|
Ditch posted:I almost lost it during the entrance. i just lost it edit: as soon as the audience exploded screaming KO-BA-SHI! I would love a Mutoh/Kobashi singles match. Has it happened? Artemis Entreri fucked around with this message at 00:32 on Dec 5, 2007 |
#
?
Dec 5, 2007 00:27
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 11, 2024 17:21 |
|
|
No, only Mutoh/Kawada
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2007 01:02
|
|
|
Did Kawada win  ?
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2007 01:25
|
|
|
They've had a lot of matches. Like... 5 or 6.
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2007 01:49
|
|
|
Ditch posted:They've had a lot of matches. Like... 5 or 6. Yeah but Kawada won the most right?
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2007 02:02
|
|
|
I think it's something like 2-2-1.
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2007 02:26
|
|
|
Ditch posted:I think it's something like 2-2-1. Kawada/Kensuke from 2001/2002 was my personal favorite series
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2007 02:46
|
|
|
Ditch posted:I think it's something like 2-2-1. Well drat 
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2007 03:08
|
|
|
Artemis Entreri posted:i just lost it Man, the slow pan across the front row all chanting his name with tears in their eyes. That's just something special. Just an unbelievably emotional match.
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2007 08:50
|
|
|
HulkaMatt posted:Well drat I know Ditch has at least one of their series on his site from I believe 2001. It's a really good match, well worth checking out.
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2007 08:53
|
|
|
I made it through the whole match but when the ref raised all their hands and his opponent held the ropes open for him I went all  .
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2007 10:26
|
|
|
Puro needs more heel Misawa. That liver elbow was the poo poo. Not like the fans would boo him against anyone else than Kobashi but it would've made his title reign about 489389 times more fun nonetheless.
|
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2007 14:53
|
|
|
Misawa can be a great heel at times. The Takayama return tag from last July featured him doing a bit of "I'll let Akiyama handle this" stuff, to great reactions. Also there's a tag from 2001 in Zero-One where he and Rikio face Naoya Ogawa and Murakami, and Misawa teases going at it with Ogawa to start only to tag out.
|
|
#
?
Dec 5, 2007 16:16
|
|
|
Does Kobashi only break out the moonsault for big shows now? Cause big guys with bad knees should not be doing moonsaults if they want a future full of walking. The return match was glorious. Couldn't have been better.
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2007 01:51
|
|
|
He's only done like 4-7 moonsaults in NOAH's entire history.
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2007 01:59
|
|
|
http://wrestling.insidepulse.com/articles/72367 THIS WEEK: I look at what NOAH can do next year, and chat up AMERICAN BALLOON~~
|
|
#
?
Dec 6, 2007 20:05
|
|
|
Do any of you know what Hisakatsu Oya is doing now? I loved his FMW stuff, particularly the 30-min. draw he had with Hayabusa of all people. drat near carried 'Busa on his back to a good technical match. Anyone got any leads on him?
|
|
#
?
Dec 7, 2007 09:16
|
|
|
Your analysis is spot on Ditch. Doing Misawa vs Kobashi for the title in the Dome is just overkill, since as you say Morishima defending could draw in extra fans with the right opponent since no one is going to care if the Misawa vs Kobashi match is for the belt or not. I just hope they realize this. Because Morishima needs to be the man in NOAH and soon or they are going to miss the boat at a time when they need to build that next big star before Kobashi is in a wheelchair in a few years. (Please don't end up in a wheel chair Kobashi.)
|
|
#
?
Dec 7, 2007 09:27
|
|
|
CombineThresher posted:Do any of you know what Hisakatsu Oya is doing now? I loved his FMW stuff, particularly the 30-min. draw he had with Hayabusa of all people. drat near carried 'Busa on his back to a good technical match. Anyone got any leads on him? It looks like he hasn't been up to too much lately from what I've been able to gather. He's a regular in a Hokkaido based company called Hokuto Pro Wrestling, but was lamenting the lack of bookings he's been able to get recently in a blog of his that I found. His wiki page also says he worked in Osaka Pro in 2005 and Muga World in 2006.
|
|
#
?
Dec 7, 2007 09:41
|
|
|
MassRayPer posted:I just hope they realize this. Because Morishima needs to be the man in NOAH and soon or they are going to miss the boat at a time when they need to build that next big star before Kobashi is in a wheelchair in a few years. (Please don't end up in a wheel chair Kobashi.) What I don't get is how Misawa isn't in a wheelchair by now. The man is Cal Ripken times fifty. Carl Smoky posted:It looks like he hasn't been up to too much lately from what I've been able to gather. He's a regular in a Hokkaido based company called Hokuto Pro Wrestling, but was lamenting the lack of bookings he's been able to get recently in a blog of his that I found. His wiki page also says he worked in Osaka Pro in 2005 and Muga World in 2006. 
|
|
#
?
Dec 7, 2007 14:36
|
|
|
Ditch posted:Who are you and how do you know more about puro than me It's DEFINITELY not that I know more puro than you (in fact, I think I've only seen maybe two or three of Oya's matches years ago), it's just that I can speak and read Japanese fairly well and was able to look him up.
|
|
#
?
Dec 8, 2007 00:30
|
|
|
Carl Smoky posted:It's DEFINITELY not that I know more puro than you (in fact, I think I've only seen maybe two or three of Oya's matches years ago), it's just that I can speak and read Japanese fairly well and was able to look him up.
|
|
#
?
Dec 8, 2007 01:33
|
|
|
Ditch posted:http://wrestling.insidepulse.com/articles/72367 When I was training at the Inoki Dojo American Balloon was training there as well. He is a really nice guy.
|
|
#
?
Dec 8, 2007 02:06
|
|
|
Polite, intelligent, generous (he put over the carcass of Robbie Ellis), hard to ask for more. And it must be stressed that he's only 20!
|
|
#
?
Dec 8, 2007 02:48
|
|
|
Carl Smoky posted:It looks like he hasn't been up to too much lately from what I've been able to gather. He's a regular in a Hokkaido based company called Hokuto Pro Wrestling, but was lamenting the lack of bookings he's been able to get recently in a blog of his that I found. His wiki page also says he worked in Osaka Pro in 2005 and Muga World in 2006. Wow, thanks. I always liked that guy, good to know he's still backdropping people. Second question; has Gran Naniwa ever hit that Crab Walk Elbow?
|
|
#
?
Dec 8, 2007 03:41
|
|
|
Yes, though typically it's in tags with the victim held down.
|
|
#
?
Dec 8, 2007 07:28
|
|
|
Ditch posted:Badass! You live there? Nope, but I plan on doing the english teaching in Japan dealie after I graduate.
|
|
#
?
Dec 8, 2007 12:12
|
|
|
There's some really wacky SEM show on the 23rd with a veterans vs. rookies theme 7th Match: SEMful Gift Special Tag Match 60 min Time Limit Takeshi MORISHIMA & Go SHIOZAKI vs. Naomichi MARUFUJI & KENTA 6th Match: Atsushi AOKI's Challenge Match No.1 45 min Time Limit Atsushi AOKI vs. Jun AKIYAMA 5th Match: Singles Match 20 min Time Limit Ippei OTA vs. Mitsuharu MISAWA 4th Match: Singles Match 20 min Time Limit Tsutomu HIRAYANAGI vs. Akira TAUE 3rd Match: Singles Match 20 min Time Limit Shuhei TANIGUCHI vs. Muhammad YONE 2nd Match: Singles Match 20 min Time Limit Akihiko ITO vs. Yoshinobu KANEMARU 1st Match: Singles Match 20 min Time Limit Taiji ISHIMORI vs. Kotaro SUZUKI I really want to see it.
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2007 19:49
|
|
|
The main event has an "awesome match" theme though 
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2007 21:45
|
|
|
More NJ 1/4/08 matches: Tanahashi vs Nakamura for the real IWGP title, and Hirooki Goto vs Great Muta. Could we see dueling Muta Scales?!
|
|
#
?
Dec 9, 2007 23:40
|
|
|
Hm. I think that second match is going to need some help (BLOOOOOOOD) to be good.
|
|
#
?
Dec 10, 2007 00:51
|
|
|
Ditch posted:More NJ 1/4/08 matches: Tanahashi vs Nakamura for the real IWGP title, and Hirooki Goto vs Great Muta. Could we see dueling Muta Scales?! Did I miss something? Muta is working for New Japan again? Isn't he the president of the AJPW?
|
|
#
?
Dec 10, 2007 04:24
|
|
|
coconono posted:Did I miss something? Muta is working for New Japan again? Isn't he the president of the AJPW? AJPW is a glorified indy and has no problems working with NJPW, they did so for the Dome show last year.
|
|
#
?
Dec 10, 2007 04:28
|
|
|
Ditch posted:More NJ 1/4/08 matches: Tanahashi vs Nakamura for the real IWGP title, I am really excited about this match.
|
|
#
?
Dec 10, 2007 04:38
|
|
|
AJ is bad but they're probably #3 from a business and credibility standpoint. Way ahead of, say, Z-1 or Big Japan, and they are a tad bigger than DG.
|
|
#
?
Dec 10, 2007 04:38
|
|
|
Awwwww...quote:DG and CIMA would like to thank the fans for the outpouring of support and worry over the injuries suffered by his groin area at the hands of Gamma. He will fight through the pain and participate on all shows.
|
|
#
?
Dec 12, 2007 16:26
|
|
|
See Rob I told you the reason all the women fans are at Dragon Gate to see CIMA.
|
|
#
?
Dec 12, 2007 17:02
|
|
|
HulkaMatt posted:See Rob I told you the reason all the women fans are at Dragon Gate to see CIMA. They care about his groin v:)v
|
|
#
?
Dec 12, 2007 17:19
|
|
|
Backstory on the CIMA thing: Dragon Gate had their 3rd annual company-wide "King of Gate" singles tournament. CIMA vs Gamma was the final, and apparently Gamma low-blowed CIMA so hard that the ref had to legit stop the match. Somehow this meant Gamma won the entire tournament. They had a post-match angle where Dragon Kid (he's from the area of the show) beat Gamma in a quick match to try and salvage things. So apparently this was the stiffest low blow ever.
|
|
#
?
Dec 12, 2007 23:12
|
|
|
|
| # ? May 11, 2024 17:21 |
|
|
I sincerely hope Takuya Sugi sticks with the Yoshitsune gimmick for a while now, because if he continues to bust out matches like the recent Tohoku Jr. Title match against GAINA, he might just become the next big thing in lucharesu. Sasuke liking him enough to book him over Liger might help a bit too. Here's to hoping we'll see him in DG sometime next year and then he'll blow everyone's mind and then I'll say WELL I LIKED THE GUY WHEN HE WAS MINI-CIMA and go pout in the corner.
|
|
|
#
?
Dec 13, 2007 23:40
|
|