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Yano is for the children
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# ? Aug 14, 2018 16:10 |
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 08:56 |
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coconono posted:Yano is for the children Yano's for everyone!
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# ? Aug 14, 2018 16:14 |
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My favorite call during Tanahashi/Ibushi: "A half hour of brutality... OHHHHH JESUS CHRIST!"
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# ? Aug 14, 2018 16:43 |
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It's funny you guys bring that up. I'm about three weeks away from my wife having our first child, a boy, and I'd be lying if I hadn't spent a weird amount of time dreaming that he'll fondly look back on his time growing up and watching NJPW matches with his dad. I just pray his little friends aren't that in to WWE. Or that at the very least WWE turns a corner and I wouldn't be as embarrassed to have him watch it.
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# ? Aug 14, 2018 16:45 |
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lol
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# ? Aug 14, 2018 17:21 |
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yea ok posted:lol
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# ? Aug 14, 2018 17:28 |
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Demtor posted:It's funny you guys bring that up. I'm about three weeks away from my wife having our first child, a boy, and I'd be lying if I hadn't spent a weird amount of time dreaming that he'll fondly look back on his time growing up and watching NJPW matches with his dad. https://www.theonion.com/cool-dad-raising-daughter-on-media-that-will-put-her-en-1819572981
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# ? Aug 14, 2018 17:29 |
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SatoshiMiwa posted:Speaking of maybe losing the briefcase hes dropping it to naito.
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# ? Aug 14, 2018 18:05 |
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Jerusalem posted:Remember when Liger was going around wrestlers' bedrooms at night and trying to pin them while they slept, and Tanahashi kicked out at (I think) 1? It's not just that he kicks out 1, he's also the only one sleeping on his and not on his back. Keeping his shoulders off the ground even in his sleep? Just further proof that he is the Ace.
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# ? Aug 14, 2018 18:56 |
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Deathlove posted:https://www.theonion.com/cool-dad-raising-daughter-on-media-that-will-put-her-en-1819572981 Hahaha, nice. Yes, I get that there are parenting pitfalls with sharing/forcing your hobbies/interests. Much to consider.
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# ? Aug 14, 2018 19:35 |
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Spikeguy posted:I'm interested in watching this year's G1 with my daughter to see if she likes Japanese wrestling, does NJPW World have the shows organized easily in chronological order or does anyone have a list with links so I know the order to watch them in? NJPWext helps improve the navigability of New Japan's site by quite a bit.
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# ? Aug 14, 2018 22:36 |
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DangerDummy! posted:My favorite call during Tanahashi/Ibushi: My favorite is either Kevin Kelly’s “dragon suplex! Dragon suplex! *like a small child* He kicked ouuut!” Or Charlton going “HE’S GETTING UP!” as Ibushi rose for the second High Fly Flow. He’s so bewildered by Ibushi even having the energy to get to his feet. Honorable mention, after the match was done, Rocky just going “so what do you guys think of the majesty of professional wrestling?” And the end run of Kevin Kelly being like “I’ve worked shows with 70,000 people, I’ve worked WrestleMania, but this is the most fun I’ve ever had in 28 years of doing this” and just going down the line of people to thank for allowing something like the G1 to happen. Immediately followed by Rocky going “wait did you say 28 years?” And it taking Kelly like ten seconds to realize his career coincides with the existence of the G1. And right at the end, when he thanked Chris for doing the translations and stuff, the way he phrased it made it sound like Charlton’s probably going to be something of a staple of the English desk in the future - I imagine only having to travel once a month or so, a lot of the time not even more than a couple hours out of Tokyo at most, makes it easy for a guy who lives there to maintain a day job and raise a family and write more puro books. Which is great, because he’s got so much in his head about the people and places and events that really helps fill in blind spots for people.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 01:07 |
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Y'all are making me think I need to go back and watch the main event with the English commentary
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 01:48 |
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Phenix Rising posted:Y'all are making me think I need to go back and watch the main event with the English commentary Do it.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 02:31 |
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Phenix Rising posted:Y'all are making me think I need to go back and watch the main event with the English commentary Kevin Kelly is great, and at their worst, Rocky and Chris don't take away from his match calling. I happen to think they're a lot of fun, though. Granted, I've defended Don Callis more than once in the other thread as well, but as someone who has been ambivalent at best to him for 20 years, I enjoy his color commentary for the most part. Anyway, as Cameo pointed out there was a lot of interesting and poignant and emotional moments during commentary last night. My example was just so sudden and visceral. Everyone involved in the G1 were spent and worn out, then just out of nowhere Kevin is brought immediately back into the moment from Kota's double knees to Tana's chest, and they didn't slow back down again until the end. Just good, good stuff.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 02:47 |
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I remember when people thought Kevin Kelly was the shits in WWE, and I was one of 'em. Clearly WWE isnt a good environment for people who openly care about wrestling.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 03:08 |
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yeah sorry, I don't trust anyone that enjoys Don Callis on commentary. I'm willing to check out Kevin Kelly and Chris if they do the next major show. one thing I'd wish NJPWworld would do is add the post match comments after the match when they clip down the matches. With the subtitles.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 03:17 |
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coconono posted:yeah sorry, I don't trust anyone that enjoys Don Callis on commentary. I'm willing to check out Kevin Kelly and Chris if they do the next major show. Hey, I get it. I think he's sucked at just about everything for as long as I've been aware of him. He's better than Striker or Corrino or JBL, at the very least. Low bar to clear, but as long as they're not actively taking away from the matches they're supposed to be calling, I can deal with it.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 03:29 |
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Callis is too indie wrestling for NJPW imo
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 03:41 |
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I've always had a soft spot for Callis because teenage-me loved him as The Jackyl. But yeah, his commentary is okay at best. He comes off as too much of a try-hard sometimes and often sounds phony? I don't know what it is. It kind of sounds like he's commentating in the style of a commentator from 15 years ago or something and hasn't updated his style with the times. At best he and Kelly can be a fun team and at worst I can just ignore him but, so far, he hasn't reached Cole or Coach levels at their worst for me.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 04:47 |
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I much prefer Striker over Callis. I'd take a guy who overdoes it a little with enthusiasm and smarky/insider terms than a dude who's talks about himself as if he is wrestling talent and acts horny for women. I thought Kevin Kelly and Rocky (who is mostly a sounding board for Kevin) was an improvement. I really hope Chris Charlton is able to stick around. He might not add the kind of colour commentary that you'd expect from a second commentator, but he is probably the only other decent commentator that they've had. If they're serious about expanding into the English speaking market, they're going to have to get some full time Japan-based English announcers on board.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 04:55 |
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striker is the worst to ever do it, including all of the super lovely guys that lasted 1 show, or that king of the ring guest guy. he's so bad. i'm going to pretend you're lying.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 04:58 |
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he's so bad i had to type that before reading the rest of your post. i'm sorry
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 04:58 |
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Uh oh
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 05:09 |
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HOLY SHIZZ
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 05:15 |
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he's quite bad
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 05:16 |
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i didn't say he was good, just better than Callis.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 05:17 |
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Callis has gotten better over the past year and is passable. Striker is bad to awful to intolerable depending on the day.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 05:26 |
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https://twitter.com/JJWilliamsWON/status/1029604274324611073
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 06:51 |
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Man King of Pro Wrestling is going to be great if we get Okada/Tanahashi there Think we get White/Tanahashi at Long Beach?
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 07:03 |
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Good way to continue Okada's arc and get them back to even, since Okada's one up from Dontaku. Assuming Tanahashi wins, which he should. Okada winning would be bad.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 07:03 |
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No Tana don't risk it it's not worth it
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 07:04 |
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The thought that one of either Tanahashi vs. Okada for the contract or Omega vs. Ishii for the title would have to be the semi-main at KOPW is such a weird thought.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 08:15 |
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KOPW is in theory a treading water kinda show but that is a stacked top end, even if it’s super unlikely plans will change
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 08:18 |
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Here's another thought. G1 Supercard is gonna be a big event and NJPW's gonna need to bring a big match for it. But G1 Supercard is gonna be like a week removed from Sakura Genesis, which is traditionally main evented by the NJC winner vs. the IWGP Heavyweight Champion. So what're they gonna do? Is the NJC winner next year gonna maybe pick the IC Title? Or is NJPW gonna have an IC Title defense at Supercard, maybe? Or would they just do two IWGP Heavyweight Championship defenses within a week of each other?
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 08:26 |
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VJeff posted:Here's another thought. Have they announced when Sakura Genesis will be? Note that NJPW only officially confirmed Wrestle Kingdom recently, which I personally read as meaning the other dates are still TBD. Don’t assume. And look at the name of the event - G1 Supercard. That would lead me to believe it’s more an NJPW event than ROH. That is not done carelessly. I think it’s reasonable to believe Sakura Genesis gets shifted and the focus could go to the MSG G1 Supercard, but I’m not going to assume anything until official.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 10:10 |
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Also NJPW haven't really had any issues selling Sumo Hall tickets with no card announced and MSG is already sold out so they don't need to be too concerned about getting the card out there. The bigger concern would be what to do with the Fighting Spirit Unleashed/KOPW cards.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 10:48 |
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https://twitter.com/realkevinkelly/status/1029706645805441025
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 14:26 |
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I would love getting some chris charlton commentary on historic matches, too.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 15:18 |
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# ? Mar 29, 2024 08:56 |
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https://twitter.com/pgxdjxess/status/1029365662437658625?s=19 This little kid DJ is posting a bunch of NJPW remixes
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 15:30 |