Pretty sure Tana's just going to get one last "thank you" reign and he's gonna transition it over to Switchblade

Fuck you, guys.

Just want to take a moment to thank you guys for staying on topic and not taking any of Franco’s bait. We did it you guys.

idk dude sry!

No, Davey Boy Smith Jr got pinned

Gertner may have quit TPWW forever but his sock is still putting the work in

This show was like an hour shorter than last year and I think it actually helped.

I dunno. A few of those undercard matches could have used a few extra minutes.

I'd have given some more time to Bone Soldier/KUSHIDA but wasn't too bothered with the rest.

It is amazing how 5 hours of NJPW breezes by while 5 hours of WWE sounds like a fate worse than death

Watching now. The opener is insane. This match.

I do wish that they'd have ended with the knockout blow instead of a storm breaker, but that was match was TNT.

Man Shingo is MUCH welcomed to NJPW. I haven't seen him work here yet and he is so good for this company.

ZSJ is such a paradox. Truly one of the most fun wrestlers to watch with probably the most confusing physique in the game. Dude looks like an erotica wrestler but damn his matches are good.

I haven't read any spoilers yet. Khusida's entrance was amusing.

Okada’s thighs got one of the loudest pops of the night

I'm watching Okada vs. Jay White now. Jay White is boring. Looks way out of place.

The commentary is really bad. Not WWE-style at least, but just bad.

Okada is so good.

It feels like the crowd is dead whenever Jay White does anything. It's not that he's bad or anything. He's just boring.

Lol, he just won. I had a feeling he would. Wouldn't surprise me if he wins the IWGP Title honestly.

Lol, Ospreay vs. Ibushi. I was okay with the start of this match, but Ibushi just went for a moonsault and Ospreay had already moved onto the apron and commentary is just like "Ibushi had his back turned so he couldn't see." Fucking hell.

I'm tapping on this match. Ospreay isn't doing it for me. Ibushi is acting like a parody of himself.

British Heavyweight Title is a nice belt.

ZSJ reminds me of one of the guys from The In-Betweeners.

Jesus Christ, why would someone with the frame of ZSJ want Ishii to hit him?

I haven't seen ZSJ in a long time, but this isn't doing it for me. Just no-sold a superplex. It don't get why a guy whose gimmick is that his technical stuff could really hurt you completely blows away the realism of a match. He telegraphs what he's doing too much too. He leans way too much into things.

This is a shame, because this is the match I was looking forward to the most, because I fucking love what I've seen from Ishii.

Yeah, tapping out of this match too.

Going to watch Omega vs. Tanahashi. Fucking hell, Tanahashi just looks like a star.

Omega is not nearly as annoying as he was. He's matured heaps, you can tell.

I've noticed that they're doing a lot of "near falls" for drama that are kind of fucked up. Like the ref knows not to count so they stay in it for what should be a shoot three but it's not a pin. Like it's happened in ZSJ vs. Ishii, Okada vs. White and Omega vs. Tanahashi. I didn't get far enough into Ibushi vs. Ospreay to see if it happened in that too.

Wasn't Tanahashi supposed to be really hurt or something? You can't fucking tell.

Omega definitely was way more serious in this one.

Yeah, definitely. Tanahashi's hair has more star power than most people in wrestling put together.

I like how New Japan has its two greatest champions in kayfabe on their current roster. I also didn't realize that since they've done the championship certificate from the G1 that no one had ever won. I knew that there was a streak of people losing, but I had no clue that no one had ever done it.

Oh, I just saw that they are running two Tokyo Dome shows on consecutive nights in 2020. That's pretty huge. They certainly have the roster size for that. They've also got relationships they can mine. If deals with ROH, AEW and Rev Pro are all running, I can see all their belts being defended. It's eventually the way I see WrestleMania going.

CMLL too. I've heard that their relationship with ROH is pretty rocky at this point but I do see AEW striking a deal with them eventually.

Wanted to read what was going on in here but was assaulted by a bunch of noid posts.

I'm sure the payday was worth it, but Hangman and Scurll flew halfway around the world to wrestle in a gauntlet for a few minutes and not be booked on New Years Dash lol

The Elite (and Bullet Club) pretty much kept ROH relevant to NJPW considering ROH has been benefiting way more from their partnership. Only reason ROH haven't hit a NWA-level of uselessness yet is due to having a better roster to work with for NJPW.

Could see NJPW ditch ROH for AEW or someone else in a few years depending on how their US expansion pans out and if AEW becomes successful.

I want ROH and NJPW to work together just long enough for PCO to get a match in Tokyo

The MSG deal is pretty huge for New Japan, and that was largely secured thanks to Sinclair.

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Kazuchika Okada's legs will bring about world peace

With NJPW losing so many guys to AEW, I wonder who will get the push to fill the void? Looks like Will Ospreay will be the top Gaijin tailed by Jay White as a heel. Who can replace the bucks? Nobody. I hope they shove Jeff Cobb into the mix. He's old school and perfect for NJPW. Will we get PCO vs Ishii and Suzuki?!?

NJPW is doing the right thing by staying with ROH over AEW (at this time at least). ROH is a solid partner with good talent to pluck from. ROH has made very smart signings the last few months.

Roppongi 3K will replace the Young Bucks if they stay together.

I wonder if ZSJ will get a bigger push

Ah yeah that does seem likely.