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Venomous posted:ZSJ for sure. Maybe Kushida if he loses at Dominion (he won't). Would love to see Matt Riddle this year too. Otherwise, idk. Kento? I'm guessing that the country of Japan has preemptively banned Matt Riddle.
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Chris James 2 posted:Also KUSHIDA/Ospreay got 5 stars Upside — it was an amazing match that deserves the accolade Downside —how in insufferable will Will Ospreay be now that he's got a full fiver? Edit: apparently he got one for a six man last year, but I feel like the one-on-one will matter more to him. Charles Gnarwin fucked around with this message at 13:14 on Jun 8, 2017 |
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Cody has yet to have even a decent match in New Japan and the crowds don't give a gently caress about him.
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SalTheBard posted:That was one of the first Kenny Omega matches I ever watched and I loved that move so much. It was so stupid but the way the commentators described it, it made so much sense. "He shaves his arms a few days before a match so that it's stubbly during the match!" Don't believe a thing Matt Striker said on that show. He made up an entire story about the Nakamura/Ibushi match that had no basis in reality. Anybody saying that Callis (who is actually quite good) is worse than Striker is full of poo poo.
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Helicity posted:Cody has always been boring to me no matter the promotion. I kind of don't want to watch him anymore. My hope is that the Long Beach main is Okada Immediately hits a dropkick and then just starts spamming Rainmakers until Kenny walks out and throws in the towel to the protest of no one.
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Spikeguy posted:Do Japanese wrestlers get more time to recover or do they just have shorter careers? No and no
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Jun 14, 2017 18:33
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Dave trolling with stars is great. Glad that tag match got some recognition because it was the best junior tag in awhile.
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Jun 15, 2017 04:50
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We need to discuss something lost in the shuffle after so many great Dominion matches — YOSHI-HASHI is going to wreck Suzuki, restore CHAOS's honor, and finally get a belt.
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Gedo is giving us the rightful CWC finals! Naito should coast easily into the final of his block. Picking who he beats out of Block B is tough as hell though. It will likely be Omega to run back the semi from last year, but it could easily be Elgin.
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It's lost in the block announcement shuffle but the main event from this morning was drat good and YOSHI-HASHI is quite the fan favorite now.
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I knew I loved Okada but now my feelings have transcended love. Can't wait for him to debut the Animal Style Rainmaker and actually decapitate someone.
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SatoshiMiwa posted:Dave also rightly called the Ishii/ZSJ the best rope break spot of the year and it's so drat true. I don't think I've ever bit so hard on a rope break tease. I was certain that Ishii would struggle but just get too tangled to escape.
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I think Okada has to hold that belt until Kenny takes it. The way I see it, Omega finally beats him in the last night of B Block, tying them up and forcing a rubber match once Okada is done defending at WK. I don't know the timing of the east coast show, but I'd do it there if they are serious about the expansion.
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Jul 19, 2017 04:51
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Good thing Okada is the true ace now because this poo poo is unacceptable.
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Malcolm Excellent posted:What's this!? Twitters sleuthers found that the text is from a book entitled American Star so it is clearly CM Punk. For real though, even though the title wouldn't match, I hope it is Jay White. He's been on excursion for awhile and he's ready. He also looks like a serial killer right now.
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shiksa posted:watching the 9/10 show today. holy poo poo leo tonga is like, significantly taller than fale i wasn't expecting that. big kid. Bushi doesn't do much in the ring for me, but his attire game is so strong. Maybe the best in wrestling right now.
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Super No Vacancy posted:taguchi is also the 'coach' of his team There's a lot of good poo poo happening in NJPW right now but Taguchi Japan and Funky Future specifically are really working for me.
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Ricochet, Tanahashi, and Taguchi are the only ones with numbers that aren't their names represented numerically. Same reason YOSHI-HASHI's gear has 4484 and Ishii's has 151.
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VJeff posted:Sadly I think they gave it to him here because this is as close as he's gettin'. You'll be eating crow when the Never trios match is preceded by EVIL riding an ice dragon to the ring with BUSHI lounging on the tail and painting his nails.
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Oct 10, 2017 05:06
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I know that Switchblade will probably be Sami Callihan, but until I see his dumb rear end saunter out at Power Struggle, I'm going to continue believing that it will be Jay White.
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No Monster Rage, no buys. Massive failing for a company poised to make huge moves on the world stage.
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Nov 6, 2017 14:04
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While the dynamic of a hippie trying to rein in his scumbag edgelord cousin was fun for one entrance, I really don't want Sami Callihan to be a regular part of my NJPW experience.
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I Before E posted:Future WWE star The rear end Man Ryusuke Taguchi Don't even joke about NJPW losing their top stable.
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Dec 3, 2017 08:22
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Pinwiz11 posted:What are the rules of there's a tie score at the end of the block? Is it the winning team in their head-to-head match? The correct answer for a three way tie where each team has a win over another team in the tie is that Gedo would never do that. Unrelatedly, the AXS press release is all about Omega/Jericho so Naito is once again having his Dome thunder stolen.
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SalTheBard posted:When do you think they will announce the none title matches at WK? Based on the number of titles in New Japan, here is your announcement: New Japan Rumble
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The build to Jericho/Omega has been so good and I think it hints at how they plan to have a great match despite Jericho slowing a step. They can't have an insane, neck bumping athletic spectacle so they will have a wild, southern blood feud brawl. I agree that all of BC should be taken out by other matches or personal conflicts to keep things 100% personal. Sho and Yoh should wash the Bucks because R3K should rightly wreck any team in the division. Plus, any match with a Liontamer is a good match.
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Dec 12, 2017 13:57
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checksin posted:does taguchi japan actually count as a faction now They just dropped the dopest windbreaker so yes. Also, the joy of Taguchi Japan is that the only requirement to be a member is to accept amazing coaching.
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MazelTovCocktail posted:I just have to say I am really impressed with how the New Japan Engliah channel is filling up with so much content. I'm amazed they're subbing long press conferences and things like Wonderland. Does anyone know who they have doing the actual subject? The quality of the subs are really high quality, so I wonder if it's an outside firm vs a company employee given extra work. It's Rocky Romero with a set of apple headphones and a notepad.
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Dec 15, 2017 20:29
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Naito is absolutely winning because Okada spent the last year being very untranquilo and destroying himself to keep his title. Meanwhile, our boy Tetsuya has transcended the silly concept of fancy belts and kept himself calm and rested for the biggest match of his career.
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Dec 16, 2017 07:53
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The GTR is cool but the reverse GTR into the GTR is one of the deadliest looking finishers this side of a Steiner Screwdriver. When he hit it for the first time on Shibata at the dome, I became  in real life.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:What happened with ACH in NJPW? Seems like he hasn't been around in a while. Super 69 made it to the finals of the Super Jr tag tourney, which was the last time he would have had a spot for the year. Excuse of how being a junior works. I imagine he'll be back for BOSJ, if not sooner if R3K needs some challengers.
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