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jesus WEP posted:HM: Tomohiro Ishii, KENTA, YOSHI-HASHI vs Guerillas of Destiny and Fale, NJPW G1 Final Cerebral Bore posted:MOTYC Kota Ibushi vs Jay White G1 29 Finals Aug 12 I Before E posted:MOTYC: Okada and Tanahashi/Suzuki and ZSJ, G1 8/12 Nth lost my old email posted:it was dumb and bad Don’t sign your posts
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Jerusalem posted:New Japan increased their MOTY nominations from 34 for the year so far to an extra 35 for the G1 Climax alone Just as Taguchi returned. Coincidence? 
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HM: Yota Tsuji and Ren Narita vs. Karl Fredericks and Clark Connors, G1 Climax Final, 12/08 HM: KENTA, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI vs. G.O.D. and Bad Luck Fale, G1 Climax Final, 12/08 HM: Kazuchika Okada and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki and Zack Sabre Jr., G1 Climax Final, 12/08 MOTYC: Kota Ibushi vs. Jay White, G1 Climax Final, 12/08 Definitely Switchblade's best match of the G1, maybe his best match ever? The last ten minutes were such an insane ride 
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Rarity posted:HM: Yota Tsuji and Ren Narita vs. Karl Fredericks and Clark Connors, G1 Climax Final, 12/08 nth. I was very into that young lions match as well. All four of those guys have a really bright future.
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Rarity posted:HM: Yota Tsuji and Ren Narita vs. Karl Fredericks and Clark Connors, G1 Climax Final, 12/08 nth Loved that main event. It's probably not to everyone's taste, but that match felt like some good old fashioned pro wrestling to me. A deliberate, story heavy start setting the ground work to an electrifying last 10 minutes where everyone in the stadium was praying (and screaming) for the right man to triumph. There were better matches in this tournament, but it was still a worthy match to finish it.
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Jerusalem posted:9 of those 35 were from Ishii too. he's the true Best Bout Machine
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Rarity posted:[b]HM: Yota Tsuji and Ren Narita vs. Karl Fredericks and Clark Connors, G1 Climax Final, 12/08 I guess I should nth these matches too, because they definitely are worth an HM.
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Low Desert Punk posted:he's the true Best Bout Machine He's pretty great. Working out SA's wrestler of the year so far (based on nominations for MOTY). Not counting battle royales, there are 153 wrestlers with at least one MOTY. Only 1 non-New Japan wrestler with 4 or more MOTYs (Johnny Gargano) The top 5 so far: 
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Aug 12, 2019 21:40
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drat, Okada's only 4th? He really is having an off year.
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TriffTshngo posted:drat, Okada's only 4th? He really is having an off year. I feel like he’s had less singles matches this year than usual
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I'd like to make a point for anybody combing through this thread for G1 recommendations: Do not sleep on Lance Archer. He's obviously not someone on the same level as someone like an Okada, or an Ospreay, or an Ishii, but he seriously defied everyone's expectations all tournament long, putting on matches that someone at his age, of his size, with his past injuries, should not be physically capable of doing, all while being an incredibly entertaining psycho monster heel. He was 7 for 9 on HMs, with the remaining two being a MOTYC (vs Ospreay) and an admittedly middling one near the very end with SANADA that they both seemed to be taking it easy for. If you were scrolling through the list of matches in the first posts and scoffing at the idea of Lance Archer vs Bad Luck Fale or Lance Archer vs EVIL being worth watching I suggest you reconsider because he was a genuine highlight.
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sportsgenius86 posted:I feel like he’s had less singles matches this year than usual He might have had more because he was in the NJC for the first time since... well, it’s definitely been a while since he’s been champ for most of the recent ones. But you’re right that it feels like he’s done less, that is true.
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Rarity posted:HM: Yota Tsuji and Ren Narita vs. Karl Fredericks and Clark Connors, G1 Climax Final, 12/08 nth
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MassRafTer posted:
Nth all these. I would also be inclined to almost give ZSJ vs KENTA motyc but it definitely deserves HM. The crowd starting to turn on KENTA was unexpected.
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G1 Climax Final: HM: Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr. MOTYC:Jay White vs. Kota Ibushi EAT poo poo SWITCHBLADE
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HM: Rush vs Caristico, CMLL Arena Puebla, 8/12 Extremely fun brawl between the two best wrestlers in the world rn with one of the best endings I’ve seen in a match this year
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MOTYC: Jay White vs Ibushi MOTYC: Shingo vs Goto MOTYC: Ishii vs Taichi HM: Naito vs Jay White Amazing G1 not sure how to rank this out of the three I saw
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I think it’s the best one because any other year I’ve seen there’s usually a bit of a lull in quality in the middle where guys are hurting but it’s not like the end is in sight yet. This year they just powered through all 9 rounds. I *think* they were running slightly bigger buildings and better production throughout so maybe that’s why the guys didn’t feel like they should slow down at all
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I've only seen two but this is definitely better than last year's. A-block was noticeably weaker than B-block in 2018. You know you're reaching when YOSHI-HASHI vs. Michael Elgin is one of the highlights.
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HM: Rollins/Lesnar Quite probably Rollins' best singles match ever tbh
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Having only seen the last 3 G1s I'd put 29 about on par with 27 I think. All 3 Final matches were better in 27 (okada/omega, naito/tanahashi, naito/omega) but I think the block action for most of the tournament was slightly better in 29. Last year was really weird and lopsided and hard to judge.
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27 was probably the best wrestling tournament I have ever seen in my life, and possibly the greatest wrestling tournament there has ever been. Last year was fantastic too, but I think I'd put it slightly behind this year's which I would put slightly behind 2 years ago. The BOSJ this year was also an absolutely incredible tournament, and this year's New Japan Cut was also great. I'm starting to think New Japan might be good at tournaments!
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Jerusalem posted:27 was probably the best wrestling tournament I have ever seen in my life, and possibly the greatest wrestling tournament there has ever been. Last year was fantastic too, but I think I'd put it slightly behind this year's which I would put slightly behind 2 years ago. Steady on. Singles tournaments. Tag tournaments not so much.
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Well it's rough to expect that from Gedo, after all it's not like he made his career as a tag team wrestle.... wait a goddamn minute 
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I think the most aggravating thing is they could have a great tag division
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:I think the most aggravating thing is they could have a great tag division Yup. No real excuse for it. Find Gedo an assistant or something, someone who can learn from him while getting a chance to put what he's learned into action with a hot tag division. I still think they should just merge the 2 tag divisions but I doubt they'd get that radical.
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Yeah, I'd be a fan of merging the heavyweight and jr. heavyweight divisions, but they really seem to have a thing about distinguishing between Heavyweight and Jr. Heavyweight.
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Jerusalem posted:Yeah, I'd be a fan of merging the heavyweight and jr. heavyweight divisions, but they really seem to have a thing about distinguishing between Heavyweight and Jr. Heavyweight. To be fair if you have R3K beating GOD on a regular basis then it ruins the whole divide in the singles divisions.
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Rarity posted:To be fair if you have R3K beating GOD on a regular basis then it ruins the whole divide in the singles divisions. Just hand wave it with some line on commentary about how it's different because it just means RPG3K are a better team so their working together counters the size difference which can't happen in the singles. But yeah, it's not gonna happen Also I feel bad for doing this derail in the MOTY thread
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To go back on topic, HM Dragon Gate The Gate of Adventure Day 2 afternoon show 4th August Ben-K vs Kaito Ishida I'll edit in a link to this match later but the long and short is it's real fun for a sprint, don't think it goes much more than 10 minutes, not exactly high stakes as the Dream Gate title isn't on the line. But it's fun and worth your time. forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 00:06 on Aug 14, 2019 |
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NienNunb posted:HM: Rush vs Caristico, CMLL Arena Puebla, 8/12 
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Rarity posted:To be fair if you have R3K beating GOD on a regular basis then it ruins the whole divide in the singles divisions. reminder that they did this match this year on a show already and r3k got their asses kicked
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NienNunb posted:HM: Rush vs Caristico, CMLL Arena Puebla, 8/12 Yes. nth
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NienNunb posted:HM: Rush vs Caristico, CMLL Arena Puebla, 8/12 Going to start going back to check some non-G1 action I missed. 3rd this because it's a very fun brawl even if personally I'm not overly enamoured with the finish.
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WIll 4th Caristico vs Rush, that finish is done rarely enough that it made me laugh when Caristico did it.
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HM: Soberano Jr, Templario, Gran Guerrero, and Euforia vs. Volador Jr, Cuatrero, Forastero, & Sanson, CMLL Liger Farewell (7/20) http://youtu.be/aoNOC-hgg6Y?t=01h00m35s More very solid CMLL fun, with eight of their top workers putting on a fun display.
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HM Roman Reigns vs Buddy Murphy Smackdown 8/13 HM Oney Lorcan vs Drew Gulak 205 Live 8/13
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Angel de Oro & Niebla Roja vs. Euforia & Gran Guerrero, CMLL (7/30), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKWVJR779us&t=6247s It's fun though it never really seems to get into top gear. But these are four really good wrestlers working in front of a hot crowd. Definitely worth your time.
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Dimebags Brain posted:From Dragon Gate's 8.7 Korakuen Hall show Finally got the time to see this and I can give it the nth it deserves. And provide a link for those who've not seen it and are maybe waiting for something to watch between G1 and Royal Quest/All Out on the 31st. Also from that show HM Dragon Gate The Gate of Adventure 7th August Natural Vibes (Kzy, Genki Horiguchu & Susumu Yokosuka) vs R.E.D. (Eita, Big R Shimizu & Yasushi Kanda) This Natural Vibes trio are awesome together, terrific chemistry, R.E.D. held up their side as the prick bullies, it's a real fun Dragon Gate six-man tag forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 23:46 on Aug 14, 2019 |
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MOTYC: Virus vs. Electrico, CMLL Puebla (8/5), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9fWzWWy0_o&t=2962s A really great technical bout. Virus is a great heel and still a really good worker despite his age. This is the first time I've ever seen Electrico work and he's very good. The crowd was super hot for this and that elevated it from HM.
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