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Takuan posted:I'm gonna come out and say it: This year's G1 isn't as good as the past two years. I'd say it's very bifurcated in terms of quality. B Block has been fantastic, but A Block has kind of been dogshit. A Block suffers from not having a Nagata, but they also don't have a Yano, who serves that "guaranteed good match but you know he's not winning" while also breaking up a card tonally, contrasting the more serious main event style with a mischievous sort of match. A Block has also been hurt worse by Firing Squad, because as Naito/Tama shows, when Tama is in a match that's allowed to have a finish that isn't just "he either gets the interference win with relatively little resistance or is flagrantly DQed" he can put on a legitimately entertaining match, whereas Fale just fuckin sucks. All these complications have hit A Block so much harder, to the point where Tama is the only bum link in B Block whereas I look at A Block and I see Fale, White, Elgin, Yoshi, that's almost half the block right there I'd be happy never seeing again. I Before E fucked around with this message at 02:06 on Jul 27, 2018 |
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TriffTshngo posted:idk I feel like considering we aren't even halfway done it's a bit early to start calling this one as that severe a drop off from last year. One off night and a handful of bad Tama and Fale matches aren't enough to ruin it for me.
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Fale was only good as the unstoppable force/wall for someone to try and overcome. when he lowers to the level of needing people to beat others and when he's exposed as not actually being that tall, his mystique is gone.
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They lack a good Killer Monster Gaijin like a Vader, Hansen, or Williams. But those are admittedly pretty friggin hard to come by. Cobb and Elgin lack the sheer size, and nobody with the size is so good these days.
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Jeff Cobb with a mask that is definitely not his mask from Lucha Underground
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Is Okada still weird? If so, I think he should be called "Weird Okada" until he stops
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Neodoomium posted:Is Okada still weird? 
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Fale at least wrestles like a monster even if he's not really very good. Elgin and Cobb though, they sell too much and for all their size and crazy movesets, they come across like guys on the same level as everybody else. It's great for match quality but bad for getting them across as the monsters they could be. False is treated by all the rest of the roster as a mountain to climb. Nobody is fully safe no matter how good they are otherwise. That has some value and its just a shame that the mountain isn't very good in the ring. remusclaw fucked around with this message at 03:25 on Jul 27, 2018 |
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remusclaw posted:Fale at least wrestles like a monster even if he's not really very good. Elgin and Cobb though, they sell too much and for all their size and crazy movesets, they come across like guys on the same level as everybody else. It's great for match quality but bad for getting them across as the monsters they could be. Elgin and Cobb are more Ishii style mega manlets, anyone big enough to be a monster usually goes straight to WWE because they're the only body type WWE will give a decent push.
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Where did Weird Okada find a Nickelodeon shirt from 1995
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Goto has 2 5 Star matches by Big Dave this G1 (Ishii and Omega)
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SatoshiMiwa posted:Goto has 2 5 Star matches by Big Dave this G1 (Ishii and Omega) Truly he's the 1997 Bret Hart of our generation, a fantastic wrestler who's also the least compelling personality in his stable Goto: Bret Ishii: Owen Okada: Pillman Yano: Bulldog Yoshi: Neidhart I Before E fucked around with this message at 03:35 on Jul 27, 2018 |
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:https://twitter.com/CokeIbushi/status/1022548043885887488?s=19 "Yoh gets to do fun character stuff with Jay and I had to haul this dude out of his car and slap him sober an hour ago"
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Yoshi is the most failson wrestler outside of literal failson gimmicks like Ted DiBiase Jr.
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Can't wait for him to beat Weird Kazu later tonight
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Yeah it'll be wild He just had a four star match last week, Yoshi-Hashi is solid, he just perpetually looks like someone's about to find out that he threw a baseball through their windshield.
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They know SANADA is like the loving man and should be pushed to the moon, right? They must know this? My love for him grows with every show.
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For the longest time I didn't like YOSHI, but all the backlash is making me feel sorry for him. So I guess i'm rooting for loving YOSHI-HASHI now
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here comes the spunk posted:For the longest time I didn't like YOSHI, but all the backlash is making me feel sorry for him. I started G1 out like this and I gave up. I love how bothered SHO looked to have him as a partner.
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Phenix Rising posted:They know SANADA is like the loving man and should be pushed to the moon, right? They must know this? My love for him grows with every show. He's been one of the MVPs of the tournament, his matches with Goto, ZSJ and Ibushi were all great and his Tama match wasn't as horrible as other Tama matches have been. He's still got his marquee matches with Omega and Naito to come too.
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Phenix Rising posted:I started G1 out like this and I gave up. I love how bothered SHO looked to have him as a partner. They are planting seeds for 3k to ditch Chaos and join Jay White in his new stable without YOSHI
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Phenix Rising posted:They know SANADA is like the loving man and should be pushed to the moon, right? They must know this? My love for him grows with every show. Unless he and EVIL decide to bounce to another company or somehow lose all their luster I feel like it's almost a crime if one of them never manages to grab the Heavyweight title. I'm sure both will rack up some IC and NEVER wins and they're reeeeal careful about who gets their name put on those sideplates these days but they're both just so good. The pop (and announcers freaking out) last year when EVIL pinned Okada was amazing.
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:He's been one of the MVPs of the tournament, his matches with Goto, ZSJ and Ibushi were all great and his Tama match wasn't as horrible as other Tama matches have been. He's still got his marquee matches with Omega and Naito to come too. the ZSJ match was really cool where both guys blew out their arms with scarf chokes then tried to punch each other. I loved his match against Tama because he straight outwrestled all the heel tactics.
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Sanada seems to be getting the character work down this year which is what he was lacking last year so I can totally see him getting at least an IC run soon
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Sanada definitely feels like they're portraying him as a future top guy. Him being a future IWGP champ is a pretty safe prediction I think. EVIL's the LIJ dude who I feel has the lowest ceiling (even though I love him and he's my favourite) but he also is consistently booked pretty strongly. LIJ is the only stable where every member feels like a big deal and a star or soon to be star (except Bushi but oh well).
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What I've loved about SANADA in the tournament is that he seems to have an answer for everybody. He counter-wrestled Sabre and he reversed or countered all of Ibushi's big moves. He just comes off so calm under pressure, waits for his spot, then sinks his teeth in.
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:https://twitter.com/CokeIbushi/status/1022548043885887488?s=19
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SyntheticPolygon posted:EVIL's the LIJ dude who I feel has the lowest ceiling (even though I love him and he's my favourite) but he also is consistently booked pretty strongly.
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Neodoomium posted:Is Okada still weird? https://twitter.com/totaldivaseps/status/1022605499261485056 https://twitter.com/totaldivaseps/status/1022606649494786048 
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SANADA is like my favourite guy so I realise I'm biased but this is starting to feel like a breakout G1 for him. All his matches have been great, I really like how strategic he's been presented as and he's already got two big wins I wasn't expecting. Last night, sure he was in his hometown but even so he looked like an absolute star. I am so ridiculously hype for his matches with Omega/Naito/Juice. Speaking of, Juice's post-match promo last night was another heartwrencher 
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That reminded me I needed to go watch those. Apparently today (27th) is Hangman Page's birthday and EVIL is going to give him "the best birthday present ever" during the show. How sweet!
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TriffTshngo posted:That reminded me I needed to go watch those. Apparently today (27th) is Hangman Page's birthday and EVIL is going to give him "the best birthday present ever" during the show. How sweet! EVIL is that guy in your friendship group who was a massive emo as a kid and never grew out of it but you still hang out with him cause he's a great guy and your friendship is pure 
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Benne posted:So uh, is Juice the frontrunner for Best On Interviews at this point? Juice and Samoa Joe are the two English language promos I'd say are really really good.
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Benne posted:So uh, is Juice the frontrunner for Best On Interviews at this point? 
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Minoru is also a strong contender for that award Joe is the only WWE guy I'd consider because he's been the only one all year who manages to elevate main roster scripts. Maybe Ciampa or Cole in NXT.
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