay White, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club]

Destruction in Beppu - 9/15/2019, Oita Beppu B-Con Plaza (NJPWWorld)

12th Young Lions Cup: Yota Tsuji v. Karl Fredericks

12th Young Lions Cup: Shota Umino v. Alex Coughlin

Yuji Nagata, Ryusuke Taguchi, Ren Narita & Yuya Uemura v. Manabu Nakanishi, Toa Henare, Clark Connors & Michael Richards [Fale Dojo]

Jushin Thunder Liger, SHO [CHAOS] & YOH [CHAOS] v. Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Kota Ibushi, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Will Ospreay [CHAOS] & Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] v. KENTA, Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] v. SANADA, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Tetsuya Naito & EVIL [Los Ingobernables] v. Jay White & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa [Bullet Club]

RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship: Hiroshi Tanahashi © v. Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG]

Destruction in Kagoshima - 9/16/2019, Kagoshima Arena (NJPWWorld)

12th Young Lions Cup: Yuya Uemura v. Clark Connors

12th Young Lions Cup: Ren Narita v. Michael Richards [Fale Dojo]

Yuji Nagata, Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino & Yota Tsuji v. Manabu Nakanishi, Toa Henare, Karl Fredericks & Alex Coughlin

Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI, SHO & YOH [CHAOS] v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Jushin Thunder Liger v. Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] v. SANADA, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Tetsuya Naito & EVIL [Los Ingobernables] v. Jay White & Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club]

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club] © v. Will Ospreay & Robbie Eagles [CHAOS]

Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship Challenge Rights: Kota Ibushi v. KENTA [Bullet Club]

Destruction in Kobe - 9/22/2019, Hyogo Kobe World Hall (NJPWWorld)

Yuji Nagata, Yota Tsuji & Yuya Uemura v. Manabu Nakanishi, Alex Coughlin & Michael Richards [Fale Dojo]

12th Young Lions Cup: Shota Umino v. Karl Fredericks

12th Young Lions Cup: Ren Narita v. Clark Connors

Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Toa Henare v. Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] v. Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Kota Ibushi, Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS], YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS], Will Ospreay [CHAOS] & Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] v. KENTA, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

Kazuchika Okada, SHO & YOH [CHAOS] v. SANADA, EVIL & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Hirooki Goto [CHAOS] v. Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables]

IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Tetsuya Naito [Los Ingobernables] © v. Jay White [Bullet Club]

Fighting Spirit Unleashed 2019 - 9/27/2019, Lowell Memorial Auditorium, Lowell, MA - 9/28/2019, Hammerstein Ballroom, New York City, NY - 9/29/2019, 2300 Arena, Philadelphia, PA

New Japan Road - 10/4/2019, Toyama Takaoka Techno Dome - 10/7/2019, Tokyo Korakuen Hall

New Japan Road: Ganbarou! Uonuma 2019 - 10/5/2019, Niigata Uonuma Horinouchi Gymnasium

King Of Pro Wrestling - 10/14/2019, Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan (NJPWWorld)

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Will Ospreay [CHAOS] © v. El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

IWGP US Heavyweight Championship: Jon Moxley [FREE] © v. Juice Robinson

IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] © v. SANADA [Los Ingobernables]

More TBA

New Japan Showdown in San Jose - 11/9/2019, San Jose Civic Center, San Jose

Wrestle Kingdom 14 - January 4, 2020, Tokyo Dome - January 5, 2020, Tokyo Dome

#NJPW #new japan pro wrestling #destruction #Road to Destruction #njdest #Fighting Spirit Unleashed #njfsu #New Japan Road #njroad #king of pro wrestling #njkopw #new japan showdown #njshowdown #wrestle kingdom 14 #njwk14

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rjbailey · 5 years

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Reposted from @njpw1972 (@get_regrann) - This Week, #WeeklyProWrestling Featuring #SANADA !! 💀 #njpw #njkopw #週刊プロレス #新日本プロレス #プロレス - #regrann https://www.instagram.com/p/B3Fht8Pl6Yr/?igshid=b382eq3oenfi

#weeklyprowrestling #sanada #njpw #njkopw #週刊プロレス #新日本プロレス #プロレス #regrann

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mobile-game-hunter · 5 years

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FreeFlix HQ APK version 3.1.3 Update

#njkopw #MondayMorning #TrumpVideo #wwe #smartphones #Movies #freeflixhq #tvseries #jetbox

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breadclubrising · 6 years

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“... and six-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion”

#kushida #njpw #njkopw #SOBBING I LOVE KUSHIDA #it's what he deserves

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kdtheghostwriter · 6 years

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A New Age for New Japan?

I love the dynamic between these two. I feel like this picture sums up their relationship perfectly. Concerned Stepdad Tanahashi just wants the young boy to clean up his act and walk the straight-and-narrow. On the right-hand side, Rebellious Hothead Kenny just wants Tana to let him live, gosh!

The next time these two will meet in a sanctioned match will be the main event of Wrestle Kingdom in the Tokyo Dome. By far, the biggest night in Japanese pro wrestling. Hiroshi Tanahashi has fought for, won, and defended the title that Kenny Omega now holds many times over the years at this very show. Kenny has fought in the main event of New Japan’s biggest show, but never as the champion. There is so much more to fight for than just a strap.

These two men have met once before, with Kenny getting the upper-hand. Before the feud could fully develop, however, Tanahashi suffered a career-threatening injury that sidelined him for months. That left Kenny to continue climbing the ladder: becoming the first IWGP US Heavyweight Champion, winning the G1 Climax Tournament, and eventually winning the title he holds now - the IWGP Heavyweight Championship.

Tanahashi has stayed largely outside of the main event picture, only challenging for the belt once in the past year, losing soundly to Kazuchika Okada. For him, this is self-affirmation. New Japan’s most-prolific champion isn’t ready to exit stage left just yet. The fact that Kenny Omega stands in his way as the final hurdle is a happy accident, but also perfect poetry.

The above picture is from the end of King of Pro-Wrestling on October 8th after Omega successfully defended his title in a triple threat match. Tanahashi was watching the match just like everyone else, and made his way to the ring to inform Kenny of what he thought of the display. In a few words: Tana is feeling some kinda way. Kenny has just wrestled over 35 minutes and is exhausted. Tana also wrestled, but just seems exasperated.

It’s not as if there haven’t been gaijin champions before now. Surely, Tana doesn’t care about that. What he does care about (if his interviews indicate anything) is Kenny and his Bullet Club brothers turning New Japan into what can charitably be called a North American sideshow. More sports-entertainment than wrestling. A win at Wrestle Kingdom won’t just secure Tanahashi and eighth rein as champ. It would prove to the world that the true spirit of puroresu lives within him and the rest of the native New Japan roster. Winning the G1 Climax and becoming the top contender has given him a path to doing just that.

Kenny has other ideas. The first thing he said after ending Okada’s magical run as champion, which lasted 720 days, was that he wanted to change the world of professional wrestling. Not everyone agrees with his vision, least of all Tanahashi who has been outspoken in his criticism of Kenny and his style. Kenny has been very sensitive to this. It was a hard road to becoming a champion. At this Summer’s Dominion show on June 9th, he wrestled for over an hour, winning two decisions back-to-back over a man many still consider to be the best wrestler on the planet.

Kenny now believes himself to be the best in the world and a title defense at the Tokyo Dome could only help with that perception. But do not overlook how personal the match is for Young Kenneth as well. Especially as you remember who Tanahashi defeated in the G1 28 Finals.

Kota Ibushi - a man that Kenny Omega regards openly as his best friend and life partner. A win at Wrestle Kingdom for Omega isn’t merely a title defense. There would be at least some measure of retribution to go with it. Omega seeks to validate his own philosophy, as it were, and usher in a brand new era of puroresu. One that looks much, much different than it has in years past.

Too often in wrestling during the build-up toward a huge match like this, the outcome is all but certain. I still consider AJ Styles to be the best guy working, but his match with Brock was the last one I wasn’t certain for sure he would win. I have absolutely no idea who wins at Wrestle Kingdom 13 and neither guy would be the wrong choice!

I know Omega should win technically, but Tanahashi is my favorite performer to come out of Japan and there’s simply no way I could be upset with the Ace of the Universe getting one last run on top of the mountain. And that’s before you factor in the outside business stuff that will factor in to what happens.

It’s a great time to be a fan of wrestling - dot, dot, dot - IF you’re willing to do the leg work. There is so much good content to be found and not just in Japan. Thanks to the Internet, it’s easier than ever to access these avenues. Reach out! Explore! Change the way you see this sport we love!

Until the next tour…

See You Next Time!

#njpw #njkopw #king of pro wrestling #hiroshi tanahashi #tanahashi hiroshi #kenny omega #best bout machine #the cleaner #kota ibushi #ibushi kota #golden star

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drxcleaner · 6 years

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If only I had like 1/16 of Roppongi 3k’s energy.

#my life would be so different #njpw #new japan pro wrestling #njkopw #roppongi 3k #sho #yoh

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ripemsystem · 2 years

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Congrats @suzuki.d.minoru for the #ringofhonor TV title win, but can’t be as good as winning the #njkopw totle from @yanotoru_ytr. When is #YTR going to be #allelite? I think the #darkorder could use his wisdom. @coltcabana @tonyrkhan @prowrestlingtees (at Urbana, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb3NvRluyXQ/?utm_medium=tumblr

#ringofhonor #njkopw #ytr #allelite #darkorder

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greed7-13 · 6 years

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Holy shit they're playing Shot 'Em.

#emmett talks wrestling #bcog #bullet club ogs #tama tonga #tonga loa #bad luck fale #taiji ishimori #njkopw #new japan pro wrestling #new japan king of pro wrestling #king of pro wrestling

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silhouetteofadancer · 5 years

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The Golden Star making his entrance. King of Pro Wrestling [14.10.2019]

#kota ibushi #ibushi kota #njpw #new japan pro wrestling #njkopw

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puroresu-musings · 5 years

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NJPW KING OF PRO-WRESTLING 2019 Review (Oct 14th, Tokyo, Ryogoku Kokugikan)

El Desperado Comeback Match: El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Roppongi 3K ***1/4

Tanahashi 20th Anniversary Match IV: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomoaki Honma vs. Togi Makabe & Toru Yano **3/4

Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi vs. Taichi & DOUKI *1/4

Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Minoru Suzuki ****1/4

IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title Match: Will Ospreay (c) vs. El Phantasmo ****1/2

Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Jay White, KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi **1/2

IWGP U.S. Title Decision Match: Juice Robinson vs. Lance Archer ***1/4

Tokyo Dome No.1 Contenders Contract Match: Kota Ibushi vs. EVIL ****

IWGP Heavyweight Title Match: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. SANADA ****

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This was a problematic show in that it suffered several misfortunes due to Typhoon Hagibis, the worst typhoon to tear through Japan in a generation, and this caused both Jon Moxley and Zack Sabre Jr to miss the show due to not being able to get into the country. As a result of Moxley not being able to make the show, New Japan stripped him of the U.S. Title, and the belt was declared vacant, with Juice now taking on Lance Archer in a decision match. Beyond this totally unforseen and unpreventable natural disaster, the show had an issue in that it didn’t offer anything especially interesting from a fresh match stand-point. Beside the long-teased Liger/Suzuki bout, it was a card full of matches we’ve seen before, granted matches we knew would deliever, but still, it hardly got me really excited at the prospect. A probelm New Japan’s been facing this entire post-G1, pre-WK season. However, those matches we knew would deliver did, so on the whole, despite being somewhat disappointing, it was a very enjoyable supershow.

The returning El Desperado lead his team with Kanemaru to victory over Roppongi 3K in a hot opener, which saw the masked man get the win over SHO after he took the whiskey in the face off Kanemaru, and Despy nailed Pinche Loco at the 10:44 mark. Tanahashi hit the High Fly Flow to pin Toru Yano in a fun, but unspectacular 9:43 doubles match to celebrate his 20th anniversary as a wrestler. It was weird seeing Tana in a totally nothing old-timers match. The Naito/Shingo vs. Taichi/DOUKI tag match was by far the worst thing on the show, and it ended in a DQ when Taichi nailed Naito with the mic stand right in front of the ref. Taichi laid Naito out with a Last Ride in the post match. I honestly couldn’t give a rat’s ass about another match between these two. Then things got great with the long-awaited Liger vs. Suzuki battle. This wasn’t the crazy brawl they’ve been teasing for months, instead it started as a mat based grapple battle, then turned into a Strong Style grudge match. At 55 and 51 years respectively, these guys worked an excellent match with incredible emotion. They started hitting each other really hard, with Liger, in Battle Liger garb, laying in the Shoutei’s and Suzuki coming back with hard strikes and forearms. It looked like Liger might get the submission win with the Brakes Special arm submission, but Suzuki escaped and locked in a sleeper. Liger scored a very close near fall with the Thesz Press, then hit his Brainbuster finish, but again Suzuki kicked out. After hitting his trademark big dropkick, Suzuki floored the masked legend with a stiff forearm, then hit the Gotch Piledriver at the 17:38 to end this. In the post match, Suzuki nailed the Young Lions with a chair, then threatened to hit the helpless Liger with it, but instead threw it away, kneels and bowes to Liger in a sign of total respect as Kokugikan went crazy. Liger thanked Suzuki over the house mic as he left his final match at Ryogoku Kokugikan. This was great.

The Junior Title Match followed and it was pretty damn crazy. They were out there for 28 minutes and hit so many crazy spots that its impossible to remember them all. Whilst it was my favourite match of the night, I can’t help but feel they maybe did too much. It reminded me of those Adam Cole NXT main events that I just can’t get away with in that they hit so many big moves that weren’t the finish, it became a bit beliveability-stretching. Now thats out of the way, this was a tremendous encounter. The story was that ELP in the early going decided to eschew his evil ways and play the honest babyface, which of course everyone knew was bullshit. After attacking the eyes and hitting frankly brutal back rakes, Ospreay sent Phantasmo into fellow Bullet Club member Gino Gambino at ringside. This lead to them brawling through the crowd, where Phantasmo hit a massive balcony dive. Back in the ring, ELP tried the tree-of-woe-nut-stomp, but Will countered into a Spider German. Ospreay escapes a CRII on the apron and hit an Oscutter off the guardrail whilst Phantasmo was still on the apron, which teased a countout, but ELP ate a huge corner-to-corner dropkick as he enters, and Will gets a near fall with the Shooting Star Press. After Ospreay scored a near fall with Oscutter, Taiji Ishimori ran out, but was sent packing by Robbie Eagles. This allowed ELP to hit a dick punch and a belt shot, then hit the Big Splash, but Will kicks out. A Styles Clash from Phantasmo gets another near fall, then he hits the V-Trigger, then attempts One Winged Angel, but Ospreay rolls through into a cradle for a near fall. Will gets a near fall with Essex Destroyer, then gets crotched as he tries to go up top. Phantasmo tries the super Frankensteiner, but Ospreay turns it into a massive sitout Powerbomb, hits Hidden Blade, then retains the title, and finally avenges his losses to Phantasmo after putting him away with Storm Breaker. As I say, I thought this was great stuff indeed, but it got a bit silly, and I mean PWG levels of silly, by the end.

The six man that followed was the epitome of an OK bout, with the focus being on White and Goto, KENTA and Ishii tearing it up, and Yujiro looking frankly terrible out there in this one. Goto won for his team when he hit Takahashi with GTR at the 12:27. The match for the now vacant U.S. Title followed, and was made a No DQ match (the planned Moxley/Juice encounter had the same stip). This felt utterly superfluous as there was no reason for this to be No DQ, and the plunder spots felt forced. Much of the match was spent setting up furniture, which hurt it slightly. Juice suffered a nasty looking dislocated finger along the way here. The finish saw Archer hit Black Out into a pile of chairs for a close near fall. The big man became infuriated and slammed Juice’s head into the pile of chairs repeatedly, then applied the EBD Claw to win the title at 14:58. Before he could do anymore damage, the returning David Finley ran out and hit his Stunner on Archer, so thats The American Psycho’s first title programme. Interesting. Kota Ibushi avenged his G1 defeat to EVIL in his successful defense of the IWGP Briefcase in another great match. This wasn’t as good as their G1 outing in July however, and personally speaking, the show felt as though it was starting to drag by this point. This started slow, but built into a hot closing stretch with loads of great counters. The King Of Darkness gets a near fall with Darkness Falls, but Kota counters into the Bastard Driver, and scores a near fall of his own with a Last Ride. Ibushi tries Boma Ye but EVIL turns him inside-out with a huge Lariat counter. The STO is turned into a Straight Jacket German, and EVIL hits a Half Nelson Suplex, then tries another Lariat, but Ibushi counters with one of his own, hits a V-Trigger, then Kamigoye for a super close near fall. Ibushi lifts EVIL up and hits another Kamigoye to keep the briefcase at the 24:05 mark.

And in the main event, Okada and SANADA squared off for the fourth time this year in a major bout. This was an excellent match, no doubt, but it had several things going against it. Namely that its the fourth match between these two this year, it was probably never going to live up to their G1 encounter, and no one could feasibly have believed SANADA was going to win this. Indeed he didn’t, but he still put in a great effort. However, I’ve been saying this for years now, and this match just cements this with me, but he needs to drop that Skull End as a finish. It just isn’t a believable submission in the slightest. The amount of times he locked it on in this particular match really jumped the shark, especially when it never looked good, and no one bought it. This was a long, story-based match that went 37 minutes and felt every single second of it. It started really hot but slowed to a very methodical pace, and by the end, I was very tired indeed, so perhaps I’m doing this a disservice. This featured tremendous counters sequences. SANADA turned a TKO in to Skull End but Okada reversed into a Tombstone attempt. SANADA reversed that into a Tombstone of his own, then nailed the TKO for a near fall. Cold Skull locks on Skull End again, Okada freeing his head, but SANADA kept locking on Skull End. He laid there in the hold for what felt like an eternity and Red Shoes really tried to sell us that he was going to stop it. Okada finally fought free and counters a SANADA rolling elbow into a Rainmaker atempt, but SANADA turns it into another Skull End attempt, but Okada hits a dropkick to the back for the double down. Okada with a dropkick, but SANADA escapes another Rainmaker, and locked on another Skull End. SANADA with a Moonsault to the back, rolls the champion over and goes for another, but Okada gets the knees up. Another goddamn Skull End is applied, but Okada escapes by walking up the turnbuckles and hitting a Tombstone. SANADA escapes another Rainmaker and scores a fantastic near fall with the Rolling Leg Clutch. Okada arm drags his way free of maybe the 47th Skull End attempt, and SANADA ducked another Rainmaker attempt. The finish saw SANADA again try Skull End, but Okada turned it into a Fire Thunder Driver, then hit the Rainmaker to finally retain the title.

As I say, this was an excellent match, but it started to lose me by the end. The post match however, was incredible. As SANADA lay on the mat crying, knowing he’s now 7-1 against Okada, the champion sat next to him giving him a thumbs up. This is the sort of believable emotion that sets NJPW apart rom almost every other company. Okada cut a promo in the post match saying he believes one day, these two will main event the Tokyo Dome. We’ll see. This brought out Ibushi, and Okada noted that Ibushi has avenged his G1 losses, but Okada, who lost to Golden Star on the final A Block day at Budokan, has yet to do so. Okada then said Ibushi was overlooking him in wanting to become a double champion, when theres no way he’s getting past Okada on January 4th. They then pretty much made the main event for the first Dome show official, and Okada thanked everyone for coming out in the midst of a Typhoon, and noted that its the wrestlers job to give the fans the energy to carry on through such adversity.

NDT

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Full Cards for Destruction in Beppu, Kagoshima, Kobe; Title Matches Announced for King of Pro Wrestling: Mox Returns; Third Generation, Liger, TEAM 2000 at Muto’s Pro Wrestling Masters 8/30/2019

Strong Style Story Podcast Episode 56.5 on Pro Wrestling Only

True to form, as soon as I posted the newest podcast (links at top and bottom), NJPW announced the full cards for the main Destruction shows. Not the whole tour, mind you, which starts in two days, because apparently I don’t have enough to do to keep up with NJPW.

The first, Destruction in Beppu on 9/15/2019, will be headlined by a rematch from this past Saturday’s Royal Quest show (which still is not up on NJPWWorld), as Zack Sabre Jr. looks to regain the RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight title from the man to bested him at the Copper Box, the Ace, Hiroshi Tanahashi.

The next day, at Destruction in Kagoshima, Kota Ibushi looks to avenge his loss in G1 Climax to KENTA, as his road to Wrestle Kingdom 14 begins. KENTA, from all accounts, had his bell rung pretty bad in London, and yet continued to wrestle. If he is concussed then a) I hope he rests and recovers b) NJPW is at fault for allowing the match to continue like that. Shocking considering whom KENTA is closely affilitated with in real life. In addition, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo defend the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team belts against Will Ospreay & Robbie Eagles, who beat them in a non-title match Saturday.

We already knew that Destruction in Kobe would be headlined by Tetsuya Naito v. Jay White for the IWGP Intercontinental title. The semi-main will be a special singles match between Hirooki Goto v. Shingo Takagi, which I don’t really like the reading of. It has all the makings of Goto getting his win back, to build him up to possibly challenge KENTA in a revenge match for Katsuyori Shibata’s honor, because surely NJPW won’t be so dumb as to actually book Shibata in a match, right?

Right?

Anyway, Shingo is on course to be my Wrestler of the Year, and he should not be wrestling in the junior division very much longer.

These shows will also continue, and conclude, the 12th Young Lions Cup, and you can pretty much guess the concluding matches on 9/22 in Kobe will be the deciders. DOUKI is back to take part in this tour, but strangely, Taichi is not. I’ve not heard of any injuries to him, so perhaps he is on a break? I’ll let you know what I find out. Manabu Nakanishi is also part of this tour for the first time since March. Jon Moxley, as predicted, will not be here either, owing to his bursa sac removal surgery. Howver...

Mox WILL be at King Of Pro Wrestling, on 10/14/2019 at Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan, as he will make his first defense of the IWGP US Heavyweight title against Juice Robinson, in what has become a pretty entertaining feud. The main event will be an IWGP Heavyweight title match, as Kazuchika Okada faces off against one of the only two men to beat him in G1 Climax 29, SANADA. There will also be an IWGP Junior Heavyweight title bout, as the Ospreay v. ELP feud continues as well.

There will be more to this. Probably another Tokyo Dome briefcase bout, assuming Ibushi beats KENTA.

Lineups:

Destruction in Beppu - 9/15/2019, Oita Beppu B-Con Plaza (NJPWWorld)

12th Young Lions Cup: Yota Tsuji v. Karl Fredericks

12th Young Lions Cup: Shota Umino v. Alex Coughlin

Yuji Nagata, Ryusuke Taguchi, Ren Narita & Yuya Uemura v. Manabu Nakanishi, Toa Henare, Clark Connors & Michael Richards [Fale Dojo]

Jushin Thunder Liger, SHO [CHAOS] & YOH [CHAOS] v. Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Kota Ibushi, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Will Ospreay [CHAOS] & Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] v. KENTA, Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] v. SANADA, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Tetsuya Naito & EVIL [Los Ingobernables] v. Jay White & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa [Bullet Club]

RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) v. Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG]

Destruction in Kagoshima - 9/16/2019, Kagoshima Arena (NJPWWorld)

12th Young Lions Cup: Yuya Uemura v. Clark Connors

12th Young Lions Cup: Ren Narita v. Michael Richards [Fale Dojo]

Yuji Nagata, Ryusuke Taguchi, Shota Umino & Yota Tsuji v. Manabu Nakanishi, Toa Henare, Karl Fredericks & Alex Coughlin

Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI, SHO & YOH [CHAOS] v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Jushin Thunder Liger v. Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Kazuchika Okada, Hirooki Goto & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] v. SANADA, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Tetsuya Naito & EVIL [Los Ingobernables] v. Jay White & Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club]

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club] (c) v. Will Ospreay & Robbie Eagles [CHAOS]

Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship Challenge Rights: Kota Ibushi v. KENTA [Bullet Club]

Destruction in Kobe - 9/22/2019, Hyogo Kobe World Hall (NJPWWorld)

Yuji Nagata, Yota Tsuji & Yuya Uemura v. Manabu Nakanishi, Alex Coughlin & Michael Richards [Fale Dojo]

12th Young Lions Cup: Shota Umino v. Karl Fredericks

12th Young Lions Cup: Ren Narita v. Clark Connors

Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Toa Henare v. Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] v. Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Kota Ibushi, Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS], YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS], Will Ospreay [CHAOS] & Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] v. KENTA, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

Kazuchika Okada, SHO & YOH [CHAOS] v. SANADA, EVIL & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Hirooki Goto [CHAOS] v. Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables]

IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Tetsuya Naito [Los Ingobernables] (c) v. Jay White [Bullet Club]

King Of Pro Wrestling - 10/14/2019, Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan (NJPWWorld)

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Will Ospreay [CHAOS] (c) v. El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

IWGP US Heavyweight Championship: Jon Moxley [FREE] (c) v. Juice Robinson

IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] (c) v. SANADA [Los Ingobernables]

More TBA

Keiji Muto’s side project promotion Pro Wrestling Masters ran another show this past Friday 8/30/2019, and once again featured a bevy of former, and current, NJPW wrestlers as part of the card.

In the semi-main, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima reunited with Hiro Saito & Scott Norton, along with manager Masahiro Chono, as a regrouped TEAM 2000 would wrestle in a losing effort to another of the great heel factions of the days of yore, Heisei Ishingun (in this instance, Shiro Koshinaka, AKIRA, Masashi Aoyagi & Akitoshi Saito, managed by Great Kabuki). Chono tried his best to interfere for the win, but Great Kabuki’s mist negated that, allowing Heisei Ishingun to win. Post-match, TEAM 2000 challenged them again, in October for Hiro Saito’s 40th anniversary.

In the main event, Keiji Muto, Jushin Thunder Liger & Hiroshi Hase defeated a Third Generation squad of Yuji Nagata, Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura, Muto getting the win with a Shining Wizard on Nishimura. How he is getting back into the ring after double knee replacement surgery is beyond mortal ken. Prior to the match, another NJPW legend of days past, El Samurai, present a bouquet of flowers to Liger, as Liger continues his road to retirement.

If NJPW release the full cards for the tour, I’ll do an Upcoming Events post tomorrow. If not, see you Wednesday night EDT.

Strong Style Story Podcast Episode 56.5 on Pro Wrestling Only

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