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I Before E posted:Isn't that already EVIL's gimmick? uhm no, he is the King of Darkness.
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MrBling posted:uhm no, he is the King of Darkness. What, a vampire can't be king of darkness?
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Jul 30, 2017 18:32
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It would be a crime if Kitamura doesn't make his excursion in CMLL.
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Jul 30, 2017 20:04
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has an invading heel ever won the bodybuilding contest
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Jul 30, 2017 20:15
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I kinda of want Kitamura and Oka to be a team in this year's Tag League and do somewhat well
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Jul 30, 2017 20:19
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the young lions cup is gonna be dope
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MassRafTer posted:I feel bad for you having a cheap rip off as a role model. Respect Rush the real deal. I respect both, but I haven't seen Natio throw a box full of beer bottles at anybody yet so Rush is winning at the moment
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Jul 30, 2017 22:08
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MrBling posted:uhm no, he is the King of Darkness. So he's Castlevania Dracula?
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Jul 30, 2017 22:22
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Super No Vacancy posted:the young lions cup is gonna be dope This x100
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Jul 30, 2017 22:24
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I seem to remember Rush being really bad in the Tag League last year
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Jul 30, 2017 22:24
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Rush has never looked good in any of his new japan runs
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Jul 30, 2017 23:14
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Part of Rush's appeal is him going crazy and while you can go in a crowd in Japan you can't do what you can do in Mexico. It's why Rush in the WWE wouldn't work even if they wouldn't try to sabotage him from the get go (OfC they'd do that)
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Jul 30, 2017 23:25
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Is there anywhere one can actually get a Blue Justice shirt in the US?
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Jul 30, 2017 23:39
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Give Rush the ddt Ironman heavy metalweight title and have him constantly beat the poo poo out of random people
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Jul 31, 2017 00:25
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schweens posted:That shot of Shibata from last year's G1 is perfect God remember when they did the Noah/NJPW angle with Shibata leading Nagata and his band of angry old men against the Noah dudes? It developed into a huge brawl and ends with this amazing shot of Shibata standing on the turnbuckle glaring down to the aisle where the pissed off Noah guys have retreated - loving amazing shot.
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Jul 31, 2017 01:45
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Rush isn't compatible with the NJPW house style
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Jerusalem posted:God remember when they did the Noah/NJPW angle with Shibata leading Nagata and his band of angry old men against the Noah dudes? It developed into a huge brawl and ends with this amazing shot of Shibata standing on the turnbuckle glaring down to the aisle where the pissed off Noah guys have retreated - loving amazing shot. Can I find this on NJPW World somehow?
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Taintrunner posted:Can I find this on NJPW World somehow? For some reason I can't find the link for the Japanese commentary version, but here's the english commentary version: http://njpwworld.com/p/s_series_00398_3_04
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Takuan posted:For some reason I can't find the link for the Japanese commentary version, but here's the english commentary version: Slightly different to how I remember, but still so loving good. Also reminds me of the Okada/Marafuji match and all the NOAH guys going nuts at ringside every time their boy survived Okada or almost pinned him. It's such a shame the angle got 86ed.
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I'm guessing Vince hasn't been shown pictures of Kitamura, or he would have tried to sign him instantly.
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I'm pretty sure if Kitamura chopped me, I would actually die from it.
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dromal phrenia posted:I'm pretty sure if Kitamura chopped me, I would actually die from it. You can just duck like everybody else does when he does his huge wind-up.
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Jul 31, 2017 17:03
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watching 7/30 right now. who is this megajacked young lion in the 6 man tag against bullet club, god drat
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I stopped watching wrestling a few years ago, but I've gotten back into NJPW after seeing one of the Omega vs Okada matches. It's weird because when I stopped watching, Okada was just at the beginning of his mega-push and Kenny was doing goofy poo poo in DDT. I'm absolutely loving G1 so far. What are the prevailing opinions on who will win? I'm thinking Naito, but I don't have much of a basis for it.
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the camera work during Kenny's v-trigger from the corner is seriously awesome. that 5 second clip on its own makes kenny look great. man i love when wrestling cameramen nail the cinematography literally just remembered there's a g1 thread. sorry! shiksa fucked around with this message at 19:07 on Jul 31, 2017 |
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That plus BOLA-killer... it's going to be a long weekend.
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can someone talk at length about Hirai Kawato? This years G1 is the first time I've really seen him and he seems like he has the potential to be a real good wrestler.
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MrBling posted:can someone talk at length about Hirai Kawato? He's only 20 years old, so he will probably do a lot of wrestling fellow young lions and/or losing to anybody he faces of real note for the next couple years before going on an excursion to USA or Mexico, then we'll see where he stands after that. Okada was only 24 when he won his first IWGP Championship after starting in New Japan at 20 (and the win came so quickly after his return from being a jobber in TNA that the goon reaction was largely 'lol okada really lol new japan'), so it's not unheard of that someone could rise that quickly.
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I think Okada's the exception to the rule. My understanding was when he returned from TNA he was PISSED, cut a big promo and that really impressed GEDO. PLus being an absolute physical specimen really helps too.
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coconono posted:I think Okada's the exception to the rule. My understanding was when he returned from TNA he was PISSED, cut a big promo and that really impressed GEDO. PLus being an absolute physical specimen really helps too. The promo sucked, Okada looked weird and nervous, Rainmaker V1 was an awful finisher, and the crowd was chanting for him to go home when he challenged Tanahashi. Gedo just had enough faith in what he saw in Okada to make him a big deal fairly quick anyway.
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MiSu is probably well liked by the crowd because he is a pretty cool guy (at least from what I've seen on Instagram). It's very different than his in ring persona of a ruthless sadistic killer
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Tonfa posted:The promo sucked, Okada looked weird and nervous, Rainmaker V1 was an awful finisher, and the crowd was chanting for him to go home when he challenged Tanahashi. Gedo just had enough faith in what he saw in Okada to make him a big deal fairly quick anyway. Wait what was Rainmaker V1?
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The old thread was a goldmine of "lmao Okada wut" *6months later* "Okada lost the title to Tanahashi" 
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That Rainmaker gif is perfect because  Don't let the fascism loving WWE thread beat out NJPW!
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