THE CHANGE OF ERA - New Japan Pro-Wrestling

[Hollywood]

THE CHANGE OF ERA - New Japan Pro-Wrestling

The end of the 30-year Heisei Era looms over Japan as Emperor Akihito prepares to abdicate from his position. Great change has swept the country during the last Era, but times have changed as many look back on the Era fondly, for both the good and the bad.

The Heisei Era had a big impact on New Japan Pro-Wrestling and shaped it into what it is today. The first-ever big Tokyo Dome match was promoted at the start of the Era – which has led to many memorable bouts since in the Tokyo Dome at many fantastic Wrestle Kingdom events.

The Heisei Era has been one of peace, which has led to the establishment of many long-term and highly effective relationships between New Japan Pro-Wrestling and other global brands – one of the first being World Championship Wrestling, with the global partnerships with Ring of Honor, Revolution Pro Wrestling, and Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre now being the flagbearers of ultimate partnerships.

The Era brought forth a changing of the guard in the Land of the Rising Sun, but most notable for New Japan was the rise of “The Ace” Hiroshi Tanahashi, who revived the wrestling promotion with a much needed shot in the arm and amassing a total of 8 IWGP Heavyweight Champion reigns.

Tanahashi’s rise led to the creation of “The Rainmaker” Kazuchika Okada, the present and the arguable future of New Japan. The current IWGP Heavyweight Champion proves to be the bridge of the old Heisei Era and the new Reiwa era. That is, however, if the transition from one Era to the next is smooth – but the seas of New Japan look to be rocky as major disasters loom in the distance in the form of “Switchblade” Jay White, Kota Ibushi, Will Ospreay, and even Tanahashi himself.

The new Era is not guaranteed to be a successful one for many of the New Japan Pro-Wrestling stars. Only they can make the fight to lead the path to a golden Reiwa Era in New Japan.

Who will be the one to be the driving force of New Japan Pro-Wrestling in this new Era? Who will reach the highest of highs? Who will fall victim to the casualties of change?

This is the CHANGE OF ERA.

This is NEW JAPAN PRO-WRESTLING.

[Hollywood]

Reserved post

[Hollywood]

Another reserved post.

[Hollywood]

Ah yes, I know what you are thinking... "damn, Hollywood with yet ANOTHER diary", haha. I want to thank everybody who read and enjoyed my WWE 205 Live diary but I will be 100% with y'all, it's dead chief. WWE has killed all passion I have for the brand lately and I was STRUGGLING to try and write something about it. Why should O care about what they are doing when they don't even consider it a worthy brand.

 

Anywho, here we go with my new New Japan Pro-Wrestling diary. If you have been following my posts, you will know that I am a big NJPW and puro fan and really take a liking to the touring schedule of these companies. This one will start after the big G1 Supercard in MADISON SQUARE GARDEN as we embark on the road to Wrestling Dontaku. The next post will have the predictions and you will all have the chance to play along.

 

I have not yet decided on what kind of prediction game I should run with the diary, but give me some suggestions and I will look at all of them! Here's to a fun ride as we start the Reiwa Era!

[CobheadJake]

Shame to hear you're stopping your 205 live diary as it was very unique and I personally really enjoyed it, but I can understand your reasoning.

 

Nevertheless, I am very excited for this. Cant wait!

[Hollywood]

Road to Wrestling Dontaku, N. 1

Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura

Ren Narita vs. Toa Henare

Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, El Deperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) vs. Shota Umino, Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima

Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe vs. BULLET CLUB (Taiji Ishimori, Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga)

Hirooki Goto, Juice Robinson, Mikey Nicholls & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. BULLET CLUB (Jay White, Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens & Hikuleo)

Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi & TAKA Michinoku) vs. Jyushin Thunder Liger, Kota Ibushi & YOSHI-HASHI

CHAOS (SHO, YOH, Rocky Romero, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi, BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & SANADA)

[CobheadJake]

Road to Wrestling Dontaku, N. 1

Yota Tsuji vs. Yuya Uemura

Ren Narita vs. Toa Henare

Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, El Deperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) vs. Shota Umino, Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima

Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe vs. BULLET CLUB (Taiji Ishimori, Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga)

Hirooki Goto, Juice Robinson, Mikey Nicholls & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. BULLET CLUB (Jay White, Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens & Hikuleo)

Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi & TAKA Michinoku) vs. Jyushin Thunder Liger, Kota Ibushi & YOSHI-HASHI

CHAOS (SHO, YOH, Rocky Romero, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi, BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & SANADA)

[Leion]

<p>Road to Wrestling Dontaku, N. 1</p><p>

Yota Tsuji vs. <strong>Yuya Uemura</strong></p><p>

Ren Narita vs. <strong>Toa Henare</strong></p><p>

<strong>Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, El Deperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)</strong> vs. Shota Umino, Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima</p><p>

Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe vs. <strong>BULLET CLUB (Taiji Ishimori, Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga)</strong></p><p>

Hirooki Goto, Juice Robinson, Mikey Nicholls & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. <strong>BULLET CLUB (Jay White, Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens & Hikuleo)</strong></p><p>

<strong>Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi & TAKA Michinoku) </strong>vs. Jyushin Thunder Liger, Kota Ibushi & YOSHI-HASHI </p><p>

CHAOS (SHO, YOH, Rocky Romero, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada) vs. <strong>Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi, BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & SANADA)</strong></p>

[southside_hitmen]

<p>Road to Wrestling Dontaku, N. 1</p><p>

<strong>Yota Tsuji</strong> vs. Yuya Uemura</p><p>

<strong>Ren Narita</strong> vs. Toa Henare</p><p>

<strong>Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, El Deperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)</strong> vs. Shota Umino, Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima</p><p>

Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe vs. <strong>BULLET CLUB (Taiji Ishimori, Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga)</strong></p><p>

<strong>Hirooki Goto, Juice Robinson, Mikey Nicholls & Ryusuke Taguchi</strong> vs. BULLET CLUB (Jay White, Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens & Hikuleo)</p><p>

Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi & TAKA Michinoku) vs. <strong>Jyushin Thunder Liger, Kota Ibushi & YOSHI-HASHI </strong></p><p>

CHAOS (SHO, YOH, Rocky Romero, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada) vs. <strong>Los Ingobernables de Japon (Shingo Takagi, BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & SANADA)</strong></p>

[Hollywood]

<p>Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2019 N. 1</p><p> </p><p>

<div align="center"><img src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/ZLb7FVG.png" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/ZLb7FVG.png"></div></a></p><p>

<div style="margin:auto; width:650px; border: 3px solid #ee080a; background-color:#ffcd63; padding:25px; color:#232323; text-align:justify;margin-top:-15px;"><div style="text-align:justify; font:22px Arial;"><b>SAT. APRIL. 13. 2019 | Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2019 N. 1</b></div><div style="text-align:justify;font: Arial;"><i>Ibakari - Tsukuba Capio (2,200)</i></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>1.</strong> Yota Tsuji defeated Yuya Uemura (<strong>9:06</strong>) with the Boston Crab [<strong>**</strong>] </p><p>

<strong>2.</strong> Toa Henare defeated Ren Narita (<strong>6:38</strong>) with the TOA Bottom [<strong>**1/4</strong>] </p><p>

<strong>3.</strong> <em>Suzuki-gun</em> (Minoru Suzuki, El Depserado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) defeated Shota Umino, Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima (<strong>11:22</strong>) when Suzuki hit the Gotch-style Piledriver on Umino [<strong>***1/2</strong>] </p><p>

<strong>4.</strong> <em>BULLET CLUB</em> (Taiji Ishimori, Tanga Loa & Tama Tonga) defeated Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe (<strong>9:17</strong>) when Loa hit Apesh*t on Honma [<strong>***1/2</strong>] </p><p>

<strong>5.</strong> Hirooki Goto, Juice Robinson, Mikey Nicholls & Ryusuke Taguchi defeated <em>BULLET CLUB</em> (Jay White, Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens & Hikuleo) (<strong>11:42</strong>) when Juice hit Pulp Friction on Hikuleo [<strong>***1/4</strong>] </p><p>

<strong>6.</strong> Jyushin Thunder Liger, Kota Ibushi & YOSHI-HASHI defeated <em>Suzuki-gun</em> (Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi & TAKA Michinoku) (<strong>10:10</strong>) when YOSHI-HASHI hit Kuma Goroshi on Michinoku [<strong>***3/4</strong>] </p><p>

<strong>7.</strong> <em>Los Ingobernables de Japon</em> (Shingo Takagi, BUSHI, Tetsuya Naito, EVIL & SANADA) defeated <em>CHAOS</em> (SHO, YOH, Rocky Romero, Tomohiro Ishii & Kazuchika Okada) (<strong>15:32</strong>) when Naito hit Destino on Romero [<strong>****</strong>] </p><p>

</div></div></p>

[Hollywood]

Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2019 N. 2

 

<div align="center"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/oXSf8Ui.png"></div>

<div style="margin:auto; width:650px; border: 3px solid #ee080a; background-color:#ffcd63; padding:25px; color:#232323; text-align:justify;margin-top:-15px;"><div style="text-align:justify; font:22px Arial;"><b>SUN. APRIL. 14. 2019 | Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2019 N. 2</b></div><div style="text-align:justify;font: Arial;"><i>Gunma - New Sunpia Takasaki (1,684)</i>

 

1. Yuya Uemura defeated Yota Tsuji (7:19) with the Boston Crab [**1/2]

2. YOSHI-HASHI defeated Shota Umino (9:31) with the Kumagoroshi [**3/4]

3. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Minoru Suzuki) defeated Ren Narita, Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima (11:54) when Desperado hit the Pinche Loco on Narita [***1/4]

4. BULLET CLUB (Bad Luck Fale, Taiji Ishimori & Chase Owens) defeated Juice Robinson, Mikey Nicholls & Toa Henare (9:43) when Fale hit the Grenade on Henare [***]

5. BULLET CLUB (Jay White, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Hikuleo) defeated Ryusuke Taguchi, Hirooki Goto, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe (10:56) when White hit the Bladerunner on Taguchi [***1/4]

6. Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi & TAKA Michinoku) defeated Jyushin Thunder Liger, Tomoaki Honma & Kota Ibushi (12:01) when Zack hit the Another year, surely this one will be better than the last; the inexorable march of progress shall lead us all to happiness on Honma [***1/2]

7. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi) defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, SHO, YOH & Rocky Romero) (16:21) when EVIL hit the Scorpion Deathlock on SHO [***3/4]

</div></div>

[Hollywood]

<p>Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2019 N. 3</p><p> </p><p>

<div align="center"><img src="<a href="https://i.imgur.com/0vFZSf9.png" rel="external nofollow">https://i.imgur.com/0vFZSf9.png"></div></a></p><p>

<div style="margin:auto; width:650px; border: 3px solid #ee080a; background-color:#ffcd63; padding:25px; color:#232323; text-align:justify;margin-top:-15px;"><div style="text-align:justify; font:22px Arial;"><b>MON. APRIL. 15. 2019 | Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2019 N. 3</b></div><div style="text-align:justify;font: Arial;"><i>Yamanashi - Kofu Civic Center Yamano-Miyako Arena (1,516)</i></p><p> </p><p>

<strong>1.</strong> Yota Tsuji defeated Yuya Uemura (<strong>9:51</strong>) with the Boston Crab [<strong>**1/2</strong>]</p><p>

<strong>2.</strong> Toa Henare defeated Shota Umino (<strong>9:42</strong>) with the TOA Bottom [<strong>***1/4</strong>]</p><p>

<strong>3.</strong> <em>Suzuki-gun</em> (Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado) defeated Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Ren Narita (<strong>12:44</strong>) when Kanemaru hit the Deep Impact on Narita [<strong>***</strong>]</p><p>

<strong>4.</strong> Dragon Lee, Tomoaki Honma, Toru Yano & Togi Makabe defeated <em>BULLET CLUB</em> (Taiji Ishimori, Tanga Loa, Tama Tonga & Jado) (<strong>11:10</strong>) when Yano hit a Schoolboy on Jado [<strong>***</strong>]</p><p>

<strong>5.</strong> Juice Robinson, Hirooki Goto, Mikey Nicholls & Ryusuke Taguchi defeated <em>BULLET CLUB</em> (Jay White, Bad Luck Fale, Chase Owens & Hikuleo) (<strong>13:22</strong>) when Juice hit the Pulp Friction on Hikuleo [<strong>***1/4</strong>]</p><p>

<strong>6.</strong> Kota Ibushi, Jyushin Thunder Liger & YOSHI-HASHI defeated <em>Suzuki-gun</em> (Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi & TAKA Michinoku) (<strong>11:28</strong>) when YOSHI-HASHI hit the Butterfly Lock on TAKA [<strong>***1/2</strong>]</p><p>

<strong>7.</strong> <em>Los Ingobernables de Japon</em> (Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi) defeated <em>CHAOS</em> (Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, SHO, YOH & Rocky Romero) (<strong>16:35</strong>) when Takagi hit the Last of the Dragon on Romero [<strong>***3/4</strong>]</p><p>

</div></div></p>

[Hollywood]

Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2019 N. 4

 

<div align="center"><img src="https://i.imgur.com/QfzrJoe.png"></div>

<div style="margin:auto; width:650px; border: 3px solid #ee080a; background-color:#ffcd63; padding:25px; color:#232323; text-align:justify;margin-top:-15px;"><div style="text-align:justify; font:22px Arial;"><b>WED. APRIL. 17. 2019 | Road to Wrestling Dontaku 2019 N. 4</b></div><div style="text-align:justify;font: Arial;"><i>Fukui - Fukui Prefecture Industrial Hall・ #1 Hall (952)</i>

 

1. Yuya Uemura defeated Yota Tsuji (7:32) with the Boston Crab [**3/4]

2. YOSHI-HASHI defeated Ren Narita (7:52) with the Butterfly Lock [***]

3. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado) defeated Shota Umino, Yuji Nagata & Satoshi Kojima (11:11) when Suzuki hit the Gotch Style Piledriver on Umino [***1/2]

4. BULLET CLUB (Bad Luck Fale, Taiji Ishimori, Chase Owens & Hikuleo) defeated Juice Robinson, Dragon Lee, Toa Henare & Mikey Nicholls (12:05) when Fale hit the Grenade on Henare [***]

5. Ryusuke Taguchi, Hirooki Goto, Togi Makabe & Toru Yano defeated BULLET CLUB (Jay White, Tama Tonga, Tanga Loa & Gedo) (11:14) when Taguchi hit the Oh My and Garankle on Gedo [***1/4]

6. Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi & TAKA Michinoku) defeated Jyushin Thunder Liger, Tomoaki Honma & Kota Ibushi (11:32) when Zack hit the Octopus Hold on Honma [***1/2]

7. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA, BUSHI & Shingo Takagi) defeated CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, SHO, YOH & Rocky Romero) (15:18) when Naito hit the Destino on Romero [***3/4]

</div></div>