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When Tsuji countered the Stormbreaker and then hit the short Gene Blaster I actually thought they went and did the damn thing. I haven't watched much WWE recently so I'll just assume that Tsuji has more curb stomp variants than Seth does.

Whew. Tsuji/Ospreay was great. Dude is ready. Next up for Will is ZSJ at Royal Quest. They did a little comedy as the two spoke Japanese to each other before switching to English and then Will trying to sneak attack at the end. Also, dust off those shirts, Kanemaru for some reason turned on J5Gs and joined H.O.T. Is it a long con (that also cost TAICHI his KOPW belt)? Why turn Kanemaru now and not at the IWGP title match (which will be a lumberjack match)?

Manabu Soya announced that he got married last year to wrestler Koharu Hinata, who had already announced that she had gotten married and was pregnant last year but never said to whom.

He was a last minute sub for Oleg against ZSJ and the crowd went positively absolutely mild when he came out in his new look.

The Road to Destruction finally kicks off tomorrow but in the meantime NJPW World is putting up stuff like Despy vs Daisuke Sasaki and the GLEAT Junior match with Hiromu in it, possibly because it might end up being the set up to a Hiromu/Minoru Tanaka match. They were even putting the AEW shows up faster than normal.

Tam with the important stuff: what should the official meltear fandom name be?

SBK(ento) and Takuma showed up at the end of the GLEAT/AJPW show.

GLEAT and AJPW at Korakuen Hall

Just wanted to point out that as a recently as 2021, someone was still using a Leather Face gimmick in Japan. Here, he wrestles in a bar.

Stardom is under the Bushiroad Fight umbrella.

So there will be a first time winner this year. Two first time semi-finalists (Australia and Spain). Sweden have finished third three times and England once. Japan is out so fu-- um, go Australia, maybe.

Don't forget that today's show starts 3:00 PM Japan time.

The finals are set:

Ibushi looked OK, not great, in the GLEAT ten man - he could still do things but didn't seem as crisp. One thing he definitely looked was gassed by the end of the match. I don't think three weeks is going to help with that. Also, Ospreay joining Callis would ruin the United Empire, which is still a thing in New Japan.

It was definitely the worst of the four, especially after Finlay/Ospreay which had the most heat.

Semi-finals are set:

Ohtani is still in a wheelchair and undergoing rehab. They had a charity show for him in May where he made an appearance: He also delivered a message to Sugiura prior to his match with Jake in June. Takayama had a tracheostomy and then complications from that and was hospitalized in April for pneumonia. But he was discharged and is at home presumably. He is bed-ridden. https://ameblo.jp/takayama-do/

Going into the last match, the Japanese commentary team were saying how "this group has someone in, this group has someone in but..."

Mentai Kid vs Genkai vs Nozaki

Main event of the Kyushu Pro 15th Anniversary show: Mentai Kid (champion) vs Genkai vs Kodai Nozaki

The field is set. Tomorrow in Funabashi is

OK. So Kaito was wrong (no one saw the Hikuleo express coming). Okada and Ospreay. Finlay clinches it with a win over Eddie. Unfortunately EVIL over Shingo despite LIJ actually coming out to stop the shenanigans. One more night to go!