Toggle sidebar

GDT: New Japan/Stardom Thread - Wrestle Kingdom/Dynasty

Ospreay/Okada will be NJPW’s first cage match in 20 years.
 
  • Like
Reactions: CDJ
Just watched WK. Excellent event!

Bryan/Okada was my MOTN, but Shingo/Tama overdelivered, the 3 way was fun, and the Jr. title match was as well with a shocking result.
 
ZSJ/Bryan II is gonna be February 11th at New Beginning in Osaka. Same show with the 5v5 steel cage match which will be Ospreay's last.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Fro
Ospreay and Okada leave back to back. Jay White last year. ELP's contract expires in a matter of days. The War Dogs apparently have their deals coming up too. Also makes me wonder if time is ticking on ZSJ.

NJPW has a big hill to climb.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Big Poppa Puck
Clint Eastwood said:
Ospreay and Okada leave back to back. Jay White last year. ELP's contract expires in a matter of days. The War Dogs apparently have their deals coming up too. Also makes me wonder if time is ticking on ZSJ.

NJPW has a big hill to climb.
Click to expand...

I need ELP in Bullet Club Gold, especially with Juice out for a while.

Clint Eastwood said:
Ospreay and Okada leave back to back. Jay White last year. ELP's contract expires in a matter of days. The War Dogs apparently have their deals coming up too. Also makes me wonder if time is ticking on ZSJ.

NJPW has a big hill to climb.
Click to expand...

Tama Tonga is leaving too. He's been there forever as a good hand moving up and down the card. I'm not sure Jack Perry or Nemeth move the needle much either, especially Perry.

I'm guess Umino is in line for a huge push and gets the belt either at Dominion or WK.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: Clint Eastwood
Kevin Kelly was on WOL and gave some thoughts on the state of NJPW/Okada

  • Knows Okada wasn’t a fan of Harold Meij (nor was anyone)
  • The big names may look at this and consider leaving as well
  • The Japanese yen is very weak and is likely a big reason Okada is leaving.
  • Doesn’t think there are any Japanese wrestlers NJPW can bring in to make a difference, even Nakajima. “Promote from within”
  • Says “the last guy” was the reason there were 4 G1 blocks, including one with just young guys. G1 “doesn’t need a catchphrase” like born in the ring (I kinda liked that tbh..)
  • G1 should be cut down. Remove KENTA (“he doesn’t have it anymore), Goto, Yoshi-Hashi
  • Hiromu should be moved up into heavyweight, don’t listen to the dinosaurs saying otherwise. Same with El Desperado
  • Hiromu should win the New Japan Cup. Why not?
  • El Desparado should win BOSJ and go into G1.
  • G1 needs big AEW stars, not just “names”
  • “There is no money in Master Wato”
  • WWE has fans in Japan but New Japan has life long supporters, brand ambassadors
  • Gabe Kidd is great but needs to cut down on the bad language. “90% there”.
  • David Finlay is a great Bullet Club leader, he gets genuine boos in Japan. Western fans see him as Jay White Jr, Japanese fans do not.
  • Tama firing story and not defending the title was stupid
  • House of Torture is bad, stop that. Gets boos, but not the good ones
  • Tony Khan loves Daniel Garcia and will do everything to keep him.

I'm not going to act like i'm a huge NJPW fan but the thing that sticks out to me is i've always at least heard of the guy who was the "next one"

Feels like to me NJPW didn't bother needing to promote a successor/new draw until they realized "oh shit we probably should have done that sooner eh?"
 
  • Like
Reactions: Peter Sidorkiewicz
Blitzkrug said:
Kevin Kelly was on WOL and gave some thoughts on the state of NJPW/Okada

  • Knows Okada wasn’t a fan of Harold Meij (nor was anyone)
  • The big names may look at this and consider leaving as well
  • The Japanese yen is very weak and is likely a big reason Okada is leaving.
  • Doesn’t think there are any Japanese wrestlers NJPW can bring in to make a difference, even Nakajima. “Promote from within”
  • Says “the last guy” was the reason there were 4 G1 blocks, including one with just young guys. G1 “doesn’t need a catchphrase” like born in the ring (I kinda liked that tbh..)
  • G1 should be cut down. Remove KENTA (“he doesn’t have it anymore), Goto, Yoshi-Hashi
  • Hiromu should be moved up into heavyweight, don’t listen to the dinosaurs saying otherwise. Same with El Desperado
  • Hiromu should win the New Japan Cup. Why not?
  • El Desparado should win BOSJ and go into G1.
  • G1 needs big AEW stars, not just “names”
  • “There is no money in Master Wato”
  • WWE has fans in Japan but New Japan has life long supporters, brand ambassadors
  • Gabe Kidd is great but needs to cut down on the bad language. “90% there”.
  • David Finlay is a great Bullet Club leader, he gets genuine boos in Japan. Western fans see him as Jay White Jr, Japanese fans do not.
  • Tama firing story and not defending the title was stupid
  • House of Torture is bad, stop that. Gets boos, but not the good ones
  • Tony Khan loves Daniel Garcia and will do everything to keep him.

I'm not going to act like i'm a huge NJPW fan but the thing that sticks out to me is i've always at least heard of the guy who was the "next one"

Feels like to me NJPW didn't bother needing to promote a successor/new draw until they realized "oh shit we probably should have done that sooner eh?"
Click to expand...

If I had to guess, I assume they thought Okada would be staying. He's been doing this "f*** them kids" thing where he's been an arrogant, smug asshole who's downplayed the future guys of the company, especially Shota. He also completely emasculated Kiyomiya on his own NOAH show. I think they were gonna give Shota a big win but obviously with Okada leaving now, it won't happen.
 
NJPW adding a women’s title match for the first time in what seems like a while.

 
Bryan/ZSJ is 100% worth a watch. Fantastic match.

Steel Cage match is a stark contrast to the above, but also amazing in its own way. The send off for Ospreay was perfect. Might be one of my favorite wrestling moments in quite some time.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: Masked
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest posts

Ad

Upcoming events

Ad

Top Bottom