| 1 | 14.04.2024 | BruceMarcos524 | 5.0 | Despite my bias towards NJPW, this is one of the rare instances that I criticize a New Japan wrestler. EVIL might possibly be one of the worst guys in NJPW roster. He was a solid performer during his time at Los Ingobernables de Japon, had good to great matches there. He had an amazing chemistry with SANADA as a tag team that made them won multiple tag team titles. But ever since he went to Bullet Club and then House of Torture, he became a mediocre wrestler. His reign as the IWGP Heavyweight Champion in 2020 may considered be the worst title reign in NJPW history, simple because I think EVIL doesn't deserve it at the time. It felt rushed and he's obviously not ready to be a main eventer. What's worse is after he lost the title, he never recovered and fell into obscurity. His matches nowadays are mostly interferences from his stablemates and his cheating tactics have been repetitive. Sad to see the state of EVIL these days. A very promising talent that turned to be one of the most unbearable guys in the company. I hope there would be a chance to improve on EVIL. Focus more on working on a match and with less shenanigans, he could thrive and make a match better even as a villain. Just try it, NJPW. |
| 2 | 11.04.2024 | arminamin | 5.0 | |
| 3 | 07.04.2024 | Ringside Rebel | 6.0 | |
| 4 | 19.03.2024 | AJSilver22 | 5.0 | |
| 5 | 13.03.2024 | OKZ Will | 0.0 | There is no other wrestler in any promotion that I watch that ruins the experience of watching a show more than EVIL. If it were a pure work-rate grade, he'd get a 4.0, since he is bland but competent at performing moves. Wrestling is more than that though. It's about creating entertainment, and telling stories through the medium of a fight. The only story EVIL can tell is "Wrestling is stupid, none of this matters, and you are stupid for investing in it." HoT is in the process of ruining NJPW pro-wrestling by rendering huge chunks of matches meaningless, as nothing before the mass run-in matters. EVIL is the worst member of the faction. He is both pushed as the leader of the faction, and the least interesting and charismatic member of the group. I can't think of a single match I would ever want to see him in, and I can't think of any card that improves from him being booked. |
| 6 | 12.03.2024 | ti636 | 7.0 | |
| 7 | 04.03.2024 | eetasa2 | 5.0 | |
| 8 | 26.02.2024 | Lauchlan | 6.0 | I really liked EVIL when he was in LIJ and still think there is a decent wrestler in there but since joining Bullet Club and forming H.O.T he has been absolutely painful to watch and that is putting it lightly. Nearly every single match is a carbon copy of the last and unfortunately that last one was pretty bad, I do feel he is much better than the booking he has been given the past few years but still not world champion material. |
| 9 | 23.02.2024 | Hyunminlee | 6.0 | |
| 10 | 18.02.2024 | Nilesmania | 5.0 | |
| 11 | 13.02.2024 | TVTN | 6.0 | EVIL in Los Ingobernables was passable and he served his role just fine. But then he joined Bullet Club and things started to go bad for the King of Darkness. He flopped as the leader of the Bullet Club and is now the leader of the most hated faction in New Japan: House of Torture. Even though it is starting to get better, EVIL isn't. And if he doesn't improve or maybe even break free from HoT and Bullet Club, then I don't see a successful future for EVIL... (EDIT: Bumping this up by 2 because EVIL has prospered since last year. He's fully set himself as an evil S.O.B who will ruin any moment, and take any belt he pleases even if he didn't win it. His matches can stilll be tiresome, but his character work and expressions have improved tenfold and I am looking forward to what he does next.) |
| 12 | 08.02.2024 | AhmedHosssam23 | 5.0 | |
| 13 | 02.02.2024 | KEI | 7.0 | |
| 14 | 01.02.2024 | NewOkadaism | 6.0 | [6.0] The only reason EVIL gets a 6 is that I think his work before House of Torture was pretty good, but the sample size gets larger and larger each match of him needing help, needing Dick Togo or whoever to bail him. Truly in the running for worst modern IWGP Heavyweight Reign. Every match feels the same and at no point has he felt like he belongs in the main event. Every time he's challenged for the top belt since I worry because I'm afraid of New Japan actually giving him another go round at the top when he's literally as one note as can be now. I'd really like for the old EVIL to come back at this point but it's not happening. |
| 15 | 01.02.2024 | SinoParm | 5.0 | |
| 16 | 17.01.2024 | Chris777 | 7.0 | overhated. he sure is a great wrestler in LIJ but under Naito, Shingo, and even Sanada, he was never gonna be that guy. His current role produces absolute comedy of matches and people that wholeheartedly believe Puroseu is somehow serious and sacred. EVIL is providing the variety on the show with all the HoT shenanigans and still giving at least some credibility to the group. Of course, anyone could be in this role, and the matches could be better, but it is a neccesary EVIL i suppose. Great heat magnet that can elevate non-main eventers over in a believable way, and step it up if needed, good hand overall. |
| 17 | 06.01.2024 | caz2345 | 7.0 | |
| 18 | 06.01.2024 | RyanKras16 | 7.0 | |
| 19 | 03.01.2024 | Rainmaker4196 | 6.0 | |
| 20 | 24.12.2023 | Herr Kritiker | 7.0 | |
| 21 | 19.12.2023 | danzitorock | 4.0 | EVIL is being really hard to watch recently. He's definitely not bad, but he's been bad, specially because of the way he's been booked. Not the most skilled guy on planet neither the most charismatic, but he can do more. His recent matches are painful to watch, usually the worst part of every show, the matches and the angles. EVIL is not the answer. |
| 22 | 11.12.2023 | Cort3z | 5.0 | |
| 23 | 10.12.2023 | Makoto92 | 8.0 | |
| 24 | 01.12.2023 | Khalid Ace | | |
| 25 | 30.11.2023 | LIGERISM | 6.0 | |
| 26 | 26.11.2023 | Rayshawn00 | 7.0 | |
| 27 | 24.11.2023 | SleVVen | 7.0 | |
| 28 | 14.11.2023 | HC7 | 5.0 | |
| 29 | 10.11.2023 | FilipsWrestlingWorld | 5.0 | |
| 30 | 01.11.2023 | FelipeTalksWrestling | | |
| 31 | 01.11.2023 | benny5bellys | 5.0 | The most aggressively find wrestler working today. His run on top was a busted flush but that was more a case of booking than his work. Even outside of his booking, EVIL is not someone I have ever been excited to watch in a single match. Although it is a fools errand talking about Japanese fan bases taste and enjoyment, from crowd reactions alone you get the impression they don't dislike him like they should as heel, they just do not care. |
| 32 | 27.10.2023 | SoaKas | 4.0 | Looks like a star, carries himself like a star, is a great promo and even can pull it off in the ring. What's the problem then? Well his booking during his entire heel run. Stale moveset, boring and slow matches, always the same finishes etc. EDIT: He's now a 4 because he hasn't changed AT ALL. It even got worse. |
| 33 | 17.10.2023 | GabriMazzoli | 6.0 | |
| 34 | 17.10.2023 | AidanArcher | 8.0 | |
| 35 | 06.10.2023 | JumpinJerry | 8.0 | |
| 36 | 01.10.2023 | AM | 10.0 | EVIL is so incredibly cool and entertaining. Right now he provides the variety by being a Japanese style dirty heel. He gives it his all in every performance, and that's one of the things that makes him one of the best. This is something that made him stand out during his young lion days and his excursion to Ring of Honor, and something that put him on the map in 2015 when he joined Naito and formed Los Ingobernables de Japon (because when he first debuted with the King of Darkness gimmick, people considered it's too cheesy for a supposedly straight-laced company like NJPW, and yet he made it work and managed to become one of the top merch sellers). He still does his best now that he's put into a prominent position with his own faction. The guy looks like a million bucks, as he's rather big and bulky and stands out among his peers; he's incredible on the mic, got unmatched charisma and acting skills and an ability to rile up the fans like no one else can, and he's got great in-ring work. All his power moves look really crisp and make it believable that they are actually hurting, and he made his rather simple STO finisher into one of the most memorable and well-protected moves in New Japan. He can also take punishment just as well as he can dish it out, as he's low-key one of the best sellers right now. All in all, EVIL is an incredible talent that proves time and time again that he well deserves his spot in this business, and I can't wait to see more from him in the prime of his career. |
| 37 | 25.09.2023 | LecramFalcao | 5.0 | |
| 38 | 23.08.2023 | CSTLW | 6.0 | |
| 39 | 21.08.2023 | Animago | 7.0 | |
| 40 | 16.08.2023 | Hiimfriendly | 2.0 | Just wanna change my rating and rant about EVIL real quick. Pre-House of Torture EVIL is a super solid 8, tons of fun smash-mouth brawling-type hoss matches. Post-House of Torture EVIL is unquestionably a 0, anyone defending his booking and work quality since 2020 is legitimately insane. EVIL was a great wrestler, but now he's a parody of himself, with or without the bullshit shenanigans. I'm actually quite sad about his downward spiraling career, cause I found him pretty uninteresting until Wrestling Dontaku 2019, when he had that amazing match with Ishii, I finally felt him, I was like, wait, EVIL is great now! Extremely rare that I find a wrestler having the ''It Factor'' mid-career, but it happened on EVIL, then he went on to have a fantastic showing in G1 2019, solidifying him as a great wrestler to me. But then, you know, the nonsensical super mega double champ-champ push turned him into this House of Torture retard we see now. The thing is, people love to bash the booking side of EVIL, blaming it all on Gedo, while it's true that the tone deaf booking of him and House of Torture is seriously alarming, but we should equally bash his deteriorating wrestling skills and match quality. He has done nothing worthwhile since 2020. Any matchup you would classify as a must-watch? Anything worth checking out? No. 98% of EVIL matches are atrocious. Pre-HOT EVIL actually knows how to wrestle, these days he mostly gets out-performed by his opponents, like there's no polite way to say this, but he's genuinely terrible in the ring now, his steep decline has been staggering to watch. Before I wrap my rant up, lets circle back to his booking for my last point. I routinely travel to Japan, attended a decent amount of NJPW shows, Ive seen EVIL wrestle and observed the reactions in person, honestly, people just don't care. They will certainly pop when his opponent wins, but when he wins, usually due to cheap shots or outside interferences, the crowd just dies. Maybe not zero crowd reaction, but nearly zero. Someone like a Jay White gets booed, a negative reaction sure, but at least a reaction. People just don't seem to bother with EVIL, and that's the worst part of it all. A lot of fans think EVIL has go-away heat, but I think people just don't give a shit. No one give a single shit about EVIL and House of Torture, on top of that, nobody buys him as a main event level player, like literally nobody. I have no idea why bookers and management are ignoring all the indications that he isn't suitable as a top star, still tirelessly trying to shove him down our throats, as he just advanced to the semi-finals of G1 and about to challenge SANADA's world title in a few months. The most annoying and frustrating part of EVIL to me, is how easy it is to solve him. You want to make EVIL a top heel that fans will care about and get behind? Make him a monster heel! One who runs through everybody with brute force, not a chicken shit heel who needs his stablemate's assistance to win. That's how you do it. Its so easy! Just do that! Let him wrestle, like the old LIJ days, we literally saw it from 2015-2020, he was great, and we know he can still be great. Just let the man wrestle cleanly for the sake of everyone. But before that happens, all I can say is Rest in Peace Pre-HOT EVIL, 2015-2020. You will be missed. |
| 41 | 14.08.2023 | NEVERoverweightChampion | 8.0 | EVIL is a very good wrestler, mostly a brawler. Was good in Los Ingobernables De Japon but I think he finally found his schtick with House Of Torture. Since the crowd have been able to cheer again, and despite what very delusional people seem to think, his act is over with the crowd and will generally get good reactions. He has a great ability to make the crowd cheer even more for his opponent with his dirty tactics. He's still able to remind fans that he can go and can be a threat sometimes, even without the constant cheating. Right now he brings something different in the New Japan roster and is an effective heel. People saying he has "go away heat" are just coping because they may not like his style or role now, but it clearly works with most japanese crowds. |
| 42 | 14.08.2023 | 2bitterforyou | 6.0 | |
| 43 | 13.08.2023 | bscale | 5.0 | |
| 44 | 12.08.2023 | Osla24 | 6.0 | |
| 45 | 11.08.2023 | Mathias | | An absolute waste of talent. EVIL is now universally hated by puroresu fans, and has been for the past three years, but people forget how good he was before his big heel turn. His matches against Okada and Ibushi in particular were truly great. The turn he did on Naito in 2020 was excellent, but for whatever reason the booking turned on him very quickly and his reign as World Champion ended way too quickly, and he never reached the top of the card, was always playing second fiddle within the Bullet Club, and never felt like he could be a credible main eventer again, especially in the eyes of the fans. Worst thing is, I don't even think his current in-ring style was mandatory to turn him into a heat magnet. |
| 46 | 08.08.2023 | Rybackobashi | 8.0 | EVIL is indeed one of the most improved worker since last year's G1. Can't really say why, but I always loved him, he was great in the LIJ tags, great against Shibata and Tanahashi, had a good showing in last year's G1 and this year's was a hell of a coming out party for him. His match with Okada is one of my favorite of the tournament and it showed me exactly why I root for him. The future is ironically bright for EVIL |
| 47 | 03.08.2023 | HazzaWrestling | 3.0 | Pre-House of Torture, he was a great singles and tag wrestler in his own right but for the past 3 years, this work has been so irredeemable that it actually makes you forget he was a very capable wrestler. This gimmick screams go away heat and its nuclear, just bottom of the barrel slew. HoT needs dismantling and I don't think EVIL can be taken seriously ever again. His big title reign made him look so weak as he couldn't beat anyone without a load of help and its even worse now as he is nowhere near the top and needing help via all kinds of buffoonery. END THIS GIMMICK NOW! |
| 48 | 27.07.2023 | BrokenV | 5.0 | |
| 49 | 26.07.2023 | DangoDaisuki | 8.0 | Ja, das Booking um Evil ist momentan wirklich schlecht. Ich finde aber trotzdem nicht, dass man einen Wrestler nur für das momentane Booking so schlecht bewerten sollte. Ich schätze alle seine großartigen Matches die er geleistet hat und hoffe, dass er bald wieder mehr zeigen kann was für ein guter Wrestler er eigentlich ist. Edit: Eine kleine Abwertung auf 8 da er jetzt schon eine lange Zeit nicht mehr die besten Matches workt was auch sehr am Gimmick liegt. |
| 50 | 25.07.2023 | DylanC251 | 5.0 | |
| 51 | 25.07.2023 | Die hard fan | 3.0 | So he's leading a sub-faction that called the house of torture and it's true considering how painful it is to watch them in action at any time........ Definitely unbearable. |
| 52 | 22.07.2023 | cibar12 | 2.0 | I hate Evil. Hate he's in ring work, hate his gimmick hate his stable. Putting main title on him was a big mistake from NJPW side. Everytime i watch Evil i want to lewer his rating even more. Most boring wrestler in NJPW |
| 53 | 20.07.2023 | GonzoAppreciator | 5.0 | As a member of LIJ I thought EVIL was a pretty solid midcarder. I enjoyed his tag team with SANADA and his feud with Ishii over the NEVER belt. But then he joined Bullet Club and his career has been in the dumps ever since. EVIL still has the odd decent match but overall his work just isn't that good. |
| 54 | 18.07.2023 | cal9099 | 6.0 | At his best he was like a 7 I'd say given how good some of his LIJ G1 stuff was. However, his HoT run has been abysmal which drags his rating down a bit sadly. I have hope that one day we'll see the return of the EVIL we once knew. |
| 55 | 03.07.2023 | Immortan Scott | 3.0 | The worst part of any New Japan Pro Wrestling event is the inevitable appearance from EVIL. He can't wrestle for shit and he's so boring as a personality. |
| 56 | 20.06.2023 | FraterAssenayo | | This site needs to lock any further ratings on Evil. He's already won cagematch.net at 6.66, which, incidentally, is probably the right score for him. Evil's so good that he probably wrestles the way he does for this very reason. |
| 57 | 19.06.2023 | Anarchkitty | 7.0 | |
| 58 | 17.06.2023 | casss22 | 10.0 | EVIL deserves the 6.66 rating! How dare we as a wrestling community not acknowledge the King of Darkness? He knows who he is and the crowds love to hate him. RATING IS EVIL. CAGEMATCH IS EVIL. EVERYTHING IS EVIL. |
| 59 | 17.06.2023 | CChris | 10.0 | MAKE IT 6.66 CMOOON DUDES. Anw, this merda to be 100 characters, so... How have been your day? Slept well? |
| 60 | 17.06.2023 | Osiris For All | 10.0 | Please get the rating back up to 6.66. Who dared to destroy this perfect synergy? I ask you good people to rise against this evil, or unevil monstrosity. I only gave this man 10 because of that reason. He's only like a 5 in reality but I don't care. |
| 61 | 16.06.2023 | Paddy86 | 8.0 | |
| 62 | 15.06.2023 | gargoylesmain | 4.0 | The booking of this man should be considered a war crime. Go back a few years and watch some of his matches when he was in LIJ. Good matches with all the top guys. Fun tag teams. He had a great look, a great presentation, decent ring work, he was treated like a serious contender. Now look at him. House of Torture bullshit every match. He'll never recover from the clown show he's been booked into being for years now. |
| 63 | 22.05.2023 | xitachi | 6.0 | |
| 64 | 21.05.2023 | NicholasJT | 5.0 | |
| 65 | 12.05.2023 | Silvertooth | 3.0 | An absolute pain in my side. When he wants to be good he can go but god every single match is interference after interference. House of Torture is amazingly terrible. He brought Sho down to his level. Always my least look forward to match on the card. |
| 66 | 03.05.2023 | adam johnson | 5.0 | |
| 67 | 30.04.2023 | SwitchbladeEra2 | 9.0 | EVIL Is REAL. And He is really entertaining he is not a perfect wrestler but i still like EVIL. He is Great in acting he is literally not better than naito but he is still great HoT 4 life. |
| 68 | 29.04.2023 | jajt1989 | 7.0 | |
| 69 | 26.04.2023 | tmxicon | 6.0 | |
| 70 | 17.04.2023 | SIRasdf23 | 4.0 | EVIL is going to probably go down as one of the worst failed top guy runs in NJPW history. The guy had a lot of good to give in his LIJ days but all of that upside was thrown away for endless interferences and cheating spot bullshit. Don't get me wrong, there's good to be had with a wrestler who cheats in the world of honor and skill that is NJPW, but when it's the only thing you do all day every day, you drag down every match you're in and people don't want to watch any of your matches. The guy is go-away heat incarnate and with SANADA seemingly having the top guy run that EVIL should've had, one can only see him as a botched beta version of what SANADA has accomplished. What a waste of talent |
| 71 | 15.04.2023 | kmccoy83 | 8.0 | |
| 72 | 14.04.2023 | Dogo763 | 6.0 | |
| 73 | 11.04.2023 | Chriswarrior11 | 6.0 | |
| 74 | 05.04.2023 | CMmox | 7.0 | |
| 75 | 19.03.2023 | Personano | 5.0 | |
| 76 | 13.03.2023 | greatchickendoc | 5.0 | |
| 77 | 05.03.2023 | puroraisedme | 5.0 | |
| 78 | 05.03.2023 | Oswuold | 7.0 | 2019 was his year but COVID-19 ended Is push. After the pandemy his Carrer collapsed and now he Is in House of Torture, poor man. ***1/2 |
| 79 | 28.02.2023 | Supacat15 | 5.0 | If 2020 were a wrestler, he'd be EVIL. I've never liked him in important matches, and this year he couldn't prove me wrong. It was a bad decision for him to win the New Japan Cup and the HW&IC titles. Since then, all of his bouts have been excruciatingly dull. |
| 80 | 13.02.2023 | Brutish Dandy | 7.0 | |
| 81 | 07.02.2023 | Luna100 | 8.0 | A good wrestler with a good look. He was great at tag teaming with SANADA and is the better of the two in singles, however the House of Torture gimmick is bringing him down and has ruined him for many. If they removed the garbage and interference from the gimmick he would be great, however, as is it is horrible. |
| 82 | 07.02.2023 | PapaGus | 5.0 | |
| 83 | 07.02.2023 | Inserthere750 | 3.0 | Evil has got to be one of the worst ever members of Bullet club. I loved bullet club, but when this guy joined, I started losing interest in the Bullet Club. |
| 84 | 05.02.2023 | RikRock | 6.0 | |
| 85 | 04.02.2023 | Amaury08 | 0.0 | I hate to see him when i watch New Japan shows, there is so Lucha much wrestlers better than him and the House of Torture thing is awful. He has to reborn from his character car for me right now is the worst thing that I can see in japan. I hope he never challenge again even worse win a World title, it will be a shame. |
| 86 | 31.01.2023 | Malarkian | 5.0 | EVIL just gets worse and worse as the years go by. Once a serviceable heavyweight bruiser in LIJ, now a mid-card heel w/ go away heat who flirted w/ the main event spot at the start of the Covid era in NJPW because of thin roster. Hope he can right the ship soon. |
| 87 | 28.01.2023 | manicpanic | 5.0 | |
| 88 | 13.01.2023 | XboX | 5.0 | |
| 89 | 12.01.2023 | benh2 | 6.0 | EVIL is serviceable but not much more. He's a decent worker with a decent look and size but his workrate is questionable. He was protected well in LIJ and then was the fortunate recipient of circumstances in his initial BULLET CLUB and IWGP Champion time. That kind of fell flat and seems to have knocked the stuffing out of him. Seems happy to just get by although he'll occasionally have a great match with the right opponent. |
| 90 | 13.12.2022 | YannisPapiss | 5.0 | |
| 91 | 09.12.2022 | MainEventMaster | 4.0 | WTF happened? He was good with LIJ but ever since he joined Bullet Club, it just seems that he does not care anymore. |
| 92 | 24.11.2022 | glhrams | 6.0 | |
| 93 | 06.11.2022 | ucey | 6.0 | |
| 94 | 06.11.2022 | RafaClau | 6.0 | |
| 95 | 30.10.2022 | serpentovdarkness | 7.0 | |
| 96 | 22.10.2022 | MooGati | 2.0 | I can't believe I used to kind of be into EVIL when he was in LIJ. This House of Torture stuff is the worst, and it's painful to watch so often. I think he is put into the role of guy who can roll with the top players, and it could still happen, but House of Torture is just hard to take seriously... |
| 97 | 25.09.2022 | GM56 Champion | 6.0 | |
| 98 | 08.09.2022 | Matthew23claw | 8.0 | |
| 99 | 08.09.2022 | king tuh | 5.0 | what happened, man? he was so good in LIJ but then he HAD to be put in bullet club. he would've been fine as a solo heel act. |
| 100 | 02.09.2022 | SexualBobby | | EVIL is an interesting one. His run pre Bullet Club was quite solid; winning two Tag Leagues back to back (2017 & 2018) with Sanada was a great team. They had some great chemistry and were easily a high point of the company for me. |
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