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Dr. Zoggle posted:Inoki may of passed away, trending on twitter There can't be many people more influential in wrestling history than Inoki. There's definitely been reports for a while about his health being poor so it's not a surprise but it's still Antonio Inoki, the man who founded New Japan, a pioneer in the birth of MMA. Look at his students, Sayama created Shooto, Maeda Rings, Funaki & Suzuki Pancrase. Takeda headlined the first Pride show People focus on Inokiism in the negative a lot, for the impact it had on NJPW's business in the 2000s. We don't nearly appreciate the other side enough.
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forkboy84 posted:I was listening to a podcast earlier where the hosts tried to convince me that Kento looks 45 and this is bad for All Japan because they have no young guys and since then I had a nap for hours, woke up, watched last week's GLEAT & I'm still mad OP. What the hell podcast is this lmao
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:What the hell podcast is this lmao Open The Voice Gate. Very good on DG coverage, very irksome when talking about my beautiful boy All Japan.
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forkboy84 posted:I was listening to a podcast earlier where the hosts tried to convince me that Kento looks 45 and this is bad for All Japan because they have no young guys and since then I had a nap for hours, woke up, watched last week's GLEAT & I'm still mad OP. Do they have a twitter you can bombard with pictures of Ryuki Honda and his cool shades?
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It's a Dragon Gate podcast so their idea of young guy is probably like 19 and Kento at 33 is a washed up vet
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forkboy84 posted:Open The Voice Gate. Very good on DG coverage, very irksome when talking about my beautiful boy All Japan. OtVG is hosted by NotQuiteQuentin (though his co-host is in his 20s so everyone probably looks old to him)
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I'm at Suzuki's Festival now and he just had a killer tag match with TAKA against Yukio Sakaguchi & Hikaru Sato where they went brawling all over the festival grounds including getting into it with Abby Kobayashi at his food truck
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Super No Vacancy posted:i dont watch the show but kento used to be hot on twitter and now he looks doofy His schtick is getting kinda long in the tooth, in general. Especially with his Nextreme teammates evolving so dramatically in their title chases from where they were. He's essentially been the same thing for 6 whole years. People talk about Cody, but the epic, lack-of-self-awareness, Homelander-style mega heel run still on the table is totally Kento. Just a slight "I won because I'm the goat, so of course I did. No one is on my level! What...why are you haters booing?! You aren't on my level either!  " and we're off to the races. Instead of just more "lol Kento wins and you obviously love this poo poo to death". The fights are always good, but I think people want to see what's next, just like with NJPW. Still: Watch AJPW, tho. 
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Dishwasher posted:His schtick is getting kinda long in the tooth, in general. Especially with his Nextreme teammates evolving so dramatically in their title chases from where they were. He's essentially been the same thing for 6 whole years. People talk about Cody, but the epic, lack-of-self-awareness, Homelander-style mega heel run still on the table is totally Kento. Just a slight "I won because I'm the goat, so of course I did. No one is on my level! What...why are you haters booing?!" and we're off to the races. I don't think that's remotely true. Or rather i think it is true for western fans but the people actually buying tickets? He's the draw. I love the Aoyagi Bros, Honda, Ashino, Lee, HAYATO, but Kento isn't so much the ace as he is the draw. Even when he's not on top, Kento is far & away who people are paying to see, and turning him would be a massive risk that I'm not sure All Japan can really afford to take. I cannot imagine they have particularly large cash reserves, the margins have to be tight.
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I don't think people can fully understand Kento until they've seen him live. He has this insane magnetism in person that compels you to sit through his ridiculous post match routines. If he wanted to become a cult leader he absolutely could.
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Meh. "I" can take or leave him as he stands now. I respect his matches and his place as ajpw's centerpiece and reason for survival. He is legit Top 5, arguably, in the world. That wasn't knee-jerk Western "just turn him" stuff, I just can not with the character in his current form for too much longer. But I can totally believe he's more of a "Live Band not an Album Band" kind of deal. But without a hook or twist, it's feeling like actually cheering for Tom Brady or Aaron Rodgers; and I'm not down with that either.  This is all just my personal feelings though as a guy who occasionally floats the money for AJPW.tv. Cult leader Triple Crown reign of terror is right there though and would be way more entertaining. Maybe once it's time to find his replacement he can finally lose his marbles and really embrace being a dick, kinda like Jumbo did when the pillars started to rise. Edit: The term I'm looking for is Douche Vibes. And Miyahara the character has them off the charts despite the hero role. Dishwasher fucked around with this message at 15:22 on Oct 1, 2022 |
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:I'm at Suzuki's Festival now and he just had a killer tag match with TAKA against Yukio Sakaguchi & Hikaru Sato where they went brawling all over the festival grounds including getting into it with Abby Kobayashi at his food truck Well this just rules 
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The second day of the festival was even better. I don't know if it makes TV or if the experience translates but Jun Kasai vs Minoru Suzuki vs Hikaru Sato is one of the best live experiences I've had. Chasing them around the festival as they drafted in Hiroyo Matsumoto and Mei Suruga among others to pull off their next dumb spot ruled. Also a bunch of random people like Chris Charlton and Manami Toyota were just hanging around GEORGE W BUSHI fucked around with this message at 06:56 on Oct 2, 2022 |
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kento rules because he makes this guy seethe
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:The second day of the festival was even better. I don't know if it makes TV or if the experience translates but Jun Kasai vs Minoru Suzuki vs Hikaru Sato is one of the best live experiences I've had. Chasing them around the festival as they drafted in Hiroyo Matsumoto and Mei Suruga among others to pull off their next dumb spot ruled. this sounds completely awesome.
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I'm not too fond of Kento's current character (same as with Okada's) but when it comes to wrestling he just rocks so he's still good in my book Would that someone on Kento's level be in AJPW though So who was Black Tiger in the 9/19 AJPW Korakuen show though Lily Catts fucked around with this message at 18:28 on Oct 2, 2022 |
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I had hoped they would be winding down Voodoo Murders after Suwama lost the belt, instead they added new members 
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:Also a bunch of random people like Chris Charlton and Manami Toyota were just hanging around The best tag team I never knew I wanted 
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https://twitter.com/supercima1115/status/1576789512633450496?t=kZuqgD-rAFMok0LZioczZQ&s=19 Wanted to share the news that Masato Yoshino has signed with GLEAT as their new G-Pro commissioner but accidently copied CIMA's reaction so you get that instead
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Lmao Ken Ohka really is a Like A Dragon protagonist https://twitter.com/DramaticDDT/status/1576974186173845505
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:Wanted to share the news that Masato Yoshino has signed with GLEAT as their new G-Pro commissioner but accidently copied CIMA's reaction so you get that instead https://youtu.be/Ee-pUdr6UE0 SPEEEEEEEED STAAAAAAAR IT'S LIGHTNING IN THE JUNGLLLLE
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Finally catching up with Kobashi's show from June and thought this was a very amusing image
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Power Windows posted:They're so disappointed in me
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Crossposting: I made a 10 minute Dragongate primer video for those who are interested but don't know how to get into it. Mostly still frames this time so I don't have to deal with another GAORA takedown.
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Sting is trying to bring Darby Allin to Noah when he goes. https://twitter.com/WONF4W/status/1576992992228831232 And all of a sudden I want to see Darby vs Kenoh.
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Lamuella posted:And all of a sudden I want to see Darby vs Kenoh. Kenoh tries to angrily bond with Darby over how their aged mentors abuse and mistreat them in order to benefit only themselves, gets even angrier when Darby explains that Sting is actually a great step-dad who supports him unconditionally and has been an enormous benefit to his career.
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Jerusalem posted:Kenoh tries to angrily bond with Darby over how their aged mentors abuse and mistreat them in order to benefit only themselves, gets even angrier when Darby explains that Sting is actually a great step-dad who supports him unconditionally and has been an enormous benefit to his career. And them Darby says "have you met my friend, Orange Cassidy" and Kenoh's head explodes.
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Pinwiz11 posted:And them Darby says "have you met my friend, Orange Cassidy" and Kenoh's head explodes. Kenoh getting into a kick war with OC where he's nailing his high-power kicks and OC is responding with his little gentle ankle taps  If Kenoh was in DDT instead of NOAH, we might get this
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Jerusalem posted:Kenoh getting into a kick war with OC where he's nailing his high-power kicks and OC is responding with his little gentle ankle taps Cyber Fight Festival next year?
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KENOH-Cassidy captures my imagination more than even Suzuki-Cassidy, drat. Joey, Spring Break this poo poo.
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Deathlove posted:KENOH-Cassidy captures my imagination more than even Suzuki-Cassidy, drat. Joey, Spring Break this poo poo. not even Shibata can get Cassidy. The tough guy v. cassidy curse is real.
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Takuya Nomura beating the hell out of New Japan young lions is loving rad, thank you All Japan for giving me this. And then Nagata comes into avenge his sons. Beautiful.
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Professional. Wrestling. https://twitter.com/ddtproENG/status/1577962838374903809
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I love you so much, DDT
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DJExile posted:I love you so much, DDT
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Lamuella posted:Professional. Wrestling. A stip so weird that even Hirata is confused about that.
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