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One unique thing about the netpro awards is that they aren't anonymous and every ballot gets publicly released including any comments by the voter. This years are up here: http://beye2.com/npwa/npwa2022thsl.htm
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fez_machine posted:One unique thing about the netpro awards is that they aren't anonymous and every ballot gets publicly released including any comments by the voter. Oh boy, this is great. ■ MVP Bobby Lashley / Sami Zayn / Chihiro Hashimoto ■ Best Match 4.3 WWE (WrestleMania 38 Day 2) Bobby Lashley vs Omos 11.5 WWE (Crown Jewel (Saudi Arabia)) Bobby Lashley vs Brock Lesnar 6.5 WWE (Hell in a Cell) Cody Rhodes vs Seth Rollins ■ Best Tag Woo Swords (WWE) / Alpha Academy (Otis & Gable) ■ Best Performance 4.3 WWE ("WrestleMania 2" ) Day ”) 11.5 WWE (Crown Jewel (Saudi Arabia)) 6.5 WWE (Hell in a Cell) ■Best Group WWE/NOAH/All Japan Pro-Wrestling ■Best Pro-Wrestling Award Antonio Inoki/WWE Network/ Midnight Harley & Race (Radio Japan) Cor blimey. Bobby Lashley, Sami Zayn, Big Hash. What a trio. And then immediately below it someone picks Kento Miyahara vs Abdullah Kobayashi as MOTY. I love this. Oh gosh, the best yet: ■ Best Match 12.14 GLEAT MMA (Korakuen Hall) Tetsuya Izuchi vs Yuki Kondo I could lose hours here.
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Thank you for this precious gift fez_machine This one jumped out to me, this brave soul claimed Watase/Hartley as their MOTY yet still had the temerity to like Pheromones. Also those dastardly Saito brothers over my boy Taison Otokoman-san posted:MVP
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1st one was good https://twitter.com/OBEYBrookes/status/1616580380311818241
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drat, can't catch that one live so hopefully the Youtube police leave it alone until I get home from work
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Jan 21, 2023 01:38
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Abe shooting on Death Worm will rock
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Bonk posted:A lot of fans fell off when CIMA & Shingo left. The attendance records for big PPVs were almost halved after the OWE split, and then a lot of the old mainstays have been retiring. They're on the rise though, fortunately. D'courage are a proven draw and the excursions have been really getting guys like SB KENTo noticed. So a bit of clarification about DG reported attendance. The CIMA/OWE split coincided with President Okamura (former WAR/Bukoh Dojo member along with Mocchy and TARU) also leaving the company. Before 5/5/18 the attendances were worked, under the new leadership it’s been all legit and they don’t report the comps as paid anymore. The first Kobe World without Okamura and CIMA reported a far lesser attendance, but the company made more money than in 2017 because they aren’t comping every one of Okamura’s friends. A really illustrative point about how promoting in Japan differs promotion to promotion is the city of Nagoya. Nagoya’s a market that every national promotion focuses on but doesn’t have the size of Tokyo or Osaka. In 2022, NOAH put on a GHC title match that drew 643 in the Congress with Fujita taking the belt from Nakajima. Not a bad house given everything but two people everyone can point to and go “yeah those are focused properties getting pushed.” Dragongate drew 713 before that with two Nagoya natives, including one under the age of 22, and a secondary title match. The company started to focus more on “hometown” shows a few years back and treating Nagoya natives like they mattered and it’s paid off
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Ah, thanks for the clarification - I knew they had worked numbers in the past (2010s Korakuens were always Super No Vacancy) but I wasn't sure when that ended. Card for Sambo Hall part 2 tonight: ① 6-Man: D'courage (all) vs Kung Fu Masters (Jacky, Jason, Ho Ho) - free match, should be a good one ② Tag: Nagano & Kato vs Minorita & Fuda ③ Singles: Ichikawa vs HYO ④ Tag: Genki & Punch vs Shachihoko & Yoshida ⑤ 6-Man: M3K (Susumu, Kanda, Junior) vs Dragon Kid, Kondo, Kagetora ⑥ Tag: YAMATO & Fujii vs Shimizu & Strong Machine J ⑦ Open the Triangle Gate: Z-Brats (Shun, KAI, ISHIN)© vs Gold Class (Minoura, Ben-K, BxB) Odds are Gold Class winning the belts and having all 4 of them strapped up, but I wouldn't rule out a Z-Brats reign of supremacy with the Dream & Triangle either.
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https://twitter.com/alljapan_pw/status/1617003872559730689?s=46&t=vcHOL3zhkEbKntg8VyJcqw Rare occasion where Shuji is the little guy on his team
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Holy poo poo, that list. I can't believe some of those promotions are going to be working together on the same show, especially 2AW/JTO and GLEAT/DG. If anyone's interested and doesn't know the roster very well, I just posted a block breakdown video today for DG's Rey de Parejas 2023 tag league.
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I have a couple of people on my wishlist - MAO for DDT, though after the JTO show Daisuke Sasaki is mroe likely - Fuminori Abe as BASARA rep even if he's gone freelance - Kosuke Sato for Big Japan - Rising HAYATO for All Japan, although Atsuki Aoyagi would put in a fantastic showing - Issei Onitsuka for GLEAT even if they're likely to bring back Lindaman - Hikaru Sato for Pancrase - Shuichiro Katsumura for GanPro - Drew Parker for Freedoms - Shoki Kitamura for Zero1 - Seiki Yoshioka for NOAH
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Bonk posted:Holy poo poo, that list. I can't believe some of those promotions are going to be working together on the same show, especially 2AW/JTO and GLEAT/DG. 2AW and JTO have been on the same shows before (on GLEAT funnily enough, but also SEAdLINNNG)
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This is amazing but as I've said before these large interpromotional events are signs of the strength of the last decade in puro and its current weakness
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Lamuella posted:Oh wow So we can almost guarantee Hikaru Sato which is nice, as the Pancrase Mission representative.
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Catching yesterday's All Japan Korakuen show and only 2 matches in but it's been very good fun. Really recommend catching Anzai & Inoue vs Doi & Omori, fans are so behind the young boys and Doi is great working with them and being the heel. Ohbari should go in the HOF for getting vocal crowds back. All the Hall of Fames.
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Everyone absolutely must watch thr main event of this show, Holy gently caress. That's my 2nd ***** of the year
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With just over a day to go (January 24th, midnight Eastern), I'm making a final push for any last Top Ten lists for the Punch Sport Pagoda Top Ten Favorite Active Wrestlers of 2022 Thread. If you haven't already submitted a Top Ten, please do!
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Ishida killed it in the physical charisma stakes in the D-Generation tournament presser. Just running laps around everyone else.
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Uhh fumi Saito thinks Muto genuinely tried to get the rock for his retirement match lol
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Dragongate February 3rd Korakuen Hall card looks pretty awesome. ① 6 Man: Shuji Kondo, Eita, Takashi Yoshida vs. Shun Skywalker, KAI, Diamante ② Singles: Jacky “Funky” Kamei vs. Kaito Nagano ③ Singles: Jason Lee vs. Yoshiki Kato ④ Rey de Parejas B Block: Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda vs. Strong Machines J&F ⑤ Rey de Parejas A Block: Masaaki Mochizuki & Mochizuki Junior vs. HYO & ISHIN ⑥ 6 Man: Ultimo Dragon, Ben-K, Minorita vs. Genki Horiguchi, Kagetora, Ho Ho Lun ⑦ Rey de Parejas B Block: YAMATO & Naruki Doi vs. Dragon Kid & Dragon Dia ⑧ Rey de Parejas A Block: Yuki Yoshioka & Madoka Kikuta vs. B×B Hulk & Kota Minoura Also the 1/23 Aichi house show digest for free. Bonk fucked around with this message at 07:23 on Jan 24, 2023 |
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sleep with the vicious posted:Uhh fumi Saito thinks Muto genuinely tried to get the rock for his retirement match lol  Welp, downloading Pacific Rim Podcast as quickly as I can to hear this one!
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sleep with the vicious posted:Uhh fumi Saito thinks Muto genuinely tried to get the rock for his retirement match lol Mark Pickering drunkenly claimed in the NOAH discord that it would be Austin or The Rock and it would outdraw Wrestlemania
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:Mark Pickering drunkenly claimed in the NOAH discord that it would be Austin or The Rock and it would outdraw Wrestlemania This randomly reminds me of the time somebody from WWE was on Steve Austin's podcast to promote a Takeover show, and mentioned Liger would be wrestling on the show. Austin's immediate delighted reaction of,"LIGER!?! He's still wrestling!!?!" was the best.
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When will mark Pickering admit to closing the elevator in your face.
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Would Austin or the Rock even be bigger draws than Nakamura was a few weeks ago?
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Mark Pickle Rick being right about something for once would be even bigger than Raj being right about Sasha.
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ATTENTION CHOPAHOLICS DDT is releasing a barrel of chopahol for free https://twitter.com/ddtproENG/status/1617809441964888066
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ShuPro Awards Pro Wrestling Grand Prix 1. Kazuchika Okada (NJPW) 4343 2. Keiji Mutoh (NOAH) 1242 3. Will Ospreay (NJPW) 741 4. Kaito Kiyomiya (NOAH) 624 5. Kento Miyahara (AJPW) 550 6. Tetsuya Naito (NJPW) 544 7. El Desperado (NJPW) 409 8. Satoshi Kojima (NJPW) 245 9. Yuki Yoshioka (DG) 213 10. Kenoh (NOAH) 174 Joshi Grand Prix 1. Syuri (Stardom) 2383 2. Saya Kamitani (Stardom) 1471 3. Starlight Kid (Stardom) 1309 4. Giulia (Stardom) 1242 5. Tam Nakano (Stardom) 991 6. KAIRI (Stardom/free) 644 7. Suzu Suzuki (Prominence) 534 8. Unagi Sayaka (Stardom) 533 9. Saori Anou (free) 522 10. Saki Kashima (Stardom) 487 Match of the Year 1. Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay (NJPW, 8.18) 2014 2. El Desperado vs Jun Kasai (JTO, 9.12) 1928 3. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs KENTA (NJPW, 1.5) 901 4. Natsupoi vs Tam Nakano (Stardom, 6.20) 860 5. Kaito Kiyomiya vs Keiji Muto (NOAH, 7.16) 743 6. Giulia vs Suzu Suzuki (Stardom, 10.1) 602 7. Will Ospreay vs Tetsuya Naito (NJPW, 11.5) 355 8. Kazuchika Okada vs Shingo Takagi (NJPW, 1.4) 288 9. LIJ vs Kongoh (NJPW, 1.8) 252 10. Mayu Iwatani vs KAIRI (NJPW, 11.20) 221 Best Unit 1. Cosmic Angels (Stardom) 2351 2. United Empire (NJPW) 2164 3. Oedo Tai (Stardom) 1492 4. LIJ (NJPW) 1042 5. Kongoh (NOAH) 699 6. Bullet Club (NJPW) 683 7. Prominence (Prominence) 565 8. Suzuki-gun (NJPW) 533 9. House of Torture (NJPW) 383 10. Queens Quest (Stardom) 362 Best Foreigner 1. Will Ospreay (NJPW) 3753 2. Zack Sabre Jr. (NJPW) 1654 3. Jay White (NJPW) 1621 4. Ninja Mack (NOAH) 1062 5. JONAH (WWE) 714 6. Drew Parker (free) 682 7. Alex Zayne (NJPW/free) 665 8. Tama Tonga (NJPW) 622 9. Chris Brookes (DDT) 523 10. Thekla (Stardom) 472 Best Rookie 1. Miyu Amasaki (Stardom) 3781 2. Fuwa-chan (Stardom) 2233 3. Yuma Anzai (AJPW) 1532 4. Mochizuki Jr. (DG) 1334 5. Nanase (Secret Base) 922 6. Takashi Masada (DDT) 615 7. Juria Nagano (TJPW) 593 8. Oskar Leube (NJPW) 532 9. Taishi Ozawa (NOAH) 176 10. Astroman (ZERO1) 140 Favorite Wrestler 1. Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW) 1653 2. Tetsuya Naito (NJPW) 1421 3. Kazuchika Okada (NJPW) 1104 4. Tam Nakano (Stardom) 890 5. Starlight Kid (Stardom) 763 6. El Desperado (NJPW) 742 7. Unagi Sayaka (Stardom) 692 8. Mina Shirakawa (Stardom) 689 9. Keiji Muto (NOAH) 685 10. Giulia (Stardom) 522 GEORGE W BUSHI fucked around with this message at 08:58 on Jan 25, 2023 |
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The favorite wrestler list goes to 50 if you want to see the entire list. Shamelessly stolen from reddit quote:
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Mina & Unagi above Giulia in favourite wrestler is sure a choice. Hi-five to voters for not including Pheromones in the top 10!!! I'd deffo rather House of Torture. Cosmic Angels #1 is some real horny dude poo poo, they'd probably be my lowest rated faction in Stardom, with Donna Del Mondo my fave. Also convinced that everyone who has bought a ticket or stream for Secret Base must have voted for Nanase. Secret Base seems a really weird place for a woman to start training. It's like the reverse of Leo Isaka in Marvelous forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 10:31 on Jan 25, 2023 |
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forkboy84 posted:Also convinced that everyone who has bought a ticket or stream for Secret Base must have voted for Nanase. For the rookie category, more votes than subs to the youtube channel, 3x more than her insta. Fave wrestler is closer. But this is really weird. Only ~12 votes in NetPro and one of them was from her and a person who only voted in the category for her. My conspiracy about ShuPro being somehow rigged/fixed still stands. fez_machine fucked around with this message at 11:13 on Jan 25, 2023 |
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The points difference between Okada and Muto in 1st and 2nd place is insane. Is it Muto or Mutoh, by the way? On the most recent Pacific Rim, Fumi Saito made a point of saying that it has always been Muto and the added H has always been added by foreigners?
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