Category: New Japan Pro Wrestling

The Young Bucks Contacted For WWE 2K19 Work

In an interesting twist on the situation between WWE and The Young Bucks, the brothers were contacted to do WWE 2K19 work just one day after they received their cease & desist letter from WWE following the recent “invasion” outside of a RAW TV event in California. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that the company in charge of the WWE 2K franchise contacted The Bucks to ask them about doing motion capture work for next year’s video game. The game creators felt like they needed all of the signature YB moves in the game because so many people playing last year’s edition were using the Create-A-Wrestler mode to play as the brothers.

Source: WrestlingINC

 

NJPW King Of Pro Wrestling Results

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Earlier today, NJPW’s King of Pro Wrestling show took place.

* BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi and SANADA defeated Bad Luck Fale, Leo Tonga and Yujiro Takahashi

* Hirooki Goto and Toru Yano defeated Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr.

* Roppongi 3K  (Sho Tanaka and Yohei Komatsu, formerly known as The Tempura Boyz) defeated Ricochet and Ryusuke Taguchi (c) (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship)

* Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Lance Archer (c) defeated Guerrillas of Destiny and War Machine (IWGP Tag Team Championship Elimination Match)

* Cody, Kenny Omega, and Marty Scurll defeated Beretta, Jado and YOSHI-HASHI

* Juice Robinson and Kota Ibushi defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi and Togi Makabe

* Will Ospreay defeated KUSHIDA (c) (IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship)

* Tetsuya Naito defeated Tomohiro Ishii (Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights)

* Kazuchika Okada (c) defeated EVIL (IWGP Heavyweight Championship)

Young Bucks Burn ‘Too Sweet’ Merch (Video)

In the latest Being the Elite, Matt and Nick Jackson of the Young Bucks sadly get rid of their “Too Sweet” merchandise after receiving an actual “cease and desist” from WWE. The video also features Marty Scurll, Cody and Brandi Rhodes.

Source: WrestlingINC

Young Bucks ‘Cease & Desist’ T-Shirt Sales

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The Young Bucks released a “cease and desist” shirt last week with “Too Sweet” censored on the front after WWE sent them a cease & desist letter for using the “Too Sweet” branding, which WWE trademarked in 2015. Dave Meltzer noted on the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio that the shirt was the best selling shirt of September on Pro Wrestling Tees despite only being out for a few days.

Source: WrestlingINC

WWE Sends Cease And Desist Letter To The Young Bucks This Week

WWE sent a cease and desist letter to The Young Bucks (Nick and Matt Jackson) this week claiming the Bucks were using intellectual property owned by the company, in specific the “too sweet” hand gesture. The letter threatend damages in the range of $150,000 per item, any profits made off the items and legal fees.

According to a report by The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, any merchandise with references to the term “too sweet” that the Bucks were selling through their own website (YoungBucksMerch.com) and ProWrestlingTees.com has now been in removed in response. It should be noted that Bullet Club shirts being sold at Hot Topic stores nationwide did not have any reference or drawings in question by WWE, which have sold an estimated 100,000 t-shirts the last three months according to Nick Jackson.

WWE first registered ownership of the former “too sweet” hand gesture in 2015, something the Bucks responded to at the time. While it had a rich history in the early days of the nWo in WCW, WWE hadn’t used it for many years and it had a rebirth in New Japan Pro Wrestling with the formation of The Bullet Club during Finn Balor’s time with the promotion. The Young Bucks began marketing it in 2013. Getting into a legal battle with WWE right now over the trademarks was described in the report as being very costly.

WWE sent the letter after video was taken of The Bullet Club “invading” the RAW taping this past Monday in Ontario and put it online later that day as part of the “Being The Elite” YouTube series. The group promoted a last minute appearance at a Hot Topic store close to the arena and then gathered fans to walk over to do a remake of the DX invasion of WCW back in 1998. WWE sent the letter the following day claiming intellectual property violations over any references to “too sweet” including DVD releases, t-shirts, photos and other merchandise being sold. The video remains online that you can view below.

Source: WrestleView

Bullet Club ‘Invades’ Raw On Being The Elite (VIDEO)

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Videos of Bullet Club “invading” Raw have been hitting social media all day, but now this week’s Being The Elite episode chronicling the whole thing has been released … and it’s hilarious.

The episode shows the group rolling up to Raw in Ontario today in a stretch limo and then standing on the back of it to cut promos on a megaphone to air their grievances in public.

This includes Matt Jackson exclaiming that he wants to be able to say “suck it” without getting bleeped, “Hangman” Adam Page griping about being “kidnapped” and (for some reason) Cody Rhodes reciting a monologue from the movie Independence Day.

Those who’ve been keeping up with the show also get a tease at the end in regards to the ongoing saga of the WWE Stooge.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Okada Says NJPW Is ‘Far Superior’ To WWE, NJPW On Okada Topping PWI 500

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Pro Wrestling Illustrated spoke with Okada, who was number one in this year’s PWI 500. Okada was asked if he ever considered going to WWE, much like AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura.

“It’s not something I think about,” Okada replied. “New Japan is far superior to WWE when it comes to the quality of the roster and the quality of the matches. One thing I will say is that I do pay attention to what Finn Balor, AJ, and Nakamura are doing, and they look like they’re having fun. I might want to wrestle them again someday, but I might want to do that in New Japan. Hell, I might want to be like some other people and become a movie star or join the UFC. You never know.”

NJPW sent out an announcement congratulating Okada on becoming the first-ever Japanese wrestler to receive the number one spot in the PWI 500. Okada also retweeted the tweet below on the achievement.

Source: WrestlingINC

Details On NJPW G1 Climax 27 Tournament Airing On AXS TV

The G1 Climax will be taking over AXS TV’s Friday nights for the next three months as the network presents 12 all-new, hour-long episodes showcasing top matches from the tournament on NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING beginning this Friday, August 18 at 8pm ET. The 12 hours of tournament action will be presented by Jim Ross and former UFC Heavyweight Champion and NJPW veteran Josh Barnett.

AXS TV PRESENTS MORE G1 CLIMAX COVERAGE THAN EVER BEFORE WITH 12 NEW EPISODES OF ‘NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING’ SHOWCASING THE TOURNAMENT FRIDAYS AT 8pE BEGINNING AUG. 18LOS ANGELES – Aug. 16, 2017 – NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING’s biggest tournament—the G1 CLIMAX—takes over AXS TV’s Friday nights for the next three months as the network presents 12 all-new, hour-long episodes showcasing top matches from the tournament on the award-winning series NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING beginning this Friday, Aug. 18 at 8pE. The 12 hours of tournament action are the most coverage of the annual G1 CLIMAX in AXS TV’s history and will be presented by legendary wrestling broadcaster Jim Ross and former UFC Heavyweight Champion and NJPW veteran Josh Barnett.

Now in its 27th year, the G1 CLIMAX tournament is like no other televised event in wrestling, pitting 20 of NJPW’s top competitors against each other in a grueling, month-long series of matches spread across 19 separate events. For the round-robin tournament, the wrestlers are separated into two blocks (A & B), where they compete for the highest score (2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw). The winners of each block then face off in the finals for the tournament championship and a right to challenge for the IWGP Heavyweight Title on NJPW’s biggest stage, Wrestle Kingdom in the Tokyo Dome Jan. 4.

Each of AXS TV’s first eight episodes will feature two of the best matches from an A or B Block event, along with highlights from other matches at the event, kicking off Aug. 18 with Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr. and Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito.

The line-ups for the first eight episodes of AXS TV’s G1 Climax 27 coverage are as follows (subject to change):

Aug. 18 – A Block – Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito, Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

Aug. 25 – B Block – Minoru Suzuki vs. Kenny Omega, SANADA vs. EVIL

Sept. 1 – A Block – YOSHI-HASHI vs. Tetsuya Naito, Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Bad Luck Fale

Sept. 8 – B Block – Michael Elgin vs. Kazuchika Okada, Kenny Omega vs. Tama Tonga

Sept. 15 – A Block – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi, Hirooki Goto vs. Tetsuya Naito

Sept. 22 – B Block – Kazuchika Okada vs. EVIL, Juice Robinson vs. Kenny Omega

Sept. 29 – A Block – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii, Togi Makabe vs. Tetsuya Naito

Oct. 6 – B Block – Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki, Michael Elgin vs. EVIL

The line-ups for the final four episodes of AXS TV’s coverage will be announced at a later date.

NJPW G1 Climax 27 Results (Day 18 & 19)

Day 18 in the G1 Climax 27 tournament, featuring Block B. You can watch all of the shows on NJPW World for about $9 a month. It came down to Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada to decide the block and Omega was able to get the pinfall victory after hitting the One Winged Angel. Omega will now take on Naito in the finals for an opportunity to main event Wrestle Kingdom 12. Here are the results:

Tournament Matches
Juice Robinson defeated Michael Elgin
Tama Tonga defeated SANADA
Toru Yano defeated Minoru Suzuki
EVIL defeated Satoshi Kojima
Kenny Omega defeated Kazuchika Okada

Non-Tournament Matches
* El Desperado, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, and Taichi defeated Jushin Thunder Liger, KUSHIDA, and Hirai Kawato
* Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, and YOSHI-HASHI defeated Chase Owens, Tanga Roa, and Yujiro Takahashi
* Takashi Iizuka and Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Yuji Nagata and Togi Makabe
* Cody, Young Bucks, Hangman Page, and Bad Luck Fale defeated War Machine, Ricochet, Ryusuke Taguchi, and Katsuya Kitamura

Day 19 in the G1 Climax 27 tournament and it came down to Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito in the finals of the tournament. In a match that went just over 36 minutes long, Naito was able to pin Omega to pick up the victory and get his IWGP Heavyweight Title shot in January. Taguchi and Ricochet were also able to win the IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship away from The Young Bucks. Here are the results:

* Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Desperado, Taichi, and Taka Michinoku defeated Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask, KUSHIDA, and Hirai Kawato
* Guerillas of Destiny defeated Manabu Nakanishi and Yuji Nagata
* Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI defeated Togi Makabe and David Finlay
* Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Juice Robinson, and Satoshi Kojima defeated Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi, and Chase Owens
* Ryusuke Taguchi and Ricochet defeated The Young Bucks (c) (IWGP Junior Tag Team Championship)
* War Machine (c) defeated Cody and Hangman Page (IWGP Tag Team Championship)
* Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki and Takashi Iizuka defeated Kota Ibushi, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Michael Elgin
* SANADA, BUSHI, Hiromu Takahashi, and EVIL defeated Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Gedo, and Toru Yano
* Tetsuya Naito defeated Kenny Omega (G1 Climax 27 Tournament Finals)

Katsuyori Shibata made his first appearance since sustaining a subdural hematoma earlier this year. While Shibata’s future as a wrestler is very much in the air still, he left the crowd with a simple message … saying, “I’m alive. That’s all.”

Later in the show, after the IWGP Tag Team Championship match, the Killer Elite Squad returned by ambushing War Machine and Guerrillas of Destiny. The tag team had been sidelined since February after Lance Archer suffered a herniated disc that required surgery.

Finally, the penultimate match of the evening saw the beloved Daryl Takahashi return from the dead. Daryl was brutally torn to shreds earlier in the G1 by Bad Luck Fale, but appears to be on the mend as he was sporting a cast while accompanying Hiromu Takahashi to the ring.

Sources: WrestlingINC and Pro Wrestling Sheet

NJPW G1 Climax 27 Results (Day 17)

Earlier today was Day 17 in the G1 Climax 27 tournament, featuring Block A. Below are the first two matches from today’s show. You can watch all of the upcoming shows on NJPW World for about $9 a month. It came down to Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi to win the block and Naito was able to come out the victor with two Destinos for the pinfall.

Here are the results:

Tournament Matches
Bad Luck Fale defeated Yuji Nagata
Togi Makabe defeated YOSHI-HASHI
Zack Sabre Jr. defeated Tomohiro Ishii
Hirooki Goto defeated Kota Ibushi
Tetsuya Naito defeated Hiroshi Tanahashi

Non-Tournament Matches
* Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado, and Taichi defeated Katsuya Kitamura, Hirai Kawato, and Tomoyuki Oka
* Guerillas of Destiny defeated BUSHI and SANADA
* Satoshi Kojima and Juice Robinson defeated EVIL and Hiromu Takahashi
* War Machine, Michael Elgin, Ryusuke Taguchi, and Ricochet defeated Young Bucks, Cody, Chase Owens, and Hangman Page
* Kazuchika Okada and Toru Yano defeated Kenny Omega and Yujiro Takahashi

Current Standings

Block A
Tetsuya Naito 14 – Winner
Hiroshi Tanahashi 12
Bad Luck Fale 12
Kota Ibushi 10
Hirooki Goto 10
Zack Sabre Jr. 10
Tomohiro Ishii 8
Togi Makabe 8
YOSHI-HASHI 4
Yuji Nagata 2

Block B
Kazuchika Okada 13
Kenny Omega 12
EVIL 10
Minoru Suzuki 9
SANADA 8
Michael Elgin 8
Toru Yano 6
Tama Tonga 6
Juice Robinson 6
Satoshi Kojima 2

The next show will be on August 12 at 5:30am ET (with English Commentary) and will featured Okada vs. Omega, here is the full card:

* Tama Tonga vs. SANADA
* Minoru Suzuki vs. Toru Yano
* Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega
* Michael Elgin vs. Juice Robinson
* Satoshi Kojima vs. EVIL
* David Finlay, Kota Ibushi, and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. .Hiromu Takahashi, BUSHI, and Tetsuya Naito
* Katsuya Kitamura, Ricochet, Ryusuke Taguchi, and War Machine vs. Cody, Bad Luck Fale, The Young Bucks, and Hangman Page
* Yuji Nagata and Togi Makabe vs. Takashi Iizuka and Zack Sabre Jr.
* YOSHI-HASHI, Tomohiro Ishii, and Hirooki Goto vs. Chase Owens, Yujiro Takahashi, and Tanga Roa
* Hirai Kawato, Tiger Mask, Jushin Thunder Liger, and KUSHIDA vs. Taka Michinoku, El Desperado, Taichi, and Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Source: WrestlingINC