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Suica??CombineThresher posted:Also Ditch, what's your beef with Zero-One?
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I forget ditch, did you ever manage to get hosting for your purely legal uploading of matches? If so, does a link dump page exist? edit:Nevermind, the links seem to be in the pulse article. Wazzu fucked around with this message at 06:13 on Aug 7, 2008 |
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Ditch posted:Suica?? You put X amount of money on it and just walk through the turnstyles on the JR line and it picks up your card and how much it costs to get from station to station. No bothering with ticket windows every trip.
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Aug 7, 2008 06:21
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http://pulsewrestling.com/2008/08/07/puroresu-pulse-issue-130-g-1-special/ This week: A look at the G-1 Climax!
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Ditch posted:http://pulsewrestling.com/2008/08/07/puroresu-pulse-issue-130-g-1-special/ What are the incidents you refer to with kawada? Still, a nice article.
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Wazzu posted:What are the incidents you refer to with kawada? He challenged Misawa to a rematch after their last match and this wasn't part of the plan, so I imagine they were pissed since it'd make Misawa look like a bit of a pussy for not agreeing to one.
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Ditch posted:They're a glorified indy fed I like that about them
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MassRayPer posted:He challenged Misawa to a rematch after their last match and this wasn't part of the plan, so I imagine they were pissed since it'd make Misawa look like a bit of a pussy for not agreeing to one. So it's partly good buisness sense, part kawada been an insane, toothless old man? Sure seems like a crazy tournament. Any idea where we could find matches from previous tournaments?
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Kawada said he wanted to keep competing in NOAH, it's not like he called out Misawa for a rematch as if it were WWE. NOAH and NTV were pissed because the promo was impromptu and the show was a special live broadcast, meaning overruns would be a pain in the rear end. Wazzu, what matches are you thinking of that aren't on the site? http://theditch.us/njwar.html
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Ditch posted:Kawada said he wanted to keep competing in NOAH, it's not like he called out Misawa for a rematch as if it were WWE. NOAH and NTV were pissed because the promo was impromptu and the show was a special live broadcast, meaning overruns would be a pain in the rear end. See, it's things like this that mean I'm way over my download limits. When it comes back soon, then it shall quickly dissapear again, at this rate.
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Inoki Genome has booked RVD vs Necro vs Kendo Kashin on their next show. It's like an ice cream sundae with fudge and broccoli.
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Ditch posted:Inoki Genome has booked RVD vs Necro vs Kendo Kashin on their next show. IGF is the greatest.
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So I don't really know the first thing about Puro but I like listening to Adam & Mike over at F4W even when they talk about poo poo I don't know the first thing about. So in order to educate me a little bit, can someone do the following tho things for me: Give a breif description about the major promotions and what their deals are ("This is TNA" "This is ROH only worse") or whatver. Give a one or two sentence description/explanation of the participants in the G1 (what is their gimmicks, if any. are they any good, etc)
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I can do the major promotions worth checking out. AJPW- ever wonder what happened to all those WWF and WCW midcarders when promptly fell of the planet? Yeah, they're here. NJPW-Think WWE with a focus on juniorweights. NOAH-They have Misawa and Kobashi. That's the japanese equivalent of Stone Cold and the Rock. Dragon Gate-Japanese Version of WSX except with less exploding coffins. Very flippy. DDT-Chikara on crack. japanese crack.
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That doesn't quite work. None of the promotions are really like WWE or TNA in terms of format. The big feds are 80% wrestling and 15% entrances/exits. All Japan's big names are Mutoh/Muta and Kojima. It isn't the same company it was before 2000 because almost all the talent left to form NOAH. It's the #3 company in Japan. NOAH's big names are Misawa and Kobashi, along with ROH regulars Morishima, KENTA, Marufuji and Shiozaki. Those four are all younger. NOAH is most popular with the overseas puro watchers, they tend to have more high-end matches at the end of the year, but their undercards are filler. Some wrestlers go years without doing anything even close to a storyline or an angle. New Japan's big names include Chono, Nagata, Liger, Tenzan, Tanahashi and Nakamura, along with A-Train/Albert who is MUCH better in Japan. In recent years they've done a very good job of keeping the bulk of their roster involved in some feud or storyline or stable. NJ has been the top dog forever, but never dominates like WWE. Zero-One has the likes of Masato Tanaka, they're smaller than the big three by a lot. Dragon Gate has a smaller roster and is all about athletic prettyboys. They have the most female-heavy fanbase of any wrestling promotion ever, at least besides the older Japanese women promotions. They do more in the way of promos and sports entertainment finishes than the above. Big Japan is the hardcore fed, they're a billion times better than CZW though. DDT has lots of whacky gimmicks and angles, they're the largest of the 'indy sleaze' companies that can be far more bizarre than anything stateside. As far as the G-1... it's hard to say 'gimmick' because most big name heavyweights are more about wrestling style than out-and-out gimmicks. Nakanishi is a power guy, Yoshie is a fat guy, Nakamura is a submissions guy, Makabe and Yano are brawlers, Nagata is balanced between strikes and submissions, Tenzan does headbutts, Kawada kicks people in the face, Tanahashi does fancy stuff, Bernard (A-Train) is a big ol' American, Hirooki Goto is an up-and-comer with a lot of heart, Wataru Inoue is someone you don't need to worry about, Ohtani and Kojima are former New Japan wrestlers who in the tournament play the role of outsiders. If you want I can recommend some matches to introduce some of the participants.
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Is All Japan really number 3 anymore? Dragon Gate seems to do impressive numbers in the 8K range for big events, and while I know All Japan runs a Sumo Hall show every once in awhile, I don't really remember how those do.
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I will not have you sullying the name of Yoshie by merely deeming him "fat guy." 
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MassRayPer posted:Is All Japan really number 3 anymore? Dragon Gate seems to do impressive numbers in the 8K range for big events, and while I know All Japan runs a Sumo Hall show every once in awhile, I don't really remember how those do. Captain Charisma posted:I will not have you sullying the name of Yoshie by merely deeming him "fat guy." 
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Ditch posted:AJ gets over 3000 attendance more often, Sumo Hall is a bigger venue than Kobe World Hall, etc. DG is doing fine but let's not get carried away. It wasn't so much "DG is so huge" as "AJPW has fallen so far." But yeah that answers it quite nicely. I forgot that DG's small shows are in pretty small prefectural gyms and such.
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Ditch posted:http://theditch.us/njwar.html
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MassRayPer posted:It wasn't so much "DG is so huge" as "AJPW has fallen so far." But yeah that answers it quite nicely. I forgot that DG's small shows are in pretty small prefectural gyms and such. yeah most of DG's TV episodes are shot in <600 seat venues, IIRC. I need to get caught up on my tapes.
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http://ca.c.yimg.jp/sports/1218808418/img.sports.yahoo.co.jp/spnavi/photo/fight/200808/15/20080815026.jpg Necro didn't lose! RVD beat Kashin, with the rolling thunder senton. Has anyone else EVER jobbed to that?
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Can anyone explain to me the differences between No Vacancy, Super No vacancy and whatever else they use?
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Excellent news from dgusa:quote:The latest batch of Dragon Gate TV arrived today. Mugendai 91 through 96, and of course the 7/27 World PPV. Highlights include the Hulk vs. Shingo 60 minute draw, Real Hazard vs. WORLD-1 Naniwa Elimination, the debut of Killer Hulk, and the first ever Dragon Gate NEX vs. Toryumon X 6 man tag.
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HwoodNG posted:Excellent news from dgusa: their PPVs are the things i have the hardest time getting a hold of. Is DGusa selling them? e: they are. http://dgusa.puroresufan.com/database.html
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Ditch posted:http://ca.c.yimg.jp/sports/1218808418/img.sports.yahoo.co.jp/spnavi/photo/fight/200808/15/20080815026.jpg I thought the news of a guy you hate jobbing to someone else's transition move would make you happier than this.
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Jae is really good to buy from! Go for broke!weekly font posted:Can anyone explain to me the differences between No Vacancy, Super No vacancy and whatever else they use?
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weekly font posted:Can anyone explain to me the differences between No Vacancy, Super No vacancy and whatever else they use? Roughly, No Vacancy means 70% full, Super No Vacancy means 90% full, and Super No Vacancy Full House means completely sold out.
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Only in Japan could you make a sliding scale of sold out. Is there a Super No Vacancy Championship Edition where people pay ten bucks to stand outside or something?
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Satire Forum Mom posted:Only in Japan could you make a sliding scale of sold out. This is the same country that brought us the amazing Earth Defense Force where Hardest is the second hardest difficulty level.
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In the "How I managed to make everyone think I was weird" column for today: So I'm sat in my hostel in Tokyo, watching this crazy Japanese show with a bunch of people in the TV room/kitchen/dining room. Anyway after an enthralling segment where a girl was forced to feed a banana to a Giant Turtle, they have a segment about swimming. The background music for this was Stan Hansen's "Sunrise" theme. I marked the gently caress out only to get funny looks from everyone else in the room. Nevertheless it was awesome.
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Hirooki Goto beat Makabe to win the G-1 Climax. Not the final anyone expected, that's for sure!
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Ditch posted:Hirooki Goto beat Makabe to win the G-1 Climax. Not the final anyone expected, that's for sure! And your pick to win (tenzan) did worst. Hell of a tournament. But were the matches still good and did the crowd love it?
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Ditch posted:Hirooki Goto beat Makabe to win the G-1 Climax. Not the final anyone expected, that's for sure! I'm up to day four in the matches, so far it's been a fun tournament. Really looking forward to seeing that non-tourny match with Angle and Styles. I'm relatively new to Japan so if anyone could explain why New Japan went to the trouble of having their G1 winner fight on an All Japan card, I'd appreciate it. Seems like they did all the build for the other promotion's card. Are they getting paid for it or is their other motivation I sm missing?
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Since the winner was Goto, I think they're trying to get him more exposure since he's young.Wazzu posted:And your pick to win (tenzan) did worst. Hell of a tournament. But were the matches still good and did the crowd love it? http://pulsewrestling.com/2008/08/15/puroresu-pulse-issue-131-a-fifth-of-kobashi
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Ditch posted:Since the winner was Goto, I think they're trying to get him more exposure since he's young. I'm just quoting this post to thank you again for your loving amazing direct download site. Thanks.
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Acsoridng to the Observer/F4W site TAKESHI MORISHIMA wrestled a dark match on Raw against Charlie Haas. The mind boggles. Also I just got tickets yeasterday for the 8/23 NOAH show at Koraken Hall. Took me ages to find the place though, with me thinking it was north of ther Tokyo Dome instead of south. Nevertheless it shall be a fun Saturday night.
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Raffles posted:Acsoridng to the Observer/F4W site TAKESHI MORISHIMA wrestled a dark match on Raw against Charlie Haas. The mind boggles. This news will really mean something if he drops the belt sooner than later. Then again I'm probably thinking in American wrestling ideas.
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He's under contract. That said... he does have the title match with Sasaki in 3 weeks... He got flown out for a dark match. What does THAT say? edit: http://www.noah-usa.cc/8%2018%2008%20wwe91news.JPG http://www.noah-usa.cc/8%2018%2008%20wwe13news.JPG http://www.noah-usa.cc/8%2018%2008%20wwe15news.JPG Ditch fucked around with this message at 06:19 on Aug 19, 2008 |
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