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yea ok posted:Just watch jumbo vs misawa June 8 1990 and call me in the morning yes this is a great start
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HulkaMatt posted:yes this is a great start Is that the show where Baba was watching the crowd buying merch and realized right then and there that he needed to make Misawa the top guy, and instructed Jumbo he was changing the finish? Jumbo was fine with it but assumed it would be a DQ or countout or something, and Baba told him nope, it was just going to be a clean as a sheet win?
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E: ^ ya somethin like that Make a thread when you get in the thick of things. It’s really fun seeing lil noobehs get their feet wet.
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yeah that's that match also i remember liking the rematch better rofl I had pretty much 0 reference when I just jumped in back in 07. Ditch just nudged me a link to his site and from there I was mostly viewing the NOAH stuff then gradually found myself looking at All Japan. He had matches listed in chronological order throughout the whole 90s and also had a TOP 50 90s Project that I keep saved. You can find like every match he had listed pretty much on YT now so if you wanna use it as a resource here's the web archive of chron order for AJPW/NOAH and here's the archive of the Top 50. Highly recommend maybe not starting with the #1 match listed like I did because I think it would hit better if you got better context from earlier matches and junk.
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Also I'm sure that "walking the kings road" video series or w/e on youtube has good context for stuff or whatever but I never could truly watch those bc it breaks down results and matches that I KINDA wanna see for myself before talking about the match the video is mainly focusing on.
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there is also some very good YouTube channels. Like roylucifer has ajpw tv year by year (the real best way to watch kings road is ro watch it all unfortunately). This channel has a sick best of fmw playlist Theres a bunch more if you start watching matches and clicking users.
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the best ajpw match to watch cold imho is can am express vs kobashi and kikuchi Kikuchi is the hometown hero, kobashi is the peoples hero, and can am express are the champions.
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Jerusalem posted:Is that the show where Baba was watching the crowd buying merch and realized right then and there that he needed to make Misawa the top guy, and instructed Jumbo he was changing the finish? Jumbo was fine with it but assumed it would be a DQ or countout or something, and Baba told him nope, it was just going to be a clean as a sheet win? Baba drove to the arena, saw the line outside chanting MISAWA MISAWA; got in the building, doors opened ahead of first gong, MISAWA MISAWA; Baba goes “goddamn”, and realizes what he’s got here after walking to the merch people, who inform him they sold out of Misawa stuff already. So Baba ruminates on this, and as he’s looking over the format for the night, which prior had Tsuruta over Misawa, he makes a decision. Calls over a ring boy, scribbles down basically “Misawa up, pin”, folds up the paper he scribbled it on, sends the ring boy to Tsuruta. About five minutes later, boy returns with new note, which is Tsuruta offering maybe a DQ or count out win instead of a pin. Baba simply writes a more forceful don’t-disagree-with-me way of saying “Misawa up, pin”, sends that ring boy back, and when the ring boy doesn’t come back again, Baba knows the matter is settled. And so that night, Misawa begins his two year climb to the Triple Crown by reversing Tsuruta’s pin into his own, and the war between Super Generation Army and Tsuruta-gun truly kicks off in earnest.
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I hadn't heard most of those details, that's cool as hell.
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DDT has a press conference for their round robin tournament with every competitor in a suit https://twitter.com/ddtproENG/status/1727201491885392326 by which I mean even famous comedy promotion DDT is able to do sports style tournaments properly fez_machine fucked around with this message at 10:34 on Nov 22, 2023 |
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The Big Lad did it!  https://twitter.com/shupromobile/status/1727171392976953491 Edit: Also Dan the Dad is back in Gambare Pro. https://twitter.com/ganpro0417/status/1727302238908166351 Numero6 fucked around with this message at 14:53 on Nov 22, 2023 |
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also, three matches worth watching for a bit more context on 90s AJPW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvPA36FJp0c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpthzX8xGxM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FsjI2kATlQ these matches in particular were extremely influential on the King's Road style in the 90s (not least because Japanese heavyweight wrestling before then wasn't usually quite as fast), and Jumbo, Hansen, and especially Kawada remained major players in AJPW going forward, so yeah, it's worth a bit of prior context also, also, just remembered, if you want detailed breakdowns of some of the best King's Road era matches, I highly recommend Joseph Montecillo's analyses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOjt_W4rfm0
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Jumbo vs Tenryu is one of my personal favorites. It's just so good in a way that's plainly obvious. Tenryu leaving and Jumbo getting older was what made Baba invest in the Four Pillars. There's the famous 6/3/1994 match (Misawa vs Kawada), but the 6/9/1995 tag match (Misawa/Kobashi vs Kawada/Taue) is also great, possibly even better, actually.
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Was randomly thinking back to when NJ was giving Tenzan a big push in 2003, including winning the G-1 by beating Akiyama in the final. Only... -They had Chono be the next challenger to the IWGP title (held by Takayama) -Tenzan's title win didn't come until November, AFTER a Tokyo Dome show, and it was a forgettable 30 minute slog -Tenzan loses his first title defense the next month to Nakamura, who had less than 2 years experience at that point and got the title shot completely out of nowhere (Nakamura went 2-3 in the year's G-1 and lost the only two relevant singles matches he had after it). The title switch was almost certainly done because Nakamura had an MMA match on a big New Years' Eve card against kickboxer Alexey Ignashov. So you put the title on the guy who's about to face a high-level kickboxer in a shoot on a show that isn't promoted by New Japan, Because Inoki. Then Nakamura vacated the title and they had a pretty stacked 1-night tournament in February 2004 to crown a new champ. Nagata was supposed to win, but Tenzan legit KO'ed him by landing a knee to Nagata's head on a moonsault. But they still put Tenzan over Tenryu in the final in a hella fun match. ...and then had Sasaki beat him the next month with a botched inverted northern lights bomb. OKAY so that's two worthless title runs. Third time's the charm? Tenzan wins the 2004 G-1 in a really solid match with Tanahashi, a couple years before Tanahashi hit his stride and thus the match quality was a pleasant surprise. Tenzan then sits on his thumbs as Kensuke Sasaki gets the next title shot against IWGP champ Kaz Fujita. Sakaki wins the title in insanely awkward fashion because Fujita didn't want to do a straightforward job. Okay whatever. Then Sasaki has TWO MORE title defenses, one at a dome show, before Tenzan finally beats him at a mid-tier December show. OKAY but now Tenzan is champ heading into a January 4th Tokyo Dome Show! And he defends against: No, he doesn't get a title defense. He faces Chono and Choshu in a 3-way "dogfight" match where the winner is whoever can beat both of the other two opponents, and it's Chono, and Tenzan gets no falls, and then there's no follow-up match with Chono? OKAY but then Tenzan's next defense is a title vs title match against Triple Crown champ Kojima! The match was supposed to go broadway but Tenzan was so completely out of gas that Kojima awkwardly pinned him with an elbow drop at 59:49. Tenzan won a rematch in May. So we're now on title reign 4, and Tenzan had one successful defense in the first three reigns. He gets an insanely forgettable and obviously free title defense against 2005 Scott Norton, then drops the belt to Kaz Fujita, who for some reason gets the title to honor the recently deceased Shinya Hashimoto, even though Hashimoto had less than nothing to do with Fujita ever?? Like, whatever qualms anyone has with Gedo's booking, New Japan was sooooo inconsistent/bad during this period. Tenzan was never going to light the world on fire but he was absolutely kneecapped by the booking.
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4 time IWGP champ, and none of the reigns lasted 3 full months. Nothing more perfectly sums up the dark ages of New Japan
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I had complaints about the huge lull in Dragongate's November schedule because they had Gate of Destiny on the 5th and the hottest Korakuen in months on the 9th and then just... nothing (except a Genki homecoming house show last night), but it turns out they're spoiling us Network subscribers for December: 12/1, 12/2, 12/3 - triple show in Sapporo 12/5 - Korakuen 12/10 - KBS Hall 12/19 - another Korakuen 12/24 - Final Gate 12/26 - Kobe Sanbo Hall And then January has another double Korakuen AND the new pape at Yokohama Budokan, so we won't get a big gap before spring this year.
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forkboy84 posted:24/11/2023, Friday The NOAH show starts in just under an hour I think. On New Japan it looks like the tag league show isn't airing till the 25th (in Japan), unless I'm reading New Japan World wrong.
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Super Crazy, the ECW dude who WWE looked at and said,"Let's put him on a ride-on lawnmower and call him a "Mexi-Cool", still wrestling in 2023!
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November really is the month for tag team tournaments. Well, AJPW & NJPW continue theirs. DDT starts the D-Oh at the weekend in what should be a good one (despite featuring outside talent Rei Saito), Stardom pick who will face Suzu Suzuki to be crowned the new World of Stardom Champion after Tam was stripped of the belt due to her injury, a match that will take place at their final show of the year at Ryogoku Kokugikan on 29th December. Maybe the biggest show of the week is on Friday 1st December, TJPW celebrate their 10th Anniversary! They have a main event that's flavoured along the lines of veterans vs the next generation that looks fun. 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Also shows from Osaka Pro, Secret Base, 666, ZERO1, Kyushu Pro, FREEDOMS, 2AW, Dragongate, Wave & JTO 26/11/2023, Sunday 11:30am JST/1:30pm AEDT/3:30am GMT/10:30pm EST/7:30pm PST DDT D-Oh Grand Prix Night 1 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo Prelim: Kazuma Sumi & Rukiya vs Yuni & Yuya Koroku Danshoku Dieno, Makoto Oishi & Toi Kojima vs Schadenfreude International (Antonio Honda, Masahiro Takanashi & Takeshi Msada) Daisuke Sasaki, Demus & MJ Paul vs Jun Akiyama, Tetsuya Endo & Yusuke Okada D-Oh GP A Block: Kazusada Higuchi vs Yuki Ueno D-Oh GP A Block: HARASHIMA vs Yuki Iino D-Oh GP B Block: Chris Brookes vs Yukio Naya D-Oh GP B Block: MAO vs Rei Saito D-Oh GP B Block: KANON vs Kazuki Hirata Live on Wrestle Universe 12:30pm JST/2:30pm AEDT/3:30am GMT/11:30pm EST/8:30pm PST Tokyo Joshi Pro City Circuit Nagoya Ipponjime NGK Sports Plaza 3rd Stadium, Nagoya Arisu Endo vs Runa Okubo Haru Kazashiro vs Suzume Hyper Misao vs Raku Kaya Toribami & Shoko Nakajima vs Viva Van & Yuki Kamifuku HIMAWARI, Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi vs Mahiro Kiryu, Miyu Yamashita & Toga Hikari Noa, Nao Kakuta & Shino Suzuki vs Max The Impaler, Pom Harajuku & Yuki Aino Mizuki & Yuka Sakazaki vs Moka Miyamoto & Yuki Arai Uploaded later to Wrestle Universe 1pm JST/3pm AEDT/4am GMT/11pm EST/8pm PST All Japan Real World Tag League Night 5 Shonan Fujisawa Market, Fujisawa Junior Battle of Glory: Fuminori Abe & Ryo Inoue Junior Battle of Glory: Koji Iwamoto vs Rising HAYATO Chi Chi vs ZONES Black Menso-re, Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi vs Giant Enoshima Man, Ichiba Shin Ichi & Shiryu Real World Tag League: BULK Orchestra (Galeno del Mal & Hayato Tamura) vs Eruption (Hideki Okatani & Yukio Sakaguchi) Real World Tag League: Cyrus & Ryan Davidson vs New Period (Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai) Real World Tag League: Hokuto Omori & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana Junior Battle of Glory: Dam Tamura vs Naruki Doi Junior Battle of Glory: Atsuki Aoyagi vs Hikaru Sato Real World Tag League: Hideki 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I watched three matches: Genichiro Tenryu & Samson Fuyuki v. Jumbo Tsuruta & Tiger Mask II Jumbo Tsuruta, The Great Kabuki, & Masanobu Fuchi v. Mitsuhara Misawa, Akira Taue, & Kenta Kobashi Jumbo Tsuruta v. Mitsuhara Misawa What a fascinating trilogy of matches! The first one I mainly watched to see Tenryu and Misawa before he unmasked. The 6-man had excellent psychology and of course the elbow strike that changed the course of puroresu history. Kobashi eats a lot of poo poo here, taking a whipping by the vets. But the youngins actually get the win! And the singles match was stellar. I love watching this era with the huge, loud crowds, the wrestlers running through swathes of fans, it has such a different energy to anything going today. The crowd gets behind Misawa and he picks up the surprise win (interestingly, it looked like Tsuruta had to help Misawa flip over for the reversal, what a worker). I only know the vague outline of the ramifications of this shock finish, but it does feel like a massive swing. I love that Giant Baba was on commentary. Really cool of him to take a gamble on Misawa. I also read the Observer from the week Misawa died, and man, that story is just so tragic. But, I've whet my appetite for 90s puro so I'll keep on trucking with Misawa for a bit. There's another trilogy of matches culminating in the Misawa v. Tsuruta rematch from September of 1990.
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Uncle Jun is "back" in AJPW. https://twitter.com/DramaticDDT/status/1729760215870919167
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Wasn't available when I did the schedule a week ago so here, have tomorrow's Dragongate card, the first of 3 nights in Sapporo Friday 1st December 6pm JST/8pm AEDT/9am GMT/4am EST/1am PST Dragongate Fantastic Gate Night 1 ii-One Stadium, Sapporo Gold Class (Ben-K & BxB Hulk) vs Z-Brats (KAI & Shun Skywalker) Dragon Kid vs Jason Lee Don Fujii, Mondai Ryu & YAMATO vs Genki Horiguchi & M3K (Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda) Hyo & Luis Mante vs Z-Brats (ISHIN & Yoshiki Kato) Kota Minoura vs Strong Machine J D'courage (Dragon Dia, Madoka Kikuta, Ryoya Tanaka & Yuki Yoshioka) vs Natural Vibes (BIG BOSS Shimizu, Jacky Funky Kamei, Kzy & U-T) Not exactly essential viewing but I'm into the 2 singles matches & the main event.
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I don't think I'm an interesting enough writer to make a whole rear end thread about watching 90s and early 2000s puro but drat I'm loving the stuff I've watched. I love when Jumbo raises his arm and the crowd shouts and I also love Akira Taue's sumo chops. The crowds from this era are just insane and elevate everything like crazy. They go nuts when Misawa elbows someone it rules. Thanks all for the encouragement. I was so easy to get wrapped up in watching all the latest poo poo but I've really developed a taste for the older stuff now.
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We're into it. The final month of 2023. A pretty good year from a match quality perspective in Japan, even with business being down for almost everyone. All Japan finish their tag league, New Japan almost finish theirs (one more event to go, next Saturday), Dragongate head to Sapporo for the now traditional BxB Hulk & Kzy homecoming triple shot in an absolutely freezing gym in Japan's northern most prefecture (the shows this time last year you cold see the breath of the guys seconding their teammates). Yuka Sakazaki says goodbye to Tokyo Joshi Pro, the group she's been a mainstay of since day 1, it'll be sure to be an emotional affair. There's not much else, a Stardom PPV, and a produce show from DoiKuma which will give you Wrestle-1 vibes. 2/12/2023, Saturday 2pm JST/4pm AEDT/5am GMT/12am EST/9pm PST All Japan Real World Tag League Night 8 Item Ehime, Matsuyama Junior Battle of Glory: Koji Iwamoto vs Ryo Inoue Junior Battle of Glory: Fuminori Abe vs Hikaru Sato Atsuki Aoyagi & Imabari Towel Mascara vs Jun Saito & KOSHI Black Menso-re & Carbell Ito vs Evolution (Dan Tamura & Suwama) Real World Tag League: Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana vs Ren Ayabe & Shuji Ishikawa Real World Tag League: Eruption (Hideki Okatani & Yukio Sakaguchi) vs Hokuto Omori & Katsuhiko Nakajima Real World Tag League: BULK Orchestra (Galeno del Mal & Hayato Tamura) vs New Period (Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai) Real World Tag League: Cyrus & Ryan Davidson vs Zennichi Shin Jidai (Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi) Junior Battle of Glory: Naruki Doi vs Rising HAYATO Live on AJPW TV 4pm JST/6pm AEDT/7am GMT/2am EST/11pm PST Pro Wrestling NOAH The Best Yokohama Budokan, Yokohama Kai Fujimura & LEONA vs Taishi Ozawa & Yu Owada Alejandro, Extreme Tiger & Ninja Mack vs Alpha Zo, Super Crazy & Terry Yaki Daiki Inaba & Masa Kitamiya vs Stallion Rogers & Vinnie Massaro Atsushi Kotoge & Hi69 vs Eita & HAYATA El Hijo del Dr Wagner Jr, Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa vs REAL (Saxon Huxley, Shuhei Taniguchi & Timothy Thatcher) GHC National Title: Jack Morris(c) vs Hajime Ohara GLG (Anthony Greene, Jake Lee, LJ Cleary, Tadasuke & YO-HEY) vs Go Shiozaki, Junta Miyawaki, Naomichi Marufuji, Shuji Kondo & Takashi Sugiura Jinsei Shinzaki & Kenoh vs Manabu Soya & Tatsumi Fujinami Live on Wrestle Universe Stardom Nagoya Big Winter Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya Prelim: HANAKO & Miyu Amasaki vs Mina Shirakawa & Yuzuki Mai Sakurai vs Ruaka Cosmic Angels (Saori Anou & Yuna Mizumori) vs wing gori (Hanan & Saya Iida) God's Eye (Ami Sourei, MIRAI & Syuri) vs Oedo Tai (Momo Watanabe, Natsuko Tora & Starlight Kid Goddess of Stardom Titles: Divine Kingdom (Megan Bayne & Maika)(c) vs AphroditE (Saya Kamitani & Utami Hayashishita) High Speed Title: Mei Seira(c) vs Thekla NJPW STRONG Women's Title: Giulia(c) vs AZM UWF Rules: Scandinavian Hurricane vs Nanae Takahashi World of Stardom #1 Contenders Certificate: Suzu Suzuki(c) vs Hazuki Live on PPV, uploaded to Stardom World later 5pm JST/7pm AEDT/8am GMT/3am EST/12am PST Dragongate Fantastic Gate Night 2 ii-One Stadium, Sapporo Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & YAMATO vs Natural Vibes (Jacky Funky Kamei, Strong Machine J & U-T) Don Fujii vs Mondai Ryu D'courage (Dragon Dia, Madoka Kikuta, Ryoya Tanaka & Yuki Yoshioka) vs Z-Brats (ISHIN, KAI, Shun Skywalker & Yoshiki Kato) Hyo & Luis Mante vs M3K (Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda) Gold Class (Ben-K, BxB Hulk & Kota Minoura) vs Natural Vibes (BIG BOSS Shimizu, Jason Lee & Kzy) Live on Dragongate Network 6pm JST/8pm AEDT/9am GMT/4am EST/1am PST New Japan World Tag League Night 10 EDION Arena #2, Osaka Oskar Leube & Yuto Nakashima vs Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano Bishop Kaun, Oleg Boltin & Toa Liona vs Callum Newman, Great O-Khan & HENARE Alex Coughlin, Gabe Kidd, Gedo & Taiji Ishimori vs EVIL, SHO, Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Kosei Fujita, Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste vs Master Wato, Ren Narita & Shota Umino World Tag League B Block: Bad Luck Fale & Jack Bonza vs El Phantasmo & Hikuleo World Tag League B Block: Atlantis Jr & Soberano Jr vs Taichi & Yuya Uemura World Tag League B Block: Alex Zayne & Lance Archer vs Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata World Tag League B Block: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs Yota Tsuji & Zandokan Jr Live on NJPW World 6:30pm JST/8:30pm AEDT/9:30am GMT/5:30am EST/1:30am PST DDT D-Oh Grand Prix Night 2 Shinjuku FACE, Tokyo Kazuma Sumi, Takeshi Masada, Toi Kojima & Yuki Ueno vs Jun Akiyama, Rukiya, Yuki Iino & Yusuke Okada D-Oh GP A Block: HARASHIMA vs Tetsuya Endo D-Oh GP A Block: Daisuke Sasaki vs Kazusada Higuchi D-Oh GP B Block: Chris Brookes vs KANON D-Oh GP B Block: Kazuki Hirata vs MAO D-Oh GP B Block: Rei Saito vs Yukio Naya KO-D Tag Team Titles: Romance Dawn (Shota & Soma Takao)(c) vs Akito & Toru Sugiura Live on Wrestle Universe Also shows from Zero1, Osaka Pro, Ice Ribbon, YMZ, & Hot Chouchou 3/12/2023, Sunday 12pm JST/2pm AEDT/3am GMT/11pm EST/8pm PST DDT D-Oh Grand Prix Night 3 Shinjuku FACE, Tokyo Akito, HARASHIMA, Takeshi Masada & Toi Kojima vs Jun Akiyama, Makoto Oishi, Rukiya & Yusuke Okada Demus & KANON vs Kazuma Sumi & MIKAMI D-Oh GP A Block: Daisuke Sasaki vs Yuki Ueno D-Oh GP A Block: Tetsuya Endo vs Yuki Iino D-Oh GP B Block: Chris Brookes vs MAO D-Oh GP B Block: Kazuki Hirata vs Yukio Naya Live on Wrestle Universe 1pm JST/3pm AEDT/4am GMT/11pm EST/8pm PST Dragongate Fantastic Gate Night 3 ii-One Stadium, Sapporo D'courage (Dragon Dia, Madoka Kikuta & Yuki Yoshioka) vs Don Fujii & M3K (Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda) Genki Horiguchi vs Mondai Ryu Ben-K vs Ryoya Tanaka Hyo & Luis Mante vs Natural Vibes (Jason Lee & Strong Machine J) Natural Vibes (BIG BOSS Shimizu, Jacky Funky Kamei, Kzy & U-T) vs Z-Brats (ISHIN, KAI, Shun Skywalker & Yoshiki Kato) Dragon Kid & YAMATO vs Gold Class (BxB Hulk & Kota Minoura) Live on Dragongate Network 2pm JST/4pm AEDT/5am GMT/12am EST/9pm PST All Japan Real World Tag League Night 9 EDION Arena #2, Osaka Real World Tag League: Eruption (Hideki Okatani & Yukio Sakaguchi) vs New Period (Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai) Real World Tag League: Cyrus & Ryan Davidson vs Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana Black Menso-re, Izanagi & Rising HAYATO vs Bodyguard, Hikaru Sato & Tatsuya Matsufusa Real World Tag League: BULK Orchestra (Galeno del Mal & Hayato Tamura) vs Hokuto Omori & Katsuhiko Nakajima Junior Battle of Glory: Atsuki Aoyagi vs Fuminori Abe Junior Battle of Glory: Dan Tamura vs Ryo Inoue Junior Battle of Glory: Koji Iwamoto vs Naruki Doi Real World Tag League: Ren Ayabe & Shuji Ishikawa vs Voodoo Murders (Jun Saito & Rei Saito) Real World Tag League: Hideki Suzuki & Suwama vs Zennichi Shin Jidai (Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi) Live on AJPW TV 5pm JST/7pm AEDT/8am GMT/3am EST/12am PST New Japan World Tag League Night 11 Acrea Himeji, Himeji DOUKI, Taichi & Yuya Uemura vs Bad Luck Fale, Jack Bonza & Taiji Ishimori Atlantis Jr, Soberano Jr & Tiger Mask vs El Phantasmo, Hikuleo & Jado Hirooki Goto, Tomoaki Honma & YOSHI-HASHI vs Master Wato, Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata Alex Zayne, Lance Archer, Oskar Leube & Ryusuke Taguchi vs BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji & Zandokan Jr World Tag League A Block: Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona vs Great O-Khan & HENARE World Tag League A Block: Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa vs Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano World Tag League A Block: Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd vs EVIL & Yujiro World Tag League A Block: Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste vs Ren Narita & Shota Umino Live on NJPW World Stardom in Wakayama Noritz Arena, Wakayama Mai Sakurai vs Yuzuki Momo Watanabe vs Yuna Mizumori HANAKO vs Mina Shirakawa Donna del Mondo (Giulia, Maika & Thekla) vs Oedo Tai (Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Starlight Kid) Megan Bayne, Mei Seira & Suzu Suzuki vs STARS (Hanan, Hazuki & Saya Iida) God's Eye (Ami Sourei, MIRAI & Syuri) & Scandinavian Hurricane vs Queen's Quest (AZM, Miyu Amasaki, Saya Kamitani & Utami Hayashishita) Uploaded to Stardom World at some unknown point 6:30pm JST/8:30pm AEDT/9:30am GMT/5:30am EST/1:30am PST 2AW GRAND SLAM In Korakuen Hall Korakuen Hall, Tokyo Chojin Yusha G Valion, Latrell Upton & Tantan Menso vs Ricky Fuji, Shinichiro Wakita & Takashi Yoshida Daiju Wakamatsu vs Hiroshi Yamato Kotaro Yoshino & Kyu Mogami vs Kunio Toshima & Tasuya Hanami Ayame Sasamura vs Kyoko Inoue Ayato Yoshida & Shigehiro Irie vs Isami Kodaka & Takato Nakano vs Kaji Tomato & Taishi Takizawa 2AW Tag Team Titles: BUG's MUTATION (Ayumu Honda & CHANGO)(c) vs Kengo Mashimo & Naka Shuma 2AW Openweight Title: Takuro Niki(c) vs Kaz Hayashi Also shows from Basara, Zero1, Michinoku Pro, & Dove Pro 4/12/2023, Monday 7pm JST/9pm AEDT/10am GMT/6am EST/2am PST Koji Doi & Kuma Arashi Produce DoiKuma Night Shinjuku FACE, Tokyo Andy Wu vs Fuminori Abe Chanyota & Echika Miyabi vs Haruka Umesaki & Miyuki Takase Hikaru Sato vs Kentaro Yasushi Genki Horiguchi & Kzy vs Seigo Tachibana & Tsugataka Sato Daimonji So, Ryoji Sai & Yusuke Kodama vs Zennichi Shin Jidai (Atsuki Aoyagi, Shuji Ishikawa & Yuma Aoyagi) DoiKuma (Koji Doi & Kuma Arashi) vs KAI & Satoshi Kojima New Japan World Tag League Night 12 Kochi Prefectural Gymnasium, Kochi BUSHI & Shingo Takagi vs SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru Bishop Kaun, Oleg Boltin & Toa Liona vs Kaito Kiyomiya, Oskar Leube & Ryohei Oiwa Callum Newman, Great O-Khan & HENARE vs Tomoaki Honma, Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano Dick Togo, EVIL & Yujiro vs Ren Narita, Ryusuke Taguchi & Shota Umino Alex Coughlin, Gabe Kidd & Taiji Ishimori vs Kosei Fujita, Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste World Tag League B Block: Bad Luck Fale & Jack Bonza vs Taichi & Yuya Uemura World Tag League B Block: Atlantis Jr & Soberano Jr vs El Phantasmo & Hikuleo World Tag League B Block: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata World Tag League B Block: Alex Zayne & Lance Archer vs Yota Tsuji & Zandokan Live on NJPW World Also BJW 5/12/2023, Tuesday 6:30pm JST/8:30pm AEDT/9:30am GMT/5:30am EST/1:30am PST Dragongate Fantastic Gate Night 4 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo Open The Brave Gate Title: ISHIN(c) vs Hyo KAI vs Luis Mante Rest of card TBA Stardom Year End Tour 2023 Night 1 Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Hall, Hiroshima Starlight Kid vs Yuzuki Mina Shirakawa vs Thekla Ami Sourei & HANAKO vs Queen's Quest (Miyu Amasaki & Saya Kamitani) Megan Bayne vs Yuna Mizumori Oedo Tai (Momo Watanabe, Natsuko Tora & Ruaka) vs STARS (Hanna, Hazuki & Saya Iida) Crazy Star (Mei Seira & Suzu Suzuki) vs Queen's Quest (AZM & Utami Hayashishita) Donna del Mondo (Giulia, Mai Sakurai & Maika) vs God's Eye (MIRAI & Syuri) & Scandinavian Hurricane Uploaded to Stardom World at some unknown point Also BJW & JWP 6/12/2023, Wednesday 6:30pm JST/8:30pm AEDT/9:30am GMT/5:30am EST/1:30am PST All Japan Real World Tag League Night 10 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo Junior Battle of Glory Final GAORA TV Title: Minoru Tanaka(c) vs Black Menso-re vs Takao Omori vs Yoshitatsu Real World Tag League: New Period (Ryuki Honda & Yuma Anzai) vs Voodoo Murders (Jun Saito & Rei Saito) Real World Tag League: Hokuto Omori & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Zennichi Shin Jidai (Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi) Real World Tag League: Hideki Suzuki & Suwama vs Ren Ayabe & Shuji Ishikawa Real World Tag League: Eruption (Hideki Okatani & Yukio Sakaguchi) vs Kuroshio TOKYO Japan & Seigo Tachibana Real World Tag League: BULK Orchestra (Galeno del Mal & Hayato Tamura) vs Cyrus & Ryan Davidson Rest of card & match order TBA Live on AJPW TV New Japan World Tag League Night 13 Karatsu Athletic Stadium, Karatsu Atlantis Jr, Soberano Jr, Tiger Mask & Tomoaki Honma vs BUSHI, Shingo Takagi, Yota Tsuji & Zandokan Jr Alex Zayne, Lance Archer & Master Wato vs El Phantasmo, Hikuleo & Jado Bad Luck Fale, Jack Bonza & Taiji Ishimori vs Minoru Suzuki, Ryusuke Taguchi & Yuji Nagata DOUKI, SANADA, Taichi & Yuya Uemura vs Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI World Tag League A Block: EVIL & Yujiro vs Ren Narita & Shota Umino World Tag League A Block: Great O-Khan & HENARE vs Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano World Tag League A Block: Alex Coughlin & Gabe Kidd vs Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste World Tag League A Block: Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona vs Kaito Kiyomiya & Ryohei Oiwa Match order TBA Live on NJPW World Stardom Year End Tour 2023 Night 2 Takamatsu Symbol Tower Exhibition Hall, Takamatsu Mai Sakurai vs Yuzuki Mina Shirakawa vs Yuna Mizumori God's Eye (Ami Sourei & Syrui) & Scandinavian Hurricane vs STARS (Hanan, Hazuki & Saya Iida) Divine Kingdom (Megan Bayne & Maika) vs HANAKO & MIRAI Crazy Star (Mei Seira & Suzu Suzuki) vs Mafia Bella (Giulia & Thekla) Oedo Tai (Momo Watanabe, Natsuko Tora, Ruaka & Starlight Kid) vs Queen's Quest (AZM, Miyu Amasaki, Saya Kamitani & Utami Hayashishita) Tokyo Joshi Pro Yuka Sakazaki Graduation Special Kitazawa Town Hall, Tokyo Haru Kazashira, HIMAWARI & Toga vs Runa Okubo, Shino Suzuki & Wakana Uehara Arisu Endo, Miu Watanabe & Suzume vs Kaya Toribami, Mahiro Kiryu & Yuki Kamifuku Hikari Noa, Moka Miyamoto, Mizuki & Nao Kakuta vs Hyper Misao, Pom Harajuku, Raku & Yuki Aino Antonio Honda & Trans-Am Hiroshi vs Rika Tatsumi & Yuka Sakazaki Miyu Yamashita vs Shoko Nakajima vs Yuka Sakazaki Uploaded later to Wrestle Universe Also Dragongate 7/12/2023, Thursday 6:30pm JST/8:30pm AEDT/9:30am GMT/5:30am EST/1:30am PST Stardom Year End Tour 2023 Night 3 Osaka Prefectural Rinkai Sports Centre, Takaishi Mina Shirakawa vs Ruaka HANAKO, Miyu Amasaki & Yuzuki vs Oedo Tai (Momo Watanabe, Natsuko Tora & Starlight Kid) Queen's Quest (AZM, Saya Kamitani & Utami Hayashishita) vs STARS (Hanan, Hazuki & Saya Iida) Crazy Star (Mei Seira & Suzu Suzuki) vs Megan Bayne & Yuna Mizumori Donna del Mondo (Giulia, Mai Sakurai, Maika & Thekla) vs God's Eye (Ami Sourei, MIRAI & Syuri) & Scandinavian Hurricane Uploaded to Stardom World at some unknown point 7pm JST/9pm AEDT/10am GMT/6am EST/2am PST New Japan World Tag League Night 14 Hayamizu Sports Culture Centre, Miyakonojo World Tag League B Block: Atlantis Jr & Soberano Jr vs Yota Tsuji & Zandokan Jr World Tag League B Block: Alex Zayne & Lance Archer vs El Phantasmo & Hikuleo World Tag League B Block: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs Taichi & Yuya Uemura World Tag League B Block: Bad Luck Fale & Jack Bonza vs Minoru Suzuki & Yuji Nagata Rest of card TBA Live on NJPW World Also Strong Style/Real Japan & Freedoms 8/12/2023, Friday 6:30pm JST/8:30pm AEDT/9:30am GMT/5:30am EST/1:30am PST New Japan World Tag League Night 15 Makizono Arena, Kirishima World Tag League Semi-Final World Tag League Semi-Final Rest of card TBA Live on NJPW World Also Sendai Girls
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Watching Nakajima watching Ikemen doing his weird elbows while inside his jacket shtick is almost as good as watching him light up Yoshitatsu with kicks Oh my god the Saito Bros turning up to the venue in a taxi, wearing their gear and carrying both their AJPW & GLEAT Tag belts rules. forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 02:36 on Dec 1, 2023 |
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apophenium posted:I don't think I'm an interesting enough writer to make a whole rear end thread about watching 90s and early 2000s puro but drat I'm loving the stuff I've watched. I love when Jumbo raises his arm and the crowd shouts and I also love Akira Taue's sumo chops. The crowds from this era are just insane and elevate everything like crazy. They go nuts when Misawa elbows someone it rules. Thanks all for the encouragement. I was so easy to get wrapped up in watching all the latest poo poo but I've really developed a taste for the older stuff now. i remember when i had a thread about that...
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Suplex Liberace posted:i remember when i had a thread about that... Yeah it was good!
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God I love this angry loving weirdo 
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KENOH getting shafted for the main event spot at NOAH'S New Year show sure is.. something.
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Wait, I actually missed the context there and didn't realize the main event spot is in doubt(?). What's the main event if it isn't Kenoh vs. Soya? 
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Jerusalem posted:Wait, I actually missed the context there and didn't realize the main event spot is in doubt(?). What's the main event if it isn't Kenoh vs. Soya? Naomichi Marufuji vs Kota Ibushi
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forkboy84 posted:Naomichi Marufuji vs Kota Ibushi Well that's a VERY cool match for sure but Kenoh should definitely be getting the main event 
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I mean in all likelihood it leads to Kota/Kenoh in the sequel to the Kota/Taichi Kick You Motherfucker match So I say book it Danno
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Dragongate announcing they have a couple of Mexicans coming in this month https://twitter.com/dragongate_pro/status/1731136629186978038?s=20 Demus is already in Japan & has done some DDT dates, he's also the former Pequeno Damian 666. Know nothing about Viento other than he's been on a couple of West Coast Pro shows Shun was also on. Or the tweet could get deleted before I even have a chance to see who Viento is. Let's try again https://x.com/DragonGateEN/status/1731138136242376876?s=20 forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 03:40 on Dec 3, 2023 |
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