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Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

abraham linksys posted:

usually im in here downgrading MOTYC to HM noms when i quote them but this is the rare case where i go the opposite way

MOTYC: KAIRI (C) vs. Mercedes Mone for the IWGP Women's Championship - NJPW Battle in the Valley 2/18

match made me remember how much i loved these wrestlers

Nth. Extremely good. First time really seeing KAIRI and I haven't watched much of Mercedes either.

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A Real Horse
Oct 26, 2013


abraham linksys posted:

usually im in here downgrading MOTYC to HM noms when i quote them but this is the rare case where i go the opposite way

MOTYC: KAIRI (C) vs. Mercedes Mone for the IWGP Women's Championship - NJPW Battle in the Valley 2/18

match made me remember how much i loved these wrestlers

Nth. This match was outstanding

SatoshiMiwa
May 6, 2007


Jerusalem posted:

HM: Switchblade Jay White vs. Eddie Kingston in a Loser Can't Wrestle for New Japan Match - NJPW Battle in the Valley 2/18

It's the end of HIS new era, and he went out doing everything he could to survive and putting over two different wrestlers in the process. Great stuff.

Yeah agreed

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

xbilkis posted:

HM: Zack Sabre Jr. (C) vs. Clark Connors for the NJPW World Television Championship - NJPW Battle in the Valley 2/18

also nth

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada (C) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - NJPW Battle in the Valley 2/18

I wake up in the morning and hear a noise coming from the bathroom. Bobby Ewing is in the shower and lovingly explains to me that the last 3 years didn't actually happen, there was no COVID, and Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada just put on another incredible loving wrestling match. I weep with relief.

This may actually be their weakest singles match, but the baseline level between these two is just so high. When the 20 minute call came I was astounded because I legit thought it had been about 7 minutes at that point. Loved all the little counters and reversals they had thanks to their intimate knowledge of each other's offense.

SatoshiMiwa
May 6, 2007


Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada (C) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - NJPW Battle in the Valley 2/18

I wake up in the morning and hear a noise coming from the bathroom. Bobby Ewing is in the shower and lovingly explains to me that the last 3 years didn't actually happen, there was no COVID, and Hiroshi Tanahashi and Kazuchika Okada just put on another incredible loving wrestling match. I weep with relief.

This may actually be their weakest singles match, but the baseline level between these two is just so high. When the 20 minute call came I was astounded because I legit thought it had been about 7 minutes at that point. Loved all the little counters and reversals they had thanks to their intimate knowledge of each other's offense.

Yeah agreed

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
HM: Zack Sabre Jr. (C) vs. Clark Connors for the NJPW World Television Championship - NJPW Battle in the Valley 2/18
HM: Kazuchika Okada (C) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - NJPW Battle in the Valley 2/18
HM: Switchblade Jay White vs. Eddie Kingston in a Loser Can't Wrestle for New Japan Match - NJPW Battle in the Valley 2/18

what a cool show!

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Njpw battle in the valley 18/2 (although really 19/2 in the east)

Motyc : Mercedes v kairi was motn imo

Motyc: okada v tanahashi this was the best of hits of my favourite match up so I'm going to like it

HM : zsj v Clark
Hm: Eddie v switchblade

SG Bamboo
Aug 21, 2013

Smile. Win. Yay!

NJPW Battle in the Valley February 18th
HM
KAIRI (c) vs Mercedes Moné - IWGP Women's Championship
Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
MOTYC: Jay White vs. Eddie Kingston, NJPW Battle in the Valley, 18/02
HM: Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Clark Connors, NJPW Battle in the Valley, 18/02
MOTYC: KAIRI (c) vs. Mercedes Moné, NJPW Battle in the Valley, 18/02
HM: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, NJPW Battle in the Valley, 18/02

SG Bamboo
Aug 21, 2013

Smile. Win. Yay!

AJPW Excite Series Night 2 ~ Pro Wrestling Day MANIAx ~ February 19th
MOTYC
Kento Miyahara (c) vs Yuji Nagata - Triple Crown
- Old man Yuji turns back the clock and has a belter against one of the best in the world

HM
Shingo Takagi vs Yuma Anzai
Yuma Aoyagi and Naoya Nomura vs Minoru Suzuki and Hokuto Omori
Atsuki Aoyagi (c) vs Naruki Doi - PWF World Jr Heavyweight Championship

and J-Ru I notice you have TJPW listed on the first page twice, they have 4 MOTYC to date and they've been listed both at 3 and at 1

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

How bizarre! Thanks, I've fixed it now :)

this kid is nuts
Mar 30, 2016

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Jay White vs. Eddie Kingston, NJPW Battle in the Valley, 18/02
MOTYC: KAIRI (c) vs. Mercedes Moné, NJPW Battle in the Valley, 18/02


Nth

HM: Yuki Arai & Miyu Yamashita vs Moka Miyamoto & Aja Kong TJPW City Circuit Winter 18/02

Great match all around but the Miyu vs Aja parts in particular were awesome

Chinston Wurchill
Jun 27, 2010

It's not that kind of test.

Burn Down Canberra posted:

Njpw battle in the valley 18/2 (although really 19/2 in the east)

Motyc : Mercedes v kairi was motn imo

HM : zsj v Clark
Hm: Eddie v switchblade

Same, plus:

HM: okada v tanahashi

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW Battle in the Valley February 18th
HM
KAIRI (c) vs Mercedes Moné - IWGP Women's Championship
Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

Will nth these. Probably the weakest Okada/Tanahashi which says a lot.

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

Wmotyc us championship elimination chamber
Absolute poo poo

Purple Monkey
May 5, 2014

:phone:Hello

MassRafTer posted:

AEW Rampage 2/17

HM: The Elite vs AR Fox, Dante and Darius Martin
HM: Swerve Strickland vs Dustin Rhodes

Two totally different matches, loved all the basketball spots in one of the matches and the bloody brutality in the other one. You can guess which.

Nth

achillesforever6
Apr 23, 2012

psst you wanna do a communism?
HM Ziggy Haim vs Sawyer Wreck- Bulldozer's Barbwire Brutality Matt Tremont's Angels Of Death Tournament TDMT3 (H2OWrestling) 2/18

https://twitter.com/ziggyhaim/status/1627401572404629504
https://twitter.com/marth555/status/1627131387747631104

achillesforever6 fucked around with this message at 13:59 on Feb 20, 2023

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

I assume that was a 2/19 show?

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


HM
31st January
BASARA #209 ~ Koo
Kazusada Higuchi vs Ryota Nakatsu
Watch this here

One for the DDT viewers, this is the reason Nakatsu ended up joining Harimao

HM
31st January
BASARA #209 ~ Koo
IRON FIST Tag Team Titles
Takumi Tsukamoto & Yasu Urano (c) vs Sento Minzoku (Daiki Shimomura & Isami Kodaka)
Watch this here

Man, you know what rules? Seeing streamers again.

HM
11th February
DDT Yokohama Unlimited Vol.1
D Generations Cup B Block
Keigo Nakamura vs Toi Kojima
Watch this here

Kojima is obviously a really good member of the Sauna Club, Nakamura is a guy I find weirdly compelling, makes for a good match. TBH all 3 D Gen cup matches are good & worth a watch, Ilusion had possibly the best match of his career so far (that I have seen)

HM
12th February
Pro Wrestling NOAH Great Voyage 2023 In Osaka
GHC Tag Team Titles
Satoshi Kojima & Takashi Sugiura (c) vs Daiki Inaba & Masa Kitamiya
Watch this here

Do you know how nice it is to finally see Inaba get a shot in a big match? It's nice & he delivers & so does everyone else.

MOTYC
12th February
Pro Wrestling NOAH Great Voyage 2023 In Osaka
GHC Heavyweight Title
Kaito Kiyomiya (c) vs Jack Morris
Watch this here

Not exactly going out on a limb to say this is the best Morris match to date, though it's not all Kaito, he held up his end & impressed. He's really been steadily improving the past year. Honestly, if you're a younger indie worker in Europe or America without a family of your own & you get an opportunity to go long-term to Japan to live in the dojo & wrestle multiple times a week & just dedicate yourself to the craft you should absolutely take it. Look how guys like Francesco Akira in All Japan, Jack Morris in NOAH, Chris Brookes in DDT (to a lesser extent, he was already pretty good) have come in a relatively short time. Even Anthony Greene working in NOAH is a much more solid hand.

Ooops, I hit Post too early, back in a second to put in correct links

SalTheBard
Jan 26, 2005

I forgot to post my food for USPOL Thanksgiving but that's okay too!

Fallen Rib

Jerusalem posted:

I assume that was a 2/19 show?

2/18

achillesforever6
Apr 23, 2012

psst you wanna do a communism?

Jerusalem posted:

I assume that was a 2/19 show?
Nah I knew I was forgetting something 2/18 (edited the post to reflect it)

A Fancy Hat
Nov 18, 2016

Always remember that the former President was dumber than the dumbest person you've ever met by a wide margin

MassRafTer posted:

AEW Rampage 2/17

HM: The Elite vs AR Fox, Dante and Darius Martin
HM: Swerve Strickland vs Dustin Rhodes

Two totally different matches, loved all the basketball spots in one of the matches and the bloody brutality in the other one. You can guess which.

Nthing these both.

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


HM
19th February
All Japan Excite Series Night 2 ~ Pro Wrestling Day MANIAx
Dan Tamura, Hikaru Sato & Oji Shiiba vs Kotaro Suzuki & Zennichi Shin Jidai (Rising HAYATO & Ryo Inoue)
Watch this here

Give me a Sato vs Suzuki singles match please. It's been 5 years, I need more.

HM
19th February
All Japan Excite Series Night 2 ~ Pro Wrestling Day MANIAx
Shingo Takagi vs Yuma Anzai
Watch this here

Anzai has been great in these young boy vs vet matches. They've really got something here.

MOTYC
19th February
All Japan Excite Series Night 2 ~ Pro Wrestling Day MANIAx
PWF Junior Heavyweight Title
Atsuki Aoyagi (c) vs Naruki Doi
Watch this here

Aoyagi has elevated the division & himself during this reign. He really is a fantastic young wrestler. Doi is perfect opposite him here too.

MOTYC
19th February
All Japan Excite Series Night 2 ~ Pro Wrestling Day MANIAx
Triple Crown Title
Kento Miyahara (c) vs Yuji Nagata
Watch this here

I am still a big Nagata fan, despite him having been on the backburner in NJPW for a decade. That said, a little incredulous that he was challenging Kento here, but my doubts faded almost right from the off. Sure, he's 54 but he doesn't wrestle like a 54 year old, he's out here taking huge bumps, throwing & eating nasty looking strikes, & delivering exploders on the floor. Can't ask much more than that. There's a segment in this one where there's a slightly silly no-sell exchange with suplexes, but I just cackled madly at it, it was tremendously cool & rad, gently caress your psychology. Right now I'd say this is my #3 match of February so far, with only Kento vs Yuma Aoyagi and Okada vs Takagi above it, it's just a really loving good match that moves along at a heck of a pace. Kento rules, Nagata rules, the crowd are hot, it's great.

As I was watching this show & sticking another ***¾ rating down on the spreadsheet, I had the realisation that I probably sound like I'm over-rating All Japan, & maybe I am slightly, but it's only because I'm invested in the roster & where it goes. It's just my gut reaction on watching the show. There's no one I'd rather watch have a big singles match than Kento. There's few young wrestlers I'm more excited to see than Atsuki Aoyagi. For young boys there's nobody I'm more invested in than Inoue & Anzai, & that's despite DG's amazing depth of young talent. There's no other wrestling company where I feel compelled to not just watch every match on every single show but to watch them live if I can & if not then as soon as I can after they happen. And we're just 6 weeks away from my favourite time of the year: Champion Carnival!

Shaman Tank Spec
Dec 26, 2003

*blep*



NJPW Battle in the Valley February 18th

MOTYC: Eddie Kingston vs. Jay White
MOTYC: KAIRI (c) vs Mercedes Moné for the IWGP Women's Championship

HM: Okada (c) vs Tanahashi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

The Taxman
Jan 2, 2007

greetings sweeties, let me give you a back massage. for i am a whiz!


Shaman Tank Spec posted:

NJPW Battle in the Valley February 18th

MOTYC: Eddie Kingston vs. Jay White
MOTYC: KAIRI (c) vs Mercedes Moné for the IWGP Women's Championship

HM: Okada (c) vs Tanahashi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

Nth

Big Dave
Nov 6, 2009

Friends don't shake hands, friends gotta hug!


achillesforever6 posted:

HM Ziggy Haim vs Sawyer Wreck- Bulldozer's Barbwire Brutality Matt Tremont's Angels Of Death Tournament TDMT3 (H2OWrestling) 2/18



Nth

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


HM
12th February
GLEAT G Prowrestling Ver.43
G-INFINITY Titles
BULK Orchestra (Check Shimatani & Hayato Tamura) (c) vs Black Generation International (Kotaro Suzuki & Yutani)
Watch this here

Couple of awkward moments took it down for me but it's still a good tag match.

GEORGE W BUSHI
Jul 1, 2012

MOTYC

Kazuchika Okada vs Kaito Kiyomiya
Keiji Muto vs Tetsuya Naito

NOAH Keiji Muto Final Pro Wrestling “Last” Love ~Hold Out~ (2/21)

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC

Kazuchika Okada vs Kaito Kiyomiya
Keiji Muto vs Tetsuya Naito

NOAH Keiji Muto Final Pro Wrestling “Last” Love ~Hold Out~ (2/21)

Nth

GEORGE W BUSHI
Jul 1, 2012

MOTYC: Keiji Muto vs Masahiro Chono

Just because it happened

Sticky Nate
Jan 9, 2012

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC

Kazuchika Okada vs Kaito Kiyomiya
Keiji Muto vs Tetsuya Naito

NOAH Keiji Muto Final Pro Wrestling “Last” Love ~Hold Out~ (2/21)


GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: Keiji Muto vs Masahiro Chono

Just because it happened

nth

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC

Kazuchika Okada vs Kaito Kiyomiya
Keiji Muto vs Tetsuya Naito

NOAH Keiji Muto Final Pro Wrestling “Last” Love ~Hold Out~ (2/21)

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: Keiji Muto vs Masahiro Chono

Just because it happened

Nth both of these.

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC

Kazuchika Okada vs Kaito Kiyomiya
NOAH Keiji Muto Final Pro Wrestling “Last” Love ~Hold Out~ (2/21)


GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: Keiji Muto vs Masahiro Chono

Just because it happened

Nth for these two, wasn't feeling the false main

Sooper Gila
Apr 23, 2014

Love
Peace
and Harmony

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC

Kazuchika Okada vs Kaito Kiyomiya
Keiji Muto vs Tetsuya Naito

NOAH Keiji Muto Final Pro Wrestling “Last” Love ~Hold Out~ (2/21)


GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: Keiji Muto vs Masahiro Chono

Just because it happened

Nth to these

closet statist
Mar 9, 2010

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC

Kazuchika Okada vs Kaito Kiyomiya

NOAH Keiji Muto Final Pro Wrestling “Last” Love ~Hold Out~ (2/21)

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: Keiji Muto vs Masahiro Chono

Just because it happened

Really really beautiful stuff.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

fez_machine posted:

Nth for these two, wasn't feeling the false main

You've quoted 3 matches here, and I don't know which match you're talking about that you weren't feeling, which ones are you seconding, sorry?

I'm blind AND stupid!

Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 14:41 on Feb 21, 2023

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


Jerusalem posted:

You've quoted 3 matches here, and I don't know which match you're talking about that you weren't feeling, which ones are you seconding, sorry?

Pretty sure there's only 2 matches there? I see Naito's name nowhere in that post?

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

forkboy84 posted:

Pretty sure there's only 2 matches there? I see Naito's name nowhere in that post?

I may literally be insane, I was looking directly at it and seeing the Naito match listed and yet I look back now and it absolutely 100% isn't there. Either I was somehow looking at the wrong post or my brain just went,"gently caress it, I'm making poo poo up."

Sorry fez_machine!

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fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004

Jerusalem posted:

I may literally be insane, I was looking directly at it and seeing the Naito match listed and yet I look back now and it absolutely 100% isn't there. Either I was somehow looking at the wrong post or my brain just went,"gently caress it, I'm making poo poo up."

Sorry fez_machine!

It was the non-standard show name placing. I understand.

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