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harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

GRACIE HUNTER! GRACIE HUNTER!!

oh wait let's ignore the two or three (?) other losses already this year...

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Ishin
Dec 31, 2008

~the animatronic spirit of
so many forgotten waves
REFEREE STOPPUUUUUU!

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Ahahahahahahahaha holy poo poo yes he won. Fantastic.

Yuriy
Dec 25, 2006

Pay no attention to me, for I am a stupid cunt.
that was a lot better than i thought it would be, started out slow but built up and i liked the grappling

harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

Pissed Off Sakuraba throwing the gi off was The Best

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Oh God please don't tell me this means the other Gracie is gonna win the IC title. I don't think I can handle that world.

Grainbarn
Jul 2, 2007

What the fuck did I do?
That was Awful. I'm glad Sakuraba can still get paid to do bad fake mma/wrestling...things though. His knees are going to combust any second.

Thauros
Jan 29, 2003

harperdc posted:


[edit] holy gently caress this announcing. Trust me, it's hardly unbiased.

How would you rate the njpw announcers in general compared to the wwe guys?

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

harperdc posted:

[edit] holy gently caress this announcing. Trust me, it's hardly unbiased.

What were they saying? I like to imagine it boils down to,"Man gently caress the Gracies."

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Ishii/Ibushi time! :munch:

Yuriy
Dec 25, 2006

Pay no attention to me, for I am a stupid cunt.

Jerusalem posted:

What were they saying? I like to imagine it boils down to,"Man gently caress the Gracies."

That's not really biased outside Brazil since that's what every one who watches grappling/mma thinks anyway

dsriggs
May 28, 2012

MONEY FALLS...

...FROM THE SKY...

...WHENEVER HE POSTS!
MOTY incoming

Ishin
Dec 31, 2008

~the animatronic spirit of
so many forgotten waves
This is gonna be a hate-fest. And I'm going to love every second of it.

harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

Jerusalem posted:

What were they saying? I like to imagine it boils down to,"Man gently caress the Gracies."

it was along the lines of (and this is my interpretation more than anything, keep in mind) excitedly going "HE'S THE GRACIE HUNTER! HE'S THE ONLY ONE! HE'S GOT HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YOKOHAMA ARENA RING AND HE CAN'T GO ANYWHERE! YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE, YOU CAN DO IT SAKURABA, YOU CAN DO IT SAKURABA!!!" If you were watching you can hear the announcers go rapid-fire, it was hard to get everything but that was the gist of it.

I'll try to listen closely to the last few matches to give examples but I'll try to talk about how good the NJPW announcers are in the regular thread later.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Thanks, that was pretty cool and just hearing them go apeshit went a long way to getting me interested in a match I was utterly hating up to the moment Sakuraba tore off his jacket and then pulled Rolles' over his head.

Edit: Ibushi won an elbow-off! :stare:

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

OWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

That loving chop was more of a concrete block dropped from a 5th story window.

Yuriy
Dec 25, 2006

Pay no attention to me, for I am a stupid cunt.
superplexes from the tank-man

Super No Vacancy
Jul 26, 2012

that was like a super-Pele

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

IBUSHI YOU loving LUNATIC!

Edit: Oh God that corner spot almost went horribly wrong.

Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 09:16 on May 25, 2014

harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

loving OUCH

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

That lariat was loving beautiful.

Edit: Ishii is bleeding pretty badly.

harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

Jerusalem posted:

IBUSHI YOU loving LUNATIC!

I can empty-quote this and have it still be true after that whiffed top-rope spot

Yuriy
Dec 25, 2006

Pay no attention to me, for I am a stupid cunt.
Ibushi just wont die

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

drat this is getting good.

Yuriy
Dec 25, 2006

Pay no attention to me, for I am a stupid cunt.
that slap off and head kicks

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Kicked out at 1!

SO DID IBUSHI!

harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

super-violent exchange, two kicks in the head, kicks out AT 1!!!

this has still got some ways to go

Yuriy
Dec 25, 2006

Pay no attention to me, for I am a stupid cunt.

harperdc posted:

super-violent exchange, two kicks in the head, kicks out AT 1!!!

this has still got some ways to go

any chance of kota busting out his super finisher?

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

At first Ibushi had to resort to headbutts to win the punch-offs, now Ishii is in the same boat!

harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

thank god that wasn't the finish, 'cause Ishii was getting pinned ON HIS HEAD there

harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

LARIATS FOR THE LARIAT GOD*






*Stan Hansen

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Oh loving hell! :aaa:

Ibushi won't die!

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Hell of a match, goddamn!

Ishin
Dec 31, 2008

~the animatronic spirit of
so many forgotten waves
BRAINBUSTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

Grainbarn
Jul 2, 2007

What the fuck did I do?
That ruled.

Thauros
Jan 29, 2003

Goddamn that was loving incredible as you'd expect a ppv match between those two to be.

Yuriy
Dec 25, 2006

Pay no attention to me, for I am a stupid cunt.

Jerusalem posted:

Oh loving hell! :aaa:

Ibushi won't die!

he died, great match

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!
Jesus Christ.

dsriggs
May 28, 2012

MONEY FALLS...

...FROM THE SKY...

...WHENEVER HE POSTS!

dsriggs posted:

MOTY incoming

close enough

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harperdc
Jul 24, 2007

he's tiny and flippy, Ishii should've put this away with the Steiner Screwdriver <:mad:>

aw who am I'm kidding, that was awesome

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