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Spermgod posted:i don't see Ibushi making the final as a freelancer I see Ibushi being the guy who costs Omega a spot in the final setting up the Dome match. I wonder if he's also close to signing
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ibushi will wrestle 9 matches in the g1 in 2017 to date he has only wrestled 11 matches, 7 of which have been for new japan i don't think he's gonna sign any sort of deal but to the extent that he's an active wrestler, he's basically a new japan guy at this point
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Spermgod posted:i don't see Ibushi making the final as a freelancer I don't see that as much of a problem. Minoru Suzuki has been a freelancer his entire career and yet he's been a focal point for the whole "Try to keep NOAH relevant" initiative and gotten plenty of title shots. But NJPW knows that in between plenty serious matches he just wants to occasionally beat up a mummy, much like Ibushi in between serious matches he occasionally wants to shoot rockets out of his rear end.
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Spermgod posted:recent history shows they aren't going to give away a marquee match on a show that's a guaranteed sellout Tanahashi/Nakamura and Naito/Tanahashi are pretty marquee. Neither was quite as big at that moment as they'd be before or later, but still big name matches.
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MassRafTer posted:Tanahashi/Nakamura and Naito/Tanahashi are pretty marquee. Neither was quite as big at that moment as they'd be before or later, but still big name matches. i don't remember but i don't think those shows sold out as far in advance as last years did
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Spermgod posted:i don't see Ibushi making the final as a freelancer When exactly did they sign Kojima in 2010 and when did it become public?
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Spermgod posted:i don't remember but i don't think those shows sold out as far in advance as last years did Given the dome show attempt in 14 they had to be supremely confident of a sellout in 15. It's G1 we might get something kind of weird name wise, or we might get two big stars, there's just no trend lately.
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It's kind of hard to figure out a final along the lines of last year's since there's not a lot of other guys at Goto's "credible threat to main eventers but not a marquee guy and also can deliver a great match" level. I guess Elgin, Suzuki and Ibushi would be the closest and out of those Elgin is the only one I could see in the final. So I guess i'm predicting a Naito vs. Big Mike final.
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I think that was Shibata's spot until he got hurt.
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I hope he doesn't come back, dude needs to rest. Sounds like he was pulling a Stan Hansen for quite a while already
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SLUM KING posted:they run Tokyo constantly. They're kinda burning out the city and only the more noteworthy shows are selling out at the moment.
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hyper from Pixie Sticks posted:Is wrestling such a niche sport in japan that in a city of 13 million people they can't sell out a 2,000 capacity arena? Yes. But you are right. The attendance at the Kizuna Road show was miserable
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And yet he insisted on doing those cringe inducing headbutts. I love Shibata and it sucks that this is going on, but he's kind of an idiot.
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Someone on twitter said posted pics of an example of what it looks like for people with Shibata's condition Normal eyesight:  Shibata:  Welp.
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Didn't Stan Hansen wrestle like that or was his blindness less bad?
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SatoshiMiwa posted:Didn't Stan Hansen wrestle like that or was his blindness less bad? I think Stan Hansen has full view, but due to shortsightedness everything is very blurry. So he knows he is decapitating someone in the ring, he just doesn't know who it is until his lariat actually connects. Shibata's eyesight though, holy poo poo.
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https://twitter.com/BulletClubItal/status/878460929364701185 Puts Okada's to shame.. TO SHAME!
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I'd like to see something from Cody that doesn't completely reinforce my belief that he's overrated, but that GIF does him no favors.
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Helicity posted:I'd like to see something from Cody that doesn't completely reinforce my belief that he's overrated, but that GIF does him no favors. I totally bought into him during the Rhodes family vs The Shield feud, but since then he's been a complete waste. That said, it behooves you to make it look bad when you steal another guy's big move to taunt him, only makes the other guy look better.
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Cody didn't do the best on the move cause he was slow on it but also Daniels sell was also less than stellar too.
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remusclaw posted:I totally bought into him during the Rhodes family vs The Shield feud, but since then he's been a complete waste. That said, it behooves you to make it look bad when you steal another guy's big move to taunt him, only makes the other guy look better. I liked the initial Goldust and Cody run (before Stardust). I've always liked Cody Rhodes for that matter. Dashing Cody Rhodes was great, the bags over peoples faces gimmick was awesome.. I loved when he wore the mask because he thought he was hideous despite the fact the mask was clear and you could clearly tell he wasn't disfigured. He's always been talented in the ring, but I've never really seen him as the "face" of a company. Certainly not a company like New Japan.
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Kizuna Road June 26th 2017 at 5:30 EDT/10:30 BST Korakuen Hall Syota Umino vs. Tetsuhiro Yagi Tomoyuki Oka. vs. Katsuya Kitamura Jushin Liger, Tiger Mask IV, and Hirai Kawato vs. Suzuki-gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Taichi, and TAKA) TenCozy, Nagata, and Nakanishi vs. CHAOS (Goto, Ishii, YTR, and Jado) CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada and Gedo) vs. Suzuki-gun (Davey Boy Smith Jr and El Desperado) Tana, Taguchi, Makabe, Juice, Finlay vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon NEVER Openweight Championship:Minoru Suzuki(c) vs. YOSHI-HASHI 2nd of third Kizuna Rd Korakuens is tomorrow headlined by Suzuki vs. YOSHI. We'll also find out the G1 blocks
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G1 Clmax 27 A Block Hiroshi Tanahashi Togi Makabe Tomohiro Ishii Hirooki Goto YOSHI-HASHI Bad Luck Fale Yuji Nagata Zack Sabre Jr Kota Ibushi Tetsuya Naito B Block Kazuchika Okada Toru Yano Satoshi Kojima Michael Elgin Juice Robinson Tama Tonga SANADA EVIL Minoru Suzuki Kenny Omega Looks like you can count on Okada vs. Omega III as the main event of the second Sumo Hall night. Thauros fucked around with this message at 11:57 on Jun 26, 2017 |
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Elgin and Naito are in different blocks, so Elgin's going to beat Naito at Long Beach. Okada/Omega III will absolutely go to a draw, but Omega will advance to the finals nevertheless. Elgin and possibly Yano will beat Okada. IDK about the rest, but Ishii's probably going to get his win back against Naito. Great lineup anyway. e: also, I made a wee prediction bracket for the US title tournament for the hell of it, so we can see how remarkably wrong most of us are at the end http://challonge.com/fj71sljk Venomous fucked around with this message at 12:37 on Jun 26, 2017 |
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They shoulda had Marty Scurll or Will Ospreay face Zack Sabre Jr. That way there'd be one pair of Canadians, one pair of Japanese, one pair of Brits, and one pair of Actual Americans competing for this new US Title.
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Omega will win at G1 since it isn't for the title, earning another title shot at KOPW and then lose that again
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Congrats on your G1 win, Naito
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gif Probst posted:ibushi omega final This please.
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Baron Corbyn posted:I cannot wait to see Fale sell ZSJ's offence This is probably a 6 minute match where zsj gets like 80 moves in, rack bombed, pinned.
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Chris James 2 posted:Congrats on your G1 win, Naito He does look like the favorite now given how the blocks broke down, but there's enough question to where it should be interesting in terms of booking. If Omega and Okada draw again who beats Okada to set up KoPW? I'm kind of hoping for Kojima and could see that. Some really drat great matches coming up , I'm hype.
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