You're really missing out if you don't watch NJPW.

[Piff Huxtable]

i really like that Naito cat

he is what Nakamura tries to be

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

i really like that Naito cat

he is what Nakamura tries to be

They couldnt possibly be more opposite

 

[Piff Huxtable]

They couldnt possibly be more opposite

both trying to be cool, charismatic tweeners

Naito actually pulls it off

Nakamura on the other hand always looks like a half retatd

 

[patscorpio]

New Japan was way better in the 90s

 

[Breh Obama]

Its almost like there isnt a puro thread stickied for the past few years...

This is America.....The E is the only thing that matters around here

 

[Playaz Eyez]

The Okada Omega match was highly overrated....not 6 stars by any measure

A complete botch fest

No one started saying NJPW was this great until this match...

The match was overrated and this new found "greatness" of NJPW is too

as if AJ Styles and Nakamura never happened

 

[MenacingMonk]

both trying to be cool, charismatic tweeners

Naito actually pulls it off

Nakamura on the other hand always looks like a half retatd

Nakamura doesnt even try to play a tweener.

I expected retarded posts in this thread and got more than one.

 

[Deucage]

The Okada Omega match was highly overrated....not 6 stars by any measure

A complete botch fest

No one started saying NJPW was this great until this match...

The match was overrated and this new found "greatness" of NJPW is too

"Wrestling Fans" exposing themselves here

 

[SpacelySprockets]

only japanese tv show we acknowledge is dragon ball

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

just reminded me to check out the osaka show

 

[Drones]

i really like that Naito cat

he is what Nakamura tries to be

Bruh what? Nakamura's character is a real life Jojo's Bizarre Adventure/Freddie Mercury/MJ hybrid that uses Strong Style, and is a face. Naito's gimmick is that he doesn't give a shyt about traditional Japanese politeness, the pageantry of Pro Wrestling, and that he feels held back by the powers that be. And he's a heel who wrestles a completely different style from Nakamura with a lot of lucha libre influence.

I don't see any comparison between the two other than that they're both Japanese.

 

[Lo-Co]

Haven't watched wk yet. I keep putting it off.

 

[mrken12]

New Japan was way better in the 90s

I could imagine that. Back when people like Vader, Bam Bam Bigelow, Owen Hart, Benoit, etc. were going over to Japan.

 

[Prince Akeem]

Wrestlekingdom 9 made me a fan. That show made me feel a way about wrestling that I haven't felt in years.

 

[Blessed Koala]

It's like this....NJPW is a fresh breath of fresh air when you are tired of WWE's buffoonery. However, once you become "woke" you start to see that the grass is not always green on the other side. NJPW has a strong workrate because of a reasonable schedule, so of course wrestlers are going to fukk each other up for 50 minutes because reasons. The booking is somewhat similar to the WWE with the exception that it will not make you rage as much. For instance, Okada going over Omega raised some eyebrows for those who follow the promotion while outsiders that seen the 6 star match was like the Rainmaker guy won BUT HOLY shyt THAT MATCH!

Plus you got to factor in that most of the events consists of tag to triple tag matches which is understandable because it's sort of an "off" day for wrestlers, but it's still redundant. The lack of subtitles, the bullshyt subscription idea (pay period is the first of the month no matter when you pay for the service), and some of the events being predictable as hell (New Year Dash and Invasion Attack) makes it hard to enjoy the promotion.

On that note, NJPW is a good chance of the atmosphere for folks trying to see what puro wrestling is about, but beyond that....meh.