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Jerusalem posted:You'll never see a New Japan wrestler on a BAKA Gaijin show. Maybe the back of a pantsless doctor who is suspiciously good at locking in technical submissions, but certainly no New Japan wrestlers! At least not in the ring, but a very drunk Aussie Open were manning the hardcam one time, I think the show that had Chris Brookes vs Maya Yukihi
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Feb 11, 2024 13:36
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Jerusalem posted:Akira cutting a hell of a promo on his intention to become the Jr. Heavyweight Champion. He should absolutely beat SHO for the belt
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This is a really, really sweet promo by Ospreay.
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Sorry Ospreay, I do not trust Callum Newman and his rat face and I doubt I ever will
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Ziggy Tzardust posted:I’m still trying to process the fact that NJPW just put on a Cage of Death when everyone was expecting it to be War Games Following ZSJ/Danielson with that was insane tonal whiplash. Professional wrestling is the best. Did anyone see what happened to Henare? The announcers mentioned he had a bad gash on his head but I didn't see what caused it.
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Just getting caught up but god drat ZSJ/Danielson's amazing technical match followed by the most absurdly violent thing I've seen in years. Even the Hangman/Swerve death match didn't go this hard. Chris Charlton sounds like he legitimately hated that sicko match. I love sicko poo poo but I totally get where he's coming from, it had to have been a personal request by Ospreay as his retirement match or something And wow Akira is over huge after that match. I don't know what the future of UE is going to be, but I could see Akira getting pushed. I'm trying to remember anything before the ZSJ/Danielson match... Oh yeah, we had the final Okada/Tana match!! And continuing the SHO/Despe feud! drat New Japan is good. And here I am choked up watching Ospreay's goodbye
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Backstage Danielson admitted he's not the greatest technical wrestler in the world anymore, it's ZSJ Also said if anywhere else is willing to have it, they've both won in their own company and neither has been by tapout, he's fine with a 2-out-of-3-falls with a submission fall mandatory in a neutral (not AEW or New Japan) company to settle the score for good 
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Chris James 2 posted:Backstage Danielson admitted he's not the greatest technical wrestler in the world anymore, it's ZSJ  That would be so good
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Chris James 2 posted:Backstage Danielson admitted he's not the greatest technical wrestler in the world anymore, it's ZSJ The best part is even counting the previous matches from 15 years ago? They're still even. 3 falls a piece
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SatoshiMiwa posted:Where would you hold that match? Rev Pro? I'd love to see it in All Japan so Nakajima can interrupt the winner and poo poo-talk them for invading the company 
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Feb 11, 2024 21:42
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fez_machine posted:Like I thought that was pretty cool but NJPW literally can't do garbage without people getting really really injuired I said that to my wife. If they want to do gimmick matches they need to dial back how stiff the matches are. It was an insane spectacle and I'm far from the safety police but it was very risky
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Burn Down Canberra posted:I said that to my wife. If they want to do gimmick matches they need to dial back how stiff the matches are. It was an insane spectacle and I'm far from the safety police but it was very risky There's just a level of inexperience that makes serious injury more likely. Jun Kasai can do many hardcore matches with the worst result being scars because he's done hundreds and is supported by a crew that knows what to look out for and how to construct the right environment. I wouldn't be surprised if the prevailing institutional mindset of the majority of non-wrestler staff (and a not insignificant amount of wrestling staff) feel like hardcore/death match stuff is beneath them and so have never paid attention to how one is done safely.
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Lamo they dubbed over High Energy do they no longer have the rights? Still as much as I love High Energy Go Ace is just better
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Burn Down Canberra posted:I said that to my wife. If they want to do gimmick matches they need to dial back how stiff the matches are. It was an insane spectacle and I'm far from the safety police but it was very risky I was fine with almost everything until the wobbly floor boards, that was just an accident waiting to happen. Some of the chair tosses were a bit iffy too. Count Thrashula posted:Wait is Go Ace not Tana's song? Lol He adopted Go Ace a while back. I guess they used his older theme to reflect his history with Okada. Go Ace took some getting used to but now I prefer it to High Energy.
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Losing Coughlin too would suck but Gabe Kidd is the future star so if he's still around that's all that matters
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SatoshiMiwa posted:Losing Coughlin too would suck but Gabe Kidd is the future star so if he's still around that's all that matters Yeah I'd like them both to stick around but Kidd is the priority. This made me wonder - do we know what's up with the LA Dojo/NJPW Academy? Kevin Knight might be the last trainee I remember in the Young Lion mold. Viva Van and Trish Adora have been mentioned as trainees but without regular STRONG shows it's tough to keep track. Seems like it may have transitioned from a dojo model to a more typical wrestling school which has pros and cons.
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SatoshiMiwa posted:Where would you hold that match? Rev Pro? DEFY in Seattle; Danielson has wanted to work there for ages (I can’t afford another flight to Totally Normal Island please let me have this)
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 Fantasticamania opener in a little under an hour. The next streamed show isn't until Friday NJPW presents CMLL Fantasticamania Edion Arena #2 February 12th at 4:00 EDT/9:00 GMT DOUKI and Difunto vs. Bullet Club (Gedo and Taiji Ishimori) Match Relampago:Tiger Mask vs. Magnus Stigma, Despe, Brilante Jr. and Taguchi vs. L.I.J (Titán, Naito, Kamaitachi, and Bushi) Honma, Dark Panther, and Pegasso vs. Okumura, YOH, and Strong Machine J Volador Jr, Atlantis jr, and Templario vs. Hechicero, Rocky Romero, and Soberano Jr. Mistico, Mascara Dorada, and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Ultimo Guerrero, Stuka Jr, and Francesco Akira
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oh and this isnt on the official us site yet but https://x.com/TheChrisSamsa/status/1756908513324863743?s=20 kidna anticlimatic but at least no more damage is being done as he clearly isnt putting anyone over
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VERY stoked for the return of Kamaitachi today, the top two matches on this card could be amazing too depending on how far into vacation mode everyone is.SG Bamboo posted:People on twitter are taking Coughlin giving the thank you sign in lieu of a promo last night to mean he's on the way out as well, rather than just saying goodbye to Ospreay as a heel Didn't he give an extremely disgruntled speech at the g1 press conference last year? it could be totally kayfabe but was pretty specific about the sacrifices he'd made for the company during covid and then when the time came they wouldn't comp him a single t-shirt to give to his family and all that.
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We are live Taiji Ishimori is out, to be replaced with Bone Soldier Jr
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