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

[Phone]

Why was Nakamaura a Fail as the Main Guy in NJPW?

It's been awhile since I've heard the story told, but essentially Nakamura was pushed very strongly out of the gate. Youngest IWGP champion ever. And he didn't get over, so they swapped to one of the other Three New Musketeers (which was Tana - Shibata may have already left NJPW by then.) As for the why, well the Nakamura we know didn't really come into existence around 2010. I've watched some of those early matches, and...they're perfectly fine. By the time he turned into the charismatic guy, Tana was the ace, and Okada must have been a Young Lion by then, and possibly could have already been annotated as the future ace

 

[JOELY]

Fun show tonight, last 3 matches worth a look for kawato's awesomeness, suzuki/yoshi-hashi build and Taguchi Japan vs LIJ always being good..

G1 Lineup
Tanahashi Makabe Elgin Okada Goto Ishii Yano YOSHI-HASHI Omega Fale Tonga Naito SANADA EVIL Kojima Nagata Juice Suzuki Zack Ibushi

 

[Phone]

Ibushi is the only unaligned guy this year (if we put Nagata, Kojima & Makabe together as the New Japan Dads). I would have liked one of War Machine but it's a bit hard to find someone to remove. You can't remove Yano and Fale because they're perfect guys for the Major players to drop matches to

 

[Loonerty]

Is Cody not in the G1?

 

[Phone]

The Gods have indeed been kind to us

He's about to win the ROH World Title and ROH doesn't allow their champion to be pinned outside of ROH. Elgin lost his ROH title reign because he took a pin in PWG

 

[Cleavy]

Is Cody not in the G1?

must have enough guys to deliver 3 star matches already

 

[Cleavy]

Omega winning as the favourite would be too much of a predictable outcome?

 

[JOELY]

Omega winning as the favourite would be too much of a predictable outcome?

I'd have Naito slightly more the favorite.

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

Is Cody not in the G1?

will be winning the roh world title they dont want him jobbing in the g1 that and his style doesnt suit take your pick

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

looks almost certain that they are building to okada vs naito and omega vs ibushi at wk but if they dont give omega a run with the belt it will be a mistake

 

[TradeDraft]

looks almost certain that they are building too okada vs naito and omega vs ibushi at wk but if they dont give omega a run with the belt it will be a mistake

He would leave over that

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

He would leave over that

ibushi is like his best mate so wouldnt be that. but he wants to be champ there. i can understand them not wanting to do it incase he leaves but he deserves a run with it

 

[TradeDraft]

ibushi is like his best mate so wouldnt be that. but he wants to be champ there. i can understand them not wanting to do it incase he leaves but he deserves a run with it

Agree. Lack of Trust from NJPW. Do they think once he Accomplish his Goal of being IWGP World Champ he would up and leave

 

[TradeDraft]

Why are there Title called IGWP and not just like NJPW World Title?

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

Agree. Lack of Trust from NJPW. Do they think once he Accomplish his Goal of being IWGP World Champ he would up and leave

well think about it wwe took balor then took aj/anderson/gallows/nakamura they have offered okada deals before and also went for bad luck fale.

 

[TradeDraft]

well think about it wwe took balor then took aj/anderson/gallows/nakamura they have offered okada deals before and also went for bad luck fale.

Fair Enough but would they make Sure he Lost the Title before his Contract Ran Out?

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

Fair Enough but would they make Sure he Lost the Title before his Contract Ran Out?

its not the point dave. they dont do hot potato with the strap like wwe does. if you get the belt its because they invest in you and expect you to be around. they gave the title early to aj and he did great but in the end he left they are scared of investing in western talent to have them walk out. omega has already flirted with coming to the wwe

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

omega wants to sign one or 2 year deals gedo and co want like 5 before giving the belt

 

[TradeDraft]

its not the point dave. they dont do hot potato with the strap like wwe does. if you get the belt its because they invest in you and expect you to be around. they gave the title early to aj and he did great but in the end he left they are scared of investing in western talent to have them walk out. omega has already flirted with coming to the wwe

So they don't give it to Overseas Talent as they s**t Scared of them Getting HomeSick and heading Home

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

So they don't give it to Overseas Talent as they s**t Scared of them Getting HomeSick and heading Home

the only 3 i know who have won the world title there is vader/scott norton and aj styles. brock lesnar won it as well but new japan doesnt count that

 

[Loonerty]

brock lesnar won it as well but new japan doesnt count that

How come?

 

[Stevi_Tigers]

How come?

my bad looked again they do count it. just remember brock had issues and wouldnt give the belt back and it became the igf title and new japan made a new one until brock agreed to drop it to kurt who then dropped it too nakamura unifying it

 

[The Casey Cat]

looks almost certain that they are building to okada vs naito and omega vs ibushi at wk but if they dont give omega a run with the belt it will be a mistake

Agree. I can understand not wanting to give Omega the title when he won't commit beyond one or two years. But failing to do so now in a way burns all the good work up until now creating his journey. He should win the G1 again and capture the title at Wrestlekingdom. He won't jump before the April (allowing him to build and then drop at one of the biggest shows) event if they do that in fact I'm quite sure he won't jump at all.

 

[Cleavy]

 

[JOELY]

G1 Blocks. Very nice.



A Block
Hiroshi Tanahashi
Togi Makabe
Tomohiro Ishii
Hirooki Goto
YOSHI-HASHI
Bad Luck Fale
Yuji Nagata
Zack Sabre Jr.
Kota Ibushi
Tetsuya Naito

B Block
Kazuchika Okada
Toru Yano
Satoshi Kojima
Michael Elgin
Juice Robinson
Tama Tonga
SANADA
EVIL
Minoru Suzuki
Kenny Omega

Full schedule