joemurphy Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 At midday local time in Tokyo on the 9th of June, fans all around the world turned to NJPWWorld for a video presentation from chairman Naoki Sugabayashi with the news that everyone had been waiting for. New Japan Pro Wrestling was set to return with its first show in 110 days on the 15th of June. The King of Sports was back. This diary will be similar to my previous NJPW diary from TEW 2016 which you can read here. The roster will be largely realistic so for the first shows it's Japan residents only slowly opening up to a full roster in October and no super unrealistic signings such as signing everyone that comes available from WWE and AEW. It's also my first long term 'main' save in TEW 2020 so there will definitely be mistakes and learning as we go which I've already run into with the first few shows. Index 2020 - Press Release for New Japan Cup 2020 - NJPW Together Project - NJPW New Japan Cup Night 1 - NJPW New Japan Cup Night 2 - NJPW New Japan Cup Night 3 - NJPW New Japan Cup Night 4 - NJPW New Japan Cup Night 5 - NJPW Dominion 6.30 - NJPW New Japan Road in Japan - NJPW New Japan Road in USA - NJPW Summer Struggle - NJPW Road to Destruction Night 1 - NJPW Road to Destruction Night 2 ~ Blue Justice X - NJPW Destruction in Kyoto - NJPW Destruction in Kobe - Los Ingobernables de Japon Produce 1 - NJPW Sengoku Lord in Nagoya - NJPW Destruction in Hollywood - NJPW King of Pro Wrestling - Bushiroad Together Project 2020 - NJPW Lions Break Collision - NJPW Road to Power Struggle Night 1 - NJPW Road to Power Struggle Night 2 - NJPW Power Struggle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Texasrangers13 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Excellent, this will be great. I love the realism your diaries tend to portray. Will be following. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siah463 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 I'm absolutely ready for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atticus Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Words cannot describe how excited I was when I saw this in the diary preview thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Hell yeah! New Japan Pro-Wres is back, baby!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
20LEgend Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Looking forward to this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalton Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 I wasn't around the forums to follow your 2016 dynasty, but earlier this year I read through the entire thing in like two days! You made Jay White/WHIRO a star before it was cool! Can't wait for this my man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokoa Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 <p>I love me some NJPW</p><p> </p><p> I hope in this diary Minoru Suzuki finally gets over the hump and wins that elusive IWGP Heavyweight title. (let me dream)</p><p> </p><p> Anyway, I'll be checking out.</p> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPBHBK Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 I'm so happy to see this! Can't wait to see what you got planned for this. I'll be here for it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemurphy Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 9th June 2020 The card for the first round of NEW JAPAN CUP 2020 which begins on June 16th has been announced. This year 16 wrestlers will participate. In the tournament, the matches will take place June 16th, June 21st, June 23rd, June 24th at an undisclosed location with no fans in attendance while the final will be on June 29th at Osaka-Jo Hall. The winner will earn the right to challenge Tetsuya Naito, the IWGP Heavyweight and IWGP Intercontinental champion, at Osaka-Jo Hall on June 30th. The first return event will be June 15th for Together Project, matches for this event will be announced at the beginning of the show. Jay White and Kazuchika Okada conducted interviews with the NJPW website after the news of the return, here are some highlights. Jay White noted he was in Florida currently and would not be in Japan for the return shows, when pressed about if this frustrates him he shrugged saying there are other factors in play currently out of his control. Regarding the lack of fans at the shows Jay said it wouldn't make any difference to his gameplan as he only relies on himself and not the crowd to give him an extra little bit of energy. Before events were cancelled several months ago, Jay was scheduled to face Okada in the first round of the New Japan Cup. When asked about Okada, Jay said that while he has his differences with Okada he isn't a priority or a target as he doesn't hold any titles. Okada started his interview talking about how proud he was of the work he and New Japan had done in recent times with the Together Project including personally taking up a radio slot on TokyoFM on Sundays and contributing to the Japan Relief Fund. Shifting focus towards in ring action, Okada was confident in his ability saying that he has to be in the final as he'd been in every Dominion main event since it moved to Osaka-Jo Hall in 2015 and it had to stay that way. When asked about what he'd plan if he won the opportunity to challenge Tetsuya Naito, he said he was only interested in the IWGP Heavyweight Title. Back in March, Okada said that 2020 had the chance to be the biggest year in wrestling and that he still believes it can be however the focus for now must be on showcasing New Japan Pro Wrestling shunning a possibility of an all-star card but didn't rule it out for 2021 and beyond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munit Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Ibushi to win it all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalton Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Ibushi over Okada, Shingo over Suzuki in semis, Ibushi for the win! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 No Taichi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Questlove Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 I'll predict round-by-round to prevent invalidating all my picks before the tournament even gets going, but my overall pick is SHINGO. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yujiro Takahashi Shingo Takagi vs. Hirooki Goto Minoru Suzuki vs. Yuji Nagata EVIL vs. Togi Makabe Kazuchika Okada vs. YOSHI-HASHI SANADA vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Kota Ibushi vs. Toru Yano Tomohiro Ishii vs. Satoshi Kojima Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scmurph01 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Big Tom Ishii or Sanada to win it all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLLK Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 here for COOOOOOOOOOLDSKULLLLLLLLLLLL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPBHBK Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yujiro Takahashi Shingo Takagi vs. Hirooki Goto Minoru Suzuki vs. Yuji Nagata EVIL vs. Togi Makabe Kazuchika Okada vs. YOSHI-HASHI SANADA vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Kota Ibushi vs. Toru Yano Tomohiro Ishii vs. Satoshi Kojima Thanks for the template Questlove ;p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemurphy Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 NJPW Together Project Thursday, Week 2, June 2020 Tokyo 0 Attendance <blockquote style="border: 2px solid #832525; background: #D4D6D6;"> Yuya Uemura and Gabriel Kidd went to a 10 minute time limit draw 37 D- </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 2px solid #832525; background: #D4D6D6;"> Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma defeated Yuji Nagata & Yota Tsuji in 8:10 when Makabe used a Boston Crab on Tsuji 69 C+ </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 2px solid #832525; background: #D4D6D6;"> Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan defeated Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi in 10:43 when Kojima used a Lariat on Yujiro 73 B- </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 2px solid #832525; background: #D4D6D6;"> Hiroshi Tanahashi & Ryusuke Taguchi defeated Kota Ibushi & Tiger Mask in 13:57 when Taguchi used Dodon on Tiger Mask 78 B </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 2px solid #832525; background: #D4D6D6;"> Kazuchika Okada with Toru Yano defeated Gedo with Jado in 5:50 when Okada used a rollup preceded by a Yano low blow 65 C Post-match Taiji Ishimori and Yujiro Takahashi ran down to the ring to assist their Bullet Club teammates in a beatdown of Okada until SHO and YOH came to the rescue forcing Bullet Club to retreat. </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 2px solid #832525; background: #D4D6D6;"> Minoru Suzuki, Zack Sabre Jr, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, El Desperado & Taichi defeated Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI, SHO & YOH in 13:41 when Sabre Jr used the European Clutch on YOSHI-HASHI 66 C+ </blockquote> <blockquote style="border: 2px solid #832525; background: #D4D6D6;"> Shingo Takagi, EVIL & Hiromu Takahashi defeated Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & BUSHI in 18:29 when Shingo used Made in Japan on BUSHI 85 B+ After the match, Los Ingobernables de Japon all gathered together in the ring as Naito took to the mic to thank fans at home for watching and waiting for New Japan's return. </blockquote> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joemurphy Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 NJPW New Japan Cup 2020 Day 1 NJ Cup Round 1 - Shingo Takagi vs Hirooki Goto NJ Cup Round 1 - Minoru Suzuki vs Yuji Nagata NJ Cup Round 1 - Togi Makabe vs EVIL NJ Cup Round 1 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Yujiro Takahashi Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr & DOUKI SHO & YOH vs Gedo & Jado Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji vs Tiger Mask & Yuya Uemura __________________________________________________ No Taichi Wasn't intentional, just forgot about him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPBHBK Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 NJ Cup Round 1 - Shingo Takagi vs Hirooki Goto NJ Cup Round 1 - Minoru Suzuki vs Yuji Nagata NJ Cup Round 1 - Togi Makabe vs EVIL NJ Cup Round 1 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Yujiro Takahashi Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr & DOUKI SHO & YOH vs Gedo & Jado Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji vs Tiger Mask & Yuya Uemura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leion Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 NJ Cup Round 1 - Shingo Takagi vs Hirooki Goto NJ Cup Round 1 - Minoru Suzuki vs Yuji Nagata NJ Cup Round 1 - Togi Makabe vs EVIL NJ Cup Round 1 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Yujiro Takahashi Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr & DOUKI SHO & YOH vs Gedo & Jado Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji vs Tiger Mask & Yuya Uemura __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siah463 Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 NJ Cup Round 1 - Shingo Takagi vs Hirooki Goto NJ Cup Round 1 - Minoru Suzuki vs Yuji Nagata NJ Cup Round 1 - Togi Makabe vs EVIL NJ Cup Round 1 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Yujiro Takahashi Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr & DOUKI SHO & YOH vs Gedo & Jado Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji vs Tiger Mask & Yuya Uemura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollywood Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 NJPW New Japan Cup 2020 Day 1 NJ Cup Round 1 - Shingo Takagi vs Hirooki Goto NJ Cup Round 1 - Minoru Suzuki vs Yuji Nagata NJ Cup Round 1 - Togi Makabe vs EVIL NJ Cup Round 1 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Yujiro Takahashi Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr & DOUKI SHO & YOH vs Gedo & Jado Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji vs Tiger Mask & Yuya Uemura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpicCorey Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 NJ Cup Round 1 - Shingo Takagi vs Hirooki Goto NJ Cup Round 1 - Minoru Suzuki vs Yuji Nagata NJ Cup Round 1 - Togi Makabe vs EVIL NJ Cup Round 1 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Yujiro Takahashi Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr & DOUKI SHO & YOH vs Gedo & Jado Gabriel Kidd & Yota Tsuji vs Tiger Mask & Yuya Uemura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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