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Flameingblack posted:Ibushi is one of the most misleading wrestlers. He looks like a skinny, flippy guy (Which he is) but he's also strong enough to lift up guys that are probably 100 pounds heavier than him for Last Rider powerbombs, and he can actually "shoot fight" just as good as anyone who isn't KENTA or Shibata. Ibushi's match against Daisuke Sekimoto is still one of my favorite matches of all time. Yea, I loved the story of that match of "Dear lord, Ibushi just won't die" And when he did the power bomb in Ishii, I did not expect that. Or him to win an elbow off against Ishii.
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Flameingblack posted:Ibushi is one of the most misleading wrestlers. He looks like a skinny, flippy guy (Which he is) but he's also strong enough to lift up guys that are probably 100 pounds heavier than him for Last Rider powerbombs, and he can actually "shoot fight" just as good as anyone who isn't KENTA or Shibata. Ibushi's match against Daisuke Sekimoto is still one of my favorite matches of all time. I hope he signs full time with NJPW or figures out someway of better splitting up his time, he already dropped out of the BOTSJ due to exhaustion, I doubt it's gonna get much better. That Ishii match was amazinggg though.
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oatgan posted:Bullet Club should have all the belts I'd be cool with Karl Anderson as IC champ, rather than Fale.
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Can someone explain Takashi Iizuka to me? I just got into NJPW, and his existence baffles me. He seems really out of place to me for some reason, can't put my finger on why.
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Happy Happyist posted:Can someone explain Takashi Iizuka to me? He's been with the company for 27 years, longer than anyone else on the main roster except for Liger.
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Happy Happyist posted:Can someone explain Takashi Iizuka to me? He was a classic babyface until he played a turncoat, being the catalyst from the general destruction of Great Bash Heel & the creation CHAOS along with Yano and Nakamura in 2008. He quickly turned into a rampaging mad man with a metal glove that he tries to strike people with. And he's being loving with the announcer for the last few years, first being a general attack to now just greatly embarrassing Nogami with spray paint drawings being done on his chest.
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He broke the announcer's heart last night  In all seriousness that was a genuinely great moment, the commentary sounded excellent even though I couldn't understand a word of it, and the crowd was aghast at the betrayal.
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Oh, THAT'S the guy who messes with the announcer. Thanks for all the details guys. I need to watch more!
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If you watched Ishii/Ibushi you should watch Ibushi/Sekimoto from DDT which is the same style, with Ibushi switching modes from flippy guy after he gets his spots in to being really really angry and straight up shoot fighting against Sekimoto who looks like he's built like a loving tank. I liked Ibushi/Ishii but I loved this match even more: Sekimoto vs Ibushi Pt 1 Sekimoto vs Ibushi pt 2 (I think Masta Takanashi vs Sekimoto was better because oh my god what an underdog story, do yourself a favor and look that up too!) Also questions: What are the top Shibata matches from the past couple years? I've always liked the KENTA/Shibata style of striking
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Flameingblack posted:Also questions: What are the top Shibata matches from the past couple years? I've always liked the KENTA/Shibata style of striking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MFsxRWFJOI
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Jerusalem posted:He broke the announcer's heart last night It was basically that. "What's he doing?! Is he...he's betrayed them! He's betrayed them! He's betrayed Chaos!!" It was great emotionally and proof that the commentators know how to hit the high notes really well. On Commentary in NJPW: Somebody asked last night in the live thread about New Japan's commentary. I don't understand 100 percent of it (either don't know the words, don't know the context or miss it while watching action), but I get a lot and it is pretty awesome compared with WWE. First: The announcers know the names of even simple moves, and almost all the time they're called correctly. Secondly: there's a play-by-play and a color man, and they keep those separate and they very rarely step on each others' toes. It's much more sports-like, too, in that they aren't bickering characters like in WWE. It all sounds wonderful and flowery, and it kind of is. Color calls moves and talks strategy, play-by-play calls everything well and builds the energy and enthusiasm incredibly well, and they aren't bickering or schilling stuff except for during the intermission breaks. It's a refreshing break from WWE.
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partial Dominion 6.21 card, match order not final so don't get worked up about itquote:Dominion 6.21 in Osaka BODY MAKER Colosseum (June 21st)
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Flameingblack posted:with Ibushi switching modes from flippy guy after he gets his spots in to being really really angry and straight up shoot fighting against Sekimoto who looks like he's built like a loving tank. I hope he'll start embracing his nasty side more once his athleticism starts leaving him in a few years. He has all the tools to be a Tanahashi style heavyweight player with a handful of high-flying spots in his offense, but he also has way better strikes than him. Illinois Smith fucked around with this message at 08:25 on May 26, 2014 |
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Dominion card looks solid since Nakamura has already shown he can get a good match out of Fale. If anything, what's stale for me is the NWA tag title scene with TenCozy and KES.
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2012 and even start of 2013 TenCozy vs. K.E.S. was a good match but Tenzan & Kojima are so fuckin beat up now.
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masato tatanka posted:CHAOS (Kazuchika Okada & Tomohiro Ishii) vs. Bullet Club (AJ Styles & Yujiro Takahashi) This sounds pretty loving great to me.
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masato tatanka posted:partial Dominion 6.21 card, match order not final so don't get worked up about it solid card
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Looks like a solid card if you look past Bad Luck Fale main eventing a PPV. Last match was good though. Not sure what I think of them doing much less title matches than last year. Okada/Ishiii vs. Anderson/Yujiro should own. And speaking of Yujiro: quote:Karl Anderson @Machinegunka 11h Thauros fucked around with this message at 13:50 on May 26, 2014 |
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Thauros posted:Looks like a solid card if you look past Bad Luck Fale main eventing a PPV. Last match was good though. Not sure what I think of them doing much less title matches than last year. They'll probably add an actual main event.
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ChampRamp posted:They'll probably add an actual main event. They can't do a IWGP title match since AJ's booked for a tag match (which admittedly should be great).
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Thauros posted:They can't do a IWGP title match since AJ's booked for a tag match (which admittedly should be great). I didn't see that last match. I'm real dumb.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShneN8JpnPM I love you NJPW 
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achillesforever6 posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShneN8JpnPM Is this the equivalent of a WWEshop.com commercial? I rank it somewhere around 1-800-FELLA if so.
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Blasmeister posted:Is this the equivalent of a WWEshop.com commercial? I rank it somewhere around 1-800-FELLA if so. It's something they play before streaming events at theaters.
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I laughed way too much at Nagata trying to squeeze himself into that tiny seat. Also those giant blue foam Nagata hands are genius.
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Dominion looks good but I don't know if it looks $25 good yet
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AJ might be my wrestler of the year if he keeps this up. Between his NJPW and ROH matches he's pretty consistently kicking rear end. It's too bad Daniel Bryan got saddled with a Kane feud & injured, but that's for another thread. Right now AJ is the man, to me.
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triplexpac posted:AJ might be my wrestler of the year if he keeps this up. Between his NJPW and ROH matches he's pretty consistently kicking rear end. ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? AJ Styles is just too sweet 
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Strenuous Manflurry posted:?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Too sweet me, Manflurry
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too sweet me triplexpac
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triplexpac posted:AJ Styles is just too sweet I felt like a robot confounded with a logical paradox for a moment. AJ hasn't been dogging it, but man, 2 main events in New Japan - 1 where he won the belt, the other where he defended it - and neither was an all-time classic. Kinda disappointing, in my opinion. Now too sweet me.
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He's had like three MOTYC with Elgin and Elgin/Okada too though.
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epitasis posted:He's had like three MOTYC with Elgin and Elgin/Okada too though. Yeah, I'm counting his body of work in ROH as well. Anyway I'm just saying if he continues on his current trajectory and Daniel Bryan continues his streak of lovely booking and bad luck, AJ will be in a very good spot. I wouldn't consider guys like The Shield for "Wrestler of the Year" since they're a unit, so AJ would be among the top contenders to me. Amazing what getting out of TNA will do for a guy.
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AJ Styles is wrestler of the year for too sweeting a camera in the middle of a match. Too sweet me PSP.
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Ishii's definitely Most Outstanding Wrestler right now, but it's tough to vote for an upper midcarder as WOTY. I don't know who I'd give it to right now.
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