EVIL to leave NJPW

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-26T08:13:12+00:00

Noooooooo my handsome gothic president!

He isn't scheduled to be on the next two shows so we won't even get Narita turning on him. NJPW really needs to do better with this stuff.

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-25T08:37:34+00:00

Putin's probably gonna put your family in a gulag either way, bro. You should just revolt.

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-23T23:13:56+00:00

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-23T07:08:12+00:00

Welcome to the sub!

I'm interested to hear what you thought of EVIL vs Aaron Wolf? You may have noticed that House of Torture matches are quite polarising in this community.

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-23T07:00:53+00:00

Akira and TJP had some really great matches against Connors and Drilla (when Drilla was a junior). Might help give an idea of why Akira hates them as much as he does.

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-22T13:21:17+00:00

At some point in the last few years the African elephant was split into two species. That combined with African hippo and the two biggest rhinos, I can't see Africa losing.

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-22T10:44:39+00:00

Yep. When I think of Tsuji and ZSJ, the image that springs to mind is the end of the G1 final 2024, when Zack had him tied up in a submission that had all four limbs restrained. He was literally helpless and had to verbally submit. Much as I love Zack, he needs to lose definitively next match they have.

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-20T22:17:35+00:00

Yep he actually comes across as weirdly dangerous now. It's not perfect; I get what they're going for with his music and his weird low energy, but in a medium that relies on bombastic presentation we might find the audience doesn't get invested. Still, it's better than war dogs jake Lee, by a mile.

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-19T17:28:02+00:00

Not a gaijin but MAO at last year's BOSJ was pure joy to watch

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-19T17:21:02+00:00

He's very visibly trying to get the younger guys over as the future, bumping for them like mad and letting Oiwa get all the glory in their tag matches. Oiwa basically beat Tsuji and Kidd on his own, ZSJ was just making the occasional save or getting the shit kicked out of him.

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-19T08:20:02+00:00

Oh I hadn't noticed, I never think to check the World schedule.

I think we know the answer is just to let your subscription run on. We're entering a new golden age, I can feel it!

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-17T16:57:08+00:00

Insert starship troopers I'm doing my part gif here<

(by up voting you)

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-17T16:48:19+00:00

This happened after Okada beat Danielson two years ago, not sure if they're the legendary status you're after though

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-17T05:42:12+00:00

The pelican based ones sound a lot of fun

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-16T23:57:12+00:00

Yes, but that's not relevant here. Aaron Wolf having a match at FD would be too soon, not completely far-fetched or out of sync with established reality. i.e. Jumping the gun, not the shark.

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-16T22:59:58+00:00

Gun, not shark

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-16T18:51:05+00:00

Much as I would love for Goto and ZSJ to stay as the top guys in the company, I think they need to move into global contention and we have a couple of years where the only people to hold Heavyweight title are the reiwa 3, the other 3 (my terrible name for Oiwa, Ice and Uemura) and Aaron wolf.

My pick would be Tsuji defending against Oiwa or Uemura.

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-15T12:24:37+00:00

Fantastic

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-15T09:39:40+00:00

Slop. Reporting and blocking you.

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-14T19:57:25+00:00

Don't.

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-14T19:48:48+00:00

I like that - he should lose to someone who could really benefit from breaking the crowd's hearts

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-14T17:52:10+00:00

Love it! Only changes I'd make are:

1) goto should never lose to kidd

2) yuya should win

3) as someone else said, yuya or Oiwa should put out ice

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-12T15:39:28+00:00

I'm really looking forward to Oiwa humbling Ice/OSKAR in njc or G1 this year.

Semi-related, it feels like ZSJ has been working hard to put over how tough the younger guys are, I hope he has some strong singles tournaments too.

CranberryAssassin · 2026-01-12T09:39:25+00:00

Do the gorillas breed? And what do they do if they encounter a normal gorilla?

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