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 NJPW Wrestling Dontaku May 3rd 2016 from the Fukuoka Convention Center 4:00 AM EDT/9:00 AM BST Captain New Japan and Juice Robinson vs. Bullet Club (Bad Luck Fale and Yujiro Takahashi) Taguchi, TMIV, Finlay, and White vs. CHAOS (Ospreay, Saku, YOSHI, and Gedo) IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Team Championship:RPG Vice (c) vs. Matt Sydal and Ricochet NEVER Openweight Trios Championship:Tanahashi, Elgin, and Yoshitatsu(c) vs. BC Elite IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championship:Guerrilas of Destiny(c) vs. GBH NEVER Openweight Championship:Katsuyori Shibata(c) vs. Yuji Nagata IWGP Jr Heavyweight Championship:KUSHIDA(c) vs. Jushin Thunder Liger Hirooki Goto vs. EVIL Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA IWGP Heavyweight Championship:Tetsuya Naito(c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii The GDT may be late and half assed but the card looks amazing. All five top singles matches should be good to amazing and only the opener is total filler as even the second match should be worth watching to see the newly signed Ospreay vs the Young Lions. Ishii and Naito had a true MOTYC caliber match two years ago so while the outcome is hardly in doubt this is still a hell of a main event. Shibata vs the Third Gen old guys has been one of the best feuds of the year and Nagata's probably the best of the lot. Liger's shown he can still go at a high level in the truly important matches and his first IWGP jr title shot in 6 years should certainly qualify and facing a top level worker in KUSHIDA should certainly help. Really though, the most interesting match ont his card in many ways is Okada vs. SANADA. This is SANADA's first singles match in the company and a win over Okada would instantly cement him as a main event level guy. An Okada/Naito rematch seems like the most logical main event at Dominion which would point to the Rainmaker winning this, but the company has shown a willingness to push new talent and go in some surprising directions now that their hand has been forced so who knows? The one concern is the venue. Fukuoka crowds have usually been pretty quiet in recent years for NJPW and the ticket sales for the Hakata Star Lane show were weak. Hopefully a strong card creates some excitement and stirs up some late ticket sales.
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This looks to be a really fun card. Looking forward to KUSHIDA/Liger, Shibata/Nagata, Naito/Ishii, and Okada/SANADA.
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May 3, 2016 04:09
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This card looks loving great. I'm even excited to see Goto/EVIL and that's something I never would have said at the start of this year
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May 3, 2016 04:55
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That's a hell of a card. I wish I could stay up for it live
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May 3, 2016 04:57
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ISHII SUCKS LONG LIVE NAITO
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May 3, 2016 05:53
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Hace posted:ISHII SUCKS LONG LIVE NAITO
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May 3, 2016 06:06
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Hace posted:ISHII SUCKS LONG LIVE NAITO Ishii rules  .....Long Live Naito!
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May 3, 2016 07:38
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I forgot to cancel NJPW World yet again and I'm working the late shift tomorrow so I guess I might as well watch this, at least for a while.
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May 3, 2016 08:16
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Juice Robinson making a step up in this match to 'probably not the guy who eats the pin'
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May 3, 2016 09:10
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Happy Dontaku, everyone! I'm celebrating in the traditional way, by getting up at 4 AM to watch Juice Robinson.
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May 3, 2016 09:10
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Hey everybody maybe today is Captain New Japan's da.... nevermind.
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May 3, 2016 09:12
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According to Twitter that first match was an entire 2 minutes and 26 seconds
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May 3, 2016 09:18
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I was hoping the first match lasted longer for my run to the store since this one actually interested me
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May 3, 2016 09:24
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While I doubt the gate's the best for this show judging by how dark they're keeping the upper levels at least the people there are making some noise
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May 3, 2016 09:33
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wow that was cool as gently caress i should probably watch more ricochet/matt sydal matches. i feel like whenever i see njpw tag team matches its always in four-way clusterfucks where only the young bucks stand out because they're the young bucks i guess ricochet isn't going to wwe anytime soon huh
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May 3, 2016 09:47
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I enjoyed that match. Hopefully Ricochet is in BOSJ this year.
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May 3, 2016 09:48
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So I take it this means Ricochet is sticking around?
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May 3, 2016 09:49
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That match was really good but why take the belts off Sydal and Ricochet in the first place if you're just going to have them win again on the next show? Goddamn it Gedo.abraham linksys posted:wow that was cool as gently caress They're both outstanding wrestlers who work really well together. Rumor is that Ricochet is still considering the offer he got from LU alongside his NXT offer, and even if he takes the NXT deal he has to wait a while for the non-compete to expire. Food Court Druid posted:I enjoyed that match. Hopefully Ricochet is in BOSJ this year. He's already said he will be. Hoping for a Ricochet/O'Reilly finals because that is one of the absolute best matches I've seen in person.
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Food Court Druid posted:I enjoyed that match. Hopefully Ricochet is in BOSJ this year. Jerusalem posted:So I take it this means Ricochet is sticking around? He's already said he's in BOSJ. Dave seemed to be guessing he'd take the LU offer and regardless since they're rarely successfully defended anymore they can just have him drop it to reDRagon or the Bucks if necessary
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new japan please learn from how much better the last couple jr tag title matches have been and stop doing 4 ways
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May 3, 2016 09:52
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holy poo poo the young bucks' suits
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May 3, 2016 09:52
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The Young Bucks made gear out of their own faces 
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May 3, 2016 09:53
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The Young Bucks are out of their loving minds
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May 3, 2016 09:54
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Noted #1 contender to the PWG World Championship Michael Elgin, aka #BigMike
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May 3, 2016 09:56
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I can't believe the crowd actually did their terminator clap for them.
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May 3, 2016 10:00
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That was an unbelievable recovery on that catch attempt by Elgin, holy poo poo
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May 3, 2016 10:03
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Ishin posted:I can't believe the crowd actually did their terminator clap for them. The crowd knows what is expected of them  Edit: Hahaha, Kenny is shocked that he sprayed the ref instead, then figures why not take advantage and punch Tanahashi in the dick.
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May 3, 2016 10:04
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Grozz Nuy posted:That was an unbelievable recovery on that catch attempt by Elgin, holy poo poo I seriously can't believe he saved that.
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May 3, 2016 10:05
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I love these tiny NJPW tables
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May 3, 2016 10:07
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And now Elgin is dead.
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May 3, 2016 10:10
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kenny omega's promo voice is loving rad and I love that they're letting him cut long English promos
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May 3, 2016 10:12
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Tanahashi is so good.
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May 3, 2016 10:12
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Holy crap they're actually going to do a ladder match in njpw?
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May 3, 2016 10:14
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Ishin posted:Holy crap they're actually going to do a ladder match in njpw? Welcome to.... American Style!
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Ishin posted:Holy crap they're actually going to do a ladder match in njpw? yeah, i don't know what I think of this. A ladder match would be awesome for a jr tag title match imo but for an a title that's actually been treated with some importance? Not sure if I like the precedent. The match should be fun at least
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May 3, 2016 10:16
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This means there is hope for a cage match at some point!
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May 3, 2016 10:16
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So this ladder match was Tanahashi's idea all along, right? It's out of character for NJPW but maybe he wants to try different stuff now that he's not the top guy in the company anymore.
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https://twitter.com/SenorLARIATO/status/727427329962680320
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Voladoooooooor
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oatgan posted:Voladoooooooor Yeah, holy poo poo. Didn't expect that. A Block KUSHIDA Taguchi Kyle O’Reilly Matt Sydal Rocky Romero Gedo BUSHI Matt Jackson B Block Jushin Liger Tiger Mask Bobby Fish Beretta Nick Jackson Ricochet Volador Jr Will Ospreay For those who aren't aware, Volador Jr is CMLL's top tecnico under the age of 50. Wonder if he's gonna win to set up him vs. KUSHIDA at Dominion? You'd think they'd want a guy of that level to win if they're sending him over.
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