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As mentioned before. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb5Ok0jrhoU Come in, assassinate Jushin "Thunder" Liger for his Dream Gate crimes, finish block on 4 points.
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sticklefifer posted:I definitely like that too, with some reservations: If it's a long-term stint for Eita, plus Shingo being NJPW champ, plus all the Strong Hearts/GLEAT stuff, I'm concerned newer talent will consider DG more of a stepping stone promotion. I'm guessing Eita pulls double duty, but if it leads to more (and don't get me wrong, I'll be happy for him if it does), DG really can't afford to lose more top guys. Hulk/Yama/Doi are probably lifers at this point, but even they have to rotate out eventually - Yoshino's retiring at 40 and most of the mainstays are close to his age. Yeah, I'm definitely thinking "opening up" means more "willing to work with other companies" rather than "lose guys to other companies". But I don't think Eita is done because well, RED would have gotten rid of him from his leadership position for starters. If they are doing this more then I'd like to see some of the younger guys doing outside dates, someone like Jason Lee, the Open The Voice Gates reckon he'd be the best junior in any other company so let him come in to do a BOSJ or something & see how he stacks up in a different environment. Or Minoura. Like I said, I really loved Susumu Yokosuka's run in All Japan in the first quarter of 2020 where he was just this really solid veteran out there helping All Japan's exciting but young Junior Heavyweights, & Mochizuki has had some fun stuff in NOAH (& actually so did KAZMA SAKAMOTO, some of his tag matches with Sugiura vs AXIZ are real loving good) forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 19:56 on Jun 13, 2021 |
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forkboy84 posted:Yeah, I'm definitely thinking "opening up" means more "willing to work with other companies" rather than "lose guys to other companies". But I don't think Eita is done because well, RED would have gotten rid of him from his leadership position for starters. Speaking of Eita in other promotions: Tonfa posted:Come in, assassinate Jushin "Thunder" Liger for his Dream Gate crimes, finish block on 4 points.
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# ? Jun 13, 2021 20:05 |
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I wouldn’t be concerned about DG as a stepping stone hurting their perception. They have more people in the dojo now than at any time of their history. It’s clear that Eita is getting down cycled. I figure that RED will warp into whatever new heel unit it’ll be and he will turn face. DG is generally open for business (except for probably ddt, weird drama there), so if he’s not going to figured into the 7/31-8/1 in a heavy role, might as well let him hang with nosawa for a bit.
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Tonfa posted:As mentioned before. Lol, that was a nasty Galleria.
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# ? Jun 13, 2021 23:40 |
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NotQuiteQuentin posted:DG is generally open for business (except for probably ddt, weird drama there)
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# ? Jun 13, 2021 23:46 |
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Hasn't DDT ended up using Cima slot? That would probably be the source of the heat
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# ? Jun 14, 2021 00:44 |
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Why did Shingo leave Dragon Gate anyway? He seemed to be one of their top guys. Was his friendship with Naito just that strong to have moved over to NJPW?
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# ? Jun 14, 2021 06:42 |
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Lily Catts posted:Why did Shingo leave Dragon Gate anyway? He seemed to be one of their top guys. Was his friendship with Naito just that strong to have moved over to NJPW? I'm guessing money was involved.
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# ? Jun 14, 2021 07:14 |
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there was a giant schism and reorganization in dg.
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# ? Jun 14, 2021 07:17 |
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Super No Vacancy posted:there was a giant schism and reorganization in dg. Yeah, half the people thought Shingo was the best, the other half thought Shingo was the greatest. They could not reconcile these differences.
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# ? Jun 14, 2021 07:29 |
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He'd been wanting out for a couple years before that, but stuck with it out of loyalty for a while. He was already doing stints in Big Japan and wanted to open up his schedule more so he could wrestle for other promotions. The restructure after CIMA left sort of let him know it was the right time to finally act on it. He said he was going to be a freelancer at first, but New Japan scooped him up pretty fast. I'm not sure if the freelance thing was a cover to keep that a secret or if they just surprised him with a really lucrative contract.
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# ? Jun 14, 2021 07:29 |
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drat that's a lot. Also what did CIMA do (I'm guessing a lot, and he's been working everywhere except DG nowadays)? It sounds like he's a polarizing figure in puro.
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# ? Jun 14, 2021 07:34 |
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He wanted to start his own promotion, so he formed OWE (which hasn't really done well). It's mostly a vehicle for Strong Hearts (CIMA and the DG guys he took with him - T-Hawk/Lindaman/Yamamura) to become an internationally traveling faction who show up in a bunch of other promotions like DDT, AJPW, sometimes PWG, and early AEW. OWE still runs events sporadically, like every few months or so. Last I heard they also got YASSHI and Tanizaki too. But now they're all signed by GLEAT, so they're doing shows for that now. He was a mainstay of Toryumon, but after Ultimo Dragon split in '04, CIMA carried the company as it became DG. Now after CIMA left, Ultimo's back. I'm not sure how much that has to do with it or if there's an old grudge there, but I think it's mainly that he's just moved on and has his own project that keeps him busy. edit: Kotoka also had to retire that year due to nagging injuries. 2018 hit DG really hard. sticklefifer fucked around with this message at 08:40 on Jun 14, 2021 |
# ? Jun 14, 2021 07:54 |
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Dove Pro x Stronghearts Shindies are so beautiful
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# ? Jun 14, 2021 09:26 |
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sticklefifer posted:He'd been wanting out for a couple years before that, but stuck with it out of loyalty for a while. He was already doing stints in Big Japan and wanted to open up his schedule more so he could wrestle for other promotions. The restructure after CIMA left sort of let him know it was the right time to finally act on it. He said he was going to be a freelancer at first, but New Japan scooped him up pretty fast. I'm not sure if the freelance thing was a cover to keep that a secret or if they just surprised him with a really lucrative contract. People who are jumping promotions often do the whole "I'm going freelance" bit to look less like they're straight up leaving to join a rival company. Some of them put a bit more effort into their cover story like Taiji saying he was going to try to break into America and doing a few Impact dates after leaving NOAH but Shingo showed up in NJPW the day after leaving DG. There's not really any hard feelings about it judging by how the DG roster were tweeting on the day he won the IWGP title though.
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# ? Jun 14, 2021 09:43 |
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It probably helps that Shingo had been around the block and done it all in every possible wrestling role for the company and he obviously wasn't in a position to be downcycled just yet. What was he gonna do, have another Dream Gate run or spearhead another unit?
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# ? Jun 14, 2021 09:53 |
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the thing you have to remember about CIMA and Ultimo Dragon is they are both egotistical bastards. If they were in a burning building, they'd both die stuck in the door trying to be the first one out.
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# ? Jun 14, 2021 16:29 |
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https://twitter.com/Hi5ame/status/1404476153235189760?s=19 Yoshiki Inamura appears in ZERO1 to announce his participation in Fire Festival 2021. Inamura says his target is Masato Tanaka.
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FatBagzJones posted:https://twitter.com/Hi5ame/status/1404476153235189760?s=19 https://twitter.com/b3rt4/status/1398945195035615233?s=20 Inamura Tanaka, Inamura Abe, Inamura Otani, there's some tasty stuff. Abe Otani should slap, & Abe vs Tanaka. drat shame it's the Fire Festival & probably if we're lucky 2 shows ever make it online.
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# ? Jun 14, 2021 20:12 |
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Today I was wo wondering, maybe Mutoh vs Kitamiya wasn't just ramdom title defence for Keiji, but test run for Masa. Maybe NOAH already decided next champion, with Masa Kitamiya turning on KONGO and a month prior even main evented show with Mutoh for HW title, I would like to see him as champ, that sounds interesting and doesn't look like bad choice. Plus he should come out looking great out of a feud with Namajima, which will help him being recognised as one of top guys.
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# ? Jun 16, 2021 17:37 |
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GLEAT Lidet UWF Ver.0 is up on BiliBili if that's a thing you are interested in. Meanwhile, I just watched a Champion Carnival show from April that I apparently missed at the time so my going into the backlog is going well. Tomorrow I am going to go through Cagematch & make a list of what exactly I've missed or fallen behind on & then decide what seems skippable because otherwise I'm going to end up 6 months behind on DDT which would be bad.
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# ? Jun 17, 2021 02:05 |
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coconono posted:I still need to watch the main and the co-main, but I finally got around to enjoying some GLEAT its good poo poo
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19/6/2021, Saturday 11am JST/1pm AEDT/3am BST/10pm EST/7pm PST New Japan Strong Ignition Oceanview Pavilion, Port Hueneme Alex Coughlin vs Josh Alexander Adrian Quest & Fred Rosser vs Barrett Brown & BATEMAN Live on NJPW World 12pm JST/2pm AEDT/4am BST/11pm EST/8pm PST Tokyo Joshi Pro Spring Tour '21 The Bullet Narimasu Act Hall, Tokyo Miyu Yamashita & Yuka Sakazaki vs Nodoka Tenma & Shoko Nakajima Rest of card TBA Live on Wrestle Universe 1pm JST/3pm AEDT/5am BST/12am EST/9pm PST Stardom in Shizuoka Shimizu Marine Building Multipurpose Hall, Shizuoka Lady C vs Rina Hina vs Momo Watanabe Donna Del Mondo (Giulia, Maika & Syuri) vs Oedo Tai (Fukigen Death, Konami & Saki Kashima) COSMIC ANGELS (Mina Shirakawa, Tam Nakano & Unagi Sayaka) vs Queen's Quest (AZM, Saya Kamitani & Utami Hayashishita) Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Starlight Kid) vs STARS (Hanan, Koguma & Mayu Iwatani) Show presumably uploaded to Stardom World 4pm JST/6pm AEDT/8am BST/3am EST/12am PST Ice Ribbon Tama Pro Festa Vol.1 Narumi Green Hall, Tokyo Budou vs Suzu Suzuki Tsukushi Haruka vs Yuki Mashiro Banny Oikawa vs Cherry vs Thekla 666 Offer match: Koju Takeda & Onryō vs Taro Yamada & Yuko Miyamoto Maika Ozaki & Ram Kaicho vs Matsuya Uno & Risa Sera Akane Fujita, Hiroyo Matsumoto & Suzu Suzuki vs Maya Yukihi, Totoro Satsuki & Tsukasa Fujimoto Live on NicoNico 5pm JST/7pm AEDT/9am BST/4am EST/1am PST All Japan Dynamite Series 2021 Night 2 Bolfort Toyama Multipurpose Hall, Toyama Jun Saito & Rei Saito vs Shuji Ishikawa & Yoshitatsu Black Menso~re vs Hikaru Sato vs Koji Iwamoto Akira Francesco & Ryuki Honda vs Carbell Ito & Takao Omori NEXTREAM (Atsuki Aoyagi & Yuma Aoyagi) vs Purple Haze (Izanagi & Zeus) NEXTREAM (Kento Miyahara & Rising HAYATO) vs Total Eclipse (Kuma Arashi & TAJIRI) Evolution (Dan Tamura & Suwama) & Shotaro Ashino vs Total Eclipse (Hokuto Omori, Jake Lee & Koji Doi) Uploaded to AJPW TV as a VOD later 5:30pm JST/7:30pm AEDT/9:30am BST/4:30am EST/1:30am PST Ganbare Pro I'll Be Like a Flower Blooming On The Moon 2020 Narimasu Act Hall, Tokyo Keisuke Ishii & Kouki Iwasaki vs Shuichiro Katsumura & Yumehito Imanari Gatoh Move Offer Match: Sayaka Obihiro vs Yuna Mizumori Miyako Matsumoto vs Tanomusaku Toba Asuka & Shota vs Ayame Sasamura & Shiori Asahi HARUKAZE & Yuna Manase vs Moeka Haruhi & Yuu Yamagata Live on Wrestle Universe Also shows from Big Japanx2, Colega, Heat Up & Actwres girlZ 20/6/2021, Sunday 11:30am JST/1:30pm AEDT/3:30am BST/10:30pm EST/7:30pm PST DDT King of DDT 2021 2nd Round Korakuen Hall, Tokyo Hideki Okatani & Yukio Naya vs Yuki Iino & Yuya Koroku 37KAMIINA (Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno) vs Damnation (Nobuhiro Shimatani & Soma Takao) vs Disaster Box (Akito & Naomi Yoshimura) Danshoku Dieno vs Yusuke Okada DDT Iron Man Heavymetalweight Title Battle Royal: Shinya Aoki(c) vs Antonio Honda vs Chris Brookes vs Kazuki Hirata vs Mad Paulie vs Makoto Oishi vs Mad Paulie vs Saki Akai vs Yukio Sakaguchi King of DDT 2nd Round: HARASHIMA vs Yuji Hino King of DDT 2nd Round: Konosuke Takeshita vs MAO King of DDT 2nd Round: Daisuke Sasaki vs Jun Akiyama King of DDT 2nd Round: Kazusada Higuchi vs Tetsuya Endo Live on Wrestle Universe Freedoms Presents Sugiura Wrestling: Heart Shaped Wrestling Sportiva Arena, Nagoya Dragon Libre vs Rekka Takaya Shibayama vs X Jun Kasai vs Yusaku Ito Daisuke Masaoka & Toru Sugiura vs Toshiyuki Sakuda & Violento Jack Absolutely no clue if this'll make tape 1pm JST/3pm AEDT/5am BST/12am EST/9pm PST 2AW 2nd Anniversary GRAND SLAM TKP Garden City, Chiba Ayumu Honda & CHANGO vs Kyu Mogami & Ricky Fuji Ayame Sasamura vs Shiori Asahi Daiki Wamamatsu, Naka Shuma & Takuro Niki vs Shigehiro Irie, Taylor Adams & THE Andre "King" Takuma Ayato Yoshida & Kotaro Yoshino vs Hiroshi Yamato & Kohei Sato 2AW Tag Team Titles: Kengo Mashimo & Tatsuya Hanami(c) vs Kaji Tomato & Shu Asakawa 2AW Openweight Title: Taishi Takizawa(c) vs Tank Nagai It'll be on NicoNico at some point, probably in a month or so Stardom in Maibara Shiga Prefectural Cultural Industry Exchange Hall, Maibara Konami vs Lady C vs Ruaka COSMIC ANGELS (Mina Shirakawa & Unagi Sayaka) vs Queen's Quest (Momo Watanabe & Saya Kamitani) Kukigen Death vs Tam Nakano Queen's Quest (AZM & Utami Hayashishita) vs STARS (Koguma & Mayu Iwatani) Donna Del Mondo (Giulia, Maika & Syuri) vs Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora, Saki Kashima & Starlight Kid) Show presumably uploaded to Stardom World 2pm JST/4pm AEDT/6am BST/1am EST/10pm PST All Japan Dynamite Series 2021 Night 3 Kissei Cultural Hall, Matsumoto Jun Saito & Rei Saito vs Purple Haze (Izanagi & Zeus) Rising HAYATO vs Yoshitatsu Akira Francesco & Shuji Ishikawa vs Koji Iwamoto & Ryuki Honda Black Menso~re & Takao Omori vs Evolution (Dan Tamura & Hikaru Sato) NEXTREAM (Atsuki Aoyagi, Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi) vs Total Eclipse (Koji Doi, Kuma Arashi & TAJIRI) Shotaro Ashino & Suwama vs Total Eclipse (Hokuto Omori & Jake Lee) Uploaded to AJPW TV as a VOD later 5pm JST/7pm AEDT/9am BST/4am EST/1am PST Ice Ribbon #1127 15th Anniversary Special Ice Ribbon Dojo, Saitama Budou vs Matsuya Uno Cherry vs Totoro Satsuki Miku Aono vs Tsukushi Haruka Matsuya Uno & Ram Kaicho vs Miyako Matsumoto & Yuki Mashiro Suzu Suzuki vs Thekla Akane Fujita, Risa Sera & Tsukasa Fujimoto vs Hiroyo Matsumoto, Maya Yukihi & Maika Ozaki Live on NicoNico Also shows from BJW vs Zero1, Secret Base, Diana, JTOx2, Ryuku Pro, JWP & Wave 21/6/2021, Monday 11am JST/1pm AEDT/3am BST/10pm EST/7pm PST Tokyo Joshi Pro That's J-PW #21 Wrestle Budokan, Saitama Card TBA Live on Wrestle Universe Nothing but Colega. And they might even have the day off? 22/6/2021, Tuesday 6:30pm JST/8:30pm AEDT/10:30am BST/5:30am EST/2:30am PST New Japan Kizuna Road 2021 Night 6 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo Taichi vs Yuya Ueumra Yota Tsuji vs Zack Sabre Jr Bullet Club (El Phantasmo, Gedo, Jado & Taiji Ishimori) vs CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada, SHO, Toru Yano & YOH) Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Kota Ibushi, Satoshi Kojima & Yuji Nagata vs LIJ (BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito) NEVER Openweight 6 Man Tag Team Titles: CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI)(c) vs Bullet Club (Dick Togo, EVIL & Yujiro Takahashi) Live on NJPW World Also shows from Wave & PPP 23/6/2021, Wednesday 11am JST/1pm AEDT/3am BST/10pm EST/7pm PST Tokyo Joshi Pro That's J-PW #22 Wrestle Budokan, Saitama Card TBA Live on Wrestle Universe 6:30pm JST/8:30pm AEDT/10:30am BST/5:30am EST/2:30am PST New Japan Kizuna Road 2021 Night 6 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo Great O Khan vs Yota Tsuji Kota Ibushi vs Yuya Uemura Bullet Club (Dick Togo, EVIL, Gedo, Jado & Yujiro Takahashi) vs CHAOS (Hirooki Goto, Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI) LIJ (BUSHI, SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito) vs Suzukigun (El Desperado, Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr) IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles: Roppongi 3K (SHO & YOH)(c) vs Bullet Club (El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori) Live on NJPW World Stardom In Iwate Iwate Prefectural Gym, Morioka AZM vs Lady CHANGO Momo Watanabe vs Unagi Sayaka Oedo Tai (Konami & Starlight Kid) vs Queen's Quest (Saya Kamitani & Utami Hayashishita) COSMIC ANGELS (Mina Shirakawa & Tam Nakano) vs STARS (Koguma & Mayu Iwatani Donna Del Mondo (Giulia, Maika & Syuri) vs Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Saki Kashima) Show presumably uploaded to Stardom World Also shows from Tenryu Project & Ice Ribbon 24/6/2021, Thursday 6:30pm JST/8:30pm AEDT/10:30am BST/5:30am EST/2:30am PST Stardom In Aomori Utley Multipurpose Hall, Hachinohe Lady C vs Momo Watanabe AZM vs Ruaka Oedo Tai (Konami & Natsuko Tora) vs Queen's Quest (Saya Kamitani & Utami Hayashishita) Oedo Tai (Saki Kashima & Starlight Kid) vs STARS (Koguma & Mayu Iwatani) COSMIC ANGELS (Mina Shirakawa, Tam Nakano & Unagi Sayaka) vs Donna Del Mondo (Giulia, Maika & Syuri) Show presumably uploaded to Stardom World 7pm JST/9pm AEDT/11am BST/6am EST/3am PST Big Japan IkkiTousen DeathMatch Survivor Semi-Final Shinkiba 1stRING, Tokyo Kazumasa Yoshida & Kazumi Kikuta vs Kazuki Hashimoto & Takashi Suzuki Kota Sekifuda & Tatsuhiko Yoshino vs Masaki Morihiro & Takuho Kato Yasufumi Nakanoue & Yuji Okabayashi vs Yuki Ishikawa & Yuya Aoki Akira Hyodo, Daichi Hashimoto & Kankuro Hoshino vs Fuminori Abe, Kosuke Sato & Takuya Nomura Abdullah Kobayashi & Masaya Takahashi vs Jaki Numazawa & Takumi Tsukamoto IkkiTousen Deathmatch Survivor Semi-Final: Hideyoshi Kamitani vs Ryuji Ito IkkiTousen Deathmatch Survivor Semi-Final: Drew Parker vs Violento Jack Airs on NicoNico PPV Also Colega 25/6/2021, Friday Nothing but Colega
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# ? Jun 18, 2021 12:14 |
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Lance Archer vs Test (Japan 2009) Some of the photos from this rare match. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3zdxjMX0Ak0Zpg?format=jpg&name=small https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3zdxjkXEAU0249?format=jpg&name=360x360 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E3zdxjNWEAcBLW8?format=jpg&name=small FatBagzJones fucked around with this message at 20:09 on Jun 18, 2021 |
# ? Jun 18, 2021 20:04 |
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So uhhhhh. Is there a reason Dragon Gate is still charging me after I canceled my sub?
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# ? Jun 18, 2021 23:34 |
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MJeff posted:So uhhhhh. Can you still log in to the Network? When did you cancel? Possibly your best bet is getting in touch with the Dragon Gate English Facebook or Twitter
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# ? Jun 18, 2021 23:41 |
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forkboy84 posted:Can you still log in to the Network? When did you cancel? I cancelled on the 4th and got charged two days ago. I sent an inquiry through their website, see what happens I guess.
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# ? Jun 18, 2021 23:47 |
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gently caress, does the TJPW show start while Dynamite is still on?
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# ? Jun 18, 2021 23:56 |
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MJeff posted:I cancelled on the 4th and got charged two days ago. I sent an inquiry through their website, see what happens I guess. if its like Stardom then they'll charge you on the 1st but the payment doesn't go through until the 6th or 7th; so by cancelling on the 4th you've still committed to that month and so have paid for it. Could be wrong there though.
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# ? Jun 19, 2021 00:01 |
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Jerusalem posted:gently caress, does the TJPW show start while Dynamite is still on? we have a new narrative for why Dynamite's viewership is going to drop in hour two.
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# ? Jun 19, 2021 00:02 |
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look BBTK, you can sign all the loose wrestlers you want but I absolutely need my time with Namba's Announcements.
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# ? Jun 19, 2021 00:04 |
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coconono posted:look BBTK, you can sign all the loose wrestlers you want but I absolutely need my time with Namba's Announcements. I'm doing the solution I've got for pre-Dynamite, where I have TJPW open on my computer with sound with the baseball game on silent.
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# ? Jun 19, 2021 00:09 |
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Also the One To Million combo tech is so loving strong and cool.
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# ? Jun 19, 2021 00:50 |
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IceAgeComing posted:if its like Stardom then they'll charge you on the 1st but the payment doesn't go through until the 6th or 7th; so by cancelling on the 4th you've still committed to that month and so have paid for it. Could be wrong there though.
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# ? Jun 19, 2021 02:04 |
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My "to watch" list is 30 shows long now. I have failed All but 1 show are from May & June. And I've not even included a bunch of DDT shows in places like Kumamoto & Hiroshima. Pretty sure catching up is impossible now but hey, should try.
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# ? Jun 19, 2021 02:49 |
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https://twitter.com/onitafire123/status/1406156820557701122?s=19 Drew Parker will be doing English commentary on FMW-E's Independence Day for anyone interested in dropping ¥1000 to see Onita and his sleazy buddies blow each other up. (there is also Chinese commentary)
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# ? Jun 19, 2021 09:01 |
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https://twitter.com/TheGLEATMuta/status/1406126549061967882?s=20 Show looks dope.
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# ? Jun 19, 2021 11:42 |
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What is GLEAT?
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# ? Jun 19, 2021 18:01 |
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TTBF posted:What is GLEAT? Wrestling promotion started by Lidet last year after CyberAgent bought Noah, because Lidet wanted to stay in the pro wrestling game. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleat
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# ? Jun 19, 2021 20:01 |