#njpw wrestling

[xomegaman]

[drrav3nb]

GET TO KNOW ME MEME: favourite Cody Rhodes era - NJPW/ROH

Perception is no longer reality. Reality is reality. And the reality is that I am the leader of the Bullet Club and that I am the hero in this story.

[ppolppool]

🐻🍓

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Happy Valentine's Day wrestling nerds

[elitehanitje]

Dickhead!

[heelstylerollins]

Let's continue. Don't need darkness.

Fans need you. We need you.

Your smile is shining🫶

It's okay even if it's hard right now. Absolutely fine. Because we're friends, we can always be your strength. [ENG Translation]

[cashordashdoesntmatter]

Gabe Kidd, so sexy

[bullet-clubs-bitch]

Oh! I had a prompt idea for Zack

Can you please do on where Y/N is a jui jutsu practitioner & Y/N is getting a belt promotion & then Z realizes how much her body goes through and wants to pamper her?

Namaste

Zack Sabre Jr X Fem Reader Main Masterlist

An: I don't like the way this turned out but I was having some pretty bad writers block

Looking in the mirror I wondered if I should cancel my date with Zack. My left eye was bruised and my lip was busted. Makeup could only do so much, I didn’t want people to stare at us in public. Against my own judgment, I decided to go out with Zack, it wound’t be the first time he saw me battered and bruised. Although it was normally the other way around. Despite my appearance, I tried to still look my best for the occasion. All was going well until it started to rain. Of course, it would rain, why wouldn’t it? 

Tonight I planned to take Y/n out on a date. I knew how hard she had been working and I wanted to do something special for her tonight. When Y/n arrived I was a bit taken back. “Do I look that bad?” She asked “You should see the other person” As I watched Y/n walk into the room I could see just what kind of state she was in. She had a black eye and a busted lip that she tried to cover with makeup. She walked with a slight limp, her hair was wet from the rain. “What happened?” I asked “Well, as you know I was supposed to get my black belt. The guy I was fighting was a real asshole, it got very personal and very real very fast. I had to stand my ground you know” I wasn’t surprised by her response. “Maybe we should stay in tonight? It’s all gross outside. When was the last time I cooked for you?” “You don’t have to do that, I’m fine to go out Zack,” she said. “But I want to, cone on Y/n. It would be like old times” I could tell that she was hesitant at first but she gave in. 

I decided to prepare a vegetable stirfry, some stuffed peppers and a sweet potato mash. As we sat at the table and caught up I found myself studying Y/n like she was a book. I noticed the bruising on her knuckles, the scab on the bridge of her nose. It made me glad we decided to stay inside this evening. After our meal, we relaxed on the couch and ended up watching some old matches. 

Even though the night didn't go the way I had originally planned, it was nice having a lazy evening. Sometimes, all you need is a home-cooked meal and good company after a hard day at work.

[wrestlinghistorywithkay]

PSA: If you are bashing younger fans for not knowing a certain wrestling move or not knowing who legends are and or what promotions are outside of WWE from then and now , you are just mean! Why not educate others about the history of pro wrestling instead of bullying them.

[h2dk-tumblz]

That was a pop

[barbedwirepens]

Fake (A Love Letter To Professional Wrestling)

I have been wanting to write something like this for ages. Professional wrestling has been such a big part of my life and I just wanted to write something to capture it.

“There are times where I watch wrestling and I don’t understand how everyone doesn’t love it. And then there’s other times where I watch wrestling and I don’t know how anyone likes it.”

-Chuck Taylor 

I was introduced to the crazy world of professional wrestling at a young age. Most of my earliest memories are dominated by it. I’m four years old watching money with JBL’s face on it rain down from the ceiling with my dad. Rey Mysterio soared across my television screen like a real-life superhero. I have pictures of me dressed in a one-piece bathing suit with one of the straps pulled down because I wanted to be just like The Big Show. 

And then I’m four and a half years old learning about death for the first time. In November 2005, my absolute favorite wrestler, Eddie Guerrero, had died in his Minneapolis hotel room. I remember sitting cross-legged on the floor looking up at my TV as the tribute episodes aired. 

Professional wrestling can be anything to anyone- as it had been to me growing up. There is so much to love and admire about it. 

Those men and women put their lives and bodies on the line whenever they step through those ropes. They spend countless hours on planes, missing holidays, birthdays, and other family events. 

All of that for us. 

And that’s not even mentioning the different styles of wrestling that they bring to the table. 

Do you want to see aerial acrobatics and moves that you’ve never thought possible? Then you can look at lucha libre and the likes of Rey Mysterio, Bandito, El Hijo del Vikingo, and Juventud Guerra. 

Wrestlers like Bryan Danielson and Bret Hart bring more technicality to their matches. They will put their opponents in holds that you are sure will break their bones. 

There’s also such a variety of gimmicks and body types in this sport. 

And despite what many may say- 

They all deserve to be celebrated. 

You can watch men like Orange Cassidy and Eddie Guerrero battle beasts like Big Bill and Brock Lesnar. Both of those examples are quite literally David vs. Goliath scenarios. And let’s just say that I am always a sucker for those matches. It is always satisfying to see the underdog come out on top. 

So far, I have discussed the wrestlers that put on the matches we see- not the stories they bring to life. 

One of my favorite (and perhaps my all-time favorite) storylines is the saga that occurred between Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks, and ‘Hangman’ Adam Page. 

When I discovered that storyline, I was on the verge of quitting watching wrestling altogether. I just wasn’t interested in it anymore and it was no longer fun to tune in. 

That story single handedly pulled me back in. 

I had never seen something like that before. In a sport where the men and women have to act tough all the time- I had never seen a story where they were allowed to be vulnerable. 

Hangman had literally hit rock bottom.

He lost his friends, tag title, and was hiding away from anyone that dared to get close to him. And what made it more compelling was the fact that he wasn’t blameless, either. 

Hangman held Nick’s leg and cost them a shot at the tag titles. Which resulted in him getting kicked out of The Elite. 

But Kenny and The Bucks returned their betrayal and hurt in kind. 

And the culmination of it all with Hangman defeating Kenny for the men’s world championship was the absolute cherry on top. There was all the potential in the world. 

(Which got squashed by the way- but that’s a story for another day.) 

For my entire life, I heard that professional wrestling was fake. It was something that I always hated. 

However, professional wrestling is anything but. 

The injuries are never fake.

And the escapism that it provides isn’t fake, either. 

It’s always there when you have had a bad day. 

It’s there when you have nothing and no one else. 

On that note, I would like to leave you all with a quote from the late, great Windham Rotunda. Who, I believe, encapsulates everything about professional wrestling so well: 

“Wrestling is not a love story- it’s much more. It’s hope. And in a world surrounded in hate, greed, and violence- a world where closure may never come… We all know a place that has hot and cold hope on tap.” 

[xomegaman]

A showdown with Gabe Kidd at Tokyo Dome!

"AEW" Kenny Omega returns to New Japan!

"WRESTLE DYNASTY"

January 5, 2025 (Sunday) Start: 13:00 (1pm usa time!)

[drrav3nb]

CHALLENGERS (dir. Luca Guadagnino) KENNY OMEGA v KOTA IBUSHI v CODY RHODES (NJPW 2018)

Bonus: (insp by these tags from @justaskingtoask on this post):

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NJPW Battle in The Valley || February 18 - 2023

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[hirosejen]

Wrestle Kingdom is coming 🔥