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So.... I pretty much burnt out for a bit after the G1 and gave the October shows a miss to catch up on other stuff. I was pleasantly enjoying having NJPW back in my life, despite Suzuki/Yano being a huge let down, the whole event was pretty good then Chris Jericho turns up out of nowhere. I don’t “mark” out much but that was a great surprise. Judging from the reaction here and twitter it wasn’t expected at all either. How does this work though? I was assuming, probably wrongly, that Jericho had some sort of contract with WWE. Clearly not? Also Jay White’s return was great. I always enjoy watching the Young Lions come back from excursions with their new gimmick. Seems like they are pushing White big time in 2018. Can see him and Juice getting a NJ Cup match together.
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This story is true from everything I know: https://twitter.com/WrestlingSheet/status/927274873310908416 Omega/Ibushi once planned for the Dome is the working idea for Long Beach. If Meltzer pretends Omega is leaving New Japan again this year don't believe him is my advice.
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Finally, some hope for Cena/Tanahashi being possible. Kevin Kelly putting over that Naito video was neat, too.
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Is ACH's gimmick in NJPW that he's constantly severely injured? Dude is bandaged up like a drat mummy at Power Struggle.
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Le Saboteur posted:Is ACH's gimmick in NJPW that he's constantly severely injured? Dude is bandaged up like a drat mummy at Power Struggle. He hurt his ribs in the first round of the tag tournament.
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rovert posted:
gently caress i was on board until this. If Jericho would be available in March, which I'm assuming due to the cruise it would make far more sense to reverse them imo. Ibushi's a big draw in Tokyo and Jericho would def draw in the "casual hardcore" types in this country
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Thauros posted:gently caress i was on board until this. If Jericho would be available in March, which I'm assuming due to the cruise it would make far more sense to reverse them imo. Ibushi's a big draw in Tokyo and Jericho would def draw in the "casual hardcore" types in this country also as someone who will 100% be going to the next long beach show, the possibility of seeing omega/ibushi live is making me insanely excited.
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cams posted:capacity at the walter pyramid in long beach is 4500, the first two night event was 2300 per night. i would bet they could have kenny omega wrestle yano in the main event and still sell out 4500. having a larger american audience wanting to tune in to their biggest show of the year and possibly even subscribe to the network to do so is a huuuuge opportunity. They could've sold out 4500 last year no probelm, but the crowd was heavily fly-ins (I was one myself) and many of those people will be going to mania weekend/SCOH instead.
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Thauros posted:They could've sold out 4500 last year no probelm, but the crowd was heavily fly-ins (I was one myself) and many of those people will be going to mania weekend/SCOH instead. edit: also i am psure i am not gonna enjoy omega vs jericho. a lot of the work is gonna be on omega's shoulders, but jericho is a clever guy and can probably figure out some way to go out there and put on a match worthy of the later card of wrestle kingdom.
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Tomahawk posted:i really hope jericho comes out to his wcw theme I'd bet money he comes out to Judas or at least another Fozzy song. Dude loves himself.
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sigmachiev posted:I'd bet money he comes out to Judas or at least another Fozzy song. Dude loves himself. Hell, same.
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cams posted:but why, they might miss omega vs ibushi "This match will probably be really good but I am pretty sure I won't enjoy it." Thauros posted:gently caress i was on board until this. If Jericho would be available in March, which I'm assuming due to the cruise it would make far more sense to reverse them imo. Ibushi's a big draw in Tokyo and Jericho would def draw in the "casual hardcore" types in this country Why would Jericho want to do a show in front of 5,000 in the US instead of 30,000 in Tokyo. I know it is extremely unlikely but if they can get Jericho to do a tag with Gedo vs Liger and whoever at NYD I'd be very happy.
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Nov 6, 2017 02:53
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i'd be shocked if it's not the fozzy song they played in the promo
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Nov 6, 2017 02:55
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Is there any chance njpw world is on any devices I use by January
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Jackie D posted:Is there any chance njpw world is on any devices I use by January Do you use a personel computer?
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MassRafTer posted:"This match will probably be really good but I am pretty sure I won't enjoy it." but kenny omega vs chris jericho is a monster event and the opportunity is waaaay too good for njpw not to do it at wk12.
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algebra testes posted:Do you use a personel computer? Or a phone
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algebra testes posted:Do you use a personel computer? ...let me rephrase Any device connected to my TV
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Jackie D posted:...let me rephrase TVs have miracast
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Byolante posted:TVs have miracast Do you have an amazon fire tv or a computer and an hdmi cable or a laptop and an hdmi cable? Or perhaps a television with a connected device that can use an Internet Web Browing Program such as netscape navigator or prodigy?
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Jackie D posted:...let me rephrase Buy an HDMI cable or get a Chromecast. You'll thank yourself for your investment.
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I think Amazon pretty much pay you for a Fire Stick at this point, and if the banner ad with Kenny tells me anything, NJPWorld is on that.
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checksin posted:i'd be shocked if it's not the fozzy song they played in the promo Yep, song is called Judas which is their big single right now. Actually got some good momentum on a few international charts when it came out and I think cracked the Billboard 200.
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Jerusalem posted:Buy an HDMI cable or get a Chromecast. You'll thank yourself for your investment.  As a bonus, there are plugins in Chrome to accelerate the video to save time if you are trying to catch up. It's been invaluable to me.
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Jerusalem posted:Buy an HDMI cable or get a Chromecast. You'll thank yourself for your investment. Ditto Chromecast. NJPW World was why I got one in the first place and it has more than paid for itself. Super useful and reliable for many things, including NJ, and even if you have a smart TV.
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sigmachiev posted:Yep, song is called Judas which is their big single right now. Actually got some good momentum on a few international charts when it came out and I think cracked the Billboard 200. Hopefully goes better than the last time he tried to enter to one of his own songs. And to everyone assuming he's out of Mania due to the cruise... you know the cruise is in like October next year, right?
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I bought a Fire TV Stick pretty much specifically to watch NJPW on my TV. I have been extremely, extremely satisfied with the purchase. (Having said that, really, why isn't it on Roku or PS4 yet - if they really want this US Expansion to be real they gotta get on that poo poo)
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VJeff posted:I bought a Fire TV Stick pretty much specifically to watch NJPW on my TV. I have been extremely, extremely satisfied with the purchase. Agreed about the Roku comment, there are tiny lovely indies who have managed to figure that poo poo out, get on it NJPW
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Official World Tag League entrants Block A Juice Robinson/Sami Callihan SANADA/EVIL Yuji Nagata/ Manabu Nakanishi Yujiro/Hangman Page TenCozy Bad Luck Fale/Chase Owens Minoru Suzuki/Takashi Iizuka Hirooki Goto/YOSHI-HASHI Block B Killer Elite Squad War Machine Jeff Cobb/ Michael Elgin Best Friends Henare/ Togi Makabe Toru Yano/Tomohiro Ishii Guerrillas of Destiny Katsuya Kitamura/David Finlay
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I ignored a few of the youtube videos recommended to me about Jericho-Omega cause I figured it was just in reference to their twitter stuff 
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Platypus Farm posted:Do you have an amazon fire tv or a computer and an hdmi cable or a laptop and an hdmi cable? Or perhaps a television with a connected device that can use an Internet Web Browing Program such as netscape navigator or prodigy? I have a sony smart tv with a built in hotspot and a lg v20 phone. I just activate miracast on my phone then turn on screen mirroring on my tv.
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VJeff posted:I bought a Fire TV Stick pretty much specifically to watch NJPW on my TV. I have been extremely, extremely satisfied with the purchase. Watch New Japan make a PS4 streaming app and only release it in the Japanese PSN store  Also I’d bank on WK12 getting more than 40,000 in. Probably 45k if the early sales are any indication.
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Baron Corbyn posted:Official World Tag League entrants Here's a stream of thoughts waking up to this: Surprised that none of their big four are in the tournament this year. It's good to see Henare back and Chucky T getting that NJPW pay. Callihan looks so out of place. Finlay & Juice is a better team. Oka and Kitamura not tagging is a shame. Thought Fale and Tonga Leo were going to tag.
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I think it's a good surprise. Everyone says past tag leagues have been garbage, looking at the participants, they're all filled with teams like Okada & YOSHI-HASHI that are obviously not winning and Okada needs to rest up for Wrestle Kingdom. Leaving out the guys with big matches already keeps it unpredictable and maybe these guys will actually have good matches without a 30 minute match coming up on January 4th. I'm excited to see War Machine vs. Cobb & Elgin at least.
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No Monster Rage, no buys. Massive failing for a company poised to make huge moves on the world stage.
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Best Friends v Yano... 
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chris jericho is absolutely coming out to his band playing live, singing an entire song, and then going to the ring. also i am beyond excited that 2017 is the year of Chuckie T getting paid
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By the way I'm a big fan of Kelly and Callis marking the gently caress out during Jericho's challenge.
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VJeff posted:By the way I'm a big fan of Kelly and Callis marking the gently caress out during Jericho's challenge. Kelly and Callis are pretty good now; I just wish they were a tad less smarky (though they're so much better than e.g. Striker, or a lot of indie commentary) and had more enthusiasm during undercard matches I really like watching the English streams now though because they do a great job providing context that isn't always obvious, especially in multi-mans with a few angles going on. For as much as NJPW isn't great about having an English-friendly web presence, it definitely seems like they're providing the commentary with a lot of notes
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