New Japan Pro Wrestling Discussion

[Dead2009]

Alex Coughlin Claims He's Retired From Pro Wrestling
https://www.fightful.com/wrestling/a...-pro-wrestling

[UFCMPunk]

Jon Moxley is now the IWGP Heavyweight Champion. The Shield run this entire industry at this point lol.

[dubcity]

So, Okada jumps to AEW, and now the IWGP title is here. New Japan is in such a weird spot. Still my favorite brand of wrestling, and I hope things get bigger and better for them.

[Dead2009]

Jack Perry finishes up with NJPW
https://411mania.com/wrestling/jack-...-future-plans/

[Dead2009]

https://411mania.com/wrestling/block...njpw-botsj-31/

New Japan Pro Wrestling has announced the blocks for this year’s Best of the Super Juniors tournament, which begins on May 11. The finals will be held on June 9. There will be two blocks with ten wrestlers each. They include:

BLOCK A:
* El Desperado
* Kevin Knight
* BUSHI
* Titan
* TJP
* Kosei Fujita
* Blake Christian
* Clark Connors
* Yoshinobu Kanemaru
* HAYATA

BLOCK B:
* KUSHIDA
* Hiromu Takahashi
* DOUKI
* Francesco Akira
* Robbie Eagles
* Taiji Ishimori
* Drilla Moloney
* SHO
* Dragon Dia
* Ninja Mack

[Dead2009]

NJPW has an updated lineup for their Resurgence event next weekend. The company announced the following full card for the May 11th show, which takes place in Ontario, California and will air on NJPW World:

* IWGP World Heavyweight Championship Match: Jon Moxley vs. Shota Umino
* NJPW Strong Openweight Championship No Rope Last Man Standing Match: Eddie Kingston vs. Gabe Kidd
* NEVER Openweight Championship Match: Shingo Takagi vs. Yuya Uemura
* NJPW World TV Championship Match: Jeff Cobb vs. Lance Archer
* NJPW Strong Women’s Championship Match: Stephanie Vaquer vs. Alex Windsor
* STRONG Openweight Tag Team Championship Match: TMDK vs. Guerrillas of Destiny
* Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
* Yota Tsuji & Tetsuya Naito vs. KENTA & David Finlay
* Fred Rosser & Tom Lawlor vs. Royce Isaacs & Jorel Nelson
* The DKC, Rocky Romero & Tomohiro Ishii vs. Jack Perry, Ren Narita & EVIL
* Mustafa Ali vs. Lio Rush
* Matt Vandagriff vs. Adrian Quest

https://411mania.com/wrestling/updat...pw-resurgence/