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Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
HM: Kevin Knight vs. Clark Connors, NJPW Best of Super Juniors, 12/05

Tourney off to a great start

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Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
HM: KUSHIDA vs. DOUKI, NJPW Best of Super Juniors, 12/05

I almost want to go MOTYC on this and they've definitely got it in them. Their styles meshed together incredibly well

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

HM: KUSHIDA vs. DOUKI - NJPW Best of Super Junior - 5/12

A packed Korakuen, the crowd white-hot, and KUSHIDA comes out deciding to play the absolute heel and victimize poor little trash-gobin DOUKI, and the crowd ate it up and it absolutely loving ruled. Right on the edge of a MOTYC.

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
HM: Robbie Eagles vs. YOH, NJPW Best of Super Juniors, 12/05

TMDK-era Robbie is the best Robbie

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
HM: TJP vs. Titan, NJPW Best of Super Juniors, 12/05

Titan is very cool

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
MOTYC: Mike Bailey vs. Hiromu Takahashi, NJPW Best of Super Juniors, 12/05

Holy poo poo Speedball owns

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

NJPW Best of Super Juniors 5/12

HM: Clark Connors vs. Kevin Knight
HM: KUSHIDA vs. DOUKI
HM: Robbie Eagles vs. YOH
HM: TJP vs. Titan
MOTYC: "Speedball" Mike Bailey vs. Hiromu Takahashi


gently caress has this Speedball been?

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

HM: Speedball Mike Bailey vs. Hiromu Takahashi - NJPW Best of the Super Junior 5/12

Man, what a fun show.

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Mike Bailey vs. Hiromu Takahashi, NJPW Best of Super Juniors, 12/05

Holy poo poo Speedball owns

nth

Us Impact watchers gonna feel very validated during this tournament :colbert:

Price Check
Oct 9, 2012

Pylons posted:

NJPW Best of Super Juniors 5/12

HM: Clark Connors vs. Kevin Knight
HM: KUSHIDA vs. DOUKI
HM: TJP vs. Titan
MOTYC: "Speedball" Mike Bailey vs. Hiromu Takahashi


Nth these and MOTYC for Eagles/YOH. What a crowd for that match.

Chinston Wurchill
Jun 27, 2010

It's not that kind of test.

Pylons posted:

NJPW Best of Super Juniors 5/12

HM: Clark Connors vs. Kevin Knight
HM: KUSHIDA vs. DOUKI
HM: Robbie Eagles vs. YOH
HM: TJP vs. Titan
MOTYC: "Speedball" Mike Bailey vs. Hiromu Takahashi

Nth.

Great opening night! Speedball living up to expectations!

Pylons posted:

gently caress has this Speedball been?

PWG and other indies from what I've seen, and Impact from what I hear.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Chinston Wurchill posted:



PWG and other indies from what I've seen, and Impact from what I hear.

I've watched him in most of those settings honestly and he isn't as good in them.

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

Pylons posted:

I've watched him in most of those settings honestly and he isn't as good in them.

He definitely has the raw ability to do incredible stuff and sometimes does, but I'll watch a match on a random indie and he has some tendencies that get out of hand. He's still good, but I'm interested in seeing his BOSJ matches because he can obviously be great.

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


Pylons posted:

I've watched him in most of those settings honestly and he isn't as good in them.

Speedball with the right opponent is a fantastic wrestler. I still think fondly about his match with Bandido at last year's Wrestlecon Supershow, & there were matches with ACH, Takeshita & Ospreay too last year that are all well worth watching. But you do start to see a theme: Mike Bailey with a great opponent is great, but he's not going to be a guy who "can get a *** out of a broom". And obviously Hiromu is in that tier of guys.

The Taxman
Jan 2, 2007

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


Pylons posted:

I've watched him in most of those settings honestly and he isn't as good in them.

His match with Josh Alexander earlier this year was an easy MOTYC

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


HM
30th April
SEAdLINNNG Endeavour
Arisa Nakajima & Takumi Iroha vs Ayame Sasamura & Riko Kaiju
Watch this here

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 5/10

MOTYC: Rey Fenix vs. Claudio Castagnoli
HM: Daniel Garcia vs. Orange Cassidy
HM: House of Black vs. Best Amigos
MOTY: Kenny Omega vs. Jon Moxley

2nd

And from ROH HonorClub on 5/11

HM: Mark Briscoe vs Shane Taylor
HM: Willie Mack vs Ninja Mack
MOTYC: Athena vs Skye Blue

One thing I liked about Athena vs Skye that put it over the edge (and might be an accident) is a few moves they countered were not done particularly well. Just seeing them I went "Oh that looked kind of bad" and then the other one countered through it, and hey, that worked, intentional or not.

Bonk
Aug 4, 2002

Douche Baggins

Dimebags Brain posted:

Dragongate: Hopeful Gate at Korakuen Hall, 5/11

HM: Dragon Dia & La Estrella vs. Kzy & Jason Lee
HM: Big Boss Shimizu, U-T, & Jacky "FUNKY" Kamei vs. Minorita, Kaito Nagano, & Daiki Yanagiuchi
HM: Don Fujii 26th Anniversary Celebration Match - Don Fujii & Masaaki Mochizuki vs YAMATO & BxB Hulk
MOTYC: Reiwa New Generation Leaders Special 6-Man Tag Match - Madoka Kikuta, Kota Minoura, & Shun Skywalker vs. Ben-K, Yuki Yoshioka, & Strong Machine J

Really great Korakuen. Main event is worth going out of your way to see, IMO.

Nth to all.

Reiwa New Generation is killing it already.

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!
NJPW Best of Super Juniors 5/12

HM: Clark Connors vs. Kevin Knight
HM: KUSHIDA vs. DOUKI
HM: TJP vs. Titan
MOTYC: "Speedball" Mike Bailey vs. Hiromu Takahashi

Really great show!

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

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

:cry: :cry: :cry:

MassRafTer posted:

NJPW Best of Super Juniors 5/12

HM: Clark Connors vs. Kevin Knight
HM: KUSHIDA vs. DOUKI
HM: TJP vs. Titan
MOTYC: "Speedball" Mike Bailey vs. Hiromu Takahashi

Really great show!

Nth but change kushi v douki to a motyc nom

I'm a sucker for mean kushida

Oh also

Hm : Bob of the juniors v yoh

Defenestrategy
Oct 24, 2010

ROH Honor Club 5/11

MOTYC: Willie Mack vs Ninja Mack
HM: Athena vs Skye Blue

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Burn Down Canberra posted:

Hm : Bob of the juniors v yoh

.... I.... I assume this means Robbie Eagles vs. YOH? :allears:

SG Bamboo
Aug 21, 2013

Smile. Win. Yay!

NJPW Best of the Super Jr.30 Night 1 May 12th
MOTYC
DOUKI vs KUSHIDA
Hiromu Takahashi vs Mike Bailey

HM
Kevin Knight vs Clark Conners
SHO vs Lio Rush
YOH vs Robbie Eagles
TJP vs Titan
El Desperado vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Great show, crowd was fantastic the entire time. Wish the Gooch match was longer, what we got was rad

SatoshiMiwa
May 6, 2007


SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW Best of the Super Jr.30 Night 1 May 12th
MOTYC
DOUKI vs KUSHIDA
Hiromu Takahashi vs Mike Bailey

HM
Kevin Knight vs Clark Conners
SHO vs Lio Rush
YOH vs Robbie Eagles
TJP vs Titan
El Desperado vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru

Great show, crowd was fantastic the entire time. Wish the Gooch match was longer, what we got was rad

Agreed. Fun show

Lamuella
Jun 26, 2003

It's like goldy or bronzy, but made of iron.


Jerusalem posted:

.... I.... I assume this means Robbie Eagles vs. YOH? :allears:

His name is Bob of the Juniors.

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
HM: DOUKI vs. Hiromu Takahashi, NJPW Best of Super Juniors, 13/05

A very good match that deserved a better crowd

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

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

:cry: :cry: :cry:

Rarity posted:

HM: DOUKI vs. Hiromu Takahashi, NJPW Best of Super Juniors, 13/05

A very good match that deserved a better crowd

Nth and agree a little hurt by the crowd

SG Bamboo
Aug 21, 2013

Smile. Win. Yay!

NJPW Best of the Super Jr.30 Night 2 May 13th
HM
Hiromu Takahashi vs DOUKI

Big step down from night 1, decent action hurt by a poor crowd

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


HM
23rd April
2AW GRAND SLAM in TKP Garden City
2AW Openweight Title
Ayato Yoshida(c) vs Shu Asakawa
Watch this here

HM
4th May
Big Japan Endless Survivor ~ Infinity Independent
Iron Cage Deathmatch
Kazumi Kikuta & Yuki Ishikawa vs Yankee Two Kenju (Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto)
Watch this here

2 of the best younger deathmatch guys BJW have against possibly the best deathmatch tag team ever. And for the avoidance of disappointment, the cage is more like a diving cage you'd you to go see great white sharks underwater than a traditional wrestling cage.

MOTYC
4th May
Big Japan Endless Survivor ~ Infinity Independent
BJW Tag Team Titles
Astronauts (Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura)(c) vs Hiroyuki Suzuki & Takuho Kato
Watch this here

I don't want to say this was a coming out party for Suzuki & Kato because they were already good, especially Kato who has rapidly become one of my favourite BJW undercard guys, but this was on the big stage & against the best tag team in the world. They stepped up.

MOTYC
4th May
Big Japan Endless Survivor ~ Infinity Independent
Big Japan World Strong Heavyweight Title
Yuji Okabayashi(c) vs Yuya Aoki
Watch this here

Watch this match. Honestly, you really should watch this. Even Dave Meltzer watched it & the last time he gave Big Japan match a star rating was 2019! It's not a deathmatch, it's 2 lads bashing the poo poo out of each other. Aoki is only 26 & this was only his 2nd HW title challenge (he's a former Junior champ but has put on a fair bit of mass). Actually, he also won the Junior Title at the 2nd try. Okabayashi is one of half of Strong BJ, one of the best tag teams in Japan for the 2010s & he's a big ball of meat, heard-hitting, charismatic & about to suplex you on your head. Right now a top 5 match of the year for me.

STING 64
Oct 20, 2006

Posting to find my posts

Big Dave
Nov 6, 2009

Friends don't shake hands, friends gotta hug!


HM: Mio Momono vs Maria
HM: Queen of Indies tournament final Masha Slamovich vs Mio Momono
West Coast Pro Wrestling Queen of Indies
May 13

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
HM: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. SHO, NJPW Best of Super Juniors, 14/05

No Funny Business :hai:

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
HM: Taiji Ishimori vs. DOUKI, NJPW Best of Super Juniors, 14/05

DOUKI is getting so close to breaking through

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
MOTYC: Francesco Akira vs. Robbie Eagles, NJPW Best of Super Juniors, 14/05

Bloody awesome

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Francesco Akira vs. Robbie Eagles, NJPW Best of Super Juniors, 14/05

Bloody awesome

HM from me, but yeah it was real good!

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
HM: TJP vs. Mike Bailey, NJPW Best of Super Juniors, 14/05

Just two very good wrestlers

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
HM: Lio Rush vs. Hiromu Takahashi, NJPW Best of Super Juniors, 14/05

Much better show than yesterday

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Rarity posted:

HM: Lio Rush vs. Hiromu Takahashi, NJPW Best of Super Juniors, 14/05

Much better show than yesterday

2nd and agreed, not close to the crazy hot crowd from night 1 but so much better than night 2's, and the main event was wonderful, especially with that one fan losing her mind.

SG Bamboo
Aug 21, 2013

Smile. Win. Yay!

NJPW Best of the Super Jr.30 Night 3 May 14th
MOTYC
Robbie Eagles vs Francesco Akira
- Match ruled, fantastic sprint

HM
SHO vs Ryusuke Taguchi
DOUKI vs Taiji Ishimori
YOH vs Dan Moloney
TJP vs Mike Bailey
Hiromy Takahashi vs Lio Rush

Still not as good as the Korakuen crowd but way better than yesterday's silence

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Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW Best of the Super Jr.30 Night 3 May 14th

HM
YOH vs Dan Moloney

Oh yeah, gonna second this if only for YOH deciding to ham it up for absolutely no discernible reason. That ruled.

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