NJPW Thread

[Robareid]

None announced

[DXvsNWO1994]

So....

Spoiler: show

Team 3D vs. Bullet Club at the Tokyo Dome Show?

[JTCole]

So when does New Japan tell them to pound sand?

[D2Kvirus]

Spoiler: show

[Sandy Fork]

So when does New Japan tell them to pound sand?

Spoiler: show

They sent out Yoshi Tatsu instead so I consider it already done

[JTCole]

Didn't Team 3D refuse to job to some New Japan guys before?

[Sandy Fork]

Chase Owens seems to have potential, but he needs some work.

[jordidebaas]

The first three matches for Power Struggle have been announced:
Nakamura vs. Shibata for the IWGP Intercontinental title
Ibushi & Tanahashi vs. YOSHI-HASHI and Okada
Yoshi Tatsu vs. AJ Styles

[ICHIFUJI]

NJPW never call ReDragon as ROH Tag Champ,did they lose?

[jordidebaas]

No

[Big Red Machine]

The first three matches for Power Struggle have been announced:
Nakamura vs. Shibata for the IWGP Intercontinental title

Huh. I kind of figured they'd save this for the Tokyo Dome.

[ICHIFUJI]

The first three matches for Power Struggle have been announced:
Nakamura vs. Shibata for the IWGP Intercontinental title

Huh. I kind of figured they'd save this for the Tokyo Dome.

But I prefer Shibata & Goto get Tag Title shot for Dome.

[Robareid]

Yeah, Goto & Shibata have made a pact with Makabe & Tanahashi to eradicate Bullet Club, so I expect they'll win the tag league then win the tag straps.

My predicted card:

Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada
Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Outsider/Yoshitatsu
Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Kota Ibushi
Gallows & Anderson (c) vs. Goto & Shibata
AJ Styles (ROH Champion) vs. Tetsuya Naito
Minoru Suzuki vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
Togi Makabe vs. Bad Luck Fale
Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Satoshi Kojima

[DXvsNWO1994]

^ Great Card, but didn't Makabe vs. Fale already happen at the Dome Show this past go around? I think it was a King of Destroyer Match which (I believe) Makabe won.

Also, did they have some kind of segment with Goto & Shibata agreeing to help Tanahashi & Makabe? I assume that happened at some point recently...

[Robareid]

Yeah, happened after the tag match at Destruction iirc. There's a translation up on Puroyottsome I think.

[DXvsNWO1994]

Apparently New Japan is now selling Bruce Tharpe T-Shirts...

https://twitter.com/enuhito/status/522548273387556864

[supersonic]

Meltzer's ***+ King of Pro Wrestling ratings:

Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Killer Elite Squad ***
Time Splitters vs. Young Bucks ****
Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Desperado ***1/4
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yujiro Takahashi ****1/2
Shinsuke Nakamura & Yoshi-Hasi vs. Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata ***3/4
Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito ****1/4
AJ Styles vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi ****1/2

[cviens]

Yeah, happened after the tag match at Destruction iirc. There's a translation up on Puroyottsome I think.

Not familiar with this site... Link me?

[Robareid]

http://yottsumepuroresu.blogspot.jp/

He also does live translations on his twitter, and runs http://puroresushop.com/.

[Big Red Machine]

Yeah, Goto & Shibata have made a pact with Makabe & Tanahashi to eradicate Bullet Club, so I expect they'll win the tag league then win the tag straps.

Okay... but why are Goto and Shibata so anti-Bullet Club all of a sudden? It seems that this would make a lot more sense for CHAOS to team up with Tanahashi & Makabe to get rid of the Bullet Club.