New Japan Pro Wrestling is widely regarded by many as the best in ring pro wrestling company in the world in 2017 with praise as high as calling their year one of, if not the best, of any company ever and it's only half way done.  With the end of the G1 Climax last night resulting in Tetsuya Naito winning the right to challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight Title at the companies year opening extravaganza, Wrestle Kingdom, for the second time.  Follow along as Takaaki Kidani pushes forward into new waters and aims to expand into a global brand as recognisable as the evil empire of New York. 

I've tried a few times to get into a New Japan save but I always struggle, hope you have more success than I have. 

Also the G1 was brilliant and I feel like they're in a great place right now, which should help you. 

Best of luck, I'll be following! 

Mootinie

08-13-2017 03:24 PM

Best of luck!  I loved writing New Japan, hopefully you have more success than I did. :) 

The Final Countdown

08-13-2017 05:44 PM

A) These graphics look awesome. 

B) I greatly appreciated that you whited-out the finish of the G1.  I first opened this thread before I started watching the final show, and would've been seriously bummed out if I'd accidentally been spoiled.  Bad enough that I got spoiled on the Okada/Omega III finish when I was browsing Facebook at work that morning. :( 

I'll definitely be checking this one out! 

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Best of luck!  I loved writing New Japan, hopefully you have more success than I did. :) 

Don't sell yourself short!  You captured the feel of NJPW brilliantly. 

dean

08-13-2017 11:36 PM

Very excited to see someone else's take!  Now that G1 wrapped up I'm going to be starting a new game as well, so it will be really cool to see where our booking differs.  Looking forward to reading along. 

joemurphy

08-14-2017 01:34 PM

G1 Finals Spoiler Warning

So, the plan is to hold 1 or 2 'Road to' shows which I'll just post results for while the bigger shows will have a full write up with pictures to make everything look pretty, if the show would air on NJPWWORLD it'll be done.  I've already played through Wrestle Kingdom so for now I'll post the Road to results at the same time as the big show predictions post just to speed things up, if I get to a point where I'm at a similar time posting shows to playing them I'll change it. 

Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay def.  EVIL & BUSHI88 B+Post-match Naito, SANADA and Hiromu appeared and beat down the victorious Chaos members until their stablemates made the save.  Okada then told EVIL that he will remain IWGP Champion at Destruction and thanked the crowd for coming.88 B+

Zack Sabre Jr, Minoru Suzuki & El Desperado def.  KUSHIDA, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Michael Elgin85 B+El Desperado took pride in holding KUSHIDA's IWGP Jr Heavyweight title over his shoulder after picking up the pinfall over the champ ahead of their title match at Destruction.40 D-

I like it, definitely a good card.  May be 1 too many 8-man tags, but I know how hard it is to get everyone on the show.  I'm very interested to see how your KOPW card shakes out, as I think that is where I am going to start my game so I have that 2 month head start on Gedo.