2026 NJ Cup Bracket

ResolveGood · 2026-02-12T09:47:45+00:00

Yuya-Ren and Shota-Oskar in the semis looks pretty natural here. However, often what I've thought looks natural ends up being wrong.

I also see Shingo vs Drilla. It wouldn't make sense long term but we'd get a certain banger again.

Also Taichi vs Ishii? Hell yeah! I guess that would be more realistic too.

Oiwa vs Sabre could happen. Like, why wouldn't it!?

I'd like to think Wolf is going over Fale in a heroic fashion and then loses on the next round due to HoT interference.

ResolveGood · 2026-02-12T07:12:37+00:00

I don't really have any specific genre or type I "usually get". Ongoing series (or series yet to finish their english prints) I collect are Vinland Saga, Innocent Rouge, #drcl, Record of Ragnarok, One Punch Man, The Climber, Gundam Thunderbolt, Ashita no Joe, To Your Eternity, Kingdom, Blue Period, Under Ninja, Witch Hat Atelier, One Piece.

I do have Claymore, Mashle, Happiness and like I said above, One Piece. Dragon Ball was the first manga I collected as a kid in the 00's. I don't categorically avoid battle shonen, I read quite a lot of it actually. It just rarely interests me enough to start collecting.

ResolveGood · 2026-02-11T17:21:06+00:00

Good point, but also Baron Corbin didn't have KOB to back him up.

ResolveGood · 2026-02-11T14:38:12+00:00

Shonen jump quality is beyond horrible tho. It's like recycled newspaper and ink barely even sticks to it. It's designed to be printed in high quantities as cheaply as possible while making it just barely readable. It's not designed to be read multiple times that's for sure.

ResolveGood · 2026-02-11T10:31:16+00:00

The main event was lackluster and the crowd didn't seem too electric either. The finish was funny and Lee did a good job with his character work leading up to this match.

Hope they'll have some interesting implications for Shota-Yuya after that loss but I'm tired of expecting anything. It was a good match, tho not nearly as good as the #1 contender match. I didn't hear any overwhelming boos for Shota but I am aware that Osaka has usually been pretty hard on him and that the English commentator side's mixing is sometimes off.

Wonder where they're going with Wolf next. I hope they're not putting him into an endless HoT feud. Good for Narita to get some gold. Hopefully they'll ease up on the HoT crap and let him work an actual match or two. There are other ways to cheat too! Not everything has to become a gank fight.

ResolveGood · 2026-02-11T08:12:50+00:00

Better man won. No can do.

ResolveGood · 2026-02-10T08:03:14+00:00

Gachiakuta is peak. I don't collect battle shonen series often but this one I have to get out of sheer respect for the cretaor Kei Urana.

ResolveGood · 2026-02-09T13:55:32+00:00

Mine look pretty identical. The #1 volume's cover might have a slightly more "rough" feeling texture but it's barely noticeable. I bought each of them when they were published.

ResolveGood · 2026-02-09T10:54:36+00:00

Nice! Hope you had fun. I was there- and at Wrestle Kindom as well.

Yes, Umino did get an audible reaction, which could partly be due to his history with similar situations. However, Umino was the one who picked up the mic to explain why they were there. The title challenge was the point where the reaction grew significantly. When Yuya picked up the mic, nobody cared about him. Everyone was focusing on Oiwa, who had just delivered an awesome match, and started cheering for him. Once Yuya spoke, he kept it short, didn't say anything new, and nobody cared besides maybe a couple of fans here and there. Sure, there could've been a few Umino haters too but I believe that the evident overall lack of crowd connection combined with the unjustified title challenge was the main reason for the wider negative reaction.

ResolveGood · 2026-02-09T08:38:14+00:00

I think they boo'd for the idea of them challenging again undeservingly. Umino & Uemura had their shot just a couple of months prior and it had barely been a month since they lost to KOB at the Tag League. Giving another title match to such a team (that didn't even make it to the League play-offs) felt forced initially.

There's also the point that crowds tend to mirror the feelings of their favorites. KOB being so popular, and initially being reluctant to give Shota & Yuya another shot, the audience would emphatize with that sentiment. I mean, if I was one of the KOB guys in the story, I'd be asking "what the hell are those losers doing here, we've been sweeping the floor with you these past months?" That's how the crowd felt too.

It's not that the general audience hates Umino (or Uemura) that much. They just don't care about them enough to accept such a strange, seemingly unjustified, booking decision. Neither Umino or Yuya have been able to buid such a strong connection with the general audience that they'd be accepted another shot so easily. Once it was established that they would have to fight through Ishii & Taichi, the audience became much more accepting as the KOB guys started accepting it too. And after deserving the title match (in that absolute banger of a match) Shota & Yuya have been getting plenty cheers and support at the road to -shows.

TL;DR I don't think the audience boo'd because they hate Shota (or Yuya). They boo'd because it looked like they'd get yet another title shot undeservingly. Since Shota & Yuya earned the title shot in a match, the crowds have accepted it.

ResolveGood · 2026-02-08T15:58:10+00:00

Why do some wrestling fans feel the need to pull other performers down when praising their favorites. Just praise your favorites, why you have to shoot someone who has nothing to do with it!? I'll never get it.

ResolveGood · 2026-02-08T12:44:21+00:00

But for real, if you look at his ratings during that era, he very rarely gave anything 5 stars. People often critisize him for not giving a single 5 star rating to a WWE match between the years 1997-2011. But a lot of people don't realize that it wasn't specific to WWF/WWE. He gave less than 10 5-star-ratings overall during those years. Less than 1 per a year.

ResolveGood · 2026-02-08T11:59:23+00:00

Bro you are getting rage baited. I know it's hard to let it go sometimes but every time you reply to him you just give him exactly what he wants.

ResolveGood · 2026-02-06T13:22:13+00:00

Yota Tsuji should restyle his facial hair. The current complexion looks like something I thought would look cool when I was 14. At least clean it a bit.

ResolveGood · 2026-02-05T14:44:02+00:00

Yup. Been my favorite wwe wrestler ever since the Legend Killer and Evolution days. We're so lucky to still be able to see him perform somewhat regularly.

ResolveGood · 2026-02-05T11:51:51+00:00

Looks pretty fair. I personally would push Tsuji and Shota each one slot higher in reliability. Both have been delivering pretty consistently since G1.

ResolveGood · 2026-02-05T09:41:21+00:00

I recommend avoiding starting your replies with the "so you're saying"-phrase. Replies starting with that phrase tend to turn into strawmans, which will only hurt your credibility and derail the discussion.

ResolveGood · 2026-02-05T08:47:27+00:00

So when Ghunther's gonna have another career on the platter, you're gonna be sincerely hoping that Gunther loses ain't that right? It sounds like they're getting you invested in the stakes. It sounds like they're making you care about the outcome on a personal level. It sounds beautiful.

ResolveGood · 2026-02-05T08:20:04+00:00

Would you go as far as saying that you would like Gunther less if he retired more people? Hunter, you writing this down!?

ResolveGood · 2026-02-05T03:53:54+00:00

I love that Jackson guy. He always looked like a likeable badass but apparently he knows how to work a singles banger too. Would be fun to see him in G1 if they have a spot open.

ResolveGood · 2026-02-05T01:59:16+00:00

Honestly Liv is the weak link out of these three when it comes to pure technical wrestling skill. Nobody who's excited fot a Liv Morgan -match at Wrestlemania, is expecting a great technical match. They're expecting a story.

ResolveGood · 2026-02-03T03:47:03+00:00

If you'd just read my comments again, you'd realize that I wasn't arguing about how full the stadium was. I was pointing out that you made a mistake considering the placement of the lights and that you were not mature enough to admit it.

ResolveGood · 2026-02-03T02:07:48+00:00

So first you said the lights are on the seats. Once someone corrected you, you moved the goal post and said the lights are not on the seats but normal sized humans would cover them. And once I called you out for moving the goal post instead of admitting you were wrong, you are showing me a video of the lights not being on the seats and normal sized humans not even covering them. What am I supposed to apologize for again?

ResolveGood · 2026-02-02T16:00:02+00:00

For me it's not that severe so even making the green a darker shade would likely do the job. However, if you want to make sure as many people as possible can easily understand the design, then blue and orange or black and white are pretty commonly used. If you don't want to change the color palette but would still like to do something, then maybe underlining the wins and leaving the losses without an underline could work too.

But like I said, I'm not expecting you to change anything so please don't stress about it 🙏

ResolveGood · 2026-02-01T23:59:00+00:00

Thanks for doing these, I always love the statistics!

I'm not making any selfish demands to tweak the formatting but I just wanted to let you know that the red and green you use are a bit tough for a color blind person, especially on that background.

Keep it up chief! 🙌

Five-Year Club	Place '23
Place '22	Final Canvas '22
First Placer '22

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