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gdwessel · 3 years

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NJPW Strong Episode 25 - 2/5/2021; NJPW Wrestlers at Giant Baba Memorial Show 2/4/2021

Last night’s episode of NJPW Strong began the Road to The New Beginning USA. They just had a Road to Lion’s Break Contender, which then transitioned into another “Road to” series; maybe I just don’t know how this all works. The show started off with an interview with Jon Moxley, hyping the IWGP US Heavyweight title match v. KENTA on 2/26/2021. Among other things, Mox said “you can’t litigate your way to this title” and “everyone” has ripped off moves, etc., from KENTA. Of course, we now know the two of them will clash this Wednesday on AEW Dynamite in a Lights Out tag match.

Match results:

The DKC d. Kevin Knight (Triangle Choke, 7:23)

Bateman [ROH], Misterioso, Adrian Quest & Jordan Clearwater d. Brody King [ROH], Barrett Brown, Logan Riegel & Sterling Riegel (Bateman > Brown, This Is A Kill, 11:19)

Rey Horus [ROH] d. TJP [FREE] (Top Rope Victory Roll, 10:41)

Next Friday’s episode will continue the Road to The New Beginning USA.

This past Thursday, 2/4/2021, beloved veteran referee Kyohei Wada and wrestler/ring announcer Fumihito Kihara held a memorial show at Tokyo Korakuen Hall for All Japan Pro Wrestling founder Shohei “Giant” Baba, commemorating the anniversary of his death. More on that below. However, there were quite a few NJPW wrestlers involved in this show, as you can see from the results below:

Jinsei Shinzaki, Mitsuya Nagai & Tomoaki Honma d. Osamu Nishimura, Andy Wu & Alejandro (6:25)

Atsushi Onita, Great Kojika, Masanobu Fuchi & Shiro Koshinaka d. Takao Omori, Tiger Mask II, Arashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (8:55)

BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] d. Atsuki Aoyagi (10:14)

Yuji Nagata & Yuma Aoyagi d. Minoru Suzuki [SZKG] & Hikaru Sato (12:23)

Keiji Muto, Satoshi Kojima & Suwama d. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Kaz Hayashi & Masayuki Kono (13:51)

I’ve not watched this show, and don’t know if it’s available through Sources yet. However, a couple of things bug me about this. First, this is listed as the “23rd Death Anniversary” show when it’s only been 22 years. I understand that in the pandemic, time has lost all meaning, so might be an easy mistake to make. Still, the much larger 20th Death Anniversary was only in 2019 (most of which is available to view on NJPWWorld by the way, and was a very fun show), which again, seems like so long ago now.

The other thing is, while there are a few current AJPW wrestlers taking part in this show (including the current Triple Crown champion, Suwama, in the main event, much like the other two Baba memorials), there seemed to be a dearth of wrestlers who actually worked for Baba during his era in AJPW, and most of those are in the second match on the card. (Incidentally, the “Tiger Mask II” in that match was Kotaro Suzuki, and not, obviously, the late Mitsuharu Misawa.) At this point we could put this down to age and retirements, but then again, Atsushi Onita and BJW founder Great Kojika are right there too.

What saddens me more is that this was held during the pandemic, when there’s a state of emergency going on in Tokyo, so the venues for these shows have only gotten smaller (the one in 2001 was at the Tokyo Dome, but only drew 30,000; the 2019 edition was at Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan), but so has the card, as it was limited to 5 matches due to the restrictions. Not sure if that’s quite the tribute to Giant Baba everyone was wanting.

Nevertheless, Genichiro Tenryu was present for the proceedings, and the matches themselves look like they could be good fun to watch. There is a chance some of these will end up on NJPWWorld eventually too, so keep an eye out for them.

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maloned · 4 years

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gdwessel · 4 years

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Full Wrestle Kingdom 14, Road to Tokyo Dome Cards Announced; NJPW Of America Announces The New Beginning USA Tour Dates

Earlier this morning, the press conference was held that finally revealed the full cards for both nights of Wrestle Kingdom 14, January 4, 2020 and 1/5/2020, as well as the cards for the three Road to Tokyo Dome shows at Tokyo Korakuen Hall next week.

We mostly knew the first show already, with both the IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental titles being defended, with the winners of those bouts facing each other the next night in the Double Gold Dash title unification match (the losers will face each other in a special singles match). This, in addition to Will Ospreay defending the IWGP Juniorheavyweight belt against the returning Hiromu Takahashi, and the first of two Jushin Thunder Liger retirement matches.

Added to the show, are the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team titles on offer, as Guerrillas of Destiny defend against World Tag League 2019 winners FinJuice. Also, a Texas Deathmatch stipulation match has been added for the IWGP US Heavyweight title, as Lance Archer faces the challenge of the International Purveyor of Violence, Jon Moxley. The rest of the matches... are really just preludes to what will come the next night, but then again, so are most of the title matches, even moreso than the Double Gold Rush matches.

For instance, the winner of Archer v. Moxley will defend the US belt against Juice Robinson the next night. My money says Moxley, as that was a feud that had build and storyline to it, and really, Juice deserves a big Dome moment. Or two, as the case may be.

KENTA will defend the NEVER Openweight belt against Hirooki Goto on 1/5/2020 as well, and indeed KENTA attacked Goto at the presser today. Zack Sabre Jr. defends the RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight title against SANADA too, as these two have had quite a saga since Power Struggle. Roppongi 3K challenge for the IWGP junior tag belts held by Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo.

And finally, Jushin Thunder Liger’s final wrestling match will see him team with old rival Naoki Sano, against another team of rivals, in Hiromu Takahashi & Ryu Lee! While some were looking forward to a singles encounter, at the same time, there is an appeal to Liger going out in a match against the one who could be the IWGP Juniorheavyweight Champion at the time of the match.

(There are reports brewing that Ryu Lee has signed a 1-year deal with NJPW. That jibes with what I’ve been told, but again, nothing is official until it’s official.)

It seems strange that many of the matches are mere setup for matches on the next night. However, I also thought WK13′s card was underwhelming on paper, and that turned out to be a damn good show too. So we shall see.

In the meantime, the cards for Road to Tokyo Dome have been announced, and while there don’t seem to be any of the fun random-ass matches that we’ve seen in prior years, this does boast both the in-ring return of Hiromu Takahashi, as well as Jushin Thunder Liger’s farewell to Korakuen Hall (as this year, New Year Dash!!, the scene of Liger’s retirement, will be at Tokyo Ota Ward Gymnasium instead).

Full lineups:

Road to Tokyo Dome - 12/19/2019, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (NJPWWorld)

Jushin Thunder Liger Final Match In Korakuen Hall I: Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Ryusuke Taguchi & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] v. Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask IV, Yota Tsuji & Yuya Uemura

Juice Robinson, David Finlay Jr. & Toa Henare v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Bad Luck Fale [Bullet Club]

SANADA & EVIL [Los Ingobernables] v. Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi [SZKG]

Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, SHO & YOH [CHAOS] v. KENTA, Yujiro Takahashi, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

Kota Ibushi & Hiroshi Tanahashi v. Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables]

Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Jay White & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Hiromu Takahashi Return Match: Will Ospreay & Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] v. Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

- 12/20/2019, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (NJPWWorld)

Toa Henare v. Yota Tsuji

Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Yuya Uemura v. Bad Luck Fale, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

Jushin Thunder Liger Final Match In Korakuen Hall II: Jushin Thunder Liger, SHO [CHAOS] & YOH [CHAOS] v. Tiger Mask IV, Ryusuke Taguchi & Rocky Romero [CHAOS]

SANADA & Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] v. Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi [SZKG]

Hirooki Goto [CHAOS], Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS], Juice Robinson & David Finlay Jr. v. KENTA, Yujiro Takahashi, Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa [Bullet Club]

Kota Ibushi & Hiroshi Tanahashi v. Jay White & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Kazuchika Okada, YOSHI-HASHI, Will Ospreay & Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] v. Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

- 12/21/2019, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (NJPWWorld)

Togi Makabe, Tiger Mask IV & Yuya Uemura v. Tomoaki Honma, Ryusuke Taguchi & Yota Tsuji

SHO, YOH & Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] v. Taiji Ishimori, El Phantasmo & Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club]

SANADA & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] v. Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi [SZKG]

Hirooki Goto [CHAOS], Juice Robinson, David Finlay Jr. & Toa Henare v. KENTA, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Bad Luck Fale [Bullet Club]

Will Ospreay & Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS] v. Hiromu Takahashi & EVIL [Los Ingobernables]

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

Jushin Thunder Liger Final Match In Korakuen Hall III: Kazuchika Okada, YOSHI-HASHI & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] v. Kota Ibushi, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Jushin Thunder Liger

Wrestle Kingdom 14 - January 4, 2020, Tokyo Dome (NJPWWorld)

Jushin Thunder Liger Retirement Match I: Jushin Thunder Liger, Tatsumi Fujinami [Dradition], The Great Sasuke [Michinoku Pro] & Tiger Mask IV (with El Samurai) v. Naoki Sano [FREE], Shinjiro Otani [ZERO-1], Tatsuhito Takaiwa [ZERO-1] & Ryusuke Taguchi (with Kuniaki Kobayashi)

SANADA, EVIL, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] v. Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki, Taichi & El Desperado [SZKG]

Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. KENTA, Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa [Bullet Club] (c) v. Juice Robinson & David Finlay Jr.

IWGP US Heavyweight Championship Texas Deathmatch: Lance Archer [SZKG] (c) v. Jon Moxley [FREE]

IWGP Juniorheavyweight Championship: Will Ospreay [CHAOS] (c) v. Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables]

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

IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] (c) v. Kota Ibushi

- January 5, 2020, Tokyo Dome (NJPWWorld)

Jushin Thunder Liger Retirement Match II: Jushin Thunder Liger & Naoki Sano [FREE] v. Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables] & Ryu Lee [FREE]

IWGP Juniorheavyweight Tag Team Championship: Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club] (c) v. SHO & YOH [CHAOS]

RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship: Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG] (c) v. SANADA [Los Ingobernables]

IWGP US Heavyweight Championship: WINNER Archer/Moxley (c) v. Juice Robinson

NEVER Openweight Championship: KENTA [Bullet Club] (c) v. Hirooki Goto [CHAOS]

LOSER Okada/Ibushi v. LOSER White/Naito

Hiroshi Tanahashi v. Chris Jericho [FREE]

IWGP Heavyweight & IWGP Intercontinental Championships Double Gold Dash: WINNER Okada/Ibushi v. WINNER White/Naito

Meanwhile, shortly before I started writing this edition, NJPW of America announced five dates for a 2020 edition of The New Beginning USA. This may be tempting fate quite a lot, as last year’s version was a bit of a disaster, owing to the visa issues NJPW suffered thanks to the Trump administration. This year, there shouldn’t be those problems, however, also mimicking last year’s edition, they are running this during the New Beginning cycle of shows in Japan as well. So it’s going to be interesting to see who, if anyone, of the major names will be coming over for this edition. It’s a sure bet, whomever is IWGP Heavyweight/Intercontinental Champion won’t be here. There most likely WILL be an IWGP US Heavyweight defense happening here, because, it’d be silly not to. The dates are:

The New Beginning USA - 1/24/2020, Tampa, FL - 1/26/2020, Nashville, TN - 1/27/2020, Raleigh, NC - 1/30/2020, Miami, FL - 2/1/2020, Atlanta, GA

More details as they become available, of course.

#NJPW #new japan pro wrestling #wrestle kingdom 14 #njwk14 #road to tokyo dome #jushin thunder liger #hiromu takahashi #ryu lee #dragon lee #Kazuchika Okada #kota ibushi #tetsuya naito #Jay White #new japan pro wrestling of america #njoa #The New Beginning USA #njnbgusa

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gdwessel · 4 years

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Upcoming NJPW Events - 1/9/2020

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.

NJPW Presenta CMLL Fantasticamania 2020 - 1/10/2020, Osaka EDION Arena Sub-Arena (NJPWWorld)

Fuego & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Audaz, Guerrero Maya Jr. & Yuya Uemura v. Euforia, Luciferno & Namajague

Soberano Jr. & Flyer v. Negro Casas & Tiger

Angel de Oro, Niebla Roja & Titan v. Sanson, Cuatrero & Forastero

Dulce Gardenia, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yota Tsuji v. Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Shigeo Okumura 25th Anniversary Match: Satoshi Kojima, Caristico & Stuka Jr. v. Ultimo Guerrero, Barbaro Cavernario & Shigeo Okumura

- 1/11/2020, Ehime Item

Guerrero Maya Jr. & Yota Tsuji v. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Fuego & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Luciferno & Tiger

Stuka Jr., Flyer & Audaz v. Negro Casas, Shigeo Okumura & Namajague

Angel de Oro, Niebla Roja & Titan v. Sanson, Cuatrero & Forastero

Dulce Gardenia, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yuya Uemura v. Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Satoshi Kojima, Caristico & Soberano Jr. v. Ultimo Guerrero, Euforia & Barbaro Cavernario

- 1/12/2020, Kyoto KBS Hall

Audaz & Yuya Uemura v. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Fuego & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Luciferno & Namajague

Soberano Jr., Stuka Jr. & Guerrero Maya Jr. v. Negro Casas, Shigeo Okumura & Tiger

Angel de Oro, Niebla Roja & Titan v. Sanson, Cuatrero & Forastero

Dulce Gardenia, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yota Tsuji v. Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Satoshi Kojima, Caristico & Flyer v. Ultimo Guerrero, Euforia & Barbaro Cavernario

- 1/13/2020, Aichi Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall

Guerrero Maya Jr. & Yota Tsuji v. Namajague & DOUKI [SZKG]

Fuego & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Luciferno & Tiger

Stuka Jr., Flyer & Audaz v. Negro Casas, Shigeo Okumura & Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG]

Angel de Oro, Niebla Roja & Titan v. Sanson, Cuatrero & Forastero

Dulce Gardenia, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yuya Uemura v. Tetsuya Naito, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Satoshi Kojima, Caristico & Soberano Jr. v. Ultimo Guerrero, Euforia & Barbaro Cavernario

- 1/16/2020, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (NJPWWorld)

Fuego & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Namajague & DOUKI [SZKG]

Audaz & Guerrero Maya Jr. v. Luciferno & Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG]

Flyer, Dulce Gardenia & Hiroshi Tanahashi v. EVIL, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Titan & Stuka Jr. v. Forastero & Shigeo Okumura

Satoshi Kojima & Caristico v. Ultimo Guerrero & Barbaro Cavernario

CMLL Family Tag Tournament 1st Round: Euforia & Soberano Jr. v. Sanson & Cuatrero

CMLL Family Tag Tournament 1st Round: Angel de Oro & Niebla Roja v. Negro Casas & Tiger

- 1/17/2020, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (NJPWWorld)

Fuego & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Luciferno & DOUKI [SZKG]

Stuka Jr., Flyer & Guerrero Maya Jr. v. Shigeo Okumura, Namajague & Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG]

Audaz, Dulce Gardenia & Hiroshi Tanahashi v. EVIL, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Titan v. Forastero

Satoshi Kojima & Caristico v. Ultimo Guerrero & Barbaro Cavernario

CMLL Family Tag Tournament 3rd Place: TBA

CMLL Family Tag Tournament Final: TBA

- 1/19/2020, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (NJPWWorld)

Audaz & Yota Tusji v. Luciferno & Namajague

Soberano Jr., Flyer & Guerrero Maya Jr. v. Tiger, Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG] & DOUKI [SZKG]

Angel de Oro, Niebla Roja & Titan v. Sanson, Cuatrero & Forastero

Stuka Jr. v. Shigeo Okumura

Dulce Gardenia, Fuego & Ryusuke Taguchi v. EVIL, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

CMLL World Heavyweight Championship: Ultimo Guerrero (c) v. Satoshi Kojima

Black Cat Memorial Match: Caristico, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tiger Mask IV v. Negro Casas, Euforia & Barbaro Cavernario

- 1/20/2020, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (NJPWWorld)

Fuego & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Tiger Mask IV v. Tiger

Flyer, Audaz & Guerrero Maya Jr. v. Euforia, Luciferno & Namajague

Dulce Gardenia, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Yuya Uemura v. EVIL, Shingo Takagi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Satoshi Kojima, Soberano Jr. & Stuka Jr. v. Ultimo Guerrero, Negro Casas & Shigeo Okumura

Mexican National Trios Championship: Sanson, Cuatrero & Forastero (c) v. Angel de Oro, Niebla Roja & Titan

NWA National Historic Middleweight Championship: Caristico (c) v. Barbaro Cavernario

The New Beginning USA - 1/24/2020, St. Petersburg Coliseum, St. Petersburg, FL

Clark Connors v. Misterioso [FREE]

Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata v. Ren Narita & Alex Coughlin

TJP [FREE] & Karl Fredericks v. Toru Yano [CHAOS] & Colt Cabana [FREE]

Jeff Cobb [ROH] v. Alex Zayne [FREE]

YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Lance Archer [SZKG]

Elimination Match: Juice Robinson, David Finlay Jr., Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & Jado [Bullet Club]

- 1/26/2020, War Memorial Auditorium, Nashville, TN

Ren Narita & Alex Coughlin v. Alex Zayne [FREE] & Misterioso [FREE]

YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Karl Fredericks

TJP [FREE] & Clark Connors v. Toru Yano [CHAOS] & Colt Cabana [FREE]

Satoshi Kojima v. Jeff Cobb [ROH]

Yuji Nagata v. Lance Archer [SZKG]

Hiroshi Tanahashi v. Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club]

Juice Robinson, David Finlay Jr., Kota Ibushi & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Chase Owens & Jado [Bullet Club]

- 1/27/2020, Durham Armory, Durham, NC

TJP [FREE] v. Misteriso [FREE]

Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata v. Clark Connors & Alex Coughlin

Ricky Morton [FREE], Robert Gibson [FREE] & Alex Zayne [FREE] v. Toru Yano [CHAOS], Colt Cabana [FREE] & Rocky Romero [CHAOS]

Jeff Cobb [ROH] v. Karl Fredericks

Ren Narita v. Lance Archer [SZKG]

Juice Robinson, David Finlay Jr., Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & Jado [Bullet Club]

- 1/30/2020, Charles F. Dodge City Center, Pembroke Pines, FL

YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] & Misterioso [FREE] v. TJP [FREE] & Clark Connors

Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata v. Karl Fredericks & Alex Coughlin

Ricky Morton [FREE] & Robert Gibson [FREE] v. Toru Yano [CHAOS] & Colt Cabana

Jeff Cobb [ROH] v. Ren Narita

Alex Zayne [FREE] v. Lance Archer [SZKG]

Juice Robinson, David Finlay Jr. & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] v. Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & Jado [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi v. Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa [Bullet Club]

- 2/1/2020, Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta, GA

Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata v. Karl Fredericks & Ren Narita

YOSHI-HASHI & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] v. Alex Coughlin & Misterioso [FREE]

Toru Yano [CHAOS] & Colt Cabana [FREE] v. Yujiro Takahashi & Jado [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Ricky Morton [FREE] & Robert Gibson [FREE] v. TJP [FREE], Alex Zayne [FREE] & Clark Connors

Jeff Cobb [ROH] v. Lance Archer [SZKG]

Kota Ibushi v. Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: Juice Robinson & David Finlay Jr. (c) v. Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa [Bullet Club]

Road to the New Beginning - 1/25/2020, Ibaraki Koga City Central Park Athletic Gymnasium

Yota Tsuji v. Yuya Uemura

Tiger Mask IV & Gabriel Kidd v. Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma v. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi

Toa Henare, SHO [CHAOS] & YOH [CHAOS] v. Minoru Suzuki, EL Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG]

Hirooki Goto [CHAOS], Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS] & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Shingo Takagi, EVIL & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Kauchika Okada, Will Ospreay & Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] v. Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & DOUKI [SZKG]

Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables] v. KENTA, Jay White & Gedo [Bullet Club]

- 1/27/2020, Yamagata Big Wing

Yuya Uemura v. Gabriel Kidd

Ryusuke Taguchi & Yota Tsuji v. Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

Togi Makabe & Toa Henare v. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi

Tomoaki Honma, SHO [CHAOS] & YOH [CHAOS] v. Minoru Suzuki, EL Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG]

Hirooki Goto [CHAOS], Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS] & Tiger Mask IV v. Shingo Takagi, EVIL & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Kauchika Okada, Will Ospreay & Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] v. Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & DOUKI [SZKG]

Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables] v. KENTA, Jay White & Gedo [Bullet Club]

- 1/28/2020, Akita Nices Arena

Yota Tsuji v. Gabriel Kidd

Tiger Mask IV & Yuya Uemura v. Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma v. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi

Toa Henare, SHO [CHAOS] & YOH [CHAOS] v. Minoru Suzuki, EL Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG]

Hirooki Goto [CHAOS], Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS] & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Shingo Takagi, EVIL & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Kauchika Okada, Will Ospreay & Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] v. Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & DOUKI [SZKG]

Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables] v. KENTA, Jay White & Gedo [Bullet Club]

- 1/29/2020, Aomori Maeda Arena

Yota Tsuji v. Yuya Uemura

Ryusuke Taguchi & Gabriel Kidd v. Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

Togi Makabe & Toa Henare v. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi

Tomoaki Honma, SHO [CHAOS] & YOH [CHAOS] v. Minoru Suzuki, EL Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG]

Hirooki Goto [CHAOS], Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS] & Tiger Mask IV v. Shingo Takagi, EVIL & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Kauchika Okada, Will Ospreay & Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] v. Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & DOUKI [SZKG]

Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables] v. KENTA, Jay White & Gedo [Bullet Club]

- 2/4/2020, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (NJPWWorld)

Ryusuke Taguchi v. Gabriel Kidd

Yuya Uemura v. Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club]

Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma v. Toa Henare & Yota Tsuji

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi v. Minoru Suzuki & DOUKI [SZKG]

Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] v. Shingo Takagi, EVIL & Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables]

Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] v. KENTA, Jay White & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

Elimination Match: Kazuchika Okada, Will Ospreay, SHO & YOH [CHAOS] v. Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr., El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG]

- 2/5/2020, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (NJPWWorld)

Yuya Uemura v. Gabriel Kidd

Ryusuke Taguchi v. Yota Tsuji

Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma v. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi

Tomohiro Ishii, Will Ospreay & Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] v. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr. & DOUKI [SZKG]

Hirooki Goto [CHAOS] & Toa Henare v. Shingo Takagi & EVIL [Los Ingobernables]

Kazuchika Okada, SHO & YOH [CHAOS] v. Taichi, El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG]

Elimination Match: Tetsuya Naito, SANADA, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] v. KENTA, Jay White, Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

- 2/6/2020, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (NJPWWorld)

Yota Tsuji v. Yuya Uemura

Gabriel Kidd v. El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi v. Tomoaki Honma & Toa Henare

Will Ospreay, SHO & YOH [CHAOS] v. Zack Sabre Jr., El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG]

Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS], Togi Makabe & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Taichi, Minoru Suzuki & DOUKI [SZKG]

Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables] v. KENTA, Jay White & Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club]

NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship: Shingo Takagi, EVIL & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] (c) v. Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & Robbie Eagles [CHAOS]

The New Beginning in Sapporo 2Day - 2/1/2020, Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kitayell (NJPWWorld)

Tiger Mask IV & Yuya Uemura v. Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Toa Henare v. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi & Yota Tsuji

Will Ospreay [CHAOS], SHO [CHAOS], YOH [CHAOS] & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Zack Sabre Jr., El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Ryu Lee & Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] v. Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Tetsuya Naito & SANADA [Los Ingobernables] v. KENTA & Jay White [Bullet Club]

Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] & Jon Moxley [FREE] v. Taichi & Minoru Suzuki [SZKG]

Tomohiro Ishii [CHAOS] v. EVIL [Los Ingobernables]

NEVER Openweight Championship: Hirooki Goto [CHAOS] (c) v. Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables]

- 2/2/2020, Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kitayell (NJPWWorld)

Toa Henare v. Yota Tsuji

Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma & Yuya Uemura v. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Manabu Nakanishi & Tiger Mask IV

Gabriel Kidd v. El Phantasmo [Bullet Club]

Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] v. Shingo Takagi, EVIL & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables]

Jon Moxley [FREE], SHO [CHAOS], YOH [CHAOS] & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & DOUKI [SZKG]

Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables] v. KENTA, Jay White & Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club]

RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship: Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG] (c) v. Will Ospreay [CHAOS]

Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] v. Taichi [SZKG]

The New Beginning in Osaka - 2/9/2020, Osaka Osaka-jo Hall (NJPWWorld)

Manabu Nakanishi Final in Osaka-jo Hall: Manabu Nakanishi, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata v. Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Toa Henare & Ryusuke Taguchi

IWGP Juniorheavyweight Tag Team Championship: SHO & YOH [CHAOS] (c) v. El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Juice Robinson, David Finlay Jr., Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay [CHAOS] v. Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG]

SANADA [Los Ingobernables] v. Jay White [Bullet Club]

IWGP Juniorheavyweight Championship: Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables] (c) v. Ryu Lee

IWGP US Heavyweight Championship: Jon Moxley [FREE] (c) v. Minoru Suzuki [SZKG]

IWGP Heavyweight & IWGP Intercontinental Double Championship: Tetsuya Naito [Los Ingobernables] (c)(c) v. KENTA [Bullet Club]

Tiger Hattori Retirement Show - 2/19/2020, Tokyo Korakuen Hall

New Japan Road - 2/20/2020, Tokyo Korakuen Hall - 2/21/2020, Tokyo Korakuen Hall - 2/26/2020, Okinawa Prefectural Budokan

Manabu Nakanishi Retirement Show - 2/22/2020, Tokyo Kokrakuen Hall

48th Anniversary Tour - 3/1/2020, Ibaraki Mito Municipal Gymnasium - 3/2/2020, Fukushima Big Palette

48th Anniversary Show - 3/3/2020, Tokyo Ota Ward Gymnasium

New Japan Cup 2020 - 3/4/2020, Tokyo Korakuen Hall - 3/7/2020, Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium - 3/8/2020, Hyogo Baycom Gymnasium - 3/9/2020, Kochi Prefectural Gymnasium - 3/10/2020, Okayama ZIP Arena - 3/12/2020, Tokyo Korakuen Hall - 3/13/2020, Tokyo Korakuen Hall - 3/14/2020, Chiba Makuhari Messe International Conference Hall - 3/16/2020, Toyama Takaoka Techno Dome - 3/17/2020, Saitama Kumagaya Citizen Gymnasium - 3/18/2020, Shizuoka Twin Messe - 3/20/2020, Niigata Aore Nagaoka - 3/21/2020, Niigata Aore Nagaoka

Sakura Genesis 2020 - 3/31/2020, Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

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The New Beginning in Sapporo Night 1 - 2/2/2019; The New Beginning USA Night 2 - 2/1/2019

Not one but two shows to report on today, and it will be like this tomorrow too. This morning was the first of two New Beginning in Sapporo shows. No title matches here, but a LOT of angle building. You can see it now on NJPWWorld.

The New Beginning in Sapporo - 2/2/2019, Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kitayell (NJPWWorld)

Ren Narita d. Yuya Uemura (Front Suplex Hold, 9:45)

Manabu Nakanishi & Toa Henare d. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO] & Shota Umino (Henare > Umino, Toa Bottom, 8:53)

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Tiger Mask IV d. Takashi Iizuka & TAKA Michinoku [SZKG] (Tenzan > TAKA, DQ, 9:26)

Togi Makabe, Toru Yano [CHAOS], Tomoaki Honma, YOSHI - HASHI [CHAOS] & Ryusuke Taguchi d. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club] (Yano > Yujiro, Schoolboy, 13:38)

Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado [SZKG] d. Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] (Taichi > BUSHI, Dangerous Backdrop, 13:28)

Minoru Suzuki [SZKG] d. SANADA [Los Ingobernables] (Gotch Style Piledriver, 19:40)

EVIL [Los Ingobernables] d. Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG] (EVIL STO, 22:01)

Jay White & Bad Luck Fale [Bullet Club] d. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] (White > Tanahashi, TTO, 24:36)

First Jay submits Tanahashi with a new move, TTO, “Tana Tap Out,” but then Jay STEALS THE IWGP TITLE the little shit! Jay’s ascension to the #1 gaijin heel in NJPW is pretty much complete now. EVIL finally gets a singles win over ZSJ. Taichi uses one of the signature moves of his trainer, Toshiaki Kawada, to win the match. Pre-match, Tenzan attempts a reconciliation with one of his old partners, Takashi Iizuka, and it fails miserably. This is probably angle building for Iizuka’s retirement later this month.

Three title matches tomorrow, the full lineup at the bottom of this post.

Meanwhile, last night NJPW debuted in North Carolina, in a show with a title match main event, as well as the US debut of the only Japanese talent on these shows, Tomoyuki Oka in his Dominator Great O-Kharn shtick from RevPro.

- 2/1/2019, Grady Cole Center, Charlotte, NC

Karl Fredericks TLD Clark Connors (10:00)

Colt Cabana & John Skyler d. Lance Archer [SZKG] & Shane Taylor (Cabana > Taylor, Clutch Hold, 10:13)

Dominator Great O-Kharn USA Debut: Dominator Great O-Kharn d. Tracer X (Iron Claw Slam, 8:57)

Marty Scurll & Brody King [Villain Enterprises] d. Jeff Cobb [FREE] & Jonathan Gresham (King > Gresham, Modified Piledriver, 13:46)

Davey Boy Smith Jr. [SZKG] d. Alex Coughlin (Bulldog Bomb, 10:08)

David Finlay Jr. & Tracy Williams [Lifeblood] d. Chuck Taylor & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] (Williams > Taylor, Crossface, 17:08)

IWGP US Heavyweight Championship: Juice Robinson [Lifeblood] © d. Trent Beretta [CHAOS] (Pulp Friction, 27:29) - Robinson succeeds his 1st defense

Post-main, Juice and Beretta showed respect to one another. Juice also, by accounts, cut a promo apologizing for the Japanese talents’ visa situation, and promised next time NJPW comes to North Carolina they’ll bring the full roster. This apparently prompted a “FUCK YOU TRUMP” chant from the crowd. Wow. And in a state Trump won. If the administration is losing the Southern wrestling fan vote...

Best Friends keep losing on these shows, and there is heavy chatter that Dustin and Greg are off to All Elite Wrestling, so that’s probably them doing their tour of jobbing duty then on the way out. Oka debuted, and apparently looked pretty good against a local indie wrestler I’m not very familiar with.

Tonight they will be debuting in Nashville, rounding out these shows. Once again, I’ll be reporting on that tomorrow morning along with tomorrow’s Sapporo show.

- 2/2/2018, War Memorial Auditorium, Nashville, TN

Karl Fredericks v. Alex Coughlin

Colt Cabana & Jonathan Gresham v. Lance Archer [SZKG] & Shane Taylor

Harlem Bravado v. Dominator Great O-Kharn

Clark Connors v. Marty Scurll [Villain Enterprises]

Jeff Cobb [FREE] v. Brody King [Villain Enterprises]

CHAOS v. Lifeblood Elimination Match: Juice Robinson, David Finlay Jr. & Tracy Williams [Lifeblood] v. Trent Beretta, Chuck Taylor & Rocky Romero [CHAOS]

- 2/3/2019, Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kitayell (NJPWWorld)

Toa Henare v. Yota Tsuji

Manabu Nakanishi & Tiger Mask IV v. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO] & Shota Umino

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Ren Narita v. Takashi Iizuka & TAKA Michinoku [SZKG]

Togi Makabe, Toru Yano [CHAOS], Tomoaki Honma & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Jay White, Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship:BUSHI & Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] © v. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado

IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: EVIL & SANADA [Los Ingobernables] © v. Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG]

IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Tetsuya Naito [Los Ingobernables] © v. Taichi [SZKG]

#NJPW #new japan pro wrestling #The New Beginning #njnbg #njpwworld #The New Beginning USA #njnbgusa #juice robinson #trent beretta #Chuck Taylor #tomoyuki oka #Jay White #Hiroshi Tanahashi

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The New Beginning USA Night 1 - 1/30/2019; Full Giant Baba Memorial Card Released: Tanahashi/Yoshitatsu v. Miyahara/Sekimoto

The first of the New Beginning USA shows took place last night in LA. We all know the issues with these cards, and I’ve already bloviated at length about them. They are what they are.

The New Beginning USA - 1/30/2019, Globe Theater, Los Angeles, CA

Alex Coughlin TLD Clark Connors (10:00)

Jonathan Gresham d. Tyler Bateman (Modified Jackknife, 11:36)

Colt Cabana d. Shane Taylor (Clutch Hold, 10:22)

Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. [SZKG] d. Marty Scurll & Brody King [Villain Enterprises] (Archer > King, Killer Bomb, 13:09)

Jeff Cobb [FREE] d. Karl Fredericks (Tour of the Islands, 6:57)

David Finlay Jr. [Lifeblood] d. Chuck Taylor [CHAOS] (Trash Panda, 15:31)

One Night Only Roppongi Vice: Juice Robinson & Tracy Willams [Lifeblood] d. Trent Beretta & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] (Robinson > Romero, Pulp Friction, 32:20)

Y’know, I love me some Roppongi Vice, but I am not sure we needed a 32:20 prelude tag match for Juice Robinson v. Trent Beretta, which will be Friday. Finlay v. Chuckie was No DQ, and pretty surprised Finlay won that, if I’m honest. Doubly surprised Brody King took the fall in that match. Cobb must have squashed Fredericks, good grief... No word yet as to video release of this show.

AJPW released the full card for the Giant Baba Memorial show on 2/19/2019, today being the 20th Anniversary of Baba’s death at age 61 from cancer.

The main event of the show is an absolute stunner: IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi will be teaming with former partner, and current AJPW freelancer, Yoshitatsu, against AJPW’s Triple Crown champion Kento Miyahara and BJW World Strong (and AJPW World Tag Team, and ZERO-1 AWA World Heavyweight) champion Daisuke Sekimoto. Sadly, I know who’s taking the fall here, but this should be a GREAT match.

Tomoaki Honma, whose career began in BJW before working in AJPW and NJPW, will be in an 8-man match with Young Lion Ren Narita, BJW’s Yuji Okabayashi & AJPW’s Naoya Nomura. The only real change from what we knew before, is Naomichi Marufuji v. Masaaki Mochizuki has become a tag match.

Abdullah the Butcher’s retirement ceremony will have all sorts of luminaries as part of it, including Keiji Muto, Stan Hansen, and the original Tiger Mask, Satoru Sayama. Should be a real hoot of an event, honestly.

Full card for the event:

Giant Baba Memorial Battle Royale: Mitsuo Momota, Kim Duk, MEN’s Teioh, TARU, Ryuji Hijikata, Yuto Aijima, Joel Deaton, Masao Inoue, Tsuyoshi Kikuchi, Masahito Kakihara, Tamon Honda, Yasu Urano (Referee: Mighty Inoue)

Masanobi Fuchi [AJPW], Yuma Aoyagi [AJPW] & Yoshiaki Fujiwara [FREE] v. Taichi, TAKA Michinoku & Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG]

Eight Man Street Fight Bunkhouse Tornado Tag Team Deathmatch: Atsushi Onita [FREE], Kendo Kashin [FREE], Hideki Suzuki [FREE] & Hideki Hosaka [FREE] v. Shuji Ishikawa [AJPW], Great Kojika [BJW], Mitsuya Nagai [Dradition] & Hikaru Sato [Pancrase MISSION]

Tomoaki Honma [NJPW], Yuji Okabayashi [BJW], Naoya Nomura [AJPW] & Ren Narita [NJPW] v. Kazushi Miyamoto [FREE], Tomohiko Hashimoto [A-TEAM], Daichi Hashimoto [BJW] & Takuya Nomura [BJW]

Abdullah the Butcher Retirement Ceremony: Guests: Keiji Muto, Stan Hansen, Satoru Sayama, Hisashi Shinma

Naomichi Marufuji [NOAH] & Jinsei Shinzaki [Michinoku Pro] v. Masaaki Mochizuki & Shun Skywalker [Dragon Gate]

Jake Lee & Koji Iwamoto [AJPW] v. SANADA & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] v. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO] & Shota Umino [NJPW]

NOSAWA Rongai [Tokyo Gurentai] & Kaz Hayashi [W-1] v. Mil Mascaras & Dos Caras

Jun Akiyama [AJPW], Takao Omori [AJPW] & Taiyo Kea [FREE] v. Satoshi Kojima [NJPW], Yuji Nagata [NJPW] & Osamu Nishimura [FREE]

Kento Miyahara [AJPW] & Daisuke Sekimoto [BJW] v. Hiroshi Tanahashi [NJPW] & Yoshitatsu [FREE]

The next show of the New Beginning USA will be tomorrow, 2/1/2019, although much like last night’s show, I won’t be blogging about it until Saturday, which is also when the first night of The New Beginning in Sapporo takes place. See you then. There will be a title match main event, and Tomoyuki Oka makes his US debut in his Dominator Great O-Kharn gimmick.

- 2/1/2019, Grady Cole Center, Charlotte, NC

Karl Fredericks v. Clark Connors

Colt Cabana & John Skyler v. Lance Archer [SZKG] & Shane Taylor

Dominator Great O-Kharn USA Debut: Tracer X v. Dominator Great O-Kharn

Jeff Cobb [FREE] & Jonathan Gresham v. Marty Scurll & Brody King [Villain Enterprises]

Alex Coughlin v. Davey Boy Smith Jr. [SZKG]

David Finlay Jr. & Tracy Williams [Lifeblood] v. Chuck Taylor & Rocky Romero [CHAOS]

IWGP US Heavyweight Championship: Juice Robinson [Lifeblood] © v. Trent Beretta [CHAOS]

#NJPW #new japan pro wrestling #The New Beginning USA #njnbgusa #Giant Baba #abdullah the butcher #Hiroshi Tanahashi #kento miyahara #daisuke sekimoto #yoshi tatsu #tomoaki honma #ren narita

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New Beginning USA Cards Announced: Oka Only Japanese Talent, Statement from NJPW Re: Shutdown & Visas; This Week’s NJPW on AXS

Last night as I lay in bed, NJPW announced the card lineups for next week’s New Beginning USA shows, and...........

Well, let’s address the herd of elephants in the room. There is a whole ONE Japanese talent on these shows. And it’s not Yuji Nagata, it’s not Tomohiro Ishii, it’s not Hirooki Goto, Jushin Thunder Liger, the Young Lions, or any other Japanese wrestler not booked for The New Beginning in Sapporo. Nope, it’s Young Lion excursionee Tomoyuki Oka, in his Dominator Great O-Kharn gimmick from RevPro in the UK. That’s it. Nobody else.

The reason, at least according to the official statement from NJPW, is what’s at fault for quite a lot right now: Donald Trump, and the US government shutdown he continues. Because of this, NJPW could not get work visas for the Japanese wrestlers:

It is with great disappointment that we must announce that due to the ongoing 2018–19 United States federal government shutdown, we were unable to obtain visas for our Japanese talent who were looking forward to seeing our US fans at the New Beginning in USA.

We are excited to still be able to share a great line-up with our US fans, regardless of visa issues. The IWGP US Champion, Juice Robinson, is defending his title against Barretta and The Great O-Kharn, who is flying in from England, will be debuting in New Japan! What’s more, this show will highlight the talent and potential of our Young Lions, who have been working hard in the NJPW LA dojo. We are looking forward to being able to celebrate the abilities of the exciting new generation of young NJPW wrestlers.

Which, OK. Maybe that is the case. Quite how Tomoyuki Oka of all of them managed to be able to get a visa is beyond me, unless he is being considered a UK/EU citizen, somehow? Which seems unlikely.

Now, I understand this is something that NJPW cannot control. At the same time, it’s another case where they have had information for weeks (I would assume) and didn’t divulge it. Another good example of this would be last March’s Strong Style Evolved card, which promised a dream match between Jushin Thunder Liger v. Rey Mysterio Jr., however right before the show it was changed to Liger v. Will Ospreay, despite it being very well known that Rey Rey was out with a pretty bad left bicep injury weeks beforehand.

I know (and was reminded this morning) that wrestling is a carny business, bait and switches happen all the time, and “The Card is Subject to Change.” But this is something NJPW could have gotten in front of, instead of waiting until the week before the shows to announce the cards AND for the shit to hit the fan before saying something.

So things are what they are. And what they are, are the Whitest, most ROH centric “New Japan Pro Wrestling” cards pretty much ever. Overall, these shows are BAD on paper... for NJPW shows. If this was any other company, this would be just fine, even if a little too Caucasian. I think would be pretty miffed if I had tickets for one of these cards, and believe me I nearly went to Nashville. I’ll watch these on NJPWWorld if/when they appear, but this would not have been worth a 8-10 hour round trip driving from Indy to Nashville.

But that isn’t to say it’s all bad. There are a few things here that will be worthy. I’m pretty sure the IWGP US Heavyweight title match, between Juice Robinson v. Trent Beretta, which headlines the Charlotte show on 2/1, will be a good one. Jeff Cobb v. Brody King is one I’d pay money to see in any other venue. And LA gets a “One Night Only” reunion of Roppongi Vice in the main event against Juice and “Hot Sauce” Tracy Williams. So that’s cool. Johnathan Gresham gets his debut in NJPW as well.

It’s also kinda laughable that the LifeBlood and Villain Enterprises units from ROH feature heavily, but arguably some of their most over members (namley, Bandido and PCO) aren’t appearing here. But there are also LA Dojo wrestlers, which, fair enough. As well as more obscure indie wrestlers, getting a chance in the NJPW ring.

The cards stink, the circumstances stink worse, I wouldn’t pay for them, but I’ll watch them on NJPWWorld. That’s as fair as I can be.

NJPW, next time, be open and honest about this. Even in pro wrestling.

Here are the cards:

The New Beginning USA - 1/30/2019, Globe Theater, Los Angeles, CA

Alex Coughlin v. Clark Connors

Jonathan Gresham v. Tyler Bateman

Colt Cabana v. Shane Taylor

Marty Scurll & Brody King [Villain Enterprises] v. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. [SZKG]

Jeff Cobb [FREE] v. Karl Fredericks

David Finlay Jr. [Lifeblood] v. Chuck Taylor [CHAOS]

One Night Only Roppongi Vice: Juice Robinson & Tracy Willams [Lifeblood] v. Trent Beretta & Rocky Romero [CHAOS]

- 2/1/2019, Grady Cole Center, Charlotte, NC

Karl Fredericks v. Clark Connors

Colt Cabana & John Skyler v. Lance Archer [SZKG] & Shane Taylor

Dominator Great O-Kharn USA Debut: Tracer X v. Dominator Great O-Kharn

Jeff Cobb [FREE] & Jonathan Gresham v. Marty Scurll & Brody King [Villain Enterprises]

Alex Coughlin v. Davey Boy Smith Jr. [SZKG]

David Finlay Jr. & Tracy Williams [Lifeblood] v. Chuck Taylor & Rocky Romero [CHAOS]

IWGP US Heavyweight Championship: Juice Robinson [Lifeblood] (c) v. Trent Beretta [CHAOS]

- 2/2/2018, War Memorial Auditorium, Nashville, TN

Karl Fredericks v. Alex Coughlin

Colt Cabana & Jonathan Gresham v. Lance Archer [SZKG] & Shane Taylor

Harlem Bravado v. Dominator Great O-Kharn

Clark Connors v. Marty Scurll [Villain Enterprises]

Jeff Cobb [FREE] v. Brody King [Villain Enterprises]

CHAOS v. Lifeblood Elimination Match: Juice Robinson, David Finlay Jr. & Tracy Williams [Lifeblood] v. Trent Beretta, Chuck Taylor & Rocky Romero [CHAOS]

Ironically, this week’s NJPW on AXS provides a look at the match that had many, such as myself, thinking we would get a Yuji Nagata v. Tomohiro Ishii match during the shows above, as we go to New Year Dash!!, from 1/5/2019 at Tokyo Korakuen Hall. The advertised matches include Nagata, Jeff Cobb & KUSHIDA v. Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & Will Ospreay, which actually was very good, with a finisher that makes a bit more sense now. Also, a Los Ingobernables v. Suzuki-gun 10-man match that sets the stage for The New Beginning in Sapporo. Show is at the usual time, with Kevin Kelly & Don Callis, followed by Women of Wrestling: Superheroes at 9pm EST / 8pm CST.

I’m going to try to do an Upcoming NJPW Events post tomorrow.

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Strong Style Story Episode 49 - A New Beginning for a New Era

Yeah hey @damascenocs and myself did a thing: Episode 49 of the podcast, now on Pro Wrestling Only, which is now on Spotify!

It's been almost a month but Geoffrey & Chris are back with the 49th official episode of Strong Style Story! We cover quite a lot in this episode, including:

* A really really good New Beginning tour that actually lived up to the name * What this New Era of Jay White as IWGP Heavyweight Champion can mean, and who could dethrone him * The departures of KUSHIDA, Kenny Omega & Katsuya Kitamura, as well as the signing of Kota Ibushi to an actual NJPW contract * The Giant Baba Memorial Show that has a dream match featuring Hiroshi Tanahashi and so much more * The upcoming New Japan Road cards, which will see Takashi Iizuka retire and an Okinawa show we really wish was making tape * The gawdawful Honor Rising shows and how this was a missed opportunity for some of Ring of Honor's newly signed talents to show off in NJPW * The most obscure and esoteric NJPW-related event happening we can provide

Check it out!

#NJPW #new japan pro wrestling #strong style story podcast #podcast #pro wrestling only #The New Beginning #The New Beginning USA #njnbg #njnbgusa #New Japan Road #njroad #honor rising #Ring Of Honor #NJROH

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The New Beginning in Sapporo Night 2 - 2/3/2019; The New Beginning USA Night 3 - 2/2/2019

The second night in Hokkaido took place earlier, and you can see it now on NJPWWorld. There were three title matches today, as well as more angle building for later in the month.

- 2/3/2019, Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kitayell (NJPWWorld)

Toa Henare d. Yota Tsuji (Toa Bottom, 7:07)

Manabu Nakanishi & Tiger Mask IV d. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO] & Shota Umino (Tiger > Yoshida, Avalanche Butterfly Suplex, 9:31)

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Ren Narita d. Takashi Iizuka & TAKA Michinoku [SZKG] (Tenzan > Iizuka, DQ, 9:47)

Togi Makabe, Toru Yano [CHAOS], Tomoaki Honma & Ryusuke Taguchi d. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club] (Yano > Loa, Schoolboy, 14:15)

Jay White, Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens [Bullet Club] d. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] (White > YOSHI-HASHI, TTO, 17:57)

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: BUSHI & Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] © d. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado (Takagi > Kanemaru, Rebellion, 18:02) - BUSHI/Shingo succeed their 1st defense

IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship: EVIL & SANADA [Los Ingobernables] © d. Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG] (SANADA > Suzuki, Moonsault Press, 16:52) - EVIL/SANADA succeed their 1st defense

IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Tetsuya Naito [Los Ingobernables] © d. Taichi [SZKG] (Destino, 21:31) - Naito succeeds his 1st defense

Los Ingobernables de Japon sweep Suzuki-gun, but not without difficulties. Takashi Iizuka attacked Naito pre-main, assuredly at Taichi’s behest, but Naito prevails, and declared he would be going after the IWGP Heavyweight title, while still Intercontinental champion, when he feels like it. LIJ retained both sets of tag belts as well. There is every possibility this isn’t done with EVIL/SANADA v. Suzuki/Sabre, as the latter also hold the RevPro tag belts, so we could potentially see the LIJ duo challenge for those, possibly at High Stakes 2019? Jay White gets another win with the TTO submission. Tenzan tried to break through to Iizuka again but failed once more.

Meanwhile, NJPW made their debut in Nashville, TN, last night, the tour finale for The New Beginning USA.

- 2/2/2018, War Memorial Auditorium, Nashville, TN

Karl Fredericks d. Alex Coughlin (Boston Crab, 9:48)

Lance Archer [SZKG] & Shane Taylor d. Colt Cabana & Jonathan Gresham (Taylor > Cabana, Modified Piledriver, 11:12)

Dominator Great O-Kharn d. Harlem Bravado (Iron Claw Slam, 10:34)

Marty Scurll [Villain Enterprises] d. Clark Connors (Crossface Chickenwing, 13:51)

Jeff Cobb [FREE] d. Brody King [Villain Enterprises] (Tour Of The Islands, 22:27)

CHAOS v. Lifeblood Elimination Match: Juice Robinson, David Finlay Jr. & Tracy Williams [Lifeblood] d. Trent Beretta, Chuck Taylor & Rocky Romero [CHAOS] (Robinson > Romero, Pulp Friction, 31:26)

The main event was an elimination match however I’ve seen nowhere reporting on the order of eliminations, but Lifeblood wins out, sweeping their matches against the CHAOS/Best Friends/RPG Vice trio the whole tour. The six of them all took a bow post-main, which could be about the tour ending as much as anything relating to Dustin & Greg going to AEW. Guess we’ll find out on Thursday when that press conference from Vegas happens. I’ve already heard one rumor which, if true... I won’t be happy about.

Also, I really really wanna see Cobb v. King, so hopefully we get video of these shows up soon.

Katsuyori Shibata made an appearance to start the show off, and it was his turn to make apologies for the visas debacle, but I didn’t hear if any anti-Trump chants started up this time.

The next show isn’t until Wednesday, a resumption of Road to the New Beginning, however the next show to be shown live on NJPWWorld will be Saturday’s tour closer from Osaka, and then The New Beginning in Osaka on Monday 2/11.

- 2/6/2019, Nagano Athletic Park Gymnasium

Shota Umino v. Yuya Uemura

Yota Tsuji v. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO]

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Ren Narita v. Manabu Nakanishi & Tiger Mask IV

Tomoaki Honma & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Chase Owens & Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club]

Togi Makabe, Toru Yano [CHAOS] & Toa Henare v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club]

Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] v. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado [SZKG]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Jay White, Bad Luck Fale & Gedo [Bullet Club]

#NJPW #new japan pro wrestling #The New Beginning #njnbg #tetsuya naito #taichi #The New Beginning USA #njnbgusa #njpwworld

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Upcoming NJPW Events - 1/25/2019

Road to The New Beginning - 1/26/2019, Saitama Wing Hat Kasukabe

Yota Tsuji v. Yuya Uemura

Toa Henare v. Ren Narita

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi v. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO] & Shota Umino

Tomoaki Honma & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa [Bullet Club]

Togi Makabe & Toru Yano [CHAOS] v. Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] v. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado [SZKG]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS], Ryusuke Taguchi & KUSHIDA v. Jay White, Bad Luck Fale, Taiji Ishimori & Gedo [Bullet Club]

- 1/28/2019, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (NJPWWorld)

Manabu Nakanishi & Ren Narita v. Yota Tsuji & Yuya Uemura

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Toa Henare v. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO] & Shota Umino

Togi Makabe, Toru Yano [CHAOS], Tomoaki Honma & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Chase Owens & Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club]

Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi & KUSHIDA v. Jay White & Gedo [Bullet Club]

Elimination Match: Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] v. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado [SZKG]

- 1/29/2019, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (NJPWWorld)

Ren Narita v. Yuya Uemura

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Manabu Nakanishi v. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO] & Shota Umino

Toa Henare & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Yujiro Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club]

Togi Makabe, Toru Yano [CHAOS] & Tomoaki Honma v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Jay White & Bad Luck Fale [Bullet Club]

Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] v. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado [SZKG]

KUSHIDA Farewell Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi v. KUSHIDA

- 1/30/2019, Miyagi Sendai Sunplaza Hall

Toa Henare & Yota Tsuji v. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO] & Shota Umino

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Ren Narita v. Manabu Nakanishi & Tiger Mask IV

Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] v. Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG]

BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] v. El Desperado [SZKG]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS], Tomoaki Honma & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Jay White, Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens

Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & SANADA [Los Ingobernables] v. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi [SZKG]

NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship: Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club] © v. Togi Makabe, Toru Yano [CHAOS] & Ryusuke Taguchi

- 2/6/2019, Nagano Athletic Park Gymnasium

Shota Umino v. Yuya Uemura

Yota Tsuji v. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO]

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Ren Narita v. Manabu Nakanishi & Tiger Mask IV

Tomoaki Honma & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Chase Owens & Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club]

Togi Makabe, Toru Yano [CHAOS] & Toa Henare v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club]

Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] v. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado [SZKG]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Jay White, Bad Luck Fale & Gedo [Bullet Club]

- 2/7/2019, Aichi Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall

Ren Narita v. Yota Tsuji

Yuya Uemura v. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO]

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Shota Umino v. Manabu Nakanishi & Tiger Mask IV

Tomoaki Honma & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Yujiro Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club]

Togi Makabe, Toru Yano [CHAOS] & Toa Henare v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] v. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado [SZKG]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Jay White, Bad Luck Fale & Gedo [Bullet Club]

- 2/8/2019, Mie Yokkaichi City Green Park Gymnasium #2

Ren Narita v. Yuya Uemura

Shota Umino v. Yota Tsuji

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO] v. Manabu Nakanishi & Tiger Mask IV

Toa Henare & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Yujiro Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club]

Togi Makabe, Toru Yano [CHAOS] & Tomoaki Honma v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] v. Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado [SZKG]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Jay White, Bad Luck Fale & Gedo [Bullet Club]

- 2/9/2019, Osaka EDION Arena Subarena

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Yota Tsuji v. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO] & Shota Umino

YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Ren Narita

Tomoaki Honma & Toa Henare v. Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] v. Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado [SZKG]

Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] v. Taichi & TAKA Michinoku [SZKG]

Elimination Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS], Togi Makabe, Toru Yano [CHAOS] & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Jay White, Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club]

The New Beginning in Sapporo - 2/2/2019, Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kitayell (NJPWWorld)

Ren Narita v. Yuya Uemura

Manabu Nakanishi & Toa Henare v. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO] & Shota Umino

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Tiger Mask IV v. Takashi Iizuka & TAKA Michinoku [SZKG]

Togi Makabe, Toru Yano [CHAOS], Tomoaki Honma, YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi, Chase Owens & Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club]

Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] v. Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado [SZKG]

SANADA [Los Ingobernables] v. Minoru Suzuki [SZKG]

EVIL [Los Ingobernables] v. Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG]

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] v. Jay White & Bad Luck Fale [Bullet Club]

- 2/3/2019, Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center Hokkai Kitayell (NJPWWorld)

Toa Henare v. Yota Tsuji

Manabu Nakanishi & Tiger Mask IV v. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO] & Shota Umino

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Ren Narita v. Takashi Iizuka & TAKA Michinoku [SZKG]

Togi Makabe, Toru Yano [CHAOS], Tomoaki Honma & Ryusuke Taguchi v. Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa, Yujiro Takahashi & Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club]

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Jay White, Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship:BUSHI & Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] © v. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado

The New Beginning in Osaka - 2/11/2019, Osaka EDION Arena (NJPWWorld)

Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Jushin Thunder Liger v. Minoru Suzuki, Takashi Iizuka & TAKA Michinoku [SZKG]

EVIL & SANADA [Los Ingobernables] v. Ayato Yoshida [K-DOJO] & Shota Umino

Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi [Los Ingobernables] v. Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado [SZKG]

Tomoaki Honma & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS] v. Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

Togi Makabe & Toru Yano [CHAOS] v. Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa [Bullet Club]

Kazuchika Okada [CHAOS] v. Bad Luck Fale [Bullet Club]

The New Beginning USA - 1/30/2019, Globe Theater, Los Angeles, CA

Alex Coughlin v. Clark Connors

Jonathan Gresham v. Tyler Bateman

Colt Cabana v. Shane Taylor

Marty Scurll & Brody King [Villain Enterprises] v. Lance Archer & Davey Boy Smith Jr. [SZKG]

Jeff Cobb [FREE] v. Karl Fredericks

David Finlay Jr. [Lifeblood] v. Chuck Taylor [CHAOS]

One Night Only Roppongi Vice: Juice Robinson & Tracy Willams [Lifeblood] v. Trent Beretta & Rocky Romero [CHAOS]

- 2/1/2019, Grady Cole Center, Charlotte, NC

Karl Fredericks v. Clark Connors

Colt Cabana & John Skyler v. Lance Archer [SZKG] & Shane Taylor

Dominator Great O-Kharn USA Debut: Tracer X v. Dominator Great O-Kharn

Jeff Cobb [FREE] & Jonathan Gresham v. Marty Scurll & Brody King [Villain Enterprises]

Alex Coughlin v. Davey Boy Smith Jr. [SZKG]

David Finlay Jr. & Tracy Williams [Lifeblood] v. Chuck Taylor & Rocky Romero [CHAOS]

- 2/2/2018, War Memorial Auditorium, Nashville, TN

Karl Fredericks v. Alex Coughlin

Colt Cabana & Jonathan Gresham v. Lance Archer [SZKG] & Shane Taylor

Harlem Bravado v. Dominator Great O-Kharn

Clark Connors v. Marty Scurll [Villain Enterprises]

Jeff Cobb [FREE] v. Brody King [Villain Enterprises]

CHAOS v. Lifeblood Elimination Match: Juice Robinson, David Finlay Jr. & Tracy Williams [Lifeblood] v. Trent Beretta, Chuck Taylor & Rocky Romero [CHAOS]

New Japan Road - 2/21/2019, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (NJPWWorld) - 2/27/2019, Okinawa Prefectural Budokan

Honor Rising: Japan 2019 - 2/22/2019, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (NJPWWorld) - 2/23/2019, Tokyo Korakuen Hall (NJPWWorld)

NJPW 47th Anniversary Tour - 3/1/2019, Saitama Kumagaya Citizen Gymnasium - 3/2/2019, Nagano Saku City General Gymnasium - ¾/2019, Fukushima Big Palette

NJPW 47th Anniversary Show - 3/6/2019, Tokyo Ota Ward Gymnasium (NJPWWorld)

New Japan Cup 2019 - 3/8/2019, Tokyo Korakuen Hall - 3/9/2019, Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium - 3/10/2019, Hyogo Baycom Gymnasium - 3/11/2019, Kagawa Takamatsu City General Gymnasium #1 - 3/13/2019, Okayama ZIP Arena - 3/14/2019, Nara Centennial Hall - 3/16/2019, Tokyo Korakuen Hall - 3/17/2019, Tokyo Korakuen Hall - 3/20/2019, Shizuoka Twin Messe - 3/21/2019, Shizuoka Act City Hamamatsu - 3/23/2019, Niigata Aore Nagaoka - 3/24/2019, Niigata Aora Nagaoka

ROH/NJPW G1 Supercard - 4/6/2019, Madison Square Garden, NYC

Best of the Super Juniors 26 - 6/5/2019, Tokyo Ryogoku Kokugikan

Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-Jo Hall - 6/9/2019, Osaka Osaka-Jo Hall

G1 Climax 29 - 7/6/2019, American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX - 8/10/2019, Tokyo Nippon Budokan - 8/11/2019, Tokyo Nippon Budokan - 8/12/2019, Tokyo Nippon Budokan

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Tsunami Hits Eastern Coast of Japan; NOAH Bumper Crop 2022 in Sendai 1/16/2022: 11 Wrestlers Pulled From Show; NJPW Strong Episode 74 - 1/15/2022; NJPW v. NOAH WK16 On NJPWWorld & Wrestle Universe; DG, STARDOM, DDT, TJPW Results

The single biggest piece of news today is a tsunami hitting eastern coast of Japan after the underwater volcanic eruption off the coast of Tonga sent tsunami towards Japan, Tonga, Hawaii, the West Coast of the USA, and other parts of the Pacific. Nearly 230,000 people were evacuated from the seaside parts of Iwate, Miyagi, Chiba, Tokushima, Kagoshima, Aomori, Kochi and Miyazaki Prefectures, with warnings in effect all the way from Hokkaido to Ogasawara and Okinawa as well. Boats were capsized and flights were cancelled as well. The warnings seem to be off now, and casualties & damage seem relatively few especially compared to the 2011 Tohoku tsunami. We wish everyone affected by this to be safe and unharmed.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

This week’s edition of NJPW Strong continues the Nemesis tapings from LA from December.

Karl Fredericks & Kevin Knight d. Bateman & Misterioso [Stray Dog Army] (Fredericks > Misterioso, MD, 10:04)

Brody King [AEW] d. Dave Dutra (Gonso Bomb, 6:31)

JONAH d. David Finlay Jr. (Tsunami, 8:20)

The New Beginning USA ran last night in Seattle, but I won’t be listing those results here, as I normally do not, opting instead to wait until the shows air on NJPWWorld.

Wrestle Kingdom 16 in Yokohama Arena is now on both NJPWWorld AND Wrestle Universe, with each promotion’s own commentary teams on each feed, Japanese and English. Check this out if you missed it last weekend live on ABEMA.

Pro Wrestling NOAH

NOAH ran in Sendai today, apparently unaffected by the tsunami. You can see it now on Wrestle Universe. Two title matches headlined this show. Several matches were affected by positive COVID-19 tests, or exposure to said cases. NOAH did not specify who on this list tested positive or were merely exposed, save to say Masato Tanaka was absent due to “poor physical condition” although a PCR test was negative. Kaito Kiyomiya, Yoshinari Ogawa, Junta Miyawaki, Yoshiki Inamura, Super Crazy, Tadasuke, Daiki Inaba, Kinya Okada and Yasutaka Yano were listed as being dropped today for COVID-related reasons.

Bumper Crop 2022 in Sendai - 1/16/2022, Sendai Sunplaza Hall (Wrestle Universe)

NOSAWA Rongai, YO-HEY & Kotaro Suzuki [Perros del Mal de Japon] d. ALEJA, Hao & Nio [Kongo] (YO-HAY > Nao, Dropkick, 8:56)

Atsushi Kotoge & Hajime Ohara d. HAYATA & Yuya Susumu [STINGER] (Kotoge > Susumu, Kill Switch, 11:50)

Daisuke Harada d. Seiki Yoshioka [STINGER] (Katayama German Suplex Hold, 12:07)

Daisuke Harada & Hao [Kongo] d. Nio & ALEJA [Kongo] (Harada > ALEJA, Katayama German Suplex Hold, 9:59)

Takashi Sugiura, Kazushi Sakuraba, Kendo Kashin & Kazuyuki Fujita [Sugiura-gun] d. Go Shiozaki, Masakatsu Funaki [M’s Alliance], King Tany [Funky Express] & Muhammad Yone [Funky Express] (Fujita > Tany, Powerbomb, 18:54)

GHC Tag Team Championship: Keiji Muto & Naomichi Marufuji [M’s Alliance] © d. Kenoh & Manabu Soya [Kongo] (Muto > Soya, Frankensteiner, 20:55) - Muto/Marufuji succeed their 2nd defense

GHC Heavyweight Championship: Katsuhiko Nakajima [Kongo] © d. Masa Kitamiya (Vertical Spike, 28:40) - Nakajima succeeds his 4th defense

Nakajima wins, and declared “WE (Kongo) ARE NOAH.” Kazuyuki Fujita challenged Nakajima to be his next defense, and that match is booked for Gain Control in Nagoya 2/23/2022 in Aichi Nagoya Congress Center Event Hall. Yuck, Fujita.

Muto pins Soya, and suddenly it’s early 2010s AJPW or Wrestle-1 all over again. I do not know the circumstances behind the tag match that followed Harada v. Yoshioka, save that they probably needed to do something to fill the card what with 11 wrestlers out.

NOAH next runs on Saturday 1/22/2022 from Osaka EDION Arena 2nd Arena. I won’t list the card here as I am planning an Upcoming Events post tomorrow, however with EVERYTHING going on, maybe safe to assume not all matches going forward are going to be happening as scheduled. Year Three of this pandemic, and we really should all expect this now.

Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate ran some spot shows the last couple of days.

Open The New Year Gate 2022 – Final Burst Out! K-Ness Forever Night 6 - 1/15/2022, Ishikawa Kanazawa Distribution Center

YAMATO, Dragon Kid & Keisuke Okuda [HIGH-END] d. Kzy, U-T & Jacky “Funky” Kamei [Natural Vibes] (YAMATO > Kamei, Galleria, 11:47)

BxB Hulk [R.E.D.] d. Ryu Fuda (Facelock, 4:53)

Susumu Yokosuka [Natural Vibes], Big Boss Shimizu [Natural Vibes] & Takuma Fujiwara d. Ultimo Dragon, Jason Lee & Takumi Hayakawa [Shimizu > Hayakawa, Big Boss Press, 13:13)

Riki iihashi TLD Ishin Iihashi (10:00)

Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka d. Ben-K & Kagetora [HIGH-END] (Dia > Kagetora, Reptillian, 12:05)

2 v. 3 Handicap Match: Takashi Yoshida & Kota Minoura d. KAI, Shun Skywalker & HYO [R.E.D.] (Yoshida > HYO, Pineapple Bomber, 12:15)

The main ended up being a handicap match due to Naruki Doi registering a fever before the show. However, it seems that Kota Minoura now has fallen in with Doi/Kong’s new nascent unit. Prior to the show, Eita & Kaito Ishida, recently removed from R.E.D., were boycotting the event and stormed out fo the area. You can watch it here.

Open The New Year Gate 2022 – Final Burst Out! K-Ness Forever Night 7 - 1/16/2022, Shizuoka Act City Hamamatsu

Kzy, U-T & Jacky “Funky” Kamei [Natural Vibes] d. Dragon Kid, Ben-K & Keisuke Okuda [HIGH-END] (Kzy > Okuda, Running Elbow Smash, 11:20)

Kagetora [HIGH-END] & Takuma Fujiwara d. Riki & Ishin Iihashi (Kagetora > Ishin, Brainbuster, 9:22)

Shun Skywalker [R.E.D.] d. Ryu Fuda (Moonsault Knee Drop, 5:00)

Big Boss Shimizu [Natural Vibes] & Shoya Sato d. Ultimo Dragon & Takumi Hayakawa (Shimizu > Hayakawa, Big Boss Press, 9:06)

Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka d. Susumu Yokosuka & Genki Horiguchi [Natural Vibes] (Yoshioka > Hiroguchi, Frog Splash, 12:03)

Takashi Yoshida, Kota Minoura & Jason Lee d. KAI, BxB Hulk & HYO [R.E.D.] (Yoshida > HYO, Pineapple Bomber, 11:07)

Kong keeps up his winning streak on his way to challenging for KAI’s Open The Dream Gate title. Jason Lee and Kota Minoura continue to partner up so no animosity there post-MASQUERADE! R.E.D. are not in good shape since the beginning of the year, and especially after what happened Wednesday. Shun Skywalker had to beat up a rookie to get his first win as an R.E.D. member. Doi was kept off today’s show.

The next show is another spot show, in Nagoya tomorrow.

DDT / Tokyo Joshi / GANBARE Pro

DDT was in Hiroshima yesterday.

DDT Sweet Dreams! 2022 Tour In Hiroshima - 1/15/2022, Hiroshima Marina Hop (Tape delay on Wrestle Universe)

MAO d. Yuki Ishida (8:12)

Daisuke Sasaki & MJ Paul d. Naomi Yoshimura & Toi Koyama (11:00)

Danshoku Dino & Yuki Ino d. Antonio Honda & Rey Paloma (12:46)

Yuji Hino, Chris Brookes & Akito d. Kazusada Higuchi, Hideki Okatani & Toru Owashi (13:27)

HARASHIMA & Soma Takao d. Kazuki Hirata & Kenshin Chikano (12:03)

Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno d. Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yuya Koroku (20:47)

Tokyo Joshi also ran, which featured matches for the Futari No Princess Max Heart Tournament 2022.

TJPW Tokyo Joshi 2022 Winter - 1/15/2022, Tokyo Shinjuku FACE (Wrestle Universe)

Moka Miyamoto d. Kaya Toribami (5:08)

Nao Kakuta d. Arisu Endo (7:08)

3-Way Match: Hikari Noa d. Haruna Neko & Suzume (8:28)

Nodoka Tenma, Yuki Aino, Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi d. Miyu Yamashita, Maki Itoh, Mahiro Kiryu & Pom Harajuku (12:41)

Futari No Princess Max Heart Tournament 2022 First Round: ASUKA & Yuki Kamifuku d. Kobashi & Raku (8:50)

Futari No Princess Max Heart Tournament 2022 First Round: Hyper Misao & Shoko Nakajima d. Yuka Sakazaki & Mizuki (14:53)

STARDOM

STARDOM ran shows this weekend as well.

- 1/15/2022, Tajimi City Industrial Culture Center

Mina Shirakawa [Cosmic Angels] d. Waka Tsukiyama [Cosmic Angels] (Figure-4 Leglock, 8:09)

3-Way Match: Utami Hayashishita [Queen’s Quest] d. Mai Sakurai [Cosmic Angels] & Saki Kashima [Oedo Tai] (Hayashishita > Sakurai, German Suplex Hold, 8:32)

Tam Nakano & Unagi Sayaka [Cosmic Angels] d. Saya Kamitani & Lady C [Queen’s Quest] (Sayaka > C, Taigi De Atta, 13:23)

Mayu Iwatani, Koguma & Hazuki [STARS] TLD Giulia, MIRAI & Thekla [Donna del Mundo] (20:00)

Syuri, Maika & Himeka [Donna del Mundo] d. Ruaka, Starlight Kid & Momo Watanabe [Oedo Tai] (Syuri > Ruaka, Buzzsaw Kick, 17:29)

- 1/16/2022, Aichi Toyohashi Loisir Hotel

1 v. 3 Handicap Match: Syuri [Donna del Mundo] d Waka Tsukiyama [Cosmic Angels], Mai Sakurai [Cosmic Angels] & Ruaka [Oedo Tai] (Syuri > Tsukiyama, Zanshu, 7:48)

Tam Nakano & Mina Shirakawa [Cosmic Angels] d. Giulia & Thekla [Donna del Mundo] (Shirakawa > Thekla, Gloria Collection Mina, 12:01)

Mayu Iwatani, Koguma & Hazuki [STARS] d. Saki Kashima, Starlight Kid & Momo Watanabe [Oedo Tai] (Koguma > Kashima, Rollup, 14:43)

Unagi Sayaka [Cosmic Angels] TLD MIRAI [Donna del Mundo] (15:00)

Maika & Himeka [Donna del Mundo] d. Utami Hayashishita & Saya Kamitani [Queen’s Quest] (Maika > Kamitani, Michinoku Driver II, 18:47)

Lady C suffered an injury yesterday, so the 6-woman tag main event was changed to the current one and then Syrui was put into a handicap match against Cosmic Angels and Oedo Tai members.

The next show is on Saturday 1/22/2022.

Other News

Michinoku Pro ran two shows this weekend, as did Gatoh Move ChocoPro and Ice Ribbon.

Big Japan and 2AW ran a joint show in Chiba.

A-TEAM, Prominence, WAVE and YMZ also all ran this weekend.

Upcoming Events post coming tomorrow.

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World Tag League 2021 & Best Of The Super Juniors 28 Night 12 - 11/29/2021; TJP Falls to Volador in CMLL Title Match, Challenges Hair v. Hair; New Beginning USA Strong Taping Set for 1/15/2022 in Seattle; Eddie Kingston v. Gabriel Kidd Added to Nemesis

The tour continued today, and you can see it now on NJPWWorld.

- 11/29/2021, Tokyo Korakuen Hall

Ryohei Oiwa TLD Kosei Fujita (10:00)

Best Of The Super Juniors 28: Ryusuke Taguchi d. DOUKI [SZKG] (Pinfall, 11:39)

Best Of The Super Juniors 28: Robbie Eagles [CHAOS] d. BUSHI [Los Ingobernables] (Ron Miller Special, 12:52)

Best Of The Super Juniors 28: YOH [CHAOS] d. Taiji Ishimori [Bullet Club] (Five Star Clutch, 13:33)

Best Of The Super Juniors 28: SHO [Bullet Club] d. Master Wato (Referee Stoppage, 15:02)

Best Of The Super Juniors 28: El Desperado [SZKG] d. Yoshinobu Kanemaru [SZKG] (Pinche Loco, 15:10)

Best Of The Super Juniors 28: El Phantasmo [Bullet Club] d. Hiromu Takahashi [Los Ingobernables] (Sudden Death, 23:14)

ELP beats Hiromu with the loaded superkick, and gave a warning to Jay White that he planned to be in a big spot at the Tokyo Dome as Bullet Club’s “future.” Hiromu now has a pretty tough road to hoe in order to make the finals after two consecutive losses. YOH gets a third consecutive victory whilst his former partner remains sole leader. Kawato is dead last and I fear that might be where he stays.

Current BOSJ28 standings:

SHO - 12pts (6W 0D 1L) Despy - 9pts (4W 1D 2L) Taguchi - 8pts (4W 0D 3L) Kanemaru - 8pts (4W 0D 3L) Ishimori - 8pts (4W 0D 3L) Hiromu - 7pts (3W 1D 3L) Eagles - 6pts (3W 0D 4L) BUSHI - 6pts (3W 0D 4L) ELP - 6pts (3W 0D 4L) YOH - 6pts (3W 0D 4L) DOUKI - 4pts (2W 0D 5L) Wato - 4pts (2W 0D 5L) Friday night at Arena Mexico, TJP challenged Volador Jr. for the NWA World Historic Welterweight title, and lost, meaning TJP seems to be not much snuff when not teaming with Jeff Cobb in CMLL. Post-match, TJP challenged Volador to a hair v. hair match, but we will see if that ever happens. Apuestas are challenged all the time in CMLL, rarely are they ever acted upon except at special shows. TJP appears to be done in CMLL for now, but he could return sooner than later.

Two quick notes from NJoA:

The New Beginning USA 2022 will be on 1/15/2022 at Washington Hall in Seattle, WA. Tickets are already on sale. This is an NJPW Strong taping, but no matches have been annouced yet.

Eddie Kingston returns to NJoA, facing Gabriel Kidd at the Nemesis Strong taping now.

The tour continues tomorrow, with Round 6 of the World Tag League.

- 11/30/2021, Tokyo Korakuen Hall

Yuto Nakashima v. Ryohei Oiwa

World Tag League 2021: Minoru Suzuki [SZKG] & TAKA Michinoku [JTO] v. Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens [Bullet Club]

World Tag League 2021: Yuji Nagata & Tiger Mask IV v. EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi [Bullet Club]

World Tag League 2021: Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma v. Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI [CHAOS]

World Tag League 2021: Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima v. Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa [Bullet Club]

World Tag League 2021: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Toru Yano [CHAOS] v. Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. [SZKG]

World Tag League 2021: Tetsuya Naito & SANADA [Los Ingobernables] v. Great O-Khan & Aaron Henare [United Empire]

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