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mpwma · 1 year

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Today is/was NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo! For the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship, Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) (c) vs. The Mighty Don't Kneel (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste)! Should we cover the show?

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kazuchikaokada · 3 months

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yoshihashi telling little kazu that no matter what anyone says, they'll always be in his corner made me so emotional because over the years, there has been so much talk about how chaos do not share a real bond or are not a real faction anymore but these six dudes have always been supportive of each other and stayed together for so long, ever since any of them joined chaos and i think that speaks a lot about their friendship and brotherhood they've built together while on the road (anyone who has watched any of the ytr vtr dvds knows what i am talking about 😌). that being said, it'll be sad to see a new japan without kazuchika okada, it'll be sad to see chaos without kazuchika okada but as someone who has been here for years, i KNOW how much kazu truly loves wrestling and being in the ring and doing what he does best which is entertaining people is all he cares about, so i wanna wish him well on his new journey ahead. our kazu has come to a point in new japan where he has achieved what is there to achieve. he has carried this company on his back for more than a decade and it is his decisions that he wants to try something new and i respect that wholeheartedly, no matter how bittersweet it'll feel for me, so please continue to support him on this new journey as well. may he be well, eat well, do well, just enjoy himself and stay healthy and happy. my support and love for him will never change. thank you for these wonderful years and i am looking forward for all the years that are yet to come!

#kazuchika okada #yoh #hirooki goto #yoshihashi #toru yano #tomohiro ishii #njpw #new beginning in sapporo 2024

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honestlychiefbanana · 3 months

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Highlights of Yota Tsuji vs Yuya Uemura NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo 2024

#njpw #new japan pro wrestling #yota tsuji #yuya uemura #wrestling #wrestling highlights #highlights #puroresu #the new beginning in sapporo

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mitchtheficus · 2 years

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A Golden Lovers Timeline

PART 1: LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

The beginning of this story, covering the events leading to their first match and the forming of the Golden Lovers (2006 - 2008)

PART 2: LOVE AND SUCCESS

The Golden Lovers’ adventures in DDT (2009 - 2010)

PART 3: FALLING BEHIND

Their first foray into NJPW, the beginning of the end, and Budokan (2011 - 2012)

PART 4: THE GOLDEN LOVERS ARE NOT OVER

The end of their tag team, and Kenny’s last match in DDT (2013-2014)

PART 5: BETRAYAL

Kenny joins the Bullet Club and breaks Kota’s heart (2015)

PART 6: SEIZE THE THRONE

Kenny gets some new, sadder pants (Jan 2016 - June 2016)

PART 7: AND WAITING FOR HIM

The Pining Chapter (Aug 2016 - Sept 2016)

PART 8: WRESTLE KINGDOM 11

A wild Kota-lookalike in a tiger mask appears! (Oct 2016 - Jan 2017)

PART 9: I NEVER FORGOT ABOUT YOU

Kenny’s slowburn face turn (Feb 2017 - June 2017)

PART 10: RETURN

Kenny says a lot of things about Kota being back in njpw (June 2017 - July 2017)

PART 11: A MEETING IN A HALLWAY

Kota tries to reach Kenny (July 2017 - Aug 2017)

PART 12: THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE

Cody Rhodes enters our story (Dec 2016 - Dec 2017)

PART 13: WRESTLE KINGDOM 12

Kota reclaims the Phoenix Splash (Dec 2017 - Jan 2018)

PART 14: CRISIS

New Years Dash, January 5, 2018

PART 15: REUNION

New Beginning in Sapporo, Jan 27-28, 2018

PART 16: HOMECOMING

Immediate Elite fallout and Golden Comeback Documentary (Jan 2018 - Feb 2018)

PART 17: HONOR RISING

Shit hits the fan (Feb 2018)

PART 18: WHERE WAS HE

Matt Jackson’s Feelings

PART 19: STRONG STYLE EVOLVED

The Saddest Match Ever (Feb 2018 - March 2018)

PART 20: WE CAN’T TRUST THIS GUY

Kenny visits ROH and the bucks see Cody’s true face (March 2018 - April 2018)

PART 21: THIS IS WHAT LOVE LOOKS LIKE

The Lovers spend Wrestlemania Weekend in New Orleans (April 5-7, 2018)

PART 22: REACHING OUT

The bucks try to repair their relationship with Kenny (May 2018 - June 2018)

PART 23: THE POWER OF LOVE

Dominion, June 9, 2018

PART 24: VIDEO GAMES AND THE COW PALACE

The lovers play video games and Cody chooses friendship over power for once (June 2018 - July 2018)

PART 25: MARATHON

Kota fights his way through the G1 (July 2018 - August 2018)

PART 26: TWO PEOPLE THAT SHARE ONE HEART

G1 Climax Semi-finals and Finals (August 10-12, 2018)

PART 27: THE SEA BETWEEN US

The End

[NOW ON WORDPRESS]

#goldenloverstimeline #the golden lovers #kota ibushi #kenny omega

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puroresu-musings · 3 months

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NJPW THE NEW BEGINNING in Osaka Review (Feb 11th, Osaka EDION Arena)

Toru Yano & YOH vs. Ryusuke Taguchi & Boltin Oleg **

Bishamon vs. Great-O-Khan & Callum Newman ***1/4

Shota Umino, El Desperado, Tomoaki Honma & Tiger Mask vs. EVIL, Ren Narita, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi **1/4

Tetsuya Naito, Yota Tsuji, Shingo Takagi, Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs. SANADA, Yuya Uemura, Taichi, DOUKI & TAKA Michinoku ***

Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi ****1/2

IWGP Tag Team Championship - El Phantasmo & Hikuleo (c) vs. KENTA & Chase Owens **

Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr. *****

10 Man Dog Pound Cage Death Match - United Empire vs. Bullet Club War Dogs *****

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Wow, what a show this turned out to be. It started pretty ordinary, but ultimately had three exceptional bouts, one of which is the best match of 2024 so far. The show opened with CHAOS teammates Yano and YOH taking on Taguchi and Young Lion Shooter, Oleg. This was perfectly fine, but only went 3:45, so there really wasn't much to mention. YOH scored the win over Taguchi with a roll up. Next, UE Young Boy Callum Newman got a chance to shine in his tag match with O-Khan against Bishamon. This was a good little sprint, with the spirited Newman looking especially good. It wasn't to be his night, however, as he was put away by the veterans at 7:37 with Shoto.

The NJPW Babyfaces took on House of Torture next. This was your typical HoT match, beginning with a brawl, before the babyfaces got their shine, only to succumb to heelish shenanigans. After Dick Togo distracted the ref, Narita hit Tiger Mask with the Metal Plated Push Up Bar Of Doom, before SHO pinned him with a Shock Arrow in 8:43. Post match saw SHO steal Despe's IWGP Jr. Belt and proclaim himself the new champion, so we've got yet another HoT stolen belt deal, and Desperado seems destined to feud with these dorks for his entire reign. This was followed by pretty much the same LIJ vs. J5G match we've seen all tour now. It was a good outing, but I can't say that I'm interested in any of this, aside from Tsuji and Uemura's Hair Match in Sapporo at the end of the match. The two youngsters carried the action in this one, which culminated in SANADA tapping out BUSHI at 11:05 with Skull End to go strong into his Title Match with Naito on the 24th.

Perhaps the final ever Okada vs. Tanahashi match followed, twelve years to the day that the Rainmaker Shock happened in this very same building that made Okada a Superstar. This was excellent, emotional stuff that was by no means the best match these two have ever had, but it was a great send-off for what is perhaps the greatest, most consistent feud ever. I've potentially gone a tad high with the rating, but I don't care, I'm sticking with it, as this one had me invested from the minute the entrances happened. The Osaka faithful were super into this, loudly chanting for Okada at the start, going crazy throughout. Tana, who's definitely in "office shape" at the moment, even turned back the clocks and hit the High Fly Body Attack to the floor, which was awesome. After getting the knees up on a HFF attempt, Okada nailed the Tombstone, but Tana turned the Rainmaker into a small package for a great near fall. After some back and forth which the crowd were totally into, Okada hit a beautiful dropkick, a Landslide, and a Rainmaker to put the President away at 16:50 with one final Rainmaker. The pair embraced in the post match, and a teary bowed to the Lion Mark and Okada bid farewell to Osaka. He only has two matches left in his NJPW career in Sapporo, which should be similarly emotional occasions, and hey, who knows, maybe he could even put someone over on his way out (nudge nudge, wink wink).

The IWGP Tag Title bout that followed was something of a dampener, to say the least. This was the opposite of the last match, the crowd were dead for the most part, and it moved at the speed of smell. It was hovering around one star territory, but things picked up once Hikuleo got the hot tag and ran wild, but it was short lived as the ref got bumped, Taiji Ishimori ran in, hit his old pal ELP with a belt, then Hikuleo, which allowed KENTA to steal the win and the titles. Look, I know New Japan likes and rewards loyalty, and Chase Owens was there for them when they needed people badly, but the notion of him holding a major title in NJPW in 2024 is all kinds of bemusing. And to say the new GoD's Tag Title reign was a bit of a disappointment would be an understatement. These guys deserve better, and I honestly don't have the strength to watch another match between these teams after the two we've already seen so far this year.

Thankfully, things turned around in fantastic fashion with an absolutely perfect display of pro-wrestling between ZSJ and Bryan Danielson. This was a rematch of their 5 star classic in AEW last October, and it managed to surpass that match and is the best bout of 2024 so far. Outstanding grappling and counter sequences throughout this, Dragon used an arm wringer to send Sabre's legs into the ropes, which he then proceeded to work over the whole match with intense kicks and leglocks. Zack fought back, working over Danielson's neck. Lots of Romero Specials, Manjigatame's and Cobra Twists, before it broke down into a stiff strike exchange. Danielson hit a big Back Suplex off the top for a near fall, then tried Cattle Mutilation, which Sabre escaped and hit a Zack Driver for a near fall of his own. Dragon hit the stomps, then locked in the crazy arm submission he submitted Okada with, but Zack fought to the ropes. Another strike battle culminated in Danielson hitting the Busaiku Knee out of a backslide, but Sabre turned a second into a European Clutch, they exchanged great cradles, before ZSJ got the pin with a crucifix at 32:46 of fabulous action. The two shook hands afterwards, and now being 1-1, Danielson challenged Zack to a 2 out of 3 falls tiebreaker backstage, which I'm 100% down for. In the ring, ZSJ signalled he wanted a belt, then called out the winner of Naito/SANADA (despite what Chris Charlton might have claimed he said). I'm all for Zack winning the belt to be fair. I've lots to say about Naito being the champion again, which I'll refrain from, but all I will say is that the guy who holds the top belt in this company sure has felt like an after thought since winning.

Then the Dog Pound Cage main event that was also Will Ospreay's New Japan swan song. Look, theres way too much to even attempt to recap, and I went back and forth about going the full 5 stars on this one, as it did feature some stuff I really wasn't keen on. BUT, at the end of the day, these 10 guys put on an absolute spectacle of bloody drama and craziness, and it's definitely not a match I'll forgot any time soon, and a tremendous post match. They had an impossible task in following the previous match, but they had an equally blow-away outing, that was the complete wrestling polar opposite. This was set up like that classic ROH vs. CZW Cage of Death from 2006, in that the cage encircled ringside as opposed to the ring itself, and was fought under War Games rules, with guys coming out every two minutes.

Ospreay and Finaly started, with Ospreay convincing Finlay to let them fight for 5 minutes. Lots and lots of crazy stuff followed, which included the heels bringing out a ton of plunder, Akira hitting an incredible dive off the cage onto the War Dogs before Connors gave him a big spear through an upright table in the corner, Gabe Kidd potatoing HENARE with table shot, that split him open bad on the top of his head, which the doctors at ringside spent a lot of time trying to patch up. HENARE got a receipt of sorts later when he hit Kidd with a super stiff slap that looked like it knocked Gabe silly. Connors hit a big spear on Ospreay through the ropes, off the apron and through a table at ringside, Jeff Cobb ran wild on everyone with his incredible power moves, TJP emerged from under the ring as the Aswang, running wild and misting all the heels, Maloney broke up a pin attempt by Drilla Killa'ing Ospreay into the pile of bodies, Coughlin took a serious wilful beating with kendo sticks, who then took a big senton through a table off HENARE from the top of the cage. Connors introduced thumbtacks, but ended up bumping into the pins. Gedo came out with a barbed wire wrapped table, but O-Khan put an end to his interference, and it was Finlay who went through the barbed wire table, thanks to an Ospreay powerbomb. Gabe Kidd responded by hitting Ospreay with a piledriver off the apron, through a ladder bridge to the floor. Moloney forked Akira in the head, who juiced heavily, but then overcame his fear of the fork, no-sold it, and stabbed Drilla in the head with the cutlery, drawing his blood of his own, then hanged Connors over the top with a dog collar.

The heels then handcuffed Cobb to the cage, removed the ring canvas and padding, exposing the boards, and what followed was absolutely terrifying, as those boards were flying around and guys were falling through the ring left and right, to the point I thought someone might get seriously hurt. HENARE hit a massive vertical suplex on Kidd to the boards, before he too was handcuffed. Akira then took a horrendous Tombstone on the boards, which left Ospreay alone with the War Dogs. Sacrificing himself to save Akira, he tried a Hidden Blade, but collapsed from exhaustion, resulting in him taking a spear into the boards by Connors, then Finlay wrapped his knee in barbed wire and hit Ospreay with his new Overkill finish to end this insanity and win for his team in 64:05 of crazy, mind-blowing action.

The Overkill finish was quite ironic given the amounts of sheer overkill in this thing, there were times when I thought/was begging it would be over, but they just kept going and doing crazier stuff. Anyone who knows me knows I love a good crazy, unhinged blood and gimmicks match, and this was one of the best there's ever been, overkill or not. In the post match, Ospreay bid farewell to New Japan, and he got the big emotional send off with the confetti and all the UE guys surrounding him. Ospreay asked that the fans not forget him, and backstage he promised he'd be back, but when was still a mystery. Losing Ospreay is a major blow to NJPW (not to mention they're also losing Okada!), but I've no doubt he'll do great things in AEW.

NDT

#njpw #new beginning in osaka #review #will ospreay #united empire #bullet club war dogs #new japan pro wrestling #zack sabre jr #bryan danielson #american dragon #kazuchika okada #hiroshi tanahashi #puroresu #wrestling #reviews #wrestling reviews #aew #wwe

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daraemory · 6 months

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BTE historians i need you!

i could have sworn there was a scene in an episode during NJPW era where Matt's back has been re-injured in a match and he's being carried back through the curtain between two people (Nick probably, but can't remember who the other is). Matt is hurt and emotional saying "Not again, not again." i think Cody might have been there pretending to be concerned? i want to think it was the reason Matt's back was already injured when Kenny shoved him at New Beginning in Sapporo/BTE #90 "Bullet Club is Fine". I watched all the episodes before that one, even the deleted #82 & #83 and couldn't find a scene like what i'm remembering (though i might check all the ones around that time again because i have been known to be dumb).

any help would be greatly appreciated!

#aew #being the elite #bte #the elite #young bucks #matt jackson #nick jackson #kenny omega

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astralbondpro · 10 months

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January 27, 2018 -

Tetsuya Naito tries to spit on Don Callis, but misses and nails a lady in the crowd at NJPW’s The New Beginning in Sapporo.

#Tetsuya Naito #Don Callis #New Japan Pro Wrestling #NJPW #Wrestling #NJPW Gifs #Wrestling Gifs #Gifs #AVGifs #AVNJPW #AVWrestling #AVNJPWGifs #AVWrestlingGifs

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bang-bang-gang · 2 months

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hello vera i am here to request a song rec and also ask for one of your favorite matches that you've recently watched !!

i am recommending chokehold cherry python by ashniiko!!! spotify link:

my match rec is a STARS vs EXV 10-man tag team elimination match on a random stardom house show. it's just really fun, i like the tension. EXV is still a fairly new team but they have some kick-ass tag moves. if you've seen the IWGP women's title match at NJPW new beginning in sapporo recently, this match is part of the build for mayu vs mina!

mayu iwatani is just REALLY good. the post-match in ring comments are also good even though the subtitles probably suck, you dont need to know japanese to know you want to root for mayu soooo bad

watch link, starts around 1:28:00; and cagematch link

#answered #trentreznorgf #ask game #also hi jackie!!

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honestlychiefbanana · 3 months

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Highlights of Nic Nemeth vs David Finlay NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo 2024

#njpw #new japan pro wrestling #wrestling #highlights #wrestling highlights #puroresu #nic nemeth #david finlay #the new beginning in sapporo #iwgp global championship

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wrestlingisfake · 4 months

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The New Beginning big matches

With all the changes and all the wrestlers getting ready to exit the company, I'm having trouble keeping track of all the key matches coming up. So I thought I'd list out all the important stuff coming up over the next few weeks.

January 20 (Nagoya)

NEVER title: Tama Tonga vs. EVIL

STRONG tag title: El Phantasmo & Hikuleo vs. KENTA & Chase Owens

KOPW title: Taiji Ishimori vs. Great-O-Khan

DespeWato reunion: El Desperado & Master Wato vs. SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru

January 23 (Korakuen Hall)

IWGP jr. title: El Desperado vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Master Wato vs. SHO

January 24 (Korakuen Hall)

Shota Umino vs. Ren Narita

NEVER trios title: Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Shane Haste & Mikey Nicholls & Kosei Fujita

Tama Tonga's last NJPW match: Tama Tonga & El Desperado & Master Wato & Tomoaki Honma vs. EVIL & Yoshinobu & SHO & Yujiro Takahashi

February 4 (Korakuen Hall)

IWGP jr. tag title: TJP & Francesco Akira vs. Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors

David Finlay vs. Callum Newman

Jeff Cobb vs. Alex Coughlin

HENARE vs. Gabe Kidd

February 11 (Osaka)

Steel cage/Ospreay's last NJPW match: Will Ospreay & Jeff Cobb & HENARE & TJP & Francesco Akira vs. David Finlay & Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd & Drilla Moloney & Clark Connors

Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

IWGP tag title: El Phantasmo & Hikuleo vs. KENTA & Chase Owens

Okada's last NJPW match: Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi

After that comes Fantastica Mania, the annual CMLL showcase, on February 12-19, and The New Beginning in Sapporo on February 23-24. They haven't announced the full cards for the Sapporo shows, so they're probably waiting on some storyline developments in Nagoya, Korakuen, and Osaka.

#njpw

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