TPWW Survivor JAPAN 3! BONER SOLDIER Tags OUT (Not Tugs, Please Be Civil)
 

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. ROH does not count and ROH “exclusive” wrestlers (ie. Not NJPW regulars) are probably bad picks. ROH / CMLL crossover events DO count, provided they are promoted with the New Japan branding.
• 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 or she goes SIX weeks without having a televised match in a NJPW ring for any reason whatsoever (injury, marital affair, seduced by Vince, Yoshi Tatsu'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, new seasons will only be created after a minimum wait period of two days.
• 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 17th November 2018 edition of NJPW WORLD TAG LEAGUE 2018 at the start of show, in the beginning of this night / morning, right then, on Saturday, November 17, 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 co-winning Season 1 via double count out Yuji Nagata & Hiroyoshi Tenzan are both ineligible. For winning Season 2, "BONE(R) SOLDIER" Taiji Ishimori is ineligble.

For winning Season 2, Lock Jaw has pulled out his BONE SOLDIER and pre-selected Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tomoaki Honma.

We will be joining the action at WORLD TAG LEAGUE 2018 if that wasn't already obvious, which is a WORLD TAG LEAGUE FOR TAG TEAMS. As New Japan has a clear hierarchy, a lot of the tag teams are likely to have one guy designated to eat all of those delicious pins. To give yourself the best shot at this season, don't pick those guys. If you have no idea who those guys are, or even who is in a tag team in the first place, take a lucky guess. I believe in you. Teams are yet to be confirmed but expect such teams as:

Guerillas of Destiny
Best Friends
Killer Elite Squad
Suzuki-Gunblade
2 Cool Los Ingobernables De Japon Spooky Boyz
Great Bash Heel
Juice Robinson & Friend
Tencozy
Some guys from CHAOS probably Ishii & Yano, maybe Yoshi-Hashi if he's stopped bleeding
Ring of Honor
Jobbers who aren't in Bullet Club anymore
Not the Young Bucks

I will be participating in the game, but in the interest of fairness, I won't make my pick until at least ten pairs of wrestlers have been chosen. Good luck, namaste.

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New Japan Dads

RED BEAN MOCHI Block

WINNER "Knife Pervert" Jay White - mike adamle - Last wrestled 6/3 Anniversary Show

MELON PAN Block

SOLD OUT

================== NEXT TIMED ELIMINATION 25th MARCH (6 week's from NEW BEGINNING in OSAKA 11/2) ==================

26. Yoshinobu Kanemaru - CV Vito - Pinned by Minoru Suzuki 17/11 WORLD TAG LEAGUE
25. Satoshi Kojima - RP - Pinned by Yuji Nagata 17/11 WORLD TAG LEAGUE
24. Chuck Taylor - Ultra Mantis - Pinned by Yuriro (!?), poor Dustin 18/11 WORLD TAG LEAGUE
23. Jeff Cobb - STD - Pinned by EVIL 18/11 WORLD TAG LEAGUE
22. "Mr POS" Michael Elgin - Helmsphere - Pinned by Lance Archer 20/11 WORLD TAG LEAGUE
21. (NPC Champion) Tanga Loa - Savio - Pinned by Satoshi Kojima 24/11 WORLD TAG LEAGUE
20. Hangman Page - Gertner - Pinned by Tango Loa 29/11 WORLD TAG LEAGUE
19. KUSHIDA - CV Vito [13th!] - Pinned by BONER SOLDIER 29/11 WORLD TAG LEAGUE
18. Tama Tonga - Simple Fan - Pinned by SANADA 9/12 WORLD TAG LEAGUE
17. Tomoaki Honma - Lock Jaw - Pinned by Tango Loa 15/12 Road to TOKYO DOME
16. Katsuya Kitamura R.I.P :'( - DaveWadding - Still cryogenically frozen, 6 week'd 29/12
=. Chris Sabin - Helmsphere [12th!] - Couldn't find a tag partner 6 week'd 29/12
=. TAKA Michinoku :shifty: - Savio [11th!] - Scandalously cheated on his wife for 8 years AND then didn't wrestle for two months! 6 week'd 29/12
13. Kota Ibushi - RP [10th!] - Pinned by Will Ospreay 4/1 Wrestle Kingdom 13
12. Kazuchika Okada - DaveWadding [9th!] - Pinned by Knife Pervert 4/1 Wrestle Kingdom 13
11. Kenny Omega - STD [8th!] - Pinned by Hiroshi Tanahashi 4/1 Wrestle Kingdom 13
10. Togi Makabe - Ultra Mantis [7th!] - Pinned by Tango Loa 5/1 New Years Dash
9. "The Windy Man, The Long Mover" Zack Sabre Jr - mike adamle - Pinned by EVIL 2/2 NEW BEGINNING in SAPPORO
8. Hiroshi Tanahashi - Lock Jaw [6th!] - Submitted to The Knife Pervert 2/2 NEW BEGINNING in SAPPORO
7. Minoru Suzuki - Sixx - Pinned by SANADA 3/2 NEW BEGINNING in SAPPORO
6. Bad Luck Fale - Gertner [5th!] - Pinned by Kazuchika Okada 11/2 NEW BEGINNING in OSAKA
5. Marty Scurll - Jordan X - 6 week'd 15/2
4. Beretta - Simple Fan [4th!] - 6 week'd 16/2
3. Juice Robinson - Jordan X [3th!] - 6 week'd 16/2
2. Jushin Thunder Liger - Sixx - Submitted to BONER SOLDIER 6/3 Anniversary Show

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Gene Pool

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<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 (Brother Vito) | Hiroyoshi Tenzan (Simple Fan) | RUNNER UP: Tama Tonga (RP)</option></select>

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Tama Tonga and Beretta

Jay White and Zack Sabre Jr,

Tanga Loa
TAKA Michinoku

Kenny Omega
Jeff Cobb

Kota Ibushi
Satoshi Kojima

KUSHIDA
Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Minoru Suzuki and Jushin Liger.

I'll take Mr. POS Michael Elgin since I named him that.

Give me Sabin too, why not.

Teams have been revealed:

Great, Bash Henare (Togi Makabe & Toa Henare)
Tencozy (Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan)
New Japan Dads (Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi)
Young Lions + (Shota Umino & Ayato Yoshida)
Taguchi Japan (Juice Robinson & David Finlay)
Smells Like Teen Piss (Michael Elgin & Jeff Cobb)
CHAOS (Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano)
Best Friends (Beretta & Chuck Taylor)
Jobbers who aren't in Bullet Club anymore (Hangman Page & Yujiro Takahashi)
Guerillas of Destiny (Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa)
Suzuki-Gunfist (Minoru Suzuki & Takashi Iizuka)
Filler Elite Squad (Davey Jr PowerBoy Hart Jr Smith Jr & Lance Archer)
Pad Tai (Zack Sabre Jr & Taichi)
Spooky Cool Hunks (EVIL & SANADA)

Also on the tour: Okada, Naito, Goto, Ibushi, SHO & YOH, Rocky, Shingo & Bushi, KUSHIDA, Gedo, Fale, Knife Pervert, Honma, Kanemaru, Desperado, rest of the Young Lions.

Tanahashi also joins the tour for the later dates, tagging with Okada :eek:

Any guys who aren't on the tour would have to appear either for a one off at the final show or the two Road to Tokyo Dome shows just before Christmas, so don't bank on the rest of The Elite showing up this season. Even Kenny Omega is a risky pick tbh.

I dont know if any of these guys are good. I just tried to pick the most Japan sounding Japan guys i can find.

Ibushi is main event level, usually loses big matches but he wont be having any of those until at least April. Kojima is one of the old guys (they call them the New Japan Dads) but he's the most mobile of all the Dads. Unlike in WWE the old guys are low on the card, they usually wrestle the young lions (trainees) so they don't usually get pinned that often. His tag partner (and winner of the first season) Tenzan is actually probably the one who will be getting pinned in this league but his team will be taking a lot of Ls.

Stalled at 9 people.

If Noid hadn't made Smelly Meatball quit this never would have happened.

What are those teams? What's the deal here?

The November / December shows are a tag team tournament, round robin style so all of those teams will be facing each other.

Damn. Hopefully my boys won't be facing eachother.

I purposely took juniors figuring they might just work multi-man matches and therefore have a lower chance of getting pinned. KUSHIDA I know is definitely getting booked. Not sure on Kanemaru.

That being said, both of my picks could easily be bounced at Wrestle Kingdom anyway.

Hangman Page
Bad Luck Fale

Togi Makabe
Chuck Taylor

Liger is a Jr Heavyweight and not part of a faction so its unlikely he will run into Suzuki any time soon. You're good.

Kanemaru is booked for the multi mans to build the Jr Tag Title match. Almost chose Shingo but I don't know if they will go all in him yet since he's not a dojo boy. Actually wanted to pick my boy SANADA but it's always a toss up between him and EVIL on who is going to be pushed harder on a tour by tour basis.

Top guys Okada and Naito still up for grabs too surprisingly.

I just wanted good Japs.

Kojima really really likes bread and Ibushi fucks Kenny Omega in the butt, so I guess?

Worried about Kojima's carb intake tbh.

Last day to sign up if anyone out there is interested.

(Nobody was interested)

Let's go TAKA!

lol @ Okada going unpicked

Okada and Naito are both such strong contenders to survive this season, both could make it all the way to the G1 provided they don't have either of them lose at WK.

Jordan X, Nicky Fives, DaveWadding, teamXtremist, "Goto's Only" Arrogance and Expired Meatball are the posters missing from last season. What's up guys? Make a pick. Don't TNA poor little Kazu like this.

I will go with Juice Robinson and Marty Scurl!

I want Okada and Evil

I would have allowed it, while yes it's a show late, neither guy has had a real danger match yet but those guys are both in the big boy block. You needed an Andre3000.

Then give me Kitamura who is a guaranteed 6 week out. RIP :'(

No real surprises so far other than Elgin taking a fall instead of Cobb, or maybe KES agree with War Raiders when it comes to Michael Elgin. Yujiro pinning Chuck is also a huge upset, mainly because I had Chuck as my yellow.

Cards for the rest of the month:

24th November

Low End Elite (Yujiro & Hangman Page) vs Pad Tai (Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr)
Tencozy (Kojima & Tenzan) vs G.O.D (Tonga & Loa)
CHAOS (Yano & Ishii) vs KES (Archer & Smith Jr)

25th November

Young Lions (Shota & Yoshida) vs Low End Elite (Yujiro & Hangman Page)
New Japan Dads (Nagata & Nakanishi) vs CHAOS (Yano & Ishii)
Tencozy (Kojima & Tenzan) vs Smells Like Teen Piss (Elgin & Cobb)
Great Bash Henare (Makabe & Henare) vs FinJuice (Finlay & Juice)
CHAOS (Okada / SHO / YOH) vs LIJ (Naito / Shingo / BUSHI)
G.O.D (Tonga & Loa) vs Suzuki-Gunfist (Suzuki & Iizuka)
Best Friends (Beretta & Chuckie T) vs KES (Archer & Smith Jr)
Spooky Cool Hunks (EVIL & SANADA) vs Pad Tai (Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr)

26th November

Young Lions (Shota & Yoshida) vs Pad Tai (Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr)
New Japan Dads (Nagata & Nakanishi) vs KES (Archer & Smith Jr)
Great Bash Henare (Makabe & Henare) vs Low End Elite (Yujiro & Hangman Page)
Best Friends (Beretta & Chuckie T) vs Suzuki-Gunfist (Suzuki & Iizuka)
Tencozy (Kojima & Tenzan) vs Spooky Cool Hunks (EVIL & SANADA)
FinJuice (Finlay & Juice) vs CHAOS (Yano & Ishii)
Smells Like Teen Piss (Elgin & Cobb) vs G.O.D (Tonga & Loa)

28th November

Young Lions (Shota & Yoshida) vs Spooky Cool Hunks (EVIL & SANADA)
New Japan Dads (Nagata & Nakanishi) vs Pad Tai (Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr)
Tencozy (Kojima & Tenzan) vs Best Friends (Beretta & Chuckie T)
FinJuice (Finlay & Juice) vs Suzuki-Gunfist (Suzuki & Iizuka)
Great Bash Henare (Makabe & Henare) vs Smells Like Teen Piss (Elgin & Cobb)
CHAOS (Yano & Ishii) vs Low End Elite (Yujiro & Hangman Page)
G.O.D (Tonga & Loa) vs KES (Archer & Smith Jr)
CHAOS (Okada / SHO / YOH) vs LIJ (Naito / Shingo / BUSHI)

29th November

Smells Like Teen Piss (Elgin & Cobb) vs Young Lions (Shota & Yoshida)
New Japan Dads (Nagata & Nakanishi) vs FinJuice (Finlay & Juice)
Tencozy (Kojima & Tenzan) vs KES (Archer & Smith Jr)
Great Bash Henare (Makabe & Henare) vs Best Friends (Beretta & Chuckie T)
Low End Elite (Yujiro & Hangman Page) vs G.O.D (Tonga & Loa)
Suzuki-Gunfist (Suzuki & Iizuka) vs Pad Tai (Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr)
CHAOS (Yano & Ishii) vs Spooky Cool Hunks (EVIL & SANADA)
TOTAL CHAOS (Okada / Tanahashi / KUSHIDA) vs Bullet Club (Knife Pervert / Fale / BONER)

30th November

Great Bash Henare (Makabe & Henare) vs Young Lions (Shota & Yoshida)
New Japan Dads (Nagata & Nakanishi) vs Best Friends (Beretta & Chuckie T)
Tencozy (Kojima & Tenzan) vs FinJuice (Finlay & Juice)
Low End Elite (Yujiro & Hangman Page) vs Suzuki-Gunfist (Suzuki & Iizuka)
KES (Archer & Smith Jr) vs Pad Tai (Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr)
Smells Like Teen Piss (Elgin & Cobb) vs CHAOS (Yano & Ishii)
Spooky Cool Hunks (EVIL & SANADA) vs G.O.D (Tonga & Loa)
TOTAL CHAOS (Okada / Tanahashi / KUSHIDA / Rocky) vs Bullet Club (Knife Pervert / Fale / BONER / Gedo)

Thank You Mr. Piece of Shit for getting eliminated already. I knew you wouldn't let me down.

You knew what you were getting into.

Elgin exactly as described.

Vito's Junior gamble has not paid off, becoming the first player to be eliminated this season. Little Kazu's revenge has begun. We were all so foolish.

Do we think Taka will win?

I have no idea who the two wrestlers I picked are. Fale is a Samoan guy I believe. No idea who Hangman Page is.

Cowboy who hangs out with The Young Bucks. Used to try and hang people with a noose probably.

Fale is a big Tongan. WWE has all the Samoans, New Japan has all the Tongans.

Well, he definitely won't lose.

Not only did Chuck Taylor actually Great Bash Henare with a dozen chairs and punch his own tag partner in the mouth yesterday, he has now handed season 1 winner Yuji Nagata his first pinfall / submission loss in Japan since August 2017. I feel redeemed.

December cards so far:

2nd

Young Lions (Shota & Yoshida) vs KES (Wavy Boy Jr & Rance Archer)
New Japan Dads (Nagata & Nakanishi) vs Spooky Cool Hunks (EVIL & SANADA)
Finjuice (Finlay & Juice) vs Male Genitalia (Hangman Page & Yujiro)
Great Bash Henare (Makabe & Henare) vs Suzuki-Gunfist (Suzuki & Iizuka)
Smells Like Teen Piss (Elgin & Cobb) vs Best Friends? (Beretta & Chuck)
Tencozy (Kojima & Tenzan) vs CHAOS (Yano & Ishii)
G.O.D (Tonga & Loa) vs Dangerous T (ZSJ & Taichi)
TOTAL CHAOS (Okada / Rocky / Tanahashi / KUSHIDA) vs Bullet Club (Gedo / BONER / Fale / Knife Pervert)

3rd

Young Lions (Shota & Yoshida) vs Suzuki-Gunfist (Suzuki & Iizuka)
New Japan Dads (Nagata & Nakanishi) vs G.O.D (Tonga & Loa)
Tencozy (Kojima & Tenzan) vs Male Genitalia (Hangman Page & Yujiro)
Finjuice (Finlay & Juice) vs KES (Wavy Boy Jr & Rance Archer)
Smells Like Teen Piss (Elgin & Cobb) vs Dangerous T (ZSJ & Taichi)
Great Bash Henare (Makabe & Henare) vs CHAOS (Yano & Ishii)
Best Friends? (Beretta & Chuck) vs Spooky Cool Hunks (EVIL & SANADA)

4th

Young Lions (Shota & Yoshida) vs G.O.D (Tonga & Loa)
New Japan Dads (Nagata & Nakanishi) vs Male Genitalia (Hangman Page & Yujiro)
Tencozy (Kojima & Tenzan) vs Dangerous T (ZSJ & Taichi)
Great Bash Henare (Makabe & Henare) vs KES (Wavy Boy Jr & Rance Archer)
Smells Like Teen Piss (Elgin & Cobb) vs Suzuki-Gunfist (Suzuki & Iizuka)
CHAOS (Yano & Ishii) vs Best Friends? (Beretta & Chuck)
Finjuice (Finlay & Juice) vs Spooky Cool Hunks (EVIL & SANADA)

6th

Young Lions (Shota & Yoshida) vs CHAOS (Yano & Ishii)
New Japan Dads (Nagata & Nakanishi) vs Smells Like Teen Piss (Elgin & Cobb)
Male Genitalia (Hangman Page & Yujiro) vs KES (Wavy Boy Jr & Rance Archer)
Finjuice (Finlay & Juice) vs Dangerous T (ZSJ & Taichi)
Great Bash Henare (Makabe & Henare) vs Tencozy (Kojima & Tenzan)
Spooky Cool Hunks (EVIL & SANADA) vs Suzuki-Gunfist (Suzuki & Iizuka)
Best Friends? (Beretta & Chuck) vs G.O.D (Tonga & Loa)
TOTAL CHAOS (Okada / Rocky / Tanahashi / KUSHIDA) vs Bullet Club (Gedo / BONER / Fale / Knife Pervert)

7th

Young Lions (Shota & Yoshida) vs New Japan Dads (Nagata & Nakanishi)
Smells Like Teen Piss (Elgin & Cobb) vs Male Genitalia (Hangman Page & Yujiro)
Tencozy (Kojima & Tenzan) vs Suzuki-Gunfist (Suzuki & Iizuka)
Great Bash Henare (Makabe & Henare) vs Dangerous T (ZSJ & Taichi)
Finjuice (Finlay & Juice) vs Best Friends? (Beretta & Chuck)
Spooky Cool Hunks (EVIL & SANADA) vs KES (Wavy Boy Jr & Rance Archer)
G.O.D (Tonga & Loa) vs CHAOS (Yano & Ishii)
TOTAL CHAOS (Okada / Rocky / Tanahashi / KUSHIDA) vs Bullet Club (Gedo / BONER / Fale / Knife Pervert)

9th (TAG LEAGUE FINALS)


No Bumps For Makabe (Shota / Yoshida / Henare / Makabe) vs New Japan Dads (Nagata / Nakanishi / Tenzan / Kojima)
Well This Is Awkward (Elgin / Cobb / Beretta / Chuck) vs Suzuki-Gun (Suzuki / Iizuka / Archer / Smife)
CHAOS (Ishii / SHO / YOH) vs Suzuki-Gun (ZSJ / Despy / Kanemaru)
Low End Elite (Hangman / Yujiro / Chase) vs LIJ (Naito / Bushi / Shingo)
CHAOS also kushida is here for some reason (Okada / Yano / KUSHIDA) vs Bullet Club (BONER / Fale / Knife Pervert)
Taguchi Japan (Tanahashi / Taguchi / Juice / Finlay) vs Hey Look, The Elite Actually Showed Up For Work Today (Omega / Young Bucks / Scurll)
NEVER Openweight #1 Contenders Match Will Ospreay vs Taichi
NEVER Openweight Championship Hirooki Goto (c) vs Kota Ibushi
WORLD TAG LEAGUE FINAL Spooky Cool Hunks (EVIL & SANADA) vs G.o.D (Tama Tonga & Tango Loa)

14th & 15th (Road to Tokyo Dome)

Nothing announced yet

Does Liger even wrestle these days?

Yeah he usually works the undercard tag matches, he's just not booked on this tour since he was part of the Junior Heavyweight Tag League, which finished just before this one started. He will probably be back for the Tokyo Dome shows.

Final two cards of the year have been revealed:

Road to TOKYO DOME
Friday 14th December

KUSHIDA / Tiger Mask / Liger / Honma vs Young Lions (Yoshida / Narita / Uemura) & Henare
Shota Umino vs Shingo Takagi
CHAOS (Goto / Rocky) vs Suzuki-Gunfist (Suzuki / Iizuka)
CHAOS (SHO / YOH / Ishii) vs Suzuki-Gun (Taichi / Despy / Kanemaru)
Los Ingobernables de Japon (Naito / EVIL / SANADA / Bushi) vs Bullet Club (BONER / Tonga / Loa / Fale)
Kazuchika Okada vs Gedo
TOTAL CHAOS (Tanahashi / Makabe / Yano / Ospreay) vs The Elite (Omega / Ibushi / Yujiro / Chase)

Road to TOKYO DOME
Saturday 15th December

Young Lion Kanemitsu's Miraculous Comeback Match (lol but he's jobbing) Ren Narita & Teruaki Kanemitsu vs Shota Umino & Ayato Yoshida
Henare / Tiger / Liger vs Roppongi 3k (SHO / YOH / Rocky)
CHAOS (Ishii / Goto) vs Suzuki-Gunfist (Suzuki / Iiizuka)
Spooky Cool Hunks (EVIL & SANADA) vs BULLITE CLUB!? (Yujiro & Chase Owens)
LIJ (Naito / BUSHI / Shingo) vs Suzuki-Gun (Taichi / Despy / Kanemaru)
TOTAL CHAOS (Okada / Yano / KUSHIDA / Makabe / Honma) vs Bullet Club (Fale / Tonga / Loa / BONER / Gedo)
TOTAL CHAOS (Tanahashi & Ospreay) vs Golden Lovers (Omega & Ibushi)


The big plot points here are that CHAOS and the unaffiliated babyfaces continue to team together too fight both Bullet Club factions, the biggest deal is that Makabe has joined in and is teaming with Toru Yano. Yano brutally betrayed Makabe and gutted his stable (GBH) to originally form CHAOS with Shinsuke Nakamura, only Honma remained loyal to Makabe and the pair have hated CHAOS ever since it's inception. Obvious signs point to a Six Man tag title run for Makabe, Honma and Yano with a potential Henare heel turn in the works. Swerves could come from anywhere though on this one.

Also Okada gets his hands on Gedo with no Knife Pervert in sight. RIP Gedo.

Tiger Mask & Liger are the only "new" names to appear, so Sixx should be pleased. Sadly no Chris Sabin.

Also

WRESTLE KINGDOM
Friday 4th January

#1 Contendership NEVER 6-Man Tag Gauntlet Taguchi Bash Heel? (Taguchi / Yano / Makabe) vs Finlay / Cobb / Elgin vs CHAOS (Goto / Beretta / Chuck) vs Suzuki-Gun (Suzuki / Archer / Lazyboy Jr) vs The Elite (Scurll / Hangman / Yujiro)
NEVER Openweight Championship Kota Ibushi (c) vs Will Ospreay
IWGP Jr Tag Championship Suzuki-Gun (Despy & Kanemaru) (c) vs LIJ (Shingo & Bushi) vs Roppongi 3k (SHO & YOH)
RevPro British Heavyweight Championship Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs Zack Sabre Jr
IWGP Tag Team Championship G.o.D (Tama Tonga & Tango Loa) (c) vs Spooky Cool Hunks (EVIL & SANADA) vs Young Bucks (Matt & Nick)
IWGP US Championship Cody Rhodes (c) vs Juice Robinson
IWGP Jr Heavyweight Championship KUSHIDA (c) vs BONER SOLDIER
Kazuchika Okada vs "Knife Pervert" Jay White
IWGP Intercontinental Championship Chris Jericho (c) vs Tetsuya Naito
IWGP Heavyweigh Championship Kenny Omega (c) vs Hiroshi Tanahashi

Ha! Finally!

By the way, why is my boy Suzuki fighting so much? Is he a face, by the way?

Suzuki is a super heel, he is a former MMA guy (founded Pancrase actually and legit beat young Ken Shamrock) who is pretty much a sadistic mob boss with a bunch of goons under his command. Likes torturing people and beating up the young boys for fun. His stable is usually always on the tours because they are the undercard heels.

I just googled image of him.

What the fuck is going on on his head?

He had a Devil fruit from One Piece shaved into his head because he is a huge One Piece nerd in real life and I guess everyone is too scared of him to tell him otherwise. He lost a hair vs hair match last year though and now he just has random lines shaved out.

Rich Swann has copied his hairstyle for some reason and actually just looks hilarious.

Shows are done for the rest of the year now so we have reached the timed elimination cut off date. As a result we are down to the top ten (of 13 :shifty:). Adamle, Sixx and Jordan X are the only players with both guys still in. Some big names WILL be eliminated at Wrestle Kingdom, smaller names probably safe for now. Maybe.

Updated for WK.

We are down to the top ten, with seven players still in the game. Sixx, adamle and Jordan X have both wrestlers still alive as we enter the uncharted territory of New Years Dash tomorrow.

Potential danger for Makabe as a betrayal from either Yano or Henare seems imminent. Tananashi is also going to be a target for his next challenger, as is Juice Robinson. Is Zack Sabre Jr going to make a move and attempt to usurp Suzuki? Where does Knife Pervert get his next high risk thrill? Find out for free on New Japan world!

Wooooo!

Who knows Jap wrestling?

SIXX KNOWS JAP WRESTLING!

Oh man, Makabe elimated because the Bullet Club jobbers came back. Not even a cool betrayal. JOBBERS.

Thanks Gedo.

Everyone else is safe for now, HOWEVER, Marty Scurll is now factionless since The Elite have disbanded so he appears to on borrowed time.

A couple of head to heads coming up as Beretta / Juice and Knife Pervert / Tanahashi are new feuds. Of course anyone could miss the next tour and get timed out so I will post the cards when they become available.

From 11th - 21st January, New Japan are running their annual tour with CMLL "Fantastica Mania". Not as many actual New Japan wrestlers are on the shows

Only guys on the tour still in the game are Liger and NPC Shingo Takagi.


However, there is a special match on the 21st featuring Hiroshi Tanahashi to promote his movie "My Dad Is A Heel Wrestler" where he will be performing as Gokiburi Mask (Cockroach Mask) alongside Taguchi as Ginbae Mask (Fly Mask) to take on the wonderfully named babyface team of SweetGorilla Maruyama (Makabe) and Dragon George (Okada). Will he get pinned? Absolutely not.


Road to New Beginning starts on 26th Jan and the first leg runs to 30th Jan, no cards announced yet. On 30th Jan and 1st Feb are two US specials, cards not announced, but whoever is working these dates are not going to be on the first leg of the tour or the first two main cards, which are...

The NEW BEGINNING in SAPPORO
2nd Feb
Ren Narita vs Yuya Uemura
Henare / Nakanishi vs Shota / Yoshida
Tiger Mask / Tenzan vs TAKA / Iizuka
Taguchi CHAOS (Taguchi / YOSHI-HASHI / Yano / Honma / Makabe) vs Bullet Club (Chase / Yujiro / BONER / Tonga / Loa)
LIJ (Naito / Shingo / Bushi) vs Suzuki-Gun (Despy / Kanemaru / Taichi)
SANADA vs Minoru Suzuki
EVIL vs Zack Sabre Jr
ACES (Okada / Tanahashi) vs Knife Pervert / Fale


3rd Feb
Henare vs Yota Tsuji
Tiger / Nakanishi vs Shota / Yoshida
Narita / Tenzan vs TAKA / Iizuka
Taguchi CHAOS (Taguchi / Yano / Makabe / Honma) vs Bullet Club (BONER / Yujiro / Tonga / Loa)
ACES also yoshi-hashi is here (Okada / Tanahashi / YOSHI-HASHI) vs Bullet Club (Chase / Knife Perv / Fale)
IWGP Jr Heavyweight Tag Titles LIJ (Shingo / Bushi) [c] vs Suzuki-Gun (Despy / Kanemaru)
IWGP Heavyweight Tag Titles Spooky Cool Hunks (EVIL & SANADA) [c] vs Suzuki-Gunblade (Suzuki / ZSJ)
IWGP Intercontinental Title Naito [c] vs Taichi

More "Road to" shows 6th-9th February, no cards announced yet. Then to finish the tour

The NEW BEGINNING in OSAKA
11th Feb
Liger / Tenzan / Kojima vs Suzuki-Gun (Suzuki / TAKA / Iizuka)
Spooky Cool Hunks (EVIL / SANADA) vs Shota / Yoshida
LIJ (Naito / Shingo / Bushi) vs Suzuki-Gun (Taichi / Despy / Kanemaru)
YOSHI-HASHI / Honma vs Bullet Club Jobbers (Chase / Yujiro)
MVP (Makabe / Yano) vs G.O.D (Tonga / Loa)
IWGP Jr Heavyweight Title BONER SOLDIER [c] vs Ryusuke Taguchi
Kazuchika Okada vs Bad Luck Fale
IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Knife Pervert "Jay White"

Sixx's boys fighting each other. Anarchy.

Beretta vs Juice for the US title expected to be main eventing one of those US shows too. Pretty good chance Scurll shows up there also in some capacity. So that should be everyone still fighting.

Bad Luck Fale's got this

Fuck. I had to choose Omega on a contract year. Shit.

I claim ultimate victory if Omega signs with WWE and wins Da Royal Rumble.

Goodbye and Goodnight.

:y: (gun)

Tbf even if he won and stayed, he would have been timed out because he doesnt work tours.

Little more detail on the Fantastica Mania shows, the following dates are being show on New Japan World:

11th, 16th, 18th, 20th & 21st

Matches I need to pay attention to:
11th
Liger / Flyer / Titan vs Taichi / Kanemaru / Forastero
Namahage (El Desperado) / Caristico / Barbaro Cavernario vs KUSHIDA / Mistico / Soberano Jr
LIJ (Naito / Shingo / Bushi / Terrible) vs Fujin (YOH) / Raijin (SHO) / Henare / Kojima

16th
Fujin & Raijin vs Shingo & Bushi
Namahage (El Desperado) / OKUMURA / Barbaro Cavernario vs Audaz / Soberano Jr / Angel De Oro
Tiger / Liger / Caricisto vs Templarino / Ultimo Guerrero / Gran Guerrero

18th
Liger / Taguchi / Audaz vs Gedo / Boner / Templarino
Namajague (Desperado) / Caristico vs Flyer / Volador Jr
LIJ (Naito / Shingo / Bushi / Terrible) vs Fujin (YOH) / Raijin (SHO) / Henare / Kojima

20th
Henare / Fujin / Raijin vs LIJ (Naito / Bushi / Shingo)

21st
LIJ (Naito / Shingo / Bushi / Terrible) vs Fujin (YOH) / Raijin (SHO) / Henare / Kojima
Namajague (El Desperado) / Gran Guerrero / Ultimo Guerrero vs Soberano Jr / Dragon Lee / Mistico
SweetGorilla Maruyama & Dragon George vs Ginbae Mask & Gokiburi Mask

Road to THE NEW BEGINNING shows on 28th & 29th are being shown on New Japan World, cards are up

28th
Narita / Nakanishi vs Uemura / Tsuji
Henare / Tenzan vs Shota / Yoshida
Great Taguchi Bash (Taguchi / Makabe / Yano / Honma) vs Bullet Club (BONER / Chase / Loa / Tonga)
CHAOS (Okada / YOSHI-HASHI) vs Bullet Club (Fale / Yujiro)
Tanahashi / KUSHIDA vs Knife Pervert / Gedo
HIGHLY DANGEROUS ELIMINATION MATCH LIJ (Naito / EVIL / SANADA / Bushi / Shingo) vs Suzuki-Gun (Suzuki / ZSJ / Taichi / Despy / Kanemaru)

29th
Narita vs Uemura
Nakanishi / Tenzan vs Shota / Yoshida
Taguchi / Henare vs BONER / Yujiro
GBH (Makabe / Yano / Honma) vs Bullet Club (Chase / Tonga / Loa)
CHAOS (Okada / YOSHI-HASHI) vs Bullet Club (Knife Perv / Fale)
LIJ (Naito / EVIL / SANADA / Bushi / Shingo) vs Suzuki-Gun (Suzuki / ZSJ / Taichi / Despy / Kanemaru)
BACK TO THE FUTURE GOOD LUCK IN 205 LIVE SPECIAL MATCH Hiroshi Tanahashi vs KUSHIDA

Another date has also been added to US leg of the tour on 2nd Feb due to the first two dates selling out. Looking at the roster available it looks like these matches are likely:

US Title Juice vs Beretta
Ultimate Deathmatch Chuck vs Finlay
ROH TV Title Cobb vs Goto
Ishii vs Nagata
Roppongi 3k vs KES

Also unaccounted for:
Liger, Tiger Mask, Kojima, Rocky Romero, Marty Scurll, Iizuka, TAKA Michinoku.

Pretty thin touring roster really so I'd expect ROH based support too from the likes of Sabin, ACH, Flop Gordo, Jay Lethal, maybe PCO, Bandido, Dalton Castle, Briscoes, did I miss anyone of note? I don't know.

If Kenny hasn't actually left (even if he is actually going to leave, his contract is rumoured to last until the end of the month) then there could be some Golden Lovers appearances, but that's a total shot in the dark.

Cards for the US New Beginning shows were released today, and well, uh, they are not good.

Due to the US Government Lockdown, New Japan were unable to secure visas for any of their talent. That means Goto, Ishii, Nagata, SHO & YOH, Liger, Tiger & Kojima are not going to be there. Ibushi was never booked.

On top of that, Sabin & Flip Gordon are both injured, ACH has apparently signed with WWE and is finishing his dates, Ospreay is currently touring with the truly abysmal WOS, Omega and The Elite were likely supposed to be a big part of it but have all left for AEW.

So that leaves the only New Japan regulars as Juice Robinson, Beretta, Chuck Taylor, David Finlay and Rocky Romero. Semi-regular Marty Scurll is also there, but without a faction to rep and no other Jr Heavyweights available he's just being used as card filler. Probably doesn't help that he will likely be gone before Best of the Super Jrs.

California Dojo Young Lions and ROH midcarders are pretty much the entire undercard.

Night 1 is headlined by Chuck Taylor vs David Finlay, Night 2 is US title match between Beretta & Juice Robinson, while Night 3 sees Best Roppongi Friends take on Juice Robinson, Finlay and some other dude. They are a faction in ROH apparently. If you're a fan of Best Friends doing the job to Juice and, unfortunately, Finlay you're in for a treat because there are three in a row right here. Yikes.

Apparently they applied for the visas back in November and still didn't have sufficient time to get them before the shutdown.

When you consider that there are already hundreds of people backlogged in getting their visas and that'll only get worse the longer this goes, and there being no end to the shutdown in sight...….I think the G1 Supercard at MSG is in serious jeopardy along with the DDT and Stardom shows that weekend.

Christ I'm glad I've held off in getting tickets for the MSG show. Would be gutted to spend a fortune and wind up getting a glorified ROH show.

Oh yeah I forgot, Cobb is there too working filler. He was meant to face Goto but this is the second time their TV title match has been nixed, last time Cobb had his flight cancelled.

Also I forgot KES are still working the shows, they were meant to face SHO and YOH but now they are against Marty and his friend, Davey is working a singles... Haven't these poor fans suffered enough?

Maybe Trump is working with McMahon to sabotage the MSG show. It's a conspiracy :shifty:

In another shocking twist, the US shows do not appear to be part of New Japan World, therefore they are not cannon. Beretta and Chuckie T are apparently done after this weekend. Scurll and Juice will not refresh their timer and look to be in borrowed time.

However the Japanese show on 30th Jan WAS added to New Japan World and SHOCKINGLY the BONER SOLDIER tapped out to famous arse wrestler "Funky Weapon" Rysuke Taguchi.

Also there was a multi-man elimination match on Jan 28th featuring Suzuki, Sabre, Shingo and Desperado. Somehow none of them were pinned or submitted. What a wild ride.

There is one more televised Road to show before Osaka taking place on the 9th.
Here's the card.

Tenzan / Tsuji vs Shota / Yoshida
YOSHI-HASHI vs Ren Narita
Henare / Honma vs Bullet Club (Chase / Yujiro)
LIJ (EVIL / SANADA / BUSHI) vs Suzuki-Gun (Suzuki / Despy / Kanemaru)
LIJ (Naito / Shingo) vs Suzuki-Gun (TAKA / Taichi)
HIGHLY DANGEROUS ELIMATION MATCH (Don't worry, over the top rope counts)
TOTAL CHAOS (Okada / Tanahashi / Makabe / Yano / Taguchi) vs Bullet Club (Knife Perv / Fale / Tonga / Loa / BONER)

I'm totally going to win

Tanahashi, Zack Sabre Jr and Suzuki all took losses over the past two days blowing this all wide open. So this leaves us with a potential end game as the New Beginning tour wraps up, here's what we know:

Two shows left on 9th and 11th of Feb.

Marty Scurll (Jordan X) WILL be 6 week'd on 15th February.
Juice Robinson (Jordan X) and Beretta (Simple Fan) WILL be 6 week'd on 16th February. They both last wrestled AGAINST each other, though Jordan would get the advantage for Marty placing higher Tama Tonga. That means Simple Fan cannot win, but he can repeat the first season tie if everyone else gets eliminated on these shows.

This leaves three other wrestlers still in active competition: Bad Luck Fale (Gertner), Knife Pervert (mike adamle) and Jushin Liger (Sixx).

Fale and White both have rather massive obstacles to overcome, first the elimination match (where as protected acts they SHOULD be safe from a pin or submission elimination, but you never know) and then singles matches against Okada and Tanahashi respectively, but it's anyone's guess who is coming out of here alive.

Meanwhile, all Liger has to do is not get pinned in a six man tag against Suzuki and his two most pinnable goons, TAKA Michinoku and Takashi Iizuka. While Liger is arguably the most pinnable guy on his own team, Tenzan and especially Kojima are not averse to eating pins like they were made of freshly baked bread. Iizuka also has a knack for getting disqualified. This one could go absolutely anywhere.

Pfff, no, me.

Wait, what?

Suzuki lost?

THAT CUNT.

Yeah, he got a regular haircut and lost all his power.

WHO DID IT!? WHOOOO?

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His mohawk hasn't even got a fraction of the power SANADA's has.

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That goddamn Knife Pervert just had to go and win the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, meaning the game is not over yet!

Unfortunately for Sixx, in a dramatic twist, The BONER Soldier has chosen our only other Survivor, Jushin Liger, to be the next challenger for his Jr Heavyweight Championship and that match will likely take place at the Anniversary Show on 6th March. Does Gedo have any more tricks up his sleeve, or is Knife Pervert simply waiting to be crowned our new champion?

Updates will be made as soon as they are available.

Cards for the rest of the month are out, here's what to watch out for.

21st NEW JAPAN ROAD

Uemura / Liger vs Bullet Club (BONER SOLDIER / Robbie Eagles)
Roppongi 3k vs Suzuki-Gun (Despy / Kanemaru)
CRAZY BALDY RETIREMENT MATCH Suzuki-Gun (Iizuka / Suzuki / Taichi) vs TOTAL CHAOS (Tenzan / Yano / Okada)


22nd HONOR RISING: JAPAN

Liger / Jonathan Gresham vs Bullet Club (BONER SOLDIER / Robbie Eagles)
NEVER Openweight title Will Ospreay vs Dalton Castle
ROH TV Title Jeff Cobb vs Hirooki Goto

23rd HONOR RISING: JAPAN

LIJ (Shingo / Naito) vs The Kingdom (Vinny Marscapone / Shitty Matt Taven)
Heavyweight Tag Titles Spooky Cool Hunks (EVIL / SANADA) vs GOD (Tama Tonga / Tanga Loa)


No Knife Pervert for a while, it's all up to Liger now. Televised March shows will take place on:

6th - Anniversary Show
8th - New Japan Cup
9th - New Japan Cup
10th - New Japan Cup
11th - New Japan Cup
13th - New Japan Cup
14th - New Japan Cup
16th - New Japan Cup
17th - New Japan Cup
20th - New Japan Cup
21th - New Japan Cup
23th - New Japan Cup
24th - New Japan Cup

No cards yet. If White doesn't show up on any of these shows he would be eliminated on the 25th, however Liger will probably be having his match with BONER SOLDIER on the 6th so it could be all over by then. Really good chance Shingo and El Desperado survive as NPCs.

Liger / BONER is confirmed for the Anniversary Show. 6th March could be the seasons end, meaning the next season would start mid New Japan Cup, probably the 13th for what is likely the beginning of round 2. Of course Gedo could be reading this and laughing because he will be putting the belt on Liger just to fuck with us.

Or Liger could lose before then (but that's unlikely).

In preparation for the inevitable end I've rebalanced the blocks in light of all the recent departures. Going to post them right here for preview purposes and for adamle (or that slim sliver of hope for Sixx) to start strategizing I guess.

(RED) Block

Bad Luck Fale
BUSHI
El Desperado
EVIL
Hirooki Goto
Hiromu Takahashi [Injured]
Hiroshi Tanahashi
***Jay White [If Adamle wins, ineligible]
Juice Robinson
Kazuchika Okada
Kota Ibushi
"Mr POS" Michael Elgin
Minoru Suzuki
Ryusuke Taguchi
SANADA
Shingo Takagi
SHO
Taichi
Tama Tonga
Tanga Loa
Tetsuya Naito
Togi Makabe
Tomohiro Ishii
Toru Yano
YOH
YOSHI-HASHI
Will Ospreay
Zack Sabre Jr


(YELLOW) Block

Ayato Yoshida
Chase Owens
Chris Jericho
Chris Sabin [Injured]
[NEW!] Colt Cabana
PowerBoy Smith Jr.
David Finlay
Dragon Lee
Gedo
Hikuleo
Jado
[NEW!] Jay Briscoe
Jeff Cobb
***Jushin Thunder Liger [If Sixx wins, ineligible]
Lance Archer
Manabu Nakanishi
[NEW!] Mark Briscoe
Marty Scurll
[NEW!] Mikey Nicholls (aka Nick Miller from New Girl / NXT)
Ren Narita
Robbie Eagles
Rocky Romero
Satoshi Kojima
Shota Umino
TAKA Michinoku
Teruaki Kanemitsu
Tiger Mask
Toa Henare
Tomoaki Honma
Yota Tsuji
Yoshinobu Kanemaru
Yujiro Takahashi
Yuya Uemura


REMOVED:
ACH (WWE)
Beretta (AEW)
Chuck Taylor (AEW)
Cody (AEW)
Hangman Page (AEW)
Katsuya Kitamura (Resigned; Destination unknown)
Kenny Omega (AEW)
Matt Jackson (AEW)
Nick Jackson (AEW)

New Japan Cup participants have been announced, 32 entrants this year. First round matches are as follows

8/3
Manabu Nakanishi vs "Loose Explosion" YOSHI-HASHI
Tamoaki Honma vs Taichi
Juice Robinson vs "WWE Crown Jewel" Chase Owens
TOUGH BOYS MATCH Yuji Nagata vs Tomohiro Ishii

9/3
Mikey Nicholls (aka Nick Miller from New Girl / NXT) vs Hikuleo
Toa Henare vs Lance Archer
Will Ospreay vs Bad Luck Fale
Kazuchika Okada vs "Mr. POS" Michael Elgin

10/3
Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs <strike>David Finlay</strike> Ryusuke Taguchi
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shota Umino
EVIL vs Zack Sabre Jr
HOLY FUCKING SHIT Kota Ibushi vs Tetsuya Naito

11/3
Togi Makabe vs Colt Cabana
HILARIOUS RIB ON DAVEY BOY JR WHO HATES YANO MATCHES (aka this is gonna suck) Toru Yano vs PowerBoy Smith Jr
BADASS DAD GRUDGE MATCH Satoshi Kojima vs Minoru Suzuki
MOST LIKELY TO LOSE IN THE FINAL SANADA vs Hirooki Goto

Remember, if (when) Liger loses we will only be jumping in at Round 2 on 13/3 for next season, so some of these guys might be safe for a while if they go out in the first round. Loser of Naito / Ibushi is going to be a contender.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">New Japan Cup brackets, translation by <a href="https://twitter.com/jojo_runs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jojo_runs</a> <a href="https://t.co/Eqtw4Udwcx">pic.twitter.com/Eqtw4Udwcx</a></p>&mdash; Super J-Cast (@thesuperjcast) <a href="https://twitter.com/thesuperjcast/status/1099916980088233984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 25, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Bracket for reference

I'll take Jushin Thunder Liger please.

Full disclosure, I have PM'd mike adamle about claiming his prize in the event Liger loses to Ishimori tomorrow. If he responds we could have a new season up after the show tomorrow, if not the two day window from now would put us this time on Thursday. He will probably respond though. I BELIEVE.

Going to laugh hysterically when Liger beats BONER SOLDIER tomorrow though.

To everyones surprise, BONER beats Liger.

KNIFE PERVERT WINS! KNIFE PERVERT WINS!

:(

Liger would still be in this if he hadn't tried to be a hero :'(

Suprisingly, I had a good run anyway.