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Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
https://twitter.com/CerooleanBlue/status/1743476202403504134?t=jgEXXfaN8flnmbhW4byd0Q&s=19

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Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

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MJeff posted:

That's either a cute little angle or an absolutely incredible way to cover for a botch.

Both English and Japanese pages at the same time makes me think a fun joke. Njpw are adorably incompetent at times but that incompetent idk

The house are great and I mean that without irony. No wrestlers in njpw make me laugh as much.

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
These are some solid looking yls

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Shota is good

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Really enjoyed that match

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
The aswang

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

Aesculus posted:

Holy poo poo Wato doesn't look like an utter dweeb anymore

Hes in his cool boy era

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Yuya has lovely hair

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Tbh njpw has the foundations to get through this. Lots to like

Booking has to pull it off

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
This match could be something alright

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Great okhan oh no lol

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Lmao a submission broke up to exercise

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
The fighting spirit exercise spot

Not quite sure how gok won but that's kopw for you

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Cute kid

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Kenta and chase are abysmal and they have 2 title shots. The real low point of the new beginning tour

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Chris laid it on so thick lol

Guess we will have to issue refunds

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
There is a woman legitimately screaming by the crowd mic

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Like the rake scene in the Simpson's I'm sorry lads but the absurd amount of cheating hot do actually make them funny and good

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

Aesculus posted:

See, I could accept this if it wasn't the exact same tired sequence every single match, and if it didn't need absolutely everyone around them to be the dumbest bricks in human history to be even remotely plausible

They could be so much funnier and better, and it would be so easy. But it's just... bad.

The reality is that a certain type of fan just doesn't want cheating in njpw

But hot are just an absurd act. They will cheat to their own detriment. During last years bosj evil was in kayfabe following sho around Japan to cheat while not even booked.

Now I do agree it shouldn't be in the iwgp title scene and it hurt sanada but here it's just ridiculous. Almost a parody of wrestling heels

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

Skarsnik posted:

He seems nice but just so bland

Which WK was it with the GOD match with the absolutely insane amount of swearing in it?

That's pretty much the only memorable match I can think of

The thing with Tama is that as a babyface rather like hot with heels he felt to me an almost parody of the US wrestling face. Even in tonight's match while evil comically begged off and tama waggled his finger at him like hogan.

It felt almost insincere where I can accept that from goofball heels it's harder with a face.

Shota is sickeningly wholesome but he's also extremely earnest about it. So I believe in him. Tama I just didn't

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

Chris James 2 posted:

Dave brought up a good point on Observer Radio that no matter what they do going forward will carry a big risk

Tana's obviously near the end
Naito's obviously near the end
Suzuki's obviously near the end
Finlay's not ready
SANADA needs a break
Ospreay and Okada are gone at the same time just like Styles and Nakamura were gone at the same time
If you push Tsuji, Shota, or Yuya to the Okada/Ospreay/Styles/Nakamura level they’re obviously going to be wanted by US companies/WWE/etc just like that level was. It’s no longer a one-off or fluke that what happened with Styles/Nakamura happened, it’s the standard going forward. You're building someone up so your audience can notice them, but your audience won't be the only one/your audience has crossover with the people who are eager to poach because they have trouble making their own stars. Doing the work for them

I think this is a little extreme because neither aew or wwe is going to fill the roster with guys who don't speak fluent English.

It's a threat but it can be mitigated by using longer contracts on domestic talent. Njpw keeping an over native English speaker unless they are some psycho true nooj believer past x point is probably impossible but domestic talent I don't think is near that. They need to start domestic wrestlers on longer deals to ensure stories can be done around them.

Mexican wrestling still produces talent and they are more desirable than Japanese talent for the reasons FM listed with the same issues (ie not as much money as big US promotions)

Last quarter Bushiroad sport made about 12 million dollars and 1.7 million dollars in profit (these are rough USD conversions). There is obviously not the same level of money as the US but this is a vast improvement for the segment from last year. This is njpw plus stardom obviously. While njpw isn't competing with wwe/aew for money they do relatively good (see cyberfight never making a cent)

Njpw will always need Japanese talent. They would rather develop them through the dojo system. That's not the only way to get talent though.

Edit

By last quarter I mean for the first quarter of the financial year of 2024. It's the most recent earnings bushiroad has published

Burn Down Canberra fucked around with this message at 08:23 on Jan 21, 2024

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
They are making the poor guy roll into the ring

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Sho trying to help wato

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Kato seems very young

But I like the intensity of Murashima in his very short career

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Serious aggression in this match

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

Jerusalem posted:

I would be more than happy for Henare and Kidd to have a singles match.

Good news they do on Sunday

Great match

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
I whinged enough about chase/kenta the other day so I'll spend this time just relaxing

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Good lord that went a long time

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Let's go fujita

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Taichi wins

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Hot honourably leaving this match one on one

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
This is a good match imo

Kanemura got his working boots on

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Bloody good stuff.

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
I'm watching

Thanks for the memories tama

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

fez_machine posted:

pretty fun this UE vs. Wardogs match

It's been a really good feud

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
The aswang is going to eat akira :(

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Yuya and tsuji going at it

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Young lions are struggling to keep all the lunatics separated

Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Douki did it

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Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:
Hiromus walk away lol

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