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NJPW's Bold Future: Tanahashi's 10 Step Plan & the AEW Fantasy - A Deep Dive
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NJPW's Bold Future: Tanahashi's 10 Step Plan & the AEW Fantasy - A Deep Dive

President Tanahashi holds a press conference on June 4, 2024 reflecting on his 6-month job mark and acknowledging the future of NJPW. Marie Shadows gives her take on the press conference.

NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi addressed the media on June 4, 2024 with his ten-point plan for the future of NJPW and his assessment of being President for the past six months.

Here are the notes on Tanahashi’s statements:

  1. Talent discovery and development

    • Young talent should wrestle more in high level spots

    • G1 spots are still earned; all wrestlers need to try their best to impress

    • NJPW wants the best wrestlers in their early 20s (I talk about this further.)

  2. Elevating the value of championships

    • Roles of the championships will now be more defined

    • STONG championships will be American exclusive (I talk about this further)

    • Thriteen championships are difficult to follow even for the hardcore NJPW fan (like me - plus I was talk about this in the NJPW Unpacked epsiode)

  3. Reducing/eliminating outside interference

    • Interference will be limited

    • House of Torture - listen to my defense for House of Torture again in this episode

    • This section to me is all in kayfabe

  4. Increasing the prominence and status of Hontai

    • Hontai to be a desired unit for young wrestlers or wrestlers returning from excursion. (I talk about this.)

  5. Strengthening ties with STARDOM

    • Stardom will be owned by NJPW (becomes a subsdary) in July

    • Another crossover PPV is being talk about for later this year

  6. Strengthening ties with AEW

    • Super delusional section of the press conference and on the podcast. I give a lot of examples and perspectives

  7. Improving the live fan experience

    • Different prices, picking seats, female only section, special food menus, and more

  8. Improving NJPW World

    • Apologies for having clunky transition from old website to new website

  9. Improved treatment of personal information

    • Plans to keep personal data safe going forward by training employees

  10. NJPW Sponsors

    • Thanking sponsors. A famous sponsor of theirs is no longer sponsoring them

Pres. Tanahashi Offers Ten Steps to NJPW Success in Coming Months | by New Japan Pro-Wrestling | Jun, 2024 | NJPW Global (njpw1972.com)


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