NJPW Thread (New Japan Pro Wrestling)

SDM · Post #41 » by **SDM** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 12:50 pm

JR mentioned that he'd love to do an iPPV with CM Punk providing English commentary/PBP. The language barrier is what's holding me back from the product... can't quite jump into ROH (they move too fast), NXT is hit and miss (though Steen, KENTA and such could make it great, or they could ruin them, who knows), and WWE has become super dull for my tastes. TNA is my fave, but they appear to be done. I need something (in English) to fill the gap.

I mean, I *could* watch it as is, but I feel like nuance would be missed and nuance is super important. If no English commentary, then they need subtitles... it would be nice to hear the dialogue in Japanese so we can pick up on cadences and emotion and what-have-you, but that translation needs to be spot on.

Post #42 » by **jr lucosa** » Tue Jul 29, 2014 4:41 pm

What's made it easy for me to get into NJPW is that it's almost all wrestling. There are like no backstage segments, there aren't long promos in between matches, almost all the story telling is done in the form of wrestling matches. It would help some if I understood what the commentators were saying but for me I don't find it a necessity.

Post #43 » by **jr lucosa** » Sun Aug 3, 2014 2:59 am

From Day 7 of G1, AJ Styles vs Minoru Suzuki http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22lrf ... zuki_sport

:bowdown:

Might be wrestling match of the year guys, I'm serious.

Post #44 » by **Stanford** » Sun Aug 3, 2014 3:17 am

jr lucosa wrote:It would help some if I understood what the commentators were saying but for me I don't find it a necessity.

It's all inflection anyway. I'd prefer New Japan's commentary to WWE's.

Post #45 » by **jr lucosa** » Sun Aug 3, 2014 3:26 am

Stanford wrote:
jr lucosa wrote:It would help some if I understood what the commentators were saying but for me I don't find it a necessity.

It's all inflection anyway. I'd prefer New Japan's commentary to WWE's.

Lol a great point, I do too, I think that has quite a bit to do with the quality of WWE commentary right now though.

Post #46 » by **Stanford** » Sun Aug 3, 2014 3:27 am

It's a little of both.

Hai!

Post #47 » by **jr lucosa** » Wed Aug 6, 2014 8:15 pm

So after this mornings show it's been narrowed down to 5 possible winners of the G1 Climax. In block A Shinsuke Nakamura and Tanahashi have 14 points, Bad Luck Fale has 12. In Block B Okada and AJ Styles both have 14.

Tanahashi has the tiebreaker over Shinsuke so if he beats Davey Boy Jr on the next show (Day 11) he will advance out of block A. For Shinsuke to advance Tanahashi has to lose and he has to beat Fale. Fale holds the tiebreaker over both of them, so if Tanahashi loses and Fale beats Nakamura he will advance. Seems very unlikely that Fale would make the finals here over much more established stars though, even with his recent push.

It's easier in the other block. If Okada wins he's in. If Okada loses and Styles wins then AJ is in, Okada has the tiebreaker over AJ.

The finale (Day 12) on 8/10 will have the winners of each block face off for the right to wrestle for the IWGP championship at the next Wrestle Kingdom. If the champ AJ wins he gets to pick his opponent for that night. There will also be a 3rd place match this year between the 2nd place guys of each block facing off.

In addition to that there will be some ROH guys on the card at the 8/10 show. reDRagon will be challenging timesplitters (Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA) for the IWGP tag belts and Adam Cole & Michael Bennett will be teaming up against Jushin Thunder Liger and Tiger Mask.

EDIT: After checking in on the GFW website it appears that Double J has also been invited to the 8/10 show http://globalforcewrestling.com/g1climax/

Post #48 » by **jr lucosa** » Fri Aug 8, 2014 2:06 pm

Might have been the best day of G1 yet this morning and the matchups in the final look great. Nakamura vs Okada and Tanahashi vs AJ Styles for 3rd place. Those are probably the top 3 Japanese stars in the company and the top foreign heel, and neither of those matches have been done to death, or done recently at all.

Post #49 » by **jr lucosa** » Sun Aug 10, 2014 11:04 pm

Anyone see the finale? 3 matches really stood out. Okada/Nakamura, AJ/Tanahashi, and Time Splitters/reDRagon.

As far as Jeff Jarretts involvement in the show:

Spoiler:

then this happened...

Spoiler:

EDIT to add video:
Timesplitters/reDRagon http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x238cq ... rago_sport
AJ/Tanahashi plus Double J appearance http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x238ba ... ashi_sport
Okada vs Shinsuke Nakamura http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x238aq ... mura_sport

Post #50 » by **Marcus** » Sun Aug 10, 2014 11:17 pm

jr lucosa wrote:Anyone see the finale? 3 matches really stood out. Okada/Nakamura, AJ/Tanahashi, and Time Splitters/reDRagon.

As far as Jeff Jarretts involvement in the show:
Spoiler:
After Tanahashi beat AJ with a rollup many of the Bullet Club members came out and attacked Tanahashi, then Jarrett showed up with a guitar case and the Bullet Club members all scattered from the ring as JJ checked on Tanahashi...

then this happened...

Spoiler:

Which was followed by some real heat from the crowd. Reading around some people don't like that an old dude like Double J has joined them, but if he's able to get a TV deal in the states with GFW this pretty much guarantees the Bullet Club will be on there, which would be awesome, so I think I love it.

BRUH!!! if they can get BC in the states!!!! on TV!!!! im flippin the f*ck out right now!!!

and I can't F*CKIN stand JJ. but I can respect him.

Post #51 » by **jr lucosa** » Sun Aug 10, 2014 11:33 pm

Yeah, It'd be amazing. GFW has already announced a partnership to exchange talent with NJPW (http://globalforcewrestling.com/njpw/) so with him in the stable you'd have to think that they'd be on there if they are able to get a TV deal done, which I'm really hopeful for. Global Force has announced partnerships with so many different top promotions around the world already, I'm pretty interested.

Post #52 » by **jr lucosa** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 4:33 pm

At yesterdays King of Pro-Wrestling PPV AJ Styles dropped the IWGP Heavyweight title to Tanahashi. Jarrett was with Styles ringside and repeatedly distracted the ref until... Yoshi Tatsu! showed up and ran him off to the back. Despite the interference it was a pretty entertaining match where in the last couple minutes I kept changing my mind on who I thought would win.

This most likely means that it will be Okada vs Tanahashi at Wrestle Kingdom 9 (the show rumored to be put on US PPV by Global Force) for the IWGP heavyweight title, unless Bullet Club finds a way to get involved. Every Bullet Club member who wrestled yesterday lost, including Yujiro dropping the NEVER belt back to Ishii.

Post #53 » by **Stanford** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 4:43 pm

It Okada vs Tanahashi more like Cena-Orton or Cena-Punk in terms of big matches that happen a lot.

Edit: What an awful post. I shouldn't post at work.

Let me try again:

Is Okada vs Tanahashi more like Cena-Orton or Cena-Punk in terms of big matches that happen a lot?

Post #54 » by **jr lucosa** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 4:56 pm

Yeah, calling it Cena-Orton is probably even selling it short, they've wrestled each other quite a bit.

Part of me feels like they find a way to get AJ involved in the title match. Triple threats are very rare for IWGP title matches, when watching the ROH/New Japan cross shows in May they had one and mentioned how it was the first since Brock Lesnar was champ nearly 10 years prior, that being said, 2 of the 3 guys involved in that match were Okada and Styles, so if they feel like Tanahashi could do a triple threat, I could see it happening.

Post #55 » by **Marcus** » Mon Nov 3, 2014 5:17 am

was never really big on him in RoH and its taken NJPW to help me appreciate just how good Rocky Romero is.

Post #56 » by **Marcus** » Wed Nov 19, 2014 8:43 pm

been watching a lot of NJPW lately (because i keep my wrassling on random) and there is a ton of talent over there the shows are madddddddddddd long but very entertaining. i like the slow build of the matches and you don't get as bored as you think you would as the show goes on. they do a good job with the lineups and matchups on the card.

Post #57 » by **pduh01** » Mon Nov 24, 2014 8:23 am

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_wn56gtg3g[/youtube]

Ohhh **** NJPW coming to ASX TV or looks like that way in 2015. Oh and more info

AXS TV has released a trailer for their 2015 programming and includes New Japan Pro Wrestling as part of the lineup for the new year.

The LAW can report that AXS TV has a deal to run 13 episodes (including the 2013 G-1 Climax tournament) and the first episode will feature the Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada match from the 2013 Tokyo Dome show.

The broadcast team will consist of Mauro Ranallo and UFC heavyweight Josh Barnett and will be taped in December.

We have not heard a start date for the series[./quote]

Little bit behind but hey I take it!

Having NJPW show in the states is great news, and I find out that i do get the channel.

Post #58 » by **Marcus** » Mon Dec 1, 2014 8:36 pm

well well well

http://wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2014/12 ... e-network/

SDM · Post #59 » by **SDM** » Mon Dec 1, 2014 8:41 pm

Beautiful.

Now just overdub JR on every match in their library...

Post #60 » by **jr lucosa** » Mon Dec 8, 2014 4:40 am

According to sources, New Japan’s “New Japan World” online streaming service had a very successful launch. NJPW owner Takaaki Kidani was “blown away” with how many customers came from outside of Japan.

The company has an initial goal of 100,000 subscribers and the majority of them are expected to come from the Japanese audience. There are plans to expand internationally and add English commentary for major events. An English version of the website will be available soon

http://kocosports.net/2014/12/04/wrestl ... m-planned/

very cool