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Ditch posted:Akiyama beat the belt at the end of the show where that happened. Yeah the idea was the DDT owner would win the belt and retire it before there could be a 1000th champion, then he got laid out as he was giving the belts retirement speech and the belt fell on him and the belt became the 1000th champion. I love DDT.
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:Today marks the five-year anniversary of Misawa's death. I'll never let go of the mental image of Misawa playing Super Robot Wars on his gameboy.
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Omori won the (vacant) Triple Crown. All Japan only managed to fill Korakuen 2/3rds full for it. coconono posted:I'll never let go of the mental image of Misawa playing Super Robot Wars on his gameboy.
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Ditch posted:All Japan only managed to fill Korakuen 2/3rds full for it.  I was just watching some All Japan DVDs I ordered this morning. On those DVDs from the mid 90s with recaps of an entire tour, every arena they ran was packed and the crowd was going wild for everything. Now 1300 people attend a show with a Triple Crown match on it.
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Ditch posted:Omori won the (vacant) Triple Crown. A big crowd for them!
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Panama Red posted:Enuhito is reporting that YOSHI-TATSU may not return to Japan. W-1 and IGF are interested in him however Dammit man, I read IGF as GFW. But I guess if he shows up in W-1 he might show up in TNA?
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Dragon Gate had their double show CHAMPION GATE event over the weekend. Everyone successfully defended their belts save the Millenials dropping the Triangle Gate to Mad Blankey of Naruki Doi/Cyber Kong/Kzy. YAMATO's win against Jimmy Susumu clears his road to Kobe World 15th Anniversary Festival on 7/20. Dollars to donuts he's defending against BxB Hulk. Only match signed for Kobe World right now is Flamita defending the Brave Gate against Dragon Kid. I'm bummed that YAMATO v Susumu and Takagi/Tozawa v Kanda/Tanizaki weren't recorded for Infinity but the rest should be up on OpenTheDragonGate and DailyMotion over the next few weeks.
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Ditch posted:Omori won the (vacant) Triple Crown. The Famitsu page is gone http://kotaku.com/5291846/deceased-wrestler-loved-great-video-games
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R-TYPE? drat Misawa had good taste in shmups.
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NotQuiteQuentin posted:Dragon Gate had their double show CHAMPION GATE event over the weekend. Everyone successfully defended their belts save the Millenials dropping the Triangle Gate to Mad Blankey of Naruki Doi/Cyber Kong/Kzy. YAMATO's win against Jimmy Susumu clears his road to Kobe World 15th Anniversary Festival on 7/20. Dollars to donuts he's defending against BxB Hulk. Only match signed for Kobe World right now is Flamita defending the Brave Gate against Dragon Kid. I'm bummed that YAMATO v Susumu and Takagi/Tozawa v Kanda/Tanizaki weren't recorded for Infinity but the rest should be up on OpenTheDragonGate and DailyMotion over the next few weeks. I assume their double show will be shown on Infinity
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epitasis posted:Yottsume says WNC is officially dead (then "It has not been announced yet what they will do with WNC.") and that Wrestle-1 is absorbing basically their whole roster. I wonder what that means for Syuri, Lin Byron/Ray and Makoto. I'd say given the working relationship with W-1, if TNA was smart (lol) they could bring them in to help make the Knockouts somewhat respectable again but he specified male roster so who knows.
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Suben posted:I wonder what that means for Syuri, Lin Byron/Ray and Makoto. I'd say given the working relationship with W-1, if TNA was smart (lol) they could bring them in to help make the Knockouts somewhat respectable again but he specified male roster so who knows. All three will probably do really well as Freelance, I'm sure Kana will take care of them if Tajiri goes on to do something else. For a while, SMASH/WNC were my favorite promotion in Japan but after payment problems started to happen and they went into obscurity (WNC not having a weekly show that was easy to find) they fell off the map and I haven't heard hardly anything about them in a long time. It's worth going back and watching some old SMASH/WNC from 2012 and 2013, though.
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ChampRamp posted:Is there a Dragon Gate iPPV this week? http://www.ustream.tv/dragongate Yeah, a Korakuen card on the third. Card's not listed on the site like they are for NJPW shows though. Edit: Card courtesy of iheartdg.com quote:/2014 Tokyo, Korakuen Hall - USTREAM Who are the people in the hair match? Not familar with them Thauros fucked around with this message at 21:24 on Jul 1, 2014 |
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Chihiro Tominaga is an opening match guy and Mr. High Tension is everything The Miz should be. The idea is that they are both giant losers everyone hates. Don Fuji booked the match because maybe if one of them had hair like him they wouldn't be so stupid and terrible. Matches 4, 5, and 6 on that card should all be very very good. oatgan fucked around with this message at 21:33 on Jul 1, 2014 |
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No Ricochet makes me sad, but the rest of the card looks amazing, haven't actually seen Uhaa Nation wrestle before so looking forward to that.
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Biosys posted:No Ricochet makes me sad, but the rest of the card looks amazing, haven't actually seen Uhaa Nation wrestle before so looking forward to that. 4. Masato Yoshino, Ricochet vs. Jimmy Susumu, Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee.Mee!!
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Thauros posted:http://www.ustream.tv/dragongate Wait when did the Millennials become Mad Blankey?
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Ricochet and Jimmy Susumu in the same match is so close to my current DG dream match. I have both of them in the running with Ishii as Most Outstanding. I think too many people sleep on the year that Susumu's put together. I'm really stoked for the July that Dragon Gate's putting together. Kobe World has the potential to be the show of the year. I'm putting together a huge effort post running down the card for it.
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Biosys posted:No Ricochet makes me sad, but the rest of the card looks amazing, haven't actually seen Uhaa Nation wrestle before so looking forward to that. Find and watch Ricochet vs Uhaa Nation for the title. GREAT match.
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NotQuiteQuentin posted:Ricochet and Jimmy Susumu in the same match is so close to my current DG dream match. I have both of them in the running with Ishii as Most Outstanding. I think too many people sleep on the year that Susumu's put together. I would read this effort post. Been looking for an entry point for DG stuff.
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Duncan Sperguson posted:I would read this effort post. Been looking for an entry point for DG stuff. He gave a helpful summary of their current roster when I asked a couple months ago. NotQuiteQuentin posted:Mad Blankey is the only heel group. Their colors are red and yellow and generally have a punk vibe. YAMATO assumed leadership after Tozawa left. Main wrestlers are him, Naruki Doi and Cyber Kong. The main thing that's happened since then is BxB Hulk getting kicked out of Mad Blankey, turning face, and he's still independent of the main stables afaik.
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Yeah he's unitless. I thought there might have been a chance that he'd form one before Kobe but if nothing's happening tonight, I don't expect anything will until August.
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Wow, Tanahashi's wrestling on DDT's Sumo Hall show:quote:Hiroshi Tanahashi was at the DDT promotion’s 6/29 show at Korakuen Hall and did an interview, talking about how he’s considered the wrestler of the century (that’s kind of his 1/100 gimmick being like he’s the best wrestler of the century) and said he would wrestle Konosuke Takeshita, who just turned 19 in May, was voted by Tokyo Sports as the 2013 Rookie of the Year and is considered a future superstar because he’s got size and reminds some of a very young Kazuchika Okada as a young guy who is tall and has great natural athletic ability. So the idea is he’ll be in a real high profile match, exposing his name out of the DDT cult fan base, by having this match on 8/17 at Sumo Hall for DDT’s biggest show of the year.
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Matt Sydal & CIMA vs Ricochet & Yoshino was announced for Kobe World, which should be amazing.
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Biosys posted:Matt Sydal & CIMA vs Ricochet & Yoshino was announced for Kobe World, which should be amazing. That should be so much fun. I hope CIMA's able to keep up. Sydal is a perfect fit as the gaijin in Veteran-Gun. The big storyline events out of Korakuen are Mad Blankey got the win in the main event after an aided box attack by Dr. Muscle. Muscle unmasked himself as Chihiro Tominaga, whom lost the Punch Perm match. He joined Mad Blankey as Punch Tominaga, pissed off at the rest of the roster for his long term mistreatment. Eita beat Tozawa by towel TKO after having him locked in El Número Uno. This led to a scuffle between Milennials and MX. NotQuiteQuentin fucked around with this message at 15:21 on Jul 3, 2014 |
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WTF? Mutoh then no sells the next moonsault by spitting mist in Sanada's face, but I think he forgot the mist? Everything about the match, from beginning to end, is completely bizarre.
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He definitely sprays mist on the second moonsault, not sure what happened on the first since it looked like his shoulders were down for the three count.
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Jubs posted:WTF? It's new Invisible Mist.
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My Dragon Gate Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival post is turning into a monster so I think I'm going to create a thread and break up the posts/make a GDT for the iPPV. Any objections?
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Sounds like a good way to get more eyes around here and what's sure to be one of the best shows of the year. I don't know if I'm gonna watch the whole thing live but I'm certainly going to try.
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Yeah, a big show like that definitely deserves a thread. I'd make one if I knew the fed better.
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Thauros posted:Yeah, a big show like that definitely deserves a thread. I'd make one if I knew the fed better. I started the thread. I'll add preview posts/an updated unit run down over the next few days.
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