Makai Club #1 Posted May 10 Posted May 10 R3K was a good team. Very consistent. Worked well together. But they always struggled apart. Sho had better performances and a stand out feud against Shingo. Yoh has always been a nothing worker. Weak offence, no real personality other than "goof". Just a boring wrestler to watch.
WingedEagle Posted May 23 Posted May 23 Its been the case forever, and didn't seem to really hurt business during the 2010s peak, but its still wild that they essentially shut down the top of the card for a full month to spotlight the juniors. Right before one of their biggest shows of the year! Kosei Fujita should at worst be the world-beating face of the division the way Hiromu was for a while and Despy was for a minute. Its been great seeing him develop into an incredibly fiery worker and near killer ace of the division, but in reality he should probably get that promotion to the G1 and heavyweight scene sooner rather than later.
El McKell Posted May 27 Posted May 27 TV Asahi bought NJPW from Bushiroad: 新日本プロレスリング株式会社の株式譲渡に寄せて｜株式会社ブシロード
lost in ube Posted May 27 Posted May 27 People need to realize that it's not TV Asahi the TV channel that is buying New Japan. It is TV Asahi Holdings, which has set aside 100 billion yen for a four year plan that includes expanding their IP and their live events.
donsem43 Posted May 27 Posted May 27 CyberAgent will also be buying a part which makes me wonder how Japanese competition law works. Maybe they structured the sale to fit for government approval. It also possible that CyberAgent might already have the "For Sale" sign up on Noah or even CyberFight as a whole if they anticipated any issues. This great news for Stardom, which is staying with Bushiroad. I'm sure at least a chunk of the sale money will be reinvested into Stardom. It also frees them up for pursuing any sort of network deal or association without having to be beholden to TV Asahi.
lost in ube Posted May 27 Posted May 27 New Japan will be a subsidiary of TV Asahi once the sale goes through which may be enough of a buffer between them and the CyberFight gang. On the other hand, TV Asahi and CyberAgent are very close. TV Asahi helped put together ABEMA and they still have a stake in it. A lot of online speculation is tying the WWE eventual jump to Netflix from ABEMA to the sale but I don't know how much of a factor it really is. I don't think the details of the ABEMA/WWE contract were ever revealed. People think New Japan will fill that scheduling gap. But there is now another option: AEW does not have much of a televised presence in Japan outside of New Japan World.
Control21 Posted May 28 Posted May 28 I hope TV Asahi doesn't waste time in changing up the booking, because it has needed a refresh for a very long time now.
Jmare007 Posted May 28 Posted May 28 3 hours ago, lost in ube said: New Japan will be a subsidiary of TV Asahi once the sale goes through which may be enough of a buffer between them and the CyberFight gang. On the other hand, TV Asahi and CyberAgent are very close. TV Asahi helped put together ABEMA and they still have a stake in it. Not only that, if I read correctly, Asahi has a stake on CyberAgent and CA has a stake on Asahi, they even share board members.
lost in ube Posted May 28 Posted May 28 The plot thickens as AEW on New Japan World is ending at the end of August. So I guess New Japan World now has some holes to fill in their programming. I guess.
El-P Posted Monday at 10:42 AM Posted Monday at 10:42 AM I'm really curious about if there are gonna be notable changes in NJPW politics once the new ownership kicks in this Summer. Like, how long can Gedo hold onto the booking throne after years of struggling.
Timbo Slice Posted Tuesday at 02:45 AM Posted Tuesday at 02:45 AM So New Japan…posts an eight year old match to YouTube…that’s over an hour long…is heralded as one of the greatest matches ever…AND DOESN’T SHOW THE FINISH. HOW? You literally post all but the last few minutes of an hour-plus long match????
Scarletlikesounds Posted Tuesday at 03:21 AM Posted Tuesday at 03:21 AM 16 hours ago, El-P said: I'm really curious about if there are gonna be notable changes in NJPW politics once the new ownership kicks in this Summer. Like, how long can Gedo hold onto the booking throne after years of struggling. At this point its abundantly clear mismanagement is to blame for New Japan's woes given just how many of the talent that have left have complained about terrible management. After all they've been through and kinda failing to capitalize off the Tanahashi show's success I have to wonder if the restructuring is meant to shake up whatever's going on there behind the scenes.
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