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hyper from Pixie Sticks posted:Out of curiousity, why is Scurll's name in katakana(?) on the graphic but Sho was in English? both the roppongi 3k boys spell their names SHO and YOH in allcaps, so does KUSHIDA. it's just because it's cool, really. minoru suzuki also spells his ring name みのる instead of in kanji, presumably for "it's cool" reasons.
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hyper from Pixie Sticks posted:Out of curiousity, why is Scurll's name in katakana(?) on the graphic but Sho was in English? I think it's because it's stylized in all caps. They do the same for KUSHIDA, YOH, and others.
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KUSHIDA is in all caps because he's loving rad 
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Jerusalem posted:Go Sho, but Hiromu/KUSHIDA still go 25+ minutes anyway!
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Oh my God he's dead
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Phenix Rising posted:Holy gently caress that piledriver I legit thought the ref was just gonna call the match off when KUSHIDA was in the final Triangle, because the piledriver had KOed him or something.
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That match hosed me up real good. Mask ripping always makes me anxious.
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Phenix Rising posted:That match hosed me up real good. Mask ripping always makes me anxious. The crowd wailing in terror whenever it happened was so great too
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Jerusalem posted:The crowd wailing in terror whenever it happened was so great too The hushed murmuring is what got me. Made it felt like something genuinely bad had happened.
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I ended up falling behind on the on demand shows. Tried catching up the last couple days but there's only so much wrestling I can watch before I get the urge to do other things. So of the shows I've not seen (Wednesday, Thursday & yesterday) are there any matches worth watching before tomorrow's final? I also want to add that I really enjoyed Chase Owens and his dad jokes on commentary.
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So who is winning tomorrow? I really want to see Hiromu vs Ospreay at Dominion, Ishimori doesn’t excite me that much. But it seems like Ishimori beating Ospreay on the first night is clearly building to them having a title match.
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Ospreay freaking out over Ishimori making it through to the final got me excited for them to go at it again with the title on the line this time.
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Bone Soldier winning would certainly make the most sense considering the story they've been telling between him and Ospreay (and since a victory would establish Ishimori even further). However, I can't quite shake the feeling that Gedo could throw us a curveball and have Hiromu win the tournament and Ishimori challenge Ospreay based on his victory in the block match at a later date.
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jesus WEP posted:So who is winning tomorrow? I really want to see Hiromu vs Ospreay at Dominion, Ishimori doesn’t excite me that much. But it seems like Ishimori beating Ospreay on the first night is clearly building to them having a title match. They could easily do Hiromu winning the tournament and still do Ospreay/Ishimori later based on Ospreay losing to him, but they did Hiromu challenging not that long ago and I think Gedo has Hiromu set as a Jr tag guy right now. I assume Rey's wrestling Scurll, because if it was Liger, there's no reason not to announce it ahead of time, and Ospreay's already booked with the winner of the tournament.
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Finally managed to catch up with all of the tournament after trailing behind a lot, and a couple of thoughts: - From the previous show, I like the call-back to the end of Eddie vs Kurt Wrestlemania ending, with Scurll escaping the ankle lock thanks to an untied show and then rolling up Taguchi - SHO and YOH are both very drat good already - Tiger Mask IV managed to impress me a whole lot in this tournament - Kanemaru didn't - Somewhat disappointed in Ishimori, expected more from him, but there is always the final match - Seeing Honma back and announcing his return to the ring, while Milano will seemingly never return, makes me sad. At least we'll never run out of "MCA.T reacts to people trying the Paradise Lock" gifs. And on a seperate note, while checking Charlton's twitter for what Hiromu was saying, something else caught my eye: https://twitter.com/reasonjp/status/1003247307024826368 When the hell was Tama Tonga a junior?
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Germansimp posted:https://twitter.com/reasonjp/status/1003247307024826368 2010. His first year in New Japan. He seems bigger but his listed weight on Wikipedia is just 209lbs.
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2010 https://twitter.com/tama_tonga/status/838056147433082880
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Honma looks so weird to me, almost like an action doll, not to mention he must have the raspiest voice in wrestling.
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Bloody hell. Didn't know he was part of Los Wakai Raions de Japon.
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Oh man, Dragon Lee playing homage to Shibata already got to me but apparently Shibata was watching the match from the exit. https://twitter.com/312mnn/status/1003282291517296642
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Baron Corbyn posted:The hushed murmuring is what got me. Made it felt like something genuinely bad had happened. That really made it for me. I don't think the same thing happening in a North American promotion would get the same reaction. Probably "holy poo poo" or some other chant instead of everyone being legitimately aghast. I think the whole mask thing made that one of my favorite matches of the show because it was so stressful. Also, if that young boy had an extra mask right there to give Despy at the end of the match why not give it to him sooner?!
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Germansimp posted:And on a seperate note, while checking Charlton's twitter for what Hiromu was saying, something else caught my eye: If you're listening to the Japanese commentary I can't blame you, because they get super-pumped up and excited for everything, particularly in the main events. But I'd highly recommend switching over to the English commentary for at least the post-match as they have a guy who actually translates the post-match promos as they're being done.
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Despy wrestling a full finishing stretch after a mask rip while keeping his face hidden using any means available is one of the top performances of the year. 
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Baron Corbyn posted:Oh man, Dragon Lee playing homage to Shibata already got to me but apparently Shibata was watching the match from the exit. This loving whips rear end
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Carlioo posted:Honma looks so weird to me, almost like an action doll, not to mention he must have the raspiest voice in wrestling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsprwPMkvXA
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