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abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
HM: Hyper Misao vs Shoko Nakajima
HM: Miu Watanabe (c) vs Trish Adora - International Princess Championship
HM: Reiwa AA Cannon (Saki Akai and Yuki Arai) (c) vs Wasteland War Party (Max the Impaler and Heidi Howitzer) - Princess Tag Championships
HM: Yuka Sakazaki (c) vs Miyu Yamashita - Princess of Princess Championship

great show, great promotion

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abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
HM: FTR (c) vs. Bishamon, NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17, 1/4

great stuff, after a real loving rocky opening this was what i wanted from the dome

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
HM: Taiji Ishimori (c) vs. Master Wato vs. El Desperado vs. Hiromu Takahashi, NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17, 1/4

very fun match i got to hoot and holler at a lot

also

HM: Ren Narita vs. Zack Sabre Jr, NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17, 1/4

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
MOTYC: Will Ospreay (C) vs. Kenny Omega for the IWGP US Heavyweight Title - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 1/4

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Jay White (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada, NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17, 04/01

nth'd, nothing like an okada main event

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:

Testekill posted:

WMOTYC: Bray Wyatt vs LA Knight, MOUNTAIN DEW PITCH BLACK BLACK LIGHT MATCH- WWE Royal Rumble 1/28/2023



What the gently caress was that?

nth

HM: Women's Royal Rumble - WWE Royal Rumble 1/28/2023

just an exciting well booked rumble with a great finish and everyone used really well; this is the standard I wish every rumble lived up to. Quite a bit more exciting than the men's rumble though I couldn't really put a pin on why - I think just seeing so many wrestlers who have gotten poo poo on or held back in this company get big moments really put it over (again, something every rumble should aspire to!).

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
HM: Wes Lee vs Dijak - WWE NXT Vengeance Day 2/4

turns out the indie stars nxt signs are extremely good when they let them have indie-rear end matches

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
HM: Gallus vs The New Day vs Pretty Deadly vs Chase University - WWE NXT Vengeance Day 2/4

cool tag division they got goin down there, was never expecting Chase U to get over outside whatever the new Full Sail is called but they were super fun here and the crowed loved em

HM: Bishimon vs TMDK - NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo Night 2 2/5

"this team looked very credible in their loss to yoshi hashi and goto" is a sentence i never thought id write but here we are, everyone got over and it was a great time

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Zack Sabre Jr (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii, NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo, 05/02

god how loving smart is it to just take a midcard belt that is mostly going to have 12-15 minute matches anyways and say "what if we amp up the drama with a 15 minute time limit"

loving great match i am so excited for the future of this belt

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:

Rarity posted:

HM: Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. YOH, NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo, 05/02

Too long at 30 minutes but the back half was really good

yea i thought this ended up sick as hell after being skeptical of how the first ten minutes were developing. i think it ended up really drat good at full length because the crowd was so molten hot for it, 3.5* match with a 6* crowd

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
usually im in here downgrading MOTYC to HM noms when i quote them but this is the rare case where i go the opposite way

MOTYC: KAIRI (C) vs. Mercedes Mone for the IWGP Women's Championship - NJPW Battle in the Valley 2/18

match made me remember how much i loved these wrestlers

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
HM: Zack Sabre Jr. (C) vs. Clark Connors for the NJPW World Television Championship - NJPW Battle in the Valley 2/18
HM: Kazuchika Okada (C) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - NJPW Battle in the Valley 2/18
HM: Switchblade Jay White vs. Eddie Kingston in a Loser Can't Wrestle for New Japan Match - NJPW Battle in the Valley 2/18

what a cool show!

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:

KungFu Grip posted:

HM: Kota Ibushi vs Speedball Mike Bailey - GCW Presents Josh Barnett's Bloodsport 9 - 3/30

Fun little match. But they absolutely have a lot more to give and I hope for a run back in a pro wrestling match

yup, +1

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
HM: Athena vs. Emi Sakura ROH TV: 30/03/2023

very fuckin good match

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
.ROH Supercard of Honor 3/31

MOTYC El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Komander
HM: Mark Briscoe vs. Samoa Joe
MOTYC: Wheeler Yuta vs. Katsuyori Shibata
HM: Eddie Kingston vs. Claudio Castagnoli

good show, weird booking, definitely got my money's worth

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
Joey Janela's Spring Break 7
HM: Maki Death Kill vs. Bussy
HM: Kota Ibushi vs Joey Janela

spring break aint quite back but a much better showing than last year if nothing else. would have been a sick show live'

HM: Braun Strowman & Ricochet vs Street Profits vs Otis & Gable vs Viking Raiders - WrestleMania 39

abraham linksys fucked around with this message at 01:54 on Apr 2, 2023

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
wrestlemania (duh)
HM: Charlotte vs Rhea Ripley
MOTYC: Sami Zayn and KO vs The Usos

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
HM: Sexy Star* vs Dulce Tormenta, GCW Gringo Loco's The Wrld On Lucha, 4/1

* no not that one, there's a new one

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
HM: Gringo Loco vs Psycho Clown, GCW Gringo Loco's The Wrld On Lucha, 4/1

run this one back asap

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:

Dango Bango posted:

WMOTYC: BROOD Edge vs. DEMON Balor - WWE Wrestlemania 39 Night 2 - 4/2

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
Wrestlemania 4/2
MOTYC: Roman Reigns vs. Cody Rhodes

they successfully pushed cody rhodes to be the main character of professional wrestling, the whole loving world was watching, and they did that, just truly incredible poo poo

match itself was actually pretty drat good, wasn't exactly okada main event "wow it's only been 10 minutes??" stuff cuz it took a loooong while for them to get into the groove but i really liked everything from the solo ejection on

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
TJPW Summer Sun Princess July 8th
HM Rika Tatsumi (c) vs Yuki Anio - International Princess Championship
MOTYC Mizuki (c) vs Maki Itoh - Princess of Princess Championship
HM VenYu (Kamiyu and ASUKA) vs Ryo Mizunami and Nao Kakuta
HM VertVixen (c) vs Hikari Noa - DEFY Women's Championship
HM Harajuku War Party (Pom Harajuku and Max the Impaler) vs Kyoraku Kyomei (Hyper Misao and Shoko Nakajima) vs Raku Appreciation Society (Aja Kong and Raku)

awesome show

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:

Defenestrategy posted:

ROH Death Before Dishonor 2023 7/21

HM: AR Fox vs Shane Taylor
HM: Samoa Joe vs Dalton Castle TV Championship
HM: Shibata vs Daniel Garcia Pure Rules Championship
HM: Dark Order vs Righteous(w/ Stu Grayson) Fight Without Honor
HM: Pac vs Claudio ROH Title
MOTYC: Willow vs Athena Womens Championship

Edited because I'm stingy but agreeing with everyone that it was a delightful show end to end

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
All In

HM Adam Cole & MJF vs Aussie Open
HM Jack Perry vs HOOK
HM Samoa Joe vs CM Punk
HM Young Bucks vs. FTR
MOTYC Blackpool Combat Club, Santana, & Ortiz vs Best Friends, Eddie Kingston, and Pentagon Jr
WMOTYC Saraya vs Baker vs Storm vs Shida
HM Darby Allin & Sting vs. Christian Cage & Swerve Strickland
MOTYC MJF v Adam Cole

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
here are two matches i watched at the same time, an incredibly confounding experience i cannot even begin to put into words:

WMOTY: Tyrus vs EC3 - NWA 75th Anniversary Night 2 8/27
HM: Trinity Fatu vs Deonna Purrazzo, Impact Emergence 8/27

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:

Professor Funk posted:

HM: Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn v. Finn Balor & Damian Priest (and Dom Mysterio and Rhea Ripley and JD McDonagh), WWE Payback

That match loving ruled

yeah

going to also say Trish vs Becky is also extremely worth watching, very good match that I can't really justify an HM for in 2023 but it certainly overdelivered

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
All Out:

MOTYC: Ricky Starks vs Bryan Danielson
HM: Kris Statlander vs Ruby Soho
MOTYC: Miro vs Hobbs
MOTYC: Kenny Omega vs Konosuke Takeshita
MOTYC: Orange Cassidy vs Jon Moxley

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
WMOTYC - Tommy Dreamer vs Kenny King (c) for the Impact Digital Media Championship, and also Tommy Dreamer will retire if he loses - Impact Victory Road 9/8

how the gently caress do you have a tommy dreamer faced with retirement angle and have... that match. zero hardcore spots. zero brawling. a bunch of lovely terry funk tributes which i guess is the one thing i was expecting from tommy dreamer, a dude who spent half a decade wearing polka dots for no reason. and then a heath slater run-in while kenny king was distracted to SAVE TOMMY DREAMER, THE FACE???

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
HM: Women's War Games - WWE Survivor Series War Games, 11/25/2023

one of the best plunder matches I've seen in a while, really well-done. a lot of these matches tend to have really bad pacing between the big spots (such as, for example, the men's match later in the show!), but this just kept going and going, really good stuff

whole show worth watching if you got peacock tbh it's pretty breezy

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:

SG Bamboo posted:

DDT D-Oh Grand Prix Night 1 November 26th
HM
Kazuki Hirata vs KANON
Yuki Ueno vs Kazusada Higuchi

Very solid show, pretty much every block match was worth watching these two were my favourites for very different reasons

nthing this, main event was nuts

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
HM: Tetsuya Endo vs HARASHIMA, DDT D-Oh Grand Prix Night 2, 12/2

what i thought i'd get: is HARASHIMA too old to keep going?

what i got: HARASHIMA will simply inflict death upon his opponent

the finish of this alone makes it worth a watching if you have wrestle universe (it's the main event)

abraham linksys fucked around with this message at 03:30 on Dec 5, 2023

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Chris Brookes vs. MAO - DDT D-OH Grand Prix Night 3 12/3

This was wild, and had a fantastic finish that I recommend seeing unspoiled if you can.

hell yeah this match ruled

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
ROH Final Battle 12/15

HM: El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Black Taurus
HM: Ethan Page vs. Tony Nese
HM: Kyle Fletcher vs. Bryan Keith vs. Dalton Castle vs. Komander vs. Lee Johnson vs. Lee Moriarty
HM: Mark Briscoe and FTR vs Blackpool Combat Club
MOTYC: Athena vs. Billie Starkz

really liked that page/nese match. also eddie/anthony henry didn't make the cut for HM given the nature of the match but drat if they did not make the best of one of the most difficult slots imaginable

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
finally declaring DPW bankruptcy and decided to just skip to the show that premiered today and it seems like a very good return and/or jumping on point!

HM: Bryan Keith & Titus Alexander vs. Jake Something & Mike Bailey, Deadlock Pro Wrestling 2nd Anniversary 12/10
HM: Andrew Everett vs BK Westbrook, Deadlock Pro Wrestling 2nd Anniversary 12/10

haven't gotten around to the women's title and main event yet but lookin forward to em

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
HM: Tetsuya Endo vs Yuki Ueno, DDT D-Oh Grand Prix in Osaka, 12/9

on a show otherwise hurt by single-cam production and a dead-silent crowd, they woke up for this one (at least, relatively speaking) and the camera managed to get some great close shots of some gnarly spots in this match. if you go back and watch this, I also recommend catching the Hirata match earlier in the show and the very cool HARASHIMA vs Higuchi match right before this; the VOD has chapters so should be easy to find them

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:
HM: Yuki Ueno vs Yuki Iino, DDT D-Oh Grand Prix Night 7 12/24
MOTYC: Kazusada Higuchi vs Tetsuya Endo, DDT D-Oh Grand Prix Night 7 12/24

abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:

SG Bamboo posted:

Decided to spin this one into it's own post as there's a bunch of matches people should watch from this show

JTO 1 Day Mixed Tag Tournament December 13th

do you reckon this show is worth watching in full? when i saw the bracket i assumed this would be like 9 hours of hell but somehow it's only 2 hours?

e: oh nvm the jto show with the ridiculous bracket is a different one. question still stands tho! tryin to expand my puro horizons

abraham linksys fucked around with this message at 02:31 on Dec 27, 2023

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abraham linksys
Sep 6, 2010

:darksouls:

Jerusalem posted:

And with that, AEW is now - by consensus of Punch Sport Pagoda - the promotion with the most WMOTYCs of any promotion in the world for 2023!

We're going to need some brave posters to go back through NWA Power on YouTube in the next two days to fix this

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