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Charles Gnarwin posted:That's how I feel. If the tag team was a couple of jacked dudes (or even just Wolfe and anyone but Fulton), they'd be much more acceptable. Eric Young isn't bad as a weirdo leader and Nikki Cross is great as the rabid pug. I mean in kayfabe that's what they did because the California matches were labelled as being pretaped (despite actually being filmed after the Full Sail ones), but, yeah, they should have reversed the running order and have Tom Phillips maybe play that up as what they did. Maybe they want the story to be that The Revival are afraid of DIY? I'm more the opposite with Sanity, I don't mind the tag team but I don't understand what Eric Young's purpose really is, especially if Rovert(?) was right about End and Damo potentially joining, and Nikki Cross feels miscast.
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Trying to get confirmation on what were the pre-injury plans for the Dusty. Seemingly Roddy & Aries were going to face Itami & Ibushi.
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rovert posted:Trying to get confirmation on what were the pre-injury plans for the Dusty. Seemingly Roddy & Aries were going to face Itami & Ibushi. That seemed like the likely match up from the brackets which suggests TM-61 and Sanity got further than they were supposed to. Unless they were going to have Aries and Itami cost each other their quarter finals? sticklefifer posted:I hope Sawyer's only in the group so they can kick him out, then he can continue his character of failed gimmicks. If End and Damo come in and kick out Young and Fulton, it'll improve the team and make them into proper European anarchists. Whoever heard of a Canadian anarchist? GEORGE W BUSHI fucked around with this message at 08:49 on Nov 3, 2016 |
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FYI: Tonight is Tozawa's final match and graduation from Dragon Gate, so he should be on his way shortly. I imagine they'll stick him in NXT and not just go straight to Raw.
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sticklefifer posted:FYI: Tonight is Tozawa's final match and graduation from Dragon Gate, so he should be on his way shortly. I imagine they'll stick him in NXT and not just go straight to Raw. He'll work Raw and the new CW show as well as NXT house shows.
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Meltzer reporting that Io Shirai will probably begin with WWE NXT sometime after April (she has a homecoming show then). Kairi is a possibility in April as well, but Stardom is still trying to keep her.quote:Speaking of women, it now looks like Kairi Hojo is coming with Io Shirai. Stardom knew last week that Shirai was leaving and Hojo was on the verge, and was pushing for Hojo to stay noting she'd be their top star. Right now both are scheduled to stay with Stardom through about April of next year. Shirai will have her 10th anniversary big show on 3/20 at Korakuen Hall and that will be her last major event. Hojo will have a homecoming show in April and then also probably be leaving, although Stardom is trying to convince her to stay because losing one won't be so bad but losing both will be devastating, in particular because they have nobody at their level to elevate to take their places. The promotions' big three of late have been those two and Mayu Iwatani.
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Io Shirai is good, and everyone should watch Stardom.
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rovert posted:Trying to get confirmation on what were the pre-injury plans for the Dusty. Seemingly Roddy & Aries were going to face Itami & Ibushi. Confirmed.
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I love Io this would be awesome, if only her sister were still wrestling, bring back Triple Tails! 
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Germ Incubator posted:I love Io this would be awesome, if only her sister were still wrestling, bring back Triple Tails! Yeah.  Threedom has been pretty great at least.
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sign meiko (the best) too and effectively kill main event joshi wrestling for the next couple years
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Giving Asuka more formidable opponents just makes her happier!
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How long do joshi wrestlers stick around? I know there's some that went for decades, but I'm wondering what the average "shelf life" is in Japan. Is it similar to America?
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until semi-recently there was an unofficial age limit and with a few exceptions for gigantic stars they stopped getting booked by 30. We're only just now in the generation following that so it's largely uncharted territory still being felt out. The big names from that era still work from time to time but it's fun gimmicky appearances nowhere near the pace they were working in the 80s and 90s
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The jury is very much out for me but Gabe is more right than wrong in his predictions: https://twitter.com/BookItGabe/status/794301254646321157
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It'd be a loving travesty if he doesn't. Dude is great.
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Tommy End is better in the ring and on the mic than Finn Balor, if he gets the same level of investment from NXT and then the main roster I don't see why he can't get over to the same degree if not more so than Finn was before he got hurt.
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Grozz Nuy posted:I don't see why he can't get over to the same degree if not more so than Finn was before he got hurt. He didn't go to Japan
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Tommy will live and die by how cool his music/presentation is because that's more important than anything else, honestly. If they can nail that and have something that stands out as unique he'll be a star.
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oatgan posted:He didn't go to Japan cima is the ultimate inspiration to modern wrestling and tommy end did some euro dragon gate dates
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Grozz Nuy posted:Tommy End is better in the ring and on the mic than Finn Balor, if he gets the same level of investment from NXT and then the main roster I don't see why he can't get over to the same degree if not more so than Finn was before he got hurt. I guess the real question is how invested they are in End, but you make an interesting comparison with Balor. Balor's NXT push was carefully managed and well-protected -- they debuted him in a hot angle (back when Full Sail still cared about The Ascension), moved him up the card at a steady pace, only gave him losses when it mattered and wouldn't hurt his status (like his first title shot against Owens), and then pulled the trigger at the right time (winning the title in Japan) before cementing him as The Guy. From the very beginning they were committed to making Balor a star. Nakamura got the same kind of push when he came over (although it was accelerated due to the mass call-ups at the time). Will End get that same treatment? I hope so, but not sure.
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Benne posted:I guess the real question is how invested they are in End, but you make an interesting comparison with Balor. He's probably not enough of a pre-established 'name' like Devitt or Nakamura were to get the 'we are going to groom you to be a main eventer the whole way' treatment, but he should. Then again, Styles had to gently caress around in the midcard with Jericho for months after coming in to WWE and now he's WWE champion, so who knows.
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https://twitter.com/FLWrestlingFan/status/794353285746540544 Roddy's Florida live event debut. But what caught my eye is Tommy cutting promo in a suit. A suit is usually symbolic of someone NXT thinks of a top guy. https://twitter.com/New_Era_15/status/794350935619289088 Normally people do they introductory promo in a shirt and flip flops or whatever.
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I remember from that E:60 documentary that WWE was a fan of the "suit with tattoos" look that Corey Graves has (at least Michael Hayes was a fan), so I wouldn't be surprised if they're trying to replicate it.
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Any stories about what's happening with the rest of the CWC who hasn't shown up beyond the tournament? I know Ibushi hasn't signed and Tozawa just got done with DG, but I haven't heard much about the rest. Is Gran Metalik still coming? Wasn't Tajiri supposed to have signed? What about Jack Gallagher, etc.?
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sticklefifer posted:Any stories about what's happening with the rest of the CWC who hasn't shown up beyond the tournament? I know Ibushi hasn't signed and Tozawa just got done with DG, but I haven't heard much about the rest. Is Gran Metalik still coming? Wasn't Tajiri supposed to have signed? What about Jack Gallagher, etc.? #205Live Dorada is finishing up next week(or was it this week?)
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oatgan posted:until semi-recently there was an unofficial age limit and with a few exceptions for gigantic stars they stopped getting booked by 30. We're only just now in the generation following that so it's largely uncharted territory still being felt out. The big names from that era still work from time to time but it's fun gimmicky appearances nowhere near the pace they were working in the 80s and 90s That timeline is shaky. Until the early 90's AJW had the age limit, but some continued to wrestle for other promotions. The late 80's, early 90's generation are the old pros that continue to work full time still (Toyota, Aja, Kyoko, Ozaki etc). The generation from later into the 90's are mostly retired, or just working occasionally for fun. Meiko/Borshoi have their own promotions, so are excepted, but the only other one who works full time that comes to mind is Ayako Hamada. The later generations are basically all doing it as a hobby, so they have little reason to work for too long. I'd say most retire before they hit 30 these days.
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sticklefifer posted:Any stories about what's happening with the rest of the CWC who hasn't shown up beyond the tournament? I know Ibushi hasn't signed and Tozawa just got done with DG, but I haven't heard much about the rest. Is Gran Metalik still coming? Wasn't Tajiri supposed to have signed? What about Jack Gallagher, etc.? http://www.wwe.com/article/205-live-premieres-nov-29-on-wwe-network?sf40786467=1 All of the guys you mentioned are listed for 205 Live besides Tajiri and Ibushi. I was curious about Tajiri since it seemed he was coming to Raw and really he would be a nice addition to Raw or Smackdown. Also, more HoHo Lun. Get hype
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schweens posted:Also, more HoHo Lun. gently caress
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A new referee Darryl Sharma from Toronto: https://www.instagram.com/p/BMYGx_SheVQ/
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Basic Chunnel posted:Do we know if Tajiri is working as a road agent or something? Seems unlikely as he's stil wrestling a fairly regular schedule in Japan right now
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