Josh from We Work Stiff

🎄WRESTLE STIFFMAS IS HERE 🎄 Josh and Dave conduct and collate 19 interviews in honour of Wrestle Kingdom 19; with a diverse array of #njpw contributors providing the most comprehensive Tokyo Dome preview show possible. Wreslte Stiffmas: Stiffmas Vacation. Listen 👇 #njwk19

New WWS Last Minute Sakura Genesis Preview! Check in with the Stiff Bois for a wide ranging conversation on #njpw; discussing the company philosophy for the juniors, future Tiger Masks?, #BoSJ33, Meltzer’s comments on NJPW as the best developer and a story rich #njsg preview.

NJPW Sakura Genesis 2026 — Stats & Info Thread NJPW World Television Title Match Konosuke Takeshita [C] vs. Shota Umino * Only Hiroshi Tanahashi's 19 singles wins in the last 365 days are better than Konosuke Takeshita's 17. * Takeshita's 24 NJPW singles matches in the last 365 days are the third-most in NJPW, only behind Hiroshi Tanahashi and Masatora Yasuda. * Shota Umino's 19 singles matches in the last 365 days are eighth-most in NJPW in that period. * Umino's 12 wins are seventh-most in the last 365 days. * Shota Umino has wrestled 117 NJPW matches in the last 365 days, ranking sixth in that period. * Umino’s 24 hours, 8 minutes, and 12 seconds of match time during that period ranks fourth in NJPW. * Konosuke Takeshita has wrestled 33 NJPW matches in the last 365 days, ranking 55th in that period. * Takeshita's 8 hours, 23 minutes, and 25 seconds of match time during that period ranks 50th in that period. * Both Takeshita and Umino enter their Sakura Genesis match with a two-match winning streak in NJPW singles matches at Ryogoku Kokugikan. * Takeshita's last singles match here was his IWGP World Heavyweight Title win in October. * Shota Umino lost an NJPW World Television Title match to Zack Sabre Jr. at 2023's Sakura Genesis event. * Shota Umino has a 0-11 record in title matches during his time in NJPW, including seven singles title attempts. * Konosuke Takeshita has 11 wins in NJPW title matches and an 11-2-2 record. All of these matches were singles title matches. #NJPW #njsg

NJPW Sakura Genesis 2026 — Stats & Info Thread IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Title Match Yuto-Ice & OSKAR [C] vs. Zack Sabre Jr. & Ryohei Oiwa * Yuto-Ice and OSKAR enter their Sakura Genesis match with a seven match winning streak in two vs. two tag team matches. * Zack Sabre Jr. and Ryohei Oiwa enter their Sakura Genesis match with a four match winning streak in two vs. two tag team matches. * Yuto-Ice and OSKAR have lost seven straight matches when teaming with additional members of Unbound Co. * Ryohei Oiwa and Zack Sabre Jr. have won fourteen straight matches when they are on the same side of a match. In their 26 all-time matches teaming together, they have only lost three times. * The IWGP Tag Team Titles have been decided 35 times at Ryogoku Kokugikan and they have changed hands here fourteen times (40%) #NJPW #njsg

NJPW Sakura Genesis 2026 — Stats & Info Thread IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match Yota Tsuji [C] vs. Callum Newman * Yota Tsuji's fifteen singles victories in the last 365 days are the third most in NJPW during that time. * Calum Newman's 11 singles victories in the last 365 days are the tenth most in NJPW during that time. * Both wrestlers enter their Sakura Genesis main event with a six match winning streak in NJPW singles matches. * Yota Tsuji has wrestled 136 more NJPW singles matches than Callum Newman's 37. * Yota Tsuji and Callum Newman both have three match winning streaks in NJPW main events. Newman's streak represents all of his NJPW main event victories. * This will be Callum Newman's first singles match in Ryogoku Kokugikan. * Yota Tsuji is 0-2 in Ryogoku Kokugikan main events — He lost an IWGP World Heavyweight Title Match to Tetsuya Naito at 2024's Sakura Genesis and he lost the G1 Climax final match to Zack Sabre Jr. later in 2024. * No wrestler has wrestled in more NJPW matches this year to date than Yota Tsuji's 39. * Tsuji's 22 overall wins are the second-most in NJPW this year. * Callum Newman's 20 overall wins are the seventh-most in NJPW this year to date. * The IWGP Heavyweight Title (including World Heavyweight era) has been decided in Ryogoku Kokugikan 51 times and it has changed hands in 15 of those matches (29.41%) #NJPW #njsg

Prediction Poll: Who’s leaving Sakura Genesis with the IWGP Heavyweight Championship? #njSG

Last minute preview before #njsg tonight #njpw

最近おとなしかった真壁さんの熱をゆうやが引き摺り出し 俺が漠然と思ってたけどなんだろうかこのモヤモヤはと思ってたのをタイチが言語化してくれてた まあやめてった奴に俺は激重感情あったからそれは仕方ないと思ってね❤️

Tonight, we have ourselves a VERY Late Night Grin! The Late Night Grin #207: NJPW Sakura Genesis Grinalong youtube.com/live/pnkTBkXTK… via @YouTube

俺が言っとる事に納得いかん奴ら、俺の事が大嫌いなヘイター共はアレルギー出しまくれ！ プロレス見とる時は自分の感情に素直になっていい。ブーイングもナマの感情やろ？

HIROSHI TANAHASHI NIGHT ON STREAM! Join me on Twitch at 9 PM ET!

@MayhemSkully @YutoxIce Haha cheers. A late night shot in the dark honestly - with the most tentative link to something in the pod this week 😂

@weworkstiff @YutoxIce OMG, Josh, your graphic this time!!! 🤣

Makabe’s awesome in this.

海野「TV王座は何のために生まれた？若手を中心に、そして15分1本勝負で、そして地方大会でタイトルマッチをやるためだ。多忙な、ハードスケジュールなTAKESHITAさんでは今のベルトが死んじゃうんじゃないですか？俺が分捕って、毎日でもタイトルマッチをこなしてやるよ」 njpw.co.jp/tournament/res…

Tiger Mask IV announces that his retirement match will be on July 7th at Korakuen Hall #njsg

【今年の『BEST OF SUPER Jr.33』エントリー選手、“第6弾”はコチラ！】 最後の2選手、ブロック分けは4月4日（土）両国国技館大会で発表！ ※“決勝戦” 6月7日(日) 大田区総合体育館大会をローソンチケットで特別先行発売中！ ⇒l-tike.com/order/?gLcode=… #BOSJ33

air bud in the criterion closet

4/2(木)ごご6️⃣時3️⃣0️⃣分から！ Road to SAKURA GENESIS 2026 東京・後楽園ホール 登録・視聴はこちらから ⇒ njpwworld.com IWGPジュニアヘビー級選手権試合 YOH 🆚 DOUKI IWGPジュニアタッグ選手権試合 ロビー・エックス & 石森太二 🆚 ジェイコブ・オースティン・ヤング & フランシスコ・アキラ 永井大貴 & 鷹木信悟 & 辻陽太 🆚 ゼイン・ジェイ & ジェイク・リー & カラム・ニューマン #NJPW #njpwworld #njSG