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SG Bamboo
Aug 21, 2013

Smile. Win. Yay!

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku April 22nd
HM
Just 5 Guys (Taichi, SANADA, DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku and Yuya Uemura) vs United Empire (Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, TJP, Jeff Cobb and Great O-Khan) - Gauntlet Match

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku April 23rd
MOTYC
Yota Tsuji vs Gedo
- Perfection, this is one of those matches that'll stay with you

HM
Tetsuya Naito vs Drilla Moloney
David Finlay vs Hiromu Takahashi

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Chinston Wurchill
Jun 27, 2010

It's not that kind of test.

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku April 22nd
HM
Just 5 Guys (Taichi, SANADA, DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku and Yuya Uemura) vs United Empire (Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, TJP, Jeff Cobb and Great O-Khan) - Gauntlet Match

Second.

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku April 22nd
HM
Just 5 Guys (Taichi, SANADA, DOUKI, TAKA Michinoku and Yuya Uemura) vs United Empire (Callum Newman, Francesco Akira, TJP, Jeff Cobb and Great O-Khan) - Gauntlet Match

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku April 23rd
MOTYC
Yota Tsuji vs Gedo
- Perfection, this is one of those matches that'll stay with you

HM
Tetsuya Naito vs Drilla Moloney
David Finlay vs Hiromu Takahashi

Nth to these

Punch McLightning
Sep 19, 2005

you know what that means




Grimey Drawer
MOTYC: Masha Slamovich vs. Miyu Yamashita, TJPW Tokyo Joshi Pro 24 1/4

HM: Kyle Fletcher vs. Swerve Strickland, AEW Dynamite 4/24

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

AEW Dynamite 4/24

HM: Kyle Fletcher vs. Swerve Strickland
HM: Casino Gauntlet Match
HM: Jon Moxley vs. Powerhouse Hobbs

A Fancy Hat
Nov 18, 2016

Always remember that the former President was dumber than the dumbest person you've ever met by a wide margin

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 4/24

HM: Kyle Fletcher vs. Swerve Strickland
HM: Casino Gauntlet Match
HM: Jon Moxley vs. Powerhouse Hobbs

Nth. The gauntlet could have easily been a big confusing mess but it kicked a lot of rear end and was a really nice showcase for Ospreay.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

It's weird, I don't feel like I can nominate any of the matches from today's Dynamite... but also today's Dynamite was simultaneously a fantastic show that I absolutely loved!

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts
HM: Kyle Fletcher vs. Swerve Strickland - AEW World Championship Eliminator - AEW Dynamite 4/24
HM: Anna Jay vs. Mina Shirakawa - AEW Dynamite 4/24
MOTYC: Casino Gauntlet Match - AEW Dynamite 4/24

p sure that was anna's longest match ever and mina was great

i was cold as hell on the casino gauntlet but was full sicko by the end, what a clusterfuck

Maxwell Lord
Dec 12, 2008

I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.


:smith:

Grimey Drawer

graph posted:

HM: Anna Jay vs. Mina Shirakawa - AEW Dynamite 4/24

Nth, love a hard hitting Joshi fight.

Hefty Leftist
Jun 26, 2011

"You know how vodka or whiskey are distilled multiple times to taste good? It's the same with shit. After being digested for the third time shit starts to taste reeeeeeaaaally yummy."


MOTYC: Jack Perry vs Tony Khan - AEW Dynamite 4/24

Count Thrashula
Jun 1, 2003

Death is nothing compared to vindication.
Buglord
MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs. Will Ospreay - AEW Dynasty 4/21

A drop in the bucket at the point but god drat

Punch McLightning
Sep 19, 2005

you know what that means




Grimey Drawer

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 4/24

HM: Casino Gauntlet Match

I'll toss a nth here, it was fun to see Ospreay interact with a bunch of talented guys he might not get to in a long time otherwise.

Pillowpants
Aug 5, 2006
What is the casino gauntlet?

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Pillowpants posted:

What is the casino gauntlet?

Staggered entrances, mystery opponents, first pinfall/submission to a finish

flashy_mcflash
Feb 7, 2011

Pillowpants posted:

What is the casino gauntlet?

Battle royal in the Royal Rumble format with timed entrances except it's sudden death, so whomever gets a pin/sub first gets the win and ends the match.

Jonny Nox
Apr 26, 2008




Pillowpants posted:

What is the casino gauntlet?

Honestly I’m not sure anyone knows since Tony died, but it seems like “first fall wins. We’ll keep sending out whomever we have around until someone wins.”

Maybe there’s no dq? (Probably since 3-ways are also automatic no DQ)

Anyways the story was “look how fantastic our mid-card is!” And the match absolutely deserves a HM

Punch McLightning
Sep 19, 2005

you know what that means




Grimey Drawer
HM: Kofi Kingston vs. Gunther, Raw 1/29
HM: Drew McIntyre vs. Sami Zayn Raw, 1/29
HM: Giovanni Vinci & Ludwig Kaiser vs. Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods, Raw 2/26
HM: Brutus Creed & Julius Creed vs. Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa, Raw 3/18
HM: JD McDonagh vs. Ricochet, Raw 3/25

Watch the 3/18 match if you only want to watch one; add the 3/25 if you want two.

Edward Mass
Sep 14, 2011

𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen
𝅘𝅥𝅮
HM: Josh Alexander vs. Frankie Kazarian, TNA Impact 4/25

SG Bamboo
Aug 21, 2013

Smile. Win. Yay!

AJPW Champion Carnival Night 4 April 24th
MOTYC
Yuma Aoyagi vs Shotaro Ashino
- Crowd weren't amazing the whole night until these two woke them up, some fantastic nearfalls and Yuma taking Ashino's german suplexes like a crazy person

Yuma Anzai vs SUWAMA
- Yuma Anzai is a loving phenom, I absolutely believe if he were working in a bigger company he'd be spoken about the same way as guys like Okada and Takeshita were at 24 because he's goddamn fantastic and only debuted 18 months ago. Suwama kept up admirably, even though he's a fair few steps slower than his prime he's still an absolute force, I was wincing from the thud of his meaty lariats to Anzai's chest during his comeback

HM
Ren Ayabe vs Cyrus

I was thinking this would be a pretty nothing show until the last two matches, those were fantastic. Love me some All Japan

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


HM
8th April
Pro Wrestling NOAH Monday Magic Season 2 Ep.2
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles
GLG (Tadasuke & YO-HEY)(c) vs Yankee Two Kenju (Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto)
Watch this here

HM
4th April
GLEAT G Prowrestling Ver.71
No Rope Match
Daimonji So vs Takanori Ito
Watch this here

Is it So Daimonji? Is it Daimonji So? I have honestly lost track. It's the same as Unagi Sayaka, where sometimes I see Unagi as the first name, some as the last, so I just use the method I have been using & suddenly I understand why Meltzer in the '80s would right about Justin Riger. Anyway, this match is really worth your time.

MOTYC
24th April
All Japan Champion Carnival Night 4
Champion Carnival A Block
Shotaro Ashino vs Yuma Aoyagi
Watch this here

MOTYC
24th April
All Japan Champion Carnival Night 4
Champion Carnival B Block
Suwama vs Yuma Anzai
Watch this here

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009
NOAH Monday Magic Season 2 Final Episode - 4/22
HM
Starboy Charlie & Titus Alexander v. Naomichi Marufuji & Hajime Ohara
An all-out action tag match that was just so much fun start to finish. Watched this on a whim and was very pleased

AJPW Champion Carnival Night 4 - 4/24
MOTYC
Shotaro Ashino v. Yuma Aoyagi, Block A Tournament Match
Shotaro proving to all why he is Master of Suplex. There's a kind of visceral response to seeing dudes suplexing each other on that blue All Japan canvas. Nothing like it.

MOTYC
Yuma Anzai v. Suwama, Block B Tournament Match
Throughout this tournament, Yuma Anzai has debuted new gear, a new powermove finisher, and with this match, a new submission finisher. He was already the complete package, but now he's an even completer package. Great things in store for All Japan viewers this year.

SG Bamboo
Aug 21, 2013

Smile. Win. Yay!

DDT x ZEEKSTAR Tokyo Special Event ~ DDZT ~ April 26th
MOTYC
Yuki Ueno (c) vs Akito - KO-D Openweight Title
- Man I wish Akito got more big matches like this, man is smooth as silk and attacked Ueno's legs with a viciousness he hadn't faced yet this reign.

HM
MAO (c) vs Keigo Nakamura - DDT Universal Championship
37KAMIINA (Shunma Katsumata and To-y) vs BURNING (Tetsuya Endo and Yuki Iino)

Neat show, cool mix of great wrestling and great comedy with the Unagi and Hirata matches. It was great to see Nakamura come back from his year long injury with new gear and a new style but the same shiny bald head

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!
CMLL 4/23

WMOTYC: La Vaquerita & Olympia vs La Maligna & Metálica

The CMLL women's division has come a long way in just a few years but sometimes it is still capable of astoundingly bad matches. There are some spots that get so crossed up you think it's on purpose.

SatoshiMiwa
May 6, 2007


Cmll 4/26 - HM: Angel de Oro vs Templario
Mascara Dorada vs Magnus vs Titan

Sticky Nate
Jan 9, 2012

MassRafTer posted:

CMLL 4/23

WMOTYC: La Vaquerita & Olympia vs La Maligna & Metálica

The CMLL women's division has come a long way in just a few years but sometimes it is still capable of astoundingly bad matches. There are some spots that get so crossed up you think it's on purpose.

2nd

CMLL 4/26

HM: Angel de Oro vs Templario
HM: Mascara Dorada vs Titan vs Magnus for the 2024 CMLL Universal Championship

Sticky Nate fucked around with this message at 15:08 on Apr 27, 2024

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

Sticky Nate posted:

2nd

CMLL 4/23

HM: Angel de Oro vs Templario


2nd.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

SatoshiMiwa posted:

Cmll 4/26 - HM: Angel de Oro vs Templario
Mascara Dorada vs Magnus vs Titan

Sticky Nate posted:

CMLL 4/23
HM: Angel de Oro vs Templario
HM: Mascara Dorada vs Titan vs Magnus for the 2024 CMLL Universal Championship

So the show was on 4/23, not 4/26?

SG Bamboo
Aug 21, 2013

Smile. Win. Yay!

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku April 27th
HM
LIJ (BUSHI, Hiromu, Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji and Tetsuya Naito) vs War Dogs (Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors and David Finlay) and Jake Lee - Elimination match
- Crowd was pumped, I was pumped, Jake Lee looked like a dumbass

The KOPW match is also worth a watch but it lost me in the last third

Punch McLightning
Sep 19, 2005

you know what that means




Grimey Drawer
HM: Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa vs. Pete Dunne & Tyler Bate, Smackdown 2/9
HM: Ivar vs. Ricochet, Raw 4/1
HM: Chad Gable vs. Sami Zayn, Raw 4/15

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku April 27th
HM
LIJ (BUSHI, Hiromu, Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji and Tetsuya Naito) vs War Dogs (Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, Clark Connors and David Finlay) and Jake Lee - Elimination match
- Crowd was pumped, I was pumped, Jake Lee looked like a dumbass

The KOPW match is also worth a watch but it lost me in the last third

2nd, loved that main event. The KOPW match was a ton of fun, but not something I'd nominate.

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Stardom ASGQ 27/4/24

MOTYC: Mayu Iwatani v Sareee. This one is an easy nomination. They literally beat the poo poo out of each other. Pretty much the perfect way of doing a "dream match" where it did suffer from a lack of build but the wrestlers are just so insanely awesome that they could drag all the heat into the match.

MOTYC: Saori Anou v Hanan. This had every right to struggle. Saori at times leaves me very cold when she is on top and she can pace matches in a way that drags. Hanan is a 19 year old in her biggest ever match. They had to follow Iwatani v Sareee but they smashed it out the park. It was actually my motn. I think my investment in Hanan through the Cinderella and up to this match probably plays a role in my fondness for this match but they delivered big time.

HM: Maika v Momo Watanabe: This was a really good match but it was let down by the second fall I thought making it fall just a bit short of the other big title matches. I was also really invested in Momo through the first half of the year. Maika continues being a strong champion.

HM: Crazy Star v FWC v 02 line v SLK/Ruaka : A crazy high speed tag team match. Its probably the easiest recommendation because its just bonkers.

HM: Meltear v Aja Kong/Kaoru Ito: I am probably judging this match on some sort of crazy sliding scale in my mind but this was an otherworldly good performance by meltear. Tam Nakano has returned in good form

Count Thrashula
Jun 1, 2003

Death is nothing compared to vindication.
Buglord

Jerusalem posted:

So the show was on 4/23, not 4/26?

It was definitely yesterday, 4/26

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Sticky Nate
Jan 9, 2012

Jerusalem posted:

So the show was on 4/23, not 4/26?

whoops!

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