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smarkinfested · 2 months

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The way Hikuleo's voice dropped on the 'you' and they then immediately segue into 'look at the pretty lady' had me HOWLING.

#hikuleo #el phantasmo #elp #njpw #new japan pro wrestling #new japan #new japan cup

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honestlychiefbanana · 1 month

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Highlights of Yota Tsuji vs Hirooki Goto NJPW New Japan Cup 2024 Final

#njpw #yota tsuji #hirooki goto #highlights #wrestling #wrestling highlights #new japan pro wrestling #puroresu #new japan cup

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orangebapecamoprint · 1 month

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#yota tsuji #wrestling #pro wrestling #new japan pro wrestling #njpw #new japan cup

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wrestlingisfake · 2 months

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Not sure if Jack Perry Tumblr heard about this yet. Jack wasn't advertised for the March 7 show, but he made a surprise appearance as a last-minute replacement for SHO (who is pretending to be severely injured after losing to Tetsuya Naito on March 6).

The video above has highlights from before and after the match. Youtube can auto-translate the Japanese closed captions, but it's kind of spotty. If you're just here for Jack, though, he's introduced at 0:50 and gives his backstage comments at 3:26.

Anyway, I think this means Jack will be wrestling throughout the entire tour, even on shows where he doesn't have a tournament match scheduled. (They probably didn't advertise this in advance to avoid the spoiler of him teaming with House of Torture). If so, there might be as many as 12 Jack Perry matches happening this month.

Now, the non-tournament matches on this tour are all like six-man and eight-man tag matches, and they're basically filler on the undercard. (The idea is to make sure the live crowd in each venue gets to see all the wrestlers, even the ones that don't have an important match that day.) The undercard tag matches are usually pretty skippable...but if you've been jonesin' for one guy in particular for the past six months, it's a good way to eat well.

#njpw #new japan cup #jack perry #Youtube

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pepperstreak · 1 month

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Akira acting very little dog energy

#new japan cup #new Japan cup 2024 #3/17/24 #YIP YIP YIP YIP YIP #njpw #ue #g.o.d #francesco akira #hikuleo

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blueonwrestling · 2 months

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you gotta be kidding me gedo.

CHASE OWENS BEATS ISHII???

#njpw #new japan cup #chase owens #tomohiro ishii

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wrestlingsavedmylife · 2 months

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Who y’all got? I want Zacky to win again, but if he doesn’t win the IWGP belt after a third NJPWCup victory, well, I don’t think it’s ever gonna be his time:(

If the winner won’t take the belt, I would say give it to Jeff Cobb. Him and Naito have good chemistry, and he’s a credible threat. Though, I want Cobb to win the belt, too😅

#new japan cup #njpw #zack sabre jr.#zsj

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thistledropkick · 8 months

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Zack Sabre Jr Match Guide - New Japan Cup 2018

It can be difficult to catch up on old New Japan storylines, so I made this guide to one of my favorite Zack Sabre Jr runs - his participation in 2018's New Japan Cup.

I've included links to all the tournament matches, along with links to the pre and post match comments. I've also included links to both English and Japanese language commentary when available.

You'll need a NJPWWorld subscription to watch the matches. The service is around $7 USD right now and has a large archive of videos available. Just be aware that subscriptions renew on the first of the month, Japan-time, regardless of what day of the month you subscribe.

(They're changing it all up sometime this autumn but haven't announced when or how, so I don't know how long the archive will be up for or how long these match links will work - if they break, I'll fix them if and when I can.)

The New Japan Cup is a short and straightforward single-elimination heavyweight tournament. As the G1 gets more overcrowded and overly complicated, the New Japan Cup increasingly becomes my personal favorite of the two.

2018 was Zack's first year in the tournament. At this time, Zack was a much more unbalanced wrestler, with much less emphasis on throws or striking than he has now, and well under the weight limit for the New Japan Juniors division despite wrestling as a heavyweight. He was also relatively new to New Japan, having wrestled for the company for a little over a year. He's much more balanced in his approach these days, but I really enjoy his matches from this era.

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Zack vs Naito Tetsuya - 3/11/2018

pre-match comments

Match - Japanese

post-match comments - "Who's tranquilo now, dickhead?"

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Zack Sabre Jr vs Ibushi Kota 3/15/2018

pre-match comments - "If somebody climbs onto a balcony and tries to moonsault onto you, JUST MOVE."

Match - Japanese English

post-match comments - "I fight with my brain. And with an underlying hatred of the British conservative party"

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Zack Sabre Jr vs Sanada 3/18/2018

pre-match comments

Match - Japanese English

post-match comments - "I'm the windy man. I'm the long mover."

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Zack Sabre Jr vs Tanahashi Hiroshi 3/21/2018

Match - Japanese English

post-match comments

#match guides #match recs #zack sabre jr #new japan cup #njpw #suzuki gun #suzuki gun ichiban

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scarskelly · 1 year

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"Oh no! Anyway..."

#David Finlay #El Phantasmo #njpw #new japan pro wrestling #new japan cup #bullet club

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danwhobrowses · 1 year

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New Japan Cup Winner

Spoilers just in case

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to see SANADA get a push and win the New Japan Cup, and beating Bullet Club's newest Dave Finlay while repping his new faction (which is a shame but I get the motive) does add to his stock, but GODS Clean Shaven and short undyed hair makes him so generic-looking, where's the bleached hair and the beard (okay the beard was getting long but when it was stubble it was good), where's the cold ass motherfucker look? Did leaving LIJ mean he had to leave all his swagger behind too?

Hope it's temporary, I know he's part of 'Just Five Guys' now but still the guy does not look like he stands out, maybe by the time he faces Okada he will have something...

#sanada #new japan pro wrestling #new japan cup #njpw #dave finlay

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honestlychiefbanana · 1 month

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Highlights of Yota Tsuji vs El Phantasmo NJPW New Japan Cup 2024

#njpw #new japan pro wrestling #yota tsuji #el phantasmo #wrestling #highlights #wrestling highlights #puroresu #new japan cup

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mpwma · 1 year

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Today is/was NJPW New Japan Cup 2023: Ryohei Oiwa & Shota Umino vs TMDK (Kosei Fujita & Zack Sabre Jr.)! Should we cover the show?

#Pro wrestling #professional wrestling #wrestling #professional wrestling podcast #pro wrestling podcast #wrestling podcast #njpw #new Japan pro wrestling #make pro wrestling majestic again #mpwma #njpw new Japan cup #new Japan cup #njpw new Japan cup 2023 #new Japan cup 2023 #ryohei oiwa #shota unimo #tmdk #kosei fujita #zack sabre jr

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wrestlingisfake · 1 month

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New Japan Cup quarterfinals preview

The New Japan Cup started with 28 men and now only eight remain. Two of the quarterfinal matches will be on March 16, and the other two will be on the 17th. The winners advance to the semifinals on March 18. Whoever wins the final on March 20 will earn the right to challenge Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP world title on April 6.

March 16: SANADA vs. Jack Perry - This is a rematch from June 25, 2023, at AEW's Forbidden Door show. At the time, Sanada was fresh off of winning the IWGP world championship and Perry was a beloved babyface in AEW answering an open challenge. Things have changed.

Perry was out of his depth nine months ago, and after he lost he turned heel, sending him down a dark path that led to joining New Japan's House of Torture. Meanwhile, Sanada's title reign was widely considered a disappointment--he lost the belt to Naito in Janaury and then lost a rematch in February. It seems highly unlikely Sanada will win this tournament and set a third title bout with Naito. I think 2024 will be a rebuilding year for him, so it's just a question of who will knock him out of title contention.

In that context, I think there's a strong case for Perry getting his win back over Sanada. If Sanada were still being protected as a top guy, there's no way New Japan would job him out to a junior heavyweight. But he's clearly been moved down a peg or two. He doesn't have to be eliminated by Perry--anybody from Bullet Club or House of Torture would make sense crushing his dreams for heel heat. But Perry has the most to gain from that role.

March 16: David Finlay vs. Hirooki Goto - The winner of this match will advance to face the winner of Sanada vs. Perry in the semifinals. This is apparently the first time these two have met one-on-one, which boggles my mind.

Since taking over Bullet Club, Finlay has meant more as a singles act, so he has to be the heavy favorite against Goto. On the other hand, if Jack Perry makes it to the semifinals, Finlay doesn't make sense as his opponent--Goto would be a better fit whether Perry wins or loses. On the other other hand, if Sanada reaches the semifinals, Finlay would make perfect sense as the guy to eliminate him. Unless the plan is for Sanada to make it to the final, in which case I suppose it doesn't make much difference who wins here.

I'm a little torn here, because Sanada vs. Finlay would be a bigger semifinal matchup, but Perry vs. Goto would be a lot more interesting in terms of making me wonder if Perry can go all the way. And I can't dismiss the possibility of a Sanada vs. Goto match I don't care about. So I guess I'll pick Goto to win.

March 17: EVIL vs. Shingo Takagi - Evil is the NEVER champion, but the title isn't at stake during the tournament. If Shingo wins, though, he'd likely get a rematch for the (spray-painted) gold. Takagi is 2-1 so far against Evil in singles matches, but Evil won their last encounter in 2023; it's been nearly three years since Shingo has beaten the king of darkness.

Logically speaking, Evil really should lose before the final. That way the guy who beats him can challenge for the NEVER title. If Evil loses to the tournament winner, that guy won't have time to chase Evil because he'll be challenging for the IWGP world title. If Evil wins the tournament, then he'll be chasing the world title, and the NEVER belt will just be on ice for a while. Also, I don't think they'd book Evil vs. Ren Narita in an all-House of Torture battle. So--logically speaking--Evil needs to lose either to Takagi or to Yota Tsuji in the next round.

However, realistically speaking, New Japan is in love with pushing House of Torture a little more than you'd expect, to get heel heat. For example, it'd be absolutely absurd to have three House of Torture guys in the final four, but New Japan has convinced me they're not afraid to do something that obnoxious. So I can't rule out worst-case scenarios like that. But just going with my gut, I think we'll either get Takagi vs. Narita or Evil vs. Tsuji in the semis. So I'll pick Shingo to win here.

March 17: Ren Narita vs. Yota Tsuji - Whoever wins this match will meet the winner of Evil vs. Takagi in the semifinals. During their Young Lion days, Narita went 5-0 against Tsuji in singles matches. Of course, what really counts is how well they've done after returning from excursion, but they've only had one clash since then--a 20-minute draw back in last year's G1 Climax. So when it comes to one-on-one matchups, Yota has never beaten Ren, and he's never even faced this version of Ren, who joined House of Torture in December.

Tsuji, Narita, and Shota Umino were proclaimed "the Reiwa Musketeers" last year, likening them to big names in previous generations who quickly took off and carried the company. Shota (not to mention Yuya Uemura, who almost feels like the fourth musketeeer) has already been eliminated from the tournament. So only one of the Reiwa musketeers has a chance of winning this thing.

I'd be cool with Tsuji going all the way, except that I don't think this year's Cup winner is going to win the world title. In the right circumstances a wrestler can get over from trying and failing to win the world title, but Tsuji already did all that last year--doing it again so soon would just make him look like a choke artist. Narita is probably the one guy left in this tournament with the most to gain from winning the Cup and losing to Naito. So as much as I prefer Tsuji, I'm picking Ren to win.

#njpw #new japan cup #sanada #jack perry #david finlay #hirooki goto #evil #shingo takagi #ren narita #yota tsuji

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djvillain · 2 months

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