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Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 Day 1
HM: Liger Retirement Match 1
HM: GoD vs FinJuice
MOTYC: Lance Archer vs Jon Moxley
MOTYC: Will Ospreay vs Hiromu Takahashi
MOTYC: Jay White vs Tetsuya Naito
MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada vs Kota Ibushi

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 Day 2
HM: Jyushin Thunder Liger & Naoki Sano vs Hiromu Takahashi & Ryu Lee
HM: NEVER Openweight Trios Gauntlet Match
HM: El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori vs SHO & YOH
HM: Zack Sabre Jr. vs SANADA
HM: KENTA vs Hirooki Goto
HM: Jon Moxley vs Juice Robinson (don't miss the post-match on this one)
HM: Kota Ibushi vs Jay White
MOTYC: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Chris Jericho
MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito (don't miss the post-match on this one either!!)
MOTYC: KENTA vs Naitailures

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Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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forkboy84 posted:

HM
19/1
NJPW Fantasticamania Night 7
Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
CMLL Heavyweight Title
Satoshi Kojima vs Ultimo Guerrero (c)

Just fun times.

nth!

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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forkboy84 posted:

HM
20/1
NJPW Fantasticamania Night 8
NWA World Historic Middleweight Title
Caristico vs Barbaro Cavernario

nth. Very fun match!

forkboy84 posted:

MOTYC
4/1
NOAH New Sunrise
Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
GHC Heavyweight Title
Kaito Kiyomiya vs Go Shiozaki

I strongly recommend you get this watched.

Hey this was some good stuff. I didn't know these wrestlers but now I do. Nth.

Lily Catts fucked around with this message at 12:39 on Jan 23, 2020

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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forkboy84 posted:

Go Shiozaki is great. He's been around for about 15 years now, he was a disciple of Kenta Kobashi alongside KENTA. He was in my favourite tagteam of 2019 as well, AXIZ, teaming with Katsuhiko Nakajima. And it's funny because 2 of Shiozaki's most legendary matches were tag matches AGAINST Nakajima, Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki vs KENTA & Shiozaki from 2009 & Nakajima & Sasaki vs Kobashi & Shiozaki

As an added bonus, have the outstanding Shiozaki vs Bryan Danielson match. Long before the Honor Rising shows came out of the ROH New Japan agreement, ROH ran shows back to back in August 2007, one night in Tokyo & one night in Osaka. The Tokyo show was worked with NOAH, Osaka with Dragon Gate & so this was in Tokyo at NOAH's home venue, Differ Ariake. This is peak of his career in-ring Bryan Danielson against a guy NOAH were hoping would be the face of their company and while my memory is crap I'd say it's bound to be in the top 10 matches of '07.

NOAH has had some amazing matches and I'm glad it's having them again.

Thanks for the write-up. Shiozaki stood out for me, but Kaito was also very good (didn't know he's just 22!). I will watch more!

Let me check the Kento match as well. I want to branch out more on puro.

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

Asuka vs. Akito in a single light tube deathmatch made the MOTYC list last year and it was my personal MOTY, now DDT have put it on YouTube for free so check it out if you haven't already

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSrH4TuKq1I

Showing this to all my friends.

Oh yeah, a nom:

MOTYC
Carlos "El Guapo" Zamora (c) vs Mike Madrigal for the DPW Heavyweight Championship, PWR Mabuhay Ang Wrestling (1/26)

First live show of the year and everyone was freaking blown away by this match. Mike Madrigal fighting through a faction to gently caress El Guapo up. Their chops were the crispest I've ever heard live. Hoping they'd upload it to YouTube soon.

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Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Zack Sabre Jr vs. Will Ospreay, NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo, 02/02
HM: Kazuchika Okada vs. Taichi, NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo, 02/02


nth

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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HM: Tomohiro Ishii vs. EVIL - NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo 02/01

Beef it up forever, dudes

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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Jerusalem posted:

HM: Keith Lee (C) vs. Dominik Dijakovic for the NXT North American Championship - NXT Takeover Portland 2/16

Big boys doin thangs. :hellyeah:

I got curious about this match so I checked it out and boy does it not disappoint. I'm an instant fan of both. Nth.

MOTYC: Jon Moxley (c) vs Minoru Suzuki, IWGP US Heavyweight Championship - New Beginning in Osaka 2/9

Suzuki's laughter will haunt me in my nightmares

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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HM: Chris Panzer (c) vs Robbie Eagles for the PWR Championship, PWR Love at First Fight 2/23

Robbie Eagles is a star.

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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Schneider Heim posted:

HM: Chris Panzer (c) vs Robbie Eagles for the PWR Championship, PWR Love at First Fight 2/23

Robbie Eagles is a star.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZWCHzcmJEk

They released the match free on Youtube! Watch us pop for Robbie.

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Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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ThePariah posted:

MOTYC: Brock Lesnar vs Ricochet
MOTYC: The Fiend vs Goldberg


Both from Supper Showdown in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

You know what? Nth to both of these.

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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Jerusalem posted:

Looked these matches up online to see if they were as bad as they sounded on paper. They weren't. They were worse.

WMOTYC: Brock Lesnar (C) vs. Ricochet for the WWE Championship - WWE Blood Money Show in Saudi Arabia.
WMOTYC: The Fiend Bray Wyatt (C) vs. Bill Goldberg for the Universal Championship - WWE Blood Money Show in Saudi Arabia.

These were both dogshit but if I had to pick the worst it would be Brock vs. Ricochet. That was pathetic.

nth

HM: Chris Brookes vs. Konosuke Takeshita for the DDT Universal Championship - DDT Into The Fight (2.23)

My first serious DDT match and it's a good one.

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

Very reminiscent of the classic TAKA vs Taichi BOSJ match.

Hi, I would like more details

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: Go Shiozaki (c) vs. Akitoshi Saito for the GHC Heavyweight Championship - NOAH GO FORWARD (6/14)

Nth, reading up on their history gave it a strong narrative for me despite the commentary being in Japanese.

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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HM: Kotaro Suzuki (c) vs YO-HEY for the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship, NOAH Stay Together Forever! Day 2 (7/19)

Pretty good athletic showing, some cool nearfalls.

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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forkboy84 posted:

MOTYC
PRO Wrestling NOAH Departure 2020 Night 1
GHC National Championship
Katsuhiko Nakajima (c) vs Kenoh

Nth. I'm an instant fan of Kenoh.

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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forkboy84 posted:

MOTYC
10th August
Pro Wrestling NOAH The Chronicle Volume 3
GHC Heavyweight & GHC National titles
Go Shiozaki (c) vs Kenoh (c)

Nth.

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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HM: Yoshinari Ogawa (c) vs Kotaro Suzuki for the GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship, NOAH The Spirit 2020 (4/19)

Pretty good technical match with a whole lot of roll-ups. My first Ogawa match, he's a lot of fun.

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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Jerusalem posted:

HM: Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA vs. Toru Yano vs. El Desperado in the KOPW Final - NJPW Summer Struggle 8/29
This is the New Japan I've been missing, the crowd sound was more natural, the wrestlers clearly liked that and they told a really entertaining, funny and well-worked story. And that ending :discourse:
Nth.

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Shingo Takagi (C) vs. Minoru Suzuki for the Never Openweight Championship - NJPW Summer Struggle 8/29

EXACTLY what I expected, what a match.
Nth.

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Hiromu Takahashi (C) vs. Taiji ishimori for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship - NJPW Summer Struggle 8/29

These two are inhuman, superhuman, metahuman. Whatever the word is, they're it. Incredible fast paced action, body control and energy without feeling remotely like a spotfest.
Nth

Lamuella posted:

MOTYC: Dangerous Tekkers (C) vs. Golden☆Ace for the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Titles - NJPW Summer Struggle 8/29
Nth

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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MOTYC: Go Shiozaki (c) vs. Naomichi Marufuji for the GHC Heavyweight Championship, NOAH Departure Day 2, 8/5

A bit muffled due to the limited crowd, but I got really into Marufuji's crafty ways. I'm surprised these two haven't wrestled each other much in singles matches.

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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forkboy84 posted:

HM
18th September
Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 Victory
Kaito Kiyomiya vs Masaaki Mochizuki

Already NOAH have a match better than anything the CC has offered up.

Nth. This Mochizuki guy is pretty damned good

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Minoru Suzuki vs. Tomohiro Ishii, NJPW G1 Climax Night 1, 19/09

Minoru Suzuki is wrestler of the year

Nth, a masterclass in selling and stiff strikes

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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NJPW G1 Climax Night 2
HM: Juice Robinson vs YOSHI-HASHI
HM: Toru Yano vs SANADA
MOTYC: Zack Sabre Jr. vs EVIL
MOTYC: Tetsuya Naito vs Hiroshi Tanahashi

(I haven't seen the Goto/KENTA match yet)

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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NJPW G1 Climax 30 Night 4 - 9/24

HMs
Juice Robinson vs KENTA
Toru Yano vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
EVIL vs YOSHI-HASHI
Zack Sabre Jr. vs Tetsuya Naito

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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Jerusalem posted:

MOTYs with more than 1 vote (in bold are close to the threshold):
09/27 | Shingo Takagi vs. Will Ospreay - NJPW G1 Climax 30 Night 5 (4 votes)

Honorable Mentions with more than 1 vote (in bold are close to the threshold):
09/20 | KENTA vs. Hirooki Goto - NJPW G1 Climax 30 Night 2 (5 votes)
09/20 | Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Maasaki Mochizuki - NOAH N1 Victory Night 3 (3 votes)
09/26 | Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Manabu Soya - NOAH N1 Victory (3 votes)
09/29 | Toru Yano vs. EVIL - NJPW G1 Climax Night 6 (5 votes)
nthing these

quote:

HM
4th October
Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 Victory
Kenoh vs Takashi Sugiura
Nth

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Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: Taichi vs Ishii

This is the best match up NJPW has and I won't accept any other suggestions.

Yes, nth

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Kota Ibushi vs Taichi G1 Climax 16.10

Just two dudes kicking each other forever.

nth

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Tomohiro Ishii vs Jay White G1 Climax 16.10

Holy loving poo poo what a match.

Nth, what a war

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Toru Yano, NJPW Power Struggle, 07/11

Imagine I just screencapped Zack's face right here

Nth

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Minoru Suzuki vs Shingo Takagi NJPW Power Struggle 07.11

The murder war is glorious.

Nth, my favorite match of the night

HM: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. KENTA, NJPW Power Struggle, 7/11

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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Senerio posted:

MOTYC Pencil Army vs Yunamon and Chris Brookes, I Quit Match ChocoPro 63

Emi watched the I Quit Match from Full Gear and decided to show them how it's done.

Nth, what a war

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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Watching some NJPW Strong stuff

HM:
ACH vs Karl Fredericks, NJPW Strong 10/24
Jay White vs Rocky Romero, NJPW Strong 10/24

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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HM
NJPW Strong 11/14
Fred Rosser vs Filthy Tom Lawlor

Sick submissions

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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Rarity posted:

HM: Robbie Eagles vs. DOUKI, NJPW World Tag League/Best of Super Juniors, 15/11

Great to have Robbie back and DOUKI is DOUKI
Nth

Rarity posted:

HM: Hiroshi Tanahashi/Toa Henare vs. Dangerous Tekkers, NJPW World Tag League, 16/11

Obviously there's three amazing wrestlers here but Henare's the star of the match with a fantastic performance that shows just how much he got hosed over by COVID this year. Dude's gonna be big in 2021
Nth

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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MOTYC
11/21
Pro Wrestling NOAH The Chronicle vol 4

Takashi Sugiura & Kazushi Sakuraba vs Naomichi Marufuji & Masakatsu Funaki for the GHC Tag Team Championship

Fantastic match with an equally fantastic post-match segment

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Hiromu Takahashi vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, NJPW Best of Super Juniors, 05/12

I saw Taguchi's rear end and it looked at me

nth it was very unique and good especially when they started to out-feint each other

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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NJPW Best of Super Juniors, 05/12
MOTYC
Robbie Eagles vs El Desperado

HM
Taiji Ishimori vs Master Wato
BUSHI vs DOUKI

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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SG Bamboo posted:

NOAH Final Chronicle December 6th
MOTYC

Go Shiozaki vs Takashi Sugiura - Not as good as his match 2 weeks ago, but that was admittedly an extremely high bar. Still, a fantastic match between the best wrestler in the world and the 50 year old Killing Machine

Rarity posted:

HM: The Great Okhan/Jeff Cobb vs. Shingo Takagi/SANADA, NJPW World Tag League/Best of Super Juniors, 06/12

BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEF

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Taiji Ishimori vs SHO NJPW WTL&BOSJ 06.12

Just nonstop hard-hitting action from two of the best guys in the division.
Nth all these

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Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

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forkboy84 posted:

Brought in the New Year doing what I do best, watching wrestling and drinking whisky. At least this year it doesn't feel quite as lame because nobody is out celebrating, not just me finding it lame.

MOTYC
27th December
DDT D-OU Grand Prix Finals
Jun Akiyama vs Konosuke Takeshita

Last great match of 2020? Probably. And to think that if not for Coronavirus Uncle Jun would have gone to NXT as a trainer and instead he's working with DDT's youngsters in the Dojo AND in the ring and helping make them better. The only positive to come from this horrendous pandemic

https://twitter.com/RealHero12089/status/1343223360281583618?s=20

Nth

I've never watched Akiyama before. He has a vicious streak.

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