Infinit Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 They've just announced that the NJ USA Cup winner will be STRONG Openweight Champion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Well now I have no idea what the IWGP US title is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Spontaneous said: Well now I have no idea what the IWGP US title is. Yeah, I figured the IWGP United States Championship was there to act as the top title in NJPW STRONG like the NXT United Kingdom Championship is. This NJPW STRONG OPENWEIGHT Championship has to be a secondary title as the NEVER Openweight Championship is to the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship in NJPW. Edited April 3 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archibald Posted April 3 Author Share Posted April 3 Yeah, feels like the long term plan for USA title is to be "main" title and for this to be midcard title. I wonder if we are going to get some kind of a junior title as well? So that both "branches" would have junior, openweight and heavyweight titles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spontaneous Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 I wouldn't be shocked to see NJPW Strong tag titles at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Z Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Relevant to this thread also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archibald Posted April 5 Author Share Posted April 5 So Mox/Nagata for USA title? Sounds somewhat interesting, but where would it happen? I could see Nagata getting a trip to USA. I think that Strong and RoH (was supposed to be in Pure tournament from what I recall) could use some of his wrestling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Z Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 (edited) Nagata has accepted Mox's nomination for the US title and is prepared to go to USA. Nagata hasn't been in the single title front since 2016. Edited April 9 by D.Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo2653 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Were the Shibata NEVER matches that long ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo2653 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Fun episode this week. Dug all the matches and nothing seemed too long. Still not sure who is going to win this tourney. Will we get Mox/Nagata and the cup finals together? That would be a fire episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo2653 Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 The finish in the Lawlor/Hikuelo was kinda creative, but kinda silly. Opening tag was dope. Brody/Rush was good and the size disparity actually works since Brody works like a monster but he's not actually that big. Lawlor vs. Brody in the finals should be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Z Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 I hope they mostly keep the US title in USA, and maybe sometimes someones defends the title in Japan. Seems Nagata mentioned doing strikes based match but we will see, doesn't always go as mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Z Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 (edited) First NJPW Strong OW Champion Spoiler Edited April 24 by D.Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Otto Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 If you liked Shingo vs. Cobb, you won't be at all disappointed with the main event. Tremendous. Brutal at times. Especially Brody King's chops. Yikes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo2653 Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Yeah, that tournament final/championship match was great. Another match that would have been way better with fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archibald Posted April 28 Author Share Posted April 28 Next one sounds rather good as well. And Mox/Nagata is supposed to happen at some point so NJPW Strong has some solid matches lined up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Z Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 IWGP US title match will happen in AEW instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Z Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Article about Strong https://www.njpw1972.com/96100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alstein Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 They should be able to get crowds after June 15th due to loosening of restrictions then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt925 Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Before the dynamite match. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Otto Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Another great show today. If you can fit in time to watch both the tag match and Fredericks vs. Connors, you really should. At the very least, the main event was super intense and physical. It's starting to finally sink in that every Clark Connors match is really good to great, and the whole show, in a subtle way, revolves around him. Along with the slow-burn ascent of Connors into a wrestling machine, the unexpected yet substantial progress Fred Rosser has shown are the two main things that keep me watching this program. The show still seems to remain under the radar, but there's lots of stuff going on here with future implications for the wrestling industry in general, so I never feel like my time has been wasted. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo2653 Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 I never knew I'd be into Grizzled Vet Fred Rosser but here we are! That tag match was great and having an explicit stratification of your roster makes everything fall into place compared to your traditionally designed US promotion. And that main event was great. Again with the levels between guys, Karl has graduated so he's just a bit better than Connors and was able to pull it out in the end. But Connors is right there and you know it's going to turn around for him soon. I don't know what the future holds for Connors (I'd guess some Jrs work in NJPW and Indy work) but dude is nice with it! Also we get Mox and his dope NJPW theme back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo2653 Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Does Adrian Quest have Selena on his shorts? That's pretty dope. Hey Royce Issacs! Haven't seen him in forever. Oh, Nagata has the old man knees! Ooh that might not be good for the Dynamite match unless they do some ground stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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