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A Block | B Block (+ faction guide!) | C Block | D Block
It's time for another entry in my very sensible and definitely-not-increasingly-unhinged guide to the G1 Climax 33! This time it's C Block! Big men, small men, men of a medium size! And all of them slapping meat!
Stick around to the end for some bonus slides explaining the many weird and wonderful belts of NJPW (there are a lot, and some of them are astoundingly ugly)
That's all for now, folks. Have a good weekend! Check out parts one and two if you haven't already. I'll be back some time next week with the fourth and final part on D Block! (And Toru Yano's in that one, so we've definitely saved the best till last!)
#njpw#g1 climax 33#g1#g1 climax#g1 climax 2023#g1 guide 2023#g1 guide#evil#new japan pro wrestling#tomohiro ishii#eddie kingston#david finlay#mikey nicholls#tama tonga#shingo takagi#aaron henare#puroresu#pro wrestling#wrestling
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ShaneTMDK: 2013 - 2024 TMDK ZSJ
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shanetmdk Hell froze over.
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Father and son, celebrating the end of New Japan shows for 2023 with a lovely pic together.
Bonus: the equally lovely edit Fooj did to include everyone.
#kosei fujita#zack sabre jr#shane haste#mikey nicholls#bad dude tito#robbie eagles#njpw#new japan pro wrestling#tmdk
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#Tetsuya Naito#Jon Moxley#Nic Nemeth#Tomohiro Ishii#Matt Riddle#Zack Sabre Jr#Mustafa Ali#Hiromu Takahashi#Hikuleo#El Phantasmo#Shane Haste#Mikey Nicholls#Fred Rosser#Tom Lawlor#Royce Isaacs#Jorel Nelson#Eddie Kingston#Gabriel Kidd#Stephanie Vaquer#AZM#Shota Umino#Jack Perry#Minoru Suzuki#Ren Narita#njpw#new japan pro wrestling#aew#LIJ#bullet club#TMDK
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NJPW NEW YEAR DASH!! 2024 Review (Jan 5th, Sumida Ward Gymnasium, Tokyo)
NJPW World TV Championship - Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Ryusuke Taguchi **1/2
Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa ***
El Phantasmo & Hikuleo vs. Yuto Nakashima & Oskar Leube **1/2
Tama Tonga, Shota Umino, El Desperado, Master Wato, Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma vs. EVIL, Ren Narita, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi & Dick Togo *1/2
Will Ospreay, Jeff Cobb, HENARE, TJP & Frencesco Akira vs. David Finlay, Gabe Kidd, Alex Coughlin, Clark Conners & Drilla Moloney ****
Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. SANADA, Taichi, Yuya Uemura, DOUKI & TAKA Michinku **1/4
KOPW 2024 Championship ~ Pinfall Only 10 Minute Sprint - Toru Yano vs. Great-O-Khan vs. YOH vs. Taiji Ishimori *1/2
Kazuchika Okada, Bryan Danielson, Jon Moxley & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste & Kosei Fujita ***3/4
Photos.
This was your typically fun, brisk NEW YEAR DASH!! show, that was as always was more about the angles and story progressions into the year ahead (or indeed, lack there of) as opposed to great matches or anything. Debuting in the Sumida Ward Gym, the show was a mystery card, with the matches only becoming apparent once the participants entered. Things kicked off with Tanahashi defending the World TV Title against Ryusuke Taguchi, in an inoffensive, but totally superfluous opener. It only went 5:40, and was pretty much all your typical Taguchi comedy bout, which Tana obviously won with a cradle. The post match was eventful as a video aired of none other than Matt Riddle challenging Tanahashi, so that's certainly an interesting development. Tana claimed to have no idea who Riddle was. Next up, NOAH Ace Kiyomiya and NJ Young Lion Oiwa put in a losing effort against former tag champs Bishamon. This was a nice little match which saw Goto pin Oiwa after the Shoto in 7:40.
The next outing was Young Lion's Nakashima and Leube's official last match before their excursion. They took on the new Tag Champs, ELP and Hikuleo in a standard tag match. Phantasmo pinned Yuto at the 8 minute mark with Thunder Kiss 86. After bidding the Young Lions farewell, Chase Owens attacked the champions, and announced himself and KENTA as their next challengers. Fab. It was 12 man tag action next as the entire House of Torture took on the New Japan Babyface All-Stars. This was pretty bad, and devolved into the usual HoT nonsense. Umino pinned Togo in 8 minutes after a Death Rider, then the heels beat everyone down in the post match. Narita focussed on Shota, so their feud continues, Kanemaru laid out Despy with a whiskey bottle, so there's his next Jr. Title challenger, and EVIL laid out Tama, cut his hair, and posed with the NEVER Title, which he then stole. I can't possibly pretend that any of these pairings interest me in the slightest, but if there's one positive, it's that at least EVIL isn't anywhere near the main event scene.
United Empire battled the Bullet Club War Dogs next in a 10 man. This was all excellent. The match itself only went 5:10, but it was all-action and super intense; they brawled around the building, Akira hit a balcony dive, Connors Speared and beatdown the referee, Gabe Kidd juiced a gusher after hitting the exposed buckles, the War Dogs all threw chairs and guardrails from the crowd into the ring, and the match was thrown out, ruled a No Contest. There was a crazy post-match beatdown, which included the heels trying to gouge Akira's eye out with a metal object, and he juiced too. Just when it looked like they were done, the UE fought back and cleared house, only for Gedo to blindside Ospreay with a lowblow. They were about to take him out when TJP made the save by Misting Finlay, and Ospreay hit Gedo with a running Powerbomb through an upright table in the corner. Ospreay then said his last night in New Japan is New Beginning in Osaka on February 11th, and challenged all 5 guys to 10 man war fare, and he'd let Finlay choose the stipulation. The new Global Champion chose a Cage Match, so that should be outstanding stuff. This was the highlight of the show by far.
LIJ and Just Five Guys faced off next in a total House Show affair. It wasn't bad, but certainly wasn't good, and the post match didn't fill me with much excitement. TAKA scored his first win in maybe 15 years when he pinned BUSHI with a Michinoku Driver II at 8:47. The post match saw SANADA challenge Naito to a rematch (meh). I'd much rather someone else challenge for the World Heavyweight belt at this point, maybe even Taichi, but this was the inevitable issue with putting the belt back on Naito. There just aren't many/any fresh matches for him. The 2024 KOPW Champion was decided in the next match, which was a pinfalls only 10 minute sprint. This sucked, the crowd was dead, the action uninspired and even though it only went 10 minutes, it felt 30. After O-Khan pinned everyone, Ishimori snuck in, stole a pin, then ran away to beat the clock and win the Championship. Whatever. I think this belt is way past its Use By date now.
And then it was main event time, as the Dream Team of Okada, Ishii, Mox and Danielson took on the TMDK guys. This was lots of fun, everyone looked great and all the individual stories made for a compelling watch. Ishii tore the house down every time he got in there, and Danielson and ZSJ's exchanges were the best wrestling on the show. Obviously. The finish saw Haste and Nicholls put Ishii away with the Tank Buster whilst Sabre had Danielson tied up in a Manjigatame at the 13:50 mark. The post match saw Zack challenge Danielson (now THAT'S a rematch I can get behind!), with both guys promising to tap each other out (despite all the talk of submissions, their last match ended in a pinfall), then Fujita said he, Nicholls and Haste were next for the NEVER 6 Man Titles. Okada was very annoyed at this, saying Fujita was in no way ready to face him, then they stared down Tanahashi on commentary to end and eventful show.
NDT
#njpw#new year dash 2024#review#njdash#new japan pro wrestling#kazuchika okada#tomohiro ishii#bryan danielson#jon moxley#kosei fujita#mikey nicholls#shane haste#tmdk#hiroshi tanahashi#matt riddle#united empire#bullet club#bullet club war dogs#puroresu#wrestling#wwe#aew#wrestling review#reviews
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Highlights of El Phantasmo & Hikuleo vs TMDK NJPW Road To Wrestling Dontaku 2024
#wrestling#njpw#highlights#new japan pro wrestling#wrestling highlights#puroresu#el phantasmo#hikuleo#tmdk#guerrillas of destiny#wrestling dontaku#shane haste#mikey nicholls
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I really enjoy their "Stand back! I got this one!" team moves
Could Ishii have got out of that? Sure! Was it more fun for Okada to dropkick Shane? Yes! Did Okada have that taken care of? He did! Was a slingblade cooler? IT SURE WAS!
#Kazuchika Okada#Hiroshi Tanahashi#Shane Haste#Mikey Nicholls#Tomohiro Ishii#Tanariffic#Okadamn#On Ishii Street#Rasslin'#Movin' Pixels
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NJPW Windy City Riot 2024
Minoru Suzuki vs. Ren Narita
2.75 stars
NJPW STRONG Women's Title Match
Stephanie Vaquer (c) vs. AZM
4 stars
NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team Title Four Corner Match
Guerrillas Of Destiny (El Phantasmo & Hikuleo) (c) vs. Fred Rosser & Tom Lawlor vs. TMDK (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) vs. The West Coast Wrecking Crew (Jorel Nelson & Royce Isaacs)
3.5 stars
Jack Perry vs. Shota Umino
4.75 stars
Mustafa Ali vs. Hiromu Takahashi
3.5 stars
Riot Rules Match
Eddie Kingston, Homicide & United Empire (Jeff Cobb & TJP) vs. BULLET CLUB (Clark Connors, David Finlay, Gabe Kidd & KENTA)
3.75 stars
NJPW World Television Title Match
Matt Riddle (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
3 stars
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Nic Nemeth
3.25 stars
IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match
Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Jon Moxley
4.5 stars
A blow away success for NJPW in the united states, well done, Moxley winning the IWGP title is massive, but above everything else Jack Perry showed himself tonight that good fucking lord we've got some gold right there.
Also special shoutout to AZM and Vaquer for having a fucking great match and my BOYS TMDK winning gold finally.
#njpw#njpw strong#windy city riot#jon moxley#tetsuya naito#jack perry#shota umino#azm#stephanie vaquer#tmdk#shane haste#mikey nicholls#star ratings
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