Recommend some shows / matches available on New Japan World.

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Partially asking since I have the rest of the subscription I got for Wrestle Kingdom sitting likely to otherwise go untouched, mostly to stimulate some more discussion on this board.

If nothing else I'm going to go ahead and post the link to All In here because (while I haven't actually watched it yet; forgot about it the night it actually happened) it's a well-received show and is a bitch to find on their service. I eventually had to search for Chicago to get it.

njpwworld.com/p/s_archive_108_1_all

["Sweet & Sour" ImSoFudginGreat]

I always recommend Okada vs Shibata from Sakura Genesis 2017. One of my favourite matches of Okada’s reign as champion.

[BRAINFADE]

Go and check out some matches with Kensuke Sasaki from the late 90s/early 00s, in particular his Dome match with Tenryu and his two absolute classics with Kawada. Sasaki was brilliant and doesn't get talked about nearly as much as he deserves.

[mattyc]

Minoru Suzuki vs. Yuji Nagata from the first Wrestle Kingdom (2007) is one that I highly recommend.

If you fancy seeing a great Jr. vs. Heavyweight bout, check out Jushin Liger vs. Shinya Hashimoto from Feb 24th 1994.

If you want something really early from the archives, check out the 1973 Two out of Three falls Tag pitting Antonio Inoki and Seiji Sakaguchi against Karl Gotch and Lou Thesz.

If you've never seen any of the original Tiger Mask, check out the classics he had with the Dynamite Kid, and a personal favourite of mine, his match with Steve Wright.

[The Spelunker!]

Obvious answer, but Omega/Okada, any of them. They’re real good, and build off each other well.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

The 1994 Super J Cup might be the best professional wrestling tournament of all time

Look at these f***ing brackets

Black Tiger (Eddie Guerrero)
Taka Michinoku

Dean Malenko
Gedo

Shinjiro Otani
Super Delfin

Ricky Fuji
Negro Casas

Hayabusa
Jushin Liger

Masayoshi Motegi
El Samurai


If that wasn't enough, Wild Pegasus (Chris Benoit) and Great Sasuke had byes into the quarterfinals.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

Here is a list of every five star NJPW match, circa 2/6/18 when I last posted it. I don't know if they are all on NJPW World.


Taken from here, if you actually want a readable format.

www.profightdb.com/top-rated-matches.html

+7 Sat, Jun 9th 2018 NJPW Dominion 6.9 In Osaka-Jo Hall Kenny Omega Kazuchika Okada 2 out of 3 falls
+6.25 Sun, Jun 11th 2017 NJPW Dominion 6.11 Kazuchika Okada Kenny Omega
+6 Sat, Aug 12th 2017 NJPW G1 Climax 2017 - Day 18 Kenny Omega Kazuchika Okada
+6 Wed, Jan 4th 2017 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom XI Kazuchika Okada Kenny Omega
+6 Fri, Jun 3rd 1994 AJPW Budokan Hall Show (Jun '94) Mitsuharu Misawa Toshiaki Kawada
+5.75 Sun, Aug 12th 2018 NJPW G1 Climax 2018 - Day 19 Hiroshi Tanahashi Kota Ibushi G1 CLIMAX FINAL
+5.75 Sun, Aug 13th 2017 NJPW G1 Climax 2017 - Day 19 Tetsuya Naito Kenny Omega G1 CLIMAX FINAL
+5.5 Sat, Aug 11th 2018 NJPW G1 Climax 2018 - Day 18 Kota Ibushi Kenny Omega
+5.5 Sat, Aug 4th 2018 NJPW G1 Climax 2018 - Day 14 Tomohiro Ishii Kenny Omega
+5.5 Mon, Jun 4th 2018 NJPW Best of the Super Juniors XXV - Day 14 Hiromu Takahashi Taiji Ishimori
+5.5 Fri, May 4th 2018 NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2018 - Day 2 Kazuchika Okada Hiroshi Tanahashi
+5 Sat, Dec 15th 2018 NJPW Road to Tokyo Dome 2019 - Day 2 Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega Will Ospreay, Hiroshi Tanahashi
+5 Fri, Aug 10th 2018 NJPW G1 Climax 2018 - Day 17 Hiroshi Tanahashi Kazuchika Okada
+5 Sat, Jul 21st 2018 NJPW G1 Climax 2018 - Day 6 Tomohiro Ishii Hirooki Goto
+5 Sun, Apr 1st 2018 NJPW Sakura Genesis 2018 Will Ospreay Marty Scurll
+5 Sun, Mar 25th 2018 NJPW Strong Style Evolved Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega Nick Jackson, Matt Jackson
+5 Thu, Jan 4th 2018 NJPW WrestleKingdom 12 Kenny Omega Chris Jericho no disqualification
+5 Fri, Aug 11th 2017 NJPW G1 Climax 2017 - Day 17 Tetsuya Naito Hiroshi Tanahashi
+5 Sat, Jun 3rd 2017 NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 2017 - Day 14 KUSHIDA Will Ospreay
+5 Sun, Apr 9th 2017 NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017 Kazuchika Okada Katsuyori Shibata
+5 Sat, Feb 11th 2017 NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka 2017 Tetsuya Naito Michael Elgin
+5 Sat, Aug 13th 2016 NJPW G1 Climax 26 - Day 18 Kenny Omega Tetsuya Naito
+5 Sat, Aug 6th 2016 NJPW G1 Climax 26 - Day 13 Tomohiro Ishii Kazuchika Okada
+5 Mon, Jan 4th 2016 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10 Kazuchika Okada Hiroshi Tanahashi
+5 Sun, Aug 16th 2015 NJPW G1 Climax 25 - Day 19 Hiroshi Tanahashi Shinsuke Nakamura G1 CLIMAX FINAL
+5 Sat, Feb 14th 2015 NJPW The New Beginning In Sendai '15 Tomohiro Ishii Tomoaki Honma
+5 Sun, Jan 4th 2015 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9 Shinsuke Nakamura Kota Ibushi
+5 Sun, Sep 21st 2014 NJPW Destruction In Kobe '14 Hiroshi Tanahashi Katsuyori Shibata
+5 Mon, Oct 14th 2013 NJPW King of Pro Wrestling '13 Kazuchika Okada Hiroshi Tanahashi
+5 Sat, Aug 3rd 2013 NJPW G1 Climax 23 - Day 4 Tomohiro Ishii Katsuyori Shibata
+5 Sat, Apr 6th 2013 NJPW Invasion Attack Kazuchika Okada Hiroshi Tanahashi
+5 Mon, Oct 8th 2012 NJPW King of Pro Wrestling Hiroshi Tanahashi Minoru Suzuki
+5 Thu, Jun 5th 1997 NJPW Best of the Super Juniors IV - Day 17 El Samurai Koji Kanemoto
+5 Sat, Apr 16th 1994 NJPW Super J Cup '94 Wild Pegasus The Great Sasuke
+5 Thu, Apr 30th 1992 NJPW Sumo Hall Show (Apr '92) Jushin Thunder Liger El Samurai
+5 Fri, Aug 9th 1991 NJPW G1 Climax '91 - Day 3 Keiji Mutoh Big Van Vader
+5 Thu, Apr 21st 1983 NJPW Sumo Hall Show (Apr '83) Tiger Mask I Dynamite Kid

[AdamAFL was sooooo wrong]

El Samurai vs. Koji Kanemoto from the 97 BOSJ Final.

MiSu vs. Tana from King of Pro Wrestling 2012.

Hashimoto vs. Takada from Battle Formation '96.

[Tea & Crumpets]

You really can't go wrong with most G1 matches between notable names. The 2017 G1 had a number of matches I felt everybody slept on, obviously the final rocked but also Omega/Suzuki, Ibushi/Tanahashi and Ibushi/Naito. It was a very front-loaded tournament.

Any of the Tanahashi vs Suzuki matches over the years rock, each tells a fantastic story of its own- both of last year's are beautiful turning points in one of the best babyface fall-and-resurrection angles I've ever seen. Honestly on that note, I'd watch all of Tanahashi's big matches last year- vs Jay White at Wrestle Kingdom, vs Suzuki at New Beginning, most of his New Japan Cup run but definitely the final, him facing Okada to take back the record, and of the G1 him against Suzuki, White, and Okada again plus the final. The repeat opponents don't feel like it, because each match is so completely different, and run together it's one hell of a story.

Ibushi & Omega vs Apollo 55 (Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi) at Destruction 2010 is a great match too, won the Best Match of the Year award in Tokyo Sports, essentially their equivalent of Match of the Year. Really shows what Taguchi can do when he's not...well. Current Taguchi.

I second the Sasaki recommendation, might be sacrilege but the dude is on the same tier as the Four Pillars for me.

Also Muta/Hase is worth a watch if only to see the origin of the Muta Scale.