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Fale's draw is meant to be "big tall guy who can win against anyone through sheer strength" I guess but if they need that role in tournaments it should probably be Lance Archer at this point.
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Draxion posted:Fale's draw is meant to be "big tall guy who can win against anyone through sheer strength" I guess but if they need that role in tournaments it should probably be Lance Archer at this point. Or Trent.
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Phenix Rising posted:I want to like Tama and I have in tag matches in the past but he hasn't done anything for me in the tournament so far. Yeah. 
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I'd really like to give Gedo's booking of Firing Squad the benefit of the doubt. Normally in NJPW, the refs will let just about loving anything go, but Firing Squad keeps pulling up shopping carts with their tactics and they've been DQed three times in six matches. What they're doing straight up isn't working. I wanna believe this is leading somewhere.
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Rarity posted:I've been watching since Wrestle Kingdom and I've never really found Yano that entertaining but his performance so far has been inspiring Highly recommend his matches with Kenny and SANADA from last year's G1.
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sigmachiev posted:Maybe for the finish, but this is a Budokan main event and most anticipated match of the tournament for pretty much everyone so they should think carefully on it. I'm enjoying the fuckery generally but wouldn't for that match. They'll probably pull "Firing Squad attempts to take them both out before the bell even rings, but Bullet Club cuts them off and they brawl to the back to leave Kenny and Kota to their match" if they pull anything (I don't think they will, New Japan treats the block finals very, very seriously since they're peak matches in the calender year; it'd be like having lots of interference in the main event of Wrestle Kingdom). But having a big factional brawl between the entrances and start of the match as a little bit of extra heat and a wink of "oh you thought we were going to gently caress you over on seeing this, ha ha, now watch these guys go nuts" seems possible. Phenix Rising posted:Firing Squad is very boring and I've never seen the appeal of Fale in general. I want to like Tama and I have in tag matches in the past but he hasn't done anything for me in the tournament so far. Fale was at his best as Devitt's underboss - the idea of a junior getting one of the largest guys in the company at the time to be his heater was this perfect combo. As for the Firing Squad? I bet they get a lot more to work with when Destruction/Strong Style Unleashed rolls around. This is sort of the Switchblade situation all over again, except instead of it being "well Tanahashi busted his knee so any confrontations you were going to have past Power Struggle have to be put off until who knows when" loving over his immediate post-return angle, this is more "we wanted to end the San Fran show with a big change-up in Bullet Club to keep the US fans interested" and are now trying to find enough of a balance to not defang the Tongans out the gate but not have them dominate the tournament with bullshit finishes. TriffTshngo posted:Highly recommend his matches with Kenny and SANADA from last year's G1. PRESENT! PRESENT FOR YOU!
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Yano's also an absolute blast to see live.
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VJeff posted:I'd really like to give Gedo's booking of Firing Squad the benefit of the doubt. Normally in NJPW, the refs will let just about loving anything go, but Firing Squad keeps pulling up shopping carts with their tactics and they've been DQed three times in six matches. What they're doing straight up isn't working. I wanna believe this is leading somewhere. when yano and iizuka teamed they got dq'd all the time and it never led anywhere except to bad iwgp tag team title matches
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STONE COLD 64 posted:when yano and iizuka teamed they got dq'd all the time and it never led anywhere except to bad iwgp tag team title matches
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I wonder if All In's main won't be something like Firing Squad vs some version of BC/Elite in a cage or something
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All In isn’t a New Japan event, though. NJPW also has an event at the end of September themselves in Long Beach, and their Destruction tour in the middle of the month, if they’d do anything with Firing Squad the build would probably be over the tour and a minor blowoff at Long Beach. I’m pretty sure the only reason Kenny and Okada are even able to be on All In is because it’s right in the middle of the post-G1 break, when they basically let talent take whatever outside bookings they want (and because the Bucks are very close with both Kenny and Kazu).
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I can't watch live but this DDT Korakuen show looks good and starts in just over an hour. It should end about an hour before the G1 starts if anyone wants anything to do while waiting for the G1. It's free and doesn't need subscription for a live viewing. https://ddtuniverse.com/program/index/20180722_LIVE_DDT quote:Under Match
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My girlfriend says that Naito is a homeless cat.
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PUNKS DIET SODA posted:My girlfriend says that Naito is a homeless cat. Is your girlfriend secretly Hiromu Takahashi?
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She might be.
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quote:Big Love!  yes!!!!! I've been wanting to watch some big love stuff since i learned about Asuka.
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Gnossiennes posted:
It's been the best love story in wrestling. Watching miserable metal head Daisuke Sasaki with this big cheesy grin on his face hitting wrestling moves for Asuka's approval has been fantastic.
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when tama tonga gave red shoes the stun gun, i reacted like he actually shot him. red shoes is an institution.
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:It's been the best love story in wrestling. Watching miserable metal head Daisuke Sasaki with this big cheesy grin on his face hitting wrestling moves for Asuka's approval has been fantastic. that's awesome!!! i'm looking forward to watching it, but i just really, really hope it doesn't devolve into transphobia.
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:I can't watch live but this DDT Korakuen show looks good and starts in just over an hour. It should end about an hour before the G1 starts if anyone wants anything to do while waiting for the G1. It's free and doesn't need subscription for a live viewing. Is this going to be wacky DDT or more serious DDT?
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Gnossiennes posted:that's awesome!!! i'm looking forward to watching it, but i just really, really hope it doesn't devolve into transphobia. I don't think this storyline will cos they've referenced her gender identity on commentary and in the little interesting information factbox everyone gets on weekly TV but you may want to skip the following match. The story is that All Out are defending their titles against the Sendai Girls on Tuesday and the owner of the company Takagi is worried they're not up to the task, so he and his buddies are going to dress up as women to test if they're good enough to beat the Sendai Girls and also All Out have to dress up as women. SalTheBard posted:Is this going to be wacky DDT or more serious DDT? A mix. The first match will be serious, the second will be a serious match but kind of a romcom storyline I guess, the third and fourth are pure wackiness and the two KO-D matches are serious.
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Quick q: is there something you have to do to watch the show freely? It's asking me buy a sub.
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Gnossiennes posted:Quick q: is there something you have to do to watch the show freely? It's asking me buy a sub. https://twitter.com/ddtpro_eng/status/1020861374547701762?s=19 Maybe they've hosed up. Sorry if that's the case.
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I've been debating getting a ddtuniverse subscription for a while, so I decided to just do it. 
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Tama's Shakespeare soliloquy interpreted by wrestling was amazing and I'm just not getting the complaints. The dude is NJPW midcard but that's a real high place to be.
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Haven't look forward to a Heel vs Heel match as much as I am with Suzuki vs Jay White
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SatoshiMiwa posted:Haven't look forward to a Heel vs Heel match as much as I am with Suzuki vs Jay White Suzuki is gonna have so much fun murdering him 
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"Kenny Omega is the human version of the Spicy Ramen Challenge." -My GF TYOL 2018
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SatoshiMiwa posted:Haven't look forward to a Heel vs Heel match as much as I am with Suzuki vs Jay White How dare you say such things about noted crowd pleaser and good egg Minoru Suzuki 
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I liked it when Tama Tonga flipped out but I also liked it when Kenny Omega hit him and told him to shut up.
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So, after 6 nights, who's your tourney MVP so far?
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VJeff posted:So, after 6 nights, who's your tourney MVP so far? A Block: EVIL and Suzuki B Block: YTR, ZSJ, SANADA, really like half the block could count, but SANADA/ZSJ is my favorite match of the tourney so they're leading
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VJeff posted:So, after 6 nights, who's your tourney MVP so far? Got to be Jay White for being the most destestable guy on the planet. God, I can't wait for Suzuki to destroy him Bonus shoutouts to Hangman, Yano and SANADA as well.
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VJeff posted:So, after 6 nights, who's your tourney MVP so far? Jay White for sure, guy's definitely gotten the feel of his character after pretty visibly having no idea what to do with it at the start of the year. The best way I can think to describe him is "vicious, slimy little gently caress" and it's fantastic.
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VJeff posted:So, after 6 nights, who's your tourney MVP so far? White, Page, Ishii and Goto are my frontrunners right now
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Suzuki is gonna get his nuts crushed by the Switchblade.
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Yeah so far Jay White has been the standout of the tournament. No joking at all either, but Yano has been fantastic as well.
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It's an early show tonight and I have the next day off  Quick predictions before we get startedMichael Elgin [4] vs. YOSHI-HASHI [0] -- The battle of a guy who'd be easy to love if he was a better human being, vs. the guy who'd be easy to love if he was good at wrestling. Real talk, Elgin's had a good tournament so far but will be in an uphill battle with YOSHI, who looks completely checked out at this point. I'll be surprised if this goes longer than 10 minutes in the opening spot. EVIL [4] vs. Bad Luck Fale [2] -- Fale kinda poo poo the bed in his last match (before the great finish it was basically Tana wrestling himself) and the BC OG bullshit isn't going away anytime soon. Maybe this will be a fun little crowd brawl, EVIL's great at that stuff, but I don't have high hopes. Jay White [6] vs. Minoru Suzuki [2] -- Oh man I can't wait for Minoru to beat some respect into Jay. Expect the usual shenanigans from Switchblade, but they won't work on Suzuzki this time. Hiroshi Tanahashi [4] vs. Hangman Page [2] -- Easy MOTN contender. These two showed fantastic chemistry in last night's tag match and Page is on a roll. Also, as he reminds us every G1, Tana is still one of the best wrestlers alive. Should be a great time. Kazuchika Okada [2] vs. Togi Makabe [4] -- At first glance this seems like an odd match to put in the main event, even with Okada's star power. But Makabe has been really over-delivering in this tournament and will have that extra motivation going on last against Okada. Lil' Kazu picks up the win to build his momentum some more.
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You know you don't have to settle for bargain bin Seth Rollins, the real thing is having matches just as bad
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