| 301 | 05.01.2022 | Scott Bailey | 10.0 | |
| 302 | 13.12.2021 | cooksthegoat | 9.0 | |
| 303 | 08.12.2021 | kennethtron | 8.0 | |
| 304 | 04.12.2021 | Den003 | 9.0 | |
| 305 | 04.12.2021 | PorcoRosso1 | 2.0 | Even before New Japan went through Covid, the cracks were beginning to show. After the elite was beaten on Jan 4th, 2019, and went off to form AEW; NJPW 2018 built off foreigners to gain exposure lost it all when they left for different prospects. 2019 was a rebuilding year and it positioned Naito and Ibushi as the two new top guys. 2019 was worse than 2018 as a whole but the direction was clear. Then Naito won the belt and things looked up, but then Covid hit. Out of all the companies in the world New Japan probably handled Covid the worst. Their match style is very fans participation oriented can't respond due to restrictions and they refused to change it. Booking wise they were at their lowest. While Noah and stardom gained prestige during this period, The WWE of Japan fell from grace. They have the resources to turn the tide but as of now, their product is unimpressive. |
| 306 | 29.11.2021 | MihaiStan | 10.0 | |
| 307 | 21.11.2021 | NoSell | 10.0 | It's been slightly improving and they still put on amazing matches even though I doubt it will reach the heights of the 2010's ever again and those years are what this rating is based on. Almost all of my all time favorite matches are from 2010's NJPW, absolutely unbelievable standard of wrestling and wrestlers. |
| 308 | 18.11.2021 | CMmox | 10.0 | |
| 309 | 10.11.2021 | Headkickah | 9.0 | |
| 310 | 10.11.2021 | Cuckens | 10.0 | |
| 311 | 07.11.2021 | Pasta59 | 8.0 | |
| 312 | 03.11.2021 | FACEElmo295 | 8.0 | From 2017 to 2019, NJPW was my favourite wrestling promotion. With the likes of Okada, Tanahashi, Omega, Ibushi and Naito, and a stellar roster they just put on banger after banger. I still consider the years 2012 until 2019 to be the Golden Age of this promotion, and were by far the best promotion during that time thanks to smart booking and match quality. Dominion 2018 started to show the cracks for this promotion though, due to the fact they wanted to take NJPW worldwide and crowned champions that are North American. They still managed to put on great shows, but the cracks where beginning to show. Wrestle Kingdom 13 was their last great show in my eyes, and ever since then NJPW has been on the decline and so has it's booking and match making skills. NJPW has had dark ages in the past with Inoki-ism from 1999 - 2006, but their booking has gone down the drain and from Summer 2019 onwards I feel this promotion has become a joke. I still loved the time I spent on NJPW World watching all the classic matches, but they have struggled deeply ever since WK13 and the wrestlers they are pushing has not been received too well. I give NJPW a 8 rating thanks to the 8 Golden Years they gave us, but it's not looking too well for them going forward. |
| 313 | 01.11.2021 | Damian | 8.0 | |
| 314 | 01.11.2021 | benny5bellys | 10.0 | |
| 315 | 30.10.2021 | MagicWhip | 10.0 | |
| 316 | 25.10.2021 | homashinchiw | 8.0 | |
| 317 | 22.10.2021 | MMGoose | 10.0 | |
| 318 | 21.10.2021 | catsarecool | 10.0 | |
| 319 | 21.10.2021 | MysticMac | | Let's be honest here while NJPW still produces some solid matches and storylines it hasn't been the same ever since Naito won the belts and proceeded by no fault of his own to have one of the most lackluster title reigns in the history of wrestling . Since then not only have the old problems remained (Suzuki losing every match but still being treated as a killer for example) but they also became much worse . Blame the pandemic or the injuries all you want but some booking decisions especially the past 2 years have been completely awful . From the constant rematches that put even WWE to shame , The blatant favoritism shown towards certain wrestlers , The needlessly long as hell matches even for the Bullet Club jobbers , The pathetic state of EVIL and his pointless title reign , The IC title being discontinued and yet the NEVER and especially the godawful KOPW belts still existing because reasons , the TIRED as hell Taguchi and especially Yano comedy matches in every G1 and his constant annoying victories (Imagine R-Truth beating legit main eventers) , Guys like Taichi getting 6 points in the G1 despite being a constant MVP as of late among many other things . The gist of it is this if any other company and especially WWE made some of the creative decisions NJPW makes they would be flamed alive and rightfully so . When it's good they're still the best in the world but man they have been so disappointing lately and judging by the reviews I'm not alone in feeling this way |
| 320 | 20.10.2021 | Nobuo98 | 10.0 | |
| 321 | 19.10.2021 | LMZ2020 | 6.0 | Pre-pandemic, this promotion was an easy 11....I still consider NJPWs Jan 2012 - Feb 2020 as the greatest run any company has ever had (which is the reason I'm being as generous as I am rn). But then the pandemic hit, and NJPW has swerved off the rails in a way which has been extremely surprising and disappointing honestly. You look at AEW and Stardom and NOAH and how well they managed to adapt quality and booking-wise since the pandemic hit....and it seems NJPW has only been making things worse for themselves. The booking (both from Gedo and Dick Togo) seems to not only get more and more frustratingly formulaic and predictable but whenever it does try to do something different and interesting (e.g. EVILs turn, Double Gold Dash, White winning the briefcase, G1 31), the outcome just turns out to be extremely baffling/idiotic in its execution (EVILs failure of a main event run, the concept of the G1 briefcase being ignored with Ibushi getting a free match at WK15, merging the belts and their lineage, Ibushi as a 4-time G1 finalist). I mean don't get me wrong, there are still many gems here and there amongst the shit booking (everything about Dangerous Tekkers, everything about Shingo Takagi, Ibushi/SANADA in G1 30, White/Ibushi in WK15, United Empire, NJ Strong) and not everything is particularly their fault (Japans COVID situation and gaijins being stranded, Okada/Hiromu/Ospreay/Naito getting injured), but when a promotion fails to adapt and improvise as effectively as other promotions have in similar situations and tends to go out of its way to frustrate, bore, disappoint and infuriate its watchers more often than they delight them, then I don't think it makes them worth investing in anymore. That's where I'm at now. Hope to God they can turn things around. |
| 322 | 19.10.2021 | TSwifty | 9.0 | |
| 323 | 19.10.2021 | NaJoBron | 1.0 | Well, a lot of time has passed and a lot has changed in my views on NJPW. Once this promotion gave me a second wind and I thought it was the best wrestling company in the world. Then the obvious problems began, but I expected everything to work out. Then everything became much worse and it severely knocked me down, but now I understand that the NJPW has rotted. A lot of people talked about the countless number of problems in all divisions and with almost all wrestlers, so it makes no sense to repeat it. The main problem is that the creative team led by Gedo doesn't care about their own product. Gedo obviously wrote out, he lacks ideas, courage and resilience to, for example, refuse Dick Togo with his bad ideas. Because of this, absolutely everyone suffers, and the pandemic has only exacerbated the situation. But because of the monetary support from Bushiroad, no one in the NJPW will change anything. Instead of fixing the problems, we get even more of the same shows. I don't put 0 just because the company employs a lot of talented performers, and I wish them to leave the NJPW and find a place for themselves where they will be truly appreciated. |
| 324 | 18.10.2021 | ActualHumanWill | 0.0 | Any soul or excitement that this promotion used to have is completely dead. God awful booking, no ability to organically build new stars, and many other factors have left NJPW completely cold compared to other Japanese promotions such as NOAH or DDT. Not to mention their policy on gifs and screenshots makes it hard to be excited about anything on the show. Abysmal, sad that a company I used to love has fell so hard like this. |
| 325 | 18.10.2021 | KurlaCrush | 2.0 | Well, then. I held on for a very long time, gave this company a chance, despite what happened that year. Evil took the main title, the matches for the poor statuette of Yano, and there were many extremely unpleasant moments, but I still gave this company a chance and believed that the G1 season was an opportunity to apologize to the fans who had been suffering for a very long time. Everything started as usual, there were good matches, there were weak matches. I especially note that for a while we believed that Zach would be able to reach the final. Another great race is held by Cobb and it's really nice for him, he is very hardworking and almost all of his matches were not ashamed and disgusting to watch. But what happened next... Gedo decided to return Okada to greatness and did it in the most terrible way. Until recently, Okada was weak, losing to Cobb, but as G1 began, Okada began to roll around the block. And it would be fine if he lost 1-2 matches and took the block confidently, but no. It was the perfect moment to give defeat to Okada in the match with Taichi, but damn it, and Taichi was put under this Great Japanese Car. And then he loses to Tonga. And in another block, especially after Naito's injury, it seemed for a while that there was finally a new face in the final, but no. They gave the fourth final to Ibushi. I'm not upset, I'm disappointed. I fell so in love with Japanese wrestling at one time, but today, he just left me no choice. I don't know what needs to happen so that we can enjoy watching this company's show again, but for now, I'd rather look in the direction of NOAH or even AEW. Thank you Gedo, you killed my love for this promotion. |
| 326 | 08.10.2021 | TheBeardedBaron | 10.0 | |
| 327 | 06.10.2021 | SomoSWrestlinG 434 | 10.0 | |
| 328 | 01.10.2021 | lucavetement | 9.0 | |
| 329 | 23.09.2021 | Jamarcus | 10.0 | |
| 330 | 20.09.2021 | King97 | 9.0 | |
| 331 | 19.09.2021 | AscendingSoup | 9.0 | No company is perfect, and New Japan has definitely had its rough patches, the rise of Inokism, the over-exposure of the Elite, EVIL's run at the top, but when it comes to in-ring action, they still deliver some of, if not the best professional wrestling on the planet, featuring some of the best talent from across the globe, very capable in-ring storytellers and despite some missteps, overall good booking. Their competitors, even the jobbers who only get a win once every blue moon, are treated with respect, squash matches are barely a thing, and few men on the roster could really be considered 'bad' wrestlers. There's a good reason for why they call themselves "King of Sports". |
| 332 | 18.09.2021 | Hokosset | 9.0 | |
| 333 | 18.09.2021 | No One | 8.0 | |
| 334 | 18.09.2021 | franromanfraga | 9.0 | |
| 335 | 11.09.2021 | MateoForest | 10.0 | |
| 336 | 11.09.2021 | Firebird22 | 9.0 | |
| 337 | 08.09.2021 | MrIslamy | 9.0 | |
| 338 | 31.08.2021 | kashon | 10.0 | |
| 339 | 24.08.2021 | adam johnson | 9.0 | |
| 340 | 17.08.2021 | SmartForceOne | 10.0 | Arguably the greatest wrestling company of all time. Some of the greatest wrestlers in history have worked for New Japan, and many others wish they could. Combining excellent matches with simple but effective storytelling, NJPW has put on possibly the greatest wrestling product ever. |
| 341 | 15.08.2021 | TommyEndMalakaiFan | 10.0 | The best matches in the business by far. I don't really care for the storylines as much but the matches never let me down. |
| 342 | 14.08.2021 | AngyLynch | 10.0 | |
| 343 | 12.08.2021 | GOK4E | 9.0 | |
| 344 | 03.08.2021 | Ma Stump Puller | 8.0 | NJPW has a very mixed history: even in the Inoki age there was a lot of shitty matches to go through and the undercard was next to non-existent. The main events were usually quite good: Inoki is a extremely talented wrestler and was a massive draw in his heyday: but they didn't really have anything for the future, especially with Inoki refusing to put anyone over as his successor. They got better (ish) in the 90's when guys like Muto and such showed up but there was still a lot of BS, a lot of long, over-extended main events with little purpose done purely to cater to the AJPW style. This style has continued all the way up to the modern day, where there's still a lot of main event bouts paced around 15 minutes of loose and inconsequential grappling before actually kicking into gear, Okada in particular lends himself well to this method. It's also meant that I've never really enjoyed most of their product beyond the mid 2010's where they'd have some really amazing G1 shows and astonishing matches. As a company, it's clearly got issues, even before the last year or so: no focus on the tag division, a weak undercard, overreliance on forced "epic" bouts, etc. NJPW might seem like the best in the world when you've started off but it quickly gets overshadowed by NOAH and AJPW in terms of cards and talent when you've actually dove into the wrestling there. NJPW has always had one, big issue: the main event is all they focus on and as such, they try to make it as fancy as possible, as long as possible, everything to excess. This style works when you have guys who thrive under it (Okada and Omega for instance) but it doesn't do the trick for everyone else. It's never been "the best" it's always played second fiddle to AJPW in the 90's, and NOAH in the 2000's. It's still fantastic, sure, but it was never #1, and the booking this last year has only shown how bad the flaws are when having to push wrestlers into a style they don't thrive under. |
| 345 | 03.08.2021 | joaosousa20 | 10.0 | |
| 346 | 01.08.2021 | ReviewMan | 10.0 | |
| 347 | 30.07.2021 | blastostg | 3.0 | Currently the product is near unwatchable. An over reliance on interference/getting heat in a clap crowd environment, repetitive match ups, thin roster, nonsensical booking. They also rely on main events that are way too long for the sake of being long. It's a shame someone like Shingo Takagi is on top during such a down period because he deserves so much better. It could be salvageable but their golden run from 2012-2018 is over for now. The COVID excuse doesn't cut it when no other Japanese promotion has the booking issues that NJPW does. |
| 348 | 29.07.2021 | Tenebrisk | 9.0 | |
| 349 | 27.07.2021 | alibjk77 | 10.0 | |
| 350 | 15.07.2021 | rariyavi | 8.0 | |
| 351 | 14.07.2021 | Jaden 101 Ken | 10.0 | |
| 352 | 12.07.2021 | halfwaygore | 9.0 | |
| 353 | 02.07.2021 | mcanator | 10.0 | |
| 354 | 30.06.2021 | hatmatic96 | 10.0 | |
| 355 | 23.06.2021 | PoggersChamp | 10.0 | |
| 356 | 05.06.2021 | Okaro143 | 9.0 | Out of all the major wrestling promotions, COVID hit NJPW the hardest. It still produces some of the best matches of the year but the overall quality of matches and feuds has been of lesser quality. Their shows are inconsistent and due to strict laws in Japan, it could halt at any given moment. That being said, the quality of wrestling produced by NJPW during the 2010s was undisputedly the greatest and imo it is still the greatest wrestling promotion of all time. |
| 357 | 02.06.2021 | Kung | 9.0 | I can safely say that if it wasn't for discovering New Japan back in 2015, I wouldn't be a wrestling fan today. The shows have been pretty terrible for most of this year, but I can't hate on this promotion for what it did to reignite my passion for this sport. |
| 358 | 02.06.2021 | BlakeFR37 | 10.0 | |
| 359 | 01.06.2021 | PrinceKenny | 10.0 | |
| 360 | 08.05.2021 | EhsanHardy2234 | 8.0 | |
| 361 | 07.05.2021 | Bigmax22 | 10.0 | |
| 362 | 06.05.2021 | booyakabooyaka619 | 10.0 | |
| 363 | 05.05.2021 | The A-Lister | 9.0 | The company with a long history that produced one of the best matches in wrestling history. The kingdom of strong style. |
| 364 | 02.05.2021 | Zaid | 10.0 | |
| 365 | 01.05.2021 | WrestlingStats1 | 9.0 | Assets: Boasts an awesome (and often times loyal) collection of wrestlers who can appeal to any wrestling fan. Has taken the appropriate action to grow their promotion beyond Japan (as evidenced by their presence in the United States, United Kingdom, and Oceania. ) Possesses a sports-oriented style of wrestling that can appeal to those who do not like "sports entertainment. " - - - Flaws: Does not possess the financial power of its main competitor. May be too reserved in tradition to ever establish their own women's division. Their creative process can be somewhat predictable a times. - - - Promotion Potential: International major league wrestling promotion with global-sized upside (Ed. note: For evaluation purposes, the IWGP and NEVER titles will be evaluated as major league titles while the STRONG titles will be evaluated as minor league titles until further notice. ) |
| 366 | 26.04.2021 | DarthVegeta777 | 10.0 | |
| 367 | 26.04.2021 | marexcel | 5.0 | Man muss New Japan Pro Wrestling lassen, dass es ihnen gelingt, in einer guten Regelmäßigkeit MOTYC in den Ring zu stellen. Um diese Prinzen zu bekommen, muss man aber dermaßen viele Kröten küssen, dass es anstrengt. Dass NJPW in der Pandemie-Zeit die Cards geschrumpft und die oft irre blasse Undercard etwas aufgefrischt hat, hat mir gut gefallen, aber mittlerweile sind da die alten Probleme zurück und ich gehe doch dazu über, nur noch einzelne Matches zu schauen, da mich das Gesamtprodukt mit seiner Berechenbarkeit, Linearität und geringen Abwechslung doch wirklich zu oft langweilt. Das ewige Schema F hat sich schnell abgenutzt und wenn man NJPW ein Jahr verfolgt, muss man schon diverse Lieblingswrestler haben, wenn man die Undercard und teils auch C-Events ohne Problem übersteht. Wie NJPW Stars aufbaut, funktioniert für mich nicht immer und hat auch nicht immer Hand und Fuß. Teils wirkt es wie Aktionismus, um aus den ansonsten sehr stringenten Hamsterrad auszubrechen. Oft weiß man vor dem G1 schon, wenn wohl die Blöcke gewinnen wird und spätestens, wenn die Cards veröffentlicht wird, wird man bestätigt. Der Mangel an guten Singles Matches außerhalb der Turniere und der großen Events hat mich immer gestört und so schaue ich mittlerweile nur noch einen Bruchteil der Shows. In der Leistungsspitze haben sie ebenfalls abgebaut, da so manche Entscheidung für mich einfach nicht mehr funktioniert. Bin gespannt, ob man nach der Pandemie wieder auf die Beine kommt, aber so ist das Produkt im Kern für mich durchschnittlich geworden. |
| 368 | 25.04.2021 | Target | 8.0 | |
| 369 | 21.04.2021 | MrOtaku2399 | 6.0 | new japan has had a very roller coaster like history. they had tons of great matches and moments through out it's history, but time and time again it's plagued by spurts of greatness met with terrible, god awful booking. First it was with Inoki and the Inokism era. then after that was the dark ages and so on. we finally had new japans golden era between 2011 till very recently in 2020. now though? it's plagued by stupid ideas, terrible boring and bland booking and just the worst possible decisions that could be made. not to mention the constant changes in presidents, it's no wonder they've done nothing but miss. |
| 370 | 18.04.2021 | JBWrestling | 9.0 | |
| 371 | 16.04.2021 | NeithZilong | 10.0 | The Best Pro-wrestling today. There is no denying that. Home of the amazing matches. Okada, Omega, Tanahashi, Ishii, Naito, Ibushi, Ospreay, really put their best of abilities. You want to show greatness, you want to watch greatness, you want to enjoy greatness, then NJPW is for you. Everything is great from wrestlers, matches, storytelling, events, you named it. Also, the Young Lions system is an incredible showcase of young talents. How could you not amazed by the atmosphere. Also, respectful crowd and knows what to shout or not. Love everything on this promotion. The best ever! |
| 372 | 15.04.2021 | BillyHoyle | 10.0 | |
| 373 | 10.04.2021 | Loki Hipster God | 10.0 | |
| 374 | 09.04.2021 | ExcitingProWrestlin3 | 6.0 | The booking is questionable, and whilst the talent may be some of the finest athletically tuned talent, overall theres something lacking there in terms of in ring work. Despite being amazing, it's just not ticking like it did when Okada had his historic IWGP run. |
| 375 | 06.04.2021 | Eghan Pate | 8.0 | |
| 376 | 06.04.2021 | Dooby | 7.0 | It's so strange, I still think New Japan is putting on some of the best pro-wrestling matches of any promotion in the world, but at the same time the promotion has just lost the plot in terms of direction and good storytelling. I won't totally doom post and say it's entering another dark ages and will soon go bankrupt, but we have definitely entered the Russo-era since last year. The promotion will probably continue to succeed despite it's creative flaws because of its talented roster, but the golden age is definitely long gone by now. |
| 377 | 02.04.2021 | VillainClub | 6.0 | NJPW ist wohl aktuell die beste Promotion der Welt. Auch wenn hier nicht alles Gold ist was glänzt. Besonders Jericho schadet dem Produkt in den letzten Jahren sehr. Zudem sind die Tag Team Divisionen quasi nicht vorhanden. Positiv sind dann wieder die vielen sehr, sehr guten Matches und starken Titel Regentschaften. (9 Punkte) Edit: 2021 New Japan hat stark nachgelassen, vieles von dem was die Company ausgezeichnet hat ist weg. Das booking ist fraglich, grade um Kota Ibushi. Mit Ibushi als Top Guy sind die Main Events nicht empfehlenswert. Die Titelregentschaften werden immer kürzen und die Champions unglaubwürdiger. Das alles Gipfelte in Ibushi als Champion der die beiden Wertvollsten Titel im Pro Wrestling, den IWGP Heavyweight und den IC TItel einstampfte. Der neue Titel ist ein Witz, besonders im vergleich zum Heavyweight Titel. Schade was aus New Japan geworden ist. |
| 378 | 22.03.2021 | AKR2 | 10.0 | |
| 379 | 18.03.2021 | Suprex | 9.0 | |
| 380 | 15.03.2021 | MikKeyEd | 8.0 | |
| 381 | 14.03.2021 | Brainbuster Rhymes | 8.0 | |
| 382 | 14.03.2021 | Hawksrule996 | 6.0 | New Japan is fun to watch but when you watch a lot of it you start seeing how formulaic it is I really want more variety from wrestling and there just is not enough there are too many pointless 6 man tag matches and too many skipable shows where nothing happens |
| 383 | 09.03.2021 | CurtCFC | 8.0 | |
| 384 | 08.03.2021 | shiraiandibushi | 10.0 | |
| 385 | 07.03.2021 | FightForever | 10.0 | Quite simply this is the very best wrestling promotion of all time! The best matches, amazing long term storytelling, amazing stables and teams, amazing titles, everything is just amazing! |
| 386 | 06.03.2021 | Dartrook | 10.0 | |
| 387 | 05.03.2021 | Cridddus | 9.0 | |
| 388 | 01.03.2021 | Bushidospirit22 | 8.0 | |
| 389 | 26.02.2021 | bruhkingsize | 8.0 | |
| 390 | 26.02.2021 | Burninghammercritic | 10.0 | Greatest wrestling promotion of all time. No other promotion puts on such high quality content as frequently as NJPW. Its a whole different breed of athlete in Japan and I love it. Its just where the magic happens. |
| 391 | 17.02.2021 | MR LARIATO | 10.0 | |
| 392 | 11.02.2021 | cal9099 | 10.0 | |
| 393 | 02.02.2021 | Dragon Master Adam | 9.0 | Nothing's perfect but NJPW is the closest you'll get in the 20's. Maybe a few too many ref bups atm, but they always produce the best matches and long-term stories of ant promotion in the world. |
| 394 | 27.01.2021 | AKR | 10.0 | |
| 395 | 11.01.2021 | chinomoreno | 8.0 | |
| 396 | 09.01.2021 | TeenageDirt | 9.0 | |
| 397 | 09.01.2021 | Dkdm89 | 10.0 | I've been watching NJPW regularly from 2014 and onward. Without a doubt do I believe it's the best pro wrestling organisation with patiently built storylines (with the greatest conclusions and rewards for the fans) and the best in-ring athleticism and performance. |
| 398 | 08.01.2021 | Kishikaisei37x | 10.0 | |
| 399 | 07.01.2021 | SpoiledPotatoes | 8.0 | |
| 400 | 01.01.2021 | ProLuke | 10.0 | |
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