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It's one am here and this is hardly gonna be an effort post but this show is big enough to warrant it's own thread. This is definitely the biggest card since Yokohama Arena and it's pretty stacked. Crowds have been back and cheering pretty loud so i imagine the Kokugikan atmosphere is gonna be pretty fantastic. As a bonus there's much more suspense to both of the top two singles titles matches than there often are as either winner wouldn't really stun me SAKURA GENESIS 2023 April 8th at 4:00 AM EDT/9:00 GMT/17:00 JST Ryogoku Kokugikan Shinnichi Champion Grand Prix Celebration Match:X, X and X vs. X, X, and X United Empire (Jeff Cobb and Catch 2/2) vs. House of Torture (EVIL, Yujiro Takahashi, and SHO) L.I.J (Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, and BUSHI) vs. Just Three Guys (Taichi, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, and DOUKI) Tama Tonga, Hikuleo, and Master Wato vs. Bullet Club (David Finlay, KENTA, and El Phantasmo) IWGP Women's Championship 3 wayMercedes Moné(c) vs. AZM vs. Hazuki NJPW World TV Championship:Zack Sabre Jr.(c) vs. Shota Umino IWGP Tag Championship:Bishamon(c) vs. Aussie Open IWGP Jr Heavyweight Championship(c)Hiromu Takahashi vs. Robbie Eagles IWGP World Heavyweight Championship:Kazuchika Okada(c) vs. SANADA
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My fellow SANADA fans
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This card rules and this show is gonna rule and SANADA is gonna win and I'm gonna be so happy!
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Tfw you've been waiting for the SANADA push
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Interesting card this one. Outside of the women's match because there seems to be landing spots for azm and hazuki for the big stardom show I could see any of the titles changing Or none of them
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I'm watching Shingo vs. Henare. Henare's bald spot is very distracting. I'm 20 minutes in and no finish yet, I'm assuming this gonna be a looooooong one.
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MJeff posted:I'm watching Shingo vs. Henare. Henare's bald spot is very distracting. I'm 20 minutes in and no finish yet, I'm assuming this gonna be a looooooong one. It is yeah but I think it justifies the length. It builds very well imo
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What are Sanada and Okada's alignments right now, anyway?
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Okada's a heel in NOAH, face-ish here. New Japan fans love him chumping out Kaito, a bit less when he did it to Ren and Shota Sanada is handsome alligned
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MJeff posted:What are Sanada and Okada's alignments right now, anyway? Okada's turned into a petty dickbag heel since WK, it rules
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putting all my life savings on Hazuki winning the IWGP women's title
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MJeff posted:What are Sanada and Okada's alignments right now, anyway? Okadas alignment is okada.
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after this SANADA will either be batting .200 against Okada or .100. Nice and even
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Cheering for the Big Aussie Lads winning the big one
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Ziggy Tzardust posted:Cheering for the Big Aussie Lads winning the big one SANADA's Japanese and there's only one of him but your support is appreciated, friend
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Rarity posted:My fellow SANADA fans Time to get eight points in another G1.
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Rarity posted:Okada's turned into a petty dickbag heel since WK, it rules Okada's always been a petty dickbag, even putting aside the Money Clip and KOPW stuff remember that one G1 he refused to use the Rainmaker and had to resort to increasingly desperate flash pins to get points
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Lid posted:Time to get eight points in another G1. I didn't realise they were going back to 5 man blocks but I'm sure Gedo knows best
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Rarity posted:I didn't realise they were going back to 5 man blocks but I'm sure Gedo knows best There were TOO MANT BLOCKS
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I hope the women's match gets at least 6 minutes this time
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has the wolf video person been revealed yet?
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Crapple! posted:what's the build been like for the Okada/Sanada match? Does Sanada have any chance of winning? It's a lock, friend 
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It's obvious that Sanada is being pushed but it's Okada so any one could win
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Crapple! posted:what's the build been like for the Okada/Sanada match? Does Sanada have any chance of winning? It's felt kind of rushed for, if only because it's so soon after the NJC ended. I think Sanada is a better than 50/50 chance tonight. They already have a Goto, they don't need a second guy that never wins the big one
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To answer your question seriously, SANADA slipped into a massive funk and lost over and over until Taichi gave him a kick up the bum and in return SANADA decided it was time to step out of Naito's shadow and left LIJ for Taichi's new faction of best bros, Just
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It's hard to bet against the rainmaker but people believe in him right now
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lethal lottery style match ups
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Goto: Oh no, CHAOS members are going to have to fight each other! Okada: ...What's your point?
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Crowd is reacting big to everything so far. O-KHAN! 
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Rarity posted:To answer your question seriously, SANADA slipped into a massive funk and lost over and over until Taichi gave him a kick up the bum and in return SANADA decided it was time to step out of Naito's shadow and left LIJ for Taichi's new faction of best bros, Just Glad to hear it. I know he's been around for a while and I was worried he was one of those guys where if they wanted to push him it probably would have happened by now. His match vs Zack Sabre jr at Wrestle Kingdom a few years ago was the first match I ever saw with a New Japan sub I think and I think he's awesome
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Rarity posted:Goto: Oh no, CHAOS members are going to have to fight each other! Okada thinks Chaos broke up when Nakamura left
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Ziggy Tzardust posted:GOK’s theme is great yeah wtf? Why is this so epic?
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Crapple! posted:Glad to hear it. I know he's been around for a while and I was worried he was one of those guys where if they wanted to push him it probably would have happened by now. His match vs Zack Sabre jr at Wrestle Kingdom a few years ago was the first match I ever saw with a New Japan sub I think and I think he's awesome SANADA Delusion Syndrome is spreading faster than COVID!
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Okada and CHAOS riding in the elevator together. CHAOS: We feel bad about the way you're running our faction. Okada: I don't think about you at all.
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