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[Deleted member 47027]

That new player they're using is horrible. I get buffering issues all up in my ass now, and heaven forbid I try to ffwd or jump anywhere - it shits itself. I guess I'll try it with other browsers, because that's what smart people try. I get maybe 30 seconds before it's time to buffer for 45 seconds. :/

 

[British Monsoon]

Damn, the new player's been perfect for me in Chrome. Didin't get one instance of buffering during the live stream and the 'go back 30 seconds' button is super useful for GIFing.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Watched what I believe was the main event for 1990's "Crash the Super Heavy" event - this translation is great.

Match was Masa Saito, Shinya Hashimoto and Kitao Koji vs "Big Bang Bader & Crusher", Bam Bam Bigelow and Steve Williams and GODDDDDDDD DAAAAAAMNNNNN did this match deliver.

http://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00093_1_1

Crowd is insane for Hashimoto. Insane for Saito's hulk-ups. BANANAS for Koji's strikes. It's 26 minutes long but ends around the 22 minute mark because there's an extended brawl scene. Vader looks incredible. Bigelow looks ehh. Williams looks like he's on coke. It's worth watching. Thumbs WAY up. It was fantastic. All 3 on each team had ample time to breathe due to it being a six man tag and it went a long way, nobody ever looked slow or like they were running out of gas. Absolutely tremendous and I can't recommend it enough.

 

[ghostmind]

Honmania running wild!

OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT

 

[FallingEdge]

I like the new player, slick and fun.

Any update on older content?

 

[ghostmind]

Borrowing your image from the Wrasslin' thread FE!

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Looking forward to New Beginning. I want to see every one of those.

 

[ghostmind]

Ohmygod Toru Yano isn't in a match against Suzukigun!

 

[British Monsoon]

Here's the full line-ups for the shows available on NJPW World in the next month;

NJPW, "ROAD TO NEW BEGINNING", 2015.01.30 - live on NJPW World
Torozawa Arena, Saitama

1. Sho Tanaka vs Jay White
2. Alex Shelley & Yohei Komatsu vs Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly
3. KUSHIDA & Mascara Dorada vs Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson
4. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Jushin 'Thunder' Liger vs Manabu Nakanishi, Captain New Japan & Tiger Mask
5. Yuji Nagata, Togi Makabe, Tetsuya Naito & Tomoaki Honma vs Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI
6. Kazuchika Okada & Gedo vs Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto, Katsuyori Shibata & Ryusuke Taguchi vs Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Tama Tonga & Kenny Omega

NJPW, "ROAD TO NEW BEGINNING", 2015.02.01 - live on NJPW World
Korakuen Hall, Tokyo

1. Sho Tanaka & Yohei Komatsu vs Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly
2. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Jushin 'Thunder' Liger & Tiger Mask vs Manabu Nakanishi, Captain New Japan, Mascara Dorada & Jay White
3. Ryusuke Taguchi, Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA vs Kenny Omega, Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson
4. Tetsuya Naito & Tomoaki Honma vs Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano
5. Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI vs Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga
6. Yuji Nagata & Togi Makabe vs Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata vs Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Yujiro Takahashi

NJPW, "ROAD TO NEW BEGINNING", 2015.02.08 - tape delay on NJPW World
Shizukuishi Sports Park, Iwate

1. Sho Tanaka vs Jay White
2. Tiger Mask & Yohei Komatsu vs Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Jushin 'Thunder' Liger vs Manabu Nakanishi, Tomoaki Honma & Mascara Dorada
4. Hirooki Goto, Katsuyori Shibata, KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley vs Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson
5. Kazuchika Okada & Gedo vs Bad Luck Fale & Tama Tonga
6. Yuji Nagata, Togi Makabe, Tetsuya Naito & Captain New Japan vs Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Ryusuke Taguchi vs Yujiro Takahashi & Kenny Omega

NJPW, "THE NEW BEGINNING IN OSAKA", 2015.02.11 - tape delay on NJPW World
Osaka BODYMAKER Colosseum

1. Sho Tanaka vs Yohei Komatsu
2. Satoshi Kojima, Tiger Mask & Mascara Dorada vs Manabu Nakanishi, Captain New Japan & Jay White
3. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Jushin 'Thunder' Liger vs Rob Conway & Chase Owens
4. Tomoaki Honma vs Kota Ibushi
5. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles: Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly (c) vs Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA vs Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson
6. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kenny Omega (c) vs Ryusuke Taguchi
7. Kazuchika Okada, Toru Yano & Kazushi Sakuraba vs Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Tama Tonga
8. Yuji Nagata, Togi Makabe & Tetsuya Naito vs Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI
9. IWGP Heavyweight Tag Titles: Katsuyori Shibata & Hirooki Goto (c) vs Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows
10. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs AJ Styles

NJPW, "THE NEW BEGINNING IN SENDAI", 2015.02.14 - live on NJPW World
Sendai Sun Plaza Hall

1. Satoshi Kojima, Tomoaki Honma & Yohei Komatsu vs Manabu Nakanishi, Captain New Japan & Sho Tanaka
2. Tiger Mask & Mascara Dorada vs Bobby Fish & Kyle O'Reilly
3. Ryusuke Taguchi, KUSHIDA & Alex Shelley vs Kenny Omega, Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson
4. NWA World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Jushin 'Thunder' Liger (c) vs Chase Owens
5. NWA World Heavyweight Title: Rob Conway (c) vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan
6. Tetsuya Naito & Kota Ibushi vs Toru Yano & Kazushi Sakuraba
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata vs Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Tama Tonga
8. NEVER Openweight Title: Togi Makabe (c) vs Tomohiro Ishii
9. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs Yuji Nagata

For anyone wondering, Jay White is one of the new young lions, he's from New Zealand. Cody Hall's also working a match on the tour, but it won't be televised so obviously he's not quite ready yet.

 

[Aiii]

Only three live shows? We've been so spoiled... I guess it's a short month, too.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Ohmygod Toru Yano isn't in a match against Suzukigun!

This is enough to get me excited. What a breath of fresh air.

 

[British Monsoon]

Only three live shows? We've been so spoiled... I guess it's a short month, too.

They take the last two weeks of February off from touring, so the next live show after that will likely be the Anniversary show in early March, followed by the New Japan Cup in mid-March.

 

[ghostmind]

Catching up on Fantastica Mania, and I'm digging Liger Mask and Jushin Thunder Tiger.

 

[British Monsoon]

Just under an hour & a half until the first Road to New Beginning show;

1. Alex Shelley vs. Jay White
2. Kyle O'Reilly vs Yohei Komatsu
3. KUSHIDA & Máscara Dorada vs. Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson
4. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima & Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Manabu Nakanishi, Captain New Japan & Tiger Mask
5. Yuji Nagata, Togi Makabe, Tetsuya Naito & Tomoaki Honma vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Toru Yano, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI
6. Kazuchika Okada & Gedo vs. Bad Luck Fale & Yujro Takahashi
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto, Katsuyori Shibata & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows, Tama Tonga & Kenny Omega

 

[Serpentine]

That's a pretty good card, but i plan on being in bed before then. gonna have to catch it after i get up tomorrow.

Who the heck is Jay White though

 

[British Monsoon]

Who the heck is Jay White though

One of the new young lions (the other being Cody Hall, who isn't quite broadcast ready yet). White's from New Zealand, they picked him up on Fale & Devitt's recommendation.

 

[Serpentine]

One of the new young lions (the other being Cody Hall, who isn't quite broadcast ready yet). White's from New Zealand, they picked him up on Fale & Devitt's recommendation.

Oh, cool. I look forward to it, my dude Alex Shelley's gonna make him look good i'm sure

Also heard good things about Komatsu, who i don't think i've seen but I do like Kyle O'Reilly so i'm sure that'll be fun as well

 

[Grifter]

Thought I might cancel World after WK9 but that terrific spreadsheet has kept me going strong. Love that it's let me fill in on early Steiners (doesn't totally hold up), Hase, and Mutoh, and I'm going thru everything Marufuji now.

That said, it also made me watch a match involving Gedo and Jado, somehow, in 2015.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Thought I might cancel World after WK9 but that terrific spreadsheet has kept me going strong. Love that it's let me fill in on early Steiners (doesn't totally hold up), Hase, and Mutoh, and I'm going thru everything Marufuji now.

That said, it also made me watch a match involving Gedo and Jado, somehow, in 2015.

Hase is a fun dude to watch. Fun to watch one of the best staches in the business.

 

[Kane1345]

Just started watching NJPW and had the privilege to start with WK9. Wow what a show! Is the only way to watch this stuff through NJPW World? (I live in the UK)

 

[Grifter]

Hase is a fun dude to watch. Fun to watch one of the best staches in the business.

Watched Naito pull out a near-Hase level uranage vs Okada the other night. I was like "FUCK YEAH!"

 

[Deleted member 47027]

Just started watching NJPW and had the privilege to start with WK9. Wow what a show! Is the only way to watch this stuff through NJPW World? (I live in the UK)

Sort of. You could buy their ippvs online, but NJPW World is truly the best alternative my limey friend. As your people say, "Fair do's"

 

[LiquidSolid]

Just started watching NJPW and had the privilege to start with WK9. Wow what a show! Is the only way to watch this stuff through NJPW World? (I live in the UK)

The only legal way, yeah. There are some matches on dailymotion and youtube (I'd highly, highly recommend trying to find and watch the AXS TV episodes, the commentary is incredible).

If you thought WK9 was an incredible show, make sure you check out WK7 and some of the packed G1 shows (can't remember which exact ones).

 

[avengers23]

NJPW is giving out free trials to NJPW World for February.

 

[somedevil]

NJPW is giving out free trials to NJPW World for February.

Do this do you have to put in a payment option like the WWE network to get a free month and remember to cancel before the month is over?

 

[ghostmind]

Going through the second of the "Road to New Beginning" shows, and its a much better show so far with commentary and the Korakuen Hall crowd.

Spoiler

The Fall of Okada continues...

 

[Rawr Its Ry]

Is there a way to watch the AJ Styles debut segment w/ Okada? I think it's in Invasion Attack, but I can't find it.

Also is it like the Network where they stagger content?

 

[JavyOO7]

Welp, I did the free trial for this thing. Where can I find WK9?

EDIT - Ah, okay I found it. I had to search by venue though.

 

[British Monsoon]

The first New Beginning show is up to view on NJPW World;

http://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00286_1_1

NJPW, "THE NEW BEGINNING IN OSAKA", 2015/02/11
Osaka BODYMAKER Colosseum

01. Sho Tanaka vs Yohei Komatsu
02. Tiger Mask & Mascara Dorada vs Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan
03. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Jushin 'Thunder' Liger vs Rob Conway & Chase Owens
04. Kota Ibushi vs Tomoaki Honma
05. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles: reDRagon © vs Time Splitters vs The Young Bucks
06. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kenny Omega © vs Ryusuke Taguchi
07. Kazuchika Okada, Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano vs Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Tama Tonga
08. Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Tetsuya Naito vs Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI
09. IWGP Heavyweight Tag Titles: Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata © vs Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows
10. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi © vs AJ Styles

 

[Hex]

The first New Beginning show is up to view on NJPW World;

http://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00286_1_1

NJPW, "THE NEW BEGINNING IN OSAKA", 2015/02/11
Osaka BODYMAKER Colosseum

01. Sho Tanaka vs Yohei Komatsu
02. Tiger Mask & Mascara Dorada vs Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan
03. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Jushin 'Thunder' Liger vs Rob Conway & Chase Owens
04. Kota Ibushi vs Tomoaki Honma
05. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles: reDRagon © vs Time Splitters vs The Young Bucks
06. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kenny Omega © vs Ryusuke Taguchi
07. Kazuchika Okada, Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano vs Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Tama Tonga
08. Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Tetsuya Naito vs Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI
09. IWGP Heavyweight Tag Titles: Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata © vs Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows
10. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi © vs AJ Styles

Haven't had a chance to watch it yet, but just got spoiled on Facebook by NJPW's feed posting a single picture lol

 

[Foggy]

The first New Beginning show is up to view on NJPW World;

http://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00286_1_1

NJPW, "THE NEW BEGINNING IN OSAKA", 2015/02/11
Osaka BODYMAKER Colosseum

01. Sho Tanaka vs Yohei Komatsu
02. Tiger Mask & Mascara Dorada vs Manabu Nakanishi & Captain New Japan
03. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Jushin 'Thunder' Liger vs Rob Conway & Chase Owens
04. Kota Ibushi vs Tomoaki Honma
05. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles: reDRagon © vs Time Splitters vs The Young Bucks
06. IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: Kenny Omega © vs Ryusuke Taguchi
07. Kazuchika Okada, Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano vs Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Tama Tonga
08. Yuji Nagata, Satoshi Kojima & Tetsuya Naito vs Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI
09. IWGP Heavyweight Tag Titles: Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata © vs Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows
10. IWGP Heavyweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi © vs AJ Styles

Niiiiiiice, perfect way to get through the day

 

[RP912]

About to check out The New Beginning. Thankfully the tag match was the only one that got spoiled for me.

 

[Foggy]

Honma's just spamming shoryukens, :lol

OK yeah, that was a legit match

 

[ghostmind]

Yujiro should be nervous.

 

[bigkrev]

New Beginning spoiler

Spoiler

I went to the Observer site this morning to look at results, and there were none. I'm amazed that I was able to watch the main event spoiler free, and really hope AJ gets to hold the title till WK

 

[Grifter]

Why were they booing Naito with such vigor?

 

[British Monsoon]

Why were they booing Naito with such vigor?

After Naito won the G1 he cut a promo in Osaka saying something to the effect of "if I don't return as IWGP Champion, please boo me", so they do - also, they boo him if he's facing someone they prefer, like Ishii or Honma.

 

[British Monsoon]

New Beginning from Sendai kicks off live in ten minutes or so;

NJPW "THE NEW BEGINNING IN SENDAI", 2015.02.14
Sendai Sun Plaza Hall

1. Satoshi Kojima, Tomoaki Honma & Yohei Komatsu vs. Manabu Nakanishi, Captain New Japan & Sho Tanaka
2. Tiger Mask & Máscara Dorada vs. Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish
3. Special Six Man Tag Match: Ryusuke Taguchi, Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA vs. Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson
4. NWA World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger (c) vs. Chase Owens
5. NWA World Heavyweight Title: Rob Conway (c) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
6. Special Tag Match: Tetsuya Naito & Kota Ibushi vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano
7. Special Tag Match: Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi
8. Special Six Man Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Tama Tonga
9. NEVER Openweight Title: Togi Makabe (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii
10. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Yuji Nagata

*edit, Makabe has the flu, so Honma replaces him vs Ishii!

 

[Foggy]

 

[Hex]

That spot was fantastic, someone would have died the way shit gets botched in the E regularly.

 

[RP912]

I'm looking at that match now lol.

Crazy ass spot.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

New Beginning from Sendai kicks off live in ten minutes or so;

NJPW "THE NEW BEGINNING IN SENDAI", 2015.02.14
Sendai Sun Plaza Hall

1. Satoshi Kojima, Tomoaki Honma & Yohei Komatsu vs. Manabu Nakanishi, Captain New Japan & Sho Tanaka
2. Tiger Mask & Máscara Dorada vs. Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish
3. Special Six Man Tag Match: Ryusuke Taguchi, Alex Shelley & KUSHIDA vs. Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson
4. NWA World Jr. Heavyweight Title: Jushin Thunder Liger (c) vs. Chase Owens
5. NWA World Heavyweight Title: Rob Conway (c) vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
6. Special Tag Match: Tetsuya Naito & Kota Ibushi vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Toru Yano
7. Special Tag Match: Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Bad Luck Fale & Yujiro Takahashi
8. Special Six Man Tag Match: Hiroshi Tanahashi, Hirooki Goto & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Karl Anderson, Doc Gallows & Tama Tonga
9. NEVER Openweight Title: Togi Makabe (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii
10. IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Yuji Nagata

*edit, Makabe has the flu, so Honma replaces him vs Ishii!

Looking forward to Team Rainbow (Okada + YOSHI-HASHI = Rain-Bo) and Nak vs Nagata. Go Nagata go!

 

[ghostmind]

Looking forward to Team Rainbow (Okada + YOSHI-HASHI = Rain-Bo) and Nak vs Nagata. Go Nagata go!

Honma vs Ishii was bloody amazing.

 

[ghostmind]

NEW JAPAN CUP

translated:

This year also "Spring of the strongest tournament" is a combination of realization !! "NEW JAPAN CUP 2015" tournament has been determined.
　
This time, but a total of 16 players to participate, IWGP Heavyweight Champion · AJ Styles and, IWGP Intercontinental champion, Shinsuke Nakamura, and NEVER indiscriminate champion Tomohiro Ishii does not participate.
　
Game is carried out at all time unlimited single game, and the prize money ¥ 5,000,000 The winner, April 5 in (day) Ryogoku Kokugikan tournament, IWGP Heavyweight Championship or IWGP Intercontinental Championship or to NEVER Openweight Championship challenge selection rights to is given.

Round 1 - 2015/03/05 19:00JST Tokyo (Ota-ward Synthesis Gymnasium)

 

[Foggy]

Honma vs Ishii was bloody amazing.

 

[Deleted member 47027]

This could be the end of YOSHI-HASHI. Don't kill him Yujiro you unsafe little troll doll.

 

[Grifter]

Who was the announcer they kept showing during the Nagata/Nakamura main?

Is CHAOS still technically a heel stable that's only heel vs the NJ army? Nak's kind of got a cocky thing going but his interviews look like total crowd pleasers. Watching World in reverse chronology has been like watching him devolve into boring serious arm bar guy yet it hits a certain period where he's much bulkier than now.

 

[British Monsoon]

The announcer was 'Blue Justice' Nogami, who's a huge Nagata fan and helped Yuji in his feud with Iizuka a few years back (which is the reason Iizuka hates Nogami and sometimes terrorises him during his entrance). CHAOS are only heels when they want to be these days, which hasn't been a whole lot since Iizuka turned on them for Suzuki-gun and Nakamura & Okada gained so much popularity popularity.

 

[miserable]

so i subscribed to NJPW World and i have to say i'm kinda disappointed in some things:
first of all i thought there would be full shows available, not just selected matches (like on the WWE Network there are full PPV's with intros, promos, backstage segments, the whole thing basically), and even if we take out these, there are still a lot of matches missing (for example, i wanted to see Masahiro Chono's only IWGP Heavyweight championship win, but to my surprise it wasn't there).
I was mainly interested in the '95-'05 period, and i thought at least the January 4th shows will be available in full, sadly they are not.But even if the matches would be there separately it woulda been ok if they were in full, but they cut the entrances, the music and all the stuff happening before and after the matches, and this is the dealbreaker for me.Now i know you will say well what do you need all that stuff for, just watch the in-ring action, but to me those things are part of what i like about wrestling.
I can always watch the live events thru other means, and the newer stuff is already available online in other places, so there is no reason for me to keep the subscription.

With that being said, i would still like to ask you guys to recommend me some matches that i should watch, preferably from that 90s and 00s era.

 

[British Monsoon]

NJPW updated the schedule, including the shows for March - looks like the NJ Cup final is on tape delay, so it'll be a bitch to avoid spoilers.

. February 27th - New Japan Road - 18:30 JST | 09:30 GMT | 04:30 EST | 01:30 PST
. March 5th - New Japan Cup - 19:00 JST | 10:00 GMT | 05:00 EST | 02:00 PST
. March 8th - New Japan Cup - 18:30 JST | 09:30 GMT | 04:30 EST | 01:30 PST
. March 9th - New Japan Cup - 18:30 JST | 09:30 GMT | 04:30 EST | 01:30 PST
. March 15th - New Japan Cup FINAL - tape delay

I was mainly interested in the '95-'05 period, and i thought at least the January 4th shows will be available in full, sadly they are not.But even if the matches would be there separately it woulda been ok if they were in full, but they cut the entrances, the music and all the stuff happening before and after the matches, and this is the dealbreaker for me.Now i know you will say well what do you need all that stuff for, just watch the in-ring action, but to me those things are part of what i like about wrestling.
I can always watch the live events thru other means, and the newer stuff is already available online in other places, so there is no reason for me to keep the subscription.

With that being said, i would still like to ask you guys to recommend me some matches that i should watch, preferably from that 90s and 00s era.

If the matches have the introductions removed it's because they don't own the international broadcast rights for one or more of the themes, which includes the vast majority of themes from the Inoki era unfortunately. As for full shows, the only complete events are all the Tokyo Dome shows from 1992-2015 and most shows from the past year. To be honest, the archive content hasn't quite lived up to expectations - it's a good initial offering, but so far the only additions they've made have been via Japanese twitter votes, for a total of about 12 old matches added since the service started which isn't at all quick enough for my liking.

For recommendations, check out my NJPW World Recommended Matches list, there's a bunch of stuff from the 90's on there; tinyurl.com/NJPW-WORLD