their position on the hierarchy has changed in previous months. He had no friends (bar Goto) when he came back, and doesn't care about anything than doing his job. KUSHIDA - Current Junior heavyweight champion. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the SquaredCircle community, Press J to jump to the feed. IWGP Intercontinental Championship - Initially made as a title to be defended around the world by New Japan talent it became almost if not as important as the Heavyweight gold due to the work of Shinsuke Nakamura, eventually main eventing WrestleKingdom 8 (NJPW's Wrestlemania equivalent). It seems like there's a different attitude involved with watching New Japan and most indies where there isn't as much heartache over who wins what match.

They usually end up being the focal of most big feuds due to their more tweener nature as a faction they can and have feuded with every one of the other 3 groups in some way over the past year. Copyright © New Japan Pro-Wrestling Co.,Ltd. Things added to Shibata by /u/RyanGodling and stuff added to Honma by /u/othniel01. Hiroshi Tanahashi - The biggest name in Japanese wrestling today and along with Nakamura has been responsible for restoring and growing NJPW to where it is today.

He would become the student of Minoru Suzuki, even winning the British Tag Team Championships with him in Revolution Pro Wrestling. — a group of like-minded talents fighting individually, but still on the same “team.” Whether they are riding high or in a long slump, factions tend to stick around for years. New Japan Pro Wrestling's roster can be split up into 4 groups containing 3 major factions. World Wrestling Entertainment Teams and stables What was once a lovable, loosely-aligned contingent of superstar wrestlers is now a shade of its former self. We'll never pass along your email address to spammers, scammers, or the like. Does he face the runner up at WK if the belt holder is still champion by then? Brand new app now available for download and use in Japanese and English!

Do you think Zack Sabre Jr. would be able to run a faction like Suzuki-Gun in NJPW, or is Suzuki the only man who can control this group of thugs? Those groups being Chaos, Bullet Club and Los Ingobernables de Japon and those who are unaligned. A wrestling fan practically since birth, who has been hooked since he got his first toy wrestling ring for Christmas as a child. 5. And while many of the groups in NJPW are “villainous,” it is not a requirement, and even those that are don’t cause disqualifications or interfere in matches. The top guys will loose multiple matches per year clean, G1 is the best example. SUBSCRIBE NOW: Get TheOvertimer’s Hottest Stories, Breaking News and Special Features in your email, CLICK HERE!

If not, the manager needs to do some serious recruiting (Kota Ibushi sticking around?

GFW is headquartered in Nashville, TN. The Bold and the Beautiful Spoilers: Thursday, October 1 Recap – Carter Becomes COO – Eric Warns Ridge Against Do-Over Wedding, Married At First Sight Australia Recap 10/01/20: Season 7 Episode 36, General Hospital Spoilers: Thursday, October 1 Recap – Josslyn & Cameron Kiss – Ryan Calls Ava – Sam Quizzes Julian About Cyrus, The Young and the Restless Spoilers: Kristian Alfonso Needed as Jack’s New Leading Lady – Ideal Match for Lonely Abbott. Do the fans complain about which guy takes losses?

Just listen to his theme.

It only existed in this form for a few months, as it was formed on January 11th, 2011 and was taken over by Minoru Suzuki in May of the same year. The next challengers are Bullet Club members Yujiro Takahashi, Bad Luck Fale and Kenny Omega.

What’s Next For NJPW Legend Minoru Suzuki?

Factions will always be an important element to Japanese wrestling, from the UWFI faction that took on New Japan in the 1990s (which inspired the NWO), to the Three Musketeers, Seikigun, RISE, BLACK and Legend groups, to the stables of today’s New Japan.

In 2011, Kojima had his “Kojima Army,” until No. This is a categorized list of notable professional wrestling teams and/or stables. And that is the one consistent theme with Doc Gallows, AJ Styles, Bad Luck Fale, Tama Tonga, the Young Bucks, Takahashi and Kenny Omega. Unlike most of the other NJPW factions, LIJ is small in size and strong in its brotherhood bonds. Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata - 2019 World Tag League Match: Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens def. The underground popularity is spreading to the young fans of NJPW, who are starting to identify with the rebellious Bullet Club more than ever. Los Ingobernables is a CMLL faction that Naito brought to Japan.

EDIT 2: at the suggestion of /u/MHMFoster I've written up a list of names of legends you can expect to see so you're not to confused why someone I haven't mentioned here is getting a bigger reaction than some if not most of these people. It's a nice old school mentality. Great Bash Heel Edit 6: Added Gedo to Chaos section and gave detail on him.

Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima - 2019 World Tag League Match: Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma def.

NJPW Thinking About Chris Jericho vs. Kazuchika Okada? are considered to be aligned with New Japan, with Tanahashi as the de facto leader.

And ironically the things that made them the most disruptive and despised group in Japan are making them a phenomenon all over the world. Just click on the images below to go to the faction store! They usually are a stable of heels, probably under a manager. “Great Bash Heel” doesn’t sound quite as menacing in English as it does in Japanese, so most refer to them as “GBH” for “Grievous Bodily Harm.” Tenzan, the longtime pupil of Masa Chono, finally broke free in 2006 and formed GBH, which was the dominant faction in New Japan for almost four years behind tag team Makabe & Yano, “Machine Gun” Karl Anderson, Giant Bernard, Low Ki, Gedo & Jado, and others. Courtesy of /u/othniel01 - Also I think it could be added that Honma was a lovable loser for many years, only recently getting consistent big wins with Makabe at his side. Suzukigun has been one of the more prominent factions in NJPW behind the unique and charismatic Suzuki, and the dominant tag team known as the “Killer Elite Squad” of Lance Archer and Davey Boy Smith Jr. Other members include Shelton Benjamin, Taka Michinoku, Taichi, Iizuka and El Desperado. While their formation was rather dubious in 2009, they haven’t had to rely on any sorts of tactics in recent years because of the elite success of their leader and current IWGP Intercontinental champion Nakamura, and one half of the WK9 main event in Okada. New Japan Pro Wrestling's roster can be split up into 4 groups containing 3 major factions.

The Jr. Tag division and Taguchi Japan have not been the same since Ricochet has started his transition to the WWE. Since then, they have been seen in NJPW and Pro Wrestling NOAH, causing havoc wherever they show up.

Hirooki Goto - Former intercontinental champion with a 0-9 record in Heavyweight Title matches.

But he's brash and disrespectful to everything and some have even said represents the Japanese people who are frustrated with their culture and falling economy.

A g1 win against a champion usually means a title shot in the future.

If anything they are more like MMA fight gyms like Xtreme Couture, Greg Jackson’s MMA, Gracie Jiu-Jitsu, etc. At New Beginning In Osaka, we saw Minoru Suzuki go to war with Jon Moxley over the IWGP United States Championship, but despite his best efforts he was unable to take down the champion.

2 Minoru Suzuki lead a mutiny against Kojima and formed his “army,” Suzukigun.

In a recent house show they set up matches between Bullet Club and babyfaces with the idea that this was BC vs NJPW, ie the babyfaces represent the company. Regular price $35 View. Would love your thoughts, please comment. Before it was Suzuki-Gun, it was known as Kojima-Gun, and was controlled by Satoshi Kojima.

NEW YEAR DASH!! Edit 3: I finally added a bit for Great Bash Heel.