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Biosys posted:Dunno if anyone else is watching atm, but holy poo poo, Honma over Ishii with a jumping tombstone. What the gently caress this wasn't a joke post?  Holy poo poo it's happening.
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epitasis posted:Push Honma heck yeah
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Honma/Ishii is going to be The Stiffest Match.
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Just got around to watching the Nakamura/Tanahashi match at Invasion Attack 2014, is Tanahashi a heel now? I thought he was NJPWs golden boy.
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Le Saboteur posted:Just got around to watching the Nakamura/Tanahashi match at Invasion Attack 2014, is Tanahashi a heel now? I thought he was NJPWs golden boy. No, he still has the super babyface gimmick and the love based catchphrases, it's just that he's both willing and very adept at heeling it up against other extremely popular guys like Nakamura and Okada. NJPW alignments are generally pretty fuzzy outside of the Bullet Club.
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BlueArmyMan posted:Not sure if that should be a compliment to Nagata or an insult to Goto. always an insult to goto
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I don't get it what about that gif
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epitasis posted:I don't get it what about that gif Goto's big move is a backdrop suplex, I believe.
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Le Saboteur posted:Just got around to watching the Nakamura/Tanahashi match at Invasion Attack 2014, is Tanahashi a heel now? I thought he was NJPWs golden boy. Think of Tanahashi as a better Cena. There are some Japanese fans that are sick of his super babyface gimmick.
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weekly font posted:Think of Tanahashi as a better Cena. There are some Japanese fans that are sick of his super babyface gimmick. Also it's hard to really be a straight up babyface when you're against the most charismatic man on the planet.
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El Gallinero Gros posted:Goto's big move is a backdrop suplex, I believe. that's nagata's move.
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Final Wrestling Dontaku card:quote:Wrestling Dontaku 2014 in Fukuoka Kokusai Center (May 3rd)
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Card looks great especially considering that Tana and Shinsuke aren't even in marquee matchups. Honma's very good considering his normally borderline jobber status and he and Ishii should matchup really well. Hope the crowd's better than last year's Dontaku show.
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Card looks soft because of that loving Gracies match, I think. Main event will be awesome, after that I really just wanna see Ishii vs. Honma. I don't even know who Nakanishi is. Young Bucks match will be good I'm sure. Is Shelley injured again? Fourth best match on the card is gonna be the comedy hardcore stuff between Yano/Iizuka vs. Suzuki-Gun with Taichi running around ringside.
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epitasis posted:Card looks soft because of that loving Gracies match, I think. Main event will be awesome, after that I really just wanna see Ishii vs. Honma. I don't even know who Nakanishi is. Young Bucks match will be good I'm sure. Is Shelley injured again? Fourth best match on the card is gonna be the comedy hardcore stuff between Yano/Iizuka vs. Suzuki-Gun with Taichi running around ringside. Nakanishi is the big fat old guy that does the torture rack and a lariat where he go "ho ho ho ho!!!" before hitting it. He's as old and broken down as Tenzan.
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the only interesting story or thing I know about earlier in Nakanishi's career, play both at same time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHPHJEiBaKE&t=150s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhXiCpQoWDo&t=2880s
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I think Nakanishi is probably the most broken down on the NJPW roster at the moment.
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the Jr Tag, Jr Heavy, NEVER and IWGP matches should all be good. Yesterday's show was really good for a B show and has me hyped for this card. Shame about no tag titles match but I guess there's a dearth of decent challengers right now... which honestly seems to be a problem with most of the belts.
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The entirety of 2014 feels like an increasingly elaborate rib on Kojima.
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Tonfa posted:The entirety of 2014 feels like an increasingly elaborate rib on Kojima. It's a shame Bruce Tharpe doesn't have any adequate wrestlers at his disposal other than Conway, I've unironically really enjoyed his work lately.
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That's not the same Honma from Big Japan back in the day, is it?
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Finished watching the Korakuen card, fun show that was definitely a couple notches better than most of the recent Korakuen build up shows. Worth checking out.quote:Just noticed this, it's kinda sad that the juniors are relegated to the background on the poster of their own goddamn tournament. I love NJPW and they're by far my favorite promotion right now, but I wish they'd do more with the division. It's not like they don't have some talent there, plus they can bring in guys from CMLL.
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The juniors division feels like its been consolidated to just the tag team div.
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MassRafTer posted:He is the son of the less talented Brisco Brother and was one of the less talented members of Aces and Eights. Oh.  I've always felt that all the major Japanese promotions having Heavy World/Tag and Light World/Tag titles waters down both divisions substantially but from what I understand Japan just doesn't buy Juniors moving up into the big ranks?
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weekly font posted:but from what I understand Japan just doesn't buy Juniors moving up into the big ranks? If you want non-NJPW examples there's that Misawa guy, he did pretty well for himself.
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Fujinami was a huge star in the Jr. division before elevating up to the heavyweights. Also, Ohtani did okay making the transition. That said, you obviously have to be a great talent, because Ohtani is the worst wrestler between him, Misawa and Fujinami, and he's no slouch.
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Who are the up and coming Juniors in NJPW/Japan right now? Seems like there are more Foreigners in the junior division now.
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AfterFather posted:Who are the up and coming Juniors in NJPW/Japan right now? Seems like there are more Foreigners in the junior division now. For NJPW: Well, the champ is Kota Ibushi, and he's loving spectacular. There's also Ryusuke Taguchi, who is pretty solid, and Kushida who is also good and has a tag team with Alex Shelley called Time Splitters. They also seem to be using the Young Bucks as singles sometimes. There's also TAICHI, who does a pretty boy gimmick and was TAKA's tag partner up until TAKA departing. He's not so great, but he gets heat. There's also Desperado, who seems quite good and was on a learning excursion in Mexico. He wears a cool mask. Up until recently there was also Prince Devitt. Past that, it's a lot of the guys who have been there for a while: Liger, Jado and Gedo, Rocky Romero etc. Japan in general doesn't seem to have as much Jr. talent as it once did. Dragon Gate has a wealth of guys who are VERY good, though. Akira Tozawa, the Jimmyz (Susumu Mochizuki, KAGEtora,and Yasushi Kanda all going by the name, "Jimmy"), and Ryo Saito. There's also Makoto Oishi, who I think can be a big star if he gets the stage to work on. He's a DDT talent. DDT is a very fun promotion if you're not already familiar. Think Chikara, but funnier and with considerably better homegrown talent. El Gallinero Gros fucked around with this message at 21:00 on Apr 20, 2014 |
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TAKA actually hasn't gone anywhere at least yet. He didn't re-sign but is still around regularly, is booked for Dontaku and hell, MiSu himself is a freelancer.
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If you want to watch juniors in Japan, Dragon Gate is your promotion and Dragon Gate Infinity is your show.
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Illinois Smith posted:This isn't true at all. A lot of dojo graduates start out as juniors before they bulk up / move up the card. Naito and Goto off the top of my head ... poo poo, Makabe was a junior heavyweight in the late 90s. Well this is kinda what I was referring to. Didn't Marafuji have to bulk up significantly before his GHC run?
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