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

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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