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Jerusalem posted:Look at those fans reaching out longingly to touch SANADA. Understandable. I'm reaching out at my TV but he's not touching me someone please advise
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watching the matches i missed. kidd vs owens started out far better than the ussual bc vs bc laydown tease shtick. not sold on finlay as leader but the tag team's cool edit: boo at ending tho Thauros fucked around with this message at 16:26 on Jul 15, 2023 |
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pretty disappointed with the quality for an opening show. umino/narita was pretty good, wasn't into the Equilibrium story, yota should never lose. Thanks.
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uhhhh so gabe kidd rules now
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fez_machine posted:finally we're in the ring and Chase can bring this match down lmao INSTANTLY
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This is my first G1. I was a little underwhelmed despite thinking the matches ranged from "fine" to "Taichi v Ospreay." I don't know what it is, if it's the transition from usual NJPW lineups where I get to see a lot of silly as balls tag matches to a card of singles matches. Whether it was people simply finding their feet in a new to them (for this year) event. Or whether it's simply because the narrative of the tournament's fights hasn't been established. Still pretty happy with it as a few hours of Saturday viewing, and I wasn't as down on Kenta's match as some people seem to be, but that could be because I think he's the handsomest man in an all of Japan.
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Just finished watching and holy poo poo still can't get over that my boy Taichi won!!! Also that Ren Narita/Shota Umino draw was my match of the night.
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yea ok posted:pretty disappointed with the quality for an opening show. umino/narita was pretty good, wasn't into the Equilibrium story, yota should never lose. Thanks. I think the idea that the 3 Musketeers all draw with each other but all lose to Kaito has some legs.
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Agree that Taichi vs. Ospreay shoulda mained and that Umino vs. Narita was match of the night. I didn't make a bracket cause every time I tried to pick for A Block I had Kiyomiya, SANADA, and Tsuji all tied for first place. Does Taichi pinning Ospreay mean the former can challenge for the US title? Shingo and Eddie is gonna be a great match. Night 2 will be great I think. Cobb, ZSJ, Ishii, Takagi, Eddie... All capable of really nice stuff.
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Narita vs Umino loving rocked!
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Jul 15, 2023 19:43
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It's been so long! I missed you NJPW! TAICHI!!!
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fun first night! Taichi!!!!
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It was a decent enough first night. Mixed feelings on Ospreay's "hosed equilibrium" selling. On the one hand I think it's creative and a good way to put something you might see in legit combat sports into wrestling. On the other hand it don't make much sense because a burst eardrum doesn't recover in the space of two minutes, and he was doing quite coordinated poo poo towards the end there. Still a good match though
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Fun show! Looking forward to many more years of Shota vs. Ren and possibly Yota vs. Kaito. I wonder if the time limit will come into play as a strategy in some matches. ELP might not think he can beat Okada, but maybe he thinks he can last 20 minutes if he's careful and get a point out of it. Shingo/Eddie, Tana/ZSJ, and Naito/Cobb should be great on night 2, and hopefully Ishii brings the best out of Finlay.
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People need to adopt the Yujiro strategy, I can't fight at your level but I can sure drag you down to mine
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Mrenda posted:This is my first G1. I was a little underwhelmed despite thinking the matches ranged from "fine" to "Taichi v Ospreay." I don't know what it is, if it's the transition from usual NJPW lineups where I get to see a lot of silly as balls tag matches to a card of singles matches. Whether it was people simply finding their feet in a new to them (for this year) event. Or whether it's simply because the narrative of the tournament's fights hasn't been established. Welcome to the G1! This was underwhelming as far as first nights usually go, which isn't an indictment of the show which I still thought was very, very good but just how hot some prior tournament starts have been. The great thing about G1 is that it keeps building and the pressure really gets on for the wrestlers as their wins and losses have enormous impacts on where they're going to end in the final rankings, whether they'll win or face the humiliation of a last place ranking, or those who can salvage something with a win over a champion that earns them a future title shot even if they don't win the tournament etc. SG Bamboo posted:People need to adopt the Yujiro strategy, I can't fight at your level but I can sure drag you down to mine No no, that's how we get House of Torture! 
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Looking forward to cheering on Finlay ( )/Yano ()/Mad Mikey/Shane/Shingo/ZSJ/Tama/Naito () this afternoon.Also looking forward to if Mikey gets his singles theme or if he and Shane are stuck with the TMDK music
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Mrenda posted:This is my first G1. I was a little underwhelmed despite thinking the matches ranged from "fine" to "Taichi v Ospreay." I don't know what it is, if it's the transition from usual NJPW lineups where I get to see a lot of silly as balls tag matches to a card of singles matches. Whether it was people simply finding their feet in a new to them (for this year) event. Or whether it's simply because the narrative of the tournament's fights hasn't been established. You'd have loved the golden age 2 block G1s from 2013 to 2019. Worth it to check out at least one of those when you have an incredible amount of time on your hands. fez_machine fucked around with this message at 03:23 on Jul 16, 2023 |
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Click through for today's #SamsaStats https://twitter.com/TheChrisSamsa/status/1680422031043575808
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Gaz-L posted:I could see a story of ZSJ closing out his matches sub-15 because he's used to the pace from being TV champion, and then maybe Naito's the one to push him to the final 5. Would be hilarious of each of ZSJ's losses in the tournament were after the 15 minute mark, meaning he could argue they would have lost if the TV title was on the line.
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Jul 16, 2023 05:36
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Show is starting with TOUGH AND HARD BITE U
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This is like when Stevie Ray was the leader of the NWO Black and White
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matrix goth rave lookin rear end mf
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I picked David Finlay to win this. I hope I'm wrong and this match ruins my predictions for the entire night.
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Boo! Boo my prediction was accurate! Boo to me!
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From FTR/BCG in Calgary to Omega/Vikingo in Tijuana to the G1 in Japan. What a special night for wrestling. 
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Although maybe Ishii shouldn't use his head as a cannonball so much.
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1glitch0 posted:From FTR/BCG in Calgary to Omega/Vikingo in Tijuana to the G1 in Japan. that AAA card was a special disaster even by the standards of AAA
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gently caress u finlay you geek
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 Charlton saying Kevin was googling "Bears in my Area in Tokyo"
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