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Summer Struggle Spoils Don't look now but

I'm not a big fan of this Okada concept. I don't want multi-man matches and gimmick matches becoming the norm in New Japan, though I guess at least with this, it's contained to that one title

Ohoooo Sengoku Lord

It's Naito's destino to suffer ;_;

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Mannnn Spoiler for a Dominion undercard match/not one of the title matches

It was just going to be the traditional "IWGP Heavy vs IWGP Jr Heavy" match at the Anniversary show

Atm it's New Japan Road on the 20th (I assume it Naito makes it out, this will be the Naito v Hiromu match), Sengoku Lord on the 25th, and then a late July/August tour where the G1 used to be because the Japanese Olympics were supposed to be going on then and major building dates and attention in major Japanese cities would've been hard to come by. New Japan Cup results

Guys ;_; GUYS ;_;

@Garlic Junior The New Beginning vs Kenta (Double Title) We were on the cusp of a Hiromu vs Naito non title challenge between the Heavy and Jr Heavy Champions but that's when covid cancelled the universe. The currently ongoing New Japan Cup is to set up a double title match at Dominion on July 12th

The fucking ending of Yano vs Hiromu

BTW if you like violence, Suzuki and Nagata beat the shit out of each other in their New Japan Cup match

5 match cards ain't bad Sho had a really good backstage promo after the opening non-Cup show of the tour. He's been notoriously shy and nervous when speaking, but it looks like he spent the pandemic trying to get better at it. Tana was fighting back tears because he missed the fans and it reminded him how valuable they are. God damn, this fucking babyface Hiromu was of course screaming like a maniac and it was great NJPW Cup Night 1 I worry about the New Japan dads coming off a multi-month layoff. Wrestlers in interviews say that the body callous wears off and the damage starts hurting like a mother fucker while they heal up, and then they come back in less ring shape and more prone to injuries. I want Tsuji to graduate already, I think he's gonna be a solid heavyweight tag wrestler Poor Jado looks like he shouldn't be wrestling. Yano matches are tough without a crowd I think Uemura's put on some bulk, dude's fucking jacked Zack you fucking prick The Broken Neck Bowl between Hiromu and Honma was better than I thought it would be. First time in a long time Honma's looked really good Good to see Desperado back too, IIRC the reason Douki's part of Suzuki-gun was because Despy got hurt. I always look forward to his rare single matches because he delivers but they happen so infrequently that everyone forgets he's a good wrestler. Think Ishii got hurt during the match, but Ishii so can't tell. He dropped Despy in an unsafe-looking way but Despy still landed flat, and it's only unsafe if Despy doesn't know it's coming. And then sometimes he sold it and then sometimes he completely ignored it. Badass match either way though

We back, baby!

I finally have my Good Brothers back ;_; I listened to the new episodes of Talk'N'Shop and cried laughing because they found out Tiger King was buddies with a promoter they know, Gallows has been having an awesome time in the quarantine because he's rich now, and then they brought on Alex Koslov to talk about how his mom whipped him with a belt when he was a kid a few times.

Not that it's a surprise, but Sakura Genesis (Mar 31) and Road to Dontaku (Apr 11) have been cancelled

Okay, NOW they've cancelled the rest of the NJPW Cup tour

Oh acks it sounds like the first 8 NJPW Cup shows were cancelled, so they're probably gonna have to jam-pack the tournament into the remaining 5 shows.

Their building dates are already set. Also because of the Olympics, the G1 was also pushed into the fall.

The Anniversary Show and the New Japan Cup were cancelled because of coronavirus fears

I felt that lariat that Suzuki stayed standing up for in my soul There's a point early in the match where Mox stiffs Suzuki with a forearm and you could see on Suzuki's face that he wasn't expecting it, and then he cracks Mox back and it's fucking ON. Love that shit. I'll get to KENTA/Naito a bit later, but that match feels way bigger than it should be because of the promos they've been cutting on each other. KENTA's become promo-gold, and they're kind of petty mirrors of each other (both left and came back with attitudes, both don't take shit seriously, both use psychological warfare and/or passive aggressive comments to mock their opponents)

Ishii/Goto/Eagles vs Hiromu/Shingo/EVIL from Road To New Beginning Feb 4th was p. gud