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Barry Bluejeans
Feb 2, 2017

ATTENTHUN THITIZENTH

Jerusalem posted:

To be fair, it might have been a mistake, it's very easy to mix up cocaine with entirely harmless products.

I look forward to his lawyer clearing things up with a new cd label press release

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Ziggy Tzardust
Apr 7, 2006

forkboy84 posted:

Matt Riddle just going on Ariel Helwani's show to admit to failing multiple drug tests in WWE. For cocaine.

Smart choice for a champion Gedo.

https://x.com/mercybuzzard13/status/1762978068799336536?s=46&t=_akPFYiqAqKbxYd3RPf4Jg

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


I can see why Dave is so defensive of his friend Matt Riddle.

Rick
Feb 23, 2004
When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.
Dude is going from living Dude Where's My Car to Enter the Void.

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


https://twitter.com/njpwglobal/status/1763168769009217575

Lamuella
Jun 26, 2003

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


Rat Middle.

ThePariah
Feb 10, 2014
My President :smith:

yea ok
Jul 27, 2006

Rick posted:

He is kind of just there for me, I don't love or hate him. He pretty wisely just shuts up and lets Chris talk when it's time for the announcer to help make the story.

I made that post watching a show with him and the nerd, he was going solo for a couple of shows afterwards and you can tell he's got a ways to go lol. We were all noobs once tho

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Barry Bluejeans posted:

I look forward to his lawyer clearing things up with a new cd label press release

Holy poo poo I forgot about that. The guy did it TWICE if I remember right? With two different styles of labels?


:lol:

Gumball Gumption
Jan 7, 2012

Those handful of days after WrestleKingdom where I felt like NJPW was poised for a new era on the back of a lot of young guys were heady crazy times. Glad we are back in reality

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

I know it's not really part of "regular" New Japan, but Fantasticamania was a ton of fun :shobon:

yea ok
Jul 27, 2006

When the gaijin heel stable is the only interesting thing in the company and even that's worn out it's welcome 😔😔

Ziggy Tzardust
Apr 7, 2006

Rick posted:

He is kind of just there for me, I don't love or hate him. He pretty wisely just shuts up and lets Chris talk when it's time for the announcer to help make the story.

Walker is automatically cool with me because he respects The Boys

https://x.com/velvetvoicews/status/1762938730388586981?s=46&t=_akPFYiqAqKbxYd3RPf4Jg

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

Show me the way to you
(Heavy Metal)

yea ok posted:

whats the consensus on fat boy walker? seems like he's improving pretty quickly with the nerd guiding him along

I like him, he seems engaged with the product and is eager to contribute. Kevin in his later years felt like he was just there taking a paycheck and would bring too much of a personal touch in the comms like crypto or stats from Chris Samsa like who gives a poo poo lol.

I just wish he'd stop calling the Italian Stretch #32 as the Douki Chokey. Like come on.

Tonfa
Apr 8, 2008

I joined the #RXT REVOLUTION.
:boom:
he knows...

forkboy84 posted:

Matt Riddle just going on Ariel Helwani's show to admit to failing multiple drug tests in WWE. For cocaine.

Smart choice for a champion Gedo.

https://twitter.com/WrestlingNow1/status/1762979217644597314

Japanese scoops are picking up on it. He's got to be toast.

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


Tonfa posted:

https://twitter.com/WrestlingNow1/status/1762979217644597314

Japanese scoops are picking up on it. He's got to be toast.

Tokyo Sports, get on it!

Barry Bluejeans
Feb 2, 2017

ATTENTHUN THITIZENTH
congratulations to your next NJPW World TV champion...

*pulls raffle from box, sighs*

...Bobby Fish

Lamuella
Jun 26, 2003

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


Barry Bluejeans posted:

congratulations to your next NJPW World TV champion...

*pulls raffle from box, sighs*

...Bobby Fish

Kare wa watashi ni ofisu-tomo yoba reru igī o kuremashita

Sooper Gila
Apr 23, 2014

Love
Peace
and Harmony
Meltzer mentioned earlier in the week that Riddle's name had originally been on the list for New Japan Cut he had seen, and he wasn't sure why he had been taken off. Wonder if there's any correlation here.

Speaking of Dave, he went full Frank Castle on the ratings for Fridays show in todays WON. Not one but two Negative star ratings (the yano/honma tag plus sho v despy), a 1 star match (the house of torture tag), a 2 star match (Evil vs Shooter), handed out a mere 2.5 asterisks for Zack vs Nagata while crowning Riddle vs Tana 2.75.

Last time I remember him getting dark with new japan ratings was a Taichi vs Goto match in 2018 that was basically a House of Torture spectacle before House of Torture existed. But that was only one match on the card, this is almost WCW poo poo.

Jerusalem posted:

I know it's not really part of "regular" New Japan, but Fantasticamania was a ton of fun :shobon:

Indeed, might have even been the best Fantasticamania ever. Dark Panther's doing a bit more Strong Style poo poo now in Mexico since coming back from the tour, would love to see him in the G1, his style could really sync there and I think he'd blow a lot of people's minds.

SG Bamboo
Aug 21, 2013

Smile. Win. Yay!

For funsies I looked at the rating for Taichi vs Naito from New Beginning 2019, which is where my mind goes right away when I think of egregiously bad pre-HoT matches, and Dave gave it ***3/4

On that same card BUSHI had the highest rated match which is pretty funny

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


Technically the awful Jado Yano NJ Cup was before they formed the HoT

Gaz-L
Jan 28, 2009

Barry Bluejeans posted:

congratulations to your next NJPW World TV champion...

*pulls raffle from box, sighs*

...Bobby Fish

I mean, if they desperately want an ex-UFC guy with a wacky line in entrance gear who can grapplefuck... just put it on Filthy Tom?

SatoshiMiwa
May 6, 2007


Tom got decently over during his G1 run too!

Answers Me
Apr 24, 2012

Why does Matt Riddle have a football coach? :confused:

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!
Feel bad for the New Japanailures, the action you wish you could get is in CMLL.

https://twitter.com/luchablog/status/1763778295760379913

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~

fez_machine posted:

lmao every idea a western fan has is put the belt on my fave non-japanese wrestler

Let me introduce you to my Zack wins the G1 and WK idea

Gaz-L
Jan 28, 2009

MassRafTer posted:

Feel bad for the New Japanailures, the action you wish you could get is in CMLL.

https://twitter.com/luchablog/status/1763778295760379913
Hmmmm
https://twitter.com/mongo_ebooks/status/1763808880365076702



Answers Me posted:

Why does Matt Riddle have a football coach? :confused:

Lexical ambiguity

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


Well the jokes on you, I knew it wasn't a Liger match but a dreaded Tiger Mask singles match because I read Cubsfan too!

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

That account is known to be unreliable.

Sooper Gila
Apr 23, 2014

Love
Peace
and Harmony
Liger blatantly doing this poo poo in front of Edgar, him and Tiger Mask are joining HoT for sure.

Will Sho vs Naito be the moment Red Shoes finally goes full Tirantes and joins THE HOUSE? We've got phantom ring bells and blackouts, heel refs that won't count to three for babyfaces can't be far behind.

SG Bamboo
Aug 21, 2013

Smile. Win. Yay!

If only HoT SHO did good matches to go with his good promos

https://twitter.com/njpwglobal/status/1764485920680792487

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

We could have had Naito vs. El Desperado :negative:

STING 64
Oct 20, 2006

i was tricked

SG Bamboo
Aug 21, 2013

Smile. Win. Yay!

Sad that the tournament is starting midweek so i'll miss watching it live, at least I won't have to suffer through my boy Hash losing in the first round to Kenta or Yuj/Yano going 20 minutes

Sooper Gila
Apr 23, 2014

Love
Peace
and Harmony
Select excerpts from this glorious interview:
https://www.njpw1972.com/171577

"Sho" posted:

— With the Anniversary main event seeing the junior heavyweight champion wrestle the heavyweight one, did you have a preference before Sapporo of SANADA or Naito?

SHO: No. Who cares who it would be? Nobody can beat me anyway. It could have been both.

–A three way match, you mean?

SHO: No, not a three way match, a handicap match. I could easily tear them both apart.


–How do you feel about heading into your first singles match with Naito?

SHO: How I feel? Naito is a simpleton. He’s a World Heavyweight Champion who couldn’t find the world in an atlas.

Gaz-L
Jan 28, 2009

Sooper Gila posted:

Select excerpts from this glorious interview:
https://www.njpw1972.com/171577

Pfft... finding the world in an atlas is just living by The Man's rules, Naito don't roll like that

Barry Bluejeans
Feb 2, 2017

ATTENTHUN THITIZENTH
neat variation on "couldn't find his rear end with both hands," haven't heard that one before

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

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

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Delusional SHO is a legit great character and he has a pretty fair following among the fanbase

But I'd like him to wrestle you know just a little less annoyingly. I don't even mind him cheating but out of everyone in hot he's possibly the most on purpose annoying even more so than evil

SG Bamboo
Aug 21, 2013

Smile. Win. Yay!

lol Gino

https://twitter.com/VelvetVoiceWS/status/1765236055324926016

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Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

Show me the way to you
(Heavy Metal)

Sooper Gila posted:

Select excerpts from this glorious interview:
https://www.njpw1972.com/171577

SHO: Nah, I'd win

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