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Tony trying to be Dana White is really funny. My man cannot pull it off, even when it is "angry short boxercise coach who only has a gig because his mate was rich"
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Nov 20, 2023 00:37
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projecthalaxy posted:I'm not a G1 head but i feel like they announce more than a quarter of the field ahead of time for that one, which puts them a leg up on tony and bryan Can confirm, they tend to announce the field about a month in advance so you can get hype.
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Nov 20, 2023 23:30
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Purple Monkey posted:Far too many matches end in flash pins and it's starting to become every bit as tiresome as WWE's DQ finishes Flash pins are great. I want more flash pins in the wrestling I watch. Genki Horiguchi often wins with a backslide. It keeps things from being predictable. Flash pins, wrestlers having a handful of finishing moves (like '90s All Japan where Kobashi will probably beat you with a lariat but sometimes if you're a touch bastard maybe he does the Orange Crush Bomb or exceptionally rarely the Burning Hammer), it all adds to the suspense of big matches
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Nov 21, 2023 14:36
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Look on the bright side. Now you're all dropping the 18 hours a week of AEW you can make time to watch All Japan Pro Wrestling, the good wrestling company* *caveat that you maybe either want something interesting to look at on your phone or else not watch live so you can fast forward through the opening few matches which are often instantly forgettable. Or maybe you're a big Yoshitatsu fan, IDK.
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Nov 21, 2023 15:58
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Barry Bluejeans posted:The G1's field (at least this year) is 32, though, the C1's is 12. Still, AEW's roster is deep enough that even the established midcarders are good, so I'll wait until after the reveal show tomorrow to complain. This year's G1 was too much. 2 blocks of 10 is plenty
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Nov 21, 2023 20:30
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dodgeblan posted:cody was great and he made his opponents great. Last time malakai mattered LOL this thread has gone crazy
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Nov 22, 2023 00:02
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JUNGLE BOY posted:also the codyverse was mostly bad but not as bad as the jerichoverse or whatever we're calling the mjf crap Maybe the Tonyverse was always bad?
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Nov 22, 2023 00:33
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fez_machine posted:
This was a joke OP.
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Nov 22, 2023 11:02
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SatoshiMiwa posted:It sucks but that's also due to New Japan being ice cold in the US and it'll probably get worse with Will going to AEW At this point Shibata is an ROH wrestler. It's coming up on a year since his last match in Japan (the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye show at the end of the December 2022) & his last NJPW match in Japan was January 4th 2022. So I don't think you can blame no one caring about New Japan in the US for Shibata getting no reaction. But then Shibata is the antithesis of sports entertainment, extremely charismatic but in a way that's totally alien to modern US TV wrestling.
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Nov 23, 2023 05:34
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blunt posted:Honestly everything went to poo poo when they got rid of the STRONGHEARTS. But we got GLEAT out of it so it's not all bad
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Nov 23, 2023 14:14
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apophenium posted:The first matches of the Continental Classic were pretty good but why the hell aren't they doing time-calls. You can get the crowd really into matches and thereby invested in the tournament if you start teasing the draws from the start. Crowd will be hella deflated if they just ring the bell at 20 minutes for the draw. And if they start doing time-calls all of a sudden I'll have to assume that match'll be going to a draw since they didn't do time-calls in these first three matches. Because then you'd have to hear Justin Roberts every 5 minutes, & then multiple times in the last 5, & who really wants that? (It's dumb that American promotions never do this. Even ROH in the days where Punk & Joe were going for an hour long draw. You'd think Tony would get it but apparently not)
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Nov 23, 2023 17:05
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Sticky Nate posted:Adam Cole has Jake Lee's body and drawing ability. He probably has the hat and coat, too. At least Jake can work
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Nov 25, 2023 13:59
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On The Internet posted:It would rule if AEW did fold because then I'd be free from watching any wrestling. Just watch good wrestling instead
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Nov 28, 2023 00:05
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Sydney Bottocks posted:*gestures in the direction of WW2 and various other wars throughout history, and the alt-right movement of today* If Hitler hadn't been a child he'd never have done Anchluß
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Nov 28, 2023 02:08
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MotU posted:i just watch njpw/stardom/tjpw/ddt Post in the puroresu thread my dude
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Nov 28, 2023 11:39
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NienNunb posted:Both aew and the wwf suck, it’s sad but unfortunately true. They should make a new, good wrestling show. Maybe now is the time for your to embrace Impact Wrestling?
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Nov 28, 2023 14:09
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snoremac posted:As an outsider who only ever watched AEW through YouTube clips, they have too many matches that are two indie guys I don't know with no storyline I can find in the clips. Oh finally Adam gently caress vs Yoshi Itsuki. I only watch good wrestling so don't watch AEW but pretty sure the storyline is often "winning this match gets you closer to a championship match", why do you need more than that?
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Nov 28, 2023 14:11
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Nov 28, 2023 16:30
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Eat My Fuc posted:i think my friend niennunb and i should give up on US wrestling and become AAAniacs and go down there to woop and holler for psycho clown Psycho Clown was recently in NOAH & challenged for the GHC National Title. Puroresu truly has something for everyone.
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Nov 28, 2023 16:35
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Big Coffin Hunter posted:Someone give me an easy starting point for 2023 All Japan. Like, a match and a cool dude or two not a whole show I'm lying bed about to nap so cannot be arsed finding my spreadsheet to link it but yeah, watch Yuma Aoyagi vs Kento, or the NOAH Kento vs Nakajima match. There's too many cool dudes but Kento is the ace, who is probably my favourite wrestler in 2023, Yuma Aoyagi is the future ace who is so good, Katsuhiko Nakajima just arrived from NOAH & he is a violent kick boy with lovely hair. There was a tag match on IIRC 22nd January with Kento & Takuya Nomura vs Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi which i loved, Nomura is out injured just now which sucks. There's a whole crowd of cool young talent too, it's a fun time to get on-board. Just don't watch the undercards which are often lousy...or at least pick and choose.
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Nov 28, 2023 19:22
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He hurt CM Punk's feelings so I'm Pro Hangman
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Nov 29, 2023 22:38
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Why does AEW feel the need to continue booking the absurdly cooked Hardy Brothers? Especially when they have more signed wrestlers than TV time, seems a giant waste of time
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Nov 30, 2023 01:52
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Eat My Fuc posted:Britt would sink hard in WWE and she’d never touch the main roster. She can’t wrestle and has no defining characteristics besides being a dentist which only worked for her in AEW with it’s large british fanbase. It's true, we love the dentists, because our dentalcare is heavily subsidised by the NHS, therefore we tend to get upsold unnecessary cosmetic dentistry much less.
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Nov 30, 2023 16:32
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Gumball Gumption posted:He should learn how to cut a promo first. Everyone in the C2 can do that, probably an important criteria for it since they have all those backstage promos in this. Takeshita can't cut a promo? What is this, fed stan Twitter?
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Nov 30, 2023 23:01
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fawning deference posted:They were really poorly handled. and there's no way to undo it, unfortunately. Unfortunately stupid stuntshow gimmick matches are all Jeff Hardy is capable of doing at this point.
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Dec 5, 2023 00:07
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The_Rob posted:I just don’t get why Toni needs the story beat. She’s over as hell. The crowd is into her matches. I also thought the match was fun. I dunno I think you guys just enjoy making GBS threads on something. Like I don’t get how the wind up is any different from most wrestling moves. Dusty Rhodes bionic elbow or the peoples elbow or whatever. Sometimes you just allow a fun silly gimmick to be over. Also how is she worst in the ring. Her timing is good she’s not botching she still hits hard. What, in the AEW Hell Thread? Ya think?
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Dec 7, 2023 12:42
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The_Rob posted:Just because this is the be negative about AEW thread doesn’t mean there can’t be conversation. Conversation about how AEW is very bad & you should take the time you would spend watching it to watch All Japan Pro Wrestling instead, yes.
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Dec 7, 2023 12:54
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MJeff posted:I thought the same thing but apparently it's "top two scores fight each other after all the block matches", not "guy with the most points after all the block matches advances". If you have to do a semi-final then Winner Block A vs Runner-Up Block B & vice versa. This isn't hard Tony you fool!
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Dec 7, 2023 14:53
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It's not. Last time the G1 had Semi-Finals was 2009, & you have to go back to 2004 for the last time that the 2 finalists were from the same block, Tanahashi & Tenzan. I don't recall people being mad the finals were obvious or whatever, partially because the best wrestling booking often is obvious. If your booking relies on surprises then it's Russo tier bullshit. A good story doesn't need a surprising ending, it needs a satisfying one even if that's telegraphed. And because you can do things with that. Build the match as a response to the first meeting, where guys know each other better & have counters to their go to spots & all that jazz. Obviously this won't please Fed pilled weirdos who think that if Vince didn't come up with it or buy it then it's not worth acknowledging but who cares about these deeply odd individuals who only exist on social media?
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Dec 7, 2023 16:11
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Gumball Gumption posted:NJPW did it so it has to be good is not a very convincing argument. It would suck to have the tournament finals be a block rematch. More than it sucks having the semis be block rematches. Also makes the block full of losers where none of them can even get into the final look bad. No, the argument isn't NJPW did it so it's good, the argument that if your wrestling revolves solely on surprises then it's a lovely wrestling show because if results aren't frequently obvious then you're probably not applying logic to the booking, instead going for the Attitude Era constant swerves garbage. And then I pointed to an example of when it happened & it didn't end the world. It's fair to compare this to similar tournaments in the past. I could compare it to the 2014 Fire Festival or 2016 Ikkitousen Strong Climb if for some reason you are sensitive about New Japan. The people in the losing block only look bad if it's booked poorly. Which granted, we're talking about AEW here so sure, but I'm talking more in the Platonic Ideal of the round robin tournament. People can look good in defeat in wrestling. And anything can be poo poo if it's booked poorly. Doesn't mean it has to be. Semi-Finals being A1 vs B2 & B1 vs A2 is neither better nor worse than A1 vs A2 & B1 vs B2. Well, I have a personal preference to it because I think facing someone you've already beaten to get into the final seems silly, but ultimately it's whatever. It's a devise to put good matches in your eyes & if A1 & A2 are both great then whatever. Or if it's that much of an issue then just why bother with a semi-final in the first place? All are entirely valid with their own pros & cons. You're entirely entitled to the opinion that "it would suck" but I don't find it a very convincing argument myself. Coz y'know, it's not an argument, it's an opinion. Unlike the fact that AEW is bad & you should spend the time watching All Japan instead 
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Eat This Glob posted:oh. lol If Cody was dedicated to his craft he'd just have legally changed his name to Cody Rhodes. But sadly he's a hack
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Dec 8, 2023 15:59
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magiccarpet posted:Rush always does the same moves in the same order. And half of them are emotes. Yeah, but it's cool when he does this because he has immense physical charisma.
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Dec 9, 2023 00:10
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SatoshiMiwa posted:He really shouldn't be eating pins unless it's to lose the World title or set up a World title defense but also they probably should of vacated them back when Cole got hurt instead of waiting this long Maybe don't put the title on him then. Bold suggestion I know.
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Dec 12, 2023 23:07
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Big Coffin Hunter posted:And a lot of those trios are a tag with a third. That's maths that is.
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Dec 13, 2023 00:53
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Trios titles are cool, if you book them well. Open The Triangle Gate Titles rule. Even the mostly after-thought NEVER 6 Man Tag belts are a fun thing for guys cycled out of the main event scene to do with their friends. Tony should really go back into his tape collection & watch classic Toryumon & DG if he insists on keeping them around, learn from CIMA & friends how to book them.
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JUNGLE BOY posted:if what i’m reading about WBD is true… Jack Perry my new favourite wrestler
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Dec 15, 2023 00:19
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projecthalaxy posted:ROH watchers can and should be held accountable
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dromal phrenia posted:I know almost nothing about Joshi Apparently nor does Tony Khan
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Fish Of Doom posted:I've been fast forwarding every time MJF is on screen for about a month now.
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