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Ok I'm not watching 30 mins of 2 dudes staring at each other. How the hell is that not boring?
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Rarity posted:Ok I'm not watching 30 mins of 2 dudes staring at each other. How the hell is that not boring? It rules, scoospgal
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Mar 30, 2020 18:40
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Rarity posted:Ok I'm not watching 30 mins of 2 dudes staring at each other. How the hell is that not boring? Have you ever watched smackdown
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Mar 30, 2020 18:43
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Rarity posted:Ok I'm not watching 30 mins of 2 dudes staring at each other. How the hell is that not boring? It definitely helped going in unspoiled. Every hand twitch! No character breaking! Fujita starts to move!!!!!!!!
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Mar 30, 2020 18:43
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It's amazing to me that ddt will merely inevitably parody this instead of being the ones who originated the concept and used it for themselves
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Mar 30, 2020 19:08
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Coaaab posted:It's amazing to me that ddt will merely inevitably parody this instead of being the ones who originated the concept and used it for themselves
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Mar 30, 2020 19:11
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I can totally see NOAH using some DDT booking for that match given it was empty arena
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Mar 30, 2020 19:15
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all japan did it first to disastrous results at that tenryu show
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Mar 30, 2020 19:21
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MOTYC: Daniel Bryan vs. Drew Gulak, Elimination Chamber This ruled. Great technical storytelling, and Michael Cole even did (pretty) well on commentary in getting it over. This could very easily be the best match on the main roster all year.
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Mar 30, 2020 19:27
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:MOTYC - Go Shiozaki (c) vs Kazuyuki Fujita for the GHC Heavyweight Championship - NOAH 20th Anniversary - NOAH The Chronicle (3/29) NTH
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Mar 30, 2020 20:21
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extradite THIS! posted:It rules 
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Mar 30, 2020 20:50
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Gonna be real with y'all. Wish the staredown lasted longer.
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Mar 30, 2020 21:14
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It rules in an abstract arthouse sort of way, but drat is it boring to watch and I definitely skipped ahead to when the match actually starts.
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Mar 30, 2020 21:18
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Dimebags Brain posted:It rules in an abstract arthouse sort of way, but drat is it boring to watch and I definitely skipped ahead to when the match actually starts. Coward
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Mar 30, 2020 21:29
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I'm not really sure where I stand on the Shiozaki/Fujita match, to be honest. On the one hand it was definitely interesting and different, but on the other hand I'm a complete philistine who prefers action in my pro graps.GEORGE W BUSHI posted:Feels like anything I recommend is going to pale in comparison to that last match but here's a match you could watch twice during that opening staredown for a nice contrast in terms of pacing. It's just as brutal though. This, on the other hand, unequivocally owned hard. Nthing.
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Mar 30, 2020 22:09
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Rarity posted:Ok I'm not watching 30 mins of 2 dudes staring at each other. How the hell is that not boring? Cerebral Bore posted:I'm not really sure where I stand on the Shiozaki/Fujita match, to be honest. Both of these points for me. I thought the staredown was kind of funny but also skipped to the actual start. Didn't think the match itself was that remarkable and had way too many shots to the head. Especially the repeated kicks. No thanks.
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Mar 30, 2020 22:24
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MOTYC: Ishii vs. Takagi, New Japan Road 2/20
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Mar 30, 2020 22:26
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As a recommendation, I finally caught up on Lucha Underground s4 because it's free on Tubi. Ultima Lucha Cuatro has a Matanza/Johnny Mundo match that is incredibly fun. Just distilled Lucha Underground. That probably should've been the series finale, it would've been a good way to end.
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Mar 30, 2020 22:29
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People who skip the staredown are the same sorts of people who would create an only fight scenes version of Jean Claude Van Dam's Bloodsport
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Mar 30, 2020 23:26
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NienNunb posted:Gonna be real with y'all. Wish the staredown lasted longer. 
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Mar 30, 2020 23:58
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NienNunb posted:Gonna be real with y'all. Wish the staredown lasted longer. in front of a packed sumo hall on the anniversary of that 80s riot in new japan
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Mar 31, 2020 00:16
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RealFoxy posted:I don't know if Takagi is booking for them yet or just the general manager but without knowing what promotion it was in, I think 100% of people would have said it was in DDT. I've heard nothing to suggest that they've replaced NOSAWA Rongai as booker. It's generally accepted that he's been doing a good job in the role. HM 29/3 Pro Wrestling NOAH GHC National Championship Takashi Sugiura vs Minoru Tanaka
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Mar 31, 2020 00:19
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:MOTYC - Go Shiozaki (c) vs Kazuyuki Fujita for the GHC Heavyweight Championship - NOAH 20th Anniversary - NOAH The Chronicle (3/29) Nth.
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Mar 31, 2020 01:06
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When Cyberagent bought NOAH and Takagi was appointed as NOAH President he explicitly said that he'd never take control of the wrestling side and that he'd let Marufuji and the top end of the NOAH side decide how they'd go with that. Considering that business-wise they've done perfectly fine with NOSAWA as booker (the monthly shows are stable, and they managed to put 5,000 people in Sumo Hall so its a good base to grow from) so I don't think they are hurrying to shift away from him. Still not signed to them though so they also aren't committing long term to him.
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If we had this plague before CyberAgent bought NOAH, I guarantee Go/Fujita would have gone exactly the same way This wasn't a DDT thing. This was war
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Mar 31, 2020 01:58
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HM: Angel de Oro, Niebla Roja, & Titan vs. Cuartrero, Forastero, & Sanson (c), Mexican National Trios, FantasticaMania 1/20 HM: Barbaro Cavernario vs. Caristico (c), NWA World Middleweight, FantasticaMania 1/20 HN: EVIL, Shingo Takagi, & Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii, Will Ospreay, & YOSHI-HASHI, Manabu Nakanishi Retirement Show 2/22 MOTYC: Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, & Kota Ibushi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Yuji Nagata, & Manabu Nakanishi, Manabu Nakanishi Retirement Show 2/22 I am caught up on this year's New Japan, which I didn't think I'd get to do even with the pandemic.
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Mar 31, 2020 02:00
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just realised that I haven't nominated anything this year; time to solve that MOTYC: Miyu Yamashita vs Yuka Sakazaki, TJPW, 4th January Natsumi Maki vs Sareee, TJPW, 4th January Yuu vs Kaho Kobayashi, OZ Academy, 5th January Mayu Iwatani vs Momo Watanabe, Stardom, 19th January Arisa Nakajima vs Yoshiko, SEAdLINNNG, 24th January Jungle Kyona + Momo Watanabe vs Mayu Iwatani + Kagetsu, Stardom, 26th January HARASHIMA vs Masato Tanaka, DDT, 26th January Mayu Iwatani vs Takumi Iroha, Stardom, 8th February MAO vs Masato Tanaka, DDT, 23rd February Aja Kong/Hiroyo Matsumoto vs Mayumi Ozaki/Saori Anou, Plasma Bat Death Match, Zero-1/Super Fireworks Wrestling, 24th February Kagetsu vs Meiko Satomura, Kagetsu Retirement Show, 24th February Chihiro Hashimoto vs Syuri, Sendai Girls, 8th March Suzu Suzuki vs Tsukasa Fujimoto, Ice Ribbon, 14th March Maya Yuhiki vs Hiragi Kurumi, Ice Ribbon, 14th March Kento Miyahara vs Suwama, AJPW, 23rd March Daisuke Harada vs Yoshinari Ogawa, NOAH, 29th March HM: Daisuke Sasaki + Soma Takao vs Naomi Yoshimura + Yuki Ueno, DDT, 3rd January Hikaru Sato vs Susumu Yokosuka, AJPW, 3rd January Maki Itoh vs Hikari Noa, TJPW, 4th January Saki Akai vs Rina Yamashita, DDT, 12th January Sareee vs Yoshiko, Diana, 8th February Kagetsu vs Miyuki Takase, YMZ, 9th February Chihiro Hashimoto vs Kagetsu, Sendai Girls, 16th February Kagetsu vs Maika, JTO, 18th February Bea Priestley + Jamie Hayter vs Momo Watanabe + Utami Hayashishita, Stardom NO PEOPLE GATE, 8th March Mayu Iwatani vs Saki Kashima, Stardom NO PEOPLE GATE, 8th March Mayumi Ozaki + Saori Anou vs Ibuki Hoshi + Yoshiko, OZ Academy, 8th March Thekla vs Madeline, Ice Ribbon, 20th March Haruka Umesaki vs Yurika Oka, Sendai Girls, 28th March Mei Hoshizuki vs Maria, Sendai Girls, 28th March I would normally write what I like about all of these but that would be a book so I'll avoid doing that. Will point out that the Takumi Iroha/Mayu Iwatani match is up there on my Match of the Year list and is worth a watch (here); the Suzu Suzuki-Tsukasa Fujimoto Ice Ribbon match is also very good and something of a career match for Suzu who is shockingly good considering her age and experience level. Probably forgotten a lot but I can add to this later on! IceAgeComing fucked around with this message at 02:41 on Mar 31, 2020 |
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I'm going to 2nd IceAceComing's nomination for MOTYC: Chihiro Hashimoto (c) vs. Syuri for the Sendai Girls World Championship - Sendai Girls Remember the Day (3/8) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agOCgxYdBcE I predicted Syuri would have a big year this down and she hasn't been letting me down. Also going to add HM: Mei Suruga vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto - Gatoh Move Day of Happiness (3/20) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8yUT-m-VSA Rarity posted:Ok I'm not watching 30 mins of 2 dudes staring at each other. How the hell is that not boring? Going into the match knowing it's thirty minutes of staring ruins the effect and why I put that part in spoilers. Every single movement potentially being the moment where someone breaks and makes the first move is what made it tense and compelling. If you lose that you might as well skip to the match. GEORGE W BUSHI fucked around with this message at 03:19 on Mar 31, 2020 |
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:MOTYC: Mei Suruga vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto - Gatoh Move Day of Happiness (3/20) GEORGE W BUSHI posted:HM: Mei Suruga vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto - Gatoh Move Day of Happiness (3/20) Are you downgrading your MOTY nomination?
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Mar 31, 2020 03:48
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Oh I didn't realise I already posted it haha. Yeah it's probably an HM
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Easily enough handled!  Edit: Also, thanks IceAgeComing, Hikaru Sato vs. Susumu Yokosuka made the HM list thanks to your vote!
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Not being one who keeps track of a ton of promotions I only just now saw that Shiozaki/Fujita match and even though a MOTYC is at this point long redundant I'm gonna give it one anyway just for formality because that was a loving wild ride from start to finish. I think being in an empty arena definitely made it work way better than it otherwise would have.
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Apr 1, 2020 10:26
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MOTYC: Jordan Devlin vs. Tyler Bate, NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II (1/12) Unnecessary but it's got to be the highlight of this show.
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TriffTshngo posted:Not being one who keeps track of a ton of promotions I only just now saw that Shiozaki/Fujita match and even though a MOTYC is at this point long redundant I'm gonna give it one anyway just for formality because that was a loving wild ride from start to finish. I think being in an empty arena definitely made it work way better than it otherwise would have. N. The "actual wrestling" sections were pretty ordinary but the audacity of the match structure and the execution of the stare-down part elevates it
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HM: Trent vs. Kenny Omega - AEW Dynamite 4/1 Trent is really good in singles matches y'all
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Dango Bango posted:HM: Trent vs. Kenny Omega - AEW Dynamite 4/1 nth
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Dango Bango posted:HM: Trent vs. Kenny Omega - AEW Dynamite 4/1 Nth
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Dango Bango posted:HM: Trent vs. Kenny Omega - AEW Dynamite 4/1 I'll give this a MOTYC nod.
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Dango Bango posted:HM: Trent vs. Kenny Omega - AEW Dynamite 4/1 4th
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Dango Bango posted:HM: Trent vs. Kenny Omega - AEW Dynamite 4/1 Nth
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