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Solus: May 31, 2011; Drongos.

Raeg posted:

You don't want "The American Nightmare" Ko Dee... you want Stardust!

Codys already most of the way to the UK. He left the venue almost straight after his match. he's wrestling Zack Sabre Jr at a WCPW Event in about...11 hours

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:01

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# ? May 23, 2024 09:51

jesus WEP: Oct 17, 2004

Big Dave gave Omega vs Okada six snowflakes

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:13

Thauros: Jan 29, 2003

St Evan Echoes posted:

Big Dave gave Omega vs Okada six snowflakes

Yep!

He gave the jr title match ****1/4, and both the NEVER and IC matches ****1/2 as well.

Goddamn I don't think I would've loved the main as much as he did but I really wish I could've watched it live to appreaciate it the best way possible like the rest of the show

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:21

Solus: May 31, 2011; Drongos.

Thauros posted:

Yep!

He gave the jr title match ****1/4, and both the NEVER and IC matches ****1/2 as well.

Goddamn I don't think I would've loved the main as much as he did but I really wish I could've watched it live to appreaciate it the best way possible like the rest of the show

Where did he post this?

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:21

jesus WEP: Oct 17, 2004

Solus posted:

Where did he post this?

Observer Newsletter. Phoneposting or I'd have copied and pasted all the match ratings.

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:23

Solus: May 31, 2011; Drongos.

I found it

New Japan Rumble 1
Tiger Mask W vs. Tiger the Dark 3
Young Bucks (c) vs. RPG Vice 3.5
Finlay/Ricochet/Kojima (c) vs. Bullet Club, CHAOS, LIJ 3, 1, 3.25 (he rated these in succession)
Cody vs. Juice Robinson 2.75
Kyle O'Reilly (c) vs. Adam Cole 3.5
GOD (c) vs. Ishii/Yano vs. Great Bash Heel 3.5
KUSHIDA (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi 4.5
Katsuyori Shibata (c) vs. Hirooki Goto 4.5
Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi 4.5
Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Kenny Omega 6
"Kenny Omega and Kazuchika Okada may have put on the greatest match in pro wrestling history" - Dave Meltzer"

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:29

dsriggs: May 28, 2012; MONEY FALLS...

...FROM THE SKY...

...WHENEVER HE POSTS!

Big Dave posted:

Kenny Omega and Kazuchika Okada may have put on the greatest match in pro wrestling history in the main event of Wrestle Kingdom 11 on 1/4 at the Tokyo Dome.

The 46:45 classic, coming at the end of a show that lasted five hours and 40 minutes, set New Japan�s all-time record for live foreign streaming viewers, peaking at about 7:30 a.m. Eastern time. A Jim Ross/Josh Barnett commentated version of the match will air on 1/13 on AXS TV, which very well could be the best one hour pro wrestling television show ever, given one match shows (Jack Brisco vs. Dory Funk Jr. from CWF in 1972; Ric Flair vs. Kerry Von Erich in Dallas; Flair vs. Von Erich in Honolulu; Flair vs. Barry Windham in Fayetteville; Midnight Express vs. Fantastics in Chattanooga; Tanahashi vs. Okada from 2013; Tanahashi vs. Styles from 2015) have been among the best and as great as the aforementioned matches were, this had most of the elements that all of those matches had, but elements they didn�t and really combined the elements they did better.

Okada retained the IWGP heavyweight title after a spinning jumping tombstone piledriver and a fourth rainmaker, featured nearly every element of a classic match, from intensity, crowd heat, tremendous psychology, off the charts athleticism, hard hitting, timing, innovation and high risk and dangerous moves. The keys to the story is that Omega never once got to hit his one winged angel finisher, and even in defeat, came out of the show being almost clearly the best big match wrestler on the planet.

While watching the show, it felt like the time and place to do the title change, but the argument was it was too early in the Okada reign. Still, based on the performance, and the performance of Omega in the build to the show, by all rights Omega should win the championship at some point this year. Part of it is that if they are going to expand internationally, Omega is the best face of the company because he can talk different languages, is ridiculously good athletically and has so much charisma at this point. But losing this way was almost better, because it�ll mean more when he wins it, particularly if it�s in June in Osaka, which will be a hot crowd and right before the U.S. push.

Another key is his future because watching him, if I�m WWE, I�d not just want him, but he could be that elusive special star that they�ve been unable to make. There is the issue that he can�t wrestle matches like this nightly, or even monthly, without having a short life span on his career. But he�s got the presence, charisma, cockiness and acting ability, as well as the look that WWE is afraid to push someone who doesn�t have. Plus with the world a smaller place and mainstream sports web sites giving Omega U.S. media exposure, he�ll walk in with a hardcore base he could build from. Plus, he�s turned into a tremendous promo, although he�s got the huge advantage of being able to use his own voice and use reality for his promos, like he did to build the Okada match.

Special Snowflakes:
NJ Rumble = *
Tiger Mask W vs Tiger the Dark = ***
Jr. Tag Title Match = *** 1/2
Trios Gauntlet = ***, *, *** 1/4
Cody vs Juice Robinson = ** 3/4
ROH Title Match = *** 1/2
IWGP Tag Title Match = *** 1/2
IWGP Jr. Title Match = **** 1/2
Goto vs Shibata = **** 1/2
IWGP IC Title Match = **** 1/2
IWGP Title Match = ******

e: beaten :argh:

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:29

Solus: May 31, 2011; Drongos.

We live now boys

Edit: AW YISS SCOTT NORTON

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:31

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

Finished WK11 gifs just in time for New Year's Dash :neckbeard:

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:31

Thauros: Jan 29, 2003

Full snowflakes, tho nothing on the undercard was rated particularly high:

Rumble : *
Tiger Mask W vs. Tiger the Dark :***
IWGP Jr Tag : ***1/2
NEVER Trios : BC vs. CHAOS ***, LIJ vs. BC *, LIJ vs. Rico/Kojima/Finlay ***1/4
Cody vs. Juice: ** 3/4
O'Reilly vs. Cole : ***1/2
IWGP Tag 3 Way: ***1/2
KUSHIDA vs. Hiromu: ****1/2 (it was 4.5 and not 4.25 after all)
Shibata vs. Goto: ****1/2
Naito vs. Tana: ****1/2
Okada vs. Omega: ****** (yes, six stars!)

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:33

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

St Evan Echoes posted:

Big Dave gave Omega vs Okada six snowflakes

I still say Okada/Tanahashi last year was better but maybe that's because I was there live. Omega/Okada was certainly incredible there is no denying that.

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:34

Thauros: Jan 29, 2003

Last time for Kyle in NJPW?

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:34

dsriggs: May 28, 2012; MONEY FALLS...

...FROM THE SKY...

...WHENEVER HE POSTS!

Who's this Young Lion? I missed the Rumble, so I don't know if he was in that or not.

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:38

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

Liger decided,"Maybe I shouldn't let my teammate keep getting kicked in the face by a non-legal man!"

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:41

Solus: May 31, 2011; Drongos.

dsriggs posted:

Who's this Young Lion? I missed the Rumble, so I don't know if he was in that or not.

Henare. He wasn't in the rumble. Big maori boy from NZ

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:42

Thauros: Jan 29, 2003

Main event for this show is Tanahashi, Nakanishi, and Taguchi

dsriggs posted:

Who's this Young Lion? I missed the Rumble, so I don't know if he was in that or not.

Henare, New Zealander who Fale recruited. He's been around for a while in openers and teamed with Nakanishi in the tag league.

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:42

GenericMartini: Oct 22, 2012; AYYYYY PAPI

Ricochet was off tonight

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:44

Solus: May 31, 2011; Drongos.

Rest of the Card

Yujiro, Page vs Gunn, Yoshitatsu
Bucks, Cole vs RPG Vice , Yoshihashi
BONER, G.o.D., Fale, Kenny vs Cheeseburger, Saito, Satoshi, Tenzan, Norton
Naito, Hiromu vs Elgin, KUSHIDA
Ospreay, Ishii, Yano, Goto, Okada vs Juice, Nagata, Shibata, Makabe, Honma
NEVER 6 MAN Championship Match - Bushi, SANADA, and EVIL vs Tanahashi, Nakanishi, Taguchi

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:44

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

DADDY FINLAY!

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:44

Solus: May 31, 2011; Drongos.

No Girls, Goddamit Yujiro

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:47

Solus: May 31, 2011; Drongos.

Corino is just making GBS threads on Yoshi. holy poo poo

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:51

dsriggs: May 28, 2012; MONEY FALLS...

...FROM THE SKY...

...WHENEVER HE POSTS!

Solus posted:

Henare. He wasn't in the rumble. Big maori boy from NZ

Thauros posted:

Henare, New Zealander who Fale recruited. He's been around for a while in openers and teamed with Nakanishi in the tag league.

Aah, thanks guys! :cheers:

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:51

Ishin: Dec 31, 2008; ~the animatronic spirit of
so many forgotten waves

Yoshi Tatsu truly is the drizzling shits.

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:53

Okuteru: Nov 10, 2007; Choose this life you're on your own

Billy Gunn being kinda creepy with that lady fan there.

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:55

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

Crossposting:

https://twitter.com/flash2518/status/816924815390949376

https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/816925179397799936

I love you, Meltzer

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:55

Solus: May 31, 2011; Drongos.

The Rite of Passage is...kinda brutal

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:56

Okuteru: Nov 10, 2007; Choose this life you're on your own

The crowd is kinda apathetic about this staredown.

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:58

cams: Mar 28, 2003

BAY BAY

# ? Jan 5, 2017 10:58

Raeg: Jul 7, 2008; The top 1% of ducks have control of 99.9% of the bread.

Adam Cole has the best worst theme and yet also the best theme.

# ? Jan 5, 2017 11:03

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

That Meltzer Driver spot was hilarious

# ? Jan 5, 2017 11:09

cams: Mar 28, 2003

Jerusalem posted:

That Meltzer Driver spot was hilarious

agreed

BAY BAY

# ? Jan 5, 2017 11:11

cams: Mar 28, 2003

that match was very fun.

# ? Jan 5, 2017 11:13

Solus: May 31, 2011; Drongos.

GO TACOS

cams posted:

agreed

BAY BAY

I saw it in person earlier this year. It was hilariously out of nowhere. This one was a bit telegraphed to me because I saw it before

# ? Jan 5, 2017 11:14

dsriggs: May 28, 2012; MONEY FALLS...

...FROM THE SKY...

...WHENEVER HE POSTS!

YOSHI-HASHI IS BETTER THAN THE ROH CHAMPION

# ? Jan 5, 2017 11:14

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

Norton!

dsriggs posted:

YOSHI-HASHI IS BETTER THAN THE ROH CHAMPION

Plus he beat him in that match!

# ? Jan 5, 2017 11:17

Super No Vacancy: Jul 26, 2012

this owns

# ? Jan 5, 2017 11:17

dsriggs: May 28, 2012; MONEY FALLS...

...FROM THE SKY...

...WHENEVER HE POSTS!

TEAM 2000 REUNION and also Cheeseburger is there

e: Tiger Hattori is an rear end in a top hat

# ? Jan 5, 2017 11:17

Super No Vacancy: Jul 26, 2012

dsriggs posted:

TEAM 2000 REUNION and also Cheeseburger is there

e: Tiger Hattori is an rear end in a top hat

# ? Jan 5, 2017 11:20

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

How are they projecting that hologram of Kenny Omega from the hospital?

# ? Jan 5, 2017 11:20

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# ? May 23, 2024 09:51

Solus: May 31, 2011; Drongos.

Jerusalem posted:

How are they projecting that hologram of Kenny Omega from the hospital?

Japan is very advanced

# ? Jan 5, 2017 11:20

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