TPWW Survivor JAPAN 5! Officially SANADA's Favourite Thread On TPWWforums.com!

[Ultra Mantis]

***WARNING: THIS THREAD IS FILMED IN FRONT OF A LIVE STUDIO AUDIENCE. UP TO DATE RESULTS ARE NOT UNCOMMON. IF YOU WISH TO AVOID SPOILERS, WE HERE AT TPWW SURVIVOR URGE YOU, JUST LOOK AWAY***

Rules:

Everybody selects TWO wrestlers from the NJPW roster, no duplicates allowed. You can select ONE wrestler from the “Core Roster” (who are more likely to appear frequently) and ONE wrestler from the “Regular Roster” (who could also show up frequently, or not at all / will show up on a regular basis but is a low card act). If the contest hasn't yet started, you can change your selection once by making a new post saying you're changing your selection (don't just edit your original post).
Your wrestler is eliminated if he or she submits or is pinned during a match at a televised (aka it's on New Japan World) NJPW event. Disqualifications, count outs, or being eliminated from a battle royale does not cause elimination. In multi-man matches (tag, triple threat, etc.), only the person who is pinned or submits is out. Shows run by partner promotions (REVPRO / CMLL / ROH) do not count and therefore any wrestlers who work there primaraly are risky picks. REVPRO / ROH / CMLL crossover events DO count, provided they are promoted with the New Japan branding. AEW have no affiliation with NJPW
In the event of a match finishing via KNOCKOUT, the Small Council of Elders have met and come to the majority decision that a KNOCKOUT will count as an ELIMINATION. This will effectively be a slight nerf to the character Hiroshi Tanahashi.
In a slight change to WWE flavour Survivor, your wrestler will also be eliminated if he goes SIX weeks without having a televised match in a NJPW ring for any reason whatsoever (injury, marital affair, seduced by Vince or Tony, Davey Boy Jr'd, etc.). There is a constant countdown going on from your wrestler's last match, so even if bad luck happens - you can still potentially win as long as everyone else loses in that span. In the event of two or more competitors being eliminated on the same day due to this rule and that impacting on podium positions (rank 1-3), the wrestler positions will be determined by time of last performance (meaning main eventing is more valuable than opening). In addition, the six week ruling will occur at the end of a show if one is running concurrent to the cut off date, meaning anyone who loses on the show will place lower than whoever gets six week'd. If you suffer a ban for the length of the game you will be disqualified.
If you win you get your choice of either first picks next season or double picks for the next season. If you take the option of double picks, you must wait until at least EIGHT other people have selected in order to prevent you from becoming The Skippord. If you are inactive upon winning to the creation of the next season, you will not get first pick and instead get double picks. In accordance with previous versions of this rule, a minimum wait time of 48 hours must pass before a prize can be defaulted.
A wrestler must be an active participant in a match for it to reset the six-week timer. Lumberjacks, special referees, managers, "enforcers," guest commentators, etc. do NOT count... but there will be less of this shit here anyway.


Sign-ups are allowed until the start of the the 10th August 2019 edition of G1 CLIMAX 2019 at the start of show, in the beginning of this night / morning, right then, on Saturday 10th August 2019, on this day, eliminations will be eliminated, starting on this show, on the New Japan World, in the genesis of Yoshi Tatsu.

Winning wrestlers must sit out 3 seasons before returning. For winning Season 2, "BONE(R) SOLDIER" Taiji Ishimori is ineligble. For winning Season 3, KNIFE PERVERT Jay "Switchblade" White is ineligible. For winning Season 4, Jushin Thunder Liger is ineligible.

For winning Season 4 and bringing his New Japan win rate to a cool 50%, Conspiracy Victim Vito has decided to GO ACE and will be performing an air guitar duet with Hiroshi Tanahashi, while his second pick, El Phantasmo, bullies defenceless children in the background.

We are jumping in to this season as the G1 Climax reaches it's dramatic... uh.. climax? Let's go with conclusion. We begin on the night of A Block's final, where one lucky wrestler will advance to the final. Day 2 is B Block's turn and then we enter the final final where ANYONE could show up. Still in the mix to win the whole damn thing are Kazuchika Okada, Kota Ibushi, Jon Moxley, Tetsuya Naito, The Knife Pervert and a couple of other guys who are definitely not going to win even though we love them dearly, those poor sweet midcard murder machines. Here's a quick once over of our opening nights and the current point totals:

A BLOCK

SANADA (8) vs Bad Luck Fale (6)
EVIL (8) vs Lance Archer (4)
KENTA (8) vs Zack Sabre Jr (6)
Hiroshi Tanahashi (8) vs Will Ospreay (6)
Kazuchika Okada (14) vs Kota Ibushi (12)

B BLOCK

Toru Yano (8) vs Jeff Cobb (6)
Tomohiro Ishii (8) vs Taichi (6)
Shingo Takagi (6) vs Hirooki Goto (10)
Juice Robinson (6) vs Jon Moxley (10)
Tetsuya Naito (10) vs "KNIFE PERVERT" Jay White (10)

I will be participating in the game, but in the interest of fairness, I won't make my picks until at least ten pairs of wrestlers have been chosen. (In the depressing event that ten pairs are not chosen I will make my choices within 24 hours of the start time).

REMOVED:

Ayato Yoshida [-> K-Dojo]
Chris Sabin
Colt Cabana
BitchBoy Smith Jr. [Released]
Hikuleo [Excursion; -> REV PRO]
Jay Briscoe [Irregular; ROH]
Mark Briscoe [Irregular; ROH]
"Mr POS" Michael Elgin [-> TNA]
Teruaki Kanemitsu [Retired]

Let's get ready to CLIMAX!

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Fresh Sashimi

MAGURO Block

WINNER Togi Makabe - Ultra Mantis - Last wrestled 25/1 Road to NEW BEGINNING

TAMAGO Block

[I]TAMAGONE

================ Next Timed Elimination - 18th November - 6 Weeks From NEW JAPAN ROAD (7/10) ====================

24. SANADA - Emperor Smeat - Pinned by Bad Luck Fale 10/8 G1 Climax [Inside Cradle]
23. KENTA - ClockShot - Submitted to Zack Sabre Jr 10/8 G1 Climax [Jim Breaks Armbar]
22. Hiroshi Tanahashi - Vito (c) - Pinned by Will Ospreay 10/8 G1 Climax [Stormbreaker]
21. Kazuchika Okada - DaveWadding - Pinned by Kota Ibushi 10/8 G1 Climax [Kamigoye]
20. Jon Moxley - DaveWadding [12th!] - Pinned by Juice Robinson 11/8 G1 Climax [Pulp Friction]
19. Tetsuya Naito - Gertner - Pinned by "THAT FUCKING KNIFE PERVERT" Jay Bastard White 11/8 G1 Climax
18. Shota Umino - Jordan X - Pinned by Toa Henare 12/8 G1 Climax [Toa Bottom (Rung Wrestler)]
17. Robbie Eagles - Simple Fan - Pinned by El Phantasmo 22/8 SUPER J-CUP [School Boy]
16. SHO - teamXtremist - Pinned by Will Ospreay 24/8 SUPER J-CUP [Stormbreaker]
15. Minoru Suzuki - Sixx - Pinned by Kazuchika Okada 31/8 Royal Quest [Rainmaker]
14. Jado - teamXtremist [11th!] - Submitted to YOSHI-HASHI 4/9 Road to DESTRUCTION
13. Gedo - [B]Savio - Submitted to EVIL 4/9 Road to DESTRUCTION [Scorpion Death Lock]
12. (NPC Champion) Tama Tonga - mike adamle - Pinned by YOH 16/9 DESTRUCTION in KAGOSHIMA [Inside Cradle]
11. Marty Scurll - Gertner [10th!] - 6 Week'd 21/9 [Time's Up]
10. Shingo Takagi - Jordan X [9th!] - Pinned by Hirooki Goto 22/9 DESTRUCTION in KOBE [GTR]
9. Lance Archer - ClockShot [8th!] - 6 Week'd 23/9 [Time's Up]
8. Kota Ibushi - Simple Fan [7th!] - Pinned by EVIL 28/9 FIGHTING SPIRIT UNLEASHED [EVIL]
7. El Phantasmo - Vito (c) [6th!] - Pinned by Will Ospreay 14/10 KING of PRO WRESTLING [Stormbreaker]
6. Juice Robinson - Savio [5th!] - Pinned by Lance Archer 14/10 KING of PRO WRESTLING [EBD Claw]
5. Manabu Nakanishi - mike adamle [4th!] - Pinned by Yujiro Takahashi 16/11 WORLD TAG LEAGUE [Pimp Juice]
4. Satoshi Kojima - Ultra Mantis - Pinned by Juice Robinson 17/11 WORLD TAG LEAGUE [Pulp Friction]
3. Tiger Mask - Sixx [3rd!] - Pinned by Kazuchika Okada 5/12 WORLD TAG LEAGUE [Rainmaker]
2. Yuji Nagata - [B]Emperor Smeat [2nd!] - Pinned by Lance Archer 26/1 NEW BEGINNING USA [EBD Claw]

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NPCs


MAGURO Block

[I]Overfished

TAMAGO Block

Eggstinct

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39. Ren Narita - Pinned by Shota Umino 10/8 G1 CLIMAX [Fisherman's Suplex Hold]
38. Tomoaki Honma - Pinned by Jeff Cobb 10/8 G1 CLIMAX [Tour of the Islands]
37. YOSHI-HASHI - Pinned by Minoru Suzuki 10/8 G1 CLIMAX [Gotch Style Piledriver]
36. Yujiro Takahashi - Pinned by Shingo Takagi 10/8 G1 CLIMAX [Made In Japan]
35. EVIL - Pinned by Lance Archer 10/8 G1 CLIMAX [EBD Claw]
34. Yuya Uemura - Submitted to Ren Narita 11/8 G1 CLIMAX [Boston Crab]
33. BUSHI - Pinned by Yujiro Takahashi 11/8 G1 Climax [Pimp Juice]
32. Karl Fredericks - Pinned by Toa Henare 11/8 G1 Climax [Toa Bottom (Rung Wrestler)]
31. Zack Sabre Jr - Pinned by Hiroshi Tanahashi 11/8 G1 Climax [Roll Up]
30. Toru Yano - Pinned by Jeff Cobb 11/8 G1 Climax [Tour of the Islands]
29. Tomohiro Ishii - Pinned by Taichi 11/8 G1 Climax [Black Mephisto]
28. Hirooki Goto - Pinned by Shingo Takagi 11/8 G1 Climax [Last of the Dragon]
27. Yota Tsuji - Submitted to Clark Connors 12/8 G1 Climax [Boston Crab]
26. Yoshinobu Kanemaru - Pinned by Will Ospreay 12/8 G1 Climax [Stormbreaker]
25. Rocky Romero - Pinned by Soberano Jr 22/8 SUPER J-CUP [Tornillo]
24. Clark Connors - Submitted to TJP 22/8 SUPER J-CUP [Pinoy Stretch]
23. Jonathan Gresham - Pinned by Ryusuke Taguchi 22/8 SUPER J-CUP [Inside Cradle]
22. YOH - Pinned by Dragon Lee 22/8 SUPER J-CUP [Desnucadora]
21. Amazing Red - Pinned by Will Ospreay 22/8 SUPER J-CUP [Stormbreaker]
20. TJP - Pinned by El Phantasmo 24/8 SUPER J-CUP [Schoolboy]
19. Ryusuke Taguchi - Pinned by Dragon Lee 24/8 SUPER J-CUP [Rodilla Dragon]
18. Caristico - Pinned by Dragon Lee 25/8 SUPER J-CUP [Desnucadora]
17. Will Ospreay - Pinned by El Phantasmo 25/8 SUPER J-CUP [CR2]
16. Dragon Lee - Pinned by El Phantasmo 25/8 SUPER J-CUP [CR2]
15. Chase Owens - Submitted to SANADA 31/8 Royal Quest [Skull End]
14. Toa Henare - Pinned by Chase Owens 4/9 Road to DESTRUCTION [Jewel Heist]
13. DOUKI - Pinned by Ryusuke Taguchi 4/9 Road to DESTRUCTION [Schoolboy]
12. Bad Luck Fale - Pinned by Tetsuya Naito 5/8 Road to DESTRUCTION [Destino]
11. El Desperado - 6 Week'd 21/9 [Time's Up]
=. Hiromu Takahashi - 6 Week'd 21/9 [Time's Up]
=. "New Girl" Mikey Nicholls - 6 Week'd 21/9 [Time's Up]
=. Bandido - 6 Week'd 21/9 [Time's Up]
=. Chris Jericho - 6 Week'd 21/9 [Time's Up]
=. David Finlay - 6 Week'd 21/9 [Time's Up]
=. TAKA Michinoku - 6 Week'd 21/9 [Time's Up]
4. Tanga Loa - Pinned by YOH 22/9 DESTRUCTION in KOBE [Roll-Up]
3. Taichi - 6 Week'd 23/9 [Time's Up]
=. Jeff Cobb - 6 Week'd 23/9 [Time's Up]
1. Hiroyoshi Tenzan - Pinned by Tomohiro Ishii 24/11 WORLD TAG LEAGUE [Vertical Drop Brainbuster]


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<select>
<option selected="selected">TPWW Survivor JAPAN History</option>
<option>#05. WINNER: Togi Makabe (Ultra Mantis) | RUNNERS UP: Yuji Nagata (Emperor Smeat) | Tiger Mask (Sixx)</option>
<option>#04. WINNER: Jushin Thunder Liger (Vito [2]) | RUNNERS UP: Kazuchika Okada (Emperor Smeat) | Satoshi Kojima (Ultra Mantis)</option>
<option>#03. WINNER: "KNIFE PERVERT" Jay White (mike adamle) | RUNNERS UP: Jushin Thunder Liger (Sixx) | Juice Robinson (Jordan X)</option>
<option>#02. WINNER: "BONE(R) SOLDIER" Taiji Ishimori (Lock Jaw) | RUNNERS UP: Bad Luck Fale (Jordan X) | KUSHIDA (mike adamle)</option>
<option>#01. WINNERS: Yuji Nagata (Vito) | Hiroyoshi Tenzan (Simple Fan)| RUNNER UP: Tama Tonga (RP)</option></select>

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[Bad News Gertner]

Marty Scrull and Naito

[ClockShot]

I'll play along this season.

I'll take KENTA and Lance Archer.

[Emperor Smeat]

SANADA and Yuji Nagata

[DaveWadding]

Okada and Mox

[teamXtremist]

Sho and jado

[mike adamle]

Tama Tonga and Manabu Nakanishi

[Big Vic]

Juice Robinson

Gedo

[Simple Fan]

Kota Ibushi and Robbie Eagles

[Ultra Mantis]

Traditional thread stalling before I get to make my picks. STRONG STYLE.

[Ultra Mantis]

Less than 24 hours until show time so we now activate DANGER TIME and I shall become the 10th man and take my classic Makabe & Kojima picks.

[Sixx]

Minoru Suzuki and Tiger Mask, whoever the hell they are. :)

[Jordan]

I pick SHINGO TAKAGI & SHOTA UMINO

[Evil Vito]

Aaaaand my gamble didn’t pay off. God dammit. I overthought it.

When Naito wins the G1 in a couple of days and becomes a lock to not lose til the Dome I’m gonna be feel real dumb.

[Emperor Smeat]

:| SANADA lost to Bad Luck Fale.

Crushed my chance at a title last season and didn't even last a single match before deciding to do the same this season.

[Ultra Mantis]

You've got to believe Gedo is just booking SANADA to troll Survivor at this point.

I know you're reading this, Gedo.

[ClockShot]

Operated under the assumption that the losing streaks would get snapped.

Archer pulled through. KENTA had to go get twisted into a pretzel.

[Jordan]

I knew I would get through today. Let's see what happens tonight... this morning... at the FINALS.

I think Shingo is going to get a solid push after the two tournaments he's shown up in. Shooter, well... so far so good.

[Ultra Mantis]

Sukuzi seemingly challenging Okada at Royal Quest seems like he's just announced his own elimination.

[DaveWadding]

Fuck Ibushi and Fuck Juice.

[DaveWadding]

And FUCK JAY WHITE FOREVER.

[Ultra Mantis]

Rest of the month looks like this:

22nd SUPER J CUP

Liger / Karl Fredericks vs Shota / Narita
1st Round Rocky Romero vs Soberano Jr
1st Round Clark Connors vs TJP
1st Round Caristico vs BUSHI
1st Round Ryusuke Taguchi vs Jonathon Gresham
1st Round Robbie Eagles vs El Phantasmo
1st Round YOH vs Dragon Lee
1st Round SHO vs "BONER SOLDIER" Taiji Ishimori
1st Round Will Ospreay vs Amazing Red

24th SUPER J CUP

Quarter Finals
Liger will be in action!
Undercard probably featuring the eliminated boys

25th SUPER J CUP

Semi Finals
Super J Cup Final
Undercard featuring eliminated boys plus Liger, FUCKING KNIFE PERVERT BASTARD, Naito & Juice Robinson

31st ROYAL QUEST

Shota / Narita / Taguchi vs Roppongi 3k (SHO / YOH / Rocky)
Juice / Ibushi vs Bullet Club (Yujiro / Hikuleo)
CHAOS (Robbie Eagles / Ospreay) vs Bullet Club (BONER / EL Phantasmo)
LIJ (SANADA / Naito) vs Bullet Club (KNIFE PERVERT / Chase)
IWGP Tag Team Championship G.O.D (Tonga / Loa) vs TBA (Winners of Rev Pro Tag Team Tournament)
NEVER Openweight Championship Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs KENTA
British Heavyweight Championship Zack Sabre Jr (c) vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
IWGP Heavyweight Championship Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Minoru Suzuki

Damn that Royal Quest card is looking good.

[Ultra Mantis]

And FUCK JAY WHITE FOREVER.

[Evil Vito]

Phantasmo vs Eagles should be fun. Unfortunately I don’t see Phantasmo going the distance in that tourney.

Kota’s the easy favorite right now because he figures to not be pinned until the Dome. But I could see Shingo holding out a very long time as well.

[Ultra Mantis]

Can't count out the dads yet either, all they need to do is show up every other tour and beat up young lions.

[Ultra Mantis]

Tama Tonga is also a sneaky one since he usually lets Loa take the fall and he never does singles anymore.

[Evil Vito]

True that. It's always a crapshoot on whether the dads will be booked. Nagata and TenCozy were on Kizuna Road whereas Nakanishi hasn't wrestled since March.

And good call on Tama, I never even considered picking him but that's a great under the radar choice.

[Ultra Mantis]

Couple of juicy tidbits today.

1. New Lions Cup is back and will be happening during the DESTRUCTION tour next month, it will have absolutely no impact on the game other than taking up two matches on each card. That could potentially make a few guys time out.
2. Safe for now, however, are the New Japan Dads, who will be wrestling on 8th September at the very least as they take on Bullet Club in Nagata's annual anniversary homecoming. Its going to be:

DADS (Nagata / Tenzan / Kojima / Nakanishi / Liger) vs Bullet Club (Jado / Yujiro / Fale / Tonga / Loa)

[Ultra Mantis]

Shows for the month:

4th - Road to Destruction

Young Lion Cup Shota Umino vs Clark Connors
Young Lion Cup Yota Tsuji vs Alex Coughlin
Tenzan / Uemura / Narita vs Kojima / Richards / Fredericks
Henare / Honma / Eagles / Ospreay vs Bullet Club [Chase / Yujiro / Phantasmo / BONER]
CHAOS [Ishii / Rocky / YOSHI-HASHI] vs Bullet Club [Tonga / Loa / Jado]
TOTAL CHAOS [Taguchi / Tanahashi / SHO / YOH] vs Suzuki-Gun [DOUKI / Kanemaru / Suzuki / ZSJ]
LIJ vs Bullet Club [Fale / Gedo / KNIFE PERVERT]
CHAOS [Okada / Goto] vs LIJ [Shingo / SANADA]

5th - Road to Destruction

Young Lion Cup Yuya Uemura vs Michael Richards
Young Lion Cup Ren Narita vs Karl Fredericks
Tsuji / Umino / Tenzan vs Coughlin / Connors / Kojima
Henare / YOSHI-HASHI / Ishii vs Bullet Club [Chase / Tonga / Loa]
Honma / Eagles / Ospreay vs Bullet Club [Yujiro / Phantasmo / BONER]
TOTAL CHAOS [Taguchi / Tanahashi / SHO / YOH] vs Suzuki-Gun [DOUKI / Kanemaru / Suzuki / ZSJ]
CHAOS [Rocky / Goto / Okada] vs LIJ Shingo [/COLOR]/ SANADA]
LIJ [EVIL / Naito] vs Bullet Club [Fale / KNIFE PERVERT]

[B]6th - Road to Destruction

Young Lion Cup Alex Coughlin vs Michael Richards
Young Lion Cup Clark Connors vs Karl Fredericks
Shota / Uemura / Tenzan vs Tsuji / Narita / Kojima
Honma / YOSHI-HASHI / Ishii vs Bullet Club [Yujiro / Tonga / Loa]
Henare / Eagles / Ospreay vs Bullet Club [Fale / Phantasmo / BONER]
CHAOS [Rocky / Goto / Okada] vs LIJ Shingo [/COLOR]/ SANADA]
LIJ [EVIL / Naito] vs Bullet Club [Chase / KNIFE PERVERT]
Taguchi / Tanahashi vs Suzuki-Gun [Suzuki / ZSJ]

[B]8th - Road to Destruction

Young Lion Cup Yota Tsuji vs Yuya Uemura
Young Lion Cup Shota Umino vs Ren Narita
Gaijin Young Lions Get Murdered Special Honma / Makabe / YOSHI-HASHI / Ishii vs Richards / Coughlin / Fredericks / Connors
Henare / Eagles / Ospreay vs Bullet Club [Chase / Phantasmo / BONER]
TOTAL CHAOS [Taguchi / Tanahashi / SHO / YOH] vs Suzuki-Gun [DOUKI / Kanemaru / Suzuki / ZSJ]
CHAOS [Rocky / Goto / Okada] vs LIJ Shingo [/COLOR]/ SANADA]
LIJ [EVIL / Naito] vs Bullet Club [Gedo / KNIFE PERVERT]
[B]Yuji Nagata Anniversary Special New Japan Dads [Nagata / Tenzan / Kojima / Nakanishi / Liger] vs Bullet Club [Jado / Yujiro / Tonga / Loa / Fale]


10th - Road to Destruction

Young Lion Cup Yuya Uemura vs Karl Fredericks
Young Lion Cup Shota Umino vs Michael Richards
Tsuji / Narita / Tenzan vs Coughlin / Connors / Kojima
Taguchi / Henare / Makabe / YOSHI-HASHI / Ishii vs Bullet Club [Jado / Yujiro / Fale / Tonga / Loa]
Honma / Eagles / Ospreay vs Bullet Club [Chase / Phantasmo / BONER]
TOTAL CHAOS [Liger / Tanahashi / SHO / YOH] vs Suzuki-Gun [DOUKI / Kanemaru / Suzuki / ZSJ]
CHAOS [Rocky / Goto / Okada] vs LIJ [EVIL / Shingo / SANADA]

11th - Road to Destruction

Young Lion Cup Yota Tsuji vs Clark Connors
Young Lion Cup Ren Narita vs Alex Coughlin
Uemura / Umino / Tenzan vs Richards / Fredericks / Kojima
Taguchi / Honma / Makabe / YOSHI-HASHI / Ishii vs vs Bullet Club [Jado / Yujiro / Fale / Tonga / Loa]
Henare / Eagles / Ospreay vs Bullet Club [Chase / Phantasmo / BONER]
TOTAL CHAOS [Liger / Tanahashi / SHO / YOH] vs Suzuki-Gun [DOUKI / Kanemaru / Suzuki / ZSJ]
CHAOS [Rocky / Goto / Okada] vs LIJ [BUSHI / Shingo / SANADA]
LIJ [EVIL / Naito] vs Bullet Club [Gedo / KNIFE PERVERT]

[B]12th - Road to Destruction

Young Lion Cup Ren Narita vs Yota Tsuji
Young Lion Cup Karl Fredericks vs Alex Coughlin
Uemura / Shota / Tenzan vs Richards / Connors / Kojima
Henare / Honma / Makabe / YOSHI-HASHI / Ishii vs vs Bullet Club [Jado / Yujiro / Fale / Tonga / Loa]
Taguchi / Eagles / Ospreay vs Bullet Club [Chase / Phantasmo / BONER]
TOTAL CHAOS [Liger / Tanahashi / SHO / YOH] vs Suzuki-Gun [DOUKI / Kanemaru / Suzuki / ZSJ]
CHAOS [Rocky / Goto / Okada] vs LIJ [EVIL / Shingo / SANADA]
LIJ vs Bullet Club [Gedo / KNIFE PERVERT]

[B]14th - Road to Destruction

Young Lion Cup Shota Umino vs Yuya Uemura
Young Lion Cup Clark Connors vs Michael Richards
Tsuji / Narita / Nagata vs Coughlin / Fredericks / Nakanishi
Taguchi / Henare / Makabe / YOSHI-HASHI / Ishii vs vs Bullet Club [Jado / Yujiro / Fale / Tonga / Loa]
Honma / Eagles / Ospreay vs Bullet Club [Chase / Phantasmo / BONER]
TOTAL CHAOS [Liger / Tanahashi / SHO / YOH] vs Suzuki-Gun [DOUKI / Kanemaru / Suzuki / ZSJ]
CHAOS [Rocky / Goto / Okada] vs LIJ [BUSHI / Shingo / SANADA]
LIJ [EVIL / Naito] vs Bullet Club [Gedo / KNIFE PERVERT]

[Ultra Mantis]

15th - DESTRUCTION in BEPPU

Young Lion Cup Yota Tsuji vs Karl Fredericks
Young Lion Cup Shota Umino vs Alex Coughlin
Uemura / Narita / Taguchi / Nagata vs Richards / Connors / Henare / Nakanishi
SHO / YOH / Liger vs Suzuki-Gun [DOUKI / Kanemaru / Suzuki]
Eagles / Ospreay / Honma / Makabe / Ibushi vs Bullet Club [Phantasmo / Boner / Yujiro / Fale / KENTA]
CHAOS [Rocky / Goto / Okada] vs LIJ Shingo [/COLOR]/ SANADA]
LIJ [EVIL / Naito] vs Bullet Club [Chase / KNIFE PERVERT]
[B]Non Title Special Tag CHAOS [YOSHI-HASHI / Ishii] vs Guerrillas of Destiny [Tonga / Loa]
Rev Pro British Heavyweight Championship Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs Zack Sabre Jr

16th - DESTRUCTION in KAGOSHIMA

Young Lion Cup Yuya Uemura vs Clark Connors
Young Lion Cup Ren Narita vs Michael Richards
Tsuji / Umino / Taguchi / Nagata vs Coughlin / Fredericks / Henare / Nakanishi
CHAOS [SHO / YOH / YOSHI-HASHI / Ishii] vs Bullet Club [Chase / Fale / Tonga / Loa]
Seikigun [Tanahashi / Makabe / Honma / Liger] vs Suzuki-Gun [DOUKI / Kanemaru / Suzuki] / ZSJ]
CHAOS [Rocky / Goto / Okada] vs LIJ Shingo [/COLOR]/ SANADA]
LIJ [EVIL / Naito] vs Bullet Club [Yujiro / KNIFE PERVERT]
[B]IWGP Jr Tag Team Championship Bullet Club [Phantasmo / BONER] (c) vs Birds of War [Ospreay / Eagles]
G1 Winner's Briefcase Kota Ibushi (c) vs KENTA

18th - Road to DESTRUCTION

Young Lion Cup Ren Narita vs Yuya Uemura
Young Lion Cup Clark Connors vs Alex Coughlin
Tsuji / Umino / Nagata vs Richards / Fredericks / Nakanishi
Henare / Tiger / YOSHI-HASHI / Ishii vs Bullet Club [Fale / Yujiro / Tonga / Loa]
Eagles / Ospreay / Makabe / Ibushi vs Bullet Club [Phantasmo / BONER / Chase / KENTA]
SHO / YOH / Honma / Tanahashi vs Suzuki-Gun [DOUKI / Kanemaru / Suzuki] / ZSJ]
CHAOS [Rocky / Goto / Okada] vs LIJ [EVIL/ Shingo / SANADA]
LIJ vs Bullet Club [Gedo / KNIFE PERVERT]

[B]19th - Road to DESTRUCTION

Young Lion Cup Shota Umino vs Yota Tsuji
Young Lion Cup Karl Fredericks vs Michael Richards
Uemura / Narita / Nagata vs Coughlin / Connors / Nakanishi
Henare / Tiger / YOSHI-HASHI / Ishii vs Bullet Club [Fale / Chase / Tonga / Loa]
Eagles / Ospreay / Honma / Ibushi vs Bullet Club [Phantasmo / BONER / Yujiro / KENTA]
SHO / YOH / Makabe / Tanahashi vs Suzuki-Gun [DOUKI / Kanemaru / Suzuki] / ZSJ]
CHAOS [Rocky / Goto / Okada] vs LIJ Shingo [/COLOR]/ SANADA]
LIJ [EVIL/ Naito] vs Bullet Club [Gedo / KNIFE PERVERT]

[B]20th - Road to DESTRUCTION

Young Lion Cup Yuya Uemura vs Alex Coughlin
Young Lion Cup Yota Tsuji vs Michael Richards
Narita / Umino / Nagata vs Fredericks / Connors / Nakanishi
Henare / Honma / Makabe vs CHAOS [YOSHI-HASHI / Ishii / Goto]
SHO / YOH / Tiger / Tanahashi vs Suzuki-Gun [DOUKI / Kanemaru / Suzuki] / ZSJ]
Eagles / Ospreay / Okada / Ibushi vs Bullet Club [Phantasmo / BONER / Chase / KENTA]
Probably Non Lethal Elimination Match LIJ [Naito / SANADA / Shingo / EVIL / Bushi] vs Bullet Club [KNIFE PERVERT / Fale / Yujiro / Tonga / Loa]

22nd - DESTRUCTION in KOBE

Uemura / Tsuji / Nagata vs Richards / Coughlin / Nakanishi
Young Lion Cup Shota Umino vs Karl Fredericks
Young Lion Cup Ren Narita vs Clark Connors
GBH [Makabe / Honma / Henare] vs Bullet Club [Fale / Chase / Yujiro]
Rocky / Tiger / Liger / Tanahashi vs Suzuki-Gun [DOUKI / Kanemaru / Suzuki] / ZSJ]
CHAOS & Kota [Eagles / Ospreay / YOSHI-HASHI / Ishii / Ibushi] vs Bullet Club [Phantasmo / BONER / Tonga / Loa / KENTA]
CHAOS [SHO / YOH / Okada] vs LIJ
[B]Special Singles Hirooki Goto vs Shingo Takagi
IWGP Intercontinental Championship & Surely The Return of Hiromu Takahashi Tetsuya Naito (c) vs KNIFE PERVERT Jay White

[Ultra Mantis]

The Dads (Nagata / Kojima / Nakanishi) are pretty much guaranteed to survive the month.

Shingo has two dangerous matches, tomorrow w/ SANADA vs Okada & Goto and then the singles with Goto on the 22nd.
Makabe seems fairly safe, but he does have a tendency to get pinned unexpectedly.
Ibushi is probably fine, KENTA is not going to win the briefcase.
Tama Tonga usually snakes his way through, so you have to believe Loa is taking the fall against Ishii and YOSHI. That doesn't make him safe though.

I'd say Gedo & Jado are 100% dead.
Tiger Mask is the most likely to take a pin on the babyface team in his final two matches, though Roppongi 3k aren't too far above him. He might make it.
El Phantasmo is a slimy prick and I can't see him taking a pin this tour. They seem to have him above BONER SOLDIER in the pecker order.

Marty Scurll - Will be eliminated on 21st September.
Lance Archer - Will be eliminated on 23rd September.
Juice Robinson - Will be eliminated on 12th October. He could still appear on the New Japan Road tour 4th-7th October and is scheduled to face Jon Moxley on 14th October at Kings of Pro Wrestling. I expect he will. But also I think Mox beats him anyway.

[Sixx]

When I was picking Tiger MAsk I had the cartoon I used to watch as a kid in mind.

This one kinda looks like that guy but not entirely.

https://i.pinimg.com/236x/2e/ad/3d/2ead3dadb891fdc902cf9da2e0d99ad2--manga-art-manga-anime.jpg

[Ultra Mantis]

Current Tiger Mask is the fourth guy to use that gimmick and it was actually licensed off the anime character. They've also had guys wrestle in the heel Black Tiger gimmick to feud with him, Eddie Guerrero was under the mask at one point.

[Ultra Mantis]

Tama Tonga is just full of surprises, after going 10 months avoiding a pinfall or submission loss he randomly gets rolled up in an 8 man tag by a Jr Heavyweight.

[Sixx]

Hm, they started showing the cartoon in 1968 from what I've checked.

https://cdn.animenewsnetwork.com/thumbnails/max450x450/cms/news/106386/misterx01.png.jpg

I think that was The Boss, his greatest enemy, but it's hard to find and I was like 6-7 when watching that. :)

[Sixx]

Do they have a Yattaman guy there? That was another cartoon.

Doubt they have Daimos, that was a giant, flying robot.

[Ultra Mantis]

Liger's gimmick is also taken from an anime but those are the only two I'm aware of since they're still around. Not sure if there have been any others who just didn't stick. Where is TPWWs Japanese grappleboy expert DLVH when you need him?

[Ultra Mantis]

According to New Japan World's schedule only one of the US shows will be available to watch, even though I've heard people saying the other shows with be VOD. Not sure where they have seen that, but just going off the official website only that show will count, alongside one televised show from NEW JAPAN ROAD and then the next big event KING of PRO WRESTLING.

Cards:

FIGHTING SPIRIT UNLEASHED
28th September @ Hammerstein Ballroom

Ren Narita vs TJP
Karl Fredericks vs Lance Archer
The Mighty Don't Juice [Nicholls / Juice] vs Coughlin / Connors
Roppongi 3k [SHO / YOH / Rocky] vs Bullet Club [Jado / Tonga / Loa]
Rock 'n' Roll Express [Gibson / Morton / Tanahashi] vs LIJ
CHAOS [Goto / Ishii / Amazing Red] vs Bullet Club [Gedo / Chase / PERVERT]
NEVER Openweight Championship KENTA (c) vs YOSHI-HASHI
Okada / Ibushi vs LIJ [EVIL / SANADA]

NEW JAPAN ROAD
7th October

(NEW! NPC Champion) Tenzan / Kojima / Uemura vs Tsuji / Nakanishi / Nagata
Toa Henare vs Shingo Takagi
Tiger Liger vs Suzuki-Gun [Suzuki / Kanemaru]
CHAOS [SHO / YOH / Goto / Ishii] vs Bullet Club [Gedo / Jado / BONER / Yujiro]
LIJ vs Suzuki-Gun [DOUKI / Taichi]
[B]Hiroshi Tanahashi 20th Anniversary Celebration YOSHI-HASHI / Honma / Tanahashi vs Makabe / Taguchi / Yano
Ibushi / Okada vs LIJ [EVIL / SANADA]

KING of PRO WRESTLING
14th October

[B]El Desperado COMEBACK Taguchi 3k [SHO / YOH / Taguchi] vs Suzuki-Gun [Desperado / Kanemaru / DOUKI]
Hiroshi Tanahashi 20th Anniversary Celebration Honma / Tanahashi vs Most Violent Players [Makabe / Yano]
LIJ vs Suzuki-Gun [Taichi / Archer / ZSJ]
CHAOS [Goto / Ishii / YOSHI-HASHI] vs Bullet Club [KENTA / PERVERT / Yujiro]
[B]Special Singles Match Kishin Liger vs Minoru Suzuki
IWGP Jr Heavyweight Championship Will Ospreay (c) vs El Phantasmo
IWGP United States Heavyweight Championship - No DQ Jon Moxley (c) vs Juice Robinson
Wrestle Kingdom Main Event Contract Kota Ibushi (c) vs EVIL
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Kazuchika Okada (c) vs SANADA

[Big Vic]

Do I have a shot?

[Sixx]

So my man ain't fighting?

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1a/7f/80/1a7f803809db7f55a5bcdb8ce7c0cf10.jpg

GO TIGER MASK!

[Ultra Mantis]

Kojima, Nakanishi & Nagata should all safely reset their timers unless something highly unexpected happens with their young lions.

El Phantasmo is certainly getting a big push, but as one half of the Jr Tag Champs and the Jr Tag League being the next tour after this show it's hard to see him being pushed as double champion. Especially when Hiromu Takahashi Is SURELY GOING TO COME BACK NOW AND CHALLENGE OSPREAY GOD FUCKING DAMN IT WHERE IS HIROMU? I HAVE CALLED HIS RETURN AT LEAST SIX TIMES NOW, IT'S GOTTA BE HERE BUSHI NEEDS A TAG PARTNER TO CARRY HIM THROUGH THE TOURNAMENT AGAIN AHHHH. So yeah, I think he's toast, but what do I know?

Tiger Mask is in there with a couple of lunatics so who knows if we even get a real match there and if we do it's a toss up if Tiger or Kanemaru get's wrecked.

Juice Robinson is safe from a TIME'S UP, however, the "TIME BIKER" Jon Moxley seems very likely to defeat him at KING of PRO WRESTLING. It wouldn't be too outlandish for Juice to go over here but it would all seem quite pointless and with Shota about to head out on excursion you have to believe he's going to go out helping his adoptive dather retain here. I'm not counting him out just yet, we all know Gedo likes to throw out curveballs to sabotage TPWW Survivor.

Togi Makabe, poor old Togi Makabe. I can definitely see him taking the pin for his best friend Tanahashi's anniversary celebration. 100%. But also Tanahashi is teaming with Honma and Honma's current finish is getting pinned no matter the circumstances. Makabe is definitely out and definitely safe at the same time.

Which brings us to Kota Ibushi, G1 Winner, top prospect to win Season 5. Ibushi will face his most dangerous matches to date as he teams with Okada (awful win / loss record in tag matches) to face EVIL & SANADA (2x former Tag Team Champions). SANADA and Okada are very unlikely to take a fall in either of these matches, which means either Ibushi or EVIL is taking the pin. To double the danger, these back to back matches could result in the two teams trading wins or since it's not even a spoiler to say EVIL and SANADA are losing the singles matches, they have got to be hot favourites in the tags. If Ibushi survives this you can believe he's good until January. IF.

[Emperor Smeat]

According to New Japan World's schedule only one of the US shows will be available to watch, even though I've heard people saying the other shows with be VOD. Not sure where they have seen that, but just going off the official website only that show will count, alongside one televised show from NEW JAPAN ROAD and then the next big event KING of PRO WRESTLING.


Only the NY show is airing live on New Japan World although with only Japanese commentary as an option. The others are getting the tape delay treatment like with last month's Super J-Cup tournament.

Only person remaining who is at risk is Kota since they could have EVIL pin him on one of the three shows to hype up their upcoming WK contract match.

[Ultra Mantis]

Do I have a shot?

You have a shot, just like the one Dean Ambrose got that one time.

So my man ain't fighting?

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/1a/7f/80/1a7f803809db7f55a5bcdb8ce7c0cf10.jpg

GO TIGER MASK!

He has one tag match to get through against Suzuki and Drunk Uncle Kanemaru, then he could potentially be in a round robin tag tournament for the rest of October.

[Ultra Mantis]

Only the NY show is airing live on New Japan World although with only Japanese commentary as an option. The others are getting the tape delay treatment like with last month's Super J-Cup tournament.

Only person remaining who is at risk is Kota since they could have EVIL pin him on one of the three shows to hype up their upcoming WK contract match.

Are they running Okada / Ibushi vs EVIL / SANADA on all three shows? That would make his survival odds even worse.

[Emperor Smeat]

No but him vs. EVIL in some form is on all the shows.

Sept 27 - Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kota Ibushi, & Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, & SANADA
Sept 28 - Kota Ibushi & Kazuchika Okada vs. EVIL & SANADA
Sept 29 - TJP & Kota Ibushi vs. BUSHI & EVIL

The first two shows are the biggest threats for him but the last one has TJP locked in as a pin eater if needed.

Juice is also on all the shows but only the last one is threat worthy.

Sept 29 - Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH) & Juice Robinson vs. Shingo Takagi, SANADA, & Tetsuya Naito

[Sixx]

You have a shot, just like the one Dean Ambrose got that one time.



He has one tag match to get through against Suzuki and Drunk Uncle Kanemaru, then he could potentially be in a round robin tag tournament for the rest of October.

There's a guy called Drunk Uncle?

AND I WENT WITH TIGER MASK?

[Ultra Mantis]

Tough schedule for Kota that's for sure, as for the Juice six-man I'd call Shingo beating SHO again as is tradition.

[Ultra Mantis]

Yeah this guy.

https://i0.wp.com/backbodydrop.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/njpw-bosj26n9-kanemaru.jpg?resize=700,391

He drinks whisky during his entrance and sometimes spits it in people eyes.

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f6/56/f8/f656f803a5feb43b670c596030d38a1b.jpg

[Sixx]

Ok, I don't want him anymore.

Who the fuck spits whisky? YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DRINK IT, YOU WEIRD LITTLE ASIAN GUY.

[Ultra Mantis]

If he just drank the whisky nobody would boo him. Gotta get that heat.

[Sixx]

Oh, so he's a heel. Makes sense.

Polish audience would kick the shit out of his ass for wasting booze.

[Ultra Mantis]

Tiger Mask just became the hot favourite to win the game as he's entering the Super Jrs Tag Tournament, which runs until November, with a young lion for a tag partner. Such a dad move.

[Ultra Mantis]

Dads on Tour.

Nakanishi (52)
Nagata (51)
Kojima (49)
(NPC Champion) Tenzan (48)
Makabe (47)
Tiger Mask (43)

Young whippersnap Tiger Mask is primed to take this home, realistically all he has to do is avoid being pinned during the Super Jr Tag League. None of the other Dads are booked for Super Jr Tag League, so if they have any hope of refreshing their timer they will have to either show up on the US shows NEW JAPAN SHOWDOWN (9th and 11th of November) or enter the World Tag League (starting 16th November) where they will surely be pinned unless they can grab a Young Lion tag partner of their own.

Tiger Mask's SJTL partner, Yuya Uemura is the young lion of the lowest order, finishing last in this years Young Lion Cup. While the team and super likely to lose every single match, Tiger Mask SHOULD NEVER TAKE THE FALL. However, you must remember that Tiger Mask legit forgot to kick out of a roll up earlier this year during The Best of Super Jrs Tournament.

He must survive:

16/10 (SJTL) vs Team CMLL [Titan / Volador Jr]
17/10 (SJTL) vs Coach 2 Coach [Rocky / Taguchi]
19/10 (SJTL) vs Bullet Club [Phantasmo / BONER]
21/10 (w/ Karl Fredricks) vs vs Bullet Club [Phantasmo / BONER]
22/10 (w/ Yota Tsuji) vs Team CMLL [Titan / Volador Jr]
23/10 (w/ Karl Fredricks) vs Tsuji / Honma
25/10 (w/ Yota Tsuji) vs Bullet Club [Phantasmo / BONER]
26/10 (w/ Yota Tsuji) vs Bullet Club [Phantasmo / BONER]
27/10 (SJTL) vs Birds of War [Eagles / Ospreay]
28/10 (SJTL) vs Suzuki-Gun [Desperado / Kanemaru]
30/10 (SJTL) vs Roppongi 3k [SHO / YOH]
31/10 (SJTL) vs Clark Connors / TJP
1/11 (w/ Uemura / Liger) vs Tsuji / Connors / TJP

[Evil Vito]

Will Ospreay eliminates both of my entrants lol

[Ultra Mantis]

Tiger Mask survived all his tournament matches, as expected.

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/dragonquest/images/3/3c/DQX_-_Rottontail.png

I've been killing lots of these little Jr Heavyweight bastards in Dragon Quest XI though, because damn you Tiger Mask! This was supposed to be Makabe's turn!

[Ultra Mantis]

World Tag League begins on 16th November, the teams are as follows (in order of importance):

DEATH PIRATE [EVIL / SANADA]
Guerillas of Destiny [Tama Tonga / Tanga Loa]
CHAOS [YOSHI-HASHI / Tomohiro Ishii]
Fin Juice [David Finlay / Juice Robinson]
Dangerous Tekkers [Taichi / Zack Sabre Jr]
Boom Thief [Colt Cabana / Toru Yano]
Suzuki-gun [Minoru Suzuki / Lance Archer]
Los Ingobernables [Shingo Takagi / Terrible]
Bullet Club [KENTA / Yujiro]
The Mighty Don't Elgin [Mikey Nicholls / Jeff Cobb]
The Area 51 Experience
Great Bash Heel [[B]Togi Makabe / Tomoaki Honma]
TenCozy [Hiroyoshi Tenzan / Satoshi Kojima]
Team DAD [Manabu Nakanishi / Yuji Nagata]
A Spade for The Ace [Hiroshi Tanahashi / Toa Henare]
LA Dojo [Hirooki Goto / Karl Fredericks]

[Ultra Mantis]

As you can see from the list, all of our surviving participants are in the bottom end of point expectancy.

Nakanishi and Kojima will NOT survive this tour. Absolutely no chance.

Yuji Nagata has a slight chance, but due to the schedule he might take a few big bumps for Nakanishi as NPC Tenzan will do for Kojima. I'd say he's also gone (and I'm looking at Fale to do it at the very least).

Big Togi has a slightly larger chance since he's teaming with Honma, and while I've placed them low, if any of the older teams are going to get a nice run it should be these guys. They were back to back winners before Honma got injured and this is their first time entering since. Honma eats a lot of pins, but that's not to say Makabe is as protected as he has been in the past. He is however, in a much stronger position for survival than if he had tagged with Yano, but a somewhat worse position than tagging with Henare.

Then there's Tiger Mask. Tiger Mask Tiger Mask Tiger Mask. I'll get onto this more when we look at the schedule but he's not looking as good as he should be...

[Ultra Mantis]

Just going to post the game relevant matches of each card, if your interested in full cards here's a link: https://www.njpw1972.com/schedule/

16th November
TenCozy [Kojima / Tenzan] vs Los Ingobernables [Shingo / Terrible]
Team DAD [Nakanishi / Nagata] vs Bullet Club [Yujiro / Kenta]
Great Bash Heel [Makabe / Honma] vs A Spade For The Ace [Tanahashi / Henare]

17th November
TenCozy [Kojima / Tenzan] vs Fin Juice [Finlay / Juice]
Great Bash Heel [Makabe / Honma] vs Team DAD [Nakanishi / Nagata]

18th November
Great Bash Heel [Makabe / Honma] vs LA Dojo [Goto / Fredericks]
Team DAD [Nakanishi / Nagata] vs The Mighty Don't Elgin [Mikey / Cobb]
TenCozy [Kojima / Tenzan] vs A Spade For The Ace [Tanahashi / Henare]

19th November
TenCozy [Kojima / Tenzan] vs LA Dojo [Goto / Fredericks]
Team DAD [Nakanishi / Nagata] vs A Spade For The Ace [Tanahashi / Henare]
Great Bash Heel [Makabe / Honma] vs Fin Juice [Finlay / Juice]

21st November
Team DAD [Nakanishi / Nagata] vs LA Dojo [Goto / Fredericks]
Great Bash Heel [Makabe / Honma] vs TenCozy [Kojima / Tenzan]

23rd November
TenCozy [Kojima / Tenzan] vs The Mighty Don't Elgin [Mikey / Cobb]
Team DAD [Nakanishi / Nagata] vs DEATH PIRATE [EVIL / SANADA]
Great Bash Heel [Makabe / Honma] vs Boom Thief [Cabana / Yano]

24th November
Team DAD [Nakanishi / Nagata] vs Suzuki-Gun [Suzuki / Archer]
Great Bash Heel [Makabe / Honma] vs The Area 51 Experience [Fale / Chase]
TenCozy [Kojima / Tenzan] vs CHAOS [YOSHI / Ishii]

25th November
TenCozy [Kojima / Tenzan] vs Boom Thief [Cabana / Yano]
Team DAD [Nakanishi / Nagata] vs Fin Juice [Finlay / Juice]
Great Bash Heel [Makabe / Honma] vs CHAOS [YOSHI / Ishii]

27th November
Team DAD [Nakanishi / Nagata] vs CHAOS [YOSHI / Ishii]
TenCozy [Kojima / Tenzan] vs Suzuki-Gun [Suzuki / Archer]
Great Bash Heel [Makabe / Honma] vs Dangerous Tekkers [Taichi / Sabre]

28th November
Team DAD [Nakanishi / Nagata] vs The Area 51 Experience [Fale / Chase]
TenCozy [Kojima / Tenzan] vs Bullet Club [KENTA / Yujiro]
Great Bash Heel [Makabe / Honma] vs Suzuki-Gun [Suzuki / Archer]

[Ultra Mantis]

29th November
Team DAD [Nakanishi / Nagata] vs Boom Thief [Cabana / Yano]
TenCozy [Kojima / Tenzan] vs Dangerous Tekkers [Taichi / Sabre]
Great Bash Heel [Makabe / Honma] vs G.O.D [Tonga / Loa]

1st December
Great Bash Heel [Makabe / Honma] vs The Mighty Don't Elgin [Mikey / Cobb]
CHAOS [SHO / YOH / Okada] vs Sekigun [Ibushi / Liger / Tiger]

2nd December
Team DAD [Nakanishi / Nagata] vs Los Ingobernables [Shingo / Terrible]
CHAOS [SHO / YOH / Okada] vs Sekigun [Ibushi / Liger / Tiger]

3rd December
Team DAD [Nakanishi / Nagata] vs vs Dangerous Tekkers [Taichi / Sabre]
Great Bash Heel [Makabe / Honma] vs Bullet Club [Yujiro / Kenta]
CHAOS [SHO / YOH / Okada] vs Sekigun [Ibushi / Liger / Tiger]
TenCozy [Kojima / Tenzan] vs vs G.O.D [Tonga / Loa]

5th December
TenCozy [Kojima / Tenzan] vs The Area 51 Experience [Fale / Chase]
Great Bash Heel [Makabe / Honma] vs DEATH PIRATE [EVIL / SANADA]
CHAOS [SHO / YOH / Okada] vs Sekigun [Ibushi / Liger / Tiger]

6th December
Great Bash Heel [Makabe / Honma] vs Los Ingobernables [Shingo / Terrible]
Team DAD [Nakanishi / Nagata] vs G.O.D [Tonga / Loa]
TenCozy [Kojima / Tenzan] vs DEATH PIRATE [EVIL / SANADA]
CHAOS [SHO / YOH / Okada] vs Sekigun [Ibushi / Liger / Tiger]

8th December
Team DAD [Nakanishi / Nagata] vs TenCozy [Kojima / Tenzan]
CHAOS [SHO / YOH / Okada] vs Sekigun [Ibushi / Liger / Tiger]

[Ultra Mantis]

As you can probably figure out, as soon as we hit December 1st, Tiger Mask is fucking extinct for a week. The only question is - will anyone else be able to survive until then?

Also Dangerous Tekkers and GBH are not even booked for the last show, in case you wanted confirmation on those two teams not winning the whole thing.

[Ultra Mantis]

Final three already as Nakanishi and Kojima start taking falls early on. This could be over in a flash.

[Ultra Mantis]

Tiger Mask is joining the party on Sunday, Makabe and Nagata still stubbornly refuse to lose. It's anyone's guess who takes it but currently it's advantage Nagata. He barely even interacted with his former protégé Fale and Nakanishi is still insisting on taking every bump possible. The mad old bastard might actually go two wins in two seasons. More importantly, last place SANADA still has a chance to be on the winning team. He's so good.

[Ultra Mantis]

Tiger Mask has been hunted to extinction. Much like Vito was victimised by Will Ospreay, Both of Sixx's guys were pinned by Okada.

[Ultra Mantis]

Makabe has made it out alive, Nagata faces Tencozy on Sunday and probably is going to get a win there. This one could go on for a while...

[Ultra Mantis]

Cards until WK are out, Makabe is part of the three road to shows in the opening tag matches, he has both Honma and new lions as partners so it would be a shock to see him lose.

Nagata is not booked for any of the shows. He has until the 19th of January to wrestle, meaning he must appear as part of the Fantasticamania tour, or get added to a match at New Years Dash. He could of course be a participant in the New Japan rumble of they add it to the WK card (they didnt last year).

It's not over yet.

[Sixx]

So that fucking Okada guy eliminated both of my guys? Asshole.

[Ultra Mantis]

Yeah, this guy

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_fQgFyUwAAEg1I.jpg

[Ultra Mantis]

Nagata and Nakanishi vs Tencozy and the six man tag title gauntlet (Makabe is still a champ and unlike Honma or Nakanishi, Yano and Taguchi aren't guaranteed to eat the loss) have been added to WK Night 2. The survivor gods smile down on Yuji Nagata this Christmas.

[Sixx]

Yeah, this guy

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D_fQgFyUwAAEg1I.jpg

Seriously...

[Sixx]

Did he beat my guys over some toys?

[Ultra Mantis]

https://viewsfromthehawkesnest.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/okaddda.png

He didn't even share his dick balloons with them to be fair.

[Ultra Mantis]

I'm still catching up on watching Wrestle Kingdom but I've seen that both Nagata and Makabe survived the event. They could both appear at New Years Dash tomorrow, but then we have Fantasticamania, which most of the roster takes off. Wouldn't expect them to be on that one but cant rule it out entirely. The New Beginning tour in January / February would then be the last chance for them to beat the clock and I'm pretty confident they both will. Failing an unlikely high profile singles match or another bumper edition New Japan Cup for this one could keep running indefinitely. Even if Makabe gets back in the G1, that's moved to later in the year due to the Olympics.

Hope Nagata randomly comes out tomorrow and challenges for a belt. Or gets pinned by Tsuji. Fingers crossed.

[Ultra Mantis]

All caught up, here's the lay of the land:

Nagata's timer runs out on 15th Feb, Makabe on the 16th Feb.

As expected, neither are on the Fantasticamania tour (10th Jan - 20th Jan).
There is New Beginning USA scheduled from 24th Jan - 1st Feb, the older guys don't tend to work these shows but, again, can't rule it out.
Running concurrently, The NEW BEGINNING tour runs from 25th Jan - 9th Feb with marquee shows on the 1st, 2nd & 9th.

Cards for New Beginning will only be revealed following Fantasticamania, but there's a twist. Nagata's lost time tag partner and rival Nakanishi will be retiring early into the NEW JAPAN ROAD tour (19th-22nd Feb are his available dates). Nagata is a lock for these events, but time will have expired by the time the tour begins. There's always the chance for the retirement tour to begin earlier, during The NEW BEGINNING but with Nakanishi so broken down they might want to save it.

Of course either guy could get booked on NEW BEGINNING so its not over yet, and providing they both do this wont be until at least NEW JAPAN CUP in March (and thats IF either of them participates in the tournament).

We wont know anything else until the 21st.

Yours Ominously,
Ultra Mantis

[Ultra Mantis]

Oh wow, Fantasticamania so inconsequential they released the New Beginning Cards already.

Nagata has already dumped Nakanishi and is teaming with Kojima on the New Beginning USA tour.

Nakanishi is teaming with Tenzan back in Japan... against Makabe and his numerous partners.

Also Nagata must have taken the news very badly because hes challenging Lance Archer in a singles match on the 26th.

I am going to cry when Nakanishi pins Makabe on the 25th.

If Nagata somehow survives Archer and the rest of the US tour he will join the rest of the dads to take on Team Makabe on the final day of the Japan tour. Clocks away. Circle the 26th on your calendars.

[Ultra Mantis]

Makabe drops the knee of Nakanishi.
Will Nagata make the Murderhawk Monster tap out tomorrow night?
We'll find out as TPWW Survivor Japan rolls on!

[Ultra Mantis]

Nagata took a claw and got pinned tonight. This season is actually over. I can't believe it.

[Emperor Smeat]

:fu: Archer.

Came very close to pulling off the bookend with having both the first guy eliminated and last guy remaining this season.