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Very solid show today. Wasn't expecting much but it was mostly all good. Plus we got a concert after it finished!
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NotQuiteQuentin posted:Goto vs MiSu gonna rule. Tomohiro Ishii v Satoshi Kojima - A BLOCK Yuji Nagata v Tomoaki Honma - A BLOCK Shinsuke Nakamura v Davey Boy Smith, Jr. - A BLOCK AJ Styles v Toru Yano - B BLOCK Togi Makabe v Karl Anderson - B BLOCK
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In addition to those I liked Yujiro/Goto and Archer/Naito and thought Nakamura/DBS Jr. was kinda snoozey. Really everything was at least decent though. edit: Oh and Okada/Tenzan is the most glaring omission there. MOTN imo although I missed the opener. edit2: And Tana/Gallows was good too. gently caress it just watch the whole show. Spermgod fucked around with this message at 13:57 on Jul 23, 2014 |
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Jul 23, 2014 13:54
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The top three matches were Ishii vs Kojima, Honma vs Nagata and Okada vs. Tenzan so I would start there.
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Jul 23, 2014 13:56
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I think Day 1's best matches were better than anything on Day 2, but Day 2 had a better batting average. Not a single boring match on the show.
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Jul 23, 2014 14:48
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:I bet he didn't buy a DVD either. Piece of poo poo 
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dsriggs posted:Piece of poo poo I was hoping YTR would sell the match by crawling out, still selling the DVD to the crowd.
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Jul 23, 2014 17:27
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Hijo Del Helmsley posted:I was hoping YTR would sell the match by crawling out, still selling the DVD to the crowd. He crawled with it, but then gave it to a fan  Also wow 6am for this show on Friday? Eugh I dont know about catching that one live.
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Jul 23, 2014 21:18
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Okada/Makabe, Goto/Suzuki and Tanahashi/Kojima should be really good, DBS jr./Shibata I'm hopeful for, and maybe Ishii/Benjamin can be a standout performance for Shelton, cause so far (and in NJPW in general) he's just kinda eh. Think I'm gonna miss this one live again though, 10/11am starts were way better when I didn't have to do things 
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Jul 23, 2014 22:51
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Watching G-1 night 2, is this the first G-1 show in a while where they went back to cutting sound out entirely during certain entrances? I thought they'd gotten pretty good about playing different music over the feed.
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Dunbar posted:Watching G-1 night 2, is this the first G-1 show in a while where they went back to cutting sound out entirely during certain entrances? I thought they'd gotten pretty good about playing different music over the feed. It's because it aired on Samurai TV. They don't dub it when it airs on there.
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Jul 23, 2014 23:48
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just started night 2 and Kojima v Ishii might have taken years off of each person's life but it was awesome.
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Jul 24, 2014 00:27
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NotQuiteQuentin posted:just started night 2 and Kojima v Ishii might have taken years off of each person's life but it was awesome. This is how I feel about every Ishii match I've seen.
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Jul 24, 2014 04:49
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Tomohiro Ishii is negative 75 years old if that is the case.
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Jul 24, 2014 07:50
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Mr Muggy posted:Tomohiro Ishii is negative 75 years old if that is the case. The Curious Case of Tomohiro Ishii
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Jul 24, 2014 12:17
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Meltzer really loved Night 1. Fale/Ishii ***1/2, Tenzan/Anderson ***1/4, Kojima/Nagata ***1/2, Naito/Takahashi ***1/2, Goto/Makabe ***3/4, Tanahashi/Honma ****1/4, Shibata/Nakamura ****1/2, Styles/Okada ****1/2. I'm guessing everyone who watched that show within 24 hours of watching Battleground felt pretty much the same way. Nothing from night 2. Said there are still tickets left for the Osaka show, not many, but most of the other shows are advanced sellouts. It sounds like the Seibu Dome show will be considered a success if they sell at least 20,000 tickets and no one really expects it to sell out.
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Jul 24, 2014 12:21
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Dunbar posted:Meltzer really loved Night 1. Fale/Ishii ***1/2, Tenzan/Anderson ***1/4, Kojima/Nagata ***1/2, Naito/Takahashi ***1/2, Goto/Makabe ***3/4, Tanahashi/Honma ****1/4, Shibata/Nakamura ****1/2, Styles/Okada ****1/2. I'm guessing everyone who watched that show within 24 hours of watching Battleground felt pretty much the same way. Nothing from night 2. I actually liked Shibata/Nakamura better than Okada/Styles, but other than that I'm in full agreement with him.
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Jul 24, 2014 14:06
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I thought Okada / Styles was incredible, Styles is my favourite wrestler these days
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Jul 24, 2014 14:09
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Jul 24, 2014 14:39
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Jul 24, 2014 14:54
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So Okada/AJ Styles wasn't for the title? I'm confused.
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coconono posted:So Okada/AJ Styles wasn't for the title? I'm confused. it was the first round in the G-1 Climax Tournament.
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Jul 24, 2014 15:11
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John Cena posted:it was the first round in the G-1 Climax Tournament. Makes more sense. I lost my poo poo when Okada pinned AJ.
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Jul 24, 2014 15:18
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coconono posted:Makes more sense. I lost my poo poo when Okada pinned AJ. Plus, that counter of the Styles Clash into the tombstone was rad as poo poo.
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Jul 24, 2014 15:26
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Tomorrow's card has a late start of 6:00 AM EDT. No way am I going to be able to see all of it before I leave for work.quote:NJPW, 7/25/14 (Samurai! TV/iPPV) Nakamura and Styles are off, but the second half still looks solid. Saturday's card headlined by Tanahashi vs. Shibata looks a lot bigger on paper so I'd recommend loving up your sleep schedules for that one if you can only pull it off once this weekend. Thauros fucked around with this message at 17:05 on Jul 24, 2014 |
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Bad Luck Fale is slowly rising up my list of favourite hosses. Dude just gives no fucks. Gallows did the big scary gaijin schtick really well against Shelton on night one. Needs to get sweatproof makeup though.
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Jul 24, 2014 17:07
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For me a lot of these matches are my first exposure to a lot of Japanese guys outside of Okada, Tanahashi, Nakamura, and Ishii. So every match has been really fun so far.
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Jul 24, 2014 17:18
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I'm glad I'm not working tomorrow so I can watch Tanahashi and Shibata try to work through 15 year old problems by punching each other in the jaw. The next few shows should be amazing.
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Jul 24, 2014 17:31
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Tomorrow's show is probably the weakest show in the tournament in terms of "must see" matches but it's still very solid and I get up at 6 AM on weekdays anyway so it's perfect to watch.
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Jul 24, 2014 19:07
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NotQuiteQuentin posted:I'm glad I'm not working tomorrow so I can watch Tanahashi and Shibata try to work through 15 year old problems by punching each other in the jaw. That's on Saturdays show!
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Jul 24, 2014 19:07
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Bard Maddox posted:Tomorrow's show is probably the weakest show in the tournament in terms of "must see" matches but it's still very solid and I get up at 6 AM on weekdays anyway so it's perfect to watch. I think Day 2 had a worse card on paper, and even that managed to deliver.
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Meltzer on the podcast today was 100% right worrying about Ishii lasting for the entire tournament. After watching the first two nights I was desperately hoping he's booked in a few short jobbing matches because there's no way he can do 9 matches like the first two, even spread out over more time than last year and with a night off.
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Jul 24, 2014 23:05
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NotQuiteQuentin posted:I'm glad I'm not working tomorrow so I can watch Tanahashi and Shibata try to work through 15 year old problems by punching each other in the jaw. I don't have a side in their backstage squabble but Tanahashi has yet to make me swoon so go Shibata!
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Jul 24, 2014 23:16
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Bard Maddox posted:That's on Saturdays show! I'm the worst about these sort of schedules  . The top three matches from day 3 should be really good and I'm interested in seeing what Nagata can get out of Fale. Nagata's another one of those guys whose having an inconspicuous 2014 and he really beat the crap out of Honma like Honma owed him some money.
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Finished night 2. Another very good show. Weird pacing in that it sort of seemed to peak with Okada/Tenzan and the final two matches were flat. Ishii/Kojima and Nagata/Honma were the best matches as everyone else has said, but Nakamura/Smith Jr was awfully drat good too. Smith Jr. is really good at playing the powerful gaijin heel and I always like him in singles matches in New Japan.
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Jul 24, 2014 23:57
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I still don't get what everyone sees in Okada/Tenzan that makes it better than Anderson/Makabe.
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Yeah, Shinsuke's my favorite wrestler right now so I'm biased but he's now had two pretty good matches with DBS Jr.
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I Before E posted:I still don't get what everyone sees in Okada/Tenzan that makes it better than Anderson/Makabe. People are expecting dog poo poo matches from Tenzan based on last years G1 and other matches. Dunbar posted:Meltzer on the podcast today was 100% right worrying about Ishii lasting for the entire tournament. After watching the first two nights I was desperately hoping he's booked in a few short jobbing matches because there's no way he can do 9 matches like the first two, even spread out over more time than last year and with a night off. One thing about Ishii is that he is scary good at selling.
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Dunbar posted:Meltzer on the podcast today was 100% right worrying about Ishii lasting for the entire tournament. After watching the first two nights I was desperately hoping he's booked in a few short jobbing matches because there's no way he can do 9 matches like the first two, even spread out over more time than last year and with a night off. Don't cry for Ishii. He's indestructible. Speaking of which, did anyone else flip out when Ishii tried turning things around during the machine gun chops?
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And we are live! These 5:30 and 6am shows are the only ones I have a prayer of watching live. Hopefully the first half of this card overachieves because it doesn't look great on paper.
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