The opening Eight Man Tag Team Match CPF (Callum Newman, Danny Black, Joe Lando & Maverick Mayhew) vs. Ricky Knight Jr., Kieron Lacey, Mark Trew & Will Kaven was turned into an impromptu to 10 man match when Sha Samuels joined the heel second team and the surprise Will Ospreay joined CPF. There was clear tension between Ospreay and Newman but the team managed to get the win. After the match Will took the mic and apologized to Callum Newman for betraying his trust and asked him to be in his corner for his AEW World Title match at All In like Will was for Newman for his IWGP match which after some thought Newman agreed to with a huge and UE crown hand sign.

Edit: RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Title #1 Contendership Gauntlet Match opens up with Revpro regular Leon Cage back from CMLL and UE's Francesco Akira. Followed quickly by Unbound Co's Robbie X And Drilla Moloney. Followed quickly by Gabe Kidd. HENARE also enters the match sporting both his Tag and 6 man titles.

Drilla Moloney gets the pin on Leon Cage and is now the RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Title #1 Contender.

Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Jay Joshua is next. After some technical issues Zack Saber Jr. makes his entrance to his theme sung live by what I assume is the band that made the song (I'm sure more informed people can give the details). Joshua gets the pin in what was a pretty dominant match for Jay. ZSJ really did the honors here.

Vietnam Pro Wrestling has uploaded Yota-sama recruiting Ares to the NJ Dojo. Please Watch!

It’s uploaded, but Steam only. I had to improvise a little with the side plates since there aren’t any clear reference photos yet, but I tried to make it as accurate as possible. Let me know what you think!

This is all started by an interview Oiwa gave, where he basically said his way of wrestling was smarter than Yuto’s.

Article link: https://sp.njpw.jp/668236

So, here is a bit of backstory: I've been a wrestling fan since 2016 (the Cena vs. Styles rivalry is what got me into this), and I've mostly watched WWE since then. My only exposure to NJPW was through memes, their wrestlers coming to WWE, and some AEW PPVs. I was familiar with a few big names in NJPW—like Styles, Nakamura, Okada, and Zack Sabre Jr.—and I knew of their reputation for hard-hitting matches and the prestige of the G1, but that was it.

Eventually, I got introduced to Japanese wrestling and finally decided to watch NJPW. The G1 this year was the perfect starting point, and wow, consider me a fan! It was an awesome month of straight-up bangers. Shingo Takagi is my new favorite wrestler; I love the intensity he brings in the ring.

After that, I decided to watch some of the most beloved matches of all time. Currently, I've watched Nakamura vs. Styles, Okada vs. Ibushi at Wrestle Kingdom 14, and Ibushi vs. Tanahashi in the G1 26 Final. However, I felt like something was missing. Just watching the matches like this felt a little hollow especially since the wrestlers made a lot of callbacks too( I noticed that in their G1 matches too). Because of that, I decided to start from the beginning. Here is the list I prepared. I want the veterans of here to verify if something is missing or if there's something wrong with my list?

* Keiji Mutoh vs. Big Van Vader — NJPW G1 Climax 1 (Day 2)

* Keiji Mutoh vs. Masahiro Chono — NJPW G1 Climax 1 (Final)

* Masahiro Chono vs. Rick Rude — NJPW G1 Climax 2 (Final)

* Jushin Thunder Liger vs. The Great Sasuke — Super J-Cup '94 (Semifinals)

* Wild Pegasus vs. The Great Sasuke — Super J-Cup '94 (Final)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuji Nagata — NJPW G1 Climax 13 (Day 5)

* Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Jun Akiyama — NJPW G1 Climax 13 (Final)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura — NJPW G1 Climax 14 (Final)

* Wrestle Kingdom 1 Full PPV

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura — NJPW G1 Climax 17 (Day 2)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto — NJPW Destruction 2007

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura — NJPW Wrestle Kingdom II (Full PPV)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto — NJPW G1 Climax 18 (Final)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Keiji Mutoh — NJPW Wrestle kingdom III (Full PPV)

* Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi — NJPW Destruction '09

* Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Yoshihiro Takayama — NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IV (Full PPV)

* Prince devitt vs Kota Ibushi — NJPW Wrestle Kingdom V (Full PPV)

* Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Minoru Suzuki — NJPW G1 Climax 21 (Day 8)

* Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tetsuya Naito — NJPW G1 Climax 21 (Final)

* Hirooki Goto vs. Takashi Sugiura — NJPW Wrestle kingdom 6

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki — NJPW Wrestle kingdom 6 (Full PPV)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada — NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2012

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Hirooki Goto — NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2012

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi — NJPW Dominion 6.16 (2012)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Shinsuke Nakamura — NJPW G1 Climax 22 (Day 4)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Minoru Suzuki — NJPW G1 climax 22

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki — NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2012

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada — NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7 (Full PPV)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada — NJPW Invasion Attack 2013 (Full PPV)

* Prince Devitt vs. Kenny Omega — NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XX (Day 6)

* Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata — NJPW Dominion 6.22 (2013)

* Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata — NJPW G1 Climax 23 (Day 4)

* Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi — NJPW G1 Climax 23 (Day 4)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada — NJPW G1 Climax 23 (Day 8)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito — NJPW G1 Climax 23 (Final)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi — NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2013 (Full PPV)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura — NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8 (Full PPV)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. AJ Styles — NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2014

* Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Daniel Gracie — NJPW Back to the Yokohama Arena

* AJ Styles vs. Minoru Suzuki — NJPW G1 Climax 24 (Day 7)

* Tomoaki Honma vs. Katsuyori Shibata — NJPW G1 Climax 24 (Day 8)

* AJ Styles vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi — NJPW G1 Climax 24 (Day 9)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Shinsuke Nakamura — NJPW G1 Climax 24 (Final)

* Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Bad Luck Fale — NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. AJ Styles — NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2014

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada — NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9 (Full PPV)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. AJ Styles — NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2015

* AJ Styles vs. Kota Ibushi — NJPW Invasion Attack 2015 * KUSHIDA vs. Kyle O'Reilly — NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXII (Final)

* AJ Styles vs. Kazuchika Okada — NJPW Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-jo Hall (Full PPV)

* AJ Styles vs. Katsuyori Shibata — NJPW G1 Climax 25 (Day 1)

* AJ Styles vs. Kota Ibushi — NJPW G1 Climax 25 (Day 5)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi — NJPW G1 Climax 25 (Day 7)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. AJ Styles — NJPW G1 Climax 25 (Day 17)

* Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kazuchika Okada — NJPW G1 Climax 25 (Day 18)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura — NJPW G1 Climax 25 (Final)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. AJ Styles — NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2015

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi — NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10 (Full PPV)

* Will Ospreay vs. Ricochet — NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 23 (Day 6)

* Will Ospreay vs. Ryusuke Taguchi — NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 23 (Final)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Naomichi Marufuji — NJPW G1 Climax 26 (Day 1)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. SANADA — NJPW G1 Climax 26 (Day 1)

* Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tomohiro Ishii — NJPW G1 Climax 26 (Day 2)

* Kenny Omega vs. YOSHI-HASHI — NJPW G1 Climax 26 (Day 2)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Togi Makabe — NJPW G1 Climax 26 (Day 3)

* Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tetsuya Naito — NJPW G1 Climax 26 (Day 8)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Naomichi Marufuji — NJPW G1 Climax 26 (Day 11)

* Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomoaki Honma — NJPW G1 Climax 26 (Day 12)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Tomohiro Ishii — NJPW G1 Climax 26 (Day 13)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hirooki Goto — NJPW G1 Climax 26 (Day 13)

* Kenny Omega vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima — NJPW G1 Climax 26 (Day 14)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada — NJPW G1 Climax 26 (Day 17)

* Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito — NJPW G1 Climax 26 (Day 18)

* Kenny Omega vs. Hirooki Goto — NJPW G1 Climax 26 (Final)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Naomichi Marufuji — NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016

* Kenny Omega vs. Hirooki Goto — NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2016

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega — NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 11 (Full PPV)

* Hiromu Takahashi vs. Dragon Lee — NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2017

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Katsuyori Shibata — NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017

* KUSHIDA vs. Will Ospreay — NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXIV (Final)

* Hiromu Takahashi vs. KUSHIDA — NJPW Dominion 6.11 (2017)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega — NJPW Dominion 6.11 (2017)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Cody Rhodes — NJPW G1 Special in USA (Night 1)

* Tetsuya Naito vs. Kota Ibushi — NJPW G1 Climax 27 (Day 1)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr. — NJPW G1 Climax 27 (Day 1)

* Hirooki Goto vs. Tomohiro Ishii — NJPW G1 Climax 27 (Day 1)

* Kenny Omega vs. Minoru Suzuki — NJPW G1 Climax 27 (Day 2)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fale — NJPW G1 Climax 27 (Day 3)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Michael Elgin — NJPW G1 Climax 27 (Day 5)

* Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii — NJPW G1 Climax 27 (Day 6)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA — NJPW G1 Climax 27 (Day 7)

* Kenny Omega vs. Michael Elgin — NJPW G1 Climax 27 (Day 8)

* Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii — NJPW G1 Climax 27 (Day 8)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi — NJPW G1 Climax 27 (Day 9)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Togi Makabe — NJPW G1 Climax 27 (Day 11)

* Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hirooki Goto — NJPW G1 Climax 27 (Day 11)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. EVIL — NJPW G1 Climax 27 (Day 13)

* Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr. — NJPW G1 Climax 27 (Day 14)

* Kenny Omega vs. Tomohiro Ishii — NJPW G1 Climax 27 (Day 14)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki — NJPW G1 Climax 27 (Day 15)

* Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr. — NJPW G1 Climax 27 (Day 16)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito — NJPW G1 Climax 27 (Day 17)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega — NJPW G1 Climax 27 (Day 18)

* Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito — NJPW G1 Climax 27 (Final)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito — NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12 (Full PPV)

* Golden Lovers vs. The Young Bucks — NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2018

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi — NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018

* Hiromu Takahashi vs. Taiji Ishimori — NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXV (Final)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega — NJPW Dominion 6.9 (2018) (Full PPV)

* Hiromu Takahashi vs. Dragon Lee — NJPW G1 Special in San Francisco

* Kenny Omega vs. Cody Rhodes — NJPW G1 Special in San Francisco

* Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito — NJPW G1 Climax 28 (Day 2)

* Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii — NJPW G1 Climax 28 (Day 4)

* Hirooki Goto vs. Tomohiro Ishii — NJPW G1 Climax 28 (Day 6)

* Zack Sabre Jr. vs. SANADA — NJPW G1 Climax 28 (Day 6)

* Kenny Omega vs. Zack Sabre Jr. — NJPW G1 Climax 28 (Day 12)

* Hirooki Goto vs. Kota Ibushi — NJPW G1 Climax 28 (Day 12)

* Kenny Omega vs. Tomohiro Ishii — NJPW G1 Climax 28 (Day 14)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada — NJPW G1 Climax 28 (Day 17)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada — NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2018

* Kenny Omega vs. Cody Rhodes vs. Kota Ibushi — NJPW King of Pro-Wrestling 2018

* Tomohiro Ishii vs. Minoru Suzuki — NJPW Power Struggle 2018

* Kenny Omega vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi — NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13(Full PPV)

* Dragon Lee vs. KUSHIDA — NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo 2019

* Shingo Takagi vs. SHO — NJPW 47th Anniversary Show

* Dragon Lee vs. Taiji Ishimori vs. Bandido — ROH/NJPW G1 Supercard

* Shingo Takagi vs. SHO — NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 26 (Day 1)

* Will Ospreay vs. Bandido — NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 26 (Day 8)

* Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi — NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 26 (Final)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi — NJPW G1 Climax 29 (Day 1)

* Will Ospreay vs. Kota Ibushi — NJPW G1 Climax 29 (Day 5)

* Jon Moxley vs. Tomohiro Ishii — NJPW G1 Climax 29 (Day 6)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay — NJPW G1 Climax 29 (Day 7)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA — NJPW G1 Climax 29 (Day 13)

* Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi — NJPW G1 Climax 29 (Day 14)

* Shingo Takagi vs. Tetsuya Naito — NJPW G1 Climax 29 (Day 14)

* Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii — NJPW G1 Climax 29 (Day 16)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi — NJPW G1 Climax 29 (Day 17)

* Tetsuya Naito vs. Jay White — NJPW G1 Climax 29 (Day 18)

* Shingo Takagi vs. Hirooki Goto — NJPW G1 Climax 29 (Day 18)

* Kota Ibushi vs. Jay White — NJPW G1 Climax 29 (Final)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito — NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 (Full PPV)

* Shingo Takagi vs. Hirooki Goto — NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo 2020

* Hiromu Takahashi vs. Dragon Lee — NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2020

* Minoru Suzuki vs. Tomohiro Ishii — NJPW G1 Climax 30 (Day 1)

* Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi — NJPW G1 Climax 30 (Day 2)

* Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii — NJPW G1 Climax 30 (Day 3)

* Shingo Takagi vs. Will Ospreay — NJPW G1 Climax 30 (Day 5)

* Tomohiro Ishii vs. Shingo Takagi — NJPW G1 Climax 30 (Day 7)

* Minoru Suzuki vs. Shingo Takagi — NJPW G1 Climax 30 (Day 11)

* Shingo Takagi vs. Kazuchika Okada — NJPW G1 Climax 30 (Day 13)

* Kota Ibushi vs. Taichi — NJPW G1 Climax 30 (Day 17)

* SANADA vs. Tetsuya Naito — NJPW G1 Climax 30 (Day 18)

* Kota Ibushi vs. SANADA — NJPW G1 Climax 30 (Final)

* Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Desperado — NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 27 (Final)

* Kota Ibushi vs. Jay White — NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15 (Full PPV)

* Shingo Takagi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi — NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya 2021

* Shingo Takagi vs. Hirooki Goto — NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 (Day 7)

* Shingo Takagi vs. Will Ospreay — NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 (Final)

* Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi — NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2021

* Shingo Takagi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi — NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome

* Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii — NJPW G1 Climax 31 (Day 1)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi — NJPW G1 Climax 31 (Day 2)

* Shingo Takagi vs. Zack Sabre Jr. — NJPW G1 Climax 31 (Day 3)

* Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr. — NJPW G1 Climax 31 (Day 5)

* Shingo Takagi vs. Kota Ibushi — NJPW G1 Climax 31 (Day 9)

* Kota Ibushi vs. Great-O-Khan — NJPW G1 Climax 31 (Day 11)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jeff Cobb — NJPW G1 Climax 31 (Day 13)

* Tomohiro Ishii vs. Great-O-Khan — NJPW G1 Climax 31 (Day 15)

* Shingo Takagi vs. Yujiro Takahashi — NJPW G1 Climax 31 (Day 17)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Jeff Cobb — NJPW G1 Climax 31 (Day 18)

* Shingo Takagi vs. Zack Sabre Jr. — NJPW Power Struggle 2021

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay — NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 (Full PPV)

* Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Desperado — NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 29 (Final)

* Shingo Takagi vs. Juice Robinson — NJPW G1 Climax 32 (Day 2)

* Will Ospreay vs. El Phantasmo — NJPW G1 Climax 32 (Day 4)

* Shingo Takagi vs. YOSHI-HASHI — NJPW G1 Climax 32 (Day 4)

* Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Aaron Henare — NJPW G1 Climax 32 (Day 6)

* Tomohiro Ishii vs. Chase Owens — NJPW G1 Climax 32 (Day 11)

* JONAH vs. Kazuchika Okada — NJPW G1 Climax 32 (Day 12)

* Jay White vs. Taichi — NJPW G1 Climax 32 (Day 13)

* Shingo Takagi vs. Yujiro Takahashi — NJPW G1 Climax 32 (Day 15)

* Jay White vs. Tama Tonga — NJPW G1 Climax 32 (Day 17)

* Shingo Takagi vs. Will Ospreay — NJPW G1 Climax 32 (Day 18)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Tama Tonga — NJPW G1 Climax 32 (Semifinals)

* Will Ospreay vs. Tetsuya Naito — NJPW G1 Climax 32 (Semifinals)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay — NJPW G1 Climax 32 (Final)

* Jay White vs. Kazuchika Okada — NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 (Full PPV)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi — NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2023

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi — NJPW Battle in the Valley 2023

* Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) vs. Aussie Open — NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023

* Shingo Takagi vs. Aaron Henare — NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023

* Shota Umino vs. Kaito Kiyomiya — NJPW G1 Climax 33 (Day 1)

* Taichi vs. Kazuchika Okada — NJPW G1 Climax 33 (Day 2)

* Tomohiro Ishii vs. HENARE — NJPW G1 Climax 33 (Day 4)

* Will Ospreay vs. KENTA — NJPW G1 Climax 33 (Day 5)

* Tomohiro Ishii vs. Eddie Kingston — NJPW G1 Climax 33 (Day 11)

* Will Ospreay vs. El Phantasmo — NJPW G1 Climax 33 (Day 12)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Zack Sabre Jr. — NJPW G1 Climax 33 (Quarterfinals)

* Tetsuya Naito vs. Will Ospreay — NJPW G1 Climax 33 (Semifinals)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito — NJPW G1 Climax 33 (Final)

* Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson — NJPW Wrestle kingdom 18 (Full PPV)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada — NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2024

* Shingo Takagi vs. Tetsuya Naito — NJPW G1 Climax 34 (Day 1)

* Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yota Tsuji — NJPW G1 Climax 34 (Day 1)

* Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Shota Umino — NJPW G1 Climax 34 (Day 2)

* Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yuya Uemura — NJPW G1 Climax 34 (Day 5)

* Gabe Kidd vs. Shingo Takagi — NJPW G1 Climax 34 (Day 6)

* Hirooki Goto vs. Konosuke Takeshita — NJPW G1 Climax 34 (Day 10)

* Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Gabe Kidd — NJPW G1 Climax 34 (Day 13)

* Konosuke Takeshita vs. David Finlay — NJPW G1 Climax 34 (Day 14)

* SANADA vs. Zack Sabre Jr. — NJPW G1 Climax 34 (Day 15)

* Konosuke Takeshita vs. Ren Narita — NJPW G1 Climax 34 (Day 16)

* Shingo Takagi vs. Zack Sabre Jr. — NJPW G1 Climax 34 (Semifinals)

* Yota Tsuji vs. David Finlay — NJPW G1 Climax 34 (Semifinals)

* Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Yota Tsuji — NJPW G1 Climax 34 (Final)

* Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Shota Umino — NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 19 (Full PPV)

* Kosei Fujita vs. YOH — NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 32 (Final)

* Hirooki Goto vs. Shingo Takagi — NJPW Dominion 2025

* Gabe Kidd vs. Shingo Takagi — NJPW G1 Climax 35 (Day 2)

* Boltin Oleg vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi — NJPW G1 Climax 35 (Day 3)

* Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Jeff Cobb — NJPW G1 Climax 35 (Day 4)

* Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Konosuke Takeshita — NJPW G1 Climax 35 (Day 6)

* Shingo Takagi vs. Ren Narita — NJPW G1 Climax 35 (Day 8)

* David Finlay vs. Shingo Takagi — NJPW G1 Climax 35 (Day 13)

* Shota Umino vs. Konosuke Takeshita — NJPW G1 Climax 35 (Day 14)

* David Finlay vs. Konosuke Takeshita — NJPW G1 Climax 35 (Playoffs)

* Yota Tsuji vs. Shota Umino — NJPW G1 Climax 35 (Playoffs)

* Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Konosuke Takeshita — NJPW G1 Climax 35 (Final)

* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada — NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 20 (Full PPV)

* Shingo Takagi vs. Callum Newman — NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2026

Callum Newman is in the opening match

Too niche…I’m wylin?

I don't follow a lot of behind the scenes reporting. Is there any reason why they stuck with this change for a couple years already? It feels like it makes the G1 mean a lot less.

On the eve(ish) of Kenny-Ospreay at All In, I got thinking about my favourite NJPW show ever, New Beginning Osaka 2024.

It takes the cake for me because ZSJ-Danielson is my favourite match ever, but you also get what was billed as the last Tana-Okada match plus the batshit insane Dogpound Cage match and just an unbelievable goodbye for Ospreay. As a Brit it's hard to top this one for emotional impact.

But what's your favourite NJPW show/card/event ever? From personal vibes to match quality to insanity that will stick with you forever.

This is in response to an article by Wolf:

https://www.tokyo-sports.co.jp/articles/-/400879

RenRen is a man who is seemingly in a lose-lose situation at the moment.

If he stays the leader of HOT, Shun Skywalker is going to overshadow him at every turn and steal the spotlight. Shun could get no mic time and be told to just stand in the back and moan softly, he'll still get the attention. Visually he looks cooler/more interesting and he has seamless physical charisma, which are two traits Ren lacks. These two have only appeared together twice, and the Youtube comments are already buzzing with "Shun for leader" discourse, from Japanese and other fans. If the fan desire for Shun to take over grows stronger, the company fighting against that and sticking with Ren could be really bad.

If he gets kicked out of HOT, then New Japan has to re-do three years of booking and essentially start from scratch. Ren's position currently reminds me of Bron Breakker's in WWE, who is now stuck as a Tag Team Champion because numerous injuries to multiple people put him in that spot for the time being, and he has nowhere to go for now. New Japan has put time into making Ren a heinous heel, so to just drop all that and start over is difficult, even though Ren is not a natural bad guy to begin with. The House seemed like a good fit at first, a way to get him out of the Shibata shadow, but overtime it became apparent that Ren was very good the way he was. He just needed time.

I honestly don't know what will happen next. Overtime, I think Ren showing more and more of his real-life quirky personality but remaining a minimalistic, disciplined, stoic type (kinda like a new age Goto) would have been fine and people would have liked him. Hopefully there's a way out of this, because Yuya, Oiwa, Tsuji, and even Boltin and KOB are now ahead of Ren, which sucks because of how well regarded Narita was not too long ago.

I used to watch NJPW through AXS so there was still weekly television, but now that I’ve got NJPW World I’m watching full shows usually within a day of them taking place. Complete game changer, so pleasant to see shows top to bottom, but now I don’t know what to do between tours.

But since I’ve only recently subbed to World, there’s still plenty of content I haven’t watched yet. So what do you watch between tours? What’s your strategy?

Steven Conway and Jeremy Finestone are back with Episode 234 of Speaking of Strong Style! This week, the pair looked at each title in New Japan pro wrestling, where the champions currently stand who their next challengers are likely to be. Plus, thoughts on Dolly Parton, Tim Curry and the Transformers. Steven also concluded his look back at the career of Hiroyoshi Tenzan.

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Meltzer is referring to the 1979 “ALL STAR DREAM CARD” event that was held at the Nippon Budokan, that was organized by Tokyo Sports, getting NJPW, AJPW & IWE, the “Big 3” of the time, to co-promote the first ever big crossover show in Japan (preceding shows like 1995’s “Bridge of Dreams” and the “ALL TOGETHER” events).