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DDT Who's Gonna Top? September 25th MOTYC Yuki Ueno (c) vs Cara Noir - DDT Universal Championship - This match hosed, i'm convinced that Yuki Ueno is the best underdog babyface in the world right now. Noir also rules, he's someone i'd only ever heard of before this DDT run and I want him to become a regular part of the roster asap Kazusada Higuchi (c) vs Konosuke Takeshita - KO-D Openweight Championship - By this time everyone knows that Takeshita is awesome, but Higuchi is the loving champion. For years i've considered him the weakest member of Eruption but this singles run has been rad as gently caress. Man waves the flag for DDT and I love him for it although Jesus the thud when he headbutted the pole was horrifying HM MAO, ASUKA and Saki Akai vs Toru Owashi, Kazuki Hirata and Antonio Honda - Goddamn this was funny, great way to start off the main show. DDT does such great comedy, offset by the comedy from the Iino match being the dirt worst Burning (Jun Akiyama, Yusuke Okada and Tetsuya Endo) and Takeshi Masada vs HARASHIMA, Sanshiro Takagi, Soma Takao and Yukio Sakaguchi - Forgive me for gushing over Takeshi Masada again, but he's real goddamn good for his level of experience. This was the Sakaguchi show (which makes sense watching the rest of the card) but everyone looked good here
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Sep 25, 2022 14:19
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Rarity posted:Oh poo poo I didn't realise Cara Noir had shown up in DDT hell yeah he's awesome That's what happens when you don't read the puro thread where every Thursday or Friday I post the schedule and cards for all the upcoming week in Japan (well, I say all, it's basically for the promotions goons watch, from Nooj to Ice Ribbon, GanPro and 2AW)
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Rarity posted:MOTYC: Will Ospreay vs. David Finlay, NJPW Burning Spirit, 25/09 Yep, Nth. It's cool that another wrestler has taken the Yoshi-Hashi route of being unimpressive for years before suddenly finding their groove and putting out bangers
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Sep 25, 2022 18:07
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Lamuella posted:MOTYC: Kenoh vs Kaito Kiyomiya, Grand Ship 2022, Pro Wrestling Noah, 25/09 Nth, this was rad. I'd probably put it below their 2021 N-1 semi finals match, but every match between these two is a guaranteed banger
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Lamuella posted:MOTYC: Kenoh vs Kaito Kiyomiya, Grand Ship 2022, Pro Wrestling Noah, 25/09 nth
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HM: Toni Harting (c) vs Mike D. Vecchio, GWF World Title match, GWF Battlefield 2022 9/25 Excellent match. I knew nothing about either guy watching this at the venue and was hooting & hollering at the end. I probably saw GWF’s entire roster tonight and these two guys definitely stood out. It’s already on YT, skip to 1:50:30 for the bell https://youtu.be/_zp5U8Atee4 If you have time for and interest in a pretty good Royal Rumble-style match, the main event starts at the 2 h 40 min mark. It is a full hour in length.
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Sep 25, 2022 22:42
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forkboy84 posted:HM Nth, Freedoms the king of gnarly as hell deathmatches. Drew Parker remains a goddamn maniac, Swanton Bomb though a pane of glass then balancing a ladder on a table to gain additional height what the actual gently caress, and that has before the aforementioned gross headshots with chairs they forgot to gimmick
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:AJPW 50th Anniversary September 18th Agree with these both. Though I struggle rating a match like Lee vs Nomura, but it was really loving enjoyable so... Also going to say the Jr Title Match doesn't get a nod but it is the best Tiger Mask singles match I can remember in good while. That's all on Atsuki, obviously
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HM: Brody King & Buddy Matthews vs. Darby Allin & Sting, Rampage Grand Slam 9/23 HM: Jack Perry vs. Rey Fenix, Rampage Grand Slam 9/23 HM: Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Ricky Starks, Rampage Grand Slam 9/23
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Rarity posted:MOTYC: Will Ospreay vs. David Finlay, NJPW Burning Spirit, 25/09 Agreed...Violent David Finlay is really good and I hope he keeps that fire up Rarity posted:HM: Tetsuya Naito/SANADA vs. Dangerous Tekkers, NJPW Burning Spirit, 25/09 Yeah that was fun and it's amazing that despite hating each other Naito and ZSJ are united in their dislike of ref Kenta Saito
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Lamuella posted:MOTYC: Kenoh vs Kaito Kiyomiya, Grand Ship 2022, Pro Wrestling Noah, 25/09 Nth
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HM: Dragon Dia & Madoka Kikuta vs. Jacky Funky Kamei & Jason Lee MOTYC: Ben-K, Kota Minoura & Naruki Doi vs. Dragon Kid, Kagetora & YAMATO MOTYC: Eita vs. Yuki Yoshioka All from Dragongate's Dangerous Gate on 9/19
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HM: Delirious vs. Mike Bailey, Impact Victory Road 9/23
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SG Bamboo posted:DDT Who's Gonna Top? September 25th
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AEW Rampage 9/23 HM: Sting & Darby Allin vs. Buddy Matthews & Brody King HM: HOOK & Action Bronson vs. "Daddy Magic" Matt Menard & "Cool Hand Ang" Angelo Parker MOTYC: Jungle Boy vs. Rey Fenix MOTYC: Ricky Starks vs. Powerhouse Hobbs
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:MOTYC: Kento Miyahara (c) vs. Naoya Nomura for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship - AJPW #ajpw Mania in Korakuen Hall (9/19) Yes and yes both of these. I don't think this was the best singles match between these 2 but it is the best All Japan match of 2022. I loving loved it. The intro video, the start calling back to the previous night, call backs to wars they have had in the past. I loved it. Like one of those Okada matches where they tell you how long it went & you just go "wait, no, it couldn't be more than half that", just didn't take foot off the accelerator. Tag Title Match also slapped. forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 11:10 on Sep 26, 2022 |
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A Fancy Hat posted:AEW Rampage 9/23 Nth
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HM 11th August Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix Night 5 5★GP Red Block AZM vs Tam Nakano HM 11th August Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix Night 5 5★GP Blue Block Hazuki vs Natsupoi MOTYC 11th August Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix Night 5 5★GP Blue Block Momo Watanabe vs Starlight Kid MOTYC 11th August Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix Night 5 5★GP Red Block Risa Sera vs Utami Hayashishita MOTYC 11th August Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix Night 5 5★GP Blue Block MIRAI vs Suzu Suzuki Going in I thought Momo vs Kid or Sera vs Utami would be match of the show, but nope, MIRAI & Suzu brought it. Great match. My favourite match of the first 5 nights of the GP.
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AEW Dark Elevation 9/26 HM: Skye Blue & Shawn Dean vs. Penelope Ford & Kip Sabian
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HM: Emi Sakura vs. Hikaru Shida, AEW Dark Elevation, 8/29 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEZvV71fwB4&t=2119s
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MOTYC: Chihiro Hashimoto (c) vs. Ryo Mizunami for the Sendai Girls World Championship - Sendai Girls (9/3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGkF0NUYVW0 Great match for those of you who like two powerhouses running into each other a lot. Chihiro is one of the best wrestlers in the world and I wish more people were taking advantage of Senjo putting everything on YouTube to check this stuff out.
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Pylons posted:AEW Dark Elevation 9/26 this was way better than expected nth
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Pylons posted:AEW Dark Elevation 9/26 Nth. This was really good fun.
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GLEAT G-Pro Wrestling Ver.35 September 25th HM Michiko Miyagi vs. Maya Fukuda - UWF Rules Tetsuya Izuchi vs Oji Shiiba El Lindaman (c) vs Takanori Ito - G-Rex Title Fun little show, although main event unfortunately didn't live up to expectations. It was very good don't get me wrong, but it wasn't at the level of some of Lindaman's other defences
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MOTYC 7th August New Japan G1 Climax 32 Night 13 Chase Owens vs Tomohiro Ishii MOTYC 7th August New Japan G1 Climax 32 Night 13 JONAH vs Kazuchika Okada Owens Ishii was fantastic. Obviously JONAH Okada was great too but Owens Ishii will stick with me.
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:MOTYC: Chihiro Hashimoto (c) vs. Ryo Mizunami for the Sendai Girls World Championship - Sendai Girls (9/3) Nth to this, love me some joshi hoss battles. I'm definitely in the camp where I need to watch more Big Hash, she's consistently great every time I watch
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forkboy84 posted:Knock yourselves out, watch wrestling. This is very cool, thank you!
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Fucksake, calm down lad, that's a bit much. No but seriously, very cool!
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Yeah man, this is fantastic! Most of the matches on your list are from promotions I don't typically watch and I haven't seen any modern AJPW at all, so I'm very much looking forward to catching up on what I missed. Thanks so much!
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AJPW 50th Anniversary September 18th MOTYC Gungnir of Anarchy (Shotaro Ashino and Ryuki Honda) (c) vs Get Wild (Manabu Soya and Takao Omori) - AJPW World Tag Team Championships - Four beefy men doing a bunch of beefy man poo poo HM Voodoo Murders (Minoru Tanaka and Toshizo) (c) vs The Team Formerly known as Evolution (Hikaru Sato and Dan Tamura) - All Asia Tag Team Championships - I've turned around on Dan Tamura. I still think he has a silly look, but jesus does that boy take some punishment SUWAMA (c) vs Kento Miyahara - Triple Crown - Suwama's best match since joining Voodoo Murders
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Rarity posted:HM: TJP/Francesco Akira vs. 6 or 9, NJPW Burning Spirit, 25/09 Rarity posted:MOTYC: Will Ospreay vs. David Finlay, NJPW Burning Spirit, 25/09 Nth these
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MOTYC: Eddie Kingston vs. Tomohiro Ishii, NJPW Capital Collision, 5/14 MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs. Juice Robinson vs. Will Ospreay vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, NJPW Capital Collision, 5/14 HM: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Gunther, Smackdown 8/12 HM: Erik & Ivar vs. Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods, Smackdown 9/2
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holy gently caress I know what to do in my spare time then (if only to get more value out of my AJPW.tv sub)
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HM 13th August Sendai Girls Summer Beat ASUKA & Ryo Mizunami vs Mika Iwata & Yuu Yuu & Aniki just battering each other with chops. Very cool.
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:MOTYC: Chihiro Hashimoto (c) vs. Ryo Mizunami for the Sendai Girls World Championship - Sendai Girls (9/3) nth e: lmao that mic spot after the match tho Penguin Patrol fucked around with this message at 04:19 on Sep 28, 2022 |
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Catching up on Stardom's 5★STAR Grand Prix, and wanted to throw a HM to Mayu Iwatani vs Saya Iida on 8/11/22. It's only like 5 minutes so it's too short to rate any higher, but it's a sprint and they go hard the whole time. I really dig Iida's whole brick shithouse thing. People who only saw the Twitter posts might know this as the match where Mayu fell out of the ring right onto her drat face while exiting the ring afterward, but the match itself kicked rear end.
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AJPW #ajpw Mania September 19th MOTYC Kento Miyahara (c) vs Naoya Nomura - Triple Crown - This is only Nomura's 5th singles match this year, but there is a real sense he could upset the Ace of the promotion and grab the title, especially what happened the day before this and with how thin the All Japan main event scene is. Kento can get the best out of anyone and Nomura is going hard which led to a fantastic 20 minute match that felt half that. Probably my second favourite Nomura match of the year, his match with Yuma in the first round of the Royal Road slightly edging this out. HM Gungnir of Anarchy (Shotaro Ashino and Ryuki Honda) (c) vs The Saito Brothers (Rei Saito and Jun Saito) - AJPW World Tag Team Championships - Some more beefy man poo poo to go with GoA's defence from the day before
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