New Japan Pro-Wrestling may have finally found its next generation.
Blade Daily and Antione Raphael break down the 2026 NJPW G1 Climax, where Ryohei Oiwa defeated Yuya Uemura in an incredible final and emerged as a massive crowd favorite — giving New Japan another homegrown main-event star alongside Yota Tsuji.
After years of waiting for NJPW's youth movement to actually arrive, has the company finally committed to its future? We dig into the rise of Oiwa and Uemura, the changing main-event picture and a noticeably more fundamental wrestling style built around selling, struggle, holds and making simple things matter. Could the future of New Japan actually look a little more like its past?
Then we head to AEW Dynamite, where Kenny Omega has officially lost his goddamned mind.
Omega and Will Ospreay revisit their history in an intensely personal sit-down before The Cleaner fully emerges, culminating in a vicious attack on his All In challenger.
Plus:
• Jon Moxley vs. Jay White in the Continental Challenge Cup
• Maya World defends the TBS Championship against Hikaru Shida, Kris Statlander & Persephone
• Mercedes Moné and Willow Nightingale absolutely cannot be trusted in separate rooms
• Kevin Knight tries to murder Darby Allin in the traditional professional wrestling manner
• Sting's son, Steven Borden Jr., suddenly looks VERY interesting
Is the 2026 G1 the beginning of a new era for NJPW? Has Kenny Omega finally become the villain in his rivalry with Ospreay? And are we about to get another Borden in professional wrestling?
Sit Down. Shut Up. Mark Out.
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