Talk:New Japan Pro-Wrestling

Foreign Legends

Shouldn't this list be revised? Rather then actual legends it seems to just be a list of well known Foreigners who worked for NJPW. There's a few who perhaps have their place but there's also people like Giant Bernard who've only been with the company for 6 months and other then winning the New Japan Cup hasn't done anything particularly notable. Even Stan Hansen can't really be considered a Foreign Legend, he's a legend in Puroresu but that's mostly due to his work in All Japan. --Kiltman67 20:49, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

Hansen did win a major title in NJPW (the NWF title when it actually meant something) and feuded with Inoki in the process so he counts. Surge79uwf 22:37, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Sister To CMLL

Is New Japan Pro Wrestling a sister promotion to CMLL and if it isnt erase of CMLL page

NWA

I thought NJPW wasn't a member of the NWA anymore. If this is true then the article needs to be changed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.202.130.33 (talk) 10:11, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

No they are an affiliate member.--DanteAgusta (talk) 19:13, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

NJPW iPPV did not broadcast internationally

My edit was automatically reverted back to incorrectly saying that the 8/4 iPPV was available worldwide. The 8/4 iPPV was originally reported that it would be internationally available, but that report was incorrect and the blogger who originally announced it, enuhito, apologized but correctly reported that owner Kidani announced he will broadcast internationally on Ustream in the future.

From enuhito's blog (links at the bottom)

以下木谷会長のコメント引用 I quote Kidani's comments as below

木谷「ニコ動でやったＰＰＶも、ほんとの有料課金は大した数ないですけども、一回でも見に来てくれた人が２万人。海外でも非常に要望が強いんで、今度はユーストリームで海外向けのＰＰＶやろうかなと思ってます。日程はまだ決まってないですけども、やっぱり世界何十カ国からインターネットＰＰＶで見に来たとしたら、これは日本のコンテンツで世界何十カ国から課金収入があるというのはありえないですよ。特にスポーツでは。だからそれがもしあると、テレ朝の社内でさらに一段階上がるんじゃないですかね。ネットＰＰＶで海外から課金があるというのはすごいことなんで。いろんな海外のサイトが書いてくれてますからね、ネットＰＰＶ始めたということで。なんでちょっと新しく時代は変わるかなと思いますね。」

Kidani 「The first iPPV of NicoNico video was seen over 20,000 people. It was only available in Japan. But a lot of foreign NJPW fans requested me to expand worldwide. So I think next will be Ustream which is available world wide. I have not decided when. If a lot of people from many countried pay iPPV of NJPW, it would be incredible! So if it happens, TV asahi which broadcasts NJPW see pro-wrestling go next step. So many people from the world paying IPPV is very important. If NJPW start iPPV available world wide, many foreign web site will report the news.So I think this is new era. 」

Sources: http://blog.livedoor.jp/hbkidcool/archives/51858900.html http://sportsnavi.yahoo.co.jp/fight/other/live/2012/2012081201/11.html

So get rid of that line because your source was wrong, it's not true and I know first hand. It was region locked to Japan even if you bought "Nico Points" from the website nicovideo.jp which they broadcasted it on. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.72.254.7 (talk) 01:13, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Sports entertainment

I'm assuming from the current article [1] that NJPW is a sports entertainment organisation, rather than an organisation involved in competitive wrestling.

But the lead is not clear on this point. It links to the professional wrestling page but that's not sufficient IMO, the text itself should make it clear one way or another. Andrewa (talk) 01:37, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

NJPW show on AXS channel in the US

Should there be something about matches now being aired in the US on AXStv cable station? Can someone get some good cites to help with adding such material, if so?68.51.193.141 (talk) 02:00, 31 July 2015 (UTC)

It's already in the history section, second to last paragraph. リボン・サルミネン (Ribbon Salminen) (LOLTNA) 04:35, 31 July 2015 (UTC)