NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15! (and Monday Night Raw) Thread

 Once again, we have arrived at Japan's biggest wrestling show of the year, the Wrestlemania of new Japan Pro Wrestling, Wrestle Kingdom 15! This being the second year they have split the card over two nights has set the table for some exciting conditions for this year's event. Night 1 will decide several match lineups for the following night of action. Let's go over the cards and what has brought us to Japanese wrestling's biggest night of the year in the Tokyo Dome!

*********NIGHT 1 REPLAY LINKS************

http://watchwrestling.la/watch-njpw-wrestle-kingdom-15-2021-in-tokyo-dome-day1-1-4-21-live-online/

*********NIGHT 2 REPLAY LINKS************

http://watchwrestling.la/watch-njpw-wrestle-kingdom-15-2021-in-tokyo-dome-day2-1-5-21-live-online/

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After Hiromu Takahashi won the Best of the Super Jrs Tournament, he won the right to challenge the IWGP Jr Heavyweight Champion, Taiji Ishimori, however Takashi had one more obstacle he felt he has to clear before deserving that right. Thus, he has challenged El Phantasmo, who won the Super-J Cup, and the two men will duke it out to decide who is truly the most deserving to challenge Ishimori on Night 2 for the Jr Heavyweight Championship.

Also on Night 1, the winners of the World Tag league tourney, the Guerillas of Destiny, will meet the IWGP Tag Team Champions Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr).

KENTA, who was originally scheduled to face Juice Robinson and defend his right to challenge for the IWGP US Championship (currently held by AEW's Jon Moxley,) has been challenged by Satoshi Kojima.

The next two matches follow the story of Will Ospreay's shocking turn against Kazuchika Okada. Ospreay is out to prove he is bigger and better than the former IWGP Heavyweight Champion, and had no issue stabbing his stablemate in the back to prove it. He, along with The Great O-Khan, freshly recruited stablemate Jeff Cobb, and his right hand woman and girlfriend Bea Priestly have formed The Empire to wage this war. First off, The Great O-Khan will face off against Hiroshi Tanahashi in what is sure to be a slobberknocker, followed by the real grudge match, Will Ospreay vs Kazuchika Okada. 

The story leading to the main event of Night 1 has been turbulent for Kota Ibushi in his quest to "become God." After defeating SANADA in the finals of the G1 Climax for the right to face IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Champion Tetsuya Naito, he was promptly challenged by Jay White to put his right to challenge on the line, and tragically ended up losing that right to The Switchblade. However, Naito graciously challenged Ibushi to face him nevertheless. This will be your main event of Night 1, and whoever leaves with both titles goes on to Night 2 to face the man who snatched the right to challenge for the Championships,  Jay White!

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Between both night's of Japan's biggest show of the year, It's Legends Night at the first Monday Night Raw of 2021,and Jeff Jarrett and Tatanka have announced they are on their way. More than 20 superstars of old will be returning for this gimmick celebration! Should be super AF. Also look forward to Alexa Bliss continuing to taunt Randy Orton with hints of the cremated rematerializing and executing revenge on The Viper. To top things off, Keith Lee will face WWE Champion Drew McIntyre for the gold! Will we be seeing any of those so called "reactionary measures" of legendary proportion to kick off the Red Brand's new year? Tune in at 8 PM ET live on the USA Network (or your preferred international or illicit source.)

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Now we have Night 2! To kick things off, there will be a four-way match between the winners of the Battle Royal to take place off camera before Night 1 kicks off for the Provisional King of Pro Wrestling Trophy. (Bushi vs Chase Owens vs Bad Luck Fale vs Toru Yano)

To follow that up will be a bout for the IWGP Jr Heavyweight Tag Team Championship between Suzuki-gun's El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru defending against Taguchi Japan's Ryusuke Taguchi and Master Wato. 

Next up, The Empire's Jeff Cobb has set his sight's on Los Ingobernoles de Japon's Shingo Takagi and his NEVER Openweight Championship. This will be a hard hitting affair, that much is certain. 

Finally, SANADA gets his chance to strike some vengeance against his former LIJ stablemate EVIL in singles competition. 

In Night 2's semi main event, the winner of the Night 1 bout between Hiromu Takahashi and El Phantasmo will go on to challenge Taiji Ishimori for the IWGP Jr Heavyweight Championship.

And last, but not least, there will be a double champion coming into the main event to face Switchblade Jay White, but who will it be? Will it be the man that White snatched the right to challenge for the title from in the first place in Kota Ibushi, or will the reigning and defending IWGP Heavyweight and Intercontinental Champion Tetsuya Naito survive the man who would become God and and try to strike the nefarious Jay White down?

One thing is for sure, these are two stacked cards from Hell, and it's going to be a damn good couple nights! Many people who never watched Japanese wrestling began their infatuations with this very event. Will you be giving it a shot like so many before you? Keep an eye in the comments for links, but one can safely assume Taima.tv will have you covered for a stream. Both shows start at 3 AM ET tonight and tomorrow night respectivly. 

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