NJPW Thread

[Robareid]

They don't really do DVDs. The IVP ones are good, but they're not official, they're basically high quality bootlegs apart from there is no legal alternative so NJPW lets it happen.

They do have their version of the WWE Network.

[KylePWG]

They don't really do DVDs. The IVP ones are good, but they're not official, they're basically high quality bootlegs apart from there is no legal alternative so NJPW lets it happen.

They do have their version of the WWE Network.

At the time being I don't have internet access very often and I've never watched
any NJPW shows. With the hype around the upcoming show I wanted to check out
More of the product they offer. Once I get internet again I'll look into that.

[OhioROHFan]

I must say the GFW YouTube videos have been great. Matt Striker breaks down each match with a history lesson of those involved, tons of clips, and why it matters.

bravo GFW

[Mike0284]

Where is the best place to order NJPW DVDs? Any help is appreciated.

They don't really do DVDs. The IVP ones are good, but they're not official, they're basically high quality bootlegs apart from there is no legal alternative so NJPW lets it happen.
They do have their version of the WWE Network.

http://www.amazon.co.jp/s/ref=sr_nr_n_5 ... 2Ck%3Anjpw

Also:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/s/ref=dp_byline ... -alias=dvd

[Robareid]

But I'm pretty sure you'd need a courier service for those, and they cost between $40-80 each. From what I've heard, they don't have a physical media culture over there, so very few people buy DVDs so the prices are super high for those that do want them.

[stay gold]

Still getting used to navigating NJPW World but I like it a lot.

So far I've watched

Liger vs Sano
Dick Murdoch vs Adrian Adonis
Dick Murdoch vs Abdullah the Butcher
Nakamura and Goto vs Sugiura and Misawa
Devitt vs Ibushi

Plan to watch all of the Brody/Inoki matches. And obviously, WK9 this weekend.

Happy camper.

[DXvsNWO1994]

For anyone who hasn't heard, Voices of Wrestling put together an in-depth, New Japan 2014 Yearbook (in ebook format). From what I've heard, it's nearly 400 pages, and is supposed to be available within the next day or two.

[Robareid]

Will be available on a pay what you want (free is an option) format, and is basically the 2014 New Japan prospectus.

https://payhip.com/b/pLRE

[Sandy Fork]

So fucking hype right now.

[SamoaNOAH]

Still getting used to navigating NJPW World but I like it a lot.

So far I've watched

Liger vs Sano
Dick Murdoch vs Adrian Adonis
Dick Murdoch vs Abdullah the Butcher
Nakamura and Goto vs Sugiura and Misawa
Devitt vs Ibushi

Plan to watch all of the Brody/Inoki matches. And obviously, WK9 this weekend.

Happy camper.

Can you watch WK live on NJPW World? Live as in the 7pm Sun version

[donkitrk99]

Dang it. Not this thread too...

Why do you guys even argue with Chris2000? He literally just complained about Okada vs Tanahashi wrestling for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship. A rivalry that's considered by many to be the best wrestling in 15 years. And he complains about it for the reason that "they aren't true heavyweights."

The only reason I read his posts is for the lulz. How anyone on here takes this guy seriously is beyond me.

What's been so great about it then? I havent' heard one thing about it, in fact I had to wiki both guys.

All of this is everything anyone needs to know about Chris20000

[donkitrk99]

These are *my* favorite (93) matches from NJPW for 2014 (the Julian {1/1-12/31} calendar and not the Meltzian calendar). I watched everything from New Japan (well, everything deemed worthy of a VoW review).
There are 3 matches that I couldn’t find at the time I was ready to watch them that were fairly well rated, but not anything close to MOTYC or anything – I’ll update this list with an edited post when/if I find them. They are: Tanahashi & The TimeSplitters vs. Naito, Ibushi, & El Desperado; Tanahashi & Naito vs. Goto & Shibata; and Nakamura vs. Kojima.
Would love to see this spark some discussion, but remember the emphasis on *my*! There are no right or wrong answers here, only personal opinion, (hopefully) healthy discussion, and an appreciation of the art of pro wrestling.

****3/4
1. Kazuchika Okada vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (NJPW G1 Finals)
2. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hirooki Goto (NJPW Power Struggle)
3. Minoru Suzuki vs. AJ Styles (NJPW G1 N7)
4. The Young Bucks vs. reDRagon (ROH/NJPW War Of The Worlds)

****1/2
5. KUSHIDA vs. Ricochet (NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Finals)
6. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tetsuya Naito (NJPW The New Beginning N2)
7. Tomoaki Honma vs. Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW G1 N4)
8. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Kota Ibushi (NJPW Back To The Yokohama Arena)
9. Kota Ibushi vs. Ricochet (NJPW Dominion)
10. Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi (NJPW Strong Style 42nd Anniversary)
11. Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8)
12. Tomhiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata (NJPW G1 N10)
13. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yuji Nagata (NJPW G1 N11)
14. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW G1 N7)
15. Tomoaki Honma vs. Katsuyori Shibata (NJPW G1 N8)
16. Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki (NJPW G1 N11)
17. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata (NJPW Destruction in Kobe)

****1/4
18. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yujiro Takahashi (NJPW King of Pro Wrestling)
19. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. AJ Styles (NJPW King of Pro Wrestling)
20. Ryusuke Taguchi vs. KUSHIDA (NJPW Destruction in Kobe)
21. Minoru Suzuki vs. Tetsuya Naito (NJPW G1 N9)
22. Kazuchika Okada vs. Hirooki Goto (NJPW G1 N9)
23. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (NJPW G1 N8)
24. Yuji Nagata vs. Katsuyori Shibata (NJPW G1 N7)
25. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata (NJPW G1 N4)
26. Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito (NJPW King of Pro Wrestling)
27. Togi Makabe vs. Tetsuya Naito (NJPW G1 N7)
28. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW G1 N6)
29. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Yuji Nagata (NJPW G1 N4)
30. Minoru Suzuki vs. Togi Makabe (NJPW G1 N8)
31. The Young Bucks vs. The Time Splitters (NJPW Dominion)
32. Kevin Steen vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds)
33. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (NJPW Invasion Attack)
34. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (NJPW The New Beginning N1)
35. Hirooki Goto vs. Kazuchika Okada (NJPW The New Beginning N2)
36. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hirooki Goto (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8)
37. Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW Invasion Attack)
38. AJ Styles vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW G1 Finals)
39. AJ Styles vs. Kazuchika Okada vs. Michael Elgin (ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds)
40. reDRagon vs. The TimeSplitters (NJPW Power Struggle)
41. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Katsuyori Shibata, & Hirooki Goto vs. Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura, & Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW Road to Power Struggle N1)
42. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tomoaki Honma (NJPW Wrestling Dontaku)

****
43. Jay Lethal vs. Kushida (ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds)
44. Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito (NJPW G1 N5)
45. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tomoaki Honma (NJPW G1 N5)
46. Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura, & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto, & Tetsuya Naito (NJPW Road To The New Beginning)
47. The Young Bucks vs. The Forever Hooligans vs. The TimeSplitters (ROH/NJPW Global Wars)
48. reDRagon vs. The TimeSplitters (NJPW G1 Finals)
49. Kazuchika Okada vs. Togi Makabe (NJPW G1 N3)
50. Tetsuya Naito, Kota Ibushi, & El Desperado vs. Kuzuchiko Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, & Gedo (NJPW New Japan Cup Finals)
51. Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW New Japan Cup Round 1)
52. Bad Luck Fale vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (NJPW New Japan Cup Finals)
53. The Young Bucks vs. Kota Ibushi & El Desperado (NJPW Invasion Attack)
54. (t) Tomoaki Honma vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW G1 N1)
54. (t) Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Katsuyori Shibata (NJPW G1 N1)
54. (t) Kazuchika Okada vs. AJ Styles (NJPW G1 N1)
57. Togi Makabe vs. Hirooki Goto (NJPW Destruction in Kobe)
58. Hirooki Goto vs. Tetsuya Naito (NJPW G1 N8)
59. Forever Hooligans vs. The Time Splitters (NJPW Road to Power Struggle N1)
60. Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI HASHI vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi (NJPW Power Struggle)
61. Tomoaki Honma & Yuji Nagata vs. Katsuyori Shibata & Hirooki Goto (NJPW Dominion)
62. Kazuchika Okada vs. AJ Styles (NJPW Back to the Yokohama Arena)
63. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. (NJPW G1 N8)
64. Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan (NJPW G1 N2)
65. Prince Devitt vs. Kota Ibushi (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8)
66. Karl Anderson vs. Hirooki Goto (NJPW G1 N6)
67. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8)
68. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Katsuyori Shibata (NJPW Power Struggle)

Honorable Mention (***3/4 Matches in Chronological Order)

NJPW/CMLL Fantasticamania N1
Rush & La Sombra vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Ultimo Guerrerro

NJPW/CMLL Fantasticamania N5
Volador Jr. vs. Mascara Dorada

NJPW The New Beginning N2
The Young Bucks vs. The TimeSplitters
Kota Ibushi vs. El Desperado

NJPW Road to Invasion Attack N1
Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomoaki Honma vs. Katsuyori Shibata & Hirooki Goto

NJPW Invasion Attack
Guns & Gallows vs. Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku
Kazuchika Okada vs. AJ Styles

NJPW Best of the Super Juniors N1
Ricochet vs. Alex Koslov

NJPW Best of the Super Juniors N4
Ricochet vs. Jushin ‘Thunder’ Liger

NJPW Dominion
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bad Luck Fale

NJPW G1 N2
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Satoshi Kojima
Yuji Nagata vs. Tomoaki Honma

NJPW G1 N3
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Satoshi Kojima
Tetsuya Naito vs. AJ Styles

NJPW G1 N5
Hirooki Goto vs. AJ Styles

NJPW G1 N6
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Satoshi Kojima
Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. AJ Styles

NJPW G1 N8
AJ Styles vs. Lance Archer

NJPW G1 N9
AJ Styles vs. Karl Anderson

NJPW G1 N11
Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi

NJPW Road To Destruction N1
Tomaki Honma & Togi Makabe vs. Kota Ibushi & Hirooki Goto
Hiroshi Tanahashi & KUSHIDA vs. Tetsuya Naito & Ryusuke Taguchi

NJPW Destruction in Kobe
Shinsuke Nakaura vs. Bad Luck Fale

NJPW Destruction in Okayama
Karl Anderson vs. Kazuchika Okada

NJPW King of Pro Wrestling
TimeSplitters vs. Young Bucks vs. Forever Hooligans

[Mike0284]

So the GFW version of Wrestle Kingdom 9 will be $44.99 in HD from xfinity/Comcast.
7-11 pm Sunday night with a ton of replays until the 13th of January.

[187_Joeism]

[DXvsNWO1994]

More New Japan/ROH Crossover Shows have OFFICIALLY been confirmed for this May!!!!!!!!!!!

[ICHIFUJI]

More New Japan/ROH Crossover Shows have OFFICIALLY been confirmed for this May!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm glad about this too.

[187_Joeism]

I survived going from Toronto to New York last year so i am in for more dates

[Mike0284]

The King.

[MHDogg]

Great show. I was fortunate enough to go live. Must watch.

[ROHFan25]

Jr Tag ***1/2
Ishii/Makabe **** (Won't be everyones cup of tea)
Omega/Taguchi *** (Omega is fucking unbelievable.)
Doc n Gun vs Goto/Shibata ***1/2
AJ/Naito ***3/4
Nakamura/Ibushi *****
Tanahashi/Okada *****

Spoiler: show

Nakamura/Ibushi was the MOTN and will be the MOTY. It'll literally be impossible to top. Might be my favorite match ever, I can't really think right now. Post show buzz hasn' tworn off. They did all the little things perfectly. Facial expressions, story, etc. I kind of feel weird giving the main ***** as well because it wasn't as good as the IC match, but I had to after seeing Okada's reaction. Perfect story, phenomenal match, and character development for Okada. His character will change a bit, and he's going to be more sympathetic now, which is fucking perfect.

Ibushi/Tanahashi and Nakamura/Okada at the Dome next year please.