2021 Puroresu General Discussion

[Doragon]

I enjoyed the latest Shingo vs ZSJ. Power Struggle 2021 was a good show.

I hope in the future, NJPW molds some of their rookies and future rookies into other styles, the likes of Choshuism, brawler style, kicker, shooter, hybrids and more etc. 

[Doragon]

Anyway this blog post explains further Baba vs Inoki ways. 

http://puroprogramtranslations.blogspot.com/2021/10/noah-theme-of-pro-wrestling-noah.html

Also AJPW catchphrase and motto since 1989 and still to this day is 明るく、楽しく、激しいプロレス or in English, Bright, Fun, and Intense Wrestling. Before it was the Dark-Wrestling of AJPW 80's, with ringouts and fouls and DQ.

Someday I should explain Inoki and other old NJPW elements and stuff.

Edited November 11, 2021 by D.Z

[John E. Dynamite]

20 hours ago, D.Z said:

I hope in the future, NJPW molds some of their rookies and future rookies into other styles, the likes of Choshuism, brawler style, kicker, shooter, hybrids and more etc. 

It really seems like the Dragon System / Mutoh-ism won out, with Tanahashi and to a lesser extent SANADA being the obvious modern bearers. I wanted EVIL to be the guy to pick up the Choshuism reigns from Kojima. There's no obvious True Strong Stylist to carry on the Inoki -> Hashimoto -> Nakamura lineage, save for whatever drops of it Shibata's imparting out in Cali.

Actually, now that I think about it, the real patriarch of the modern NJPW house style is Animal Hamaguchi.

Edited November 11, 2021 by John E. Dynamite

[Doragon]

5 hours ago, John E. Dynamite said:

It really seems like the Dragon System / Mutoh-ism won out, with Tanahashi and to a lesser extent SANADA being the obvious modern bearers. I wanted EVIL to be the guy to pick up the Choshuism reigns from Kojima. There's no obvious True Strong Stylist to carry on the Inoki -> Hashimoto -> Nakamura lineage, save for whatever drops of it Shibata's imparting out in Cali.

Actually, now that I think about it, the real patriarch of the modern NJPW house style is Animal Hamaguchi.

Some styles, isms and elements died out in NJPW like real Gotch-ism. Also some elements got introduced in the 90's and then died out later for example.  We also have to keep in mind they're all variants of Strong Style, even Choshu would label his own style as his own version of the Strong Style, World Japan used a variant name of Strong Style with extra words added, but I don't recall what it was.

[lostinube]

目ん玉飛び出るようなストロングスタイル

Eye-popping Strong Style although the way it's written is more like the Strong Style that will make your eyeballs fly out.

[Ryan]

Watching Kenzo Suzuki and Dan Bobish may make your eyes pop out for various reasons.

[The Natural]

Jesus.

[Control]

There’s a Tenryu vs Omori match from World Japan that I remember being inexplicably great. Maybe the last really good Omori singles match. It’ll make your eyes jiggle but otherwise stay in place.

Edit: there’s apparently a Omori/Kento match I haven’t seen that’s much more recent and highly regarded, so maybe I should track that down.

Edited November 12, 2021 by Control

[Kropotkin's Beard]

4 hours ago, The Natural said:

Jesus.

I am so ready for Go's return. That title reign last year was so bloody good, especially considering it was almost all done with either no fans or silent fans.

[Doragon]

78 percent in Japan gotten their first dose, 75 percent are vaccinated. Expect Jan or Feb when everything mostly goes back to normal.

[Doragon]

This site is basically is my news blog at this point. However nowhere as dead as SSS/Puroresufan in the final years.

GHC HW and GHC National Double Crown match this month. Match could still end up with no winner like the last time.

Spoiler

 

[Doragon]

Excursions are back on the menu for AJPW, the twin brothers will head to USA indefinitely to gain experience and change up their style. One of them wants to get one or two times as larger weight wise.

[Salads]

I for one appreciate the D.Z news blog.

[The Natural]

NJPW president Takami Ohbari made a series of announcements prior to today's Best of the Super Juniors event at Korakuen Hall, including a 50th anniversary tour and museum exhibit. 

The anniversary tour will hit Sendai on February 11, 2022, Osaka on February 13, two nights in Hokkaido on February 19 and February 20, then two nights in the Nippon Budokan on March 1 and March 2. 

The NJPW-ism exhibit will run from February 11 to February 27, 2022 at the Tokyo Dome City Gallery AaMo. The exhibit will feature artifacts and items from NJPW history. A pair of Andre the Giant's boots and an autographed Andre hand print were presented as examples of what fans can expect at the museum. 

Ohbari also announced that the January tour will be called New Year's Golden Series, a throwback to a tour name used throughout the 1970s and 1980s. 

Additionally, NJPW will be partnering with 50 different manufacturers to produce new merchandise, with the first presented examples being gaming chairs produced by Contleaks and golf bags made by M.I.N.D.

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Hopefully NJPW's 50th Anniversary is as great as the 40th was.

[Doragon]

They want to become the sum of all parts version of NJPW, and reconcile with their 50 years of history. The 50th celebration ends during the 2023 WK events.

[Doragon]

AJPW 50th logo 

 

Edited November 15, 2021 by D.Z

[The Natural]

Andre the Giant handprint.

[Spontaneous]

Jun Kasai vs Daisuke Masaoka from Freedoms was an incredible death match. I hope it can get some more attention, I thought it was just a great match, one of the ones to transcend the style. Still incredibly violent. 

Spoiler

Violento Jack vs Jun Kasai will be brilliant at the rate they both are on. 

 

[The Natural]

Rainmaker.

[Doragon]

Upcoming NJPW and NOAH press conferences

https://twitter.com/noah_ghc/status/1461212598083506179
https://twitter.com/njpw1972/status/1461212715888697345

[Doragon]

NJPW's Fighting Spirit series might be revived.

[Doragon]

Jun Akiyama wants to scout and train a bigger man from scratch for DDT, he is doing all the coaching for the younger players, regardless if they were already fully trained too. 

Also both DDT and Jun Akiyama will celebrate their own anniversaries next year, 25 years of DDT and 30 years of Jun, so special DDT Jun show.

Jun was ready to quit being active before going to DDT. 

[Doragon]

In 5 hours

 

[Control]

I know it’s early, but not seeing a ton of excitement about NJPW vs NOAH

[The Natural]

@Casey.