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Jan 2, 2013

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Speaking of Dragon Gate, a night of random web browsing led to me finding out about the Monkey Incident and......what the gently caress?

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Jan 2, 2013

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Franky New Japan should just scrap the dome show all together. What's the point of running Tokyo Dome if it's limited to 5,000 max anyways?

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Jan 2, 2013

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gently caress, I didn't even consider the Hana Kimura memorial show.....this sucks.

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Jan 2, 2013

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Pay-to-win microtransactions in wrestling, wtf

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Jan 2, 2013

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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

We discussed the ShuPro cover in the Dominion thread when Charlton said Shingo would be on the cover but unfortunately the Dragon was no match for the MegaChamp (and the other three)

https://twitter.com/Hi5ame/status/1402111461992849408?s=19

Judging from the fact that dominion isn't mentioned at all, the event happened too late to make it in this week's issues. Curious what they would have chosen.

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Jan 2, 2013

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Is this the week I finally watch Dragon Gate after I’ve been meaning to for awhile? Probably not but I like to believe.

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forkboy84 posted:

2pm JST/4pm AEDT/6am BST/1am EST/10pm PST

Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix
Belle Salle Shiodome, Tokyo
AZM vs Hanan
Mai Sakurai vs Momo Watanabe
Lady C vs Mayu Iwatani
5 Star GP Blue Block: Maika vs Takumi Iroha
5 Star GP Red Block: Fukigen Death vs Himeka
Future of Stardom Title: Unagi Sayaka(c) vs Rina
High Speed Title: Natsupoi(c) vs Starlight Kid
Show presumably uploaded to Stardom World

Heads up, they're live streaming this show free on YouTube.

Tomorrow's 5★STAR GP 2021 show from Shiodome, Tokyo will air live, FOR FREE on our official Youtube channel!
2 PM Japan
1 AM Eastern
10 PM Pacific
6AM UK

http://youtube.com/user/2010stardom pic.twitter.com/QVkFznuwWR

https://twitter.com/we_are_stardom/status/1431514554698113025


They're teasing a big announcement. Judging from the timing I have to imagine it's about the Stardom offer match at the NJPW Metlife Dome show. Maybe this will actually be available to watch. Even if not the High Speed title match and the Iroha/Maika matches should be well worth watching. Also Unagi's gonna beat up a 14 year old so that should be cool.


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Jan 2, 2013

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Bushiroad about to be all up in Kairi's DMs

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Jan 2, 2013

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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

https://twitter.com/ZERO1_Wrestling/status/1434918020137115648?s=19

ZERO1 have cut all ties with GLEAT and stripped El Lindaman of the junior double crown as a result of Hayato Tamura ghosting ZERO1 and intending to sign with GLEAT

He pull a Giulia?

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Jan 2, 2013

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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

Not quite, he was a freelancer so had no obligations to ZERO1 and by their own admission they didn't have enough dates for him nor the money to meet his salary demands. They were quite fond of him, though, and they seem to be disappointed that when they contacted him to do more dates that they had in principle agreed to, he didn't even respond to them.

They don't bear any ill will towards GLEAT and President Suzuki of GLEAT says Tamura's ghosting was immature.

It's an odd story.

They don't bear ill will for GLEAT but they're cutting ties with it?

Stall_19
Jan 2, 2013

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At least tjpw gets live streams, *glares at Stardom*

Stall_19
Jan 2, 2013

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So when does the loosening of attendance restrictions take place? Because other than Ice Ribbon allowing streamers again I haven't noticed any change.

Stall_19
Jan 2, 2013

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Iroha misses most of the year with an injury and still makes the list of official nominees.for joshi mvp. What a star

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Jan 2, 2013

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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

Just bought this week's issue of ShuPro and it's awards season, so here are the nominees. (Note that it is a write in system so you can vote for stuff that isn't nominated, e.g. Hiromu vs Desperado won best match and Naito vs Okada came second last year despite not being listed). It's a fan vote in a magazine you can pick up in any convenience store so it's gonna end up pretty close to the casual take.

Pro Wrestling Grand Prix
Shingo Takagi (NJPW)


Best Match
Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi (NJPW 3.21)


Joshi Grand Prix

Syuri (Stardom)


Best Unit

Suzuki-gun (NJPW)


Best Foreigner

Zack Sabre Jr. (NJPW)


Best Rookie
Yuki Arai

My picks. Also Yoshitatsu has a unit?

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Jan 2, 2013

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Is Tiger Queen eligible for best rookie? lol

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Jan 2, 2013

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https://twitter.com/metal0515/status/1466614985635762181

Noah wrestler voting for Mutoh for MVP......the brainwashing is strong.

Stall_19
Jan 2, 2013

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The person replacing him better be good. He was a big part of DDT/TJPW starting to take off in the west.

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Jan 2, 2013

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https://twitter.com/LIDET_ENT/status/1468931303429255178

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https://twitter.com/noahglobal/status/1469240017801576450

A+ Poster

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https://twitter.com/misterhakusan/status/1469329414743863297

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https://twitter.com/motoimiki/status/1470499626008854528

No real big surprise except best bout which gets a big "What?????" from me.

Stall_19
Jan 2, 2013

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The gently caress is the criteria for rookie? Inamura debuted in 2018!

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Jan 2, 2013

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forkboy84 posted:

Saya Kamitani debuted 2 days before Utami Hayashishita lol, also in 2018.

No idea.

Saya debuted a year after Utami in 2019. Still would not consider her a rookie. I'm confused as hell by the votes that were not for Yuki Arai.

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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

Debuted in the last 3 years.
Well that opens a whole new can of worms. How did Suzu Suzuki not win it last year? Nobody won it last year so I guess they didn't deem anyone worth which makes no sense.

Stall_19
Jan 2, 2013

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https://twitter.com/W_UNIVERSE_eng/status/1471708913288773633

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Jan 2, 2013

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Haruo Murata is the true forbidden door. That dude is everywhere. NJPW, DDT, Gleat, TJPW, Stardom

Stall_19
Jan 2, 2013

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That old dude just walked all over that kid.

Stall_19
Jan 2, 2013

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Minoru finding this whole thing quite amusing.

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Jan 2, 2013

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Dominated.

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GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

I think Soma shouldn't be losing to Nakano (stick Nakano in this match and have Funaki or Tanaka be the guy to take out Soma in his comeback) but I really wouldn't buy Miyagi beating Chihiro especially how they've established Chihiro as a monster with her killing Maya on the first show.

There's a difference between not beating Chihiro and straight up getting squashed. That was as pure a squash as it gets.

Stall_19
Jan 2, 2013

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That really escalated at the end there. drat

Stall_19
Jan 2, 2013

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Probably an easier first match than Dash. She was not playin on those strikes.

Stall_19
Jan 2, 2013

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I don't like the venue that much. It'sseats more than Korakuen but it feels smaller somehow.

Stall_19
Jan 2, 2013

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The home promotion guys have been getting their rear end kicked this show.

Stall_19
Jan 2, 2013

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Why's the referee raising the hand of the guy who just ran in?

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Jan 2, 2013

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fez_machine posted:

wow boy do I wish someone was translating the last ~10 minutes of japanese

Yeah that's a big loss for ddt shows without English commentary

Stall_19
Jan 2, 2013

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I'm choosing to forget the last minute existed

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Jan 2, 2013

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I'm glad to be alone right now

Stall_19
Jan 2, 2013

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Someone should debut using the ring name "vacant" and claim to have 100s of titles to their name.

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Jan 2, 2013

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Look like the Covid numbers are going up in Japan again.

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