#finjuice

[fang-revives]

@limbreaper pspsps finlay suffering pre heel turn

#god this match is extremely like. ok yeah he went insane for a reason #david finlay #juice robinson #finjuice #njpw

[imvgeswrestling]

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#finjuice #david finlay #juice robinson #njpw #out ring #no action #wrestling #male #tag teams #*mine

[elitehoe]

Now that David Finlay is in Bullet Club he and Juice can reunite FinJuice and cause chaos in aew and this is how I still win

#the finjuice stan in me is delusional but what's new #david finlay #juice robinson #finjuice #aew #aew lb

[eldesperadont]

it fuels my (horrible) finjuicejay polycule thoughts that Jay literally singled out Finlay as a weakness of both his and Juice, they are not normal about that man

#finlay and his J. besties that divorced him cause they are insecure and pathetic :) #no genuinely finlay was so married to both of them #yl finjay makes me so emotional #finjuice main roster tag run too #finjuicejay #percht.txt #wrestling ship stuff tag

[the-kipsabian]

but why havent anyone told david that juice broke up with him iM UPSET

#wrestling musing #been looking through davids socials since the news #and nope he just retweets njstrong news and likes his other friends' stuff #this is painful i cant handle it #(im taking this very heavy tbh finjuice is a thing that got me into impacts tag division and interested in strong. good precious tag babies #and now THIS #im fucking heartbroken man as cool as heel juice in bullet club will be)

[blaringloudandproud]

I JUST WOKE UP AND JUICE IS IN BULLET CLUB??

#pro wrestling #njpw #njpw spoilers #njpw dontaku #new japan pro wrestling #juice robinson #bullet club #what does this mean for finjuice #cause i dont think david’s gonna be keen on joining the club

[debbiechanclub]

This match is SO WEIRD given how things are now

#watching finjuice vs g.o.d. #like who would have thought back then that finlay would be leader of bc #also I'm so glad he learned how to take care of his beard because it was Bad #but I'm still obsessed with him it doesn't matter

[codchrist]

David Finlay is the new Bullet club leader?

So FinJuice is Bullet Club

@imswitchbabemox @switchbabedoll

[elphantasmo]

Juice knows about Finlay whacking Jay in the head. He was at Battle in the Valley. So maybe it's not Jay coming in but Adam Cole situation? Or something else? But, like, Juice was there. Juice is the direct reason Kenta won. Plus, like, FinJuice. I don't think the BC is about Jay now (on second thought)

#aew lb

[fang-revives]

Finally watching Finlay vs. Juice at the G1 2022 -- good shit good shit

#this match is 10x more awesome now that I am plugged in to the long game of their story #finjuice #njpw

[darkesttimelinejeffparker]

Ok hi I'm sort of new to njpw I need to know as much as you can tell me. Who is will Osprey, who is Okada, who is juice. Is Bullet club still a thing. I just need to know any and everything you can tell me and other people can chime in as well I just need to be educated on njpw

So I am giving really basic answers because we're talking about +10 years of history for a lot of this so it's like top lines details because it's hard for me to get into explaining a lot without suddenly having dozens of matches and segments for folks to watch.

I think the best way to figure out NJPW is to check out some matches, especially of the guys that interest you. Their website is a mess, but some matches are up for free without membership and others are on YouTube, their Roku App, and if you have cable AXSTV.

Honestly, I think they're building to Forbidden Door in a way that's accessible for people who aren't familiar with NJPW so no one needs to know everything. Don't let the fact that there are so many new names, faces, and storylines potentially here overwhelm you. I think you'll be able to jump in fine with limited knowledge.

I am probably less helpful than a Wikipedia article right now. But this is basically who the people/groups you asked about are, if there's a match to recommend to show their style or explaining how you'll be seeing them soon/how they've been talked about recently on AEW:

eta: went back in and added a couple sentences about Juice before I forgot to include something for him.

Will Ospreay is a British wrestler, he is currently REVPro's British Heavyweight Champion and has held belts across multiple promotions including ROH and NJPW. He's the leader of the faction United Empire, which includes Jeff Cobb, TJP, Great-O-Khan, Mark Davis, and Kyle Fletcher, the latter two tag as Aussie Open and will be in a match with FTR and Trent on Friday. He held the IWGP World Heavyweight Title before vacating due to an injury. Most recently, he had matches at Windy City Riot against Moxley and also a fourway match at Capital Collision with Moxley, Juice Robinson, and Tanahashi worth checking out for his style. Ospreay is divisive -- a lot of people dislike him.

Okada is the current IWGP World Heavyweight Champion. He's the leader of Chaos, the stable that Rocky Romero invited Best Friends and Friends into around the time started making AEW appearances. His matches with Kenny (there have been four) are some of my all-time favorites, especially their 2 out of 3 falls match in 2018 and their Wrestle Kingdom 11 match. Hangman called him out tonight for the IWGP title, and that's when Cole got involved. I can't think of an Okada match I wouldn't recommend, tbh.

Yes, Bullet Club is still a thing. Jay White, who Adam Cole referenced tonight and who has shown up on AEW a few times including his match against Trent earlier in the year, has been their leader since 2018. Bullet Club is now comprised of the Good Brothers, Hikuleo, Chris Bey, El Phantasmo, Taiji Ishimori, Bad Luck Fale, Juice Robinson, Ace Austen, members of their sub-group, House of Torture, and Ch*se Owens. The Good Brothers entered back into the scene after Jay White betrayed Tama Tonga (Bullet Club OG) and Tanga Loa, older brothers of Hikuleo. NJPW Strong's early episodes has some solid matches of older iterations of the Bullet Club for free on YouTube, big man matches worth checking out. The betrayal of Tama and T (GoD) started on Impact. Regardless, with many former BC members, history with Jay White and Kenny, Hikuleo pairing with the Undisputed Elite last week, and Adam's history with Kenny especially by BTE canon, I'm sure the girls will be fighting eventually.

Juice Robinson is David Finlay’s former tag team partner where they worked and held belts as FinJuice. He left recently, citing his contract was up, only to appear again and join Bullet Club without David. He’s also engaged to Toni.

#amanda talks wrestling

[elitehoe]

Juice Robinson joined Bullet Club what the fuck?!?

#but finjuice 🥺 #juice did not just join david's forever enemies faction... #I'm fine I swear #I'm only crying causr I've been up for at least 26 hours... yea lets go with that #juice robinson #wrestling dontaku #njpw #njpw lb

[wrestlingisfake]

G1 Climax night 6 preview

Juice Robinson (1-0, 2pts) vs. David Finlay (0-1, 0pts) - This is for 2 points in D Block. Robinson still has the IWGP United States title belt and he will probably continue to claim to be the real champion until Will Ospreay gets his hands on him. Actually, I'm curious what happens if somebody beats Juice before he faces Ospreay. If Finlay wins here, would he just take the belt? Would he issue a challenge to Ospreay? Who knows.

Finaly and Robinson came up together through the New Japan dojo and usually ended up teaming together as FinJuice. The duo had been doing pretty well as of late, until Juice suddenly gave a bit of a farewell address back in April 16. Then on May 1, he unexpectedly returned as a heel and member of Bullet Club. So although FinJuice was implicitly broken up, there was no betrayal per se with Finlay. Nevertheless, this is Finlay's big chance to settle his differences with his former friend.

The fact this match is closing the show is surprising. Granted, the other block matches aren't all that hot, but Juice is just starting to be taken seriously as a rising star, and Finlay has always been treated like a prelim guy. If Juice just beats Finlay, then I don't see the point of ending the show with this. If Finlay beats Juice, then that makes more sense. But it's hard to imagine Finlay getting a win like that right now, so this one is tough to call.

Lance Archer (0-1, 0pts) vs. Tom Lawlor (0-0, 0pts) - Lawlor is the very last guy in A Block who hasn't wrestled a block match yet. Both men are looking for their first two points. I'm assuming this is their first one-on-one match, given that Lawlor started with New Japan's STRONG brand shortly after Archer left New Japan to work for AEW.

I'm not sure where Lawlor fits on the pecking order with the domestic NJPW roster. In the US, he spent over a year as the STRONG champion, dominating the US-based roster, but the only main roster didn't really challenge him except for old-timers like Yuji Nagata and Satoshi Kojima. If Lawlor beats Archer, then that demonstrates NJPW takes him seriously among the midcard. If Archer wins, I don't think that cuts Lawlor off at the knees, but he'll need a big win to prove he belongs at this level.

I feel like Archer should win, although Lawlor could steal a victory with some cheap heel tactics. An 0-2 start for Archer would be rough, but then again I never expected him to win the block.

KENTA (0-1, 0pts) vs. EVIL (0-0, 0pts) - This is a C Block match for 2 points. Everyone else in the block has already wrestled at least once, but Evil is just starting. On paper these two are teammates in Bullet Club, but Evil's House of Torture has become rather isolated from Kenta and the rest of the group.

This match comes down to which guy can cheat to win first, and in a battle of fuck finishes my money is on Evil. A loss here would put Kenta at 0-2, and he's almost certain to take a third loss, in that I can't believe he'll beat both Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tetsuya Naito.

Great-O-Khan (0-0, 0pts) vs. Chase Owens (0-1, 0pts) - Khan is the last wrestler to make his debut in B Block. As usual, 2 points are on the line. Chase debuted in last year's tournament and scored a big win over Tanahashi, but I still can't take him seriously at this level. Khan should utterly dismantle this dude.

Jay White & Bad Luck Fale & El Phantasmo & Gedo vs. Tetsuya Naito & Shingo Takagi & SANADA & BUSHI - I guess this match previews Takagi vs. Phantasmo on August 12, but that's a ways off. The big story here is that Phantasmo stole Yujiro Takahashi's girl PIETER on the July 24 show. Knowing ELP, he'll dress her up in baggy coveralls or a barrel or something. Gedo is probably here to lose the match, but I suppose Bushi could lose too.

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi & TAKA Michinoku - Tanahashi vs. Sabre is set for July 30. Okada and Tanahashi are something of a dream team, although I don't know that they ever really accomplished anything as a duo. Sabre and Taichi have had a good run as team in recent years. I can't recall ever seeing Tana-Okada vs. Dangerous Tekkers before, so that could be something worth exploring here. Taka will presumably lose the fall, though.

Will Ospreay & Jeff Cobb & Aaron Henare vs. Hirooki Goto & Tama Tonga & Jado - This is a preivew of Goto vs. Henare on July 27. Seeing Goto with Tama and Jado is kind of weird. It shouldn't be, because Goto is in CHAOS, which is friendly with the "home team." I just still can't get used to Tama and Jado being aligned with Hontai, because I keep thinking they're still Bullet Club. The United Empire team will probably pin Jado to win.

Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano vs. JONAH & Bad Dude Tito - We already saw Yano vs. Jonah a while back, but this is a good excuse to see Ishii and Jonah in the ring together. Ishii and Yano would appear to be an unlikely duo, but once you've seen them team together a few times you just go with it. Tito is here to eat the pin.

Yujiro Takahashi & SHO vs. Yuto Nakashima & Kosei Fujita - Yujiro's next block match is July 27 against Will Ospreay. I'm really curious to assess Yuj's state of mind after Phantasmo stole Pieter away from him. Will he go on like nothing happened, or will he be too distracted to fight? Not that it affects the outcome of this match. Nakashima and Fujita are Young Lions, so Sho could win this match all by himself if he had to.

#njpw #g1 climax

[eldesperadont]

Juice vs Moxley??!

#wait thatd be a rematch right #they fought for the iwgp us title before or?? #also ooo.. both of finjuice having fought aew champions on TV :') #aew lb

[the-kipsabian]

"it wasnt as much betrayal as it was ghosting" 💀💀💀

#wrestling musing #i sure came here today for finjuice fighting like this asdfghjkl

[uselessshit13]

January 4

51 Jackie Nichols mwa junior heavyweight champion

52 Jimmy Munlack Canadian middleweight champion

55 Herb Welch Lee Fields gulf coast southern tag champs

58 Emile Ernie Dusek NWA Midwest tag champs

60 Firpo Zybysko Louisiana champion

60 Corsica Jean and Joe Memphis southern tag champs

63 Tony Borne Texas brassnucks champion

65 Lou Thesz wwa new Mexico champion

66 Dan Hodge NWA junior heavyweight champion

66 ripper Collins johnny barend Hawaii tag champs

71 Infernos Florida tag champs

74 Dick Dunn Alabama champion

74 Bob Brown Central states champion

76 Interns Memphis southern tag champs

80 lioness asuka all Japan junior title

81 jay Youngblood pacific northwest champion

81 lioness Asuka all Japan junior title

86 arn Anderson nwa TV champ

88 Terry Gordy Buddy Roberts Iceman Parsons world class 6 man champs

89 Madusa iwa champion

89 Eric Embry world class junior heavyweight champion

90 bull nakano wwwa single title

91 lizmark nwa light heavyweight champion

92 Riki choshu iwgp champion

93 jushin liger iwgp junior heavyweight champion

94 hell raisers iwgp tag champs

96 jushin liger iwgp junior champion

96 Nobuhiko Takada iwgp champion

97 Masahiro Chono hiroyoshi tenzan iwgp tag champs

97 jushin liger j crown champ

99 hulk hogan WCW champion

99 kenji muto iwgp champion

99 hiroyoshi tenzan Satoshi Kojima iwgp tag champs

00 kensuke Sasaki iwgp champion

00 Kamen Kulshimbo Osaka best attraction champ

00 rumi kazama Sawai eagle carol midori llpw 6 person champs

00 manami Toyota wwwa single champion

00 super delfin Osaka champion

01 kensuke Sasaki iwgp champion

01 Las cachorras oreintales wwwa tag champs

02 Brett Bonz nwa southwest TV champ

02 rumi kazama takako inoue wwwa tag champs

04 shinsuke nakamura nwf champion

04 jushin liger ghc cruiserweight champion

04 caprice Coleman nwa Georgia wildside TV champ

04 amazing Kong sew wwwa single champion

04 saki maemura karoi youneyama all Japan tag champs

05 shinsuke nakamura iwgp u 30 openweight champion

05 tiger mask iwgp junior heavyweight champion

08 shinsuke nakamura iwgp champion

09 hiroshi Tanahashi iwgp heavyweight champion

09 tiger mask iwgp junior heavyweight champion

09 team 3d iwgp tag champs

10 odb tna ko champion

10 awesome Kong Hamada tna ko tag champs

10 no limit iwgp tag champs

10 naomichi manufuji iwgp junior heavyweight champion

11 Kofi Kingston WWE intercontinental champion

11 hiroshi Tanahashi iwgp champion

12 Satoshi Kojima hiroyoshi tenzan iwgp tag champs

14 Kota ibushi iwgp junior heavyweight champion

14 Marcus Anthony ovw champion

14 good brothers iwgp tag champs

14 Ricky Morton nwa junior heavyweight champion

14 satoshi Kojima nwa champion

14 Lei d tapa ovw women's champion

15 hiro oki goto katsuyori Shirakawa iwgp tag champs

15 Kenny omega iwgp junior heavyweight champion

15 ray Gonzalez wwc universal champion

16 togi makabe tomoaki homma iwgp tag champs

16 tora yano the Briscoes never openweight 6 champs

16 kushida iwgp junior heavyweight champion

16 miyu yamashita Tokyo princess of princess champion

17 Adam Cole roh champion

17 hiromu takashi iwgp junior heavyweight champion

17 toru yano tomohiro Ishi iwgp tag champs

18 will osprey iwgp junior heavyweight champion

18 sanada evil iwgp tag champs

18 miyu yamashita Tokyo princess of princess champion

19 juice Robinson iwgp us champion

19 hiroshi Tanahashi iwgp champion

19 taiji iwgp junior heavyweight champion

19 evil sanada iwgp tag champs

20 finjuice iwgp tag champs

20 hiromu Takahashi iwgp junior heavyweight champion

20 go shiozaki ghc heavyweight champion

20 Jon moxley iwgp us champion

21 guerrilla of destiny iwgp tag champs

21 Kota ibushi iwgp heavyweight champion

22 hirooki goto yoshi hashi iwgp tag champs

22 Bron breaker nxt champion

22 kazuchika Okada iwgp champion

22 maki ito ddt international princess

19 Zach Sabre jr rpw British champion

22 evil never openweight champion

18 young bucks iwgp jr tag champs

17 baretta rocky Romero iwgp Jr tag champs

16 young bucks iwgp Jr tag champs