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Naito's turn gives them a few new options there. IMO him vs. either Okada or Nakamura would be legit fresh main event level matchups now. There's also of course Nakamura vs. Styles and I think Nakamura vs. Okada for the IWGP would draw really loving great even though we've now seen it in the two most recent G1s. I know a lot of people expect Nakamura vs. Styles to be the Dome semi-main but I'm guessing Styles is winning the ROH title in December and defending that instead.
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Good point about Naito. I agree I don't think they're doing Nakamura/AJ just yet. I looked it up and this is the first time an IWGP Heavy defense didn't sell out since that disastrous Yokohama Arena show last year.
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naito should have won the briefcase and then the run-up to the dome should have just been chaos vs ingobernables wars. put the NEVER belt on takaaki imo
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don't worry about the main event for WK, Honma has it in the bag between now and then he is gonna merge all the belts into one just you watch
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Oct 12, 2015 19:05
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How long has Gedo been booking New Japan?
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Why do they keep Bad Luck Fale still? Even in the US he would've been sent home from NXT long ago.
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he's big and over
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Big Coffin Hunter posted:he's big and over Is he big all over?
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Might not be saying a great deal but he's had the best year of his career this year
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he is a good guy to give random and credible looking wins to
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How was the English commentary for the show?
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I'm watching it right now. It is a bit awkward, the silences are really noticeable when they have nothing to say. Also, they are insistent on hamming it up with LARIATOOOOs and poo poo like that. All in all, not bad, not great. Ignorable at best. Also, is it just me or is Makabe getting better?
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KungFu Grip posted:How was the English commentary for the show? kevin kelly is forgettable, stryker calls nakamura "swagsuke" and makes poo poo up and is insufferable overall so exactly what you'd expect
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Another Person posted:Also, is it just me or is Makabe getting better? he was throwing his usual horrible punches at least
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just got to the Tana/Naito match and Stryker described Tana as having a "Hagrid sized heart" what? e; some of his punches were bad, but his lariats and selling were muuuuuch better than usually. it looked like he put more effort into them.
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Lid posted:Why do they keep Bad Luck Fale still? Even in the US he would've been sent home from NXT long ago. because he is very good at being big. I'm sorry your little super model action figures can't keep up with him.
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Bad Luck Fale is wonderful and Matt Striker is great at being Matt Striker and terrible at everything else as a result.
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KungFu Grip posted:How was the English commentary for the show? I'm watching the opener in English. Striker is lovely. Dave Meltzer always says "Striker is so full of poo poo that I can't take him seriously" and he's right. Striker said the young boys would look back one day at this match and be grateful for the experience.He also made some comparison to a video game. I'm switching to the Japanese commentary to finish the show.
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when is the NOAH tournament. i need to know if chris hero and misu are finally gonna go at it
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Power Struggle 11/7; 1:00 AM PST/4:00 AM EST 1. (Super Jr. Tag Tournament 2015 Finals) TBD vs. TBD 2. Hirooki Goto vs. EVIL (Takaaki Watanabe) 3. YOSHI-HASHI & Toru Yano vs. Bad Luck Fale & AJ Styles 4. Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Tomoaki Honma (NEVER Openweight Championship) 5. Kota Ibushi & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazushi Sakuraba & Kazuchika Okada 6. Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. Karl Anderson (IWGP Intercontinental Championship)
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Spermgod posted:EVIL INDEED!
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Go Karl Anderson! There's no way he going to win, but still.... go Karl Anderson!
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Jerusalem posted:Go Karl Anderson! I'm just glad he's getting to work another high-profile singles match. Dude can go.
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The first two rounds of Super Jr tag tournament will take place during the two Korakuen Road to Power Struggle shows and both will be on NJPW World. Ricochet is returning and we'll get to see a weird rear end BC/NWA joint team with Kenny Omega and Chase Owens. NJPW Road to Power Struggle from Korakuen Hall Saturday, October 24th at 5:30 EDT Super Jr. Tag Tournament Rd 1:Time Splitters vs. Ricochet and Matt Sydal Super Jr. Tag Tournament Rd 1:Mascara Dorada and Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Young Bucks Super Jr. Tag Tournament Rd 1:RPG Vice vs. Kenny Omega and Chase Owens Super Jr. Tag Tournament Rd 1:Jushin Liger and Tiger Mask vs. reDRagon Tanahashi, Robinson, and Honma vs. CHAOS (Okada, Ishii, and Gedo) CHAOS (Nakamura, YTR, Saku, and YOSHI) vs. Bullet Club (MGKA, Gallows, Fale, Tonga) Makabe, Shibata, Goto, and Captain vs. Komatsu, Tonga, Finlay, and White I'm assuming the order of these matches will be changed, just posting the preliminary card from the website. Second rd will be at the second Korakuen show and as mentioned the Finals will be at Power Struggle. For the past three years the tournament has ended before Power Struggle and the winners got their title match on that show, I wonder if this means the title shot will occur at WK10 instead of another four way clusterfuck opener?
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I'm wondering if they're planning on doing Ibushi vs. Nakamura for the IC again at the Dome given Ibushi's Power Struggle positioning
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Spermgod posted:I'm wondering if they're planning on doing Ibushi vs. Nakamura for the IC again at the Dome given Ibushi's Power Struggle positioning I wasn't even thinking of that but yeah I could see that since him pinning Saku seems like the obvious outcome of that match. It would make sense but Im not sure what I think of repeating the same two big matches from WK9 with the other guy going over this time. NickRoweFillea posted:when is the NOAH tournament. i need to know if chris hero and misu are finally gonna go at it Starts the 16th but as you see they're in different blocks.  Thauros fucked around with this message at 11:50 on Oct 13, 2015 |
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I know it's kinda SOP for them but I'm not a fan of a guy having a lovely G1, losing his last singles match and then getting one pin and being set up to challenge for the IC. edit: also not at all sure he would be going over if they do book that match... Spermgod fucked around with this message at 11:55 on Oct 13, 2015 |
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Spermgod posted:Power Struggle Huh. Not how I expected things to go. Ricochet and Sydal are winning the tag league, 100% percent. That's looking like a lock. Styles pins YH. Goto probably pins EVIL...unless EVIL is challenging for the NEVER or IC title. Ishii is beating Honma, then EVIL comes out and challenges him for the NEVER title. Or Ibushi can after he beats Sakuraba. Nakamura beats Anderson... Wrestle Kingdom is gonna be a lot more clear after this PPV.
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Seems absurd to pin Watanabe in his first big match, especially against someone they don't mind beating over and over like Goto
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oatgan posted:Seems absurd to pin Watanabe in his first big match, especially against someone they don't mind beating over and over like Goto Watanabe wins with shenanigans, Shibata/Goto vs. Los Ingobernables at WK. English commentary wasn't the worst, but I'll watch Japanese next time. Striker said something about a "fighting spirit meter" building up with each kickout, like in a video game where your health goes from red to green.
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Oct 13, 2015 14:44
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Watanabe has returned from the United States as EVIL this owns
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I guess people think AJ challenging for the IC is a super obvious thing given that lineup. All the rumblings are about him defending the ROH title though so I dunno
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ROH could always do a gently caress finish, but Final Battle just seems like such a logical time for them to do a change. They'd even still have Lethal as TV champ for 600+ days to main event shows Styles can't make. Plus NJPW would obviously rather have an established guy defending a title on their card than Jay Lethal.
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I hope Naito challenges for the ROH title just so everything goes full circle
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Naito said Watanabe isn't his pareja. His pareja speaks Spanish.
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Not sure where she found this but according to @peskyyy Naito said that EVIL(Watanabe) wasn't his REAL partner and hinted towards Sombre's arrival in NJPW:@peskyyy posted:
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Dad and baby looking fresh for press conference
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