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Is the ROH/NJPW sellout of MSG the largest non WWE event in North America since the WCW days in the 90's?
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 15:34 |
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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:https://twitter.com/pgxdjxess/status/1029365662437658625?s=19 https://twitter.com/pgxdjxess/status/1024069977672826880
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 15:46 |
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jesus WEP posted: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 KOPW has gotten some fairly major title changes. Demtor posted:Is the ROH/NJPW sellout of MSG the largest non WWE event in North America since the WCW days in the 90's? No, Mexico routinely does crowds that big. It's the biggest non WWE US wrestling crowd since July of 99 though when WCW did their last Dome show.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 16:53 |
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 18:09 |
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Omega getting ready for that Nakamura match when his WWE contract expires.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 18:11 |
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Training for a Yano title match I see.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 18:11 |
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remusclaw posted:Training for a Yano title match I see. yano did get two points over kenny...
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 18:15 |
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Been watching a lot of NJPW since resubbing. I've subbed twice before, to watch Omega and Jericho and then to watch Dominion but this time I think it's going to stick. It's been such a joy to watch the G1 and it really has reminded me why I liked wrestling to begin with. I hope the storylines stay simple and the matches stay great. A few thoughts: That dude Yoshi Hashi looks like a dork Im interested in the Bullet Club stuff but I have to wonder if they're gonna do a reunion at the end because they tried to hang that one dude. Also is everyone in BCE white and everyone in GOD people of color? Something that stuck out to me. What is GODs beef with the rest of the club? I kept hearing how Toma Tonga had bad matches. I guess ya'll are spoiled because I'm used to WWE. He seems good. Kevin Kelly and Rocky are great Sanda has really cool music and I've been rocking out to it. One of the things that made me wanna resub was seeing NJPW guys in Yakuza 6 so good job advertising! Shard fucked around with this message at 19:41 on Aug 15, 2018 |
# ? Aug 15, 2018 19:25 |
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Yujiro's in BCE too, and the Firing Squad doesn't like them because Kenny and Cody were being really annoying about who was in charge for months and didn't actually do anything like BC used to. Yeah Yoshi-Hashi does look like a sad lost man a lot of the time. He should wear a mask, he's really pretty big and masked guys with super wide shoulders are cool. Draxion fucked around with this message at 20:18 on Aug 15, 2018 |
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Spikeguy posted:Been watching a lot of NJPW since resubbing. I've subbed twice before, to watch Omega and Jericho and then to watch Dominion but this time I think it's going to stick. It's been such a joy to watch the G1 and it really has reminded me why I liked wrestling to begin with. I hope the storylines stay simple and the matches stay great. Tama and Fale were in Bullet Club before it became a babysitting club for roaming gaijin(with Yujiro as their resident minder). Tonga's beef is that the BC has gone soft when they were the most feared unit in NJPW. Fergal Devitt/Finn Balor used to ride Fale to the ring so there's always been some weird racial undertones to the thing.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 20:12 |
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Also Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa are real life brothers, and Fale is their cousin, so it makes sense they all split off together. Taiji Ishimori is also with them since Tama brought him into BC before Best of the Super Juniors. I don't think it was intended to be a racial thing but it just kind of happened that way.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 20:21 |
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coconono posted:Tama and Fale were in Bullet Club before it became a babysitting club for roaming gaijin(with Yujiro as their resident minder). Tonga's beef is that the BC has gone soft when they were the most feared unit in NJPW. Fergal Devitt/Finn Balor used to ride Fale to the ring so there's always been some weird racial undertones to the thing. It would be great if Firing Squad were actually doing fun stuff to gently caress poo poo up instead of just crapping up the G1. Beat dudes down in the ring post-match, or only interfere like... two or three times in all of the G1. Beat some guys up in their post-match interviews. Wreck the ringside area and send fans running. I don't know, do something better than just annoying the piss out of everybody by ruining a bunch of matches in an otherwise amazing tournament. Nothing bout BCOG makes them seem like they're any more dangerous than BCE.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 20:47 |
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Phenix Rising posted:It would be great if Firing Squad were actually doing fun stuff to gently caress poo poo up instead of just crapping up the G1. Beat dudes down in the ring post-match, or only interfere like... two or three times in all of the G1. Beat some guys up in their post-match interviews. Wreck the ringside area and send fans running. I don't know, do something better than just annoying the piss out of everybody by ruining a bunch of matches in an otherwise amazing tournament. Nothing bout BCOG makes them seem like they're any more dangerous than BCE. They're heels who want to ruin people's fun. Their interference wasn't about winning, it was about denying the crowd moments.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 21:18 |
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The only time it felt like they ruined a moment was Kenny vs Yano. Like sure the dqs in their regular matches were lame but they all came at the end of a slow match with a bunch of interference spots so it was a dull end to a boring match. I don’t think it really worked.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 21:27 |
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Phenix Rising posted:It would be great if Firing Squad were actually doing fun stuff to gently caress poo poo up instead of just crapping up the G1. Beat dudes down in the ring post-match, or only interfere like... two or three times in all of the G1. Beat some guys up in their post-match interviews. Wreck the ringside area and send fans running. I don't know, do something better than just annoying the piss out of everybody by ruining a bunch of matches in an otherwise amazing tournament. Nothing bout BCOG makes them seem like they're any more dangerous than BCE. They're heels, annoying the piss out of you is the point
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 21:34 |
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Rarity posted:They're heels, annoying the piss out of you is the point But what if it’s X-Pac heat???
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 21:41 |
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If they wanted to win, they’d come out and beat the poo poo out of each other. Which would confuse the gently caress out of the crowd until the finals of Tama and Fale deciding who eats the pin in a Jenken Battle. Then they’d riot.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 21:43 |
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https://twitter.com/D_TaPla/status/1029824462521163776?s=19
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 22:15 |
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 22:18 |
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Your Parents posted:They're heels who want to ruin people's fun. Their interference wasn't about winning, it was about denying the crowd moments. Also note that these kinds of “American heel antics” get real strong heat in Japan because they’re annoying as gently caress, plus they even dragged the new (foreign) NJPW president deeper into the mud than he even intended. He came out with a statement saying he won’t get involved onscreen and hadn’t intended to. Also that little DJ is a 5th grader the things Japanese kids get into and good at, I tell you...
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 23:45 |
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harperdc posted:Also note that these kinds of “American heel antics” get real strong heat in Japan because they’re annoying as gently caress, plus they even dragged the new (foreign) NJPW president deeper into the mud than he even intended. He came out with a statement saying he won’t get involved onscreen and hadn’t intended to. I’ll never forget a Japanese announcer screaming for the Young Bucks to go home, and the mayor of the town speaking out against their antics.
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# ? Aug 15, 2018 23:50 |
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Your Parents posted:They're heels who want to ruin people's fun. Their interference wasn't about winning, it was about denying the crowd moments. Rarity posted:They're heels, annoying the piss out of you is the point I get that, but at a certain point it becomes redundant overkill and it's not adding to the product at all, it's just making it miserable to watch any matches they're involved in. They ran it into the ground way too hard.
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# ? Aug 16, 2018 00:09 |
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firing squad clearly working as intended
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# ? Aug 16, 2018 00:53 |
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ya i just skipped all the tongan matches
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# ? Aug 16, 2018 01:00 |
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I just thought it was funny how pissed off some people continually got about it, like after the 12th night straight what did you expect
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# ? Aug 16, 2018 01:10 |
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I liked the Tongan stuff, honestly. Especially Red Shoes constantly losing his poo poo at them. I still don't get the reffing rubric because towards the start of the G-1, the refs would send off Tanga without the slightest hesitation then towards the end, they were just like "gently caress it, I'm gonna eat poo poo and powder anyway, why bother?" Maybe they too were impressed by his hilaribad promos.
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# ? Aug 16, 2018 01:13 |
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There's also the disconnect between Tama saying he doesn't care about star ratings (which is good character work, because Omega clearly DOES care) and that he doesn't care about winning (which is bad because... like, at least pretend it's a sport, dude. When Fale interfered for Devitt, it was to make sure he won. When Yujiro turned, it was to help AJ win the title. BCOG style is to gently caress poo poo up so your guy wins the match, not just to 'trigger the marks' or whatever the gently caress)
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# ? Aug 16, 2018 01:44 |
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They were trying to disrespect the institution of the G1. The idea is that if they want something? They take it. They don't need to play a points game and do things officially. Tanga Loa didn't lose once in the G1 tags. Fale was never pinned or submitted.
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# ? Aug 16, 2018 02:17 |
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Yeah, they ended the G1 with winning the trios belts so they care about winning. Its just more important they ruin the Elite's poo poo and in this case they could do that by winning
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# ? Aug 16, 2018 02:18 |
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I imagine the next point of order for Firing Squad is either taking the Bucks' other belts or making sure Taiji wins the Junior belt whenever that's up for grabs again, the latter of which I think is probably the actual best course of action if Hiromu's out for as long as they've said.
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# ? Aug 16, 2018 02:31 |
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Maybe Firing Squad is what happens when Gedo starts paying attention to the tag division.
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# ? Aug 16, 2018 03:08 |
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VJeff posted:Here's another thought. Honestly if it were me in charge, I would ice the IWGP heavyweight title after the big February show and build Okada/Omega for like 8 weeks. Make it like Austin/Rock; a must win for both men’s legacies.
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# ? Aug 16, 2018 04:17 |
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I enjoyed the Tongan matches, even though they were definitely on the low end of quality for the tournament. The thing that was hosed up to me was that their suzuki gun matches weren't stable faceoffs since this interference poo poo was like all suzuki gun did last year.
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# ? Aug 16, 2018 04:29 |
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sigmachiev posted:Honestly if it were me in charge, I would ice the IWGP heavyweight title after the big February show and build Okada/Omega for like 8 weeks. Make it like Austin/Rock; a must win for both men’s legacies. Personally, I really don't need to see Okada/Omega again until like, I dunno. Late 2019? The feud's over, let it be over for at least a full year.
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# ? Aug 16, 2018 04:30 |
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VJeff posted:Personally, I really don't need to see Okada/Omega again until like, I dunno. Late 2019? The feud's over, let it be over for at least a full year. I agree, let them both do other things.
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# ? Aug 16, 2018 04:31 |
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After the Tana match, you think they'll put Okada in a feud against Jericho?
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# ? Aug 16, 2018 04:39 |
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Strawberry Panda posted:After the Tana match, you think they'll put Okada in a feud against Jericho? Maybe not a long feud but probably a match. And Chris'll do the job because he's savvy as gently caress and knows he's permanently made and can afford to do it.
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# ? Aug 16, 2018 05:04 |
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I'm really curious to see what Tana vs Okada will reveal about Okada. As far as I can tell the storyline is that Okada has sort of stopped taking wrestling seriously since losing the title but even when acting like he doesn't care he's still able to go on a winning streak during the G1. I can't imagine that they would have Balloons Okada beat Tanahashi. What will be the first clue about his return as Wrestling God Okada? His theme song going back to normal, or him going back to trunks?
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# ? Aug 16, 2018 05:08 |
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Don't you dare blame the long boys for Weird Okada, they're what propelled him to 12 title defenses.
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# ? Aug 16, 2018 05:09 |
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CHaKKaWaKka posted:I'm really curious to see what Tana vs Okada will reveal about Okada. As far as I can tell the storyline is that Okada has sort of stopped taking wrestling seriously since losing the title but even when acting like he doesn't care he's still able to go on a winning streak during the G1. I can't imagine that they would have Balloons Okada beat Tanahashi. He went back to the Rainmaker outfit against Tana in the last G1 match. Maybe that means Tana was the only wrestler he took seriously in the tournament. But you'll know he's serious again when he goes back to having blonde hair.
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# ? Aug 16, 2018 06:11 |