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Nakamura started on the roster in March 2002. He stuck around until January 2006, when he finally got to have an excursion after, instead of sending him off the same way everyone else goes, he was called "Super Rookie" for the first few years of his career, was given the IWGP title, and all that stuff, mostly on the back of him showing aptitude for MMA and doing a few fights in the 2002-2003 period (he won his third fight in September '03; they put the belt on him in December). He'd come back, joined BLACK until Riki Choshu came in as booker and scuttled the group (this would be Riki's final go-round before handing the pencil off to Gedo and Jado), formed RISE from the ashes of that after coming back from an injury, start showing personality, RISE got into a war with Great Bash Heel, RISE guys betrayed Nakamura to join GBH, and eventually Nakamura would steal all but Honma and Makabe (who had formed the group) from GBH thanks to Yano betraying Makabe to form CHAOS (yes, the last remaining original CHAOS member is Yano), and Nakamura fully turned into the arena rock pop god character that was his Intercontinental title period. There's also the time, after unifying the IGF (third) and NJPW (fourth) IWGP belts after a year of there being two thanks to Brock loving off with the physical belt until Inoki talked him into dropping it to Angle, that he successfully defended the title and then turned to Inoki, who was either on commentary or in the front row, and basically said "I unified this belt by beating your champ, maybe I should beat you next and unify the original title with this one", referring to the old, circular medallion belt that Inoki was the original holder of.
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The Cameo posted:Nakamura started on the roster in March 2002. He stuck around until January 2006, when he finally got to have an excursion after, instead of sending him off the same way everyone else goes, he was called "Super Rookie" for the first few years of his career, was given the IWGP title, and all that stuff, mostly on the back of him showing aptitude for MMA and doing a few fights in the 2002-2003 period (he won his third fight in September '03; they put the belt on him in December). I always thought Ishii had been there from the beginning with Yano. Haven't they been a tag team going back to GBH like 15 years ago?
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I forget that Ishii and Yano started a tag team even before GBH, trying to keep track of these factions in the second half of the 00s is pretty hectic, and every turn Yano’s done, Ishii’s gone with ... of course for much of it Ishii was on the low, low end of the card
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Rarity posted:Imagine being 23 and your wrestling career already being dead You're going to have to make a very sincere apology to Master Wato for ever doubting him and dye your hair blue if you ever want to join Wato-Gun. Where my Wato-Gun fam at?
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G1's still currently on the calendar (prob not a surprise to most here admittedly, but Meij saying it in an interview with SI is still notable) (also article mentions the G1 briefly, don't click if you're not caught up) http://www.si.com/wrestling/2020/07/03/new-japan-pro-wrestling-g1-climax
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Rarity posted:Imagine being 23 and your wrestling career already being dead Yeah, Velveteen Dream waited till he was 24.
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Pinche Rudo posted:
I'm Fully Watomatic
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DOUKI is winning
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Jul 6, 2020 05:53
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come on down my friend. it's time to meet your master
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Jerusalem posted:Yeah, Velveteen Dream waited till he was 24. That's unusual for him.
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Stanfield posted:That's unusual for him. Oh God, I feel bad for laughing at that 
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Power Windows posted:I'm Fully Watomatic https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu_kBTbbulQ He's a Watomatic man!
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Jul 6, 2020 08:01
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Why this car is auto-Watic It's syste-Watic It's hydro-Watic
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Stanfield posted:That's unusual for him. Speed scrolling through the thread to see if this joke had been made yet.
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finally caught up with the last two events and folks, im pumped to see master wato in action!
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Just realised in his debut Master Wato, unlike well every other debut, did not immediately align with one of the mega-stables. He is in that weird no alignment group alongside Honma. Even YH is in CHAOS.
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Well if you had a stable would you want Master Wato in it?
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Lid posted:Just realised in his debut Master Wato, unlike well every other debut, did not immediately align with one of the mega-stables. He is in that weird no alignment group alongside Honma. Even YH is in CHAOS. Makabe and Honma are still clinging to the GBH name despite being the only members of it for over a decade.
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Lid posted:Just realised in his debut Master Wato, unlike well every other debut, did not immediately align with one of the mega-stables. He is in that weird no alignment group alongside Honma. Even YH is in CHAOS. master wato to lead ibushi and tanahashi in a new world-beating stable
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The Croc posted:Well if you had a stable would you want Master Wato in it? Master Wato walkout music https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXatLOWjr-k
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Lid posted:Master Wato walkout music Or just this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Jz1TjCphXE
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Lid posted:Just realised in his debut Master Wato, unlike well every other debut, did not immediately align with one of the mega-stables. He is in that weird no alignment group alongside Honma. Even YH is in CHAOS. Jay White didn't join CHAOS until two days after WK12 and Hiromu didn't join LIJ until like a month after redebuting. I think Wato probably stays in Hontai though.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN0K974SAtE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdlvPe959Ck ok i've come around on Master Wato - make him Master Wato the Woobie He's such a lost soul and lost cause that you love him. He's all alone in a big bad world and trying to fake it til he makes it. He listens to The National.
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All the faction leaders will line up with t-shirts to give to Master Wato, but they're all 4 sizes too small and while he struggles to put them all on DOUKI comes out and hits him with a lead pipe
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Burn Down Canberra posted:SHO is short in the world where the ace is 6'3. In a promotion like New Japan that will limit his potential. Shingo, Ishii, hell even Naito isn't THAT tall.
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Jul 6, 2020 10:54
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Master Wato is Philippe.
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shingo and ishii are great examples of extremely high level talent having limited potential success. i don't think ability was in question
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The Croc posted:Well if you had a stable would you want Master Wato in it? no, he'd take over!
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Spuckuk posted:Shingo, Ishii, hell even Naito isn't THAT tall. Researching the heights of all past IWGP Champions, it looks like NJPW stick to the same rule as girls on dating sites of accepting no guys under 180cm. The only champion shorter than that was Salman Hashimikov for 48 days in 1989 (Naito, AJ, Sasaki and Hashimoto are all dead on 180). SHO is 173cm.
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if AJ is 180 then Adam Cole is six feet.
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At the moment there is a 180cm height restriction to even get into the Japanese dojo. Obviously they will lower this if they need junior hws but they want taller wrestlers
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Jul 6, 2020 11:43
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bruh look at these dudes
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Burn Down Canberra posted:At the moment there is a 180cm height restriction to even get into the Japanese dojo. Obviously they will lower this if they need junior hws but they want taller wrestlers Hell, that was the reason why Ishii was rejected from the dojo.
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I'm just not really feeling this Okada/Evil final. I desperately wanted Hiromu to win and Okada going through LIJ is just meh.
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Burn Down Canberra posted:At the moment there is a 180cm height restriction to even get into the Japanese dojo. Obviously they will lower this if they need junior hws but they want taller wrestlers
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Meadowhill posted:Should be an 100 kg weigh restriction, need those big beefy boys. Thats what the LA Dojo is for.
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Lid posted:Master Wato is Philippe. 
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Lid posted:Master Wato is Philippe. Jerusalem posted:What the fuccck he's only 5? Anyway, getting back on topi- 
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Meadowhill posted:I'm just not really feeling this Okada/Evil final. I desperately wanted Hiromu to win and Okada going through LIJ is just meh. How easily we forget that everything is, in fact, EVIL
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