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Loved Wrestle Kingdom and New Year Dash, was disgusted to see Riddle is getting to make an appearance even if it is only one (edit, make that two.... ugh), am thrilled at Mox vs. Shingo, and now I see Eddie vs. Gabe Kidd too!?! 
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SG Bamboo posted:In a better world we could have had Tom Lawler challenging for the belt gently caress that would be so much better 
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apophenium posted:Well, I guess I was wrong. Meltzer's saying Matt Riddle will be on the New Beginnings tour. I guess we'll see if he behaves at the airport. Boo. KungFu Grip posted:Riddle is absolutely gonna be sticking around and probably in the G1 BOO! apophenium posted:unless he gets kicked out of Japan. Inshallah.
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Pylons posted:https://twitter.com/njpwglobal/status/1744601515879452743?t=_Gjay80Zid4TgX9Ww8n04w&s=19 Danielson/ZSJ 
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The Top Ten Active Wrestlers for 2023 Thread is now up and I'm keen to get as many people making lists or thinking about their lists as early as possible, if you're so inclined!
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Yeah, he's not beating Naito. ...but what if he does, though?
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Jan 17, 2024 00:12
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SatoshiMiwa posted:And like Dominion or Forbidden Door being Mox/Shooter for the title makes sense! Shota's beating Moxley for the title at Wrestle Kingdom in 2025, you can take that to the bank! The bank won't know what to do with it, but that's not my problem.
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Jan 17, 2024 04:30
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But... I don't want Okada to leave New Japan....
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Jan 19, 2024 03:39
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I was right and everybody else in the entire world was wrong when I said Shota should have beaten Ospreay for the US/UK title 
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Jan 19, 2024 03:47
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New Japan has a lot of potential guys lower on the card but certainly not in a position to be THE guy right now. They seem to have recognized this to some extent with their decision to not have their Young Boys spend as long as they have been serving their apprenticeship. There are inherent risks with pushing somebody too quickly so early in their career (ironically, Okada himself is proof that when it works it REALLY works) but it does mean stuff like Yota Tsuji vs. SANADA and Shota Umino vs. Will Ospreay now look like real missed opportunities for a brand new "Rainmaker Shock" type of deal.
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Jan 19, 2024 04:17
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MassRafTer posted:TKO is going to be going into cost cutting mode this year as the stock falters, the class action suit looms and they are already warning the TV rights deals won't be as big as expected. Legit I read TKO as Tony Khan (I guess I just ignored the O?) and was confused as to what class action lawsuit he was facing.
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Jan 19, 2024 04:45
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Stall_19 posted:it would probably be Cyberagent in which case I'd want to know how robust Japanese antitrust laws are. According to my deep research into the way big deals like this happen in Japan, the deal will go through unless a shirtless ripped middle-aged Japanese man who might have spent some time in prison beats the poo poo out of a surprisingly ripped middle-aged executive after playing a shitload of Mahjong.
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Jan 19, 2024 04:46
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C. Everett Koop posted:Okada's 100% going to WWE 
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Jan 19, 2024 05:00
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Oh my God, YOSHI-HASHI is going to be the new leader of CHAOS 
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Jan 19, 2024 05:58
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fez_machine posted:Champ Ishii Tomohiro Ishii, asked to save the company after all those years never winning the title: https://i.imgur.com/bBuADRe.mp4
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Dango Bango posted:Takahashi cutting the Vince "in gonna kill my creation / object a lethal dose of poison" promo Tanahashi awkwardly taking the mic away from Hiromu and asking him to go take his seat.
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Jan 19, 2024 13:36
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SG Bamboo posted:Or that fanfiction that got posted about Mox winning the belt and turning heel on Shota. That'd be pretty funny That wasn't fanfiction, it's real and it's going to happen! 
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Jan 19, 2024 17:26
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Lamuella posted:Nothing in wrestling is ever going to be as baffling to me as Chase Owens still having a job. What crime did he see Gedo commit? Gedo betrayed his Perfect Son, and thus is forever cursed
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Jan 20, 2024 08:20
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SG Bamboo posted:Okada's shock exit has kind of taken the focus away from Tama's last tour as champ Okada getting in one last political hit (unless he also squashes Fujita before he leaves!)
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Jan 20, 2024 09:17
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Hey they gave the English commentary team a camera shot while they were talking!
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Jan 20, 2024 09:22
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You know I usually hate it when the commentary talks over a wrestler talking directly to camera like David Finlay was during his entrance. Usually.
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Jan 20, 2024 09:29
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I love every so often being reminded that Kanemaru is in New Japan because Suzuki-Gun pulled a Liechtenstein army at the Brenner Pass with him while they were in NOAH.
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Aesculus posted:Holy poo poo Wato doesn't look like an utter dweeb anymore The benefits of becoming El Desperado's best friend 
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Jan 20, 2024 09:47
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ZSJ is such a powerful role model, he'd certainly never show up pantless in a small Japanese bar to offer improper medical advice!
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Jan 20, 2024 09:58
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...okada...
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Jan 20, 2024 09:59
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Ahem. Go ACE! (not to America though!  )
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Jan 20, 2024 10:00
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Okada..... 
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fez_machine posted:urging Hirata fans and fans of way too busy comedy multi-mans to check out the ddt show I have it running silent in another window so I can switch between shows during lulls, but the Okada news has me way more focused on what is going on in New Japan right now.
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Jan 20, 2024 10:28
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Taichi don't mess with Shingo's spot!
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Jan 20, 2024 10:30
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"Are we on Tout?" 
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Jan 20, 2024 10:39
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Rick posted:I was planning to watch today anyway so I guess I would have found out now but finding out via NJPW Supercard notifications or whatever about Okada sure was something. It's so hosed up!
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Rick posted:Lmao a TOUT joke. I thought they'd had a pretty drat good 2023 as well, though obviously I would have liked Okada to be a more central focus than he was. I did love his "I've had it with these loving kids" character and I'm sad we won't get to see any more of that in New Japan.
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Jan 20, 2024 10:46
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Ishimori's speed on those exercises
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Jan 20, 2024 10:57
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Poor GoK
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Jan 20, 2024 11:01
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This is so unfair The crowd helpfully counting along 
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Jan 20, 2024 11:02
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Wait..... what!?! Yes!
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Jan 20, 2024 11:04
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He rules lawyered his way to victory ahahaha
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Jan 20, 2024 11:04
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The referee is standing right there in the corner just watching this all happen.
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Jan 20, 2024 11:47
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Skarsnik posted:lol at slow jado "Lightning quick is Jado."
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Red Shoes realizes after all these years,"Oh hey, I can just call the match off."
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