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KungFu Grip posted:disappointed that Fale is suddenly Okada's next opponent after losing the NJ Cup and not even picking up the win in his match. Isn't that generally how these things go? Like, in 2012 Goto lost to Okada, so Tanahashi was like 'okay, I was the runner-up and Goto hosed up, so I deserve another shot' and he won.
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I saw a clip of Shibata kicking the living poo poo out of Okada and now I think I really have to watch Sakura Genesis.
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checksin posted:I am so pumped for juice The crowd's reaction when he challenged Naito 
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Out of curiosity i rewatched the main event in English, and thought Kelly and Cyrus did a nice job. They're starting to get in a good groove with one another, and Cyrus is clearly more comfortable now that he's got a few reps under his belt. I'll never not listen to Japanese for my first time viewing a show but it's good to know the English team is improving and doing well. Match by the way is still spectacular on second viewing.
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The only problem I had with the English commentary, is that when Bad Luck Fale left by a separate exit to Omega, as a tease for him going off on his own to challenge Okada, Kelly and Callis claimed he was going after Yano, despite him still being in the ring. Also, the Juice is loving loose! I kind of expected that match to headline the Tosa(?) show at the end of the month, but based on that reaction it deserves to at least be on Wrestling Dontaku. GEORGE W BUSHI fucked around with this message at 05:37 on Apr 10, 2017 |
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How's Shibata? Last I heard he was in the hospital.
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Jack Anderson posted:How's Shibata? Last I heard he was in the hospital. Probably sitting cross-legged looking quite furious.
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Jack Anderson posted:How's Shibata? Last I heard he was in the hospital. he had successful surgery for a subdural hematoma according to NJPW's website which according to Google is bleeding between the brain and the covering of the brain.
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The_Rob posted:I saw a clip of Shibata kicking the living poo poo out of Okada and now I think I really have to watch Sakura Genesis. shibata/okada ruled and, yeah, there's a lot of awesome kicks. and shibata headbutting okada so hard he was literally bleeding on both ends of his skull. get well shibata, you're my favorite wrestlemans also i wasnt expecting the takahashi squash but i'll take it, takahashi rules.
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Baron Corbyn posted:he had successful surgery for a subdural hematoma according to NJPW's website Oh jeez, way to give yourself a traumatic brain injury Shibata. It sounds like they caught it early which is good, but this kind of thing isn't a trivial matter. Hopefully he recovers okay. Glad to see War Machine take the belts - that was the most I've enjoyed a HW tag title match in awhile. It would be nice if they got a decent run but that's not really how the tag divisions work. Hiromu has been such a great addition to the junior division. Looking forward to him and Ricochet and hopefully they get Ospreay back for a title shot as well.
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Bigass Moth posted:Man they really need to add some new blood to the Jr. Tag division. maybe Taguchi and KUSHIDA can challenge for it to give KUSHIDA something to do while Hiromu beats everyone else.
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Skinty McEdger posted:Fale going to win the IWGP title and it will be great. Thats Inoki's music!
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sigmachiev posted:Out of curiosity i rewatched the main event in English, and thought Kelly and Cyrus did a nice job. They're starting to get in a good groove with one another, and Cyrus is clearly more comfortable now that he's got a few reps under his belt. I'll never not listen to Japanese for my first time viewing a show but it's good to know the English team is improving and doing well. That's good to hear. I will have to do that next time I watch that match. I finally found the NJPW commentary sweet spot. Let the English commentary help kill time and entertain for the first half but once intermission starts, switch to the Japanese screaming mad men.
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That was probably my favourite NJPW main event in a while, only thing that brought it down was Okada isn't really capable of convincingly taking it to Shibata, yet he didn't really have to change his gameplan at all and eventually just won anyway despite several spots that seemed expressly designed to establish Shibata's superiority as a fighter. He's a great target for an rear end beating though and I like him much more when he's playing the heel.
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Thauros posted:
english new japan site lists them after they are announced. They spell Unno's son's name as Syota Umino there. Also next show is Lion's Gate 4 Lion's Gate 4 on 4/13 at 6am est Young Lion Debut: Syota Umino(Red Shoe's son) vs. TAKA Michinoku Hirai Kawato vs El Desperado Jado & Gedo vs. Yuuma Aoyagi & Koji Iwamoto (AJPW Young Lions) YOSHI-HASHI vs. Toru Sugiera (FREEDOMS) TenKozy vs. Ayato Yoshida & DINOSAUR TAKUMA (K-Dojo) Nagata & Tomoyuki Oka vs. Nakanishi & Katsuya Kitamura
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KungFu Grip posted:english new japan site lists them after they are announced. They spell Unno's son's name as Syota Umino there. Also next show is Lion's Gate 4 yeah i know it was just easier to C&P from STRIGGA's posting and give credit. that lion's gate card is pretty interesting and I especially want to see the AJPW match Super No Vacancy posted:wheres elgin juice is the gaijin du mois, but I hope they find something cool for him soon. Thauros fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Apr 10, 2017 |
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Super No Vacancy posted:wheres elgin taking some tours off bc they have too many guys to book them all right now
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quote:Update regarding Katsuyori Shibata’s condition no more headbutts please
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Probably best if he misses the G1. And the Tag League. And you know it's probably best if he's out altogether until New Year's Dash.
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Venomous posted:Probably best if he misses the G1. And the Tag League. And you know it's probably best if he's out altogether until New Year's Dash. He'll be at Dontaku with his head wrapped in tape because Shibata
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