Finally watched Ibushi/Naito from last week. V good. Ready to watch Okada/Shingo when they upload the English.

Night 4's New Japan Cup 2021 tournament matches were very entertaining.

Yota Tsuji vs. Yugi Nagata was a splendid young guy vs. grizzled vet type match.

Ishii vs. SANADA was great. SANADA is still the dumbest wrestler in NJPW though since he keeps letting go his Skull End submissions for moonsaults that miss way too often.

Night 5 of New Japan Cup wasn't bad but easily the weakest out of all the nights so far in terms of tournament matches.

David Finlay vs. Chase Owens was all right but also nothing really special.

The less that's said about Yuijo vs. YOSHI-HASHI the better.

Toa Henare vs. Jay White was mostly very good but that match didn't need to be one of those NJPW style 20+ minute main events either.

All three tournament matches also had pretty anti-climatic or flat finishes as well.

Night 6 of New Japan Cup was way better than last night's show.

:lol: at the booking of the Yano vs. Great-O-Khan match not because of anything about the match itself but what it meant for an earlier match in the tournament.



EVIL vs. Jeff Cobb was very good. Cobb's upper body strength is pretty amazing whenever he gets to bust out power spots during his matches.

Night 7 of New Japan Cup was great, more so for the tournament matches while the undercard was mostly fine and enjoyable.

KENTA had a death wish with the utter disrespect he showed to Suzuki's entrance.


Hirooki Goto vs. Shingo Takagi was excellent and currently my match of the tournament.

Takagi is easily among the best NJPW currently has on their roster for matches just based on the amount of great ones he's been producing these past couple years.

Shingo is so fucking good. His matches are must see for me.

now finjuice have the impact tag belts new japan of america?

Night 8 of New Japan Cup was a very fine show overall. In terms of tournament matches, last night's show felt the better of the two but both matches tonight were very good to great.

Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre Jr. was easily among the best of this year's tournament matches. Had its fair share of hard hitting moments and was a bit crazy with the amount of counters at times.

EVIL suddenly now has Fiend-like powers with the ability to do the lights out trick and show up outta nowhere.

Didn't catch Night 9's show live yesterday but that show and tonight's Night 10 show were very good overall.

Of the 4 tournament matches, Shingo Takagi vs. KENTA was the best while David Finlay vs. YOSHI-HASHI was one of the best performances those two have had recently and Tanahashi vs. Jay White was very good.

Only lukewarm match was Yano vs. EVIL but it did have a pretty cool finish even if it was also goofy.

1st Semifinals matchup:

Interesting spoiler.....one is semi obvious to pick but then again....

Got around to watching Night 11's show from earlier in the day and the tournament matches were very good in general.

David Finlay vs. Jay White was very good and also had the biggest shock moment of the tournament happen.

Will Ospreay vs. SANADA was great and in the upper tier of matches for this year's tournament.

Based on who's remaining probably going to get this matchup for the finals:

I hope the spoiler is true dammit! Dude deserves the moon IMO.

Holy shit, a very large earthquake just hit the area where NJPW is having tonight's Night 12 show.

Caused the on-going Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, & Kota Ibushi vs. Yujiro Takahashi, KENTA, & Jay White match and show itself to be halted for the time being for safety reasons.

Was large enough that its possible the rest of the show will get called off if the venue doesn't pass post-quake damage inspections.

Edit: Ring announcer just stated moments ago that the rest of tonight's show will go on but if an aftershock happens, whatever is left of the show will be cancelled on the spot.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake hits off eastern Japan - warning center</p>&mdash; BNO News (@BNONews) <a href="https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1373200493544112128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Holy shit, an earthquake has happened in the middle of the match <a href="https://t.co/YCKTFJJeYE">https://t.co/YCKTFJJeYE</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/njpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#njpw</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/njcup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#njcup</a> <a href="https://t.co/RmoktTtguV">pic.twitter.com/RmoktTtguV</a></p>&mdash; Ciaràn (@CiaranRH) <a href="https://twitter.com/CiaranRH/status/1373200850567495683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Link with video of the incident: http://skullsmedia.com/2021/03/20/ea...ent-3-20-2021/

Night 12 of New Japan Cup 2021 was mostly very entertaining overall.

Finals of New Japan Cup 2021:


Depending on the situation with aftershocks, wouldn't be surprised if tomorrow's show doesn't happen for safety reasons. NJPW got very lucky they were able to finish tonight's show unscathed in terms of tournament matches.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/JayWhiteNZ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JayWhiteNZ</a> taking all the advantage of the earthquake and crowning himself a Triple Champion in the process.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/njpw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#njpw</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/njcup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#njcup</a> <a href="https://t.co/QDj1Rtfn0a">pic.twitter.com/QDj1Rtfn0a</a></p>&mdash; Soumik Datta (@Thesoumikdatta9) <a href="https://twitter.com/Thesoumikdatta9/status/1373207337763102729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

That is nuts, wow, re: Earthquake

Abe-San should brush up on his Michael Buffer impersonation.

"LLLLLLLLLLLLET'S GET READY TO RUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMBLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

*earthquake*

"EVERYBODY KEEP CALM! I WAS JUST KIDDING! THIS WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!"

Finals of New Japan Cup 2021 was amazing.

Shingo and Ospreay somehow managed to top their best matches of the tournament with the match they just put on tonight.

Kinda wtf-ish on what he did to Bea after.

According to Voices of Wrestling, a lot of people in NJPW's locker room were not happy over that Oscutter spot to Bea.

Also probably not the good hype and publicity NJPW was hoping for out of that show since the general talk afterwards online was mostly people bringing up Ospreay's past controversial incidents with women.

Sakura Genesis card announced.

Mostly blah. Ospreay vs. Ibushi is sure to be one for the books.

What the hell, I've got something to watch on Easter Sunday aside from the bible movie marathons on most networks.

The new title.

https://411mania.com/wp-content/uplo...21-645x370.jpg


I personally like the look.

I like how they went a different route with the strap in general. Silver instead of the traditional black. Looks sharp.

That thing looks like trash, what are you talking about?

They went from the best looking title of all time to "based on the creative designs of the WWE Divas's Championship". Horrible.

That belt looks like Cody's neck tattoo.

https://th.bing.com/th/id/Ra961172df...sl=&pid=ImgRaw

https://th.bing.com/th?id=OIF.v251J9...id=ImgDet&rs=1

https://th.bing.com/th/id/R9e7973644...sl=&pid=ImgRaw

Belt looks somewhat ugly compared to the old one.

Maybe it would look a tad better had there not been all that empty space on the sides of the main plate.

Totally Butterfly belt inspired lol

Ok was some weird lighting....When Kota holds it, it looks different again.

<iframe width="891" height="501" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RhfwacHYLiI" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/oi8EsX7HSn">pic.twitter.com/oi8EsX7HSn</a></p>&mdash; Thauros (@thauros_) <a href="https://twitter.com/thauros_/status/1377090035586101250?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 31, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

NJPW introducing a new title belt soon for their weekly Strong series.

Winner of this year's upcoming New Japan Cup USA tournament will be crowned as the inaugural NJPW Strong Openweight Champion.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The New Japan Cup USA winner will not be a contender. <br><br>The New Japan Cup USA winner will be a champion!<br><br>Introducing the NJPW STRONG Openweight Championship!<br><br>Watch NOW: <a href="https://t.co/odTSfH1aXO">https://t.co/odTSfH1aXO</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/njpwSTRONG?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#njpwSTRONG</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/njcupusa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#njcupusa</a> <a href="https://t.co/tp6Xwdjo51">pic.twitter.com/tp6Xwdjo51</a></p>&mdash; NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) <a href="https://twitter.com/njpwglobal/status/1378166297247145987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

They already have a US Championship though...

US could be their main title though and the new one the mid?

I assume they wanted a belt to be exclusive to Strong which this new one likely will be while the US belt stays as a belt that shows up on both Strong and NJPW's Japan shows.

Could also see this lead to a US version of Sakura Genesis where the US Champ takes on the Strong champ in a special match every year.

United Empire's newest member was revealed to be