Current New Japan

[El-P]

It says a whole lot about how far NJPW has fallen in my book when I don't even remember last show I watched. Must be the one where ZSJ won the title maybe ? Anywoo. Also says a lot when in fact, the only match on the undercard I look forward to at King of Wrestling is Sareee vs Syuri, although I have no doubt they won't get the time they should (NJPW's handling of the woman title has been abysmal). Is Takeshita winning the belt ? How is that possibly hurting the Takeshita vs Okada feud in AEW  (which is more interesting than anything Takeshita could do in NJPW, really) ? EVIL vs Oleg Boltin will be all kind of awful, even more when EVIL wins another title I guess. Gabe Kidd vs Yuta Tsuji should be really good, but the hype on Tsuji has died down and he hasn't improved to the point I'm that interested in his matches. I'd rather watch Uemura get that push. Will there be some big surprise on the show leading to the Tokyo Dome ? 

[Jmare007]

Takeshita has to win, it's the only possible spark this company has as an immediate option. 

They can't just put all their hopes on Wolf debuting in January and being a special talent. 

[Jmare007]

Thank lawd, step 1 (out of many) was taken.

[Jmare007]

I sure hope Wolfe doesn't end up being like Gable Stevenson

All the technical tools you can dream of but this company doesn't need a stoic character right now. The roster is too thin for a gimmick like that to work. 

[Jmare007]

At least WK is doing great business. I'm glad the promotion behind Tana's retirement has worked so well. 

Takeshita will face Tsuji in a double title match.

It seems we are gonna get Tana vs Okada (Gedo got involved in "helping" Tana find an opponent).

Wolf vs Evil

Syuri vs Saya Kamitani also booked. 

[Timbo Slice]

Tana/Okada is official after he showed up in Anjo last night to challenge him at WK20. 

Id put money on it getting to 40k + walk up. Good for them. 

[El-P]

This was the best match possible. All this nonsense fake hype about Nakamura was for naught, obviously. The match would have *sucked* too (I've seen Nakamura vs Mutah a few years ago, Nak looked completely washed). At this point, they are going to sell out the Dome. Time to make your new big star in Tsuji too I guess.