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Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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HM: Shingo/BUSHI vs. Desperado/Kanemaru, NJPW New Beginning 2/3

Incredible second half

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Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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MassRafTer posted:

Rovert has described WOW as a cross between what people thought wrestling was in the 80s and what sit com writers make wrestling look like on sitcoms and it's so accurate. This match is fine but the finish is something someone with a really weird view of wrestling would think is a good idea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EoU3XVgZOA

Feel bad for the women involved as it's a finish designed to make them look stupid.

For those who don't want to bother watching the match:
https://twitter.com/mongo_ebooks/status/1099777120308473863

It's a short match so it's a short fun watch with a funny ending.

It's like if the people who made the Netflix GLOW show decided to up and create their own promotion. This show is deeply bizarre and dated on multiple levels.

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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New Japan is still pushing the Cup winner as getting the MSG main event so uhhhhh they got some communication issues to work out with ROH

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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MOTYC: Iron Heavymetalweight battle royale, DDT Coming to America 4/4

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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Chris James 2 posted:

MOTYC: MAO vs Sanshiro Takagi - Weapon Rumble, DDT Coming to America, 4/4

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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WMOTYC: Tracy Smothers vs. Su Yung, Joey Ryan's Penis Party

Total garbage on every single level

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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sportsgenius86 posted:

HM: Jansport Invitational Scrambler: Sonny Defarge vs. Jigsaw vs. Tony Deppen vs. Lucky 13 vs. Jake Atlas vs. AirWolf vs. Dan Champion (Winner gets a gift certificate to Friendly's), GCW Orange Cassidy Is Doing Something, Or Whatever, Who Knows?? 4/6

yes

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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HM: Jeff Cobb vs. Will Ospreay, G1 Supercard

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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MOTYC: KOTA IBUSHI VS. TETSUYA NAITO, G1 SUPERCARD

JESUS CHRIST

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada vs. Jay White, G1 Supercard

Goddamn masterpiece

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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MOTYC: Shingo Takagi vs. SHO, NJPW BOSJ Night 1

God drat did that live up to the hype

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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Rarity posted:

HM: Dragon Lee vs. Titan, BOSJ Night 9, 24/05

Nthing this. Everything on the show got overshadowed by Rocky's big moment so I hope this doesn't get lost in the shuffle, it's really drat good.

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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HM: SCU vs. Stronghearts, AEW Double or Nothing

Pretty much everything I wanted out of that match, a perfect opener

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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SatoshiMiwa posted:

HM: Shingo vs Kojima - Dominion

Fun hoss off

:yeah:

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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MOTYC: Taichi vs. Tomohiro Ishii, NJPW Dominion 6/9

Big Match Taichi does it again

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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MOTYC: Will Ospreay vs. Dragon Lee, NJPW Dominion 6/9

Aaaaaaaaaaa

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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HM: Lucha Bros vs. Young Bucks, AAA Verano de Escandalo 6/16

Not as good as their DoN match (you can thank AAA overbooking for that), but super fun all around

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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HM: Jeff Cobb/Ren Narita vs. Tomohiro Ishii/Shota Umino, G1 Climax 7/6

As undercard tags go, that ruled really hard

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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MOTYC: Will Ospreay vs. Lance Archer, G1 Climax 7/6

Holy poo poo talk about setting the bar high

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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Jerusalem posted:

HM: SANADA vs. ZSJ - G1 Climax Night 1 7/6

Completely different to Archer/Ospreay but no less entertaining, just a tremendous display of skill from both guys.

4th

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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MOTYC: KENTA vs. Kota Ibushi, G1 Climax 7/6

loving KENTA IS BACK

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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Ibushi/Naito got tons of WMOTY votes and there was so much breathless pearl-clutching in this thread you would've thought Bryan Alvarez made multiple accounts

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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Anyway, to get back on topic

HM: SCU vs. Jurassic Express
MOTYC: Kenny Omega vs. PAC
HM: Cracker Barrel Classic
HM: Cody vs. Shawn Spears
MOTYC: Lucha Bros vs. Young Bucks

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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HM: Hirooki Goto vs. Shingo Takagi, NJPW Destruction Kobe 9/22

Very much on the MOTYC borderline, another loving great match to follow up their G1 banger

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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WMOTYC: Lacey Evans vs. Cameron Conners, WWE SmackDown 10/25

Pollyanna posted:

Lacey Evans cane out to country music, cut a promo against her WPOC opponent saying she doesn’t wrestle “nasties like this”, then immediately <insert some wrestling move here> and pins her.

Then some Rey Misterio poo poo.

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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Chris James 2 posted:

In terms of months, while April '18 had 5 WWE nominations, this April Mania alone had 8

Looking back at this year's Mania, it's crazy how much has already been forgotten or feels like it never happened. I remember Bryan/Kofi being the best match by a country mile, I remember the women's main event being a huge letdown, and I remember the transportation clusterfuck after the show because they ran past like 1 a.m. local time. I have zero memory of HHH/Batista, or Roman/Drew, or Miz/Shane.

In a lot of ways, the show perfectly sums up WWE in 2019: a loud fart in the wind that smelled really bad at the time, only to immediately pass and never be mentioned again.

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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MassRafTer posted:

I've been watching death matches for 20 years. If anyone tells you that was too long and dragged tell them to gently caress off. I've seen matches where Onita spends 5 minutes dragging refs to safety or guys just plod around a rainforest. That loving ruled. They kept introducing crazy poo poo you didn't think they'd go balls out with and then they went as balls out as they'd go in any indie death match. Gross out spots? We got em. Crazy stupid props, we got em. Crazy INSANE props, we got em. And then they tore apart the ring.

Gonna nth Mox/Omega for exactly this reason.

Half the fun of watching deathmatches is people spending a long time teasing an insane spot, the crowd begging them not to do it while secretly hoping they do it, and then they do it and get a huge reaction. The whole drama is in the constant push/pull of "are they really gonna do this thing, they can't possibly do it, OH MY GOD THEY DID IT." And this match delivered on pretty much every level you could ask for.

Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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Let's pump up some of these WMOTYCs that don't deserve to be forgotten

WMOTYC: Shane McMahon vs. The Miz, WrestleMania
Bray Wyatt vs. The Miz, TLC
Kabuki Warriors vs. Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair, TLC

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Benne
Sep 2, 2011

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Does AJPW have a working relationship with anyone right now? Kento would probably benefit the most from that if he's running out of fresh opponents, but it doesn't seem like they're all that interested in opening their doors.

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