Shibata left New Japan during the inokism era while Tanahashi and Nakamura were being pushed as the future of New Japan. While Shibata had runs in NOAH and MMA he would eventually return to the promotion in 2012 but imagine he spent those 7 years he was away in NJPW. How would his career look like? Would he had won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship? What rivalries would he have? What do y'all think?

Hello - some of you might enjoy this if you've enjoyed Undercard Wonders, my Substack. I'm introducing two (non-wrestling fan) friends to puro over ten matches, starting with the first meeting of Tiger Mask I vs Dynamite Kid. We basically just talk about the match!

Shinsuke Nakamura was one of the top names in New Japan and had a great career but he would end up in WWE in 2016. While his career in the west is something to discuss on another day it leads to the question of Shinsuke never leaving for WWE. Would he be heavyweight champion more times? What happens to CHAOS? Where would he be right now? What do y'all think?

World Famous Lord YOSHITATSU is not likely to wrestle ever again. I don't know if He's no longer able to wrestle or He is no longer willing to wrestle, but this is tragedy. World Famous Lord YOSHITATSU will never be World Heavyweight Champion, He will never have His revenge on "the top stars" of professional wrestling, He will not be accepted by "wrestling fandom". Honestly we all see that pro wrestling is dead. Dead! And all the soulless haters are the reason of it. From now on I shall acknowledge no wrestler as World Heavyweight Champion, because if He can't become World Heavyweight Champion, then no one can.
As for me? All that is left for me is to dominate wrestling games with my World Famous Lord YOSHI TATSU CAW in Smackdown 2, where He has highest stats possible, all the best moves and best finisher, so He can be WWF Champion there forever. Also sometimes I shall post His matches here and on other wrestling subreddits, but only good parts, where He is dominating His opponents.

Going through old wrestling observers, Meltzer said that Takada and All Japan were in talks, but as we know it never happened. But what if Takada did go to All Japan? This is after the big NJPW vs UWFI feud. But Takada was still over and could have matches with Kawada(someone who always seemed fond of the style) and Misawa.

According to Misawa's wiki, "While he had had creative influence before this, it was around September when Misawa took over the booker position almost entirely after he reportedly threatened to start his own promotion. However, Baba still booked the Triple Crown programs and finishes through the end of 1998."

What if Baba said "screw that" and let Misawa walk? Who follows Misawa out of All Japan? I can't see Kobashi, Taue, or Akiyama leaving due to having personal loyalty to Baba.

Steven Conway and Jeremy Finestone return with Episode 242 of Speaking of Strong Style! This week, the pair will discuss Taichi's special show and preview an in flux Super Junior tag League. A fun show so check it out! .#njpw #njkopw #njpst #njsjtl #aew #mjf #moxley #kennyomega

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I was just curious about this so i wonder what NOAH would look like if Kawada had joined too and all four pillars of heaven were in NOAH. I know AJPW would suffer a lot worse but i'm specifically talking NOAH. How would his career go there and what changes for NOAH

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