John E. Dynamite Posted July 6 Share Posted July 6 Has anybody ever fishooked Tsuji to an extreme extent, to see how far that grin can really go? It would be a hell of a visual. Hope I get to see it at the Dome show main event Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Might be Suwama's final challenge ever for the Triple Crown. Info is from Tokyo Sports, so it might also be another one of those kayfabe madeup stories to hype up a match. Or maybe not.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 (edited) Pro Wrestling NOAH, DESTINATION 2024, 4,196 fans in the Budokan.. Kenoh beat old man Nagata. The GLG unit disbanded. Go won the WHC title. Ulka Sasaki won the GHC National title. WWE Superstar Aj Styles beat Marufuji. Kaito retained the GHC. The new years show next year is at the Budokan again, on 01 01 2025. Edited July 14 by dragonzombie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted July 13 Share Posted July 13 ... Didn't Jake join the Bullet Club? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 45 minutes ago, Ace said: ... Didn't Jake join the Bullet Club? Yeah he did but whatever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 I’m kinda surprised by how swiftly AJPW transitioned to having the young guns stable of Anzai, Honda, Ayabe, and Hayato as their top guys. Feel like this is going to be toughest on Aoyagi and Ashino, who may just be passed over (Kento is always going to be relevant). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 I always thought Ashino would be looked over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted July 14 Share Posted July 14 NOAH player YOICHI has changed his name again to Inamura Aki? He had so many names so far in his short career. The NOAH Roster page updated, the unit All Rebellion is above the NOAH home army Jake Lee is done with NOAH. https://www.noah.co.jp/profile/ I can't remember when but they switched to sorta silver mat canvas, and they used the White colored logo more prominently at the Budokan show. I'm surprised they never changed the name of the promotion to further move away from the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted July 20 Share Posted July 20 I’m happy that AJPW is booking Kuma Arashi again, even if it’s in Hokuto Omori’s deadbeat stable. Dude deserves a permanent home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 MUSASHI is joing AJPW. He is a former Michinoku Pro Wrestling guy. Nextream is finished. The unit lasted from 2015 to 2024, it was a tag team before ending. The participants for the Royal Road tourny are out there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 DDT Peter Pan Spoilers Spoiler Kota Ibushi is BACK in DDT. He returned as a weapon in the Dieno/Takagi match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinube Posted July 22 Author Share Posted July 22 After Peter Pan, Despy announced that he'll be out indefinitely to get surgery. Quote ‘Everything from my back to my nipples has holes in after I wrestled Chris Brookes yesterday, but this is nothing to do with that,’ joked the Best of the Super Jr. winner before explaining that when the ‘adrenaline switch’ should be on during his matches, working around the injury was preventing that and that he wanted to be at his strongest ‘giving absolutely all I can’. Desperado cited winning the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship on night one of the New Japan Soul series only to lose it right at the end of the tour to DOUKI as a message that surgery was the right call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 Akitoshi Saito is retiring on November 17 https://www.youtube.com/live/bckpUcHGr_k?si=I3FhjzhWHgCLhRPS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 So the N-1 is I think only four shows in and there are already two guys out with injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonial Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 NOAH just announced that Yoshinari Ogawa will retire from in-ring competition because of neck issues. And Yuki Ishikawa, one of Big Japan's young DM wrestlers, retired this week at age 28. I enjoyed his run in GCW's DM tournament on WM weekend -- had a fun sprint with Kamitani. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 Man, why would you take the name of a puro legend, even if it's your own? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 I will miss Ratboy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 So Ogawa is just retired. No ceremony or retirement tour or match. https://www.noah.co.jp/news/6097/ Stinger is just one guy now. Just Daga. Marufuji and Sugiura are the only ones left from the old AJPW/NOAH split still contracted under NOAH. Sugi trained in the old AJPW dojo, but he debuted in NOAH instead as a rookie. Marufuji will be retired in a few more years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted August 14 Share Posted August 14 12 hours ago, colonial said: And Yuki Ishikawa, one of Big Japan's young DM wrestlers, retired this week at age 28. I enjoyed his run in GCW's DM tournament on WM weekend -- had a fun sprint with Kamitani. What were the odds that that Yuki Ishikawa was gonna be the first one to retire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostinube Posted August 14 Author Share Posted August 14 17 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: Man, why would you take the name of a puro legend, even if it's your own? Different kanji for Yuki, so no foul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 Yuma Aoyagi regained the TC, ending Anzai’s first reign. First challenger: Kento Then, the champ will face the winner of the above tournament (if I have my timeframe right). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonzombie Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 The N-1 Victory Finals is Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Kenoh, basically their two top guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Any watch it? Curious on how Heights and Briggs looked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horangi Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 8 hours ago, Eivion said: Any watch it? Curious on how Heights and Briggs looked. I havent had a chance but have been following the tournament, feedback with Tavion has been mostly positive but Briggs not so much. The consensus that I saw on Briggs is just that he is boring. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted August 27 Share Posted August 27 8 minutes ago, Horangi said: I havent had a chance but have been following the tournament, feedback with Tavion has been mostly positive but Briggs not so much. The consensus that I saw on Briggs is just that he is boring. That somehow surprises me and doesn't. Briggs is talented, but he always feels lacking as a personality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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