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coconono posted:Latest Observer says Dragon Gate is doing iPPV now? They have been since July but not at the same frequency of NJPW. They only seem to do it for the really big shows of the year.
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sportsgenius86 posted:They have been since July but not at the same frequency of NJPW. They only seem to do it for the really big shows of the year. What platform are they using? I loves me some prettyboys doing flippydoos.
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coconono posted:What platform are they using? I loves me some prettyboys doing flippydoos. Never bought one of their shows, but I'm pretty sure they use UStream just like NJPW.
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Thauros posted:Never bought one of their shows, but I'm pretty sure they use UStream just like NJPW. confirmed. I'm adding them to my Ustream alerts for those nights I wanna stay until 6am watchin flippys.
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Now if DDT and BJW start doing this as well I'll be one happy wrasslin fan.
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Puroresu Spirit is reporting that NOAH's ring announcer/director died of a heart attack: https://www.facebook.com/PuroresuSpirit/posts/10152273404086098:0
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I think NOAH needs to call it a day. Their attendance is laughable, all of their marquee guys are gone, and now even staff is dying.
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Speaking of dojo graduates, how has ZERO1 done over the years in terms of producing true-born talent? Also, speaking of Dragon Gate, I decided to start collecting all the shows from 2005 (PPVs and some TV) in order to watch post-split DG from the ground floor. I just got and watched the 1/14/2005 PPV with the formation of Blood Generation and the Ryo/Milano #1 contender Dream Gate match. All around awesome show and I still have the Blood Generation/DoFIXER feud to come. What are the views about the years 2006-2013? I know from the iHEARTdg podcast that 2005 is good start to finish but 2006 not so much. Are there any good recommended viewing lists for DG shows?
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 Nagata's title defense in NOAH against KENTA was successful. Looks like he's facing Takashi Sugiura at Differ Ariake on March 8. Good chance he'll drop it to either Sugiura or, failing that, to Marufuji down the line.
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Yottsume just reported that Osaka Pro is basically dead as Black Buffalo has stepped down as Vice President and come April 20th all wrestlers on roster will become freelance.
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ricochet just became dragon gate champ holy poo poo
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yea ok posted:ricochet just became dragon gate champ holy poo poo heck yeah ric
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Oh, the actual Japanese Dragon Gate? Holy poo poo, that's cool. I didn't pay that close attention to the thread when I first read it and figured he beat Gargano.
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I figured Uhaa would be the first gaijin to win after PAC left, but that's awesome. Will have to check it out after it hits GAORA. Also four title changes in less than a year after CIMA's monster reign.
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Ricochet has gotten remarkably good, so good for him!
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NotQuiteQuentin posted:I figured Uhaa would be the first gaijin to win after PAC left, but that's awesome. Will have to check it out after it hits GAORA. Uhaa is challenging for the title on Thursday, which will be the first gaijin vs gaijin Dream Gate match ever.
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Panama Red posted:Uhaa is challenging for the title on Thursday, which will be the first gaijin vs gaijin Dream Gate match ever. And Ricochet makes his v1 defense and it looks like the next challenger is YAMATO with a match with Uhaa as the roadblock.
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KungFu Grip posted:Yottsume just reported that Osaka Pro is basically dead as Black Buffalo has stepped down as Vice President and come April 20th all wrestlers on roster will become freelance. Tadasuke's apparently been in Texas since late February training with Funaki in an attempt to get to the WWE. Hopefully he makes it.
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Too good not to share. http://dramaticddt.wordpress.com/2014/04/29/ddt-max-bump-2014-results/ DDT owner/booker Sanshiro Takagi became the 999th DDT Ironman champion. He threatened to retire the belt, but retired DDT mainstay Poison Sawada Julie convinced him to hold off until after a battle royal at Korakuen Hall. There, Sawada used his mind control powers to get several wrestlers to target Takagi, but that wasn't enough and Takagi won. Afterwards, Takagi and Sawada had an altercation, leading to easily the DDT-est of all DDT booking: quote:The two struggled until Sawada knocked over Takagi with the belt falling on top of him. All of a sudden Yukinori Matsui slapped the mat three times. The Iron Man Title belt pinned Takagi. The Iron Man Heavymetalweight Championship itself became the new champion and will go down in history as the 1,000th Champion! Later in the show, the belt was accidentally pinned by Jun Akiyama.
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Fantastic. I wish DDT was easier to follow in the west.
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Very fitting 1000th champ.
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DDT feels like it's practically made for the PSP crowd. Silly, ridiculous tongue in cheek booking but with some talented guys, too.
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Didn't Kenny Omega rip Yoshihiko's head off on that same show?
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El Gallinero Gros posted:DDT feels like it's practically made for the PSP crowd. Silly, ridiculous tongue in cheek booking but with some talented guys, too. I really really want to see the newer campground matches. Specially the one with Generico clotheslining people on a canoe. Sometime last year they had a show at some rock festival which had Kota doing moonsaults off the scaffolds, fireworks, and J-pop singers chopping Takagi.
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Akiyama is champion again!!!!!
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BillyMays posted:I really really want to see the newer campground matches. Specially the one with Generico clotheslining people on a canoe. Sometime last year they had a show at some rock festival which had Kota doing moonsaults off the scaffolds, fireworks, and J-pop singers chopping Takagi. There was that time Ibushi and Nakazawa had an impromptu match at some random-rear end anime con in New Jersey.
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Coming out of lurking for a moment. Be on the lookout for this music video next month: http://www.njpw.co.jp/news/detail.php?nid=11486 "Google Translate and my transliteration" posted:Super multi talented artist in the world hit single by Pharrell Williams' "Happy". Yep. All these guys in one video. 
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animeluva1 posted:Coming out of lurking for a moment. Be on the lookout for this music video next month: Nope. It's a Japanese version of the "Happy" video, so different various Japanese artists and TV personalities making a version of it. Okada and Nakamura are in it, but so are members of Japanese pop bands (Exile, SEKAI NO OWARI, m-flo, Teriyaki Boys, and more) as well as this...thing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Do2HPsRHIk (It's Funasshi, a recently popular "yuru-kyara" or regional character from a city in Chiba prefecture. It's also hyper annoying yet also devastatingly popular at the moment).
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KENTA just announced he's leaving NOAH. RIP NOAH
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Flameingblack posted:KENTA just announced he's leaving NOAH. RIP NOAH More specifically: "5.17 Korakuen will be KENTA's last show at NOAH. He says he will challenge the Major League"
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KungFu Grip posted:More specifically: "5.17 Korakuen will be KENTA's last show at NOAH. He says he will challenge the Major League"
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PWInsider did a big write up. They've no confirmation of a move to WWE but they are strongly assuming it.quote:It was announced this morning in Japan that Pro Wrestling NOAH star KENTA (real name Kenta Kobayashi) would be leaving the promotion, with his final appearance being 5/17. So we may have Mojo Rawley vs Prince Devitt and Corey Graves vs KENTA feuds to look forward to the second half of the year.
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rovert posted:PWInsider did a big write up. They've no confirmation of a move to WWE but they are strongly assuming it.
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Domalom posted:Have KENTA and Devitt ever faced each other before? Two tag matches: http://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=2742&page=4&search=kenta
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Cool, thanks.
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I thought he wanted to go to the WWE but they passed on him? Really don't see the WWE ever using a small guy that doesn't speak English well enough that they'd let promo well regardless.
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I don't know that it was ever made explicit that they passed on him. He came through then went home, maybe he expected an offer on the spot and they didn't extend one for five weeks. Would "Major League" or its equivalent be something people would use to refer to NJPW?
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More info on Kobashi's upcoming show courtesy of the Observer;quote:Kenta Kobashi’s first promoted show will be 6/8 at Korakuen Hall. I believe his promotion will be called Fortune Dream with the idea of showcasing talent from a number of different companies. The first show is called Fortune Dream I, with talent from All Japan, New Japan, Sendai Girls, K-Dojo, Michinoku Pro, Union Pro, Wrestling New Classic, Big Japan and Zero-One. The top two matches are Kohei Sato (Zero-One) & Yuji Hino (K-Dojo) vs. Daisuke Sekimoto (Big Japan) & Kento Miyahara (All Japan), and Akitoshi Saito (free agent) & Kotaro Suzuki (All Japan) vs. Masato Tanaka (Zero-One) & Fujita Junior Hayato (Michinoku Pro). For older fans, the highlight will be Kobashi and Riki Choshu in the ring for a “talk battle.” I wonder who he'll get from NJPW as none were listed.
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