| 1 | 17.05.2025 | Joeytheboy | 6.0 | |
| 2 | 08.05.2025 | DagoWithTheCage | 8.0 | |
| 3 | 03.05.2025 | Dcarter1153 | 6.0 | |
| 4 | 03.05.2025 | GunAlpha | 7.0 | |
| 5 | 01.05.2025 | Rainmaker4196 | 6.0 | |
| 6 | 23.04.2025 | Alaloeosnf | 6.0 | |
| 7 | 17.04.2025 | LJAwesome 03 | 7.0 | Shota is an interesting Wrestler in my eyes. Amongst His Class of Young Lions such as Yota Tsuji, Yuya Umerma, and Ren Narita; Shota is headed to be the new ACE of NJPW and his early iteration of" The Shooter" with the flowy hair, association with Jon Moxley, overwhelming support of the fans, it you could see the potential there! He's a great in-ring performer with a nifty moveset to boot. However, Shota seems to be in a lull which sucks to see with the comparison to Hiroshi Tanahashi, Lacking any gold or achievements compared to Tsuji or Narita, and the crowd seemingly turning against him especially at WK 19 its devastated to see his back against the wall. I'm hoping with Shota shaving his head at New Beginning in Osaka 2025, There's a spark within him that can gain back that popularity and notoriety earlier in his career. I HAVE HOPE FOR YOU SHOOTER! |
| 8 | 12.04.2025 | loudonkers | 0.0 | I can't even begin to explain my disdain for Shota umino. I hate this guy so much a mere rating won't even justify my thoughts on him. He's a 0, the most 0 of anything I've ever seen. He used to be bright, for a while, he looks like the hottest thing the NJPW new gen has produced, and then they gave him chances, after chances, after chances, after chances- and he's, at last, shown his true self- an absolutely worthless professional wrestler, adding nothing of intrigue while looking bored out of his mind himself. He can't wrestle at a top level without anyone having to carry him to a good match, he can't have any sort of interesting capabilities or personality by himself, he's boring, utterly, inhumanely boring. He brings no joy whatsoever, just a useless nepo baby who only got his chances because #1- Mox vouched for him, #2 - Ospreay vouched for him, #3 - his dad is the head referee. He truly, absolutely does NOT deserve all the pushes and the chances he's given, especially when his peers are performing at such a greater level of magnitude than he does. Tsuji, Uemura, Gabe, and say whatever you want about Narita's wrestling, but at least he's doing well in terms of character. And while my complaints just make him sound like a 5/10 wrestler (which isn't wrong, he's fundamentally average), the reason he's a 0 is because he is so, absolutely tiring to watch. I was a fan of him, I truly was, then I realized he isn't that guy, and yet after that realization, I still have to see him at the top for some reason, the company is still pushing him for some reason, hell, I'm still not sure how people are still a fan of him. Even his current "rebirth" gimmick is dulling me out of my mind- he had back to back absolutely long, dull, and boring matches with two great wrestlers. And worst of all, sometime soon, (I guarantee you this will happen) he's going to become the leader of his own faction. Wow, just wow. He gives no results, no point of intrigue, no nothing, and yet, he's still at the top. I hate him, I truly hate this man, he is a product of nepotism and a worthless celebration of mediocrity. He's the absolute worst thing in new Japan pro wrestling right now, and he does NOT deserve any of the glory they gave away for him right now. I genuinely can't stand him, he's everything I hate about professional wrestling. |
| 9 | 12.04.2025 | Demon King | 9.0 | |
| 10 | 08.04.2025 | Willie 19200 | 7.0 | He's solid, a lot of his matches are good, but he's very young and doesn't need to keep getting these IWGP World Championship matches for no reason. His in-ring is solid, but can be lacking at times. He's improved a lot more since last year and I feel that he can be a top asset, probably not as a good guy though because he doesn't have that good guy kinda look. He dresses like a face, however he seems like one, and kind of seems like a quiet, risk taking, however cocky. I dunno, he's better than he was, but still, stop putting him in a position to fail. |
| 11 | 06.04.2025 | Amaury08 | | |
| 12 | 29.03.2025 | blondehog78 | 7.0 | |
| 13 | 19.03.2025 | tsuki | 6.0 | |
| 14 | 18.03.2025 | felyaron | 4.0 | I've been on Shota Umino's bandwagon longer than most (I loved ZSJ vs Umino in WK'25 main event), but after the New Japan Cup '25 semi-final I'm getting off. I'd rather watch 60-years old Jinsei Shinzaki instead of monk-ish Shota doing another "ok, I guess" match. Rating to be revised if he turns things around into some sort of consistent worthwhile performances. |
| 15 | 18.03.2025 | phil34 | 6.0 | |
| 16 | 17.03.2025 | SelujGold | 4.0 | Weird case because he was one of my favorite wrestlers and one of the wrestler I had the most hope on carrying NJPW post Ospreay and Okada departure but he became stale ever since. Shota Umino has been the man when he faced Ospreay and delivered the best match that any of the Reiwa Musketeer, Uemura, Oiwa and Fujita has had but he was caught in a downroad spiral ever since. He had a lackluster Tokyo Dome Main Event against one of the most consistent wrestler in the world, he dropped his great look for whatever the fuck he is now, and just failing every plateform NJPW gives him. I really hope the situation gets better in the future because It is painful to see |
| 17 | 17.03.2025 | Hyunminlee | 7.0 | |
| 18 | 15.03.2025 | jendenrenlen | 8.0 | |
| 19 | 15.03.2025 | K3NTA | 7.0 | |
| 20 | 14.03.2025 | Brutish Dandy | 6.0 | I almost feel sorry for the guy. He's good for how long he's been in the industry but he is oh-so not ready for the push they've saddled him with and everyone can see it. He's slowly improving but it's only a matter of time before it clicks or he crumbles and burns out. |
| 21 | 11.03.2025 | xitachi | 7.0 | |
| 22 | 11.03.2025 | CSTLW | 9.0 | |
| 23 | 10.03.2025 | Wrestlingisreal | 7.0 | |
| 24 | 16.02.2025 | arkhamoutlaw10 | 6.0 | |
| 25 | 14.02.2025 | Nobuo98 | 9.0 | |
| 26 | 14.02.2025 | Gameplayer | 7.0 | |
| 27 | 11.02.2025 | dastgerwgf | | Fair play to him for shaving his own head in the middle of the ring - its what Jack Perry should've done to make himself a bit more interesting. If he ditches the pink and comes out in plain black trunks and playing into the boos it might be half decent, but I will have to wait and see. |
| 28 | 11.02.2025 | YB2 | 7.0 | |
| 29 | 11.02.2025 | eetasa2 | 6.0 | |
| 30 | 22.01.2025 | Personano | 6.0 | |
| 31 | 19.01.2025 | packjutney | 8.0 | I'm starting this at a 7, with a ton of room to grow for him. I've only seen him wrestle for a few months, but almost every time I see him, I find myself convinced that he's a future cornerstone for the company. The dude can go, and he's just scratching the surface. Update: after the WK19 main event, and the G1 this past year, I'm bumping him up to an 8. He's grown pretty well, even if the crowd hasn't fully come with him. He's got potential to go even higher too. |
| 32 | 16.01.2025 | SZ1989 | 6.0 | |
| 33 | 14.01.2025 | Madripoor | 7.0 | |
| 34 | 12.01.2025 | Liam Miyahara | 7.0 | |
| 35 | 10.01.2025 | YuyaTheBaldBitch | 3.0 | One of the most overpushed guy in history. How you can get a Tokyo Dome main event while still being this bad at selling, while clearly getting negative responses from the fans and while being such an impersonal wrestler is just crazy and shows how bad New Japan's booking is right now. He is a CAW from these WWE games, he just copies stuff from a lot of different wrestlers except everyone can see through this shit. Tried to look like a mix of Tanahashi and Naito at first, took Moxley's vest and finisher. He dropped some of those things eventually but still ends up looking like an idiot, and he copied some of Ospreay's stuff. He still has his horrible death rider finisher, he will never be taken seriously, will never look like he is his own man while he still does all of this shit. It's not working, he hasn't been helped by his booking but a lot of the problems are still tied to his abilities as a wrestler. No one forces him to copy so much wrestlers and feel like a CAW, no one forces him to look like such a silly loser waving at every kids and fans to desperately try to get some crowd support, he also has negative charisma. Nothing about him is compelling, the fans see through that and yet he still gets booked like he is the future of this business. Ridiculous. |
| 36 | 10.01.2025 | CMgab | 6.0 | |
| 37 | 09.01.2025 | Joey Dante Sama | | Not even 1 week in the year 2025, the majority of fans, from Japan to the world, are against Shota Umino. The year is not over so I still think he will come on top. |
| 38 | 07.01.2025 | tmxicon | 6.0 | |
| 39 | 07.01.2025 | YuuRiTK | 6.0 | |
| 40 | 06.01.2025 | Shainy | 8.0 | |
| 41 | 05.01.2025 | The Aditza | 8.0 | |
| 42 | 04.01.2025 | RantsAbove | 6.0 | |
| 43 | 04.01.2025 | Chubibs | 6.0 | |
| 44 | 04.01.2025 | ScoobyStu82 | 6.0 | |
| 45 | 12.12.2024 | D P | 8.0 | |
| 46 | 07.12.2024 | bnummer | 7.0 | |
| 47 | 02.12.2024 | Shadow Explosion | 6.0 | |
| 48 | 28.11.2024 | PontiffMJ | 6.0 | |
| 49 | 24.11.2024 | V0icesAreLouder | 7.0 | I like Shota, I feel they messed him up with changing his look. I get it looked like Tanahashi I really didn't care, if people did whatever. I also feel he should've beat Ospreay again neither here nor there. He has a good move set, I think his expression could improve and I feel sometimes it looks like he has no passion and just doesn't want to be in the ring. It also doesn't help that NJ keeps shoving him down peoples throats, yeah he is good but the fans reject him partially because of his bad booking. Like we did not need 2 months of HoT feuds with Shooter. Overall, bookers have failed Shooter completely. He is a good wrestler that needs some improvement to match, Yota and Yuya. He will get there one day. |
| 50 | 15.11.2024 | Khalid Ace | | |
| 51 | 12.11.2024 | Target | 2.0 | There's no other way to say it now than that Umino is mediocre. I was initially skeptical of him. I liked the interaction with Moxley, yes it was cool and important to him, but everything else is an example of how not to do things. Shota is literally parasitic on imagery. New Japan decided to make a modern day Tanahashi in him. Where did they get the weird idea that if he wears pink, that's it, he's ours, he's modern? Otherwise I don't understand why his appearance is getting more and more arthouse. If it's Umino's own opinion, he's entitled to it, but if it's to the detriment of the company(everyone criticizes his style, especially his current one), why position him as the main star. You have to be able to adjust to the realities. Not how you want to be seen. It's how you want to be seen. People mistakenly think that if Will has a cool match with you, you're automatically mega cool. In fact, that match was one dancer's dance. Umino himself doesn't look very cool in the ring. He has mediocre finishers, he's not good at drama, he doesn't have the charisma he needs. There are too many problems and all of this has led to a situation that even the Japanese audience isn't happy about. I know there is criticism for Tsuji, Narita, Uemura as well. But any of those three are a head above Umino, even considering none of them were given the kind of opportunities just for fun as those opportunities are given to Shota. Tsuji deserved every moment he got. Yeah, Narita isn't in the best position right now, but even he's more relatable and not as annoying as Shota is. If we're talking about "Golden Youth", when you look at Shota, you don't want to worry about him. It feels like everything has already been decided for you. It feels like he's being given this every opportunity while the rest of us are earning them. The way Shota came to fight in the main event of WK is just an epic of nonsense and illogical events. He was literally paved his way to the title and everyone had to accept it. I can't remember in my entire life such a runaway road to the main event, such an unimportant road. Yeah, Umino looks like a really nice guy in person and I'm sure he's under a lot of pressure, which is evident in any promo, because it feels like he's being forced to do this and is trivializing it. All because a new generation is needed and it's not ready. At least Shota, he's definitely not ready. I'm not sure if WK will turn out to be a box office failure, but that kind of signage wouldn't appeal to me. Zach needed someone more legitimate for such an event after what he went through. Even Shingo would have been more appropriate. Even Sanada. Anybody but Shota. If he was mid-card, I would never have made that grade. But we're working with what we've got. Now he's where he doesn't deserve to be, which is obvious to anyone who looks at things objectively. He needs to work, work and more work |
| 52 | 05.11.2024 | NiesamowitePL | 7.0 | |
| 53 | 30.10.2024 | DylanC251 | 7.0 | |
| 54 | 22.10.2024 | danzitorock | 6.0 | The son of the legendary referee Red Shoes, and protected by Jon Moxley... I really like Shooter, I think he's young and has some flaws, but those things are figured out by the time, his look remembers me a lot of Hiroshi Tanahashi, and I think that is his ceiling, with due proportion, I see a great babyface potential, and he's a future ace material. Still not as good as some of his contemporaries, but definitely valuable. |
| 55 | 16.10.2024 | Pm Frank | 9.0 | |
| 56 | 15.10.2024 | seriousbusiness | 8.0 | |
| 57 | 01.10.2024 | Dweeeab | 7.0 | |
| 58 | 29.09.2024 | SadDoro | 7.0 | |
| 59 | 28.09.2024 | JUNAK1YAMA | 6.0 | |
| 60 | 15.09.2024 | joaosousa20 | 8.0 | |
| 61 | 04.09.2024 | Aquila Heliaca | 7.0 | |
| 62 | 01.09.2024 | A Lex | 7.0 | |
| 63 | 14.08.2024 | DangoDaisuki | 7.0 | |
| 64 | 12.08.2024 | EugeneEnjoyer | 7.0 | |
| 65 | 10.08.2024 | elsh33p | 8.0 | |
| 66 | 08.08.2024 | Tamjuk | 8.0 | |
| 67 | 03.08.2024 | leskedd | 8.0 | |
| 68 | 31.07.2024 | WrestlingStuff | 6.0 | Look, I really try, okay? I really try to click my interest into what people see in Umino, but I just waste my time. He has no star power, he has no aura, he relies to much on the stupidities of America, and the only cool things he has are his ring gears, his Tanahashi-esque theme song and his quite impressive moveset, nothing else. I mean, come on, everyone around him moved their pieces way faster like Tsuji winning the NJCup and Never Six titles, Uemura winning KOPW, Narita winning the Never Six titles, and yeah, even Wato winning the BOSJ 2023 and the IWGP Jr. Tags was valuable. You see, all those guys were accomplishing great stuff while Umino was wasting his time enjoying being called a "Japanese Sexy B**ch" and imitanting Mercedes Mone's stupid dance. Not to mention, his lack of charisma, a confused facial expression at all times and repetitive promos about being the Ace and the future of the company, such a shame. Tsuji is the best choice of future ace for NJPW, while Narita is the best choice for future main villain. |
| 69 | 26.07.2024 | djones06 | 7.0 | |
| 70 | 25.07.2024 | LordShanor | 7.0 | |
| 71 | 22.07.2024 | Ofir | 7.0 | |
| 72 | 21.07.2024 | rnirn | 7.0 | |
| 73 | 02.07.2024 | Clarissa | 9.0 | |
| 74 | 02.06.2024 | Drachm | 6.0 | |
| 75 | 02.06.2024 | 704eb | 8.0 | |
| 76 | 02.06.2024 | daichi | 7.0 | |
| 77 | 27.05.2024 | WrestlingGuru | 7.0 | |
| 78 | 21.05.2024 | Den003 | 6.0 | |
| 79 | 17.05.2024 | jajt1989 | 8.0 | |
| 80 | 15.05.2024 | DammitChrist | 8.0 | |
| 81 | 12.05.2024 | colinmcev | 7.0 | |
| 82 | 25.04.2024 | perconflncns | 9.0 | |
| 83 | 17.04.2024 | Cosmo | 8.0 | |
| 84 | 16.04.2024 | skybo90 | 9.0 | |
| 85 | 02.04.2024 | EhimeIsTheBest | 9.0 | |
| 86 | 19.03.2024 | arminamin | 7.0 | |
| 87 | 13.03.2024 | Rainy-12 | 8.0 | |
| 88 | 18.02.2024 | Nilesmania | 7.0 | |
| 89 | 02.02.2024 | KEI | 9.0 | |
| 90 | 25.01.2024 | ReeBoyJenkings | 9.0 | Shota is a wrester I've slowly been falling in love with ever since I saw him, his Match with ospreay at Power Struggle is a star-making classic that too many people sleep on. And his recent match with Narita how's just how much Star power he has, while he's not there yet, we're witnessing the rising of an Ace every time he steps in the ring |
| 91 | 25.01.2024 | Rasmus Eriksen | 9.0 | |
| 92 | 20.01.2024 | Jacek2002 | 8.0 | |
| 93 | 19.01.2024 | lemdawg | 7.0 | |
| 94 | 17.01.2024 | lee wilkinson | 7.0 | |
| 95 | 11.01.2024 | Matthieujst | 8.0 | |
| 96 | 09.01.2024 | user02824fas | 8.0 | |
| 97 | 07.01.2024 | ImperialUno | 7.0 | Though Yota Tsuji is so far the best of the Reiwa Three Musketeers, Shota Umino is my favorite of the three and has a huge amount of potential, his character development reminds a bit of Tetsuya Naito when he was in his Stardust Genius Fighter persona, he's a bit a copycat of Jon Moxley and Hiroshi Tanahashi but this is really interesting to follow and as soon as he will be his own self, he will be a major star and the ace of NJPW. He has a great ringskills, babyface fire and play his character really well. |
| 98 | 06.01.2024 | RyanKras16 | 8.0 | |
| 99 | 21.12.2023 | Makoto92 | 9.0 | |
| 100 | 04.12.2023 | KingChook | 6.0 | |
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