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Tadasuke joined Team 2000 X

OZAWA won the GHC National, becoming the first Double Crown Champion. He gave up the GHC National, so it's vacant. He doesn't care about the red belt. 

 

GHC HW

OZAWA (c) vs Kitamiya is next.

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On 3/2/2025 at 7:57 AM, DragonZombie said:

OZAWA won the GHC National, becoming the first Double Crown Champion. He gave up the GHC National, so it's vacant. He doesn't care about the red belt. 

Why even bother with doing a double title match, if the plan wasn't for a unification or OZAWA holding both of them? Wouldn't it have been just as easy for Soya to challenge OZAWA with the aim of being a double champ?

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3 hours ago, Mike Campbell said:

Why even bother with doing a double title match, if the plan wasn't for a unification or OZAWA holding both of them? Wouldn't it have been just as easy for Soya to challenge OZAWA with the aim of being a double champ?

It's NOAH, they always had wonky booking. OZAWA pretty much doesn't like the GHC National. And it's a gimmicky way for him to drop it, due to his heel bs ways in not wanting it and disrespecting it. And yet let him be the first Double Crown.  They are still pushing him in their weird ways.

And with this booking decision it seems unlike NJPW and AJPW, the top belts don't merge.

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I'm not sure if Tanahashi will win the IWGP World, would be interesting if they hot shot it to the fighters who never won the title for a few times. 

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4 hours ago, DragonZombie said:

I'm not sure if Tanahashi will win the IWGP World, would be interesting if they hot shot it to the fighters who never won the title for a few times. 

I don't think so, unless Goto has some sort of injury or is taking time off for another reason. My buddy and I both figure that he drops it at Dominion to whomever wins the NJ Cup.

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Gotoh is looking to lead NJPW and Chaos is merged into the main unit, rather than being a coalition they have been since 2018.

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Chaos should have been disbanded/merged as soon as Okada left at the latest. Really should have been done years ago they stopped feeling like a unit a long time ago 

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58 minutes ago, Sublime said:

Chaos should have been disbanded/merged as soon as Okada left at the latest. Really should have been done years ago they stopped feeling like a unit a long time ago 

Yep! It's like a state of disorder or confusion now. A complete absence of control. A complex system where the behaviour is so devoid of order as to seem random. Not sure what a good word for that would be, though.

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I'm sure people will be aware by now but maybe not, yesterday was scheduled to be the first night of the New Japan Cup but before the show started one of the ring posts broke, so it turned into an extended talk show (fans all got refunds)

First day of the Cup is therefore today

Oh, and Chris Charlton returned from suspension on Thursday's show

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From Tokyo Sports

Yuji Nagata left the IWGP Executive Committee. He criticized Naito. Last time Nagata fought for the highest championship of NJPW was 13 years and 3 months ago.  So December 2011.  I left some stuff out because I'm lazy.

If Nagata wins the World title, then he becomes the oldest champion at age 56. Right now Gotoh is the oldest champ. Nagata is the oldest Triple Crown Champion of AJPW. Tenryu was the oldest IWGP HW Champ and M.Suzuki was the oldest IWGP IC Champion.

 

In other newz, Shota has a new look. Bald and white pants. 

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In a mini tournament, 1 of these guys below could end up as the new GHC National Champion

Takashi Sugiura

Tetsuya Endo (TEAM 2000X) (DDT)

Manabu Soya (Passionate RATELS)

Galeno (ALL REBELLION)

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From Purolove 

NJPW "NEW JAPAN CUP 2025", 15.03.2025 (NJPW World)
Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium (Dolphins Arena)

- New Japan Cup - Quarter Final: David Finlay vs. Yuya Uemura
- New Japan Cup - Quarter Final: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Taichi
- New Japan Cup - Quarter Final: Shota Umino vs. Jeff Cobb
- New Japan Cup - Quarter Final: Shingo Takagi vs. Drilla Moloney
- IWGP World Heavyweight Title: Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Yuji Nagata

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Spoiler

Goto won and retained. He remains the oldest IWGP World Champion

I dunno who is gonna win the cup. 

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I like Shota Umino.  He has Chono's STF,  his own take on the Northern Lights bomb, has gotten more stoic, has good lariats. His half nelsons are ok. I enjoy his babyface in peril stuff like Mutoh and Kobashi used to do. He has own Half Nelson suplexs like Kobashi. He kinda looks like Jinsei Shinzaki from far.

Only weak parts is his soft elbow bunts, but then again Muto had soft elbow smashes. Whatever.

 

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On 3/15/2025 at 6:37 PM, DragonZombie said:

He kinda looks like Jinsei Shinzaki from far.

I hadn't made that connection, then during a tag match when they're both on the outside Shingo hits him with a praying apron walk lol.

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NJPW 

The wonky ring that wouldn't work was old WJ ring.

Just 4 Guys will be working with the NJPW/main army. Alliance. It's not absorption.

Tanahashi vs Shingo is next. They are tied in their single series, so 1-1. 

Tanahashi doing his own show. 


DDT

M.Suzuki won the Universal belt of DDT, the important secondary belt of DDT. 

I would watch more DDT, but i dont have the time.

 

 

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