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Veryslightlymad posted:I count six teases of second round tag team head to heads. I think the only one that does is Finn/Juice. Look hard at that quadrant and convince me that has any ending other than Switchblade beating Juice because Finley betrays him and joins Bullet Club. The tag division just got sorta interesting, why do you want to ruin that? Besides, Finlay and Juice have both said if they win they'll challenge for the tag belts.
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Rarity posted:The tag division just got sorta interesting, why do you want to ruin that? Besides, Finlay and Juice have both said if they win they'll challenge for the tag belts. -I- don't. I just don't think NJPW gives a drat about the tags.
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It's funny how lopsided the quadrants are. Lots of air and then the top right is loving Thunderdome.
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Tonfa posted:It's funny how lopsided the quadrants are. Lots of air and then the top right is loving Thunderdome. It's a pretty clear sign the winner's coming from one of those 8. It makes sense that they want the winner to have a bunch of strong wins under their belt. Sidenote: has their been a bigger hiring misfire in recent years than Mikey Nicholls? He's the only person I can think of who's come in and made zero impact. Rarity fucked around with this message at 20:46 on Feb 25, 2020 |
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Feb 25, 2020 20:43
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Isn't Mikey also beat to poo poo from his NXT run?
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Mikey's best stuff is in tag teams, he's never been interesting as a singles guy
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Veryslightlymad posted:I suspect Owens is gonna "upset" here. Yano's quadrant is weirdly too non-competitive enough for me to see much point in it. I could see them teasing it, only to have Chase win after Cabana does. Be real here: the only good looking finals in that quadrant is Ishii/Chase. Henare/Fale if they want to actually push Henare and show off his power. (a gauntlet of Ishii, either Cobb or Makabe and then Fale would definitely give him serious hoss bonafides.) Counterpoint: Yano vs. Ishii is always great, and Henare would be a reasonable Ishii substitute.
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Looking at the brackets has made me realize that after Shingo has a good run with the NEVER belt and we get all the various cuts of beef, I'd really like to see ZSJ have a run with it, as like, the platonic ideal of an openweight contender, having matches against all the best of both divisions and his opponents always being credible no matter the weight-class.
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Rarity posted:It's a pretty clear sign the winner's coming from one of those 8. It makes sense that they want the winner to have a bunch of strong wins under their belt. I feel like they brought him on to be a jobber but I could be wrong. Debuting in the NJC and getting bounced out in round 2 is the exact opposite of what they do with guys they expect to be a big deal. Like, nothing wrong with losing to Okada but it's not the first thing they have you do if you're going to get pushed.
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He got brought in an everyone assumed his tag team partner was close behind him and TMDK would add some juice to the tag division. But then it never happened and Shane Haste is trapped in American prison.
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I always thought NJPW jobbers were people they'd tried to push and who hadn't worked out like Yujiro or Goto
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Hey. Goto wins sometimes. Usually to set up him losing to the same guy later. 
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MJeff posted:Hey. Goto wins sometimes. Usually to set up him losing to the same guy later.  worth it
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Veryslightlymad posted:Looking at the brackets has made me realize that after Shingo has a good run with the NEVER belt and we get all the various cuts of beef, I'd really like to see ZSJ have a run with it, as like, the platonic ideal of an openweight contender, having matches against all the best of both divisions and his opponents always being credible no matter the weight-class. I'm not sure they'll go with a third dual champion after zack wins the us title from moxley, but that's the sort of bold booking I can get behind.
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If it wasn't for the Ospreay/Shingo match seeming to be tailor made to set up William the Thrilliam challenging for the NEVER title, i'd say he's a shoe-in to win the whole thing. I suppose he could make the semis or finals and lose. My assumption since the rumours of the October London show started is they put the IC title on him there.
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The winner of the New Japan Cup will be someone who has lost a special singles match at Wrestle Kingdom while the loser of the IWGP heavyweight championship match at Wrestle Kingdom will lose in the first round.
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Rarity posted:I always thought NJPW jobbers were people they'd tried to push and who hadn't worked out like Yujiro or Goto How dare you. Goto chokes often but he’s not close to being in the same league as Yujiro! 
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Goto’s actually held a singles title in the last decade
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coconono posted:Goto’s actually held a singles title in the last decade Yujiro was NEVER champion in 2014
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Rarity posted:Yujiro was NEVER champion in 2014 I assumed "this decade" was referring to the 20s, which would be accurate. Goto has held a singles championship in this decade. People on the roster who have not: EVIL SANADA Juice Robinson Kota Ibushi Minoru Suzuki Taichi Tomohiro Ishii Hiroshi Tanahashi Ryusuke Taguchi Rocky Romero Taiji Ishimori SHO YOH And then I could just list all the jobbers and dads but I think you get the gist of the joke.
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SANADA's last singles championship was in the TNA X-Division EVIL's last and only was 10 days as NEVER champ in 2016
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A fitting belt for Sanada to have won.
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Draxion posted:SANADA's last singles championship was in the TNA X-Division We still believe
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Hoping for Ibushi, and hoping he doesnt do the extremely dumb challenge for the IC title idea (as long as he wins)
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hey, elgin isn't going to show back up for the G1 is he? watching some old stuff, I can't stand his CAW moveset and stupid face
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I'm thinking we get an EVIL/Shingo bracket final and EVIL vs Jay White in the final with EVIL winning cause well...EVERYTHING IS EVIL
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This would be my first New Japan Cup to follow and I'm getting real hyped by everyone's predictions!
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I really don't want to see an White/SANADA final, that match was boring as sin at New Beginning. Unfortunately the internet has led me to believe that this is the final (with the semis and finals taking place in SANADA's home town, the Gedo special redemption, the LIJ match being a hit at Sega Genesis...). Other than that, some really good stuff in these brackets! Henare/Ishii and Kojima/EVIL bring the beef (give me a Kojima miracle run Harold you coward), Ospreay/Shingo will be great, Nagata/Suzuki will possibly be the MOTT and young lions are getting some shine! Really interested in Juice/Coughlin especially. Please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks Coughlin looks like a fusion of Davey Richards & Krispen Wah.
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BTF posted:Please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks Coughlin looks like a fusion of Davey Richards & Krispen Wah. My friend and I have been calling him Fergal Richards, because we were thinking Davey+Finn Balor.
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gently caress
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drat that is a bummer. Curse this virus. Hope it doesn't last much longer than this
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Figured it was possible once the IOC member said the Olympics were in jeopardy Stay safe and healthy, everyone
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Chris James 2 posted:Figured it was possible once the IOC member said the Olympics were in jeopardy Losing the Olympics would be heart breaking. Some of these athletes have such a tiny opportunity window. All the logistics involved with the Olympics means that it really is a possibility if this continues for any real period. Safety has to come first but it would suck
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Ok, now I'm taking this stupid virus seriously. This blows. New Japan Cup, hosed. Presumably Big Japan Strong Climb, hosed. April's Champion Carnival has to be in question too I'd imagine. I'm going to be so desperate for wrestling I'm going to end up watching AEW or something.
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gently caress. Well, safety and health are of course of utmost importance, so what can ya do.
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