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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)

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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	comment	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) was one of two wrestling promotions (the other being All Japan Pro Wrestling) to split off from the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance (JWA) in the 1970s. Founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972, it competed with AJPW for supremacy in the wrestling field. Despite floundering during the 1990s due to AJPW's dominance, NJPW is currently the largest wrestling promotion in Japan and one of the largest in the world.From its creation in 1972 until 1986, NJPW was a member of the National Wrestling Alliance, although All Japan was able to block most Western talent from working in New Japan; the main holdouts were AndrÃ© the Giant, Hulk Hogan, and Stan Hansen (who eventually jumped to AJPW, becoming the highest paid wrestler in Japan in the process).Traditionally, New Japan was the less "Westernized" of the two major league promotions in the ring, working a more realistic, submission and kick-based style based on Eastern martial arts that came to known as "strong style", though it had a flashier presentation outside the ring and in storylines compared to AJPW, which had a more straightforward presentation and simpler storylines, but a flashy power move-heavy in-ring style more similar to American promotions. (This situation got somewhat reversed when AJPW entered its "Puroresu Love" era.)The company is also known for openly engaging in working agreements with various pro wrestling promotions around the world, including Consejo Mundial Lucha Libre, World Wrestling Entertainment, World Championship Wrestling, TNA, Ring of Honor, Pro Wrestling NOAH, All Elite Wrestling and various other pro wrestling promotions. It even worked with MMA promotion PRIDE Fighting Championships. Their biggest yearly event is the show at the Tokyo Dome on January 4, Japan's equivalent to WrestleMania, which has been known since 2007 as Wrestle Kingdom. In the late 2010s and early 2020s, it had expanded to two nights (and for one year three), with the first night on January 4, but returned to its original one-night format in 2024.Fun fact: The chairman of NJPW is currently Takami Obari, who's the younger brother of none other than Masami Obari, the famous animator and anime director.NJPW currently recognizes thirteen championships; IWGP World Heavyweight Champion: Jon Moxley since April 12, 2024 IWGP Global Heavyweight Champion: Nic Nemeth since February 23, 2024 IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Champions: Bishamon (Hirooki Goto and Yoshi-Hashi) since April 6, 2024 IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion: SHO since February 23, 2024 IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Champions: Bullet Club War Dogs (Drilla Moloney and Clark Connors) since February 4, 2024 IWGP Women's Champion: Mayu Iwatani since April 23, 2023note Shared with World Wonder Ring ST★RDOM NEVER Openweight Champion: Shingo Takagi since April 6, 2024 NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Champions: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Toru Yano and Boltin Oleg since April 14, 2024 NJPW Strong Openweight Champion: Eddie Kingston since July 5, 2023 NJPW Strong Women's Champion: Stephanie Vaquer since March 10, 2024note Shared with World Wonder Ring ST★RDOM and Consejo Mundial Lucha Libre NJPW Strong Openweight Tag Team Champions: TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste) since April 12, 2024 NJPW World Television Champion: Zack Sabre Jr. since April 12, 2024 King of Pro-Wrestling 2023 champion: TAICHI Provisional 2024 champion: Great-O-Khan since January 20, 2024
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_13d7a65e	type	The Artifact
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_13d7a65e	comment	The Artifact: Tiger Mask IV. His style and gimmick are somehow outdated and he is not a very exciting part of the junior division anymore, but is a pretty solid performer and receives occasional pushes. The NEVER Openweight titles, as the NEVER sub-promotion folded in 2012. Taiji Ishimorii's Bone Soldier gimmick is a retool of Captain New Japan's previously disastrous gimmick.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_1501e2dd	type	Hero Antagonist
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_1501e2dd	comment	Hero Antagonist: Nobuhiko Takada during the UWF-i invasion. Although he posed as a heel in New Japan, he was the top face of his own company and had his own fanbase. Happens in the heel vs. heel matches. One heel is given a hero's welcome over the other. In Minoru Suzuki's G1 Climax match against Jay White, the crowd was firmly behind Suzuki.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_166258c3	type	Character Overlap
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_166258c3	comment	Character Overlap: When Riki Chosu allowed Masanobu Fuchi and Toshiaki Kawada from All Japan onto New Japan territory it indirectly lead to the creation of Bad Ass Translate Trading, a Power Stable that had members from both locker rooms.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_178ca149	type	The Worf Effect
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_178ca149	comment	The Worf Effect: Captain New Japan's win-loss record is deceptively skewed towards losses. He wins in enough team up situations and such to look competent but gets beat to establish threats a whole lot.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_1892d512	type	Tall, Dark, and Handsome
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_1892d512	comment	Before leaving for WWE and eventually becoming Finn BÃ¡lor, Prince Devitt was one of the most popular foreigners in any puro company, and not without good reason.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_19211122	type	Feel No Pain
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_19211122	comment	Feel No Pain: The Great Sasuke broke his skull doing a Diving Kick against Ãšltimo DragÃ³n during the J-Crown tournament and continued wrestling restlessly. This was Katsuyori Shibata's gimmick, to the point that in his final match, he headbutted himself into a subdural hematoma and continued the match. Tomohiro Ishii also incorporates this into his gimmick, even to the point of stepping into his opponent's strikes. Kota Ibushi also has shades of this during a match, which fans have nicknamed Murder Ibushi.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_1b4e322c	type	Mr. Fanservice
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_1b4e322c	comment	Mr. Fanservice Hiroshi Tanahashi's selling point. Kota Ibushi. Before leaving for WWE and eventually becoming Finn BÃ¡lor, Prince Devitt was one of the most popular foreigners in any puro company, and not without good reason.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_1ba1b4b9	type	The Giant
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_1ba1b4b9	comment	The Giant: Many. Giant Silva, Giant Singh, Big Titan, and most recently Akebono and Giant Bernard.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_1e679bd0	type	The Quisling
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_1e679bd0	comment	The Quisling: Kazuo Yamazaki, who deserted from rival promotion UWF International seeking his opportunity to shine. He didn't get it, but helped to promote the shoot-style wrestling in the NJPW Dojo, where he was instructor for a time.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_1f862cf	type	Dare to Be Badass
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_1f862cf	comment	Dare to Be Badass: Capturing the IWGP Heavyweight Championship was this in its later years. In the 8 years from 2011 to 2019, only 5 wrestlers (Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada, AJ Styles, Tetsuya Naito, and Kenny Omega) managed to capture the title. This established capturing the title as one of most difficult things to accomplish, as many great/deserving wrestlers failed in their championship attempts. Similarly, winning the G1 Climax Tournament is considered extremely difficult. Since 2012, with the tournament winner headlining Wrestle Kingdom, only wrestlers considered the company's best have managed to win the tournament. Headlining a Tokyo Dome show (and by proxy, a Wrestle Kingdom) is considered one of the highest honors for performers in Japan. Some wrestlers who have trained in Japan have stated that headlining at the Tokyo Dome was more important to them than headlining a WrestleMania.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_200c8312	type	Alternate Company Equivalent
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_200c8312	comment	Alternate Company Equivalent: Antonio Inoki to All Japan's Giant Baba, their own nWo to WCW's. Captain New Japan to Marvel Comics' Captain America. Los Ingobernables de Japon to CMLL's group. Hiroshi Tanahashi can be argued being New Japan's Hulk Hogan. They were both heavily featured in their primes, were All-Loving Hero'es, and were beloved by crowds. The difference being Tanahashi is still an active wrestler getting positive reactions, while Hogan is retired and has become more of a controversial figure.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_20b5cce7	type	"Do It Yourself" Theme Tune
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_20b5cce7	comment	"Do It Yourself" Theme Tune: Most of Montel Vontavious Porter's music was his own doing. In fact, despite NJPW remixing VIP Balling into "Most Valiantly Person", they actually included more of the original song than WWE, whom he originally wrote it for. Rocky Romero also did the themes for Forever Hooligans and Roppongi Vice.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_21d41a5b	type	Praetorian Guard
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_21d41a5b	comment	Praetorian Guard: Club 7 (Giant Singh and Giant Silva), Masahiro Chono's giant bodyguards.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_2737c505	type	Shoot the Dog
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_2737c505	comment	Shoot the Dog: The 1.4 Incident. During the third match between Naoya Ogawa and Shinya Hashimoto, Ogawa broke kayfabe and bloodied the unaware Hashimoto with legit strikes, after which he grabbed a microphone and taunted the crowd. Soon, the NJPW staff got into the ring and Ogawa's cornermen (including his bodyguard Gerard Gordeau and Kazunari Murakami) had to gang up to protect Ogawa from the wrathful Riki Choshu and his minions in the subsequent brawl. It's said that Inoki ordered Ogawa to shoot on Hashimoto to increase his popularity, and Ogawa took the opportunity with no second thoughts.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_295087bf	type	Non-Indicative Name
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_295087bf	comment	Non-Indicative Name: The International Wrestling Grand Prix is not an event(unlike the Japan Grand Prix), but a governing body. The IWGP Championships are not events either, but title belts, which makes things confusing around the time of CMLL's Universal Championship, which is an event (for a title belt).
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_2a6a8e89	type	Sadist Teacher
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_2a6a8e89	comment	Sadist Teacher: The NJPW Dojo is known by his extremely harsh training regime, and his most famous instructors have always been feared by their trainees. Kotetsu Yamamoto and Yoshiaki Fujiwara are the best examples. It's said that Kensuke Sasaki (accidentally?) killed a trainee named Hiromitsu Gompei in a training session. Details remain unknown.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_2d4fa515	type	Ax-Crazy
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_2d4fa515	comment	Ax-Crazy Takashi Iizuka, even in real life. He sent Kazunari Murakami to the hospital during the 1.4 Incident. Akira Maeda was fired from NJPW for kicking Riki Choshu in the face and breaking his orbital bone. Even later, he didn't have a single year free of legal troubles due to his tendency to assault people. He even vowed to kill Yoji Anjo and was arrested for it. Big Van Vader, though less so away from the ring. Hiromu Takahashi. TICKING TIME BOMB!!!!
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_2e8441c9	type	The Bad Guy Wins
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_2e8441c9	comment	The Bad Guy Wins This was Masahiro Chono's calling card. Bad Intentions. No Remorse Corps did this to Apollo 55. This is Bullet Club's trait as of late.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_2fc21a19	type	Distaff Counterpart
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_2fc21a19	comment	Distaff Counterpart: In the 2010s, World Wonder Ring ST★RDOM came to be seen as this, being the top joshi promotion in Japan, and Stardom's purchase by NJPW parent company Bushiroad in October 2019 sealed the deal. At Wrestle Kingdom 14 on January 4, 2020, Mayu Iwatani and Arisa Hoshiki faced Hana Kimura and Giulia in a tag team dark match, marking the first women's match to take place at a Wrestle Kingdom event. And then in November 2022, NJPW and Stardom produced the Historic X-Over joint event, with the main event being the final of a tournament to crown the inaugural IWGP women's champion.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_3036294e	type	Scary Black Man
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_3036294e	comment	Scary Black Man: Bob Sapp.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_326a44a1	type	Create Your Own Villain
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_326a44a1	comment	Create Your Own Villain: Inoki plucked Garbage Wrestler Tiger Jeet Singh from relative obscurity outside the Toronto area and made him an international star. So blame him.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_32d6bb7e	type	Martial Arts Headband
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_32d6bb7e	comment	Martial Arts Headband: Shinya Hashimoto.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_35ae6a23	type	Lethal Chef
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_35ae6a23	comment	Lethal Chef: Sho Tanaka wants to be the king of culinary, but his soup has nearly killed other wrestlers.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_38a1e0eb	type	Foreign Cuss Word
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_38a1e0eb	comment	Foreign Cuss Word: The gaijins of the Bullet Club swear like sailors, but because it's all in English, the TV executives pay it no mind. Particularly Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa (it accounts for about 99% of their in-ring banter).
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_391b966b	type	Ugly Hero, Good-Looking Villain
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_391b966b	comment	Ugly Hero, Good-Looking Villain: Shinya Hashimoto against any of his enemies, most notably Nobuhiko Takada and Naoya Ogawa.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_39b8d3d6	type	Boring, but Practical
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_39b8d3d6	comment	Boring, but Practical: The cross armbar (juji-gatame) is the most basic finisher in strong-style, as it has proved to be a very effective move in MMA and other martial arts. The lariat spot is used in many New Japan matches due to it's simplicity and effectivenes. Satoshi Kojima still uses it as a finisher.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_3d5c3d42	type	Dreadlock Warrior
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_3d5c3d42	comment	Dreadlock Warrior: Willie Williams, the bear killer Juice Robinson was this after his graduation from Young Lion status, and has gone through other flamboyant looks since.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_3d699462	type	Curb-Stomp Battle
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_3d699462	comment	As the best native shoot-style wrestler, Yuji Nagata has been in charge to wrestle every shooter or mixed martial artist who came to New Japan during the 2000s. Unfortunately for him, this was the reason Inoki sent him to fight in MMA bouts against Cro Cop and Fedor.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_3f09e59b	type	Power Stable
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_3f09e59b	comment	Power Stable: Currently, there are six major factions dominating the promotion (seven if you count the usually-unaffiliated pure babyfaces who often have to band together to deal with them): CHAOS: Created by Shinsuke Nakamura and Toru Yano in 2009 to recapture the spirit of Strong Style wrestling, it is currently led by the new Ace of the promotion who once had a record-setting reign as IWGP Heavyweight Champion, Kazuchika Okada. Other current members include Yano, Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto, Yoshi-Hashi, YOH, Rocky Romero, and Robbie Eagles. Will Ospreay had been a member until leaving in 2020 to form United Empire. While the group started off as heels, the members' popularity saw them gravitate more towards faces, or at least tweeners, when compared to the other groups, before eventually outright aligning themselves with the main unit in order to take on the latest lineup and incarnation of the next stable on the listâ€¦ Bullet Club: THE Foreign Wrestling Heel stable in New Japan, created by Prince Devitt in 2013, with other former leaders including third founding member Karl Anderson, AJ Styles, and Kenny Omega. Their style is primarily influenced by how heels operate in Western promotions, and because of their talent and Western roots has become arguably the most popular faction out of the lot overseas. Currently, Bullet Club is divided into five subgroups. The main stable in NJPW is currently led by David Finlay, and includes second founding member Bad Luck Fale, Taiji Ishimori, Alex Coughlin, Chase Owens, Clark Connors, Drilla Moloney, Gabriel Kidd, and KENTA, as well as NJPW booker Gedo. Prominent ex-members include The Guerrillas of Destiny (fourth founding member Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa, also Hikuleo's brothers), King Haku (The Guerrillas and Hikuleo's father), Jado, The Young Bucks, Cody, Adam Cole, El Phantasmo, Hikuleo, and The Good Brothers (Anderson and Doc Gallows). House of Torture is currently led by EVIL, and also features Dick Togo, SHO, Yujiro Takahashi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, and Jack Perry. Though working mainly in NJPW, its members associate with themselves more than with the main stable. Bullet Club Gold works mainly in NJPW partner promotion AEW (where it's known as the Bang Bang Gang) and AEW's sister promotion ROH, and its members also occasionally appear in NJPW Strong in the States. This subgroup is led by Jay White, and also features Juice Robinson and The Gunns, the tag team of Billy Gunn's sons Austin and Colten. ABC, made up of Ace Austin and Chris Bey, appears mainly in TNA and NJPW Strong. An Australian branch, appearing mainly in NJPW's Tamashii series and now known as the Rogue Army, features Bad Luck Fale, Jack Bonza, Caveman Ugg, Tome Filip, and Stevie Filip. Los Ingobernables de Japon: An offshoot of the Los Ingobernables group from CMLL created by Tetsuya Naito, who joined it during his excursion to Mexico. Since returning in 2015 he has drafted EVIL, Bushi, Sanada, Hiromu Takahashi, Shingo Takagi, TitÃ¡n, and Yota Tsuji into the stable. EVIL betrayed LIJ in 2020 and joined Bullet Club, Sanada left in 2022 for Just 5 Guys and TitÃ¡n joined that same year, and Yota joined in 2023. While starting out as heels, the group has drawn much popularity thanks to their leader, eventually becoming tweeners who can be face or heel as the plot demands much like CHAOS was before them. The United Empire: Formed in 2020 as The Empire and renamed in January 2021. Led by Will Ospreay, initially joined by Jeff Cobb, Great-O-Khan, and Bea Priestley. As of 2024 the United Empire is comprised of Will Ospreay, Jeff Cobb, Great O-Khan, (Aaron) Henare, Francesco Akira, TJP, Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher), Callum Newman, and Gideon Gray. The Mighty Don't Kneel: Formed its NJPW incarnation in 2022, when the tag team of Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste re-formed TMDK as a stable with the additions of Jonah and Bad Dude Tito. After Jonah left for WWE, TMDK added Zack Sabre Jr., Kosei Fujita, and Robbie Eagles in 2023. Just 5 Guys: The newest stable, formed at the 2023 New Year Dash!! show, is the effective successor to Suzuki-gun, which had been led by their namesake Minoru Suzuki for most of that group's history (2011â€“2022). After Suzuki declared the end of Suzuki-gun, former members Taichi, TAKA Michinoku, Douki, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru created Just 4 Guys with the goal of reaching the top of NJPW. A couple of months later, Sanada left LIJ to join the stable, making it Just 5 Guys, soon followed by Sanada taking the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship off Okada. While Kanemaru later betrayed the stable to join the House of Torture, the stable's name remained Just 5 Guys, with Yuya Uemura replacing Kanemaru. Because of this, the more textbook babyfaces of the promotion have effectively been pulled into a loose makeshift alliance of their own, as whether they simply want to compete to be the best or outright intend to defend the company from all these forces, the faction atmosphere is simply too strong for them not to have to contend with it. At least twice in as many years, a minor-card face has tried to unite them under a particular banner. Yoshitatsu previously tried to create Hunter Club specifically to counter Bullet Club, but Hiroshi Tanahashi and Michael Elgin both declined despite being his Six-Man Tag Team Championship partners. The only ones he could get to join the "group" were Captain New Japan, whose embarrassing lack of success got him voted out by fans on Twitter and caused him to turn against Tatsu to join Bullet Club, and Billy Gunn, who Yoshi recruited as a partner for the World Tag League after becoming a parody of Triple H. The heroes instead eventually gravitated towards Ryusuke Taguchi, officially going under Taguchi Japan after 2017's Wrestle Kingdom 11, with even Yoshitatsu himself joining as soon as he got the chance. Since Bullet Club restructured itself to be more dangerous at the end of 2018, the main unit has also aligned with CHAOS in a mutual alliance to take them on.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_43e36f2f	type	Acrofatic
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_43e36f2f	comment	Acrofatic: Big Van Vader. In modern days, can be applied somewhat to Jeff Cobb.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_465780af	type	Facial Markings
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_465780af	comment	Facial Markings: The Great Muta, Tama Tonga, Doc Gallows.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_46bf638a	type	Worked Shoot
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_46bf638a	comment	Worked Shoot: The "Different Style Fights" were a tradition back in the old days of NJPW, when Inoki was establishing the strong style. They were essentially worked Mixed Martial Arts-like bouts which showcased Inoki and other New Japan wrestlers proving themselves against legit martial artists, who normally were on the losing end. Later Shinya Hashimoto revived them, what led him to the infamous Hashimoto vs Ogawa feud.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_47fea76b	type	Butt-Monkey
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_47fea76b	comment	Butt-Monkey: Commentator Shinpei Nogami. In the finals of the 2012 World Tag League he had to do commentary in the winter of an unheated arena after being tied up and having his shirt ripped off, for example.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_504a5ec7	type	Greater-Scope Paragon
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_504a5ec7	comment	Greater-Scope Paragon: The International Wrestling Grand Prix, especially after it broke away from the NWA. Their authority was once directly challenged by Antonio Inoki in angle where he created his own IWGP Heavyweight Championship belt in the Inoki Genome Federation, though the saga was put to an end by King Of Strong Style, Shinsuke Nakamura.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_51300dbf	type	Fat Bastard
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_51300dbf	comment	Fat Bastard: Koji Kitao.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_5300b1de	type	Invincible Hero
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_5300b1de	comment	Invincible Hero: Since his beginnings as NJPW founder, Antonio Inoki made himself invincible against all odds through purely self-centered booking and became the absolute hero of Japan. Even after his death in 2022, he is still known for his refusal to pass the torch. The first Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama) managed to make an example of Tropes Are Not Bad. He retired from New Japan with zero defeats, but the crowd loved him until the end. A common complaint leveled at Hiroshi Tanahashi, though he subverted it hard with several major losses, not least of which included losing the IWGP Heavyweight Championship back to Kazuchika Okada, as well as a major loss before that against Karl Anderson in the G1 Climax (which, despite it having been a non-title bout, ended up de facto guaranteeing a title shot for Anderson). Kazuchika Okada's legendary 4th IWGP Heavyweight Championship reign turned him into this, as he broke Tanahashi's record of most successful title defenses in a single reign, despite notable challenges by the likes of Tetsuya Naito, Kenny Omega and Tanahashi himself. Okada then went on to break Tanahashi's record for most successful title defenses in total.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_5313c266	comment	Book Ends: Kazuchika Okada's 4th reign as IWGP Heavyweight Champion started and ended in Osaka-Jo Hall.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_575fd5e2	type	Dark Is Not Evil
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_575fd5e2	comment	Dark Is Not Evil: The Great Muta, if he's a face. EVIL before his heel turn. Now Everything is EVIL.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_61b8f9e2	type	Bunny-Ears Lawyer
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_61b8f9e2	comment	Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Many over time, such as Tetsuya NaitÅ�, who is known for pulling on his eyelids, lounging whenever possible, gave Watanabe a makeover and renamed him EVIL...and also won the Heavyweight IWGP belt. Fellow stablemate Hiromu Takahashi also counts, for dressing up in multi-colored wrestling attires, bringing his stuffed toy Daryl to matches, naming his submission finisher "the D", having two way conversations with inanimate wrestling objects... and being a multi-time IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion. Also retired Jushin Thunder Liger.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_66755d29	type	Author Avatar
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_66755d29	comment	Author Avatar: Antonio Inoki, later, Gedo and Jado became bookers.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_68357614	type	Elite Four
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_68357614	comment	Elite Four: New Japan booking tends to rotate 4 wrestlers at a time as their main eventers, nicknamed by fans as New Japan's Big Four. In the past, the Big 4 was Hiroshi Tanahashi, Shinsuke Nakamura, Kazuchika Okada, and AJ Styles. With Nakamura and Styles leaving for WWE in 2016, Tetsuya Naito and Kenny Omega were promoted to Big 4 status. With the departure of Kenny Omega to AEW and Tanahashi slowly being pushed down the card due to old age, the Big 4 consisted of Kazuchika Okada, Tetsuya Naito, Kota Ibushi, and Jay White before White left for AEW in 2023.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_6b05b601	type	Jerkass Has a Point
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_6b05b601	comment	Jerkass Has a Point: Kevin Kelly often questioned occasional fellow commentator Gino Gambino about why he saluted fellow Bullet Club member Bad Luck Fale during entrances. Gambino replied that Fale was "a war hero", which sounds like a silly thing to say but the Bullet Club OG members did wrestle control of the stable from The Elite in their own private civil war separate from the overarching NJPW faction war.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_6b35bdff	type	Serious Business
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_6b35bdff	comment	Serious Business: Can't defend you championship belt, you lose your belt. Don't expect any circumstances to change anyone's mind.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_6c7d91af	type	Finale Production Upgrade
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_6c7d91af	comment	Finale Production Upgrade: Their annual event Wrestle Kingdom is considered the biggest event of their own calendar year. Although the "finale" part really doesn't fitâ€”WK is held in January, with the first night on January 4 being NJPW's first event of the calendar year.note NASCAR fans are very familiar with this concept; that company's biggest event, the Daytona 500, is also its season opener.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_6fbfa62f	type	Air Guitar
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_6fbfa62f	comment	Air Guitar: Hiroshi Tanahashi does this often. Yohei Komatsu did it with a broom while he was supposed to be sweeping in front of the New Japan Dojo.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_7a3dd888	type	Real Men Wear Pink
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_7a3dd888	comment	Real Men Wear Pink: Yutaka Yoshie, who is called "The Pink Warrior" for his jolly pink attire.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_7ab81664	type	Kick Them While They Are Down
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_7ab81664	comment	Kick Them While They Are Down: Akira Maeda did this against Riki Choshu during his consequently last match in New Japan.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_7ae00dcc	type	Driven by Envy
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_7ae00dcc	comment	Driven by Envy: Yuji Nagata claims envy is what lead to the creation of the strong style, as rather than suppress the fact they were sore about not being able to compete with All Japan due to all the great foreign talent it kept barring from working for them, it was decided more productive to express it in the most visible and violent way possible. Even when All Japan collapsed on itself he says there are plenty of other things to be envious of, which the dojo boys are encouraged to fixate on and take out on their opponents.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_7da34d45	type	Ring Oldies
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_7da34d45	comment	Ring Oldies: Most today such as Yuji Nagata, Jushin Thunder Liger, Manabu Nakanishi, and others are in their late forties and early fifties having been competing since their twenties. They can still go and kick plenty of ass.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_7ea510b4	type	Annual Title
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_7ea510b4	comment	Annual Title: Masahiro Chono's Heel faction Team 2000, which was initially NWO Japan without the Great Muta.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_80b5924	type	Left Hanging
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_80b5924	comment	Left Hanging: At least in Western sources, it has never been revealed who was the man with the white mask who helped Naoya Ogawa and Kazunari Murakami in their feud with Riki Choshu in 2001.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_86b21114	type	Badass Boast
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_86b21114	comment	Badass Boast: Josh Barnett claimed he wanted to defeat Mirko Cro Cop in PRIDE by using German suplexes and powerbombs to remember everybody he was a pro wrestler. Considering that he trained Bob Sapp, who was famous for using those moves in the MMA ring, he was probably serious. He turned it into an Overly Long Gag from his fight with Jimmy Ambriz and stated he was sorry for winning via punches and not German suplexes. Another one by Tatsumi Fujinami. "Without fearing the change of time, we will continue to push and move forward. Please give your support to New Japan Pro-Wrestling in the future."
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_8a6d2168	type	Beat Them at Their Own Game
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_8a6d2168	comment	Beat Them at Their Own Game As the best native shoot-style wrestler, Yuji Nagata has been in charge to wrestle every shooter or mixed martial artist who came to New Japan during the 2000s. Unfortunately for him, this was the reason Inoki sent him to fight in MMA bouts against Cro Cop and Fedor. Shinsuke Nakamura then took his mantle, partially due to his more successful MMA career. Kota Ibushi has a tendency to do this, adapting to each of his opponent's styles. In the 2020 G1 Climax, he defeated the Kawada-trained Taichi in a match consisting entirely of kicks (and one german suplex).
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_8ad43dc9	type	Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_8ad43dc9	comment	Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: Keiji Muto's Bad Ass Translate Trading stable.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_8e971de4	type	Tournament Arc
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_8e971de4	comment	Tournament Arc: While NJPW has many recurring tournaments, the G1 Climax is their most prestigious and the one that garners the most mainstream attention. It's a round robin style tournament where the winner receives a world title shot at NJPW's biggest event, Wrestle Kingdom. Notably, the G1 winner's reward was slightly tweaked in 2012. Then-winner Kazuchika Okada implemented a briefcase rule (ala Money in the Bank) which held the contract to a title shot, but it needed to be defended regularly against any willing challengers before Wrestle Kingdom. Failing to do so results in the briefcase being transferred to the victor.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_95a4c6df	type	Wild Card
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_95a4c6df	comment	Wild Card: Yuji Nagata has been this during almost his entire career.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_99e14f05	type	All-Loving Hero
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_99e14f05	comment	Hiroshi Tanahashi can be argued being New Japan's Hulk Hogan. They were both heavily featured in their primes, were All-Loving Hero'es, and were beloved by crowds. The difference being Tanahashi is still an active wrestler getting positive reactions, while Hogan is retired and has become more of a controversial figure.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_99e14f05	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_99e14f05	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_99e14f05
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_9bcd82c0	type	Took a Level in Badass
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_9bcd82c0	comment	Took a Level in Badass: This happens to Young Lions, graduates of The New Japan Dojo who spend their first years in opening matches and losing a lot, only winning against other Young Lions. After having worked hard enough and deemed ready, most are sent overseas to other promotions for seasoning. When they come back, they have developed their own gimmicks and are now accepted on the main roster. The most notable example is Kazuchika Okada, who went from a rather forgettable run in TNA as Samoa Joe's sidekick to beating the company's Ace for the world title and becoming the youngest person to ever win the G1 Climax upon his return to New Japan.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_9bcd82c0	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_9bcd82c0	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_9bcd82c0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_9c8701b5	type	A Day in the Limelight
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_9c8701b5	comment	A Day in the Limelight: Then-rookie Hiroshi Nagao got a bit of fame when Yoshihiro Takayama chose him to be his partner against the Makai Club. However, the Club attacked him and injured his knee, and he had to return to the dojo. The Young Lion Cup has been used in recent years to shine light on the progress of the new crop of trainees. Young Lions have also started to make appearances in the annual tournaments with Shota Umino, Yota Tsuji and Gabriel Kidd having taken part in the New Japan Cup, Ren Narita in The Best of the Super Jrs, and Yuya Uemura, Yota Tsuji and Gabriell Kidd having a series of matches against each other during the G1 Climax tour.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_9c8701b5	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_9c8701b5	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_9c8701b5
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_9e10b88d	type	Defeating the Undefeatable
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_9e10b88d	comment	Defeating the Undefeatable: Kazuchika Okada's 4th IWGP Heavyweight Championship reign became this. It lasted over 720 days (more than 2 years), main evented 2 Wrestle Kingdoms, broke the record for most successful title defenses at 12 defenses, ended Katsuyori Shibati's career, and ran through the entire Okada-Omega rivalry. Multiple gifted wrestlers tried and failed ending the title reign, with Kenny Omega needing 3 different tries to finally put it down.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_9e10b88d	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_9e10b88d	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_9e10b88d
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_9ebfc83a	type	Japanese Politeness
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_9ebfc83a	comment	Japanese Politeness: While the wrestlers coming out of here are notorious for being anything but, the crowds who attend New Japan have become increasingly nice and subdued as time went on, especially after a riot against Vader beating Antonio Inoki lead to New Japan being banned from its first home venue, Sumo Hall. Later at NJPW Power Struggle 2012 when Alex Koslov demanded that they rise for the singing of the Russian National Anthem, they complied and politely clapped when he was done!
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_9ebfc83a	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_9ebfc83a	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_9ebfc83a
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_a4ad4fe5	type	I Know Karate
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_a4ad4fe5	comment	I Know Karate: Due to the strong style penchant for legitimacy, it's almost a requirement to new wrestlers in NJPW to have a martial arts/combat sports background. Satoru Sayama was the best example, as he knew judo, amateur wrestling, catch wrestling, muay thai, kickboxing and sambo. Shinya Hashimoto's move set was based on his judo and karate background. This was the theme behind the Fighting Club G-EGGS, composed by former martial artists and real fighters. Their members were Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi (amateur wrestlers), Yutaka Yoshie (judoka), Brian Johnston (mixed martial artist) and Masakazu Fukuda (sumo). In an interesting twist, Masahiro Chono knew soccer, on which he based his powerful kicks.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_a4ad4fe5	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_a4ad4fe5	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_a4ad4fe5
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_a505fdd7	type	Jobber
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_a505fdd7	comment	Jobber: Young Lions are this by design. The IWGP deliberately restricts what moves they're allowed to do in order to make them more predictable and only allows them to do more things when they've proven sufficient mastery over their limited repertoires. And even then it usually coincides with a "learning excursion" where they're trust into a completely new environment which usually results in them losing even more while they try to adapt.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_a505fdd7	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_a505fdd7	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_a505fdd7
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_a8559a9f	type	RealLife
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_a8559a9f	comment	Tiger Jeet Singh, in Real Life.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_a8559a9f	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_a8559a9f	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_a8559a9f
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_aa245ded	type	Mob War
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_aa245ded	comment	Mob War: In recent years, NJPW cards have been increasingly best summed up as a massive multi-year mob war between several different factions looking to run roughshod over the company and a loose contingent of faces dedicated to stopping them all. The seeds for this started with the creation of CHAOS when former RISE leader Shinsuke Nakamura stole nearly the entire faction roster from Great Bash Heel in 2009, then Satoshi Kojima starting Kojima-gun only for Minoru Suzuki to steal it out from under him and redefine it as Suzuki-gun in 2011. By the time four heroic gaijins had a Faceâ€“Heel Turn and started the Bullet Club in 2013, CHAOS had already become tweeners due mainly to Nakamura and Kazuchika Okada's popularity, going on to feud with both Suzuki-gun and Bullet Club and officially giving birth to the company's faction wars. After Suzuki took his army to NOAH, Los Ingobernables de Japon slowly filled Suzuki-gun's place after Tetsuya Naito's heel turn, then Suzuki-gun came back in 2017 while LIJ continued gaining momentum, and even the aforementioned face defenders took up a faction brand of their own â€” first under the largely-failed anti-Bullet Club faction Hunter Club, then under the moniker of Taguchi Japan to get back at LIJ. Because of this, it's not uncommon to see many NJPW cards be filled with tag team matches between several members of any two of these five major camps.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_aa245ded	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_aa245ded	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_aa245ded
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_abd29ad8	type	No-Sell
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_abd29ad8	comment	No-Sell: Koji Kitao's main trait, done a la Hulk Hogan. The "test of will" spot relies on this - mid-match, two wrestlers take turns punching or kicking each other as hard as possible, and the first to show signs of pain loses the test.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_abd29ad8	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_abd29ad8	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_abd29ad8
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_ae95339e	type	Rival Dojos
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_ae95339e	comment	Rival Dojos: Inoki's policy about presenting his pro wrestling as the strongest martial art caused a lot of dojo yaburi or dojo challenging from real martial artist who wanted to expose them as the "fake fighters" they were. Unfortunately for the challengers, the New Japan Dojo produced very tough people to boot. As Josh Barnett said:
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_ae95339e	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_ae95339e	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_ae95339e
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b032e4ed	type	Ms. Fanservice
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b032e4ed	comment	Ms. Fanservice: Maria Kanellis at the Wrestling Dontaku 2015 show. The cameraman seems quite interested in her backside. Same goes for Yujiro's valets ever since became Mr. R Shitei/The Tokyo Pimp. Miho Abe, Taichi's valet.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b032e4ed	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b032e4ed	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b032e4ed
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b20fdfc8	type	Ur-Example
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b20fdfc8	comment	Ur-Example: NJPW is credited with popularizing the junior/cruiserweight style of wrestling.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b20fdfc8	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b20fdfc8	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b20fdfc8
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b53077b3	type	Take That!
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b53077b3	comment	Take That!: When NJPW launched New Japan World they announced the price was 999 yen per month, similar to how The WWE Network was and still is daily advertised with a month price of $ 9.99. Gets better, if you look into it, 999 yen rounds up to eight and a half dollars meaning it's cheaper to purchase than WWE's own network.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b53077b3	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b53077b3	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b53077b3
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b59f6070	type	Confusion Fu
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b59f6070	comment	Confusion Fu: Shinsuke Nakamura, Kenny Omega. Hiromu Takahashi.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b59f6070	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b59f6070	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b59f6070
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b707726f	type	Hypocritical Humor
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b707726f	comment	Hypocritical Humor: Wallid Ismail criticized Royce Gracie for being a "fake fighter" just before revealing he was going to work pro wrestling matches with NJPW (see What Could Have Been in Trivia). It's unknown if he did it on purpose.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b707726f	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b707726f	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b707726f
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b797948e	type	Ass Kicks You
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b797948e	comment	Ass Kicks You: Shiro Koshinaka's signature move. Also Ryusuke Taguchi's favored Funky Weapon.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b797948e	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b797948e	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b797948e
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b83aeca9	type	Lantern Jaw of Justice
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b83aeca9	comment	Lantern Jaw of Justice: Antonio Inoki.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b83aeca9	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b83aeca9	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_b83aeca9
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_bb067aba	type	Cool Mask
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_bb067aba	comment	Cool Mask: Many, although mainly Jushin Thunder Liger. Currently El Desperado, Bushi, and Titan are New Japan's personal masked wrestlers.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_bb067aba	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_bb067aba	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_bb067aba
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_bdddc73e	type	Yakuza
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_bdddc73e	comment	Yakuza Masahiro Chono's gimmick, at least in his beginnings. Tiger Jeet Singh, in Real Life.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_bdddc73e	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_bdddc73e	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_bdddc73e
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_bfaff026	type	Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_bfaff026	comment	Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Naoya Ogawa and Kazunari Murakami. Later years had Shinsuke Nakamura calling himself the King of Strong Style and Katsuyori Shibata calling himself The Wrestler. Both of whom have competed in MMA matches.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_bfaff026	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_bfaff026	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_bfaff026
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_c2c4e3ba	type	B Show
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_c2c4e3ba	comment	B Show: New Blood Evolution Valiantly Eternal Radical, NEVER! A showcase of young and independent wrestlers. Got it's own Open Weight title belt in 2012. However, Katsuyori Shibata made his NEVER Open Weight belt defenses about proving his superiority over the rest of the "third generation" who had brought New Japan back from the brink. In recent years, this now applies to New Japan Strong.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_c2c4e3ba	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_c2c4e3ba	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_c2c4e3ba
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_c36c2e8d	type	Wrestling Doesn't Pay
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_c36c2e8d	comment	Wrestling Doesn't Pay: Bruce Tharpe, the NWA Attorney (who is a real attorney)
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_c36c2e8d	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_c36c2e8d	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_c36c2e8d
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Scott Hall gave the Bullet Club his blessing to use The Kliq's hand sign. That the Kliq is one of the most hated groups in all of professional wrestling is all else you really need to know. Former NJPW president Masakazu Kusama used to call himself "Kusa-McMahon", which was probably one of the reasons Inoki fired him. The members of Team JAPAN sometimes came to the ring with Kotetsu Yamamoto doing the "Gracie train", like the Gracie family in the first events of Ultimate Fighting Championship.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_c75df49a	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_c75df49a	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_c75df49a
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_ca85e684	type	Power Trio
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_ca85e684	comment	Power Trio: The teams who compete for the J SPORTS CROWN 6 Man Openweight Tag Team Tournament and later, the NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Titles.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_ca85e684	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_ca85e684	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_ca85e684
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_caa28b82	type	Cloudcuckoolander
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_caa28b82	comment	Cloudcuckoolander: Keiji Muto, both in kayfabe and real life. Hiromu Takahashi again.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_caa28b82	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_caa28b82	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_caa28b82
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_cd9120a6	type	Loser Leaves Town
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_cd9120a6	comment	Loser Leaves Town: NJPW booked two of these in February 2023 involving Jay White, whose contract was soon to expire. First, he lost a "Loser Leaves Japan" match to Hikuleo at The New Beginning in Osaka. White then flew to the States to work Battle in the Valley, where he lost a "Loser Leaves NJPW" match to Eddie Kingston. Less than two months after this second match, he signed full-time with AEW (a NJPW partner promotion).
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_cd9120a6	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_cd9120a6	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_cd9120a6
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_cffafc80	type	You, Get Me Coffee
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_cffafc80	comment	You, Get Me Coffee: Before a young boy, as the dojo's residents are called, can become a young lion, he must first do the dishes and laundry of those already working New Japan's shows.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_cffafc80	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_cffafc80	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_cffafc80
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_d75bf17e	type	Delinquent Hair
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_d75bf17e	comment	Delinquent Hair: TAKA Michinoku. Mitsuhide Hirasawa looks the part but is much better behaved.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_d75bf17e	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_d75bf17e	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_d75bf17e
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_dae5c997	type	Action Girl
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_dae5c997	comment	Action Girl: As is tradition in Japan, wrestling promotions are strictly single-gender, but New Japan averted this in 2002 bringing Joanie Laurer to its roster. She stayed only two months in the company, but got impressive wins against male workers. When the Bullet Club and the Kingdom feuded, the wives of Michael Bennett and Doc Gallows (Maria Kanellis and Amber Gallows) joined them in a 6-Man mixed tag match that also involved their husbands' tag partners, Matt Taven and Karl Anderson. At Wrestle Kingdom 14 on January 4, 2020 (following Bushiroad's purchase of World Wonder Ring ST★RDOM in October 2019), Mayu Iwatani and Arisa Hoshiki faced Hana Kimura and Giulia in a tag team dark match, marking the first women's match to take place at a Wrestle Kingdom event. On November 20, 2022, NJPW and Stardom produced the Historic X-Over joint event, featuring multiple men's, women's, and mixed tag-team matches up and down the card, with the last two matches being an IWGP United States Championship defense and the tournament final for the inaugural IWGP Women's Championship.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_dae5c997	featureApplicability	-1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_dae5c997	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_dae5c997
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_db6230b7	type	Lightning Bruiser
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_db6230b7	comment	Lightning Bruiser: The other prerequisite for competing there, seemingly.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_db6230b7	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_db6230b7	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_db6230b7
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_dca6a9d	type	Start My Own
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_dca6a9d	comment	Start My Own: One of the earliest in what would be a long trend of this sort of thing, leading to Pride Fighting somewhere down the line
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_dca6a9d	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_dca6a9d	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_dca6a9d
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_e16fb8ca	type	Hero Killer
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_e16fb8ca	comment	Hero Killer: Naoya Ogawa. He beat Shinya Hashimoto to his retire.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_e16fb8ca	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_e16fb8ca	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_e16fb8ca
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_e3739de7	type	Cast Full of Pretty Boys
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_e3739de7	comment	Cast Full of Pretty Boys: Not as prominent as Dragon Gate, but long haired pretty boys make up a portion of the roster, excepting the young boys of the dojo, who are required to shave. Kota Ibushi, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and SANADA are frequently called attractive by viewers and other wrestlers.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_e3739de7	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_e3739de7	featureConfidence	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling)	hasFeature	New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_e3739de7
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_e3d06d0c	type	Bash Brothers
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_e3d06d0c	comment	Bash Brothers: Gedo and Jado.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_e3d06d0c	featureApplicability	1.0
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_e3d06d0c	featureConfidence	1.0
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_e567510d	type	Determinator
New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_e567510d	comment	Determinator: Jushin Thunder Liger was the standout example. He was starving himself just to become a professional wrestler, and didn't let brain tumors stop his career. Liger finally retired in 2020, working his last match at Wrestle Kingdom 14 and having his retirement ceremony the next night at New Year Dash!!note The two exclamation points are part of the show's official title. Katsuyori Shibata continued to wrestle Kazuchika Okada despite headbutting himself into a subdural hematoma earlier in the match.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_e5e6640b	comment	Flanderization: Many foreign imports, especially those coming from other promotions, generally display dumbed-down versions of their gimmicks in NJPW: Most of Bullet Club have identical Foreign Wrestling Heel gimmicks in Japan only differentiated by moves and mannerisms, when in American promotions confusing AJ Styles, The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, Karl Anderson and Doc Gallows for any other member means the fan in question probably wasn't paying attention. NWA imports are always Foreign Wrestling Heels thanks to being associated with Bruce Tharpe, regardless of what their alignment is in their home territory. Inverted in the case of ROH's The Kingdom. Despite being major Smug Snakes in America, in NJPW they were pushed as nominal faces as an extension of their feud with the Bullet Club, who at the time were popular faces in ROH.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_eb7c34cf	comment	Crossover As mentioned in the description, they have them pretty frequently, especially with CMLL, whom will defend their belts on New Japan pay per view and will even do commentary on New Japan's shows in exchange for NJPW doing the same. As of 2010, the two have agreed to work together at least once a year on the Fantasticamania event, though the events often end up including two shows and sometimes as many as five. New Japan belts have been defended in TNA shows, including pay per views. It had a series of collective pay per views with Ring Of Honor as well as going to "war" with NOAH. Taken to the logical extreme with their partnership with ROH, including a four-night crossover pay-per-view in America, ROH tag team reDRagon holding the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championships for the better part of a year despite not having an official NJPW contract, and the ROH World Championship being defended and challenged for by ROH wrestlers on an NJPW card. In 2021, what Tony Khan called "the Forbidden Door" to AEW was opened so that Jon Moxley could resume defending the U.S. title against NJPW's U.S.-based talent. Some New Japan wrestlers have started showing up in the Impact zone as well. (Crossovers between the talent cores of the two companies are being mooted once the COVID-19 Pandemic ends.) This would eventually culminate in the first crossover PPV between the two promotions in June 2022, called (appropriately enough) Forbidden Door. NJPW and AEW ran another Forbidden Door show in 2023. When NJPW's parent company Bushiroad purchased Stardom in 2019, this led to various interactions between members of both promotions' rosters, which included Stardom regularly getting showcase matches at Wrestle Kingdom for some of its top talent. This was later followed up in 2022 with a proper crossover show, which appropriately was titled "Historic X-Over" and featured multiple mixed tag team matches, in addition to representation from both NOAH (The Great Muta returning for his final match) and AEW (Kenny Omega challenging Will Ospreay for the IWGP US championship).
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_fc451ba4	comment	Follow the Leader: Started phasing out a lot of "American" wrestling tropes and conventions until Toryumon's first graduating class came back from Mexico and started using such cheats and ref bumps to much success. Though it took New Japan going into a painful slump before they finally relented and followed suit.
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New Japan Pro-Wrestling (Wrestling) / int_fc7c4f92	comment	Canon Immigrant Probably the best example is the main character of the '70's manga and anime Tiger Mask, who was brought to New Japan to be played by breakout cruiserweight Satoru Sayama. His Evil Counterpart Black Tiger was a similar case, regularly played by foreign wrestlers. Both of them were turned into Legacy Characters. Tiger Mask W and Tiger The Dark have also shown up for "special" matches. In the same line, Keiichi Yamada was endorsed with the Jushin Liger gimmick years after.
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