New Japan Pro-Wrestling (On NJPWWorld and Triller TV)

[RossFC]

Semi finals announcements in video.

 

[nobbyiscool]

Interesting semi-final match up, given the streak that BISHAMON have been on in Tag League and the push that War Dogs are getting, I thought that'd be the final.

I have a horrible feeling that Hikuleo and ELP might win the whole thing now.

 

[RossFC]

Interesting semi-final match up, given the streak that BISHAMON have been on in Tag League and the push that War Dogs are getting, I thought that'd be the final.

I have a horrible feeling that Hikuleo and ELP might win the whole thing now.

At the start I said I hope TMDK wins A Block, I'll stick with that. Nagata and Suzuki in B block though didn't work out at all, they hated each other too much lol.

 

[RossFC]

World Tag League Day 15 (Semi Finals) notes:

Spoiler

ELP and Hikuleo beat TMDK in a tag league semi.
Goto and Yoshi-Hashi beat Gabe Kidd and Alex Coughlin in a tag league semi in the main event.

Final will be ELP and Hikuleo vs Goto and Yoshi-Hashi.

 

[RossFC]

ELP and Hikuleo in the World Tag League Final Presser:

 

[RossFC]

World Tag League Day 16 (Final) notes:

Spoiler

Okada and Tanahashi beat The Gates of Agony.
Goto and Yoshi-Hashi beat ELP and Hikuleo to win World Tag League in the main event. Not a fan of the result.

 

[Cleavy]

https://www.f4wonline.com/news/new-japan/double-tag-team-title-match-added-to-njpw-wrestle-kingdom-18

time to get rid of all of these Strong titles

 

[RossFC]

Tag League Winners Presser:

Also the IWGP US/UK title will now turn into the IWGP Global Title.

 

[Cleavy]

Also the IWGP US/UK title will now turn into the IWGP Global Title.
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they should have never unified the titles in the first place

 

[RossFC]

they should have never unified the titles in the first place

You talking about the US/UK titles? I don't consider the UK one to be a separate title, just a rogue rebrand (in storyline).

To me it was like when Lance Storm in WCW changed the US Title to the Canadian Title.

 

[Cleavy]

You talking about the US/UK titles? I don't consider the UK one to be a separate title, just a rogue rebrand (in storyline).

To me it was like when Lance Storm in WCW changed the US Title to the Canadian Title.

no, I meant when they unified/merged the World and Intercontinental titles and started afresh with the lineage

 

[Cleavy]

Group members

• New Japan Pro-Wrestling (New Japan Pro-Wrestling Co. Ltd.)
• All Japan Pro-Wrestling (All Japan Pro-Wrestling Co. Ltd.)
• Pro-Wrestling NOAH (Cyber Fight Co. Ltd.)
• DDT Pro-Wrestling (Cyber Fight Co. Ltd.)
• Ganbare ☆ Pro-Wrestling (Cyber Fight Co. Ltd.)
• Big Japan Pro-Wrestling （Yotsuba Industries Ltd.)
• DRAGONGATE (DRAGONGATE Co. Ltd.)
• STARDOM (BushiRoad Fight Co. Ltd.)
• Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (Cyber Fight Co. Ltd.)

Further Group members will be considered in future.

 

[Cleavy]

NJPW makes changes in company management, Hiroshi Tanahashi appointed as President

There were changes made to NJPW's management and those changes went into effect on 12/23. One of the changes is Tanahashi as President.

www.postwrestling.com

not sure what this means exactly...

 

[Cleavy]

card for Wrestle Kingdom 18:

• IWGP World Heavyweight Champion SANADA defends against Tetsuya Naito
• Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson
• Three-way match: Will Ospreay vs. Jon Moxley vs. David Finlay to determine the inaugural IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi defends against El Desperado
• NJPW World Television Champion Zack Sabre Jr. defends against Hiroshi Tanahashi
• NEVER Openweight Champion Shingo Takagi defends against Tama Tonga
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions Clark Connors & Drilla Moloney defend against TJP & Francesco Akira
• Winner-takes-all Tag Team title match: IWGP Tag Team Champions Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions Hikuleo & El Phantasmo
• Yuya Uemura vs. Yota Tsuji
• Kaito Kiyomiya & Shota Umino vs. Ren Narita & EVIL
• New Japan Rambo - final four advance to New Year's Dash for KOPW 2024 belt

 

[RossFC]

 

[RossFC]

The new IWGP Global Title (Replacing the US/UK Title).

 

[Cleavy]

The new IWGP Global Title (Replacing the US/UK Title).

looks kinda meh.

 

[RossFC]

looks kinda meh.

Have to agree with your earlier statement up the page, The IC title should have stayed.

 

[RossFC]

Also new IWGP jr tag title designs.

 

[nobbyiscool]

Can anyone tell me about timing for WK tomorrow so I don't have to do annoying time conversions?

 

[Cleavy]

Can anyone tell me about timing for WK tomorrow so I don't have to do annoying time conversions?

we're (AEDT) 2 hours ahead of Japan. show is apparently 5:30pm AEDT

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

we're (AEDT) 2 hours ahead of Japan. show is apparently 5:30pm AEDT

'Pre show' Rambo starts at 5:30pm aest.
Main card starts at 6:30pm aest.

 

[nobbyiscool]

Fujita for the Ranbo or we riot!

 

[Cleavy]

if Finlay wins the Global Title, then we collectively groan.

 

[nobbyiscool]

if Finlay wins the Global Title, then we collectively groan.

Have you found English commentary?

I swear we usually get English commentary for the ranbo.