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Pinwiz11 posted:I was all excited to watch Wrestle Princess tonight, but apparently it's in a week??? Well if you read by weekly schedule posts in the Puro thread you'd have known that  I haven't seen it but some thoughts on the Five Star Final: YAS! I've been a big Suzu fan since first seeing her in Ice Ribbon as ICEŚ∞ champ in the match she won it in their final show at Yokohama Bunka, followed by her having the hardcore match trial series against Rina Yamashita & then a bunch of blokes with more scars on their bodies than skin without big keloids, followed by leaving & the whole Prominence thing where she's actually getting to do deathmatches. I was very sceptical about going to Stardom full-time, not because she's not good enough, she clearly is, some of the matches in that Ice Ribbon title run were great, like when she beat Maya Yukihi for it, some of the matches she had in WAVE last year, sad I couldn't convince more AEW viewers to see her match with Hikaru Shida for the Regina Di WAVE Title. And then the hardcore & deathmatches. That Ice Ribbon hardcore match with Masashi Takeda was just a brutal beatdown that made you feel a bit uncomfortable watch it until you remember she's in this match because she wants it. She's talked before about wanting to have deathmatch scarring to show off with her wedding dress, which is a bit mad but bless her, it's not what you normally except to hear out of someone fresh out of her teens. Last year I had her as my #2 wrestler of the year, the match she had with Toru Sugiura made my Top 10 Matches of the Year. What I'm saying is Suzu is great, but so far in Stardom hasn't really had many chances to do much on a par with her stuff over the last 3 or 4 years so I'm excited that this means more big Suzu singles matches forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 15:50 on Sep 30, 2023 |
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forkboy84 posted:Well if you read by weekly schedule posts in the Puro thread you'd have known that I do! I even have it in my calendar for the right date! However, my brain spontaneously started thinking that it was tonight earlier this week and I was warping my weekend around that very fact and it's annoying.
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Pinwiz11 posted:I was all excited to watch Wrestle Princess tonight, but apparently it's in a week??? Oh man, for some reason I had the same experience!! At least for me this means I get two weekends of great wrestling in a row instead of a single burst but dammit I want Wrestle Princess!!! 
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Heh, Max the Impaler just stole a Finnish trainee girl.
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Really enjoyed the 5 star finals. Saori/Mina, Maika/MIRAI and the Finals match stood out. Would have preferred the loser of the finals to in fact be the winner of the finals, but excited to see what happens these next couple of months before Sumo Hall. I guess Saya will be back in time for 12/29 if Suzu is taking her shot early. Hoping for Maika/MIRAI rematch on 12/29.
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Thoughts on the 5 star result Personally I have mixed feelings about it. I like Suzu a lot. I put her in that list of prodigious wrestlers who I think a company like Stardom could be built around in the future. But people are wildly inflating how good she is right now. She isn't appreciably better than the people around her in Stardom. Maika, just as a recent example, was quite a bit better than her in the final match, i thought, and basically held the whole thing together. I can see why there are quite a few people on Twitter annoyed by the result, especially Maika fans. She was probably the best wrestler of the whole tournament, the crowd was clearly on her side, and her losing in this situation almost comes across like a message that she's reached her limit. It's not the end of the world, Suzu is still a good choice, and it's cool that they are getting right behind someone new, but it wasn't the ideal result imo. I'd like to think MIRAI will defend her title a couple more times against Mina and Momo, and then Maika might be able to get a run with the white belt starting at Dream Queendom. She's overdue for something better than the artist or tag championship. Crapple! fucked around with this message at 23:47 on Sep 30, 2023 |
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What's a decent time to wait on spoilers on this? Because I want to respond but massive blocks of black spoilers aren't something I tend towards. Looks unpleasant. I'll just say that it's worth remembering that it's almost certain that Tall Saya was going to win it all before the injury.
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forkboy84 posted:What's a decent time to wait on spoilers on this? Because I want to respond but massive blocks of black spoilers aren't something I tend towards. Looks unpleasant. The winner taking their shot at Osaka tells me that rossy just didn't want to change his booking and utami or saya will be wrestling at ryogoku. Which I thinks a pretty good compromise
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I had a bunch of family poo poo today but I finally finished the Five Star finals and most of the matches were great, with Maika/MIRAI and the finals being my faves. I'm happy with the winner but I think I'd have been happier if the other competitor had won. Hell of a finish though! I'd have had Mina and Syuri go over to maintain some more intrigue but I get why they didn't. Great tourney overall, shame about the body count. Oh, and Tam/Poi was great too. One of the best Germans I've ever seen! And yeah I think based on the semi finals that Maika and MIRAI will be run back in the future. Chinston Wurchill fucked around with this message at 04:51 on Oct 1, 2023 |
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me yesterday: Well, injuries and some weirdness forced the booking to be a little wacky this summer, but there's a lot of fairly interesting matchups on the horizon for the rest of the year. Excited for what's next! Rossy Ogawa: A group of mysterious crows.
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Suzu likes it.  https://twitter.com/MinaShirakawa/status/1708712909621346494
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https://twitter.com/we_are_stardom/status/1708809411509305768 gently caress this!!!!!!!!
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yea ok posted:https://twitter.com/we_are_stardom/status/1708809411509305768 Agreed. What a crappy couple months for injuries! NB 11 is up on Stardom World and wow that Thekla/Waka/Sexy match went to some unexpected places.
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There was a Crush Gals 40th Anniversary Show on Sunday at the Yokohama Budokan. The official number has it outdrawing the 5 Star GP Finals, which if true would make it the biggest wrestling event ever at the venue.
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Chinston Wurchill posted:Agreed. What a crappy couple months for injuries! The mainevent is really good imo. Another good showing from hanan. Slk worked insanely hard considering she's injured (the roster is legitimately crazy. There was no need for her to work that hard). Miyu amasaki looked about as good as I've seen her.
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Burn Down Canberra posted:The mainevent is really good imo. Another good showing from hanan. Slk worked insanely hard considering she's injured (the roster is legitimately crazy. There was no need for her to work that hard). Miyu amasaki looked about as good as I've seen her. Yeah, that was good too and I loved Nanae/Mei.  Even when I watch the shows live I try to rewatch promos to check out the subtitles.
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Saki Akai hanged out at the Marvelous dojo. https://twitter.com/SakiAkai/status/1709232279170736444  https://twitter.com/crushTKB/status/1709225099331805196 The vid will only be up for 24 hours, so be quick! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTtwx1Q_PmY
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The signings for Wrestle Princess IV are up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ2RPboZXP4 Edit: the mini-doc about Moka is out.  https://twitter.com/moka_tjpw/status/1709572992760766950 Numero6 fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Oct 4, 2023 |
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Max's act in TJPW never gets old https://twitter.com/DramaticDDT/status/1709914009904758793
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Some news out of the October 1st Stardom show. Fighting Spirit Unleashed will feature Giulia defending the STRONG belt against Hyan. She was also attacked post-match by MICHIKO from GLEAT. Also, Mayu and AZM were attacked by plague doctors after their match. I guess it is spooky season!
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Excuse me, they are a group of mysterious crows.
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Oedo Tai is doing DIY poo poo for their next entrance. https://twitter.com/shokunin_tehai/status/1708074217218953565 The true Calfzilla. https://twitter.com/uug_p_miu/status/1708449371556368684
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I keep hearing people talk about the Pro Wrestling Revolver Women's Grand Prix on Sunday and it's making me think I should get this show https://www.prowrestlingrevolver.com/copy-of-event-redacted-4ever
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Tampa Bae posted:feels like there's a new group of spooky masked X's in stardom every couple months Rossy got a good deal on masks and spooky robes
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Tampa Bae posted:feels like there's a new group of spooky masked X's in stardom every couple months I'm not surprised. A lot of the roster are Dragongate fangirls, and DG regularly has mystery people under masks, usually as either Metal Warriors, Dr. Muscle, or some variation of Strong Machines.
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Numero6 posted:The true Calfzilla. I thought this was in reference to the play ears that she was wearing and then I clicked the picture. my goodness. her workout routine must be insane.
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https://twitter.com/FiteTV/status/1709987301248344392?t=a8kmxS83qz7F9eIKaq2bOA&s=19 Looks like you can watch both of the US-based Spark Joshi shows next week for $20 on fite if you're not completely buried in wrestling (lol) Amongst others, West on the 11th has Miyu Yamashita v Billie Starkz, Maika Ozaki v Saki,and Maya Yukihi v Trish Adora, East on the 14th has Saki v Yukihi, Miu Watanabe v KiLynn King, Ram Kaichow v Xia Brookside, a Emi Sakura v Sumie Sakai tag match and...Yamashita v Jessie Kamea???
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Saki Akai retirement tour https://twitter.com/tde_gif/status/1709390485209440427?t=A9YyklkY-a1Ixay5aitM8Q&s=19
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Here's your Wrestle Princess 4 guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3wUWclFLqo
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Taffy Torpedo posted:I thought Wrestle Princess was today and got all excited Same. There's no way I'll be able to start watching until after work on Monday and it's the worst thing ever I blame that Rabbit.
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Revolver tournament starting now https://www.fite.tv/watch/wr-womens-grand-prix/2pdps/ I took Fite+ 7-day free trial. Kennel fucked around with this message at 20:04 on Oct 8, 2023 |
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https://twitter.com/1222Dragonmoon/status/1710703391004045585?s=20 For the Twitter-averse, it's a Natsupoi status update. The cervical herniation is not from a specific injury but gradual wear and tear. She has numbness and tingling in her hands and stiffness in her neck. She wanted to work through it but saw footage of her signature German suplex and thought it looked way worse than it used to. Her stablemates encouraged her to take time off. She's hoping to be back before the end of the year but will likely miss all of October. Not going to get surgery, just taking time to recover and doing some PT.
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Kennel posted:Revolver tournament starting now That was a nice little tournament. No bad matches. No MOTY-candidates, but Emi vs. Trish Adora, Bille Starkz vs Rachel Armstrong, the semifinal with the winners of those two matches and the final were good. Billie is great and Marina Shafir is getting pretty good
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apophenium posted:https://twitter.com/1222Dragonmoon/status/1710703391004045585?s=20 Natsupoi is one of my top wrestlers for 2023 so I'd love to see her back soon, but I hope her treatment helps and that she doesn't rush back. Depending on the severity of the herniation there's a good chance she'll need surgery down the line anyway. Have they mentioned what will happen with the tag titles?
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