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Who is the Ace of Choco Pro?
Akki
Mei-chan
Sakura-san
Anton
Chris Brookes until literally anyone on this show beats him
Yunamon
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fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
Imagine the pop from Orange Cassidy and Lulu Pencil just being in the same room.

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fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

I feel like she'll be a regular for a while like Minoru Fujita was in season one. If you love Yoneyama, I recommend checking out her own promotion YMZ if you have the money. It's got a similar vibe to GTMV except it's in a ring in what I believe is a converted house. They've got a pretty decent back catalogue translated into English and there's a bunch of great workrate matches with Hikaru Shida/Isama Kodaka/Asuka/Syuri/Hikaru Sato in amongst all the comdedy.

Gatoh Move have said they're not going back to shows with an audience for a while. I wonder how much they're making from all their alternative revenue streams. Other than the New Year show where they oversold tickets to foreigners they cap attendance at 68 which works out to ¥170,000 which is nowhere near what a normal promotion would take in but still more than they're getting in YouTube chats. They do have sponsors on their wall now though. (also it's kind of an open secret they get help from DDT and now I guess openly from AEW based on the logo being on the sponsor wall)

Reminder that the patreon: https://www.patreon.com/chocoprolive is currently sitting at 68 patrons.

Why not oversell Chocolate Square and be the 69th?

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004

Insertnamehere31 posted:

How long does each batch of Emi’s trainees tend to stick around? According to cagematch it seems like a lot of the wrestlers in Choco Pro are rookies with less than a year’s experience. Does there tend to be high turnover in Gatoh Move or did there just happen to be a big wave of new folks coming in the last couple years?

I think Emi only just started training people in Japan again, Gatoh Move was for a long time based in and focused on Thailand while doing the occasional show in Japan.

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
Card revised, new main event:

Lulu vs. Chris Brookes in a match for her Pencil Army cap.

Brookes says he'll burn it when he wins.

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
I really enjoyed the main event and being in a big ring works to Lulu Pencil's advantage.

She thrives being in a hold and the Chocolate Square mat makes it just a little too easy to escape.

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
The "Apple Queens" Mei Suruga & Emi Sakura VS Chie & 'Otoko San' Kirihara Tokiko match is on right now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJR5iuQRCwg

Chie is amazing. So energetic and expressive!

A fast favourite.

Edit: What a match! So much energy that everyone got completely blown up.

fez_machine fucked around with this message at 12:48 on Sep 10, 2020

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
Another Shinkiba in ring show was just announced!

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
The absolute delight Emi shows when she hears the echo on her "Eh Yo" in the ring is a special type of joy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVdEoy5HcTw

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004

Neodoomium posted:

Pencil Army vs TropiCalamari in a few hours ia a one match show and just got announced as an I Quit Match

Gotta love Chocopro's weird relationship with AEW

Who's more likely to cut a Kingston promo? Lulu or Yunamon

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
This match is as close as chocopro will come to a death match.

Lulu is really taking a beating here

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
If you wanted high melodrama in the AEW I Quit Match you got it here.

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
A couple of big dates!

Gatoh Move has an offer match, Emi and Mei vs. Chei and Akki, (Chei's Karouken debut) at Michinoku Pro's eleventh of December show at Karouken hall:

https://twitter.com/michipro_jp/status/1330782879102640128


Masa's January produce show will have a match between the team of Emi and Yunamon and NEO Biishiki-gun (Sakisama and Mei Saint-Michel)

https://twitter.com/masaddt/status/1331070164830339074

fez_machine fucked around with this message at 14:11 on Nov 24, 2020

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
The voting threads are up:
https://twitter.com/gatohmove/status/1338844581417242626
https://twitter.com/gatohmove/status/1338846454614433794
https://twitter.com/gatohmove/status/1338847266124091392
https://twitter.com/gatohmove/status/1338848928947552256
https://twitter.com/gatohmove/status/1338852969253457923
https://twitter.com/gatohmove/status/1338853880772214784

#MVPencil

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
So many betrayals!

Raw after Wrestlemania feel

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004

forkboy84 posted:

Just seen the card for Christmas Day Gatoh Move

Tag Team Match (20 Min Time Limit)
Obihiro Sayaka & Emi Sakura VS Chie Kishikawa & Chris Brookes


Chie and Chris is a very long limbed tag team. It'll be interesting to see how Chris's usually laconic Chocopro appearances match with Chie's exuberance.


forkboy84 posted:

Christmas Death Match (20 Min Time Limit)
Lulupencil VS Antonio Honda

Death matches suit Lulu's strengths well but against Anotonio Honda, I suspect this going to be a very weird comedy match. I wonder if Gon will become involved in Lulu's bar fight spot?

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
YMZ has fully embraced the Gatoh Move model and is streaming live now:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkUjxTot1tI

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
I watched Chie's Karouken debut and as much as I love her in Choco Pro, the tag match didn't manage to show off what makes her special. The running around in a circle spot didn't really work on a hardcam and she didn't use any fencing strikes. Probably didn't help that the crowd was cold on her.

Mei on the other hand looked like a super star and the whole match was structured to give her a showcase.

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
A reminder that there's a string of Gatoh Move shows airing at 10 am JST over the New Year's period (30, 31st, and 1st).
The first is today in about 5 hours:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ugY7GLRG64

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
Minoru Fujita is wearing full Pencil Army gear! Lulu has a (very ordinary, thin, leather) belt!

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
Akki wins the MVP Sakura Award.

Best bout: Yunamon Vs. Minoru Fujita (Chocopro #11): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fanLxyt_Il8

Mei wins Face of Choco Pro.

fez_machine fucked around with this message at 06:26 on Jan 1, 2021

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004

inthesto posted:

Is there a place for me to easily watch it? I'm happy with just an official youtube channel that uploads matches

The answer as always is Wrestle Universe my friend

https://www.ddtpro.com/universe/videos?teamId=basara

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004

ItohRespectArmy posted:

they haven't had new shows since 2019

e: nvm they have live ones, just no vods of them.

I legit thought it was because of the pandemic

it sucks they're no longer making tape now that they're separate from DDT

I was hoping it'd be a TJPW or NOAH type deal, officially separate but still producing stuff to watch

oh well there's still 3 years worth of events to watch on Wrestle Universe

Edit: cagematch says they're putting stuff on NicoNico but that's hard to call easily accessible

fez_machine fucked around with this message at 22:59 on Feb 9, 2021

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
This doesn't bode well for tomorrow's tag match:
https://twitter.com/tde_gif/status/1360418961112895490

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
If you want an easy to find guided tour of Ichigaya Chocolate Square, the falls count anywhere match between Mei Suruga and Ryo Mizunami is up as it's own video:

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

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
Double post but remember to vote in the ChocoPro awards:
https://twitter.com/gatohmove/status/1363137322942746627

fez_machine fucked around with this message at 05:25 on Feb 21, 2021

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
Season 6 is going to be absolutely carried by this doughnut eating angle

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004

IceAgeComing posted:

If ChocoPro carries on long term (I wonder about that especially when they can run with fans again but who knows) its very unlikely that the three would be in the US permanently or for a very long time and to cover the gaps Masa, the rookies and their usual gang of outsiders could cover the gaps pretty well I think.

ChocoPro looks like it's been a large success outside of just keeping the lights on (Emi was saying it's proved to be the solution to her eternal problem with Gatoh Move, and maybe even Ice Ribbon, how to remain small while getting big). I suspect that ChocoPro will become the Ichigaya show with no to small audiences and the in ring shows with audiences will be branded Gatoh Move.

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004


Season 6 starts in an hour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RHBiwr7FmQ

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
Matching gear for TropicalWild

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
Is Lulu the only 4th gen in this match?

She's the only one wearing a sponsor patch.

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
Can Yunamon intimidate Emi out of the move?

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
Emi stealing the AYAYAYAYAYAYA power

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
hahaaha the Chris Brookes hole is still there

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
that spot would have been great if Lulu was just a bit faster

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
I want Chie in a trio with Hagane and Chris Brookes

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
Chie's shadow constantly bouncing

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
lol Hagane just bundling Chie out the window

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fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004
Hagane, Brookes, Chie trio team where one of the men is just there to keep chie out of the building at all times

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